Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

First of all, congrats are extended to the winners at the CMT Music Awards, including Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Scotty McCreery, Jason Aldean, Thompson Square and Brad Paisley.

Now, here are the rest of the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Jorge Garcia (Alcatraz) will make a guest appearance on Californication, joining his former Lost co-star Maggie Grace in a story about Faith, a rock star groupie and muse who befriends Hank Moody (David Duchovny) whose relationship becomes more than platonic. Garcia will play an old contact from Faith’s past. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actors John Carroll Lynch and Nicholas Bishop as well as actress Sonja Sohn will NOT be returning to Body of Proof when the series returns to ABC mid-season of the 2012-2013 TV season. (Sadie Gennis at TV Guide, Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

NBC will be taking on a modern-day story of the Hatfields & McCoys that will feature Charlize Theron as a producer. It should be noted this project predates the highly successful History Channel mini-series that just aired over the Memorial Day weekend. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of the remake of the film Robocop that will have actor Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) starring as cop Alex Murphy, who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer. Jackson will play Pat Novak, a charismatic media mogul and a powerful force in the Robocop world. Gary Oldman also stars. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Actor Dan Aykroyd will appear in the Liberace biopic called Behind the Candelabra where he will play the singer’s (Michael Douglas) long-time manager, who doesn’t approve of his gay relationship with lover Scott Thorson (Matt Damon). (Variety and First Showing)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

First Trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ Live-Action Film Return with ‘Flight’

Watch: First Wonderful Trailer for Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Revealed

That’s it. Enjoy!