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Charlie Sheen, wife expecting baby
"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen will be adding another small human to his real-life family in the near future.
The actor and his wife, Brooke Mueller, are expecting their first child together. There's no word yet on a due date.
"Brooke and I are thrilled! She's the best stepmom Sam, Lola and Cassandra could ever hope for," Sheen tells Us Weekly. "Seeing her love and affection with those three, I know she'll be an amazing mom."
FOX to stream 'Fringe,' 'Terminator' to colleges
Exploring new ways of reaching young viewers, FOX will simul-stream the premieres of "Fringe" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" exclusively for college students.
FOX announced on Monday that students accessing the network's main Web site through a ".edu" domain will be able to watch a streaming feed of the two highly anticipated premieres as they air on the regular network.
The special college feeds for "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Fringe" will be will be complemented with pre- and post-shows featuring behind-the-scenes footage and music videos, as well as cast and producer interviews.
Casting: 'LAPD' adds another cop
NBC's pilot "LAPD" has beefed up its force with the addition of another cop, while several shows debuting in the fall have added to their casts.
Michael Cudlitz ("Standoff," "Lost") has joined the ensemble of "LAPD," a cop show from producer John Wells. Also at NBC, Bella Thorne has joined the new drama "My Own Worst Enemy," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Elsewhere, Lorna Scott has come aboard The CW's "Surviving Suburbia," Charlie Saxton has joined HBO's pilot "Hung" and Josh Stamberg has been cast in Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva."
The cast of "LAPD," an ensemble drama about cops in Los Angeles, also includes "The O.C." star Benjamin McKenzie and Regina King.
Cudlitz will play the training officer for McKenzie's character, a rookie. Cudlitz's credits also include "Band of Brothers" and guest roles on "24" and "Prison Break."
In "My Own Worst Enemy," Thorne will play Christian Slater's daughter. She has previously appeared on ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money."
Scott ("Wanted") will play a nosy neighbor and a thorn in misanthrope Bob Saget's side on "Surviving Suburbia." Saxton will play a Goth kid in "Hung," which centers a well-endowed high-school basketball coach played by Thomas Jane. Stamberg ("Over There," "Studio 60") will play the lead character's (Brooke Elliott) dismissive boss.
CW moves up 'Stylista' premiere
The CW's companion to "America's Next Top Model" will open up a little sooner than originally planned.
The network has moved the premiere date of its competition show "Stylista" to Wednesday, Oct. 22. That's a week earlier than originally planned, and will allow the show to fit all eight of its episodes in before the holiday season.
"Stylista" will air at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, pairing with the 11th cycle of "Top Model" in the fall (encores of "90210" will fill the spot early in the season). Tyra Banks and Ken Mok are executive producers of both shows, and are joined on "Stylista" by Eli Holzman, Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha.
The show features 11 people vying for an editorial position at Elle magazine. They'll work under the guidance of Anne Slowey, the magazine's fashion news director, and perform a variety of tasks ranging from menial, coffee-run duties to designing editorial spreads for the magazine.
After consulting with creative director Joe Zee, Slowey will fire one candidate each episode. The winner gets a job at Elle, a one-year paid lease on a Manhattan apartment and a clothing allowance from H&M. The total package is worth $100,000.
It's baaaack: 'Poltergeist' remake haunts writers
LOS ANGELES -- To heck with the "Poltergeist" Curse, MGM has hired a pair of writers to tackle its planned remake of the supernatural classic.
According to the industry trade papers, MGM has attached Juliet Snowden and Stiles White to the new "Poltergeist." The two writers have some experience with things that go bump in the night, having previously written the horror hit "Boogeyman."
The 1982 original was a blockbuster for MGM/UA. Directed by Tobe Hooper with a rumored assist from producer/co-writer Steven Spielberg, "Poltergeist" told the story of a family that moves into their dream suburban neighborhood only to find that their house is occupied by a pesky, frequently malevolent spirit.
The film spawned two theatrical sequels, but also reputation for a curse, after four cast members died in the six years between the release of the first film and the release of the third, including young stars Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke.
Snowden and White are probably unconcerned. Their upcoming writing credits include the Nic Cage thriller "Knowing." They also took a stab at Universal's remake of "The Birds."
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