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With Thomas and his son Douglas spending time in Paris on The Bold and the Beautiful, Douglas’ portrayer, Henry Joseph Samiri, has had some free time on his hands. He recently appeared in a Progressive commercial where he stole the show and had fans clamoring for Douglas’ return.

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Samiri excitedly wrote on Instagram, “Had so much fun filming this [Progressive] spot! Thank you [Sydel Lisi] for this fun opportunity – you’re the best! @robinleohr...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on August 1st, reviewing “Peak Season,” set in Jackson, Wyoming, and involving a couple trying to negotiation “forbidden” feelings. In theaters beginning on August 2nd.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Loren (Derrick Joseph DeBlasis), makes his living in Jackson mostly as a fly fishing instructor and guide, and lives in his car. When an engaged couple … Ben Coleman as Max and Claudia Restrepo as Amy … comes to town from New York for a vacation, Max’s business deals means that Amy takes fishing lessons alone, and develops a connection to the flighty and stoic Loren. When Max goes out of town for his business, Amy and Loren run into each other and spend time with each other in the beautiful and re-orienting town.

”Peak Season” opens in theaters on August 2nd. See local listings. Featuring Derrick Joseph DeBlasis,...

"I moved out here when I was 20, and sort of fell in love with it... I do what I want when I want, how I want." Ent. Squad has revealed an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy film titled Peak Season, which first premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival last year. In a picturesque Wyoming town, burnt-out corporate consultant Amy and the free-spirited fishing guide Loren form an unexpected bond... Amy, a New Yorker struggling with her high-pressure career and her engagement to the work-obsessed Max, finds solace in Loren's simple, liberated lifestyle. As they spend time fishing, hiking, and exploring Jackson, Amy begins to question her life choices and yearn for the freedom Loren embodies. Their growing connection leads to romantic tension and deep conversations about life's true meaning. Starring Claudia Restrepo, Derrick Joseph DeBlasis, Ben Coleman, Fred Melamed, Stephanie Courtney, & Greg Coleman. Well this looks quite good!

Exclusive: Entertainment Squad, has acquired SXSW’s premiere film, Peak Season, and set a theatrical release for August 2.

Helmed by Henry Loevner and Steven Kanter, who previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed The End of Us, Peak Season is an exploration of personal discovery and the road less traveled set against the stunning backdrop of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The film stars Claudia Restrepo, Derrick DeBlasis, and Ben Coleman, Fred Melamed and Stephanie Courtney who is famously known as “Flo” in Progressive commercials.

Both a bittersweet romantic comedy and a clever social commentary, Peak Season follows a burnt-out New Yorker who travels to Wyoming with her fiancé, but then falls for a handsome, yet troubled ski-bum, and questions whether to leave her city life behind.

Loevner and Kanter commented in a joint statement: “We set out...

The Casting Society (CSA) on Wednesday announced the lineup of presenters for the 39th Annual Artios Awards, with gala celebrations taking place simultaneously on March 7 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the Edison Ballroom in New York City and – on the same day – at the White City House in London.

Presenters at the Los Angeles ceremony (hosted by Niecy Nash-Betts) will be Wells Adams (“The Bachelor” franchise), Kate Berlant, Tantoo Cardinal (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Auli’i Cravalho, Stephanie Courtney, Ronald Gladden (“Jury Duty”), Sarah Hyland (“Modern Family”), Trace Lysette, James Marsden (“Jury Duty”), Kevin Miles (Jake from the State Farm commercials), Ashleigh Murray (“The Other Black Girl”), Michael Urie, Ming-Na Wen and Sofia Wylie (“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”).

SEECasting Society announces Emmy winner Niecy Nash-Betts, Alex Edelman as dual hosts of the Artios Awards on March 7

Also at the Los Aneles ceremony, David Oweloyo will...

Milana Vayntrub, the actress behind the popular AT&T commercial character Lily, has opened up about facing online sexual harassment and how she received support from fellow commercial star Stephanie Courtney, aka Flo from Progressive. In a new profile from the New York Times, Vayntrub recalled how she first auditioned for the character of Lily, an upbeat AT&T employee, when she was 26 years old and “dressed like I imagined a friendly girl would dress.” She became the face of the telecommunications company between 2013 and 2016 before taking a hiatus. However, she revived the character in 2020 during the pandemic, which she revealed was her own idea. “This time, Lily would be working from home. AT&T greenlit the proposal. Vayntrub directed the spots herself. She filmed the national ads in her own house, recreating Lily’s hair and makeup herself under the remote supervision of a professional,” the Times profile states. But after returning to the limelight,...

