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  • Alyson Hannigan & Sarah Michelle Gellar Reunite, ‘Buffy’ Stars Enjoy A Throwback Day

    Buffy Summers and Willow Rosenberg have been through a lot – vampires, undead boyfriends, covens and an assortment of monsters. Their onscreen friendship remained strong to the end.

    And it appears that the real-life friendship the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer developed has also remained strong, as seen in the mini-reunion cast mates Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan had recently.

    Buffy and Willow reunite at family event on the heels of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ 12th anniversary

    The slayer posted an adorable photo of the two of them during a party that might have been held for Hannigan’s 3-year-old daughter Keeva.

    The Instagram pic showed the Scooby-Doo actress wearing a denim jacket and smiling with Hannigan.

    A photo posted by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar) on

    “So this girl (#AlysonHannigan) and her husband (#AlexisDenisof) know how to throw a party,” Gellar captioned the photo.

    By all accounts, the party was amazing indeed, complete with a farm and pony rides, something that the Crazy Ones mainstay admitted to not expecting to see in Santa Monica.

    But apparently it was something that Hannigan, the “party #CraftMaster” can pull off.

    Gellar was there with her family, husband Freddie Prinze Jr, 5-year-old daughter Charlotte and 2-year-old son Rocky.

    The small Buffy reunion also included Hannigan’s husband Alexis Denisof, who portrayed Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, the Watcher tasked with overseeing Buffy and Faith.

    The small reunion came on the heels of the 12th anniversary of the series’ finale, an event that Gellar marked by posting a photo collage on Instagram.

    “It was an incredible journey that I am so incredibly proud of,” she wrote. “Thank you all for joining me, and continuing to tell her story.”

    The television series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, remains a cult favorite. Produced by the inimitable Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer made Gellar, Hannigan and Denisof household names, along with mainstays Nicholas Brendon, Seth Green and David Boreanaz.

    The show also received critical acclaim and led to the spin-off series Angel.

  • Alyson Hannigan Reunites With ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Co-Star Sarah Michelle Gellar

    Alyson Hannigan was reunited with her Buffy the Vampier Slayer co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar over the weekend and the vampire slaying buddies couldn’t wait to document their happy get-together on social media.

    Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played slayer Buffy, met up on Saturday in Santa Monica to celebrate Alyson Hannigan’s daughter Keeva for her fifth birthday party.

    Apparently Alyson Hannigan has some heavy-duty party-throwing skills as Sarah Michelle Gellar posted a pic to both Instagram and Twitter praising her friend’s party skills.

    “So this girl (#AlysonHannigan) and her husband (#AlexisDenisof) know how to throw a party. I thought I was good with the crafts, till I went to this party #CraftMaster Thanks for having the #PrinzeFamily I’ve never seen a farm and pony rides in Santa Monica before #NowIveSeenItAll”, captioned Sarah Michelle Gellar of Alyson Hannigan.

    Gellar shared a different photo on Twitter with an equally sweet caption.

    “@alydenisof and @AlexisDenisof Thanks for such an awesome party and my new #Giraffe You are the #CraftMaster,” she wrote.

    Fans are surely hoping the Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar had some time during the festivities to contemplate a reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

    How badly would you like to see a real Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot?

  • Alyson Hannigan And Sarah Michelle Gellar Have “Buffy” Reunion Over The Weekend

    Alyson Hannigan showed up in Sarah Michelle Gellar’s social media activity this weekend, to the delight of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans everywhere.

    Buffy and Willow, also known as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan, got together on Saturday in Santa Monica for what was presumed to be Hannigan’s daughter, Keeva’s, 5th birthday party.

    And if we were to go by Sarah Michelle Gellar’s comments on the festivities, it seems Alyson Hannigan can really throw a party!

    Gellar posted a pic to both Instagram and Twitter to commend Alyson Hannigan on her party skills.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar said of her friend, Alyson Hannigan, “So this girl (#AlysonHannigan) and her husband (#AlexisDenisof) know how to throw a party. I thought I was good with the crafts, till I went to this party #CraftMaster Thanks for having the #PrinzeFamily I’ve never seen a farm and pony rides in Santa Monica before #NowIveSeenItAll”

    On Twitter, she shared a different pic of herself with Alyson Hannigan and what seems to be a large giraffe of some sort.

