The TV Watercooler

Star Trek Into Darkness gets the “honest trailer” treatment, Big Brother winner heads to Survivor and more

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— Check out Star Trek Into Darkness‘ honest movie trailer. The film, which is now available as a digital download, hits stores on September 10.
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— Here’s a real-life soap opera shocker! General Hospital‘s Kirsten Storms (Maxie) is expecting a daughter in January with her former co-star Brandon Barash (Johnny). The couple tied quietly tied the knot in June.

— This upcoming season of Survivor, titled Blood vs. Water, will feature returning players and their loved ones. Survivor: One World‘s Kat Edorsson will play along with her boyfriend, Big Brother 12 winner, Hayden Moss.

Justified‘s Timothy Olyphant will ALSO be romancing Mindy Kaling‘s character on The Mindy Project.

Orphan Black‘s Dylan Bruce is getting pretty busy. The Canadian actor will appear in Lifetime’s adaptation of the the V.C. Andrews novel Flowers in the Attic where he’ll play Bart Winslow, the husband of Heather Graham‘s character. The actor is also slated to appear on two upcoming episodes of Arrow.

Kym Johnson will skip the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars — but don’t worry, she’ll be back for the spring season.

— Despite bursting into flames, Alexander Skarsgard will return to True Blood next season.

Rob Corddry will return to Community…also stopping by is Breaking Bad‘s Jonathan Banks as an intense criminology professor. See, Mike is fine!

Melanie Griffith will play Danny’s (Scott Caan) mother on Hawaii Five-0.

Girl Meets World has cast two new roles: Peyton Meyer will play Tristan Friar, Riley Matthews’ crush while August Maturo will play Cory and Topanga’s youngest kid, Louis. Head on over to TV Line for an episodic still featuring Ben Savage and some of the cast.

90210‘s Jessica Stroup will join The Following as Ryan’s (Jessica Stroup) niece.

Coronation Street‘s Chris Fountain was fired from the British soap because of that controversial rap video he made. They’ve already taped scenes explaining his character Tommy’s exit.

Marg Helgenberger will return for CSI‘s 300th (!) episode this October.

— Looks like a member of the Breakfast Club will be spending some time in Toronto! Judd Nelson will appear in Nikita‘s final season.

Kanye West reportedly turned down American Idol.

*NSYNC reunion! J.C. Chasez, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick didn’t really have anything else going on this Sunday, so they’ll reunite with Justin Timberlake at the MTV Video Music Awards when Timberlake accepts the Video Vanguard award.

— While it aired in the U.S. last night, here’s a look at tonight’s Suits on Bravo:
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