1) Jackie Brown’s strong-but-silent bondsman Robert Foster could be popping up in Heroes as – brace yourselves – Nathan and Peter’s supposedly dead dad.
2) The makers of Gossip Girl have turned the tables on their harshest critics by using their comments in a new advertising campaign.
3) Brotherhood star Jason Isaacs (aka Harry Potter’s Lucius Malfoy) has an outlandish guest spot lined up in the next series of Entourage.
4) Anyone disappointed by the lack of little gray men in the latest X-Files movie should hope the proposed threequel gets made as Chris Carter is promising to bring the whole conspiracy theory thing back.
5) Lost’s Marsha Thomason (aka stabbed-in-the-back Naomi) has landed a role in a new comedy drama series about Loan Sharks, which also stars ace Roseanne-alumni Laurie Metcalfe.
6) Married, With Children and Samantha, Who? star Christina Applegate has been diagnosed as having breast cancer. All the best, Christina!
7) The latest addition to the US version of Life on Mars line-up is former Cosby Show star Lisa Bonet.