Milana Vayntrub has spoken out before about the online harassment she has faced for her portrayal of “Lily Adams,” a store manager in AT&T ads.

But in a New York Times story today, she revealed she received encouragement and support from an unlikely peer – Stephanie Courtney, who plays the character “Flo” in ads for Progressive Insurance.

Courtney contacted Vayntrub by phone when the online abuse was at its worse. Courtney was empathetic, and Vayntrub recalled that Courtney was a good listener. Talking to her peer made Vayntrub feel “like there were people on my team,” she said in the Times story.

In August of 2020, Vayntrub posted an Instagram livestream asking that the online harassment against her stop.

Vayntrub emotionally discussed how old photos of her have been manipulated into memes that generate lewd and vile responses.

“Maybe it just has to do with being a person on the internet, or...

If you don’t know the actor Milana Vayntrub by name, then chances are high that you would recognize her face. Since 2013, Vayntrub has been the on-and-off again star of many AT&T commercials as the character Lily, a jolly AT&T employee who has comedic interactions with customers. Vayntrub’s Lily was the face of a national AT&T campaign for three years before she took a hiatus and revived the character in 2020 for a series of pandemic-themed commercials.

Vayntrub is the subject of a new profile from The New York Times, in which she reflects on the highs and lows of her tenure playing Lily. She auditioned for the character as a 26-year-old and “dressed like I imagined a friendly girl would dress.” When the pandemic hit, Vayntrub herself pitched Lily’s return to AT&T.

Per The Times: “This time, Lily would be working from home. AT&T greenlit the proposal.

The Groundlings will host an improv musical fundraising event on Oct. 26, featuring Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig and Will Forte. The event, held at the Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar, will benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund to support below-the-line workers impacted by the strikes.

“One Night Only,” created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, is a full production of a well-known Broadway musical. The catch? The improvisers are given the script and their roles only 24 hours in advance.

“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending, most crew members won’t be able to start work again until the SAG-AFTRA deal is ratified,” Leeds said in a statement. “Even then, many will be fighting to survive as they wait for productions to start back up.

Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, and Will Forte are among the performers scheduled to take part in One Night Only, a Groundlings musical improv show to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

The show, set for Thursday, October 26 in Los Angeles, will be a “fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical,” the catch being that the performers won’t know what show or their roles until 24 hours before curtain. “The audience finds out what the show is when the curtain rises on the most terrified group of actors you will ever see,” the improv company says.

Created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only will include performers Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, Ana Gasteyer, Will Forte, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Edi Patterson, Julian Gant, Michaela Watkins, Greg Worswick, Lyric Lewis, Jim Cashman, Allison Dunbar, H Michael Croner, Michelle Noh, Patty Guggenheim, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Cook,...

The Groundlings has entered the chat.

The iconic sketch comedy troupe is mounting an improv musical fundraiser titled One Night Only that will serve as a benefit for below-the-line workers impacted by Hollywood’s dual strikes via the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The show will be performed at the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles on Oct. 26.

A large cast has been assembled, headlined by Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Will Forte and Ana Gasteyer, among many others. Created and directed by Groundlings main company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only is described as “a fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical where the improvisors are given the script and their roles with only 24 hours to prepare.”

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“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending,...

The film Peak Season, which premiered at the South By Southwest festival, follows the story of lonely Amy (Claudia Restrepo) and her fiancé Max (Ben Coleman) as they take a summer trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they meet the charming wilderness guide Loren (Derrick DeBlasis).

In an exclusive interview with uInterview founder Erik Meers, Restrepo, Coleman and DeBlasis revealed their favorite scenes to shoot.

“My was the rodeo scene, I guess it’s not really character development but it was very fun and it felt like a pinnacle of her and Loren’s relationship,” Restrepo said. “They’re really getting to experience if they were just out on a date and having fun and it’s like the highest form of this like the romanticism of Wyoming or the American West and we just got to hang out. There’s a lot of that because it was filmed sort of like a fairy tale,...

