Jan 16
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The ladies of comedy: Zooey Deschanel, Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler


Bridesmaids was up for a couple of awards last night: Motion Picture, Comedy, which went to The Artist (did you see the dog from The Artist on the red carpet? adorable!) and Best Actress in a Motion Picture for Kristen Wiig, which went to Michelle Williams. We’ve heard that there might be some kind of sequel in the works without Kristen Wiig, who has been working on another project. Melissa McCarthy told Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet last night that she wouldn’t want to do another Bridesmaids without Kristen, though. (We don’t have photos of Wiig’s fug look, you can see them here.) Melissa may have just been paying it lip service but I think she was genuine and that if there is something in the works it’s in the very early stages and they’re still hoping to get Wiig on board.

Last night McCarthy wore this emerald Badgley Mischka which is doing something strange to her boobs. From some angles it looks like they’re sitting on a shelf. The dress looked a lot prettier on screen, though, and I’m so glad she opted for something with a jeweled neckline instead of going for sequins as she’s done so often this season.

Zooey Deschanel killed it in this gorgeous custom made Prada. I loved this dress so much and thought it was so striking. Zooey’s makeup was way overdone and her hair looked so fake and like it was hanging in her eyes. I wish she would have gone for simpler styling. Look at how cute she is posing with her sister Emily! I think Emily’s dress is a little fussy and I’m not liking the black shoes paired with the cobalt blue dress. She just had a baby less than four months ago. Zooey was up for best actress in a comedy TV series for “New Girl,” which went to Laura Dern.

Also up for best actress in a comedy was Tina Fey for “30 Rock.” Fey was characteristically cute and I love that she opted for a bright jewel tone instead of going for black as usual. She was in a tight Oscar de la Renta gown with a flared feather hemline. The dress wasn’t amazing, but Tina looked great.

Tina’s BFF Amy Poehler, nominated in the same category, looked a little washed out. She was wearing one of the more popular gown colors last night, a pale champagne shadPoehler was in Naeem Khan and I find the dress so pretty apart from the color. The subtle beading with clean lines is just so striking. I love Poehler’s cute hair and makeup too. That’s how you curl shorter hair.

Like Amy Poehler, Julie Bowen also suffered from too-light dress syndrome. She had on chiffon Reem Acra gown with a flowing gown and sequin cap sleeves. The sleeves were a little bizarre for me, and I thought her hair was matronly with those stiff curls. She looked lovely despite those minor issues. Her makeup is gorgeous.

Maya Rudolph looked a little underdone, in my opinion, in a v-neck sleeveless matte black gown with a full skirt. Still, I love the pattern on that dress, which is almost snake-like. Her stacked bracelets seem too informal and she could have dressed it up with some jewels. I would love to wear a million dollars worth of diamonds just for one night.

Photo credit: Juan Rico/Fame and WENN.com

Posted in Awards Shows, Emily Deschanel, Fashion, Julie Bowen, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Photos, Tina Fey, Zooey Deschanel

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Sep 22
'11
Emily Deschanel gave birth to a healthy, vegan boy named Henry

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Emily Deschanel gave birth to a boy! Huzzah! Emily and husband David Hornsby welcomed their first child, a boy they named Henry, on Wednesday. Emily announced her pregnancy last Spring, and it was written into Bones so the “Dr. Brennan” character is pregnant too, although God knows what they’re going to do for this new season (starting in November). Previously, Emily spoke about her pregnancy diet – she stayed vegan throughout her pregnancy – and her birth plans for a doula and a hypnobirth.

And baby makes three!

Bones star Emily Deschanel and her husband, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday, a baby boy named Henry Hornsby, Deschanel’s rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

Deschanel, 34, and Hornsby were married in 2010. The actress maintained a vegan diet throughout her pregnancy.

The new mom’s Bones co-star TJ Thyne took to Twitter to share the happy news. “CONGRATULATIONS EMILY D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” he Tweeted Wednesday. “Yay yay yay!!! :o )”

But he’s surely not the only one celebrating Henry’s arrival.

In April, shortly after her sister Emily announced her pregnancy, Zooey Deschanel could hardly contain her excitement, Tweeting: “I am super excited to be an aunt!”

[From People]

Congrats to Emily, David and little Henry. I like the name Henry Hornsby. It sounds like a professor’s name, right? Like, “Oh, Dr. Henry Hornsby, professor of Classics at Harvard? His office is in that building.” I hope they don’t end up calling him “Hank”.

