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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

AMC has given a second season order to their new western series Hell on Wheels. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Natalie Morales (White Collar) has landed a guest stint on the new Aaron Sorkin-HBO drama The Newsroom. She will play Kaylee, the girlfriend of Dev Patel’s newsroom staffer, Neal. (TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office films for this past holiday weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo and E! Online:

1. Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, $26.5 million
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $17.8 million
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $13.3 million
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $13 million
5. The Adventures of Tintin, $9.1 million
6. We Bought a Zoo, $7.8 million
7. New Year’s Eve, $3.0 million
8. Arthur Christmas, $2.7 million
9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, $2.1 million
10. Hugo, $2.0 million

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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer) will guest star in the upcoming Aaron Sorkin-HBO drama newly named Newsroom, which is set behind the scenes at a fictional cable news network and centers on an anchor (Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff (Alison Pill and Olivia Munn [among others]) and their boss (Sam Waterston). Tenney will play Wade, the boyfriend of Emily Mortimer’s character. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

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Prometheus – Official Teaser Trailer

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will guest star in the January 17 episode of Glee, but in a twist she will be heard but not seen. She will provide the “inner voice” of a character who is going nameless right now. This could potentially be a recurring thing too if all goes well. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Acting legend Harrison Ford will appear in the film adaptation of Ender’s Game based on the Orson Scott Card novel. The film is set in Earth’s utopian future, starring Asa Butterfield (Hugo) as the title character, a genius strategist who’s recruited by the government to help destroy an insect-like alien race. Ford will play Colonel Hyram Graff, who’s in charge of training the young male recruits at an elite military academy. Abigail Breslin will play Valentine Wiggin, Ender’s older sister, while Hailee Steinfeld will play Petra Arkanian, Ender’s ally and trusted right hand Knight. The film is set to release on March 15, 2013. (Variety)

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The Hobbit Teaser Trailer Is Out

Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams from TV Guide and Michael Ausiello from TV Line)

Question: Please tell me Castle and Beckett will still be in a good place when the show returns in January? —Anna

ADAM: They’ll be in a good place, but maybe not for long. When a dead woman ends up in the mayor’s car, Beckett will find herself afraid of pursuing the most obvious suspect. “The stakes are enormous,” creator Andrew W. Marlowe tells us. “If something happens to the mayor, Castle is not going to be able to continue his partnership with Beckett. How do you deal with an investigation when you’re compromised because of the way you feel?”

Question: So Rebecca’s coming back on The Vampire Diaries? Please tell me that doesn’t mean Elena is in danger! — Hayley

ADAM: Well, somebody is in danger. Big danger. (I mean, isn’t someone always on this show?) “There is definitely a major character whose fate is looking bleak,” executive producer Julie Plec tells us. But not, like, Aunt Jenna bleak, right? “[He or she] may not come out the other side of a terrible life-or-death situation,” Plec teases. Eek! Any guesses?

Question: Anything good happening on Rizzoli & Isles? —Sammy

NATALIE: The most difficult part of being a cop is putting those you love in the way of potential harm. The ladies will learn this the hard way when two family members are the victims of a hit-and-run as well as a shooting.

Question: Is there any hope for Adam and Diana on The Secret Circle? —Jaime

NATALIE: Sorry to break it to you, Jaime, but Diana is moving on. “She’s going to be struggling for a bit,” executive producer Andrew Miller says, “but you can’t keep that girl away from love because she’s too amazing, so there will be love for Diana in this half of the season. It’ll just come from an unexpected place.”

Question: How about some scoop on Shaw’s return to Chuck this Friday? —Joel

Ausiello: How about it, indeed! “We’ll realize that Decker and his plan has all been manipulated by Daniel Shaw from his [prison] cell,” reveals EP Chris Fedak. “We wanted to do a monster story. We wanted to do a Christmas story. Christmas is such a haunted holiday, like in the Charles Dickens tradition. So when we started thinking about this year’s Christmas story, we thought, ‘Let’s bring back a monster from our past.’ At the end of Season 3, Brandon [Routh] was such a good ‘Mwahaha’ bad guy. I was like, “We gotta bring back the ‘Mwahaha.’” Fedak calls the hour “one of our most crazy, intense” episodes ever, adding, “It’s Daniel Shaw haunting Sarah Walker. Brandon came back, and he was great. He just plays an icy killer like nobody else.”

