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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin) will have a major recurring role on Warehouse 13 when the show returns on April 29. He will play a villain named Paracelsus. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Starting on April 30, Grimm will move to Tuesday nights on NBC. (The Futon Critic)

It has been revealed that actor J. August Richards (Angel) will appear as hit man named Mr. Blank on Arrow. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: Do you have any scoop on Arrow and the remaining episodes this season? What will happen between Laurel and Tommy? –Karen

Mitovich: Did you hear that in the May 1 episode, “Tommy stuns Laurel with a truth”? Because I did, so I promptly invited EP Andrew Kreisberg to elaborate. “People should be wondering what that truth is…,” he answered, before adding: “Not every truth is about the plot; sometimes these truths are emotional, and they can be just as powerful as the mechanics of what’s happening in the episode.”

Question: Anything you can tease about Defiance‘s Nolan and Amanda? Their scenes during the pilot were so cute and hilarious. –Angel

Mitovich: Agreed, there’s a bit of a Han-and-Leia vibe there. In Episode 2, though Amanda is still recuperating from injuries suffered during the Volge battle (“Battle of the Volge”?), she joins Nolan on a trip to the bowels of what used to be St. Louis. Alas, by episode’s end, a bold if well-meaning act by Nolan’s wild-child ward Irisa will force madam mayor to make a call that agitates not just Datak Tarr but perhaps the entire Castithan race.

Question: Where is Dracula on NBC’s summer schedule? –Bender

Mitovich: Rest assured, production is underway on the Jonathan Rhys Meyers-fronted series — Episode 2 is filming as we speak, I hear – but any details on where/when it will “stake” a claim on NBC’s schedule won’t be revealed until the network’s May 13 Upfront presentation.

Question: Please tell me the names of the guest stars on the April 17 show on NCIS. –Suzan

Mitovich: If by “the April 17 show on NCSI” you mean “the April 30 episode of NCIS,” which has yet to release a guest cast list, I can confirm that that hour marks Oded Fehr’s first episode back as the elusive Ilan Bodnar.

Question: Is it too late to ask for more NCIS scoop? That promo for next week’s episode has me very excited to see the finale arc kick off. –Cheryl

Mitovich: Ever since I broke the news of Marina Sirtis’ casting as new Mossad director Orli Elbaz, several have wondered if Eli David’s successor is familiar with his feisty daughter. “There is a lot of history between Ziva and Orli,” show boss Gary Glasberg confirms. “We discover something at the end of the [April 23] episode, a nice little twist and a surprise that absolutely will inform us moving forward about the two characters. There is more to [their relationship] than meets the eye.”

Question: More scoop on Once Upon a Time! Thank you! –Laurel

Mitovich: No, thank you for this generic request that allows me to plop in whatever nuggets I wish. “We said at the beginning of this season, ‘Magic is coming and it always has a price’ — and we’re going to see that at the end of this season,” series co-creator Eddy Kitsis told me. Leading up to that in these final four episodes, “We’re going to see a new chapter in the Rumple/Belle story that we’ve never seen… we’re going to see an Evil Queen and Snow White story that we’re excited about… and we’re going to get some backstory on Baelfire and Captain Hook. You’re going to see all the core characters front and center.” And just to be crystal clear about Tamara/what I shared in last week’s Spoiler Alert! webisode, here are Eddy’s actual comments on the matter: “She is a person from this world. She is from America. She is not going to be revealed to be someone else,” he attested. “For us what was interesting was, with the curse gone, what happens when the outside world comes? Who has been looking for this place?”

That’s it. Enjoy!

