After a brief timeout for a minor illness I’m back on the job scouring the Internet for the latest entertainment news. Actually our first news item is courtesy of my six-year-old nephew Cole… “Captain America 2” will premiere April 4, 2014. He’s already counting the days. And we have to note the biggest entertainment news is the passing of 60 minutes correspondent Mike Wallace. They don’t make them like that anymore.

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A postmortem of this season of Spartacus with a surprise revelation that one other character died that you didn’t necessarily know if they died or not.

An April calendar of season finales and summer premieres. Sorry we are already halfway through April but better late than never.

A postmortem of the season finale of Showtime’s series Shameless

Ask Ausiello spoilers for April 3 (check out creepy item on Game of Thrones)

Bravo network orders 11 new reality series

ABC announces summer schedule

Ask Ausiello spoilers for April 10

A slideshow featuring spoilers from 52 season finales. Also note linked to renewal scorecard.

Not in the links below but also of interest

Game of Thrones season 2 premiere to record numbers. HBO announces green light for season 3!

Jimmy Smits is joining season 5 of Sons of Anarchy for a multi-episode arc

Where in the world is Matt Lauer? Staying on the Today Show after signing a long term deal worth $25 million a year

St. Elsewhere alum William Daniels will put on the scrubs again to guest star on Gray’s Anatomy as the doctor who administers finals to the residents

Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2012 Tony awards

David Letterman and Craig Ferguson have renewed their contracts with CBS through 2014. Letterman will become the longest-running late-night talk show in history surpassing Carson

Firefly Reunion April 16 on Castle when Adam Baldwin costars.

The two-hour season finale of Awake will be May 17

HBO announced the new Adam Sorkin produced drama “Newsroom” June 24. True Blood premieres June 10

Reports are that Kristen Wiig, Andy Sandberg and Jason Sudeikis are leaving SNL. Never did like Wiig or any of her characters. Will miss the other two.

Fox has renewed Bones, Glee, New Girl, and Raising Hope for another season.

Lauren Cohen’s Maggie on The Walking Dead has been officially promoted to series regular.

Fox puts Breaking In on hiatus through the sweeps. May return in the summer

John Noble reveals that Fringe has shot two different endings for the season finale depending on whether or not they get renewed for season 5

Eli Manning will host SNL May 5 musical guest Rhiannon

The merger between SAG and AFTRA has finally been approved

My favorite liberal pundit Keith Olbermann got fired again this time from current TV

This weeks winner of the “Chris Young’s Sure Sign of the Apocalypse” award: Ryan Seacrest will host part of NBC’s Olympic coverage

The 10th Doctor returns to BBC America. David Tennant will start the BBC America miniseries “Spies of Warsaw”

Starz announced Kelsey Grammer drama “Boss” will return August 17

Fox has renewed Hells Kitchen for two more seasons

Frank Miller’s “Sin City” will get a sequel again directed by Robert Rodriguez

Seth McFarlane announced his plans to reboot The Flintstones are on hold because he’s too busy

Will Farrell announced there will be a new Anchorman sequel

Hunger Games director Gary Ross has decided he will not direct the sequel. No replacement named yet.

Robert Kirkman creator of The Walking Dead is working on a new series for AMC titled “Thief of Thieves”

ABC has decided to not cancel General Hospital for the time being

Spartacus: Vengeance Post Mortem: The Story Behind The Finale’s Unprecedented [Spoiler]

Save the Dates: April Premieres and Finales!

Shameless Stars Reflect on Emotional Season Finale, Ponder Fiona and Jimmy’s Future

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Castle, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Glee, Thrones, True Blood and More

Bravo Orders 11 New Series, Including Top Chef and Beverly Hills Housewives Spin-Offs

ABC Sets Return Dates For Rookie Blue, Bachelor Pad, Wipeout and More!

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on HIMYM, Private Practice, Bones, Walking Dead, Parks and Rec and More!

Your Season Finale Guide: Get Exclusive Spoilers on 52 Big Finishes!