Question: Can you tell me something about Episode 200 of NCIS? —Bianca

Ausiello: Sadly, I can’t. That information is under lock and key. I can, however, tell you that Sarah Jane Morris isn’t the only NCIS alum returning in the episode airing Jan. 3. CBS confirms that Scott Wolf will also be back, reprising his role as Agent Stratton. “Stratton intends to finish what he started and influence some unexpected lives in the process,” teases exec producer Gary Glasberg, “including Gibbs’.”

Question: Just about a month until Justified is back… and I can hardly wait! Any scoop? Please? —Michele

Ausiello: File this under “W” for “WTF?!?!?!” Early into Season 3, Boyd is desperately trying to stay in prison and Raylan is desperately trying to get him out.

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Hey All,

Here are the few news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Naturi Naughton (The Playboy Club) has joined the cast of upcoming Lifetime drama series The Client List. The film is based on the 2010 movie, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as Riley, a Texas housewife who, after being deserted by her husband, ends up running a massage parlor, The Rub, which offers more than back rub. Naughton will play a new character, Kendra, a beautiful, hard-working masseuse at the parlor. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Andrew Walker (Against the Wall) will star in the upcoming thriller Penthouse North that stars Michelle Monaghan as a blind photojournalist who gets caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse with a sadistic criminal (Michael Keaton). He will play her boyfriend. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

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

Question: Loving Once Upon a Time but one thing is bugging me…when will Emma totally buy into the fairy-verse?! – mrsjmanders

Kristin: If there is one person that could convince Emma (Jennifer Morrison) that all this fairy-tale stuff is true, it’s adorable believer, Henry (Jared Gilmore). And consulting producer Jane Espenson, says their relationship is going to grow even more this season: “This is a woman who’s never thought of herself as nurturing. And suddenly there’s this kid that needs her. You’re going to see later on this season when she starts to realize, she needs him. And that’s a big turn for her.” Is that cagey writer code for “She’ll completely believe in a former fairy-verse” turn? Perhaps.

Question: Any Once Upon a Time spoilers? Something about the Beauty & the Beast episode? – Fotreya

Kristin: Let’s just say that Belle (Emilie de Ravin) and Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) have a very interesting relationship. Speaking of the little creep, did you know he has a son? Yes, really! In the show’s Jan. 8 episode, Rumplestiltskin attempts to track down the ultimate power source in order to help his son avert the horrors of war. Could this have something to do with his baby obsession? Hmm…

Question: Have we seen the last of Sheriff Graham on Once Upon a Time? – Natalievana

Kristin: Why must you bring up our recently deceased fictional boyfriend? And so close to Christmas?! Have you no heart? Yes, we have seen the last of Sheriff Graham (Jamie Dornan), but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the Huntsman, his fairy-tale counterpart.

Question: Anything on The Secret Circle would be great! Specifically anything on the flashback episode. – TSC_Fan2

Kristin: Don’t call it a flashback! When we chatted with Andrew Miller about Secret Circle’s trip down memory lane when the show returns in January, he was quick to point out that these aren’t traditional flashbacks. “I don’t call them flashbacks exactly, but within the first bunch when we get back, we have this obligation to the fans and to the characters to enlighten everyone about what went on 16 years ago.” So, how are they doing the flashbacks? Miller wouldn’t say, but he did tease that they’re “doing it in a really, really cool way.” Color us intrigued!

Question: Secret Circle please?! – Lindsx11

Kristin: Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) is getting a new boy toy! When we brought up Faye’s dry spell to Miller, he assured us the coven’s resident bad witch will be getting a love interest. “Believe me, she’s been love interest-less for too long and that changes immediately in the next episode,” he tells us. So who’s the lucky guy? While Miller wouldn’t give us a specific name, we’re thinking it’s Lee, the mysterious new guy played by Friday Night Lights’ Grey Damon. Miller says, “He’s pretty hot on the show, and he’s a love interest that starts pretty soon.

Question: I’m loving Hart of Dixie! Anything on Zoe and Wade? It would make my entire week!!! – Natasha in San Jose, Calif.

