Morena Baccarin, Cassidy Freeman, Kelly Osbourne, Misha Collins, and I Heart Freelance...Sometimes

It's true. I'm trying to take over the world...I mean, internet. Mwah ha ha! I'm happy to announce that my first piece went up on Newsarama.com this morning!

Sending a shout out to the very awesome Maurice LaMarche aka The Brain!

Look, I want to know what each paycheck is going to look like, just like everyone else, but I have to say, writing for so many sites has been an unbelievably helpful experience. It's given me the opportunity to learn so many different things, work with people I might never have met and write in different styles. I'm sure both my landlord and my dad would be happy to hear that I was working in one place, and I'm quite certain many of you have heard me complain about the life of a freelancer, but I just wanted to take a moment to talk about the positive side of it all. I'm lucky to be doing something I love and believe me, I don't take it for granted.

Whew! So here are today's interviews:

Up on Newsarama today is my interview with Smallville's Cassidy Freeman. She gives us some info on her role in the infamous JSA episodes and whether or not we'll see her throw down with Lois anytime soon.




On Popeater, we have my interview with Kelly Osbourne and her Dancing With the Stars partner, Louis Van Amstel. Boy, this was a rough one to schedule. But after years of musical theater, I totally get how important rehearsal is. I finally caught up to them late last night. Not sure what I was expecting, but they were wonderful to talk to. Kelly was completely open about how much this experience has changed her as a person.



Also on Popeater, my V interview with...wait for it Firefly fans...Morena Baccarin! As I said on Twitter, she couldn't have been nicer if she was coated in sugar. Seriously, she answered all of my questions, including the ones about production changes and her haircut. By the way, oh Dr. Horrible minions...she would LOVE to be in the sequel! She loves Joss and told me she would "do anything that man says."



Hoping to have my Misha Collins-Supernatural interview up on Huffington Post later today. I'll post when it goes live.



Well, I have officially geeked out in every way possible today...maybe no video game posts, but I'm going to give the typing fingers a rest tonight and play a little World of Warcraft...at least until I have to prep for tomorrow's interview with Amanda Tapping. ;)

I'm Casting Cameos for Joss Whedon. Kinda. Sorta.

Yup. I'm a Joss Whedon fan. It kind of goes with the whole "I'm a geek and geekiness is cool" thing. But honestly, I've seen everything he's ever done. Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog. I've read all his comic books...I even watch Dollhouse. (Fingers crossed, but I'm not holding out much hope for a third season. Sigh.) I've been lucky enough to interview him a few times, and he is just as funny as the characters he creates. Hell, when I asked him if I could have the keys to a shiny new Australia (a reference you'll get if you've seen Dr. Horrible), he told me I could be the Queen of Australia! He provides me with constant entertainment, and he's decreed my royalty. So I'm happy to help him out in any way I can. Which includes casting.



Please note, I'm totally kidding about all of this. Whedon clearly has no casting issues and most certainly has never asked me for my opinion. I'm just a big ole fan. But, during interviews, I have been asking everyone remotely related to his work if they'd do a cameo or a role in any of his current projects. And everyone has said yes!

(Side note: At last year's New York Comic Con, I told Whedon about my interview with Neil Patrick Harris for SCI FI Wire, where he said he'd be happy to do a Dollhouse cameo, telling us, "That would be fun! All right. I'll ask Joss! I like being a cousin in the Whedon family, so whatever he wants me to do. Except porn." Whedon laughed and said, "I don't know if he's that talented...any chance to work with Neil ... I would jump at instantly. He apparently plays on another series [CBS' How I Met Your Mother]. But we have to make sure he knows that I know." So he's aware that I'm asking.)

Here's what I've got so far.

When I interviewed Nathan "the hammer is my penis" Fillion for IGN last year, I asked him if he'd do a cameo on Dollhouse. He said, "Yeah! I would. I think, when Joss Whedon calls you up and says, 'hey, I've got this idea' you say, 'Yeah! Yes please. Thank you. Anything you like. That would be great.' It only works out for me."



