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I have updated the gallery with various pictures of Kristen, Swoosie, Chi, Ellen and the cast at 2008 events.

I have added caps from the episode 1×08 - “Bitter Sweets”

Point Foundation — the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit — will honor Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth during the organization’s annual Los Angeles benefit, Point Honors, Sept. 13 at the Jim Henson Studios.

Chenoweth will be presented with the Point Courage Award, which “recognizes an individual who has advocated for the future of the LGBT community and lives with the vision that investing in today’s potential will produce a brighter tomorrow.” The company Wells Fargo will also be honored at the upcoming event: Well Fargo will receive the Point Inspiration Award, which “recognizes a corporation or organization that champions respect and inclusion of the LGBT community and operates with the vision that investing in today’s potential will produce a brighter tomorrow.” Continue…

ANNA Friel has revealed she was told to lose weight if she wanted to make it in the US.

The British actress says she found it difficult to find work because she refused to slim down for roles.

Anna revealed she told one producer where to shove-it when he told her to stop eating doughnuts.

She added: “I told him he could have me or a model without a brain. The obsession with weight today is just incredible. Curves have gone out of the window and I don’t understand it.”

The 31-year-old has never been shy of her slim figure, acting in various nude scenes throughout her career.

Anna landed the lead role in hit US drama series Pushing Daisies in 2007 - for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.

It’s quirky, it’s sweet–and yes, even a little macabre–but that’s why we have fallen in love with Pushing Daisies, the hit TV show which stars Lee Pace and Anna Friel as star-crossed with some very odd obstacles in their way. The writers’ strike threw a cramp in much of television’s best, but none more so than Pushing Daisies, which had gained momentum as a freshman show only to get shut down. But it’s not dead, not by a long shot, after recently getting several Emmy nominations, including one for Pace, as the pie-making, bring-back-to-life-with-one-touch Ned, and Kristin Chenoweth as Olive, a waitress who works at Ned’s pie shop and also loves her boss.

At Comic Con, creator Bryan Fuller and executive producer Barry Sonnenfeld aren’t in the least bit worried their show will have that infamous sophomoric slump. In fact, they give this self-proclaimed Daisies fan exactly what she wants: tidbits on the new season.

“When we sat down to talk about the second season, we start talking about cliffhangers and taking the hero sensibility and bringing that to the Pushing Daisies world,” Fuller begins. “We have this great arc in the first four episodes that reminds everybody who are characters are, what their roles are in the universe and with each other. And then we start bringing in new characters to shake s**t up in a big way.”

“This season, we are really getting back into family and family relations,” he continues. “We are going to be dealing a lot with Ned’s MIA father, dealing with Chuck’s revelation Aunt Lily (Swoosie Kurtz) is really her mother and why those secrets were held. We’re going to meet Emerson Cod’s (Chi McBride) mother, Ned’s half brother. Ned has successfully been able to run away from his family issues for 20 years and now they are conspiring against him to make him deal with this s**t and grow up.”

Guest star David Arquette will be joining the cast for a few episodes, playing Ned’s friend who has his own social retardation–and Fuller means that in the kindest way possible. “David comes off so sweet on camera.”

As for Olive, Chenoweth tells us, “I get to go to a nunnery this season. The cliffhanger last season was Olive knows a lot of secrets and she’s loyal, but she isn’t very good at being a waitress or pie maker. So, she goes to a nunnery. And I work with a pig named Pigby.”

Yes, that’s correct–a pig. Sonnenfeld explains, “In addition to the dog, Digby, you’ll meet Pigby, the pig, who is strangely adorable but not how you think. He’s not an adorable, pot-bellied pig. This is a big pig.” [Note: The pig hasn’t been dead and then touched by Ned to come alive again–not yet, anyway.]

Now, who wants some pie?

Pushing Daisies: A Delightful Trip. ABC snagged 76 Emmy nominations last week, the most of any broadcast network by far.

Pushing Daisies, ABC’s freshman dramacom, snagged 12, five more than any other one-hour broadcast series, yet the network wasn’t doing a whole lot of promotion for it.

I talked to director Barry Sonnenfeld, who’s done features like Men in Black and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, in addition to a bunch of fantastical, if not always ratings-successful, TV shows, including The Tick and Maximum Bob.

Sonnenfeld is a funny, unassuming man, not what you’d expect from a big-shot director. He seemed not to know that he had been nominated for a directing Emmy for Daisies. And he had no idea how much further ahead of other ABC shows it was in the Emmy nom race.

But he does know how to direct his actors, two of whom are going for Emmys, Lee Pace as lead actor in a comedy, and tiny, yet voluptuous Kristin Chenoweth as supporting comedy actress.

Pace plays a baker with the power to bring people back to life. Chenoweth plays a waitress at his restaurant, jealous of his abiding love for a woman named Chuck whom he has resurrected, played by Anna Friel. Chi McBride (Boston Public, House) is the venal private eye trying to make money off the baker’s gift.

