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March 5, 2012

News of the Day 05/02/12

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Goldie Hawn has pulled out of the main role in HBO’s The Viagra Diaries. Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) and Paul Feig remain committed.

A slight misstep in the advertising campaign for Mad Men‘s upcoming fifth season, according to some families of 9/11 victims.

House vet Jesse Spencer will follow-up the final, eighth season of the Fox medical drama with the lead role in Chicago Fire, an NBC drama from Dick Wolf about the Chicago Fire Department.

Jeff Goldblum has signed on to NBC’s Sarah Silverman comedy pilot, in the role of her ex-boyfriend.

Zachary Quinto, following a four-episode arc in American Horror Story‘s first season, will return as a series regular for season two.

President Obama has decreed Omar the best character on The Wire.

Hawaii Five-O star Alex O’Loughlin will be taking a break from the series to undergo “treatment for prescription pain medication.”



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Alexeem Boyle
Alexeem is currently studying film and television, and spends an unhealthy amount of time with her DVD box sets. A film reviewer for our sister site, The 500 Club, Alexeem joined the team in 2011 to cover Community. She has written about Community, Game of Thrones, The Killing, Parks and Recreation, Homeland, and Fringe. Alexeem is ashamed to admit she often and thoroughly offends (or "destroys") the word limit, but is resigned to the enduring nature of this sin.




 
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