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From today’s Ausiello Report:

Milo Ventimiglia Q&A By popular demand (152 e-mails and counting), here's the complete transcript of my interview with Milo Ventimiglia, conducted last Friday during a preplanned meet-and-greet at TV Guide's Gotham headquarters. Juicy, scoopy bits abound — particularly the stuff about Lauren Graham's Gilmore Girls contract that you just know I'll be asking her about tomorrow if, er, when she lands her first Emmy nomination! Ausiello: Inquiring minds (read: TVGuide.com readers) must know: Are you single? Milo: Yeah. Ausiello: How's single life treating you? Milo: [Chuckles] That's about all you'll get out of me. Ausiello: Any chance of you going back to Gilmore Girls? Milo: Never gonna happen. Ausiello: Because the Palladinos are gone? Milo: Yup. Ausiello: But what if the new show-runner, Dave Rosenthal, asks you? He might be a fan of yours. Milo: I appreciate that, but I'm pretty busy this year. Ausiello: So you feel that Jess' story is done? Milo: I felt that it was done a long time ago, but Dan and Amy kept saying, "We got some cool things, and we're really hoping you'll be a part of it." So I went back and I kind of enjoyed what Jess turned into. He turned into a grown-up. Watching [my] last episode, I was like, "It's done." Ausiello: Were you surprised that Amy and Dan left? Milo: No. I think they thought that [Warner Bros.] was willing to take care of them like they take care of John Wells and Aaron Sorkin. Those guys have major empires. [Amy and Dan] had always been developing with the studio and trying to find some things to do, so the fact that they stepped away doesn't surprise me. Amy said she knows what happens in the last scene of the final episode, so who knows how that's going to turn out. But I'm not going to be part of it. It was always nice that they kept wanting me to come back. And I always had a good experience working with them. And, I have to admit, they gave me my first public push. All the work that I did [before Gilmore Girls] was very much under the radar, and still pretty much under the radar. Ausiello: Do you think next season will be the last? Milo: I know Alexis' contract is up, and she really wants to leave. Ausiello: Lauren's contract will be up as well. Milo: No, it's not. I think she bartered for more money one year to secure another [season]. Ausiello: Are you sure? I just talked to her, and she made it pretty clear that she was only contracted for one more season. Milo: Eh, you probably know more than me. (They also talked about Rocky VI and Heroes – see MV thread) Ausiello: You're probably going to be asked this at press tour, so you can rehearse your response now: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Milo: I would want the power of persuasion. Think about it: You could walk into a foreign country and start a war — if you're so evil. If you're peaceful, you could walk into a foreign country and end a war just by talking to someone. It's kind of like Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi-type thing.

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