Lee Ann

Have a terrific weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Autumn Reeser (Last Resort) and Garcelle Beauvais (Franklin & Bash) will both be showing up the new season of Necessary Roughness. Reeser will play a rival of Connor McClane (John Stamos), the founder of a global sports/entertainment management conglomerate. She is described as a high-powered partner at a new agency determined to sign TK (Mehcad Brooks), no matter the cost. Meanwhile Beauvais will play Lana Langer, the outrageous mother of a star basketball player who is suddenly choking at the free throw line. The series is back starting on June 12 on the USA Network. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

It has been confirmed this WILL be the last season of Dexter on Showtime. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Keanu Reeves will star in the upcoming sci-fi film Passengers that follows a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet that has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger (Reeves) is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger, marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Actor Dylan O’Brien (from the MTV series Teen Wolf) has landed the lead role in the upcoming screen adaptation of The Maze Runner that is based on the James Dashner novel trilogy. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Lone Ranger’

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

Question: All feels right with the world now that Awkward is back. Any scoop on Jake (Brett Davern) and Tamara (Jillian Rose Reed)? — KB

Sandra: When EW spoke to Davern on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards, he sounded less-than-certain that Jake and Tamara’s ride will be a smooth one this year, but overall confident that they’d make it work, despite the bumps. “I’m rooting for them. …I hope the fans are rooting for them too,” he says. “They are kind of that couple that has drama every episode but they have a fun banter to their arguing and they usually have a good make-out session at the end of it. It wouldn’t be our show without a good make-up make-out.”

Question: So happy Awkward is back! But it needs more Sadie! Any scoop on my favorite mean girl? – Lo

Sandra: I hear Sadie is going to be one half of a pretty unexpected sleepover that’s coming up later this season. The other half? Someone you would probably never expect to be in the same room with her. “It was an idea I had the first season, and I wasn’t able to make it work the first season. I wasn’t able to make it work the second season, but I was finally able to make it work this season,” showrunner Lauren Iungerich shares. Molly Tarlov adds: “It was super-fun to film. It’s kind of weird, though. I don’t know if you’ve ever been in bed with crew. Every time I got out of bed they would remake my bed, and it felt really weird.”

Question: Thank you on behalf of Teen Wolf fans for all the scoop! — Missy

Sandra: You’re welcome. And here’s one more for you: We all know that Scott’s (Tyler Posey) going to get more action scenes in the upcoming third season but what you may not have known is that it comes at the expense of another type of action. “[Scott hasn’t] had sex this season yet,” Posey lamented. “I got some last season. This season I got a motorcycle instead, which is pretty much like sex. It rumbles. It is between your legs.” I’ll give you a moment to stop LOLing. Ready? Good. Posey adds: “This season has death, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, bullet wounds, twins, [and] sex between a new character and an old character that isn’t me.”

Question: I can’t STAND Dante on Nashville. Please tell me Deacon kicks his @$$ or something soon. — Nina

Sandra: He gets what’s coming to him. Promise. Meanwhile, though we’ve seen a number of close calls this season (I REALLY thought Lamar was a goner last week!) I can tell you that the cast is going to be a little lighter by the time the end of the season rolls around as one songstress is going to suffer a huge, life-changing loss in an upcoming episode. And I’m not talking about an award…

Question: Scandal fans want to know more about this finale! Help us, Sandra! – Lucy

Sandra: “I think it’s going to be a very long summer,” creator Shonda Rhimes tells me of the final episode. “We’re headed in a very interesting direction…if people think we’re burning through story now, they’re going to be very shocked at what happens in the next few episodes.” Someone hold me…

Question: Any new Castle scoop, Sandra? It’s been a while! — Emily

Sandra: Indeed it has, which is why I’m chatting up EP Andrew Marlowe on Friday. (Yes, that’s a non-subtle call for questions.) Meanwhile, I’ll tease you with this: Beckett is in a solid relationship and one of the best detectives in the city, but is that enough?

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Brad Beyer (Jericho) and actress Alexandra Socha (Damages) will appear in an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, which is set to return to the USA Network on June 12. Beyer will play local police officer Don Barrett who befriends Hank (Mark Feuerstein). A single dad, Don lives with his teenage daughter Molly (Socha). He develops a number of symptoms that he attributes to the stress of dealing with his daughter’s newly rebellious teen attitude — but that Hank believes is caused by a larger medical issue. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Starz has renewed the brand new drama Da Vinci’s Demons for a second season after only one episode. The show’s debut episode earned 2.14 million viewers on April 12. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

TV TRAILER

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BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sasha Roiz (Grimm) has joined the cast of the upcoming film Pompeii. He will play Proculus, the bodyguard and right hand man to Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland). The film is expected to hit theatres on February 28, 2014. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: ‘Man Of Steel’

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online, Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Will we finally see Silas in the prom episode of The Vampire Diaries? – Tanner

Team Watch with Kristin: Silas will take on the form of four different characters throughout Thursday night’s episode, that sneaky little bastard! As for the show’s other big bad (loosely using that term), Klaus? Look for the show to set up The Originals spinoff in a major way by episode’s end.

