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'Grey's Anatomy' Spoiler: Amelia's Past Comes Back to Haunt Her

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ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" - Season ThirteenAmelia didn't leave her baggage behind when she made the move from "Private Practice" to "Grey's Anatomy."

Actress Caterina Scorsone, who joined the Grey Sloan gang in Season 10, recently opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about how her character will have to address her past during Season 13. So much for getting to enjoy the honeymoon stage Owen (Kevin McKidd).

It's never all rainbows and sunshine for anyone on "Grey's Anatomy," so we shouldn't be surprised that there's turbulence ahead. We already saw Amelia's problems begin with her pregnancy scare that wasn't. Both she and Owen were thrilled at the idea of her being pregnant, so now that they know she's not, Amelia has to face her past.

Back on "Private Practice," the doctor, who once had a drug problem, delivered a baby boy, who was tragically born without a brain. Not surprisingly, all of this baby talk is starting to dredge up old feelings -- ones Amelia doesn't know quite how to deal with. Scorsone warned that Amelia is "distancing herself" from Owen as she tries to reclaim that wedded bliss, which sounds like the last thing she should do.

"She really wants this and her trauma is hijacking her plans," Scorsone told THR.

Both Amelia and Owen are overdue for some longer-lasting happiness, so let's hope they can get back there in the coming weeks.

Catch "Grey's Anatomy" Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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New 'Split' Trailer: James McAvoy Will Scare You With 23 Personalities

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James McAvoy is one scary man with at least 23 dangerous personalities in the new trailer for "Split."

Universal Pictures dropped the latest trailer on Wednesday, and it highlights the ominous plot: a trio of girls abducted and held captive by a man with at numerous personalities and an unknown one likely to take over the rest. We see several of the different sides to Kevin (McAvoy) in the preview, and each seems more chilling than the last.

Led by Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), the girls come up with a plan: to convince one of Kevin's personalities to let them go. However, there seems to be a lot of trial-and-error -- emphasis on error -- in the teaser, so prepare yourself for a lot of dark twists and turns. With M. Night Shymamalan ("The Sixth Sense", "The Visit") having served as writer, director, and producer, that should be a given.

Let McAvoy freak you in the trailer.

"Split" is headed to theaters on Jan. 20.

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Watch 'Stranger Things' Continue, 'Charlie Brown'-Style

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We're still months away from Christmas, but the holiday cheer starts now.

Filmmakers Leigh Lahav and Oren Mendez unveiled a hilarious "Stranger Things" and "Charlie Brown"-inspired short today. The animated mash-up takes the holiday classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and re-imagines it with the Netflix sci-fi horror series' characters. The results are amazing.

In the short, Will Byers is dealing with the aftermath of the events of Season 1. He's having trouble adjusting to his escape from the Upside Down, and he needs help finding happiness again. Luckily, his friends are there to offer help, and he works with them to see the bright side.

The detail throughout the video adds to the fun. Not only do we see "Peanuts" staples, like Lucy's psychiatry booth, there are fun reminders of the Netflix series as well, including Eleven's Eggo waffles. Who knew "Stranger Things" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" would go together so well?

Experience the magic below.
Alex Jebb Quine, Dylan Neumeyer, Nicholas Polley, and Rylan Bailey, lent their voices to "A Stranger Things Christmas."

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JK Rowling Has a New Limited Series Coming to HBO

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J.K Rowling - In ConversationEnthusiasm for J.K. Rowling's work shows no signs of flagging, so HBO is again teaming up with the "Harry Potter" author.

The premium cable company is bringing "Cormoran Strike," an adaptation of Rowling's crime novel series of the same name, to U.S. and Canadian viewers. The BBC One-produced limited series follows the adventures of Strike (Tom Burke), a war veteran who works as a private detective on cases the police haven't been able to crack. Fans can look forward to at least three installments in the event series -- one for each book.

The first of the three parts will be "The Cuckoo's Calling," a three-hour installment. The next two, "The Silkworm" and "Career of Evil," will be shorter but still clock in at a solid two hours apiece. We may also see a fourth in the future given that Rowling has a fourth "Cormoran Strike" novel coming in 2017.

The limited series will add to Rowling's production credits, which have been piling up as of late. She'll serve as one of the executive producers, as she did when BBC One previously adapted her 2012 novel "The Casual Vacancy." HBO also landed U.S. and Canadian rights to that miniseries.

