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Here are the news items for today:

AWARDS

The 73rd annual Peabody Awards were given out, including (but not limited to) the following among its winners: Breaking Bad, The Bridge, Broadchurch, House of Cards, Orange Is The New Black, Orphan Black, The Returned and Scandal. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Actor Josh Malina (Scandal) will guest star in the upcoming CBS summer series Extant that will star Halle Berry as an astronaut returning from space after a 13-month solo mission. Malina will play Dr. Scott Beck, the lead doctor in an emergency room of the near-future, who delivers some chilling news to Molly Woods (Berry). (E! Online)

Actress Erin Cummings (Spartacus: Blood & Sand) has landed a role in the upcoming ABC summer drama The Astronaut Wives Club that is based on the Lily Koppel book that tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race. Cummings will play Marge, Deke Slayton’s outspoken wife, whose colorful past is not in keeping with the cookie-cutter image that the astronaut wives are expected to present to the world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) has landed a role in the upcoming box office film San Andreas that will star Dwayne Johnson as a rescue worker trying to save his ex-wife and daughter during the largest earthquake in California history. Panjabi will play Serena, a reporter doing an investigation on the disaster. (The Deadline Team)

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

Question: Still not over the fact that Daniel Sharman won’t be returning for Teen Wolf’s fourth season! Are you sure he won’t appear at all? – Hannah

TV Scoop Team: Considering that Sharman requested that Isaac not be killed, there’s a good chance we’ll see those chiseled cheekbones in Beacon Hills again, as Jeff Davis assures, “Whether it’s season four or season five, I would say there’s a good possibility of it.” Someone you will be seeing in season four? A cocky lacrosse player from a rival school, who will stir up trouble for our gang in episode five.

Question: Reign is my favorite show on TV right now. Should we expect another death by the end of the season though? – Danielle

TV Scoop Team: Um, possibly one in every episode. NBD! “No one is safe in this castle,” Anna Popplewell teases. “There are deaths almost every week, but I couldn’t possibly say who will or won’t survive!” As for the finale, the lady-in-waiting says, “It’s going to be enormous. There’s plenty to look forward to and to fear and dread.”

Question: So worried about Thea in tonight’s Arrow! Slade is the worst! – Carson

TV Scoop Team: Ugh, right?! But that’s what makes him such a good villain. “I will say that Thea learns something pretty massive,” boss Marc Guggenheim previews of tonight’s outing. “And it will cause a tectonic shift in her relationship with Oliver.” Uh-oh, sounds like secret daddy issues will be coming to light soon!

Question: Anything Blacklist-related? — Pascal

Natalie: You didn’t think Red would spend all this time helping the FBI go after blacklisters without making some new enemies, did you? The hunter will soon become the hunted when Red learns that someone is dismantling his business piece-by-piece. However, the question isn’t necessarily why this person is trying to rob Red of everything he holds dear, but who he or she is actually working for.

Question: Thanks for the Once Upon a Time scoop, but what’s coming up for Zelena? — Meredith

Natalie: Once has been promising the Wicked vs. Evil battle for a while now, huh? Well, it’s finally going to happen! “This week is the showdown,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says. “We will find out why the witch is green and what she really wants.” Oz-some!

Question: Will we see more Horsemen in the second season of Sleepy Hollow? — Kiichi

Natalie: Chances are very good. “We’ll see even more how the four of them are tied together,” executive producer Len Wiseman says. But before we meet newcomers, the show will also deepen our understanding of the Horseman we already know. “We’ll see how War actually operates,” Wiseman teases. “War [is] a vehicle that Jeremy uses to do his bidding in a way that is really cool and very creepy.”

Question: Any scoop on Unforgettable? — Ronald

Natalie: This Friday’s midseason premiere finds Carrie and Al playing house for a case. But their flame won’t be rekindled until Season 3, which premieres June 29, when Boris Kodjoe’s Secret Service Agent Benjamin Hernandez makes his debut and becomes a third wheel. “They’re hitting it off and it’s safe to say that Al is jealous,” Poppy Montgomery says. “It’s bothering him, and he has to figure out if he wants to do anything about it.”

Question: I’ve been loving all of the Regina stuff this half of the season on Once Upon a Time, especially her scenes with Robin Hood. Any scoop on what’s ahead for that romance? –Stef

Ausiello: Alas, as you saw this week, now that Regina has spied Robin’s tell-tale tattoo, she will keep her fated soul mate at forearm’s length. Explaining her reaction to that reveal, Once co-creator Eddy Kitsis says, “Regina has a very hard time being happy. It frightens her. And she has spent so much time suppressing things, that when she faces them she’s not sure how to react. So for us, it’s about wanting to explore when and how will Regina open her heart, and to whom.”

