Jackson was recently at PaleyFest where he joined his Fringe co-stars, and it’s reported Kruger was at the Tribeca Film Festival at the same time. Pop Sugar word is that both will be guests of Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld soon. I wonder if we can attribute Jackson’s red carpet looks to his own sense of style. I guess it helps if you have a former top fashion model as your girlfriend.

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More On Leonard Nimoy’s Role

In the latest Fringe news, a bit more has been revealed about Leonard Nimoy’s role on the series. We already know he’s to portray the mysterious former scientist William Bell in the finale. We knew Nimoy is be in more than one episode.  At the April 23 Paley Festival panel interview, J.J. Abrams revealed Anna Torv is the only person that will share a scene with him on the May 12 finale, and it was reiterated that Nimoy will be back for future episodes. Yay! Go here to Fringe @ PaleyFest09 for slight details on the panel event.

Peter Bishop’s Big Secret

Word is we’ll get a resolve on Peter Bishop’s (Joshua Jackson) big secret, as there is something of a tease about there being more than one Peter over at io9. Apparently, we’ll also find out whether Nina Bell is good or bad, and what goes on with Olivia’s powers in the season finale.

Astrid’s On Either Side of The Pattern?

Finally, Jasika Nicole, (aka lab assistant Astrid on Fringe) says Astrid might have a dark side, or at least dark intentions, and that we don’t quite know what her character’s impact will be on the series. In an exclusive interview, she reveals some funny and amazing insight into her character and the show. Some of her secrets include her favorite scene (worms busting out of a guy’s chest in the animal right’s activist episode called Unleashed), and her dishing on whether the very serious Lance Reddick is a “gigglebox”.

Make sure you read the whole interview at Fringe Television… and catch Fringe on Tuesday nights at 9:00 PM on Fox.

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I just saw the preview for next new episode of Criminal Minds that features Alex O’Loughlin (Moonlight). I had to laugh because in the official preview, it says “Alex O’Loughlin is back…”. Ha! CBS knows they should have kept Moonlight, and if I were them, I’d soak up as much O’Loughlin/Moonlight magic as possible. I bet there are a bunch of Mick St. John fans ready to pounce on this episode of CR!

Season 5 of The Closer begins in June, and the beginning episodes will feature Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) being “unwillingly” assisted by a detective named Dick Tracy. I have to admit, I’m more excited about that intense arsonist, Billy Croelick (Jason O’Mara) being back, because he seems to rattle Brenda so!

On NCIS, Tony and Ziva’s relationship is about to evolve. May 19 is the season finale, and the “fans will decide” something that will “carry over” to the summer according to NCIS Executive Producer Shane Brennan. Sounds like this is something that fans have been waiting for. So what was all those quips about between these two all this time, sexual tension?

On 24, although fans are still mourning the death of Larry, Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) is back and will be making some important decisions after hearing about Bill.

I read a few weeks ago that Fringe will be be moving all its production from New York to Vancouver in light of the end of tax breaks for the production company. No sweat…I’m sure they’ll do an excellent job of making the show still look like a fictitious Boston.

Also for those wondering about Season 2, Kirk Acevedo (Agent Harris) reveals he was just on set filming a Fringe stand-alone episode that airs for Season 2! You can read his interview here at Fringe Television. For those who said it was risky…Season 2 is coming.

Via TV Guide, TNT, CBS Press, Fringe Television

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Anna Torv, John Noble and Joshua Jackson on the move to find a creature on Fringe’s “Unleashed”

For now, we’ll continue to get more on Olivia (Anna Torv) and her mysterious background.

I’m pretty excited about this “Peter Bishop” development. It’s unclear how much contact Peter had with his father Walter Bishop (John Noble) so many years ago before Dad went off to the loony bin.

An obvious tack would be that dad somehow made his own son some sort of a lab rat. I think it would be an interesting storyline to pursue (or continue based on a previous episode). What’s even more interesting is the fact there’s no telling what you can pick up just by being around Walter and his crazy lab.

Thoughts On Fringe’s Episode “Unleashed”

Anna Torv, Kirk Acevedo and an unfortunate victim in “Unleashed”

If you saw the latest episode of Fringe called Unleashed, you noticed that it’s probably dangerous to eat anything in the lab, even something as innocuous looking as an *omelette. It’s also better to continue to tell children that “monsters aren’t real” as Olivia learns, even though they do in fact exists in the world of Fringe. 

This time, a group of animal activists decide to break in and release some animals that are caged inside a warehouse. Unfortunately, they released something quite unnatural…a man-made monster! In this episode, Charlie (Kirk Acevedo) is injured by the creature, and what an injury it is…

I’m especially liking the way Olivia Dunham seemed a bit annoyed by the fact that Peter Bishop called late at night to talk to her sister, and not her. What’s the matter Olivia? Didn’t you learn from your last foray into fratting that having your partner as your boyfriend is just not that healthy? I see this as either making her see Peter in a new light, or maybe it will cause her to take a different look at her own life. I suspect Olivia has had her turn at love on Fringe though, but you never know…there’s always a cliffhanger, and next season…

*Walter was incubating a human ear inside the omelette.

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Notably, Nimoy will also be reprising his role as Mr. Spock in the new J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek feature film. Abrams is also the co-creator of Fringe. Click the link to see the feature trailer.

Even if I didn’t love Fringe, seeing Leonard Nimoy on the show is a huge treat in itself. Having Nimoy has definitely raised the cool factor for Fringe, and I’m certain many fans will be checking out the finale. Word is that Nimoy will appear on this season finale, and later return for another episode in the Fall.

