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After Everything is the fifth and final entry in the After Film franchise. Written and Directed by Castille Landon, the film is based on a novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The romantic drama film follows Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) as he travels to Portugal in order to make amends to Natalie (Mimi Keene). After Everything will also provide us with a final answer about where Hardin and Tess (Josephine Langford) will end up.

The romantic drama film also stars Benjamin Mascolo as Sebastian, Arielle Kibbel as Kim Vance, Louise Lombard as Trish Daniels, Chance Perdomo as Landon, Kiana Madeira as Nora, Stephen Moyer as Christian Vance, Jessica Webber as Maddy, and Carter Jenkins as Robert.

After Everything – When Did It Come Out? Credit – Voltage Pictures

After Everything premiered on September 13 for a limited theatrical run before it goes on to streaming on Netflix.

After Everything – Where Is It Streaming?...

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and two films explore that abiding Robert Burns proverb this week: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s IMAX-sized three-hour biopic of the “father of the atomic bomb,” and Barbie, a Mattel-sanctioned deconstruction of the patriarchy from the fertile mind of Greta Gerwig. Only one of these summer blockbusters, however, boasts a number of sex scenes, and it isn’t the one starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Oppenheimer explores the life and times of renowned theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer...

The sequel to ‘After Ever Happy‘ (2022), which was based on the 2015 novel of same title by Anna Todd, wherein Hardin and Tessa are separated. It is directed by Castille Landon and starring Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Louise Lombard.

The film is scheduled to release in 2023.

Cast

Josephine Langford / Tessa Young

Hero Fiennes Tiffin / Hardin Scott

Louise Lombard / Trish Daniels

Stephen Moyer / Christian Vance

Arielle Kebbel / Kim Vance

Jessica Webber / Maddy

Cora Kirk / Freya

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Spoken English evolved such useful phrases as “blah blah blah” and “yada yada yada” so that in conversation we don’t have to suffer through numbingly repetitive descriptions of the perfectly obvious. Sadly, no such shorthand exists in the “After” universe, which, now on its fourth instalment, seems dedicated to spinning the already vanishingly wispy romance between good-girl Tessa and bad-boy Hardin, YA fiction’s most colossally boring golden couple, into ever thinner straw. After a placeholder second film (“After We Collided”) and a wheel-spinning third (“After We Fell”), the new episode — which itself ramps up to a face-palming “to be continued” — can’t even charitably be said to be blah. It’s the space between the blahs.

Laboring under the aggravatingly agrammatical title of “After Ever Happy” (hats off if you get the order of those three words right on your first attempt), this desultory go-round picks up at...

Exclusive: Louise Lombard (After franchise) has signed on to a role in Christopher Nolan’s Universal Pictures thriller Oppenheimer.

She joins a stacked ensemble led by Cillian Murphy that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, Michael Angarano, David Dastmalchian and Jason Clarke, as previously announced.

In Nolan’s latest, which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin, Murphy plays the theoretical physicist of the same name, whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The epic thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

Nolan is directing from his own script,...

‘After We Fell’, ‘After Ever Happy’ will debut solely on the online platform.

Amazon Prime Video has secured UK and France rights from Voltage Pictures to After We Fell and After Ever Happy, the next two titles in the After young adult series.

It will launch the two films exclusively on the online platform, despite previous instalment After We Collided having been a box office hit in the UK when cinemas were open last autumn.

Release dates for the films are yet to be confirmed.

Adapted from Anna Todd’s series of young adult romantic novels which launched on online writing platform Wattpad,...

Production is on the third and fourth installments of the After film franchise is currently underway with a couple of new casting additions. True Blood alum Stephen Moyer has joined the YA pic along with Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite), Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Arielle Kebbel (John Tucker Must Die), and Carter Jenkins (Famous in Love).

Castille Landon is directing both films, which formally went by After We Fell and After Ever Happy, respectively. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin are reprising their leading role along with returnees Louise Lombard and Rob Estes. Also new to the sequels are Frances Turner and Kiana Maderia.

Sharon Soboil wrote screenplays for both the third and fourth films.

