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Welcome To Our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week Jimin of BTS keeps it light, sweet and soulful on a new solo tune, Megan Thee Stallion speaks the plain pussy-powered truth, and Midland salute the Lone Star State. Plus, a highlight off the great new album from Los Hijos de García, a fresh banger from Central Cee, and holiday-themed treats from Bad Moves and Dram.

Jimin, “Closer Than This” (YouTube)

Central Cee, “Entrepreneur” (YouTube)

Megan Thee Stallion,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, André 3000 picks up his flute for a strange yet pleasant pivot; Drake gives Taylor Swift a shoutout; and Tate McRae gets spiteful with her exes. Plus, new music from Madi Diaz, Kacey Musgraves, Boygenius, and Dolly Parton.

André 3000, “I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” (YouTube)

Drake, “Red Button” (YouTube)

Tate McRae,...

No other anime protagonist has suffered the same or similar fate as Guts from Berserk. Guts the swordsman has incredible willpower and grit as the "struggler" hero of Berserk, stubbornly refusing to give up or yield to his enemies even whern they torture him beyond anyone's worst nightmares. Guts has many mental and physical scars from his long journey across Midland, but he might soon find peace and rest after all.

Now, with the latest chapters of Berserk hinting at an endgame, Guts' suffering might finally have an expiration date. In recent manga chapters, Guts' life slowly got better, such as embracing the power of friendship with his new squad and making process with Casca's recovery. Still, the many twisted demons from Guts' backstory still haunt him, and he has not yet escaped the clutches of darkness.

Update on August 3rd, 2023 by Louis Kemner: Berserk's recent story arc on...

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Bruno Mars, Brandi Carlile, the Killers, and the Black Keys are among the 2023 Bourbon & Beyond festival headliners, hitting Louisville, Kentucky this September.

Duran Duran, Billy Strings, the Black Crowes, Blondie, Jon Batiste and the Avett Brothers are also among the top-billed acts at the four-day fest, taking place at Louisville’s Highland Festival Grounds from Sept. 14 to 17.

The lineup also features Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples, Buddy Guy, the Gaslight Anthem,...

Lainey Wilson tops the list of 2023 CMT Music Awards nominees, earning nominations in the Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, Collaborative Video of the Year, and CMT Performance of the Year categories. Following close behind, Cody Johnson, first-time nominee Jelly Roll, and co-host Kane Brown picked up three nominations each.

The fan-voted CMT Music Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt (tape-delayed on the West Coast). Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini are co-hosting the show which will take place at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Voting is now open at vote.cmt.com.

CMT Music Awards Nominees:

Video Of The Year

Best video of the year; awarded to the artist. Top 6 nominees, from the first round of voting, will be announced on March 27. The final 3 nominees, from the second round of voting, will be announced on show day, April...

When Miranda Lambert walked offstage at Denver’s Pepsi Center on March 2nd, 2020, it marked the last time she would perform in front of paying fans for more than a year. That dry spell came to an end last week when Lambert played her first three of five scheduled indoor concerts at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth.

A cavernous 100,000-square-foot space, Billy Bob’s has become a live-music institution in Texas since opening in 1981. Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, and Zz Top have all performed there. Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry,...

Carrie Underwood is the queen of the CMT Music Awards, but we think Luke Combs will edge her out for Video of the Year when prizes are handed out tonight, October 21. That’s according to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Scroll down to see our forecasts with nominees listed in order of their racetrack odds and our projected winners highlighted in gold.

Underwood has won Video of the Year at these fan-voted kudos a record seven times, including just last year. But our users think Combs has the edge for his number-one country airplay hit “Beer Never Broke My Heart.” We’re also betting on him to win Male Video of the Year for a different song, “Even Though I’m Leaving.” But we don’t think Underwood will come away empty-handed. She’s the favorite to take...

The Cmt Awards announced their list of 2020 nominees at long last, with six artists tying for the most bids of the year. Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt, Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett and Dan + Shay each accumulated three nominations at these kudos, which are voted on by the fans and will take place this year on Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00pm Et. Scroll down for the full list of nominees below.

SEECarrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett share ACM Award for Entertainer of the Year in an unprecedented tie

Ballerini picked up Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year nominations for “Homecoming Queen?” Her third bid comes in the Cmt Performance of the Year category for her “Cmt Crossroads” collaboration with Halsey on “Graveyard.”

Combs has a similar combination, contending for Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” while...

Producers of the 2020 Cmt Music Awards belatedly unveiled the list of nominees for the long-postponed telecast, and among the leading contenders, there was a six-way tie for first. Three nominations apiece went to Dan + Shay, Ashley McBryde, Luke Combs, Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and Sam Hunt.

Artists with two nominations each are Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown, Gabby Barrett, Blanco Brown, Little Big Town, Old Dominion and the Chicks.

Initial nominations for the top prize, video of the year, are always unusually crowded, as the Cmt Awards start with a list of 14 nominees that’ll be whittled down to five prior to the Oct. 21 telecast. The first round of fan voting among those 14 finalists will stop on Oct. 12 at noon, with the whittled down list of five finalists announced shortly after that, as voting reopens. The other categories mostly have a more wieldy six nominations from the get-go.

Tanya Tucker...

The 55th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were held on Wednesday night, September 16, after being delayed by several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. So who came out on top when prizes were handed out? Scroll down for our complete list of winners in all categories, from Entertainer of the Year to Music Event of the Year.

Old Dominion, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett and Dan and Shay topped the nominations, which were announced way back on February 27. The awards show was originally scheduled to air on April 5 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But then Covid-19 spread across the globe, forcing TV productions, movie shoots and myriad entertainment events to shut down in order to limit the spread of the disease.

SEEWho is performing at the Acm Awards 2020? List of performers at 55th Academy of Country Music Awards

So the Acm Awards were delayed, and...

The long-delayed Academy of Country Music Awards will be handed out tonight, September 16, in a ceremony hosted by 2019 Entertainer of the Year champ Keith Urban. So who will this year’s winners be? Scroll down to see our predictions by category, listed in order of their racetrack odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. That includes the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Acm Awards and the All-Star Top 24 who got the highest prediction scores when you combine the last two years’ results. Then of course there are the everyday Users who make up our biggest and often smartest predictions bloc.

SEEWho is performing at the Acm Awards 2020? List of...

Well time is nearing to Zack Snyder and Chris Nolan’s casting net catching the new Man of Steel for their reboot of Superman and now we know they want some lesser known to unknown for the coveted role of Superman/Clark Kent. I thought I would take the time put some lesser known names out there that would be good to look at for this film. I have heard of these guys but that’s my job to know these names but to many out there these are dudes they have never heard of. So without furthur ado I think the best choice from all these candidates is Henry Cavill. I think he has the look, the chin, the height, the physical attributes in spades but he also has the acting chops that you’d want in newcomer actor. So who do you like out of our list?

Bryan Greenberg - Born in Omaha,...

We have the first cancellation of the 2009-10 season. No big surprise here - Fox today pulled the plug on new soap Lone Star after 2 airings. Starting next Monday, Lone Star will be replaced by procedural Lie to Me, which has been called to duty earlier than planned. Lie To Me's third season will launch next week in the Monday 9 Pm slot, which the crime drama once occupied. It is not clear what will happen with the 3 produced episodes of Lone Star that have not aired yet. The show is currently filming episode 6 with a decision whether to stop production pending. The writing was pretty much on the wall after the much-hyped Lone Star opened with a 1.3 rating in 18-49 last week. It got a reprieve but, instead of rebounding, it actually slipped from its disastrous premiere last night to a 1.0 rating, tied with the CW's Gossip Girl in the 9 Pm hour.

The first casualty of the broadcast season is one of the best reviewed new shows of the fall: Fox is pulling "Lone Star," its acclaimed drama about a con man leading a double life, from Monday nights.

The third season of procedural drama "Lie to Me" will take its place starting next week.

Though the fate of "Lone Star" has preoccupied the media since its dismal debut last week, there's several other shows that are also endangered after only one or two episodes.

ABC's Wednesday night legal drama "The Whole Truth" (4.9 million viewers, 1.5 adults 18-49 rating) pulled only 15% higher than the premiere of "Lone Star." ABC's Thursday ensemble soap "My Generation" (5.2 million, 1.6) was likewise modest.