Fringe airs on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM on Fox, and Star Trek (2009) is slated to premiere worldwide on May 8 (in 28 days).

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Massive Dynamic even has its own corporate web site.  Will we finally get to “meet” William Bell, Walter Bishop’s old lab partner, and will Nina Sharp, Bell’s right hand, finally show her true hand? In any case, let’s have a look at the Tuesday April 7 new episode, and see what falls into place.

Anna Torv, who portrays FBI Agent Olivia Dunham has revealed some news about the final episodes of Fringe’s season one.

The best part is the show creators are working hard to keep the series from becoming too complicated (a la Lost). That means, if you miss an episode, you won’t be in the dark.

We’ll also get more info on The Observers, Olivia’s abilities and some key observations of her past. I’m looking forward to anything new about our favorite scientist, Walter Bishop. The image is Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham from a new episode called “Bad Dreams” which airs on April 21. Watch Fringe on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM ET on Fox.

Many fans are happy to have the series back as it was seemingly preempted (hiatus) by American Idol…(Curses…lol). Yeah for Fringe!

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Word is he had a wire put inside his nose, and it caused some pain and bleeding despite the precautions taken. I love it when actors go the extra mile for the fans, but I was very concerned to hear this. If you watch Fringe, you’ve seen some pretty strange experiments (horrible things). So when I heard this, my first reaction was,  “Oh say it aint so…”.

Jackson says the event was more comical than anything, and he now has a doctor’s excuse that says he’s not allowed to stick anything up his nose. For something that’s not a big deal, his description of the event sounds pretty excruciating: “It felt like someone taking a steel wheel to the back of your eyeball.”

In any case, Jackson was filming a torture scene for the TV show, however, we won’t get to see the bloodletting, at least not in this scene. In the image above, Jackson’s character, Peter Bishop is serving as a “viewer” to a dead man’s memories in the Fringe episode called, In Which We Meet Mr. Jones, which aired last November.

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I’m impressed with how well they were able to keep this wedding on the down low, but then again, being part of a J.J. Abrams project is probably the best training you can get for doing covert operations. If anyone remembers all the mystery surrounding the production of Lost, and even his scary monster movie, Cloverfield, you know exactly what I mean.

Anna graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia’s most prestigious acting college. Mark is a Gulf War Army veteran who majored in Math and Engineering at West Point before he began his acting career.

According to The Dish Rag, all we know is the two shared the news with the Fringe cast/crew last month. In case you were wondering, there is a huge spoiler related to Mark Valley’s character, John Scott, and perhaps a resolve on why Olivia has been having what seems to be hallucinations of Scott this season.

I’ll let you watch tonight’s episode to find out (9:00 PM on FOX). Congratulations to the newlyweds.

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FRINGE: Broyles (Lance Reddick, L) leads Olivia (Anna Torv, C) and Peter (Joshua Jackson, R) to the latest crime scene in the FRINGE episode “Ability” airing Tuesday, Feb. 10 (9:01-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Have fun deciding what to watch, and what to TIVO when you see what crime drama is on TV tonight:

Homeland Security USA – 8:00 PM ABC (reality series)

Homeland Security USA is a reality series that chronicles the agency that defends threats to the U.S. Much of the focus is on the Internet, mail centers, border patrols and airports.

Tonight’s episode is called These Are Human Skulls So They Had to Belong to Somebody, and it features a strange X-ray of a package from China that arrives at the airport, and a couple in Detroit heading to Dubai with a large amount of money. They seem to have an assortment of explanations. I wonder if they’ll  use the old ” oh it’s not my money…” excuse.

NCIS – 8:00 PM CBS

NCIS has been described as a spin-off the series, JAG. It follows the criminal investigations of Navy and Marine personnel that are handled by their own, the NCIS.

On Agent Afloat, the NCIS crew investigate a mysterious suicide aboard an aircraft carrier, and it seems to lead to a bigger crime.

The Mentalist – 9:00 PM CBS

Simon Baker portrays the “psychic” who is now an investigator for the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation), and uses powerful skills of observation to solve crimes.

On this episode,called Flame Red, three National Guard vets are murdered, and Jane sets out to prove that one vet who survived is the killer.

 Fringe – 9:00 PM  FOX (New Episode)

Of course, I’ve saved the best for last, and yes, I’d definitely watch this FBI drama with sci-fi elements, and record The Mentalist for later. 

Tonight’s Fringe is a new episode called The Transformation, which deals with Peter and Olivia going undercover to investigate a new airborne disaster. Also we find out what is going on with the mystery surrounding John Scott.

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Fringe star Joshua Jackson was recently interviewed by Access Hollywood. He says that he does not go online and read all the theories the Fringe fan base has come up with. He says it would not be “healthy” for him to do so, good or bad. I guess we can’t blame the guy for wanting to keep his mind on his work.

Jackson does however occasionally have an interest in his favorite shows, Madmen and Breaking Bad, and admits his curiosity gets the best of him sometimes.

The best part of his interview is when he talks about the rest of the season. He reveals that many fans have been asking what the deal is with Olivia (Anna Torv), and why John Scott seems to be “floating around in her head”. Also, more info indicates Walter (John Noble) had a worse time in the hospital than anyone realized.

Jackson says the rest of the season is sort of a reintroduction of the story, and it includes an explanation of why John Scott (Olivia’s former partner and lover) has been in her head.

The new episode, called The Transformation, airs on Tuesday, February 3. In The Transformation, Peter and Olivia go undercover to investigate a new threat…another airborne disaster via evidence of a strange new virus.

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