Exclusive: Following six seasons as Howard Hamlin on AMC’s megahit Better Call Saul, Patrick Fabian has signed on to lead the indie The Way We Speak from writer-director Ian Ebright (From the Sky).

Billed as an allegory about America’s fractured politics and culture, the film follows Simon (Fabian), an up-and-coming commentator whose world is turned upside down when his best friend and debate opponent suffers a fatal heart attack. Simon refuses to leave the spotlight at an annual thought-leader summit, leading to an obsession with his new opponent and a growing rift with his ailing wife, Claire (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s Diana Coconubo).

Ebright’s Broken Telegraph is producing the pic, also to star Kailey Rhodes (Black Pool), Ayanna Berkshire (Twilight) and Lowell Deo (Z Nation). Fabian is repped by The Kohner Agency and Essential Talent Management.

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Collaboration in comedy can be hard. The genre is largely subjective and funny people have differing perspectives on what is and isn’t funny. But what about when one comedic collaborator is an apple that hasn’t fallen too far from the other’s comedy tree, so to speak?

Such is the case with the new Audible podcast series Summer in Argyle. First developed and written by Nate Odenkirk, then punched up, rewritten, and produced with the assistance of his quite notable father, Bob Odenkirk, Summer in Argyle is a generational Odenkirk-ian effort. The father-son duo worked on the project during the height of the pandemic, turning the already fraught creative process into more intense of a beast.

“You know, it’s risky. You’re locked down. You’re in the house. You can’t leave. Plus, he’s my son,” Bob Odenkirk tells Den of Geek. “But I had...

Audible · Summer in Argyle Trailer

Bob Odenkirk is ready to tell the fictional, hilarious story of Argyle, Ohio, a quirky town that doesn’t usually impress at anything. After a strange situation happens on the Fourth of July, everything changes for the town that’s used to coming in second. On Monday, Audible released the trailer for Summer in Argyle, a new podcast created by Bob and Nate Odenkirk, which releases March 10.

“When Richie dies at the hot dog eating contest, it shocks the town,” Bob — who narrates the show — says in the trailer.

Happy Wednesday, fellow Big Brother fans. We've got some heavy drama news for you guys today. Apparently, a source that's somehow very close to the set of Big Brother just recently announced on Twitter that two of the current Celebrity Big Brother season 2 celebrities have decided to drop out due to some discrepancies over pay! The source we're talking about is realvegas4sure. For those of you who don't know, realvegas4sure has been a very reliable, behind-the-scenes source for Big Brother. This past Sunday, January 6, 2019, Realvegas4sure hit up their Twitter account to reveal that not every celebrity on Celebrity Big Brother season 2 is getting paid the same. He or she's tweet reads like this, "Unlike last year, not everyone will be receiving the same pay to be a celebrity Hg. Last year one made more, a sickening amount more, but this year the paychecks vary widely. This is...

Happy Tuesday, fellow Big Brother fans. We're back at you again with another Celebrity Big Brother season 2 report. This one was spawned by the season 8 winner himself Evel Dick Donato! He's very active on his personal Twitter account, and yesterday January 7, 2019, he revealed a list that was sent to him that featured the CBS Celebrity Big Brother logo on it and a supposed cast list that featured a couple of other celebrities that were not mentioned in the previous leaked list we ran. This one has much bigger names on it. In Evel Dick's tweet he captioned the leaked list photo with the following words: "Don't know how legit this is, but I'm just gonna pass it on...One that is troubling is Dan Crenshaw. He was just elected & sworn in, first term. He's gonna leave responsibilities to get locked in a house for a month? So, seems fishy." You...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its fourth annual Careers in Film Summit on Saturday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, followed by summits in Atlanta on November 3, London on November 12, and New York in April 2019. The events will give high school and college students the opportunity to learn about careers in the industry with panels featuring Academy governors and members and industry professionals. The Los Angeles panelists include Ant-Man director Peyton Reed, Crazy Rich Asians producer Nina Jacobson, and Oscar nominees including Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison and A River Runs Through It composer Mark Isham. The summit’s five panel discussions will be live-streamed on Oscars.org.

