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Former FlashForward star Christine Forest has reserved a guest role with an approaching episode of Castle, TVGuide.com is familiar with solely.Have more scoop in your favorite shows within our Winter TV previewWoods, who most lately starred around the short-resided NBC sitcom Perfect Couples, will have Leann Peach, an ambitious youthful reporter. Leann lands the storyline a person can have whenever a explosive device chimes in an anti-Wall Street protest rally throughout her live broadcast... Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com CSI: MiamiNCISNathan FillionThe CloserChristine WoodsStana KaticCastleFlashForwardPerfect Couples

Six Sequels Nicolas Cage Must Make Immediately

by Ryan Rigley Bold. Brash. Bees. They are but a couple of of the numerous stuff that spring to mind when comes up the magnificence that's Nicolas Cage, a guy almost too bizarre for words. With "Ghost Driver: Spirit of Vengeance" striking theaters today (Feb 17), audiences across the nation are preparing for an additional installment from the motorcycled madmans high-speed hijinks. Nicolas Cage talks "Ghost Driver" follow up Additionally, Cage themself has expressed the want to make a follow up to "The Wicker Guy" not sometime ago, stating I must go ahead and take Wicker Guy to Japan, except this time around hes a ghost. So, allow me to understand this straight. Nicolas Cage like a ghost in Japan for whatever reason? Yes, please! It appears as if Mr. Cage includes a serious situation of "follow up syndrome" lately. And believe to celebrate compared to our very own dream-listing of Nicolas Cage sequels? "Face/Off 2: Face 2 Face" The face area-stealing psychopath known only as Castor Troy really understands how to push a guys buttons. And That I, for just one, am dying to determine him steal more faces. Whose face, you request? Im thinking Dwayne The Rock Johnsons. Because who better to create a apparently unnecessary follow up worth watching? "Drive More annoyed" Nobody kills an area filled with males although concurrently making love and smoking a cigar like John Milton does. This father from Hell includes a PhD in kicking demon ass. Also, hes already steered clear of Hell once. Why wouldnt he try it again? "Unhealthy Lieutenant: The avenue for call Camden, Nj" Terence McDonagh is really a bad lieutenant. A Very bad lieutenant. Hes pointed guns at old people, raped a woman before her boyfriend, and smoked numerous of crack. While working. For that follow up, hed get reassigned to among the worst places in the united states. I question if you will find any iguanas in Nj... Discover much more about Cage's 'Ghost Rider' follow up in Talk Nerdy! "Disadvantage Air 2: In this areaInch Former Military Ranger, Cameron Poe, stop individuals annoying plane-jacking felons within the first movie. Now hes mind of security aboard the C-123 Jailbird. But things rapidly go wrong as he finds out that Cyrus Herpes continues to be alive! And that he includes a new robot mind! AND hes kidnapped Poes daughter! Gasp! "Vampires of the underworld Hug 2: The Kissening" For individuals individuals which have seen that Youtube video of Nic Cage losing it for five minutes, this is actually the movie where he recites the whole Alphabet for pointless. Peter Loew, pronounced Looh, is really a crazy posting executive that thinks hes a vampire. However in the follow up, he'd be even crazier and recite much more things within their whole for pointless. Like several of Pi. "Raising Arizona 2: Raising Massachusetts" Criminal H.I. McDunnough and the cop wife, Edwina, continue another baby stealing spree after several unsuccessful attempts at getting children that belongs to them. And Robert Massachusetts, Governor of Arizona, so ends up having ten newborns ripe for that picking. (Also, I simply recognized that McDunnough is virtually exactly the same surname as Nic Cages character in Bad Lieutenant." Coincidence? Most likely.) Which Nic Cage sequels would you like to see? Inform us within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Pilot Season: NBC Orders Hannibal Straight to Series; Also Picks Up Notorious

Bryan Fuller NBC has given a series order to Hannibal, an adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon, from Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller. The contemporary thriller will feature classic characters from the novel, including FBI Agent Will Grahagm and his mentor, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, both who are reintroduced at the beginning of their budding relationship. Fuller will write and executive-produce alongside Martha DeLaurentiis. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! In pilot news, NBC has also ordered Notorious, an opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in - as the maid's daughter - to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.Mercy's Liz Heldens wrote the pilot and will executive-produce with Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein.

90210 Exclusive First Look: Jen's Back and on the Prowl!

Jen (Sara Foster) is back in 90210 and she's on the prowl - for a sugar daddy! In this exclusive first look at next week's episode (Tuesday, Feb. 7, 8/7c, The CW), Naomi's demanding and self-involved sister returns from Paris with son Jacques in tow. However, Jen isn't just back to catch up with her little sister; she's on a mission to find a rich bachelor and enlists Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) to help her. But - spoiler alert! - tensions flare between the Clark sisters once again when they both have their eyes on the same man. Who do you think will win the guy? Are you excited to see Jen again?

