Angela Bassett
American Horror Story star Angela Bassett made a grand entrance on closing night of PaleyFest by bringing out a fake Kathy Bates head on a silver platter.
STORY: 'American Horror Story' Enlists Michael Chiklis for 'Freak Show'
American Horror Story star Angela Bassett made a grand entrance on closing night of PaleyFest by bringing out a fake Kathy Bates head on a silver platter.
STORY: 'American Horror Story' Enlists Michael Chiklis for 'Freak Show'
American Horror Story: Freak Show will see returning cast members Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Frances Conroy and Kathy Bates, with Emma Roberts and Denis O'Hare in talks. Gabourey Sidibe and Jamie Brewer will also be featured in "some capacity."
STORY: 'American Horror Story' Enlists Michael Chiklis for 'Freak Show'
American Horror Story stars Emma Roberts and Jamie Brewer sandwich producer Dante Di Loreto at the March 28 closing night event of PaleyFest.
STORY: 'American Horror Story' Enlists Michael Chiklis for 'Freak Show'
"We know there's going to be a sixth season or else you'll probably show up with pitchforks and torches," Community star Joel McHale said March 26 at the show's PaleyFest event.
STORY: Community' Creator Says It'd Be Weird Not to Get a Sixth Season
"The only thing weirder … would be not getting a sixth season," Community creator Dan Harmon said, who at one point called the current run of episodes "our fifth season of near-cancellation."
STORY: Community' Creator Says It'd Be Weird Not to Get a Sixth Season
Community stars Danny Pudi and Gillian Jacobs were on hand March 26 for the show's fifth straight PaleyFest panel.
STORY: Community' Creator Says It'd Be Weird Not to Get a Sixth Season
The topic on everyone's minds at The Mindy Project event March 25? Mindy and Danny's kiss. "Moving forward, there are more bumps in the road," Matt Warburton teased, while Mindy Kaling (seen here with Chris Messina) added: "The fall-out is going to play out. The last eight episodes build up like a roller coaster."
STORY: 'The Mindy Project' Cast Talks Chris Messina's Dancing, Aftermath of the Kiss
Mindy Kaling joined Chris Messina, Ike Barinholtz, Ed Weeks, Zoe Jarman, Beth Grant, Xosha Roquemore and executive producer Matt Warburton on March 25 to celebrate The Mindy Project.
STORY: 'The Mindy Project' Cast Talks Chris Messina's Dancing, Aftermath of the Kiss
Chris Messina received rabid cheering and applause upon nearly every mention of his name, with the other hot topic of the panel being that dance from The Mindy Project's "Christmas Sex Trap" episode. His co-stars, including Ed Weeks, lovingly mocked and poked fun at him throughout the evening.
STORY: 'The Mindy Project' Cast Talks Chris Messina's Dancing, Aftermath of the Kiss
When Lizzy Caplan was cast for the part of Virginia Johnson on Masters of Sex (here with Michael Sheen), she was filming the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine and mentioned it was one of the many reasons she took the role — "proving to myself I could do more than one thing," she said at the March 24 event.
Showtime's Masters of Sex castmembers were on hand March 24 to reminisce about the freshman year.
“Marvel is SHIELD,” said Ming-Na Wen, seen here with Clark Gregg, claiming that life imitates art and denying that she has any privileged intel on the many secrets her Agent Melinda May holds. “They know stuff, and we try to get it out of ‘em.”
STORY: 'Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD' EP Teases 'Captain America' Tie-in
The cast of ABC's Marvel's Agents of SHIELD touted the remaining seven episodes of the season March 23 at PaleyFest. Though the series has not yet been renewed, “We know where we want seasons two and three to end,” says executive producer Jeffrey Bell.
STORY: 'Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD' EP Teases 'Captain America' Tie-in
With Captain America: The Winter Soldier hitting theaters April 4, expect there to be a tie-in with Marvel's Agents of SHIELD in the following episode airing April 8. “It would not surprise anyone if things that happen in the movie you mentioned are in the show we’re talking about. I wouldn’t miss it if I were you," said executive producer Jeph Loeb.
STORY: 'Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD' EP Teases 'Captain America' Tie-in
The Vampire Diaries stars Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev returned to the PaleyFest stage on March 22 to tout the fifth season of The CW series.
STORY: 'Vampire Diaries' Stars and EPs Reveal Season 5 Secrets
The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley makes his directorial debut with the April 17 episode. "My first day of directing, I walk into my dressing room and there's a wrapped gift," he recalled. Nina Dobrev had written Wesley a letter congratulating him on the "next phase" of his career. What was in the wrapped present? "A giant portrait of Nina Dobrev," Wesley said. "It was huge and now it's hanging in my dressing room."
STORY: 'Vampire Diaries' Stars and EPs Reveal Season 5 Secrets
The CW's The Vampire Diaries and The Originals casts, who film in Atlanta, reunited March 22.
