Ever wonder what it would be like to have to live below the poverty line?
The folks over at Live Below the Line did — and, it got them thinking: why not get tons of people to gain a sense of awareness about poverty, while, at the same time, raising money for charity?
And so, the “Live Below the Line Challenge” was born.
The challenge gets folks to eat for a limited amount of money ($1.50) every day for five days. And, this year, were so glad to hear that several celebrities — think Hugh Jackman, Kevin Connolly, Malin Akerman, Nick Lachey, Josh Groban and Bette Midler — are all getting involved.
Given the line-up for the upcoming dating show parody Burning Love, I’m pretty sure it’s mathematically impossible that the web series won’t leave you clutching your sides from laughter. Along with star Ken Marino — of Wanderlust, Wet Hot American Summer, and “I wanna dip my balls in it!” fame — and producer/star Ben Stiller, the show features Michael Ian Black, Adam Scott, Ken Jeong, Kerri Kenney, Party Down‘s Ryan Hansen, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, and even a former Bachelor himself: Jake Pavelka.
Burning Love premieres on Yahoo! Screen’s Comedy Channel June 4. It will be online at screen.yahoo.com/burning-love/
Malin Akerman, who had been pursued for multiple comedy pilots this season, is set to star opposite Portia de Rossi in ABC’s dueling sisters comedy pilot The Smart One.
The project, written by Don Todd, centers on a brilliant and successful woman (de Rossi) who has to go to work for her less brainy but more popular sister (Akerman) — a former beauty queen, weather girl … and now big-city mayor.
Jean Smart was just cast as the sisters’ mother. DeGeneres, Todd and Lauren Corrao are executive producing for Warner Bros TV.
Akerman, who co-starred on Lisa Kudrow’s cult HBO series The Comeback, has been focused primarily on features for the past few years. She will next be seen in Wonderlust and Rock Of Ages.
Adult Swim has renewed comedy series Childrens Hospital for a fourth season with a 14-episode order according to a report on Deadline.com.
The current third season of Childrens Hospital has been winning its Thursday midnight time slot in all key demos, including 18-49 and 18-34. Based on the Webby–winning online series which launched on TheWB.com in 2008, the Warner Bros. TV-distributed Childrens Hospital is a twisted take on network medical dramas and explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors. In addition to Corddry, the series co-stars Malin Akerman, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally and Henry Winkler. Corddry & Wain are with WME and Principato-Young; Stern with Principato-Young.
Malin Akerman is featured on the cover of the August 2011 issue of “Elle Canada” magazine!
We know… it’s finally getting warm out (Hello! what happened to spring!) and the last thing you want to think about is fall fashions—but trust us, you won’t want to miss our Fall Trend Report. Don’t worry… the rest of the book will get you in a summery mood, starting with our cover shot of Cali-girl Malin Akerman. The Toronto-born starlet charmed us on the photo shoot with her sense of humour and style. She also revealed the insight scoop behind the tabloid coverage of her gal pal Jennifer Aniston.
Malin Akerman is set to be a guest judge on this upcoming season of “Project Runway”! No word on when the episode will air – but we will keep you posted when its announced!
Lifetime’s Project Runway kicks off its ninth season Thursday, July 28 at 9/8c. Episodes will maintain their 90-minute format, with Christina Ricci (Pan Am), Zoe Saldana (Avatar), and Malin Akerman (Watchmen) set to serve as guest judges.
Malin Akerman is featured in a new video called “Celebrity Photo PSA”. Its a must see – very funny!