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NEWS(Click Here! to submit news, articles & rumors)Rapper Demands $1M From Former NKOTB MemberMC Spice, a rapper who co-wrote and produced a handful of hits for Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch in the early 1990s, says Donnie Wahlberg has never paid him royalties for songs that were used in TV shows like "Glee" and movies like "The Mighty Ducks."Boston rapper Amir Quadeer Shakir, who records as MC Spice, says he co-wrote and produced "Good Vibrations," "Wildside," "Make Me Say Ooh," and "Gonna Have a Good Time," among other songs, for Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch, a rap group that featured a young Mark Wahlberg. Shakir says in his complaint in federal court in Manhattan that Donnie Wahlberg, his publishing company, and Warner/Chappell Music have not paid him royalties for his work with Marky Mark. Donnie Wahlberg, brother of Mark Wahlberg and former member of New Kids on the Block, later helped his younger brother Mark's hip-hop career with the Funky Bunch. The songs MC Spice worked on have been used in TV shows like "Glee," and movies like "The Mighty Ducks," "Analyze This" and "Rock Star," according to the complaint. Shakir seeks $500,000 in damages against Donnie Wahlberg and Donnie D. Publishing for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, and another $500,000 against Warner Chappell for unjust enrichment. The rapper is represented by Lita Rosario of Washington, D.C. 'Wahlburgers' to hit U.K.Mark Warhberg's burger chain is heading to the U.K.The actor and brothers, New Kids on the Block singer Donnie and chef Paul, launched Wahlburgers last year in their native Boston, Massachusetts, and the restaurant has become such a huge success, The Departed star is set to take his high-class burgers to Britain and Ireland. He says, "We do higher-end burgers. Yesterday, we sold 1,300. It's run by my brother, Paul, who is a five-star chef. We're opening a bunch of them in Britain and Ireland this year." And the movie star admits he is stunned by the success of the fast food chain - although he always knew food fans would love his chef brother's recipes. He adds, "When I first mentioned the idea of Wahlburgers, people were like, 'Oh my God, that's a stupid idea.' "What they don't realize is how talented my brother is. I would never risk putting my name out there in a way that would end up being bad. You can get people to show up because of the name but they are going to come back because they like the food. "A successful burger place takes maybe $2,400 a day. A really successful one does $6,000. We're making $17,000 a day. There are lines queuing around the corner." CBS renews 18 showsWhile pilot season is in full swing, it's important for the networks to remember they have a whole bunch of shows already on the air. CBS, the top-rated network in prime time, did just that as they announced the return of 18 of their evening programs for the 2012-13 season.In a statement, Nina Tassler head of CBS Entertainment says, "This large-scale renewal is testimony to the strength, stability and success of a deep and diverse roster of top-rated programming." On the comedy side, the network renewed "2 Broke Girls" and "Mike & Molly." CBS had previously announced multi-year pickups of "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Big Bang Theory." As for dramas, CBS picked up "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Hawaii Five-0," "Criminal Minds," "CSI," "Person of Interest," "The Mentalist," "Blue Bloods" and "The Good Wife." The network also renewed reality show "The Amazing Race" and "Undercover Boss" in addition to the previously picked up "Survivor." "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" will also be back. While "Two and a Half Men" didn't receive an immediate renewal, the network says they are in "preliminary discussions." This likely means that Ashton Kutcher wants more money. Also missing from this list is "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: New York." Donnie Wahlberg talks Blue BloodsIt has been 28 years since Donnie Wahlberg burst into the bedrooms of teenagers around the world as part of boy-band pop sensations New Kids on the Block. Now, at 42 years old and the star of CBS cop drama Blue Bloods (airing Fridays at 10 p.m. on CTV), the Bostonian is known as much for his acting as his ability to make girls swoon to his treacly ballads and suggestive hip thrusts.According to one of Wahlberg�s Blue Bloods castmates, he�s as popular as ever with his many female fans. �Everywhere we go, there�s like 15 to 20 to 30 girls out there waiting,� says Amy Carlson, who, along with the rest of the cast, was sitting for a round of interviews to promote the show at its New York set. Carlson plays the wife of Wahlberg�s character, hard-hitting detective and soft-hearted family man Danny Reagan. �We could be at a cemetery shooting in the rain and I�ll be like, �How did they find us?�� Wahlberg, who alongside veteran actor Tom Selleck, leads the show, says he�s grateful for any support he gets and usually stops for photos with his fans: some in their teens, some in their 20s and others now all grown up. They find him through a website that lists the show�s shooting locations. �Sometimes, literally, I�m leaving work and the fans will say �Okay, we�ll see you tomorrow!�� says Wahlberg. �And I�ll ask them, �Where am I shooting tomorrow?� And they�ll tell me.� Blue Bloods, the ninth-most watched show on Canadian television last year, is now in its second season and has been praised for combining exciting police drama with a sensitive look at life in a cop family. It focuses on the tight-knit Reagan clan, of which New York Police Department commissioner Frank Reagan (played by Selleck) is the patriarch. Although he has played a lot of cop throughout his acting career, Wahlberg says the personal element depicted in Blue Bloods has taught him a lot more about police life. �When we watch Law & Order or shows like that, we don�t see the cops go home, we don�t see them with their families, we don�t know who they�re going home to and we don�t always value the importance of getting home.