    Her caption read, “@alydenisof and @AlexisDenisof Thanks for such an awesome party and my new #Giraffe You are the #CraftMaster”

    Looks like Alyson Hannigan threw an amazingly fun party! Perhaps she should write a party book!

    What do you think about the impromptu Buffy reunion with Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar?

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr. Call Themselves ‘Party Animals’

    Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr. Call Themselves ‘Party Animals’

    Sarah Michelle Gellar and her handsome hubby Freddie Prinze, Jr. enjoyed a date night recently–one for adults only, too. The parents of two are like any other couple–they need time out sans the kids.

    It was during this date when Sarah Michelle Gellar started snapping selfies of her with her husband, and the result is adorable.

    “Sometimes even parents need a #DateNight Up past ten pm #PartyAnimals Married almost 13 years and still enjoying each other’s company,” the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star wrote.

    You have to admit they look pretty happy together–even after 13 years.

    A photo posted by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar) on

    It was only about three weeks ago when Sarah Michelle Gellar shared another selfie with her Instagram followers. This one was while the two were celebrating Freddie Prinze, Jr.’s birthday.

    “Happy birthday to this guy @RealFPJ Thank you for showing me dreams are possible, and being the best partner a girl could ever have (esp on #InternationalWomensDay),” she captioned this shot.

    It definitely appears as though the years have been kind to Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. All too often, Hollywood couples get wrapped up in appearances and all the glitz and glamour hype. These two seem to have stayed quite grounded. They’re even very involved in teaching their kids to help those less fortunate than themselves.

    “We’ve been getting the kids at my daughter’s pre-school involved in things and now one by one, they’ve all stopped asking for presents at birthday parties and they all want to do different donations, whether it’s canned food or baby diapers and wipes,” she revealed.

    “I didn’t have much growing up, so I’m in a fortunate position where I can provide my daughter with dolls or toys, whatever that thing is. But to see her really want to give back for those other children is the best gift as a mom that I could ever receive.”

    Kudos to Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. on the grounded life they’re living with their children–and on being ‘party animals’ from time to time.

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar Says No To “Buffy” Reunion Show or Film

    Sarah Michelle Gellar has done other things since Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But I don’t know what they were.

    Well, that’s not really fair. She’s done that Scooby-Doo movie. And the sequel. She did The Grudge. And the sequel. Oh, and Cruel Intentions. She had that slobbery kiss with that girl in that. And she did that TV show with Robin Williams.

    She’s done a bunch of voiceover stuff, including Robot Chicken, TMNT, etc., etc.

    Yeah, Sarah Michelle Gellar is on an arc to be forever known as Buffy. Which is fine with me. So why won’t Sarah Michelle Gellar get the gang back together? Lord knows Nicky Brendan could use a paycheck.

    Maybe Alyson Hannigan is doing ok. David Boreanaz has a regular gig. Michelle Trachtenberg is comfortable. But Anthony Stewart Head is playing non-threatening Brits in movies with Brits who have real careers. James Marsters never really too off beyond sci-fi circles. And we can certainly resurrect Emma Caulfield.

    But Sarah Michelle Gellar says no. No more Buffy. Why not?

    “I joke that I’d have to have a walker and my walker would be made of wood, and that would be how I would stake people, at this point, I’m a little old.”

    Apparently it has nothing to do with any animosity or other such juiciness among the cast.

    “We have [reunions] all the time,” Sarah Michelle Gellar says. “They’re just not televised.”

    But what about a film? Surely there is enough will for a big-screen project. Lord knows Joss Whedon now has enough clout to pull it off if he wanted to. But Sarah Michelle Gellar says nope.

    “People forget, [the original] Buffy was a failed movie. Buffy didn’t work as a movie, it worked as a long-arc television show where you could follow this journey. We spent all of our first year going, ‘Yes, we know we’re based on a failed movie, but we’re different. And so it just seems counter-productive to go back. It didn’t work the first time.”

    Of course, that’s just smoke screen. Joss Whedon could make this thing fly. And maybe this time the suits would shut up and let him do whatever he wanted. And if not, there’s Netflix.

  • Alyson Hannigan Keeps Her Kids TV and Movie-Free, No ‘Frozen’ in Their Household

    Alyson Hannigan says she is holding off letting her children watch television and see movies for as long as possible.

