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Hey All,

Happy Friday Everyone!! I hope you all have some fun things planned for this weekend. In the meantime, here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) has been added to the list of guest stars for the soap-opera themed episode of Castle that will air this spring. She joins Corbin Bernsen, Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison in this episode. (Give Me My Remote)

Actor John C. McGinley (Scrubs) will have a recurring role in the upcoming HBO drama Lucky that take a look inside the provocative world of horse racing, with a specific spotlight cast on the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse gaming industry players that will star Dustin Hoffman. McGinley will play a genial swindler working in cahoots with his daughter. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Alicia Coppola (Jericho) will appear as Lucy, the much-talked about but never seen ex-wife of Fitch (Michael Imperioli) on Detroit 1-8-7. Coppola is currently working on the USA Network pilot Common Law that stars Michael Ealy and she will be seen in next week’s episode of Castle. (Meg Masters at TV Line)

NBC has pulled the plug on its new drama Chase. This decision was obviously prompted by the low ratings the show has consistently received all season. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Sam Hennings (Memphis Beat) will appear as Samuel Colt in an upcoming episode of Supernatural. Colt is the man behind the Colt revolver who Sam and Dean come face-to-face with when they travel back to the Old West later this season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Zachary Levi (Chuck) and Mandy Moore as well as Gwyneth Paltrow and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine will all perform nominated songs at the Oscars, which will be televised on Sunday, February 27 on ABC. Levi and Moore will be accompanied by Alan Menken on the piano for the song “I See the Light” from their animated film Tangled while Paltrow will sing “Coming Home” from her film Country Strong. A.R. Rahman and Welch will perform “If I Rise” from the film 127 Hours, and Randy Newman will sing “We Belong Together” from the animated movie Toy Story 3. (Robyn Ross at TV Guide)

Actress Alex Kingston (ER and Doctor Who) will have a multi-episode role on Private Practice, playing Marla, a shrink who will help out one of the staff work through a personal ordeal. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

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DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Singer-actor Jesse McCartney has landed the male lead in the FOX pilot Locke & Key, which is set around a family’s attempt to rebuild by moving in with their deceased father’s brother at the family homestead in Maine, where they discover doorways with decidedly spectral qualities. He will play Ty, the eldest of the Locke children. The cast already includes Harrison Thomas, Miranda Otto, Nick Stahl, Sarah Bolger and Skylar Gaertner. (The Futon Critic)

A&E has booked a script for a new drama called Overload from John E. Pogue (who is involved behind the scenes at Army Wives). The drama will be about a female detective blessed and cursed with hyper-acute senses who balances her work and personal life in Boston. (The Futon Critic)

Kyle Killen, the Executive Producer of the short-lived FOX drama Lone Star has received a pilot order from NBC for an Inception-like drama called REM, which is about the simultaneous and parallel lives of a detective who cannot let go of any aspect of his fractured family after a horrible car accident. (The Futon Critic)

Meanwhile, NBC has order the adaptation of the British hit Prime Suspect to pilot. The pilot would follow an iconoclastic female detective has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men. The network has also ordered to pilot the Civil War based series The Crossing, which is about a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior — whether he likes it or not. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Eva Green (Casino Royale) has landed the female lead in the film adaptation of the 60s supernatural TV soap opera Dark Shadows. She is expected to play the role of Angelique, who in the TV series was a powerful witch who was alternately tormented and bewitched by her love-hate relationship with Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp). (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

In a decision that could really upset fans of the Superman franchise IF it proves to be true, it looks like Lois Lane MAY not be a part of the reboot of the upcoming film that will star Henry Cavill (The Tudors) as the Man of Steel. Word has it that Diane Kruger (National Treasure), Alice Eve (She’s Out of My League), and Rosamund Pike (An Education) have now emerged as the three actresses in contention for the female lead character. The character one of these beauties would portray has not been disclosed, but it has been confirmed that it will NOT be Lois Lane. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Legendary actor Jeff Bridges will appear in the box office film The Seventh Son – the new name of the adaptation The Last Apprentice, which is a series of young adult novels by Joseph Delaney. The story revolves around a teenage boy training to be an exorcist in the 1700’s. Bridges will play Spook, the exorcist who would train Thomas. Rumor has it that actor Alex Pettyfer (the upcoming I Am Number Four) and Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) may be playing lead roles in this film as well, but neither has been confirmed yet. (Collider, Just Jared and First Showing)

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Any scoops on NCIS and NCIS: LA? Will there ever be another cross-over episode? A Hetty and Gibbs scene is what I live for! — Melissa

Answer: Nothing planned as of yet, unfortunately. Consolation scoop: We’ll be meeting Ziva’s oh-so-amazing boyfriend Ray soonish — and see the ripples he causes…

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific weekend!

