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WALTER SCOTT ASKS ... Zooey Deschanel

She stars as the quirky Jess Day on Fox’s New Girl (premiering Sept. 25), a role that earned the 32-year-old actress her first Emmy nomination.

New Girl was last year’s surprise comedy hit. Did you expect such success after only one season?
No! I just loved the character so much and hoped other people would, too. She’s really optimistic and responds differently to the world.

You sing the show’s theme song. Did you help write it?
I wrote
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Q: The season finale of Revenge revealed that Emily Thorne’s mother is actually alive. Who got the part? —N. Bowen, Nalcrest, Fla.

A: Jennifer Jason Leigh, 50, who starred in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, will play the unstable mother of Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) on the Hamptons-set drama (ABC, Sept. 30).

Spoiler alert! Forget Daniel—meet Emily’s new love interest and learn about their romantic future at wetpaint.com/revenge.



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Q: Jim Parsons plays genius Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Sept. 27). What are his real-life academic credits? —Jeff Lesemann, Lafayette, La.

A: The Texas native, 39, has an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and a master’s in classical theater from the University of San Diego, where he studied at the Old Globe theater. Parsons also boasts two Emmys and a Golden Globe award.


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Q: Where does Judah Friedlander get the caps he wears on 30 Rock? —Ali Rodger, San Diego

A: The 43-year-old actor, who plays trucker-hat-wearing Frank Rossitano on the NBC comedy (starting its final season Oct. 4), makes them himself, creating slogans for each episode. “I have hundreds now,” he says.

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Q: I love Kerry Washington on the drama Scandal (ABC, Sept. 27). Does she have a real interest in politics? —Viola M. Troup, Tex.

A: Yes; in addition to being an official surrogate for the Obama campaign, Washington, 35, was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2009. “I participate not as a celebrity but as an American,” she says.


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"It’s amazing that I’m still alive!"

—Kiefer Sutherland who survived his share of crazy explosions on 24, is more than an action hero on the supernatural series Touch (Fox, Oct. 26).


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WALTER SCOTT ASKS ... Susan Sarandon

The actress, 65, costars with Richard Gere in Arbitrage (Sept. 14), a thriller set in the world of high finance.

You play the wife of a hedge fund mogul caught in a scandal. Did it make you look at real-life scandals differently?
It made me think of people in long marriages and the woman who sticks by the guy and has to adjust when they become wealthy. It’s hard.

How do you feel about marriage?
I’ve always felt committed in relationships, but I’m
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Q: Do celebrities have to wait in line at the DMV like the rest of us? —Bill Glassman, Calif.

A: According to both the California and the New York DMV, there is no special treatment for celebrities, and special accommodation requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. In fact, Tom Cruise, 50, was recently spotted at a DMV in Southern California with his son Connor, 17, who was set to take his driver’s test.

“They make an appointment just like everyone else,” a rep for the California