SNEAK PEEK : Wednesday, July 01

De Matteo Moves To 'Wisteria Lane'...

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Actress Drea "Sopranos" de Matteo will join the cast of "Desperate Housewives" for its sixth season.

De Matteo will portray an Italian matriarch whose family moves to suburban 'Wisteria Lane'.

De Matteo is noted for her role in "The Sopranos" as 'Adriana La Cerva', the girlfriend of 'Christopher Moltisanti' (Michael Imperioli).

De Matteo played in 56 episodes of the TV series from 1999 to 2006...

Sneak Peek "Surrogates"...

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Jonathan "Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines" Mostow directs actor Bruce Willis in "Surrogates", based on the Top Shelf graphic novel series "the Surrogates", from a screenplay by Michael Ferris and John Brancato.

Created by Robert Venditti/Brett Weldele, premise of "The Surrogates" is set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation, interacting with 'surrogate' robots. Producers of the feature are David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks for Disney's Touchstone.

"...FBI agents investigate a mysterious murder against a college student, linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon.

This allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves -- fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles -- enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes.

The crime spawns a quest for answers: in a world of masks, who's real and who can you trust..."

"Surrogates" will be released September 25, 2009...

"Couples Retreat": It's No Vacation...

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"Couples Retreat" is a new Universal comedy feature directed by Peter "The Sacred Fire" Billingsley and written by actor/director Jon "Iron Man" Favreau, who also stars in the film.

Cast also includes Vince Vaughn, Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman and Kali Hawk.

Music is composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman.

The film follows four couples who go on a vacation to a tropical-island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.

"Couples Retreat" will be released October 9, 2009...

"Star Trek" Launches A "Monopoly"...

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Space may be the final frontier, but the newest "Monopoly" collector’s edition boldly goes where no one has gone before, as "Star Trek" fans get a chance to travel through the 'Star Trek Continuum', while exploring generations of 'Starfleet' history.

Players buy, sell and trade memorable Trek locations from founding 'Federation' homeworlds 'Andoria' and 'Vulcan' to 'Bajor', 'Cardassia Prime' and the 'New Founders’ Homeworld'.

Made by USAopoly under license from Hasbro and CBS Consumer Products, the game board features historic locations 'Argus Array', 'Cardassia Prime' and 'Remus', while 'Boardwalk' and 'Park Place' have been replaced by the 'United Federation of Planets Headquarters' and 'Starfleet Command'.
Players can take a voyage around the board as one of six pewter tokens including the 'Vulcan Harp', 'Phaser', 'Communicator', 'Klingon Blood Wine Goblet', 'Shuttlecraft' and 'Captain's Chair'. Images around the board feature Starfleet Captains 'Kirk', 'Picard', 'Archer', 'Sisko' and 'Janeway'.

Properties are purchased with specialized "Monopoly" money, featuring gold-pressed 'Latinum' bars, while custom title deed cards feature location data about all 22 properties including the 'U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D', 'Klingon Bird-of-Prey', 'Romulan Warbird' and the 'U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656', which take the place of 'Railroads' in the game...