Paul Schneider Leaving 'Parks and Recreation'

This is not going to sit well with a lot of 'Parks and Recreation' fans, but here goes: Paul Schneider is leaving the show. Co-creator Mike Schur confirms to the LA Times that Schneider is indeed leaving the show. Seems it's a combination of things.

How did Ricky Gervais do as Golden Globes host?

When I talked with Ricky Gervais a few weeks ago, he said his game plan as host of the Golden Globes was to keep things rolling and have fun with it. He also said comedians are "meant to push the barriers a little bit and see what happens." He defini

Paul Shaffer didn't do his Cher impression last night (but here it is anyway)

Every Christmas, on the same Late Show episode where Dave and Jay Thomas try to knock the meatball off of the Christmas tree, Paul Shaffer does his impersonation of Cher singing "O, Holy Night." He didn't do it last night on the show, but he did do i

Psych does Private Eyes like Hall and Oates

They're at it again! This time instead of Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney doing "Ebony and Ivory," Shawn and Gus are re-creating Hall and Oates doing "Private Eyes." And this time, the rest of the cast are included as private eyes, too. The Psych te

Paul Greengrass Quits Bourne 4

[UPDATE: Paul Greengrass has issued a statement, reprinted in Variety. He's as diplomatic as you'd expect: "My decision to not return a third time as director is simply about feeling the call for a different challenge. There's been no disagreement wi

What's On Tonight: Charlie Brown, Lopez Tonight, Holiday movies & marathons

History Channel has a Pawn Stars marathon all night.Syfy's James Bond marathon continues all night.TV Land has a marathon or Roseanne Thanksgiving episodes (starting at 9).At 7, Boomerang has The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't.At 8, ABC has A Charli

Aristocrats director hosting Showtime comedy show for comics

Paul Provenza is what comics would call a "comic's comic," so he's a perfect pick for Showtime's new comedian chat show. The comedian and film director will host a new Showtime show next year called Behind the Green Room Door. It's a talk show featu

Paul Shaffer on David Letterman's extortion scandal: "(silence)"

One notably close figurehead in David Letterman-gate seems to have gone overlooked, a shiny bald one. Letterman's longtime sidekick and band leader Paul Shaffer has just released a new memoir called We'll Be Here the Rest of Our Lives about his rise

Paul Shaffer: I Still "Respect" David Letterman

"There is nobody like him," he says of the embattled late night host

Casting Notes: Haggis Hires Neeson; A Shield Star Fights Predators; the Elder Skarsgard in Thor

It's Monday morning, so the casting news is just starting for the week, but we've already got brief tidbits about a couple of marriages between talent and movies that you may (or may not) be excited to see. Since he made Taken into a genuine hit, Li

Local News Airs Set Explosion From Tom Cruise's 'Wichita'

The last time Tom Cruise romanced Cameron Diaz on screen, some serious Fatal Attraction kind of s*** went down. So count us among those curious to see how their next pairing will turn out, especially considering this week's news that Paul Dano has jo

Paul Dano Joins James Mangold’s Wichita Project

James Mangold is shooting his 'untitled Wichita project' in and around Boston right now with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starring as a couple who are brought together on a blind date and then launched into one of those big action-packed conspiracy th

Paul Haggis Hires Three For His Pic The Next Three Days

It's difficult for me to get very excited for a new Paul Haggis directorial project. The stain of Crash stays with me. But The Next Three Days could be interesting. It's a remake of a 2008 French film Pour Elle by Fred Cavaye about a couple that has

Paul Giamatti Wears England’s Crown in Ironclad

Months ago, there was word that a film called Ironclad was brewing, which would be an "ultra-violent medieval action thriller" about a Templar Knight who, with a small entourage, successfully withstood a siege by King John of England, younger brother

Disney/Pixar's John Lasseter Talks 'Rapunzel' Casting, 'Toy Story 3' Plot, 'Cars 2', 'Winnie the Pooh' and More!

Spoiler alert: The Marvel / Pixar Ant-Man rumors flying around are purely that ... rumor. That's according to John Lasseter, who headlined an enormous Disney Animation / Pixar presentation this morning. We spoke with him at a press conference afterwa