Apparently, HBO likes Rowling and her work as much as the rest of us do.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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Disney Is Bringing Back 'Muppet Babies' in 2018

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muppet babies, reboot, revival, disney, disney junior, muppetsEighties favorite "Muppet Babies" is set for a comeback, courtesy of Disney.

The animated series -- which chronicled the adventures of toddler-sized Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets gang -- is getting a CGI makeover, and will premiere on Disney Junior sometime in 2018. Production is currently underway.

"Muppet Babies" originally aired from 1984 through 1991, and frequently inserted the titular tots into scenes from live-action TV shows and movies as part of elaborate fantasy sequences. This time around, producers are promising more of the same.

"We are proud, and a little bit giddy, to begin production on our new version of the much-loved 'Muppet Babies,'" said Nancy Kanter, executive vice president of original programming and general manager for Disney Junior Worldwide, in a statement. "Parents will delight in seeing their favorite Muppets in the mixed animation style they remember from the original series, and kids will be introduced to this warm and zany world made just right for the Disney Junior audience."

According to Oh My Disney, each episode of the show will be broken up into two 11-minute stories, and the Babies "will be doing anything from building a time machine to flying through outer space." The series will encourage "creative and critical thinking."

"We hope to engage and delight the nostalgic fans while also entertaining new kids, parents and diverse audiences through heart and humor as only the Muppets can deliver," said Debbie McClellan, vice president of The Muppets Studio, in a statement.

Sign us up. We'll be anxiously awaiting a firm premiere date.

[via: The Muppets, Oh My Disney]

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A (Real) 'Will & Grace' Revival Could Be Coming to NBC: Reports

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Back in September, the "Will & Grace" cast caused a stir when they reunited for some cryptic photos and teased some sort of return. Unfortunately for fans of the NBC sitcom, while the stars did reprise their characters for a short video, it was a one-off event staged as part of an endorsement of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and not a full-fledged revival. Now, however, additional "Will & Grace" could finally be on the way.

Reports from several trades, including The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and TVLine, indicate that NBC was so impressed by the excitement over last month's reunion that it's mulling greenlighting the real deal. THR reports that the network wants to bring back stars Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes, and is currently in talks to do so.

"The goal, sources say, is to do a 10-episode limited series revival," per THR.

The folks at TVLine and Deadline paint a more reserved picture of a possible revival, however, with TVLine reporting that the episode count is unclear, as is a target premiere date. And Deadline notes that negotiations are off to a slow start, writing, "the sides are currently far apart and there are a lot of hurdles that make mounting a 'Will & Grace' return a daunting task, but at least there is a will to pursue it."

There is hope, however, that if an NBC deal doesn't pan out, Netflix could pick up the reboot instead, since Deadline notes that it's already had success reviving other long-gone shows, including "Full House," "Arrested Development," and the upcoming "Gilmore Girls." Producer Universal Television is still the rights holder, so the sitcom's previous ties to NBC are not a dealbreaker if the Peacock passes on the project.

In an interview with People last month following the success of the viral election video, Messing said she'd love to bring the show to a streaming platform should any such offer materialize. And McCormack told People, "We'd all be interested to get that call" about a revival.

Looks like the cast may want to stand by their phones. Stay tuned.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter, TVLine, Deadline]

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The 'Pretty Little Liars' Say an Emotional Goodbye on Final Day of Filming

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pretty little liars, season 7, production, cast"Pretty Little Liars" wrapped production on its seventh and final season this week, and the cast and crew took to social media to reminisce about the series and reflect on the end of an era, sharing some emotional photos and words with fans.

The tributes came pouring in from stars Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, and Troian Bellisario, as well as series creator and showrunner I. Marlene King, with each woman saying goodbye to the series in her own way. Throwback photos, snaps from the wrap party, and parting words from empty dressing rooms all made appearances on Twitter and Instagram, each more emotional than the last.

"Seven years later the day has come to say goodbye," Benson wrote on Twitter.

"I'm just so full of gratitude that this was my life for so long," Mitchell shared on Instagram, alongside a group photo of the cast.

"Bittersweet feelings today, but so proud of what we've done," Hale added in another Instagram post.

The final 10 episodes of season seven of "Pretty Little Liars" air on Freeform beginning sometime in April 2017. The two-hour series finale will be followed by a one-hour tell-all special.

[via: Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario, I. Marlene King]

Photo credit: Shay Mitchell/Instagram

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'Bones' Season 12 Lands January Premiere Date

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The 12th and final season of "Bones" has an official premiere date, and is set to debut early next year.

