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Hey, new Lee was on TV! Surprise!

CBS premiered the new drama "Doubt" on Wednesday night, and Lee appeared as a witness in one 3-minute courtroom scene. So, he didn't have much to work with, but he looked mighty fine doing it! (IMO his scene was the only thing worth watching in the episode, but your mileage may vary.) Here are some beautiful hi-def caps!

Lee! Looking to his right!


( 4 more gorgeous HD caps behind the cut )

Last night, Lee attended (and modeled in!) The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, a benefit held in NYC for the Prostrate Cancer Foundation. Getty Images has several photos of Lee from the event, but this one of him with his family really caught my eye:



Apparently, Lee and Yuko are expecting another baby! (tobyfan confirmed the news, via miltil) And, by the looks of things, in the not-too-distant future! Yay!


Getty has several more great photos of Lee, including these:
( a whole bunch of Lee pics here! )

Posted January 21 to Chris Meloni's Instagram, captioned "Hanging with friends"

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Well! This is certainly intriguing!

It was announced yesterday on Deadline that Chris Meloni will be starring in a pilot based on the graphic novel "Happy!" for the Syfy channel. He will also serve as one of the pilot's executive producers (alongside his longtime agent-turned-manager Bill Butler). From Deadline:

Underground star Chris Meloni is set as the male lead in Syfy pilot Happy!, based on Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel.

Meloni will play Nick Sax. Once a rock star detective for a major metropolitan police force, Nick lost it all. Now he’s a broken, down-and-out hired killer who makes just enough money to support a steady diet of booze, drugs and sarcasm by carrying out hits for the mob. After one hit goes wrong, his life is forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue-winged horse. Meloni also will executive produce the pilot.

That's right, people. A flying blue unicorn:



Above graphic from Superhero Hype, which had the following official synopsis of "Happy!":

Meet Nick Sax, a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hit-man, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose, Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas. By a tiny blue horse called Happy.

Oh. My. God. Booze! Drugs! Sarcasm! Murder! Soulless sex! Hallucinogenic fairy tale creatures!


(No, Meloni! When in doubt, leave your pants off!)

I think this is going to be totally awesome. Either awesomely good or awesomely bad, and frankly, I don't really care which one it is.

Head over to oz_magi and sign up HERE to participate in the Oz fandom's annual holiday gift exchange of fanfic and fanart! This will be the 13th (THIRTEENTH!) consecutive year that this OZSOME fest has been held!

Wish requests are open from now until midnight anywhere on Tuesday, October 25th. Don't miss out! The world could always use more B/K fic! Or SVU/Wanted crossovers! Or beautiful artwork that highlights Lee's hair! Or Meloni's lack thereof!


(A hand-painted ornament made for Steven Wishnoff by his friend Cyndie Wade, photo courtesy of Steven's Twitter.)

YESSSS! It's every Oz fan's favorite time of year!!!

There is a post over at oz_magi to gauge interest in holding the annual Oz Magi exchange. Go HERE to indicate if you would be willing to take part in teh BESTEST holiday event in the ENTIRE WORLD of fandom. 'Cos OZ peeps are OZSOME.

Never participated before? NEW FISH are very, VERY welcome! (Unlike crazy!Beecher, we don't bite.)
It's been years since you contributed? COME BACK, old-timers! (We've missed you!)
You're too busy? Requirements are deliberately LOW! (500 words for fic, 1 graphic or 3 icons for artwork)
You're too distracted by your cool, shiny, new fandom? Does that fandom have canon SUPER-HOT GUYS KISSING?

(Yeah, I didn't think so.)

Help us keep our little fandom chugging along!

On Wednesday night, Lee attended a special showing of his indie film "Desert Cathedral" in NYC. LJ's very own miltil and shabby86 were both there and met Lee, who was (as you'd expect) an absolute sweetheart. Here are a couple of photos of Lee taken by miltil, posted with her permission:




(^^ this one is his superhero pose :D)

By all accounts, the film is great (albeit sad, given its premise), and Lee is wonderful in it, with a lot of screentime. The movie is scheduled to be released on VOD next Tuesday, Sep. 27.

Lee mentioned to them that he will soon be working on the television show "Power," which is a crime drama on the STARZ channel about a NYC drug ring. (Rapper 50 cent is a producer.) He also said that he would be reprising his role on "Outcast" in another appearance. (YESSS)

And, just a reminder, Lee will also appear tonight on HBO's "High Maintenance" at 11:00 pm ET.

ALSO...

(there's been so much Lee news lately, poor Meloni has been neglected!)

Chris Meloni is currently filming Season 2 of "Underground" in Savannah, Georgia. And on October 9, HE is going to be in NYC to visit Lee appear at New York Comic Con! He is scheduled to be part of a panel discussion and audience Q&A session alongside other Underground cast members. Details are HERE. If you're a Melonian living in the NYC area, this is your opportunity to go check out teh ass of life a preview of the show's new season!

There have been a lot of little things happening in the World of Lee lately, so I figured this was a good time for an update!

(1) First and foremost is exciting news about the movie "Desert Cathedral"! It is finally going to be released on VOD on September 27! (Keep in mind that the bulk of this movie was filmed way back in 2011.) I've been anxious to see this movie ever since I heard about Lee's nude scene how good it is!

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. As part of the build-up to the release (heh), Lee will be attending a special theatrical showing of the film in NYC on September 21! Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with Lee and the movie's writer/director, Travis Gutiérrez Senger. More information at this link, including a trailer with new footage of Lee that wasn't included in previous trailers:



If you're a peep living near NYC, go meet Lee!

( MUCH MORE LEE NEWS HERE )

Last Friday, Lee appeared in an episode of Cinemax's new series "Outcast," and he was AMAZING. Even more AMAZINGER than usual! I have recapped his performance via a mega pic spam HERE at my LJ. Come join the squee!

Cinemax posted this short behind-the-scenes video from Lee's episode in which the show's producer and lead actors sing his praises. WARNING: the vid includes brief glimpses of gore (which I intentionally left out of my pic spam, BTW).



I particuarly liked this quote from Patrick Fugit, who plays the main character: "Lee is awesome. He's very real and raw. Like a lot of actors that are very, very good, they have, like, a natural sort of mania and intensity. He's got it."

Hey, that's my favorite Lee! Real, raw, manic, and instense. *G*

Speaking of Patrick, he took a couple of beautiful photos of Lee taking a break between scenes and posted them to his Instagram:





I also found this amazing production still posted to Twitter:


Poor crazy!Toby. *pets him*

Whooops, wrong show!

Aaaand, if you're looking for a change of pace after this, I noticed that Lee's movie spoof "Tooken" was recently added to Netflix and is now available for streaming. Go watch Lee being goofy!

Lee's episode of "Outcast" is still happening after all! It will air this Friday (June 17) at 10:00 pm ET on Cinemax. Here is the new promo for the episode, with Lee acting eerily similar to The Joker (whether it's the Jack Nicholson or Heath Ledger version is up for discussion):



ALSO, CBS aired a commerical for "Equity" last night during the Tony Awards! It was a shortened version of the offical trailer that I posted HERE, so no new footage. BUT, it indicated at the end that not only would it open July 29 in NYC and LA, but also "everywhere" on August 26. This (and the fact that Sony Pictures Classics was willing to shell out the money to promote it during the Tonys) implies that the movie will be getting more than just the limited-release/direct-to-video/on-demand routine. Which is encouraging to those who actually might want to watch a movie with Lee, unlike, say, Desert Cathedral, which just basically disappeared.