day 18

gossip girl spins off
the cw is pushing ahead with a spin off of its signature series, gossip girl. but, unlike the book series, the spinoff will not focus on the character of jenny humphrey or be entitled the it girl. no story ideas have been decided on but, like grey's anatomy, an episode later this season will work as a backdoor pilot. with news recently breaking that michelle trachtenberg should be returning to the show, speculation is focusing on her character as the central character. what do you think of georgina sparks terrorizing a sorority house? hmm...lots of possibilities. the cw is also reconsidering going ahead with their recently dropped project, the graysons, which would do for robin what smallville has done for clark kent.

ugly betty snags another mess
mischa barton has been tapped to fill the guest star shoes left empty by lindsay lohan on ugly betty. her storyline would take 5 episodes, but no details have been released about who should be playing. i could see her in basically the same role as lindsay, so let's hope betty doesn't turn into a show that feels like a rerun everytime. look out for the fallen oc starlet at the end of the current season. in other abc tv news, it looks like desperate housewives will get back to its glory, at least in the form of gabrielle. eva longoria was spotted in hollywood today getting extensions getting put back in her hair.

britney breaks out big
britney spears is definitely on the comeback trail. for the third time, her album, circus, has been upped in count for projected sales. as of now, the album should sell 470 - 490,000 copies, an opening not seen in recent years due to the digital sales market. this bodes well for the star's spring concert tour in the us, for which she is offering a variety of expensive vip packages sharing titles with some of her biggest selling albums.