Ooh, now here's a pilot pairing I like: Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring have been hired for the CW's Body Politic, a show about DC political life through the eyes of young up-and-comers. Kelly will play Hope, who moves to DC from Michigan after her mother's death and joins the staff of the newly appointed attorney general (Tim Matheson) — who just happens to also be her long-lost father. Read more

Apparently, Dr Pepper intends to make good on the promise to hand out free cans of soda when the Guns 'n' Roses album Chinese Democracy is released in November. — Popwatch The best and worst of TV voiceovers. — Clique Clack TV Charlie Kaufman talks about Synecdoche, New York. — Vulture Check out the new Decemberists' song, "O, New England." — Stereogum Will Clint Eastwood rule the Read more

TV Squad wants to know why some people seem to hate Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Cinematical wonders how you feel about it when famous people play themselves. You Ain't No Picasso has the video of Prince covering Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella. The TV Addict has a chat with Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr. PopSugar wonders whether you love or hate Scarlett Johansson's new video for "Falling Read more

Tube Talk has an interview with Moonlight's Jason Dohring. According to MTV Movies Blog, the Lance Armstrong biopic is still on the table, and Matt Damon is still the name being tossed around as the actor to play the athlete. Stereogum is announcing the results of the reader-submitted 2007 Gummy Awards, starting with Album of the Year: Radiohead's In Rainbows. LAist has seen the set of the new Read more

One of the most mysterious series of the fall is "Moonlight," which premieres tonight on CBS. I even put it on my list of five toss-up shows simply because it's been thoroughly overhauled since we first heard about it at the upfronts back in May. The only constants: star Alex O'Loughlin and the basic plot, about an immortal vampire-slash-private eye. I finally got the chance to check out the Read more

So far, "Moonlight" is winning the award for most retooled pilot. Nearly every main character — except for lead vampire/private eye Alex O'Loughlin, one of this fall's supernatural crime solvers — has been recast since the show was announced in May. As a result, CBS didn't send out an early screener of the pilot, so I can't give you a proper Pilot Watch on the show. But I can share a couple Read more

Pop told me this morning that the Spice Girls are planning a reunion tour. Spice up your life! Speaking of which, Best Week Ever lists the top 10 most anti-climactic band reunions ever. Van Halen and The Police made it on there, along with, shockingly, The Backstreet Boys. Cinematical was told by Elisha Cuthbert herself about her next project, a comedy titled Six Wives in which a young woman Read more

No show has had more mixed messages about its fate this season than "Veronica Mars." First, it was rumored to be canceled. Then it was going to come back but be set four years in the future. Then that pitch was dropped. Then it wasn't. After all that, plus an eight-week absence to make room for the Pussycat Dolls show, I'd understand it if "Mars" fans were feeling a little put out right now. So Read more