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It's been over 20 years since "Gilmore Girls" premiered, and it is still the cozy cup of coffee that we return to. Some seasons of "Gilmore Girls" are better than others, but a trip to Stars Hollow means that you get to travel to a magical place that has a 1950s charm and unique characters, like Kirk (Sean Gunn), who keeps the town running with his many job skills. The show also sprinkles in self-aware jokes, which usually involve Lorelai (Lauren Graham) making sarcastic comments about non-emergencies that Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) has deemed as true emergencies.

There are moments centered in reality as Lorelai and her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), face life's hurdles, like Lorelai's choice to end her engagement to Max Medina (Scott Cohen). This mix of fantasy and real life allows for both escape and reflection, turning this show into comfort food.

Despite the show being called Gilmore Girls and its main focus being Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel), most fans will agree that the show wouldn’t have half as much charm without the colorful characters that inhabit Stars Hollow. From Miss Patty (Liz Torres), to Babette (Sally Struthers), and even Taylor (Michael Winters), each townie plays a pivotal role in making Stars Hollow the quirky, lovable town we love so much. But one of the most popular townsfolk, who has become so synonymous with the show, interestingly started out as a completely different character.

While Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) is a fan-favorite character on Gilmore Girls, he wasn't in the original pilot script for the series, and another character was in his place. Luke is an important Stars Hollow resident who runs a diner in the building that used to be his father's hardware store and who begins dating Lorelai (Lauren Graham) in season 4. Luke is known for his gruff personality, for being begrudgingly kind to Kirk Gleason (Sean Gunn) and arguing with Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) over town rules and regulations, and he has created a cozy meeting spot for the community.

While there are many popular character arcs on Gilmore Girls, Luke experiences the most changes by the end of the series, from divorcing Nicole Leahy (Tricia O'Kelley) to discovering that he has a daughter named April Nardini (Vanessa Marano). It's difficult to imagine him not being part of Lorelai and Rory's...

Happy Thanksgiving, “Gilmore Girls” fans! Whether you’re having tofurkey or getting yours deep fried, there’s no denying that in addition to the holidays, it’s also time to celebrate Stars Hollow season.

Et recently spoke with “Gilmore” star Michael Winters, who played everyone’s favourite town selectman, Taylor Doose, on the beloved series, and he dished on the possibility of future episodes of the hit mother-daughter drama.

The series ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007 and Netflix gave hungry fans four movie-style reboot episodes in 2016 with “A Year in the Life”.

And while Winters told Et that he hasn’t specifically spoken with creators Amy Sherman-Palladino or Dan Palladino about the possibility of more “Gilmore”, he did have a very interesting conversation with another big player of the franchise — Lauren Graham! The 55-year-old actress, who played everyone’s favorite mom, Lorelai Gilmore, had some interesting insight into the series’ future.

"Show me who you are." Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a second official trailer for a crime thriller titled Ecco, or Ecco, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Ben Medina. We posted another trailer for this back in 2019, but it's just now getting a VOD release hence a new trailer. Ecco is about a former assassin named Michael, living a new life in the shadows with his family, who emerges from hiding to discover the origin of his lethal beginnings. To protect his family and to pursue his only chance at redemption, he must hunt those running the organization that once used to control him. Lathrop Walker stars, with Tabitha Bastien, Helena Grace Donald, Mahria Zook, S. Joe Downing, Mark Sehlbach, plus Michael Winters. This doesn't look as bad as so many other action films recently - might actually be worth a watch. Here's the second official trailer for Ben Medina's film Ecco,...

“Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” is set to make its broadcast debut on The CW.

The broadcaster will air the four-episode followup to the classic dramedy over four nights beginning Nov. 23 and concluding on Nov. 26. The episodes will air on each of the four nights at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. The show will also stream for free on the ad-supported CW app and cwtv.com for 30 days following its premiere. “A Year in the Life” originally aired on Netflix in 2016.

The news comes as fans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original series, which began its run on The CW’s predecessor, The WB, in 2000. The show ran for seven seasons, concluding its run on The CW in 2007.

The series saw the return of Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as the indefatigable mother-daughter team of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. The series also starred Scott Patterson as Luke Danes,...

It takes a very long time for the protagonist of “Ecco” — or its viewers, for that matter — to figure out just who (or what) he is. This espionage/fugitive tale in the “Bourne” mode, albeit with less emphasis on physical action, also “echoes” films like “Memento” and “The Prestige” in its convoluted, puzzle-like narrative. But there’s more repetition and ponderousness than compelling intrigue in the end result here. The biggest mystery about this polished but underwhelming thriller is how in this day and age a starless feature from filmmakers without a track record managed to open on 200-odd U.S. screens. That’s a major leap of faith unlikely to be rewarded by much box-office traffic.

