Upcoming Saturday Night Live hosts include Michael Keaton on April 4 and Empire star, Taraji P. Henson on April 11. The musical guests will be Carly Rae Jepsen and Mumford & Sons, respectively.
‘Nashville’ Taps ‘CSI: Miami’ Alum to Play Will’s Macho Father (Exclusive) – CSI: Miami alum Rex Linn has been tapped to recur on the network’s country music drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Linn, whose recent credits include NBC’s State of Affairs, will play William “Bill” Lexington, Will’s father. The character is described as a handsome, all-American guy who’s a fourth-generation Texan. Bill is macho and proud and owns a bunch of ranch land that he works himself. He believes that hard work and elbow grease is the only way to get ahead. He’s a devoted and sincere family man — but also deeply conservative — and for him, having a gay son just won’t fly. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Settles with Former GF In Fight Over Sexual Encounter – Former “Glee” star Mark Salling has just agreed to pay a woman more than $2.7 million for knocking her to the ground in a furious fight over an alleged sexual encounter … and the settlement is absolutely bizarre. Roxanne Gorzela claimed in her lawsuit … in 2011, she hooked up with Mark and she consented to having sex but he did not want to wear a condom and forced unprotected sex anyway. Gorzela claimed a few days later she went to Mark’s apartment to confront him, worrying she might have contracted an STD. She claims they fought and he threw her to the ground, severely injuring her knees. Mark claimed she was just a woman scorned and broke into his place, attacked him and he just defended himself. She sued for sexual battery. But under the settlement, she agreed to ONLY go after Mark’s insurance company to get payment — NOT Salling. We’re told the insurance company — State Farm — already rejected the claim, but now there’s a settlement signed by a judge. And get this … under the settlement, Salling gets a cut of whatever Gorzela gets from State Farm. Yes, in case that didn’t compute with you, Salling will get a cut because he believes State Farm owes him something for rejecting his initial claim in bad faith. – Read more at TMZ
Curtain Call: Adanna Duru and Maddie Walker – AMERICAN IDOL XIV
