Maria and Kelly are back and this time they are not only discussing the latest news and spoilers of your favorite books, movies and TV shows, but they recap their top 5 shows of the month: Grimm, Being Human, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time and the Walking Dead and discuss their dud of the month: Lost Girl.

For SBLC, they talk about the Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead and in Movie Time, Maria reviews Beautiful Creatures… which she liked… a lot.

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This episode was recorded on 03.12.2013.

From THR: ABC’s fairy tale drama left off with the long-awaited reveal of Gold’s son and Henry’s father, Baelfire, and executive producers Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis promised the Saban Theatre audience that the rest of season two explores “this dysfunctional family” that is now in place. The identity of Henry’s father was established “very early in maybe season one,” Horowitz revealed, with actress Jennifer Morrison admitting that the moment in “Manhattan” was crucial for her alter ego, Emma Swan. “How do you play [all those emotions] in three seconds?” she asked.

Producers also took a brief moment to discuss the potential Mad Hatter spinoff, though never outwardly addressed it. When asked about a possible Jefferson return on Once Upon a Time, Horowitz and Kitsis denied that they were recasting the character. “No plans to recast anyone,” Kitsis said, but did note portrayer Sebastian Stan‘s busy schedule.

Here are 11 teases for season two, including pivotal clues to the 17th episode, “Welcome to Storybrooke”:

A darker Snow: In Sunday’s episode, Snow White makes a decision on which side she’ll fall: the light or the dark. It will be a big point of contention for Snow and Charming’s relationship. Though it will be a major hurdle for their romance, Josh Dallas said: “He’s going to be there no matter what.” Lana Parilla, who plays Regina, was excited to see this new side to Snow: “It’s going to get very intense.”

Storybrooke’s early days: Details of the 17th episode, “Welcome to Storybrooke,” were revealed. The episode, which marks the return of the Huntsman (Jamie Dornan), Gus Gus and Billy the Mechanic, will go back in time to the first week after the curse. ” ‘Welcome to Storybrooke’ is the very early days of Storybrooke,” Horowitz teased, adding that viewers will see what it was like in 1983, what it was like for Regina to be victorious and why she wanted to adopt Henry. The timing for the episode is also crucial. “When you see the episode, the answer will be very clear,” Horowitz said, as to why they decided for it to be in season two.

Another shade to Belle: In an upcoming Belle-centric episode, “things are going to get a lot more interesting for Gold,” Kitsis said, with Emilie De Ravin revealing that Belle’s cursed alter ego will be far different. “Lacey is the opposite of Belle,” De Ravin said. What is the likelihood for Belle to regain her memories? “Have hope and faith,” Kitsis said coyly.

Another realm: Before the end of the season, the show will visit another realm. Producers wouldn’t offer any more details other than: “We’ll be going to a new land!” as Kitsis exclaimed. However, they will be “teasing someone who will live in this other land, but we won’t see them until season three.”

Final season two episodes revealed: The two-part finale will be called “Second Star to the Right” and “Straight on ‘Til Morning,” major hints that the season may very well be ending in Neverland.

Father, son and grandson troubles: Now that Rumpelstiltskin has found his son, what will this mean for their relationship? “There’s a little gamechanger,” hinted Robert Carlyle of episode 22. Now that he is aware that Henry may be his undoing, it will present Rumpelstiltskin with an interesting question. “Has he learned anything [from his past and] what chance does his grandson have?” asked Kitsis of Rumpelstiltskin’s debacle. “Is undoing a bad thing?” Horowitz inquired.

A love triangle forming? Now that Henry’s father is back in the fray, will there be a possible love triangle forming between Emma, Hook and Bae? “I’d like to see it,” Kitsis offered. Fellow EP Horowitz seconded it: “It could happen.”

The Evil Queen will be back: ”Regina the Evil Queen is going to make a comeback, but in a different way,” teased Parilla.

Is Hook redeemable? “He’s out for himself,” Colin O’Donoghue said, “as long as he gets his greasy paws on Rumpelstiltskin.” Kitsis offered this: “At the end of the day, they’re all searching for their happy ending. Some just have a harder road.” Viewers will see Hook “pop back into the season in a fun way,” Horowitz said.

More familiar faces: August will return and viewers will find out where he ran off to and what he’s been doing. However, that big question of how August knew Neal was Bae will not be answered this season.

More backstories: Sunday’s episode will reveal an interesting connection between Hook and Bae; expect their backstories to be explored even further.