Seriously, though – what’s going to happen with Bones? After Temperance got knocked up like two seconds after bonin’ Booth, what’s in store for the new season? I’m concerned.

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Written by Kaiser         17 Comments »
Sep 16
'11
Emily Deschanel plans hypnobirth, remains vegan during pregnancy

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It seems like Emily Deschanel, 34, has been pregnant for an awfully long time. Like I even forgot that she was pregnant we haven’t heard from her in so long, and it seems like she was far along the last time we heard anything about her. The Bones star has a new interview in Fit Pregnancy, where she reveals her birth plan and how she’s been exercising and eating healthy during her first pregnancy. Emily last made headlines for revealing that she’s eating vegan during her pregnancy. She explained to Fit Pregnancy how she’s getting enough nutrients and protein, and it sounds like she has it all under control.

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We hear that your pregnancy is being written into the show
Yes, it will be revealed that I’m pregnant and that it is Booth’s child. So now we are living .together, trying to figure it all out – the couple thing, the parents thing – and how it will affect our working relationship.

What has been most challenging for you?
The fatigue is the hardest part. We work 14 to 16 hour days and, for the first trimester, we weren’t telling people about the pregnancy, so it was hard. Now it’s just things like putting on shoes, getting up off the ground. It’s comical.

You’re a committed vegan. Has keeping up that way of eating been a challenge?
I don’t think it’s any more challenging for me than for anyone else. You have to make sure you get all those essential nutrients. The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin b12, and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement. I’ve increased my protein intake with beans and brown rice, and shakes made with almond milk and hemp powder. The funny this is, I love kale and always used to put it in my breakfast shakes, but for some reason I can’t stand it right now.

Any cravings?
Lemonade! I want it all the time. That and grapefruit. Those cravings I indulge. But I also crave chocolate all the time, and I try to ignore that.

What kind of prenatal exercise do you do?
I’m still Spinning and doing yoga – right now it’s a prenatal yoga DVD I do at home – but I really love classes. I like the music and the motivation you get from the people in class with you. And I’m walking a lot these days.

How do you plan to balance motherhood with your busy life?
I have no idea, but I’m lucky because I’ll have a nanny and I’ll also be able to bring the baby to work. Otherwise I’d never seen him or her. [The couple is not revealing the baby's gender before the birth?

Will you breastfeed?
Absolutely, for a year, maybe longer. I'm a total hippie, so we will co-sleep and breastfeed. My mom breastfed me for more than a year, and I can't imagine doing it any other way. It's cheap and much better for the environment, and you don't have to lug all that stuff around. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but I'm determined, even if it's hard at first.

What are your plans for the birth?
We've been taking HypnoBirthing classes, and I plan to do that. David will be with me, and also a doula.

[From Fit Pregnancy, print edition, via ONTD]

I’ve mentioned before that I did a hypnobirth at a birth center. ONTD ran this story with the caption “Emily’s doing a hypnobirth with only her husband and a doula!” but she didn’t say that, just that she would have a doula there. A doula doesn’t deliver the baby, their role is to be like a coach to the mom while the midwife or doctor does the delivery. We hired a doula when I had my son (my only kid). I assume Emily will be using a birth center, although she could be planning a homebirth (I didn’t use a birth center for some noble reason, I just fear hospitals and have had bad reactions to medication. Everyone should do their own thing when it comes to having their babies.) I will say that it was way harder than I thought it would be, but that I really didn’t need the doula. It was kind of a waste of money to hire her since there was a midwife and my husband was there with me.

I’m not a huge Bones fan and don’t watch a lot of crime-type shows (like Kaiser!), but I get why people like Emily. She seems like a very nice person. She’s into natural living and is a vegan, but she’s not preachy about it at all and is even a little self deprecating. She even admits that she’ll have a nanny. I bet she’s due soon and we’ll be hearing about her new baby any day now!

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Posted in Emily Deschanel, Photos, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Vegans

Written by Celebitchy         32 Comments »
Jul 18
'11
Emily Deschanel is sticking with veganism during her pregnancy

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Here are some new photos of Emily Deschanel and her lovely bump at yesterday’s screening of A Perfect Family at the Outfest Festival in LA. I think pregnancy agrees with her – I’ve always found her so beautiful, and the added weight fills out her face in a really gorgeous way. Judging her simply from these photos, I think she looks healthy and happy. But Emily is in the midst of a controversy because of her eating choices while pregnant. You see, Emily switched from vegetarianism to veganism several years ago, and she’s maintaining her veganism throughout her pregnancy. That means no meat, no eggs, no dairy for the baby. Emily discussed her veganism in the August issue of Ladies’ Home Journal:

Cravings aside, when it comes to pregnancy essentials, Emily Deschanel has a solid go-to.

