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News Catch-Up

Sorry for the lack of updates here. I have been trying to take a break from some of my websites and I figured while Selma was on a “break” while pregnant, I could be on a break too! :wink:

Anyway… I’m here to post some of the happenings with Selma while I was away. Thanks to Jen for keeping us updated in some of the comments on older posts!

First things first, Selma and her boyfriend Jason welcomed a baby boy! His name is Arthur Saint Bleick and he was born Monday, July 25th and weighed in at 7 lbs., 12 oz.

Secondly, Selma has joined Twitter! Her account is @selmablair and it is verified so it really is Selma!

Next, I’ll be working on catching up with the recent appearances that Selma made in the photo gallery.

Selma Blair is Pregnant

Selma Blair joined the growing list of celebrity ladies who are expecting, when news broke Thursday that she is pregnant.

Blair’s rep told People magazine that the ‘Legally Blonde’ star, 38, and her boyfriend Jason Bleick, a fashion designer, are going to become parents.

A friend tells People that the couple is “ecstatic” about the news.

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Congratulations to Selma & Jason on this wonderful news! :heart:

Josh Close, James D’Arcy, Selma Blair and Rachel Miner Cast in “The Replicas”

Josh Close, James D’Arcy, Selma Blair and Rachel Miner have been cast in the home invasion thriller The Replicas. Music video helmer Jeremy Regimbal is directing the project, which just began production.

Close also wrote the screenplay, which follows a couple that heads with their family to a vacation cottage to grieve after the death of their youngest child. Not long after, they are visited by the Sakowskis, a couple with an unhelpful agenda.

Kim Roberts and Tina Pehme of Sepia Films are producing along with Justin Close of The Studio Movement.

Josh Close, who is repped by Buchwald & Associates and Untitled Entertainment, was a regular on the ABC series The Unusuals. On the feature side, he has appeared in The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Diary of the Dead.

Repped by CAA and Management 360, D’Arcy has appeared in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and An American Haunting. He will next appear as Ian Fleming in Age of Heroes and in Madonna’s W.E.

Blair, repped by Gersh and Global Creative, most recently appeared in Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Feast of Love. She is filming Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse.

Repped by the Kohner Agency and Untitled, Miner appeared on the Showtime series Californication and in the films Bully and The Black Dahlia.

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NBC Picks Up “Tommy’s Little Girl”

After lengthy negotiations, NBC has closed a deal for Jamie Foxx’s drama project Tommy’s Little Girl based on the trailer Foxx shot with Selma Blair, Paul Sorvino, Tony Sirico and James Russo. The network also has picked up Life Is Good, a comedy from Unhitched creators Chris Pappas and Mike Bernier and Hangover 2 writer Scot Armstrong. Based on Foxx’s idea, Girl is described as Le Femme Nikita meets The Sopranos and centers on a young girl (Blair) raised in a mafia family who is hidden away in an orphanage after her family is murdered by a competing mafia crime boss. She grows up to become an attorney by day, and a deadly, well trained killer by night, as she avenges her family’s murder and attempts to locate her last living relative. Jorge Zamacona has been tapped to write the script and executive produce. Also executive producing are Foxx and Deon Taylor through their recently launched No Brainer Films. Foxx took an entrepreneurial approach with the project, shooting a trailer for it over the summer that was then taken to the networks.

The key actors in the trailer — Blair, Sorvino and Sirico — are still attached though there are no deals in place with NBC. Foxx and Taylor co-wrote and co-directed the trailer, which was financed by a private investor. Girl will now be produced by UMS. In addition to Girl, Foxx is also executive producing a midseason sketch comedy series for Fox. Foxx and Zamacona are with CAA.

Life, also from UMS, centers on Andy, husband and father of two young girls, whose mellow suburban family world is thrown into chaos when he is found by Dru, the 19-year-old mixed race son he never knew he had. Andy is over the moon to learn that he has a son and that enthusiasm is more than Dru can handle. Pappas and Bernier, repped by CAA and Epidemic, will write the project and will executive produce it with Armstrong, who has a first-look deal with NBC, and Ravi Nandan, an executive at Armstrong’s American Work production company.

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‘Four Saints’ marches to production

Lorena Rincon, Rhona Mitra, Selma Blair and Melanie Lynskey are toplining World War I drama “Four Saints,” produced by White Wing Enterprises and Andrew Ferns (“Pursued”).

Cary Elwes and Arnold Vosloo are also starring. “Saints,” written and directed by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, tells the story of four young women who defied the British Army — as well as German bombs and bullets — to operate an illegal medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during World War I. It’s based on Isbouts’ novel “Angels in Flanders.”

Principal photography is scheduled to start in November for a six-week shoot around Calgary, Alberta.

White Wing is producing with the support of the Alberta Production Plan, sales company Hollywood Wizard and Structured Capital Group.

With Rincon’s casting, Tayrona Entertainment Group has agreed to exec produce and distribute the film throughout Latin America on more than 1,000 screens next fall.

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New Film Announced – “Dark Horse”

According to EW.com, Selma Blair has signed on to a new movie called “Dark Horse”!

Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, and Selma Blair will all appear in Dark Horse, an indie about a 30-something man who lives with his parents (who are played by Walken and Farrow).

Selma Blair to join “Project Runway” judging panel

Hollywood actress Selma Blair will be the celebrity judge on the superhit TV series Project Runway.

The Cruel Intentions star will follow in the footsteps of other celebrity judges such as Lindsay Lohan and Eva Longoria Parker, reported Daily Mail online.

The superhit show is a competition for fashion designers with the finalists getting to showcase their collections at the New York Fashion Week.

Blair will be joining supermodel Heidi Klum,fashion designer Michael Kors and fashion magazine editor Nina Garcia on the judging panel.

“We’ve been wanting to have Selma Blair on Project Runway for a while. She is so chic and has great individual style,” said executive producer Jane Cha.

The 38-year-old will help judge the contestants designs in the first episode of season eight of the reality show.

“Selma ended up being a perfect guest judge for our first challenge super knowledgeable about fashion and the show, because she’s a fan,” added Cha.

From NDTV

The new season of “Project Runway” begins airing on July 29 on Lifetime TV! Selma’s episode airs on the first episode – so make sure you check your local TV listings for exact air times in your area!