Zooey Deschanel

The Friends-to-Lovers Conundrum, as Explored by 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'

The article below contains spoilers for the Jan. 29 episodes of "The Mindy Project" and "New Girl."

'The Mindy Project,' 'New Girl' and TV's Treatment of Mystifying Millennials

On this week's episode of "The Mindy Project," "Teen Patient," Mindy (Mindy Kaling) is approached by her 15-year-old neighbor Sophia (Kara Crane) about securing a prescription for birth control. Sophia, it seems, has a steady boyfriend named Henry (Alec George), is in lo...

A Manic Pixie Sales Pitch: 'MPDG' Used to Sell Zooey Deschanel Merchandise

"Now you can take everyone's favorite manic pixie dream girl home" boasts the ad copy for a Zooey Deschanel cardboard cutout.

Stranger Than Life: Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano In The Fabulist 'Ruby Sparks'

Neurosis hasn’t seemed this adorably sane since Woody Allen. Clever, funny, expertly walking the line between arty and mainstream, "Ruby Sparks" is a lovable romantic comedy, with Paul Dano as a novelist who writes a dream girl, and Zoe Kazan – Dano’s real-life partn...

Zooey Deschanel Bringing 'Coal Miner's Daughter' To The Stage; Tom Hanks Broadway Bound With 'Lucky Guy'

We usually don't report on theater stuff, but when the names involved are as heavyweight as they are here, it's a bit hard to ignore, so onward...

How 'New Girl' Went From Gratingly 'Adorkable' Star Vehicle to Winning Ensemble Comedy

Watch: Zooey Deschanel's iPhone/Siri Commercial

Actress, musician, web entrepeneur, Cotton brand enthusiast and now iPhone spokesperson. Zooey Deschanel had made an ad for iPhone 4S/Siri because why not. Sadly, no new original song like she did for the fabric company but she does dance to "Shake, Rattle & Roll." So there's that.

Zooey Deschanel And Rising Star Domhnall Gleeson Circling 'Love Actually' Helmer Richard Curtis' 'About Time'

It's possible that it's escaped your notice (if you've been, you know, in a coma or a cave or something), but Zooey Deschanel became something of a megastar in the last twelve months. The indie hearthrob had already been on her way, after rom-com "(500) Days Of Summer," but too...

Jean Dujardin Drops By; Watch SNL's Charming Homage to The Artist

OK, I surrender – if not to The Artist, to the charming, exuberant SNL dance sketch and Artist tribute starring Jean Dujardin himself.