Question: In desperate need of Teen Wolf spoilers, please and thank you! – Kennedy

Team Watch with Kristin: ‘Tis the season of the Alphas! Not only did the new promo for the third season tease Scott’s Alpha potential, but we can reveal that episode 11 is titled “Alpha Pact.” “What’s cool about them is that they are all unique and they’re all individuals, so they do each have their own agenda,” Tyler Posey tells us of the new Alpha Pack members. “All in all, they’re all here together doing one thing, but they each have their own storylines, which is really cool. It’s really cool.”

Question: I know you just spoke to Beauty and the Beast’s executive producer, so I want some scoop! – Daisy

Team Watch with Kristin: All right, all right! J.T. and Vincent are getting a new bachelor pad! “It took us a long time to find it, we spent a lot of time,” Jennifer Levin teases of the duo’s new digs. “It’s not a warehouse, it’s not a tunnel. We wanted a place that’s inviting, that Cat would want to be in. It’s kind of awesome.” So yes, Cat will be spending a lot of time there.

Question: What can we expect for Castle and Beckett’s relationship as we head to the end of Castle’s season? — Dana

ADAM: The bumps that we’ve hinted at before will be exacerbated by two men who come into Beckett’s life. First, Beckett will be assigned to protect multimillionaire inventor Erik Vaughn (Ioan Gruffudd) — in his private hotel penthouse. “If Castle aspired to be someone, he’d aspire to be this guy,” creator Andrew W. Marlowe says. “Castle’s really determined to solve the case and get his girlfriend away from him.” During their alone time, Erik will ask Beckett some tough questions about where her relationship with Castle is headed. Unfortunately, as Beckett wrestles with those questions in the season’s penultimate episode, she’ll cross paths with a federal investigator (Carlos Bernard) who might offer some different answers. “He opens Beckett’s eyes on other possibilities that might be out there for her,” Marlowe teases.

Question: I have a bad feeling about what’s going to happen to Ziva on NCIS. Can you make me feel any better? — Mandy

ADAM: Not really. Although executive producer Gary Glasberg says Ziva’s upcoming trip to Berlin with Tony features a “tremendous personal story,” Ziva is ultimately out to avenge her father’s murder. “People are going to see a Ziva David that they haven’t seen in a long time,” Glasberg says. “There is a strength and a resolute determination.” But will she go too far? That becomes the very question of the season finale as Colin Hanks’ federal investigator leads a witch hunt that takes a closer look at Gibbs and his team — and heads could roll. “There is a crossroads for NCIS,” Glasberg says. “Boundaries have been pushed and lines have been crossed. At some point, does that catch up to you?”

Question: Do you have any Revenge scoop? — Lisa

ADAM: On the April 28 episode, Nolan will dig for answers about Padma’s death and, in the process, viewers will finally learn the identity of the elusive Falcon. And a showdown is a-comin’… sorta. “Two major computer geeks going head-to-head — you can imagine that one,” Gabriel Mann says with a laugh. “How they [battle] is something that will inspire some laughs.” But things could also turn serious much faster than you think. “I have to question whether [Nolan’s] up on his self-defense kills at this point, but I will say he’s going to need them really bad for things coming up soon,” Mann says. Personally, I’m just hoping Nolan will get to sport his undercover ‘stache again!

Question: I’ll take anything you can share about Supernatural. — Trish

ADAM: If you’re expecting the return of Felicia Day’s Charlie on the April 24 episode to be as much fun as the LARP-ing episode, prepare yourself for something a little different. “We’ve become very familiar with Charlie’s sarcasm, [but] I think [this] really gives us an opportunity to go a bit deeper,” executive producer Jeremy Carver says. “Although there will be some geeky fun as Dean tries to teach Charlie how to be a demon hunter, she’s also carrying a deep secret that could get her killed. “The boys start to uncover many, many layers of Charlie… and it’s ultimately a really rather emotional [episode]. It certainly resonates with the boys.”

