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Kate Gosselin

She's America's favorite mom. After her biggest year ever, she's back on TLC with her new show Kate Plus 8 taking her kids on a wild trip to New York City this week on an all-new special.

Q: How was your trip to New York? - Kathy Jacob

A: It was fun. It was a tourist trip. I worked there, but it was nice to see touristy sites and being in the city, and not killing myself to get wherever I needed to go.

Q: Do the kids have one particular experience that they liked the most? - Karen Holmberg

A: Yeah, probably the Statue of Liberty was the best for them.

Q: You look so fantastic these days. Do you have any tips from your new regime? - Maria S

A: Um, no, I just have a lot of stress, and I run. Looks are a byproduct, I guess.

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Angie Harmon

She's the beautiful model-turned-actress-turned-mom with the #1 show on cable, TNT's Rizzoli & Isles.

Q: Your show is number 1 on cable now, but you had a couple shows in there that weren't as successful. What does it feel like to be on top? - Natasha Alloway

A: I can't really believe it. I mean it sounds so good when you say it, and that's sort of confirming it a little bit more. So, it really, really is gratifying and a blessing. I've had a couple of successes and I've been in great films and really had fun, but this is certainly . . . I don't even know how to explain it. We've all worked really hard and I'm really, really thrilled to be a part of it.

Q: Your character is sort of a blue-collar tomboy type. But, in real life, you've been a hugely successful fashion model and actress. Is there any part of you that has that tomboy side to you? - Ahmed Mori

A: You know, I think there is part of that. I don't know that I'd be able to access it. But to be very honest that part of me has been gone for a very, very long time. Especially after my third pregnancy, I hurt my back pretty well – I did a pretty good job of it. I kind of haven't really been able to get back into working out or doing the things that I would normally like to do. So is that me normally? No, absolutely not. I'm certainly more into dresses and heels and all of that, and my Vogues everywhere. That's definitely more me. So [my character] Jane is a lot of fun to go to work and get into.

Q: It also seems like you have a strong interest in playing law enforcement roles. Is there something about that area that intrigues you or are those just the types of scripts that people send you? - Kimberly Steele

A: I think as actors we just want to do any character. And when I say "character," it's in quotations. I mean the shows where everyone's just standing around spelling it out for the audience - that doesn't really interest me any more because you don't know their backstories. You don't know their personal stories. You don't know what's going on in their personal lives and things like that. So Jane is certainly more fun to play, when it comes to that. I mean, yes, she's a bad ass, and yes, she's a tomboy, but she also has, you know, her daily life and the guys and her family and her mom and dad and her brother and all of that. It's more like a person.

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Dylan McDermott

He was the sexy star of The Practice. Now he's making waves as a tough cop on TNT's series Dark Blue.

Q: What is Jerry Bruckheimer's involvement in the day-to-day running of the show? And do you have any experiences working with him that you could describe? - Uinterview User

A: Well, Jerry thought of me initially for the role, so I thank him dearly for that. You know, I had known Jerry over the years and it was his idea to bring me in for the show. Jerry is obviously a very busy man and he's got 1000 projects going at once. I'm always surprised how interested he is. He watches the dailies and he reads the scripts and he's completely involved in the show. So that's why he is the mega success that he is, because he really pays attention still when he doesn't really have to. So, I'm really impressed by his work ethic and that he really thought of me for this. So, I'm forever grateful for that.

Q: What's the difference between working on network television and cable? - Uinterview User

A: It has changed so radically. I think with the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. And network television is trying to figure it out, but network television really relies on story rather than character, and I think that cable relies on character. I think that's the biggest difference. You don't have to have a huge number on cable to stay on. I think Damages had like 600,000 people watching it, and it was a great show. So, I think character is key and character is king on cable and on network it's really more about franchise and story. You know on cable, we're only doing ten episodes a year. On The Practice, we used to do like 22, 24 episodes, which would take up ten months of the year, where as doing ten episodes is like three, four months at the most. So I get to do other things and it frees me up. And I like that aspect because you know when you're doing 22, 24 episodes, it is grueling. You are there for 16 hours a day, sometimes for ten months of the year, and it really, you know, takes a big toll on you.

Q: What's your experience been working with co-star Tricia Helfer? - Uinterview User

A: This is exactly what I thought this show should have - a love interest for [my character] Carter. I think it's just much more dynamic to have him in a relationship. I think Tricia is a beautiful woman, and she's really talented, and she can stand toe to toe with Carter, which is not an easy thing because he is brooding at times. He is difficult and you need someone who can come in and go toe to toe with him. So I think that she's going to challenge him in ways that I don't think he was actually prepared for. He's been - in season one, he was sort of closed down and not willing, and we find him in season two in a garden, which is really a metaphor for him that he is attempting to change, and he is attempting grow, and she is a big part of that. You know she is going to open him up in ways that I think that something had died in him long ago. He had given up on himself somewhere, and I think that she brings all of that back to life.

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Mark Ruffalo

He plays a sperm donor in the most-talked about movie at Sundance, The Kids Are All Right, opposite lesbian moms played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening.

Q: The movie was a long time in the making. How did you get involved? - Erik Meers

A: I was one of the last components, really. I got a call from my rep saying, 'Hey, Lisa Cholodenko has a movie she wants to talk to you about.' So I got on the phone and she was like, 'I wrote this for you. I had you in mind for a long time while I was writing it.' That's basically how it started. I was in the middle of post-production on my movie and, for a minute there, it really didn't look like I was gonna be doing this. And my wife and friends drew me in and kind of saved it in the final hour, so I'm lucky to be here.

Q: Why do you think it is that your character Paul gets sucked in by this family? - Erik Meers

A: It's perfect. It's instant family, just add Paul. I think he's getting to that age where he just isn't cutting it, really. All the girls and success is just not filling him up anymore, and all of a sudden these two kids show up. They're great kids and he obviously really connects to [his daughter] Joni. That idea of being a father, I think he really latches on to it that moment. So he tries to start this family, but it doesn't work for him.

Q: You've got some pretty racy scenes with Julianne Moore. What was it like filming those? - Erik Meers

A: Those scenes are never as fun as they look. That's a real acting part of it. You also never get to really check the girl out either because she's so close to you you never get a good look at her. I can put anyone in this situation. Think of yourself walking into a room naked with a sock on your cork with a room full of people that you don't really know and then having to simulate sex with the director telling you how to do it. A guy doesn't want to get direction in any regard and all of a sudden you're doing it in front of 15 people. At best it's like being on that nude beach that you don't want to be on. You succumb to your fate.

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