In the Land of Women

Since we now have an outline of the main characters for the rumored 90210 spinoff, my brain can't stop thinking about who might be cast in these roles. While these new characters have updated traits and hobbies (emo! YouTube!) they are, as some have pointed out, more or less the new versions of the original cast. While we all have our old favorites, I think it's really fun imagining the young stars who could play these updated versions of the original Kelly, Brenda, Donna, etc. Also, some of the original 90210 actors were, like, 30 years old when they played teenagers so I'm going to expand my own fictional casting reach as such.

For example, I could totally see Kristen Stewart (In the Land of Women, Into the Wild) as Annie, the emo girl looking to get popular, and Victor Razuk (Lords of Dogtown, upcoming Stop-Loss) as her adopted bad-boy brother, Dixon. I loved Kevin Zegers in The Jane Austen Book Club and could see him as the jock. Also, this Nickelodeon actress screams Daphne Silver to me. What do you think? Any hot young stars come to mind to fill these slots?

For a reminder of all the new characters and their descriptions, and to tell me who you're thinking could play them, read more

Adam Brody took his turn on TRL this week while promoting In the Land of Women. The movie didn't do all that great at the box office this weekend, but he's still pretty excited about his first time as a leading man, especially starring opposite romantic comedy great Meg Ryan. He also talked a little about what he's learned about the inhabitants of The Land of Women. Here's more:

• On shooting a scene with Meg in a grocery store:
  "I said, 'Wait. Let's think about this. What aisles have we been in? Let's think about this cart for a minute. Are we heading for bread?' " says Brody. "I'm not, like, an actor's actor. That's something I would never do. But, all right, we're in a film with Meg Ryan. Let's get serious here."
• When asked if women were wiser:
  "Wiser? Uh, I think they're more compassionate," returns Brody, whose two-year off-screen relationship with "O.C." co-star Rachel Bilson ended recently. "So, then, yeah, maybe they're a bit more in touch with themselves on average when it comes to relationships. They can also probably be pretty catty with each other."

While it's true that women can get a little catty, we prefer to emphasize the compassionate end of things. We'll let that last comment slide, though, because he's just so darn cute.

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Adam Brody continued to master the fine art of looking adorably disheveled in NYC as he hopped in a taxi. We're loving the Adam overload that's been coming our way thanks to his new movie, but apparently not everyone is on the Brody bandwagon. In the Land of Women tanked at the box office while Disturbia took #1 for the second weekend in a row. We had a feeling Shia was going to be a star, but hopefully this won't be a sign of things to come for Adam - we'd hate to see him disappear into the background like so many other TV stars.

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This weekend, Adam Brody showed us one of the biggest perks of being a man - they can wear the same pants and shoes 2 days in a row and get away with it (and look cute, too). In his new movie, In the Land of Women, Adam plays a guy who struggles to understand the opposite sex, but apparently he doesn't have that problem in real life. He said, "I don't want to say I have women figured out because I certainly don't! But there's nothing puzzling to me, I've never really had a problem connecting with women. We all have our own complicated issues, but men and women are really just different in subtle ways."

Adam is clearly showing more confidence than the Seth Cohen we all grew to know and love... now if he would only find his way back to Rachel Bilson! (Yes, we are continuing to keep our fingers crossed for this one). To see who else was at the party and to learn more about the latest version of the Sidekick, click here

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• If you could recast Ferris Bueller's Day Off with new actors, who would you pick?
• This week, I really enjoyed Bjork's new song "Earth Invaders" and Bright Eyes' new album.
• Well, I don't know about "genius," exactly, but it's shear something. Also, "Notes From the Underbelly" got to an underwhelming start. "Underbelly" is an icky word, don't you think?.
• The trailer for Superbad, starring "Arrested Development"'s Michael Cera, looks so good, while Adam Brody is the only good-looking thing In the Land of Women.
• If you could vote one of these scripted shows off the air, which would you vote for?
• If you're interested in seeing one of the many thrillers this weekend, Disturbia is good, First Snow is chilling, and Perfect Stranger is a failure.
• Check out Al Gore's impressive musical lineup for his Live Earth concert.
• The "Friday Night Lights" season finale had me in tears this week. And then I discovered that they'd filmed two different halftime speeches! Sigh. I'll miss you, Panthers.

Adam Brody gets all serious in this photoshoot for the upcoming issue of Premiere magazine. The single actor has moved on from his fabulous role in The OC to big time movie guy. He's landed himself a lead role as a TV writer who gets dumped by his famous girlfriend in In the Land of Women. In the movie he's so devastated he heads to Michigan to stay with his grandmother where he strikes up a relationship with the family of women next door. For more about the film and to check out the trailer just click here.

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I was sort of starting to hate "The OC" by the time it went off the air, but it did leave me hoping that Adam Brody gets more work. He's probably not the world's most versatile actor, but I find his laissez-faire hipster demeanor hard to resist.

So, I'm curious about In the Land of Women, the first feature from writer and director Jon Kasdan, whose brother Jake also has a new movie, The TV Set. On paper, the premise sounds a bit Garden State: After getting dumped by a movie star, Carter Webb (Brody) decides to move to Michigan care for his grandma (Olympia Dukakis). As he straddles that vexing line between mature adult and immature 20-something, he's charmed by two women across the street, including a sassy mom (Meg Ryan) and her teenage daughter, Lucy (relative newcomer Kristen Stewart). The movie looks to have some potential, but it's tough to tell from the trailer. Watch it and tell me what you think when you read more