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ABC has given a pilot greenlight to “Let It Go” starring Lauren Graham.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Let It Go” focuses on a self-help guru (Graham) who has a hard time following her own teachings when her boyfriend breaks up with her.

The single-camera comedy was written by Alex Herschlag (“Will & Grace”) for Sony TV. Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Mitch Hurwitz will executive produce along with Herschlag.

Graham (“Gilmore Girls”), currently prepping for a Broadway run in “Guys & Dolls,” will also serve as producer.

In addition, ABC ordered an untitled multi-camera comedy from “Scrubs” veteran Tad Quill. That series focuses on two forty-something friends living very different lives.

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t’s true that romantic comedies are a dime a dozen. A romantic comedy done well, on the other hand, is a rare thing. What makes Arlen Faber even more impressive is that this is director/writer John Hindman’s first time at the helm.

Jeff Daniels plays Arlen Faber, a reclusive author who wrote the groundbreaking book Me and God twenty years ago, immediately thrusting him into spiritual guru status. Through interactions with his mailman, his publisher, and just about every other person with whom he comes into contact, we quickly realize that crotchety Arlen isn’t the transcendent figure many believe him to be. However, chance encounters with single mom Elizabeth, played by Lauren Graham, and newly sober Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci) take Arlen’s life in a direction he never could have imagined.

The great thing about this movie is that it’s for adults, yet not depressing. I find that some grown up romantic comedies tend to hammer home the dreariness of being older and alone. Instead, Arlen Faber is sweet and hopeful, and not about settling for whatever comes your way later on in life. That’s not to say that it doesn’t have its tearjerker moments.

My only complaints about the film are that Hindman sometimes veers into saccharine territory and some of the plot feels contrived. Example: the meet-cute between Daniels and Graham made the women next to me guffaw with laughter while I cringed. There’s no accounting for taste.

On the whole, though, I found Arlen Faber very entertaining and, at times, touching. And when Arlen finally gives real spiritual advice, Hindman’s words ring surprisingly profound and true. As the debut filmmaker said when he introduced his film, sometimes the spiritual answers we seek are simply found in each other.

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Gilmore Girls fans missing their weekly dose of Lauren Graham are in luck: Beginning next month, you’ll be able to see her eight times a week — and in person, to boot! As you may have heard, the tube superstar will make her Broadway debut as ’30s nightclub singer Miss Adelaide in a revival of Guys & Dolls on March 1 . To mark this momentous occasion, my longtime BFF and onetime co-star kindly agreed to lift the restraining order long enough for me to grill her about her vocal experience (she has some!), her forthcoming ABC comedy (it’s not Men in Trees 2.0!), and a possible return to Stars Hollow (keep hope alive!).

AUSIELLO: So, Broadway… Are you excited?
LAUREN GRAHAM: It is really exciting. And honestly, there’s not a day that I go to work and don’t feel it. There are so many things you hope will feel like something — in showbiz, especially. And this does.

Why now?
Nothing’s really linear. There’s no big plan. [Guys & Dolls] actually came up a long time ago, and I wasn’t all that familiar with it. I started working on it, just as a project, and I really loved it. And when it finally came together I was ready to do it. It wasn’t like I was looking for a Broadway show, and this thing came along.

How’s the singing coming? I think the only time I’ve heard you sing was in an episode of Gilmore Girls.
Yes, but Lorelai was drunk! People keep saying that to me and I’m like, “Don’t gauge my singing ability by Lorelai singing drunk in the seventh season. That wasn’t my Broadway debut.” [Laughs] It’s hard to talk about. I auditioned. I’ve been training as a singer for a long time. I did musicals in high school and college. I did summer stock. I got my equity card before any of my other unions — I thought I was on that path. But I stopped for a while. Also, this is not a legit soprano part; I can’t sing that music. But this is something I’m enjoying doing. I really connect with this character. I really like her. I feel comfortable in this medium. I feel happy to be here. It’s been a challenge, but I’m really enjoying it.

What has been the most challenging aspect?
It’s physical in a different way. I was used to doing 14-hour days on Gilmore Girls, but this is a different concentration. And we’re emphasizing the burlesque aspect; it’s less ’50s supper club. So that’s been a challenge. [Adopting a British accent] I haven’t performed a strip act in any of my work previously.

What’s it been like working with Oliver Platt?
I love him so much. I feel like I’ve got the perfect acting partner for this job. He’s the most loving, funny, smart man. We’re having a great time. And I think we have good chemistry.

Are you prepared for the amount of Gilmore Girls merchandise you’re going to have to autograph outside the stage door after each show?
[Laughs] I am. I’m prepared.

Anything you would prefer not to sign? Now’s your chance to veto it.
The things that I find offensive are pictures of me from the late 90s, wearing tailored suit jackets and bad hair. Just on principal I’ll be like, “I look too bad in that picture; I don’t want to sign it.”

Speaking of Gilmore Girls…
Mike, Gilmore Girls is over. [Laughs] You’ve got to move on.

Let’s just talk about the movie rumors…
What are you talking about! Mike, you start those rumors. You start these rumors just like you started the Wonder Woman movie rumor and then you call me and say, “There are rumors out there that say the following…” I’m onto your little game, Ausiello!