For some personal observations… If you’re not watching the new ABC series “missing” starring Ashley Judd you’re missing something really cool. Advise you to check it out. If you’re a fan of AMCs Mad Men it premieres after a 17 month hiatus this Sunday. Also watch out for HBO premiere of season 2 Game of Thrones April 1. Went to see John Carter this week. I couldn’t tell who was paying homage to whom. Had lots of Star Wars and Avatar references and similarities but then you have to realize that Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the story decades before either of those franchises. Perhaps director Andrew Stanton was just trying to point that out to us.

Here is some slightly out-of-date entertainment news. In the links below read about…

CBS announced renewal of 18 shows. Two out of three CSIs still uncertain.

Interview with actor Jason Isaacs about NBC drama Awake

TNT announces return dates for several different series in June

Shonda Rimes discusses the music of Grey’s Anatomy and other topics

Interview with Nikita star Maggie Q

Interview with Megan Hilty about upcoming episodes of Smash. Also NBC has announced renewal for season 2

Interview with Walking Dead EP/creator Robert Kirkman about the season finale and season 3

This week’s spoilers from Michael Ausiello. Note the item about Castle

Doctor who gets new companion

Episode titles of season 2 of Game of Thrones revealed. Begins April 1

Another set of spoilers from Michael Ausiello

Interview with Misha Collins about the return of Castiel to the series Supernatural

Not found in the links below but also of interest…

60s era drama Mad Men returns to AMC this Sunday with a two-hour premiere

Soap Star Susan Lucci has landed a role in a new primetime soap titled Devious Maids

Martha Stewart will guest star in an upcoming episode of 2 Broke Girls

2 1/2 men star Jon Cryer is now submitting himself as lead actor in a comedy for Emmys rather than supporting actor

Jenna Elfman has been cast as the first lady in upcoming comedy 1600 Penn

Showtime announces “Weeds” and “Episodes” to return July 1

HBO suspended and then canceled production additional episodes of its horseracing series Luck because three horses have been injured and had to be euthanized

Hugh Laurie will direct one of the final episodes of his show House

NBC has renewed Grimm for season 2!

Kiefer Sutherland reveals “24” feature film has been delayed until at least 2013

OWN cancels Rosie O’Donnell show after five months

This week’s winner of Chris Young’s “Sure Sign of the Coming Apocalypse” award goes to MTV for announcing Jersey Shore has been renewed for season 6

Season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead at a record high rating for the series.

Olivia Wilde a.k.a. “13” will return briefly in the series finale of House

Eddie Izzard has been cast as grandpa in the reboot of the Munsters titled “Mockingbird Lane”.

Eddie Izzard, Elijah Wood, and Donald Sutherland will play Long John Silver, Ben Gunn and Flint respectively in SyFy Channel’s version of Treasure Island May 5

Battle Star Galactica: Blood and Chrome a prequel to the BSG series is not being picked up as a series by SyFy Channel. Two-hour pilot will air but that’s all.

From Rome to Barsoom to Wash DC… Cieran Hines who previously played Julius Caesar and Tardos Mors in John Carter has been cast in upcoming series Political Animals as Sigourney Weaver’s ex-husband

30 rock will have a live episode April 26

Smash has been renewed for season 2. It’s actually pretty good. Described as “Glee for grown-ups” which is very apt

Stephen Hawking will have a cameo on upcoming episode of Big Bang Theory

Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane is working on an animated reboot of The Flintstones for Fox. He still writing the pilot but it’s already been ordered to series. Date uncertain.

Starz has already renewed “Magic City” for a second season even though the first season has not yet premiered

Josh Brolin will host an upcoming episode of SNL. I just saw him in a trailer of Men in Black 3 which looks awesome.

Disney says disappointing box office for it John Carter will result in $200 million loss

Kathy Bates will play the ghost of Charlie Harper in an upcoming episode of 2 1/2 men

Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear on David Letterman this coming Tuesday

The Pacific Princess… The 40-year-old cruiseship used in the old TV series “The Love Boat” is now being sold for scrap.