Deadline previously reported the following loglines:

After We Fell follows Tessa’s life as it begins to come unglued. Nothing is what she thought it was. Not her friends. Not her family.

It would be unfair to blame Harry Styles for “After We Collided,” the sequel to 2019’s “After,” just because both films are based on a series of novels that evolved from One Direction fan-fiction. But he should maybe lie low for a bit because by the time the end credits roll like a potential warrant list, we are looking for someone — anyone — to blame.

“This is a story you’ve heard before,” drones the toneless opening voiceover, but thing is, we really haven’t, because this is not a story. It is a numbingly repetitive series of manufactured minor dramas between the two terminally self-involved, staggeringly uninteresting protagonists of the first film, which set the bar so low it has to be the result of special effort that the sequel fails to clear it. “After” was merely awful. “After We Collided” is atrocious. Naturally, it’s proving an enormous pandemic-era hit.

Exclusive: Open Road Films, back under the oversight of its founder Tom Ortenberg, has acquired domestic on the feature adaptation of the Anna Todd YA sequel After We Collided from Voltage.

Open Road has set a limited theatrical day and date release with PVOD for Oct. 23. Cruel Intentions’ Roger Kumble directs off a screenplay by Todd and Mario Celaya. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin reprise their roles as star-crossed lovers Tessa Young and Hardin Scott, who contend with an intense breakup and its aftermath in part 2. Louise Lombard, Selma Blair and Dylan Sprouse also star. Producers are Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Nicolas Chartier, Jennifer Gibgot, Brian Pitt and Todd. EPs are Jonathan Deckter and Andrew Panay.

The first movie, After, made for $14M, grossed close to $70M WW last year, spawning immediately a sequel, plus a threequel, After We Fell, and a fourthquel, After Ever Happy, which were announced...

Roster includes Slay The Dragon, Allagash.

London-based sales outfit Kew Media Distribution (Kmd) heads to Afm next week with a slate that includes Nick Broomfield’s documentary My Father And Me, sci-fi 2067 starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten, and Susan Hill’s The Small Hand: A Ghost Story.

2067 takes place on an earth ravaged by climate change when a utility worker who may hold the key to mankind’s survival is dispatched to the future and lands in a luscious green world where he seems to be the only person around.

Seth Larney directed the Arcadia, Kojo, Freedom Films and Futurism Studios production,...

Roster includes Slay The Dragon, Allagash.

London-based sales outfit Kew Media Distribution (Kmd) heads to Afm next week with a slate that includes Nick Broomfield’s documentary My Father And Me, sci-fi 2067 starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten, and Susan Hill’s The Small Hand: A Ghost Story.

2067 takes place on an earth ravaged by climate change when a utility worker who may hold the key to mankind’s survival is dispatched to the future and lands in a luscious green world where he seems to be the only person around.

Seth Larney directed the Arcadia, Kojo, Freedom Films and Futurism Studios production,...

Exclusive: After We Collided, the upcoming sequel to Voltage Pictures’ indie Ya hit After, has locked down its final cast as it begins production with Charlie Weber, Louise Lombard, Candice King, Karimah Westbrook and Rob Estes joining.

After, which was released in April making close to $70M WW, is based on the bestselling Anna Todd book series. Todd co-wrote the screenplay for the sequel with Mario Celaya and is producing as well. The pic recently won Best Choice Drama, Choice Drama Movie Actor and Choice Drama Movie Actress at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards. Cruel Intentions’ Roger Kumble is directing After We Collided which stars returning leads Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and new castmember Dylan Sprouse.

Shane Paul McGhie, Samuel Larsen, Khadijha Red Thunder and Dylan Arnold will also reprise their roles in the sequel that follows Hardin and Tessa as they struggle to come back together, facing obstacles that...

In today’s TV news roundup, FX announced the premiere date for “Fosse/Verdon,” and Comedy Central released a new trailer for the final season of “Broad City.”

