- Jilted by Jason Mesnick on the season finale of The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft will rebound nicely -- on Dancing With the Stars. She'll take over doe Nancy Nancy O'Dell, who withdrew due to injury. Girl Next Door Holly Madison will be filling in for Jewel who also left due to injury.
- Dakota Fanning will star in the Twilight sequel New Moon. The actress will play Jane, a member of Italy's evil Volturi, in the anticipated movie, which opens in November.
- ER's Julianna Margulies has been tapped to headline the CBS drama pilot Good Wife, sources confirm to me semi-exclusively. The potential series focuses on a politician's wife who pursues her original career as a defense attorney.
- the CW is in advanced talks to bring Cynthia Watros (Lost) and Andrew McCarthy (Lipstick Jungle) onboard the Gossip Girl spinoff tentatively titled Lily. Brittany Snow is already onboard. A May 11 episode will star No Doubt, playing themselves in the 1980s before Gwen Stefani went solo, back when they were just kids.
- USA Network spy thriller "Burn Notice" is now the hottest show on cable. The skein finished its second season Thursday with two series highs: 6.1 million total viewers and 2.7 million adults 18-49.
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