Thursday, June 14, 2012

Jeanne Tripplehorn Joins CBS’ ‘Criminal Minds’ As New Regular


Jeanne Tripplehorn is set to join the cast of veteran CBS procedural Criminal Minds as a new regular next season. I hear her deal is for one year with an option for a second. Additionally, Tripplehorn has closed a deal with CBS and CBS TV Studios to develop a comedy project for her on an if-come basis. Coming off her five-year co-starring turn on the HBO drama Big Love, Tripplehorn tested the comedy series waters this past season with an arc on Fox’s New Girl.

Read the whole article on deadline.com.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Criminal Minds Star: Paget Brewster visits Israel

Dangerous Beauties


IT’S 4 P. M on a brisk day in Washington, D.C., and three sexy spies dressed in head-to-toe black—complete with requisite supersleuth trench coats—are tracking down an international spy in a shadowy parking garage.

A car pulls in, headlights casting a shadow against the wall—could it be their guy?—and the women strut forward in fierce, lockstep solidarity, on the way to catching their prey.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, one stumbles in her sky-high heels and cracks up. “My nose is running!” says another, wiping her face. “OK, I cannot keep a straight face!” says the third.

“It’s all right, we got it!” says photographer Matt Hoyle, who’s standing 10 feet in front of the ladies, flanked by two smoke machines and a generator brought in to power the lights.

Yep, you guessed it—these three women are not really spies. Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness and A.J. Cook, the stars of the hugely popular procedural drama Criminal Minds, have flown from Los Angeles to take part in a Watch! film noir-style photo shoot.

Read the whole article on CBS Watch Magazine.