Dates

“Workin’ Moms” is set to premiere Feb. 22 on Netflix. The series, which is currently in its third season, first aired in Canada on CBC Television and is written and directed by star Catherine Reitman. Joining Reitman is Dani Kind, Juno Rinaldi and Jessalyn Wanlim who all struggle with balancing relationships, babies, co-workers and postpartum depression in the series central mommies group. Reitman also shares producing credits with her husband and producing partner Philip Sternberg.

E! announced a fresh slate of spring programming set to begin airing March 3. During the premiere, viewers will be able to watch new episodes of “Total Bellas” starring WWE Superstars The Bella Twins at 9 p.m. followed by the season two premiere of “Very Cavallari,” starring celebrity entrepreneur and reality superstar,...

In Tuesday’s roundup, Netflix sets the “Fuller House” Season 4 premiere date, and Hulu announces the leads for its adapted series, “Looking for Alaska.”

Dates

Netflix’s “Fuller House” will return for Season 4 on Dec. 14. It was previously announced in January that the reboot was renewed for a fourth season. The show is a continuation of the 1990s ABC series “Full House,” and features veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron-Bure), D.J.’s younger sister/aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin), and D.J.’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) moving in together to raise Kimmy’s daughter and D.J.’s three boys. “Fuller House” is executive produced by Bob Boyett and produced by Miller-Boyett Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television for Netflix.

Renewals

Netflix has renewed the animated comedy series “Paradise Pd” for Season 2. Created by Waco O’Guin and Roger Black (“Brickleberry”), the show premiered Aug.

Network: CBS

Episodes: 335 (hour) + finale movie

Seasons: 15

TV show dates: October 6, 2000 -- September 27, 2015

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, Paul Guilfoyle, George Eads, Eric Szmanda, Robert David Hall, Gary Dourdan, Jorja Fox, David Berman, Wallace Langham, Archie Kao, Louise Lombard, Liz Vassey, Gerald McCullouch, Larry Mitchell, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Marc Vann, Sheeri Rappaport, Jon Wellner, Skip O'Brien, and Alex Carter.

TV show description:

This drama follows the cases of the Las Vegas Police Department's Crime Scene Investigation division (otherwise known as a crime lab).

The division solves crimes almost entirely through the means of forensics evidence and interesting procedures and equipment. The cases are sometimes bizarre and often reflect the series' unique setting but unlike many other dramas,...

It's the end of an era for CBS: CSI has been canceled. The long-running drama's current season, its 15th, will be its last. Yep, after more than 300 episodes, the crime scene investigators are hanging up their rubber gloves and goggles. However, the series isn't going away without a proper goodbye. A two-hour series finale featuring original cast members William Petersn and Marg Helgenberger will return for the Sunday, Sept. 27 special to bid farewell. Over the years CSI starred Petersen, Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Paul Guilfoyle, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda, Robert David Hall, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Lauren Lee Smith, Laurence Fishburne, Liz Vassey, David Berman, Ted Danson, Elisabeth Harnois,...

Recently, NBC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Grimm" episode 5 of season 4, and The episode is entitled, "Cry Luison," and it sounds like things will very dramatic and intense as Nick and company have to deal with a woman that sees talking wolves for their latest case. Nick also contemplates getting his Grimm powers back, and more. In the new, 5th episode press release: A woman's delusions are going to drive her to commit a deadly crime. Press release number 2: Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) will get called to the scene of a crime where the suspect swears she was driven to madness by a very persistent talking wolf. In the meantime, Nick and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) are going to wonder if getting his Grimm powers back, is worth giving up a normal life. Elsewhere, Bud (guest star Danny Bruno) will hope Trubel (guest...

Recently, NBC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Grimm" episode 4 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "Dyin' On A Prayer," and it sounds like things will get very intriguing as Elizabeth makes a huge breakthrough in her efforts to get Nick's Grimm powers back, and more. In the new, 4th episode press release: Nick and Hank will investigate a case involving clay-induced asphyxiation. Wu's suspicions about Trubel, will intensify. Elizabeth will make a major breakthrough in the pursuit of restoring Nick's powers. Monroe and Rosalee's inter-Wesen marriage, are going to spark a cultural backlash and Adalind hopes her mysterious visitor will help her escape the dungeon. Guest stars feature: Jacqueline Toboni as Trubel ,David Julian Hirsh and Louise Lombard: Elizabeth. Episode 4 is set to air on Friday night, November 14th at 8pm central time on NBC.

