|NEWS| CBS moves The Mentalist to Sunday nights

CBS released the fall schedule for 2012/13 and for Season 5 The Mentalist says goodbye to Thursdays and hello to Sundays. The show will be airing at 10PM after The Good Wife. The Sherlock Homes update Elementary will get The Mentalist's old spot on Thursdays at 10/9c.

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Source: CBS and TV Guide.

We just don't know yet if CBS wants to kill the show or they're just incredible dumb. So, with all the respect, fuck you CBS.

|NEWS| Robin's "See Girl Run" world premiere

We've finally got some (good) news about Robin's new movie, "See Girl Run". The world premiere will be in March at SXSW Film Festival. Robin plays Emmie, a woman who gets caught up in "what ifs" that cause her to dig back into her romantic history. Nate Meyer's movie also stars Adam Scott.

You can visit Robin's Green Shades for more info.

The SXSW Festival website has a page dedicated to the film. Click here to visit it.

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Source: indieWIRE.
Special thanks to Alejandra for the heads up.


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Talking about my dearest Tunney, you really should dedicate 5 minutes of your day to watch this awesome music video of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 'Swingin', from 1999. The video is directed by Mike Lipscombe, starring Robin and Luke Wilson.

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Source: Robin's Green Shades.

|NEWS| Tim Kang on Twitter

There's no business like Cho business. Tim Kang is the newest cast member to join the Twitter world. So, don't waste more time and follow the man here: @Tim__Kang!

|NEWS| 'The Mentalist' Co-Stars Get Salary Bumps

After renegotiating Simon Baker's deal late last year to give the Mentalist star a major salary bump, series producer Warner Bros. TV has now done the same for the rest of the cast of the CBS crime procedural, which returns for a fourth season this fall.

Like Baker, co-stars Robin Tunney, Amanda Righetti, Tim Kang and Owain Yeoman have all added an extra year to their existing six-year contracts. In exchange, I hear Tunney, who was most recently at about $75,000 an episode, will now go up to over $100,000 an episode next season with built-in yearly salary increases that will bring her up to almost $200,000 per episode at the end of her contract. Word is that Righetti, Kang and Yeoman, who were in the $40,000-$50,000 per episode range, are going up to $70,000-$80,000 an episode with escalators that will take them to over $100,000 in Season 6 and all the way to $150,000 per episode in Season 7.

Under Baker's renegotiated deal, valued at more than $30 million, he is now making $350,000 an episode, a fee that is slated to go up every season, in addition to a significant piece of the series' back end. The Mentalist was sold in off-network syndication in November 2009 in a rich deal with TNT that is fetching Warner Bros. $2.2 million-$2.3 million an episode.

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Source: Deadline.

|UPDATE| Latest news

We're sorry for the lack of updates during the last days, so let's not waste more time and see what's new on The Mentalist world:

● Gorgeous star Robin Tunney attended to the CBS, The CW & Showtime's 2011 TCA Party held at The Pagoda on August 3, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. If you hadn't the chance to see the pictures yet, check all of them here or at Robin's Green Shades. All the credits to @robintunneynews and @RobinTunneyBlog, please follow and visit Robin Tunney Forum!

● Star Simon Baker will be directing another episode this season. The info was confirmed by Karl Sonnenberg, who said it will be ep. 4.07. On The Mentalist, Simon already directed an episode before; 3.09, Red Moon, written by series creator Bruno Heller.

● Karl also informed that episode 4.03, Pretty Red Balloon, is written by "the awesome Ashley Gable". We all agree with him about it, right?

● Owain Yeoman is not the only cast member tweeting now. The beautiful Amanda Righetti joined Twitter too! Follow her: @AmandaERighetti.

● Lie to Me star Kelli Williams will make an apperance on the show this season. The actress confirmed on her twitter. We don't know which episode yet.

