Q: There was a series on TNT about Sun Records, showing the start of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. Will this be continuing, or has the show been canceled?
A: CMT has no plans to go beyond the eight episodes it made of "Sun Records," which focused not only on legendary performers but behind-the-scenes forces such as Sun founder Sam Phillips (Chad Michael Murray) and Elvis' manager, Tom Parker (Billy Gardell). A CMT executive told Deadline.com that "originally we had planned for it to be a three-night event, and we morphed the development into a limited-run series. It did extremely well, but there are no current plans for additional episodes."
'Outlander' returns Sept. 10
Q: I haven't seen anything about "Outlander" coming back. Has it gone? We hope not.
A: The time-travel romance based on the series of novels by Diana Gabaldon will be back for a third season beginning Sept. 10 on Starz. According to the network, the new episodes find Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) separated "by continents and centuries" and trying to go on without each other.
Is 'Maitland' really Myers?
Q: I have become a big fan of the new "Gong Show." Could you settle the rumor that host Tommy Maitland, who is portrayed as a British comedian, is really Mike Myers?
A: ABC has gone to great lengths to suggest that Tommy Maitland is a real person. The network's press site even includes a long bio for him, claiming he "appeared in the TV series 'The Lord Mayor' as the cheeky mayor of a mythical town in East Anglia who struck it rich." But Maitland is indeed Myers, ending a long break from acting.
All about Joanne Dru
Q: Some time ago you did a bio on Jean Peters. Would you do the same for actress Joanne Dru?
A: Dru acted in several film classics, including the 1949 version of "All the King's Men," "Red River" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." She was also the sister of Peter Marshall, the longtime host of "Hollywood Squares." Born Joanne LaCock in West Virginia in 1922 or 1923 (references vary), Dru was a model and showgirl early in her career, according to Ephraim Katz's "Film Encyclopedia." She appeared in about two dozen films and starred in the TV series "Guestward Ho!" in 1960-61. She married four times, including to singer-actor Dick Haymes and actor John Ireland. Dru died in 1996 of respiratory failure.