“I have a friend from junior high who’s expecting a baby right before I am,” the Bones actress, who will welcome her first child with husband David Hornsby this fall, tells Ladies’ Home Journal‘s August issue.

“Now we’re sharing stories about our cravings and how our bodies are changing. We compare notes.”

She adds: “Having someone like this is so reassuring. It connects me to an essential part of myself.”

But when it comes to cravings, Deschanel’s go-to fixes all have one thing in common: She’s vegan, so she doesn’t consume any animal products, including dairy and eggs.

“I feel aligned with my morals and ethics. Saying no to meat makes me feel stronger inside; I feel aligned with my morals and ethics. I still have to defend myself because people don’t understand it. As a pregnant woman especially, people will say to me, ‘You must eat meat and dairy.’ You really have to tap into your self-esteem whenever people try to convince you you’re making the wrong choice.”

Ready to raise a child, Deschanel, 34, reflected on her own upbringing. Born in Los Angeles, she wasn’t always in-tune with the more shallow demands of the industry.

“In Hollywood there’s so much pressure to appear a certain way — to be skinny and to look young,” she says. “When I was growing up, I never cared about whether I was pretty or not. But when I was 12, a friend’s mom told me I was flat-chested and had fat thighs.”

She continues: “That really hurt my feelings and it kind of scarred me. I started becoming aware of how other people judged me.”

[From People]

Emily’s dietician Ashley Koff did an interview with People Magazine just a few days after the LHJ interview came out. Koff defended Emily’s pregnancy diet, saying in part: “What we want to do is give the body just enough energy so that it performs well. Energy is a really significant issue for her… What has probably been a challenge for her is making sure that she has nutrient-dense food that she’s able to have every three hours.” The solution seems to be lots of nuts, pita and hummus, which… I love all of that, but I couldn’t it eat every day for nine months. It’s Emily’s body, her choice, etc, but I do tend to think pregnant women especially should listen to what their bodies are craving. I mean, even Natalie Portman went back to dairy during her pregnancy.

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Written by Kaiser         94 Comments »
May 10
'11
Will Emily Deschanel’s pregnancy shut down production of ‘Bones’?

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If you’re not a fan of Bones, you should probably just skip this post. I love Bones, and I’m trying to get CB to start watching it. It’s such a good show! I mean, it’s not like high art or anything, but I described it to CB as “a romantic comedy with gross-out forensics”. I love the chemistry between Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, and I’m looking forward to this season’s final two episodes, which might include SOMETHING in the boning area. Get it? “Boning.” Ha! Anyway, these are new photos of the stars of Bones at a Paley Center event, including Emily and her growing pregnancy bump in a too-loud orange dress. Even though the dress is fug, I still find her so beautiful, and she David just look RIGHT together. Bones also just recently (in the past week) got picked up for its seventh season. It’s a hit show with a major following and great numbers, so I hope everybody gets to make the show for as long as they want to make it. Meanwhile, Emily recently discussed how her pregnancy is affecting production:

Bones actress Emily Deschanel has said that the show’s producers are struggling to work around her pregnancy.

Deschanel, who plays main character Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan on the series, announced in March that she was expecting her first child with husband David Hornsby.

The actress admitted that it is still uncertain how much her pregnancy will affect the series when it returns for a seventh season this fall.

“I image you’re going to see Brennan behind a microscope a lot next season,” Deschanel joked to Entertainment Weekly. “I think there’s gonna be a lot of close-ups of Brennan.”

“I said I’d work through my hiatus, but we didn’t have a pick up until now, and they have to write before we shoot,” she explained. “It’s a whole situation.”

Deschanel added that they are unlikely to solve the issue by including it as part of her character’s storyline.

“I am not gonna say no, never say never, I guess, but I think it’s unlikely,” Deschanel revealed. “I feel like that would change things so much.”

Bones is scheduled to conclude its currently-airing sixth season on May 19.

