Judy Greer will step out from best-friend roles to take the lead, opposite Patrick Williams, in a new indie comedy from Chris D'Arienzo called "Barry Munday." The film also stars Chloe Sevigny as Greer's sister; Cybill Shepherd, as their mother; and Billy Dee Williams as Munday's boss. The film is scheduled to start production in May.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

David Paymer has signed onto director Sam Raimi's latest opus, Drag Me To Hell. He'll be playing bank manager to Alison Lohman's character "Stephanie". Shooting began this week in Los Angeles.

Miss Guided, the long-awaited midseason series led by Judy Greer, had its premiere on March 18, following Dancing with the Stars. On March 20,  viewers get two episodes, kicking off at 8PM Eastern, 7PM Central, in Ugly Betty's place.

Greer portrays Becky Freeley, a guidance counselor who takes special interest in helping her students blossom from awkward teens. The second episode entitled "Hot Sub" features a guest appearance by series producer Ashton Kutcher as a substitute teacher.

Our fave supporting gal Judy Greer steps up to the head of the class to lead the new sitcom Miss/Guided scheduled to debut on ABC in mid-season 2008. The series stars Greer as Becky Freeley, a formerly dorky high school student, now a confident and attractive guidance counselor . As Becky, Greer gets to flex her prodigious comedy muscles, juggling her personal life and providing insight to teenagers whose problems mirror her own high school experiences.

E!'s Jennifer Godwin caught up with LOSTies M.C. Gainey and producer-slash-scribe Damon Lindelof at an Emmy after-party and posed a few cautious queries to the Other known as Tom:

Montana native son J. K. Simmons returned to his home town of Missoula to narrate a documentary, “Fraud Under the Big Sky," about two notorious financial scams. The film, funded with a $96,000 grant from the Investors Protection Trust, aims to educated Montanans on how to protect themselves from investment fraudsters. It premiers October 30, and will be shown to service groups and on public television stations.

Source: Missoulian

O'Quinn enjoys his supporting actor recognition, backstage at the 59th Annual Emmy Awards. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

Early in Sunday's Emmy Awards broadcast, Terry O'Quinn was recognized as the best supporting actor in a drama for his work portraying John Locke on the hit series Lost. This marked the second time O'Quinn was nominated for the role; initially he received the nod for the first season of the series in 2005.

O'Quinn joked about his experience on the show, "You know, sometimes, when we're rolling around in the jungle and the mud and we're hitting each other and stabbing each other and shooting each other and pouring on the blood and turning on the sprinklers, I wonder what it would be like to bake up a sheet of cookies on Wisteria Lane -- and get one of their checks."

"But then I think of my cast mates and crew-mates ... and I realize why I have the best job in the world," he said.

As for why he wore a pink shirt with his black suit, O'Quinn quipped, "Because it's not white. They say it takes a brave man to wear hot pink."

We at SupportingActors.com send out a warm congratulations to Terry -- this award was long overdue!

From Lisa Steinberg, the editor of Starry Constellation online magazine, comes a new interview with Judy Greer about her upcoming roles in The Key Man and The TV Set:
Check it out at StarryMag.com

The extended audio version of the interview can also be heard as a podcast, which includes more about Judy's recent foray into gardening.

Thanks Lisa!

In the April 16 LOST podcast from ABC.com, actor M.C. Gainey reveals his past and his own confusion over the mysteries of the hit series LOST -- on which he guest stars as the "Other" known as "Tom".

About.com's Rebbeca Murray has an excellent interview with MC Gainey about his role in Wild Hogs in which he reveals his love of the biker culture, and personal experience going cross-country down the two-lane roads of America, down to Key West, Florida.