Topic: Guest Stars

Kal Penn Leaves His White House Job to Play Robin’s Therapist on ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Kal Penn Leaves His White House Job to Play Robin's Therapist on 'How I Met Your Mother'

Two years ago, Kal Penn abruptly left his regular role on House to work for President Obama in the White House. We’re talking really abrupt — the only way the producers could permanently get rid of his character Kutner was to make the doctor commit suicide even though he’d exhibited no signs of depression. But when the President calls, what else can you do?

However, How I Met Your Mother apparently has more sway than state affairs, because Penn’s back into acting, and his first gig is a recurring role on the sitcom. More »

Bear Grylls Teaches Jake Gyllenhaal How to Survive the Arctic on ‘Man vs. Wild’

Bear Grylls Teaches Jake Gyllenhaal How to Survive the Arctic on 'Man vs. Wild'

From the preview alone, Jake Gyllenhaal‘s stint on Man vs. Wild kind of wins over any other celebrity guest star on TV in the last few months. Gwyneth Paltrow wants applause for tangoing on Glee? Try crawling between mountains on a rope and — if I heard it correctly — “tasting balls.” And Gyllenhaal tells Bear Grylls that he’s sort of got a fear of heights. Oops! More »

Martin Short Will Boss Jason Segel Around on ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Martin Short Will Boss Jason Segel Around on 'How I Met Your Mother'

In a possible recasting decision, Martin Short is replacing Dave Foley as Marshall’s (Jason Segel) new boss on season 7 of How I Met Your Mother. In May’s finale, Marshall stumbled his way through an interview at a prestigious law firm, trying to impress Foley’s character even though he knew he was seconds away from blowing chunks.

But from this behind-the-scenes news, it sounds like Marshall got the job anyway. More »

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