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Gertie had a backup of the video Archive so I didn’t have to move the whole thing back here. However I did had to move a few videos back because I didn’t want to mess the whole thing up (and was scared to do it lol). So the last 6 or 7 videos have been re uploaded. All the urls are working (I think) if you see any error let me know, the gallery is fixed too so basically we’re in business lol. I just need to fix the affiliates which is what I’m doing now.

Now some Lauren news..

Lauren will be on the view on July 17th I will have the captures and video on the site hopefully not too long after that and she will be on Seth’s Broadway Chatterbox on Thursday, July 9th, never heard of it but apparently its a one hour weekly talk show.

Just two days after performing on the 2009 Tony Awards, Best Revival nominee Guys and Dolls announced it will close on June 14. At the time of its closing, the Des McAnuff-directed production will have played 113 performances and 28 previews at the Nederlander Theatre.

The classic musical, which features a score by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, began previews February 5 and officially opened on March 1. It stars Oliver Platt as no-goodnik Nathan Detroit, Lauren Graham as perpetual fiancée Miss Adelaide, Craig Bierko as high-roller Sky Masterson and Kate Jennings Grant as soul-saving Sister Sarah Brown. The production received two Tony nominations—Best Revival and Best Scenic Design (Robert Brill). The original Guys and Dolls opened on Broadway in 1950 and ran 1,200 performances.

A national tour is planned for the 2010-2011 season; route, dates and casting information is forthcoming.

Source: www.broadway.com

If they made a movie out of the Tony Awards red carpet, it would be titled “A Bow Too Far.” (And then they’d make a Broadway musical out of it, followed by a Hollywood take-off.)

From the shoulders up, Lauren Graham, who made her Broadway debut in “Guys and Dolls” this season, looked ravishing, and the Shrek-green of her Grecian-style gown didn’t scare us off. No, it was that godforsaken black bow tacked to her left thigh that left us scratching our heads … okay, screaming in agony. Speaking of godforsaken bows, did you catch that white-striped doozy on Lucie Arnaz’s shoulder while presenting with Kate Burton?

Source: www.nj.com

I actually think she looked amazing although I would have taken off the bow lol.

First of all broadwayworld.com announced that Lauren will be a presenter of the Tony Awards that will be held on June 7th.

Also I’ve added captures and the video of The Answer Man trailer.

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> The Answer Man (2008) > Trailer Captures

According to variety.com

Among other pilots not moving forward, ABC’s Lauren Graham comedy pilot is believed to be dead, according to insiders.

ABC execs remain fans of Graham — but the pilot, about a talkshow host who must follow her own advice when her life falls apart, is said to have fallen flat in the screening room. Project is from Sony and Tantamount, which still has several hot contenders at CBS (particularly “Waiting to Die”).

I really hope not I would love for Lauren to be on television again I don’t really know what to think about it though because I’ve also found this on a different website…

Lauren Graham starrer “Let It Go” was said to have mixed reviews but shouldn’t be counted out.

At Lauren Graham’s first rehearsal for her Broadway debut in “Guys and Dolls,” the star of TV’s long-running “Gilmore Girls” felt a twinge of insecurity when the actors were asked how many times they’ve been cast in a Broadway show.

“I was like, ‘Oh no,’” she recalled, groaning, as those around her chirped: “Eight! Eleven! Five!”

When Graham said “one,” her cast mates applauded.

Now on view at the Nederlander Theatre, this latest revival of “Guys and Dolls” stars Graham as the long-suffering, slightly dizzy fiance of Nathan Detroit, a sweet-natured gambler played by Oliver Platt.

“I had to get over feeling kind of apologetic that I haven’t done more of this,” Graham said, “because that just gets in your way. But I feel glad to be surrounded by people who have so much more experience. I feel it helps me.”

During an interview in her cramped dressing room just days before her Broadway debut, Graham was unruffled – even as the cast and crew rushed to make final adjustments to the show.

Casually dressed in slim fitting jeans, a long-sleeved white T-shirt and minimal makeup, she prepared a mug of hot chocolate during one of her short breaks. She barely took a sip before dashing out again -summoned back to rehearsal by a stagehand.

The TV veteran is not, in fact, a newcomer to theater. Her resume includes numerous college, graduate-school and summer-stock stage credits. Most recently, she appeared in a 2002 production of the comedy “Once in a Lifetime” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.