The second episode of NBC's "Outlaw" (4.9 million, 1.1) laid an egg last week, even by the humble standards of Friday night. And a return to the civilian format of "The Apprentice" (3.8 million, 1.4) is struggling on Thursdays.

"Lone Star's" second episode picked up where the pilot left off and the action started coming fast and furious, which was a welcome feature after the exposition-heavy pilot.

Houston

All within the first half of the show, Bob cons Clint into thinking the wind turbines are a good idea and settles his father John in as the man behind the wind energy and subsequently another inside man at the Thatcher company. But John can't stick to the plan when he becomes jealous of Bob's relationship with Clint and ends up stealing office keys, where he calls an unknown person asking for help in taking Clint down.

Midland

After the elopement of the pilot, Lindsay's family insists on a big wedding, which brings about two interesting developments -- 1) She realizes she doesn't know anything about Robert, and 2) Her sister Gretchen is a hellcat troublemaker. While the charming Robert (well played, James Wolk...

There's been many comparisons made between Lone Star and the epic '80s primetime soap Dallas.  After tonight's second episode, "One in Every Family," the parallels became much clearer. 

Yes, we've got it all! The meddling sister-in-law, the dueling brothers, big Texas oil and two rival patriarchs - both self-made men, each making his way on opposite sides of the law. 

If there were any doubts about the feel and direction of rookie creator/producer Kyle Killen's new series, tonight's episode set the course.  Lone Star feels like a primetime soap but the writing and direction (tonight's episode was directed by Thirtysomething's Peter Horton) cons you into thinking it's a high-brow drama.  So basically, it's all the taste without the guilt, as they say.

We've got sex in the back of a limo at the top of the episode, with newlywed Bob and his Midland, Texas bride Lyndsey, who...

This argument would be a lot easier if I were pleading to longtime fans of an established TV series to stop the show from cancellation. However, today I write to the collective TV viewing public to help avert a tragedy. Fox’s new series Lone Star debuted to poor ratings this week as it found itself against Dancing with the Stars (give me a break) and The Event, a series whose lingering mystery doesn’t cover up the shows gimmicky writing surrounding it. Some might be thinking this is just the nature of the TV industry where only the strong survive. If only strength was determined by the quality of writing, directing and acting then I might be willing to let the system take its course on Lone Star, but I can’t stand by and let a perfectly good show go to waste.

Hit the jump to hear my...

After a disappointing premiere for Lone Star, the vultures seem to be circling the new drama starring James Wolk as a sexy con man leading a double life. The series, which also stars Jon Voight, only averaged 4.1 million viewers on Monday and a mere 1.3 rating/3 share among adults 18-49. Naturally, the assumption is that Fox will consider axing the show sooner rather than later.

For now, however, the network has yet to make a decision. One insider told EW that Lone Star is still scheduled to return next Monday with a new episode — though there’s always the chance that...

I know what you're thinking. I do. It's on Fox. It's been incredibly well-received by critics. It won't make it until mid-season. That's probably true. And it was true of "Firefly," as well. Fox pulled it, broke your heart, and you'll never forgive them for it. But how much did you love those 11 episodes, aired out of order? How many great characters did that show introduce you to? And how many great actors? If you'd known it was going to be cancelled only 11 episodes in, would you still have watched it? Would you have still bought it on DVD and viewed it again half a dozen times, knowing that the series was incomplete?

My guess is that you would. I know I would. I know I'd watch the half-season of "Freaks and Geeks," again, even knowing that it'd never finish its run. And "Undeclared," and countless other shows I got...

And they’re off! The broadcast networks last night kicked off what is shaping up to be one of the most competitive seasons in awhile. The opening night featured the premieres of 5 new series airing against Monday Night Football on Espn. No blockbuster, out-of-the-gate hits despite heavy promotion for Hawaii Five-o and The Event but three of the rookies did solid business: the new Chuck Lorre comedy for CBS Mike & Molly (3.9 rating/10 share in adults 18-49, 12.2 million viewers overall), the Hawaii Five-0 reboot on CBS (3.8/10, 13.8 million viewers) and NBC's The Event (3.7/9, 11.2 million). One did Ok: NBC's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Chase (2.5/7, 7.9 million), and one flat-out bombed: Fox's much-lauded Lone Star (1.3/3, 4.1 million). Here is a rundown network-by-network: CBS For me, one of the biggest surprises of the night was how well Two and a Half Men did. In its eighth season, which hung in the balance when star Charlie Sheen threatened...

