Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actor Corey Reynolds (The Closer) has signed a talent holding deal with NBC and with that sealing that the deal that he WON’T be involved in the spin-off from The Closer – Major Crimes – that will star Mary McDonnell. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Soap actress Tanya Clarke (Guiding Light) will appear as Mary Evans, the mom of Sam (Chord Overstreet) on Glee. This news follows yesterday announcement that John Schneider (Smallville) will be playing Sam’s dad. This is potentially to be a recurring role for Clarke. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Treat Williams (Everwood and Against the Wall) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Jake Stanton, a former all-star quarterback caught up in a sting operation with an underage prostitute. Stanton will be represented by famed defense attorney Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher). (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)
Actress Janet McTeer (Into the Storm) has been added as a regular on the fifth and final season of Damages, playing Kate Franklin, a former colleague of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) who aims to take on her old boss by working for rival Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) and actor Peter Weller (Robocop) will both guest star on Franklin & Bash. Seymour will play the freewheeling, indecisive Earth Mom of Peter Bash (Mark Paul Gosselaar). Weller will play a reclusive rock star whose estranged son is being evicted from a Hollywood music club he created. Franklin & Bash will return sometime next summer. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Actress Emilie de Ravin (Lost) will guest star on Once Upon a Time, playing Belle from the Beauty and the Beast fairytale. There are few details on her story, but it is said Belle will have a connection to Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle). She will appear in an episode slated to air early next year. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Hayley Atwell (Captain America) has joined the independent steampunk-themed film called The Return Of Captain Nemo, which is a sequel to Jules Verne’s classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. The story has President Ulysses S Grant freeing Captain Nemo (Hugh Bonneville) from prison to try and discover why mysterious “sea monsters” are sinking ships up and down the Atlantic Coast. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)
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Q&A SECTION (with Kristin at E! Entertainment)
Question from Monique: Once Upon a Time is my new fave show!! Please, any info you have! Give us something juicy!
Kristin: Sheriff Graham (Jaime Dornan) is definitely a well-known storybook character. Guesses? Also, I’m hearing of a big death in the works for one of the major characters.
Question from Jake in Seattle, Wash: Grimm! What new monsters can we expect this season?
Kristin: Oh, what a wicked web Grimm weaves! We are really intrigued about a future episode which features Lena, a beautiful yet terrifying “Black Widow” creature who is cursed with a disease that causes her to age rapidly. The only cure to stop the aging? Kill three young men in three days by sucking the life out of them. Eek! But here is where the show really gets interesting: When Lena isn’t preying on the innocent, she is driving a minivan to soccer practice and enjoying a simple suburban lifestyle.
Question from Shannonxo: Secret Circle goodness in the way of black john scoop please?
Kristin: You may be asking, “Who the heck is Black John?!” right about now. While TV viewers know him as John Blackwell, fans of L.J. Smith’s book series know and love to hate him as Black John. “We might incorporate a character like Black John,” executive producer Andrew Miller coyly tells us. “He might be renamed.” So yes, John Blackwell definitely equals Black John, and if you’ve read the books, you know the character is pure evil. Basically Black John is to TSC what Klaus is to The Vampire Diaries.
Question from lindsx11: anything & everything Secret Circle…please?!
Kristin: How about that Cassie (Britt Robertson) will begin looking into her past, namely her mysterious (and most definitely evil) father John Blackwell? “We’re going to see Cassie looking through books and go through a whole thing of who her mother was and what her mother did,” Robertson tells us. “It’s like, I can only imagine where she’ll go with her father. She needs to know who she is at heart and what makes her who she is.”
Question from @the1nonlunisha: It seems like Hart of Dixie is moving away from Zoey and George any chance they’ll revisit that?
Kristin: We’ve got scoop on that! Minus the Zoe (Rachel Bilson) part… Later this season, we’re going to see George (Scott Porter) seriously butting heads with someone, and surprisingly it’s not Lemon (Jaime King). Introducing: Lawrence Lee, an extremely competitive and arrogant lawyer who clashes with George both in the courtroom and during a fierce game of Pictionary. His wife is Delia Ann, head of the Blue Bell Historical Society so we’re just going to assume that Lemon will want to smooth out these conflicts as soon as possible.
Question from Fatherdowling: when is Jack going to get an actual love interest on #Revenge?
Kristin: Something, or someone, tells us we’ve already met her. And that someone is Joshua Bowman who says, “There is going to be an introduction to another character, and I don’t know if that is going to make it into a love square but it is definitely going to put a spin on the works.” Our guess? Jack (Nick Wechsler) is going to take an interest in the real Emily Thorne (Margarita Levieva) who just came into town. Ruh-roh!
Question from Stacy: Revenge is my new guilty pleasure. got a scoop for me?
Kristin: It’s our guilty pleasure too, just minus the whole guilty part. It’s that awesome. Prepare for a major rift to occur between Daniel (Bowman) and Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) in next Wednesday’s episode. “There is a huge showdown because she does something very nasty,” Bowman teases. “She does something to Emily (Emily VanCamp) to pull on me to confront her in a serious level, and it wasn’t good. It wasn’t cool. I can’t say what it is, but it has to do with Frank (Max Martini).” Color us intrigued!
Question from BLehmanDC: When (and how) is Tyler going to “get his” on Revenge?
Kristin: Sorry to break it to you, but we think Tyler (Ashton Holmes) is going to be around for a little longer. The good news? He’s so much fun to hate and Daniel is on to him. “Tyler is really taking a grip of my dad and he’s starting to weasel his way in,” Bowman says. “I am going to put a stop to that you’ll see over the next three or four episodes.” Go Daniel!
That’s it. Enjoy!
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