Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com
Question: Thanks for all the True Blood casting news! Do you have any other scoop on season 3? –JKH
Ausiello: It’s happening: Lafayette is getting a boyfriend! A True insider tells me that Alan Ball is quietly searching for a sexy Latino actor in his 30s to play a lust interest for everyone’s favorite same-gender-lovin’ blood dealer. (Over the summer, Ball confirmed that viewers would see a more “vulnerable” Lafayette in season 3.) Got casting tips? Head to the comments! Here’s one to get you started: Um, Adam Rodriguez, hello.
Question: What else can you tell us about the Grey’s Anatomy-Private Practice crossover on Jan. 14? –Sarah
Ausiello: I can’t really tell you anything. I can, however, show you (exclusively!) the moment Addison sets foot back inside Seattle Grace. Scroll down to the bottom of the column and press play!
Question: I was wondering if Zack was going to show up in Bones‘ 100th episode. –Cole
Ausiello: Funny, I was wondering the same thing. So I did some digging and here’s what I turned up: If the scheduling can be worked out, yes, Eric Millegan will appear in the 100th episode. But that’s a big if. (Actually, it’s more of a medium if.)
Question: Got any new Chuck scoop for Chuckmas? –Clauds
Ausiello: I just watched the first three episodes and they’re — no surprise here — aces. The first hour in particular is top-to-bottom sensational. Here are some random spoilery highlights, broken down by episode:
Episode 1 (Jan. 10 @ 9 p.m. ET)
* A recurring character dies.
* We learn that a recurring character is a closeted Wilson Phillips fan.
* The first two items may be connected.
* The action picks up *** months later.
* Shockingly, there’s not a Subway 6-inch in sight.
Episode 2 (Jan. 10 @ 10 p.m. ET)
* Sarah’s spy buddy Carina returns.
* We catch a rare glimpse of Morgan’s huge **e**e* collection.
* Morgan has *e**** **t********!
* Shockingly, there’s not a Subway 6-inch in sight.
Episode 3 (Jan. 11 @ 8 p.m. ET)
* Big episode for Ryan McPartlin’s Awesome.
* An even bigger episode for Ryan McPartlin’s awesome chest, abs, and biceps.
* Shockingly, there’s not a Subway 6-inch in sight.
* This has nothing to do with episode 3, but I promised I’d get this in: Anyone going to Chuckfest 2010?!
Question: When are you posting your Best of ’09 list? –Jason
Ausiello: When I get around to writing it. (Hint: My 2008 list went up five hours before midnight on Dec. 31.)
Question: I need a Friday Night Lights scoop! –Dave
Ausiello: A major character is going to get arrested. (Hint: It’s this guy!)
Question: Any news about Jennifer Morrison returning to House? –@Sarrie5
Ausiello: I don’t see it happening, unfortunately. Not only will she be tied up on Broadway until at least the spring, but a source tells me that Morrison has been taking pilot meetings. I think it might be time to — don’t pistol-whip the messenger! — move on.
Question: A little Gossip Girl scoop would make my Christmas wishes come true! –Kirstie
Ausiello: Shortly after the show returns in March, Dan + Vanessa + mojitos = Ay Caramba!
Question: Got any scoop on who Brandon Quinn is playing in Vampire Diaries‘ Jan. 21 episode? –Seth
Ausiello: According to Diaries boss Kevin Williamson, “He’s a vengeful guy with a score to settle with Damon.”
Question: All I want for Christmas is some Burn Notice scoop. Can you help me out? I’ve been a really good girl. –TJ
Ausiello: That’s a lie. According to my notes, you’ve been an absolute menace. Lucky for you I’m grading on a curve this year: A familiar face returns in the season 3 finale (airing March 4), and Michael is forced to make a choice that, per my source, puts him “in the most dangerous situation” he’s ever been in.
Question: I’m dying to find out what song Jane Lynch will be singing on Glee (Ask Ausiello 12/16). Can I please have a hint?
Ausiello: You can have two: 1. Gene Kelly and 2. Fred Astaire.
Question: I’m still reeling from the news that Nurse Jackie dumped Mo-Mo. Have you been able to find out why? –Nick
Ausiello: The closest thing to an explanation I could get was from Haaz Sleiman’s (a.k.a. Mo-Mo) rep, who said Jackie producers felt the character had run its course — which makes me wonder if the producers are watching the same show as the rest of us. The relationship between Jackie and Mo-Mo was a major draw for me. And having seen the first two episodes of season 2, I can tell you that Jackie is suffering without that dynamic. It’s actually one of several problems I had with these episodes, which, in my opinion, are the weakest Jackie installments to date. The stakes don’t seem as high, the writing isn’t as sharp, and the chemistry between the characters feels off. And this is coming from someone who loved the first season. Of course, it’s only the first two episodes. Jackie can still bounce back.