● And last but not least, watch a short interview with Tim Kang, our "Ice Man", Kimball Cho. Credits to Spoiler TV.

|NEWS| Owain Yeoman on Twitter

Monte-Carlo TV Festival, 2011.

Great news for The Mentalist fans! The british actor Owain Yeoman, well known as Agent Wayne Rigsby, is now on twitter. Start following him now @OYeoman!

Welcome onboard, Owain!

|NOTÍCIA| - CBS anuncia data da Season finale

CBS divulgou nessa segunda-feira (23/08) a data da Season Finale, que irá ao no dia 19/05 e terá duas horas de duração. Confira:

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THURSDAY, MAY 19

9:00-11:00 PM "The Mentalist" (two hours)

***EDIT:
Com direção de Chris Long e escrita por Ashley Gable e Bruno Heller.

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Créditos: CBS Press Express e Karl Sonnenberg.

|NOTÍCIA| Simon Baker garante permenência na série até a sétima temporada

De acordo com rumores, Simon Baker assinou um contrato de 30 milhões de dólares com o estúdio americano, Warner Bros., assegurando sua permanência em The Mentalist até a sétima temporada. O ator australiano, que dirigiu o nono episódio da terceira temporada, Red Moon, será também produtor da série, a partir da quinta temporada. Confira a notícia na íntegra:

EXCLUSIVE: 'Mentalist' Star Simon Baker Signs $30+ Mil Deal With Warner Bros TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA Friday December 24, 2010 @ 8:32pm PST

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Jane would have a good feeling about this: I hear The Mentalist star Simon Baker is finalizing a new deal with the series producer Warner Bros Television that would net him more than $30 million for his services on the CBS drama, including money he is currently paid. Under the pact, I hear Baker would add one additional year to his current six-year contract and would get an additional piece of the show's backend. The Mentalist was sold in off-network syndication in November 2009 in a rich deal with TNT that is fetching Warner Bros. $2.2 million-$2.3 million an episode. As part of the new deal with Warner Bros. TV, Baker will also get a producer credit on the show beginning in Season 5.

The Mentalist launched as the top new series of the 2008-09 season. For the past 2 seasons, it has been airing on Thursday at 10 PM as one of very few dramas that perform solidly in the 10 PM hour dominated by DVR viewing. Season to date, The Mentalist has averaged 16 million viewers and a 3.5 rating among adults 18-49, down 6% and 15% from last year, respectively. The series, in which Baker stars as Patrick Jane, an unorthodox consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation, ranks as one of most DVR-ed programs on TV, regularly adding some 3 million extra viewers from playback viewing.

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Créditos: Spoiler TV e Deadline

|NOTÍCIA| The Mentalist em Paris e crossover com CSI?

De acordo com o artigo publicado pelo TF1, há possibilidade de um dos episódios da quinta temporada ser gravado em Paris. Diz Bruno Heller, criador da série, em um entrevista para revista francesa Télé 7 jours. Não passa de especulação, mas quem sabe Patrick Jane, Teresa Lisbon e Cia. não vão parar na Cidade Luz? E que tão um crossover com o companheiro de emissora e dia, o famoso CSI? Esperemos. Confira a notinha postada e traduzida do francês para o inglês por Mary, do nosso parceiro Robin's Green Shades: 

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The Mentalist: an episode shot in Paris?

Bruno Heller, creator of The Mentalist, which is currently airing on TF1, says that there is a possibility that the show will be shot in Paris.

"I think that we'll go in Paris for Season 5. It's not impossible, from a money point of view", says Heller.

Heller also rules out the possibility of having French actors Audrey Tautou and Jean-Paul Belmondo on set, it would be too expensive. But, he says that Antony Hopkins could be a guest on the show, if he will agree.

Heller also said that he would love the idea of a crossover with CSI, saying that it would be possibile since it airs on CBS as well.

(Vivien DEPAROIS)

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Créditos e agradecimentos (Thanks to): TF1 e Robin's Green Shades.