Patricia Arquette is joining the cast of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" as gangster Sally Wheet.  According to an HBO press release, the actress will play "a tough-as-nails Tampa speakeasy owner with connections to local gangsters."

Arquette is widley known for her supernatural series "Medium," which lasted seven seasons and ended in 2011. She has also appeared in the films "True Romance," "Ed Wood," "Flirting with Disaster," "Lost Highway" and "Stigmata."

The fourth season of "Boardwalk Empire" will kick off in the fall and will include multiple new faces, including Ron Livingston ("Band of Br...

Boardwalk Empire star Paz de la Huerta has taken it all off for a new pictorial in the January/February issue of Playboy magazine.

Paz, full name María de la Paz Elizabeth Sofía Adriana de la Huerta, was interviewed for the magazine by Jeffrey Deitch, director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA).

The actress discusses why she chose to pose for Playboy, her second time doing so for the magazine and her first for the U.S. version (she posed in 2009 for the French edition).

"Cindy Crawford and Marilyn Monroe have appeared in Playboy," she says. "I celebrate nudity every da...

HBO has announced it's renewing its popular Prohibition drama "Boardwalk Empire" for a fourth season. The third season of the critically acclaimed show premiered on Sept. 16 with 7.2 million viewers tuning in.

The series is set in the 1920s and chronicles the life and times of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the undisputed leader of Atlantic City.

Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, commented, "Terry Winter, Martin Scorsese and the rest of their outstanding team continue to produce a stunning show that never fails to surprise and entertain."

"Boadwalk Empire" received f...

With the introduction of the incredibly hot-headed, and manic Gyp Rosetti (Bobby Cannavale) last week, episode 2 really starts to dive into just how psychotic the gangster is. In every scene Cannavale appears, you never know what you are gonna get. In this episode, Rosetti officially starts a war with Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) by trying to jack his hootch delivery at a local gas station. They're forced to turn around and head back to A.C. instead of it's final destination into the hands of NY gangster Arnold Rothstein, who Nucky has now sworn only to do business with. It's only the st...

In perhaps one of the most anticipated television returns of the fall season, the 3rd season of "Boardwalk Empire" starts off with a bang.. literally. ( **Spoiler Alert**- If you haven't watched it yet-- you may want to hold off on reading the rest of this article.)

Admittedly, I was a late bloomer to the Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning show. Thanks to "HBOGo," I blew thru the first two seasons of the classic mobster story within 2 weeks, and it left me wanting more. It also left me extremely anxious, especially after last season's high body count- including the shocking murder of Jim...

In celebration of the Season 3 premiere of 'Boardwalk Empire', HBO and Uber will partner to transport New Yorkers to the Roaring 20s and provide them with the opportunity to take free rides in a fleet of vintage vehicles on the streets of Manhattan Sept 13th and 14th from 11am-6pm. Using Uber’s unique on demand platform, users can request one of these classic cars and ride in 1920’s style to their destination. New Yorkers can simply download the Android or iPhone app, set their location and select the vintage ride option which will give riders a chance to be chauffeured in a vintage Packa...

It's that time of year again. Television fans have appointments with their couches as the fall season kicks off this month with tons of returning favorites and new shows. DVRs will be working overtime as viewers record their must-see-TV programs and talk about them later at the watercooler.

Check out the premiere dates of the new season (brand new shows are indicated with italics and by *). All times are eastern unless otherwise indicated.

Monday, September 10
The Voice 8 p.m. NBC

Tuesday, September 11
Go On 9 p.m. NBC *
The New Normal 9:30 p.m. NBC *
Parenthood 10 p.m. NBC

Wednesday, ...

Early this morning Jimmy Kimmell and Kerry Washington announced the nominees for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. Multiple nominees include "Mad Men," "Downton Abbey" and "30 Rock."

Battling it out for the Outstanding Drama Series award will be "Mad Men," "Homeland," "Downton Abbey," "Dexter," "Breaking Bad," and "Boardwalk Empire."

Outstanding Comedy Series nods go to "30 Rock," "Girls," "Modern Family," "The Big Bang Theory," "Veep," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Notable nominees include Zooey Deschanel from fledging series "New Girl," Julia Louis-Dreyfus from HBO's "Veep," Claire Danes f...

HBO just released the debut dates for the new seasons of "Boadwalk Empire" and "Treme."

Season three of "Boadwalk Empire" will kick off its 12-episode run on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Set in the 1920s in the early days of Prohibition, the series chronicles the life and times of “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the undisputed leader of Atlantic City.

The series also stars Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Jack Huston, Stephen Graham, Michael Stuhlbarg, Vincent Piazza, Paul Sparks, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gretchen Mol and Bobby Cannavale.

