We are not amused: Actress Maggie Smith told the Sunday Times that she’s leaving the cast of “Downton Abbey,” the BBC series set in an English manor. Smith, who plays the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess Violet Crawley, a.k.a. Lady Grantham, won’t return after the sixth season.
Is it too much to hope that “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes will spin off Smith’s Lady Grantham character for her own sit-com? Maybe a “Golden Girls” reboot?
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May it please the court: “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, daytime television’s most popular personality, has extended the contract for her show and plans to continue hearing court cases into 2020.
That’s disappointing. We had her on the short list to play Lady Grantham’s gruff but lovable roommate.
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Not kidding: A Nebraska man was arrested for possession of marijuana after police, on a hunch, opened up a plastic sour cream container that was labeled “Not Weed” and, indeed, found weed.
Oh, please, please, please! Can somebody make sure this case lands in Judge Judy’s court?
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