This week's Grimm is a Renard family affair. Here's Christine's review of a twist-filled episode...

This review contain spoilers.

4.2 Octopus Head

This week’s episode picks up where we left it last week, with doctors seemingly unable to revive Sean Renard after his apparently fatal shooting by Steward. But this is Grimm, and where conventional human medicine fails, Hexenbiest magic can work wonders.

Enter the mysterious woman seen briefly last episode who, freeze-framing the doctors working on Renard, administers a powerful spell with a two-headed snake that appears to transfer her own life force into Renard’s body, jump-starting the Captain back to consciousness.

Which is how we’re introduced to Elizabeth Lascelles, Renard’s mother.

The first question that’s springs to mind is, ‘How on earth can they get away with casting Louise Lombard – who is a full three years older than Sasha Roiz – as Renard’s mother?...

Recently,NBC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Grimm" episode 2 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "Octopus Head," and it sounds like things will get very intense and intriguing as Trubel joins in on the latest case. An unforgettable Wesen tries to take out Trubel, and more! In the new,2nd episode press release: An unforgettable Wesen is going to continue his path of destruction as he sets his sights on Trubel. Press release number 2: As Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) turn their attention to a string of attacks where victims are left without their memories, Nick is going to weigh whether or not he should regain his Grimm abilities. Trubel (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) is going to join the investigation and puts herself in harms way. ?In Vienna, Adalind (Claire Coffee) will be held captive and learns that she is more connected than ever to Nick.

Recently, NBC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Grimm" premiere episode 1 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "Thanks for the Memories," and it sounds like things will get extremely dramatic and intriguing as a new group of Wesen arrive on the scene to steal people's memories. Renard fights to survive, and more! In the new ,1st episode press release: Nick will adjust to the loss of his Grimm powers and will try to figure out how to deal with Trubel as the fourth season opens. In the meantime, Wu is going to have an unpleasant flashback. A new group of Wesen will come to Portland and steal people's memories. Captain Renard will fight for his life, and Adalind's desperation to find her child, is going to land her in Prince Viktor's clutches. Guest stars will feature: Louise Lombard, Jacqueline Toboni as Trubel ,Alexis Denisof as Prince Viktor and Elizabeth Rodriguez.

Another blonde bombshell is making her way to Portland in the upcoming Season 4 of "Grimm," and we have all the preliminary details here on guest star Louise Lombard's role as Elizabeth Lascelles.

Per TV Guide, Lombard ("CSI," "Star-Crossed") will appear in at least the first three episodes of "Grimm's" fourth season as Lascalles, "a mysterious woman connected to the royal families." The eps are entitled "Thanks for the Memories," "Octopus Head," and "The Last Fight."

"Grimm" returns to NBC on Friday, October 24th.

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Lifetime on Wednesday birthed the first official trailer for its upcoming drama The Lottery, premiering July 20 at 10/9c, and mankind has definitely seen better days.

Related CSI and Y&R Vets Enter Lifetime’s Lottery

Set in 2025, The Lottery drops viewers into a world where women have stopped having children, putting the human race on the brink of extinction. In order to save all life on Earth, 100 embryos are fertilized and a national lottery is conducted to choose the surrogates.

The Lottery stars Marley Shelton (Eleventh Hour), David Alpay (The Vampire Diaries), Martin Donovan (Boss), Lesley-Ann Brandt (Single Ladies), Michael Graziadei...

House of Elliott

Mr Selfridge, Downton Abbey and The Paradise have introduced a new generation of TV watchers to early 20th century fashions. Therefore, Acorn Media’s November 5 release of House of Elliott will have a ready-made audience. Set in 1920s England, it tells the tale of two fashionistas who are left virtually destitute when their father unexpectedly passes away. They sell his assets to clear the family’s debts and use the little money that remains to found a clothing business. Before long, the House of Elliott is a well-renowned fashion house that caters to the wealthiest and most snazzily dressed “flappers.”

