Jul 25, 2012

‘Glee’ Promotes Chord Overstreet to Regular, Casts Puck’s Half-Brother in Season 4

While some actors will be appearing less in “Glee” season 4 than in the previous seasons, Chord Overstreet will have more scenes in the upcoming season. It has been reported that the Sam Evans depicter is upped to a series regular when he returns for the forthcoming chapter.
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Beside Evans and the remaining members such as Tina, Artie and Blaine, the New Directions will welcome a new addition. “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” star Jacob Artist has been cast in the role of Jake, Puck’s younger half-brother who auditions for the glee club, but his bad-boy attitude could land him in trouble.

Also joining the cast is Dean Geyer, who recently played security guard Mark Reynolds on “Terra Nova“. The Aussie hunk is cast as Brody Weston who is described as a handsome upperclassman at NYADA. His arrival may create a possible love rivalry for Finn since Brody shows an interest in Rachel.

Prior to recruiting Artist and Geyer, “Glee” has nabbed Sarah Jessica Parker and Kate Hudson to appear in multi-episode arcs. Executive producer Ian Brennan recently revealed that the “Sex and the City” alumna would play a frazzled, eccentric and hilarious character who is “running Vogue.com,” while the “Bride Wars” actress would portray Cassandra July, Rachel’s dance teacher at NYADA.

“Glee” will return with the fourth season starting Thursday, September 13 at 9 P.M. on FOX. The first episode is titled “The New Rachel” and will see Lea Michele’s alter ego singing a Barbra Streisand song.

‘Vampire Diaries’ Boss Julie Plec Dishes on Elena’s ‘First Hot Vampire Sex’

The Vampire Diaries” fans might not want to miss every single episode of season 4 because there will be some first-time moments for Elena. Beside trying on her new power as a vampire, the Mystic Falls beauty will engage in her “first hot vampire sex” early in the season, so executive producer Julie Plec spills.
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Nina Dobrev chimes in on her character’s sexy act, “It’s like she’s going through puberty and vampire sex is going to feel like her first time.” While keeping the identity of Elena’s male partner a secret, Plec hints at the possible lucky guy, “Elena saved Matt’s life, so he’s going to end up paying it forward in a very peculiar way.”

Dishing on another raunchy scene in the upcoming season, Michael Trevino reveals there will be a “big, spontaneous, explosion of joy with some kissing” when Caroline first meets Taylor again, after she thought he died. “Shirts are flying off in our first episode back,” the actor goes on teasing.

Meanwhile, Jeremy may get a new love interest with the arrival of new character April, who will be portrayed by Grace Phipps, in the second episode. The twosome have known each other since they were younger and Steven R. McQueen says, “It will be interesting to see where they go with that… But he and Bonnie still have some unfinished business.”

The new season will also explore more of the Original family and flash back 900 years to give a look at Rebekah’s past. On Damon’s new drinking companion after Alaric died in the season 3 finale, Ian Somerhalder shares, “I think Tyler is up to the challenge of picking up at the bar where Alaric left off. Enemies will become allies.”

“Vampire Diaries” season 4 will premiere Thursday, October 11 at 8 P.M. on The CW. It will see Elena adjusting to her new life as a vampire. “She’s going to be grieving her life… She’s going to be devastated,” Dobrev once said of her alter ego.

Family Guy & The Cleveland Show – Sofia Vergara to guest

Sofia Vergara is about to be romantically linked to… Peter Griffin? The Modern Family star will cameo as his fantasy love interest in an upcoming episode of Family Guy, EW has learned. In a cutaway gag featuring Peter as a telenovela lothario, Vergara voices his sassy (and, yes, buxom) lover. And that’s not her only role in the episode; she plays a woman selling roses in a restaurant where Quagmire is “wooing” Peter so that Peter will do him a big favor.
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In addition, Vergara will pop up this season on another animated Fox comedy, The Cleveland Show. She’ll be voicing a character named Tia Sofia, who tries to talk Cleveland into hosting a quinceaƱera for Cleveland Jr.’s 15th birthday.
Family Guy‘s 11th season, which kicks off Sept. 30, also boasts contributions from Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds, Elizabeth Banks, and Kellan Lutz. Meanwhile, Cleveland’s season 4 premiere airs Oct. 7, and the hip hop-themed episode showcases the voices of Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, will.i.a.m, and ?uestlove.

