Stringer Bell Turns to Legitimate 'Office' Work
Variety has revealed that Michael Scott will have a new enemy on The Office later this season: Idris Elba, marking the second time the series will make audiences shout, "Hey, they were on that Wire show!" Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hi

Idris Elba Joins 'The Office'
Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell), reports Variety. Elba will appear in six episodes later this season. He'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba's credits include Rocknrolla, The Unborn, the upcoming Obsessed and he just filmed the feature Bone Deep. Source: ComingSoon.net This is probably the oddest casting I've ever seen. Has Id

Idris Elba to join ‘The Office’
From Variety: Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on “The Office” as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie’s “Rocknrolla,” will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he’ll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin’s [...]

Andrew Dice Clay, Dennis Rodman among the \"celebrities\" on Trump's next Apprentice
One thing NBC programming chief Ben Silverman managed to get right last year was a reinvention of NBC's Donald Trump-led reality show The Apprentice as a showcase for B-list celebrities.So Trump-haters everywhere will be glad to see the network may have even found a way to screw that up in 2009, drafting a field of new Celebrity Apprentice contestants which haven't seen the B-list in a while.The roster, as revealed today by NBC: retired NBA star-turned-reality TV performer Dennis Rodman (left), foul-mouthe

Kathy Griffin to guest star on 'Privileged'
Casting about: Kathy Griffin on 'Privileged;' Chevy Chase meets Chuck Kathy Griffin loves her gays. Maybe that’s why she’ll be planning a gay wedding this spring. The mouthy comic from Oak Park will guest star as Marco’s wedding planner on the season finale of CW’s “Privileged,” according to Zap2it. Other recently announced casting coups? Chevy Chase will appear in several episodes of “Chuck” as computer genius Ted Roark, nerdy spy Chuck’s hero, NB

Idris Elba Joins The Office
Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell), reports Variety . Elba will appear in six episodes later this season. He'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. Elba's credits include Rocknrolla , The Unborn , the upcoming Obsessed and he just filmed the feature Bone Deep .

Idris Elba Cast on The Office
Idris Elba, best known for portraying Stringer Bell on The Wire , will appear on multiple episodes of The Office . The actor will portray a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott, according to Variety . Look for Elba - whose film credits include Rocknrolla and The Unborn - will appear in six episodes later this season.

Obsessed - Trailer 1
Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he’s worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. View more Send to a friend Trailer 1 Close StandardFor your i

Idris Elba Is Cheating On Beyonce With Ali Larter
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Ali Larter steals Beyonce’s hubby in ‘Obsessed’
London, Dec 22 (IANS) “Heroes” star Ali Larter is all set to steal Beyonce Knowles’ hubby in their new film “Obsessed”.The movie is about a rampant stalker who threatens to break-up a happily married couple and actor Idris Elba is the lucky man caught between these two actresses. Thesun.co.uk reports that Elba’s previous silver [...]

Steve Carell Swaps Office for General Store (E! Online)
The Office star is now the proud owner of a local landmark general store in the historic village of Marshfield Hills, Mass., where Carell and wife Nancy Walls own a summer home. "This is much more of an emotional investment than a business one," Carell told the Boston Globe . "I saw an opportunity to help preserve a little piece of history." Expect applications for assistant to the regional general store manager to start po

Chez Pazienza: One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008 (and What They Mean for 2009)
Well, it could've been worse.As 2008 mercifully ends, we're left to ponder a year in which the real and the surreal were pretty much indistinguishable, where insanity actually became tedium, and where every silver lining was eclipsed by a brand new dark cloud. Sure, O.J.'s going to prison, but think about the absurdist comedy-of-errors it took to finally put him there. Yeah, gas is technically affordable again, but who has money to make car payments -- and for that matter, will anyone in Detroit still be in