Melrose Place Brings Four Original Cast Members Together for a Par-tay
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Ain't no party like a Melrose party!
And according to my sources, that is precisely what we'll get a little later this season on the CW's Melrose Place, as not one, not two, not three but four alums from the original series will convene on the famous complex to party down.
Clearly, Heather Locklear is one of them, as she made her triumphant and bitchtastic return tonight. (Can that girl still rock a miniskirt or what?) And according to sources, Locklear will appear in all but one of the remaining episodes of Melrose's first season (there are 18 total).
I'm told Heather will be joined by three other Melrose Place alums in the 16th episode...
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Out With a Bang: Ashlee and Colin Shoot "Crazy Naked" Sex Scene Before Leaving Melrose
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Looks like the Parents Television Council is going to have more ammo.
We're hearing there's going to be a "crazy naked" sex scene on Melrose Place before the two recently ousted players go on their merry way: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield.
How racy is it? "It involves us both wearing half-loin cloths that they had to tape to us," Colin himself tells us. "There are very few clothes involved in the near future."
And if your name is Bronx you probably shouldn't hear this part but Colin says of Ashlee/Violet: "She's up for anything."
Saucy!
Not that we're complaining, but what's behind all of this nakedness, and why is the main suspect in a major murder mystery shacking up with the resident Melrose wackjob? We have more scoop...
See Locklear's Triumphant Return to Melrose Place
Heather Locklear really does have something goin' on. Maybe it's her 30 years of experience in series television or maybe it's that her boobs look fantastic, but whatever the source of power, Locklear's ability to transform TV shows appears to remain entirely intact.
Heather Locklear (re)joins the cast of Melrose Place this coming Tuesday, and it looks like she still has exactly the chilly authority the CW needs to up Melrose's profile in TV land. Melrose's prospects remain realistically dim, but should Heather's arrival generate enough buzz and a moderate ratings increase, the show might live out the season and be considered for a second year. It's hard to tell what people really want from their nighttime soaps, so who's to say why the show is struggling, but Locklear's involvement is as likely as any other effort to bring about a series renewal.
Now, as for the content of these three sneak peeks, Amanda's definitely moving in to Ella's (Katie Cassidy) PR firm, but where will she live now that she's back in town? Find out:
Spoiler Chat: The Gossip Girl Threesome Gets Even Messier, Courtesy Lady Gaga
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By now, some of you have seen it: Tonight's ménage à twist that had the Parents Television Council all in a tizzy.
(If you haven't, read no further until you do.)
So what happens next on Gossip Girl? Are D and O over? What about V? And what's this about a certain Miss Lady Gaga getting in on the action? And a Gossip Girl heading to the hospital?
We have the scoop in our latest roundup of exclusive TV dish, along with the latest on Grey's hot couplings (will it be Cristina and Owen or Cristina and Jackson?), Chuck's sad news for fans of Sarah and Chuck, and a breakup on Friday Night Lights...
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Jessica Simpson Thinks Melrose Place Is "Crap"
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Jessica Simpson finally got around to tweeting about Melrose Place firing her sister, Ashlee, and she is none too happy with the writing staff. In fact, Jess thinks the show is worse than any of her straight-to-DVD movies like Major Movie Star and Blonde Ambition.
Last night she tweeted: "CW catching up on MP.who writes this crap?i have had bad scripts to work with,but this?thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press...Watch til Jan.. :)"
Wow. So Jessica believes that Melrose Place only got press because of Ashlee's amazing acting? That's not entirely accurate. While it's true that Ashlee was the most buzzed-about castmember and did most of the press leading up to the soap's premiere, it's the "amazing" part we're not quite buying. That said, we do think it's nice Jess is being a supportive big sister.
And in case you're curious, this is the "amazing" Ashlee Simpson-Wentz in action:
90210: Just How Bad Will It Get for Dixon?
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Things are about to go downhill for 90210's Tristan Wilds.
At least for Dixon, the character he plays on the prime-time soap opera.
Last we saw, Dixon found out that his older ex-girlfriend, Sasha (Mekia Cox), is pregnant with his child. Wilds says this is just the beginning of Dixon's problems...
This Just In: Mia Michaels Finally Explains SYTYCD Departure
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• So You Think You Can Dance: Mia Michaels finally did an interview about her sudden departure from SYTYCD, and she says it wasn't because she's got cancer or is going crazy, but rather, "When I was working on the show, I wasn't able to really focus on anything else. Now I'm really focusing on these other projects that I can't pass up. I think that’s pretty much the main reason why I left the show." Hmph. On the good side, however, Michaels also revealed, "Right now [I'm] in talks [to do] my own choreography show." Holler!
• Melrose Place: The first promo of Heather Locklear on Melrose Place is out. The 21-second commercial features shots of Locklear stalking through Ella's PR firm intercut with the tagline, "Amanda's back...you better watch yours."
• Lost: Carlton Cuse revealed via a series of Twitter riddles that creepy character actor William Atherton is guest starring on Lost this season.
Melrose Star Expected Heather to Be Like Amanda
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Heather Locklear is nothing like the conniving evil be-yotch she played plays on Melrose Place.
So says Michael Rady, who costars on the revived prime-time soap as aspiring filmmaker Jonah Miller.
"It's totally surreal," Rady told me at last night's Environmental Media Awards in Hollywood about his scenes with Locklear. "I was expecting her to kind of be like Amanda Woodward, but she's just sweet and unassuming and very professional."
And what about her signature power suits?
Melrose Costar: We're Going to Miss Ashlee & Colin
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While Colin Egglesfield's dismissal from Melrose Place definitely came as a shock to his costars, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's may not have been as surprising.
Stephanie Jacobsen, who plays med student/escort Lauren Yung on the revived prime time soap, says, "We'll miss them," but Simpson's future was always an unknown.
"I don't know whether Ashlee's involvement with the show was going to continue beyond the murder-mystery storyline she's been involved in," Jacobsen told me at last night's Vanity Fair/Guess? event for Invisible Children.
Egglesfield, however, is a completely different scenario…
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Pete Wentz Parties While Ashlee Simpson Babysits
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The night Ashlee Simpson-Wentz got booted off Melrose Place, she was busy playing her most important role: mommy!
"She's home with Bronx," Pete Wentz explained of Ashlee's absence from last night's Guess? and Vanity Fair party for the Invisible Children charity.
"He has a 101-degree fever. We're just glad it's not swine flu!" he continued.
The freshly shorn rocker was a cohost at the charity fête along with Kristen Bell and Rachel Bilson—which sort of explains why he wasn't home tucking Bronx into bed or consoling his suddenly unemployed wife. Only that wasn't the only party he hit last night...
CW Orders Full Season of Vampire Diaries, Five More Melrose Place Eps
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Score one for the vampire people! (And the incredibly good-looking West Hollywood-living people?)
CW just picked up a full season of the breakout freshman hit The Vampire Diaries, and the network has also ordered five more episodes of Melrose Place.
Why did Vampire Diaries get a full season while Melrose Place didn't? Here's what we're hearing...
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Melrose Place Star Spills on Upcoming Character Exit: "It's a Shocker"
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Melrose Place is about to get wild. Not only is Heather Locklear in the house and causing Amanda Woodward's usual brand of havoc, but there's a major character death coming!
We just caught up with Melrose babe Katie Cassidy (ain't she gorgeous?!) and she filled us in on all the gory deets about Ella's troubled future.
Read on for the scoop about how Amanda stirs things up for Melrose Place's new queen bee, plus what the character death means for the gang.
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