Question: Do you have any news about Longmire‘s third season? —Maureen

Ausiello: Cady (Cassidy Freeman) will be visited by a former law school classmate, and, yes, sparks will be flying. According to the casting notice, the blue-collar Cameron — who will recur — still has a bit of a crush on Cady, and those feelings are bound to intensify when he agrees to act as her “shadow counsel” on a certain difficult case.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

SundanceTV (formerly Sundance Channel) has picked up a new four-hour mini-series called One Child that stars actress Katie Leung (from the Harry Potter franchise) as Mei, a first-born Chinese girl adopted by English parents, who gets called back to Guangzhou when her birth mother desperately seeks her assistance in saving her son. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

It looks like Once Upon a Time in Wonderland actor Michael Socha (formerly of the UK series Being Human) will be joining the mothership show: Once Upon a Time for the show’s fourth season (should it get renewed, which has not yet happened). This casting announcement hasn’t been confirmed by the network yet either, though. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Newcomer Cory Michael Smith (who will appear in the upcoming HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge) has landed a role in the FOX drama pilot Gotham where he will play Edward Nygma (aka The Riddler). (Jen Yamato at Deadline)

HOT MUSIC NEWS

If you’re a fan of Sarah McLachlan (like I am), then you’ll want to listen to her new single from her upcoming new album “Shine On” – her first album in four years:

“Shine On” – Sarah McLachlan

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Toby Kebbell (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) has landed the coveted role of Victor von Doom (aka Doctor Doom) in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot. (Justin Kroll at Variety)

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Frances Fisher (Resurrection) will appear in the final season of The Killing, which has landed over at Netflix. Fisher will play the estranged mom of Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Diane Farr (Numb3rs and Rescue Me) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the USA Network long-running drama Royal Pains, playing Annie, a private investigator who is stricken by mysterious symptoms during an investigation. She fears her illness will prevent her from solving the most important case of her career. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor Sebastian Roche (The Vampire Diaries) will appear in several episodes of Scandal, but no official details have been released on who he will be playing in the ABC drama. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

TV TRAILER

Halt and Catch Fire First Trailer: Lee Pace Wages Tech War in New AMC Drama

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Ryan Devlin (Cougar Town Veronica Mars Season 3) has landed a recurring role on The CW drama pilot Jane the Virgin, which is based on the successful Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen. The pilot centers on Jane (Gina Rodriguez), a hardworking religious girl who, due to a series of outrageous events, is accidentally artificially inseminated. Devlin will play Andre, the brother of Jane’s boyfriend, a trouble-maker holding on to some secrets. (The Deadline Team)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Amazon Studios has given a second season order to its comedy series Alpha House and has also given the greenlight to four new shows, including the following:

The After, which comes from Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files. The online series will follow eight strangers who are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation. Among the cast are Aldis Hodge (Leverage), Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries), Adrian Pasdar (Heroes), Jamie Kennedy (The Ghost Whisperer) and Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue).

Bosch, which is based on the Michael Connelly bestselling book series about a relentless LAPD homicide detective, starring Titus Welliver (Lost and The Good Wife) and Annie Wersching (24 and Revolution). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The animated film Frozen has now surpassed Toy Story 3 as the number 1 animated film ever with an unbelievable 1.072 billion dollars worldwide. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Warner Bros. is launching a trilogy of films based on the Harry Potter spin-off book “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. Even the fictional book featured in one of the franchise films is only 54-pages long, the plan is to make three films set initially in New York seven decades before the start of Harry Potter’s story, following magizoologist Newt Scamander. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. Noah – 44 million
2. Divergent – 26.5 million
3. Muppets Most Wanted – 11.4 million
4. Mr. Peabody & Sherman – 9.5 million
5. God’s Not Dead – 9.1 million
6. The Grant Budapest Hotel – 8.8 million
7. Sabotage – 5.3 million
8. Need for Speed – 4.3 million
9. 300: Rise of An Empire – 4.3 million
10. Non-Stop – 4.1 million

Q&A SECTION (with Leanne Aguilera at E! Online)

Question: So excited that Kate is coming back to Teen Wolf! But what is she?! – Danielle

Leanne: Jeff Davis, take it away! “She’s…well, I guess I should let it stay secret. I won’t tell you! [Laughs.] But she’s specific and there’s a reason for it.” He adds, “We are really excited about Kate. We’re excited about making her a really powerful villain, about her relationships with both Argent and Derek, and now what she does now that both she and Peter are resurrected.”

Question: Anything on The Blacklist? It’s on fire lately, but I need even more answers about Tom! – Gregory

Leanne: Patience, grasshopper! “There are definitely answers coming at the end of the season, it’s not just going to be questions forever,” Ryan Eggold promises, adding that Tom is “at the point of no return. There’s no going back.” Oh, and prepare to see him improvise a lot when Liz unexpectedly brings his “brother” to town for a surprise visit for their vow renewal ceremony.

