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2010 Apr 11

UK Release Details for The Tortured

UK Release Details for The Tortured

Jesse’s new film The Tortured will be released on DVD in the UK August 30th.

It looks like The Tortured, produced by Twisted Pictures, will reach the UK before it lands in the States. Play.com reports the film hits DVD on August 30. Jesse Metcalfe, Erika Christensen and Bill Moseley star in this revenge thriller which concerns a husband and wife who capture and torture the man responsible for killing their child. Ya know, happy stuff. You can see a teaser trailer here.

The Tortured - DVD

Source: STYD

2010 Feb 24

Jesse Metcalfe to film Chase pilot in Dallas, Texas

Seems not so long ago that then-Dallas Mayor Laura Miller and Dallas Film Commission director Janis Burklund were staging a press conference in the Dallas City Hall Flag Room begging the producers of the (ill-fated) big-screen Dallas to “Shoot JR Here.” They brought with them T-shirts and bumper stickers, and despite the gimmicks they were serious and not a little desperate to re-energize local film and TV production, which had grown fallow in the absence of state tax incentives that could lure cameras and crews to Dallas.

Some four years later, Burklund cannot recall Dallas ever having been this loaded with productions. Of course, FOX’s Code 58 is here till at least July, and, as we mentioned two weeks ago, Jerry Bruckheimer is set to shoot an NBC pilot, Chase, in March. So far, only Desperate Housewives’ Jesse Metcalfe has been cast as a U.S. Marshal on the lookout for fugitives in the American Southwest.

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2010 Feb 15

NBC’s ‘Chase’ recruits Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Metcalfe has landed a role in NBC’s drama pilot Chase, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced project centres on a high-priority fugitive apprehension team in South Texas. Former Desperate Housewives star Metcalfe has apparently been tapped to play a preppy Marshal from D.C.

Source: Digital Spy

It would be great if they filmed this in Texas, since that’s where I live. haha.

2010 Feb 04

Stars To Play Poker For Sharon Osbourne Cancer Program

On Saturday, February 6th, Sin City’s premier property will host a $1,000 + $70 straddle no-limit hold’em charity poker tournament benefiting the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Master of ceremonies will be Michael Godard, a modern artist who dedicates himself to philanthropic causes through his work. Half of the prize pool will go to charity, the other half will be distributed, along with valuable prizes, to winners.

Players putting their money where their mouths are include actor Lou Diamond Phillips, “The Voice of Bart Simpson” Nancy Cartwright, “The Sopranos” Robert Iler, “Dukes of Hazzard” April Scott, “Desperate Housewives” Jesse Metcalfe, “Mental” Nicholas Gonzalez, “Melrose Place” Shaun Sipos, Playboy Playmates Sara Underwood, Jessica Burciaga and Jessa Lynn Hinton, “Saved by the Bell” Dennis Haskins, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Cheryl Hines and more.

The red carpet walk and silent auction start at 2PM. The tournament starts at 3PM.

Source: LookAtTheStars.org