    “My kids don’t watch television yet,” Hannigan says of five-and-a half-year-old Satyana Marie and two-and-a-half-year-old Keeva Jane.

    “It’s probably getting to the point where we’ll introduce it to Sati now,” said the How I Met Your Mother actress. “We were waiting for her to start begging us. She’ll ask occasionally, but until recently she didn’t know we had a television so it was a non-issue.

    “I think she was convinced for a long time that the only thing on television was either news or sports because when you go to restaurants that’s what they’re playing,” she said.

    Hannigan made her comments during the first day of recording for a guest-voice role on Disney Channel’s Sofia the First in a new episode premiering Dec. 12.

    The 40-year-old actress said she has always been drawn to animation, quoting her Buffy the Vampire Slayer director, Joss Whedon.

    “I think Joss put it perfectly when he said, ‘I feel like if we opened you up, a cartoon would just pop out,’” Hannigan said. “I think that’s the most fitting description of me.”

    On Sophia, Hannigan plays Winter, a “gentle faun who yearns for a special ability — only to realize she was special all along,” according to People.

    Surprisingly, Hannigan‘s children have not even seen Frozen.

    “The Frozen thing was hard” to avoid, admitted Hannigan. “But we gave her all the books, so she’s obsessed. And she knows the soundtrack back and forth.”

    She added that Satyana did watch the film on a recent flight, although she had to watch it on mute.

    “We let her watch it without the sound,” says Hannigan. “We figured if she’s just going to lean over and watch it on someone else’s screen, we can just put it on the screen in front of her. So she says she’s seen Frozen. Pretty much!”

    Come on, Alyson, let it go…

  • Alyson Hannigan Won’t Let Her Kids Watch TV Yet

    Alyson Hannigan owes her career to television. The TV star got her big break thanks to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother. Despite her strong ties to television, her children aren’t going to be watching it anytime soon.

    Speaking to Cover Media, Hannigan says she and her husband do not allow their children to watch television. Her children, with the oldest, Satyana, being five and the youngest, Keeva, being two, are of the age at which most parents introduce children to educational television like Sesame Street. Her kids won’t be sharing adventures with Elmo and pals just yet, however, as Hannigan wants to wait.

    How much longer will her kids have to wait before they can experience the very thing that made their mother famous? She says Satyana is almost ready to start watching television. In fact, she’s surprised Satyana hasn’t been begging to watch television. After all, her daughter surely has friends that talk about the latest Yo Gabba Gabba. Instead, her daughter has been convinced that television is just news and sports – both of which are pretty boring to a five-year-old girl.

    Satyana hasn’t been completely shut off from the world of visual media though. Like every other girl her age, she has at least seen Frozen, but with a twist. Hannigan decided that her daughter could only watch Frozen without any audio. While it may seem a little weird, she has it better than some of us that still can’t let it go.

    Even as Hannigan’s daughter starts to watch movies and television, most of her mother’s career will remain inaccessible. Hannigan’s latest film – American Reunion – is the fourth theatrical film in the American Pie series of sex comedies. On second thought, maybe her kids are growing up faster than previously thought:

  • Alyson Hannigan Returning to TV to Spend Christmas With ‘The McCarthys’

    Alyson Hannigan of How I Met Your Mother is returning to CBS to guest star on the Christmas episode of The McCarthys.

    Entertainment Weekly reports that Hannigan will play Marjorie (Laurie Metcalf) and Arthur’s (Jack McGee) upstairs tenant, Pam, on the Christmas-themed episode, which will air on Thursday, Dec. 18.

    According to EW, “Pam is a sweet girl who has just gone through a painful breakup and is heartbroken. In order to cheer her up, Marjorie invites Pam to join the family for Christmas Eve. Pam joins the festivities but is shocked when she experiences the McCarthys’ competitive annual gift-exchange swap.”

    EW spoke to star Tyler Ritter, son of John Ritter, about how close the cast has become, despite rumors that the show will likely be cancelled.

    “Anytime you get the six of us together, we’re going to have a blast,” he said. “The chemistry has been there from day one.”

    Ritter tweeted a photo of himself recently in his Christmas attire for the episode.

    Hannigan is perhaps best known for her role as Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother. She also starred in the cult favorite series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and movie credits include American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding and Date Movie.