IndyCar has announced that DreamWorks animation is making and IndyCar theemed animated film about a snail that enters the Indy 500

Queen Latifah will star in a remake of Steel Magnolias for the big screen

Maria Bello is joining the cast of Kiefer Sutherland new show Touch for a multi-episode arc

CBS Renews 18 Total Shows, Fate of Two CSIs Left Up In the Air

Jason Isaacs Weighs In on Awake’s Mysteries, Promises the Show Will Leave You Breathless

TNT Sets Summer Premieres for Dallas, Falling Skies, The Closer’s Finale and Spin-Off, and More

Shonda Rhimes on the Music of Grey’s Anatomy – and the Show’s Dramatic Notes to Come

Nikita’s Maggie Q Says ‘Mikita’ Will ‘Come to a Place of Understanding,’ Promises ‘Big’ Finale

Megan Hilty Teases Smash’s Mother of a Twist, More Ivy/Karen Drama and Marilyn’s First Ouster

Post Mortem: Walking Dead Boss Dissects Killer Finale, Talks [Spoiler]’s Arrival, ‘Spoils’ Season 3

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on House, Fringe, Castle, HIMYM, NCIS, Grey’s, The Killing and More!

Doctor Who Casts New Companion: Find Out When She’ll Arrive

Game of Thrones Season 2 Spoilers: Find Out What’s in Store for the First 5 Episodes!

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Parks and Rec, Revenge, Walking Dead and More!

Misha Collins Previews His Supernatural Return and the ‘Wildly Different’ Castiel to Come

Here is the latest in entertainment news. In the links below find…

Inside Line by Matt Mitovich newsbriefs

Interview with Josh Charles of The Good Wife about his character’s six-month leave of absence from the law

This week’s installment of spoilers from Michael Ausiello includes intriguing tidbits about Walking Dead

Article reveals which major character of Desperate Housewives is being killed off

Interview with Walking Dead executive producer Robert Kirkman about last week’s episode and the surprise death of major character

Artist/production designer/FX expert Ralph McQuarrie passed away. Created the look of Star Wars, Raiders, original Battlestar Galactica and more

Not in the links below but also of interest…

Terra Nova has been officially canceled by Fox. Producers are shopping it around to other networks.

Sigourney Weaver will star in upcoming USA Network show Political Animals

Firefly’s Mal and Jayne are reunited as Adam Baldwin will guest star on an upcoming episode of Castle opposite star Nathan Fillion

Zachary Quinto will return to season 2 of American Horror Story as a regular character along with returning star Jessica Lange

Dano goes solo! Alex O’Loughlin will take off one episode of Hawaii 50 to “get supervised pain treatment for a shoulder injury”

Ed Asner will reprise a character he played in the original Hawaii 50 in an upcoming episode of the current version. Footage from previous episode will be intercut as flashbacks.

FX network as renewed Justified for its fourth season.

Margarita Levieva who plays the fake Amanda Clark/real Emily Thorne on Revenge is joining the cast of HBO’s Luck season 2.

Matthew Perry will guest star on upcoming episode of The Good Wife.

John Barrowman a.k.a. Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who, Torchwood) has been cast in the pilot of a Gilded Lilys, a period drama from Gray’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes

Season finale of The Voice will be May 8

Former Prison Break inmate Dominic Purcell will guest star in an upcoming episode of Common Law on USA Network

ABC will have a new singing competition show this summer called Duets. One reporter calls it “Singing with the Stars” because contestants will sing duets with celebrity mentors Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richie, and Robin Thicke

This week’s Once Upon a Time will do the red riding Hood story at last. Producers say Little Mermaid will have to wait until season two

CBS’s renewed daytime talk show “The Talk” for a third season

Julie Benz (a.k.a. Dexter’s wife) and Jamie Murray (a.k.a. Warehouse 13’s HG Wells) will star in a new series on the SyFy Channel title Defiance. Humans and aliens live side-by-side in a war-ravaged future Earth rebuilt by terraforming machines

AMC network website inadvertently ran an advertisement for the season two DVD box set. The description gave away a major upcoming plot point. It revealed which major character dies in the season finale. E-mail me if you want to know ahead of time.

Fox announced The Finder is moving to Fridays

Sam gets played again! Warner Bros. will rerelease the classic Casablanca to 500 theaters for one night only March 21. Three disc Blu-ray/DVD 70th Anniversary release to follow March 27.

Tim Burton’s upcoming stop motion animated Frankenweenie will be the first ever black and white stop motion animated film to be converted to IMAX 3-D. Will premier in other theaters and IMAX in October

It’s a smaller world after all. Disney songwriter Robert Sherman who penned “It’s a Small World after All”, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and other classic Disney tunes died at age 86 in London.

