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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace) has landed a multi-episode arc on the ABC drama Body of Proof that will be back in mid-season. She will play Angela Martin, a police chief who goes head to head with new addition Tommy (Mark Valley) and Megan (Dana Delaney). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

ABC picked up new series Nashville for a full season. (ABC Press Release)

Actor Ernie Hudson (Oz) will have a recurring role on the new ABC drama Last Resort, playing the Speaker of the House Conrad Buell. (Nellie Andreeva and Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actor Seth Gabel (Fringe) will be showing up in the new CW hit series Arrow playing a “scary and nightmarish” super-villain modeled after the DC Comics character Vertigo, but his name won’t be Vertigo. A deadly new drug that becomes all the rage in Starling City will be called Vertigo. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Legend/superstar Liza Minnelli will guest star on an episode of Smash in season two as herself and will sing an original song with Tom (Christian Borle). (Jenna Mullins at E! Online)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Mena Suvari and actor Henry Simmons have joined the cast of upcoming two-hour movie/backdoor pilot at Lifetime called Stalkers which is set to star Drea De Mateo (The Sopranos) and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Prison Break). The pilot/movie is inspired by a true story from the book “Whisper Of Fear: The True Story Of The Prosecutor Who Stalks The Stalkers” by Rhonda Saunders, a criminal prosecutor who wrote the law on stalking in California. The project follows Diane Harper (de Matteo), a hot-headed cop with a troubled past, and a polished, ambitious DA (O’Keefe) who team up to bring a stalker (Suvari), obsessed with her former lover, to justice. Simmons will play Harper’s partner Cliff. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The CW has bought the spec script entitled Sick that is based in a world where youths are quarantined after a mysterious virus makes adults allergic to teenagers. It will center on a band of teens who escape from their containment units and go on the run from authorities. The network has also put into development a drama project called Jane Whitefield, which is based on the “Vanishing Act” book series by Thomas Perry. The project will center on a quirky young woman in search of her biological parents and her own identity who runs a private investigation/”eraser” company in Portland. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Arrow executive producer Greg Berlanti and The Vampire Diaries executive producer (who have been friends since college) will be teaming together for an adaptation of the cult British 70’s sci-fi series The Tomorrow People, which tells the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Former House executive producer Katie Jacobs will team with best-selling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo for a project to be called I Am Victor, a potential new drama for NBC. The project, based on Nesbo’s book, is described as “House (the character from the FOX medical series) as a divorce attorney”. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Got anything on Arrow? – Karrie

Team Watch with Kristin: As a matter of fact, we do! In the show’s on-target 13thepisode, look for the introduction of a major new recurring character named Halloway. The dude’s an imposing CIA black-ops agent who was sent to Lian Yu on a mission that didn’t turn out so well and, as a result, now has major trust issues. Which tends to make an already dangerous man even more dangerous. In other words, watch your back, Oliver!

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Kelly Hu (X2 and The Vampire Diaries) will guest star in a January episode of Castle, playing Scarlet Jones, the bodyguard to a notorious adult video kingpin named Beau Randolph, who winds up dead. It’s being reported that she will attract the attention of Detective Esposito (Jon Huertas). (Drusilla Morehouse at Zap2It).

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Jill Flint (Royal Pains) has landed the female lead in the NBC drama pilot called After Hours that is about the graveyard shift in the ER at San Antonio Medical Center. She will play Dr. Jordan Santos, “T.C.’s (Eoin Macken) ex-girlfriend, now engaged to someone else; recently promoted to Chief of the Night Shift. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies from this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations and E! Online:

1. Skyfall, $87.8 million
2. Wreck-It Ralph, $33.1 million
3. Flight, $15.1 million
4. Argo, $6.7 million
5. Taken 2, $4 million
6. Here Comes the Boom, $2.6 million
7. Cloud Atlas, $2.53 million
8. Pitch Perfect, $2.5 million
9. The Man With the Iron Fists, $2.49 million
10. Hotel Transylvania, $2.4 million

Actress Maria Bello (Touch) has joined the cast of the upcoming box office film called Prisoners that will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano and Viola Davis. The film follows a small town carpenter, which will be played by Hugh Jackman, who tries to find his kidnapped daughter and her best friend himself after the police can’t. There are no details yet as to what role Bello will play. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

It looks like a MacGyver film, based on the classic 80’s TV series that starred Richard Dean Anderson, might be getting done by New Line. No plot details have emerged ye though. (Justin Kroll at Variety)

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

Question: I’m probably the minority, but I am liking Laurel’s chemistry with Tommy much more than I like Laurel and Oliver. Think he’s got a chance to get the girl? — Abbie

Sandra: This week’s Arrow might leave you with more than one sign that Tommy is still in this fight for the girl and there is one Queen who is not going to like what transpires in this episode (and their first name is not Oliver.) Bonus scoop: Someone we — and Oliver! — thought was gone forever pops up again in this episode. But there’s a twist!

Question: Are we ever going to see a love interest for Ruby? I don’t see her getting together with Hook like some fans want. He belongs with Emma! I do think she deserves someone though! — Dana

Sandra: Meghan Ory is right there with you in thinking Ruby deserves some lovin’ on Once Upon a Time, but she doesn’t see it happening while past wounds still need healing. “I think love and Red are interesting because she’s been through so much with the loss of Peter, and I think the big question is can she allow herself to love again,” she says. “And if so, who would that be and who would she feel safe loving.” Additionally, Ory’s not sure whether or not we’ve seen that person quite yet. “I think that the writers are very brilliant and come up with incredibly creative things. I would never guess what they might do,” she says.

Question: You’re always there to satisfy my craving for Leverage scoop! Thank you!! And keep it coming! — Brittany

Sandra: One of my favorite team moments EVER comes at the end of the Christmas episode, airing Dec. 18. It involves a story, Nate, and his son Sam. Bring tissues.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Happy Veteran’s Day!

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