Kristin: Wilson Bethel is definitely in favor of a Zoe (Rachel Bilson) and Wade having happily-ever-after…but they’re not quite there yet. But what matters is what happens in the end, yes? “Between us, I think it’s ultimately fated to be,” Bethel tells us. “Wade will try to have his day!” When he said “between us,” he meant “between you and your readers,” right? Whoops.

Question: Hart of Dixie please?! Anything will do. – Eatherharmon09

Kristin: Wade’s about to get competitive! In an upcoming episode, Wade faces off against waitress Shelley (Deborah S. Craig) in a contest to create the Rammer Jammer’s new signature cocktail! Plus, the Rammer Jammer’s new barback, who happens to be the owner’s niece, is going to be crushing on Wade. Who can blame her?

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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Amy Acker (Angel and Dollhouse) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Once Upon a Time, playing a romantic interest for both Grumpy (of the Seven Dwarves) and his surly Storybrooke counterpart, Leroy (Lee Arenberg). Once Upon a Time is back on ABC on Sunday, January 8. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Gary Cole (most recently seen on Chuck) will guest star on the new CW series Hart of Dixie, playing the superstar surgeon who Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) believed was her father. Zoe’s dad grew distant from her when she was young after learning that he wasn’t her biological father — something Zoe herself only recently discovered. As a result, their reunion is sure to be a bittersweet one. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Matthew Del Negro (The Sopranos, The United States of Tara) [who has also had a recurring role on Rizzoli & Isles] has landed a recurring role on Ringer. He will play Agent Grady Torrance, who crosses paths with Agent Machado (Nestor Carbonell) and is Machado’s nemesis at the bureau. (Mandi Bierly at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Writer Paul Kolsby, director Steve Shainberg and producer Andrew Lazar are set to team with actress/producer Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) for a potential NBC dramedy called American Dream about the inner workings of a reality series. The possible series would revolve around the symbiotic relationship between network executives and the ‘talent’ in a reality television series. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 movies from this past weekend courtesy of E! Online:

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $40 million
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $23.5 million
3. Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, $13 million
4. New Year’s Eve, $7.4 million
5. The Sitter, $4.4 million
6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, $4.3 million
7. Young Adult, $3.7 million
8. Hugo, $3.625 million
9. Arthur Christmas, $3.6 million
10. The Muppets, $3.5 million

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Hey All,

It’s another slow news day, but here are the few items to share:

TELEVISION

Actress Rebecca Field (October Road) has joined the upcoming Lifetime drama A Client List as a series regular. She will play Lacey, the best friend since high school of Riley (Jennifer Love Hewitt). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

It has been confirmed: The companions’ time is almost up on Doctor Who. Word had leaked awhile back that Amy Pond (Karen Gillian) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) would not be the Doctor’s companions, but it was just a matter of when this “official” split would take place. Amy and Rory will complete their time with the Doctor during the next new season which is set to air in the Fall of 2012. There is no word on whether River Song (Alex Kingston) – who was revealed to be the daughter of Amy and Rory – will also discontinue being a part of the series. (Film Thrasher)

Actress Alicia Silverstone will appear in the new ABC comedy Suburgatory for a multi-episode arc, reuniting with her former on-screen Clueless co-star Jeremy Sisto. She will play Eden, a possible love interest for Sisto’s character, George. (TV Line and TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

A drama series adaptation of the 2010 Australian film Animal Kingdom has landed at Showtime. The project is a crime drama exploring the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle. The 2010 movie was inspired by Melbourne’s infamous Pettingill crime family headed by matriarch Kath Pettingill. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FX has given a pilot order a drama set in the early 1980s called The Americans. The series would center on the complex marriage between Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, who work undercover for the Soviet Union during a time of heightened tensions in the Cold War, hiding their true identities even to their two children. The relationship is tested as Phillip begins to gain an affinity for the American way of life. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Reese Witherspoon will star in the upcoming box office film The Devil’s Knot, which is about the West Memphis 3, playing Pam Hobbs, the mother of one of the murder victims, who initially believes the trio murdered her son, but is eventually persuaded the three suspects are innocent and wrongly accused. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

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First Full Trailer for Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ Smashes In

