The ever-plagued project still has its leading men ( Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer ), but who knows when the silly thing will actually get going already! TV Casting News Malin Akerman ( Watchmen ) will star opposite Portia de Rossi ( Arrested...

Cast: Kal Penn (How I met Your Mother), Michaela Watkins (Enlightened) The Smart One A brilliant and successful woman (Portia de Rossi) who begrudgingly goes to work for her less-brainy but more popular sister -- a former beauty queen, weather girl and...

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Fashion notes: Aniston took a spin in a strapless black and gray Tom Ford dress; Akerman wore a pink and red Sonia Rykiel dress. News you can use: Akerman broke some news of her own on the red carpet. "I'm going to do a TV show with Portia de Rossi...

Now, Malin Akerman (The Comeback, Couples Retreat andChildren’ Hospital) will play de Rossi’s sister in the ABC sitcom pilot The Smart One, according to TV Line. The sitcom revolves around a “brilliant and successful woman who begrudgingly goes to work...

Ferguson will star in Bill Lawrence's Fox pilot "Like Father," a comedy loosley based on the "Cougar Town" co-creator's relationship with his father. [THR] Move over Jason Bateman and Jessica Walter, Portia de Rossi has a new TV family. According to...

Show (BBC America) 10:15 PM ET Graham's guests this week include Daniel Radcliffe, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Sinead O'Connor. Oh, there are so many possibilities for Graham and his trademark honesty, but I'll settle for a discussion on O'Connor's romantic...

"The tireless efforts of The Humane Society of the United States to protect animals around the world has always been an inspiration to me and I'm honoured to be recognised with this year's Wyler Award," he said. Ian joins previous winners Ellen...

The show revolves around "a brilliant and successful woman (de Rossi) who has to go to work for her less brainy but more popular sister (Akerman) — a former beauty queen, weather girl … and now big-city mayor," Deadline writes. Jean Smart will play the...

First up, Malin Akerman ( Watchmen ) will be joining Portia de Rossi ( Arrested Development ) in the ABC comedy, The Smart One. Written by Don Todd ( Ugly Betty ), The Smart One follows a brilliant and successful woman (de Rossi) who goes to work for...

Portia de Rossi will play this role, and find herself going to work for her not so bright (but somehow mayor anyway) sister. Im not sure if we are supposed to believe the usual tale that the intelligent sister is also the less attractive, but if so...

Akerman, who had been pursued for multiple comedy pilots this season, is set to star opposite Portia de Rossi in ABC’s dueling sisters comedy pilot The Smart One. The project, written by Don Todd, centers on a brilliant and successful woman (de Rossi)...

Smart, who had been pursued for multiple comedy pilots this season, is set to co-star opposite Portia de Rossi in ABC’s dueling sisters single-camera comedy pilot The Smart One. (Maybe the title spoke to her – it had her name written all over it,...

Jean Smart has been added to the cast of ABC pilot "The Smart One." From writer Donald Todd, who exec produces with former Comedy Central exec Lauren Corrao and Ellen DeGeneres, "The Smart One" stars Portia de Rossi. She plays Jude, a successful woman...

Looking back on the past week, Ryan Phillippe is the most prominent thesp primarily from features to take a flyer on a pilot, signing on for the untitled CBS detective drama from Nick Wootton and Greg Berlanti that previously booked Chi McBride. Malin...

Somerhalder is being recognised for highlighting problems such as shark finning, the Canadian seal hunt, fur in fashion and endangered species. Somerhalder joins Wyler Award alumni Sir Paul McCartney, Hayden Panettiere, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de...

In a statement, Ian said, “The tireless efforts of The Humane Society of the United States to protect animals around the world has always been an inspiration to me and I’m honored to be recognized with this year’s Wyler Award.” Sir Paul McCartney,...

But who’s to say all Hollywood relationships have to end in horrible heartbreak? Couples like Jay-Z and Beyonce , Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton , Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have some real staying power. ...

Ted producer-director Michael Fresco has been tapped to helm and executive produce the network's comedy pilot The Smart One, reuniting with star Portia de Rossi. The multicamera comedy, from Warner Bros. Television and A Very Good Production, revolves...