Fox announced on Thursday that the show would finally be back on January 3, 2017. The season will consist of 12 episodes, and is being rebranded for its big farewell as "Bones: The Final Chapter."

The network also released the following tease for the season:

Throughout the final chapter, fans will see the return of fan-favorite guest stars and squinterns, as well as an old flame from one of the team's past. Fans also will experience a wedding, follow an epic serial killer storyline, go undercover in a lumberjack competition and see Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan's (Emily Deschanel) marriage get put to the test. As always, new guest stars will be introduced, as well as a final round of gory murders, from which brand-new investigations will arise.

In a statement, "Bones" creator Hart Hanson noted that the series would be Fox's longest-running scripted drama once it signed off, and credited the show's "insanely loyal, loud, lovely, lively audience" for its longevity.

"We've loved working on 'Bones' and are so excited to bring our fans this final season," added showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson in another statement. "After 12 years on the air, it's an honor to be able to write the exciting and meaningful ending, which the show deserves."

[via: Entertainment Weekly]

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Odette Annable Isn't Afraid of the Insane Medical Jargon in 'Pure Genius'

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23rd Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards - ArrivalsA lot of actors cringe when they see pages of dialogue full of often baffling, seemingly unpronounceable medical jargon, but Odette Annable says "bring it on!" Just please tell her how to pronounce it properly.

And she's going to get her share: as a member of the ensemble cast of CBS's new drama "Pure Genius," the actress plays Dr. Zoe Brockett, one of the team of trailblazing, brilliant medical minds who've been tasked by a young Silicon Valley billionaire to make revolutionary strides in health care at a cutting edge hospital. The most up-front – blunt, even – member of the hospital staff, Brockett has to balance solving the rarest of medical conundrums with increasing interpersonal entanglements with her colleagues.

It's a role Annable admits she coveted so much, it even motivated her to get back in front of the camera after the birth of her first child, with husband Dave Annable, last year -- and to hit the Internet ahead of time to learn exactly how to enunciate some of that tongue-twisting terminology.

What appealed to you about your character Zoe when you read the script the first time?

Odette Annable: She is super frank. She is honest to a fault. She has an interesting relationship with James because I feel like she's probably one of the only people that stands up to him, mostly because she's a doctor and he's not. He can be rude sometimes, and she doesn't tolerate any of it. I think that, in my notes, what I wrote about her was that she thinks it will change the world. They probably will change the world.

Do you think there is a romance brewing between those two? We know that he has a crush on her, but is it mutual?

You know, it's interesting. I think they're developing a love triangle right now with James and Zoe and Malik, which is great because they're two such different characters, and I think Zoe is painfully unaware that James is so infatuated with her, and she has such a different relationship with Malik in the way that they're both doctors, and they can both, you know, do their work together.

But he also has such a different perspective. I think that's why the show is so great because every cast member comes from such a different walk of life. Playing into the notion that there's no bureaucracy in the show, everybody has a say. Whoever has the best idea is the best idea, whether it's the janitor or the chief of staff.

How has high-tech medicine touched your life?

I wished it touched me more, and I think that's why the show is so important. When I read the script initially, I certainly thought that there's no way this can be real. It's a great script. It's fantastic. It's Jason Katims. But then, the cast, we had an opportunity to go to Cedars-Sinai, and we sat in on a seminar: one of our consultants on the show, he was talking about digital health, and he was showing us so many examples of what they're doing at Cedar-Sinai, and it's exactly what our show is doing.

And it made me realize that this isn't just a script that they made up. It's important. It's an important story to tell, and it's something that, sure, we're not quite there yet, but it's five minutes into the future. It's a few years away, which is really, really exciting to think that any family member could go to a hospital like this and possibly be cured. It's so -- it's reachable.

What's been your favorite day with the advanced medical jargon, and trying to land it convincingly?

My gosh! You know the thing that screws me up is: I go online, and there's this website, Howjsay, and I thought I was doing my work by hearing the word back to me. So then I'm working on set, and one of our medical advisors comes up to me and said, "Okay, you're saying the word wrong." I'm like, "No, no, no. I'm not. I did my research. I know what I'm talking about." He's a doctor. So, you know, there was that. Then, because I had memorized it a certain way, it's so hard to do it the right way, because I was already stuck in my head. So it's those things that really sort of jar you.