Fashion is the glue that gels the show together but the episodes focus on the sister’s personal lives as well as their professional trials and tribulations. Evie is a bit of temptress who leaves a trail of broken hearts in her wake as she fully embraces...

Lifetime’s new drama pilot The Lottery has added Young and the Restless fave Michael Graziadei, CSI alumna Louise Lombard and Spartacus‘ Lesley-Ann Brandt.

From Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton, the conspiracy thriller is set in a world where humans are facing extinction and women have stopped having children. When 100 embryos are suddenly fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide upon surrogates.

Per Deadline, Graziadei joins as a recovering alcoholic who is father to one of the last children born in the country, with Lombard playing an artist-turned-Washington power player. Brandt, meanwhile, will portray a soldier desperate to have kids.

Michael Graziadei (American Horror Story), Lesley-Ann Brandt (Spartacus) and Louise Lombard (CSI) have been cast in Lifetime’s dystopian future drama pilot The Lottery, written by Timothy J. Sexton and directed by Danny Cannon. The Warner Horizon-produced conspiracy thriller is set in a world where women have stopped having children threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Graziadei, repped by Gersh and Main Title, will play Kyle, a recovering alcoholic and single father of one of the last children born in the country. He was in ABC’s pilot Venice and appears in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Thor crossover episode. Lesley-Ann Brandt, repped by Innovative Artists, LuberRoklin and Matt Rosen, will play Casey, a U.S. soldier longing for a child who jumps at the shot at being a surrogate by participating in the lottery. She has...

Yet another new castmember has been added to The CW's second pilot effort at adapting Kiera Cass' The Selection, and this time the character cast doesn't stem directly from the book version of the story. Per Deadline, English actor Ben Aldridge will portray Prince Rafe, the younger prince of Illea who "loves his country and takes his leadership role seriously — but he does have a secret." As detailed by Spoiler TV, the second piloting script for The Selection adds more focus on the affairs of the palace, which is being attacked by sometimes dangerous revolutionaries on a regular basis, and this means the addition of characters like Rafe ... and more drama, like the fact that Rafe has a little tryst on the side with one of the competitors for his brother's heart. 'The Selection' book trailer Aldridge joins Yael Grobglas (America Singer), Lucien Laviscount (Aspen Leger), Michael Malarkey...

Tom Berenger, Terra Nova chieftain Stephen Lang, Arrow‘s kickass Kelly Hu and a CSI alum and among the latest actors to book pilots.

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Per our sister site Deadline….

* Hatfields & McCoys Emmy winner Berenger will play the dynamic police chief who oversees the Gang Task Force in Gang Related, Fox’s drama project about a gang member sent to infiltrate the San Francisco Pd.

* Lang has landed a lead in ABC’s Reckless, a thriller about a resourceful man (Patrick Fugit) who, when...

The CW has added a new lady to its second pilot effort to adapt Kiera Cass' The Selection. Per Deadline, Louise Lombard (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sgu Stargate Universe) has been plucked to star as Queen Amberly, the well-liked matriarch of Illea's royal family who oversees the competition for her son's heart. The role was originally played by Leonor Varela last year when the network first attempted piloting a show based on Cass' novel. Louise Lombard joins co-stars Yael Grobglas (America Singer), Lucien Laviscount (Aspen Leger), Michael Malarkey (Prince Maxon), Anthony Head (King Clarkson), Sarah Winter (Ashley), Celia Massingham (Celeste), Sean Patrick Thomas (Sylvan Santos) and Peta Sergeant (Gaia) in the series starter, directed by Alex Graves. ...

Exclusive: CW’s Selection reboot has found its queen. CSI and Stargate Universe alumna Louise Lombard has joined the project based on Kiera Cass’ book. The Selection, written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain and directed by Alex Graves, is an epic romance centering on America Singer (Yael Grobglas), a working class young woman chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with 25 other women for the Royal Prince’s hand to become the nation’s next queen. Lombard will play the current queen, Queen Amberly. Refined, intelligent and beloved by the people, Queen Amberly is a canny political player within the palace, and knows everything there is to know about every single girl in The Selection competition. The role was played by Leonor Varela in the original pilot last year. Lombard, by Paradigm and Affirmative Entertainment, was recently seen in BBC film Dripping In Chocolate.