  • Eliza Dushku Tweets to Catch Thieves, Find Louis Vuitton Bag

    Sadly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku became the victim of a robbery over the weekend.

    Dushku frantically tweeted about her Louis Vuitton bag, a present from Sharon Osbourne, being stolen. While checking into the Omni hotel in Rhode Island, the robbery occurred. Dushku was in Providence as a featured artist at the Rhode Island Comic Con.

    Early on Saturday, November 1st, she began tweeting about the incident. Dushku revealed that the police and security couldn’t help. She asked her Twitter followers to assist in finding the men.

    Dushku tweeted details about the robbers, including information about their costumes. One man was reportedly wearing a golden gladiator one. Dushku also tweeted about suspecting that the men were still lurking around the hotel.

    The police found the bag about five hours later. The surveillance footage helped lead the authorities to the bag in a hotel room. According to People Magazine, Rhode Island police arrested 27-year-old Scott Pryor and were searching for 30-year-old Jamie Lange.

    Read Dushku’s tweets documenting the incident below.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Eliza Dushku Allegedly Robbed on Halloween, Tweets the Whole Ordeal

    Eliza Dushku was apparently tricked in a big way on Halloween when she was robbed Friday at the Omni Hotel where she was staying for the Rhode Island Comic Con.

    The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress tweeted about the whole ordeal as it unfolded.

    “Was just robbed in front of my hotel a few hrs ago. Cameras caught everything:hotel/police/security weren’t able to do anything. #ricomiccon,” the 33-year-old tweeted Friday.

    Dushku continued to update her 1.6 million Twitter followers on the events of the evening. According to her tweets, the stolen Louis Vuitton duffle bag was not just any old designer bag.

    “If you see anyone walk out of hotel w this Duffle bag, it was a gift from @MrsSOsbourne ON her show in ’04. It’s been around the world w me,” she explained.

    “Really upset. It’s been a long night. The 2 men are in my hotel currently & ‘nothing can be done,’” she wrote. “They were, of course, wearing Halloween costumes. One of the guys wore a GOLD HEAD TO TOE ‘Ceasar’ outfit. Anyone in RI, ring a bell.? Help.”

    The drama ended well after the thieves were identified and Dushku‘s duffle bag was returned.

    Dushku shared a selfie at the hotel in her Halloween costume to prove the legitimacy of the tweets.

  • Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox Have Split

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox Have Split

    Eliza Dushku has ended her five-year relationship with boyfriend Rick Fox, a retired NBA player, and moved back to her hometown of Boston.

    “Rick’s an LA guy and I’m a Boston girl,” Dushku said of the split.

    “I missed my town and I missed my family.”

    Dushku has purchased a condo near her childhood home in Watertown. Regarding the fact that her new abode has a basement, the 33-year-old actress said that nobody “in LA has a basement … They all have the obligatory storage spaces in the Valley.”

    The move back to Boston marks the end of a 22-year stay in Los Angeles for Dushku.

    She broke into acting with a role opposite C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis in the 1992 adaptation of Alice McDermott’s novel That Night.

    From there she gained notoriety for her roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998-2003) and Dollhouse (2009-2010.)

    Over the course of her career, Dushku has starred opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest names, such as Halle Berry (Race the Sun,) Leonardo DiCaprio (This Boy’s Life,) and Robert De Niro (City by the Sea and This Boy’s Life.)

    Although she’s not closing the door on acting and producing, Dushku says it’s time for some changes, including attending university in the fall.

    “I’ve been talking about it for 15 years. It’s a whole new trajectory for me that makes me really happy.”

    Dushku and her brother Nate, also an actor, will continue working on a biopic of artist Robert Mapplethorpe with the production company Dushku started when she was just 17-years-old, Boston Divas.

    Dushku, who calls herself a “proud Albanian-Danish American,” will also continue her work as an honorary Albanian Ambassador and with various charities, including the Trauma Healing and Reflection Center in Gulu, Uganda (THRIVEGulu) founded by her mother Judy Dushku, an activist, college professor, and world traveler.

    “… I have a new life right now. I’m on kind of a different path for the time being,” Dushku said of the recent changes she’s made. “I’d rather be physically cold than emotionally stagnant. I just sort of come alive when I’m home.”