But, I've got to be honest, after I shot "House," my agent and my managers, they asked me what I wanted to do, and I said, I don't care, but I want to play a doctor again. I really love it. I love the procedural aspect. I love that, fortunately enough -- and on "House" as well, it was also pretty character-driven. But this show specifically is so nuanced in that way. Our storylines are so fantastic, and it's so exciting.

Do you get to get out of the lab jacket every so often?

Every so often, but I feel really comfortable in that thing! So I'm cool with it.

You became a mom a year ago -- what are the pros and cons of being back at work?

I think this morning was really difficult because I didn't see her at all yesterday! I think that's a difficult part of this job: that sometimes you wake up a five o'clock in the morning and you come home when she's already in bed. For me, my mom always worked, and I never felt her missing. I know it's important for me to take time to do what I really love, because it makes me a better mom. I want her to look up to me in that way, and I want that for her.

Everything was put into perspective after I had the baby. I wasn't going to take a job just to take a job, which is sometimes what you do in this business, and you just sort of jump on the first thing, because actors always think they're never going to work again. It's a thing. And I read a bunch of scripts, and I really wanted to stay in Los Angeles because I just had the baby. Settling into a new home would be very, very difficult for us at the time.

So when I read the script, it really spoke to me, and I knew right then and there if I were able to be a part of this project, not only would I be at home in Los Angeles, but I would be working on something that was really important to me, and something that I really wanted to do. Waking up and going to work was really exciting to me, and it still is.

As hard as it is to leave Charlie in the morning, I know that I'm doing something that's really fulfilling, and that is great work, and I'm working with such fantastic people. The show is so great. It's got that special Jason Katims magic fairy dust sprinkled all over it. So it's such a different show, and I'm really, really excited to see where it goes.

"Pure Genius" premieres October 27 on CBS.

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Everything You Never Knew About 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'

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On October 27, 1966, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" premiered on CBS to millions of viewers. But, to this day, there are still a lot of things you probably don't know about the animated Halloween special, like how the success of "The Great Pumpkin" saved the future of the Peanuts franchise, or how a loose tooth almost set back the whole production.

Here are nine things you never knew about "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."

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Raven-Symoné Is Leaving 'The View' for 'That's So Raven' Spinoff

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Oh, snap! Raven-Symoné is reprising her role as Raven Baxter in a Disney Channel spinoff of her 2003-2007 series "That's So Raven."

The untitled spinoff will show Raven as a divorced mother of two preteens (a son and a daughter, TVLine reports), and the daughter inherited Raven's ability to see glimpses of the future. Casting is currently under way.

Adam Bonnett, executive VP of original programming for Disney Channels Worldwide, issued a statement:

"Raven's brilliant style of fearless comedy was a driving force for Disney Channel's success around the world. Her performance in 'That's So Raven' is timeless. We now have our eyes on the future with her, and we're looking forward to telling more stories for a new generation with an adult Raven Baxter raising her young family."


Raven-Symoné announced her big news today on "The View":



Raven-Symoné said she's leaving "The View" "before the year is up." She will relocate from New York to L.A. for the spinoff, in which she is an executive producer as well as a star. She was already only appearing occasionally on "The View," and her exit was expected. At least it's coming with good news about her future (which she probably saw coming for a long time).

[via: Variety, TVLine, Deadline]

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Kate Beckinsale Bullied Jim Sturgess With Fruit Arranged Into Penises

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Kate Beckinsale is the gift that keeps on giving. She is much dirtier than you might think -- like Howard Stern in an insanely gorgeous posh British package. She was on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" last night, and they spent A LOT of time discussing her work as an "artist" -- arranging fruit into penis shapes, then documenting it for social media or just leaving it outside the door of a long-suffering co-star.

Meyers showed off a few instances of her work, claiming she sent the show 30 photos. She had some with the obvious bananas, but also more of her "range" with a zucchini and green beans, etc. She could seriously book an art show with this amount of material, especially since she had a whole series placed outside the hotel room door of her co-star, the "very, very nice" actor Jim Sturgess. Beckinsale didn't mention what they were shooting, but it was probably the 2014 movie "Stonehearst Asylum." Every day she would leave fruit arranged as penises outside of his door. "It was like love-bombing," she said. "I think it strayed into bullying, but I felt very positive about it."

She insisted she does not have an obsession with male genitalia, she just loves the fruit version. It's not always funny in real life, she said, but it's always funny as fruit. (Fair point.)

