Kristen Bell isn’t going anywhere as Showtime’s ‘House of Lies’ has recently been announced as being renewed for the second season.

The show, also starring Don Cheadle, has only been on for about four episodes but is already one of the network’s highest-rated programs, states UsMagazine.com. ‘Shameless’ and ‘Californication’ have reportedly also been renewed for more seasons.

The network has commented on being pleased with all the shows and the growing audiences they are gaining.

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Fans of the new hit SHOWTIME comedy series HOUSE OF LIES can now enjoy a behind the scenes look at what goes on at the Galweather & Stearn offices when the hot, young team of consultants is away from their clients. The team typically spends four days a week on the road, working hard and playing even harder. But, on Fridays, the real fun begins… This is the story of what happens on the fifth day. The “Fridays at Galweather” webisodes were written by Emmy® Award-winning series star Ben Schwartz and series co-producer Wes Nickerson, and directed by Emmy Award-winning series star Glynn Turman (“The Wire”).

The HOUSE OF LIES webisodes focus on Clyde (Schwartz) and Doug’s (Josh Lawson) frat boy antics during their “work day” at the Galweather & Stearn offices. Clyde and Doug take on “strategic” issues that include sexual harassment, hazing a new applicant, how to hire cost-effective adult entertainment and what to do when trapped in an elevator. The webisodes will also feature a guest appearance by series star Kristen Bell.

For an inside look at “Fridays at Galweather,” go to http://galweatherstearn.com/people-values

The videos are also available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND.

The series premiere episode of “House of Lies” is now available to watch on Youtube thanks to Showtime! Check it out now!

If you’ve been watching the trailers for Showtime’s upcoming new series House of Lies and wishing you had Showtime so you could see the premiere, you may be in luck. Showtime has conveniently (likely intentionally) set up the weekend of the premiere as a free preview weekend for the pay-cable channel. So, depending on your cable provider, you may have the opportunity to catch the premiere even if you aren’t a paying Showtime subscriber.

The information about the Free Preview Weekend, which is set to take place from January 6th to January 8th, came in the description of the preview video posted below, which gives us a look at Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and the rest of the cast. House of Lies stars Cheadle as Marty, a “big-money earner” at a management consulting firm. You’ll get a good idea of what he and his “take the men with the world by the balls by the balls” mentality are all about in the video below.

While Bradley Cooper has used his post-”Limitless” and “The Hangover Part II” career to take a step upward with parts in Derek Cianfrance‘s “The Place Beyond The Pines,” David O. Russell‘s “The Silver Linings Playbook,” Alex Proyas’ “Paradise Lost” and possibly even Warner Bros.’ “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” he’s not above doing favors for friends. Even if it means starring in a movie directed by Dax Shepard.

With the American Film Market heating up, Exclusive Media Group are going to be shopping “Outrun,” written, starring and set to be co-directed by Shepard (along with David Palmer) with his gal Kristen Bell, Tom Arnold (!?) and Cooper also to feature. The premise is pretty straightforward following an ex-getaway driver (Shepard), who is in the Witness Protection Program, but flaunts the rules in order to drive his girlfriend (Bell) to L.A. so that she can get her dream job. But it isn’t long before the fuzz and his old gang led by Cooper are on his tail.

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Alaskans involved in the production of the big-budget studio film “Everybody Loves Whales” — or maybe just those startled to see Drew Barrymore in an Anchorage coffee shop — shouldn’t look for a movie under that title to see their name in the credits. The movie, which stars Barrymore and John Krasinski and revolves around the real-life story of the rescue of three gray whales trapped by sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, has been retitled “Big Miracle,” according to a post from the Alaska Film Office’s Facebook page. The film will likely see some popularity in the 49th State after the cause celebre surrounding the project’s $30 million budget and use of Alaska locales. The movie is slated to release on Feb. 3, 2012, so any Alaskans wondering if they’re house shows up in the background can check it out then.

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Kristen Bell will return to TV on … Sunday, January 8, 2012, when her new Showtime comedy House of Lies debuts, announced the network at the critics press tour in Beverly Hills.

Lies stars Bell and Don Cheadle as cut-throat corporate consultants, and will premeire alongside the return of Californication and Shameless.

Showtime also announced a new project, Laughing Stock, a comedian interview program produced by Steve Carell and David Steinberg.

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There is a new release date for the film “Everybody Loves Whales”. The film has been pushed back from January 2012 to February 3, 2012! The film is about a news reporter who works with a Greenpeace activist to save a family of gray whales trapped by ice in the arctic circle, and how their quest even caused the Soviet Union and the United States to momentarily put their conflict on hold during the Cold War.