Jerry O’Connell has been signed up to star in the NBC pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.
The 35-year-old will replace the Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy, who was recently cast in the role.
Lindsay Kraft and Cleo King have also been cast in the pilot, which will be directed by David Semel.
The show stars Doctor Who actor [...]

Crooner Rod Stewart has said he used to pose as an airline pilot to try and charm women.
The 64-year-old, who is married to model Penny Lancaster, admitted that he and a friend used to hang around Heathrow Airport in the UK, dressed as pilots.
They would then try and chat up women by claiming that they [...]

Doctor Who star David Tennant is to play a gun-shy Chicago lawyer in a new US TV pilot, according to reports.
The 38-year-old Scottish actor is the latest in a long line of British stars, including The Wire’s Dominic West and House star Hugh Laurie, who have been signed up by Hollywood execs to play [...]

Gisele Bundchen has passed her pilot’s written test.
The supermodel, pregnant with her first child, has been taking helicopter lessons.
And according to her teacher, she is already well on the way to becoming fully qualified.
“Gisele hasn’t finished her licence yet, but she did pass her written exam,” said Keith Douglass, president of Shoreline Aviation, a company [...]

Good Charlotte star Joel Madden recalled a recent plane trip where he met a WWII pilot and he said it was the “highlight” of his weekend.
Joel, 30, who recently became a dad for the second time when girlfriend Nicole Richie gave birth to their second child Sparrow, told on Twitter how he was travelling back [...]

Actress Brooke Shields has survived a plane-crash scare, after the aircraft in which she had been travelling struck an SUV on the runway.
The former child star was flying to an event in California with actor James Belushi, when their pilot forgot to set the parking brake after landing, according to US reports.
The pilot is believed [...]