The American Film Market has begun setting the speaker lineup for its Conferences, Roundtables, Workshops and Spotlight events, which occur during the annual market which this year runs October 31-November 7 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica.

Network: TV Land, Paramount Network. Episodes: 24 (half-hour). Seasons: Two. TV show dates: March 29, 2017 — May 31, 2018. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras. Guests include Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Usman Ally, Brendan Jennings, Steve Little, Tawny Newsome, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Patrick Devine, and Stephanie Courtney. TV show description:A scripted comedy series, Nobodies stars creators, writers, and alumni of The Groundlings improv company, Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras as fictionalized versions of themselves. Tired of writing for an animated children's TV series, The Fartlings, Hugh, Larry, and Rachel are pitching their feature film, Mr. First Lady, to Paramount. Although they...

[[tmz:video id="0_ou7r228z"]] Stephanie Courtney, the woman who plays Flo in those Progressive commercials, doesn't make a penny off the Halloween costume she made famous ... but she's still a fan of you wearing it. We got Stephanie in Beverly Hills Tuesday and asked what it's like seeing a bunch of Flos roaming the streets around Halloween. You'd think she has it easy when it comes to figuring out a costume, but Steph has an excellent explanation for why...

Network: TV LandEpisodes: Ongoing (half-hour)Seasons: OngoingTV show dates: March 29, 2017 — presentSeries status: Has not been cancelledPerformers include: Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras. Guests include Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Usman Ally, Brendan Jennings, Steve Little, Tawny Newsome, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Patrick Devine, and Stephanie Courtney.TV show description:A scripted comedy series, Nobodies stars creators, writers, and alumni of The Groundlings improv company, Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras as fictionalized versions of themselves. Tired of writing for an animated children's TV series, The Fartlings, Hugh, Larry, and Rachel are pitching their feature film, Mr. First Lady, to Paramount.Although they get a meeting with Gavin and Grace (Ally...

[[tmz:video id="0_tvagopdn"]] Flo from the Progressive commercials is clearly an insurance expert ... so it's only fitting to ask if she'd advise her company to cover Harrison Ford. We got Flo -- real name Stephanie Courtney -- out in Bev Hills Wednesday in civilian wear. She's not worried about the taxiway landing ... she says Ford's a Gold Star customer.   She's also a Drake fan, so our photog asked Flo to flow on the spot. Read more...

"I hate optimistic people. They bum me out with their upbeat attitude." Netflix has unveiled a trailer for a dark comedy called Girlfriend's Day, co-written by and starring Bob Odenkirk as a greeting card writer. The wacky plot involves Odenkirk getting entangled in a web of murder and deceit as writers vie to create the perfect card for a new holiday: Girlfriend's Day. It's described as a "clever and quirky story about love, loss and the worst place to get a paper cut." The full cast includes Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne, Ed Begley Jr, Stacy Keach, Rich Sommer, June Diane Raphael, Andy Richter, Stephanie Courtney and Echo Kellum. This looks much darker and weirder than expected, but I'm not so sure about this one. Here's the trailer (+ poster) for Michael Paul Stephenson's Girlfriend's Day, from Netflix's YouTube: Ever wonder who penned the perfect words to the Mother's Day card you sent last year?...

TNT’s Major Crimes is aiming an arrow squarely at TV’s superhero craze, in an episode that guest-stars Twin Peaks favorite Sherilyn Fenn.

RelatedTNT’s Major Crimes Season 5 Adds 8 More Episodes

In the newly supersized Season 5’s eighth episode (airing Aug. 15), Flynn and Tao investigate the mysterious overdose of Chris Walker, a young actor who had been starring as the hero “Gold Storm” on a TV series. TVLine has learned exclusively that Fenn, whose more recent TV credits include Shameless and Ray Donovan, will play the deceased’s fiercely controlling, cherry stem-knotting and recently fired “momager.”

In the same episode,...

You'll never guess who Sarah Michelle Gellar wants to have guest star on her new CBS comedy.

The first episode of "The Crazy Ones," which stars Gellar and Robin Williams as ad executives, features singer and "American Idol" veteran Kelly Clarkson as herself. The David E. Kelley comedy lends itself to lots of possible cameos and Gellar already has the next one planned: Flo, from Progressive commercials. Stephanie Courtney portrays the perky car insurance pitch woman. Aside from her commercials, Courtney's other TV credits include "Mad Men," "Fred" and "United States of Tara."