But after Graham returns to her dressing room, she admits to some fleeting moments of anxiety. “What we just did is change a whole little dance number, which took me, like, two months to learn,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Wh-wh-wh-why are we doing this?’ I still go through the same panic, forgetting that it’ll be fine.”

Choreographer Sergio Trujillo said the leggy 5-foot-9 Graham – who’s not a trained dancer – is a hard worker with natural ability.

“She just had to learn to trust me and learn that I was on her side and I was going to make her look good,” he said.

As directed by Des McAnuff, the revival is set during the 1930s – the period when Damon Runyon wrote the stories on which “Guys and Dolls” was based. The character of Adelaide, often played as a nightclub singer, is imagined in this production as a burlesque performer.

She wears a blond wig and several skimpy costumes, which she sheds during two striptease numbers backed by her dancers, the Hot Box Girls.

“We got lucky because Lauren Graham has such a spectacular body that it made sense to do that,” Trujillo said.

But despite showing some skin, Graham manages to lighten her sex appeal with an equal measure of goofiness.

“She’s like a Marilyn meets Lucille Ball kind of character,” Trujillo said.

Graham, 41, honed her comedic chops on television in the mid-1990s with a string of guest appearances on “3rd Rock From the Sun,” “NewsRadio,” “Caroline in the City” and “Seinfeld.” At the same time, she was cast as a regular on several new sitcoms, all of which quickly flopped.

Her luck turned in 2000, when she was offered the part of single, young mother Lorelai Gilmore. Her quirky charm and talent for lightning-fast patter earned her a loyal fan following and critical recognition, including nominations for a Golden Globe, two SAG Awards and two Television Critics Association Awards.

On the big screen, Graham is perhaps best known as the libidinous girlfriend of Billy Bob Thornton’s degenerate Santa impersonator in the 2003 hit “Bad Santa.” Since “Gilmore Girls” ended in 2007, she has played Steve Carell’s wife in the family comedy “Evan Almighty” and starred with Greg Kinnear in “Flash of Genius.”

Graham will star in “Guys and Dolls” through the fall.

Source: www.readingeagle.com

The trailer of Lauren’s new movie The Answer man has been released please go to 120dbfilms.com click on projects, then click on The Answer man. The movie looks amazing , I really hope this is the kind of movies where you can see a lot of her lol.

Gotham Magazine posted an acticle about Lauren along with a very beautiful picture I’ve never seen before.

she’s of Irish descent. But try toasting her up a frozen Lender’s bagel and you’ll get an earful. “I grew up in a house where the mythic stature of New York baked goods was referenced every day,” Graham explains. “Like, ‘Oh these bagels are crummy! This is not a New York bagel! How dare you bring these Kaiser rolls into the house! You call this pound cake?’”

Graham, best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, will soon have all the New York bagels a girl could want. She’s about to begin an eight-month run on Broadway as Miss Adelaide in the revival of Guys and Dolls—an offer she initially turned down. “I auditioned, got it, and said no,” Graham says. “But I was in New York and saw some theater, and I just thought, This is stupid. It’s one of the best parts ever written. I want to do it.”

Graham’s parents divorced when she was five years old, and her father, a lobbyist for the candy and chocolate industry, raised her in Washington, DC. She attended Barnard College, and after graduation worked at Barneys during the day and as a cocktail waitress at the Improv comedy club at night. After a year of working two jobs, she left the city to get an MFA in acting at Southern Methodist University. “I wanted to go to college in New York, to be in the city to be an actor. But I sort of had to leave New York to become an actor in New York. And what I found in grad school is, you get an experience with great literature, but none of that helps you audition for [Beverly Hills] 90210.”

Her rise was anything but meteoric. She appeared in three failed sitcoms before finally landing her role on Gilmore Girls. Since then she’s starred in several films, including Bad Santa opposite Billy Bob Thornton. She was ranked 13th on E! Online’s “Hollywood’s Bachelorettes: Hot and Sexy” top 25 list. (Her accountant still calls her “13,” and yes, guys, she’s still single.)

Although Graham now lives primarily in Los Angeles, she owns an apartment in Lower Manhattan and considers the city home. “New York is a huge part of why I took the role in Guys and Dolls. I have an affection for the city that started when I was a child: My grandparents are from Brooklyn and my father has a deep love of New York, so I grew up with that. I feel like a New York resident, and I care about it in that way. To live here and be doing a classic Broadway musical that takes place in New York is a huge gift. I’ve always held it up as this threat to Hollywood, like, ‘Hey, Los Angeles, treat me right—or I’ll move back to New York.

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