� That nuance extends to Wahlberg�s character. Real-life police like that Danny isn�t afraid to break some rules in the pursuit of justice, Wahlberg says. �They don�t endorse what he does, but they understand and wish they could sometimes. He�s not bullying people for no reason; he�s pressing as hard as he can to get justice. A lot of cops would like to have that freedom.� For Selleck, the character-driven story is key to Blue Bloods� success, much as it was to his hit 1980s show Magnum P.I. �If you really think about Magnum, you know my shorts may be too short now and out of style, but it�s in 100 countries,� says Selleck, still sporting the thick moustache that helped make him famous. �It isn�t in 100 countries because of the plots. It�s in 100 countries because it�s a character-driven show and the problems, whether funny or serious � and they were both � are people problems. And people problems don�t change over generations.� In that way, the two shows are alike. �Magnum still translates, and I think Blue Bloods translates and seems to be crossing borders because of the police work aspect, but certainly because of the family.� Canadian actor Len Cariou, who plays Selleck�s father and retired police commissioner Henry Reagan, says the show also resonates with such a wide audience because of the familiarity of its family dynamics, exemplified by the Reagans� weekly dinner ritual. �A lot of people say, �Hell, I used to do this every Sunday,�� says the 72-year-old Winnipegger. �I did when I was a kid growing up. Sunday was the big meal, we all sat down to a family dinner. My father was a travelling salesman, so we only saw him on the weekend. It was pretty sacred time.� In many modern families, the TV set has replaced the dinner table as the social gathering point, but in that way, too, Blue Bloods is bringing them together. Vanessa Williams To Co-Star In ABC Pilot '666 Park Avenue'Wisteria Lane resident Vanessa Williams is moving to a new address � 666 Park Ave. Williams has become the first Desperate Housewives cast member to book a new pilot, ABC�s supernatural drama 666 Park Avenue. Based on the Alloy book series by Gabriella Pierce, the project centers on a young couple (Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable) who accept an offer to manage one of the most historic apartment buildings in New York City. Unwittingly, they begin to experience supernatural occurrences that complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the building. Williams, repped by UTA and GEF Entertainment, will play the coldly beautiful and sophisticated wife of the building�s owner (Terry O�Quinn). The casting stems from the talent holding deal Williams signed with ABC in November. Williams, who will finish up the final season of Desperate Housewives where she plays divorcee Renee Perry, has her memoir coming out next month.Neal McDonough To Star In TNT's 'LA Noir'Neal McDonough has been tapped as one of the leads, playing former LAPD chief William Parker, in TNT�s one-hour pilot LA Noir, written and to be directed by The Walking Dead�s Frank Darabont. LA Noir tells the true story of a decades-long conflict between the LAPD, under the determined leadership of Police Chief Parker (McDonough), and ruthless criminal elements led by mobster Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of LA�s criminal world. Parker, a man with a long memory and a ruthless streak when provoked, is committed to rooting out corruption in the police department, and equally dedicated to bringing down Mickey Cohen and the mob. McDonough, repped by Paradigm and Inphenate, is coming off playing this season�s main villain on FX�s Justified.Sheridan vs. Cherry All 'Housewives' Are WitnessesMarc Cherry is not Nicollette Sheridan's only adversary in her trial -- her former co-stars are poised to destroy her case, because they're all set to testify for the defense.TMZ has obtained the witness list in Nicollette's trial. Among those who will be called on behalf of Cherry -- Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, James Denton, Marcia Cross and Neal McDonough. The women on the show will all testify -- they never saw Marc strike Nicollette, as she alleges, nor did they witness any retaliation after she complained to ABC honchos. According to the witness list, Nicollette wants to grill Marc for 8 hours. Eva, Felicity, James, Marcia and Neal will all be in and out in 30 minutes or less, although cross-examination could prolong things. Blue Bloods' Donnie Wahlberg is Hangin' ToughTaking a break between scenes, Blue Bloods' Donnie Wahlberg places two smartphones within easy reach. The onetime teen heartthrob is so connected to social media that instead of watching his hit cop show on Fridays at 10, he reads real-time Tweets to gauge what viewers like or don't. Happily for the actor who plays Det. Danny Reagan, the "likes" win � Blue Bloods and Wahlberg rule the night.His fans are a large, loyal bunch. Long devoted to him from his boy-band days in New Kids on the Block (now reunited as NKOTB), they inundate the show's Brooklyn set with inspirational books, photo collages and vintage action figures. Many have even followed their hero to his CBS series. "Every day we're on a stage, [his fans] know where we're shooting," says Tom Selleck, who plays patriarch Frank Reagan. "They hang out all day. Donnie will go over and talk with them � he's good that way." Fifteen years after he made the transition from music to acting, notwithstanding roles in such prestigious movies as The Sixth Sense and TV projects like Band of Brothers and Boomtown, the 42-year-old has the part he seems born to play. Chalk it up to good fortune. The show was casting in Toronto and Wahlberg just happened to be in Canada en route to a concert in Alaska when he got wind