Gellar said she already told Kelley about her dream guest star and he's promised to make it happen. "I want Flo," Gellar said during a recent appearance on HuffPost Live.

"I'm going to have a scene with her because I am obsessed with Flo," Gellar said. "She's hysterical."

"The Crazy Ones" airs Thursdays, 9:00 p.m. Et on CBS this fall.

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Actress Ellen Page will be taking her talents behind the camera. Page will make her directorial debut with Miss Stevens, starring Anna Faris. In the film “Faris will play a down-on-her-luck teacher who chaperones a high-school trip to the state drama competition.”

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Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks will co-star in the dark comedy The Big Shoe. (And yes, the story is about shoes.)

Mariska Hargitay shines on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal. Hargitay revealed to the magazine that she loves her curvy body. We at Ae also enjoy it.

For all of you Naya Rivera fans, check out an extended version of her Super Bowl M&M's ad.

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If all goes as planned, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill will reunite on the silver screen in 2015 for Star Wars: Episode VII, a movie set in the hours, days, years, decades or eons after Darth Vader’s torchlight funeral near the piney stomping grounds of the Ewoks. But when they reach the set next year, the actors will be 30 years removed from Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. A new generation of heroes and villains will clearly be needed to move the franchise on to Episode VIII and beyond, but how to accomplish that?

We’ve zeroed...

Is Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner secretly a nostalgic Millennial? It sure seems that way, considering the actors who have popped up on Mad Men lately. Sure, big-ish names like Julia Ormond have made appearances on the show — but their numbers are dwarfed by the veterans from Gen Y touchstones like The Secret World of Alex Mack, Clarissa Explains It All, 10 Things I Hate About You, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and even Saved by the Bell who have been invading AMC’s flagship series for years. This might indicate that Weiner and his casting directors love the late...

As the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers prepare to hustle for this year’s Super Bowl, the Big Shill — our bracket game that rewards advertising’s greatest icon — is all about Flo, the perky Progressive Insurance Girl played by actress Stephanie Courtney. That’s right: Though the Pillsbury Doughboy, Super Bowl ad favorites the Budweiser Clydesdales, and more did their darndest to stomp on her bumpit, they ultimately were no match for the overenthusiastic saleswoman. So it’s official: Picking up over 73 percent of the vote (the Pillsbury Doughboy finished with almost 27 percent), Flo rides to Big Shill victory on her white motorcycle.

If there was any doubt about the bonafides of our two Big Shill finalists, it was erased by their convincing Final Four victories over two advertising powerhouses from the old school. Flo the Progressive Insurance Lady treated the Budweiser Clydesdales worse than the poor pony at the end of True Grit, clinching Flo’s spot in the final by more than 41 percentage points. And the Pillsbury Doughboy just kept giggling creepily while Mrs. Butterworth — sweet ol’ Mrs. Butterworth — attempted to repeatedly tap-out during his 50 point rout.

Now the two steely icons are poised for one last shillanigan. Yesterday’s battlefields...

After four rounds of Big Shill madness, the wheat has risen. The cream has been separated from the chaff. Three old-school advertising icons have reached the Final Four, joined by one young upstart who’s rallied an army and stuck a stake through the hearts of the competition. Flo the Progressive Insurance Lady isn’t just an enthusiastic ambassador for her product, she’s a warrior. Just ask the debonair Old Spice Guy, who was rudely sent home on the horse he rode in on. Flo is ruthless, but now she faces her biggest challenge yet: the Budweiser Clydesdales, who...

Today’s Big Shill bracket game quarterfinal matchups feature four powerhouse advertising icons. On one side of the draw is Tony the Tiger, who squashed the Geico Gecko to get to this point. But now he’s facing a stampede of Budweiser Clydesdales that just trampled the Energizer Bunny by a convincing 15 percentage points. (The pink, floppy-haired hipster is no longer going and going.) On the other side of the bracket is Flo, the Progressive Insurance Lady, who’s been boosted by a surprising amount of online support against a trio of impressive opponents: First, she outmuscled the Brawny Lumberjack by 33 percentage points,...

