Bones fans, please join with me in sending birthday wishes to Michaela Conlin who plays Angela on the show. Today is her 32nd birthday and she looks as beautiful as ever.
While Bones star Emily Deschanel is enjoying a very successful career in acting, her younger sister Zooey Deschanel is also in the midst of a very successful acting and music career. Zooey is half of the leaders for the group She & Him, along with her music partner M. Ward.
On May 31, She & Him performed at the Sasquatch Music Festival. Here are some great photos of her on stage:
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I finally got a bit of time to go through each of the main Bones cast bios to update the information in them. Then I got very ambitious and made bio pages for the interns and the recurring cast of Bones.
I realize that it’s slightly risky to do all of them, since some my not be in the new season, but we’ve grown to like them all enough that I hope you will enjoy the bios for each of them. Here are all of the new and updated cast bios:
Yes, it’s true. All of the recurring cast members of Bones are busy outside of the series too. Many of them have multiple movies and some even have new series pilots they have been working on. Here’s a bit of what I could find on each of them:
Bones star David Boreanaz, aka FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, shot a film last year called The Mighty Macs. It’s expected to be released later this year. This time, he’s in a role very different from the ones we are all accustomed to seeing him play. He’ll play the part of a slightly chauvinistic husband of a pioneering women’s basketball coach.
By the looks of the movie’s official trailer, it might be a big hit. We should probably bring tissues with us to the theater, since we may shed a tear or two. Take a look:
Emily Deschanel, aka Dr. Temperance Brennan
This summer, Emily Deschanel has a new project underway. While Bones is on break, Emily will be shooting a movie called Perfect Family. She’ll be in a major role in this film, unlike her small role in last year’s movie My Sister’s Keeper. Here’s a short synopsis of the film:
“A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church’s top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the “perfect” family, refusing to accept them for who they are.”
The film also stars Jason Ritter and Kathleen Turner and is expected to release in 2012. You can read what Emily has to say about doing a film during her time off this summer in an interview she did with a number of us yesterday.
TJ Thyne & Tamara Taylor, aka Dr. Jack Hodgins & Dr. Camille Saroyan
TJ Thyne, who plays Hodgins on Bones, has a movie expected out later this year in which he plays a priest. His character for this film is quite different from the fun loving but conspiracy theory touting character he plays on Bones. Here’s a bit of a description for the film:
“‘The Pardon’ is the incredible true story of Toni Jo Henry, a story of love and despair, of hope and redemption, found in the only woman ever to be electrocuted by the State of Louisiana.”
But TJ, who always seems to have multiple projects hatching at once, is also currently working on a film called Shuffle. There is no available information about the film’s plot, but there are rumors that Tamara Taylor, who plays Dr. Cam Saroyan on Bones, is part of the movie’s cast too.
There’s a third movie in the works for TJ too. This film could be a big box-office hit, since it also stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Laurence Fishburne. It’s called The Last Full Measure and it may be out late this year. Here’s a summary of its plot:
“An ambitious government bureaucrat is given an unwelcome assignment that could harm his carefully orchestrated career, to complete a long-unfinished report on whether the nation’s highest award for bravery should, after 40 years, be given to a fallen hero. His investigation leads him down a path he could not have imagined and changes his life and the lives of others in the process.”
John Francis Daley, aka Dr. Lance Sweets
And last, but certainly not least is John Francis Daley, who plays Dr. Lance Sweets on Bones. His Bones character is a case of art imitating life, or vice-versa. No, he’s not really a psychologist, but like Sweets, he’s a writer.
John has written six screenplays that are in various stages of development. The film that is the furthest along in the creation process is called Horrible Bosses. It sounds like a fun ride, since this is what it’s about:
“Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.”
The other five screenplays he’s written are named The $40,000 Man, Hours of Fun, Vacation, Cal of the Wild and Burt Wonderstone. Even from these titles, it’s a sure bet that John is great at writing comedies. I can’t wait to see these films because they all sound terrific.
So it looks as if the cast of Bones always manages to stay busy, even when the series is taking a break. With so many very talented cast members, that’s no big surprise.
Yesterday, FOX network held their Upfront presentation where they announced all the new shows coming to FOX and the returning series. We already knew that Bones would be back for season 6, but it’s great to hear it again anyway.
Here are some photos of Emily Deschanel & David Boreanaz at the party afterward. I absolutely LOVE her haircut!! It’s very stylish!!
Episode 5.22 The Beginning in the End Air Date: May 20, 2010
FOX has finally given us more photos from the Bones season 5 finale. These show Angela’s father, played by ZZ Top band member Billy Gibbons. It’s going to be a very fun episode!
Yesterday, a number of us got to take part in a conference call interview with Bones star Emily Deschanel and Bones creator Hart Hanson. They filled us in on things we can still look forward to this season and were a lot of fun. Here’s the entire transcript of the interview. [You may also be interested in last week's interview with the inspiration for Bones, Kathy Reichs.]
Q: What kind of impact will the final two episodes have on the Booth-Brennan relationship?
