Wednesday Addams is joining a Monday drama. Christina Ricci has been tapped for a three-episode arc on TNT's Saving Grace (which premieres its second season tonight), says the Reporter. Speed Racer's girlfriend will play a young detective who partners with Grace while Ham (new TVGuide.com celebrity blogger Kenneth Johnson) takes a leave of absence.Among her other TV creds, Ricci, of course, was most literally da bomb in a 2006 Grey's Anatomy stint. — Matt Mitovich
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Got the need for speed? Then you probably won’t be disappointed with the new trailer for Speed Racer. Not only does the big screen adaptation of the animated series have an awesome cast (Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox), visually, the flick looks like it’s going to be a mock-speed ride bursting with more colors than a Crayola factory. Watch it now! | More online videos
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According to the Reporter, Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish (hmmm...) and Sean Bean have boarded Last Battle Dreamer, a Viking epic pegged as "a love story written in fire and blood" — just like my blog!.... Leonardo DiCaprio is circling producer Scott Rudin's forthcoming adaptation of the Robert Graves novel I, Claudius.... Per Variety, Jeff Daniels and Neal McDonough have joined Traitor, an espionage thriller starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce.... Christini Ricci's oft-postponed Penelope will premiere her profound proboscis on Feb. 1, 2008.
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Per Variety, Edward Norton will set aside his indie cred to play Dr. Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk, a more fun follow-up to Ang Lee's Eric Bana-fronted venture.... Christina Ricci is Speed Racer's girlfriend, Trixie.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Lost's Evangeline Lilly will make her feature debut opposite John Malkovich in the supernatural thriller Afterwards.... Ted Danson has joined Mad Money, the heist comedy starring Katie Holmes, Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah.... Harvey Weinstein tells the New York Post that he's hot to round up Paltrow, Kidman, Dench, Zellweger, Zeta-Jones and Hathaway for a big-screen take on Nine.
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Nicole Richie and Ashley Olsen this year lay dubious claim to the No. 1 and 2 spots on PETA's "Worst-Dressed List" of fur-wearing celebs. Of Richie, the press release says, "This pelt-wearing party girl is all animal skin and bones," while Olsen, they advise, would be better to bulk up her frame "using a fork instead." Placing fourth (behind Christina Ricci, who recently donned reindeer fur for a magazine cover) is Eva Longoria. Quips PETA of the Desperate housewife, "You'd think she'd be more sympathetic to the plight of rabbits considering the way she screw around like one on Wisteria Lane." See, even activists can be funny!
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