The third season of ...

Johnny Depp once earned just $13,500 as a telephone salesman hawking pens, while dapper Jon Hamm took home just over $14,000 as a waiter before he found fame as Don Draper on "Mad Men."

The two stars' past incomes are the stand-outs of Parade magazine's 30th annual What People Earn issue, which compares celebrities' salaries with their first paychecks.

And also making the pay disparity list is actor Steve Buscemi, who earned $22,700 as a New York firefighter. He now takes home an estimated $900,000 for his role in TV drama "Boardwalk Empire" alone.

Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey tops the publi...

Kate Beckinsale paid tribute to fashion gurus who work behind the scenes on movies as she accepted a top honor at the 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Beckinsale landed the prestigious Lacoste Spotlight Award for her style choices, but was modest about her win as she accepted her accolade at The Beverly Hilton hotel.

She told the crowd, "Thank you so very much. I'm so honored and thrilled to be receiving this award. To me, this is an award for being lucky. I'm getting an award tonight for having worked with the best of the best (costume designers)." ...

Brad Pitt's movie The Tree Of Life landed the top prize at the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) awards gala in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The picture landed the Feature Film trophy for cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, seeing off competition from The Artist, Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

The ceremony, held at the Grand Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, also produced honors for TV shows Boardwalk Empire and Californication, while veteran actor Harrison Ford was handed the Board of Governors Award for his career ...

Boardwalk Empire is on a successful roll, but not everyone is moving forward with the HBO hit. Keep reading to see why Paz de la Huerta will not be returning.

Another original Boardwalk Empire cast member has bit the dust.

Poor Paz de la Huerta will not be returning for season three. Are you shocked?

While HBO hasn't commented, TVLine is reporting the cable channel is not picking up Paz de la Huerta's season three contract option, which means it's curtains for the character known as Lucy Danzinger.

Paz de la Huerta's character, Lucy Danzinger, was first introduced to viewers during the ...

The Help was the toast of Hollywood on Sunday night after landing the two top actress honors and the cast prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who played maids in the period drama, picked up the night's Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress accolades, respectively, while they were also among the stars who triumphed with the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture category.

The Artist's Jean Dujardin beat George Clooney to the Best Actor award, while Christopher Plummer was named Best Supporting Actor for his role as a dying gay fathe...

Critically-acclaimed drama The Help looks set to dominate the 2012 NAACP Image Awards after landing eight nominations.

The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's bestselling book of the same name will compete for Outstanding Motion Picture against seven-time nominee Pariah, comedy Tower Heist, Jumping The Broom and The First Grader, while stars Viola Davis and Emma Stone will go head-to-head for the title of Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.

The Help co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Cicely Tyson are also nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress field, alon...

A TV series based on Martin Scorsese's gangster classic Goodfellas has been given the go-ahead by bosses at U.S. network AMC.

Rumors circulated back in 2010 that a TV version of the hit 1990 movie was in the works following the success crime drama Boardwalk Empire, and now writer Nicholas Pileggi, who created the original screenplay, has officially signed on to pen the script.

Goodfellas producer Irwin Winkler and his son David are also attached to the project, according to Deadline.com.

The storyline is set to follow Ray Liotta's mobster character, Henry Hill, throughout his early years...

A period drama about the Prohibition era, starring Steve ‘Mr. Pink’ Buscemi and with a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese – sound like heaven? We’re gonna find out, as we review the new series "Boardwalk Empire – The Complete First Season" out on Blu-ray Jan. 10 from HBO Home Entertainment.

Title: "Boardwalk Empire – The Complete First Season"

Grade: 2

Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon

Director: Martin Scorsese, Various

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 732 minutes

Release Company: HBO Home Entertainment

Website: www.HBO.com

The Flick: Having heard SO much a...

Steven Spielberg's The Adventures Of Tintin and crime drama Boardwalk Empire are leading the film and TV nominations at the upcoming Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards.

The director's animated adventure has scored six nods, with three in the Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Motion Picture category.

Other movies to receive nominations for special effects include Captain America: The First Avenger, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and a host of sequels - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Transformers: Dark of the Moo...

The Help has been tipped for glory at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards after receiving four nominations.

The movie will compete for the coveted Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture prize, alongside The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Midnight in Paris.

The film also earned nods in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role category for Viola Davis, as well as Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role thanks to Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer.

Trailing with three nominations was silent film The Artist and...

The Help, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Bridesmaids have been named among the best movies of the year by the American Film Institute (AFI).

The institution has announced its top 10 films of the last 12 months, picked by a panel of industry experts including a number of former studio bosses, Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, and movie historian Leonard Maltin.