Question: I was so excited to hear that you guys are big Orphan Black fans, too! Got any news on my favorite clone Allison?

Leanne: You have no idea how deep our Clone Club devotion goes. In fact, in case you haven’t heard, it’s Orphan Black week on E! Online! We’re rolling out a new and exclusive video each and every day this week to get you all as pumped as we are for season two. (And in case you missed it check out our first two videos here and here!) Alison is going to be having a hilariously hard time in her suburban sanctuary when the BBC America hit returns. So what is her emotional outlet? The local community center play, of course! We love you, Allison, but after witnessing your opening night, maybe you should just stick to scrapbooking…

Question: I need that Emison scoop from your Pretty Little Liars interviews! – EmisonLoverr

Leanne: We hate to potentially burst your bubble, but it looks like there could be another fish swimming in Emily’s pond of pretty ladies. In season five, fans will be introduced to Sydney, a newbie on the Rosewood High swim team who is both friendly and easy on the eyes. Could Emily be abandoning both Alison and Paige for a newer model?! We caught up with Shay Mitchell for a little relationship update: “For the Paige and Emily fans, I would say to hold tight. Nothing’s ever said and done. And I will say to the Emison fans, you never know what could happen again. So stay tuned.”

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Francois Arnaud (The Borgias) will star opposite Maggie Q (Nikita) in the limited series Red Flag that will begin production this fall; but does not have a specific network attached just yet. The limited series will be set in the early 1800s, centering on Ching Shih (Maggie Q), a beautiful young Chinese prostitute who goes on to become one of history’s most powerful pirates and head of the most successful crime syndicate in China. With over 100,000 sailors and 1500-plus vessels, Ching controlled the South China Sea while taking on the Imperial Chinese navy, the Portuguese navy, and the all-powerful British navy to eventually conquer them all. Arnaud will play Carlito, the Portuguese sailor and bounty Hunter engaged to hunt down and capture Ching Shih. He has no loyalty and takes from everybody to kill Ching Shih and soon becomes her lover. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Mike Epps has landed a recurring role on the upcoming second season of the BET hit new drama Being Mary Jane where he will play Chris Warren, husband and a father who is in a great marriage, something Mary Jane (series lead Gabrielle Union) covets. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

No great surprise here, but ABC has not only pulled the plug on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (the trailer for next week’s episode did, after all, say series finale); but the network has also cancelled the Christian Slater-Steve Zahn-led drama Mind Games after five low-rated episodes. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Syfy has given a second season order to their new thriller series Helix, which airs its season finale tonight. (Twitter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Boris Kodjoe (Undercovers) has landed a role in the straight-to-series ABC drama The Club that will focus on the upstairs/downstairs stories at a private country club. Kodjoe will play Deacon, a Hall of Fame pro football player who moved his family back East and is trying his hand at real estate. Infuriated by the bureaucracy, and ultimately realizing that knowing the right people will make things easier, he joins the Club. (The Deadline Team)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actress Dana Delany (China Beach and Body of Proof) has joined the cast of the Amazon Studios pilot Hand of God that will follows Judge Pernell (Ron Perlman from Beauty and the Beast and Sons of Anarchy fame), a law-bending man with a call girl on the side, who has a religious awakening. He begins to have visions and hear voices that could be God speaking to him through his ventilator-bound son. Delany will play Crystal Harris, the wife of powerful Judge Pernell. (Natalie Jarvey at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFFICE NEWS

Actor Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games and The Spectacular Now) has landed the final lead role in the upcoming reboot film Terminator: Genesis. He joins the likes of Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) [who plays Sara Connor], Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) [who plays John Connor], Jai Courtney (Divergent and A Good Day to Die Hard) [as Kyle Reese] and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okeniyi will play Danny Dyson, son of brainiac cyborg developer Miles Dyson. The film will be out in July 2015. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Trailer: Begin Again (with Keira Knightly & Mark Ruffalo)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line and TV Scoop Team at E! Online)

Question: I could really use some scoop on Pretty Little Liars — preferably on Ezra, but I’ll take anything you have. –Estee

Mitovich: “Anything I have” wins! Early in Season 5, we’ll meet the potentially recurring character of Sydney, a new member of the high school swim team. Speculation here at the office has her either A) sharing a connection to either Emily’s ex, Paige or B) forging a “connection” with Ems herself!

Question: Do you have any scoop on Syfy’s Bitten? There are only a few episodes left. –Carol

Mitovich: This Monday, Jeremy finally tells Elena the truth about why Clay bit her years ago. And then in the April 8 finale, as Elena and the Pack prepare for a final stand against a Mutt army led by Santos and the mysterious James Williams, Elena will cement her status as a heart-breaker — but probably not in the way you’re thinking.

