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Antonio Banderas got to spend more time in one of his favorite places while playing Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in a new HBO movie.
Emmy winner Ellen Barkin, Tony winner Patti LuPone, Rashida Jones, Kerry Washington and Robert Clohessy have joined the cast of the Sidney Lumet-directed HBO movie "Strip Search."
Actor William Marshall, who played a variety of roles, from Shakespeare's "Othello" on stage, to "Blacula" in the camp movie classic, has died. He was 78.
He had no Broadway credits, although another William Marshall did appear on Broadway.
Actress-singer Vanessa Williams has inked a deal to star in 10 episodes of the NBC drama 'Boomtown,' should the show be picked up for a second season.
British actor Jonathan Cake has been cast as the male lead in "Marriage," Steven Bochco's drama series for HBO set to debut next year.
Charles S. Dutton has been tapped to portray Montgomery County, Md., police chief Charles Moose in "The Beltway," USA Network's original movie about last year's sniper killings in the Washington area.
Also cast in the project are Jay O. Sanders ("Kiss the Girls") as Montgomery County executive Doug Duncan and Charlaine Woodard ("Unbreakable") as Muhammed's former wife Mildred.
Harry Groener, who spooked "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Sunnydale's mayor, has joined the cast of the WB's comedy "Kid Mayor." Groener is a three-time Tony nominee.
The roster of substitute hosts includes Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vaughn, Elvis Costello and Will Ferrell, with another host to be announced for Friday's show.
Also joining the cast of "Miss/Match": Jodi Long ("All-American Girl").
And "Flower Drum Song," and...
Former "Magnum, P.I." star Tom Selleck will take another stab at prime-time television, starring in the NBC baseball comedy pilot "Touch 'Em All McCall."
Frank Langella is checking into "111 Grammercy Park."
Caroline Dhavernas ("Lost and Delirious") and Kate Finneran ("Noises Off" on Broadway) have nabbed lead roles in Fox's untitled drama pilot, formerly known as "Maid of the Mist," from Todd Holland ("Malcolm in the Middle") and Bryan Fuller ("Star Trek: Voyager"). Dhavernas will portray a woman to whom inanimate figures offer cryptic information on how she can intervene in the lives of others. Finneran will portray her overachieving sister.
Ioan Gruffudd, Eric Schaeffer, Viola Davis and Kristin Lehman are traveling to "Century City," filling four of the six regular roles on the CBS drama pilot.
Reality TV has claimed two more scripted victims: CBS' "Presidio Med" and "Queens Supreme."
Vanessa L. Williams is developing a half-hour comedy series for NBC, playing a Broadway actress who returns to her small hometown to teach high school drama and raise her children.
What good is sitting alone in your room ... if no one is there to watch?
Blythe Danner will portray Harriett Lanning in "Presidio Med," to which CBS has committed 13 episodes. She joins Dana Delany and Anna Deavere Smith in the drama.
Stage veteran Katie Finneran ("Noises Off," "The Iceman Cometh"), will join Roger Bart and Traylor Howard in the untitled CBS father-daughter comedy from former "Frasier" producers Christop…
NEW YORK (Variety) - New York Times columnist Frank Rich has sold the screen rights to his memoir ``Ghost Light'' to producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who have set the project up at ABC.…
