Keck's Exclusives: Revenge Casts A Judge

Veronica Cartwright As ABC's Revenge nears the February reveal of what exactly happened on the beach during Emily and Daniel's engagement party, more legal types will be drawn into the drama. Former child actress Veronica Cartwright, who hasn't stopped working since being terrorized in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds, will be playing a judge beginning in late February. Cartwright joins Courtney B. Vance, who recently joined the series as defense attorney Benjamin Brooks. And Victoria's new love interest, to be played by Rome stud James Purefoy beginning in March, now has a name: Dominic. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

House Start Searching: Jeffrey Wright Puts Dr. House on Trial!

Jeffrey Wright and Hugh Laurie Exactly how important is Jeffrey Wright's approaching guest role on House? "Jeffrey's character really decides the fate in the series - he puts House's process on trial," executive producer Greg Yaitanes notifies TVGuide.com of Monday's episode, "No a person's Fault."Convey more scoop inside your favorite shows inside our Winter TV previewWright plays Dr. Walter Cofield, a famous specialist as well as the former mentor of Omar Epps' Foreman. When among Princeton Plainsboro's patients is associated with a violent incident, Cofield questions House (Hugh Laurie) and also the team regarding particular kind of practicing medicine. At least, his ruling cost House his license and possibly send him towards the slammer."They're questions we've never really asked for in the series before, for example: What's down to everybody inside an atmosphere of recklessness?" Yaitanes states. "In my opinion every character is forever changed with the occasions that occur because episode."Inside the first-look video below, featuring clips within the approaching episode, Yaitanestakes us behindthe moments for that building of the pivotal hour. Particularly, he notes the value of casting Wright, who won an Emmy for his role on Angels in the united states.Jeffrey Wright assessments straight into House"I preferred somebody within the table from Hugh Laurie that was formidable," Yaitanes states. Laurie, meanwhile, was less impressed. "I'm very jealous, incidentally, because I desired to see Cofield," he jokes."No a person's Fault" airs Monday at 8/7c on Fox. Obtain the consider first the episode below.

Will Kaira Pitt and Julia Roberts Marry? Kaira Pitt States They Would Like To!

Julia Roberts and Kaira Pitt After seven years together and six kids, Kaira Pitt and Julia Roberts might be altering their tune on marriage. "We'd really prefer to [got married]" Pitt informs The Hollywood Reporter, "also it appears to mean increasingly more to the kids." Hugo, The Artist lead Oscar nominations Pitt, 48, and Jolie, 36, have stated previously they would only get married when same-sex partnerships were legalized. "However I don't believe we'll have the ability to hold on. This means a lot to my children, plus they request a great deal,Inch Pitt informs playboy. "Also it means something in my experience, too, to create that type of commitment." Pitt was formerly married to Jennifer Aniston for 5 years before they notoriously split and that he started dating Jolie right after. They've six children together: Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh, Pax and twins Knox and Vivienne. Take a look at photos of Kaira Pitt When requested if he'd sprang the question to Jolie, Pitt declined to reply to. Whether he and Jolie exchange "I dos" sometime soon, legalizing same-sex unions continues to be an essential problem to Pitt. "To become deeply in love with someone and become families with someone and wish to make that commitment and never have the ability to is ridiculous, just ridiculous," he stated. Pitt received two Oscar nominations the 2009 week - for starring in and creating Best Picture nominated film Moneyball. He might get a third nomination if he qualifies like a producer around the Tree of Existence, that was also nominated for that top prize.

