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Upon seeing Annie (Shenae Grimes) and Ethan (Dustin Milligan) kissing, Naomi (AnnaLynne) decides to take matters into her own hands to get back at Annie for her deceit. The students are in shock about the news that Ryan (Ryan Eggold) hooked up with one of the students, Kimberly (guest star Jessica Lucas), and that he has taken a leave of absence. Kelly (Jennie Garth) returns from her trip to visit Dylan and confronts Ryan about the allegations. Harry (Rob Estes) and Debbie (Lori Loughlin) throw a party for Annie’s sixteenth birthday, and everyone except Naomi is surprised when someone from Annie’s past shows up. Annie and Naomi get into a screaming argument about their alleged backstabbing. After having dinner with Navid and his family, Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) learns that Navid (Michael Steger) is a virgin. Jessica Walter, Tristan Wilds, and Jessica Stroup also star. Wendey Stanzler directed the episode written by Kristin Long.

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90210 aired a brand-new episode last night against election coverage. It was perhaps the funniest episode of the 90210 season. This wasn’t a random occurence. “Secrets and Lies” was the first episode overseen by new executive producer Rebecca Kirshner. In an interview with the LA Times, Kirshner stated that her first mandate for 90210 was that the series should be funnier. This is an easy thing to say, but much more difficult to implement. While the episode wasn’t OC-level funny, there was certainly more humor on display, which was a welcome new facet given some of the heavy drama being dropped on audiences last night.

Kirshner has a background on shows that expertly mixed comedy and drama, having worked on both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls. If she can bring some of the magic of those series and transport it into 90210, fans are going to see a significant upturn in 90210’s quality. The series cannot simply be an update of the original Beverly Hills 90210. That show, with its constant and generally humorless melodrama, would not connect with the teenagers of today, who live firmly in the age of irony.

Speaking about last night’s slumber party episode, Kirshner said: “What I tried to do was encourage more humor. That was my first mandate for the show, in general. Humor and drama go together. In a slumber party, you go from hilarity to tears and back to giddiness in an hour and that’s sort of what life is like. On TV in general, they sort of divide drama from comedy. I try and find the interplay between the two, and I think this episode is a pretty good reflection of that.”

You can’t turn 90210 into The Office or 30 Rock, but it can go about their business in a way that Kirshner has described. And, the episode last night was a perfect example. There were some very heavy dramatic moments, but they were gently off-set by the humorous situation. I’ve enjoyed the first season of 90210, but also recognized that the series wasn’t close to realizing its full potential. With Kirshner on board, I’m more optimistic than ever that it eventually will.

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Sony Pictures has announced that  they will release on DVD ‘This Christmas’ and ‘The Perfect Holiday’, on on November 11.  These are two holiday films that folks have been asking about since the films were released in theaters last year.

Produced by Will Packer and Rob Hardy of Rainforest Films, ‘This Christmas’ stars Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devine, Regina King, Idris Elba, Sharon Lea, Mekhi Phifer, Columbus Short, Chris Brown, Laz Alonzo, Lauren London, Keith Washington, David Banner, Ricky Harris, and Jessica Stroup.

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Annie Wilson, the new kid in town on the CW’s “90210,” may have won the lead role in the high school production of “Spring Awakening,” but the actress who plays her, Shenae Grimes, was nowhere to be seen at Thursday’s opening of the Los Angeles production of the Tony Award-winning musical.

But although Grimes, who has become a favorite in the tabloids due to her ultra-thinness and alleged bad behavior on the set, was a no-show, several of her co-stars did make the trek to the Ahmanson Theatre to take in the tuneful celebration of sexual awakening and youthful defiance. Rob Estes, Lori Loughlin, AnnaLyne McCord, Jessica Stroup and Ryan Eggold circulated in the theater and congratulated the young cast at the pseudo-grungy afterparty in the Center Theatre Group’s parking lot, where guests feasted on burgers served from a diner truck. Other stars chowing downSpringjaney_2 included Allison Janney, who recently finished her Ahmanson stint in the Broadway-bound “9 to 5,” Loretta Devine (“Dreamgirls”), Marissa Jaret Winokur (“Hairspray”) and Laura Innes (“E.R”).

The loud rock score on stage was surpassed in volume by the rapturous audience reception when the play ended. First to leap to his feet was movie and music mogul David Geffen, sitting in a center row orchestra seat near the show’s creators, Steven Sater and Duncan Shiek. Joining in were Taye Diggs (“Private Practice”), Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen, Jane Seymour (“Wedding Crashers”), Mario Lopez (“Extra”) and Ricki Lake.

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Jessica’s photo in my header is from a photoshoo by Tyler Shields.  I found the photographer’s name on 90210 Daily (Thank you!).  After visiting his website (hoping for some high quality photos for Jessica’s gallery), I found a link to this youtube video by the photographer, Tyler Shields! It’s short and sweet, but now I know a little more about the photo in my header!!

Jessica is featured in Kitson’s  ‘90210′ ad on the official website!!

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