“Tiny Bubbles”

Air date: July 13, 2009

Nurse Jackie continues to balance dramatic material with pitch-perfect comedy on tonight’s episode, which uncovers the layers in some of our main characters. Here’s what’s coming up:

• Dr. Cooper’s two mothers come to All Saints when one has gall bladder issues. The mommies, played by the excellent Blythe Danner and Swoozie Kurtz, reveal background about Coop’s neurological tick.
• Maureen, A former nurse and old friend of Jackie’s comes to the hospital as a patient and drives Mrs. Akalitus up a wall. Later, though, the woman asks Jackie to help put an end to her suffering from terminal lung cancer.
• Zoey picks up on Jackie’s ethical dilemma and decides that she must be there to support her mentor. She asks Dr. O’Hara for advice, with hilarious results.  

Photos: Ken Regan/Showtime

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“A Modest Proposal”

Air date: July 13, 2009

When last we left the Botwins, Nancy had taken Shane to live with her in Esteban’s stateside mansion. On tonight’s episode, six months have elapsed and Nancy’s pregnancy is fully advanced. Here’s what to expect:

• Esteban proposes to Nancy, giving her some sense of security.
• Unfortunately, after the proposal Nancy discovers there’s another woman in Esteban’s life (Pilar Zuazo, (pictured above) the high-level crime boss played by Kate Del Castillo).
• Andy, flush with Judah’s hidden riches, has gone on a spending spree and let himself go.
• Celia, unhappy in her job at a sneaker chain at the mall, discovers an opportunity in the world of cosmetics.
• Shane continues to learn about the criminal lifestyle, spending an eye-opening day with Ignacio.
• Silas and Doug’s medical marijuana dispensary is in full operation, but the Ren Mar deputy, C.P. Jones, continues to meddle in the business.

Photo: Monty Brinton/Showtime

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Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker continues her string of scantily clad/nude adventures this month as one of the “Women We Love” — and the “sexiest pie maker alive” — in the men’s mag, which makes the most of America’s favorite MILF’s, ahem, assets in a photo shoot where the wardrobe consists of an apron and a smile.

In the accompanying article, MLP tells men how to bake a pie (cherry, natch). She also sends a love note to the dudes of the world, thanking them for many reasons, not least of which “because you will notice a woman with a healthy chunk of years or pounds on her and let out a wolf whistle under your breath and mean it.” She says this despite seeming to miraculously avoid aging or gaining weight herself.

Esquire pairs the sultry photo shoot with a video of the actress reading a bedtime story in a black lace bra and panties, playing up the MILF fantasy a bit more.

Don’t buy Parker as a sexpot? Try listening to her take on Alice falling “down, down, down the rabbit hole” and see where your imagination takes you:

Don’t forget to catch the next episode of Weeds Monday night, only on Showtime.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers showed up on set this week in Ireland, following his arrest at a Paris airport on June 25. The actor had allegedly assaulted the staff at an airport bar when they tried to cut off his supply of booze.

Back at work, Rhys Meyers took time to hang out with a few young extras while filming Season 4, in which he’ll portray an older, if not wiser, King Henry VIII.

JRM will return to France in September to answer charges of “charges of “willful violence, outrage, hitting and threatening death” for his airport incident.

He also was arrested in 2007 after a drunk and disorderly episode at the Dublin airport and he’s undergone several stints in rehab for alcoholism, with varying success.

Lot’s more photos from the set are after the jump.

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L Word

Beals will continue in a recurring role as Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Landau, Cal Lightman’s (Tim Roth) ex-wife and mother of their teenage daughter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

While working on a case together, Zoe and Cal discover they still have feelings for each other, AceShowbiz reports.

In the season finale, Zoe helps Lightman with an investigation and both are concerned about their daughter’s safety.

The second season of Lie to Me debuts Sept. 28 on Fox.

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That might be because she’s been a fan of the series for years.

“Somehow, they make very fantastical things seem very mundane and commonplace, which I love,” she told USA Today.

Morissette cruised through viewings of previous seasons, watching them on her bus while on tour. She then sought a meeting with Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, who she ultimately convinced to cast her as OB/GYN Audra Kitson.

“Nancy is in a pickle, and Audra helps her outside of what typically would be allowed in a hospital,” Morissette said. From there, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump into all of the family’s drama — and into Andy’s bed.

While her songs won’t appear on the show (licensing costs a lot of CA$H) the Canadian singer-songwriter/actress said she’s likely to follow the muse musically and theatrically.

“I never think in terms of having to pick between two forms of expression,” she said. “I do the one that calls me the most.”

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On tonight’s episode of Nurse Jackie, the All Saint’s staff continues to work its magic with patients, whether it’s kosher or not:

• After Dr. Cooper nearly blows it, Jackie and Zoey speak to a young girl whose mother suffers from lupus. Jackie bonds with the 10-year-old girl, who is the main caregiver for her mother, and later breaks hospital rules to try to help her family.
• Mrs. Akalitus has an incident involving a stun gun.
• After Zoey works her first night shift, Dr. O’Hara takes her out to dinner as a reward. O’Hara is mortified by Zoey’s wide-eyed behavior — until Zoey reveals an astounding secret about her family.

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Tonight marks the Weeds debut of Alanis Morissette, who plays Nancy’s OB/GYN. Here’s what to expect:

• Shane, determined to get his pot back from his teacher, Mr. Sandusky, enlists the help of Ignacio.
• Nancy visits her obstetrician, Dr. Audra Kitson, to discuss the possibility of aborting the baby.
• Silas and Doug visit a pot agent called ‘The Wizard“ to supply their medical marijuana dispensary.
• Nancy discovers that Celia has been secretly living in the garage. She gives Celia 48 hours to leave — and to stay out of her life for good.
• To keep his promise to Margaret, the bank teller, and to enrich himself out of Judah’s old bank account, Andy recreates the first date she and Judah went on in the ’80s, and pretends to be Judah.

Here’s a sneak peek:

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“Their first priority through everything was staying close for their kids and making life as great as it can be for them,” a source told People. “They’ll always be a family.”

The way Duchovny’s handling the separation seems much more mature than how Hank Moody deals with his ex on Californication, but comments DD made recently seem to draw parallels between the actor and his character:

“There’s this heart in the show that he’s truly in love with this one woman and that he’s a good parent, in a really horrible way. These are paradoxes that I thought were mature,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “This was more adult, more articulate, less of a man-boy and more of a man. Comedy for grown-ups, starring a grown-up.”

You’ll find more photos of Leoni, Duchovny and their kids at the beach after the jump.

Images: Bauer-Griffin

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The Nurse Jackie star and bet winner chided his friend for almost hitting a spectator and gave him a good amount of grief for wearing Spanx under his suit. Here’s a video of the interview, conducted while the friends sat on an abandoned couch set out by the curb:

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