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  • Nikki Reed Talks Future and ‘Kiddos’ With Ian Somerhalder

    Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder share a deep love for animals. In fact, they refer to their pets as their kids. It’s that love of animals that initially brought the two together. Reed dished to People magazine recently about how that attraction turned to love. She started out, though, by crediting her mom for allowing her to develop her passion.

    “From the time I was a little kid, she let us bring in any and everything that needed a home. We had baby coyotes and raccoons and squirrels, anything that needed to be dropper-fed,” she said. “And this was before the Internet, so it was my mom and I at 10 p.m. going to an emergency vet when we didn’t have five dollars to our name, just to ask a vet tech what we should do.”

    Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder–just recently engaged–already have nine ‘kiddos’ together. Their brood includes four dogs, three cats and two horses–split between the east and west coasts. The two are presently living together in Atlanta.

    “I did a horse film about a year ago and I literally couldn’t separate myself from two of the horses. They became like my family and I couldn’t say goodbye,” Reed says. “I’m so lucky that Ian and I are on the same page with animals. We made [adopting the horses] happen together.”

    Nikki Reed is taking her love of animals one step further this weekend. She will host the Catdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Saturday, where she hopes to find homes for litters of kittens right there on the red carpet. Presented by Fresh Step litter, the festival will debut six films starring shelter cats. Artist Ashley Berman has designed a custom 14-karat gold and diamond cat dome ring that Nikki Reed will wear. The ring will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefitting the ASPCA.

    “This is what I live for and it’s my passion, so I love any opportunity to collaborate in this way,” Reed says. “Nothing makes me happier than being a part of this.”

    She might want to retract just a bit of that statement, as it’s abundantly clear how happy her engagement and future wedding to Ian Somerhalder makes her. She and her Vampire Diaries star haven’t set a wedding date yet, but she has done nothing but gush about her happiness with her fiance since he proposed and she said yes.

    “Honestly just the endless possibilities, you know? We have such an amazing future ahead of us and anything we put our minds to will become a reality,” Reed said. “I’m just excited for all those possibilities.”

    Nikki Reed will next appear on the big screen in a thriller called Enter The Dangerous Mind. The film also stars Scott Bakula and Jason Priestley. Ian Somerhalder will no doubt walk the red carpet with his fiancee when the movie premieres in February. Will there be kittens on that red carpet, too, if Nikki Reed gets her way? If so, that could mean a few new ‘kiddos’ going home with them and joining their brood.

  • Scott Bakula Talks About The End Of “Quantum Leap”

    Scott Bakula has played many roles over the years, but for those of a certain age, he’ll always be Sam, the time-leaping, body-jumping physicist who found himself in a sticky situation on every episode of Quantum Leap. Recently, Bakula was reunited with his old co-star and good friend Dean Stockwell, and talked about the show that brought the two of them together.

    The duo became as close as brothers on the set, and Bakula says they still talk on the phone. But they hadn’t had the chance to work together since an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, until they were brought together once again by NCIS: New Orleans.

    “We talk on the phone. I’ve seen him over the years, but we’ve only worked one other time, shooting an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. The three of us have a lot of history. And then you throw in the mix Steven Weber from Wings — we all hit the same time, around the early ’90s. So, it was a good day for the old guys. We laughed and reminisced. … It’s so much fun,” he said.

    Though the ending wasn’t what many fans would have chosen, Bakula told Zap2It recently that Quantum Leap was left open-ended because there needed to be space to continue if it ever got picked up again, or if a movie was ever written.

    “I think that if people understand the circumstances that (creator Donald) Bellisario wrote that episode under — we didn’t know we were canceled at the time. That’s more the norm now, they know it’s their last season, so they can wrap up loose ends. But we didn’t know that.
    So Don had to write an episode of this series that would allow us to come back if they picked is up, or it would allow for a future if there was going to be a movie, or allow it to also be a final episode if that were to be the case. I feel like if you watch the episode given that information, it becomes even more spectacular. He left doors open, he wrapped some things up, he made people feel good, there was a ton of emotion in it — it was just a metaphor for the show that continues and lives on to this day. Fans out there or people like Sam are out there going around and making things right for other people,” he said.

    The episode of NCIS: New Orleans which reunites Bakula and Stockwell airs tonight on CBS.

  • Katharine McPhee, Matthew Perry in new CBS Shows

    CBS has announced the pick-ups of five new dramas and two new comedies, bringing Katharine McPhee and Matthew Perry back to the small screen.

    McPhee will star alongside Robert Patrick and Eddie Kyle Thomas in Scorpion, a drama that follows an eccentric genius (Patrick) and his international network of super-geniuses out to battle threats of the modern age.

    Matthew Perry will take on the role of Oscar Madison — originally played by Jack Klugman — in a remake of the 1970s iconic series The Odd Couple. The Friends actor co-wrote the first script and will serve as an executive producer. Thomas Lennon will take on the role of the iconic neat freak, Felix Unger, made famous by Tony Randall.

    Hunky Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters will play detectives with very different world views on Battle Creek, and Tea Leoni has signed on to play Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in the political drama Madam Secretary.

    Another family comedy, McCarthy’s, will star Laurie Metcalf and Tyler Ritter as members of a big, sports-crazed Irish Catholic family in Boston.

    The Following‘s Kevin Williamson brings a new psychological thriller to the lineup with Stalker. The series stars American Horror Story‘s Dylan McDermott and Nikita‘s Maggie Q as two detectives handling stalking cases for the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD.

