PIXEL 51 – STIMULI – THE BLOG

03/02/2012

CHELSEA TAVARES – Juliet’s Friend Andrea on RINGER

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Chelsea Tavares as Andrea, Juliet's friend on RINGER

Chelsea Tavares did a vampire flick in 2011. It was a remake of FRIGHT NIGHT and it had a pretty good cast, including David Tennant, Colin Farrel, and Toni Collette. (The original FRIGHT NIGHT won the 1986 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.)

The original RUNWAY MMC with Chelsea Tavares on the left.

In 2008 she was part of the band RUNWAY MMC wih Melody Hernandez and Meghan Elisse when they covered Kim Wilde‘s song “Kids In America”. but shortly after that she left the band (the main purpose of which seems to be to promote a line of clothing) and was replaced by Brittney Roman. Tavares released her own album titled HAPPY in 2010.

Tavares plays the close friend and confidant of Juliet (Zoey Deutch) on RINGER. She featured prominently in the last 2 episodes.

01/02/2012

RINGER Episode 11 – Bridget doesn’t speak French

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Kether Donohue as an East Hampton waitress examining photos of Charlie and Bridget

Rob Arbogast as Dracula in a 2009 stage production

In a flashback, Bridget is shown googling the French word pivoine. I assume, therefore, that she does not speak French. As Siobhan has shown herself to be fluent in that language, this might be a quite revealing deficiency for Bridget in certain situations.

Kether Donohue, whose film OVER THE GW is available from Netflix, had a brief but important appearance as a waitress in the Hamptons, who remembered that last May, Siobhan met (the late) Charlie in the greasy spoon where she works, and failed to leave a tip, thus giving Agent Machado some long overdue enlightenment. (He’s not exactly Holmes.)

According to IMDB, Rob Arbogast was supposed to portray Mr. Kirkland in this episode, but I’ve been through it three times and heard no one referred to by that name. He might have been the guy in Andrew’s meeting who asked about the 10 year forecast. If he was there, or will turn up in the future, he would be another RINGER ex-vampire, having been Dracula in a North Hollywood stage production in 2009. He also was Morlock in Episode #16 of the TV series CASTLE titled “Vampire Weekend”.

Coincidentally, Arbogast is also (the late) Gemma Butler’s maiden name.

Mädchen Amick as Greer Sheridan in RINGER

Kether Donohue in OVER THE GW

Zoey Deutch was brilliant as Juliet, and again got to say the episode’s title line: “It Just Got Normal”. I still can’t figure out if she’s telling the truth.

Mädchen Amick is, I suspect, going to be Gemma’s replacement as Shivette’s best friend. Her vampire
flick, PRIEST, was released last May and is also available on Netflix.

And Malcolm finally got to demonstrate that he’s good at something besides getting beaten up. Andrew actually offered him a job.

Then there was Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s shower scene. Siobhan silently watching Bridget shower was the best moment in the episode.

31/01/2012

RENÉE O’CONNOR – NEW PHOTO BY T. J. SCOTT

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Renée O'Connor - photo by T.J. Scott

Photographer/Director T.J. Scott is doing a coffee table book to benefit breast cancer research. Toward that end, he did a photo shoot with Renée O’Connor. The first photo he released from the shoot is visible on RENÉE O’CONNOR PAGES, and the second is on the left, and was originally posted on Scott’s Facebook page.

Scott directed, among other things, 7 episodes of XENA:WARRIOR PRINCESS (including both parts of “Adventures In The Sin Trade”), 5 episodes of CLEOPATRA 2525, and, most recently, episode #22 of SPARTACUS:VENGEANCE. Before turning Director, he was an actor and stunt man in the 1980′s. He is married to Victoria Pratt (Cyane III in XENA, Rose ‘Sarge’ in CLEO 2525).

29/01/2012

ZOEY DEUTCH PHOTOS – CAITLIN CUSTER’S BIRTHDAY

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Zoey Deutch kissing Siobhan Martin's giant portrait.

Deutch tweeted that in this photo 'either lunch was ready or they brought my cat to the set'.

