ELLEN PAGE TO WRITE HBO SERIES: Ellen Page is teaming up with a couple of other young actors to write a new comedy for HBO called Stitch N' Bitch. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Page, along with Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillmann will write about two "painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood to Los Angeles' Silver Lake enclave in hopes of becoming artists." The trio will also executive produce the project, though it's unclear if they'll star.
MARGE SIMPSON IN 'PLAYBOY': Marge Simpson will reportedly be on the cover of November's Playboy magazine. E! reports that the cartoon character will be featured in a three-page pictorial complete with an interview and a data sheet to mark The Simpsons' 20th anniversary.
CBS GIVES FULL SEASON TO FRESHMAN SHOWS: CBS has given full season orders to freshman series The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles. The latter is the number one new program of the 2009-2010 season and is ranked second among all primetime programs, is averaging 17.47 million viewers. The Good Wife, which stars Julianna Margulies, is the number two new series of the season, averaging 13.70 million viewers.
MARTHA STEWART'S COMPANY SUED: A manager at Martha Stewart's Body and Soul magazine is suing the company for discrimination. The New York Daily News reports that Kiki Paris claims he was pressured to work soon after a severe car crash and inform advertising contacts of her injuries in the hope of selling "sympathy" pages. She says she was let go shortly after and is now demanding compensation, and her job back. A Martha Stewart spokesperson refused to comment on "active litigation."
MARLON WAYANS REPORTEDLY REPLACING EDDIE MURPHY IN BIOPIC: Marlon Wayans is reportedly replacing Eddie Murphy in the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic. EmpireOnline.com reports that the change comes after the film flipped studios, with Murphy exiting once the project no longer belonged to Paramount. The website reports that Wayans was asked to perform in a 13-minute screen test in which he supposedly "transformed into Pryor" and "blew the producers away."
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