1. Character development will play a big role in Season Four.
“I think there may be a wee bit less of the run and gun. And [we'll] get a little more into some of our characters,” Executive Producer Greg Nicotero told EW. “The challenge with a show like this, when you have a big ensemble, is you don’t want any of the characters to get lost; it’s important that we know what Carol’s story is and that we know what Beth’s story is. And when you’re trying to service a lot of characters, it becomes challenging. Watching the first season of Walking Dead and seeing how grounded it was, that’s really important to all of us. Andy Lincoln and I spent a lot of time going through the scripts and making sure we feel that they’re grounded. Because that’s what keeps our audience coming back. The walkers and the gore and the action and stuff, that’s fun, that’s the popcorn part of it. But if you don’t have characters that people are invested in, you lose your audience.”

2. Rick’s descent into madness won’t last for long
Even though Carl doesn’t seem to think that he’s fit to lead anymore, Andrew Lincoln assured EW that Rick isn’t going to be this way forever. “I think you’ll see in the next episode a turning point happens and he realizes his responsibilities. And hopefully he’ll come back from the brink. But certainly since the death of Lori and the pressure imposed by The Governor, he is in a state of shock, grief, and stress, and he has had a breakdown. It’s tough times for Rick, but it’s always tough times for him, isn’t it? He never gets a day off, this guy.” Later in the panel, Lincoln came back to Carl’s criticism: “He has a point. I have been making some terrible calls. So, you know, bless him. Parenting in the apocalypse.”

3. Daryl could lead, but he’d probably rather not
Norman Reedus immediately deflected the idea that he’s become the fan favorite. “We all have our people,” he said. But when asked whether or not he thinks Daryl has the capacity to step up and lead the group, Reedus was much more assured. “I don’t think he wants to be the leader in any way. Like with Randall, remember Randall? There’s a whole episode about ‘what do we do with Randall’ and Daryl just kind of quietly went in there and beat the s— out of him and came back with bloody knuckles and was like ‘yeah, what’s up?’ He wasn’t like ‘look at me, look what I did!” I think if he had to lead, it would be reluctantly,” said Reedus. “He doesn’t want to talk about feelings or make you feel better about the future. He just does stuff. He gets it done.”

4. What Glenn really wants
Steven Yeun said in Glenn’s perfect world, “The Governor would be dead and he would be happy with Maggie in a field full of…food.” He said his world would be like a savory Willy Wonka factory. With steak trees.

5. Everyone is scared of Carl the child soldier
Lincoln said of Carl’s recent changes: “I see a boy turning into a soldier, which is a terrifying thing. And I think that that story between the group, the family, and this seemingly wayward boy turning into a child soldier is a terrifying and very interesting arc that we follow in the last five episodes.”

6. Andrea does not have feelings for The Governor anymore
Laurie Holden told EW: “I think she thinks The Governor is disgusting at this point. She didn’t sleep with him because she was having a weak moment. She slept with him because she had every intention of doing what Carol suggested. But it’s not easy to just slit someone’s throat when they’re sleeping. She doesn’t have all the information. She doesn’t know about Maggie, but at this point it doesn’t matter. He’s gross to her.” In the panel discussion, Hardwick referred to the almost murder as “Carol’s creepy vagina warfare,” causing Reedus and Lincoln to fall apart laughing.

7. Shipping Daryl and Carol
An audience member asked if we’re ever going to see them make out. Reedus said, “I like these two damaged people gravitating towards each other. It might happen…I don’t want to make the first move.” Reedus added, “I don’t think he has much game.” Given the shrieks that comment solicited, either he actually does have game, or he doesn’t and his female fans just don’t care.

8. Andrea and Michonne: not a cat fight 
Holden told the audience that “Andrea and Michonne are two adult women who wanted different things. Andrea did not choose a guy over her. After eight months she wanted a life and she wanted a community. I think this one [Michonne] could have ended up anywhere and she would have been unhappy.” She added, “I think that she didn’t want to share Andrea with anybody. She was happy when it was just the two of them. And I wish that they really had been able to have a deeper conversation before Michonne left those gates.”

8. If Season Two ended with a hopeful cliffhanger…
“I would say [the Season Three finale] is the opposite of last year. In every way,” Holden said.

9. Season Four is underway
Executive Producer Gale Ann Hurd told EW that “the writer’s room has cooked up the first eight episodes, and they’ll probably start writing next week. And we start shooting May 6. We’re still finishing the season finale – editing and music.”

