August 24, 2008
Daveigh Chase, who plays child bride of a prophet Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton) on HBO's Big Love, will soon be headed to the big screen to frighten audiences with her latest thriller film. After appearing as Jake Gyllenhall's younger sister in the cult movie Donnie Darko in 2001, the 18-year-old actress will be reprising her role as Samantha Darko in the sequel thriller called S. Darko.
This isn't Chase's first movie role. Prior to landing the role of Rhonda Volmer on Big Love, she first won the lead role as the voice of Hawaiian girl Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch. For her performance in the film, Chase won an Annie Award in 2003 and was offered to star in the follow up TV series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
August 17, 2008
Big Love, the HBO drama about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy, has always filmed in Santa Clarita, northwest of downtown Los Angeles. And although most of the much awaited third season will still be shot on the show's main set, fans will be able to see a change of scenery when the series returns with new episodes in January 2009.
In fact, the cast and crew of Big Love is presently in Woodland, California as part of a weeklong filming stint that will take them all over Yolo and the neighboring counties.
August 14, 2008
Fans who have been waiting for the return of HBO's slate of summer programming will have to wait a little bit longer than expected. As a result of the writers' strike, the fifth season of Entourage,has been delayed until the Fall while Big Love season 3 and the return of Flight of the Conchords are off until 2009. Also being delayed is True Blood, the highly anticipated new vampire series from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Though the network won't have much original programming to offer during the summer months, they will have the seven-hour miniseries Generation Kill, which is from the producers of The Wire.
August 10, 2008
Anne Dudek, also known as Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis on House, has just confirmed that she is expecting a baby. In fact, she brought her baby bump out in full force to the season 2 premiere of AMC's critically acclaimed series Mad Men in Los Angeles Monday.
"I'm having a baby," Dudek told People with excitement.
August 1, 2008
We still have to wait until January 2009 before we can catch a glimpse of new episodes of the HBO drama Big Love, and so are the cast and crew. Before productions get into full swing, some of its stars have pursued other projects. Ginnifer Goodwin, for one, is starring in the film He Just Isn't That Into You, whose release date has been moved to February 2009. Amanda Seyfried is riding on the success of her film Mamma Mia! The writers haven't taken a break, either; one of them, in fact, is staging a play off-Broadway.
Rodrigo Aguirre-Sacasa, who has penned a few episodes for the critically-acclaimed drama, is set to premiere his newest Broadway play, King of Shadows, on September 7 in New York City. The play, set in San Francisco, centers on Nihar, a 15-year-old homeless boy who sells sex to others in order to survive. He claims he is being pursued by supernatural demons. Jessica, a young social worker, takes care of the boy, and he immediately forms a bond with her teenage sister, threatening to change her perspective on everything she values.
July 27, 2008
Last month, we brought you some big casting scoop to ease the wait for the third season of Big Love. Producers of the HBO polygamy-themed drama were reportedly casting at least four new faces to fill in the shoes of new characters that are expected to thicken the drama and tension on the series.
Among those new characters is Franky, the character of Bill's (Bill Paxton) half-brother. There is no word yet on how or why this character will suddenly turn up on Big Love so fans will just have to stay tuned to the new episodes to find out. However, we did find out who has been cast to play the 16-year-old hottie and he comes in the form of Mark L. Young.
July 20, 2008
Douglas Smith, best known for his role as Ben Henrickson on HBO's polygamy-themed series Big Love, will be gracing the big screen as he appears in a biopic about the later life and assassination of San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
The upcoming movie is simply called Milk, which finds the Big Love actor working with some of Hollywood's biggest names such as Sean Penn, who stars as the film's title character.
July 13, 2008
Amanda Seyfried is now enjoying her time in the spotlight as the star of the musical Mamma Mia! not just because she's had a lot of insecurities in the past as a budding actress, but because she's being surrounded some of Hollywood's biggest names.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the 22-year-old actress gushed over her hot co-stars on Mamma Mia!, which will hit theaters on July 18.