"Nip/Tuck" is a series that just keeps getting hotter and hotter. With the fourth season set to debut in a few weeks, FX (the show's network) announced this week that the series has locked in several guest stars for the new season.

In a multiple-episode story arc, Sanaa Lathan (Aliens vs. Predator) will join the show as the new owner of the surgeons' plastic surgery practice, with Larry Hagman ("Dallas") joining as her character's sugar-daddy husband.

In single episode storylines, Kathleen Turner will appear as a phone-sex pro who needs work done on her vocal chords, and legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve will guest as a widow who wants her husband's ashes put into her implants.

Also on board for the new episodes, but in not-yet-written roles, will be Richard Chamberlain, Jacqueline Bisset, Melissa Gilbert and Peter Dinklage (Station Agent, "Threshold").

Season four of "Nip/Tuck" will have its premier on September 5, and is sure to continue to push buttons with its controversial storylines. The network is currently airing previous seasons on Saturday nights, or you can catch up with the first three seasons on dvd. All three box sets are available at Amazon.com or your favorite local retailer.

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