10. If you’re a fan, they’re listening to what you have to say
Comic creator and Executive Producer Robert Kirkman told EW, “we have the best fans in the world. If you go to the site, you see the message boards and can find out what they like and what they don’t like. We look at that, so we know sort of what fans want and what we don’t. They’ve given us a lot of interesting ideas. We’re ultimately going to do something that’s entirely unique and ours, but the fans are going to be very happy.” Sometimes the suggestions aren’t entirely helpful, but amusing nonetheless. Kirkman said, “we get a lot of requests for zombie animals.” EP David Alpert added, jokingly, “I’m not going to rule out seeing a zombie polar bear in Season Four. Because you never know.”

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, JANUARY 9, 2013 – The Paley Center for Media today announced the full lineup of honorees for their 30^th annual ultimate TV fan festival, PaleyFest: The William S. Paley Television Festival, marking the biggest festival to date. PaleyFest 2013 will take place at the Saban Theatre, March 1-15, 2013. The latest series to join the lineup include: The Walking Dead, which will serve as the opening night presentation for PaleyFest, Community, whose cast will present a live table read at their unprecedented fourth appearance at the festival; Parenthood, The Mindy Project, Nashville, Arrow, Dallas, New Girl, The Big Bang Theory, and 2 Broke Girls. These series will join previously announced honorees: Revolution, The Newsroom, Once Upon A Time, The New Normal, and American Horror Story: Asylum, which will close out the 15-day Festival.

The full schedule is as follows (each panel will be available on Hulu and Hulu Plus the next day):

Friday, March 1: Opening Night Presentation: The Walking Dead (7:00 pm)
Saturday, March 2: Revolution (7:00 pm)
Sunday, March 3: Once Upon A Time (1:00 pm matinee presentation) and The Newsroom (7:00 pm)
Tuesday, March 5: Community (7:00 pm)
Wednesday, March 6: The New Normal (7:00 pm)
Thursday, March 7: Parenthood (7:00 pm)
Friday, March 8: The Mindy Project (7:00 pm)
Saturday, March 9: Nashville (1:00 pm matinee presentation) and Arrow (7:00 pm)
Sunday, March 10: Dallas (1:00 pm matinee presentation)
Monday, March 11: New Girl (7:00 pm)
Wednesday, March 13: The Big Bang Theory (7:00 pm)
Thursday, March 14: 2 Broke Girls (7:00 pm)
Friday, March 15: Closing Night Presentation: American Horror Story: Asylum (7:00 pm)

As previously announced the inaugural PaleyFest Icon Award, which is named for William S. Paley, the pioneering media titan and founder of The Paley Center for Media, and recognizes individual creative achievements in television, will honor Ryan Murphy. Murphy, whose series Glee, Nip/Tuck, and American Horror Story have been previous PaleyFest honorees, will receive the award at a celebration slated for Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, which will serve as PaleyFest’s kickoff event.

Hulu will expand its relationship with the Festival as the Premier Sponsor for PaleyFest 2013 and will stream full-length panel content and short form clips, exclusively on-demand from each PaleyFest panel on the free ad-supported Hulu, and the Hulu Plus subscription service at www.hulu.com.

PaleyFest.org, the Festival’s official website, will continue to serve as the official destination for ongoing PaleyFest announcements, content including photos and video clips from Festival events both current and classic, Festival merchandise, and ticket sales. New PaleyFest Showrunner Passes, including guaranteed admission to each Festival event at the Saban Theatre, are now on sale, and the new Studio Pass is available to Paley Center Members today, Wednesday, January 9, and to the general public on Thursday, January 10. Individual event tickets will Go On sale to Paley Center Members on Friday, January 11, and to the general public on Sunday, January 13 via www.paleyfest.org and the Festival’s ticket provider: www.ticketweb.com. Fans are invited to follow @paleycenter and #PaleyFest on Twitter for immediate announcements and live tweeting from the events.

Over the past thirty years, PaleyFest has become a destination event for the worldwide COMMUNITY of television fans who gather each year to connect with the talent, from the stars to the creative teams of the shows, during interactive panel sessions and premiere screenings. The Festival benefits The Paley Center for Media’s preservation and archival digitization efforts, and its ongoing mission to explore the significant impact of media on our culture and society. The Paley Center for Media is home to one of the world’s foremost publically accessible archives of television, radio, and new media content, nearly 150,000 programs and advertisements spanning the history of media. In addition to its facilities in Los Angeles and New York, a selection of Paley Center public events have been made digitally available to libraries and universities across the United States via the educational resource, Proquest.

About The Paley Center for Media:

The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional COMMUNITY and media-interested public. For more information, please visit www.paleycenter.org.

Listen to Maria and Kelly get all excited about Spring and what that brings… the return of some of our favorite shows. They also recap some of your favorite shows such as Once Upon a Time, The Walking Dead, Being Human UK/US, Lost Girl, Grimm and Merlin. They will also go over the latest news and spoilers for these shows and pilots that are coming down the pike and Paley Fest.

