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Archive for the ‘Casting’ Category

December 2nd, 2008

Neve Campbell Hooking Up with ‘The Philanthropist’

Anybody else out there been jonesing over the years for Party of Five alumna Neve Campbell to grace the tube again with her presence? Well, your wish is about to come true, if things work out.
According to reports, the actress is thisclose to putting the finishing touches on the paperwork for a role in […]

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September 14th, 2008

Just Another ‘90210’ Cast Member

It looks like The CW’s 90210 will have a new girl in town soon.
In real life, the 22-year-old Canadian actress who plays the recurring character goes by the name Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Edgemont; pictured at right in the photo). On the apparent hit series — at least so far — she’ll […]

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July 20th, 2008

October Start for ‘The Starter Wife’

Remember Debra Messing’s The Starter Wife from last summer, which was so successful it was extended into a ten-episode series? Well, if you’re a fan of the Will & Grace alumna and that hit six-hour mini-series, get ready to spend more time with the star and her show when they return to USA in […]

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July 19th, 2008

It’s Official: Shannen Doherty Shall Return to 90210

A press release was just distributed today confirming what equal numbers of Beverly Hills, 90210 fans have been either anticipating or dreading: Shannen Doherty will definitely reprise the role of Brenda Walsh on The CW’s forthcoming spinoff 90210.
According to the words of the network itself, Walsh, last seen leaving to study acting in London, has […]

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July 16th, 2008

‘Desperate Housewives’ Adds Four New Scavos

And the new actors who will portray Tom and Lynette Scavo’s (Doug Savant and Felicity Huffman) oldest son Parker, twins Porter and Preston, and daughter Penny are Joshua Moore, Charles and Max Carver, and Kendall Applegate.
Since Desperate Housewives is jumping forward five years into the future when it returns for its fifth season in the […]

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July 16th, 2008

Oscar Winner Marcia Gay Harden Heads to ‘Damages’

The latest big-name star to join the cast of FX’s gripping legal drama Damages is Marcia Gay Harden, an Academy Award winner just like William Hurt, who was added to the second-season cast back in June.
Harden will play a powerful corporate attorney who will oppose Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes in the courtroom and presumably outside […]

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July 9th, 2008

Holly Marie Combs Joins Lifetime’s ‘Mistresses’

Charmed fans have some great news to stand up and cheer about now. Actress Holly Marie Combs (first on right in photo), better known to the devoted as middle sister turned oldest sister Piper Halliwell, has been cast in an upcoming pilot from Lifetime called Mistresses.
The new drama is based on a U.K. series […]

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July 2nd, 2008

Shannen Doherty Possibly Moving Back to 90210

Hate her or love her, I, for one, am definitely psyched about the possibility that notorious drama queen Shannen Doherty might be resuming residence in her most well-known zip code, 90210.
According to EW newbie Michael Ausiello, a recent TV Guide import, “multiple sources” have claimed that the actress is “engaged in formal talks” with The […]

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June 30th, 2008

Timothy Olyphant Joins ‘Damages’

Following the addition earlier this month of A-List movie actor William Hurt in a role as a new client of Patty Hewes, FX’s legal drama Damages has now thrown Deadwood star Timothy Olyphant into the mix.
The newcomer will play a romantic interest for Rose Byrne’s Ellen Parsons, whose former significant other was brutally murdered during […]

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June 28th, 2008

‘Desperate Housewives’ Welcomes Neal McDonough

Nice! The newest regular on ABC’s Desperate Housewives is a fine, fine addition named Neal McDonough. He will play a new resident on Wisteria Lane who will eventually wind up romantically entangled with one of our divas, as if anybody needed to state that explicitly.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the diva in question […]

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