Question: So you’ve just screened the first two episodes of Nurse Jackie. Got any info for us? –Jamie
Ausiello: Here’s something I did find amusing: Producers incorporated Peter Facinelli’s Twitter obsession into the show. Turns out that Dr. Coop has become what Jackie affectionately refers to as a “twittering f—ing d—khead.”
Question: When is Drop Dead Diva coming back? –Holly
Ausiello: Summer 2010. Exact date is TBD.
Question: When you say 24‘s Renee has morphed into a female version of Dexter, what exactly do you mean? –Stefanie
Ausiello: She gets off on hurting bad people.
Question: Got a Medium scoop? –Craig
Ausiello: Joel Moore is returning as Joe’s boss Keith next month. “[Keith] has a little dramatic flair in the next episode [and] my character gets into a very funny situation,” Moore told us at last week’s Avatar premiere. “I think the regular viewers will appreciate it. It’s a lighter episode, but I think it is also the kind of episode that casual Medium viewers will enjoy.”
Question: What else can you tell me about the date between Beckett and Men in Trees‘ Scott Elrod on Castle. Does it go well? –Katie
Ausiello: Nope, it’s pretty much a disaster. Beckett ends up running into Castle, who just so happens to be on a date at the same restaurant. And the fact that his date was recently named one of New York’s most eligible bachelorettes only adds to the tension.
Question: Can you throw a Big Love spoiler my way? –Charlotte
Ausiello: Matthew Humphreys (a.k.a. Supernatural‘s Dixon from 2007′s “Fresh Blood”) has been cast as Ron Reed, the new face of the religious right. The org he works for is anti-gaming, so it’s safe to say he’ll do some head-butting with Bill.
Question: Any word on whether the amazing Tina Majorino will be reprising her role as Heather on Big Love this season? Surely they can’t just leave her storyline hanging like that. –Sophie
Ausiello: She returns in the second episode when bride-to-be Sarah asks her estranged BFF an important question. But what she asks her isn’t nearly as memorable as where she asks it. (Hint: It’s fast and will give you food for thought.)
Question: Riddle me something about How I Met Your Mother‘s 100th episode. –Chad
Ausiello: I can confirm three things: Barney will suffer a devastating personal loss, we will finally see Ted’s baby-mama (but there’s a twist!), and the episode more than lives up to the hype.
That’s a wrap! Send questions/comments/anonymous tips to ausielloscoop@ew.com! Thanks for playing and Happy Holidays! (Additional reporting by Carrie Bell)
I bet Jane sings “Vogue”…
I never would have even thought of that song! But makes total sense, nice observation ChelliBelle!
That HAS to be it!
I totally expected the song to be “Frozen” but “Vogue” would be awesome.
Um, the clue was “1. Gene Kelly and 2. Fred Astaire,” which has nothing to do with “Frozen” whatsoever.
“Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers walk on air” -Right from Vogues Lyrics
She’ll be singing Vogue with Kurt and Mercedes!
Makes sense because you don’t really sing that song, you kind of talk-sing it.
Jane Lynch can totally sing. Remember in the 40 Year Old Virgin the spanish song she sang to Steve Carrel? She can definitely carry a tune.
And of course those who saw her in ‘A Mighty Wind’ would have known that for ages!!
ChelleBelle, you beat me to it!
Exactly my thoughts…
That was my immediate thought as well. And Ausiello probably thought he was being so cryptic. ; )
I thought the lines of Vogue were “GINGER RODGERS. Fred Astaire.” Not Gene Kelly. But what the hell do I know. Maybe she was in there too.
Gene Kelly is mentioned in the song in another part. He listed the names as 1 and 2, not as being in the same sentence really. Did Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire ever do a song together? That could be another possibility.
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, dance on air.
By the way, Gene Kelly was a man.
Erm… Gene Kelly was a guy.
Actually it’s Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers dance on air.
I don’t remember a song, but they did do a dance number where it showed them aging from young men to old men – this it was Ziegfield Follies? – could be wrong…
apparently you know less then you originally thought… as countless people pointed out Gene Kelly was a guy.
Now if he said Jean Kelly, then we might have a different story. Jean was a wonderful woman, but not so famous, and I’m sure not listed in any song or associated with any dance numbers
It’s “Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, dance on air”
Ha! I guess the hint went over my head; I didn’t even think of Vogue! I was just wondering if Jane Lynch could tap dance (and thinking, “You know, I BET she can)…
I didn’t even think of Vogue. My guess would be “That’s Entertainment” because other than “The Babbitt and the Bromide” from the “Ziegfeld Follies” that’s the only song they sang together. Although… it could just be a song they both sang, even though it was in different shows. hmmm.
Beth-what about “Pass that Peace Pipe”? Also from Ziegfeld Follies!
I agree with Beth, “That’s Entertainment” was the only thing that came to mind with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire as the clues.
- Kat unbelievable job. I love these. The black badkcrop sets a great ambience for the images. You’ve a great mix here between action, emotions and details.
‘KURT’ wants to sing Vogue in the Madonna episode. ‘Quinn’ wants to sing Papa Don’t Preach.
