Results tagged “Fox” from Access Hollywood

Yesterday I weighed in on the Brad and Angelina red carpet snub for Seacrest.

In short, if you're any good, "it happens." Ryan is and thus it can happen. Most red carpet mic holders are so safe and buttery that they make the whole "arrivals" thing fodder for haters.

But apparently it's Seacrest's turn in the barrel right now.

Tuesday night he high-fived a blind guy... Hey, it happens. Realizing it quickly, Ryan made up for it by telling the guy and taking his hand to complete the universal sign of approval. Scott McIntyre, the contestant, didn't care... Why should anyone else?

It's always strange in my line of work when you have to ask someone about his or her salary. Wouldn't you be horrified if a virtual stranger walked up to you and said, "Hey, I heard you got a huge pay raise. Tell me all about it." Most people would shoot you a dirty look and walk away. As they should!
 
This is Hollywood though and the rules are just not the same as the rest of society. For some reason, star salaries are published information. On Friday, I found myself in the precarious position of being on the set of "House" the morning that The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Hugh Laurie would be receiving a huge pay raise for his role on "House" [from $50,000 per episode to $400,000 per episode].
 
Just as I suspected, I got an e-mail from my bosses saying that I should ask about it when I talked to him. I got that pit in my stomach thinking about it. Alas, this is my job and it's what I get paid to do. So, somehow I have to find a way to get him to tell me how feels about it. Thank goodness for one of our smart producers who had the idea to ask it like this. "So, is it strange that the entire Internet is buzzing today about your pay raise?"
 
His co-star Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Cuddy) looks at me and goes, "Awkward." Fortunately, she meant that people are talking about it - not the actual question.
 
Bless Hugh for going easy on me and not getting upset about the question. He actually chuckled a little bit when he told me, "I will now demonstrate how awkward it is with my awkward answer. It's very peculiar. I do my job as well as I can do it and clever people in offices somewhere else do the other stuff. I'm just incredibly lucky but I was very lucky when this whole thing started."
 
Edelstein politely added, "You have done your job well which has continued the good fortune."

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin might want to stay away from watching anything on FOX this season. "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane tells me he and his writers have a lot in store for her this year.

"Sarah Palin is just going to want to crawl under the covers and never come out when we are done with her. Let me put it out there."

"Family Guy" has never shied away from skewering controversial issues and people. The first episode of this season proved that, with a particularly off color joke about First Lady Laura Bush, where Peter dresses up as her for a costume party and Lois dresses as... well I won't give it away. I love the show. It's one of my favorites. But it's in really poor taste. I'll admit that.

The Palin jokes won't come right away though, as each episode takes about a year to come to fruition because of the animation, but McFarlane isn't worried.

"If people are as stupid as I think they are and McCain gets elected, the jokes are gonna work great. There will be so many hilarious jokes about a mom who doesn't believe in contraception winding up with a pregnant seventeen year old."

As for other celebrity voices for season seven, Drew Barrymore returns as Brian's dimwitted girlfriend, Jillian.