Watch to the end of the interview for her story of how she got her daughter in trouble in school over this. She was on the phone, just doodling a penis arrangement -- she said it's like her "Bat sign" -- but it turns out it was on her daughter's homework for the sixth-grade. Her daughter got called out on it, and who is really going to believe "No, it was my mom!"

She's the best:
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This 'Walking Dead' Season 7 List Spoils When Each Character Appears

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So you made it through the first episode of "The Walking Dead" Season 7, and you want to know how much your heart is going to have to suffer in the next 15 episodes. Can't blame you. Only The Powers That Be have all the answers, but this handy character list should help as a roadmap.

A huge new world is opening up on TWD, starting with the introduction of The Kingdom this Sunday, October 30, and then apparently the Saviors's base, the Sanctuary, in Episode 3. There will be certain episodes this season that don't include Rick, Daryl, Maggie, and others, but do show what happened to Tara and the folks at Alexandria, etc.

The Spoiling Dead Fans has been tracking filming, posting a list that includes character sightings up to Episode 13. (The cast and crew should be around Episode 14-Episode 15 of 16 at this point.)

As TSDF emphasizes, the character list is not confirmed but is "based on pretty thorough tracking and should be mostly on point." You'll notice Glenn and Abraham only have Episode 1 sightings, which was the early hint -- posted months ago -- that they were the first two major deaths.

One note: The original list had Carol, Morgan, Ezekiel and the Kingdom folks in Episode 3, with Daryl, Dwight, Negan and company in Episode 2. But AMC changed the order of the episodes, which might have been -- as TSDF surmised -- to give us a lighter episode reprieve after the carnage of the premiere. But that means they may change the order of future episodes as well, so keep potential changes like that in mind.

Here's the (unconfirmed) character list up to Episode 13:

Rick - 1,4,5,7,8,9,10,12
Carl - 1,4,5,7,8,9
Michonne - 1,4,5,7,8,9,10,12
Daryl - 1,3,4,7(?),8,9,10,13
Maggie - 1,5,8,9,13
Glenn - 1
Carol - 1,2,8,9(?),10
Morgan - 1,2,8,9,10
Abe - 1
Sasha - 1,5,8,9,12,13
Eugene - 1,4(?),6,7,8,11,13
Rosita - 1,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13
Tara - 1,6,8,9,12
Aaron - 1,4,5,7,8,9,10
Negan - 1,3,4,7,8,11,13(?)
Dwight - 1,3,4,7,11
Simon- 1,5,9,13
Jesus - 5,7,8,9,13
Enid -1,4,5,8,9(?),13
Father Gabriel - 1(?)4,7,8,9,10,12
Spencer- 1(?)4,7,8
Olivia - 4,7,8
Eric - 1,4,8,9
Heath - 6
Gregory - 5,8,9,13
Sherry- 3,7
Judith - 1,7,12
Tobin - 4(?),8
Ezekiel - 2,9,10

New characters from casting calls:
"Jennie" - 6
"Naomi" - 6
"Rogers" (Richard) - 2,8,9,10
"Blake" - 2, 9(?),10
"Brion" - 9,12

As you can see, some of those Episode 1 sightings must've been for Rick's little dream sequence, since we didn't exactly see Tara in Negan's lineup. But it looks like she and Heath will reveal themselves in Episode 6, and then only Tara will stick around. Other than that, the list is pretty encouraging when it comes to main characters, even if they aren't all featured in every episode. You can see that Maggie's episodes match those of Gregory and Jesus, which certainly seems to confirm her connection to the Hilltop storyline. (Sasha as well?)

And here are Episode 2-specific casting calls for new characters we should see -- along with King Ezekiel and Shiva the tiger -- in The Kingdom:


Watch Carol and Morgan in this sneak peek of Episode 2, "The Well."

At the very least, the list above is good for speculation about who might be connection to what storyline, as we prepare to enter the (friendly) Kingdom, then the (less friendly) Sanctuary, revisit the (semi-friendly?) Hilltop, and free Enid from the closet of Alexandria to tie all of the storylines together.

"The Walking Dead" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.

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14 Reasons Everyone Should Strive to Be Spencer Hastings From 'PLL'

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Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) is and always has been the best character on "Pretty Little Liars." Let's be honest, the other girls would be 100% dead without her, and we should be so lucky as to be the Spencer of our friend group.

Here are the 14 reasons we should all strive to live like we're Spencer Hastings ... you know, just without A and all the threats and stuff.

