Guest-star news: Garofalo, Federline

By Scott Gordon | August 21, 2007 | 1:33pm

Aux Features Newswire

In an apparent effort to balance its right-wing image, 24 will welcome Janeane Garofalo as a guest star this coming season. She's always handy as a bitchy, grudgingly charming sidekick, so let's hope her agent character supplies Jack Bauer with some much-needed smart-ass banter. (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)

And, because you can't resist the hypnotic pull of his beady little eyes, catch Kevin Federline on the CW's One Tree Hill, in his role as a "cocky rock singer." Preparations for the role will include weeks of private study and a vision quest. (Associated Press)