Doubt Quinn will sing Papa Don’t Preach for a second time. She sang it when she was babysitting Teri Schuester’s sister’s kids with Puck.
My vote is for “Pass that Peace Pipe.” It was song Astaire and Kelly were supposed to sing in movie, but never made it in the final cut. The not so PC lyrics are about burying the hatchet, and I can see Sue singing it with great irony.
The Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire reference makes sense, but didn’t Jane say something about it being “cold”? Vogue makes no sense in that regard…
That was my first thought. It’s my favorite part of the song, and my husband always cracks up when I do it. It’s perfect for Jane Lynch. I can’t wait.
I bet it is Vogue. I’m kinda disappointed, I wanted Kurt to sing Vogue. I swear, that would have made me the happiest person on planet Earth.
Tina Majorino will be on The Deep End on ABC with Matt Long and a few other fave TV personalities.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Man..getting tough to get some Grey’s Spoilers..
Totally. No one has anything good these days.
Ausiello!! please give me SOMETHING on GREEK next week <3 thanks.
Wow…late Tuesday nite/early Wednesday AA. Good stuff!!
So, I have two guesses to the Jane Lynch song…one would be Vogue (Gene Kelley, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Dance on Air…). The other goes a little more obscure but could be right: Singin’ in The Rain.
See, if I remember right, they said that the song wouldn’t depart from her character any, and would still be cold and crass. And “Singin’ In the Rain” is the song that Alex sang while he and his Droogs beat the living crap out of that husband and wife in “A Clockwork Orange”. Picture Sue heading down the hallway singing it, tripping kids and pushing them down, knocking books out of their hands…it would be pretty tremendous…
I hadn’t thought about “Singin’ in the Rain” in that context…but that would be awesome!
But Fred Astaire isn’t in Singin in the Rain.
Paul, that is an amazing observation. I love A Clockwork Orange but hadn’t thought of that. Nice work!
BAH! Fred Astaire ISN’T in Singin’ In The Rain…how in the world did I screw THAT up??
How about you STFU?
We finally see the mother? As in Rachel Bilson? Oh man it’s nearing 5AM here (UK) so that’s something exciting to sleep to.
That was how I read it too. It sounds like Rachel is it.
Yay! Love Addison, can’t wait to see how things shake up on the crossover.
Love Addie back in Seattle too. Although for some reason the sound on that clip is weird. Can only make out the background noise, no dialogue !
Khamoshi was definitely uevnen. I remember some other fine scenes, even though I saw the movie decades ago. I think Waheeda in repose is the common element in many of them. Waheeda walking up the stairs, slowly, holding Meghdoot, all dressed up for her lover and stunned at the news that he is getting married, to the divine music of “Tum pukar lo”, and then walking away without histrionics, lengthening shadows in the corridoor – there’s a stillness to the picturization that makes it poignant. I wonder if it would have looked half as good in colour. Then Waheeda sitting in the car, stiff with stern resolve, as she goes to the station where RK’s girlfriend who jilted him is singing in that simpering manner (she looks as if she is making love to the mike) – Waheeda looks tired and determined. She was marvellous in that movie, I remember they make her look more and more tired till at the end she has these enormous dark circles. I am sure these moments would have died with any other actress – maybe Nutan could have done it. “Woh Shaam” is beautiful, the angles of the camera and the play of black and white are so effective as is Waheeda’s almost bemused detatchment.What an absurd premise that movie had, though, no? That men whose hearts are broken should be given a rebound affair to heal them pronto!
Agree with Chellebelle… both Fred and Gene are metioned in Madonna’s “Vogue”.
The only movie Gene and Fred where ever in together was Ziegfeld Follies. So “Vogue” seems to be the only other connection between the two.
Ginger Rogers dance on air?
hey could anyone explain what happens in the greys clip because , for some reason my computer is not letting it play! thanks
nothing really happened…some chatter b/n callie and baily and mcdreamy about possibly getting someone autograph (we don’t know whos) and then addison and mcsteamy come in and they all acknowledge and hug and mcsteamy says something up with sloan’s baby and addison said “we’ll figure it out”…and then it ended pretty abruptly
Michael, love the Chuck scoops you’ve been providing.
New question: any news on the return of My Boys? Please tell me it’ll will return before the summer and/or have more than 9 episodes. Also has Jim Gaffigan made his final decision on returning?
Ooh, I love that show!
Hey Michael. Thanks for the Chuck info.
New question: do you have any information on the return of My Boys? Please tell me it will return before summer and/or have more than 9 episodes. Also, has Jim Gaffigan decided if he will return?
Ah, but Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire only worked together twice. They danced to “The Babbit and the Bromide” but it had no lyrics. The second time was when they hosted “That’s Entertainment Part 2″ and they sang “That’s Entertainment” throughout the film to introduce the clips. My vote is “That’s Entertainment”.
yes! That’s entertainment would be perfect…I can see it now…with her character’s sarcasm and wit…