The opening setpiece has a private planeload of a shadowy corporation’s board members meeting a collective premature end at the hands of a pilot, who parachutes out before letting the vessel crash.

"I had to make sure that they'd never find us again..." Citadel Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Ecco, or Ecco, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Ben Medina. Ecco is about a former assassin named Michael, living a new life in the shadows with his family, who emerges from hiding to discover the origin of his lethal beginnings. To protect his family and to pursue his only chance at redemption, he must hunt those behind the organization where all his sins were born. Lathrop Walker stars as Michael, with a cast including Tabitha Bastien, Helena Grace Donald, Mahria Zook, S. Joe Downing, Mark Sehlbach, and Michael Winters. These kind of assassin vengeance thrillers as a dime a dozen these days, but this looks pretty damn good. At least there's some style to it! Might be worth a watch. Here's the first official trailer...

It's almost time to return to Stars Hollow. Netflix's Gilmore Girls revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, premieres on Friday, Nov. 25 and to tide you over there are brand-new images revealing the antics of your favorite citizens. There's Michel (Yanic Truesdale), Miss Patti (Liz Torres), Paris (Liza Weil), Mrs. Kim (Emily Kuroda), Babette (Sally Struthers), Taylor (Michael Winters), Gypsy (Rose Abdoo), Headmaster Charleston (Dakin Matthews) and Kirk (Sean Gunn), and of course Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Emily (Kelly Bishop) and Rory (Alexis Bledel). What can we glean from these new photos? Well, not a lot. However, now we know Kirk owns the pig seen running around in the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the...

Returning to Stars Hollow is many “Gilmore Girls” fans’ dream, but Scott Patterson didn’t find it that simple.

The baseball player-turned-actor had played curmudgeonly diner owner Luke Danes for seven seasons in the original series, but couldn’t quite get back into character the first day he went to set for the Netflix revival, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.”

“I thought it would be easy, but the reality set in right away. My first scene was in the diner, and I did not feel comfortable,” he told a small group of reporters in late July. “I didn’t feel like I had him yet. We did a quick rehearsal, got the blocking down, and something was off. So I said to [creator Amy Sherman-Palladino], ‘I need to take a little walk around Stars Hollow. I need a minute to get this guy.’ Because I’ve changed. I’ve had a son,...

Excitement for Netflix's upcoming "Gilmore Girls" revival has only continued to build since the streaming service officially announced it would produce four new 90-minute episodes. Last week, we got our first glimpse at the continued adventures of the residents of Stars Hollow, and now, Netflix has released an additional three images to whet fans' appetites.

The new photos feature the titular women -- Rory (Alexis Bledel), Lorelai (Lauren Graham), and Emily (Kelly Bishop) -- both in intimate one-on-one settings, as well as in one of our favorite recurring storylines: wacky town meetings. The image that features that latter event includes Luke (Scott Patterson) and Lorelai (who are still together -- yay!) looking aghast, probably at some boneheaded statement Taylor (Michael Winters) has made. Babette (Sally Struthers) appears similarly annoyed.

Next up is a chat between Lorelai and Rory, in the familiar kitchen of Lorelai's Stars Hollow home. The mother and daughter appear deep in conversation,...

Someone save our seat at the next Stars Hollow town meeting! Break out those Gilmore Girls revival scorecards, people, because two more fan-favorites have officially signed on for Netflix's highly anticipated revival. E! News has confirmed that Sally Struthers and Michael Winters, two of the show's most-beloved supporting characters, are set to return for the four-episode limited series event.  Struthers played Babette, Lorelai and Rory's gossip-loving neighbor, while Winters played Taylor Doose, the owner of Stars Hollow's market, town leader, member of the Town Beautification Committee and eternal thorn in Luke's side. Both appeared in all seven seasons.  Struthers...

Though there may be thousands of fans waiting for news about a Gilmore Girls reunion movie, one of its stars apparently doesn't have much interest.

Gilmore Girls centers around young, single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) raising her daughter, Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) in the small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. Other significant castmemembers include Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson, Yanic Truesdale, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann, Melissa McCarthy, Sean Gunn, Liza Weil, Liz Torres, Jared Padalecki, Matt Czuchry, Jackson Douglas, Michael Winters, Sally Struthers, Emily Kuroda, and Todd Lowe.

The series is well-loved for its quirky characters and its fast-paced and pop culture-filled dialogue. The series debuted on October 5, 2000 and ran for six seasons on The WB network.

  When The WB folded into The CW, Gilmore Girls made the move but then declined in the ratings. The new network considered picking up the show for an eighth year but it...