of the opportunity. "We were having trouble finding an actor to play Danny," recalls exec producer Leonard Goldberg. "I looked at Donnie's reel and said, 'That's Danny Reagan!' He had the energy and the physicality. If Tom Selleck's police commissioner is the foundation of Blue Bloods, Donnie is the engine that drives the show. He brings such passion � and a little danger � to the police stories that it allows us to pause and do the family scenes that are the heart of our show. Without Donnie, it could become a little boring." Wahlberg also nails the intimate interactions with both Jackie (Jennifer Esposito) � Danny's partner on the force � and wife Linda (Amy Carlson). Notes Goldberg, "We hear from viewers that their relationship is so real, and for the first time they're seeing what it's actually like to be married to a cop." Danny and Linda's marriage is one of the most solid TV relationships since Friday Night Lights' Taylors, a portrayal that Carlson wanted to emulate from Day 1. "Love is the basis of the relationship," says the actress. "Linda and Danny may drive each other crazy, but they are crazy about each other!" Tonight's episode movingly combines the procedural with the show's family values when an undercover detective, who's a friend of the Reagan family, is killed in a drug bust � after Danny and Jackie arrive a minute too late. "Danny knows it easily could have been him," says Goldberg. "And he has to call Linda because she's the godmother of the dead cop's new baby, who's soon to be christened. It hits him on both sides." The episode ties into what's become a common theme on Blue Bloods: "Everybody is confronted with the life that he or she has chosen," says Wahlberg. "Whether it's the bad guy, his drug-dealing mom or the cops whose lives are in danger." A divorced father of two, Wahlberg says he can relate: "I'm in New York and my kids live in L.A.; I'm lucky if I can catch a little Skype time with them, because this is the life I chose." Humor is the weapon Wahlberg chooses to cope with the long hours and freeze-your-butt-off New York weather. "He works more hours than anyone on the show, and he's doing jokes at 2am with the same energy that he had when he started at 2 in the afternoon," says Goldberg. That geniality doesn't surprise Wahlberg's uncle Archie, visiting the set one February day. "Donnie was the comedian in the family," he reveals. "He was great fun as a boy, a great kid, and he's now a nice man." Wahlberg cops to being a cutup, dancing around the set and trying to make everyone laugh, even if the director has called for quiet. "Jennifer and I do everything in our power to keep the crew having a good time," he says. Despite his goofiness, no one should doubt his acting chops, Carlson cautions. "He's a prankster and he can get my goat, but I always have to be on my toes because he's so smart and so passionate." The showbiz veteran also never forgets how far he's come as the eighth of nine poor kids (actor/producer Mark Wahlberg is his baby brother) from a tough Boston neighborhood. "I'd get punched if I'd talk about wanting to be an actor," he says. "I'm enough of a self-critic to keep it honest. There was a time when I was frustrated because I thought, my band is better than I'm given credit for and I can act as well. I have finally proven it, but it took 20 years. I probably wouldn't have been ready if everything was perfect years ago. Now when I'm out chasing bad guys, I pinch myself and say, 'This is outrageous! This is too good to be true.'" Wahlberg's next step: directing an episode. "I have some homework to do first. I don't take the responsibility of directing Tom Selleck lightly. Tom is a formidable man. I want him to say, 'Hey, when are you going to do the next one?' as opposed to, 'Let's not try that experiment again,'" he says, imitating Selleck's sonorous voice. We'll bet on the kid from Boston. Blue Bloods airs Fridays at 10/9c on CBS. 'Justified': Mykelti Williamson on what makes 'a real bad guy'Mykelti Williamson had one heck of an introduction to "Justified" last week, delivering a frighteningly intense monologue about protecting his territory to a young subordinate.The scene was actually the second one Williamson ("24," "Boomtown," "Forrest Gump") shot -- you'll see his first, a charged exchange with Walton Goggins, in Tuesday's (Jan. 31) episode. So much for easing into the new role. "It was a little scary to shoot [the introductory scene] because I was the new guy. The FNG, they call it -- Freakin' New Guy," Williamson tells Zap2it. "So it was a lot to live up to." Consider the first test passed: Williamson made an indelible impression as Ellstin Limehouse, the man in charge of an African-American hamlet in Harlan County called Noble's Holler. Viewers will find out more about how he fits into the show's world beginning with this week (it has at least something to do with Mags Bennett's money), but it's already clear that you don't really want to cross Mr. Limehouse. "The best villains don't see themselves as villains -- they think everyone else is the problem," Williamson says. "That's the approach, to not play it like Snidely Whiplash [he does a cartoonish evil laugh]. That's not a real bad guy. A real bad guy, they're motivated by love and fear. So it's a matter of finding out what you're afraid of, your character, and then what you're passionate about and willing to do anything for." What Limehouse is passionate about, Williamson says, is preserving his home. While the character views his relations with white folks as "cordial," he also doesn't want any outsiders coming in and trying to change things. "Ellstin Limehouse is a businessman -- he's a banker. He keeps money, illegal money, for the whites in the black holler," Williamson explains. "Because after dark, no one dares come into the black holler, because folks have been known to disappear. You can't find eyes, teeth, nothing -- not even a wristwatch that belongs to a person who dares to come across the bridge without permission." In terms of his business dealings, Williamson says Limehouse isn't much different from the banker at your local branch, "except he's in the back woods." "He doesn't charge fees, but there is a cost for doing business," he says. "He just doesn't call it a fee." "Justified" airs at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday on FX.