Question: Are we going to see more magic lessons for Once Upon a Time‘s Emma? –Robertino

Mitovich: “That is definitely something that comes up,” says Jennifer Morrison, who describes the Emma/Regina scenes as both “fun” and “interesting.” As she points out, “Regina’s a bit annoyed because Emma wasn’t really into learning magic in Neverland, so there’s some banter back and forth about my ‘reluctance’ to be magical.” But with a Wicked Witch on the loose and Henry in a partially amnesic limbo, “Emma has that extra motivation to reach into place in herself that she’s not necessarily comfortable with.”

Question: Reign is insane right now! What’s ahead? – Luke

TV Scoop Team: More family drama is coming! “You will see some family members,” of some of the characters Anna Popplewell dishes, though she notes no one from Lola’s family has been introduced since her wayward brother.

Question: Any spoilers on Avery and Juliette on Nashville? They’re my favorite couple on the show now! – Jeaneen

TV Scoop Team: Sorry, but there are rocky waters ahead for Juliette and Avery after he is all too quick to be there for a struggling Scarlett (along with her mother, who we’ll meet very soon). The good news? It looks like Juliette will actually be the mature one in this situation. Our girl’s growing up!

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (CSI: NY) will have a recurring role on the USA Network drama Graceland when it returns this summer for its second season. He will play Sid Markham, the head of LAPD’s Gang Task Force. Sid is more mind than muscle and uses his intelligence and ability to read people as a way to build relationships and close cases; but that doesn’t mean he’s not prone to acts of violence here and there. Briggs (series regular Daniel Sunjata) grows close to him, seeing Sid as a helpful tool in taking down a cartel. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Perrey Reeves (Entourage) will have a recurring role on the USA Network drama Covert Affairs, playing Caitlin, the no-nonsense COO of Ryan McQuaid’s (actor Nicholas Bishop from Body of Proof) security company. (Andy Swift at TV Line and E! Online)

Actress Michelle Borth will be leaving the CBS remake Hawaii Five-0 at the end of this current season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Trailer: Words and Pictures (New Rom-Com with Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche)

ME: Does this mean we may finally start to see a return to REAL rom-coms at the box office or just a tease of what could be if the movie industry would actually relearn what rom-coms really are? Just my opinion!

Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Longtime reader, first time question. I’m a huge Scandal junkie and would love some scoop. —Kristen

Ausiello: This Thursday, we will meet the Grant teens, and the family dynamic is far from The Brady Bunch. “We had many happy years as a family, but they have been through a rocky road these last few years,” First Lady Bellamy Young previews. “You read ugly things about your parents in the paper and on the Internet, so yeah, we’ll meet them in a fraught moment. You can imagine teenagers in this situation and how they might react!” Of Lost alums Dylan Minnette and Madeline Carroll, Young raves, Scandal has “incredible, formidable actors who are so capable of carrying this complicated material” — and complicated it shall be. Notes the actress with a laugh, “It so humanizes Fitz and Mellie to see them try and parent! Nothing can undo you like your own teenagers.”

Question: I’m liking The Tomorrow People more and more, but its future isn’t looking too bright. Anything you can say to make me feel better about the odds of a second season? —Joseph

Ausiello: If the Season 1 finale turns out to be TTP‘s swan song, the show is going out with a bang… and a fair amount of nudity. According to exec producer Phil Klemmer, here’s a preview of what’s going down in the May 5 closer: “Someone will die. Someone will be stuck in limbo. The entire world might be ending or might not. [Robbie Amell] will be shirtless [and] will kick some very, very serious ass. Someone will lose his or her powers. A couple that we’ve never seen be intimate will become intimate. Someone will possibly lose their memory…. they’ll be turned into, like, a grotesque automaton version of their former selves.”

Question: Have anything good about Arrow? —KE

Ausiello: EP Marc Guggenheim told Matt Mitovich that next week’s episode is titled “Deathstroke” because it revolves around “the first huge move that Slade Wilson is going to make in his plan to exact revenge.” He also said that as the last episode leading into a brief spring break, it ends on a “bittersweet” — and “very messy” — note.

Question: Any chance we might see an NCIS episode featuring Gibbs and Tony undercover together? If not them, what about Tony taking McGee on his first undercover operation? —Julia

Ausiello: Asked about any such capers, show boss Gary Glasberg would only say, “There’s a bit of an undercover aspect to the McGee storyline with Delilah that’s coming up [on April 8]. We have some fun there.”