[From Digital Spy]

Emily is not only the star, she’s also a producer on the show, so that’s why she’s really trying to make the schedule work for everyone – she really, really cares about making sure the show stays in production. Other Bones producers have a different idea though – and it involves that odd “backdoor spinoff” episode that featured Geoff Stults, Michael Clarke Duncan and Saffron Burrows:

Fox’s Bones spinoff The Finder is still very much in contention for a series order at Fox. But with shelf space at the network so tight, I hear the network and the series’ producers are exploring a way to give the project presence on Fox next season. The pregnancy of Bones star Emily Deschanel is expected to sideline her for as many as 6-7 episodes from Bones’ upcoming seventh season. Fox, producing studio 20th TV and Bones creator Hart Hanson are discussing the use of Finder-flavored episodes as a filler during Deschanel’s maternity leave. Those will be Bones episodes with The Finder star Geoff Stults and his sidekick Michael Clarke Duncan appearing in them, giving Hanson an opportunity to further develop them. The future of the third Finder lead, played by Saffron Burrows, which has drawn polarizing reaction, is unclear, but I hear that the producers felt it was hard to service more than 2 new characters on Bones. Sources stress that this is one of several scenarios in contention for Deschanel’s hiatus.

The Finder was introduced in an episode of Bones last month, which got traction with the veteran series’ fans. However, Fox already has Terra Nova and X Factor on tap for fall and Touch penciled in for midseason, so the network will probably pick up as few as 2 new series. With the Ethan Hawke starrer Exit Strategy and medical drama Weekends at Bellevue gaining momentum, it is probably smart to look at alternatives for The Finder. Keeping the show alive with a short order would make it easy for Fox to give it a full-blown series pickup if any of its other new series fails.

[From Deadline]

Even though I spent this whole post gushing about how much I love Emily, I think it would be perfectly possible to continue Bones as-is without Emily for seven episodes and everyone would be fine. They could just bring in more interns (Mr. Nigel-Murray is my favorite) or some fun guest stars and it would be all good. We’ll see what happens.

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Written by Kaiser         25 Comments »
Apr 1
'11
Emily Deschanel announces her pregnancy: how will this affect ‘Bones’?

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First off, congratulations to Emily Deschanel! She just announced (through her rep) that she’s pregnant and due later this year. The baby-daddy is her husband, David Hornsby, who many know from his role as Rickety Cricket on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. They were married last year and they seem genuinely happy together. I always enjoy Emily because A) She’s not a famewhore, and I get the impression that she lives a very quiet, very private life and she just happens to be on a hit show and B) I love her on Bones, and I love that she loves being on television, and she’s not trying to do the movie star thing. So… this news makes me really happy, and I truly hope she has a healthy and happy pregnancy.

***************SPOILERS FOR THIS SEASON OF BONES********

Now, I have to totally geek out on everyone, and people who aren’t Bones fans, you can just move on to another post because none of this will mean anything. Also: I get that people are no longer fans of the show now that David Boreanaz has been outed as a womanizing skeeze, but I’m such a fan of the show, I kind of disregard his personal skeeziness. Okay, when this current season of Bones started, I thought it sucked, big-time, and that the whole “Booth goes Afghanistan, Bones goes to Wherever” story line was so, so dumb. I toyed with the idea of dropping the series from my must-watch list, but I’m glad I stuck with it, because this season got really, really good around Christmas. I actually liked Hannah (Booth’s journalist girlfriend), I liked her with Booth, and I liked that Hannah and Bones became so friendly and tight. Everything changed for me with that episode where Bones overly identifies with the dead surgeon, and that hot helicopter pilot who was in love with the surgeon. The scene in the car between Bones and Booth where she’s crying and asking him if she missed her chance… yeah, I was crying too. And I loved that Booth shut her down.

And then it got even better! Booth proposing to Hannah, Hannah turning him down, and then all of his sadness and bitterness… I truly didn’t see that situation playing out as it did. And then the last episode where Bones and Booth are stuck in the elevator and they talk about sex and possibly getting it on and Bones showing some self-awareness about her own “resilience”. I know the writers are playing with us, as they have done for years. But I really enjoyed it anyway, because it felt like Bones is making the effort to develop and change.

So, here are my questions: will the writers put Emily’s pregnancy into the show? If they do, will it be Booth’s baby? If it’s Booth’s baby, won’t they have to get started on the sexual relationship really, really soon? Will they show it? Because I’m still invested in that junk. I want to see those two characters get dirty with each other. For. Real.

Oh, and how frigging long is Angela going to gestate with that tiny little bump?

