The coroner (Jonathan Del Arco) on "The Closer" is the one character who gets to go toe-to-toe with Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) and on tonight's episode, he even gets to give her advice on her case!
Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is back for another season of solving crime when TNT's critically acclaimed series, "The Closer," returns for its fifth season on Monday, June 8 -- and ET has your sneak peek.
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick hosted a celeb-packed outdoor concert dubbed "Bring Your Hearts To Our House," which featured appearances by celebs and a performance by ZZ Top -- and it was all for a great cause!
NATALIE PORTMAN, CHLOE SEVIGNY and KYRA SEDGWICK are joining forces with National Geographic in a new video called "This Bulb" that encourages consumers to switch from incandescent light bulbs to the more eco-friendly compact fluorescent bulbs (CFBs).
In the video -- which features the music of AIMEE MANN and remarkable footage from the National Geographic library -- Natalie, Chloe and Kyra explain how an action as simple as changing a light bulb can help reverse the effects of greenhouse gases.
"Two and a Half Men" star JON CRYER and "The Closer" headliner KYRA SEDGWICK will join DICK ASKIN, Chairman and CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, to announce the nominees for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Nominees in 11 categories will be broadcast on Thursday, July 19 at 5:40 a.m. PT, live from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: Do you find that the longer that you play Brenda, the more you become like her? Or, is she becoming more like you?
KYRA: No, I don't think so. But when I'm in the midst of playing her over the season, I can have a few Brenda dreams and Brenda moments. I feel very personally involved with her because it's a character I stay connected to for six months in a stretch. Something might happen in my daily life, and I'll go, "Oh, we've got to put that in the show." But the character is still certainly very much a character and not merely an extension of who I am.
It looks like DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON has caught the football bug. The former pro wrestler, whose football-themed 'Gridiron Gang' opened big in theaters this weekend, is adding another football flick to his big-screen resume.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 34-year-old 'Rundown' and 'Scorpion King' star begins filming 'The Game Plan' this month in Boston. In the pigskin comedy, Johnson plays a pro football quarterback who discovers he has a young daughter from a previous relationship and must change his life to become a good father. KYRA SEDGWICK will play his ruthless, over-the-top sports agent, who sees the life-changing news as an inconvenience.
It's no secret in Hollywood that the best roles for women 40 and over are found on television. This fall is no exception, as glam gals such as MARG HELGENBERGER ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"), 47; CALISTA FLOCKHART ("Brothers & Sisters"), 41; LAUREN HOLLY ("NCIS"), 42; and VANESSA WILLIAMS ("Ugly Betty"), 43, heat up the small screen! Vanessa reveals how she does it!
"I have a great trainer," says the former beauty queen, who admits to cheating occasionally on her low-carb diet with everything from M&Ms to ice cream. "I started training about three years ago. I was doing my regular routine, but I was losing muscle tone, and, as a dancer, I have always had muscle and definition. So, I started lifting weights and it really made a difference to speed up my metabolism, but it also carves the body."
TNT was happily surprised last year when "The Closer" became a critics' darling and series star KYRA SEDGWICK was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as the quirky, but highly competent Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, a fish-out-of-water transplant from Atlanta to the LAPD.
In the first season, Brenda had a tough time establishing a rapport with her new team of detectives. Now in season two, premiering Monday, June 12 at 9 p.m., the police chief is back in the midst of difficult cases while trying to create a personal life.
Before OPRAH WINFREY became the talk show queen she is today, the '80s Afro-coiffed reporter spent a day on "All My Children" as a Baltimore news anchor! And KRISTIN DAVIS wasn't quite as sexy on "General Hospital" back in 1991 playing Nurse Betsy Chilson, as she was seven years later on "Sex and the City."
Check it out on tonight's ET, when we take you down memory lane with a sneak peek at the upcoming "They Started on Soaps 3," which also features 'Lord of the Rings' star VIGGO MORTENSEN as a bad boy on "Search for Tomorrow," "The O.C."'s MISCHA BARTON as a gap-toothed darling on "All My Children," RUSSELL CROWE on the long-running Aussie soap "Neighbours," as well as a hunky ALEC BALDWIN from his days on "The Doctors."
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Catch Hollywood's brightest stars out on the town!
Donning their most dazzling duds, Hollywood's loveliest ladies and sexiest studs descended upon legendary hotspot the Chateau Marmont for the 14th annual GQ Men of the Year bash. Take a look at Hollywood's biggest names as they light up Los Angeles!
GQ's page-turning "Men of the Year" issue hits newsstands Nov 24.