A Day Out With Bachelor Ben Flajnik

The Bachelor Revenge is a dish best served with a nice Pinot Noir. Last season on The Bachelorette, winemaker Ben Flajnik was blindsided when he was dumped on national TV after dropping down on one knee and proposing to dental student Ashley Hebert. Now he's back on ABC's reality dating franchise to dole out some long stems and heartache of his own. We met up with the 29-year-old San Francisco and Sonoma County resident at NYC's City Winery to clink glasses and swap stories about his days of wine and roses. TV Guide Magazine: What's a guy like you need a show like this for?Flajnik: I've dated lots of women, but the majority of my relationships were under a year long. My sister thought maybe I'd be good for [The Bachelorette], so she did the online application. TV Guide Magazine: When you proposed to Ashley during last season's finale, were you sure it was a home run?Flajnik: Obviously, because I did it. But I understand why she couldn't tell me everything - that's the name of the game. It sucks, but that's part of it. TV Guide Magazine: Did you have any reservations about returning?Flajnik: I wasn't spooked by the Ashley thing. I thought being the Bachelor would be an experience. TV Guide Magazine: What was on your casting wish list for the ladies?Flajnik: I wanted a group of professional women. TV Guide Magazine: As in prostitutes?Flajnik: Yes, working professionals. [Laughs] No... women who were cultured and worldly and had nice legs. I'm a leg guy. That was one of the hopes... TV Guide Magazine: And were you impressed?Flajnik: I was surprised. Obviously, you don't know that much about them. But as far as looks, it was a 10. TV Guide Magazine: How'd you deal with their infighting? Courtney the model, in particular, ruffled a lot of feathers...Flajnik: I was very aware of what was going on - not just with Courtney, but with everyone. I'd sit them down, I'd ask them. Because believe me, a woman in a group of a dozen, two dozen women, is going to be very different around that group than they are with me. Naturally. TV Guide Magazine: So many tears and tantrums in one dating pool... Is the deck stacked with crazies or what?Flajnik: It's hard to call them crazies. Everyone is somewhat sane, but when you get thrown into this thing, you get overwhelmed. Obviously some are a little crazier than others. TV Guide Magazine: Did you get input into the date activities?Flajnik: I suggested locations, things to do. There's a lot more flying this season. Ashley didn't like heights and helicopters and small planes, but we brought 'em all back. I think there were, like, nine helicopters and 29 airplanes in three months. It was a lot. TV Guide Magazine: You all spent the majority of the time traveling...Flajnik: I really wanted to do South Central America - that was kind of what I hoped for and requested. We went to Puerto Rico, Belize, Panama... TV Guide Magazine: Make many "Un-Belize-able" jokes in Belize, I hope?Flajnik: Yeah. "Un-Belize-able"... "You'd better Belize it"... that kind of stuff. But not on camera! TV Guide Magazine: Did the exotic locales and romantic stunts heighten your feelings for the women?Flajnik: It didn't affect me all that much, honestly. Maybe I've just been a little spoiled. It's cool stuff, but I've done a lot of it before, so nothing really made me feel like, "Oh, my God, I love this person." TV Guide Magazine: Then what speeds up the courtship so much?Flajnik: It's because you're encouraged - you're there for a reason. You're there to talk about your feelings, get through this. These are things that you would cover over a lengthy period of time in any normal relationship. TV Guide Magazine: So Bachelor time is kinda like dog years?Flajnik: Yeah, exactly. I realize that an engagement here is very different than a marriage. It's a commitment, and that's what it will remain until the next step. It's a leap of faith that we have to take - bigger than people take in the real world. TV Guide Magazine: When you're on a one-on-one date, how do you concentrate with the cameras in your face?Flajnik: When you're really in the moment, you don't pay attention to the cameras. At all. The dates that don't go so well? Yeah, you realize there are cameras around and you're making a TV show. TV Guide Magazine: Are there ever scenes that need to be reshot?Flajnik: If it's a sweet, sincere moment, no. If there's a huge technical error - like the limo pulls up and her dress is hiked up - yeah, she'll hop back in. TV Guide Magazine: Did you and host Chris Harrison ever hang out?Flajnik: We'd go out around town and have dinners. He was my buddy. We became real close. He's almost like a counselor. There were moments where I struggled and he was like, "I'm glad to see you struggling, because it's a difficult decision. It shouldn't be a cakewalk, you know?" TV Guide Magazine: Since you're a winemaker, does your partner need to be an oenophile, too?Flajnik: They don't need to know a lot about wine; they just need to be able to handle their alcohol, because I do it for a living and I'm out in the public a lot. If I end up with some lush who's asleep at the bar while I'm pouring my wines, it doesn't bode well for me or my brand. TV Guide Magazine: Did you get to weigh in on wines for the show?Flajnik: I did, actually. The production coordinators knew I wasn't going to be drinking, you know, Boone's Farm. I'm not a wine snob, but just put me in, like, a $20 price point and I'm happy. We did drink a little bit of Château Mouton Rothschild, which I later got yelled at for purchasing. $1,000 bottles aren't usually on ABC's tab. TV Guide Magazine: Now that you know the outcome of all this, are you happy that you went back for Round 2?Flajnik: I'm happy I decided to become the Bachelor. It was cathartic. Contrary to others who've been in this role, I didn't walk in on the first night and say, "My wife is in this room." I said, "I don't know if my wife's in this room. But I'm going to be honest, I'm going to be open, and I'm going to try." The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Cinema Libre in zen zone on 'Pass'

