• Lipstick Jungle's Robert Buckley will join the cast of Privileged for the last two episodes of the season [1]. — TV Guide
• The Dark Knight is among the best picture nominees for the Producers Guild of America awards [2]. — The Hollywood Reporter
• The surviving members of the Grateful Dead will embark on their first tour in five years this spring [3]. — Billboard
• British actress Charity Wakefield will play the female lead in David E. Kelley's Legally Mad [4], joining Kristin Chenoweth and the newly cast Jon Seda. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Hugh Jackman will definitely not star in Steven Soderbergh's 3-D live action musical about Cleopatra [5]. — Variety
• Beyonce begins 2009 with a fourth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." [6] — Billboard
• Relative unknown Matt Smith will play the next Doctor Who [7]. — BBC
• Laura Breckenridge will join the cast of Gossip Girl as a teacher starting Jan. 19 [8]. — Entertainment Weekly

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