America’s Got Talent with new judge Howard Stern will premiere May 14 on NBC

TLC network has canceled low rated controversial show All American Muslim

James Cameron will join the expedition to visit the deepest underwater location on earth the Mariana Trench seven miles deep as part of a National Geographic team. Presumably the documentary will ensue.

Producers of Gnomeo & Juliet announced a sequel will be produced with music by Elton John

Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” will be released in an IMAX 3-D version along with the regular versions

Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Vampire Diaries, Glee, Once Upon a Time, White Collar and More

The Good Wife’s Josh Charles Talks Will’s Time Off (‘It Will Test Him’) and The End of the Affair

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Glee, Walking Dead, House, Once, New Girl, Vampire Diaries and More!

Desperate Housewives Death Revealed: ‘It’s Actually Brilliant,’ Says Killed-Off Cast Member

‘Walking Dead’ exec producer Robert Kirkman talks about tonight’s episode and that shocking [SPOILER!]

R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie

As you’ve no doubt heard, former Monkeys singer Davy Jones passed away this week. Here is more on the latest in entertainment news. In the links below read about

One of my favorite features from TV writer Michael Ausiello. His May Sweeps scorecard in which he tells you who will die, get married, get pregnant, get not pregnant, get fired etc. during the May sweeps television season. Keep checking this link periodically because he updates it as more information becomes available.

Interview with producers of White Collar about season-ending cliffhanger.

Lauren Graham talks about her character in Parenthood and her relationship with Mark (Jason Ritter)

A group of spoilers from February 28 by Michael Ausiello

Another article about White Collar season finale

The cast of this seasons Dancing with the Stars is announced

Not in the links below but also of interest.

James Spader will not be returning to The Office next year. Claims it was always intended to be a one-year gig.

Although I don’t generally report on pilots, Lucy Liu is going to play “Watson” in the pilot episode of “Sherlock”. Modern-day retelling of Sherlock Holmes is a pilot for CBS and will be set in New York City

Kiefer Sutherland’s new series Touch will premiere Thursday, March 22 at 9 PM where it will follow American Idol results.

Bones which was to return on Thursdays will move to Monday night at 8 PM starting April 2.

House will return to nine o’clock on April 2 and will include a rich respective episode May 21 at 8 PM prior to its series finale.

The Finder will have a spring finale on March 8 but will return at a date TBA

Alcatraz will continue with new episodes throughout March with two episodes on March 5 and a two-hour season finale March 26

Alan Ball will step down as show runner for True Blood after season five. If there is a season six he will stay on as advisor but not day-to-day show runner.

Hayley Rinehart from last year’s American Idol will guest star and perform on updating episode of 90210

FX network announced Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom Anger Management premiere June 28

Scott Bakula will guest star in upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives as Bree’s lawyer

CW network announced One Tree Hill will have its final episode April 4. Ringer is all new through April 17. Supernatural and Nikita conclude their season May 18

Leonard Nimoy will sort of guest star on Big Bang Theory March 29. In voice only he speaks to Sheldon in the dream sequence.

MTV has ordered season three of Teen Mom

ABC has ordered more episodes of Shark Tank

In this week’s installment of “Chris Young’s sure sign of the coming apocalypse” Bristol Palin (daughter of half Gov. Sarah Palin) is getting her own reality series on lifetime network

Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show is been renewed for a second season and will move to a new studio

Lions Gate Films is producing a film of Robert Ludlum’s “The Osterman Weekend”. My mom’s favorite spy novel mainly because her maiden name was Osterman

SNL alumni Molly Shannon will join HBO’s “Enlightened”

CBS sportscaster James Brown will also be joining CBS news division doing general interest stories. He will continue to do NFL on CBS as well

Conservative Internet publisher Andrew Breitbart and cofounder of The Huffington Post died of a heart attack early this morning

NBC will air a Canadian produced medical drama “Saving Hope” starring Erica Durrance (Lois Lane from Smallville) and Michael Shanks (formerly of Stargate Atlantis) 12 episodes of been ordered

Sony pictures has licensed the rights to make a film of Valiant Comics character Bloodshed

Despite previous reports that American Horror Story would regroup with a completely new cast/setting, Jessica Lange will be returning next season

David Letterman has endorsed Rick Santorum for president. Not because he likes his politics. In fact he abhors them. He just wants someone good to crack jokes about.

