November 4, 2008
Emmy Award-winning The West Wing star Bradley Whitford and former Weeds cast Romany Malco will star in a brand new buddy comedy about two detectives with contrasting styles on a on NBC following a successful cast-contingent pilot order last June.
Whitford from the NBC drama and Malco from the Showtime comedy will star on Off Duty, a comedy that will primarily deal with how the two cops would interact. Off Duty will be a single-camera style comedy about a once legendary police veteran who's starting to decline (Whitford) partnered with a young, up-and-coming straight shooter (Malco). As critics note that this is a oft-used formula, the success of the pilot will largely depend on the chemistry of the two actors.
October 31, 2008
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On Weeds, Doug Wilson was a terrible city councilman, a guy who smokes copious amounts of marijuana, embezzles from the town and routinely curses during city council meetings. However, as terrible a politician as he is, we still can't help but love him. Doug is the kind of guy you'd love to have a beer with (or smoke a joint with), but in this case, that doesn't mean he should be running the government.
October 31, 2008
Mary-Louise Parker will soon be engaging in a May/December romance. However, it won’t be on Weeds, the Showtime marijuana-themed series where she stars as the lead character Nancy Botwin. This time, it will be in the upcoming film called Solitary.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Solitary is a drama about an ex-car dealership owner named Ben whose career and marriage have withered because of his morally corrupt behavior. The Weeds actress will be redirecting her affections from one ethically-challenged man to another by playing a powerful socialite named Jordan, the love interest of Michael Douglas’ Ben.
October 20, 2008
Fifty-four year old Weeds star Kevin Nealon, who plays Doug Wilson on the Showtime series, began his career in the entertainment industry as a stand-up comedian. Long before he graced the television screen with Weeds alongside Mary-Louise Parker, Nealon was a stand-up comic on Saturday Night Live, where he worked from 1986 to 1995. Since then, he had been appearing in television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm. As for the big screen, Nealon debuted on the film Roxanne, and later appeared on The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, Get Smart and Don’t Mess with the Zohan.
Today, the actor admits that when he’s recognized on the street, it’s more for his role on Weeds than his long stint on Saturday Night Live.
October 16, 2008
Weeds star Mary Louise Parker, who achieved success with the Showtime series, also finds joy in something more private—motherhood. The 44-year-old Emmy Award-winning actress recently shared her thoughts with People regarding her adoption last year. She says that she still recalls wanting her parents to adopt a child when she was younger.
"I still think it's something everyone should do if they can and want to," Parker said Saturday night in a conversation with New Yorker journalist John Colapinto. "Especially after having been to a Third World country and having seen the desperation there and the need and all the children and holding those children and seeing them and touching them."
October 9, 2008
In the fourth season of Weeds, Nancy relocated her family to the fictional town of Ren Mar, located on the San Diego-Tijuana border, after having set fire to her house and burning it down at the end of the previous season. Here, she started drug trafficking across the border for Guillermo, while Silas set up his own weed business, with her knowledge and Shane gradually started to go off the rails after meeting two girls at his new school. As the season progressed, Nancy forged a relationship with the corrupt Mayor of Tijuana, for whom Guillermo works. And by the end of the season, Esteban, the mayor, discovered that Nancy is the rat. However, moments after being confronted, Nancy informed Esteban that she is pregnant with his child.
As Weeds heads to its fifth season, it seems that Nancy just might see herself out of the mess she got herself into. However, the character's portrayer, Mary-Louise Parker, hopes otherwise.
September 30, 2008
The Stonys must be the most laid back awards ceremony in existence. Unlike the Oscars and the Emmys, which force celebrities to get dressed to the nines so they can show up to collect garish trophies, The Stony Awards are a much more low-key affair. The annual gala is sponsored by High Times magazine and celebrates the "highest and stoniest" movies and TV shows of the year. Past winners include such TV series as Entourage and Weeds, and movies like Knocked Up and Grandma's Boy. It may not be the classiest event in California, but it's probably the most fun to attend.
The Eighth Annual Stony Awards were held in Malibu over the weekend and honored such celebrities as James Franco and Daneel Harris. Read on to find out who else received a special bong-shaped trophy.
September 29, 2008
Now that the fourth season of Weeds is over, production has settled down to take a break after a tumultuous season that ended with Nancy Botwin revealing that she is pregnant with what we assume is Esteban’s baby. More intrigue came about when we reported about Justin Kirk, who is still hopeful that his character, Andy would still have a shot in winning Nancy’s heart come season 5.
Meanwhile, Weeds star Mary Louise-Parker is gearing up for a new project. Earlier this month, it was announced that she will be part of a new biopic, which will be written, directed and produced by Oscar-winning documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.