Carradine "Mad" for Lifetime drama pilot
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LOS ANGELES  - Ever Carradine will star in the Lifetime drama pilot "The Madness of Ava," a project described as a female version of "House."
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Feature-film writer David McKenna ("S.W.A.T.") has been tapped to pen the pilot script for "E-Ring," the defense-themed drama series in the works for NBC from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television.
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Jordana Brewster has  signed on for ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," playing a  role originated by Angelina Jolie on the big screen.
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David Carradine says he inspired the title role in the "Kill Bill" movies, but the part was originally written for Warren Beatty.
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LOS ANGELES  - In a flurry of pilot  activity Monday, producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("CSI") received  two drama pilot pickups -- one at NBC for the defense-themed  project "E-Ring" and one at the WB Network for an untitled show  about a 17-year-old lawyer.
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Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates is to receive a lifetime achievement award marking her 35 years in film.
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Janine Turner and Costas  Mandylor will star in a Lifetime TV movie tentatively titled  &quot;Primal Doubt.&quot;
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LOS ANGELES  - The WB Network has  ordered an untitled one-hour pilot, to be executive produced by  "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman.
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The creator of NBC's  "Las Vegas" has lined up two drama projects for next season --  one at CBS and one at NBC.
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"Crash," the racially charged drama that won the Oscar for best picture of 2005, is coming to the small screen later this year as a TV series for the Starz network, the pay cable channel said on Monday.
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Constance Zimmer,  Christina Chang, RonReaco Lee and Justina Machado have been  tapped to co-star in NBC's multicamera comedy pilot "The Man of  Your Dreams."
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LOS ANGELES  - Aidan Quinn will star in  the offbeat NBC drama pilot "Book of Daniel," about an  unconventional priest who is addicted to prescription drugs and  converses with a modern-looking Jesus.
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The Hollywood Foreign  Press Association gave its top Golden Globes for television on  Sunday to the new advertising-themed drama "Mad Men" on cable  network AMC and HBO's recently canceled Hollywood satire  "Extras."
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The Pope tells an actor that he is "crazy" to portray him in a television drama about his life.
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Veteran TV producer  David Milch is returning to his "NYPD Blue" roots with his  third drama pilot at HBO in three years.
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LOS ANGELES  - Jordana Brewster has signed on for ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," playing a role originated by Angelina Jolie on the big screen.
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Beau Bridges will  headline Fox's comedy pilot "Two Families," playing a man with  two families whose two sets of adult children don't know the  others exist. Emmy winner Bridges was most recently seen on the  Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate SG-1."