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 [...]

New mum Nicole Richie has revealed she has only recently started to enjoy the sitcom Friends.
Nicole, 28, is a mum to one-year-old daughter Harlow as well as newborn son Sparrow, who was born earlier this month, with boyfriend Joel Madden.
Nicole recently wrote on Twitter: “I know I’m 15 years late, but I’m really starting to [...]

Courteney Cox appears in her lingerie in new TV comedy, Cougar Town.
The actress stars as a recent divorcée who gets back into the dating game by going after younger men in the show, set to debut in the US on Wednesday.
In one scene, she is seen trying to get into bed with a toy boy [...]

Courteney Cox says that “40 is the new 20″ in a series of ads promoting her return to US TV in the comedy Cougar Town.
The married mother-of-one wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the motto.
The 45-year-old former Friends star is re-launching her TV career with the sitcom – which she also co-produces with her [...]

Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife’s career is really cooking now.
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has signed up for a culinary-based U.S. sitcom.
The show, which, for the moment, is called Single Serving, will feature the Indian-born model playing a single woman in the food world.
No writers have yet been attached to the fledgling show, which will run on [...]

Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder is taking his talents to TV by working on a new sitcom with Blades of Glory co-star Will Ferrell.
The 31-year-old actor has negotiated a deal with US cable network the Comedy Central that will result in a new multi-camera show.
Heder will play the main character - an out-of-work computer [...]