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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Colin Egglesfield (All My Children and a recurring role on Rizzoli & Isles) has landed a series regular role on the upcoming drama series The Client List from Lifetime. The series is based on the network’s 2010 original movie, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as a Texas housewife who, after being deserted by her husband, takes a job at a seemingly traditional day spa in a neighboring town but realizes that the parlor offers way more than massages and ends up partnering with the parlor’s feisty and disorganized owner to run the business. Egglesfield will play a new character, Hewitt’s brother-in-law. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Legendary actress Jane Fonda has joined the cast of the still as-yet untitled new HBO/Aaron Sorkin drama that is set behind the scenes at a fictional cable news network and centers on an anchor (Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff (Alison Pill, John Gallagher, Jr., Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, Thomas Sadoski) and their boss (Law & Order‘s Sam Waterston). Fonda will have a recurring role in the series, her first major TV gig, playing Leona Lansing, the CEO of the cable news network’s parent company. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Desmond Harrington (Dexter) will appear in the season premiere of Justified when it airs next month. Apparently the role he will be playing is top secret, but it is said that his character “is a total badass boasting a deep Southern accent and ties to Wynn Duffy (Jere Burns), who is back in a big way this winter. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like the USA Network is developing a drama series about Kate Warne, who was the U.S’ first female detective who also worked as a spy for the Union government during the Civil War. The project is described as stylized with a contemporary feel. In 1856, Warne became America’s first female detective when she joined the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency. Along with Allan Pinkerton, Warne did work for the Union government. She was part of the Pinkerton team that uncovered a plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln, events that will be at the center of the pilot script. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

HBO has bought Beat The Reaper, a drama series project that will be executive produced by none other than Leonardo DiCaprio. The project is based on the debut book by physician and novelist Josh Bazell. It is a criminal, medical thriller about a young ER doctor whose life is upended when a patient comes through his ward that recognizes the internist from his old life — when he used to work for a notorious crime family. As his past comes crashing back and his enemies from his old life try to destroy him, he tries to hold his new life together while discovering that everything he knew about his past may have been wrong. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

It’s official. Actor Chris Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) is joining the cast of True Blood for Season 5. He will play an ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor William Devane (Knots Landing) will appear as Edward Grayson, the father of Conrad Grayson (Henry Czerny) on Revenge. He will be summoned to Southampton to help in the divorce between Conrad and Victoria. The series will be back with new episodes on January 4. (Tanner Stransky at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Chris Pratt (Everwood and Parks & Recreation) is in talks to play a lead role in the action drama formerly known as Kill Bin Laden from Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow. Actor Jason Clarke (Brotherhood and The Chicago Code) has the lead role thus far in the film. (Twitch and First Showing)

Actor Denzel Washington is rumored to be attached to the big screen adaptation of the popular 1980’s TV series The Equalizer. The original series followed Robert McCall, an agent with a mysterious past who once worked for a top-secret agency where he did some pretty horrible things; but he decided to right wrongs against the persecuted by settling scores with their antagonists and assorted miscreants. (Coming Soon, Variety and First Showing)

Actress Saoirse Ronan (Hanna and Atonement) will star in the independent drama How I Live Now, which is based on the 2004 novel by Meg Rosoff. The film follows a contemporary teenage New Yorker (Ronan) who spends the summer with family in the English countryside; but when a third world war breaks out and insurgents invade, she and a younger girl must survive alone in the woods as they try to make it to safety. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Rachel Boston (In Plain Sight) will star in the independent drama Marigolds alongside Noah Bean (Nikita and Damages). The film follows a young married couple who set off into the wilderness only to have the husband succumb mentally and emotionally. Paul Ben-Victor (In Plain Sight) co-stars. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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

Question: Can you give me some NCIS scoop to tide me over until January? — Annie

ADAM: New year, new bad guy. Look for the show to introduce a recurring villain described as a chameleonic one-man crime syndicate. He’s athletic, meticulous, extremely smart and deft at quickly changing his appearance.

Question: Got any scoop on Nikita? — Hector

NATALIE: When Nikita runs into her old rehab sponsor, she’ll finally learn the truth about the night that she killed a cop while hopped up on drugs. There were actually two cops on the scene, but someone from Division, her future employer, tidied up the witness list by, um, killing the other. [Insert ominous music here.]