There will be a new fourth installment in the Ice Age animated film franchise title” Ice Age: Continental Drift”

May 2012 Sweeps Scorecard: Deaths, Weddings, Pregnancies, Sex, Graduations and More!

White Collar Boss Previews the Season Finale That ‘Changes Everything’

Parenthood: Lauren Graham Sets Record Straight on Sarah and Mark’s Seemingly Doomed Fate

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, Glee, Criminal Minds, Gossip Girl and More!

White Collar Boss Discusses Finale Cliffhanger, Neal’s Season 4 ‘Pursuit’ of His [Spoiler]

‘Dancing With the Stars’: And the new cast is……

I saw this on the news the other night and I had to share it with everyone. A guy named Eric Whitaker has created a virtual choir over the Internet. He starts by uploading a YouTube video of himself conducting the choir with background music. Then people listen to the music and record themselves singing various harmony parts in time with the music. He then assembles hundreds (or even thousands) of these separate YouTube videos into single performances. Here are the YouTube videos of his first two efforts.

This one contains 185 voices from 12 countries.

The 2011 Virtual Choir 2.0 video features 2052 performances of ‘Sleep’ from 1752 singers in 58 countries, individually recorded and uploaded to YouTube between September 2010 and January 2011.

The third version of the choir has collected over 3000 voices and is currently in production. For details visit… http://virtualchoir.org

Here’s the latest in entertainment news. In the links below read…

Interview with actor Tim DeKay about taking up the director’s job for the cliffhanger season finale of White-Collar

Interview with actress Regina King about playing a pregnant police detective on Southland

Installment of Ask Ausiello full of spoilers dated February 21

Interview with producers of Parenthood about last Tuesday’s episode. (Warning contains major spoilers if you’ve not seen the episode)

Other news not in the links below…

NBC sitcom Community will return to the air March 15

TBS has renewed Conan O’Brien through April 2014

America’s next top model has been renewed for season 19. The next one will be a college edition. Auditions will be taken on college campuses

Psych returns from midseason break on February 29

FX has announced there will be a season four of its adult animated series Archer

British actor David Morrissey who played a fake Doctor on the Dr. who episode “The Next Doctor” will become a series regular on Walking Dead season 3. He will play the governor of a settlement of survivors

CBS has extended its contract to air “Kennedy Center Honors” through 2018

Defeated Half Governor Sarah Palin’s ironically titled documentary “The Undefeated” will air on Reelz channel

The Academy has pulled Sasha Baron Cohen’s tickets for the Oscars because they didn’t want him to show up dressed in his costume as The Dictator. He is officially banned from the ceremonies

The next James Bond film Skyfall will be the first-ever bond pic to be released in an IMAX format both regular and IMAX versions debut November 9, 2012 with Daniel Craig returning as Bond

Woody Allen is adapting his movie “Bullets over Broadway” to be… You guessed it… A Broadway musical to debut in 2013

Abby Elliott has been cast in a Fox sitcom pilot and may leave Saturday Night Live

Producer Harvey Weinstein is an ongoing battle with the MPAA because they gave him an R rating for his documentary “Bully” about the bullying problem in junior and senior high schools.

MTV has canceled animated series Good Vibes after one season

Retracting a story from three lines ago, Sacha Baron Cohen’s ban from the Oscars has been lifted

Tim DeKay on Directing White Collar’s Yankee Stadium Visit, ‘Biggest Cliffhanger’ Finale Ever

Southland’s Regina King Previews Pregnant Lydia’s Return to the Streets in a ‘Scary’ Episode

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Glee, Community, Gossip Girl, Good Wife, Bones, Fringe and More!

Parenthood Post Mortem: Find Out What the Finale Has In Store After 2 Major Game Changers!

The next season of BBC America version of “Being Human” premieres this coming weekend. The SyFy Channel version continues a few more episodes.