    Image via Eliza Dushku, Instagram

  • Eliza Dushku Splits with Rick Fox, Moves to Boston

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox have called it quits after a five-year relationship.

    The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and the retired NBA player have decided it’s time to go their separate ways, prompting Dushku to move back to her hometown of Boston.

    “Rick’s an L.A. guy and I’m a Boston girl,” she told The Boston Globe.

    Dushku, 33, told The Globe that she recently bought a condo near Watertown and is planning to go back to begin her studies towards a bachelor’s degree.

    “It helps me navigate the stories that I want to tell in areas that are interesting to me,” she told The Los Angeles Times.

    Dushku said she’s looking forward to living on the East Coast after 22 years in L.A.

    “I’d rather be a little physically cold here than emotionally cold in L.A.,” she said. “I missed my town and my family.”

    Duskhu said she plans to focus her studies on psychological and sociological behavior, knowing that it will be useful to her as a director and actress.

    “I’m actually looking to go back to school,” she told the Los Angeles Times‘ Hero Complex in March. “One of the areas that’s so interesting to me — and obviously it played out in the show ‘Dollhouse’ — are these deep crevasses of our brains and our emotions that make us tick, and what those combinations and variables are that are looked at in projects like [‘Gable 5’] and projects like ‘Dollhouse.’”

    Although her education is her primary focus for the near future, the Dollhouse actress does not plan on completely foregoing acting.

    “I have a new life right now,” said Dushku. “I’m on kind of a different path for the time being.”

    Could it be that differing opinions on fashion could be a factor in their split?

    In 2010, Dushku said living with the basketball pro opened her eyes to his lack of fashion sense.

    “I never believed he was a bad dresser” until they moved in together, she said. “We’re in the middle of moving the clothes. The clothes were at one place and he kind of had to pick from the surviving things that he didn’t bring to the house.”

    Dushku began dating Fox, 44, in 2009 and they moved in together in 2010. He was previously married to Vanessa Williams, with whom he has a daughter. He also has a son from a previous relationship.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar Disses Kim Kardashian ‘Vogue’ Cover

    Sarah Michelle Gellar is among those who are less than thrilled about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s April Vogue cover. In fact, she’s thinking of canceling her subscription and is even rallying others to cancel theirs as well.

    The cover features Kimye–as the couple is sometimes called–in full wedding attire–likely indicating that yet another Keeping Up With the Kardashians wedding is really going down.

    Kim Kardashian is famous for a number of questionable things–one of them being her most recent wedding to basketball player Chris Humphries. The multi-million dollar affair was promoted for weeks prior to the big day that was televised by E!. The wedding only lasted 72 days. Many speculated that the entire relationship and wedding were staged to up the reality TV show’s ratings. That was never proven, however.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar took to Twitter on Friday to share her great disdain for the Vogue cover.

    Her tweet was almost instantly retweeted by about 6,000 Twitter users.

    Kim Kardashian’s best friend Jonathan Cheban quickly came to her rescue with a slam for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star.

    Ouch.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in The Crazy Ones with Robin Williams. She won a Peoples Choice Award in the Favorite Actress in a New TV Series category for her role as Williams’s character’s daughter. Married to actor Freddie Prinze, Jr., the couple has two daughters. Charlotte Grace is 4 and Rocky James a year and a half old.

    It’s uncertain if Gellar’s gripe about Kim Kardashian’s Vogue cover is with Kardashian or Kanye West, or if it’s with the magazine itself for publishing what she deems a giant fashion faux pas. Like her or not, Kim Kardashian is on the cutting edge of fashion, so the magazine really wasn’t completely out of line with the cover shot.

    Regardless of what Sarah Michelle Gellar thinks, Vogue is standing by its decision to keep the couple on the cover, with no apologies or retractions in the works. Do you think they will suffer from cancellations per Gellar’s tweet?

    Image via Twitter

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar Ends the Debate: Spuffy or Bangel?

    Sarah Michelle Gellar Ends the Debate: Spuffy or Bangel?

    This week, Sarah Michelle Gellar used Reddit to break a billion Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans’ hearts by ending the much debated question: Spike or Angel?

