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David Hyde Pierce Joins ‘The Good Wife’ In Recurring Role

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Emmy and Tony winner David Hyde Pierce (Frasier, Curtains) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming sixth season of CBS' The Good Wife. Pierce will play a highly respected cable news legal commentator who is so disgusted by the corruption and murder rate in Chicago that he decides to run for office in order to effect change. Pierce earned four Emmy awards for his role as Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier. His feature credits include Little Man Tate, Sleepless In Seattle… Read

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TNT’s ‘Proof’, Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ & Amazon Pilot ‘Man In The High Castle’ Add Cast

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David Sutcliffe has booked a series regular role on TNT's Proof, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Kyra Sedgwick. It centers on Dr. Carolyn Tyler (Jennifer Beals), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon who  is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, and hauntings. Sutcliffe, repped by Robert Stein Management, will play Dr. Len Bayliss, Dr. Tyler's ex-husband who still works with her at the hospital. Roberto U… Read

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Rila Fukushima Joins ‘Arrow’, Riley Voelkel Cast In ‘Point Of Honor’

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Rila Fukushima (Wolverine) has landed a major recurring role on the hit CW drama Arrow. She will play Tatsu Yamashiro, a character that first appeared in the Green Arrow origin series graphic novels published by DC Comics. She is a Japanese martial arts expert who wields a deadly sword, a blade from which her codename Katana is derived. In Arrow, Tatsu will be one of Oliver's mentors in the flashbacks and a critical influence on his journey to eventually become The Arrow… Read

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Garry Marshall’s ‘Double Indemnity’ Play Will Star ‘Mad Man’ Pete Campbell

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Off-Broadway's ever-fecund Vineyard Theatre has nabbed Vincent Kartheiser — who plays obnoxious ladder climber Pete Campbell on AMC's Mad Men — for its upcoming show about the filming of Double Indemnity. Hollywood demi-god Garry Marshall (do I really have to list credits?) repeats as director of Mike Bencivenga's Billy & Ray, which had its world premiere in spring, 2013 at Burbank's Falcon Theatre. Kartheiser will play writer-director Billy Wilder opposite the novelist… Read

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Kathryn Prescott Joins CBS Miniseries ‘The Dovekeepers’

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Kathryn Prescott has been tapped for a lead role in CBS' The Dovekeepers, a four-hour miniseries from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey to air in 2015. The project is based on Alice Hoffman's acclaimed historical novel about four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. Prescott will play Aziza, a stunning teenage tomboy and expert archer who disguises herself in her brother's armor to skillfully fight alongside the male… Read

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Holliday Grainger Toplines ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ For BBC One; Levi Meadon Joins Syfy’s ‘Olympus’

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Holliday Grainger is adding another literary adaptation to her résumé. The Great Expectations and Anna Karenina actress will star as the title character in BBC One's Lady Chatterley's Lover. Also joining the cast are Richard Madden (Game Of Thrones) and James Norton (Happy Valley). Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio is adapting the latest take on the 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel. Sherlock's Hartswood Films is producing in association with Serena Cullen Productions. Norton will play… Read

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Courtney B. Vance & James Remar Join ‘State Of Affairs'; Jennifer Hasty Takes ‘Selfie’

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Courtney B. Vance and James Remar have booked guest roles on NBC's fall drama series State Of Affairs. Directed by Joe Carnahan and produced by Universal TV, State Of Affairs stars Katherine Heigl as a key CIA attaché who counsels President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard) on high-stakes incidents around the world. Vance will recur as First Gentleman Marshall Payton, a Stanford Law grad working as a pro bono counsel for advocacy groups and husband of the president. Remar… Read

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Olafur Darri Olafsson Joins AMC Comedy Pilot ‘We Hate Paul Revere'; Shohreh Aghdashloo & Steven Strait In ‘The Expanse’

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Olafur Darri Olafsson has been cast as Ethan Allen in AMC's half-hour comedy pilot We Hate Paul Revere. Written, executive produced by and starring Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner, the story revolves around two brothers living in Colonial Boston who are not fans of local industrialist and activist Paul Revere (Ron Livingston). Troy Miller is also exec producer via Dakota Pictures. Olafsson, repped by APA and Conway Van Gelder, recently was cast opposite Vin Diesel… Read

International

Edinburgh: Judi Dench & More Join Benedict Cumberbatch In BBC Two’s ‘Richard III’

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BBC Two is working on three filmed adaptations of Shakespeare's History plays that include Richard III and Henry VI in two parts. In April, Benedict Cumberbatch joined Richard III and today BBC Two confirms that Judi Dench will play Cecily, Duchess of York, alongside his titular king. Sophie Okonedo has also been cast as Queen Margaret across all three films. As for Henry V, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville has been cast as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Sally Hawkins… Read

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Brian Huskey Set For ABC’s ‘Selfie'; Rebecca Forsythe Joins ‘Members Only’

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Brian Huskey has booked a recurring role on the ABC/Warner Bros. TV single camera comedy Selfie from Emily Kapnek. Selfie follows twentysomething Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) as she rebrands her social media image with the help of marketing guru Henry (John Cho). On the show, Huskey will be playing Larry, a clueless lab technician at a children's pharmaceutical company, who has a real, unrequited fondness of Henry.  Larry's random presence adds complications to Henry's My F… Read

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Winona Ryder, Alfred Molina & Jon Bernthal Join HBO Miniseries ‘Show Me A Hero’

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Winona Ryder (The Iceman, Black Swan), Alfred Molina (Matador, Monday Mornings) and Jon Bernthal (The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Walking Dead) have been cast opposite Oscar Isaac and Catherine Keener in HBO's six-hour miniseries Show Me A Hero from The Wire co-creator David Simon. Based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin, it tells the story of Nick Wasicsko (Isaac), the youngest big-city mayor in the nation who finds himself thrust into the center of a racial controversy… Read

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Tony Shalhoub Joins Showtime’s ‘Nurse Jackie’

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Multiple Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (Monk) has been tapped for a recurring role opposite Edie Falco in the seventh season of Showtime comedy Nurse Jackie. Shalhoub will play Dr. Bernard Prince, a new ER doctor who has a great bedside manner, a special touch with his boss, Gloria Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith), and who offers Jackie (Falco) something she desperately needs - a friend. Shalhoub received four Emmy noms and three wins for his starring role as… Read

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