Kelly covers SBLC with her review of Elizabeth Hunter’s Elemental Mysteries series.

Also, Maria leaves you a little message about tonight’s episodes of The Walking Dead and Once Upon a Time.

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This podcast was recorded on 03.11.2012.

P.S. – Sorry for the delay my lovelies… issues with hipcast.

TV Guide has given us our first look at this year’s The Vampire Diaries PaleyFest poster.

The poster, which is by artist Jessica Deahl, will first be available in the lobby of the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills at this year’s PaleyFest panel on Saturday, March 10.  There are only 300 prints and if any are remaining they will go on sale the next day at gallery1988.com.

Here it is:

Buddy TV – Next up on the PaleyFest lineup is ABC’s new hit Once Upon A Time, a charming drama that brings to life your favorite fairy tale characters who, thanks to a curse, are stuck in present time in Storybrooke, Maine.

Six cast members and three executive producers joined the panel in Beverly Hills to discuss the show and tease the rest of the season and beyond:

Edward Kitsis, Creator/Executive Producer
Adam Horowitz, Creator/Executive Producer
Steve Pearlman, Executive Producer
Ginnifer Goodwin, Mary Margaret/Snow White
Jennifer Morrison, Emma Swan
Robert Carlyle, Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin
Lana Parrilla, Regina/Evil Queen
Josh Dallas, David/Prince Charming
Raphael Sbarge, Archie/Jiminy Cricket

Just how successful has Once Upon A Time been? Consider this:

- Of the 20 drama series that debuted this television season, Once had the highest-rated premiere
- It’s the No. 1 new show among women ages 18-49, beating 2 Broke Girls and New Girl
- It’s also the No. 1 family co-viewing show, meaning it’s the top show adults watch with kids.

Here are the main points brought up during the hour-long panel (including some spoilers, so read at your own risk!):

We’ll see more of Archie, as the town psychotherapist gets two new patients — Mr. Gold and David.
- Mr. Gold doesn’t have any friends or anyone to talk to, so he goes to see Archie to “address some things,” Robert Carlyle said.
- As for David, he goes to see Archie to try to make sense of his relationships — the one with Kathryn for whom he feels so guilty about and thus can’t seem to leave her, and the one with Mary Margaret for whom he has these strong, unexplainable feelings for.

The Kathryn storyline will get resolved this season.
- So will David/Mary Margaret get their happy ending? Not quite — a new obstacle will get in the way.
- “The nature of the curse is no one can have a happy ending,” Josh Dallas explained.

Barbara Hershey (Black Swan) will play the Evil Queen’s mother.
- But don’t expect a loving mother-daughter relationship. They don’t get along.

We’ll find out what Snow White did to piss the Evil Queen off.
- It won’t be that black and white, however. “It’s the complication [of what exactly happened] that’s beautiful about it and adds a richness to the relationship that we will need for subsequent seasons,” Ginnifer Goodwin said.

The mystery visitor’s agenda will be revealed.
- Before the end of the season, we’ll know exactly what he’s doing in Storybrooke. Though the producers didn’t immediately shoot down the theory that the mystery man is Henry, all grown up, they said one of the theories being thrown around out there is correct. Of course, they didn’t say what that was.

The allusion to a mermaid in a previous episode was indeed about Ariel.
- But that storyline will be for another time, another place, likely season 2. The producers want to focus on the current storylines that need to be played out. Another storyline to look out for after season 1: The story about Henry’s father.

Will the sheriff come back?
- The producers didn’t rule that out. Although the Storybrooke side of the sheriff’s storyline is over with, the Huntsman is still alive in the fairy tale world, so he may be making an appearance down the line.

The show has been dropping hints on how to break the curse.
- Now don’t go rushing to your DVRs to find out what it is. For the record, the actors do know what it is.

Other interesting tidbits:

- Episode 20 is currently being shot, and the season finale is currently being written.

- The process of getting in and out of the Rumpelstiltskin character takes hours. Getting makeup done takes under two hours, taking it off takes another hour and it takes 20 minutes to lace up his boots.

- The show makes use of a green stage, which is a giant sound stage surrounded on three sides by green curtains and green floors.

- Jennifer Morrison said her favorite scene playing Emma was before Sheriff Graham died because it was a huge turning point for the character.
“She really allowed herself to love someone romantically, even for a brief moment, for the first time in her life,” she said.

- Ginnifer Goodwin actually went as Snow White for Halloween a couple of years ago.