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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse) will guest star on Supernatural this fall as Ezekiel, one of fallen angels from the show’s season 8 finale. Supernatural will be back with its 9th season on The CW starting on October 8. (Sydney Bucksbaum at Zap2It)

It looks like actress Amanda Righetti and actor Owain Yeoman are leaving the CBS series The Mentalist. They play special agents Grace Van Pelt and Wayne Rigsby. The network has yet to comment on their exits, though. (E! Online and TV Line)

Actor Sam Underwood (Dexter) is joining the cast of the FOX serial killer series The Following this fall, playing Luke, a very complicated and dangerous young man who may or may not be a follower of the “late” Joe Carroll. Also, Underwood will be showing up in the upcoming third season of Homeland, playing a troubled friend of Dana’s. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Manolo Cardona, who is playing Teo Braga on Covert Affairs right now, will have a recurring role on the new CW drama Reign. He will play Tomas, the dashing Prince of Portugal. Reign will debut on The CW on October 17. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars and Moonlight) will have guest role on the new CW series The Tomorrow People, playing Killian McCrane, a former paranormal operative who once worked with John (series regular Luke Mitchell) at Ultra, the paramilitary group that hunts down the Tomorrow People. The Tomorrow People will debut on The CW on October 9. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) will guest star in Hart of Dixie this fall, playing Carter Covington, a chivalrous and extremely charming Southern gentleman who is one of the most eligible bachelors in the South and every Southern Belle’s dream husband. Hart of Dixie is back on The CW on October 7. (Robyn Ross at TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Justin Kirk (Weeds) has joined the cast of the FX drama pilot called Tyrant that tells the story of an unassuming American family (Barry, Molly and their kids), who are drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle East nation. Kirk will play a sexy, decadent and mysterious American diplomat with a hidden agenda. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Meryl Streep will join Jeff Bridges in the box office adaptation of the Lois Lowry novel The Giver. She will play the chief elder, the authoritarian charged with keeping order in a society that seems utopian. That control is endangered when a young man (Brenton Thwaites) is chosen to be the receiver of memories of life before the “sameness” movement which numbed the population and created conformism. Bridges plays the title character who delivers those memories that unlock a rebellion in the young man. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

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

Question: This is our last season for Nikita scoop, so spill! – Daniel

E! Online: Prepare to meet a new badass woman who will not exactly want to be best friends with our favorite spies. Ellen Crawford is a forensics accountant, and she gets her claws on Alex in episode three via an intense interrogation. Their first meeting does not go well, and Alex winds up in a possibly fatal position.

Question: Supernatural scoop, pretty please?! – Casey

E! Online: Prepare for flashbacks to the ‘30s in episode four, which is titled “Slumber Party.” In the same episode, we’ll meet a young new hunter named Dorothy, who is from a very far away land that is supposed to be fictional. Keywords here: “supposed to be.”

Question: Hart of Dixie scoop, please! – Lyla

E! Online: A new Breeland woman is coming to Bluebell: Grandma Bettie! Lemon’s grandmother hits town to help her granddaughter preserve the Breeland name. A pillar of the Southern Belle community, Bettie is strong, upscale and take-charge. Hmmm…we wonder whom Lemon gets her personality from?

Question: Any news on where Revenge will pick up when season three starts? – SavannahRidout

E! Online: Pack your bags, Hamptonites, because we’re going back to visit our favorite revenge-loving characters. Season three will pick up a few months after we last saw Victoria’s long-lost son appear on her doorstep, shocking her enough to drop her glass. However, Madeleine Stowe tells us that she and her son Patrick, played by Smallville hunk Justin Hartley, have developed a “very close relationship” over these past months together, and Daniel is not happy about it one bit. “She’s not trying to make him crazy, but she really wants to have a good, clean, honest relationship. But, of course, this is Revenge, so something terrible is going to happen,” she says. Patrick is the result of a pedophiliac relationship Victoria went through when she was around 15 years old, and it looks like these circumstances have affected her son’s psyche. “He deeply, deeply loves his mother and will do anything to take her side,” Stowe says, “I’ve been given hints and it’s quite dark.” Yikes!

