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Nathaniel Grey
Entertainment Editor
May 1, 2012

John Cusack Honored with Hollywood Star

Shameless star Joan Cusack gave a touching speech when her brother John Cusack received his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Tuesday. Also joining the celebration were his friends and former co-stars Luke Evans (The Raven), Billy Bob Thornton, Dan Aykroyd and Jack Black. So I wonder, will the hunky Chris Hemsworth show up when his The Avengers co-star Scarlett Johansson gets the same treatment on May 2nd. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 at 6931 Hollywood Blvd.

On the evening of May 2nd, GCB star Kristin Chenoweth and Jonathan Silverman make guest appearances on TV Land's Hot In Cleveland. On GCB, Kristin's character lives across the street from GG played by Annie Potts, and in the upcoming comedy film Family Weekend she co-stars with Shirley Jones who also plays a character named GG. OMG! Look for Kristin in the action comedy Hit and Run, co directed by Dax Shepard and buddy David Palmer. Shepard stars as an ex getaway driver in the witness protection program who goes on the run with his girlfriend. Shepard reunites with his When in Rome co-star Kristen Bell, with a cast rounded out by Bradley Cooper, Smallville vet Michael Rosenbaum, Beau Bridges and Tom Arnold.

He played the adorable Gay Angelo in Mambo Italiano, but for his next film, Take This Waltz, Luke Kirby offers a heterosexual heart to Michelle Williams. The former Marilyn Monroe plays a woman, married to Seth Rogen who falls for Kirby's artist character who lives next door. Directed by actress Sarah Polley, the film will be available via View on Demand May 25th, and gets a limited theatrical release on June 29. Kirby's love interest in Mambo Italiano Peter Miller joins Being Human cast member Vincent Leclerc and ex The Tudors actor Lothaire Bluteau in the Canadian film Rouge Sang.

Former Dancing with the Stars contestant, Carson Kressley joins Carrie Fisher in the holiday telefilm It's Christmas, Carol, for prolific Lifetime cable movie director Michael Scott. Kressley's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy co-star Jai Rodriguez recently filmed the proposed Reba McIntire series Malibu Country. The ABC pilot features Sara Rue, Lily Tomlin, and ex-Desperate Housewives cast member Jeffrey Nordling.

Sordid Lives vet Beth Grant plays the fabulously named Willadean Winkler in The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife. Grant is producing this film version of the play of the same name, which is being directed by it's author Del Shores. The project costars other Sordid Lives alums Dale Dickey and David Steen plus Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. Filming in Atlanta, the story focuses on an abused housewife who tries to free herself from her torment and guilt.

Octavia's fellow Oscar winner Christopher Plummer goes from a late blooming Gay man in Beginners to playing the grandfather of Drew Barrymore in the film version of William Luce's play Barrymore. The former Von Trapp family patriarch also appears in Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight for My Beautiful Laundrette director Stephen Frears. The HBO film looks at the boxer's refusal to join the military and fight outside of the ring co-stars Danny Glover, Ed Begley Jr., Frank Langella and Benjamin Walker from the upcoming film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

The Sy Fy channel airs a new version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island on May 5. The latest look at Captain Long John Silver and his pirate buddies star Eddie Izzard as the peg legged scalawag with costar Elijah Wood, Red Tail's Rupert Penry-Jones, Shaun Parkes from The River and The Hunger Games' Donald Sutherland.

Game of Thrones fans have grown fond of actor Alfie Allen who plays Stark family ward, Theon Greyjoy and not just because of his popular nude scenes. Prior to being cast on the show, Allen had a following from simply being the subject of his sister, singer Lily Allen's 2006 single 'Alfie' which detailed his pot and video game addicted life. Alfie's father is British actor Keith Allen who played Irving Berlin in the film De-Lovely, while his mother, Alison Owen was Executive Producer on Shaun of the Dead. Allen's Game of Thrones costar Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will appear with Tom Cruise in Oblivion, the film version of Joseph Kosinski's graphic novel. The story takes a soldier to a distant planet where his mission is to destroy and alien race. The cast also features Magic City's Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman and Oscar winner Melissa Leo.

Aidan Gillen, who plays brothel owner Petyr Baelish in Game of Thrones joins Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd and Harry Potter vet Brendan Gleeson in the comedy Cavalry. The premise centers on a priest who is threatened during a confession. Gillen, who got his start in the original UK version of Queer As Folk will be seen as a CIA Agent in this summer's The Dark Knight Rises.

The mother of Game of Thrones' King Joffrey, Lena Headey teams with Star Trek's Karl Urban & Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's Domhnall Gleeson in Dredd, the upcoming remake of Judge Dredd. Headey appears with Emily Watson and Pushing Daisies vet Anna Friel in The Poisoners, about a group of WWII English women who become romantically involved with German prisoners of war. Karl Urban joins another Game of Thrones star, Emilia Clarke in the action thriller Overdrive, about car thief brothers in the South of France.

One could call it a Victorian Victor/Victoria, as the plot in Of Corset's Mine follows a womanizer who poses as a lady in order to protect his family's finances. My Best Friend's Wedding scene stealer Rupert Everett stars with Alfred Molina, Derek Jacobi and The Chronicles of Narnia's Prince, Williams Moseley. The project will film in Ireland for director Jason Connery (son of Sean) from a story by Sharon SoBoil. For a local perspective, Sharon is married to Andy, the owner of my favorite WeHo burger place - O! Burger. And I'm not the only one, numerous Hollywood A-list celebrities frequent the Santa Monica Blvd. diner including Orlando Bloom, P. Diddy, Jodi Foster and Armie Hammer.

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