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Buzz News Roundup, 4/15
- The release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now Wednesday, July 15, two days earlier than originally planned. — ComingSoon
- Mark Wahlberg and James Franco are joining Steve Carell and Tina Fey in the comedy Date Night. — Zap2It
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is likely canceled.
Welcome to the "Dollgrind" on Fox
It's less than two weeks till Fox's Friday sci-fi lineup kicks off with a double feature of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Joss Whedon's highly anticipated Dollhouse. To mark the occasion, Fox has a new trailer for this weekly double feature, a gritty little video inspired by Grindhouse.
The purposefully grainy promo shows Terminator's Cameron (Summer Glau) and Dollhouse's Echo (Eliza Dushku) — Friday night's "Dames of Deception" — kicking ass, shooting guns, and generally wreaking havoc.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/20
- Though many people thought The Soloist (and its lead actors, Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.) would be up for Oscars this year, Paramount has pushed the movie's release from Nov. 21, 2008 to March 13, 2009. — Variety
- Hugh Grant is bowing out of the romantic comedy Lost for Words due to differences of opinion on the script.
TV Tonight: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which returns to start its second season tonight on Fox, is one of the more interesting stories of last TV season. The show premiered during the doldrums of the writers' strike, got a mixed critical reaction, and somehow by the end of the season became a buzzed-about show.
How?
Is Sarah Connor Only Happy When it Rains?
Raise your hand if you recognize this face! Yes, that is Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, the group that scored some hits in the '90s, including "I'm Only Happy When it Rains." There is intriguing news today that she is joining the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles when it returns for a second season on Fox.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/21
- It'll be back: Fox has renewed Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for a second season, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- One of James Bond's iconic cars plunged into a lake in Italy while shooting a scene, the AP reports.
- Jordin Sparks is suffering from a vocal cord hemorrhage and has dropped out of the Alicia Keys tour, writes Billboard.
- It's not just Britney — TV Guide reports that Sarah Chalke is also returning to How I Met Your Mother.
- Just in time for Earth Day, the LA Times reports that Disney has launched a new unit to make environmental and nature films.
- Variety reports that the Crank sequel has found its lead actors: Amy Smart and Clifton Collins, Jr. Bai Ling will also have a role in the movie.
- According to ABC News, President Bush will send an on-air good luck message to a contestant on Deal or No Deal tonight.
- Carnie Wilson and "Kid" from Kid 'N Play are among the "celebrities" who will be competing on a celebrity magic reality show on VH1; details are at The Futon Critic.
Link Time! 1/17
- Cinematical has an interview with director Michel Gondry regarding his movie Be Kind, Rewind, which will open soon at Sundance.
- MTV Movies Blog digs into the past with a heartbreakingly adorable interview clip with Katie Holmes from back in April of 1998.
- TiFaux plots the Project Runway contestants on a graph comparing their ratios of talent to drama.
- Popwatch wonders if you ever acquired a nickname from a character on TV like, say, how Pa called Laura "Half-Pint" on Little House on the Prairie.
- TV Squad geeks out with some analysis of the Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline.
- Check out Stereogum for two new Counting Crows songs.
- TV Filter gleefully reports that while the show may be on hiatus, Gossip Girl herself is still blogging!
- TV Cocktail also admits to a slight obsession with the Real Housewives of Orange County.
Link Time! 12/20
- The TV Addict tells us how to vote for the best fan poster for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
- According to the Popwatch Dictionary, a "mift" is a gift you give someone else with the hope that you will actually get to use it, or that it will eventually become your own. The Arrested Development DVD sets are examples of a mift.
- Cinematical has a lot of love for Extras, and especially can't seem to get through the special Christmas episode without crying.
- TV Squad has details on some cool-sounding new series coming to AMC following the success of Mad Men.
- Check out the MTV Movies Blog for an exclusive clip of Ice Cube's First Sunday.
- Aquarium Drunkard has so many Elvis holiday songs, you won't be able to get the swivel out of your hips.
- Vulture wonders: Will Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy hurt Juno's chances at the Oscars?
- Give Me My Remote just introduced me to the Jeannie Tate Show.
First Look: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
I've never been much of a Terminator person, so I was a little surprised when I first heard about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Fox series that picks up the Terminator story at the end of Terminator 2. The show focuses on Sarah Connor — played by Linda Hamilton in the movie and Lena Headey in the TV series — as she tries to keep her son (Thomas Dekker) safe from the ever-shifting army of cyborgs bent on taking his life.
Fox clearly has high hopes for the series, pairing it with 24 in January and promoting it with the Terminator name (it was originally just called The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Terminator was added later).
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TV News: Casting, Recasting, and Some Dream Casting
We now mostly know what shows will be on our TVs come Fall — but who will be starring in them? After pilot season comes a flurry of casting and recasting, as actors whose shows didn't get picked up look for work and networks change up the lineups on some of the forthcoming series. Today, there's word of a big casting, some recastings, and Joss Whedon's dream casting:
- The casting: Freddie Prinze Jr.'s ABC comedy pilot wasn't picked up, but the actor didn't have to wait long for a job: He's joining the cast of 24 as a Marine who dreams of becoming a sort of Jack Bauer Jr. He joins a growing number of new cast members for the season, including Anil Kapoor, John Boyd, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Jennifer Westfeldt.
- The recastings: A few pilots-turned-series are already searching for replacements for their lead actors.
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