Former Seinfeld and New Adventures of Old Christine star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is finally coming back to TV with an HBO comedy in which she plays former Senator Selina Meyer who becomes Vice-President. The show will also star Sufe Bradshaw, Tony Hale (Arrested Development) and Anna Clumsky.

HBO announced the new comedy called Veep starring the talented and gorgeous 50 year old Julia which will commence shooting this Fall in Baltimore and we will be able to see in 2012. HBO’s Sue Naegle:

“Armando Iannucci is a master of smart, savvy humor, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of the sharpest comic actors around,”  “We look forward to a memorable series from them and fellow executive producers Frank Rich and Christopher Godsick.”

Being the gifted comedian she is, Julia responded with her own statement:

“It is a true delight to work with HBO and Armando Iannucci. I take the role of vice president very seriously, and although everyone says this is a comedy, I don’t think there is anything funny at all about me being a heartbeat away from the presidency.”

Did you ever watch New Adventures of Old Christine? It was a great show! The actor who played her brother, Hamish Linklater, was brilliant in the show. The dynamic between these two was brilliant. Why they took it off the air I’ll never understand. The show also starred Clark Gregg (husband of DWTS‘  and Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey) and Wanda Sykes not to mention other very talented actors.

Are you happy Julia Louis-Dreyfus is coming back to TV?

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CBS sucks! I really don’t understand the decision-making of studio executives.  The latest shows to be cancelled are CBS‘ Ghost Whisperer, Gary Unmarried, Rules of Engagement, Three Rivers, Accidentally on Purpose, Cold Case, Numb3rs and The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Can you believe it? I’ve only seen one show of Ghost Whisperer but thought it was great and I know anyone who watches it loves it.  I watch The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, Gary Unmarried and Accidentally on Purpose and I just love those shows.

Do you watch any of these shows? Which are your favourites

I’m really hating on CBS this morning.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus was honoured yesterday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame where some of her cast of The New Adventures of Old Christine came to support her as did Jason Alexander and Larry David (is it wrong that I’m attracted to him a bit??) from her Seinfeld days.

And of course her family, husband Brad Hall and sons Henry and Charles were there where they looked so proud of her.  She is the first from the Seinfeld cast to receive a star!

Four hours prior to the ceremony the CNN producer David Daniel noticed her name was spelled incorrectly.  There was no ‘o’ in Louis and no hyphen.  Julia found the misspelling ‘hysterical’.  They quickly repaired the mistake and you can see from the picture that part of the name doesn’t look as shiny as the rest of her name (it’s a temporary fix).  She will get the incorrect star for keepsakes.

Of the error, she told the Associated Press:

“The misspelling was so perfectly apt, a great metaphor for show business “Right when you think you’ve made it, you get knocked down. It’s an ideal metaphor for how this business works.”

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Nicole Richie is seen here attending the The 18th Annual Environmental Media Awards held at the Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles last night. 

I don’t think just anyone can pull off  that kind of dress but I think it suits her.  What do you think?

Also attending this event:

• Julia Louis Dreyfus
• Joel Madden
• Rosario Dawson
• Amy Smart
• Maria Bello
• Wilder Valderrama
• Ed Begley Jr. & his wife
• Scott Bakula
• Lance Bass
• Brenda Strong
• Matthew Rhys
• Dave Annable
• Jaime King

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