True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten Shuns Spotlight

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Australian actor Ryan Kwanten is pleased he’s rarely a target for the paparazzi – because he’d hate to feel “constantly on show”.

The star has gained a cult following since his first appearance in vampire series True Blood, but Kwanten insists he likes to keep a low profile.

He tells GQ Style magazine,

“Occasionally I get paparazzi, like this week when I finished yoga, there were 10 waiting outside. But I’m not very newsworthy.

“I’m still a very private person. I want to leave all the drama in my life on the set. I’m not going to call my publicist from a restaurant and say, ‘I’ll be leaving at 7:57. Make sure there’s a photographer outside.’

“Giving my life up like that would be taking a little bit of my soul. I think some people think they’re constantly on show. I don’t want to live like that.”

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Pic! Rolling Stone Goes ‘Mad’

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“Mad Men” stars Elizabeth Moss, January Jones, Jon Hamm and Christina Hendricks sizzle on the cover of Rolling Stone.

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Jen Aniston to Guest Star in ‘Cougar Town’ Premiere

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Actress Jennifer Aniston is starring with her BFF Courteney Cox in the season 2 premiere of Cox’s hit ABC show “Cougar Town,” airing Sept. 22.

Aniston is playing a shrink named Bonnie, who has been counseling Cox’s character Jules, EW.com reports.

“Kind of a get-too-involved-in-her-life-type of therapist,”

the show’s executive producer Bill Lawrence told EW.

“Those guys are so close in real life they kind of do that for each other anyway. Bonnie has the life Jules wishes she has.”

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Michael J. Fox Returning To TV

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Michael J. Fox is returning to the small screen – he has signed on for a cameo role on Julianna Margulies’ U.S. legal drama The Good Wife.

The veteran actor, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, will appear as Simon Canning, a “shrewd and cynical” lawyer who tackles Margulies’ character in a class action lawsuit, CBS network executives revealed on Friday.

A statement from executive producers and creators of the show, Robert and Michelle King, reads,

“We’re absolutely thrilled that Michael has agreed to play this role. His intelligence as an actor, combined with his incredible comic timing will really bring this smart, cynical lawyer to life.”

Fox’s last TV stint came last year when he played a drug-abusing paraplegic on Denis Leary’s hit drama series Rescue Me.

He told USA Today at the time:

“It’s a measure of how screwed up they are that they would hire me to play a paralyzed guy. I’m the opposite of a paralyzed guy. One of the reasons I don’t act that much now is that my first job is to act like I’m not dealing with the things I’m dealing with.”

The Good Wife’s second season premieres next month.

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Stephen Moyer Injured On True Blood Set

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True Blood star Stephen Moyer suffered further damage to his already-injured knee during filming on the U.S. TV hit earlier this year when was thrown off a horse in a stunt scene gone wrong.

The actor was forced to halt filming on an episode of the vampire show’s third season after he was thrown to the ground and landed on his knee.

The joint was already fragile from a previous injury – Moyer underwent surgery for a torn meniscus last October.

He explains,

“I had an accident on this season of True Blood. I rode behind a stuntman and the horses didn’t want us there and we were in this forest. I came off and he came off and the horse went back and I landed on this two-foot square piece of concrete and it’s the only piece of concrete in the whole forest – straight on my knee.”

But Moyer has assured fans he’s fully recovered, adding of the initial pain, “Yeah, it hurt.”

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Selena Gomez To Take Final Bow On Waverly Place

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Disney star Selena Gomez is to quit her role on Wizards Of Waverly Place when the hit show’s fourth season ends.

The singer/actress will shoot one last series of the popular children’s show and admits she’s “heartbroken” about the thought of bidding farewell to her castmates after filming wraps.

She says,

“Unfortunately, I’m doing my last season of my show, which I’m really heartbroken about. That’s gonna be a terrible time for me.”

Gomez will thrill fans one last time by stepping into character for a movie adaptation of the show, which will be a sequel to the 2009 Disney hit Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie.

She adds,

“I’m gonna do a movie for my show, which I’ll be excited to end it with, and then a tour.”

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Brian Austin Green Headed To ‘Desperate Housewives’

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Former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Brian Austin Green is headed to Wisteria Lane.

The newlywed — he married sweetheart Megan Fox in Hawaii last month — has signed on for the upcoming season of ABC’s Sunday night drama, “Desperate Housewives,” Access Hollywood has confirmed.

According to rep for the show, Brian will play a hot contractor in his 30s, who catches the eyes of some of the neighbors on Wisteria Lane.

Brian, who previously starred in “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” on FOX, will have a multi-episode arc on “DH.”

Vanessa Williams, most recently of “Ugly Betty,” is also a part of the 2010-2011 cast.

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Hasselhoff’s Daughter’s ‘Huge’ Role

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Following in the footsteps of her famous father, David Hasselhoff, Hayley Hasselhoff is showing that she also has acting chops, as seen in her new ABC Family series “Huge.”

The 17-year-old plus-size modal and actress plays the role of Amber, starring alongside “Hairspray’s” Nikki Blonsky.

“I related to Amber a lot when I was younger growing up, but I think I’m finally at a point in life where I’m comfortable with who I am,”

Hayley told “Extra’s Terri Seymour.

The actress reveals that she has always struggled with her weight and started dieting at the age of 10. “I’m so glad there’s a show that teenagers can look up to young girls and realize it’s okay to be voluptuous,” she said.

Besides starring in her own series, Hayley will be a part of her father’s new reality show set to air later this year.

“Our family’s so close that it doesn’t matter if there’s cameras around. We’re crazy already, why not film us? I think we’re ready for the whole world to see the truth,”

Hasselhoff said about her family, who are known for make tabloid headlines.

“I’ve seen all the bad stuff. I don’t think anything could really bring me down.”

Catch Hayley in “Huge” on Monday nights on ABC Family.

Let’s hope she doesn’t follow daddy’s drinking footsteps!

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Why Eddie Cibrian Really Got The Axe

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Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes’ illicit romance may have cost him his job on CSI: Miami, an insider says.

“Eddie pretty much wrote his own ticket onto the show, and his own ticket off,”

a show insider tells In Touch Magazine.

“I don’t think the producers were enamored with all the headlines Eddie was generating, and he didn’t make a lot of friends on set, either.”

Eddie, 37, and LeAnn, 27, came out as a couple just as the show’s eighth season wrapped. “The scandal created a lot of hard feelings,” a friend tells In Touch. The insider adds,

“No one’s at all sad to see him go. Very few of the cast members liked him anyway.” A friend adds, “Eddie would come to work and brag about trips he’d taken with LeAnn. They called him ‘Lucky Eddie’ behind his back.”

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Vice President Joe Biden’s Wife, Jill Biden, To Make Cameo On Lifetime Network’s ‘Army Wives’

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Even though Vice President Biden never served in the military, his spouse will still be able to call herself an Army wife.

That’s because Jill Biden will make a cameo on an episode of Lifetime network’s “Army Wives.”

Biden will play herself on the episode “Mud, Sweat and Tears” to raise awareness of the contributions that U.S. military men and women have made.

She will visit the show’s Fort Marshall to start the annual Fun Run, where she will meet several military wives. On that episode, several real Army spouses will play themselves.

The episode is scheduled to air Aug. 15.

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