Valerie Rae Miller has been cast in the new pilot for the CW, Reaper. The show is about a 21 year old guy, Sam, who discovers that his parents have sold his soul to the devil. He now has to take the souls of people who escaped from hell, or else the devil will take his mother. The comedy will premiere this fall on the CW, but if you want to get a preview, got to http://cwtv.com/video In the first clip you get a short glimpse of Valerie as Josie (by short, i mean nanosecond. Don’t blink, because you will miss her if you do).

Earlier this month, Jensen Ackles returned to his home state of Texas to  do a play at the Casa Manana Theater titled A Few Good Men. You might remember a little movie by the same title, which was based off the play, starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. Jensen takes on Tom Cruise’s role as Lt. j.g. Daniel Kaffee, while Jack Nicholson’s role was given to Lou Diamond Phillips. Ackles has received rave reviews for his performance in the drama. Jensen said that he tried to forget Tom Cruise’s performance, and make the part his own.

So — think you can fill Tom Cruise’s shoes?

My biggest trepidation is finding my own take on it. I’m so familiar with the movie that when I’m reading lines, I keep hearing the movie’s version in my head. Trying to shake that out of my head and bringing my own take to the role is going to be my biggest challenge. Not to mention memorizing all those lines.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/performing_arts/story/123247.html

Also, one of the rave reviews from Eclipse Magazine: http://eclipsemagazine.com/4458/theatrical_experience_casa_ma_ana_presents_fe

This past Friday, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was released in the US. In the film Jessica Alba reprises her role as Sue Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman. The sequel earned 58.1 million dollars this weekend, knocking Ocean’s Thirteen out of the number one spot at the box office, and also making more in its opening weekend than the first Fantastic Four movie.

Mona Buehler of CBS Watch! Magazine has sent us the following message:

We wanted to bring your attention to the subject of this month’s cover of CBS Watch! Magazine – Michael Weatherly. We brought the actor to Paris for a fun travel feature, and we’ve got amazing photos of him visiting all the sites throughout the issue. We also did a “Casino Royale” themed fashion shoot with Michael at the famed Hotel de Crillon and sat down with him for a telling one-on-one interview.

You can find Watch! at Barnes & Noble or Borders.

Alright, now apparently all of you Jericho fans are insanely loyal, and apparently it isn’t all for nothing! NBC has just ordered 7 more episodes of Jericho! I’m thinking that it might be because they didn’t want anymore nuts (apparently there was somewhere around 30,000 pounds sent to their offices!)
If you want to get more episodes of Jericho, the ratings need to improve. So tell your friends and get them to tell their friends to watch! The DVD comes out September 25th in the US, so buy it. Heck, buy one for everyone you know. DVD sales count for something. Also, the creators said they will be “continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return.” (I honestly have no idea what that means, but fans might.)

Nina Tassler, president of NBC, had this to say:

“On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of Jericho in such an extraordinary manner. Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone. You made a difference.”