Here’s the latest entertainment news. In the links below to read about…

A link to 2 videos of very funny sketches from this week’s Saturday Night Live. One in which the Obama family is an impersonation of Bill Cosby’s Huxtable family. Another in which an African-American panel of pundits describe why they would vote for Obama even if he did horrible things. Very funny stuff especially if you’re a fan of the Cosby show.

Interview with Jennifer Beals about her role on Castle

Interview with AJ Cook about a recent episode of criminal minds in which she kicks ass

The February 14 installment of Ask Ausiello Spoilers

Interview with Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman

Not in the links below but also of interest…

The Simpsons had their landmark 500th episode this weekend. Rachel Ray had her 1000th episode

Peter Mensah a.k.a. Spartacus’s Doctore Oenomaus has joined the cast of True Blood for next season

JK Simmons will not be among the cast of The Closer’s spinoff series Major Crimes. Neither will Corey Reynolds. Simmons has been cast in a comedy pilot for ABC called “White Van Man”. Presumably the van is insured by Farmers Insurance.

Zachary Levi fresh off his series Chuck has already been cast in a sitcom pilot titled Let It Go.

NBC has green lit a new series titled Hannibal based on characters from Thomas Harris “Red Dragon” about Eppy eyed agent Will Graham and the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecter. They’ve ordered 13 episodes.

The new Munsters reboot has been delayed until June

Paget Brewster is leaving Criminal Minds at the end of the season

Terry O’Quinn a.k.a. Lost’s John Locke is doing a supernatural pilot for ABC called 666 Park Avenue

Kristin Kreuk a.k.a. Smallville’s Lana Lang will play the Lynda Hamilton part in CW networks reboot of Beauty and the Beast. This is the reboot of the old Lynda Hamilton/Ron Perlman modern-day story not to be confused with the ABC version that is a fairytale version.

Matthew Perry is joining the cast of The Good Wife in a recurring role

Latin hunk Cristian de la Fuente is returning to In Plain Sight for a few episodes of their final season

The cast of Glee will not be doing its usual summer concert tour. Insert Photo of Me Yawning here 🙂

Lindsay Lohan will host Saturday Night Live on March 3

Mary McCormack has been cast in an untitled comedy pilot for ABC now that In Plain Sight this thing up its final season

Regis Philbin and Joan Rivers are among those to guest star on future episodes of Hot in Cleveland

Johnny Lee Miller a.k.a. Eli Stone has been cast in a CBS pilot titled “Elementary” as modern-day Sherlock Holmes

X Factor season 2 will now allow 12-year-olds to audition (previous lower limit was 13) also you can reenter multiple times in multiple cities. and contestants who have a management contract (but not a recording contract) are now eligible.

Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan is leaving MSNBC

Stephen Colbert is on hiatus from doing live shows because his mother is ill.

Simon Cowell has proposed a singing “Super Bowl” in which contestants of X Factor, American Idol, and The Voice would compete against each other. I doubt anyone will take him up on it but it would be cool

Former Lex Luther Michael Rosenbaum will make his directing debut film called “Old Days” starring Homeland/V star Morena Bacccarin.

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts will star in a film titled “August: Osage County” based on a Pulitzer Prize winning play

Warner Bros. has signed a deal to create a prequel to “I Am Legend” and will star Will Smith once he sees a script and approves it

SNL: ‘Cosby Obama’ + ‘How’s He Doing’

Jennifer Beals Previews Her Castle Arc: Things Get ‘Tricky’ When Kate Meets Rick’s First Muse

Criminal Minds: A.J. Cook Previews a JJ ‘Like You’ve Never Seen Before,’ Teases ‘Cool’ Reveal

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Glee, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Ringer, Revenge, The Walking Dead and More!

‘Walking Dead’ writer Robert Kirkman talks about ‘Nebraska’ and previews the rest of the season: ‘Things just keep getting worse from here’

Ever wonder what the Olympic Games might be like on Coruscant or Naboo? Star Wars fans will now get the opportunity. To raise money for charity, fans will carry light sabers in a relay race leading up to Comic Con 2012. Read the details here.

Here’s the latest in entertainment news. In the links at the bottom of this post read about…

A list of tributes, TV specials, marathons etc. dedicated to Whitney Houston who died yesterday at age 48

An interview with executive producers of Chuck about the end of the series and their decisions on the final episode

In case you missed it here are the Screen Actors Guild award winners.

