'The Ten' Adds Seven The final result, interesting, isn't 17 August 7 2006 The bulging cast of the comedy "The Ten," which already includes Jessica Alba and Adam Brody, has added seven more thespians. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Winona Ryder ("Heathers"), Famke Janssen ("X-Men"), Gretchen Mol ("The Notorious Bettie Page"), Liev Schreiber ("The Omen"), Rob Corddry ("The Daily Show"), Ron Silver ("Blue Steel) and Oliver Platt ("Huff") are now on board, along with the previously announced Justin Theroux ("Miami Vice"). Described as a satire that spoofs the Ten Commandments, "The Ten" comes from "Wet Hot American Summer" writer-director-producer David Wain and fellow alum of "The State" Ken Marino, who co-writes and co-stars. Wain and Marino will produce along with Jonathan Stern and co-star Paul Rudd. "The Ten" has already begun shooting in New York and Mexico.

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

So...you want some OC scoop? Do you want tidbits and nuggets, spoilers and info? Look no further 'cause I am goin' to BOMBARD you with trinkets of goodies. Ready? ------------------------------------------- Question: There's a rumor going around that The O.C. was only picked up for 16 episodes next season. Is it true? — Matt zap2it.com) LOS ANGELES -- "The O.C." won't start its fourth season until well after the rest of FOX's fall schedule hits the air, and as things stand now, it won't be around for as long either.The network confirmed Wednesday that it's ordered only 16 episodes of the show for the 2006-07 season, as first reported by Variety. A typical full-season order for a series is 22 episodes.Typical for most shows, that is. Through its first three seasons, "The O.C." never shot fewer than 24 episodes; last year the count was 25. A FOX spokesperson says that while the current order for "The O.C." is 16 episodes, there's a chance the network could add more installments if it chooses. Even with a late start -- the show is scheduled to premiere Nov. 2 -- 16 episodes would mean either an early end to the season or a sizable break somewhere at midseason."The O.C." will be making some fairly significant on-screen changes in the coming season. Mischa Barton has left the show following the death of her character, Marissa Cooper, in last season's finale. Her friends (Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson) are headed off to college, and Marissa's little sister Caitlin (Willa Holland) is moving back in with mom Julie (Melinda Clarke).The series will also be facing a more competitive landscape in its 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot. It will have to face two of the most popular dramas on TV, CBS' "CSI" and ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," along with NBC's popular game show "Deal or No Deal." ----- OC dvd release October 24, 2006 for Season 3! ----- The Wight way: You may remember my 2005 story about Eric Wight, the artist behind Seth Cohen's drawings on The O.C. On Sunday I hung out with Wight at the Tokyopop booth, where he was promoting his upcoming book, My Dead Girlfriend. Think of Girlfriend as kind of like The O.C. meets Corpse Bride; it follows a well-intentioned young man who happens to fall for a ghost. The tale arrives in stores shortly before Valentine's Day. As far as Seth Cohen is concerned, expect to see more of Wight's artwork on the show next season. You can still watch Wight's Atomic County episodes on Verizon's V CAST. Fans of The O.C. will recall that Season 2 of Fox's teen soap opera found über-nerd Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) creating his own comic book, "Atomic County." Now art is imitating life as Brody teams up with Danny Bilson (father of Adam's O.C. costar and real-life girlfriend Rachel) and Paul DeMeo to pen the series Red Menace for WildStorm, an imprint of DC Comics. "As much as I love comics, writing one wasn't something I ever thought about doing," confesses the 26-year-old Brody, who unveiled Red Menace last week at Comic-Con International in San Diego. "Danny brought it up, so I thought it would be fun, and it has been. I've had a blast." ----- TVGuide Insider Set in '50s-era Los Angeles, Red Menace revolves around a blacklisted hero named The Eagle and the superpowered youth he takes under his... er, wing. The story was hatched after Bilson and Brody started talking about the 1976 film The Front, which starred Woody Allen as a cashier who agrees to be a front for blacklisted writers. "I said, 'Why don't we just do that, but as a comic?'" remembers Brody. According to Bilson, the actor also came up with the idea of introducing a younger hero into the story. "We all contributed different parts to the idea, but in a certain way, I feel like Paul and I own the older guy and Adam owns the younger guy." Brody laughs at this. "The funny thing is, I actually like writing the older character better, too. He's just more fun. The book I wrote had him at his lowest point, and I had fun with that, just making him kind of a loser." Before starting work on Red Menace, all three writers spent some time researching the period, and the comic will incorporate real people (including Roy Cohn and Senator Joseph McCarthy) and real L.A. locations. "I tried to read a 500-page book about the blacklist... and I got about 100 pages in," Brody says sheepishly. "Most of the research I did was by watching movies." But Bilson stresses that when it comes to the writing process, Brody is an equal partner, giving notes on scripts and even penning the first draft to the third issue solo. "When Adam said 'I want to write my own book,' I was very impressed. He wasn't just going to lean on us old-time writers to do it. He wanted to hold up his end of this thing. Adam writing on this book is no gimmick." While Brody admits that he was nervous