Hart Hanson: We had an interesting dilemma this year. We sort of had two big finale type shows this year because we wanted the 100th episode to ring on the Booth-Brennan relationship. Lo and behold, the season finale has to live up to that or at least be as interesting as the 100th. I think we were fairly successful in getting an interesting episode out of our 100th episode. Emily, you’ll have interrupt me if I start to blab too much. I think our season ender, in its own way, has as much impact on the future of the show as the 100th episode did. Was that oblique enough?
Emily Deschanel: I think you said it accurately. “Was it oblique enough?” Yes. We can’t give too much away, you see. What happens in the season finale is as impactful for the relationship as the 100th episode was. There’s a lot to live up to after the 100th episode. I think Hart did a really good job writing the script.
Q: Do you usually hear anything from the fans about the storylines?
Hart Hanson: We definitely hear from our fans. I’ve talked to a few other show runners and I think we have the noisiest, most involved fans if my experience is any indication, and they certainly do not shy away from commenting. I don’t know how everyone feels, but I see that as a very, very positive thing even when I’m getting hollered at.
Emily Deschanel: I think it’s a positive thing too. It means that people care even if they disagree with something. I appreciate people caring so much. But Hart definitely has more experience with the fans directly than I do because he’s a tweeter. Twitters. He’s on Twitter.
Hart Hanson: Be careful there, Emily.
Emily Deschanel: He tweets. He’s twittering. Something. You get a direct line to the fans.
Q: How do you see the evolution of Brennan over the years?
Emily Deschanel: I think you’ve seen through the seasons Brennan opening up a lot more. She’s definitely had a hard time socially with people and knowing what to say and to be sensitive to other people’s feelings and where they’re coming from. That’s one reason why she chose science as a field. and she’s put up a lot of walls — because of being abandoned as a child and what she went through believing her parents were dead or missing as well as her brother leaving her.
I think that the walls are starting to come down. You even see at the end of the season she’s questioning her field — solving murders. It’s a pretty huge thing that she’s even thinking about that because it’s something she’s chosen to escape into. It’s mainly from her relationship with Booth who has opened her up and encouraged her to be more sociable. I guess a higher social intelligence. It was just fun to discover this character learning how to interact with people. I think she’s gotten better. She’s still the same person. She still has difficulty, but she’s making improvements for sure.
Q: Do you anticipate fan reaction to the season finale?
I am a person that tries to always give people the benefit of the doubt. that’s why in spite of all the rumors for a while now a bout Bones star David Boreanaz cheating on his wife, I refused to write anything about it. I have no interest in doing things to needlessly hurt anyone and I know that Hart Hanson and the cast of Bones are among my readers. But there are some things that have come out this week that I’ll post about simply, then I’ll move on.
One of the women who allegedly had an affair with David while his wife Jaime Bergman was pregnant has been planning to publicly damage David’s reputation. She’s actually one of the same bimbos that Tiger Woods was involved with. Yikes!
David decided to come forward and announce publicly that he was unfaithful to Jaime and that they are working on repairing their marriage. He’s pretty smart to do this, since the woman was threatening to tell Jaime anyway if he didn’t pay her a six-figure dollar amount to stay quiet. Here’s what David had to say publicly:
“Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities,” the actor stated. “I just want to be open and honest. I was irresponsible.” “I was associated with a woman who I was involved with and had a relationship with,” he says. “She asked for money. I felt as though I was being blackmailed or there was some sort of extortion.”
“Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities,” the actor stated. “I just want to be open and honest. I was irresponsible.”
“I was associated with a woman who I was involved with and had a relationship with,” he says. “She asked for money. I felt as though I was being blackmailed or there was some sort of extortion.”
I am disappointed to hear about this. I hope they manage to work things out.
Here it is, folks. This is the Bones season finale description. I’m both excited and sad. I can’t wait to find out what happens in the episode, but I don’t want the season to end.
Are you like me and thing the wording of this press release is deliberately vague? We have to wonder what “unique opportunities” Booth & Brennan will have. And do you think that Angela and Hodgins will actually get engaged or married? Why else would Angela’s father come to visit? It’s only a guess….
Press Release: THE TEAM INVESTIGATES THE REMAINS OF A HOARDER ON THE SEASON FINALE OF “BONES” THURSDAY, MAY 20, ON FOX
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Guest-Stars
The team works to uncover clues buried under a life’s worth of possessions saved by a hoarder in order to solve the mystery of his death. Meanwhile, Angela’s father (guest star Gibbons) has a specific purpose for his most recent visit, and Brennan and Booth are confronted with unique opportunities in the “The Beginning in the End” season finale episode of BONES airing Thursday, May 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BON-522) (TV-14 L)
Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan; David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins; Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro; Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets
Guest Cast: Patricia Belcher as AUSA Caroline Julian; Carla Gallo as Daisy Wick; Billy F. Gibbons as Himself; Skyler James as Dylan; Gina Torrecilla as Mom; Scott Atkinson as Morgan Finley; Ned Vaughn as Col. Dan Pelant; Ty Panitz as Parker Booth; Deidrie Henry as Elaine Akusta; Reginald Ballard as Rocky DeKnight [Source: FOX]