…is equal to the love you take

Lucy Lawless as 'Lucretia' - Spartacus: Vengeance season 2 (STARZ)

Wow. This actually appears as if Lucretia has recovered enough to clean herself up–forgetting just one tiny detail–she’s wearing a bloody dress! Could it be that despite new resident Illithia’s orders to rid the former House of Batiatus of the bloody mess from 7 weeks prior, that Lucretia is not quite ready to toss a ‘souvenir’ of the slave revolt led by Spartacus, which saw her stabbed in her pregnant uterus and Batiatus killed, along with many of Capua’s elite?

Spartacus – Vengeance Promo Photos – Episode 2.02 – ‘A Place in This World’:

Spartacus – Vengeance – Promo Photos – Episode 2.01 – ‘Fugitivus’:

Viva Bianca as 'Illithia' and Criag Parker as 'Glabus' - Spartacus: Vengeance season 2 (STARZ)

Think Glabus is informing his wife of their new living situation in (SPOILER) the former House of Batiatus?

On January 18th, the fans gathered in the Cinerama Dome for the premiere of Spartacus: Vengeance. This is your chance to feel like you were there too. View this exclusive footage, just released from the Hollywood premiere.
Starting with in-theater introductions by Carmi Zlotnik (Managing Director, Starz Media), Rob Tapert (Executive Producer), and Steven S. DeKnight (Executive Producer/ Writer/ Creator); watch the fantastic stars of Spartacus: Vengeance take the stage around the 07:20 time stamp.
Spartacus: Vengeance premieres January 27th at 10p on STARZ
www.starz.com/spartacus

Character Profile: Spartacus
Learn more about Spartacus (played by Liam McIntyre) and how his character evolves this season.
Spartacus: Vengeance premieres on Jan 27th at 10pm on STARZ
starz.com/spartacus

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Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes in The Walking Dead season 2.5 (AMC)

The Walking Dead – Episode 2.09, 2.10/2.11/ 2.12 and 2.13 – Titles and Synopsis

Episode 2.09 – Triggerfinger
Rick, Hershel and Glenn are trapped and fight to survive; Shane finds Lori in danger.

Episode 2.10 - 18 Miles Out
Rick and Shane are in conflict over the fate of an outsider; Andrea helps Hershel’s daughter face a crucial decision.

Episode 2.11 - Judge, Jury, Executioner
Rick sides with Shane causing Dale to worry that the group is losing its humanity; Carl’s actions have unintended consequences.

Episode 2.12 – Better Angels
Someone dangerous may be loose near the farm; Rick, Shane, Daryl and Glenn keep the group safe.

Episode 2.13 – Beside the Dying Fire
Rick and Carl find the farm in jeopardy; the group is split up in the chaos; Rick’s leadership is questioned.

Source 1: SpoilerTV

Source 2: SpoilerTV
(January 25 2012)

'Sophia' (Madison Lintz)

The Walking Dead – Episode 2.08 – Michael Raymond-James (True Blood, Terriers) Guest Stars

The two mystery men in The Walking Dead mid-season premiere ‘Nebraska’ clip that you can watch below have been identified as actors Aaron Munoz and Michael Raymond-James.

Munoz will play ‘Tony’ and James is playing ‘Dave’, two of a few new survivors that will cross paths with Rick’s group. According to the casting call, Dave is a charming and friendly guy from a city in the Northeast and has spent a significant amount of time in low-rent bars. He’s able to disarm with a smile, but can quickly turn dangerous. He is the seemingly nice guy who is ruthless and cunning.
Tony is quick tempered and does not present himself as intelligent as Dave. He likes women, food, and guns.

Both roles are being labeled as “guest stars” and should be around for 4 episodes.
Source: SpoilerTV

(January 25, 2012)

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Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) - The Walking Dead - Season 2, Episode 8 - Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

Though fans of THE WALKING DEAD comic books long ago made the transition to a ‘Shane-free’ zombie apocalyptic world, thus far there’s been no indication of the TV Shane having the same ‘ending’ as the comic book Shane. Until now. Read on for the very heavy hint that Season 2 of the Walking Dead may be Jon Benthal’s last.

 

The Walking Dead” star Jon Bernthal is in early conversations with TNT to star in its period drama pilot “L.A. Noir,” shepherded by Frank Darabont.

