Posted May 9th 2008 12:03PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities, Casting
When Tim Gunn returns for the second season of
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, he'll be joined by a new sidekick. Stylist
Gretta Monahan has signed on as the show's newest fashion accomplice. Last season, model Veronica Webb helped Tim Gunn make over several style-impaired women. Now it's Monahan's turn.
Monahan owns Boston's Grettacole Spas, Salons and Boutiques. She also has a fair amount of on-camera experience, having appeared on the
Rachael Ray Show,
The Today Show,
The View, and her own fashion segment on Boston's NBC station. Monahan recently served as a consultant on Dove's Real Beauty campaign.
Continue reading Tim Gunn gets a new fashion accomplice
Posted May 8th 2008 6:03PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, Smallville, Casting, Reality-Free
They've lost Lex Luthor and Lana Lang as regulars, and now it looks like Chloe Sullivan might also be swept from Season 8 of Smallville. TV Guide reports that Allison Mack, the actress who plays Chloe, is in negotiations for her contract.
This could go either way. The show is suffering from the loss of Michael Rosenbaum and Kristen Kreuk as regulars, which is likely why Mack's people are now trying to negotiate her contract. As the article mentions, without Chloe it becomes Lois and Clark: The Early Years.
Continue reading Will Smallville season eight be sans Chloe as well?
Posted May 8th 2008 8:23AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, Casting, Reality-Free
Yes. It's starting to look like Summer 2007 when we feed you announcements about additions to the
Heroes cast at least twice a week. Earlier this week, I told you that
Friday Night Lights'
Brea Grant was joining the superheroes series as a character with the power of superspeed. Today, I'm letting you know that 57-year-old actor
Bruce Boxleitner (he'll turn 58 on May 12), was added to the cast of
Heroes.
Continue reading Yet another actor joins Heroes
Posted May 8th 2008 8:04AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Casting, Private Practice, Reality-Free
Last fall, Gilmore Girls' David Sutcliffe appeared in two episodes of ABC's Private Practice, the Grey's Anatomy spin-off. His guest starring stint as a potential love interest for lead character Addison (played by Kate Walsh) was set to last a few episodes but was cut short due to the writers strike.
Since the last episode of PP's short season aired, it was unknown if the actor would return as Officer Kevin Nelson, a cop that caught Addison's interest. The actor's schedule could have changed, the writers could have decided to bench his character, who knows?
Sutcliffe fans, fear not! In the latest edition of the "Ausiello Report Vodcast Scoop,"
Michael Ausiello interviewed Sutcliffe (the interview starts at the 1:17 mark in the video below) and was able to get confirmation that the actor will return to
Private Practice.
Continue reading David Sutcliffe is sticking around Private Practice - VIDEO
Posted May 7th 2008 6:22PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: American Idol, Video, Bones, Alumni, Casting, Reality-Free
Before the writers strike shut down the set of
Bones, the cast and crew completed an episode titled "The Wannabe in the Weeds." If you recall, in mid-December, I told you that former
American Idol contestants Brandon Rogers and Ace Young would guest star in this
American Idol-themed episode. Finally, months after the episode was completed, we will get to see the two
Idol finalist perform both on and off the stage on
Bones.
Continue reading American Idol fans make sure you watch the next Bones - VIDEO
Posted May 7th 2008 4:41PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
Word on the Upper East Side streets is that evildoer Georgina Sparks will elect residence in NYC permanently next fall.
According to E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos,
Michelle Trachtenberg's mutli-episode arc stint will become a regular one when
Gossip Girl returns for its
second season.
Trachtenberg has gotten fair reviews about her portrayal of bad teen Georgine Sparks so far, and her addition to the cast did create some, err, sparks! The character is there to generate some waves and is not worried about hurting people along the way (see "
All About My Brother" if you need proof). So what will this permanent addition mean for the show? More drama? More secrets? More backstabbing? Serena going back to her evil ways for good? No matter the answer, you can bet that Sparks will see her name in print on the
Gossip Girl blog more than once.
Kristin Dos Santos also says that the show will have a second season of 24 episodes and that the first few episodes back will see the characters on vacation in the Hamptons.
Posted May 7th 2008 1:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Cable/Satellite, Game Show, Dancing With The Stars, Casting
He's an actor, a pin-up hunk, he's tried
Dancing With the Stars, and now he'll see what it's like to be a Jim Lange or Wink Martindale. Cameron Mathison has been tapped to host TLC's new game show
Your Place or Mine? Looking at those eyes, I'd let him redecorate my abode!
"I'm thrilled to be a part of TLC's first game show, and extremely excited about the fun concept," said Mathison. "I think both men and women, of all ages, are really going to enjoy the show because there's a little something in it for everyone." Yeah, TLC is pitching this as a family show. Hmm...we'll see. If it can capture the
Trading Spaces vibe, they may be on the right track.
Continue reading Cameron Mathison dances into game show role
Posted May 7th 2008 11:40AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
It's a step up from Baltimore. Tristan Wilds, who played Michael on
The Wire, is
playing the male lead in the 90210 spinoff. Wilds will take on the role of Dixon, the adopted son of the Harry and Celia Mills. The Mills family is shaping up to be much more entertaining than the Walshes. Jessica Walter and Lori Loughlin have already been cast as the grandmother and mother, respectively. I can't wait to see Michael having family dinner with Lucille Bluth and Becky from
Full House.
In other 90210 casting news, Michael Steger is playing Navid, producer of the West Beverly High's TV news show. I'm not familiar with Steger, but I'm thrilled that Wilds is returning to TV.