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is back at the CW with Metropolis, a drama based on the 2000 British series. Thomas will write and executive produce the project, about a group of friends who are struggling with their adult lives not living up to the expectations they had when they were idealistic college friends. The original limited series, created by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) and produced by Granada TV, had an eight-episode run with a cast that included James Fox, Louise Lombard, James Purefoy and Matthew Rhys. The adaptation is being produced by Warner Bros TV, Rob Thomas Prods, ITV Studios America (formerly Granada America) and Littlefield Co, with Warren Littlefield and ITV’s Paul Buccieri executive producing. This is Thomas’ second stab at adapting Metropolis. The previous one was at ABC during the 1999-2000 development season when the project went to pilot starring Michael Ealy, with the CW...

The CW is heading to Metropolis. The youth-skewing network is adapting Peter Morgan's U.K. miniseries Metropolis, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. More TV Development News Created by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon), the eight-part series premiered in 2000 and aired on Granada TV. The series revolves around a group of friends and recent college graduates as they made their way in the real world and starred James Purefoy, Louise Lombard, Matthew Rhys, Flora Montgomery and Kris Marshall. The CW's take revolves around a group of friends struggling with their adult lives not living up to the expectations they had

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Returning to TV for the first time after his long run on "CSI," William Petersen is set to star in and produce "Hurt People," a drama about a veteran hitman, Hollis Brown, who is employed by the crime family that murdered his wife. He is hired to hunt down and kill his estranged daughter. The show is going to be of a much darker nature than "CSI" and is being shopped around cable stations. [Deadline]

"The Cosby Show's" second-youngest child, Tempestt Bledsoe, is returning to NBC in "DILFs," the Jimmy Fallon comedy pilot that follows three middle-aged guys who are parents and husbands, yet can't seem to grow up. Bledsoe will play the wife of Anthony Anderson's character. [TV Line]

NBC's untitled comedy pilot about Agnes (Sarah Wright), a shy focused woman who gets dumped by her fiance, has cast Freddie Prinze Jr. as said fiance. The break-up is because Prinze's...

I do love the episode when they bring back my favorite bad guys. And Bret Stiles (Malcolm McDowell) has been away from this show for far too long. I also love that no one is safe from Stiles' creepy brand of cold-reading and insight, I just wish he'd had more time to call Lisbon on her failings a little more thoroughly. Anti-cult activist Gabriel Meadows is dead and his laptop is missing. And before Lisbon (Robin Tunney) can hardly get a look at the crime scene, Jane (Simon Baker) is rooting out a spy in their ranks. Meadows was investigating Visualize, the cult lead by our manipulatively wonderful Bret Stiles while trying to get his sister out. But someone has tampered with the crime scene and one of the uniform cops turns out to be a Visualize minion. Of course, Stiles shows up at Cbi to be helpful and get...

Could Bret Stiles be Red John? Or just one giant red herring?  "His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts" had Patrick Jane and his favorite cult leader circling one another yet again and what fun it was.

Stiles and Jane took shots at one another like a couple of prize fighters. Stiles certainly made it his business to know a lot about Patrick Jane. He knew that Jane had used Red John to take down the San Joaquin killer. He knew Rosalind was under protective custody with the FBI and, of course, he knew that Jane had shot a man he had claimed was Red John.

Stiles poked and prodded at Jane mercilessly, even comparing him to the Sorcerer's Apprentice who had woken up a power he could not control. On that count he might just be right. 

He even took a shot at Lisbon and tried to turn her against Jane.

On TV this Thursday: 30 Rocks with Jim Carrey, a Friday Night Lights fave is a Person of Interest, The Mentalist faces a familiar nemesis and more. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features, here are nine programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm American Idol (Fox) | The first phase of the competition comes to an end as the judges reveal their final selections for this season’s Top 24.

