ThePieMaker.com is proud to announce that we will be hosting Q&A’s with the writing staff of Pushing Daisies! This is your chance to ask the writers specific questions pertaining to your favorite episodes.

To promote Pushing Daisies and keep the show on fans minds while we wait for the Season 1 DVD box set, we will be working with the Pushing Daisies staff and going episode by episode to put you in touch with the incredible talents that make Daisies happen. Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks!

Want to pick the brains of the people that created the amazing world of Couer d’ Cour and the poets behind the unbelievable dialogue? Here’s how…

Starting tonight, head on over to ABC.com and watch Episode 1.02 (”Dummy“) online for free! As soon as you’re finished, come back to ThePieMaker.com and leave your questions for the scribe of “Dummy,” Peter Ocko.

*The questions should be episode specific and please limit one question per comment. The Pushing Daisies writing staff is already hard at work on Season 2 and they will answer as many of your questions as possible.

Submit your questions about Episode 1.02 “Dummy” for Peter Ocko here.

Pushing Daisies just got a little sexier! Star Anna Friel and her Daisies character Charlotte “Chuck” Charles have been named the sexiest female on television. According to the Hallmark Channel (UK), 1,600 people were polled and 20% were in favor of our girl!

According to the Hallmark Channel (who also announced that Doctor Who’s David Tennant is the sexiest male):

“Our ongoing research into what makes great gripping drama has revealed that a sexy male or female lead can make a real difference to the success of a new series.

“If you were creating the ideal on-screen TV couple it would arguably be David and Anna, but you wouldn’t want to see them doing anything that distracts from the plot!”

Congratulations Anna from all of us here at ThePieMaker.com
*Thanks to annafriel.org and lee-pace.org for the photo

If you’re a fan of PUSHING DAISIES then be sure to check back with ThePieMaker.com on Monday, May 12th for a very special announcement.  We’ve teamed up with the folks over at PUSHING DAISIES to bring you something we think you’ll really enjoy.

Lee Pace has been nothing if not the man of the press these past few months. In addition to traveling the world promoting PUSHING DAISIES, Lee has also been on the interview circuit talking about his new movie THE FALL. In this interview with Metromix, Lee touches on the network’s involvement in the show and the type of movie roles he isn’t interested in pursuing.

You mentioned the failure of “Wonderfalls” earlier. Did you feel like it was an uphill battle against the network while making the show?
We were all trying to do our best on it, but everyone knew that there was a fight with Fox, that Fox did not like the lesbian storyline. We were also on the same year “The O.C.” premiered. We would do a whole episode, and then the cast would ask [the network], “Is there anything we can do differently?” And they were like, “No, you’re great!” But you know that there were probably ten executives on the set of “The O.C.” debating whether or not Mischa Barton should wear espadrilles.

So has “Pushing Daisies” been a more positive TV experience?
Look, [the network execs] still have opinions. I think the idea of the show really works, and it makes people feel good, and the executives have got really great ideas. Everyone’s pitching in and trying to let it be as good as it can be, and part of that is making it maybe a little less weird. It doesn’t have to be so bizarre that it turns people off. I mean, it’s a pie maker who touches dead things back to life! It’s a weird idea already, so any way we can make it palatable is good, I think.

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Calling all Daisy Pushers!! PUSHING DAISIES doesn’t come back until the Fall but it’s time we start doing our part to spread the word of the show to newbies. That’s where YOU come in.

Are you one of those crazy talented PUSHING DAISIES fans that just loves to create fanvids for the show? Well, then this contest is for you! ThePieMaker.com is asking fans to create and submit fan videos to help introduce the show to people that have not yet seen it. Show the world Pushing Daisies through your eyes.

What’s the best way to get someone to tune into Pushing Daisies when the show returns? Do you share the epic love story of Ned & Chuck? Or perhaps it’s the unrequited love of Ned & Olive. Maybe your video explains Ned’s unique ability to bring the dead back to life. Or maybe the charm of the Darling Mermaid Darlings. And don’t forget about Emerson Cod or all the alive-agains. What ever the subject matter, it’s up to YOU!!

Details on how to enter after the jump…

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In case you are in the need of an Anna Friel fix (and who isn’t), please enjoy a sampling of these lovely photos from Easy Living Magazine.

Many more photos from this shoot can be found at Anna-Friel.org

Here’s enough pretty to get you through the day. Lee Pace is featured in the May 2008 issue of Men’s Vogue. We are working on getting a link to the full article, but for now here are a few shots from inside the magazine.

As much as I adore Lee and the rest of the cast I am dying for some real PUSHING DAISIES news. Comic Con is not too far away.

Hey Pushing Daisies and Lee Pace fans, if you live in Los Angeles get your butt to the Hammer Museum tonight to see a screening of Lee’s film “The Fall.”

When: April 17, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Price: Free Event
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu
Hammer Museum Neighborhood: Westwood 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Filter Magazine and the Hammer team up for a screening of Tarsem Singh’s new film “The Fall.” Known simply as Tarsem, this Indian director’s previous work includes Jennifer Lopez vehicle “The Cell” as well as R.E.M.’s video for “Losing My Religion.” In any case, “The Fall” somehow manages to tell the story of a 1915 Los Angeles hospital juxtaposed with a fantasy world of bandits, palaces and dreamy landscapes (the film was shot in over 18 countries). Imagine “The English Patient” on steroids. Tarsem will be on-hand for a Q n A to follow the film.

Here’s a question… could you live without Pushing Daisies‘ second episode “Dummy“? It’s a question that those in the UK won’t have to answer for themselves because ITV has made that decision for them.

ITV is pulling “Dummy” from their lineup and skipping right to the third episode “The Fun In Funeral” because they only allocated 8 weeks to air Daisies’ 9 week run. That ain’t right…

Here is an article from The Guardian outlining the importance of the second chapter in literature, film and AA.

Can you imagine if ABC just didn’t bother airing the second episode of the season? All bloody hell would have broke loose.

Dan here with a juicy little tidbit I’ve sat on for quite some time… It’s a secret that I wasn’t able to spill for fear of Bryan Fuller bitch-slapping me into Coeur d’Coeurs and luckily I didn’t have to, someone else did!

There has long been a rumor that one of the characters in the Pushing Daisies world is gay. Way back in the early days of the show, series creator Bryan Fuller told me that it was NOT one of the main characters but that one day he/she would be revealed.

I finally got that answer I was looking for and I vowed not to tell a soul…

Well, the good folks that I work for over at AfterElton.com have gone public with Bryan’s answer and I didn’t even write the article or give them the scoop!

Want to know who’s got a crush on our favorite knitter Emerson or possibly even our beloved Pie Maker? Head on over to AfterElton.com to find out! While you’re there, check out the video they posted from our red carpet coverage of the NYTVF Premiere of Pushing Daisies.