'Wing' Votes for Chenoweth in Recurring Role
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Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth has landed a major recurring role on NBC's White House drama "The West Wing."
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Alan Alda says he's constantly approached by people surprised at his portrayal of a conservative Republican senator on the TV show "The West Wing." "I was never asked that when I played a murderer," Alda said Friday.
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Producers on Fox&#39;s &quot;24&quot;  are contemplating a female president on the show next season, a  decision that could foreshadow real-life events if Hillary  Clinton gets the Democratic presidential nod.
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PHILADELPHIA - Professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured a record 182 chicken wings Friday to win his second consecutive Wing Bowl, a gut-busting annual event that draws thousands of revelers to the city's sports complex in the pre-dawn hours.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 20 -- Three months ago, beauty shop owner Shanaya Hammond was a somewhat reluctant supporter of Sen. Barack Obama. A campaign aide persuaded her to put two Obama posters in the window of her Passion Slice salon and she planned to vote for him, but, she allowed, "I won't be mad...
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Check your publicist at the boardroom door &#151; NBC is inviting celebrities to try to wow Donald Trump in the next version of "The Apprentice." And while it would make for a marquee matchup, don't expect Rosie O'Donnell to be among them.
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Jim Bunning stepped up to a Rotary Club lectern here Thursday to notch a save in a campaign that was on no one's lineup card of competitive Senate races a few weeks ago. But thanks to growing speculation about his mental fitness, Kentucky now has one of the more interesting campaigns in the country.
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Aides to Fred Thompson, the actor-politician considered a likely presidential candidate, have had repeated conversations with Iowa Republicans about him possibly competing in the straw poll in August.
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Actor Jimmy Smits, best known for his turns as a lawyer on "L.A. Law" and a cop on "NYPD Blue," will join the cast of "The West Wing" as a Houston congressman with presidential aspirations, NBC said on Friday.
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Law and Order star to test the waters for a presidential bid in the coming weeks.
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Calista Flockhart says it's time to get back to work. The former "Ally McBeal" star, who has spent the last five years at home with boyfriend Harrison Ford and her 5-year-old adopted son, returns to TV this fall as a right-wing radio host turned pundit in the new drama "Brothers &amp; Sisters." The show, which co-stars Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths, debuts Sept. 24 on ABC.
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LAS VEGAS - Jim Wilkes, Winky Wright&#39;s adviser, recalled a conversation he had a few years ago with Kerry Davis, the senior vice president of HBO Sports.
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Several pilots have  received a second lease on life after the options on their  actors were extended.
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Lead or supporting  actor? That is the question that various awards groups as well  as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are turning  their attention to as "for your consideration" season gets  under way.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as &quot;The Hammer&quot; is also at stake.
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The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will make a cameo appearance on next week's episode of NBC's "The West Wing" as the archive of a document by fictional President Josiah Bartlet that temporarily relinquished his power.
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Jay Leno's thumbs are about to get a workout. "The Tonight Show" host is filling in as a guest critic on the movie review show "Ebert &amp; Roeper" while regular co-host Roger Ebert recuperates from cancer surgery.