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According to a report by TVGuide, Faith Prince and Madchen Amik are set to guest-star on Drop Dead Diva's next season.

HOPE SPRINGS is coming to theaters on August 10, 2012 from Sony Pictures. The comedy drama is directed by David Frankel and stars Steve Carell, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Jean Smart, Susan Misner, Marin Ireland, Ben Rappaport and Daniel Flaherty.

ABC details its 13 comedy pilots under consideration for next season.

According to TVLine.com, David Arquette has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC comedy pilot SMART ONE. The actor joins previously announced cast members Malin Akerman and Portia de Rossi, who will also executive produce.

Actors Kristin Kreuk and Austin Basis are among those who will be appearing in upcoming network pilots next season. The following is a list of pilots currently in development along with descriptions and casting details.

As first reported on TVLine.com, Malin Akerman and Jean Smart have been cast in the upcoming ABC comedy pilot THE SMART ONE from Portia de Rossi.

Check out singer and songwriter Matt Von Roderick's music video for his new single 'Let the Trumpet Talk.' The video is directed by the Tony nominated director of ROCK OF AGES, Kristin Hanggi. Also featured in the video are Autumn Reeser (Entourage, The OC) and Jerry Zucker (Airplane, Naked Gun). The single is produced by Swiss American Federation (Far East Movement, Nelly Furtado, Madonna).

The Old Globe today announced principal casting for the Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival. Craig Noel Award winner Jay Whittaker returns to the Festival for his third consecutive season to appear in the title role of William Shakespeare's Richard III. He will also appear as Oliver in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Also returning to the Festival are Craig Noel Award winner Robert Foxworth and Adrian Sparks, who will take to the courtroom floor as titanic lawyers Henry Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady, respectively, in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee classic Inherit the Wind. Foxworth, an Old Globe Associate Artist, will also play Lord Hastings in Richard III, and Sparks will play Lord Mayor of London in Richard III and Corin in As You Like It. Festival veteran Dana Green will star as Rosalind, and Dan Amboyer, new to the Festival stage, will play Orlando, the object of her affections, in As You Like It. Green will also play Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. Amboyer will also be featured as Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind and the Earl of Richmond in Richard III. Festival newcomer Jacques C. Smith will play Jacques in As You Like It, the Duke of Buckingham in Richard III and Mr. Meeker in Inherit the Wind. Adrian Noble returns for his third outing as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Festival and will helm As You Like It and Inherit the Wind. Renowned British director Lindsay Posner makes his debut at the Globe with his production of Richard III. Noble recently directed the World Premiere stage version of The King's Speech, which is currently touring England, and Posner's hit revival of Noises Off is currently playing at London's Old Vic and will transfer to the West End in March. The 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 3 - Sept. 30, 2012.

Next Fall - Jean Smart joins original New York cast members Patrick Breen,Patrick Heusinger and Maddie Corman when L.A. Theatre Works records Geoffrey Nauffts' hit play for radio with. Two men in love, two parents in denial, and two friends on speed dial.

Next Fall - Jean Smart joins original New York cast members Patrick Breen,Patrick Heusinger and Maddie Corman when L.A. Theatre Works records Geoffrey Nauffts' hit play for radio with. Two men in love, two parents in denial, and two friends on speed dial.

On the January 4th episode of ABC's HAPPY ENDINGS entitled, 'The Shrink, the Dare, Her Date and Her Brother', Broadway veteran Faith Prince guest stars in the role of 'Roz'.

According to published reports, stage and screen star Faith Prnce is set to guest star on the upcomin January 4 episode of ABC's 'Happy Endings.'

According to published reports, stage and screen star Faith Prnce is set to guest star on the upcomin January 4 episode of ABC's 'Happy Endings.'

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center will present a special, encore performance of the smash hit Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. The Center's Renberg Theatre will join theaters across the nation on the same evening to showcase this outstanding collection of short plays in support of the ongoing movement for the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. The one-night-only engagement will take place Monday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, September 28.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, September 28.

Emmy Award winner Jean Smart guest-stars as a tough district attorney who faces off against series title star Kathy Bates as a maverick defense attorney in NBC's 'Harry's Law' as the network has scheduled the first four encore broadcasts of the returning drama (Wednesdays, 9-10 p.m. ET) beginning Saturday, September 24 (8-9 p.m. ET).

Hallmark Channel, Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Linda Yellen ('Playing for Time') and Emmy(R) Award nominee Brad Krevoy ('Taking Chance') announce an all-star cast has been assembled in Bucharest and will commence production of 'William & Catherine: A Royal Romance,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie, which will have its World Premiere exclusively on the network, Saturday, August 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C).