about tackling his first comic script by himself, he got the hang of it after writing one page. "You have to give directions to the artist in the script, and I really enjoyed writing that way. It's kind of like writing and directing at the same time." Even his girlfriend was struck by his enthusiasm. "Rachel told me last week that he kept reading his stuff to her and asking 'What do you think of this?'" laughs her dad, adding that-unlike her on-screen counterpart-the younger Bilson is staying out of the comics biz. "She said he was writing at 4 in the morning because he was having so much fun with it." Red Menace is currently scheduled to run only for six issues — the first goes on sale in November — but Bilson says the series could continue if fan response is strong enough. In the meantime, Brody is already thinking of which superhero he'd like to tackle next. "I'd say Batman, but so many people have done that. I sort of want to reinvent a lesser-known hero, someone who hasn't been given his due lately. I also think the more mortal he is powerwise, the more fun he is. I would rather write a guy fighting hand to hand rather than someone shooting rays out of his eyes and flying around." As far as his collaborators are concerned, he's got a definite future in comics. "He's a really talented guy," raves Bilson. "I have no problem having him in my family." ----- (zap2it.com) PASADENA, Calif. -- Other network heads are jokingly referring to their giant hit series as the underdog on Thursday nights next season, but Peter Ligouri is probably the one most able to call his show that -- and keep a straight face.The president of FOX Entertainment acknowledges that Thursday will be "one monster night of television" in the 2006-07 season, thanks largely to ABC's moving "Grey's Anatomy" to 9 p.m. to face CBS' powerhouse "CSI." NBC has also moved its game show "Deal or No Deal" to the night.Then there's "The O.C.," which will begin its fourth season on FOX in November with far less buzz than it once had, along with a major story overhaul, with its principal characters out of high school entering adulthood. Although the show perked up the network's typically anemic Thursday performance last year, it still averaged only about 5.7 million viewers per week. On top of that, the network has only ordered 16 episodes of the show for the season. Ligouri says he wants to have the show repeat as little as possible, meaning the show could end by March."There are a number of options beyond that," Ligouri says. "If the show happens to be really strong ... we can call an audible with [creator Josh Schwartz] and extend it." The network also has a couple of other dramas in development -- "Drive," about an underground cross-country car race, and "Beyond," about a new space race -- and some unscripted options too.The network's reality guru, Mike Darnell, "has spent some time fermenting a lot of good ideas in his little lab," Ligouri says. "So there's something we may have for you on that front.""The O.C." is scheduled to premiere Thursday, Nov. 2. The season will find Ryan (Ben McKenzie), Seth (Adam Brody) and Summer (Rachel Bilson) dealing with the death of their friend Marissa (Mischa Barton, who has left the show) and moving on to the next stage of their lives. Ligouri still has confidence in the show creatively, saying Schwartz "a lot of stories to tell -- and they're juicy, and they're good." ----- OC dvd ----- Hot Hollywood (Teen People) Samaire Armstrong AGE 25 HOMETOWN Sedona, Ariz. BREAKOUT ROLE Seth Cohen’s on-and-off gal pal Anna Stern on Fox’s The O.C. MADE FOR MTV A music-video vet, Samaire appeared in Hanson’s “Penny and Me” and Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” clips. “I’m not sick of [the song],” she says of the latter, often played during American Idol's results shows. “It was the coolest thing to see it go from an underground hit in Europe to all over the United States!” NEXT UP She’ll star in It’s a Boy Girl Thing (early 2007), a Freaky Friday-like flick about two enemies—Nell, the town nerd (Samaire), and Woody, the school jock (Kevin Zegers)—who switch bodies. ----- Kristin from E! From tj723: Can I get O.C. news? I ask every week, but always get nothing. Sorry, my friend, but good news! The Bat chatphone just rang this very minute with some scoop from a mole, who tells me a few expected things, and one not-so-expected thing that sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit. It involves Ryan and a cage. I'm not kidding. Any guesses as to what that's about? Well, I'll tell you about it in the spoiler section. From toliver63: Ryan gets a stripper job? Yes! How did you hear!? Wait, were you not talking about Seacrest? Oh! Sorry, yes, Ryan from The O.C. (And by the way, Ryan's not the only major character on a TV show to be in a cage this season...think on that one!) Okay, are you ready? You sure? You sitting down? Here's what my mole just emailed me about The O.C. season premiere: (1) Julie Cooper develops substance abuse problem after losing Marisa, straining her and Dr. Robert's relationship. (2) Summer is at college, and becomes all Green Peacey. (3) Marisa's ex-boyfriend Luke is back on the show, and he has twin brothers who befriend Kaitlin Cooper. (4) And my favorite part, Ryan is so distraught by Marisa's death, he moves away and is cage fighting. He lets people kick the you-know-what out of him, because he doesn't give a damn anymore." To which I say: The O.C. might be the Best. Show. Ever. ----- Tom Arnold, Ben Savage and The O.C.'s Autumn Reeser will star in Palo Alto, about four college freshmen finishing up Thanksgiving break at home. -------------------------------------------Was that all you were looking for this summer? Well, don't forget that Rachel Bilson has a movie coming out with Zach Braff called "The Last Kiss".