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Written by Kaiser         23 Comments »
Sep 26
'10
‘Bones’ star Emily Deschanel marries David Hornsby in a quiet ceremony

LOS ANGELES - SEP 13: Emily Deschanel arrives at the 2010 FOX Fall Eco-Casino Party at Boa Resturant on September 13, 2010 in W. Los Angeles, CA Photo via Newscom

The star of one of my favorite shows got married this weekend! And no, not Johnny Knoxville. I mean, Johnny did get married, but Jackass isn’t one of my favorite shows. I’m talking about Bones and Emily Deschanel. I didn’t even know she had a long-term boyfriend, but apparently she did, and they got hitched yesterday in a “quiet evening ceremony.” The guy’s name is David Hornsby, and apparently he’s done some work on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Weird. I am alone in thinking Emily probably had an affair with David Boreanaz, her Bones costar? I think that because now we know that David is a cheating bastard, and because he and Emily always had so much chemistry, but I think Emily was turned off by David’s not-so-indiscreet relationship with Rachel Uchitel. Or maybe Emily and David are just friends and costars and Emily’s marriage to this dude is something other than a rebound after an affair went south. Who knows?

Actress Emily Deschanel,33, and writer-actor David Hornsby tied the knot in a quiet evening ceremony in front of family and friends in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The bride wore diamond clips in her hair by Neil Lane as well as diamond earrings by the jewelry designer.

Deschanel is currently starring in the sixth season of Bones, while Hornsby is best known for his work on FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[From People]

Good on them for keeping it so quiet. And congratulations to them.

By the way, Bones fans: did the premiere suck or what? I was hoping for something… I don’t know, MORE. And since when do people get to leave Afghanistan just because a federal prosecutor wants to get the old team back together? And Emily’s new haircut is so NOT CUTE. Bangs Trauma. That’s all I’ll say. I have to admit, even though their relationship has at times annoyed the hell out of me, I’m liking the new chapter with Angela and Jack though. They were one of the highlights of a show which might have overstayed their welcome. We’ll see… maybe this season will get good. I hope.

Here are some pics of Emily and David Hornsby (he even has the same first name as Boreanaz!), and with David Boreanaz:

HOLLYWOOD - DECEMBER 12: David Hornsby and Emily Deschanel attend The Strike Show to benefit the Motion Picture and Television Fund at the Steve Allen Theatre on December 12, 2007 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD - DECEMBER 12: Emily Deschanel and David Hornsby attend The Strike Show to benefit the Motion Picture and Television Fund at the Steve Allen Theatre on December 12, 2007 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)

Emily Deschanel (L) and David Boreanaz, who portray Dr. Temperance Bones Brennan and FBI special agent Seeley Booth respectively in the television crime drama Bones , attend the show's 100th episode celebration in West Holywood, California on April 7, 2010.  UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Photo by: Raoul Gatchalian/starmaxinc.com @2010 05/17/10 Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz (BONES) at the 2010 Fox Programming Presentation, NYC, May 17, 2010 Photo via Newscom

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Written by Kaiser         31 Comments »
Oct 22
'09
Did ‘Bones’ star David Boreanaz cheat on his pregnant wife?
Opening Night Gala for Kooza from Cirque du Soleil in Santa Monica

I have upsetting news for all of us who adore the big, lovable lug named David Boreanaz. According to Star Magazine, David was having an affair with a New York woman named Rachel Uchitel. David has been married to his second wife Jamie Bergman for eight years, since 2001. David and Jamie have two children – 7-year-old Jaden and nearly 2-month-old daughter Bardot. Star claims that David has been having an affair with Rachel Uchitel since the spring, when his wife was pregnant. Star has a photograph of Rachel and David, but it looks like it was taken at a party and doesn’t really prove anything. Here’s Star’s report:

David Boreanaz and his wife of eight years, Jaime Bergman, were all lovey-dovey at the opening night of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza on Oct. 16. But behind their smiles, the couple is dealing with a dark revelation: David cheated on Jaime throughout her recent pregnancy!

Star has learned exclusively that the Bones star — who welcomed daughter Bardot six weeks ago — was seeing brunette beauty Rachel Uchitel, a NYC events planner, since the spring when he celebrated his 40th birthday at a club she works for, Griffin. “He was attracted to Rachel and asked her for her number,” says an insider. “She gave him her card, and he texted her that night to have a drink with him. She went, and they had a major connection.”

