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Julia Louis-Dreyfus said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that the media invented the “Seinfeld curse,” a term which was used to describe the alleged lack of success for “Seinfeld” stars Jerry Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander following the end of the iconic NBC sitcom.

“I think any time a project ends, it’s gutting for me,” Louis-Dreyfus said. “And that’s true of movies and TV shows. There is a focus and a camaraderie that’s very much present when you’re working hard on a project that you believe in, and when the circus leaves town, it’s a huge transition. There’s a real feeling of sadness for me. ‘Where did all my buddies go?’ ‘Where are my friends?'”

When Rolling Stone brought up the curse, Louis-Dreyfus added: “It was invented by the media. They thought it was clever. You don’t need me to prove it wrong,...

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Jason Alexander, best remembered for starring in a little-known sitcom called Seinfeld, has been cast as Cliff Beamis, the writer/creator of The Grinder‘s titular show-within-a-show in which Lowe’s character starred for eight seasons.

The news was broken late Tuesday night by Lowe on Twitter, following the show’s panel at PaleyFest in Los Angeles:

TV legend Jason Alexander will play the writer/creator of "The Grinder," the egomaniac and ersatz tough-guy Cliff Beamis.

We’ve heard you. You’re pissed. Netflix let you down. But there’s help on the way for those of us who have to pay increased fees to the rental service. Bob Patterson’s Jason Alexander is pleading for everyone to pay $6 a month to donate to the Netflix Relief Fund. How else do we solve “literally the worst thing that has ever happened to white people”? So take a break from your advanced Pilates workshop to send in some help. After all, we wouldn’t want to see a domino effect that would leave to a granola-less Whole Foods.

Walt Disney Animation Studios has breathed new life into King of the Elves and has hired Michael Markowitz (Horrible Bosses) to pen the newest version of the script.  The film is an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story about "a band of elves and one dwarf living in the Mississippi Delta who tap a human as their king after he saves them from an evil troll." The project is being overseen by Chris Williams, co-director and writer of Bolt.

Elves was initially set for a 2012 release with Brother Bear's Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, but when Pixar's John Lasseter took over animation in 2006 it went back into development. This project has been around since 2008, and was even unveiled alongside Wall-e as an upcoming film on the Disney schedule. This should be the next big film on the horizon for 2013 after Monsters University opens next summer. 

Markowitz has also written for TV,...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: the most powerful woman in America?

The Emmy-winning "Seinfeld" and "New Adventures of Old Christine" star has just had her comedy pilot, "Veep," picked up for series by HBO, Deadline reports. Dreyfus stars as a former senator and newly elected Vice President who finds that the job isn't quite what she thought it would be when she first joined the campaign ticket.

The series, conceived by comedian Armando Ianucci, will feature "Arrested Development" star Tony Hale as her right hand man, and "My Girl" star Anna Chlumsky as her chief of staff. Deadline reports that Frank Rich, formerly of The New York Times and now with New York Magazine, will serve as one of the show's executive producers.

This continues Dreyfus' successful post-"Seinfeld" run ("Christine" was unexpectedly canceled in May by CBS), making her the show's only star to truly stay on air as a viable TV star.

Celebrity Diet! Hollywood Celebrity and Seinfeld sitcom actor Jason Alexander loves Jenny Craig? [Feb. 22] Actor Jason Alexander (Aka Jason Greenspan) of the Seinfeld TV sitcom helped pilot a healthy weight loss program for men with Jenny Craig, known for their at home weight loss diet program! 'Jen for Men' as the program is dubbed targets healthy weight loss in men. Best known for his role in the cast of Seinfeld as George Constanza, Alexander has made a name for himself in a variety of settings including TV, movies, and Broadway musicals! Movies for Jason include the drama Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts and Shallow Hal with Jack Black. Jason Alexander struggled to come back with another show called "The Only Thing Between You and Your Goals Is You.......And Your Goals" in which he played the role of Bob Patterson - the show aired briefly and was quickly canceled. An avid Star Trek fan,...

Ignoring, for a moment, the royalty checks that likely match the gross national product of some small countries, the post-"Seinfeld" years haven't been professionally kind to Jason Alexander.

But it takes more than two failed sitcoms and a dubiously productive stint as a Weight Watchers spokesman to discourage George Costanza. Variety reports Alexander is developing a new series with CBS.

The networks has ordered a script for an untitled hour-long drama about a former TV star, natch, who joins his ex-wife's detective agency. His acting cred apparently comes in handy when cases require he don different disguises. Should the series go to pilot, Alexander will star and serve as executive producer.

Alexander previously made two attempts at headlining series -- once on ABC in 2001 ("Bob Patterson," which was canceled after airing just five episodes) and again on CBS, with the one-season run of "Listen Up" in 2004.

Now, granted the...

Joey Murphy and John Pardee have been upped to executive producers on ABC's Desperate Housewives.

Murphy and Pardee have been serving as co-executive producers and writers on the series, a production of ABC Studios. The writing team, longtime friends of Housewives creator/executive producer Marc Cherry, have been with the show -- which is heading into its fourth season in the fall -- from the start.

Along with Cherry, the duo will executive produce alongside George W. Perkins and recently upped Bob Daily.

Before Housewives, Pardee and Murphy worked with Cherry on several series, including the mid-'90s Fox comedy The Crew, which the duo co-created and produced and on which Cherry served as writer/executive producer. The pair also co-created the CBS pilots Family Business in 2001 and an untitled family comedy in 2002, both of which were written with Cherry, and were co-executive producers on CBS' Some of My Best Friends, on which Cherry was an executive producer/writer.

Murphy and Pardee also have served as co-executive producers on ABC's Bob Patterson, also from ABC Studios (then Touchstone Television), and were supervising producers on CBS' Cybill and NBC's The Jeff Foxworthy Show.

They are repped by Paradigm and attorney Michael Gendler.

Seinfeld sidekick Julia Louis-dreyfus is to be given her own TV sitcom. NBC has ordered 12 episodes of the show - provisionally titled 23:12 - on the back of a successful pilot. In the show, Louis-Dreyfus - who played Elaine on Seinfeld, which ran from 1990 to 1998 - will star as a Los Angeles nightclub singer. Created by Louis-Dreyfus' husband Brad Hall, it will also star British actor Darren Boyd. The actress will become the third Seinfeld star to tackle her own sitcom. Michael Richards, who played Kramer, failed to impress with his Michael Richards Show last year, while Jason Alexander, who portrayed George Costanza, is currently starring in the struggling Bob Patterson.