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Talk Show Appearance

AIRING Oct 20, 2025

Justin Hartley (show "Tracker") answers some hard-hitting questions while playing pingpong during a round of "Ping It On."

Talk Show Appearance

AIRING Oct 13, 2025

Justin Hartley

Talk Show Appearance

Tuesday, Oct. 14 – ALLISON JANNEY swings by the studio to chat about “The Diplomat,” and JUSTIN HARTLEY talks with Kelly and Mark about “Tracker.”

Prime Video Biblical Drama ‘Joseph Of Egypt’ Adds Six To Cast

Written and executive produced by Craig Wright. Joseph of Egypt tells the Old Testament story about Joseph (Adam Hamshi), who, betrayed by jealous brothers, defies all expectations and rises to incredible power in Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. But when his past catches up with him, he is confronted with the ultimate test.

Mansour will play Asenath; Ommi is Senebsen, Maleki will portray Potiphar; Rappa is Benjamin; Visotcky will play Zebulun; Abdo will portray Bastis.

The main cast also includes Alexander Siddig as Jacob, Babak Tafti as Simeon, Daniel Peera as Reuben, and Iris Bahr as Leah. Recurring cast members are Dakota Shapiro as Ashur, Tannaz Shastiri as Eliuram, Ruben Vernier as Gad, Amir Malaklou as Judah, Moran Atias as Bilhah, Necar Zadegan as Zilapah, Matisse Ratron-Neal as Issachar, Shani Atias as Rachel, Siya Maleki as Levi, Navid Negahban as Khasekhemre, the Pharaoh and Omid Abtahi as Ankuh.

Joseph of Egypt is co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins‘ 5&2 Studios. Wright serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Jenkins is executive producing under his 5&2 Studios banner.

Mansour played the female lead Hope Bennett on AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which ran for two seasons. Her additional series credits include Apple’s Home Before Dark and Paramount+’s Players, among others. She’s repped by IAG, 42, and Karl Austen of Jackoway Austen Tyerman

Ommi is currently a series regular on Apple TV+’s Tehran and heavily recurred on Netflix’s Kaos. She is repped by by Stewart Talent & Vault Entertainment.

Maleki is known for his recurring roles on Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Chosen, Homeland, Scandal, Devious Maids, and NBC daytime drama Passion. His film work includes 300: Rise of an Empire, The Mortal Instruments, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, among others. He’s repped by Tina Randolph Contogenis at Eris Talent Agency and Angela Durden at Citizen Skull Management.

Rappa can be seen in the latest season of AMC’s drama Dark Winds as Ernesto Cata. He made his feature film debut in the thriller Sovereign, released in July. Rappa is repped by SWAG Talent Group and Crossbeam Talent.

Visotcky has guest-starred or recurred in television series including NCIS: Origins, Snatchers, Perpetual Grace, LTD and Midnight, Texas among others. He studied at Stella Adler and other studios in Los Angeles and New Mexico and is the co-founder of a Los Angeles theatre company. He’s repped by Lynette O’Connor at The O’ Agency.

Abdo appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in the feature Queen of the Desert. He also worked alongside Tom Hanks and Ben Whishaw in Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram for the King and recurred on Amazon’s series Patriot. Abdo is repped by Bohemia Entertainment and Nevername Artists Agency.

New Tracker Trailer Reunites Colter and Russell — Here’s Everything We Know Ahead of the Season 3 Premiere

Talk Show Appearance

AIRING Sep 24, 2025

Jesse Metcalfe discusses his skincare line

STAR-STUDDED LINEUP SET TO PRESENT AT THE “77TH EMMY AWARDS,” SEPT. 14 ON CBS

Presenters for the Emmys, hosted by Grammy®-nominated comedian Nate Bargatze, are as follows:

Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell, Alexis Bledel, Sterling K. Brown, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey, Walton Goggins, Tony Goldwyn, Lauren Graham, Kathryn Hahn, Mariska Hargitay, Justin Hartley, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, James Marsden, Christopher Meloni, Leanne Morgan, Julianne Nicholson, Jenna Ortega, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Parker Posey, Jeff Probst, Phylicia Rashad, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Michael Schur, Sydney Sweeney, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Emmy Award-winning producers Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon, and Emmy-nominated Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment return as executive producers of the 77TH EMMY AWARDS. This marks their third consecutive year as executive producers of television’s biggest night.

The 77TH EMMY AWARDS telecast was preceded by the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this past weekend, Sept. 6-7, with ceremonies produced by Bob Bain Productions for the Television Academy; an edited presentation of the ceremonies will air Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8:00 PM, ET/PT on FXX. Winners from the weekend can be found at TelevisionAcademy.com/awards/creative-arts-emmys.

Jesse Metcalfe “Was Oblivious” To ‘Desperate Housewives’ Set Drama

The actor recently recalled his run on the ABC comedy-drama as teen gardener John Rowland, admitting he “was oblivious” to any on-set friction between the main cast of the show, created by Marc Cherry.

“I was just happy to have a job,” he said on a recent panel, according to People. “I went through an entire pilot season, I didn’t book anything, and I tested for Desperate Housewives, which was a recast, right at the end of that pilot season and ended up booking it.”

Metcalfe said he was “very grateful” for his Season 1 series regular role of Gabrielle Solis’ (Eva Longoria) young sidepiece, which he reprised a guest throughout the series.

“I was just kind of riding the wave, you know, because that show really broke me and I had everything coming at me and I was just enjoying it,” he continued.