Question: I’m all about Devious Maids, so any spoilers would be mucho appreciated. – Lorena

E! Online: Don’t think for a second that Devious Maids will pull a Killing season one and not wrap up big storylines in the finale. Roslyn Sanchez and Ana Ortiz tell us that we will find out who killed Flora, and everything will be resolved by the end of the season. The reveal of Flora’s murder will be the big arc in the finale, and then, hopefully, plotlines will be set up for the show’s second season.

Question: Any new spoilers on NCIS: Los Angeles? — Marc

ADAM: Executive producer (and hyperbolic quote-giver) Shane Brennan insists that the conclusion of last year’s cliff-hanger in the Season 5 premiere “will have the greatest consequence of any story we’ve told.” So what does that mean exactly? Although it’s safe to assume that Sam and Deeks will escape torture, their emotional scars won’t heal instantly. In fact, the post-traumatic stress will be too much for somebody to bear. “This season, someone will leave the team,” Brennan reports. Guesses?

Question: Do you have more details on Regina’s love interest on Once Upon a Time? — Micah

NATALIE: We’ll meet her love interest very early on in the season, which presumably means that he or she hails from Neverland. “It’s a side of the character of Regina we’ve only touched upon in the first two seasons,” executive producer Adam Horowitz says. “We’re excited to see more of that and more importantly to explore her capacity for love.” Does anyone else think she could be paired with him?

Question: Got any Castle scoop that doesn’t involve the proposal? What about Ryan’s impending fatherhood? — Gina

ADAM: The prospect of becoming a daddy will definitely affect Ryan’s work this season. “You’re going to see a lot of choices that Ryan is going to make [about] how he feels about being a cop at this point,” Seamus Dever tells us. “We’re going to see him be a little uncomfortable with being in the line of fire and being in danger’s way. It’s also going to affect his relationship with Esposito.” Does this mean that the bromance could be over? “They’re no longer single dudes,” Dever says. “Ryan is like, ‘I have to go home and see the wife. That’s the way it is.'”

Question: Any scoop on Revenge? — Harold

NATALIE: Get ready for people to switch teams! After losing Emily to Daniel, Aiden seeks other allies. “That’s what’s interesting about Aiden this year; he’s sleeping with the enemy a little bit!” Barry Sloane spilled to us. So who is he working with? “I’ve been working a lot with Madeleine [Stowe],” he teases.

Question: Thanks for the Scandal scoop. What else can you tease? — Jessie

NATALIE: While Olivia and her associates are dealing with the fallout of Mistress-gate, a flashback within the first two episodes will likely shed light on those illicit, pre-election days, Darby Stanchfield says. “We find out answers to things we thought we already knew, but they’re totally not like you think,” she says.

Question: Do you really think that Kenya is dead on Defiance? Or has Stahma squirreled her way somewhere so they can keep up their lady-loving ways? –Cinders

Ausiello: Let’s just say that production on Season 2 starts Monday, and a certain someone’s name is MIA (as in Kirshner) from this returning cast list: Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Graham Greene, Jesse Rath, Dewshane Williams, Trenna Keating, Justin Rain and Nicole Munoz.

Question: I’d like to know more about the new season of Once Upon A Time! –Joe

Ausiello: Lost fans just might get a sense of Season 4 deja vu when the Jolly Roger drops anchor in Neverland, and its passengers ultimately face the decision of who to follow. “You’ve got five people on a ship who all think they’re leaders, so we’ll have to see how they react when they face their first obstacle,” series co-creator Eddy Kitsis hints. Adds Adam Horowitz, “There’s certainly some friction, but there’s also a shared goal they have to achieve” — finding Henry. “The question is: Will they achieve it together, separately or at all?”

Question: We Gladiators will take what Scandal scoop we can get! —Miranda

Ausiello: Asked to describe the state of Fitz and Mellie’s marriage when the ABC hit returns next month, series creator Shonda Rhimes demurs, “That’s going to be really tough to answer without giving it away.” But after mulling it over for a few seconds, Rhimes delivers a most intriguing tease, allowing that first couple “are still together” and “Mellie is in caretaking mode.”

Question: Just wanted know about anything on Arrow season 2. —Dana

Ausiello: If you ever wondered how Oliver’s island existence, seen in flashback, could have been any worse, here’s a short answer for you: pirates.

That’s it. Enjoy!