Question: Now that it’s been confirmed that Muse Watson is coming back to NCIS as Mike Franks, can you give us some spoilers about why he’s there and what’ll happen with Gibbs? —Marla

Ausiello: Fortunately, Matt Mitovich just got off the horn with show boss Gary Glasberg, who explained that the Season 10 finale, titled “Damned If You Do” and airing May 14, presents “a situation where Gibbs has to really question, ‘How far is too far? How far can you push the boundaries? How far can the team cross the line?’ And in looking at things from a moral stance, in terms of what has happened over the years, things get internalized and we’re very fortunate to have the ‘conscience’ that is Mike Franks there for Gibbs to interact with.”

Question: Do you have anything new on the NCIS front? –Cheryl

Ausiello: If you, as many do, see a resemblance between incoming guest star Colin Hanks and Sean Murray (who plays Agent McGee), Glasberg promises that “absolutely” will be addressed on camera. “There’s a terrific scene in ‘Double Blind,’ which is the penultimate episode, when McGee and Colin (playing a DoD snoop) meet for the first time. And it actually comes up again in the finale as well,” the showrunner shares. “We got a big kick out of it around here!”
Question: Got any scoop on Supernatural? Dying to get some since we’re on hiatus until the 24th! —Ali

Ausiello: Given what a winning introduction the Men of Letters received earlier this year, surely that’s not the last we’ve seen or heard of the secret organization, right? Right… ish. “We will absolutely see the positive and negative effects of being legacies,” says EP Jeremy Carver, adding that MoL “are involved in some capacity” later this season. Hmm, could this bit of casting have anything to do with that?

Question: Anything about Elementary? —Hala

Ausiello: Next Thursday’s episode takes a page straight out of a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story — and gives it an Elementary twist. The hour is based on the tale “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” — but it’s not a retelling. “We looked at it and thought it was a great launch to a story,” says exec producer Rob Doherty. “We took the original ending and made that our teaser. Sherlock is hired to recover some blackmail material, infiltrate [bad guy] Milverton’s home and is present when somebody else breaks in behind him and kills Milverton.” That leaves the investigator in “a bit of a bind in that if he reports the murder [and] comes forward as a witness, Milverton’s accomplice will realize his partner is dead and will release all of the blackmail materials into the world. And yet, it’s wrong to not step forward and tell the police you’ve seen somebody killed. We liked that quandary for Sherlock.”

Question: What’s Nashville going to do with Susan Misner now that she’ll be a regular on The Americans next season? Is there any way she can stay? –Mariel

Ausiello: Series creator Callie Khouri says probably not – and she feels your pain. “I hate it,” she tells TVLine. “She’s been so great, and she and [Charles Esten] have incredible chemistry. She’s just really, really good.” The EP went on to praise Misner for succeeding in the thankless task of being Deacon’s NotRayna: “It’s a testament to her and her acting ability.” On the bright side: At least Deacon will have a new heartbreak to write songs about.

Question: I’d love some scoop on Beauty and the Beast if you have time to find some. –@Ewokgrl

Ausiello: Can I interest you in a pair of episode titles? In the CW drama’s penultimate freshman hour, “Date Night,” “Cat and Vincent get to go on a date that is not in his ‘lair’ or whatever you want to call it but out on an actual date, and it’s super-fun,” EP Jennifer Levin tells us. The season finale meanwhile is titled “Never Turn Back” — and make of that what you will.

Question: I need some Nikita scoop. —Oli

Ausiello: Division may not be long for this world. Asked if the season is building to the end of the covert spy org, EP Craig Silverstein responds with an unequivocal, “Yes,” before cryptically adding, “and maybe sooner than you thought.”

Question: I would love to know if Caroline dances with Klaus at Vampire Diaries‘ prom? It is kind of their thing. —Amy

Ausiello: Although Caroline’s dance card is pretty full in the episode, she doesn’t hit the floor with Klaus. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, prior to the big event, those crazy kids do share a nice moment — during which Klaus actually proves to be a friend! Stop the presses!

That’s it. Enjoy!

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