Rob Riggle describes his struggles as the only new cast member on his season of SNL, and shares the advice that Will Ferrell gave him while he was there.
Bill talks to ESPYs host Rob Riggle about his comedy and military careers, then chats with ESPN Executive Editor John A. Walsh about the company's past and future.
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Kevin Millar, Sean Casey, George Brett, and Matt Kemp
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Jay Bilas
Louis C.K.
JackO and Rich Levine
Cousin Sal and JackO
Dan Le Batard and John Hollinger
Greg Wyshynski and Cousin Sal
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The last thing J.J. Abrams produced for NBC was 2010’s sexy spy-couple show Undercovers, and that was canceled quick. But the network has just given a pilot production commitment to another Abrams show, Revolution, an "epic adventure thriller" for which no other details have been released. Abrams also has series set up at CBS and Fox this season, so either Revolution is good enough to make NBC forgive Undercovers, or they just really didn’t want to feel left out. Grade: B- [HR]
Brad Pitt has been offered a role in All You Need Is Kill, an adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s manga comic about a soldier killed in the first day of an alien invasion and then forced to relive the day before his death over and over again. The soldier then spends that time learning ice sculpture and how to woo Andie MacDowell. Grade: B+ [Vulture]
Bradley Cooper is in talks to replace Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, about a former high school teacher institutionalized for depression and released into the care of his mother (trend alert!). Cooper is negotiating for the part of the teacher and, in related news, his Limitless costarRobert De Niro will probably also join the movie in some capacity. Wahlberg is reportedly leaving the project to play another cop in Allen Hughes' Broken City. Grade: B- [Deadline]
Reese Witherspoon will star in Disney's Wish List, about a career woman belatedly granted 10 wishes she made as a young girl. As long as none of those wishes involve elephants, James L. Brooks, Christmas with Vince Vaughn, or extraordinary rendition with Jake Gyllenhaal, this is probably a step in the right direction, at least. Grade: B [Deadline]