I spoke to him again recently for The Huffington Post, with his co-star on Castle (which you really should be watching) Stana Katic. I asked her if she'd be willing to sing in the Dr. Horrible sequel. Katic said, "I'd love to! I thought it was a great, great piece.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenna-busch/nathan-fillion-and-stana_b_309886.html

" Fillion said she sings like a bird.

In our interview at last year's San Diego Comic Con, Eliza Dushku told me she'd love to do a Joss Whedon musical. "I don't know how great of a singer I am. I sing at people," she laughed. "I love karaoke. I'm game, so anything's possible."



I talked to Simon Helberg who plays Howard Wolowitz on the hit show The Big Bang Theory and the damp henchmen Moist in Dr. Horrible, and I asked him if he'd like to appear on Dollhouse. He said, "Yeah! Of course. Absolutely. I have tremendous faith and trust in Joss and all of them, Jed (Whedon) and Zack (Whedon) and Marissa (Tancheroen) who wrote it. And I know Jed and Marissa write on Dollhouse, and I know some of the actors there, and yeah. It would be very fun...it's such a craft to what he does and what all those Whedons do. They're tremendous. So yeah, I would absolutely do something."



Finally, last night on the red carpet for the Scream Awards, I got a few moments with Kunal Nayyar, who plays the socially awkward, can't-talk-to-girls-without-a-stiff-drink Rajesh Koothrappali on The Big Bang Theory. I asked him about joining his cast mate in a Dr. Horrible sequel. "Yeah. I think that would be fun. I love Neil and I love what they do, and Joss Whedon and everyone. So I think it would be fun. Sure! If that opportunity exists, I'd be happy to jump in."



Any other suggestions? I'm interviewing Morena Baccarin next week, and you know I'm asking her about Dollhouse.

Even Noobs Can Watch STARGATE UNIVERSE

So for my first official non-intro type entry, I'm going to gush about Stargate Universe.



I'm a Stargate fan. I watched SG-1. I watched Stargate: Atlantis. I have the movie on DVD. Well, my dad still hasn't returned it, but that's neither here nor there. I may not have watched them every week, but I'm still a big fan. They had great stories. They had Ben Browder and Claudia Black from Farscape on SG-1 and Jewel Staite from Firefly on Atlantis. Dude, they had fucking MacGuyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson. How can you not love that?

So I started watching SGU. And I'm loving it. It's a geek's dream! You're unemployed and playing a video game, when strangers show up at your door. They tell you that you're so damn good at it, you just have to accompany them to their space ship and help them out. (Alright, it also sounds like a really creepy beginning to an Law & Order: SVU episode, but you know what I mean.)



But here's what I like best. It's a sci-fi show that doesn't treat you like an outcast if you're not familiar with years and years of lore. We as geeks are not the most inclusive group of people you'll ever meet. We rip each other to shreds when we don't agree (ahem, SCI FI Wire flamers). We make our fellow geeks feel like idiots for not knowing every Chinese insult from Firefly. We make fun of those who have always had a soft spot for the Tribble episode. (I'm sorry. I'm a geek, but I'm still a girl and those things were cute.) I'm sure the temptation was there to make this a "hardcore fans only" show. And I'm sure there are hardcore fans out there who would have loved this to be the case. But SGU actually manages to be interesting and engaging to longtime fans and noobs alike. (I was watching with one, in case you're wondering.)



I interviewed David Blue (who plays Eli) for SCI FI Wire a while back, and he explained, "I think it's great, because the truth is, a lot of my friends and family do not watch a lot of sci-fi, or specifically Stargate," he said. "They keep asking me, 'Should I watch it all?' And I say, 'Feel free to.' It's almost like Easter eggs. But the truth is, you don't need to. That's one of the things I really love about Eli, my character. I'm there to be the audience. I'm there to be the heart and the eyes and the ears of the audience who are thrust into this situation they weren't expecting to be in and have to go, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa! What are the Ancients?' And have it explained to them."

The cast is excellent. The show is well written. The premise is enough to make any geek clap their hands with glee. So even if you have no idea what a chevron is, and "naqahdah" sounds like the noise you make when you sneeze, watch this show. And I promise, if any government types show up at my door to take me to the mothership, I'll give them your address.

Check out a sneak peek clip from this Friday's episode, "Darkness".