8 pm 30 Rock (NBC) | Tracy rallies the writers to help him use a nearly-expired Benihana gift card worth so much that it will take a Leap Day miracle to spend; Liz helps Jenna seduce an Internet billionaire.

Who’s returning to meddle with The Mentalist? Which House doc will land in great jeopardy? Which Fringe loose end might finally be picked up? Read on for those scoops, plus other teases from TV’s hottest shows.

The Mentalist | I’ve got some exclusive casting details from the CBS procedural, and Part 1 involves another appearance by cult leader Bret Stiles, played by the always entertaining Malcolm McDowell. He will be in a sweeps episode airing Feb. 23 and also guest-starring CSI alumna Louise Lombard as the Dean of a college associated with the Visualize Cult. The Cbi crew will question...

Nick (George Eads) and Ray (Laurence Fishburne) searching for a Cs at the beginning, was almost indicative of Ray's search for Haskell (Bill Irwin). Who else would leave DBs in his wake. Nick comments on there being lots of manure here and Ray can smell it, can't help wondering if that was a snide remark about the B.S churned out by Haskell in this episode. No one was really on the ball, I have to say as far as Haskell was concerned. Rray nearly drives into a, "holy cow" as Nick says. Hey Nick should know all about cows from the question Gil (William Petersen) asked him: "What do cows drink?" All those seasons ago. They comes across scattered Db parts in a barn. Ray was oblivious he was stepping in manure. Nick Ids the larvae, as is his new specialty now, so they were dead up to 96+ hours ago.

I'm beginning to have a love/hate relationship with this Nate Haskell storyline. One the one hand I'm excited to see the mayhem leading up to the season finale. On the other I'm sort of tired of it and see where everything is leading.

"Father of the Bride" earns kudos for an engaging but predictable plot, but a lot of what made me enjoy this episode were the guest stars and the solid character interaction.

Ray is going to snap very soon. If the end of the episode is leading where I think it is, he'll probably snap within minutes of next week's opening credits.

Lawrence Fishburne is doing an excellent job of showing the slow progression of a man on the verge of crossing all his lines. In every scene Ray's agitation and growing inner darkness seeps into the foreground.

Even in a humorous moment when Henry mentions that...

Louise Lombard will return to CSI for one episode, TV Line reports.

The former series regular, who left in the eighth season, will reprise her role as Sofia Curtis during the CSIs' hunt for escaped serial killer Nate Haskell (Bill Irwin) in a May sweeps episode. Curtis, who's now a deputy chief, will meet Langston (Laurence Fishburne) for the first time, but they ...

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The return of Nate Haskell to CSI this spring will bring along with it another familiar face: former series regular Louise Lombard.

TV Line confirms that the actress will reprise the role of Sofia Curtis, who has not appeared since season eight, on one episode in May.

“Sofia’s a deputy chief now,” executive producer Carol Mendelsohn says. “She’s gotten her shield and she has a real ‘take no prisoners’ attitude."

What brings Curtis back into the picture? Haskell, of course. Says Mendelsohn:

“Langston becomes involved because Sofia wants to call in the feds, since they’ve now had Haskell sightings in Mexico and all over, which means he’s clearly not in Vegas. Of course, Langston begs to differ. The episode is really about where is Nate Haskell.”

Lombard is only booked for one episode at the moment, but the producer won't rule out an appearance on the finale,...

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It's no 'Arrested Development' movie, but Jeffrey Tambor is in talks to return to TV, eyeing a role in NBC's 'Bent.'

According to Deadline, Tambor will play a former actor who lives with this son, Pete (David Walton). Pete is hired to redo the kitchen of Amanda Peet's character, Alex, a single mom.

Tambor's character lives with his son, has to be driven everywhere and plays piano in the Nordstrom lobby when not chasing after ladies.

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o. Judith Light will star opposite Jesse Bradford and Bonnie Somerville in 'Other People's Kids.' The 'Who's the Boss?' veteran will play Somerville's ex-mother-in-law who has a live-in lover. [Deadline]

o. Louise Lombard is dusting off her 'CSI' badge and reporting back to the hit CBS series. Lombard's Sofia Curtis is now deputy chief. "She's gotten her shield and she has a real take-no-prisoners attitude,...

