"Dexter co-star Lauren Velez has been tapped for a multiepisode arc on ABC's dramedy 'Ugly Betty.' She will play Elena, a nurse that enters the lives of the Suarez family, on the ABC Studios-produced series. Details about her character and how she will interact with Betty (America Ferrera) and the rest of the Suarez clan are being kept under wraps, but word is that she is tied to a plot twist that might involve the death of a major character. On Dexter, Velez plays Lt. Maria Laguerta, a higher-up and resident dictator at the Miami Police Department. Her series credits include HBO's Oz and Fox's New York Undercover." (TheHollywoodReporter)
"In an exclusive television interview, Caroline Kennedy told NY1 that her late mother would 'roll her eyes' about her aspirations to succeed Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate while her late brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., 'would be laughing his head off” about her quest for higher office. She would roll her eyes about the whole thing but she was an incredible patriot herself and I think she would be really proud that I’m doing this,' Kennedy said of her mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In her 30-minute conversation with NY1 political anchor Dominic Carter, Kennedy also discusses her father, President John F. Kennedy, and discounts criticism that she’s running on her family’s fame." (NY1)
"MARY-Kate in a hoodie and Ashley Olsen, in all black with fur, bringing a bunch of friends and their own bottle of champagne into Serendipity 3" (PageSix)
"Fox has shaken up its lineup, moving its biggest drama, 'House,' to Mondays at 8 p.m. from Tuesdays; it will be followed on Mondays by '24.' The network is also sliding its solid procedural drama 'Bones' to Thursdays at 8 p.m. from Wednesdays, and placing its successful new science fiction drama, 'Fringe,' on Tuesdays at 9 p.m., with 'Lie to Me' on Wednesdays at 9 p.m.. That means both new series will stand to inherit some of the 'American Idol' throngs. Later in the winter Fox will bring on a new drama, 'Dollhouse,' from Joss Whedon, the creator of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' as well as a new animated show from the 'Arrested Development' creator Mitchell Hurwitz and a comedy-variety series starring Ozzy Osbourne and his family. 'We sort of see the time up to December as the introduction, and the main event happens in January,' said Peter Liguori, the chairman of Fox Entertainment." (Bill Carter/NYTimes)
"Nixonland by Rick Perlstein and The Age of Reagan by Sean Wilentz. Essential to understanding how certain dirty political techniques and naive ideologies led to the making of the word "toxic" a huge net that could cover both politics and Wall Street. We should all be grateful for poets, critics, musicians, and historians of this quality. They didn't have to do what they did but they had too much integrity not to put a magnifying glass on what they knew we needed to experience and to know. Happy New Year if you can make it happen. Always remember that happiness, like everything else, is overrated but remains better than the hard blues." (Stanley Crouch/TheDailyBeast)
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