‘Modern Family’ Main Cast Sues Producer Following Contract Dispute

The salary dispute between “Modern Family” cast and 20th Century Fox Television has turned uglier. After rejecting the offer made by the producer, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell have filed a lawsuit against the company.
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According to the complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the five actors claim Fox violates the “7-Year Rule” under California Labor Code section 2855 (a). The lawsuit says, “That provision dictates that contracts to render personal service may not be enforced beyond seven years from the commencement of service under it.”
Ed O’Neill, who was the only adult actor not taking part in the initial filing, has reportedly decided to join his co-stars in the lawsuit. The Jay Pritchett depicter is negotiating his contract separately and has been paid more than other cast members, but he is said to have joined the suit out of solidarity.
Vergara, Ferguson, Stonestreet, Bowen and Burrell, who allegedly made $65,000 an episode in the third season, were offered $150,000 per episode plus a $50,000 per episode bonus for season 4, $200,000 per episode for season 5, $225,000 for season 6, and up to $325,000 for an anticipated season 9, sources said. However, they reportedly want bigger paychecks, believing the show has been a money machine for ABC.
Due to the contract dispute, a table read which was scheduled for Tuesday at 11:30 A.M. was canceled at the last minute. An insider said O’Neill was the only adult actor who showed up for the script session.
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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Season 3 Episode 8 Sneak Peeks: Aria’s Unpleasant Encounter With Ezra’s Mother

Aria and Ezra’s romance has gone through some ups and downs, but it will be further challenged with the arrival of his mother in the next episode of “Pretty Little Liars“. A preview for the said outing sees Aria having an encounter with Ezra’s mother, who seemingly doesn’t consent to their relationship since she worries that Aria will ruin Ezra’s life. Additionally, the meeting makes Aria realizes she knows very little about her boyfriend.
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Meanwhile, the girls still try to unlock a mystery that might lead them to all questions they have about “A”. Spencer turns to Caleb for help, and it looks like he will manage to crack into the website mentioned in the latest episode. However, Spencer doubts that Mona wants to help them and questions her motive in giving them the information.
Also in the forthcoming episode, Emily is struggling to deal not only with the loss of Maya, but also the knowledge that someone drugged her “that night” and how that has now affected Paige. As she tries to make amends with Paige and explain the drugged flask, Emily gets more insight into what she did “that night.”
Stolen Kisses” will air next Tuesday, July 31 at 8/7c on ABC Family. Mary Page Keller will guest star as Ezra’s mother, Dianne Fitz.

New Teasers for ‘Homeland’ Season 2 Take a Look Back

Showtime has debuted a new promo each to hype up the return of its two shows, “Dexter” and “Homeland“. Still focusing on the aftermath of Deb’s shocking discovery about her brother, the teaser for the crime series offers a flashback to the Bay Harbor Butcher case and hints at a new problem faced by Dexter and Debra now that the pieces start to be put together.
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The “Homeland” promo also includes cuts of footage from the previous season, while showing Carrie standing with an intense look. It hints at her struggle to get her memories back, before she remembers the important information she has learned in the first season finale.
“Dexter” season 7 will kick off Sunday, September 30 at 9 P.M. ET on Showtime, followed by the season 2 premiere of “Homeland” at 10 P.M. ET. The former show has tapped “Chuck” alumna Yvonne Strahovski to guest star as Hannah McKay, who will help Miami Metro Homicide in solving some old cases.