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TELEVISION

NBC has acquired the rights to the 12-episode action/comedy series Taxi Brooklyn that Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jacky Ido (Inglourious Basterds) as well as Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods), Ally Walker (Profiler), James Colby (Person Of Interest), Bill Heck (Pan Am), Jose Zuniga (Body Of Proof) and Raul Casso (Blue Bloods). The series focuses on Detective Caitlyn “Cat” Sullivan (Leigh), who is determined to find the truth about the death of her father, an NYPD detective who was killed in the line of duty; but when her stubborn character and recklessness behind the wheel finds her demoted to foot patrol, she teams with the highly skilled and charming Marseille-born cabbie Leo Romba. Realizing Leo lied on his immigration form, Cat offers him a deal: in exchange for his driving prowess and taxi, she will help Leo with his papers situation. He becomes her personal driver and police consultant as they race through the streets of New York City solving cases. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

The A&E drama Those Who Kill that was pulled after only two episodes will get a second life (so to speak) on Lifetime Movie Network (LMN). The first two episodes will air this Sunday on the cable network at 8 and 9 PM followed by the third episode at 10 PM. The rest of the episodes will roll out on Sunday nights on LMN at 10 PM. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Amy Acker (Person of Interest and Angel) has landed a role on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where she will play Audrey, the love of Phil Coulson’s (series lead Clark Gregg) life. A talented musician turning heads in Portland, Audrey believes Coulson to be dead and has no idea that he’s guarding her from a distance as a super-powered threat from her past re-emerges. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be back on ABC starting on April 1. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Linus Roache (Law & Order and Vikings) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Blacklist, playing the Kingmaker, an extremely dangerous and influential man with political ties around the world who manipulates democracy to his own ends and is an expert at political assassination. (Damian Holbrook at TV Guide)

Actor Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black) will have a recurring role in the upcoming El Rey Network series Matador that will chronicle the unlikely rise of Antonio “Matador” Bravo (Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who in reality uses his sports career for a cover as a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little-known branch of the CIA. Bruce will play Gabriel, a Lothario type DEA Agent. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sam Jaeger (Parenthood) has joined the cast of the upcoming Clint Eastwood flick American Sniper that will feature Bradley Cooper as decorated marksman Chris Kyle, whose memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography Of The Most Lethal Sniper In U.S. Military History serves as the basis for the Warner Bros film. Jaeger will play Captain Martens, who welcomes Chris back to Iraq for his second tour of duty and is his commanding officer on his subsequent tour. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer and the short-lived King & Maxwell) has joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel The Book Of Me that will tell the story of Dawson and Amanda, former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their reunion reignites the love they’ve never forgotten, but the duo find the very same forces that drove them apart before live on. Tenney will play Harvey, father of Amanda (played as a teenager by Liana Liberato and as an adult by Michelle Monaghan). (The Deadline Team)

Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Question: When are we going to get Outlaw-Queen stuff from your Once Upon a Time talk with Lana Parrilla? — Sarah, via Twitter

Natalie: Soon, I promise! But the more pressing matter is Regina’s reunion with Robin Hood in Storybrooke. Even though the couple has a (forgotten) history, don’t expect a magical romance right off the bat. “She’s terrified. She’s afraid to open her heart and afraid to let love in,” Parilla says. “So many things have been taken away from her. … She doesn’t believe that… this love has the potential to be as deep and real as she dreamt.”

Question: Do you have any Orphan Black scoop on my favorite clone Alison? — Arianna

Natalie: Poor waspy Alison will be wracked with guilt over killing suspected monitor Aynsley. So, she’ll try to ease her mind by taking on an unusual project that requires her to flex a completely different muscle. Unfortunately, her new gig will put her in even more danger than before.

Question: When are we going to find out who the Clairvoyant is on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Taryn

Natalie: Though she wouldn’t confirm or deny my theory that the Clairvoyant is someone we already know, executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen promises the reveal is coming very soon. How soon? Well, the April 1 episode — which features the returns of Agents Hand (Saffron Burrows), Garrett (Bill Paxton), Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández) and Blake (Titus Welliver) — is shaping up to be pretty super. I hear one of the returning faces is harboring a big secret and another will wind up on the wrong end of a battle with Deathlok.

Question: Please tell me you got more Sleepy Hollow scoop on Season 2! — Sandy

Natalie: I did, and I can tell you the new captain replacing the incarcerated Irving will not be an ally. “It’s somebody who is not in support of Abbie and Crane,” executive producer Len Wiseman says. “They’re going to find themselves in a tricky spot again with the department.” Speaking of bosses, War and Moloch won’t always be on the same side in Season 2.