The Secret Circle: Jake Is Back! Will the Other Balcoin Child Be Revealed?

Britt Robertson and Chris Zylka The Secret Circle's witch-turned-witch hunter Jake has finally returned. In the midseason finale, Nick's older brother ran off with the Witch Hunters, who had tried to kill Cassie (Britt Robertson) and her circle. Though Jake (Chris Zylka) was initially working with the hunters to take down the circle, he fell for Cassie. And that means he won't be too happy to see her in the arms of Adam (Thomas Dekker) when he returns. Exclusive: The Secret Circle casts Cassie's mysterious father John Blackwell "Wow, that was fast," Zylka jokes of the pair's lip-lock in last Thursday's episode. "Jake's initial response is anger -- and fighting that anger while trying not to show it too much." The circle has turned against Jake for his complicity in its near-death experience, but Cassie isn't as put out; she still wants answers about her family's history with dark magic. The circle will certainly be hesitant to trust him, but Zylka insists Jake's return to Chance Harbor comes from an innocent place. "He's had such a long journey as a person/witch, and he's finally starting to figure himself out. He wants to be truthful and to be a part of the circle," he says. "When he wants something, he goes after it. No. 1, he's in love with Cassie, and No. 2, he wants to be part of something. Obviously, the Witch Hunters aren't going to be very happy with him." Exclusive: The Secret Circle lands two new bad boys Jake will come back with a few secrets of his own. He knows there is more than one Balcoin child within the circle. The Balcoin lineage, viewers have learned, is marred with dark magic and evil witches. "Jake's smart enough to know that if he goes right into [revealing there's another Balcoin], they're all going to want to be it. Everyone sees what Cassie is capable of, especially Faye. He's going to treat the situation a little more carefully than you'd expect him to." Jake will also offer insight into what happened to the parents of those in the circle nearly two decades ago. "We're going to delve into our parents' situation and try to figure out what really happened 16 years ago and it's a nice ride that everyone goes on. It's an emotional episode for everyone." The Secret Circle airs Thursdays at 9/8c on The CW.

IATSE, Teamsters concentrate on healthcare

With health care costs likely to dominate, Hollywood's below-the-line unions have set March 5 to start with date for contract discussions using the congloms -- under four several weeks prior to the current master contract finishes This summer 31. The very first round of discussions using the Alliance of movement Picture & Television Producers should continue for several days. The unions -- free airline Coast local people from the Intl. Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees and native 399 from the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters -- are anticipated to barter collectively on health care and retirement issues while holding separate negotiating on the rest of their contracts. Reps for IATSE, the Teamsters and also the AMPTP didn't have discuss the discussions. Both unions have ramped up their activity in order to increase membership awareness around the specifics among rising health care costs with a number of explanatory periods for people, that have incorporated presentations by health care expert and consultant John Garner and David Westcoe, professional administrative director using the Movie Industry Pension and Health Plan. The Teamsters have scheduled a Jan. 22 town- hall meeting in Burbank, based on a note to people now from longtime Local 399 secretary-treasurer Leo Reed. "The price of health care benefits is becoming probably the most important issues facing our people," Reed stated. "Costs of care and insurance policy happen to be rising in an alarming rate during the last decade or even more. Signs are which costs will rise typically 9% to 10% annually for the following 5 years.Inch Reed noted the Movie Industry Pension and Health trust, which supervises the advantages package compensated roughly $500 million in health care costs this past year for actives and retired people. "When the forecasts are accurate, next year's costs just for healthcare increases by roughly $50 million," Reed stated. "The $50 million more annually is simply to remain even. You will find even the elevated pension cost, and also the reduced reserves triggered through the 2008 market crash." Health insurance and pension have typically been one of the top focal points for that unions, alongside salaries and dealing conditions, however the developments underline the uncertainty over healthcare among a battling economy. "Healthcare costs have elevated quicker than anybody could predict," Reed stated within the missive. "From coast to coast, individuals have seen rising costs for medical services, physician visits, tests, prescription medications and hospital care." The Teamsters Local 399 covers about 3,200 motorists in 13 Western states contributing to 1,000 fundamental craft employees, as the IATSE deal covers 15 local people around the West Coast encompassing a lot more than 20,000 people. The 2 unions joined right into a formal alliance in August 2010 -- two days after Teamster Local 399 motorists arrived at an offer using the AMPTP and synched up its contract expiration using the IATSE deal as IATSE leader Matthew Loeb, who changed the retiring Thomas Short in 2008 because the mind of IATSE, has tried to promote closer ties between your two unions. Furthermore, IATSE people are facing stiffened qualifications to entitled to the health plan, that is overeseen by reps from the unions and also the showbiz companies and funded from residuals and ancillary marketplaces. IATSE agreed last year to some hike within the qualifications threshold throughout the ultimate year from the pact needing that people work 400 hrs over six several weeks to qualify, up 33% in the previous 300-hour requirement -- a big change that stirred an uproar among below-the-line employees once the pact went for ratification. Within the 2010 discussions, Teamsters searched for 3% in annual wage hikes however the companies was adamant on the 2% wage gain, that the Teamsters recognized with several sweetening together with exactly the same 1.66% hike in benefits included in the earlier IATSE deal. The Teamster deal set web site for discussions at the end of 2010 and early 2011 using the Screen Stars Guild, the American Federation of Televison & Radio Artists, the Company directors Guild of America and also the Authors Guild of America -- with 2% hikes in minimums and all sorts of using the chief gain becoming an increase of just one.5 per dollar in employer contributions towards the pension and health plans. The Teamsters Local 399 contract is discussed collectively with four other Fundamental Crafts unions: Local 40 from the Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Employees Local 724 from the Studio Utility Employees Local 755 of Plasterers and Cement Masons and native 78 of Journeymen & Apprentices from the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry. Reed noted in the letter the plans face the twin impact of rising costs and also the aging from the industry's population, resulting in greater utilization of health advantages. "Area of the blame for rising insurance charges is because of increasing costs for health care, pharmaceutical drugs, along with other healthcare expenses," he stated. "A brand new mandate within the federal healthcare overhaul is another element in making insurance more costly, by permitting adult children to stay on their own parents' insurance plans until age 26." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Auto biz tunes up branding engine