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In order to be a successful con man, you have to be adept at living a double life. But what if you feel like going straight? If you've been living a lie for years, can you suddenly change course and become an honest man? That's the question on the premiere of 'Lone Star' (Mon., 9Pm Et on Fox).

[Spoiler alert.]

Bob Allen (James Wolk) is two different people. In the suburban town of Midland, Texas, he's "Robert" -- a grifter who cheats local investors while living with his cute (yet clueless) girlfriend Lindsay (played by Eloise Mumford). Meanwhile, 400 miles away in the big city of Houston, he's "Bob" -- and he's married to Cat Thatcher (Adrianne Palicki), the daughter of an ultra-rich oil magnate. In Houston, he plays the part of the "perfect" husband, although he's also trying scam money from Cat's father Clint (Jon Voight).

 

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"This is about moving to an island full of topless women, not dragging my ass to a cubicle everyday."

Easily the best piece of dialog I've heard since I began blasting through this season's new pilots and by the time David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman) uttered the line in tonight's Lone Star premiere, I was already hooked on this show. 

Yup, if Fox is looking to pull a season long con on viewers with its latest original one-hour drama, I'm an easy mark.  

I watched Lone Star for the second time tonight, looking for flaws, tells if you will, that the Amy Lippman (A Party of Five) produced drama might not be as good as I thought it was the first time around.  Turns out, it's even better.

The series revolves around second generation Texas con man Bobby Allen (played by the fresh faced James Wolk).  When you...

"Lone Star" is the new drama from Fox where Robert/Bob Allen (James Wolk) is a con man leading a double life in Texas oil country. His wealthy Houston wife is Cat Thatcher, played by "Friday Night Lights" alum Adrianne Palicki, who tells Zap2it she's excited to play someone her own age for once.

"I've never played a character that was my age," laughs Palicki. "She comes from the right side of the tracks, which I'm also used to playing the opposite. She has a 7-year-old daughter. She just really interested me in those respects. And the script itself ... I've never read anything like this. The scripts just keep getting better and better."

Part of her wealthy upbringing means Cat isn't used to working very hard, which is something she admires in her husband Bob.

"She sees in Bob the things that were lacking in her past relationships," says Palicki.

Lately the troubled and morally questionable characters of television like Don Draper of Mad Men and Walter White of Breaking Bad have been sweeping audiences off their feet. But Fox is hoping that an alliterative name isn’t the key to their success as they’re sending Bob Allen (James Wolk in his first starring role) into the ring of anti-heroes. Stepping into the void left behind by the cancellation of FX’s gypsy con-family drama The Riches, Fox’s new series Lone Star puts us right in the middle of the double-life of a con-man as he contemplates giving up his conveniently mobile and fraudulent life in favor of real love. The only problem is that real love comes in the form of both his middle-class, homegrown girlfriend in Midland, Texas and his upper-class, oil tycoon offspring of a wife in Houston, Texas. If you’re not onboard for the long-con just yet,...

Cable networks, which can build success from the audiences available to niche shows with limited appeal, have recently offered up a series of shows with characters designed to test the limits of audiences in ways that shrug off conventional thinking. Various criminals have taken center stage in experimental efforts to attract people to watch those who are, at best, extremely limited in their potential likability.

Lone Star, premiering tonight on Fox at 9/8c, skirts the line, but has to know that a certain segment of the population just isn’t going to sign up. James Wolk plays Robert/Bob Allen, a conman who came by the occupation by being raised into it. Growing up running from scam to scam with his father John (David Keith), Robert is still living the life, only now he’s working some pretty serious schemes.

Working an especially long con, he’s married to Cat...

