Issue Date: January 27, 2008
Join Lorrie live at the SAG Awards Sunday night as she takes the Who's News Blog on the road!
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The SAG Awards begin at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and TBS Sunday Jan. 27, but log on to blogs.usaweekend.com while you watch because I'll be there, live from L.A. We also interviewed some of your fave actors for our cover story on the Screen Actors Guild; now I get to bring you the glamour of the award show itself, and it's going to be a blast. I'm dying to see the Jolie-Pitts, George Clooney's new girlfriend, Kate Walsh's new husband, Adrian Grenier up close and the whole darn cast of "30 Rock." So catch up with me in cyberspace. I'll be looking for you.
 For more info, the list of nominees or to watch online, visit TNT/TBS.
I love the new NBC show "Chuck." Tell me about Zachary Levi, who plays the title role.
Cindy Chavez, Tracy, Calif.
Levi's often talked of his similarities to computer-nerd Chuck, but we learned there are differences. Levi, 27, says he's more confident, a better dancer and better able to rebound from heartbreak. Doesn't a TV star get all the girls? "I might pique someone's curiosity, but all I have to do is open my mouth about how many video games I play a day and girls are like, 'Oh, you're like my little brother.'" "Spiral," a thriller in which he stars, is on DVD Feb. 19.
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I've read that Paul McCartney's only son, James, is a musician, but I know little else. Is he a studio musician, or does he play in a band?
Steve Magallanes, Burbank, Calif.
James, 30, the youngest of McCartney's children with deceased wife Linda, likes to keep a low profile, but his father has said he might record with James, a guitarist. Paul told "Billboard" magazine: "We're just looking at the idea of him making an album. ... It's sensational." He then backpedaled a bit, saying "there's nothing set yet." But if it does happen, it will be James' debut album.
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Unlike many contestants on reality shows, Marilu Henner didn't compete on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" to get more work. Instead, the actress, author and health-makeover guru participated because she knew the show would be well suited to her "tremendous" amount of energy. "It was like opening night on Broadway every single day," says Henner, 55. As for the intensity, the married mom of two was inspired by highly competitive family game nights. "We've sent someone to the ER, it got so crazy," she recalls.
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What is new with one of my all-time favorite actresses, Julianna Margulies?
Lori Pellhan, Dover, Ark.
There's a lot that's new in Margulies' life: She is a new wife, wed in November; she'll be a new mom, due this month; and she has a new Fox TV series, "Canterbury's Law," which debuts April 11. Margulies, 41, stars as a defense attorney whose son has disappeared.
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Paige Davis is back. With the planned revival of an "old-school 'Trading Spaces,'" the former host returns to remind neighbors that the renovations clock is ticking. "We want to bring back the fun, joy, bounce to the show," says Davis, 38, who, after she was fired from the show in 2005, returned to musical theater, performing in "Sweet Charity" and her own cabaret show. Calling her departure from the makeover reality show "painful," Davis says she loves being back. "It felt like opening that book instead of it being the last chapter," she says. "I'm rewriting the end."
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BIRTHDAYS
January 27: Bridget Fonda, 44, Mimi Rogers, 52
January 28: Elijah Wood, 27, Alan Alda, 72
January 29: Heather Graham, 38, Oprah Winfrey, 54, Tom Selleck, 63
January 30: Christian Bale, 34; Phil Collins, 57; Gene Hackman, 78
January 31: Justin Timberlake, 27; Minnie Driver, 38
February 1: Pauly Shore, 40
February 2: Shakira, 31
Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter
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