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'Star Wars' Actors React to Being New Han Solo & Lando Calrissian

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Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover are the luckiest scruffy-looking nerf herders in the galaxy. Ehrenreich was cast as Han Solo in the upcoming "Star Wars" spinoff, with Glover recently making his own dream come true to land the role of Lando Calrissian.

Both actors weighed in on their career-making castings in separate interviews -- Glover in a fun talk on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and Ehrenreich in a new Interview magazine Q&A.

Glover told Ellen, "It's really crazy. I don't know. I'm very honored. It's a very big deal." He noticed that the Internet has been passing around a photo of him in high school wearing a "Star Wars" T-shirt. Lando was the first toy he ever had, he said, and he had a Darth Vader toy as well. Glover said he told his dad about his Lando casting immediately. "He was like, 'Aww.' My mom was in the back; she was like, 'Don't mess it up! Don't mess this up!' 'Cause Billy Dee [Williams] — like, that's hers."

Watch his talk:

Over at Interview magazine, Ehrenreich mentioned he was in London at the moment doing "prep stuff for Star Wars," even though he wasn't quite sure where all of the filming locations would be.

Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Beautiful Creatures" - ArrivalsEhrenreich also talked about meeting with Han Solo directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and the surreal process of being cast from among a sea of hopefuls:

"Well, I had an audition process that went on for a long time, and I got to spend a lot of time with the guys who are directing the film. Getting to be around them and being around the world a little bit has been the main experience so far. I did my audition on the Millennium Falcon for one of my screen tests, which was pretty cool. [...] I'm just excited to be a part of the movie. It's always the particulars that are the most exciting. The idea of it is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience. I haven't started this yet, but that's where I feel the most grateful."

Ehrenreich said hasn't met Harrison Ford yet, and since "it's still kinda early" he didn't have an answer to what he planned to bring to the iconic character. He chose his words carefully, probably very aware that everything he says and does now will be analyzed with Force. Read his full Q&A.

The Han Solo movie is scheduled to start filming in early 2017 for release in 2018.

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Marika Dominczyk's 'Grey's Anatomy' Character Revealed, With Photos

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41st Annual Gracie Awards Gala - ArrivalsIs she The One? "Grey's Anatomy" Season 13 will welcome actress Marika Dominczyk starting in the November 3 episode, and at the moment she is one of the contenders for Arizona's new romance.

Entertainment Weekly shared two first-look photos, and added details on her character. Dominczyk (wife of "Grey's" alum and "Scandal" star Scott Foley) will be playing Eliza Minnick, described as "a new consultant who puts all of the doctors on edge, especially once she starts stepping on toes in the OR."

Here are the photos:



It's not guaranteed that she will be the new love interest. EW noted that actress Bridget Regan tweeted that she was joining the show in an undisclosed role...


... and she is now high on the list of likely lovers. We also have the return of Arizona's (and Karev's) former flame Leah (Tessa Ferrer). Fans hope Leah is not The One since that's not exactly a fresh start for her or anyone.

Leah is returning in the episode tonight (October 27) and you can watch her awkward sneak peek scene. Eliza arrives next Thursday, November 3 in Episode 7, "Why Try To Change Me Now?" Bridget Regan's tweet included the episode title "The Room Where It Happens," which is Episode 8, so it sounds like she'll be arriving November 10.

So we have three weeks of big arrivals to look forward to, whether they involve Arizona's love life or not. Welcome, all!

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'God Particle' Is Third 'Cloverfield' Movie, With Many More to Come

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John Goodman as Henry; Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE; by ParamountIf you liked "Cloverfield" and "10 Cloverfield Lane," get ready to fight for survival again in "God Particle" -- and prepare to keep fighting every year!

TheWrap revealed the upcoming film produced by J.J. Abrams will indeed be the third movie in the "Cloverfield" series, and the site was told that Abrams and Paramount are "quietly" developing more movies for the shared universe. They actually said they hope to release a new "Cloverfield" universe movie each year. We should be so spoiled!

The film "God Particle" is not a new announcement on its own -- it's coming out this February so it has been in the works for a while -- it's just new to have the speculation "confirmed" that it's part of the "Cloverfield" world.

This one sounds like a mysterious-monsters-in-space movie, with "God Particle" following a team of astronauts who make a "shocking discovery" and must fight for survival in an "altered reality." New footage from the movie is meant to be arriving very soon, but don't expect any obvious ties to the "Cloverfield" world in the trailers.

"God Particle" -- with the great cast of David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl, and Chris O'Dowd -- is scheduled to open in theaters February 24, 2017.