Sources close to the situation emphasized that discussions have barely begun and there’s no certainty a deal will come together. But it would mark a reunion for Bernthal and Darabont, who developed and exec produced the first season of AMC’s “Walking Dead” before parting ways with the show last year.

TNT declined comment.

In “L.A. Noir,” Bernthal would play Joe Teague, the Los Angeles cop at the center of the show that examines corruption in the LAPD and ties between police and underworld figures in the 1940s and ’50s. TNT greenlit the pilot earlier this month. Darabont wrote the script, based on the book by John Buntin, and will helm for TNT Original Productions. Michael De Luca and Elliott Webb executive produce with Darabont.

Bernthal has been riding the momentum from his breakout role on “Walking Dead,” in which he co-stars as a small-town sheriff’s deputy who becomes a leader of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. The second half of the show’s highly successful sophomore season bows Feb. 12.

Source: Variety

To be super-blunt I really don’t get the attraction that Frank Darabont seems to have for Bernthal to play the lead of Darabont’s new  show on TNT, ‘LA Noir.’

Maybe not fair of me to say as I’ve only ever seen Bernthal in The Walking Dead and the character has been unlikeable from the get-go but I think it is more that unlike Andrew Lincoln (‘Rick Grimes’) for example, Bernthal does not have leading man attributes such as classic good looks and height, plus Berthal’s affected county-accent is off-putting to my ears. He  is not who I envisioned when reading the description of the lead character for L.A.Noir with Frank Darabont at the helm in what’s sure to be a high-profile series. Regardless, since it looks like Bernthal is available to work on a new series it seems the most likely conclusion is that “Shane’ dies on The Walking Dead–soon.

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Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) - The Walking Dead - Season 2, Episode 8 - Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

The Walking Dead | Season 2 | Promo Episode Photos | Episode 2.08 – Nebraska:

Here are some NEW,  just-released THE WALKING DEAD promo photos from TWD Episode 2.08 - Nebraska, which debuts on February 12, 2012.  Some are quite large so be sure to click through to my Picasa display album then click the large button which looks like a magnifying glass to get the full size and all the gory details!

Some of the new The Walking Dead Photos are really big with lovely detail–especially the one with Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) sitting on the edge of a pick-up truck bed with a pile of head-shot walkers (zombies) stacked just inches from him. I’m guessing that they separated poor little Sophia (Madison Lintz) from the group of 15 or so barn-walkers.

Dale looks pissed, which I’m assuming he is seeing as though he, like Rick was trying to work with Hershel and it goes without saying that he hates Shane who has just made a tenuous situation go FUBAR. Seems like a pretty safe bet that episode 2.08 is going to open with some high adrenaline. There should be much extreme anger, extreme grief, worry and abject fear of the ever-present attacks by the walkers. And maybe fear too of the new characters introduced in this episode! Here’s hoping that said characters are good characters. The may not be good relative to their behaviour towards the survivors–Rick’s and Hershel’s groups. It’s hard to tell, due to the quick cut-aways what is going on in the ‘saloon’ that Rick is pictured crouched on the floor of yelling, “This is not going to end well (for you)!’  This happens I’m fairly sure, after the sneak peek scenes of Rick talking to an inebriated Hershel in the same locale with that conversation being interrupted by the persons thus far unknown to us.

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson) – The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMCRick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) – The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC
Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) – The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC
Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) – The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

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Veronica Lake

Since announcing a return to television with the upcoming TNT series L.A. Noir, it was inevitable that Frank Darabont would address his highly publicized departure from The Walking Dead, and he did so in a recent interview with TV Guide.

Naturally, due to the success The Walking Dead had enjoyed up to that point, and because Darabont is a well-known talent, the unexpected exit of the show’s lead creative voice became the subject of great speculation last summer. The reason for Darabont’s leaving was eventually blamed on budget constraints issued by AMC after The Walking Dead’s first season.

Through it all, Darabont remained silent. However, with the first Darabont-less Walking Dead episodes airing when season 2 resumes in February, now is probably as good a time as any for the filmmaker to put the issue to rest.

According to Darabont, the show’s dwindling budget was certainly the impetus for his parting with AMC – though he acknowledges the rift runs deeper.

