Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell Pimp Out Their Defenders Characters For a Vegas Legal Team

Boy, we haven't seen such blatant plugging of TV characters since ...ever? Here, Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell plug their character's real-life inspiration—two Las Vegas lawyers. Wait a second, isn't CBS the most profitable network in America?
John Travolta Is Going to Rub You Out
He's gonna do it. Maybe quickly, maybe slowly. Depends how he feels. But watch out, he's coming. Also today: lots of news about television, casting and pilots and stuff, as well as an update on that Will Smith Annie thing.
Anderson Cooper's Gonna Do It To You in the Afternoon
Every day, girl. Love in the afternoon every day. Well, five days a week at least. Also today: Dr. Drew continues to be employed, the always welcome Angela Bassett lands a role, and Jim Belushi is doing just fine.
The Defenders Is Guilty of Being Terrible
CBS has a new lawyer show on the schedule that brings Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell together at long last. Does CBS have another procedural hit on its hands?
The Return of Conan (To TBS on November 8)
Now that all the networks have revealed their fall schedules to potential advertisers—CBS presented its equally clueless lineup this morning—it's time for cable to shine. Not surprisingly, TBS started off with the network's new leading man, Conan O'Brien.
Bruce Jenner Calls Out Fox News On Their Absence of Facts
When Fox and Friends welcomed Jim Belushi and Bruce Jenner onto today's program, they opened the bit with a faux-six degrees of separation chart that may have stretched a few facts. Jenner notices, stating "that's just how news works here."
Tobes, I'm Thinkin' We'd Make A Great Buddy/Cop Movie Duo
Musician/actor Jim Belushi spent a majority of the Lakers' playoff game yesterday pitching Tobey Maguire various projects that Belushi has been developing. Belushi first pitched Maguire on a reboot of the K-9 franchise, which was followed quickly by a project where Maguire would be a cop from a foreign country and…
The Unkillable Jim Belushi
· First Cavemen, now Jim Belushi. What new ways will ABC find to humiliate George Lopez?
· A bizarre twist in a thoroughly unpleasant story.
· Paris Hilton: The NDA.
· Here's an early-ish review of Transformers; we're not entirely sure, but we suspect that when a reviewer says he wants to "hunt down Michael Bay and…
Media Mole Rodeo: Glory Days of 'SNL' Pages
The Media Mole Rodeo is fast reaching the final rounds, but we still want your precious, precious anecdotes. Send your worm's-eye NYC media stories to mole@gawker.com for a chance at free beverages — with alcohol! — to be enjoyed in the company of bitter Gawker types and the relentlessly upbeat Paula Froelich of…
David Cross vs. Jim Belushi Stage Crash
Who can truly claim to know the ultimate origin of David Cross's hatred of Jim Belushi? Is it one comic's disdain for another's hackery? Does Cross feel it necessary to defend the deceased John Belushi's comedic legacy from his brother Jim's tomb raiding? Or is it just a specious vendetta created for the sake of…
Catwoman-Belushi Feud Ends
Perhaps the greatest celebrity neighbor feud of our generation, between an overweight, wisecracking ABC sitcom dad (Jim Belushi, we think), and one of the aging actresses who played Catwoman on the 1960s Batman TV series (Julie Newmar, but again, don't quote us) has finally come to a happy, made-in-Hollywood ending:
