The full cast for the second season of Mac's South Hampton has been revealed (via the HTG TV Guide Casting Central). It is as follows:

Lizzie Caplan
Chris Pine
Dan Byrd
Amanda Crew
Cam Gigandet
Sarah Drew
Ryan Malgarini
Gregory Smith
Michael Raymond James
Ray Winstone
India Arie
Jack Coleman
Vanessa Lengies
Taylor Kitsch
Taylor Schilling
Emily VanCamp
With the new session of TV getting closer, we'll be getting a lot more TV news in the next upcoming weeks. HTG:TV Session 8 will be around the end of February.

It is that time of the year again...

The 10th HTG Awards are here, celebrating the films released in the 2nd half of 2009. We're not going to look at every category, but we will be taking a look at some of the more important ones. A small disclaimer; The lists I write are just my humble opinion. I have not ready every film in theaters, and I am the studio head of Flip Brothers Studio. Everyone is welcome to write and submit their lists to the Hollywood Times. The more the merrier!

The past half a year, we've had 34 releases, with 22 of those being short films. When I usually nominate films for Best Picture, I look among the features first, then the shorts. I do this mostly because of the Best Short Film category. Every now and than there is a real stand out short that gets added right on to my Best Picture list.

For now (in no particular order), here is who I'm looking at for Best Picture. This is not my final nomination list, it is just the films that are jumping out at me.
Batman: Season of the Witch
Out of the Dark
Scream Bloody Murder
A Short Protest
The Dreamer
Who is on your short list? Submit an article or comment on this one!

J*A*G seems to be the show that keeps on giving. In real life, the show has produced two highly rated series in NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles and here, the show is set to return after a four session hiatus on HTG televisions courtesy of DRTV and Daniel Thomas.

"We're ecstatic about bringing JAG back," said DRTV co-head, Quantum "it has a very strong history and we hope to capitalize on that."

The series sees David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson, and Steven Culp returning to the franchise that made them famous.

Look out for more news about JAG and other DRTV shows as session 8 comes around.

For the past few months we have held a poll to see who is HTG's favorite "Top Talent". We polled people with the option of choosing one of the top three (TS wise) directors, actors, or actresses. Included in the list were Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, and Tom Cruise from the actors side, Julia Roberts, Kate Heckinsale, and Kate Hudson from the actresses, and James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, and Tim Burton from the directors.

How did everyone score? Well, in last place was a three way tie between Julia Roberts, James Cameron and Kate Hudson. Tied for second to last were the Toms, Hanks and Cruise. Narrowly ahead of them in the polling was Harrison Ford, which rounds out the actors. Tied for second place are our last two directors, Spielberg and Burton, with 21% of the vote each. And in first place, with 28% of the vote, the Star Wars and Los Angeles beauty, Kate Beckinsale.

Don't forget to vote in our two current polls (located on the left hand side of the page)!

Yesterday, the winners were announced for the 2nd Annual Sully TV Awards. Here is the full list...

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY, REALITY or NEWS SHOW
Patrick Warburton, The Tick

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY, REALITY or NEWS SHOW
Charisma Carpenter, Sketchy!

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, or SCI-FI SHOW
David Boreanaz, Downtown

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, or SCI-FI SHOW
Allison Scagliotti, The Day After

BEST GUEST ACTOR
Michael Imperioli, The Policeman

BEST GUEST ACTRESS
Eliza Dushku, I Don’t Care

BEST CAST
Super

BEST DIRECTOR (SERIES OR GUEST)
Kevin Smith, Snobs

BEST ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
Snobs

BEST POSTER
(TIE)
The Day After, Poster by PJ Flip
The Tick, Poster by Ritchie Steven

BEST ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, or SCI-FI SHOW
The Day After

BEST COMEDY, REALITY or NEWS SHOW
The Tick

BEST CLASSIC SHOW
Pit TV

BEST PRODUCER
Lucian

Today makes the release of Kaven's eighth film, The Decent Into Madness, and the first release of 2010. The Ship of Fooles drama is directed and co-starring Paul Schneider in his HTG debut.

"The film is about how people deal with death in different ways. How it can take you to a dark place," Schneider spoke to us at the film's premiere. The director/actor takes on the role of Caster Fade, a loving father who loses his son and is put into an asylum, where he befriends a serial killer, portrayed by the award winning Johnny Depp.

The film also stars Charisma Carpenter, who is fresh off a Sully Award Winning role in Sketchy!, Kate Bosworth who hasn't been in a film role since 2005's Batman, Stacy Keach in his film HTG debut, and Hell Day's Peter Stormare.

The drama was shot on the Ship of Fooles Studio lot in 2009, and was originally scheduled for a November release, before it was pushed to January. Click here to check out the film.

As a relative newcomer to HTG, I found it hard to get celebrities to return my calls. But I wanted to get my name out there, and be seen mingling with Hollywood's elite. So recently I journeyed to the Screen Actors Guild Union Hall. I expected to find a B-list celebrity or two who were in between roles.

What I discovered was very surprising. Many talented actors and actresses are struggling to get by. As I made my way through the crowded, smoke filled lounge I was inundated with treatments, resumes, and head shots. I was stunned by not only the number of out of work actors, but also by the smell of desperation, and burnt microwave popcorn that permeated the room.