A group of spoilers from Michael Ausiello

A must-read article for TV fans explaining terminology about TV pilots/spinoffs/contingencies etc. as well as links to pilots currently in production. I get lots of good articles about “a pilot was ordered” that I typically don’t report here. For example I got very excited last year about a pilot for a new “Wonder Woman” series. Unfortunately the pilot never aired in the series was never picked up. So I typically don’t report pilot activity anymore until it actually gets a series order.

American Idol boss Nigel Lythgoe discusses changes (or rather lack of changes) in the upcoming season. Also affirms that many of the people in the top 24 were not shown in their original auditions.

Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki discusses losing cast members and upcoming season 8

Another group of spoilers from Michael Ausiello

Interview with Walking Dead producer about tonight’s second half season premier

Not linked below but also of interest…

Jennifer Hudson will headline a tribute to Whitney Houston at tonight’s Grammys

E! Abruptly canceled episode of Fashion Police which bashed Whitney Houston

Fox announced that producers of House have decided that this current season will be the final

Smallville which ended its run on CW network will carry on as a digital online comic starting April 13 with new chapters released weekly. Chapters will also be aggregated in print comics with the first set for release on May 16.

David Arquette will guest star with his estranged wife Courteney Cox on her show Cougar Town in the season finale

An upcoming episode of Castle titled “Once upon a Crime” will have a girl in a red hood get attacked by wolf

USA Networks has green lit a six-hour miniseries called “Political Animals” about a former first lady who is divorced and is the current Secretary of State

Downton Abbey has cast Shirley Maclaine as the mother of Elizabeth governance American-born Lady Grantham

February 16 Gray’s Anatomy and Private Practice will have crossover episodes

Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger will not return to American X factor next year. Neither will emcee Steve Jones. LA Reid will definitely be back.

HBO has already renewed “Luck” starring Dustin Hoffman for a second season despite lackluster ratings in its premier

Stephen Amell has been cast to play Oliver Queen/Green Arrow in the upcoming pilot for CW network. This is described as a complete reboot and not a spinoff from the character in Smallville

Barbara Hershey has been cast as the mother of the evil Queen in upcoming episodes of Once upon a Time

Showtime has renewed Shameless, House of Lies, and Californication for additional seasons

CBS will premiere NYC 22 on Sunday, April 15. It’s a cop drama produced by Robert DeNiro

February 15 ABC drama Revenge finally shows us what happened at the engagement party we saw in the opening episode

NBC’s upcoming reboot of “The Munsters” is so much a “reimagined” version that they changed the name. It will not be called “Mockingbird Lane” Also characters will not have traditional Munsters makeup so they can fit into regular society more easily in this reboot. We are not amused.

Terry O’Quinn (Lost, Hawaii 50) will guest star for two episodes of next seasons Falling Skies on TNT

Bravo network has renewed Top Chef for season 10. Fox has renewed Kitchen Nightmares for season 5

TV land has renewed The Exes for a second season

Plus size actress Gabourney Sideribe has been promoted to series regular on Showtime’s “The Big C” next season

NBC has moved “The Firm” to the Doldrums of Saturday Night. Grimm reruns will replace it on Thursday until March 1 premiere of “Awake”

On the final season of Chuck comes to DVD the final episode will be expanded to 52 minutes versus the 45 minute broadcast edit.

Comedian Patton Oswalt will guest star on 2 1/2 Men as Ashton Kutcher’s ex-business partner

Jamie Bamber (secretly British Lee Adama) will play a vascular surgeon on a TNT medical drama Chelsea General. Alfred Molina and Ving Rhames will also star

Bobby Cannavale will be Nucky Thompson’s new rival on Boardwalk Empire

Sons of Anarchy which recently concluded its best season ever had already been picked up for season 5 and now has been guaranteed season 6 as well!

The Super Bowl was the most-watched television program ever 111.3 million viewers.

Stephen Lang (Terra Nova) has been cast as long lost father of Mary Shannon in the final season of USA’s In Plain Sight

SyFy Channel has renewed “Being Human” for season 3. And make up reality competition show Face-Off will also get third season. If you haven’t seen Face-Off with really interesting look at how Hollywood makeup special-effects artist apply their craft.

After taking time off for a pregnancy break Bones is expected to return April 5. Seven episodes remain for this season but another four episodes are in the mix that could air this summer or be moved to the beginning of the fall season

Look for a Michael J Fox, Jill Flint, and Elizabeth Reaser to reprise characters on upcoming episodes of The Good Wife this spring

Modern Family and The Closer share a dad. Barry Corbin will guest star as Cam’s father. He also plays Kira Sedgwick’s father on The Closer.

Fox confirmed House final episode will be Monday, May 21. Gordon Ramsay’s new series Hotel Hell will debut Friday, April 6

Jay Leno is being sued because he showed a photo of a glittering gold building claiming it was Mitt Romney’s summer home. The real owners of the building were not amused and sued him.

Not to be outdone by Leno, Jimmy Fallon and NBC have been sued for “gender bias in the workplace”

Morena Baccarin (a.k.a. Homeland’s Jessica Brody, V baddie) will guest star on an upcoming episode of The Good Wife

Bebe Neuwirth (a.k.a. Dr. Lilith from Cheers) will also guest star on The Good Wife

NBC is rumored to be developing an Office spinoff for Rainn Wilson

Once upon a Time will have an Alice in Wonderland episode in which The Who’s Roger Daltrey will do the voice of a Caterpillar

Fox studio has set July 16, 2013 as the release date for its film “The Wolverine” is equal to X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman

Paramount has moved the premier of Titanic 3-D to April 4 up from April 6

Universal Pictures announced that “Bridesmaids” was the most ordered video-on-demand film of all time with 4.8 million rentals in four months

Warner Bros. has announced they’re making a prequel to “300” title “300: The Battle of Artemisia”

Universal Pictures is making a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie called “Oblivion” with Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman

Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is being sued by a former business partner over allegedly owed royalties on Walking Dead and other properties.

Hasbro has licensed the rights to make Star Trek related toys beginning in 2013 ramping up for the next Star Trek film from JJ Abrams.

SyFy Channel is developing a weekly series version of the 2010 supernatural film “Legion”

Adam Sandler will star in an upcoming film based on the children’s board game “Candy Land”. Perhaps the Mayan calendar is correct.

Bill Hinzman, one of the very first zombies from the original “Night of the Living Dead” has died at age 75. At least we think he’s dead.

Robert Hegyes who played Epstein on the 70s sitcom welcome back Kotter died of a heart attack at age 60

Peter Breck who played in the 60s drama Big Valley has died at the age of 82

Toho studios of Japan is releasing a digitally remastered version of the original Godzilla on DVD and Blu-ray

Nicol Williamson who played the wizard Merlin in the 1981 film Excalibur has died at age 75. Is my all-time favorite Merlin

Sarah Jessica Parker will replace the ailing Demi Moore playing feminist Gloria Steinem and the upcoming movie Lovelace about porn star Lynda Lovelace.

Paramount will release 1927 Academy award best picture “Wings” on DVD

Bankrupt Kodak is trying to get out of his contract for the naming rights to the Kodak theater

Ben Gazzara died February 3 at age 81

A digitally remastered and restored version of To Kill a Mockingbird is being released to DVD with three hours of extras

Naomi Watts has been cast as Princess Diana in an upcoming biopic

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I love movies! I’m addicted to television! And in order to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world of movies and television I read lots of entertainment news. Not the trashy gossipy stuff about who’s sleeping with who or what latest scandals are going on in the personal lives of celebrities. I’m talking about what TV shows have been renewed or canceled. What our upcoming plot lines of TV shows going to cover? What new movies are coming out or are in production?

So I read lots and lots of entertainment news to find all this stuff and I like to share that information with friends and family who are as addicted to TV and movies as I am. From time to time I would forward a link from an article to one friend or another but assumes I would hit the “send” button I would find yet another article. So finally I just put the mailing list together of all of my TV/movie addicted friends and I just get all the links in one big e-mail and send them to everyone on the list.

This blog is just a collection of those e-mails so that I can post a link from this blog to Facebook and share my entertainment news research with more people. Like I said before you will read about the tabloid gossip stuff. This is just hard-core entertainment news for movie and TV addicts like me.