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'Good Girls Revolt' Star Anna Camp Is 'Starving' for the Perfect Role

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Good Girls Revolt Screening - 10/18/16You've loved Anna Camp, you've hated Anna Camp, you've loved to hate Anna Camp.

The prolific actress has cornered a rock-solid niche in Hollywood in recent years, playing a certain kind of young All-American woman, the type that projects an idyllic, put-together image that leans as frequently toward sweetness and positivity ("The Good Wife," "The Mindy Project") as into wicked and treacherous territory ("True Blood," "Pitch Perfect").

With Amazon's new streaming series "Good Girls Revolt," Camp gets one of her most multidimensional roles yet as Jane, one of the group of female researchers working at a news magazine in the late 1960s who found themselves taking a revolutionary stand against the patriarchal, sexist treatment they received in the workplace (the series is loosely based on the groundbreaking incident at Newsweek magazine in 1969 in which female staffer rebelled against discrimination).

As we meet Camp's character, Jane has utterly bought into stereotypical perceptions of a woman's role in society, but her ambitions and experiences are just starting to push her toward a greater pursuit of what it is she really wants out of her career and her relationships. It's clear that she has the potential for radicalization, but does she have the fortitude to fight to the finish line?

As Camp reveals in a candid conversation with Moviefone, it's a role that both fits her area of specialty and gives her plenty of new notes to play -- and the fact that it feeds into her nostalgic obsession with old films and eras bygone before she was born happens to be a major bonus, too.

Moviefone: The show is set during such a cultural flashpoint, really, and I feel like that time is really similar to our time. I feel like we're in the late '60s right now, with the kind of social revolution that is building.

Anna Camp: It does. It feels like something epic is coming, am I right? I've been feeling that, so much so, where it's like [Donald] Trump -- I couldn't believe that he kept going as much as he did, the racial things that have been happening lately in the world, the gender issues, Hillary Clinton. I mean, I feel like we're coming towards something.

I'm a little scared, to be totally honest. I'm thinking about moving to France. Now, I don't even know if I should go there! No, there definitely feels to be a build of some sort of revolution going on. I just hope that it doesn't end in something or come to climax in something violent. But I do feel it's kind of scary. I'm on the lookout for packages on the road -- terrorism. It's just completely infiltrated all of our daily lives now. It's a very eerie time to be alive, I'm feeling, these days.

Because these women were trailblazers for a certain amount of new freedoms that women got -- yet we stopped at a certain point and we still have a long way to go -- did you feel that you were taking for granted the feeling that you had in your time, in your era, to make choices and do things that you wanted?

Absolutely, because I didn't know any differently, but when you see that ... You got to where you are because people breaking rules and pushing the envelope, and there's still so much we have to do. I hope that this show inspires women, and minorities in general, to speak up for their rights, to come together, to not be afraid to gain the confidence because the show is about giving these woman confidence enough to speak their minds and their opinions.

But, yeah, I grew up in a very pretty privileged lifestyle. I feel like I've never not gotten a job because I was a woman. I do feel like I've been sexually harassed more because I'm a woman, and I do feel like I've probably gotten paid less because I'm a woman, and being in Hollywood, the amount of roles that are meaty for men totally outweigh the roles for woman, still to this day. In big-budget movies, it's like there's five men, and then there's the one female role. So, not that much has really changed.

Tell me about the culture of the '60s and what you've really responded to -- either what you were already a fan of, or you have discovered in this process.

Well, my dad taught me to listen to really great music growing up, so, I've seen Bob Dylan about four times in my life. I had an amazing concert experience with him. I listened to The Doors growing up. I mean, there's just vibrant, rich amazing music and that's something that I've always been a total fan of, but also this collective experience that people are having that they had, that we're so independent now.

We're on our phone and our computers all the time, and you didn't have that then. You'd have to get your information and share your information with people, face to face, and really come together as a group to make a statement, not like a Twitter feed that you see how many hashtags or whatever the hell that got. No, this is bodies in a room, or in a march, or whatever it may be, or signing the lawsuit. You know, it's really about collective experience and coming together to prove a point. I miss that.

There's almost an Anna Camp zone of the types of characters that you've been asked to play, and some of them are sweet and nice and some of them are evil, but they all are kind of in that certain territory.

They're kind of -- they all rotate in that world, totally.

How hungry are you to get something that really lets you run free?