I will cop to helping fuel talk that you might headline The Office spin-off. I said you’d be great for it and it kind of turned into a thing…
And they did talk to me about it after you wrote that. But then it became a totally different show.

Back to the Gilmore movie thing, in my defense, [series creator] Amy [Sherman-Palladino] mentioned to me that she was open to pursuing it.
It’s hard. I don’t know what we could give the fans that would satisfy them. It’s going to be like, “Grandmother Lorelai pulls into town… ” I don’t know what the story would be. But as with everything I do I my career, if something comes up that inspires me, then I’ll consider it. Plus, these are people who I love so much.

I also think a lot of fans…
…were disappointed with how it ended.

Yes.
But for me, when you have a bad breakup, going back and dating the guy again is not really going to change the breakup. It didn’t end in the way I think any of us would have liked — and that is a disappointment for me as well. And a sadness, really. When the reruns come on now I think about the path it took, and it makes me sad. I wish we would have known it was the end when we shot the final episode, quite simply. But we can’t go back and change that. And I’m not sure a movie would help. What helps me is to try and do other things in my life and do work that I like. I don’t know that going back to the show is the answer. But there are people who are still really devoted to it, and I understand that, too.

You just signed a deal to star in your own ABC comedy. How did that come about?
Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested Development) and Alex Herschlag (Will & Grace) cooked up this idea that’s so wrong it’s right. It’s the first thing — after taking many meetings and thinking long and hard about what kind of thing I’d like to do — that made me laugh. Everything about it made me laugh.

You play a self-help guru who doesn’t practice what she preaches. It’s already drawing comparisons to Men in Trees.
It’s a darker comedy… more like Arrested Development. Men in Trees was a really well written dramedy, but it was soft and sweet — kind of in the tone of Gilmore Girls. This is more comedic. It’s a totally different tone. And I don’t live in Alaska.

How is the show darker?
She’s a self-help guru who is truly a mess and is obsessed with [her ex-boyfriend] who dumped her. It’s really funny because it’s so backwards. I went to Barnard College and I did my feminist studies, but I think what’s funny about this character is she is deeply flawed. I loved Lorelai, but she wasn’t deeply flawed. She was very easy to root for. This is a slightly more twisted central character.

What’s the timeline for it?
I’m committed to [Guys & Dolls] through October. But we’re trying to figure out if I can shoot [the pilot] while I’m doing the show.

Before I let you go, any other dream projects I can say you’re rumored to be attached to?
[Laughs] Oooh, good question. I’ll have to think about that.

Source: EW.com

Hey all, thanks to Broadway.com here’s a behind the scene video of the Guys & Dolls photoshoot where you can see Lauren as Miss Adelaide. Its really good to see her. thanks to Lauren Graham Web for the heads up. Click on the pictures to download the video.

Yay Flash Of Genius will be on DVD on Fabruary 17 I can’t wait to finally see this movie. You can pre-order the movie on Amazon here.

Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns’ long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, a tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob’s creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life’s work — or for that matter, anyone’s work — be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees.

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The adorable Lauren Graham is making her comeback to the small screen. She always wowed us with her charming and hilarious personality as Lorelai on Gilmore Girls, so we’re happy to report she’s back!

According to ABC insiders, the network has ordered a pilot about a self-help guru who helps women to live more empowered and fulfilling lives. But there’s a catch! She finds it hard to follow her own advice after her boyfriend dumps her.

No start date or title have been named yet, but get ready for the laughs, because Will & Grace writer Alex Herschlag will be co-producing the show with Graham. Are you excited for Lauren’s big comeback?

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Lauren is # 3 how cool is that lol.

#3 Lauren Graham
Gilmore Girls may be off the air, but Lauren Graham is still fresh in our minds. Now in her 40s, the actress is still stunning as ever, thanks to her lightning-fast tongue and pitch-perfect sense of humor, we’ll always have a special place in our hearts for Lorelai Gilmore.

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“Gilmore Girls” star Lauren Graham is looking to make the leap back into primetime.

ABC has given a production commitment to a new comedy starring Graham, who will play a self-help guru who teaches women how to live a stress-free life — but struggles to follow her own advice when her boyfriend dumps her.

Untitled half-hour comes from scribe Alex Herschlag (“Will and Grace”), who will exec produce along with the folks behind the Tantamount shingle — Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Mitch Hurwitz. Hagada Hey and Tantamount will produce, while Sony Pictures TV — where Tantamount is based — is the studio.

Graham will also serve as a producer on the sitcom.

Project reps Graham’s first major TV gig since “Gilmore Girls” went off the air in 2007. Thesp spent seven seasons on the show.

The new laffer also reps a reunion between Graham and ABC. The actress got her big break on the Alphabet net starring opposite Molly Ringwald and Jenna Elfman in the short-lived “Townies.”

Graham is about to make her Broadway debut starring in a revival of “Guys and Dolls.” Legit production starts its previews in February and opens in March.

Actress also stars in the upcoming film “Arlen Faber,” which was just accepted into the Sundance fest.

As for Herschlag, scribe is currently working on the Fox animated comedy “Sit Down, Shut Up,” also from Tantamount.

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