SOURCE: Screenrant.com -Frank Darabont Discusses ‘The Walking Dead’ Exit & New Series ‘L.A. Noir’

(Both excerpts January 18 , 2012)

TNT last week gave a pilot order to L.A. Noir, which will begin shooting in April. The show kicks off in 1947 and centers on L.A. cop Joe Teague, who’s caught in the moral gray zone between the city’s notorious gangsters and its corrupt police force. Real-life figures from the era, such as mercurial LAPD chief William Parker and famed mob boss Mickey Cohen, are woven into the story’s fictional characters.
In his first interview about the new project since being ousted as The Walking Dead showrunner on AMC, Frank Darabont talked to TV Guide Magazine about how L.A. Noir came about. And for the first time, Darabont addresses his exit from The Walking Dead, including why he thinks he was forced to leave, and how it wasn’t easy for him.

Q: It sounds like you’ve developed a great relationship with Turner so far.
Darabont: They are by all accounts a fantastic place to work. They treat their creative partners with respect and dignity and humanity and integrity, and after the last two years I’m really looking forward to experiencing those things.

Q: What can you say about your departure from The Walking Dead?
Darabont: It was, for the sake of my cast and my crew, a tremendously regretful thing to face, to have to leave. But I was really given no choice. I don’t understand the thinking behind, “Oh, this is the most successful show in the history of basic cable. Let’s gut the budgets now.” I never did understand that and I think they got tired of hearing me complain about it. It’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s as far as I want to go with it because otherwise it’s just provoking more controversy and that’s not really of interest to me. I just want to keep my head down and do my job and be allowed to do my job, that’s key, and continue to, hopefully, enjoy it and do good work.
Q: From all accounts, your departure was particularly hard on the cast and crew.
Darabont  These people are like family to me. It has not been easy for anybody. Let me put it that way: It was like a death in the family. Only I was the dead guy. I felt like William Holden, face down in the swimming pool, narrating this thing

Q: There was never really an official explanation about your exit.
Darabont: It was a lot of obfuscation and on my end just maintaining what I thought was the most dignified silence that I could. Who needs a cat fight in the press, oy vey. There’s plenty of stuff in this world that I’m excited about doing, and how lovely that we’re getting the opportunity to do this with TNT. How great is that.

Frank Darabont (with zombie child) on the set of The Walking Dead - Season 1 (SOURCE: AMCtv)

SOURCE: TVGuide.com
Frank Darabont on His New TNT Show and Leaving The Walking Dead

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Having my own local pharmacy is important to me. Like me, many folks consult with and trust their pharmacist often staying with them for years because your pharmacist provides a truly face-to-face experience—something  that just doesn’t come with a mail order.

I found this out firsthand when, due to a chronic condition, I needed to start a regimen of pharmaceutical treatments (taking prescribed medication).

So I understand how it must feel for Walgreen’s patrons who are covered by an Express Scripts plan that now must change pharmacists, often driving out of their way to secure their medication at pharmacies, that unlike Walgreen’s, do not offer the convenient hours of 24-hour and comfort of drive-thru pharmacies.

Over the past year Walgreen’s has worked diligently to retain it’s ability to provide service to customers using the Express Scripts program–for a new contract between Walgreens and Express Scripts to continue as part of it’s pharmacy provider network. If you take prescription medication this recent blow Walgreen’s express Scripts customers should be of great interest to you.

Despite Walgreen’s good-faith efforts, they failed in negotiations with Express Scripts. Walgreen’s offered to concede on several meaningful points to appease Express Scripts, including holding rates for a new contract steady and pertaining to Express Scripts’ client Tricare (the health and prescription drug program for America’s military), Walgreens offered to contract separately with Express Scripts for Tricare from other Express Scripts commercial business and still Express Script’s refused. Just as dismaying, Express Scripts refuses to negotiate a separate contract for the benefit of the Tricare program and its beneficiaries–the men and women of the American military.

During negotiations, Walgreens offered Express Scripts an ironclad guarantee that Walgreens prices would match or even beat the average costs* of ALL other pharmacies in the Tricare network. Tricare gave this generous overture the thumbs down as well. *per adjusted prescription.

It’s no surprise then that folks are upset about this action by Express Scripts. If they were my provider I  sure know I would be as it is quite doubtful that this business change was on the consumer’s behalf.

Express Scripts wishes to drive more sales to their own mail order 90-day prescription, for-profit business. Pretty frustrating situation, don’t you think?

Wondering what you can you do as a Walgreens and Express Script customer? You can share your feelings by contacting your local news outlet and sharing details of this situation or just as good, use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to voice your dissatisfaction.

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