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Hey All,

How is the week going for everyone? Thankfully, it’s nearly over and there is a lot of cool entertainment news to share with all of you.

TELEVISION

MTV has set a premiere date for their new drama Teen Wolf, which will be loosely based on the 80’s camp films. The series will debut on June 5 immediately following the MTV Movie Awards. (The Futon Critic)

NBC has moved the return of their new fall drama The Event to one week later. It will now air back-to-back episodes at 8 and 9 PM on March 7. (The Futon Critic)

No great surprise here, but CBS confirms they have renewed their powerhouse series NCIS for a 9th season. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Ray Wise (best known for his roles on Twin Peaks and Reaper) will make an appearance on an upcoming episode of Chuck, starring as an attorney for Volkoff (Timothy Dalton). Wise will appear in the same episode for which actresses Lauren Cohan (Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries) and Robin Givens are slated to appear. (Rick Porter at Zap2It)

Actress Sally Kellerman (the original Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the film version of M*A*S*H) will appear in a multi-episode arc on the CW series 90210, playing Marla, a faded movie star-turned-hoarder who’s losing control of her Grey Gardens-esque existence. She hires Annie (Shanae Grimes) to de-clutter her house. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

USA Network announced today that the 10th and final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, featuring original stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe, will begin on May 1. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Meanwhile, the network will also have their drama In Plain Sight back for a 4th season on May 1 as well. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The proposed companion series to The Vampire Diaries doesn’t look like it will be happening, but Kevin Williamson (one of the Executive Producers for popular CW series) will be working on a new project called Secret Circle, based on a three-book series from The Vampire Diaries author L.J. Smith, which centers on a California teen who moves to her mom’s hometown of New Salem and discovers that she is a witch. There is no confirmation if this new project will be picked up as a series by The CW as yet, though. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Barry Watson (7th Heaven and What About Brian) will join Christine Taylor in the TV Land comedy called Rip City, which revolves around an Ivy League-educated woman (Taylor) who moves to Oregon to work at a beverage company called Rip City Cola. Watson will play her colleague and potential love interest. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Casting for the upcoming soap-opera themed episode of Castle entitled “One Life to Lose” – reflecting lead actor Nathan Fillion’s time on the soap One Life to Life – has been made: All My Children favorites Cameron Mathison and Rebecca Budig as well as Corbin Bernsen (Psych). Bernsen will play Lance Buchanan, the handsome and dashing lead actor of the fictional soap called Temptations, who has the reputation as a ladies’ man. Mathison plays a character named Vince Bowers while Budig will appear as Mandy Bronson. The intrigue involves a Temptations fan who blogs about her intense dissatisfaction with the soap’s storylines. The episode is expected to air this spring. (William Keck at TV Guide)

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DEVELOPMENT NEWS

CBS has ordered the drama The Rememberer to pilot. The project is a female NYPD detective who possesses the special ability to remember everything and, although a gift in her job, it’s also a curse in her personal life. (The Futon Critic)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Jackie Earle Haley (Human Target) and rising Aussie actress Bella Heathcote are in early talks to join the film adaptation of the 1960s supernatural TV soap opera Dark Shadows that will follow the life of vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) who is forced to deal with all sorts of monsters, ghosts and other supernatural creatures. Heathcote would play a waitress whom Collins takes a shine to because of her resemblance to his long-lost love. Haley’s possible role has not been released. The film is expected to be released in the spring of 2012. (Deadline, Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Alyssa Milano (Charmed) has joined the burgeoning cast of the Garry Marshall film New Year’s Eve. The cast already includes Katherine Heigl, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger and Sofia Vergara. (Entertainment Weekly)

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That’s it. Enjoy!

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