In a television series where so many ideas seem to be inferior iterations on programs we've already seen, it's refreshing to come across a series that attempts to do something original. Fox's con man drama Lone Star, which launches tonight, is just that series. While I don't think the Kyle Killen-series is perfect--there are quite a few flaws that jump out during the pilot episode--it has the potential to develop into something intriguing. That is, if viewers give it a chance. The series revolves around Bob Allen (James Wolk), a roguish con man who has ingratiated his way into two women's hearts. There's the mark: Cat (Friday Night Lights' Adrianne Palicki), the wealthy daughter of an oil tycoon (Jon Voight), who Bob used to infiltrate the company. And then in the small Texas town of Midland, there's Lindsey (Eloise Mumford), his earnest girlfriend for whom he enjoys mowing the lawn.

Chicago – In a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult for many people to hold one job or keep together one family, it’s not hard to see audiences entertained by watching a man try to juggle two of each. Such is the story of “Lone Star,” a very promising Fox soap opera that could be a breakout hit of the season if it survives one of the toughest time slots of the week.

Television Rating: 4.0/5.0

With a pilot directed by Marc Webb (“(500) Days of Summer,” the “Spider-Man” reboot in pre-production), “Lone Star” fills a hole in the broadcast network schedule that you might not have even realized was there. The broadcast schedules have been overrun with procedurals (“NCIS,” “CSI”), reality shows, or high-concept dramas that want to be the next “Lost.” The result has been the disappearance of a genre that used to rule the ratings — the adult soap opera.

The cast of Fox's "Lone Star" includes plenty of actors you've seen before,  including Oscar winner Jon Voight, always busy character actor David Keith and "Friday Night Lights" favorite Adrianne Palicki.    But much of the show's success hinges on a pair of stars who may not be quite so familiar.    James Wolk is the show's star, playing romantically inclined con man Bob Allen. Wolk impressed Hallmark Hall of Fame viewers as the star of "Front of the Class," but otherwise, he'll probably be new to you.   As Lindsay, the salt-of-the-Earth Midland girl who shares Bob's heart, Eloise Mumford...

It's a provocative premise: In Fox's Lone Star, Bob Allen has been raised a Texas con man, grifting through life until he falls in love for real — twice. Now he wants to go straight, without losing either woman, or the worlds they live in (respectively, an oil-rich dynasty in Houston, and a tight-knit small town in Midland.)

Video: Lone Star cast talks about the pilot

Following someone leading a double life on TV can be done — see: Don Draper, Dexter, Nurse Jackie — but it can be tricky. Will Lone Star be a 22-episode tease? Will his ruse never fall apart? Will his wives never meet? And if they do, does the show morph into something else? Series star James Wolk talks to TVGuide.com about taking on his first major role (and changing his professional name to go with it), playing the sociopath you root for, and what he thinks...

It's a provocative premise: In Fox's Lone Star, Bob Allen has been raised a Texas con man, grifting through life until he falls in love for real — twice. Now he wants to go straight, without losing either woman, or the worlds they live in (respectively, an oil-rich dynasty in Houston, and a tight-knit small town in Midland.)

Video: Lone Star cast talks about the pilot

Following someone leading a double life on TV can be done — see: Don Draper, Dexter, Nurse Jackie — but it can be tricky. Will Lone Star be a 22-episode tease? Will his ruse never fall apart? Will his wives never meet? And if they do, does the show morph into something else? Series star James Wolk talks to TVGuide.com about taking on his first major role (and changing his professional name to go with it), playing the sociopath you root for, and what he thinks...

The time is finally upon us for the 2010 fall TV season to kick off next week with the return of all your favorite series and the premiere of some brand new ones for you to sink your teeth into (or forget about completely). We’ve been posting reviews here and there for several of the new shows, but right now we’re just going to give you the line-up of most of the new series hitting the different networks complete with plot description and premiere time. You can find the line-up after the jump (organized chronologically by premiere date), but stay tuned for more pilot reviews as the fall season starts next week as well as episode recaps for several prominent series both new and old.

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James Wolk leads a double life in Lone StarLone Star, a sophisticated and provocative drama set against the sprawling backdrop of big Texas oil, premieres its Pilot episode this Monday, September 20th, on Fox. From Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman, writer Kyle Killen and directed by Marc Webb, the compelling series stars newcomer James Wolk as a charismatic and brilliant schemer who has entangled himself in a deep, complex web from which he can't break free. He's caught between two very different lives and two very different women.