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The History Channel has given a third season pick-up order to Vikings. (Press Release)

Fans of Teen Wolf have already lost cast members Crystal Reed and Max Carver (who played Allison and Aiden respectively) and now they will be losing one more: Daniel Sharman. But, this time around his character Isaac won’t be killed off. Daniel – much like Crystal – asked to leave the show, but requested that Isaac not be killed. Daniel apparently wants to give other projects a try, but hopes that he can have the opportunity to come back in the future. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

Actress Tessa Ferrer and actor Gaius Charles have not had their contracts picked up for their series regular roles on Grey’s Anatomy, which means they will not be back for the show’s upcoming fall season. It is also unclear if they will make any guest appearances in the future either. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show) has joined the cast of the upcoming straight-to-13-episode series ABC drama The Club that will focus on the upstairs/downstairs drama at a private country club. Brandt will play Leslie, the wife of one of the brothers who own the club who just ran off with their father’s trophy-wife stepmother after squandering the club’s finances, leaving behind his wife, who has a legal consulting practice, and their son. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Matthew Modine has joined the cast of the TNT drama pilot Proof, which is a supernatural medical drama to be executive produced by actress Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). The pilot will center on Dr. Kathryn Russo (Jennifer Beals of Flashdance fame), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon with a caustic edge who has been struggling with the devastating loss of her teenage son and a growing estrangement from her surviving daughter. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences and hauntings. Modine will play Ivan Turing, a charming, eccentric, technology multi-billionaire facing a terminal cancer who is willing to apply all his resources to answering the question, is there anything beyond death? (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Trailer: Hercules

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TELEVISION

Actor Justin Hartley (Smallville and Revenge) will have a recurring role in the ABC summer drama Mistresses, playing Scott, a new love interest for Joss (series regular Jes Macallan). (Michael Slezak at TV Line)

Actress Kelli Williams (Army Wives and The Practice) will guest star in an upcoming episode of NCIS, playing an NCIS agent. The episode will explore the issue of sexual assault in the Navy. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Marilu Henner (Taxi and Evening Shade) will guest star in the upcoming Hallmark Channel series Signed, Sealed, Delivered that focuses on a group of postal detectives who solve the mysteries behind undeliverable letters and packages from the past, delivering them when they are needed most. Henner will play one of the group’s supervisors, a role that will also be filled by Valerie Harper, Della Reese and Valerie Bertinelli. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Alfre Woodard will appear in the NBC drama pilot State Of Affairs that stars Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) as a maverick CIA officer who was plucked from the field to become the president’s daily briefer, assuming responsibility for targeting America’s most critical threats while navigating the unique lifestyle that comes with such a high-powered job. Woodard will play President Roberta Payton. (The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. Divergent – 56 million
2. Muppets Most Wanted – 16.5 million
3. Mr. Peabody & Sherman – 11.7 million
4. 300: Rise of an Empire – 8.7 million
5. God’s Not Dead – 8.5 million
6. Need for Speed – 7.8 million
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel – 6.7 million
8. Non-Stop – 6.3 million
9. The LEGO Movie – 4.1 million
10. The Single Mom’s Club – 3.1 million

Full Trailer: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Actor Sam Worthington and actress Robin Wright (House of Cards) have joined the ensemble cast of Everest that already includes Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal and John Hawkes as part of the cast. The film will tell the true saga of a disastrous attempt to scale the summit of the world’s highest mountain when they were hit by a fierce snowstorm near the top. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online)

Question: Since we’ve been seeing Robin Hood on Once Upon a Time, does this mean that we’ll get to see more of Mulan too? – Lauren

TV Scoop Team: Unfortunately, we will not be seeing our badass Chinese princess anymore this season. However we will be reunited with another fan favorite that we have not seen in a while! Red, aka the most kickass Little Red Riding hood we’ve ever met, will be returning to our magical drama pretty soon. Fingers crossed we’ll get a sweet best friends scene with her and Snow!

Question: I still can’t get over Pretty Little Liars crazy finale! Can you give us a tease for season five? – Michelle

TV Scoop Team: Well as you should know by now, our brooding babe, Caleb, will be back in Rosewood by episode five of next season. But, did you know that Caleb might be bringing a few friends along? Executive Producer, Oliver Goldstick, exclusively revealed to us that fans will definitely find out what happened to Miranda in Ravenswood. “Yes, we’re going to try to be as economic and yet elegant as possible without belaboring because they’re not on screen,” he said. “But I think, you know, residents of Ravenswood may even come back to Rosewood. In addition to Tyler, you might have some familiar faces crashing in. Not permanently, just time to time, because he did have a world there.”

Question: In desperate need of some spoilers on Arrow! Will anyone else find out Oliver’s secret this year? So many people are in the know! – Colin

TV Scoop Team: First, let’s address this one: how has Det. Lance not caught on yet that his hooded friend is Oliver, who has dated both of his daughters? “Episode 19 pretty definitively answers that question as far as Lance is concerned and I think that the answer will surprise you,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim teases, adding that a few more people will learn Oliver’s secret by the end of season two.

