Fact: Lucy Liu is to return to TV as a lawyer - the actress, who played a bitchy attorney on Ally Mcbeal, has signed up to play a legal expert in the second season of U.S. drama hit DIRTY SEXY MONEY. The show's creator, DAVID E' KELLEY, who also wrote Ally MCBeal reportedly created a new character with Liu in mind.
Fact: Pregnant former Ally Mcbeal star Courtney Thorne-Smith will release her first novel, Outside In, this autumn (07).
Fact: <p>Actress Portia De Rossi based her icy Ally Mcbeal character NELL PORTER on Kim Novak in VERTIGO. </p>