Gun play: Donnie Wahlberg & 'Blue Bloods' take serious look at crime aftershocksDonnie Wahlberg was surprised when he got his first look at the script for this week�s episode of CBS� �Blue Bloods� (Friday at 10 p.m. on WBZ, Ch. 4).�There�s this very intense situation where (his character) Danny and his wife and kids come across a violent crime on the way home,� the Dorchester actor/singer said from the set in New York. �That was jarring enough, but then the episode takes a turn.� Instead of Danny Reagan � the cop on the warpath doing things his way � viewers get an emotional look at how a police officer prepares his family for the potential of violence. �It�s an inevitable moment for any cop who keeps a firearm in the house,� Wahlberg said. �He has to discuss it with his wife and kids � and for me, doing that scene was powerful.� The episode, and the family element to the plot, left Wahlberg with a new �profound respect� for police officers. �He has to slow down and take care of his children, who are very affected by this violent encounter,� Wahlberg said. �In doing so, he has to teach his kids and show them his gun. It really struck me � my initial reaction was, �I�m not sure I want to do this.� But that�s Donnie speaking. I never dealt with guns. We didn�t have guns in the house when I was a child.� Recently, his brother, actor Mark Wahlberg (�Contraband�), made some ill-considered remarks about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, leaving him red-faced and remorseful. �I haven�t spoken to (Mark),� Wahlberg said just after the blowback from the quotes started to take hold. �But I think he said it all in his apology. It was in-appropriate. I don�t know the context of the quote or how the subject came up in the interview, but I�m concerned for him. He apologized, and I think he did the right thing in apologizing.� Anyone curious about Wahlberg�s thoughts on how things are going on the set of �Blue Bloods,� opinions on certain episodes or even the possibility of a Patriots [team stats] Super Bowl win need only to check out the actor�s blazing Twitter account (@DonnieWahlberg). �It�s something that didn�t exist in the music business in the late �80s and early �90s,� he said. �If I wanted to connect like I do now, I�d have to write 500,000 letters, get 500,000 stamps, send them out and wait for them all to come back. This stuff is instantaneous. I can see if someone is having a bad day and send them a smiley face and have an effect on them. It�s fun, but it�s also a very powerful thing.� When does the 42-year-old actor finally stop tweeting? When the camera starts rolling. �I tweet from the set,� he said, and then laughed. �Fans are waiting to see if I �twug� (Twitter hug) them, and I�m just waiting for the director to say �action.� � 'Justified': Neal McDonough arrives in Harlan with an agendaMost actors will tell you that when they play a villain, they don't really think of the character as a bad person. Neal McDonough is making an exception to that rule with the guy he's playing on Season 3 of "Justified."McDonough ("Captain America," "Desperate Housewives") joins the FX series as Robert Quarles, whom executive producer Graham Yost describes as a "carpetbagger" from Detroit who arrives in Harlan County, Ky., with the intent of locking down the local oxycontin trade. He delivers an icy, sometimes frightening performance as a man who seems very calm and contained but can't (or won't) always control a nasty temper. Quarles also, however, knows that what he's doing is wrong. "As the series goes on you see more and more bits of remorse in the character," McDonough tells Zap2it. "That's what makes him not just a chilling bad guy, but a guy grasping -- 'I have to get this done, it's gotta work. Why is everyone against me? ... I'm the good guy here.' And then once in a while I have to look in the mirror and say, 'You're not a good guy. You're a monster.' Then smash the mirror and go back to my job." "Justified" is the third series McDonough and Yost have worked on together -- Yost was a writer on "Band of Brothers" and created the 2002-03 NBC series "Boomtown" -- and McDonough says he trusts Yost to write good material for him. "He really delves into characters deeply for me," McDonough says. "Buck Compton from 'Band of Brothers' was one of the greatest characters I've ever had the chance to play, and David McNorris from 'Boomtown' was just gorgeous. ... Now with Quarles, it's almost like a McNorris, but McNorris erred toward the good side, and this guy errs toward the bad side. But in their train of thought, it's not very different -- both have things they have to achieve, and they're going to achieve them come hell or high water." Of course, the likes of Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) will have something to say about that -- much to Quarles' frustration in the early going. "To take over the oxycontin business in Kentucky seems to him to be an easy thing," McDonough says. "There I am in my $3,000 suits, and these guys have ripped-up flannel shirts and holes in their jeans and mud all over their boots. These s**tkickers are going to pay if they get in my way. Little do I realize these s**tkickers are pretty smart. "Raylan and Boyd -- the scenes I have with them are just the greatest pissing contest I've ever seen. ... We're having a blast." "Justified" begins its third season at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday (Jan. 17) on FX. For new season, 'Justified' imports big-city gangsterHow do you come back from a breakthrough season? If you're Justified, you come back strong.Fresh off a second season