Connecticut city mocked by sitcom asks ABC to end insults

Connecticut city mocked by sitcom asks ABC to end insults

NORWALK, Conn. -- Residents of a Connecticut city that has been mocked on an ABC sitcom say the jokes need to stop, citing a Halloween episode featuring a character dressed up as a pregnant "Norwalk prom girl."

"American Housewife" is set in Westport, and characters have occasionally derided their neighbors in Norwalk, drawing the ire of the city's real-life residents.

Andy Ross created the website stoptheinsults.com to petition network owner Disney to apologize. He says he doesn't understand why the show can't needle a fictitious city instead.

Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling tells the Norwalk Hour that mocking high schoolers is "a form of bullying."

Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe says residents of his town feel the show is unfair to them as well.

ABC did not respond to requests for comment.

'Jersey Shore' cast to reunite on MTV for 'Family Vacation'

NEW YORK -- Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation and most of the original "Jersey Shore" cast is returning to MTV for another installment of the reality series next year.

MTV announced "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" on Monday during the premiere of "Floribama Shore," a spinoff of the original "Jersey Shore," which ran on MTV from 2009 to 2012. The series followed the adventures of the group of 20-somethings as they spent summers in the beach town of Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

In addition to Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Jenni "JWOWW" Farley and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio, Vinny Guadagnino and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro will take part in the reboot. Ortiz-Magro's on-and-off romantic interest Sammi Giancola isn't listed as part of the cast.

MTV hasn't announced a premiere date for the show.

How James Franco made a good movie about the worst film ever

LOS ANGELES -- James Franco is by all measures a successful actor but he still remembers what it felt like to be an outsider trying to break in. It's part of what drew him to direct and star in "The Disaster Artist," about the making of the famously terrible film "The Room" that has become a cult classic.

Sporting Gene Simmons hair, prosthetics and a vaguely Eastern European accent, Franco plays the man behind the phenomenon, Tommy Wiseau, in "The Disaster Artist" which hits theaters in limited release on Friday. He stars alongside his brother Dave Franco, who plays Greg Sestero, an actor in "The Room" who co-wrote the book the movie is based on.

Both say they related to the story of someone trying to break into Hollywood.