    And, yes, there will be new CSI and NCIS spin-offs with the new CSI: Cyber, staring Partricia Arquette as Special Agent in Charge at the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI Avery Ryan, and NCIS: New Orleans, starring Scott Bakula as Special Agent Dwayne Pride.

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  • Scott Bakula to Star in ‘NCIS’ New Orleans Spinoff

    Scott Bakula walked the red carpet at the Emmy Awards back in September and he will soon walk a new crew of NCIS agents straight to New Orleans with a spinoff of the beloved hit show, NCIS. In other words, Scott Bakula will soon become the Mark Harmon of NCIS set in New Orleans.

    The Quantam Leap star will play NCIS Special Agent Pride, and will portray a man who “embodies New Orleans.” Not driven by pride, however, Pride has the “need to do what’s right and does it all with warmth, passion, strength and humor. He’s a unique federal agent working in one of this country’s most unique cities.”

    And like NCIS star Mark Harmon, it in no way hurts to see that Scott Bakula in his role as Special Agent Pride lends himself to the subtle sexy undertones the original show and it’s first spinoff–NCIS: Los Angeles exude. Oh, yes–Special Agent Pride is a handsome and very sexy man.

    The spinoff will air as a two part special this spring. And if you think that’s exciting, just see what CBS has to say about this impending hit show.

    “The NCIS New Orleans office handles cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle. New Orleans with its rich setting of music, fun and debauchery is a magnet for military personnel on-leave. And with fun comes trouble. It is a natural backdrop for a unique character driven spin-off.”

    Add Scott Bakula to that mix, and CBS has another huge hit on its hands.

    Scott Bakula is, of course, known for his role on Quantum Leap, but also starred in the HBO biopic about Liberace–Beyond the Candelabra. He is presently performing a recurring role in HBO’s hit show Looking.

    Is there enough excitement and intrigue put forth by Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Sean Murray and the rest of the NCIS gang to spark regular interest in Scott Bakula’s role in New Orleans as Special Agent Pride? Will LL Cool J and his gang in L.A. keep fans tuning in as well?

    You’ve got to admit, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles provide exceptional TV viewing. Will you check it out when it heads to New Orleans, too?

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  • CCH Pounder To Star In CBS’ ‘NCIS’ New Orleans Spinoff

    C.C.H. Pounder is known for her drama series roles, and it appears she’s landed yet another one. According to Hollywood Reporter,  it has been confirmed that Pounder has signed for the CBS NCIS: New Orleans spin-off.

    The cast for the new drama series is populating rather quickly as the news comes only hours after it was announced that Quantum Leap alum Scott Bakula and JAG‘s Zoe McLellan would be starring in the two-hour backdoor pilot.

    The publication reports that the two-part pilot, which is set to air in the spring, centers around the Naval Criminal Investigative Services’ office located in New Orleans, LA. This particular office handles cases in the southern region of the United States from Pensacola, FL through Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

    Known for its rich culture and fast-life setting, the Big Easy, with its famous French Quarter, is a mecca for good music, live entertainment, ‘liquid confidence,’ and debauchery. The exhilarating New Orleans nightlife can be a gift or the perfect recipe for trouble where military personnel on leave are concerned.

    Pounder will play the role of Dr. Wade, who is the Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner. The character is described as “eccentric and smart,” with a “worldly, intuitive and incredible connection to Louisiana”. Pounder has a recurring role on FX’s Sons of Anarchy. Some of her other notable credits include ER, The Shield, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Avatar and SYFY’s Warehouse 13.

    NCIS creator Gary Glasberg and series star Mark Harmon will serve as executive producers for the “character-driven” spin-off. The series will be the third in the NCIS franchise if a full season is ordered following the pilot. NCIS: Los Angeles was the second, successfully launched series from the franchise, which was also introduced through a backdoor, tw0-hour pilot episode that premiered in April 2008.

    Filming for the NCIS: New Orleans pilot is scheduled to take place some time this month.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons | C.C.H. Pounder

  • Scott Bakula To Star in “NCIS” Spinoff

    Things continue to look good for Scott Bakula’s career.

    The former star of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise has just been cast in the most recent NCIS spinoff, which will be set in New Orleans.

    Bakula will play Special Agent Pride, who is driven to do what is right and works with “warmth, passion, strength, and humor.”

    Behind the newest spinoff of NCIS are executive producer Gary Glasberg and NCIS star Mark Harmon. The idea of the show came when Glasberg approached Harmon with the idea of an episode set in New Orleans.

    “I went to Mark Harmon as I do every year and said, ‘I went through some stories and, hey, I came across this scenario. I’d love to try to do an episode. He turned to me and said, ‘Gary, that’s not a sweeps episode. That’s a new show,’” said Glasberg.

    The show will cover cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana all the way to the Texas panhandle. According to CBS, New Orleans was the perfect setting because of “its rich setting of music, fun and debauchery, is a magnet for military personnel on-leave. And with fun comes trouble. It is a natural backdrop for a unique character driven spin-off.”

    The show will begin this spring on CBS as a two-part episode of NCIS.

    It seems that many people on Twitter are happy to see Bakula headline a show again and will be tuning in.

    Bakula can currently be seen in a recurring role on HBO’s new hit Looking, and was recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in HBO’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra.

    Bakula also received four Emmy nominations for his role as Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap. He also won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Drama for Quantum Leap.

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