Burn Notice’s Gabrielle Anwar on “Today”

Burn Notice’s Gabrielle Anwar talks about her role as the fire-cracker, Fiona, on the Today show, airing Monday, Mar. 2, from 7 – 9 a.m.

Check out our Nice Girls Q & A with Gabrielle here, then come back and chat with us about it.

“30 Rock’s” Tina Fey on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

Mark your calendars, set your DVR’s! You won’t want to miss Tina Fey when she appears on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, on Tuesday, Mar. 3, on NBC.

PaleyFest’09 Official Lineup Released

The Paley Center for Media has released the official lineup for PaleyFest’09, and it includes several Nice Girls faves:

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia
  Friday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Danny DeVito (“Frank Reynolds”), Glenn Howerton (“Dennis Reynolds”/Executive Producer/Writer), Rob McElhenney (“Mac”/Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Director), Kaitlin Olson (“Sweet Dee”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• 90210
  Saturday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m.
  In Person: Panelists from the cast and creative team to be announced.
• True Blood
  Monday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Alan Ball (Creator/Executive Producer), Ryan Kwanten (“Jason Stackhouse”), Stephen Moyer (“Bill Compton”), Anna Paquin (“Sookie Stackhouse”), Sam Trammell (“Sam Merlotte”), Rutina Wesley (“Tara Thorton”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
  Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Felicia Day (“Penny”), Nathan Fillion (“Captain Hammer”), Jed Whedon (“Bad Horse Chorus #2/Dead Bowie”/Composer/Writer), Joss Whedon (Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Director), Zack Whedon (Executive Producer/Writer).
• Dollhouse
  Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.
  In Person: Joss Whedon (Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Director), Eliza Dushku (“Echo”), Enver Gjoka (“Victor”), Fran Kranz (“Topher”), Dichen Lachman (“Sierra”), Harry Lennix (“Boyd”), Tahmoh Penikett (“Paul”), Olivia Williams (“Adelle”).
• The Big Bang Theory
  Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.
  In Person: Kaley Cuoko (“Penny”), Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Jim Parsons (“Sheldon”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• The Mentalist
  Friday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m.
  In Person: Simon Baker (“Patrick Jane”), Bruno Heller (Creator /Executive Producer) Tim Kang (“Kimball Cho”), Chris Long (Coexecutive Producer/Director), Amanda Righetti (“Grace Van Pelt”), Robin Tunney (“Teresa Lisbon”), Owain Yeoman (“Wayne Rigsby”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• Desperate Housewives
  Saturday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Panelists from the cast and creative team to be announced.
• PaleyFest09 Special Matinee Screening Event: Pushing Daisies’ Last Unaired Episodes
  Sunday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m
  Introduction by Bryan Fuller (Creator/Executive Producer).
• Battlestar Galactica/Caprica
  Evening Sponsor: Microsoft Zune
  Monday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: David Eick (Executive Producer), Ronald D. Moore (Executive Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.
• The Hills
  Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Tony DiSanto (Executive Producer), Adam DiVello (Creator/Executive Producer), Liz Gateley (Executive Producer), Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Spencer Pratt. Additional panelists to be announced.
• Big Love
  Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Ginnifer Goodwin (“Margene Heffman”), Bill Paxton (“Bill Henrickson”), Chloe Sevigny (“Nicolette Grant”), Harry Dean Stanton (“Roman Grant”), Jeanne Tripplehorn (“Barbara Dutton Henrickson”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• Fringe
  Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m
  In Person: Joshua Jackson (“Peter Bishop”), John Noble (“Dr. Walter Bishop”), Lance Reddick (“Homeland Security Agent Phillip Broyles”), Anna Torv (“Special Agent Olivia Dunham”). Additional panelists to be announced.
• Swingtown Celebration
  Evening Sponsor: Netflix, Inc.
  Friday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills
  Festival Closing Reception & Panel Discussion
  In Person: Mike Kelley (Creator/Executive Producer), Alan Poul (Executive Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.

The Nice Girls plan to attend several of these panels. Which panels will you be attending?

Dollhouse Week: Whedon and Penikett at NYCC

Welcome to Dollhouse Week! We’re all Joss Whedon fans here at Nice Girls HQ, so naturally we’ve been counting down the days until the mastermind’s latest series, Dollhouse, premieres. To help us through the final week, we’ll have a Dollhouse-related post every day. Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett did us a solid to start out the week by appearing at New York Comic Con yesterday, so let’s get some scoopage.