STORY: 'Vampire Diaries' Stars and EPs Reveal Season 5 Secrets
How is Klaus and Co. handling Rebekah's departure? "Elijah is playing the role of peacekeeper of the Quarter and bringing together all the factions — the witches, the werewolves, the humans — and Klaus is drinking a lot and painting a lot, which is never a good combination," Joseph Morgan told THR on the carpet ahead of The Originals panel March 22.
STORY: 'The Originals': Claire Holt Goes on Record About Her Exit, Creator and Co-Stars Weigh In
“As far as I’m concerned, this is a temporary hiatus,” The Originals star Claire Holt said of her midseason exit. “I’m taking a little vacation in the sun, but I’m going to return to my New Orleans family."
STORY: 'The Originals': Claire Holt Goes on Record About Her Exit, Creator and Co-Stars Weigh In
"The one constant that has always been there for Don is the work, and work has always been something he could go back to," said Jon Hamm. "At the end of season six, not only is his marriage in trouble, his relationship with his kids is tricky at best, and now work isn't there. … Don is a survivor. He rises to the challenge."
STORY: 'Mad Men': Jon Hamm and Co. Set the Stage for Season 7
"Season one, everyone wanted to be Don Draper, and slowly fewer and fewer people do," Vincent Kartheiser said, pictured here with Elisabeth Moss. "Heavy is the head that wears the crown."
STORY: 'Mad Men': Jon Hamm and Co. Set the Stage for Season 7
Kiernan Shipka, Jessica Pare and Christina Hendricks took part at the March 21 event honoring the AMC drama at PaleyFest.
STORY: 'Mad Men': Jon Hamm and Co. Set the Stage for Season 7
As the first half of Mad Men's final season nears, the stars didn't offer up any significant teases about season seven, instead spending the evening March 21 discussing big moments from past years.
STORY: 'Mad Men': Jon Hamm and Co. Set the Stage for Season 7
Sleepy Hollow executive producer Heather Kadin admitted that the "Ichabbie" part of the show "was something we weren't expecting fans were going to be so married to the idea of Ichabod and Abbie being a couple."
STORY: 'Sleepy Hollow' Stars and EPs Talk Season 2 Plans, Fan Passion for Ichabod/Abbie
"It was one of those ideas that was one molecule away from insane," co-creator/executive producer Alex Kurtzman said of Sleepy Hollow. "That's why we responded to it. If we get it right it's special and if we get it wrong, you're super f—ed."
STORY: 'Sleepy Hollow' Stars and EPs Talk Season 2 Plans, Fan Passion for Ichabod/Abbie
Sleepy Hollow's John Cho, Orlando Jones, Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie and Lyndie Greenwood celebrated the success of the show at the March 19 event at PaleyFest.
STORY: 'Sleepy Hollow' Stars and EPs Talk Season 2 Plans, Fan Passion for Ichabod/Abbie
Amy Poehler revealed that she and Nick Offerman do a make-out session for the gag reel every season, though it never even makes it in. "We never put it on the air because it's super disturbing," Michael Schur joked.
STORY: 'Parks and Rec' Cast Talks 'Biggest Yet' Season Finale and Planning for the End
Parks and Recreation creator Michael Schur joined Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, Jim O'Heir, Retta, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt, Ben Schwartz and new addition Billy Eichner at the March 18 event.
STORY: 'Parks and Rec' Cast Talks 'Biggest Yet' Season Finale and Planning for the End
The Parks and Recreation stars and executive producer Michael Schur took part of PaleyFest festivities on Day 6 honoring the NBC comedy March 18. Speaking of the finale, Amy Poehler had this to say: "It's the biggest yet, with the highest production values, the most cameos and a lot of surprises. A lot of shit happens. Like, a lot."
STORY: 'Parks and Rec' Cast Talks 'Biggest Yet' Season Finale and Planning for the End
"I don't even think about the end, but it's coming," Amy Poehler told the audience. Michael Schur, Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza were also on the Parks and Recreation panel.
STORY: 'Parks and Rec' Cast Talks 'Biggest Yet' Season Finale and Planning for the End
Parks and Recreation creator Michael Schur and Amy Poehler took part in the PaleyFest celebration.
STORY: 'Parks and Rec' Cast Talks 'Biggest Yet' Season Finale and Planning for the End
Many of the Lost stars, including Josh Holloway, reunited with executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse on the evening of March 16 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the pilot. Cuse said of the series finale: "Lost was a show about people on an island in the middle of nowhere, but metaphorically they were lost in their lives [and in need of] purpose and redemption. [The ending] had to be a spiritual one."
Lost castmembers on the panel revealed they knew very little about their characters while shooting the series but they were confident the writers knew where their stories were headed.