During their relationship, which Rachel ended two weeks after Bardot’s birth, David and Rachel saw each other once a month in NYC or L.A., and spoke on the phone or via text message up to 50 times a day! Even though their romance was long-distance, when together, the chemistry was electric. “David would walk in the door, and they’d have sex right away,” reveals the insider. “He told her, ‘Every time I have sex with you is like the first time.’”

But although David promised to leave his wife, Rachel tired of sharing him with Jaime and their two children (the couple also has a 7-year-old son). The final straw for Rachel came when David was in the delivery room with Jaime for their daughter’s birth on Aug. 31. “He was on the phone with Rachel, giving updates,” says the insider. “That grossed her out, because she felt that should have been private.”

[From Star Magazine]

Ugh. If this has any truth, then I am sorely disappointed. However, I have serious doubts. On Live Journal, someone pointed out that the photo of David and Rachel looked weird, and could possibly be photoshopped. They also pointed out that originally the picture was from September 17th, when David was backstage at the Rock of Ages Broadway show in New York, if that makes any difference.

What’s the verdict? Is David a bad guy who cheated on his pregnant wife? Or is he the victim of nasty tabloid reporting? I have no idea. In every interview I’ve ever seen with him, he seems like one of the sweetest guys in the world. And I know for a fact that he and his Bones costar Emily Deschanel absolutely adore each other – if I were going to believe a “David Boreanaz is a cheater” story, I’d buy him and Emily before this other woman. Speaking of, I’ll leave you with this cute interview from earlier this year with Emily and David… see? They could totally be doing it.

Opening Night Gala for Kooza from Cirque du Soleil in Santa Monica

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Written by Kaiser         90 Comments »
Sep 24
'08
Fox’s ‘Fringe’ vs. ‘Bones’ (mild Bones spoilers at bottom)


The new Fox series Fringe got a lot of buzz as the second coming of The X-Files, and is getting pretty good ratings so far.

It helps that Fringe has the primo timeslot Tuesdays after smash-hit House. TV Guide reports that Fringe retained 90 percent of House’s 14.8 million viewers.

Fringe’s success is coming at the expense of Bones, according to Bones star David Boreanaz. The crime drama stars Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan and Boreanaz as Agent Seeley Booth, and used to have that coveted Tuesday timeslot. Bones now airs at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, followed by the limp comedy ‘Til Death.

Bones won its timeslot for its 2-hour premiere on September 3, averaging 9.7 million viewers. It was the highest-rated season premiere for the show.

Despite the strong ratings, Bones’ Boreanaz, formerly the vampire-with-a-soul on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, is not happy about the switch.

National Enquirer reports David is so unhappy he’s jeopardizing his job, but he doesn’t care. “David is mad as hell,” said a network insider. “He feels betrayed and is telling everyone about it.”

Bones has had steady ratings since its debut in 2005, but Fringe comes from proven hit-maker J.J. Abrams, creator of Alias, Lost and Felicity.

Fringe follows a misfit team as they examine paranormal phenomena, like The X-Files but without the aliens or David Duchovny.

Mocking FOX’s decision to move his show to Wednesday night for the untested newcomer, Boreanaz said bitterly: “Let’s pimp Fringe, which makes no sense, about some disease that’s taken over an airplane!”

Then, he added sarcastically: “Cause that’s unique!”

David realizes his harsh words could come back to haunt him.

“They should’ve just kept us with House, the outspoken actor declared. “That was a great combination.”

[From National Enquirer, print edition, September 29, 2008]

Enquirer got these quotes from an interview Boreanaz gave to Entertainment Weekly, adding the adverbs “bitterly” and “sarcastically.” David continued to say, “Now, we’re the lead-in to ‘Til Death. God, what a mess. But they have to spread us out because they have to develop new shows, I get it.”

————–Bones Spoilers————–

Boreanaz says he wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not brought back for next season. Hopefully, Booth will at least get to finally sleep with Bones before he’s killed off.

Plans may even be in the works to ease in David’s replacement.

Brendan Fehr, recently of Samurai Girl, has been cast as Booth’s younger brother Jared on the November 19 episode. TV Guide reports Jared “gets on Booth’s nerves but hits it off with Brennan.”

Unfortunately, neither show is all that good. Fringe has no spark like The X-Files or Lost, and Bones jumped the shark with last season’s finale making Zack a psycho, and jumped it again with the lame season premiere with Bones and Booth in Britain.

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