We recently caught up with both James Wolk and Amy Lippman to chat with them about this new series. Here is our conversation:

Hey Jim. I just wanted to make sure I was clear on the technical details here. You went to North Farmington High, is that right? And your Dad's store was in West Bloomfield, is that right?

James Wolk: That's right,...

On the new Fox series “Lone Star,” the main character is a con man named Bob who’s got a wife in Houston and a girlfriend in Midland. Eloise Mumford plays Lindsay, the girlfriend, and as Fox All Access host Chris Leary discovered, she might have a few secrets of her own! Hear her talk about her character, her background, and working on the show, then watch the series premiere of “Lone Star” Monday night after the season premiere of “House” on Fox.

In the next day or two I’ll finalize my thoughts on why Fox‘s Lone Star is one the shows you don’t want to miss this fall, but for now I have what I think turned out to be an insightful Q & A interview with James Wolk and Amy Lippman. Lippman is an executive producer on the show, and Wolk stars as Robert/Bob Allen.

Whatever else you may be thinking going into this show, it’s hard to dismiss the difficulty of the project. There’s a lot to pull off when you have a show with a conman leading two lives, not the least of which is just getting him to come through as likable and/or watchable. This show manages it all quite well, and I recommend you tune in.

The show premieres Monday, September 20th 9/8c, and let me give you the quick rundown before jumping into the interview.

The new Fox drama Lone Star centers on Robert Allen (James Wolk), a charismatic and brilliant con artist who has meticulously constructed two lives in two different parts of Texas. As “Bob,” (Wolk) he lives in Houston and is a devoted husband to Cat (Adrianne Palicki), the beautiful daughter of the patriarch (Jon Voight) of an ultra-wealthy oil family. In the suburban town of Midland, he’s known as “Robert,” where he lives a second life with his sweet, naive girlfriend, Lindsay (Eloise Mumford). He has lived both lives successfully for years without arousing any suspicions, but he now fears that his secrets may unravel as he becomes divided by his love for two women.

During a recent interview to promote the new TV series, actor James Wolk (who can also be seen in Disney’s upcoming feature You Again starting September 24th) talked about taking on such a complex role,...

"Lone Star," a new drama from Fox, is Zap2it's pick as the No. 1 new show to watch this fall.

Star James Wolk and executive producer Amy Lippman talk about the challenges of a sympathetic character who sometimes does not-so-sympathetic things.

"Bob wants to make people feel comfortable," Wolk says of Robert/Bob Allen, a con man living a double life in Texas oil country. "His greatest tool as a con man is to make people believe him."

"I think the most challenging thing for Bob is being everything to everyone," Lippman adds. "It's more difficult than anyone could imagine to live two lives. The greatest challenge is to give to all of these people and really he can't. He's in two different worlds."

Robert/Bob really is a con man with a heart of gold. He falls in love with his long con target Cat Thatcher, while simultaneously falling...

The new Fox drama Lone Star centers on charismatic schemer Robert Allen (newcomer James Wolk), who has meticulously constructed two very different lives, in two different parts of Texas. In Houston, he’s a devoted husband with ultra-wealthy in-laws that he’s hoping to clean out, while in Midland, he lives with his sweet, naive girlfriend, playing the perfect boyfriend while secretly cheating local investors out of their savings.

(500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb brought the Lone Star pilot to life with a visual landscape that has the quality of a feature film. Even though he is currently prepping the Spider-Man reboot for a recently announced December start date and a release date of July 3, 2012, he was at Monday’s Fox presentation of the Television Critics Association Press Tour to promote the September 20th premiere of Lone Star.

While Marc Webb couldn’t give any details about what’s going on with Spider-Man,...

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Though 'Dallas' is long gone, its influence lingers on across network television -- but no new series embodies the spirit of the Ewings quite as pervasively as 'Lone Star,' which creator Kyle Killen reportedly pitched as "'Dallas' without the cheese."

