Seth Rogen has written and will do voice work in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. The Hollywood Reporter found a synopsis of the episode. Comic Book Guy creates a super hero, it’s turned into feature film, Homer plays the hero. Seth plays his personal trainer. Homer gets into great shape, but then the movie is over and he can’t afford the personal trainer anymore and his life becomes hell.
Michael Ausiello is reporting that Chloe will be out of action for part of the new season of 24. Mary Lynn Rajskub is about to give birth in real life any day, so producers are figuring out how to explain her absence. They are looking at having an emergency involving Chloe’s now-4-year-old child thats causes her to leave for a few hours/episodes. So who will replace Chloe as Jack’s go-to person? It looks like Morris O’Brian will be returning to 24 to fill in for Chloe. Carlo Rota has just signed on to appear in a handful of episodes, starting around the midday point after January’s official premiere.
Tim Roth, making a rare television appearance, is set as the lead in Fox’s one-hour pilot Lie to Me. The show, from 20th TV and Imagine, centers on Cal Lightman (Roth), a cutting-edge researcher in the field of “deception detection.” His TV credits include the 2006 HBO miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath and the 1993 ABC movie Murder in the Heartland.
New Amsterdam’s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is staying at Fox as the star of the network’s two-hour sci-fi pilot Virtuality. The show is set aboard Earth’s first starship, which is equipped with advanced virtual reality modules. Coster-Waldau will play mission commander Frank Pike, a born leader. Ron Moore and Michael Taylor penned the backdoor pilot, which is being directed by Peter Berg. Coster-Waldau played the title character, immortal New York homicide detective John Amsterdam, on Fox’s midseason
Tricia Helfer has joined Fox’s upcoming drama pilot Inseparable. The show is described as a modern-day Jekyll and Hyde tale about a partially paralyzed forensic psychiatrist with a split personality whose alter ego is a charismatic criminal. Helfer plays a psychiatrist who evaluates suspects for the police. Morgan Turner has also joined the cast as the dauther of Owen’s character.
Jon Voight has signed on as a recurring character on the upcoming seventh season of 24. Voight will play the nemesis of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who is pulling the strings behind next season’s terrorist threat. The character will be introduced during 24’s two-hour Season 7 prequel and will be featured heavily in the latter half of the season. The prequel, now shooting on location in South Africa, is slated to air November 23, with Season 7 of the series kicking off in January. Voight’s role marks the first high-profile villain casting on 24 since Season 1, when Dennis Hopper appeared in the final episodes as Serbian nationalist Victor Drazen.
Eric Lively, Tony Todd and Gil Bellows have been cast in the 24 prequel. The two-hour 24 prequel to the upcoming seventh season will feature Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) battling an international crisis in Africa while the U.S. ushers in a new president on Inauguration Day. Lively, brother of Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, will play the president’s son. Bellows will play a State Department officer ordered to serve Bauer with a subpoena to appear before the Senate. Todd, who also will appear during Season 7, will play cruel African dictator General Juma. Todd has been recurring on NBC’s Chuck as CIA director Graham. On the prequel, Lively, Todd and Bellows join previously cast Robert Carlyle.
Well Ryan Seacrest and his minions read yesterday’s musings and changed the outcome of American Idol to make me look foolish. If nothing else this at least seems to validate the fact that American Idol does indeed eliminate based on the voting. So I can feel like an idiot since the better singer won. Even though the better singer won, I still think that the show uses the judges to try and sway the voting. The judges were very-pro Archuleta last night. I find it funny that these three judges, professionals in the industry could be so wrong. And it leads me to question, if they are so wrong, should they still be judging?
I don’t normally watch American Idol, but seeing as there was nothing else on, I turned it on. After two songs it became very clear to me who will win this season of American Idol. And that winner will be David Archuleta. I can say that because the show is conditioning me for that result. I think David Cook is the better singer, but I am telling you right now that Archuleta will win. Some of Simon’s comments made me wonder if he was listening to the same performances I was. It is clear that Idol is positioning Archuleta for the win regardless of talent. Couple this with Paula’s slip-up a few weeks back, and it’s pretty clear that American Idol is predetermined.
David Cook has far better range as a vocalist. David Archuleta sounds like a girl and only sings ballads, he has no range at all. And once he hits puberty, his voice will probably change. Cook isn’t afraid to push himself and that was apparent tonight. While Archuleta chose to do Imagine again, Cook chose a new song, Collective Soul’s The World I Know, to challenge himself to the next level. Again, Simon telegraphed the predetermined winner by praising Archuleta for choosing a song he already did and chastising Cook for doing a new song.
If I’m right and Archuleta wins, then Fox should seriously consider canceling American Idol because the show will lose any shred of credibility it may have had. Cook is clearly the better singer and has just as much if not more of a following as the prepubescent Archuleta. Simon and Paula are clearly showing how predetermined Idol really is. How Cowell could have said that Archuleta performed better in the first round is insane. And later, when telling Cook he should choose better songs, why didn’t he chide Auchuleta for always choosing the same kind of songs? Archuleta is nothing but a one-dimensional singer who shouldn’t have gotten as far as he has.
Michael Weston has been tapped for a multi-episode arc on Fox’s House. On House, Weston (Scrubs) will play P.I. Lucas, a private investigator who is as intelligent but not as abrasive as Dr. House (Hugh Laurie). After a trial in a multi-episode arc, the character could become a regular on the hit Fox medical drama or become the center of a spinoff series.