When Ian Somerhalder, seen here with Maggie Grace, learned the fate of his character, Boone — the first major character to die on the series — he took it well. So well, in fact, that "we said, 'We gotta go kill more guys,' " Damon Lindelof quipped.
Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario and Sasha Pieterse posed for photographers on the carpet March 16 ahead of the Pretty Little Liars celebration.
STORY: 'Pretty Little Liars' Gang on Ali's Homecoming, 'Ravenswood' Wrap-Up and Caleb's Return
Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson and Lucy Hale shared stories during the March 16 panel, reminiscing over their first Thanksgiving together and early auditions. But Marlene King was already looking ahead: "Season five is shaping up to be emotionally the most complex season we've had so far."
STORY: 'Pretty Little Liars' Gang on Ali's Homecoming, 'Ravenswood' Wrap-Up and Caleb's Return
While the Pretty Little Liars cast and producers were mum on season-four finale and season five hints, showrunner Marlene King was hopeful for a movie. "We talk about it all the time," she said the afternoon of March 16 during the show's PaleyFest panel. "I'd love to write it and direct it."
STORY: 'Pretty Little Liars' Gang on Ali's Homecoming, 'Ravenswood' Wrap-Up and Caleb's Return
Pretty Little Liars stars Troian Bellisario and Keegan Allen, who took photos throughout the March 16 event, smiled for the cameras.
STORY: 'Pretty Little Liars' Gang on Ali's Homecoming, 'Ravenswood' Wrap-Up and Caleb's Return
Neil Patrick Harris joined the PaleyFest festivities via Skype from New York City as he is prepping for his upcoming Broadway show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
"I think one of the great things about How I Met Your Mother is that it's surprising," said How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas during the March 15 PaleyFest celebration, moderated by Wayne Brady. "It does really weird things sometimes. … We have been the worst interview in show business for years."
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan attended the show's PaleyFest farewell March 15. "We're wildly excited about the finale, and it's great, but obviously we can't say anything," said co-creator Carter Bays.
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
Cobie Smulders, who next appears in Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, kept it simple in a chic black dress at the March 15 PaleyFest event.
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
"That's the last thing we ever shot, the yellow umbrella scene, the moment [Ted, played by Josh Radnor] meets [the Mother]," said Craig Thomas.
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
"The last scene that i filmed was the scene that I tested with Josh [Radnor]," hinted Cristin Milioti of the March 31 series finale. "To have that be the last thing, I could barely get through it."
STORY: 'How I Met Your Mother' Showrunners Skirt Finale Questions
Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan, Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon were all smiles at the March 14 PaleyFest event.
STORY: Whose 'Orange Is the New Black' Back Stories Will Be Revealed in Season 2?
Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon of Orange Is the New Black were all smiles on the carpet ahead of the March 14 evening celebration.
STORY: Whose 'Orange Is the New Black' Back Stories Will Be Revealed in Season 2?
The Netflix series was honored on the second day of PaleyFest 2014, where creator Jenji Kohan revealed that several key characters — Morello, Sister Ingalls, Taystee, Poussey, Ms. Rosa and a mysterious Vee — would be getting backstories filled out.
STORY: Whose 'Orange Is the New Black' Back Stories Will Be Revealed in Season 2?
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas revealed that had The CW picked up the series for a fourth season, Kristen Bell's Veronica would have been surrounded by a new troupe of characters.
STORY: 'Veronica Mars' Movie: Rob Thomas Talks Casting Obstacles, the CW Reboot That Wasn't
"I was talking about the sequel before this one was even finished," Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell told THR. "There is a number that, if we hit it, will be very, very, very easy for them to make a sequel, and I think it's a very possible number."
STORY: 'Veronica Mars' Movie: Rob Thomas Talks Casting Obstacles, the CW Reboot That Wasn't
The majority of the Veronica Mars cast and creative team reunited March 13 to celebrate their crowdfunded movie, which made $2 million in its opening weekend in less than 300 theaters.
STORY: 'Veronica Mars' Movie: Rob Thomas Talks Casting Obstacles, the CW Reboot That Wasn't
Veronica Mars' Ryan Hansen, aka Dick Casablancas, and Chris Lowell, aka Stosh "Piz" Piznarski, reminisced at the opening PaleyFest even held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
STORY: 'Veronica Mars' Movie: Rob Thomas Talks Casting Obstacles, the CW Reboot That Wasn't
Veronica Mars opened PaleyFest on March 13 with much of the cast reunited for the special event. The film's premise — a murder and a 10-year high school reunion — was originally going to be similar to the 2007 season-four pitch at The CW: Veronica as a young FBI agent. "But I couldn't figure out a way where an FBI case would weave in Wallace and Mac (Tina Majorino, pictured)," creator Rob Thomas said.
STORY: 'Veronica Mars' Movie: Rob Thomas Talks Casting Obstacles, the CW Reboot That Wasn't