PAULA ABDUL HEADED TO LIFETIME: 'Idol' judge to guest star on new original series 'Drop Dead Diva.'

July 3, 2009

Paula Abdul       *Paula Abdul scored herself a guest starring role in Lifetime’s new original series "Drop Dead Diva," a dramedy about a shallow model who, after death, finds her soul inside the body of a smart plus-sized attorney named Jane.

       “I am very excited to guest star on 'Drop Dead Diva,'” Abdul says. “All of the people are extremely talented and it’s a charming, wonderfully written new show.”

        Broadway star Brooke Elliott plays the lawyer lead. In a September episode, Jane will go before Judge Nina Hodge, played by Abdul, in a case about a store that refuses to carry plus-sized clothing.      

       Abdul joins a big roster of guest stars for the show, which premieres July 12, including Liza Minnelli, Nia Vardalos, Rosie O’Donnell, Tim Gunn, Sharon Lawrence, Elliott Gould, Delta Burke, Marla Sokoloff, Gregory Harrison, Kathy Najimy, Mark Moses, Chuck Woolery and Deidrich Bader.