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This week one of our biggest editions of Gays of Our Lives ever includes an interview with One Life to Live head writer Ron Carlivati, responsible for the Kyle/Oliver love story that has had daytime talking and made instant stars out of Brett Claywell, who plays Kyle Lewis, and Scott Evans, who plays Oliver Fish. We talk about the creation of the storyline, how the actors felt when they learned about the plot twist and why Kish has became such a sensation.

Plus, we find out what’s next for Llanview’s gays. Where do Oliver and Kyle go from here? Is Kyle’s ex Nick (Nicholas Rodriguez) out of the picture? And what about that baby that Oliver unknowingly fathered? We cover all of that and more in our interview.

In Gool Theater, we’ve got some rather steamy and romantic clips from One Life to Live as...

Rebecca Romijn doesn't want more children. The 36-year-old actress - who has eight-month-old twins Dolly and Charlie with husband Jerry O'Connell - is happy with her family and has no plans to add to her brood.

She said: "I'm pretty sure that this is it. We feel like the world was made for pairs. Four feels like the perfect number."

"Also, we're not interested in overpopulating this world. So we feel like we don't want to leave more than we are when we leave this planet."

Rebecca is currently shooting new series "Eastwick" - based on John Updike novel "The Witches of Eastwick" - but admits she finds it hard to be away from her children.

Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell have no intention of becoming the next Brangelina. The two have already decided that their 8-month-old twins, Dolly and Charlie, are enough kids for them. "I'm pretty sure that this is it," Romijn told me yesterday. "We feel like the world was made for pairs. Four feels like the perfect number." "Also, we're not interested in overpopulating this world," she added. "So we feel like we don't want to leave more than we are when we leave this planet." Romijn is hard at work on Eastwick, her new ABC drama-fantasy series based on the John Updike novel The Witches of Eastwick. Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jaime Ray...

Rebecca Romijn has reportedly revealed that the TV series of Eastwick differs from the film version. The 1987 movie adaptation of John Updike's novel starred Jack Nicholson as the Devil, and Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon as three small town women who fall under his spell. The 36-year-old, who was cast in March as Roxie Torcoletti on the ABC programme, said that there are slight differences between the show and the cinematic version. She told Sci-Fi Wire: "I mean, this is really a different take. It's not just like the movie. "I play Roxie, who's the same character as Cher from the movie. Huge shoes to fill, but honestly, (more)...

The 2009 Edition of Comic-Con gets underway this week at the San Diego Convention Center, promising the biggest pop-culture event of the year.

Fangoria will be there reporting on the action live from the show floor, with constant updates on all the genre panels, announcements, and more - bringing all the latest Sdcc '09 Horror News direct to you right here on Fangoria.com

For those of you planning to attend the 100% Sold-out show, here's a look at what to expect for genre programming on Saturday, July 25th, 2009.

10:00-11:00 Idw: Angel on the Rise— With L.A. back from Hell, what's next for Idw's Angel comics? Fans of the show and the tall, dark, and brooding fangster can find out who's still fighting, who's been eaten, and what sinister forces are still to come during this panel featuring Juliet Landau (Angel writer/actress), Brian Lynch (Angel: After the Fall...

While it may seem as if a lot of the "big name" genre projects showing off their wares at 2009's San Diego Comic-Con have favored the front end of the show's run, the last two days are pretty chock full of panels and screenings as well. Here's a rundown of Saturday's schedule for those of you sniffing out the horror goods.

Saturday, July 25

10:00-11:00 - Idw: Angel on the Rise — With L.A. back from Hell, what's next for Idw's Angel comics? Fans of the show and the tall, dark, and brooding fangster can find out who's still fighting, who's been eaten, and what sinister forces are still to come during this panel featuring Juliet Landau (Angel writer/actress), Brian Lynch (Angel: After the Fall), Peter David (Fallen Angel), plus the reveal of the all-new monthly Angelwriter and more! Room 7Ab

10:15-11:15 - Eastwick Pilot Screening and...

Imagine a show about three gorgeous women who discover they are witches.

No, not that show. I’m talking about Eastwick, ABC’s new show based on the John Updike book and movie of the same name, The Witches of Eastwick.

I admit that I tend to watch any show about witchy women, probably because I wish I had magic powers. But early reviews of Eastwick have not been kind. And if the lack of chemistry and stiff acting in this clip is representative of the series, I can see why.

Being a normal lesbian woman, I believe that any show starring Rebecca Romijn (Roxie), Lindsay Price (Joanna) and Jamie Ray Newman (Kat) deserves a chance to succeed, purely in terms of female watchability.

But personally, I’m not up for a Desperate Housewives or Lipstick Jungle clone. Nor am I thrilled about the prospect of watching yet another show...

We know you're excited about "Eastwick". Why, I'm sure the first thing you do when you go online is scour the Web looking for slivers of witchy goodness! Well, scour no more! We've got your fix right here. Don't blame us for the nasty after-taste and lingering side effects!

ABC's "Eastwick", which hails from Warner Bros. TV and its reality/cable division Warner Horizon, is only "loosely based on the John Updike novel and the feature film." It stars Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, and Rebecca Romjin (L-r, below) as three young witches who come into their powers when a mysterious man comes to town.

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ABC has now released full length trailers for three of their new shows, including "Eastwick," "Happy Town" and "V," that are a part of the 2009-2010 primetime schedule. Check out the three trailers below. Eastwick: Three very different women find themselves drawn together by a mysterious man who unleashes unique powers in each of them, and this small New England town will never be the same. The series is based on the popular movie "The Witches of Eastwick" and on the novel of the same title by John Updike. Happy Town: Haplin, Minnesota, "Happy Town," is approaching almost a decade of peace after being riddled for years by unsolved kidnappings. But in the wake of this small town's first crime in seven years, some dark truths are being revealed about some familiar faces. They say every town has its secrets... that doesn't even begin to describe Happy Town. V:...

ABC's new fall schedule includes an expanded "Dancing With the Stars," a two-hour Wednesday night comedy block and apocalyptic thriller "Flash Forward" being used as a lead-in for "Grey's Anatomy" on Thursday nights.

On Mondays, "Dancing," expanded from its usual 90 minutes, will give a strong lead in to sophomore detective drama "Castle," which showed more ratings heft when provided a direct boost from the reality show at the end of this season.

Tuesdays kick off with Mark Burnett's new reality competition "Shark Tank" (with the return of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" filling the slot in early fall). The "Dancing" results show remains at 9 p.m. followed by Jerry Bruckheimer's latest crime procedural, "The Forgotten."

The headline here is Wednesday nights, where ABC will become the third broadcast network to offer a live-action two-hour comedy block. "Hank," "The Middle," "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" compose the lineup.

Fox isn’t the only network hoping to get audiences laughing.

ABC may be sitting pretty on Sundays, with the pairing of soapy melodramas Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters, and on Thursdays, also known as Shonda Rhimes’ night, are Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.

But on Wednesdays the network is less competitive. Lost will pick up viewers in 2010 when it returns, but for the fall, ABC is looking to a block of new half-hour sitcoms for some traction, and three of them have the backing of some big names in comedy.

Cougar Town stars Courteney Cox as a recently divorced single mother “exploring the honest truths about dating and aging in our beauty and youth obsessed culture.” Hank is the new Kelsey Grammer vehicle that has him taking on the role of a fallen industrialist who is broke, unemployed, and at the mercy of his wife and kids. The...

Chicago – ABC is still struggling to find the next big hit to stand next to monsters like “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and they decided to give Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic’s “Castle” a shot at hit status, but cancelled several other new shows, including “The Unusuals” and “Cupid”.

ABC announced their fall schedule today and made a few surprise choices, bringing back the increasingly interesting “Castle” and giving another chance to “Better Off Ted” and “True Beauty”.

Perhaps the most surprising move, especially considering the show’s poignant and excellent series finale, has to be the return of “Scrubs,” which will be back for midseason. They also announced 11 new series for fall and midseason.

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Previously announced returning shows include “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Private Practice,...

Pilot Pickup News: • Fox gave the comedy Brothers a 13-episode order from Sony/Tantamount. The plot centers on the relationship between two brothers, one a retired NFL player (NY Giants' Michael Strahan) who returns to his hometown of Houston to care for his disabled brother (Darryl "Chill" Mitchell). The series also stars Cch Pounder. • ABC is "going to town" with its pilot approvals, adding the new drama Happy Town and the comedy Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox, both produced by ABC Studios. Happy Town is a small-town murder mystery starring Geoff Stults, Lauren German, Dean Winters, Amy Acker, Sam Neill, John Patrick Amedori, Sarah Gadon, Jay Paulson and Robert Wisdom. In Cougar Town, the series also stars Dan Byrd, Busy Philipps, Brian Van Holt, Christa Miller, Josh Hopkins and Ian Gomez. • Additionally, ABC finalized a deal late Friday to pick up the Warner Bros. TV series V and 20th TV's...

ABC is officially in the Jerry Bruckheimer business.

ABC on Friday night handed out a series pickup to the Bruckheimer-produced drama "The Forgotten," marking the uber producer’s first scripted series on the network.

Also on Friday night, ABC picked up drama "Eastwick," two comedies toplined by sitcom veterans -- "Hank," starring Kelsey Grammer, and "The Middle," starring Patricia Heaton -- and renewed reality series "True Beauty."

All five series hail from Warner Bros. TV and its reality/cable division Warner Horizon.

The orders wrapped a busy Friday for ABC, which also picked up drama "Happy Town" and comedy "Cougar Town," "V" and "The Deep End" (formerly "Associates") and renewed "Scrubs," "Castle and "Better Off Ted."

The order for "Eastwick" extends the perfect record for its director David Nutter, whose every pilot so far has been ordered to series.

Written by Mark Friedman, "Forgotten" revolves around a team of amateur...

ABC appears poised to enter the genre game with the announcement that the network is giving "Eastwick" a chance to advance from pilot to full-fledged series.

According to The Hollywood Reporter "Eastwick", which hails from Warner Bros. TV and its reality/cable division Warner Horizon, is only "loosely based on the John Updike novel and the feature film." It stars Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, and Rebecca Romjin (L-r, below) as three young witches who come into their powers when a mysterious man comes to town. Paul Gross is stepping into Jack Nicholson's shoes as Darryl.

Aside from its lovely star power, "Eastwick" is also notable for extending the perfect record for its director David Nutter, whose every pilot so far has been ordered to series.

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Lindsay Price is set to show off her singing skills in new TV show Eastwick - producers want the cast to turn an upcoming episode of the series into a musical.

The actress, who's also an accomplished singer/songwriter, has teamed up with Rebecca Romijn and Jaime Ray Newman for the new project, based on late author John Updike's 1984 novel The Witches of Eastwick.

The trio play a group of housewives who acquire mysterious powers after leaving their husbands. The tale was transformed for the big screen in 1987, with Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfieffer as members of a coven alongside a devilish Jack Nicholson.

And Price admits her TV bosses are already pressuring the musically-inclined cast to turn the small screen drama into a sing-a-long.

She tells WENN, "What most people don't know is Rebecca is actually a really good singer. Jaime Ray Newman has a great voice too. I'm more of a songwriter. I write and record. (Producers) said, 'By episode nine, you know you guys have got to make this into a musical?'"...

Just three months after giving birth to twins Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip, Rebecca Romijn is taking motherhood in stride. "She's the most relaxed mom I've ever seen," actress Lindsay Price, Romijn's costar in the upcoming ABC series Eastwick, told People Wednesday at a party for Charlotte Ronson and Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss's Made With Love swimwear line hosted by Lucky magazine at New York City's Thompson Les hotel. "With twins and the demanding schedule of one-hour television, she keeps her cool. She never drops a line. She's completely present. I don't know how she does it.”And though Romijn,...

The witch trifecta is complete.  The Warner Bros.-produced, ABC-broadcast pilot Eastwick has signed on Rebecca Romijn as Roxie, the "bohemian and sharp-tongued single mother," who is coming in to her powers.  Romijn (I don't think I will ever get used to dropping the Stamos from her name) is best known to readers as Mystique from The X-Men films.  She joins a cast that includes Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle) and Jaime Ray Newman (The Gauntlet) as her fellow witches. Eastwick is loosely based on the 1980s film The Witches of Eastwick, which, in turn, was based on the John Updike novel of the same name.  Though the TV series is more "inspired by" than "remake of," it still follows...

New mom Rebecca Romijn better enjoy her maternity leave while it lasts! She’s heading back to work! But she’s not heading back to Ugly Betty this time around. She’s just been cast as the lead in the new series Witches Of Easwick! Talk about an upgrade! The ABC drama is based on John Updike’s novel of the same name, as well as the 1987 movie adaptation. The story is about three women who discover they have mystical powers when a mysterious man comes to town. Romijn will play the part of Roxie. She joins Lindsay Price,...

Rebecca Romijn (X-Men) has scored a lead role in Eastwick, ABC’s upcoming series based on John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick, as well as the 1987 feature film of the same name. Romijn, who most recently starred on the network's Ugly Betty, will play Roxie, a Bohemian and sharp-tongued single mother. The actress joins a cast that also includes Lindsay Price, Veronica Cartwright and Jaime Ray Newman. In the original novel, the story is set in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick in the late 1960s and follows three female witches who acquire their powers after leaving or being left by their husbands. Their coven is upset by the arrival of a devil-like character who seduces each of the women, encouraging them to play with their powers and creating a scandal in the town. The new series will contemporize the original story and revolve around three young...

Well, first she was an uber-hot X-Men villainess as Mystique which gave comics geeks a chance to drool. Now, Rebecca Romijn is set to become a witch for a new ABC pilot so genre fans, while I can guarantee she most likely won’t be blue and naked for this new endeavor, I am sure she’ll retain her hotness.

Variety reported today that Romijn is joining the cast of “Eastwick” that is based on the John Updike novel, which also served as the source material for the Eighties flick The Witches of Eastwick that starred the not-nearly-as-hot cast of Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer (okay, well Pfeiffer was still hot back then).

For this TV update, Romijn joins the already assembled cast of Lindsay Price, Jamie Ray Newman, and Paul Gross.

As a fan of Romijn’s work on “Ugly Betty,” I am curious to see what she...

Rebecca Romijn has signed to headline ABC's drama pilot "Eastwick," reports Variety . Romijn, who most recently starred on the network's "Ugly Betty," will play Roxie, the lead character on "Eastwick." The actress joins a cast that also includes Lindsay Price, Veronica Cartwright and Jaime Ray Newman. "Eastwick" is based on John Updike's novel "The Witches of Eastwick," as well as the 1987 feature film of the same name. Maggie Friedman is the writer and executive producer, while David Nutter is directing "Eastwick," which comes from Warner Bros. TV.

Rebecca Romijn has signed to star in the ABC drama pilot Eastwick . She joins a cast that also includes Lindsay Price, Jaime Ray Newman and Paul Gross. Eastwick is based on John Updike's novel, "The Witches of Eastwick," as well as the 1987 feature film of the same name. David Nutter ( The X-Files ) is directing from a script by Maggie Friedman. Eastwick revolves around three women who discover they have mystical powers when a mysterious man comes to town.

"Lipstick Jungle" star Lindsay Price has been cast as a witch in ABC's new drama pilot based on the 1987 film and the John Updike novel "The Witches of Eastwick."

"Eastwick" will center on three young women who come into their powers. Price will play one of those women, Joanna, a hardworking, shy reporter for the local newspaper, Hollywood Reports reports.

She joins another "witch" cast Jaime Ray Newman.

Price's new role might dampen her other show's fans. Though not canceled, NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" has been lagging in the ratings. Chances for a third season seem to get smaller. And now, the actress has been cast in another show.

Things aren't looking so hot on the Lipstick Jungle front.

Star Lindsay Price has been cast as one of the three witches in ABC's new drama pilot based on the 1987 feature The Witches of Eastwick and the John Updike novel of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The TV Pilot based on the John Updike novel, The Witches Of Eastwick has gained two witches. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle) would be joining the previously announced Jaime Ray Newman (Supernatural).

"The Warner Bros.-produced "Eastwick" follows three young witches who come into their powers. Wma-repped Price will play one of them, Joanna, a hardworking, shy reporter for the local newspaper." This is actually the second time that the Witches have tried for the small screen, as a 1992 pilot greenlit after the success of the 1987 big-screen version, went unsold.

Creator John Updike passed away in January after fighting a battle with lung cancer.

More Witches Of Eastwick news as it develops.

According to a listing from the Hollywood Reporter on a slew of new pilots shooting in the upcoming future, actress Jaime Ray Newman has landed one of the three leads in ABC “Eastwick,” alongside Veronica Cartwright. Cartwright originally appeared in the 1987 film version of the tale, which also starred Cher, Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon. Newman has previously appeared in the TV series “Supernatural” and “Stargate: Atlantis”. The pilot will be based on John Updike’s 1984 novel about a coven of witches in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick in the 1960’s, who are plagued with troubles when a mysterious, Lucifer-like man named [...]...

It's hard not to be excited for ABC's forthcoming Eastwick, their TV version of the classic feature film The Witches Of Eastwick, which easily could translate into an ongoing series. Today it was announced that Jaime Ray Newman has landed one of the three leads in ABC's drama pilot, with Veronica Cartwright, who co-starred in the 1987 feature, also cast in a supporting role. The movie, which starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, was based on the John Updike novel about three women who turn to witchcraft after losing (or booting) the men in their lives. They conjure up a devil-like character, who then proceeds to seduce all three of them.

This morning’s Variety confirmed what we’ve been hearing rumblings about for a while now: Veteran TV director David Nuttter is attached to helm the pilot episode for the proposed “Witches of Eastwick” series for ABC.

Not only has Nutter directed a lot of TV episodes over the years, but he’s 14 for 14 when it comes to helming pilots that get picked up for series. That’s a pretty damn solid track record if you ask me, and since the show’s going to have a supernatural angle, his experience on shows like “The X-Files” will come in handy.

The pilot and hopeful series will focus, much like the John Updike novel and 1987 film adaptation did, on a trio of women who discover they have supernatural powers after a mysterious man (played by Jack Nicholson in the film) arrives in their small New England town. The series potential is pretty much a no-brainer,...

Disturbing Behavior helmer David Nutter is directing the pilot to ABC's The Witches of Eastwick . The series was ordered up last summer and is based on the 1987 film starring Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson. Maggie Friedman is writing. Nutter is an X-Files vet having directed and produced many of that genre show's episodes. Later, he'd go on to do Millenium , Smallville and Supernatural . The Witches of Eastwick feature film was based on the novel by John Updike who passed away this week due to cancer at the age of 76.

When I was in 8th grade, I had two teachers who changed my life. One was Mrs. Downes who kindly fostered my passion for creative writing, and the other was Mr. Dore who proved reading of great literature to be as important as listening to great music. This yin and yang, this one-two punch of  mentors on my pubescent and malleable mind set my future course. Which, gratefully, I still tread.

However, I am most indebted to them for introducing me to the words of John Updike. As our school was a mere mile or so from the house America's most distinguished living writer called home, both teachers made him a staple of our advanced syllabus to great effect: "Yes, you too could grow up to be a literary giant who lives down the block."

To belabor the point, one afternoon  Mr. Dore assigned Updike's, "A&P" for homework. Our...

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The Daily says goodbye to celebrated author John Updike who died earlier today. As you may know, Updike's last novel, published just about a year ago now, was a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick called The Widows of Eastwick. He didn't like the 1980s...

There's (potentially) good news on the television front this week, as both NBC and ABC have announced that they've picked up two pilots with a significant amount of female characters.

NBC has acquired the pilot Mercy, described as "a drama with comedic elements that revolves around three nurses bound together in friendship by the highs and lows of their personal and professional lives."

I'm not a big fan of medical shows, but if being "bound together in friendship" is anything like hugging a woman with your legs in friendship, then I will definitely tune in.

The script was written by Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights), who will also be the executive producer on the show. No news on casting or the premiere date yet.

Also, ABC has acquired Eastwick, "loosely" based on the 1987 film The Witches of Eastwick (based on the book by John Updike), which starred Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon,...

The New York Times named their 100 notable books of the year today and the genre, as one might expect, was likely under-represented. Graphic novels were entirely ignored and just four works of fiction could be considered within out genre and they are:

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf. By Victor Pelevin. Translated by Andrew Bromfield. (Viking, $25.95.) A supernatural call girl narrates Pelevin’s satirical allegory of post-Soviet, post-9/11 Russia.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. By Simon Armitage. (Norton, $25.95.) One of the eerie, exuberant joys of Middle English poetry, in an alliterative rendering that captures the original’s drive, dialect and landscape.

2666. By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, cloth and paper, $30.) The five autonomous sections of this posthumously published novel interlock to form an astonishing whole, a supreme capstone to Bolaño’s vaulting ambition.

The Widows of Eastwick. By John Updike. (Knopf,...

I suppose it was inevitable that The Witches of Eastwick would find its way back in front of our eyeballs at some point. The original is a pretty damn good film, and whenever that happens, there’s always someone in Hollywood looking to sequelize and/or remake it.

This time, out, it’s more the latter than the former, with ABC ordering a “Witches of Eastwick” TV show pilot that will be penned by “Dawson’s Creek” writer Maggie Friedman according to Variety. This isn’t the first time it’s been attempted either; in 1992 NBC had a pilot for a “Witches” show, and ten years later Fox tried their hands at it as well, both to no avail.

Perhaps this latest attempt will finally come to fruition? Only time will tell. For those who’ve not see the 1987 movie based on the John Updike novel (for shame!), it followed...