Continue reading The Wire's Tristan Wilds lands 90210 role
Posted May 7th 2008 10:35AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Just yesterday I posted about the
casting announcement for Amanda Graystone in the
Battlestar Galactica prequel,
Caprica. Now comes word that one of the most anticipated characters of the series has been cast.
Esai Morales, who you may know best as Lt. Rodriquez on
NYPD Blue, or as Major Beck from ill-fated
Jericho, has
landed the role of Joseph Adama, father to William, grandfather to Lee. Joseph is described as "a man who has done a few crooked things in his life" and is one to be feared. Remember, he knows a thing or two about the law as well.
In looking back at photos of young Bill Adama from the
Razor vignettes, Nico Cortez -- who plays Bill -- could easily pass as Morales's son. I wonder if we'll be treated at all to some scenes from the future of the Cylon war, where Cortez can reprise his role.
Posted May 6th 2008 11:40AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Early last month I posted a
casting call sheet for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel show, Caprica. In that list was a call for Amanda Graystone, a "surgeon with a volatile streak to her" who is "something of a double agent." Well, you can scratch that one off the list of openings, as
Paula Malcomson (Trixie of
Deadwood and Jerri of
John From Cincinnati) has been cast in the role.
My interest in
Caprica hinges on how
Battlestar Galactica concludes; will I really want to know more about how it all began? I could see them putting us in a place that has us craving for more, though it's likely
Caprica is meant to stand on its own and without having to follow too many rules set by the
BSG events. Hopefully I'm wrong.
Continue reading Some Caprica and Warehouse 13 casting news
Posted May 6th 2008 10:04AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Music and Variety, Casting, Reality-Free
Comedy Central is reviving The Gong Show. The original '70s variety show featured amateur acts who tried to impress the celebrity judges panel and avoid ... the gong.
The new show, which is currently casting for tapings on both coasts in Los Angeles and New York, will be hosted by Dave Attell. Yeah, remember him? The former stand-up comic from New York had his own show on Comedy Central called
Insomniac with Dave Attell. I used to love that show. Attell would walk around the streets of different cities (mostly here in the States, but he went aboard too) and talk to people who were completely inebriated. He also occasionally talked to people who worked night shifts. I think he'll be a great host for this new project.
I think that because this show is on Comedy Central, it's going to be way more interesting and entertaining than the train wreck that is
America's Got Talent. What do you think? Will you watch the new
Gong Show?
[via
BuzzerBlog]
Posted May 5th 2008 8:04PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Casting
Okay, you can commence the happy dance! Contestants from your favorite skanky shows on VH1 coming together for an all-star competition called
I Love Money. What will they be competing for? I think you can figure that one out. The show will feature your favorite personalities from
Rock of Love,
Flavor Of Love, and
I Love New York. It's produced by Mark Cronin and Cris Abrego (my personal heroes) who have produced, well, just about every successful show on VH1.
Continue reading VH1's got a new celebreality show
Posted May 5th 2008 10:24AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Casting, Reality-Free
Actress
Brea Grant just landed a pretty cool role on the hit NBC series
Heroes. According to
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello,
the young actress was cast as Joy, a woman in her early twenties with the power of superspeed.
This recurring character is said to be introduced in a scene set at a museum. Hiro meets the woman at the museum and asks her if she has powers and is using them to steal art. As expected, Joy will lie to our beloved hero Hiro and leave the scene with a few paintings. Is she part of the villains or is she one of the good guys and somehow lost her way? Only time will tell!
Continue reading Brea Grant speeds her way to Heroes
Posted May 4th 2008 12:21PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Celebrities, Ugly Betty, Casting, Reality-Free
First How I Met Your Mother went for ratings gold by casting Britney Spears in an episode (and another). Ugly Betty is following suit - with none other than Hollywood's poster child for poor choices and bad ideas: Lindsay Lohan.
Rich actually reported on this way back in November, but nothing came together. Blame the WGA Strike or the frequent trips to rehab ... take your pick. Variety has now confirmed that Li Lo will guest star in the upcoming Ugly Betty finale. But it doesn't stop there. The original plan for her arc to span three episodes has been upped to six. So she's going to return next season for five more. Lohan will play an old schoolmate of Betty's. The catch? Apparently she used to be a real bitch to the now successful Miss Suarez. Lohan's character is down on her luck, and Betty being the nice gal that she is, can't help but lend a hand.
This strikes me as a bit odd. I only casually follow this show, but it seems like ever since the show's regime change, things have been a bit shaky. The casting of someone like Lindsay Lohan just doesn't seem right to me. Thoughts?
Posted May 4th 2008 9:21AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
Is that Carlo Hesser I spy? It looks a lot like Hawk from
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century? Actually, it's both, and his name Thom Christopher. The veteran character actor, who most recently was Colonel Dax on
Guiding Light, is coming back to the soap that he's best known for,
One Life to Live. In 1992, he won a Daytime Emmy for this role.
Soap Opera Digest reports that Thom's will resume the role of Carlo Hesser, evil-doer extraordinare, on June 27.
Christopher's comeback comes on the heels of the major announcement, that is the
return of Andrea Evans as Tina Lord Roberts after a nearly two decade absence. And
One Life isn't done with the splashy returns. Susan Haskell, another former Emmy-winner (for her role as Marty Saybrooke), is also finding her way to Llanview. Never mind that her character plunged off a cliff in a van last year (when Christina Chambers played the part). You'll see, she was thrown from the vehicle and survived somehow. Trust me. Like sci-fi, soap opera deaths are not as final as you think.
Continue reading Another fave returns to One Life to Live
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