Since there are still two days until the next episode of RINGER, some pictures of Zoey Deutch might be in order to remind everyone why they should watch Tuesday night. Fortunately, ZD tweets a lot of photos. Here are some of the best of those. I’m still not sure what her cat’s name is, though it might be Pete.

And about Caitlin Custer, the actor ZD replaced in the role of Juliet. Not much news from her, but I did find out that her birthday is 19 January. The year is most likely 1992, but I have no definite information on that. I infer it from the fact that were she born in ’92 she would have been 16 in ’08 when her TV career began.

Also tweeted by ZD, call sheet showing Howard Deutch as director for upcoming RINGER episode.

Latest picture of Zoey Deutch's cat - muddy paws

Caitlin Custer (the almost Juliet) farthest from the camera on Venice Beach with two friends

Caitlin Custer as Vanessa in episode #30 of GREEK, 'The Popular Vote' which first aired 14 October 2008. This was her second TV role.

27/01/2012

A STUFFED VERSION OF OBSCURUS LUPA BY PINKA STARLIGHT

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Obscurus Lupa as interpreted by Pinka Starlight. Note the plushie gun, which is apparently nicknamed Cynthia.

The Obscurus Lupa plushie pictured here sports an outfit inspired by SUBURBAN KINGHTS (see video below). It was created by Pinka Starlight, who does that sort of thing.

26/01/2012

KETHER DONOHUE (The voice of IRIS in Pokemon) WILL BE A WAITRESS IN RINGER’S NEXT EPISODE

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Iris, the character voiced by Kether Donohue in 17 episodes of the Pokemon Best Wishes! TV series

Kether Donohue

You may remember her voice as that of Iris in POKÉMON BEST WISHES!. Or as the “haircut girl” in the iPhone ad (see video below). Kether Donohue will play a waitress in the next episode of RINGER, titled “It Just Got Normal”. She also will be Alice in a new film coming out this year called PITCH PERFECT which co-stars Brittany Snow (Amber von Tussle in Hairspray), and Anna Kendrick of the latest TWILIGHT SAGA saga. The film is set in the world of college a cappella singing competitions. This makes it sound like it might be a bit like the recent film ANSWER THIS, that was set in the world of collegiate bar trivia competitions, but one cannot be sure.

Makana, voiced by Donohue in 20 episodes of KUROKAMI:THE ANIMATION

She will also be in ALTERED STATES OF PLAINE, a science fiction film about someone who spontaneously and randomly teleports in his sleep. The teleporter is played by George Gallagher, who also co-starred with Donohue in AARON BACON in 2009, and OVER THE GW in 2007.

24/01/2012

MIRA SORVINO IN HARD TO FIND FILM ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

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Mira Sorvino and Adrian Martinez in THEO AND CHLOE

FROM THE NORTH COMES A GENTLER KIND OF HERO. That’s the tagline for THEO AND CHLOE, a film that seems to have been made in 2010, starring Mira Sorvino (Sophie Eva McCormick DeCastro in SWANS CROSSING), Adrian Martinez (Male Nurse #1 in VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE – more on that later), and Dakota Johnson (daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith).

Dakota Johnson and her mother Melanie Griffith at the Mango Fashion Awards

It’s about an Eskimo, played by Martinez, who gets tired of sitting around watching the ice melt, and decides to take a trip and try to explain to Americans what climate change is doing to his environment.

One can tell it’s an American film, because the main character is referred to as an “Eskimo”, a term regarded as pejorative in Canada. The term is not so regarded in Alaska.

There is a trailer on IMDB, and really not much else anywhere on the web about this film. I’m not sure why this should be, but there is just nothing that I can find, and I’d kind of like to see this one.

Sorvino is also Linda in the Canadian film PERFECT SISTERS, due to be released later this year. That one I can find. It co-stars Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley as two sisters who plot to kill their alcoholic mom.

Now back to that Male Nurse reference in the credits for VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE. Why is it that people find it necessary to specify the sex of nurses? Were there four plumbers in the film, would there be Female Plumber #1 and Male Plumber #4? How important is that information?

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