Totally, I'm starving. I'm starving for that. I'm starving for that, and everybody knows that, and I know I can do it. I just am like "When is that going to happen?" I mean, I'm not a writer. I've optioned a script for a book that I'm producing, but the role is kind of in that wheelhouse, but I'm desperate. I'm so hungry for all of that, so I can't even explain to you what.

Your Charlize Theron-in-"Monster" kind of role.

Yes, please! I'm so, so ready for that, and I know that it will happen, because I do have faith in my talent as an actor, and I've been doing this for so long. I've been acting since I was in second grade. It just takes someone having faith in me to give me that shot. Or, hell, I've got to write it.

Well, I think a lot of actors discover that kind of thing generating it, in some way, for themselves.

Exactly. My people are all on the lookout. They're like, "Anna, read books about, like, goth. Go for it, and find it." But, yeah, I'm desperate for that, for sure.

That said, everything you've done, especially in the last few years, has had to have been a pretty awesome experience. Doing it, and the response to it.

Wonderful! Yeah, that's the thing, and I was a bit hesitant when they offered me this role. I was like, "Oh, is it the same? What are we going to be doing and saying differently?" And they really came forward and said she's going to go through so much, it's going to be so wonderful to play, and she's not the bitch.

And I really worked hard not to play the typical one in any of the roles that I've done that are "the bitchy girl." I try really hard to not play that, hands down, but that there's a reason why she is, and then you break it down and you see that she's really not, and she's actually really vulnerable.

We've talked before about how you were a huge fan of another '60s drama, "Mad Men," and why was that your show?

Man, I don't know -- I just fell in love with the era, the way it was shot. I remember flipping on AMC and thinking it was an old movie, and thinking I'd never seen these actors before! But I have been watching old movies since I was very little, growing up. Katharine Hepburn, just '40s, '50s movies, and there's something nostalgic and beautiful about that time, and I just fell in love with it.

I thought that the writing was so incredibly well done, and it was operating on such a deep soulful level. It wasn't just a period piece set in an ad men exec's office. It was operating on this wonderful, lost, soulful level. All of the characters were so lost, and I just really found that to be so hauntingly beautiful.

I loved that show to the point when it ended, I thought to myself -- and this hopefully is not true -- I'll never love a show again as much as I loved this one.

That's what I thought. That's exactly the way I felt. I watched every episode. I've seen every episode more than once. I loved it so much. Matthew Weiner really created something so iconic and beautiful. I mean, the carousel episode -- I mean, I still like get chills thinking about it. So, the fact that I even got to walk on that set -- I was like, "Oh, thank you." Like, "I don't know what's happening, but thank you."

Did you see any touchstones -- actresses or characters from old movies, of the '60s in particular -- about which you were able to say "I can draw a little from this, or take a little inspiration from that"?

Yeah, you know, there's some Tippi Hedren, a little bit, in Jane. There might be some Kim Novak. You know, I loved "Vertigo" and sort of the way that they are, and act and how they held themselves. I think Jane, especially in the early parts of this season, is like a total Hitchcock blonde. I can see her getting into some trouble, yeah, in one of his movies.

What fueled that love of old movies?

My sister. She's seven years older than me, and she's also an actress, and she fell in love with "Gone With the Wind" and Vivien Leigh, and we would get together at night, and this little TV with a little VHS tape, and she would just rent all of these old movies from Blockbuster, and we would watch Laurence Olivier, we would watch Bette Davis. I mean, you name it. I've seen a bajillion old films, and I just fell in love with all of the women, and all of the men. So classic, romantic.

And it was subtle acting, too. You forget, when you go back, that they were actually very good. There came a time when everything got very big and broad and kind of weird, but there's some beautiful acting in a lot of those movies. But really there's a nostalgia -- I'm drawn to period pieces.

Are you a bit of a student of sorts of Hollywood history now that you live here? Aware of what shot where and who lived where?

I used to live on Beachwood Drive, which everyone lived there at some point, you know? I know Marilyn Monroe lived there, and Madonna lived there at some point. So, I kind of know my little tiny history around that area.

I felt like the Hollywood sign was so small. I was driving to an audition, I parked on Larchmont, and in the rearview mirror I saw the Hollywood sign, and I said, "Oh, my god -- what? That's so tiny!" I was shocked at how grand and epic [it was supposed to be], and it was just so real. It just made everything kind of feel very real. It's just a town, and that's just a road, and that's just a sign, and whatever. It's not that crazy kind of thing.

"Good Girls Revolt" Season 1 premieres October 28 on Amazon.

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