Charismatic James Wolk (who looks like the genetically engineered love-child of Kyle Chandler and George Clooney, good golly!) plays con-man Robert Allen, who is living two separate lives with two separate women in two different cities. In Midland, he lives with naive girlfriend Lindsay (Eloise Mumford) while bilking local investors out of their money, and in Houston, he's married to Cat (Adrianne Palicki) daughter of a wealthy oil magnate (played by Jon Voight). Through it all, his con-man father and mentor John (David Keith) is pulling the strings and trying to draw him into another con.

Highlights from the panel follow after the jump.

By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith

HollywoodNews.com: Talk about out with the old, in with the new! In the last few days, Adrianne Palicki has 1) played her final scene as Tyra Colette on “Friday Night Lights,” 2) joined in a cast and crew wrap party for the acclaimed show, and 3) flown to Dallas in time to begin production on her new series – Fox’s “Lone Star” – this week.

Adrianne tells us she’s glad for the immediate turn-around between the series. It keeps her from getting too down about saying goodbye to a show and cast she’s loved. According to her, creator Peter Berg and all of the original cast members of “Friday Night Lights” planned to be on hand for the farewell gathering, which she anticipated as “a good occasion for all of us. It was such a beautiful thing to be a part of.”

Another series...

Angelina Jolie's father keeps in touch with his daughter and grandchildren by using the web. Actor Jon Voight, who recently reconciled with Angelina after being estranged from her for several years, plans to use internet video conferencing software Skype to chat to his family while he is shooting his new TV show.

Speaking as he was preparing to head to Texas to film "Lonestar", he said, "It's hard for me to be away from my grandkids, yes, but I'll stay in touch with them. Thank god we have this technology, and you know, we use all of it. We're just setting it up now. Anyway, I love being in touch with the family."

Angelina, 35, raises six children, Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne, with her long-term partner Brad Pitt. The 71-year-old star also praised his daughter's movies, describing her work as "terrific".

The Oscar winner said,...

Movie veteran Jon Voight is relying on technology to stay in contact with his globe-trotting grandkids while shooting his new TV show in Texas.

The Deliverance star recently reconciled with his daughter Angelina Jolie following an eight-year estrangement, and he is just getting to know the actress' six-strong brood of adopted and biological children.

And Voight, who will soon relocate from Los Angeles to Texas to film new series Lonestar, is determined not to miss another moment of his family growing up - he is having internet phone system Skype installed to stay in contact with Jolie and her family.

He tells People.com, "It's hard for me to be away from my grandkids, yes, but I'll stay in touch with them. Thank God we have this technology, and you know, we use all of it.

"We're just setting it (Skype) up now. Anyway, I love being in touch with the family."

Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt own homes all over the world and recently spent several months living in Venice, Italy while the actress filmed scenes for her new movie The Tourist.

Jon Voight was in proud-papa mode Monday at daughter Angelina Jolie's Salt premiere in Hollywood. Soon, though, the Oscar-winning actor, 71, will be shipping out to Texas for the new TV show Lonestar, but he says the distance won't put a damper on the relationship he's building with his daughter and grandkids."It's hard for me to be away from my grandkids, yes, but I'll stay in touch with them," Voight told People at a screening of show's pilot episode at the Paley Center in Los Angeles. "Thank god we have this technology, and you know, we use all of it.

Whether it's the depleted Americana represented in the chesterfield brown bungalow that the title character from Hesher decides to make his temporary shelter, or the knowledge of what makes for a cubicle layout of an office space easily filmable in (500) Days of Summer, it takes an architecturally sound understanding, a strong know how for the aesthetic described on the pages of a script to make Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's dwellings into life size representations of the world he inhibits. Production Designer Laura Fox has now made a place for herself in what I could call the medium to high-end budgeted sized indie projects. Fox's most recent work will be seen via television's Lonestar this fall, and in Dustin Lance Black's What's Wrong with Virginia due out sometime this festival season. When not working on film sets, Fox impressive resume includes some gnarly work on commercials and music videos -...

As we get closer to the end of the Summer, we can look forward to a new television season and new television shows starting this Fall.    One of the new television shows getting some buzz is the new Fox Show Lonestar.  Lonestar is about a con-man who leads two separate lives, played by the relatively new comer, James Wolk.  He leads [...]...