posted by Jen @ 6:53 AM |

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Throughout season three, fans of "The O.C." were charmed by the free-spirited rebel Sadie, who breezed into town with dreams of opening her own jewelry store. While it was the character's unique designs the helped Marissa Cooper realize Johnny's true feelings for her, the actual talent behind the scenes was jewelry designer Maya Brenner, whom producers commissioned to make a variety of necklaces for the show. Fans will be happy to know that Brenner's first how-to book, Beaded Jewelry: Create Your Own Style (DK Publishing), was just released. It's the perfect guide to making trendy jewelry that Marissa and Summer would love and to discovering your own truly unique style. Brenner was given just over a week to create several designs, and two necklaces were featured as separate Valentine's Day gifts to Marissa from Johnny and Ryan in the February 9th episode, "The Heavy Lifting." Fans immediately took notice. The next morning, posts went up across the country from those looking for a necklace of their own. When Johnny's necklace became available for sale on one fan site it instantly sold out! Brenner's book is available at www.dk.com, or at www.Amazon.com. So girls, since we have no new or repeat episodes and the third season isn't on sale anytime soon, so, go pick up this book and create your own Sadie-inspired necklaces. Maybe you can sell them to make money to put towards the season 3 dvd. Uh, good idea, right?

posted by Jen @ 12:04 PM |

The O.C. won't be back on Thursdays until November 2; I think they think it'll take us a lot longer to get over Marissa's death than it will (tvguide.com)

posted by Jen @ 12:01 PM |

In the Land of Women. Adam Brody plays a Zach Braff-y character in this Garden State-y drama. I think it could be worth seeing, though the preview relies too heavily on the soundtrack, and I now feel like I know the entire plot from beginning to end. (By the way, it co-stars Kristen Stewart, who's really grown up since Panic Room.)

posted by Jen @ 12:00 PM |

Friday, June 16, 2006

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-teenchoicenominees,0,5591494.story?coll=zap-news-headlines LOS ANGELES -- The teenagers of America still love "The O.C." and "Smallville," and they're fans of Jack Black and Johnny Depp too. At least, that's what the adults who pick the nominees for the Teen Choice Awards believe. A typically inscrutable batch of Teen Choice nominations was unveiled Thursday, with movies that haven't been released yet mixing with those that were in theaters at the time of last year's nominations, a mix of usual suspects and newcomers in the TV categories and the requisite nomination for Ashton Kutcher. The awards will be handed out Aug. 20 on FOX, and teenagers can vote for the winners through Aug. 11. The nominees announced Thursday constitute "Wave One" of the process, with two more to come in the weeks leading up to the awards."Smallville," "Lost" and "Everybody Hates Chris" are the leaders in the TV categories with four nominations each. "The O.C.," "My Name Is Earl" and "One Tree Hill" are among several shows with three nominations. In the movie categories, not-yet-released flicks "Nacho Libre" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" both scored multiple nominations (including ones for "Nacho" star Black and head "Pirate" Depp). "The Break-up" and "X-Men: The Last Stand" are well-represented too. Teenagers can vote at TeenPeople.com, which has sponsored the balloting for several years, and at several sites owned by FOX parent News Corp.: MySpace.com, IGN.com and FOX.com. The nominations for The O.C are: TELEVISION Choice TV Show: Drama/Action Adventure "The O.C." "Grey's Anatomy" "One Tree Hill" "House" "Lost" "Smallville" Choice TV Actor: Drama/Action Adventure Adam Brody, "The O.C." Chad Michael Murray, "One Tree Hill" Kiefer Sutherland, "24" Matthew Fox, "Lost" Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy" Tom Welling, "Smallville" Choice TV Actress: Drama/Action Adventure Evangeline Lilly, "Lost" Katherine Heigl, "Grey's Anatomy" Kristen Bell, "Veronica Mars" Mischa Barton, "The O.C." Kristin Kreuk, "Smallville" Sophia Bush, "One Tree Hill" Choice Hottie - Female Eva Longoria Jessica Alba Jessica Simpson Scarlett Johansson Rachel Bilson Rihanna

posted by Jen @ 6:58 AM |

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