As I settled in to a rigid plastic chair (one of the few available seats in the room), Johnny Knoxville came rushing over. As he thrust his mustard stained (at least I think that's what it was) resume under my nose he began spouting random comments:

KNOXVILLE: Hi, remember me? Didn't we work together on The Devil's Rejects? Hey man, that Jackass stuff is in the past. I want to be taken seriously. Are you hiring?

Suddenly from across the table Betty White came to my rescue.

WHITE: Beat it Clapp! [Editor's note: Knoxville's real name is Philip John Clapp]
KNOXVILLE: Butt out granny! You don't scare me!
WHITE: This is the part where if I had a [censored] I would tell you to suck it, cause I'm fixing to go Lake Placid on your [expletive]!

She made a move as if to stand up. Knoxville wordlessly retreated, casting a sullen glance back at White before melting into the crowd.

I looked around the table I was sitting at. Some big names here; Betty White, Tobey Maguire, Julia Roberts, and Jude Law. I sensed that they were willing to talk, and switched into interview mode.

ME: Thank you Ms. White. I was wondering if I could get an interview or two for an HTG article.
MAGUIRE: I'd be happy to be interviewed! Let me tell you about my new snack food, Spider Biscuits. They are a wholesome new cra... Oww! Who kicked me?
ROBERTS; I did. We're all getting sick and tired of your shameless attempts to cash in on Spiderman and Seabiscuit. What have you done lately?

Everyone turned to Maguire waiting for his reply.

MAGUIRE (Now sounding defeated): I haven't had a role in a HTG movie since 2006.
LAW: Same here. And to add insult to injury, I got passed over for a role in "And F* You Too". They went with Eric Estrada! (his words now dripping with sarcasm) Eric...Poncharrelo...Estrada! My talent score is what...4 times his?
ME: So you all have been unemployed for a while?
ROBERTS: Nothing since 2008. Not even a cameo.
WHITE: Oh quit your moaning Tinkerbell (a reference to Roberts role in Hook). I've won more awards than the rest of you combined. And I still haven't had a days work since 2006! If I don't get something soon, I'm going to take a role in "Down and Dirty in Beverly Hills 2".
LAW: Betty, would you really take a part in a adult film just because one of the actors looks sort of like the Hoff?
ROBERTS: Yeah Betty, you can't be hurting for money as bad as the rest of us. At least you can draw social security...

Johnny Knoxville was walking by, and overheard this last exchange.

KNOXVILLE: Sure she gets social security. Her number is 2.
WHITE (amazingly agile for her age, leaps from her chair): That's it, Clapp! I'm gonna' rip you a new...

[Editors note: My recorder was damaged in the ensuing brawl. Ms. White snatched it up, and broke it over Knoxville's head. But suffice it to say, some well known celebrities are suffering from long term unemployment. I hope to collect more interviews in the near future.]

The official soundtrack for Emerald Pictures "The Dreamer" isn't set to release until Tuesday, but was leaked onto the internet today by an unknown source.

When contacted, Four Tops' studio head Elmer confirmed that this in fact was the official soundtrack. He said that these songs are not in the film itself, and that this is more of a "Inspired by..." CD.

Pedro of Baseball Mogul Productions will be go boldly where no man has gone. He put down 500 million dollars of his own money to buy the full exclusive rights to Star Trek. I invited Pedro out to lunch to talk about the franchise and what direction he would be taking.

What are you planning to do with Star Trek? Reimagine? Continue with JJ's Trek? Continue with the Original?

Pedro: I plan on making a movie centering around the comedic villain Harry Mudd, who tried to con the team in a few episodes of the original series. I haven't quite figured out the whole plot of what I’m going to do, but it'll involve him

Continuing with JJ's or starting fresh?

Pedro: Starting fresh... I want the film to take place later...like the show, with an older/more established team.

Any casting ideas yet? Any directors in mind?

Pedro: No directors in mind, but I have a complete cast in mind. Only one of them I think will be for sure... the other roles are still up for grabs... Some early ideas are Matt Damon as Kirk, Adrien Brody as Spock, Gary Sinise as Bones, Billy Boyd as Scotty, Daniel Dae Kim as Sulu, Gabrielle Union as Uhura, Jason Ritter as Chekov, Kristen Bell as Yeoman Janice Rand, Judy Greer as Nurse Chapel and Mike Myers as Harry Mudd.

Will you be aiming to make this a franchise or just a one off film?

Pedro: It'll definitely be a franchise, but I’m focusing on one film right now.

When are you aiming to release?

Pedro: As soon as I write it... I’ve got other projects on my plate too... Sometime next year... Hopefully around summer.

Watch out creative companies, there is a new artist in Town!

Modern Interactive, created by new Hollywood resident Filminator, has opened up shop in Unit 200 of the Creative Company Building. They are specializing in designing posters and banners for films and television. Their prices are negotiable and they have already hooked in one big studio project. They created the banner (seen below) for Horror City that has been showing up everywhere across town and have also created a teaser poster for the flick.

Modern Interactive promises pieces where "unique and mainstream meet." You can check out more samples and get their contact info in their office.