Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy will hit the small screen together on Sunday, January 9 for their new Showtime program, Shameless! The show stars William as a working-class father of six – Emmy plays his eldest – who’s got a drinking problem.

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The long-running British TV drama Shameless is being adapted for Showtime with William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum leading the cast. The premium cable channel said it’s ordered 12 episodes of the series about a Chicago blue-collar family. The executive producers are the drama’s original creator, Paul Abbott, and John Wells, whose credits include ER and The West Wing. Allison Janney (The West Wing) will have a recurring role. Production begins late this summer. An air date was not announced.

Taylor Swift has donated a pair of her shoes to the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation’s Hero in Heels fundraiser. The annual fashion show, which benefits women with cancer, is held every spring and auctions off shoes donated by various celebs. Swift’s shoes, a gently-worn pair of black Betsey Johnson heels with her autograph on the sole, will be auctioned off at the fashion show. Other celebrities auctioning their shoes this year include Scarlett Johansson, Ali Larter, Colbie Caillat, Emmy Rossum, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert and Maria Sharapova. Bidding for auction is now open and will continue until April 8, when the live show will take place.

As reported before, Emmy joined the cause This Is Our Moment. Click here to watch Emmy’s ad.

Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly gathered stars Edward Norton, Forest Whitaker and Chace Crawford for an internet campaign. The actor and environmental activist has lined up several celebrities in an attempt to change America’s policy on pollution and climate restoration, according to Teen Hollywood. DiCaprio has filmed an online video urging the public to lobby politicians, who will vote on a bill called the Clean Energy, Jobs and American Power Act, which aims to cut US reliance on foreign oil supplies and the use of sustainable energy sources. Other actors recruited for the video campaign include Felicity Huffman, Justin Long and Emmy Rossum, who all address viewers in the This Is Our Moment campaign. The 35-year-old said: “There is a bill in the United States Senate that we need to pay attention to. Everyone as a nation. We’re going to be watching all you senators, very closely.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy Rossum will star opposite William H. Macy in John Wells’ pilot Shameless for Showtime. Allison Janney has also signed on for a key recurring role. Lastly, Justin Chatwin has been cast in this pilot from Warner Bros. TV and John Wells Prods. The show is based on the long-running British series by top U.K. TV writer Paul Abbott. It revolves around the Gallaghers, they are a working-class Chicago clan dealing with the recession. The mother is absent, and the alcoholic parent (Macy) always ends up passed out on the living room floor. Eventually, their 18-year-old daughter Fiona (Rossum) takes on the role of keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on the right track. Janney will play a love interest for Macy. Chatwin is going to be Steve, a car thief who falls for Fiona. Mark Mylod will be directing the pilot from a screenplay by Abbott and Wells.