Other films to make the list include George Clooney's critically-acclaimed The Descendants, J. Edgar, Midnight In Paris, War Horse, Hugo and two Brad Pitt films - Moneyball and The Tree Of Life.

In the TV section, Brea...

Actress Paz de la Huerta has shown her support for up-and-coming singer Jihae by shooting a music video with the rising star.

The Boardwalk Empire actress dances provocatively and crawls on all fours in a dramatic black gown in the promo for Jihae's cover of Kraftwerk track The Model.

However, De la Huerta was adamant her pal return the favor - she convinced Jihae to record a classical arrangement for an upcoming film project.

Jihae tells Spinner, "I found it mind boggling that kids today when asked what they want to be when they grow up, 99 per cent of the time the answer is, 'I want...

Action thriller Drive and Steven Spielberg's latest epic War Horse lead the International Press Academy's nominations for the 2011 Satellite Awards with eight nods apiece.

Both movies are up for Best Film, alongside The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, Shame and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy while Drive's Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks are among the nominees for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.

Competing with Gosling for the Best Actor trophy will be George Clooney (The Descendants), Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), Michael Fassbender (Sh...

Actress Paz de la Huerta has denied she was boozing at director Brett Ratner's party on Monday after she was involved in a dispute with a pal.

The Boardwalk Empire star reportedly got into a scuffle at the Stone Rose Lounge bash in New York after she accidentally spilled a drink over her friend, who broke down in tears and refused to accept de la Huerta's apology.

The incident sparked rumors the star was drinking again following her run-in with the law earlier this year, when she was sentenced to community service and 12 weeks of alcohol counseling after allegedly punching a partygoer a...

Ashlee Simpson and actor Vincent Piazza have gone public with their romance after attending a Boardwalk Empire season premiere together on Wednesday.

Simpson was snapped kissing and walking arm-in-arm with the actor in New York City in June, sending gossips into a flurry, and the Pieces of Me singer was all smiles as she joined Piazza on the red carpet for their first public appearance.

She was supporting him as he celebrated the launch of his hit TV show's second season.

Simpson filed for divorce from her husband, Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz, in February.

Paz De La Huerta whittled down her circle of friends after her run-in with the law earlier this year in order to keep herself out of trouble.

The "Boardwalk Empire" actress was accused of throwing a glass at reality TV star Samantha Swetra and punching her in the face during a night out at a New York club in March.

She later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was sentenced to community service and 12 weeks of alcohol counselling.

But de la Huerta insists the incident wasn't all bad - it taught her how to deal with fame and to be more selective about the company she keeps.

In a...

Actress Paz de la Huerta is playing up her bad girl reputation with a new advertising campaign teaching women "how to strategically flash" their underwear.

The Boardwalk Empire star can be seen showing off ruffled pink lingerie under a black jacket as she steps out of a car in Agent Provocateur's latest promo.

The lingerie company's creative director Sarah Shotton tells Women's Wear Daily, "We always try and choose girls that are true Agent Provocateurs, and she definitely is AP through and through.

"She's got an amazing body and she's naturally very, very sexy. We wanted (the campaig...

There’s nothing I love more than being swept off my pop culture-lovin’ feet by a new television series. For this television-aholic, it feels like being given an invitation to an exhilarating alternate reality, and I have this lovin' feeling for two summer shows. I worship them so much that I’m not even obsessing about the impending start of the fall season (Kidding, less than three weeks, people!).

Here are two shows that I’m head-over-heels for. One is a sophisticated legal drama set in the core of the Big Apple, another is a guilty-pleasure reality show about a real basketball wife.
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Mary Lynn Rajskub has gone from hilarious comedienne to a cult favorite actress. You may have spotted her making people laugh in series like The Larry Sanders Show and Mr. Show. Or you may have seen her helping save the day as computer expert Chloe O'Brian on 24. Now she has a regular role on CBS' new sitcom How To Be A Gentleman. Rajskub plays Janet, the "bossy sister" of struggling advice columnist Andrew (David Hornsby). She dropped by recently to chat about her return to comedy and her long history of making us laugh.

I'm sure everyone says "I loved you on 24," but I'm going to go ...

It may be a little early to predict the Emmy winners, but unlike the Oscars, not much changes in the Emmy Awards season once the nominations are out.

The Emmys can be very tough to predict, but we'll take our best shot. Here's who we think will go home with the gold on Sept. 18th. Do you agree?

Outstanding Drama Series
'Boardwalk Empire'
'Dexter'
'Friday Night Lights'
'Game of Thrones'
'The Good Wife'
'Mad Men'

After yet another outstanding season, it looks like 'Mad Men' may make it four in a row. Its only real competition is 'Boardwalk Empire,' which took the Golden Globe, and...