Louise Lombard is to reprise her role as Sofia Curtis in an upcoming episode of CSI. TV Line reports that the actress, who last appeared in the eighth season premiere, will return for a one-off episode in May. "Sofia's a deputy chief now," explained executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. "She's gotten her shield and she has a real 'take no prisoners' attitude." She added that Sofia will assist Langston (Laurence Fishburne) in his search for escaped serial killer Nate Haskell. "Langston becomes (more)...

Agent Sofia Curtis is in town. The "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" team is welcoming back the character played by Louise Lombard who first appeared in season 5 and was last seen in the first episode of season 8.

Her comeback is staged along with the return of serial killer Nate Haskell, played by Bill Irwin. In the eighth season opener, her departure was never explained but executive producer Carol Mendelsohn said that Sofia is now in a different place. "Sofia's a deputy chief now. She's gotten her shield and she has a real 'take no prisoners' attitude," Carol dished to TV Line.

In her return, she will rub Langston the wrong way. "Langston becomes involved because Sofia wants to call in the feds, since they've now had Haskell sightings in Mexico and all over, which means he's clearly not in Vegas. Of course, Langston begs to differ," Mendelsohn dished out.

"The episode...

The return of serial killer Nate Haskell isn’t all bad for the Vegas crimefighters of CSI. Rather, his latest reign of terror will actually set the stage for the return of former series regular Louise Lombard!

TVLine has learned exclusively that the CSI alumna will reprise her role as the well-liked Sofia Curtis during May sweeps — and one major thing has changed since we last saw her back in Season 8.

“Sofia’s a deputy chief now,” executive producer Carol Mendelsohn reveals. “She’s gotten her shield and she has a real ‘take no prisoners’ attitude.”

As such, when Sofia...

This episode begins with Agent Gibbs riding a horse on the beach and being surprised at gunpoint by a man who says, “Welcome to Mexico.” The episode then flashes back four days to Gibbs’s discovering the body of Agent Lara Macy (previously played by Louise Lombard, who doesn’t reappear herself here). Formerly head of Callen’s [...] No related posts.

This review may contain spoilers. From the beginning of the show, Rush (Robert Carlyle) has been a character to love and hate. His coldness and focus made him necessary for survival on Destiny but definitely someone that you didn.t completely blame Col. Young (Louis Ferreira) for leaving behind on a planet. After his participation in the civilian takeover of the ship, it was clear how far his ruthlessness could take him. However in .Human., those of us who wanted to know what made Rush tick got some answers. Rush experiences his life prior to joining the Stargate program after sitting in the ship.s Ancient control chair. Unfortunately for him, this means his brain picked the time his wife Gloria (Louise Lombard) was dying. Instead of using this virtual flashback to right the ...

Louise Lombard will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Jerry Bruckheimer's new CBS drama Miami Medical, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

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Lombard will play Karen, a woman who's rushed to the hospital with her husband Frank (George Newbern) when the balcony of their apartment collapses. Once the doctors have a look, they learn her condition is worse than expected, but she mysteriously refuses treatment.

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DVD Playhouse—February 2010

By

Allen Gardner

Hunger (Criterion) Harrowing true story of imprisoned Ira member Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and his 1981 hunger strike protesting the British government’s refusal to recognize him, and other Ira members as political prisoners. Director Steve McQueen delivers the story with true filmmaking panache, mixing startling imagery that blends both stunning beauty and stomach-churning horror. Fassbender is absolutely brilliant in the lead. Not for the faint-of-heart, but not to be missed or, particularly, ignored. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with McQueen and Fassbender; Short documentary; 1981 episode of BBC series “Panorama” that covers the Ira hunger strike; Trailer. Widescreen. DTS-hd audio on Blu-ray.

Adam (20th Century Fox) Quirky romantic comedy about an eccentric, borderline Asperger’s Syndrome, astronomy buff (Hugh Dancy) who is drawn out of his self-imposed shell by a beautiful and sympathetic neighbor (Rose Byrne). Charming film with engaging performances by the two leads,...

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