that won the series its first Emmy recognition, Justified will kick off its third season on FX on Tuesday at 10 ET/PT. And it kicks off with two new possible bad-guys, Neal McDonough as a Detroit mobster and Mykelti Williamson as the leader of an African-American enclave. Producer Graham Yost says the writers loved the Mags Bennett story from last season, but felt the show needed to switch gears, rather than try to repeat what they'd done before. So where Mags and Raylan Givens grew up together, McDonough's villain is a big-city outsider. "We just thought it would be interesting to bring in that guy from the outside, that carpetbagger character who thought he'd come down to Kentucky and show those hicks how crime is done. We'll see how that works out for him," Yost says. One thing that is certain to work: the violent, humorous love-hate relationship between Timothy Olyphant's Raylan and Walton Goggins' Boyd Crowder. "It's as contentious and lovely as it's always been. ... I was talking to one of the writers, and I said, 'These guys, they really like each other.' And the writer says, 'When I had this conversation with Tim, he said, "These guys, they really hate each other." ' " Justified is based on a character created by Elmore Leonard, a justifiably successful writer who has not always been happy with what Hollywood has done to his work. Not that he's sorry he sold the books. "I've sold 20, maybe, to movies, because from the beginning, I was in it to make money," he says. "And that's the way to do it." Fortunately, he says, Justified is one of the exceptions: an adaptation that works. ""I think it's a terrific show," says Leonard. "I love all the writing. And I'm amazed, sometimes. They've got the characters better than I put them on paper." He's reclaiming his own, though, with a new book that returns the character to print. And, Yost says, puts new pressure on the show's writers. "The hard part, frankly, is trying to come anywhere up to Elmore's level, week in week out. ... Tim is always bringing us back to, 'What would Elmore do?' ... If you stay close to him, you'll do fine." Once Upon a Time's Lana Parrilla: Why the Evil Queen Became So EvilShe murdered her father, squeezed the life out of her lover's heart and conjured a curse that ripped the lives of thousands of people from their homes, erasing their memories and leaving them stranded in a foreign world. What makes Once Upon a Time's Evil Queen so evil?That soon will be answered on the ABC fairy-tale drama, but portrayer Lana Parrilla teases that the origin of her malevolence springs from one place. "It's one particular moment," she tells TVGuide.com. "It's one thing that just explodes and branches off into all these other little things, but it's one big f----up that changes her life." "We'll go back in time in fairy-tale land and see who she was before she became this evil queen," she adds. "The big secret will be revealed." Before she was sending the Hunstman after Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), she was married to Snow's father, King Leopold (Richard Schiff), though their dysfunctional union was the catalyst for her hatred of Snow. "There is an episode coming up where you do see the king and queen together and you can see the hardship between them," she says. "You learn of how unhealthy and unsupportive that relationship was. How he always favored his daughter more than her." Whether she truly loved the king or was only seeking his status remains to be seen, but the Evil Queen is capable of love as we'll come to learn that she had a previous lover she truly cared for. "It is someone that you've met before," she reveals. "You see this really soft, vulnerable side to her. Even her voice shifts with a softness to it. She wants to love, it's just difficult for her. Once she has it, she doesn't really know how to sustain it or stabilize it." Her inability to love was proved when she killed off the only man in Storybrooke who's ever shown her affection. "I don't think she feels good about what she did," Parrilla says of Regina killing Graham (Jamie Dornan) in the midseason finale. "You see a tear coming out of Regina's eye when she crushes the heart, which, to me, is very telling. You can see that this was not an easy decision for her." Once Upon a Time returns Sunday at 8/7c on ABC. 'Once Upon a Time's' Lana Parrilla: Mr. Gold has 'a big secret to be revealed'"Once Upon a Time" returns this Sunday, Jan. 8, where Lana Parrilla, who stars as the Evil Queen/Mayor on the show, tells Zap2it we will be seeing the fallout from Sheriff Graham's untimely death, which Regina is quite upset about."I think that she's quite heartbroken over it, no pun intended," says Parrilla. "I really do. I think there was a genuine love and care for him and making that choice to crush his heart and to kill him was not an easy one for her." Emma will certainly also be upset in the aftermath, and Parrilla tells us that Regina and Emma do have a moment over Graham's death. "There is a scene that takes place between Regina and Emma where you do see her love and care for him and that it was hard for her," says Parrilla. "But at this point, no one knows that she had anything to do with that." But you Sheriff Graham fans out there can take a little heart - even though he's dead in Storybrooke, we wondered if there are more interactions in store in Fairytale Land between the Evil Queen and the Huntsman. Parrilla teases, "Possibly." However, Sheriff Graham's death is not the focus of the episode, titled "Desperate Souls." Instead, as the "Once Upon a Time" executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz told us back in December, we are getting to find out the backstory of Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle). So we had to ask - in Fairytale Land, were Rumpelstiltskin and the Evil Queen cohorts? Or enemies? "That's a good question," says Parrilla. "I think we're both. There's still more to be told, when it comes to that relationship. I think