Amy Sloan (Sheila of the Yale Daily News on Gilmore Girls) recently starred in the Heroes webseries, Heroes: Nowhere Man. The miniseries follows on Eric Doyle, aka the Puppet Master, played by David H. Lawrence, as he attempts to live a normal life.

Amy’s character in the webseries was Lauren Shapiro, described as “a mid level accountant at Copy Kingdom Headquarters… a sweet person with a positive disposition.” Lauren lives alone with a fish and a cat and is dating one of the other main characters in the series, Kyle Dilman (Brian Kimmet).

Here is the promo for the series:

We figure now that they’re on to filming a second “Sex and the City” movie, all our favorite defunct television shows should be up for grabs to be made into successful movie franchises, as well. At the top of our list? A “Gilmore Girls” theatrical version of course!

But before you break out your Luke’s Diner coffee mugs, Rory Gilmore herself, Alexis Bledel, wants to warn all those wishful thinkers out there that they should maybe wish a little harder for a movie to get made.

“I haven’t heard anything about that,” she told MTV News while promoting her new flick, “Post Grad.” “Like people ask but I haven’t heard a formal [plan for it]… I haven’t read a script.”

Okay so maybe there isn’t a script in the works yet, but would Alexis even want to make a movie? This answer is even more disappointing.

“I don’t know. I mean it depends on the script because I really liked the way they wrapped up with the series finale with such a nice conclusion to the story,” she explained. “The pilot started out with Lorelei trying to figure out how she’s going to finance her academically advanced daughter’s education for eight years and then they do it. They do this amazing thing together and she graduates in the last episode and is off to start her life and I thought it was kind of perfect. So I don’t know if I want to keep telling this story.”

OK, so let’s pretend for a second here that a script does eventually come her way and she does want to do it — Alexis would have some input then on what Rory would be up to these days then, right? “I imagine her working in a newspaper room somewhere just going after a story,” she said.

That’s exactly how we want to see her! Would you like to see a “Gilmore Girls” movie?

Will there be a Gilmore Girls Movie? Maybe a Gilmore Girls eighth season? If it were up to fans of the show, the WB and CW series never would have been taken off of television in the first place. But two years after the last episode of Gilmore Girls was aired, fan sites are starting to report many rumors about a new season for Gilmore Girls and a Gilmore Girls feature film. The only problem with these rumors, is that they are unfortunately only being linked to fan sites, and that though the rumors are being spread around, there may not be any real substance behind these ideas.

One of the big reasons that rumors still follow Gilmore Girls around the internet and the industry, is that the show ended without what die-hard fans would call a real conclusion. Gilmore Girls was on the WB and CW networks for seven seasons, covering 154 episodes of the show. In the final episode of season seven, called Bon Voyage, the main characters are still left in a bit of a lurch, and though it can be assumed where the main characters might end up in the end, nothing final takes place on screen to really bring closure to the show or to the millions of fans that tuned in every week to watch Gilmore Girls.

It is because of that ending that fans have been clamoring for some time to get them to put out an eighth season of the show, and hopefully get Gilmore Girls picked up by another network. The CW decided to move on without Gilmore Girls, and had felt that the show had runs its course on the network. The problem though, was that because some things were left up in the air as the final episode drew near, the cast and crew didn’t get an honest chance to wrap up all of the storylines on the show. Maybe with one more episode everything could have been settled, but fans have wanted an entirely new season in order to enjoy the show for another year.

Lauren Graham made a special appearance today on the Rachael Ray show. Lauren was announced as “the coolest mom on earth” with some Gilmore Girls clips set up to introduce her appearance.



Lauren admits seeing the clip kind of “freaked her out” since it was from such a long time ago (for her). She admits that the 7 years of production kind of blend together for her now. Rachael then asks if Lauren is “stuck in Lorelai”, in terms of how people see her. Lauren responds:

“I think I’ve realized I’m not, because, like anything, it’s now been 2 years since the last episode, so I’ve gotten a chance to do some other things. But, I realize that because of reruns, and just how television works now, that it’s going to be on forever. And so, for the rest of my life, people will be asking me when the Gilmore Girls movie is. And I’ll have to keep saying ‘I don’t know.’”

Lauren mentions how, for her growing up, her Gilmore Girls was Laverne & Shirley. They continue talking about Gilmore Girls (this is nice!) and how people relate to her as if she were Lorelai, with people always telling her their similarities to the Gilmore Girls characters. Lauren says it’s sweet.

Rachael asks if Lauren had ever had any weird fan reaction, one that kind of crossed the line. Lauren says it’s mainly “really friendly” and that Gilmore Girls was such a happy show. People come to watch Lauren in Guys and Dolls because of Gilmore GIrls, and Lauren feels great that she’s able to introduce people to Broadway in this way.

Lauren talks about working on Guys and Dolls, and about how taxing the 8 shows a week are on her voice. At first she would go home and avoid talking, but now she’s used to it. Still, her voice is tired by the end of the night and there’s nothing glamorous about that (so she describes)! Lauren also talks about being blonde in the show, and Rachael suggests she take the wig out for a night on the town to see if blondes really do have more fun.

Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) has joined the cast of a new Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo-produced film, Born to Be a Star.

The new movie will star Nick Swardson starring as a small-town nerd who learns his demure parents were porn stars in the 1970s. This knowledge drives him to leave Iowa for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps and be the biggest adult-film star in the world.

Other actors in the movie include Don Johnson as a down-on-his-luck porn director who gives the nerd his big break. The cast also includes Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, and Tyler Spindel. As yet, there’s no information about Edward Herrmann’s role (I wonder if he’s the dad?).

Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) sure is making the rounds this Spring! Last night, Alexis headed down to Pier 17 in NYC for a shipboard party held on The Majesty Yacht. The party helped H&M celebrate Matthew Williamson as http://www.hm.com/us/#/mw/ for them.

Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) also stars in the upcoming movie The Good Guy, which will be premiering soon at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, April 26th. Here is a new preview for the film:



The Good Guy follows the story of rising Wall Street star Tommy (Scott Porter), a man who appears to have everything he could want in life, including a beautiful girlfriend, Beth (Alexis Bledel). He’s described as Beth’s ‘knight in shining armor.’ However, as their relationship develops, cracks begin to appear in their seemingly storybook romance. One of those cracks involves another man. The movie shares in the lives of NYCs over-achievers who work hard and play harder, exposing also the urban dating scene and the culture that’s obsessed with money, sex and greed.

Likely the movie will have a stronger rating, though as yet that hasn’t been announced.

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Emily Bergl (Chilton’s elite Francie Jarvis in Gilmore Girls) appeared in the first episode of new NBC cop drama series Southland, which premiered on April 9, 2009.

In the pilot episode, “Unknown Trouble”, rookie LAPD officer Ben Sherman (Benjamin McKenzie) is learning the ropes. We see many police scenes before we catch up with Emily’s character. Emily Bergl guest starred in the episode as Tammy Bryant, wife to Detective Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy).

In the episode, Tammy has just kicked Sammy out but calls him to come home and make a baby with her. She’s upset about their marriage and why it’s not working. Sammy thinks they don’t have much in common, but denies cheating on her. Tammy grows angry and tells him not to come home. Given all the drama here, we’ll probably see her back in the series for additional episodes.

Here’s a promo for the new Southland series:

A few months ago I mentioned that you could submit questions to Lauren Graham for a feature interview with Broadway.com talking about Guys and Dolls and much more. That interview is now done and the 12-minute interview can be watched below:



Lauren Graham answers some fun fan questions for the interview:

• As an Irish gal, do you live up to the fun-loving image so many people have?
  
• If you could have the voice of any singer, dead or alive, who would it be?
  
• Did you participate in musicals during high school? Which roles did you play?
  
• Were you nervous to strip down as a hot box girl on stage?
  
• What’s your favorite costume?
  
• What kind of music do you like listening to? Favorite artists?
  
• Do you come from a theatrical family or are you the black sheep?
  
• What’s the wackiest thing you’ve been asked to do for a tv commercial? (funny wedding dress commentary)
  
• In what ways are you like Adelaide?
  
• What do you look for in a man? (cute sarcasm)
  
• Now that you are in New York for a while, how is your dog handling it?
  
• Would you do a Gilmore Girls reunion show in, say, 10 years?
  
• Don’t you have a new show coming up? Tell us about it! (She expects the show name to change, BTW)
  
• What are some items in your dressing room?
  
• Do you have any funny auditions stories you’d be willing to share?
  
• What’s your favorite song in Guys and Dolls?
  
• What’s the best part about being on Broadway?
  

Her answers to all the questions are hilarious, and I’m glad the questions were a little outside-the-norm, allowing us to get to know Lauren a little better.

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Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) will be premiering her movie The Good Guy at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, April 26th. I have a couple of new photos of the film, as well as a revised synopsis.



The Good Guy follows the story of rising Wall Street star Tommy (Scott Porter), a man who appears to have everything he could want in life, including a beautiful girlfriend, Beth (Alexis Bledel). He’s described as Beth’s ‘knight in shining armor.’ However, as their relationship develops, cracks begin to appear in their seemingly storybook romance.

Tommy tries to pass his seduction and money-making skills to co-worker Daniel (Bryan Greenberg), landing Tommy in hot water when Daniel goes after Beth, landing them in what Alexis calls a “kind of love triangle.” From the new synopsis for the film: Set against the fast-paced world of NYC’s modern over-achievers who work hard and play harder, the film explores the contemporary urban dating scene and the culture of a world obsessed with money, sex and greed.

In an interview recently with Entertainment Weekly, Alexis describes the movie as being “about the divide between two worlds - the Wall Street world and the world of girls and dating.” From the producers of Transamerica and L.I.E., the film also stars Andrew McCarthy, Bryan Greenberg, Aaron Yoo and Anna Chlumsky. Read More - New “The Good Guy” Stills