    On Thursday, Gellar participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything). No question was off-limits as she gave her honest opinions on everything from Buffy to Scooby-Doo. Unfortunately this honesty didn’t end well for some Buffy fans who hoped she shared their obsession with a certain pairing. With the internet bringing out the passion in many fandoms, it’s hard to make an accurate assessment of where fans’ hearts really lie with certain characters and couples. However, no one can deny that Spuffy (Spike and Buffy) fans are the most vocal about their favorite couple.

    Three different fans tried to get Gellar to say she preferred Spike over Angel, but in the end she stood by her choice of Angelus over William-the-Bloody. Besides crushing your dreams, she also gave some more interesting tidbits about the production of the series, her dreams for its future, and how she felt about the cast.

    Here are a few other Buffy-related highlights from her AMA Reddit:

    What was your favorite Buffy episode to work on?

    I am in a room full of Buffy fans and everyone is yelling out their favorite episodes! My first one is The Prom because I just love that whole story, and I thought it just encapsulated the show so well. It was beautiful and heartbreaking. I also love Hush because I think it’s not just the scariest episode we’ve ever done but the challenge to do a silent episode – I thought it would be easy but it was way harder.And the other favorite I love is The Body, because it was beyond difficult and heart wrenching to shoot, and I don’t know if many people know this, but my entire first scene was all done in one take. It was 4-5 minutes of one long take.

    I know that Alyson was known for pranking everybody on the set, were you ever the victim?

    No I think I was more her co-conspirator.

    Buffy on Broadway. Yea or Nay?

    As long as Kristin Chenoweth plays me.

    Who was a better kisser, Angel or Spike? P.S. any answer other than Spike will be incorrect, but I need you to confirm.

    I’m sorry to disappoint. And again my apologies to Jamie [Boreanaz].

    What was your favorite “big bad” throughout Buffy?

    Ohhhh! I loved a couple. When Angel turned bad. Physically I think the scariest were the guys from Hush. And also Camden Toy, I can’t think of his character’s name right now. And I also liked it when I was the bad guy. And while we’re on this topic, I remember my other favorite episode, even though no one asked: I also liked the body switching episode where I got to play Faith and Faith got to play Buffy.

    Gellar may have crushed some Spuffy hearts, but isn’t it cool to know those “Hush” demons freaked her out as much as it freaked out many of the Buffy fans?

    Image via Sarah Michelle Gellar, Twitter

  • Robin Williams CBS Comedy Coming This Fall

    CBS Entertainment today announced its new fall lineup, which includes an emphasis on the network‘s comedy programming.

    One of the more interesting new comedies announced is The Crazy Ones, a new show featuring comedian Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame. The show will premiere this fall in the 9:00 EST slot, just after The Big Bang Theory and The Millers, a new comedy starring Arrested Development‘s Will Arnett. It is being produced by David E. Kelley, the Emmy Award-winning creator of shows such as Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, The Practice, and Chicago Hope.

    The Crazy Ones will be a single-camera comedy about the head of an advertising agency named Simon Roberts (Williams), whose eccentric behavior is matched only by his skill in advertising. Gellar will play Sydney Roberts, Simon’s daughter and business partner, whose ambition and work ethic put her at odds with her father. The pair are joined by a varied cast of employees played by James Wolk, Hamish Linklater, and Amanda Setton.

    Last month, Williams teased fans by tweeting out several photos from the set of The Crazy Ones:

  • Robin Sachs Dies: “Buffy” Actor Was 61

    Robin Sachs Dies: “Buffy” Actor Was 61

    Robin Sachs, who played the mortal enemy of Watcher Rupert Giles on “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, has died of undisclosed causes. He was 61 years old.

    Sachs enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry, which began in 1972 and included roles in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” and on the television shows “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Babylon 5”. He also did voice work for several popular video games, such as Mass Effect 2 and 3 and the Resident Evil series. Sachs enjoyed the sci-fi genre and his passion for it can be seen in many of the roles he chose.

    Few details are available at this time regarding his death, but sources say he did pass away last Friday. A note was posted on his website and is being used as the official statement.

    “This is a post we never thought we would have to write…

    It is with great sadness that we have to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Robin Sachs.

    Please join us in raising a glass to Robin – goodbye, dear friend. Thank you for all the laughter and the cookies. We will miss you so very much.

    Di, Sharon and everyone at robinsachs.com”