Audi MMIBMW ConnectedDriveToyota EntuneChevrolet MyLinkCadillac CueFord Sync/MyFord TouchBuick IntelliLinkKia UVOWith infotainment systems growing popular, vehicle producers hope branding them could make their cars more desirable the means by which Vehicle promoted OnStar (which faces competish from BMW's BMW Assist, Hyundai's Blue Link, Lexus' Enform and Mercedes' mbrace). Right here are a handful of and whatever they offer:Audi MMIThe German automaker's Multi Media Interface appears around the 5-inch black and red-colored-colored or 7-inch full-color screen, the 2nd which shows all entertainment options, Google Earth navigation (in 3d), Sirius Traffic updates and native sights accessible via buttons around a control dial and pad that reads handwriting. T-Mobile provides Audi Connect's high-speed Wi-Fi web service accessible via mobile items for instance Apple's iPad.BMW ConnectedDriveA advanced version was proven off in "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," but BMW's infotainment system features all the expected features and connects to the net through BMW Online, a $99 yearly service which has Wiki Local, Wikipedia records on area locations and Yelp restaurant reviews read aloud through text-to-speech functionality. Programs are simply compatible through Apple's apple apple iphone and may soon expand to Android.Toyota EntuneEntune controls media, navigation and cell phones, additionally to programs for instance iHeartRadio, Bing, The earth the planet pandora, OpenTable and MovieTickets.com and info like realtime traffic, weather, sports scores and share values. Offers voice controls. Launched with Prius V.Chevrolet MyLinkSystem connects to phones and will be offering voice instructions to handle media and so on programs because the planet the planet pandora and Stitcher.Cadillac CueThe Linux-based Cadillac Buyer Experience sports an 8-inch Liquid crystal to showcase programs, 3d navigation while offering tactile feedback when scrolling, selecting and swiping, and multi-touch gesturing, similar to a smarphone. It supports two Bluetooth connections and 10 items. Voice controls enable natural language usage. Internet browsing could be acquired when parked. Bows with new XTS and ATS sedans and SRX crossover.Ford Sync/MyFord TouchThe Touch system, made available in Lincoln's luxury cars, will receive a needed update to provide faster response occasions, better voice recognition, compatibility with elevated mobile items, Audible.com's e-books, and clearer phone calls. Fonts are bigger and much easier to determine, because the overall design now's simpler and less cluttered. Navigation includes 3d maps, and photorealistic road signs and knowledge on nearby landmarks.Buick IntelliLinkSimilar to Chevy's MyLink infotainment system, IntelliLink may also be on GMC automobiles concentrating on the same functionality though fancy graphics.Mercedes-Benz ComandMercedes is implementing Siri-like voice controls on Apple's apple apple iphone 4s to energy its Comand system, which will utilize natural language dictation for text texting, emails and web surfing while driving and control programs like Twitter, Facebook, The earth the planet pandora and Google Street View navigation. Handwriting recognition and gesture controls for interior lighting is also inside the works. Kia UVOPowered by Microsoft, the equipment means "Your Voice," and shows around the 4.3-inch screen for hooking up with a phone and media files. Offers voice controls. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com