it's still being developed. But there is a kinship between these two. It's a love-hate. There's a camaraderie and then they're rivals." "I always question who's more powerful," she continues. "I think they kind of take turns. They one-up one another, I think it's just fun for them. At least that's how Robert and I play it. We have a blast." We noticed in the episode description that Rumpelstiltskin's son is mentioned. So we mentioned to Lana that we don't think Mr. Gold has a son in Storybrooke. "No, he doesn't. Or does he?" she laughs. "I don't know. It's a big secret to be revealed. We're going to see a very different side to Rumpelstiltskin. How did Rumpel become Rumpel? ... Then in Storybrooke, Regina and Mr. Gold are rivals, they're up against one another yet again." "Once Upon a Time" airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. For more info, check out ABC's official "OUAT" site. Most (and least) watched shows of fallNow that we�re in rerun hell, it�s high time to take stock of what we liked (and loathed) from September to December. Below is a list of every network show and how many viewers each one averaged.While these numbers aren�t a key piece of the puzzle for the broadcast nets when they are setting ad rates and deciding whether to renew a series, they definitely help to tell a story of a program�s true popularity.* 1. NCIS (CBS, 21.4 million) *Note: Season averages include repeats. If a program (original or rerun) aired in a different time slot, it is listed separately. Rankings for NBC�s Sunday Night football is also broken up because each half-hour can command different ad rates. NKOTBSB AustraliaAfter a long long wait, NKOTBSB is excited to announce that they�re coming to Australia! NKOTBSB brings their epic tour for an exclusive engagement in May 2012. See below for dates and on sales! We can�t wait!SAT 19-MAY Melbourne, AUS - Rod Laver MON 21-MAY Adelaide, AUS - Ent Center WED 23-MAY Brisbane, AUS - Brisbane Entertainment Centre SAT 26-MAY Sydney, AUS - Allphones Arena NKOTB / Boys II Men New Years Eve CancellationWow what a year for all of us.It started by ringing in the New Year with Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark in Times Square and another sold out cruise that created memories that will last a lifetime. The US leg of the NKOTBSB tour played to a record 55 shows and over 600,000 people including the gig of our lives at Fenway Park that we got to share with all of you. As you know, no New Kids event is complete without the chance to share it with our fans. On that note, after significant consideration, we have decided to cancel the New Years Eve event in New York City. The reason for this is while it�s apparent some of you could join us, a vast majority of you couldn�t due other obligations that you have on this holiday. We heard from so many of you that this date just couldn�t work. We�re sorry for any inconvience. It�s just so important to us that these events can be shared with all of you. We�re so excited for the year ahead which will include our first trip back to Europe since 2009, additional NKOTBSB tour legs soon to be announced, another sold out cruise and additional NKOTB North American touring plans and very special events. We would be nothing without your love and support and appreciate your understanding on this needed change. Should anyone be unable to get out of any travel obligations, please send an email to [email protected] and we will do our best to assist you. We wish you the happiest of holidays. Spend it with your loved ones and we�ll see you in 2012!-NKOTB Donnie Wahlberg helps feed success of 'Blue Bloods'There are a number of theories on why "Blue Bloods" has been able to carve out such a substantial audience on Fridays, a night when viewers are hard to come by.Some say the CBS series, now in its second season, is attracting an average of 13.6 million viewers because of its stellar cast, headed up by TV royalty Tom Selleck. Some say it's the gritty, streets-of-New York crime stories. The sentimental majority opinion holds that it's the show's weekly dinner scene, during which four generations of Reagans -- presided over by the patriarch (Len Cariou) -- bicker, spar and celebrate one another. "That scene is the favorite of so many people," says "Blue Bloods" executive producer Leonard Goldberg. "Italian people, Jewish people, Greek people -- they all say the same thing: 'That's my family.'" On this morning, as the cast runs through take after take at the long dinner table, one thing is abundantly clear: Donnie Wahlberg, who plays flinty NYPD detective Danny Reagan, can really put it away. While the other actors are saying their lines, playing to the cameras, Wahlberg is shoveling in forkfuls of apple pie. With gusto. There's a crew member devoted to refilling Wahlberg's plate every time the director yells "Cut!" Afterward in his dressing room, Wahlberg notes, "In the very next scene, which we already shot last week, I eat another slice of pie. The whole show is going to be me eating pie." When you grow up, as Wahlberg did, the eighth of nine children in a poor working-class family in Boston's hardscrabble Dorchester neighborhood, the prospect of all-you-can-eat never loses its appeal. So how would Sunday dinner at the Wahlbergs differ from the atmosphere at the Reagans? "Wahlberg family dinner?" Donnie says with a snicker. "My old man would not be sitting at the table. He'd be sitting in the corner on a stool with a Schlitz in his hand, and if we started laughing, he'd be screaming at us to shut up. "We'd be fighting over who got the last piece of chicken. There wouldn't be any pie. There wouldn't be any dessert at all." It was show business that airlifted Wahlberg out of some grim prospects. At 14, when most of his friends were learning the finer points of boosting cars, Donnie became the charter member of the proto-boy band New Kids on the Block. "I was very lucky," he says. "I was the only one who didn't go down that road. I loved