“Oh, it’s not very hard really,” said Sonnenfeld, who has explained that he gets the show’s amazing visual palette just by “turning the color dial up to 11.”

“I just tell Lee to smile less. I tell Anna to embrace the karma that is Chuck, Chi to be less funny and Kristin to bump up her cleavage.”

Lee Pace says his dog woke him the morning the Emmy nominations were announced last week.

“My dog woke me up because he wakes me up every morning to go on a hike,” said Pace, who was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as amiable piemaker Ned on “Pushing Daisies.”

“He doesn’t care about the Emmys,” Pace told The Associated Press. “But when I got up and saw I had a lot of messages, I knew what it meant. It’s nice and I’m really happy and I am back to work today,” he said.

Pace, who “stumbled” into acting in high school and went on to study at New York City’s famed Juilliard School, has appeared in several Broadway plays, as well as films like “The Good Shepherd” with Matt Damon and “Possession” with Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Despite his impressive credentials, the Texas-born actor said he’s “not totally comfortable” with his new-found fame, which includes being recognized at airports and shopping malls.

“I’d rather stay reclusive at home with my dog,” he admitted.

Pushing Daisies was a surprise hit last year. While it was not lacking for promotion from ABC, there were few who expected a show this original, quirky and stylized – with a none-too-simple setup to work with a broad audience. But work it did, and now the series has picked up a handful of Emmy nominations as it returns for a second season this fall. If you’ve never seen this group together, you should. Creator Bryan Fuller has written for Star Trek and Heroes and created beloved shows that failed (Wonderfalls) or went awry (Dead Like Me), and is becoming famous for telling great stories in forums such as this. Chi McBride tends to bring down the house, to a point where eventually he’ll probably no longer be asked “How come we didn’t know you were so funny?”

If you’re a Daisies fan – this is panel should be at the top of your list. Here’s all the info you’ll need to see it:

Saturday, July 26th
3:15-4:15 Pushing Daisies Screening and Q&A— The cast and producers of the Golden Globe Award-nominated Pushing Daisies return to Comic-Con for a special screening of exclusive clips from the acclaimed show’s upcoming season, highlights from the first season and a Q&A with fans. Stars Lee Pace (The Fall), Anna Friel (Land of the Lost), Chi McBride (Boston Public), Ellen Greene (Little Shop of Horrors), Swoosie Kurtz (Superman Doomsday), and Kristin Chenoweth (The West Wing) join executive producer/creator Bryan Fuller (Heroes) and executive producers Dan Jinks (American Beauty) and Peter Ocko (Dead Like Me) for the session, to be moderated by special guest and executive producer Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black). From Living Dead Guy Productions, The Jinks/Cohen Company in association with Warner Bros. Television, Pushing Daisies airs Wednesdays at 8:00 PM on the ABC Television Network.
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ABC must love the Cox-Arquette family. The network’s fall season will feature Courteney Cox in a three-episode arc of Scrubs, and now David Arquette is set to guest star on an episode of Pushing Daisies. This role marks Arquette’s first ABC appearance since he starred in 2007’s In Case of Emergency, which was canceled after only twelve episodes.

I’ll save the character-specific information for after the jump. Arquette will guest star in the fourth episode of Pushing Daisies’ second season. While he’s definitely an acquired taste, David Arquette seems just odd enough to fit in with the show’s unique cast of characters.Now for the details: Arquette will appear as Randy Mann in the episode titled “Freshcorts.” Randy is described as a socially inept man who possesses a “secret, special talent” that connects him to Ned. Perhaps (this is merely a guess, mind you) Randy’s gift is a variation on the pie-maker’s ability to resurrect the dead. Let the speculation begin!

I’m thrilled to hear any news about Pushing Daisies at the moment. The show’s early hiatus was one of the worst strike-related casualties. What’s your take on this recent bit of casting news? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

ABC’s hit show Pushing Daisies will host a pie-eating contest at the Orange County Fair. The contest will run for thirteen straight evenings. Each night, ten contestants will don a “Pie Hole” themed bib and compete for a special prize. No word on what the prize is or better yet, what kind of pie they’ll have to eat. Also, on the first night of the contest, cast members Field Cate (Young Ned) and Sammi Hanratty (Young Chuck) will be on hand to sign autographs.

This is a cute marketing idea. A good ole fashioned food-eating contest is always a hit. However, I wish they would have gotten some bigger cast members to make an appearance. The kids are cute, but even I’d take a trip to Orange County to watch people stuff themselves for Lee Pace (*swoon*).

If you live in Orange County or are planning to visit in the near future, the dates and specific locations for the contest are after the jump.Pushing Daisies Pie Hole Pie Eating Competition

July 11-12, 15-19: Orange County Fair, Fun Zone Tent @ 7:30 p.m.

July 22, 24, 26, 29, 31 & Aug. 2 Orange County Fair, Cheese-A-Fair Area @ 7:00 p.m.

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