Question: I can’t wait for Justified to come back. How will Raylan be affected by Winona’s pregnancy? — Gina

ADAM: Impending fatherhood and Raylan’s dangerous line of work aren’t exactly compatible. “It gives you pause [about] the decisions you’re making and how you’re living your life,” Timothy Olyphant tells us. “It just makes everything a little deeper, more important.” It sounds like this self-reflection will come in handy, given how much more treacherous this season will be. “We’re going to start taking people out this year,” Olyphant says. “We get right to some bullets flying. People get hurt.”

Question: Switched at Birth scoop, please! —Mena

Ausiello: When Switched at Birth‘s Katie Leclerc told us at the American Music Awards last month that “Wilke [is still] in the mix” for Daphne’s affections, she was downplaying things. We just screened the season 1.5 premiere (airing Jan. 3) and those two have quite the heart-to-heart on the pier.

Question: Chuck me! —Jeremy

Ausiello: Rebecca Romijn’s barbaric CIA agent — who debuts in this Friday’s episode — used to be a man! No, the actress isn’t playing another transgender character (as she did on Ugly Betty). Allow Chuck exec producer Chris Fedak to explain: “We created a character originally that was going to be a man. Kind of an ominous, scary figure with a penchant for torture, which he considers his art form. But then when we started thinking about it, I was like, “What if Rebecca Romijn was this guy? That would be scary and sexy… She was game for it, and she also has a great sense of humor.”

Question: Been following you for years – that alone makes me deserving of you fulfilling my every fantasy. Or at least some Hart of Dixie scoop. —Britta

Ausiello: Let’s stick with the scoop, Britta. Your other fantasies scare me. Wade/Zoe ‘shippers will be sad to hear that the two will soon butt heads again when Zoe discovers that he has started a betting pool based solely on her love life. Elsewhere, Lemon and George are moving full speed ahead with their wedding plans. We’ll see the two taste-testing cakes in an upcoming episode.

Question: Longtime reader, never written in before, but I need some Revenge hints to help me get through the break. Regarding the promo for the next episode, which shows Tyler pointing a gun — any hints as to who he fires at? Does it result in death? Does he even pull the trigger, or is it just one big tease? —Jack

Ausiello: I can’t answer all of your questions. Or, okay, technically, really any of them. But this might tide you over. Gabriel Mann, who plays Nolan, tells TV Line, tongue in cheek, “It probably wasn’t a good idea for [Tyler] to run out of those meds. That’s a little frightening for all of us.” And, perhaps especially, for his own character. “I will tease very, very bad things for him,” he says. “There is a reason you didn’t see him sitting at that table with everyone else.” Yikes! “Our coming back New Year episode,” he adds, “is… oh my God, I wish I could tell you more! I’m so tempted!” Alas, not tempted enough. If he blabbed, he says with a laugh, “I would get revenge’d right off the show!”

Question: I’m intrigued by the theory you guys put out there about Nolan and Emily being half-siblings on Revenge. Any reason to believe it’s actually true? —Michelle

Ausiello: No, but Gabriel Mann’s a fan of the idea. “I love that theory,” he told us. “That’s the thing with Emily and Nolan — and just us as actors — we have so much fun together that if they want to make us like a Luke and Leia situation, we’re so down… We’re like the tectonic twosome of the Hamptons. The two blonde avengers.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actresses Diane Farr (Numb3rs), Bonnie Somerville (Cashmere Mafia) and Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives) as well as actor James Frain (True Blood) will all guest star in a February sweeps episode of The Mentalist. Farr will play Amy Barron, a Type-A, business-minded owner of a small winery in North California; Somerville will play Amy’s friend/business partner, who is accused of murder, Joosten will play the murder victim’s neighbor and Frain will be an as yet disclosed character. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actor Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives) will join the cast of the AMC series The Killing, playing Lt. Carlson, a new hire at the Seattle Police Department. He will appear in at least eight episodes of Season 2 when the show returns next spring. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Desperate Housewives vet Eva Longoria is dipping her toes into the work of development. Her one-hour drama Vega v. Vega has been picked up by The CW. The potential series would center on a brilliant, young, successful lawyer who suddenly finds herself forced to go into a practice with her mother, a pioneering female attorney with whom she has a love/hate relationship. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Anastasia Griffith (Damages and recurring on Once Upon A Time) will co-star in the first scripted series from BBC America called Copper. The 10-episode series centers on an Irish cop operating in the immigrant communities of 19th century New York. The role of the Irish cop has yet to be cast, but Griffith’s will play his wife. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sean Faris (the short-lived series Reunion and a recurring role on The Vampire Diaries) will appear as Clyde Barrow in the upcoming film The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, playing opposite Lindsay Pulsipher (True Blood) as Bonnie Parker. (Variety and MTV)