to perform. I had aspirations." Wahlberg's career has taken him from the acclaimed miniseries "Band of Brothers" to three of the "Saw" splatter films. He has acted alongside everyone from Tupac Shakur to Robert De Niro, James Franco and Mel Gibson. No part has ever fit him as perfectly as "Blue Bloods'" intense Danny Reagan, an Iraq war vet who takes his jobs as a cop, husband and father very seriously. "When he works on this show, he is Emmy material," says Amy Carlson, who plays his wife, Linda. "He lives this character in such a visceral way, it really resonates on the screen." "Tom is the face of the show," says Bridget Moynihan, who plays Danny's sister, Erin, "but Donnie is the engine that keeps everything going." Of course, you have to stoke an engine. "The whole cast, they're all really good actors, committed actors," says Selleck. "Donnie leads by example. You saw him at the dinner table. He eats a lot. He's got boundless energy." Wahlberg is often asked whether he is envious of his younger brother, Mark, who has achieved enormous success as an actor and producer in Hollywood. He maintains he's eternally grateful that he was able to give Mark's career a kick-start back when it seemed that the youngest of the Wahlbergs was destined to become the baddest seed in the clan. "I always say I'd rather visit him in a 25,000-foot mansion than in a 10-foot prison cell," Wahlberg says. LIVE TWITTER CHAT WITH ONCE UPON A TIME'S LANA PARRILLA (10/30)Fans of ABC's modern fairytale series "Once Upon a Time" will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from Lana Parrilla, who will be up on Twitter at @LanaParrilla, during the West Coast broadcast of the show on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 from 8:00-9:00 p.m., PT. Parrilla will offer commentary and share behind-the-scenes anecdotes.Wahlberg brothers open up burger joint in HinghamA couple of hometown boys are serving up a side of Hollywood at their new burger joint.Mark and Donnie Wahlberg opened up their new burger joint "Wahlburgers" in Hingham last night where the grand opening felt more like a Hollywood premiere. The Wahlberg brothers invited their mom, Alma Wahlberg and 200 other guests including Red Sox players David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis. "It is a burger place and it's fun and you're gonna have a drink and you're gonna have some fries and a shake or a frappe. But we brought the government cheese with us just like we ate as kids and ya know. We�re bringing a little Dorchester with us" Donnie tells FOX25. "Wahlburgers" is located in the Hingham Shipyard across from their Italian restaurant Alma Nove. UK and Europe NKOTBSB Tour Dates AnnouncedFRI 20-APR Belfast, Ireland - Odyssey'Once Upon a Time's' Lana Parrilla: 'Watch it [or] I'm gonna cast a spell on you'(Video) "Once Upon a Time" is the new ABC drama based on Grimm's fairytales (among other fanciful stories), where the characters from fairytale land are trapped in Storybrooke, Maine. Lana Parrilla is the Evil Queen, who in Storybrooke is the mayor. She is the one who cast the curse to send them all to our world and is the only one (so far) who knows their true natures."'Once Upon a Time' is about these two parallel worlds - one is the fairytale world and one is a contemporary world," says Parrilla. "In the fairy tale world, the Evil Queen casts a spell and sends all those characters to our world." "The Evil Queen is just so much fun to play. I think it's just really interesting how the writers have created these parallel counterparts," she continues. "You should watch it, 'cause if you don't, I'm gonna cast a spell on you." "Once Upon a Time" premieres Sunday, Oct 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. 'Once Upon a Time': Fairly good fairy taleOnce upon a time, this might have made a great miniseries.Indeed, it's almost too easy to imagine ABC's latest swing-for-the-bleachers weekly series as one of those big-budget fantasy specials the networks used to use to bolster their sweeps-month ratings. The tale in this sumptuously produced fractured fairy tale is picture-perfect: The Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) gets her revenge on Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) by cursing them and all their fairy-tale friends to live like, well, us. They've been sent into our world, robbed of their memories, their identities and their happy endings. Enter the Queen's young adopted son, Henry (Jared Gilmore), the only person who (thanks to his book of fairy tales) knows what's going on. He finds his real mother (Jennifer Morrison) and tries to convince her she's Snow's daughter and she needs to break the spell. It's a clever idea, one that allows the show to bounce back and forth between our world and the land of fairy tales. You can see how it could easily keep some viewers enchanted (those who don't immediately reject it as silly or twee) as the characters slowly figure out who they are, and then unite to defeat the Evil Queen. Unfortunately, having seen the first and third episodes � which may not, by the way, speak well for the unshared second � what's harder to imagine is how this idea supports an open-ended weekly series. That has been said of many pilots, including Lost, the last show Once creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis helped write. But Lost had a few advantages Once lacks, including an incredibly strong cast, a great set of characters and a completely original story that (to some people's dismay) could go in any direction the writers chose. While Once gets an immediate boost from the familiarity we have with its characters and their stories, that's also ultimately self-limiting. The story just feels closed-in, and while it is possible to add shades to fairy-tale characters, they remain archetypes who are meant to represent one major trait, and no matter how you try to twist it, that trait is going to dominate. The cast boasts some fine actors, led by the