Eva Longoria and ex-flame Jason Biggs investigate allegations against an elementary-school principal (Rob Corddry) in the comedy Lower Learning.... Also per the Reporter, Angela Bassett and Noah Wyle have joined the Rod Lurie thriller Nothing But the Truth.... Crooner Chris Isaak is a sex- and alcohol-obsessed father in an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers.... According to Variety, a May 1, 2009, release has been set for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and perhaps also Liev Schreiber (as a young William Stryker).... After gaining 20 pounds and a beard for the role, Ryan Gosling has parted ways with Peter Jackson's take on The Lovely Bones, due to "creative differences." Mark Wahlberg steps in as the new Jack Salmon.
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SmallvilleProfessor Fiiiine takes a giant leap in airtime and what does he get for the effort? He gets spiked! Ironic — yes? But you can't keep a big baddie down for long. I’m thinkin' Milton will be back.
In Smallville, Kansas… some cosmic thing zaps MamaKent with a mysterious incurable disease. You know what that means, right? There's a cure. We just have to wait until the end of the episode. But ImpatientClark is really worried because of Jorel's prophecy: Someone close to him will die. Mr. Gullible then falls for Fiiiine's line of Jorel BS. Basically, Krypton Daddy is a bad, bad dude. He's all evil and tortures people — including the peaceful Zod. Uh-oh. Something's not right here. No Zod I know is peaceful (and I know at least three Zods).
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When reflects on his career mistakes, his idol — the late, great '60s rocker Roy Orbison — comes to mind. "I got a call from Roy Orbison years ago, when I was out playing some hole-in-the-wall," Isaak says. "He wanted me to play on a special and I said, 'Yeah, I'd love to do it!' My manager said, 'We already booked a gig and they're depending on you.' And from wherever the hell I'm from, I went, 'You're right, they're depending on me.' Now, I realize I should have said, 'Screw them, I'm playing the Roy Orbison thing!'"
It's too late for Isaak to do a gig with Orbison, but thanks to the magic of television, he can go back in time to share in his legacy. The rockabilly guest-stars on Sunday's American Dreams to sing "Pretty Woman" — as Orbison himself.
"That [song is] so much Roy, I u
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