“Matter of fact, there’s a lot of stories about all the drama on that set between some of our lead females,” added Metcalfe. “And I was like, I was oblivious to it, basically, you know, because I was just so thrilled to be on a show and just so in the moment.”

Desperate Housewives starred Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan as five women — mostly friends — living on Wisteria Lane, who begin uncovering dark secrets after their neighbor Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) kills herself.

In addition to reports of friction between the women, Sheridan filed a $20 million lawsuit against ABC and Cherry, alleging that he assaulted her and then fired her from the show when she reported it. After a judge dismissed the battery charge and focused on the alleged wrongful termination, a mistrial was declared and the case was ultimately dismissed.

Following Deadline’s exclusive report, Kerry Washington confirmed in May that her Onyx Collective offshoot Wisteria Lane is in development, “inspired” by Desperate Housewives.

Written by Natalie Chaidez, Wisteria Lane is described as a fun, sexy, darkly comedic soap/mystery in the vein of Desperate Housewives, set among a group of five very different friends and sometimes frenemies who all live on a picture-perfect cul de sac called Wisteria Lane. On the surface, all the Wisteria neighbors are living the dream: beautiful homes, gorgeous families, shiny SUVs in the driveway. But behind those white picket fences and smiling Insta posts are secrets.

Jesse Metcalfe, Mitchel Musso, Cocoa Brown, Jeremy London, Mary Antonovich & Jack Wang Cast For College Comedy ‘Mister Fun’

Currently filming in Atlanta, the movie is a coming-of-age college comedy that follows international student Wei Feng on a chaotic mission to convince his traditional parents that he’s on track to graduate, despite secretly flunking out due to an over-the-top party lifestyle.

What ensues is a ride through culture clashes, identity crises, and the highs and lows of growing up between two worlds.

Mister Fun is helmed by Julia Jay Pierrepont III (The Missing Twin) from an original screenplay by Andrew Hu. Alan Zhang (American Dreams in China) and Evelyn Xu (The Bay, The Missing Twin) are producing alongside Pierrepont.

Jeremy O’Keefe is the casting director. ATL White Glove is the production service company.

Metcalfe is repped by Gersh Agency and Link Entertainment. Wang is repped AKA Talent Agency. Musso is repped by AKA Talent Agency and his manager is Artistic Fortune Entertainment. Brown is repped by Innovative Artists. London is repped by 22 Talent.

Jesse Metcalfe Regrets Skipping ‘Entourage’ Audition: “I Blew That One”

The actor recently recounted passing up on “auditioning for Adrian Grenier‘s role” as movie star Vincent Chase in the hit 6x Emmy-winning Doug Ellin series Entourage, which ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011 before culminating in a 2015 big screen offshoot.

“I had an audition for Entourage, and I read the pilot episode, and I was like, ‘This is stupid,’ and I didn’t go to the audition,” he admitted to People.

“Obviously, I had no idea what I was talking about,” added Metcalfe. “That ended up being an iconic show that I absolutely love, and definitely wish I was a part of.”

Entourage ultimately starred Grenier as Vinny, a newly-minted Hollywood star who migrates west from Queens, NY with his brother Drama (Kevin Dillon), best friend E (Kevin Connelly) and pal Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). The foursome acclimates to LA life with help from Vincent’s agent Ari (Jeremy Piven).

The series was a pre-The Studio hit that took frequent shots at the industry with help from a laundry list of Hollywood cameos and guest stars that include Martin Scorsese, EP Mark Wahlberg, Tom Brady, Pharrell Williams, Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, James Cameron, LeBron James, Mandy Moore, Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera, Bob Saget, David Arquette, Seth Green, Mike Tyson, Mark Cuban, George Takei, Kelsey Grammer, Liam Neeson, Armie Hammer and Emily Ratajkowski.

“I blew that one,” Metcalfe lamented. “Sometimes you gotta say no, but that was the wrong one. It taught me that I don’t know everything.”

The John Tucker Must Die star explained that he’s since become “absolutely” more “likely to audition” for roles ever since that misjudgment. “I’ve been auditioning for what it feels like is everything lately,” said Metcalfe.

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Facts

1. June 10, 2003 Passions aired its 1000th episode

2. Lindsay Korman (Theresa) & Mark A. Provert co-wrote "Kiss Me" the song she sang on the show

3. That's ALAN OPPENHEIMER providing the voice of sinister patriarch Alistair Crane on Passions. The veteran thespian boasts a wide and impressive range of credits, including the Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard, where he played Cecil B. DeMille opposite Glenn Close's Norma Desmond; Murphy Brown, where he spent several seasons as retired FYI honcho Gene Kinsella; and the feature film Little Big Man, with Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman. Among his television guest-starring appearances are stints on Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, Bonanza, The Partridge Family, Bewitched, Knight Rider, Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Touched by an Angel.

   Oppenheimer has also enjoyed a prolific voiceover career, no surprise to anyone who has been intimidated just by the sound of him on Passions. His vocal incarnation of the despotic Alistair is doubtless influenced by his past portrayals of power-hungry Skeletor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the self-confident Vanity Smurf in The Smurfs, and the charismatic crooner/crusader Mighty Mouse.

4. A Passions spokesperson reports that the music and lyrics for the song, entitled "Breathe", were written by John Henry and Jane French and performed by Jane French. NBC Productions commissioned the team to compose the ditty and were obviously thrilled with the results

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