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Q&A SECTION (with Kristin from E! Online)

Question: Tell me anything about Pretty Little Liars please! – Sully716

Kristin: The new year starts out with a bang—and more than one brawl—when PLL returns Jan. 2. Ezra walks out of a disastrous coming-out party at the Montgomery’s with a split lip, and two of the pretties (who make even orange jumpsuits look glamorous!) get in a very ugly catfight. Is “A” winning after all? Maybe the girls should switch to a limited texting plan.

Question: What are we going to see on Pretty Little Liars??? – MichaelGDuff

Kristin: How about a first-hand glimpse of “A”?! If the girls somehow had a restraining order against their stalker (they wish!), “A” would be in clear violation by venturing closer to the fab four than ever before in first post-hiatus episode.

Question: Obsessed with Revenge! I love Nolan and Emily and they broke my heart last episode. Tell me what’s in store for them! – Sarah

Kristin: We’ll let Gabriel tackle this one: “The fun of playing that relationship is that it evolves every single episode.” While he teases that Emily (Emily VanCamp) may try to pull Nolan back in, Gabriel says, “There’s only so many times I can get thrown out, or not! We’ll see the depths of Nolan’s desperation for companionship and the Clarke family.” Dare we even think that he could be Emily’s sibling?!

Question: Really upset about the Sheriff’s death on Once Upon a Time! Does this mean Emma won’t have a love interest for a while? – Hannah

Kristin: Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is going to be a little too busy for romance when the show returns in January, as she’s battling it out with newspaper editor/Magic Mirror Sydney (Giancarlo Esposito) to replace our beloved Graham (Jamie Dornan) as the town’s sheriff. Also, Morrison live-tweeted last night’s episode and says, “It will be hard for [Emma] to ever open her heart again” after losing Graham. All the tears!

Question: You’ve been holding out on us Supernatural fans! Give us some scoop to make up for it please! – Vanessa

Kristin: The show is currently looking to cast the role of Nora, a well-meaning and hardworking Wiccan who’s a little bewildered by the darker side of evil. Bonus scoop: They’re also casting a troubled postal worker who has something in common with Transformers: There’s more to him than meets the eye.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Jonathan Del Arco (The Closer) has landed a recurring role in the drama pilot American Housewife from Lifetime that will star Melanie Griffith as a seemingly perfect housewife. He will play her gay neighbor. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Lifetime has cancelled its freshman drama Against the Wall. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Daryl Sabara (best known for his roles in the Spy Kids movies) and Hannah Marks (Necessary Roughness) will both guest star on an upcoming episode of Grimm, tackling the popular fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”. The tag line for the episode is this: Hanson (Sabara) and Gracie (Marks) are homeless teens trying to survive in the streets of Portland, when they unexpectedly get caught up in the creature world’s deadly black market of human organ dealing. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Jennifer Beals (Flashdance and The Chicago Code) will appear in an upcoming two-part episode of Castle, playing Sophia Conrad, a smart, commanding and sexy CIA operative who joins Castle and Beckett in the search for a fellow CIA agent who has gone rogue and is now the key suspect in Castle and Beckett’s murder case. But Beckett soon becomes distracted by the fact that Castle and Sophia have quite a complicated history. Castle is back on January 19. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Chadwick Boseman (Lincoln Heights and Persons Unknown) has landed the plum role of the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson in a film that will star Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who “broke the color barrier” by signing Robinson in 1945. (Deadline and First Showing)

Here are the top 10 box office films for this past weekend courtesy of Entertainment Weekly:

1. New Years Eve – 13.7 million
2. The Sitter – 10 million
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 – 7.9 million
4. The Muppets – 7.1 million
5. Arthur Christmas – 6.6 million
6. Hugo – 6.1 million
7. The Descendants – 4.8 million
8. Happy Feet Too – 3.7 million
9. Jack and Jill – 3.2 million
10. Immortals – 2.4 million

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