Question: Where oh where has my weekly dose of Aaron Tveit gone? The wait for Graceland is killing me. – Vicki

TV Scoop Team: They’re working on it, trust us! Season 2 will introduce viewers to Sid Markham, the head of the LAPD’s Gang Task Force. Sid is strong, dependable and when he first meets Mike, he’s extremely helpful—but like many characters in Graceland, first impressions are not necessarily the correct ones.

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Fan-favorite actor-comedian Patton Oswalt (Justified and the animated film Ratatouille) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, playing Agent Eric Koenig, who was part of Nick Fury’s team of World War II soldiers in the original Marvel comics. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

While it hasn’t been confirmed by the USA Network, White Collar will probably be ending after its upcoming sixth season, which will consist of only six episodes. Meanwhile, the network has picked up two pilots to series. The first is Rush, a fast-paced Hollywood drama centered on Dr. William Rush (Tom Ellis), who is not your average on-call doctor. He is highly discreet no matter what the ailment, as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium, and the doctor can party with the best of them. He has no desire to change his life or how he lives it, until an old flame and his conscience begin to stir things up. The other is Complications, which centers on John Ellis (Jason O’Mara), a disillusioned suburban ER doctor who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy’s life and killing one of his attackers. When Ellis learns the boy is still marked for death, he finds himself compelled to save him at any cost and discovers that his own life, and his outlook on medicine, may never be the same. Both shows will have 10 episodes. The network also recently picked up two other dramas, the untitled drama that will star The Glades actor Matt Passmore and the upcoming event series Dig that will star Jason Isaacs and Anne Heche. (Sadie Genis at TV Guide, Nellie Andreeva at Deadline and Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the TNT series Franklin & Bash, playing a man named Albert Daugherty, who is also the Duke of Weddington, who crosses paths with the lawyers after he finds himself in a spat with his neighbor. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Patricia Wettig (Brothers & Sisters) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot Identity, which will tell the story of a young woman in need of an organ transplant who discovers her half-brother’s family is the target of a CIA investigation for domestic terrorism. Wettig will play family matriarch Liana Grant. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actress Mena Suvari (American Pie franchise and was just seen on Chicago Fire) has landed the lead role in the Amazon Studio drama pilot Hysteria that centers on Dr. Logan Harlow, an exceptionally bright, driven, complicated, charming but socially awkward neurologist/psychiatrist at the University of Texas Medical School who travels to her hometown of Austin, TX to investigate a mysterious epidemic among high school girls that may be spreading through technology. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actresses Kathy Baker (Picket Fences) and Amanda Crew (Charlie St. Cloud) will appear in the upcoming box office film The Age of Adaline that follows the miraculous life of 29-year-old Adaline (Blake Lively from Gossip Girl), who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. She embarks on a worldwide journey keeping her secret until she meets a man who forever alters her life. There are no details on what roles the actresses will play in the film, though. Other cast members include Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn and Michiel Huisman (Nashville). (Rebecca Ford at The Hollywood Reporter)

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online)

Question: Sleepy Hollow season two is so far away! Give me something to look forward to! – Miriam

TV Scoop Team: Another major first for Ichabod, our favorite fish-out-of-water! “Air travel, he’ll experience for the first time,” executive producer Len Wiseman teases. “Imagine Crane on a plane basically thinking it’s a massive truck. It’s got wheels, he doesn’t really know the thing actually picks up and takes off into the air. That’s something he will experience.”

Question: I’m addicted to Reign! Give me some scoop! – Ellie

TV Scoop Team: You think it’s crazy right now? Oh, just wait. “Think about the pace that things are moving at on just an average weekly basis, and then imagine the season finale,” Anna Popplewell previews. “It’s going to be enormous. So yeah, there’s plenty to look forward to, and fear and dread and all the rest of it.” But can we expect a death. Popplewell teases, “No one is safe in the castle, as you know. There are deaths almost every week, but I couldn’t possibly say who will or won’t survive.”

Question: Revenge, please and thank you. – Gayle

TV Scoop Team: The season finale, titled “Execution,” will see one of your favorites in prison and they’re not having a great time in the slammer. And there’s a trial. And a visit to the psych ward. And somebody’s dead. And that’s all we’ll tell you.

Question: Any Beauty and the Beast scoop to share with us Beasties?! – Aimee

TV Scoop Team: BATB is getting its Law & Order on as the mission to clear Vincent’s name is on. The police and our gang are both working on getting enough “evidence and witnesses” to prove their case, Austin Basis previews, adding that the case will “leads to almost an even more desperate problem…it’s almost like the to the starting gate for Vincent and Catherine, not in their relationship, but how are they going to live a normal life?”