always-welcome Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin. But it falters at the top with Parrilla's Queen, who is low-grade soap nasty when she needs to be grand, evil fun in the Joan Collins/Glenn Close tradition. Give ABC credit for trying something different. But next time, try harder. And better. And maybe shorter. Once Upon a Time 'Justified' casts Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson as season 3's baddiesFans of FX�s Justified have been wondering since May�s second season finale how producers would match Margo Martindale�s Emmy-winning performance as Mags Bennett. Well, now we know: Desperate Housewives� Neal McDonough and 24�s Mykelti Williamson, who both starred on Justified EP Graham Yost�s brilliant-but-canceled NBC drama Boomtown, have been cast as the awesomely named big bads of season 3. McDonough will recur as Quarles, a Detroit mobster in a sharp suit who comes to Kentucky with visions of becoming a crimelord. Williamson will play Limehouse, a man who lives in a small black town in Harlan County and who will do whatever it takes, legal or otherwise, to protect his holler.We�ll meet both characters early in season 3, which premieres in January. The show � which also earned Emmy nominations for stars Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins and guest actor Jeremy Davies, who�ll return � began production on the first of 13 new episodes Monday. Are Mark & Donnie Wahlberg Getting a Reality Show?We've seen Mark Wahlberg sing, dance, act and even model in his skivvies.So could reality TV be next for the A-lister formerly known as Marky Mark? Sure sounds like it... Wahlberg revealed earlier today that he and his brothers are thinking about shooting a reality series that would follow the opening of their new high-end burger joint, Wahlburger's. However, Mark isn't so keen to appear on the show. "Maybe I'll be the Charlie's Angels of reality TV," Wahlberg said at the Graduate to Go Studio launch at the L.A. Harbor Boys & Girls Club. "You'll hear my voice. But obviously it's something that we'd want to control in every aspect and produce and make sure that we were doing something really quality." And the restaurant business isn't the only venture on Wahlberg's mind. "We are interested at some point or another doing our own clothing line in the future," he said. "As well as a health and wellness business that will help people first and foremost feel good, exercise, eat right and then look good...Eighty-five percent of the population doesn't exercise and eat right, and you want to be able to push them in the direction of extending their lifespan and living healthy lives." Speaking of living well, Wahlberg hopes partnering with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens for today's launch of the Graduate to Go Studio will have a major impact on disadvantaged youth. "They just keep creating new ways for kids to want to stay in school and want to stay out of trouble," he said. "I just love what they do." Donnie and Mark Wahlberg Serve Up Fresh MeatThey're the guys who own this establishment. You must be the other guy.Of all the business ideas Donnie and Mark Wahlberg have bandied about, this has to be the most inspired: The famed brothers have licensed the name Wahlburger from Rochester, N.Y.-based fast food chain Tom Wahl's to open their own burger joint in their hometown of Boston. We can imagine the menu already: Anyone for The Right Stuff patty melt? How about a Sixth Sense salad? Or maybe a Marky Mark milkshake? Per the Boston Herald, the New Kids on the Block singer and The Departed star, along with other brother and chef Paul Wahlberg, heard that Tom Wahl's had sold a product named the "Wahlburger." As it happened, the siblings, who already owned a bunch of eateries, were on the lookout to start a new venture. So they decided to plunk down an undisclosed amount to acquire the rights to the Wahlburger name for a brand-new 80-seat, 4,300-square-foot restaurant set to launch in the coming months in the Hingham Shipyard. Having just acquired a liquor license, Wahlburgers will also serve alcohol and has an outdoor patio area too. Talk about a Happening place. The Wahlbergs also plan to open a pizza joint as well. Neal McDonough Welcomes Fourth ChildAnd baby makes six!Neal McDonough and his wife Ruv� welcomed their fourth child, daughter Clover Elizabeth, on Monday in Los Angeles, the actor tells PEOPLE. "Ruv� gave birth to a beauty! 8� lbs. and 21 inches with thick dark hair like her gorgeous Mommy," the Captain America: The First Avenger star, 45, says. "Ruv� is recovering well � we are so blessed." Clover joins elder siblings London Jane, 19 months, Catherine Maggie, 4, and Morgan Patrick, 5�, who "went crazy" for their newest sister. "London hugged and kissed her saying, 'Baby ... mine!'" McDonough tells PEOPLE. Son Morgan suggested the baby's name, which was inspired by the four-leaf clover. "It has four leaves and this is our fourth child. Clover signifies good luck � I'm Irish and Ruv�'s favorite color is green," the actor explains. Clover was born at Good Samaritan Hospital, where McDonough serves as celebrity chairperson. "It's a wonderful, amazing hospital," he says. "All of our children have been born there." NKOTBSB releasing joint albumNew Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys have captured the magic of their joint tour in the recording studio for a new collaborative album.The two boy bands teamed up earlier this year for their first single together, Don't Turn Out The Lights, before thrilling fans across North America with their summer NKOTBSB tour. They are now set to release a full project together under the same name this October. The upcoming disc combines hit songs from New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys' back catalogue for unique musical mash-ups. Video: Stingy - Jordan Knight featuring Donnie WahlbergVideo: Stingy - Jordan Knight featuring Donnie Wahlberg
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