Jean’s new series Hawaii Five-O will be part of the Monday night CBS Fall lineup. The show is in the 10pm slot. (source)

According to TVSquad, CBS has picked up the Hawaii Five O remake featuring Jean as the Governor of Hawaii for the fall season. More details should emerge at the network upfront on Wednesday. (Source)

The release date of the movie “Life as we know it”, which features Jean as the mother of Katherine Heigl’s character has been brought forward by Warner Bros from December 22nd to October 8th. (Source)

From The Commercial Appeal: There were smiles, but also tears, as Carter’s family, friends, former classmates and cast members of her hit show “Designing Women” took up most of the 280 seats in the church where Carter returned every Easter and Christmas and during her birthday in May. She donated the chimes that rang through [...]

From Entertainment Weekly Emmy Award-winning actress Jean Smart (Samantha Who?) talked to EW about her Designing Women co-star Dixie Carter, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 70. Smart, who was actually married in Dixie and husband Hal Holbrook’s rose garden, shared her memories both on and off-set of the warm and witty [...]

From Entertainment Tonight’s The Insider: Actress Jean Smart and her actor husband Richard Gilliland are reacting to the death of their “Designing Women” co-star Dixie Carter over the weekend, telling “The Insider,” “Dixie was such an amazing person.” “She was gorgeous, hilarious, incredibly talented and so devoted to her family,” continues Jean. “There was no [...]

Jean has recorded some radio PSAs for the Chris Elliott Fund. All are available to download at our Box.net account. Many thanks to Gregory Copploe from CEF for sharing the PSAs with us.

Jean will be taking part with the Chris Elliott Fund in the Seattle Brain Cancer Walk, Saturday June 26th. More information can be found: here.

You can find two more after the cut.

Tim Griffis, a producer, has posted an image on Twitter of Jean filming a PSA for the Chris Elliott Fund. (click the image for bigger)