Filed under: TV Previews, Fall TV

From now through August, we're going to be taking a quick look at the fall and mid-season pilots that the networks sent to critics after their upfront presentations.

Keep in mind that in each case, our opinions are based on a pilot that could be completely recast and reworked between now and the fall.

Show: 'Lone Star'

Network: Fox

Timeslot: Mondays, 9Pm Et

The lowdown: Robert Allen (James Wolk) is an expert con man, who's been pulling scams with his father John (David Keith) since before he learned to speak. He's surpassed his father's tutelage to the point where he's not only scamming investors out of millions on non-existent oil and gas futures, he's infiltrating the family and gaining the trust of a tough Houston oil baron (Jon Voight). But Robert doesn't want to run anymore. He wants something real, no matter how much...

Big-time movie actresses have been defecting to television for years now for one reason: because it offers juicier female roles. See: Glenn Close, Mary Louise Parker, Holly Hunter, Toni Collette, Kyra Sedgwick, Sally Field, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kathy Bates, Sissy Spacek, and, in the near future, Laura Linney (Showtime’s The Big C, premiering next month) and Diane Keaton (HBO’s Tilda, now in the pilot stages). The exodus first began with Sedgwick, Close, and Hunter thanks to sheer mathematics: An astronomical increase in original series on cable meant more roles, period, so chances were some of them would be interesting women.

Chicago – Fox has announced the premiere dates for their hit Fall 2010 lineup including the start of the new drama “Lone Star,” new comedies “Raising Hope” and “Running Wilde,” along with returning hits like “House,” “Glee,” “Fringe,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Bones,” “Fringe,” “Human Target,” “The Good Guys,” “The Simpsons,” “The Cleveland Show,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad!”.

Saturdays are the same as they’ve seemingly always been with an hour of “Cops” and an hour of “America’s Most Wanted” actually starting things off on September 11th, 2010.

The return of scripted programming starts on Monday, September 20th with the seventh-season premiere of the award-winning “House” followed by the debut of the unusual new drama “Lone Star” with Jon Voight.

Set against the sprawling backdrop of big Texas oil, Robert/Bob Allen (newcomer James Wolk) is a charismatic and brilliant schemer who has entangled himself in a deep, complex web from which...

Fox has sent out the premiere dates for the Fall 2010 segment of its 2010-2011 schedule. "The Good Guys" will remain on Fridays, while the network has also formally decided that the new Texas drama previously known as "Lonestar" is now "Lone Star." "Lone Star" starring Jon Voight begins on Monday, September 20, following the (season seven) premiere of "House." "Hell's Kitchen" will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 22 with a two-hour premiere, while "Bones" and "Fringe" will return to Thursday night. Fox's Sunday Animation Domination favorites -- "The Simpsons," "The Cleveland Show," "Family Guy" and "American Dad" are set to return on Sunday, October 3. Wednesday, November 10 is the third season premiere of "Lie to Me,"...

Lone Star is coming to Fox.

This drama will debut on Monday nights in a cushy time slot, immediately following House.

It stars James Wolk as a Robert/Bob Allen, a con man who is juggling two lives in Texas. As you might expect, this gets tricky for the character, especially when faced with the patriarch of an rich Texas oil family, played by Jon Voight.

Adrianne Palicki of Friday Night Lights fame also plays a key role on the series.

Will you give it a shot? Watch the following preview and decide for yourself:

Lonestar Preview...

James Wolk is one to watch on Fox's new series "Lone Star," playing a con man leading two lives in Texas.

Disclaimer: These posts are not reviews -- shows often make tweaks to their pilot episodes between filming in the spring and their fall debuts. Full reviews will come closer to the premiere date.

What it is: Fox is giving the big "House" lead-out to an interesting new drama -- "Lone Star," which follows the double life of Robert/Bob Allen (Wolk), a con man working in the oil industry in Texas. He is run practically ragged trying to balance running cons with his father (David Keith), two women (Eloise Mumford and Adrianne Palicki), a suspicious brother-in-law (Mark Deklin) and an imposing father-in-law who owns a big energy company (Jon Voight).

   

Who's making it: Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, the creators of "Party of Five," Marc Webb, the director of...