Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum was right behind Rachel McAdams as they filmed Morning Glory in NYC yesterday. It's the latest in a string of films for Rachel, including her recently wrapped Sherlock Holmes. Her impressive work ethic is just one of the reasons Rachel's on this year's PopSugar 100 — stay tuned later in the day to see where she ended up in the rankings!

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If you found Jeff Goldblum captivating in such films as Jurassic Park and The Fly, then you'll love the actor's brand of crispy wafers. They look and sound just like Jeff Goldblum! They discuss No Country For Old Men and use words like "lithe."

• Chris Noth is leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Jeff Goldblum is joining the show in his place, writes Variety.
• Bob Saget is the newest target of a Comedy Central roast, reports Broadcasting & Cable.
• Musicians and fans gathered in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the AP writes.
• Showtime is producing a Dexter-ish drama called Hilary Jones about a female Los Angeles cop who works as a prostitute on the weekends, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
• According to ComingSoon, Marcia Cross's first feature film role since joining Desperate Housewives will be in an indie comedy titled Peck.
• Bravo's Real Housewives series is heading to Atlanta; details are at The Futon Critic.
• James Gandolfini's wardrobe from The Sopranos raised almost $188,000 at a charity auction benefiting soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports.
• Variety has the news that the excellent Korean horror-thriller The Host will be getting a sequel.

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Right after "Andy Barker, P.I." premieres on Thursday, NBC will show the first episode of a very different kind of cop show: "Raines," Jeff Goldblum's latest project, which focuses on a Los Angeles detective who starts seeing and talking to the dead victims of the cases he's trying to solve. I checked out the first episode, which you can watch online, and I'm not sure I'll watch another. The opening minutes set up "Raines" as a neo-noir, but aside from the occasional trumpet wailing in the background, it could be any other procedural crime drama.

Well, except for the talking dead people. And as gimmicks go, this one isn't as bad as I'd feared. It's worth noting that the victims don't actually give Raines any information; they're just a sounding board for him while he's working through his own clues. But if those chats are meant to take the place of the traditional noir voiceover, I'd rather have the voiceover. While it leaves open the question of whether the people are ghosts, hallucinations or just figments of Raines' imagination, it makes for deadly dull television: Raines proposes a hypothesis, the victim shoots back a "maybe" or a "whatever you say," rinse, repeat. But "Raines" might be redeemable, so read more

NBC recently promised to put episodes of its new spring shows online early, and they've now made good on the offer by posting the full pilot of "Raines." The Jeff Goldblum show about a detective who channels the dead victims of the crimes he investigates officially premieres on March 15, right after the debut of "Andy Barker, P.I.," another show you can watch online right now.

I saw a short preview of "Raines" a while back, and I wasn't sure what to make of it. On the one hand, Goldblum had a nice touch as the staid detective who thinks he's going nuts when the dead crime victims start appearing, and some of his dry one-liners made me laugh out loud. On the other hand, I'm not sure I dig the "Law & Order"-meets-"Six Feet Under" concept, no matter how well it's done. But I just might be curious enough to check out the pilot. To see a preview video, read more