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

NBC has renewed Grimm, Chicago Fire and its spin-off series Chicago P.D. for next season. These shows join newcomer The Blacklist on the prime-time line-up next fall; but there is no word, yet, on whether Law & Order: SVU, Revolution, Hannibal or Dracula will be renewed or not. (Rick Kissell at Variety)

Actor Desmond Harrington (Dexter and Gossip Girl) has joined the cast of the upcoming summer series The Astronaut Wives Club, playing the competitive and steely Alan Shepard, one of the first astronauts in space. (Whitney Friedlander at Variety)

Actress Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist) will reportedly set to appear in upcoming crossover episodes of Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., but there are no specific details yet. (Marc Malkin at E! Online)

Veteran actor Treat Williams (Everwood) will guest star in an upcoming episode of CSI, playing Sam, someone who as a Sheriff’s Deputy back in the late 1980s demonstrated a knack for invention and an aptitude for forensic science. As such, he pioneered methods of crime scene investigating in ways that put him decades ahead of his time. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot State Of Affairs that will star Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) as Charleston Whitney Tucker, a key CIA attaché who counsels the president on high-stakes incidents around the world. Odom will play Mitchell Manning, Chief of Staff to the President of the U.S. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Veteran actor Sam Shepard (August: Osage County) has joined the cast of the upcoming 13-episode untitled Netflix psychological thriller drama that will center on a close-knit family of four adult siblings (Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Norbert Leo Butz) whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother (Mendelsohn) returns home. Shepard will play the patriarch of the family while veteran actress Sissy Spacek will play his wife. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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

Question: Do you have anything for us NCIS: LA/Densi fans? –Krisztina

Mitovich: When I spoke with Barrett Foa and Renée Felice Smith (aka Eric and Nell), they confirmed that there will be “some transition issues” when Kensi eventually makes her way back to the States, ones that affect her partnership with Deeks. “Hetty kind of encourages Kensi to stay close to home, in ops,” Smith previewed. “So she and Eric Beale get to share some time together, which gives Nell and Deeks some time together out in the field.”

Question: Any clue what is going on with Neal on Once Upon a Time? His fans are worried! –Sara

Mitovich: Patience, dearie. Within the next few episodes, the mystery of what’s been going on with Neal in Storybrooke will be answered.

Question: On Once Upon a Time, is there any chance that Snow and Charmings’ new baby is “Dorothy” in this Oz story? –Tom

Mitovich: Funny, Ginnifer Goodwin told me that she and Josh Dallas have batted around that same theory – though at the time we chatted, they were warming up to the Emma-as-Dorothy speculation. But through the filming of Episode 18, at least, there have been no hints either way.

Question: A little bird told me that the Major Crimes cast is coming back to work on Monday. Do you have any inside info on Season 3? –Ilona

Mitovich: Ugh, Sharon’s back. No, not Raydor. (We love her.) I’m talking about Rusty’s other “mother.”

Question: Anything on Season 2 of Orphan Black? –Leia

Mitovich: The Season 2 premiere is, as expected, bananas in all the best ways, quickly bringing us up to speed on (in this order) Sarah, Rachel, Cosima and Allison (whom I possibly heart more than ever). Also, by the end of the hour, there will be a new addition to the “Clone Club” team.

Question: I’ve seen recent promo pictures of George and Lemon from Hart of Dixie (which returns this Friday at 8/7c). Are they just working together as friends or is their hope that it will turn into more? —Tracie

Mitovich: I can confirm that George and Lemon will find themselves increasingly in each other’s orbit, and there will be flying sparks. I can’t confirm, however, whether they’re sparks of love or sparks of hate.

Question: Please get some scoop on Longmire — anything. –Ucano

Mitovich: The Season 3 premiere, “The White Warrior,” is named for a new recurring character that will be introduced in that episode — a young-looking Native American man dressed in white-grey war paint, whom we first meet as he takes part in an almost-forgotten Cheyenne religious ceremony.

Question: I absolutely loved last night’s episode of Arrow. The Suicide Squad was great to see. Is there any chance it could have been a quiet backdoor pilot? –Rick

Mitovich: I like and share your thinking, but with The Flash destined to race onto our screens in the fall, I’d put a pin in any further spin-off plans. Yet as hinted in last night’s final scene, Deadshot et al shall return. “I don’t want to spoil too much where we’re headed,” EP Marc Guggenheim says, “but you haven’t seen the last of Amanda, and you haven’t seen the last of the Suicide Squad.”

Question: Any scoop on Switched at Birth? –Darla

Mitovich: When we spoke to Max Adler, he warned of “some rocky times ahead for Tank and Bay,” ultimately leading to an event that will “leave your jaw dropped and is very shocking and heartbreaking for one of the characters…. What happens in the finale is pretty gut-wrenching stuff.”

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