'The Greatest Pass'Cinema Libre Studio has acquired privileges to Jon Fitzgerald's documentary "The Greatest Pass," the storyline of seven searchers who consume a yogi on the motorcycle journey of self-discovery up with the greatest pass from the Indian Himalayas. Cinema Libre acquired "Pass" in the Topanga Film Festival and plans a theatrical release in April in La and NY. All privileges aside from foreign TV were acquired by Cinema Libre. Film focuses on a contemporary yogi and guru, Anand Mehrotra, who bears the responsibility of the Vedic prediction that forecasts he'll die in the late 20s within an accident. Adam Schomer, who organized the ride, created and authored. It is the second documentary for Fitzgerald following "The Rear Nine." He's an old festival director from the American Film Institute, Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival and Abu Dhabi Film Festival and among the founders from the Slamdance Film Festival and lately released Cinecause.com for connecting socially relevant films to related causes. "My first film was switched lower by Sundance, which is among the explanations why Slamdance was founded," Fitzgerald stated. "Realizing that there's frequently an excellent value for niche films to experience more compact festivals, we developed our fest strategy around specific regional occasions wishing for connecting using the audiences. Getting a distributor at Topanga was icing around the cake." "Pass" won the Spotlight Award at Topanga and received the crowd award in the North Park Film Festival and also the jury prize for Documentary in the Naples Intl. Film Festival. Schomer's documentary "Once the Dust Forms," a consider the results of nuclear testing around the kids of Kazakhstan, is within publish-production. Cinema Libre has launched a lot more than 100 game titles, including "Fuel," "The Finish of Poverty?," "London River" and "South from the Border" and it is developing "Confessions of the Economic Hit Guy" right into a feature. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

A couple of Choice choices

On Jan. 11, TV stars centered the red-colored carpet in the Individuals Choice Honours, with Kat Dennings and Janet Behrs obtaining honors for "2 Broke Women" and Neil Patrick Harris being named favorite TV comedy actor. Backstage in the Nokia, Harris held court about among his fave Television shows, "The Actual Average women of Beverly Hillsides," saying, "Is not it crazy to look at that demonstrate this year? You realize that certain of those dies, and something would go to rehab. It's just like a murder mystery when you are aware what is going to happen in the finish." Emma Stone, who nabbed two movie honours, stated she was overcome by how big the Nokia Theater. "It type of felt like wearing a concert where I am half almost crying whole time.Inch -- Todd Kushigemachi Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

VIDEO: Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart Vow Not to Coordinate, Poke Fun at Super PAC

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert knows you can't control a great PAC and run for leader. And after hearing the recommendations of his lawyer and former Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter, he unwillingly knows you can't coordinate while using Super PAC. So he handed in the reins to someone he barely knows - Jon Stewart. The Comedy Central host has joked about Super PACs in addition to their matching "rules" for some time, while suggesting his eventual run for your White-colored House. On Thursday night's broadcast of Colbert Report, he pointed out his notions to use however of his native condition, Sc. VIDEO: Colbert states Romney's 'firing people' remarks were removed of context After Colbert signed the papers moving the Super PAC, he and Stewart handled to obtain apparent - poking fun within the rules - that being partners wouldn't count as them matching. "Being partners does not count as coordination, legally," a beaming Potter concurred.Watch the clip: The Colbert Report Convey More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

Real Housewives' Kim Richards Leaves Rehab

Kim Richards Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards has left rehab, People reports.Richards, 47, checked in last month for alcohol abuse and other "serious issues." She previously sought treatment after the taping of the Season 1 finale, in which she got into a heated argument with her sister and castmate, Kyle Richards, who called her an alcoholic.Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kim Richards enters rehabEarlier this season, new cast member Brandi Glanville accused Richards of using drugs during a game night with the ladies.The cast taped a reunion show last week, but it is unclear if Richards participated."It was high drama, lots of emotion, and some fun and laughs too," Andy Cohen wrote on his blog. "All the women deserve a pat on the back. High highs and low lows."

Fox's 'Chronicle' cues QR code blitz

With its ticking clock and found footage-style hooks, the trailer for Twentieth Century Fox's "Chronicle" generated plenty of internet buzz when it debuted in October. Now, the studio is aiming to expand on that interest during Sunday's opening round of the NFL playoffs. Fox Network will air a five-second "billboard" clip of a QR code during the Atlanta Falcons-NY Giants wild-card game. The code, which can be scanned on mobile devices, links the user to an online clip of the Max Landis-penned film. "We're really excited about the movie, so finding a new way to interract with the audience is always the goal," Fox prexy of domestic theatrical marketing and chief marketing officer Oren Aviv told Variety. Aviv said that the amount of social-media buzz generated by the pic's trailer contributed to the decision to give the film an extra push on Sunday. Studio is expecting more than 30 million people to see the billboard. "Facebook said they'd never seen anything like it," Aviv said, noting that the online networking site told the studio it had seen about 15 million interactions around the movie. "When Facebook says 'Wow,' you listen." "Chronicle" is docu-style account of three Portland teens who develop superpowers after being exposed to a mysterious substance in the woods. Pic also has attracted attention for displaying the talents of a number of fresh faces. Film marks the feature directorial debut of Josh Trank and stars relative newcomers Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Dane DeHaan. Writer Landis sold the project to Fox last year. Scribe also optioned spec "Good Time Gang" to Robin Schorr's RCR Pictures and is currently at work on a Frankenstein project for Fox-based Davis Entertainment. "Chronicle" opens Feb. 3. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com