End of Show’s correspondent summed up the feeling here:

There’s nothing like a new Joss Whedon show, is there? The excitement, the obsessiveness, the regression into beloved mythologies, the quoting of memorized lines of dialogue, the anxious worries of inevitable cancellation, the grassroots campaigning for a show that may or may not need saving… Fans long initiated into the Whedon cult, obsess; everyone else turns around and stares, wondering what all the fuss is about. And this year, with a shiny new Joss show, starring not one but two of his past alumns, the pilgrimage to New York’s Comic Con (lets face it, our Mecca), feels that much more important and exhilarating.

Those attending the panel were given a sneak peek at the pilot, including this pivotal setup scene for Eliza Dushku’s character, Echo. WARNING: Spoilers!

Eliza is mildly Faith-ish here, a little tough, a little broken, looking for someone to save her. Adele offers Caroline a way out of whatever jam she’s in – five years of service in exchange for “a clean slate.” “I don’t have a choice, do I?” Caroline asks, rhetorically. Actions have consequences, she muses.The scene ends on a shot of Adele, saying: “but what if they didn’t?” (Read more about the panel and trailer at End of Show.)

Fan Jen Hayley actually met Joss, and behaved as any Nice Girl would:

There I saw the fourth trade of Astonishing X-Men, written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was signed by John Cassaday, and while I have the first three trades, I don’t have the fourth, so I bought it. And about, oh, 72 seconds after that, Joss Whedon walked by me.

And I had no idea how to move.

(What happened next? Go to her blog to find out.)

And finally, here’s a video of the panel for you to bask in the Joss and Tahmoh goodness.

Dollhouse & Fringe at New York Comic Con

Joss Whedon is scheduled to take Dollhouse on the road in February, appearing at the New York Comic Con on February 8 at 12:45PM to premiere the first episode (a week before it airs on Fox) and participate in a Q&A session. Get more information at the NYCC blog.

Most of the cast of Fringe are also scheduled to appear, taking the stage on February 8 at 1:45PM. Scheduled to appear at the panel session are John Noble (“Walter Bishop”), Jasika Nicole (“Astrid Fransworth”),  Anna Torv (“Olivia Dunham”), Lance Reddick (“Phillip Broyles”), Kirk Acevedo (“Charlie Francis”), and Blair Brown (“Nina Sharp”). Noble will also be signing autographs at the Fan Expo Canada booth on February 7.  Get more information at the NYCC blog.

Simon Baker and Debra Messing at Golden Globes

Did you watch? Did your favorites win? We congratulate all the winners of last night’s 2009 Golden Globe Awards. We especially congratulate Anna Paquin for winning her Globe for her outstanding performance in the HBO hit series, True Blood. We’ve got some photos from the event in our gallery here.

PREVIEW: Christian Slater on Inside the Actors Studio

Planning to watch Christian Slater in My Own Worst Enemy on Monday? Make it a full night of Christian by catching his appearance on Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo at 8/7c before switching to NBC for his series’ premiere at 10/9c. Check out the preview clip of Christian on Inside the Actors Studio below:

Lipstick Jungle Stars Party at Season Premiere

NBC hosted a premiere party for Lipstick Jungle’s second season and we’ve got the pics! Check out lead girls Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsey Price as well as recurring guests Rosie Perez and Mary Tyler Moore. And let’s not forget delicious man candy in the form of Robert Buckley! Check out the full set of photos in our Gallery.

Comic Con 2008 with Sarah Connor Online

We made it! We’re back home after the craziness and fun of this year’s San Diego Comic Con. It was our first year attending, and for myself, I had no idea what to expect. It was a little frightening because there were so many people there. I had no idea this was as big an event as it is.

We were able to sit in on the Sarah Connor Chronicles panel, and they began with a clip showing scenes from last season, and then on to stuff for the coming 2008 season. Let me tell you, it is going to be phenomenal! You will not want to miss even one episode. It’s going to be different, heartbreaking, scary, and action-packed. And it will all be at break-neck speed. We have video clips of the panel, thanks to MahaloDaily.com. The quality is not great, but at least you’ll get the idea and the feel for it. We also have pictures in our gallery, so be sure to check those out as well. We’ll be adding to them as soon as we can. Enjoy!