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March 21, 2012

News of the Day 21/03/12

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Eddie Izzard has landed the role of Grandpa in Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) and Bryan Singer’s adaptation of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane.

Casting! The actress who portrayed Catherine Middleton in Lifetime’s William & Kate and who has recurred in Californication, Camilla Luddington, has been cast as a fairy in True Blood‘s upcoming fifth season. Smallville‘s Alison Mack has booked a stint on Wilfred, and Constance Zimmer (Entourage, Boston Legal) has snagged a recurring role in David Fincher’s anticipated Netflix drama House of Cards

Starz, as it did with the Kelsey Grammer vehicle Boss, has renewed Magic City for a second season before its series premiere.

Greg Cromer, who has appeared on Community as the so-called Pottery virgin and doctor Rich and Happy Endings as Doug Hitler, has joined Roseanne Barr’s new NBC comedy Downwardly Mobile.

Aziz Ansari is taking a cue from Louis C.K.’s successful direct-to-buyer experiment and will release his stand-up special “Dangerously Delicious” as a digital dowload via his website www.AzizAnsari.com

Burgeoning movie star Olivia Wilde will return to House, which she joined for three seasons in 2007, for the series finale in May.

Check out the poster for HBO’s Veep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And yet another- less graphic but nevertheless spine-chilling- poster for Game of Thrones.

 



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Alexeem Boyle
Alexeem is currently studying film and television, and spends an unhealthy amount of time with her DVD box sets. A film reviewer for our sister site, The 500 Club, Alexeem joined the team in 2011 to cover Community. She has written about Community, Game of Thrones, The Killing, Parks and Recreation, Homeland, and Fringe. Alexeem is ashamed to admit she often and thoroughly offends (or "destroys") the word limit, but is resigned to the enduring nature of this sin.




 
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