It’s the final day of the Sweet 16. Who will earn the last two spots in the quarterfinals of our Big Shill Bracket Game? Can the Energizer Bunny keep on ticking when the Budweiser Clydesdales are still kicking? Progressive Lady defeated the Mac Guy, but now she’s facing someone even cuter than Justin Long — the Gerber Baby. Read their bios and watch them in action below, then vote in the polls.

Check out our complete bracket here. And look back on all our face-offs here.

The Energizer Bunny

Product: Energizer batteries

Debut year: 1988

Catchphrase: They keep going and going…...

We are that much closer to the goriest of Geico pitchmen battles. But before we can count on seeing the insurance-shilling Gecko face off against those scene-stealing Cavemen, the Geico mascots must wash away the Scrubbing Bubbles and the Gerber Baby, respectively. Also competing in this round’s match-ups: Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer Bunny, the Mac Guy, and Flo, the Progressive Lady. Click here to see the entire bracket, and click the jump to vote for your favorite pitchmen in this round. C’mon, it’s so easy, a caveman can do it!

Scrubbing Bubbles

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Welcome to the eighth day of EW’s Big Shill Bracket Game, brought to you by interesting grooming habits! For this round — the last in the top 64 — Colonel Sanders’ Van Dyke beard faces off against the Empire Carpet Guy’s well-installed upper-lip hair, while the Brawny Lumberjack’s disappearing mustache battles Flo, the Progressive Girl’s mountainous poof. But, wait! There’s more! A bathroom cleaner tries to wash away Honey Nut Cheerios’ king bee, and a disembodied hand attempts to grab the win from a hip tuna. Check out the entire bracket here to see the other shillers battling for advertising supremacy,...

When House and Cuddy take their relationship outside "House's" apartment, all sorts of fireworks fly at Princeton Plainsboro.

Huddy

House and Cuddy's day of playing, ahem, house is over and now they have to work together. House naturally is shouting their relationship from the rooftops, while Cuddy is only concerned with telling Human Resources, where they have to sign one of Michael Scott's "love contracts." Wilson doesn't believe House when he hears and Cuddy's grabbing of House's crotch to prove it (and House's subsequent barely-contained glee) is one of the best moments of the episode.

Unfortunately, along with the relationship comes House "folding like an origami crane" every time he and Cuddy butt heads. Where he normally would barge ahead and be the rogue doctor we all know and love, now he's Cuddy's lap dog.

When Cuddy figures out what he's doing, she tries to find him a new supervisor.

As always, those who will have a chance to attend the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal can enjoy the Insider Series, a segment mainly devoted to screenings of films and upcoming TV series' pilot. For this year, the Insider Series' have a preview of an upcoming Canadian comedy series and two performances on stage in store.

The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour

First of all, fans of Trailer Park Boys will be able to meet the show's stars and creators themselves: Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and director Ron Murphy. They will present clips of their new TV series called The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour and a Q&A session will be held.

This show from Showcase, a Canadian cable network, takes place in a fictitious town of Port Cockerton. It follows Trailer Park Boys' three stars (Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay...

The nominees for the 2010 Streamys were announced today. The Streamys celebrate online television programming and this year they have a fantastic line up of nominees. Last year was the Streamys debut year and the winners included high profile shows such as Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and the exceptional Battlestar Galactica web series The Face of the Enemy.

This year there is even more competition with some really interesting content now being released on the web rather than through more traditional media routes. Two of my favourites from this year’s nominee list are the excellent Interview Project which is presented by davidlynch.com and the slightly flawed but thoroughly enjoyable Angel of Death, created by Ed Brubaker and starring Zoe Bell, which also received a DVD release last year.

The awards ceremony takes place on April 11th 2010 and the full list of nominees is listed below with handy links...

After years of doing improv theatre, commercials and small roles on TV and in movies, Stephanie Courtney hit it big as the delightfully quirky Flo, a happy-to-help insurance expert in the commercials for Progressive.com. What started out as an audition like any other has led to more than 20 finished spots (watch them here), which she says can take more than a day to film. With her retro style and super sweet demeanor, Flo has caught the eye of bloggers who have said she's "so goshdarned perky she makes Kelly Ripa look like Amy Winehouse" and called her a "babelicious brunette" with "kissable red,...