There isn’t much going on in Smallville land today. I’ve gathered up a few tid-bits throughout the day:

1.  As I tweeted last night, we tuned into “CSI NY” Wednesday night to catch Kyle Gallner’s (Impulse/Bart Allen) guest star appearance on the show. I was surprised and delighted to see Aaron Ashmore (Henry James Olsen) also make an appearance! It was nice seeing both Smallville alums back on the tube again.

2.  Catch Alaina Huffman (Black Canary) in the new trailer for “Stargate Universe” here, which will debut the second half of season one on “SyFy” on April 2nd.

3.  Erica Durance and Cassidy Freeman are both listed on KTLA’s “The Hotties of The CW”. Check out the full photo gallery here.

4.  “Yellow Brick Road”, starring Cassidy Freeman will be playing at the Atlanta Film Festival on April 19th & 20th. For more information, go to Yellow Brick Road’s official site here.

5.  Smallville is mentioned on The CW’s WBNX site regarding season ten:

“Smallville will need only 19 episodes next season (a full order is typically 22) to surpass Stargate SG-1 as the “Longest Consecutive Running Sci-Fi TV Show in U.S. History,” a milestone registered in the Guinness World Records book. Stargate finished its ten year run with 218 episodes.”

A Smallville writer and producer has joined Twitter, new casting info for the Tom Welling produced pilot, “Hellcats”, and an article on Cinema Blend regarding sci-fi genre shows, with a mention of “Smallville”. Read below:

1.  Smallville writer and producer, Al Septien has now joined Twitter-land! You can follow him here.

2.  The CW pilot, “Hellcats”, produced by “Tom Welling Productions” has now cast their lead actress. Read below (thanks to “SpoilerTV“):

HELLCATS (The CW) – Aly Michalka (“Phil of the Future”) and Gail O’Grady (“Desperate Housewives”) are the first to be cast in the presentation, a drama set in the world of competitive college cheerleading. The former will play Marty Berger (“wicked smart, an acerbic outsider”), a student at Memphis’ Lancer University who’s forced to try out for the Hellcats – the college’s competitive cheerleading team – after she loses her scholarship. O’Grady will play her mother Wanda who tends bar at a rathskeller type snack bar on campus that serves food and drinks. Kevin Murphy penned the hour, which comes from CBS Television Studios, Tom Welling Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

3. Check out an article on “Cinema Blend”, where the author talks about sci-fi shows showing a surprising level of success with the recent renewals of “Smallville”, as well as “Fringe”, “Supernatural” and “Vampire Diaries”. Here’s an snippet of that article:

The CW is so impressed with Smallville’s performance on Fridays, where it actually managed to grow its audience and hold onto them, that it’s been talking about changing the focus of the entire network.

Read the full article on”Cinema Blend” here.

A few Smallville news bytes I’ve been gathering the last couple of days:

1.  As I tweeted a couple of days ago, “You”, starring Allison Mack will debut at the Gasparilla Film Festival in March. Click here to read more.

2.  Smallville co-executive producer, writer and director, Turi Meyer is now on Twitter! You can follow him here: TuriMeyer

3.  Michael Rosenbaum was among several celebrities that appeared at the Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Challenge 2010 charity event on Saturday, February 27th. Our partner site, “RosenbaumMedia” has several pictures that fans snapped during the event – you can check it out here.

4.  The Smallville episode “Warrior” that aired on February 12th, gained 31% in Live+7 DVR ratings to wind up with 3.25 mil. Thanks to Matt Mitovich with “Fancast” for tweeting that tid-bit.

5.  And finally, I added four “season eight” LQ promo pictures to the gallery of Allison Mack, Erica Durance and Cassidy Freeman. I’m crossing my fingers that we’ll see those in HQ, as welll as some nice ones of the guys (Tom Welling, Justin Hartley, Aaron Ashmore and Sam Witwer). Thanks to “Mundo Smallville” for the images!

Check-out the official trailer for the movie “Scorpio Men On Prozac” starring Justin Hartley by clicking the screencap below.

The movie, which is based on a novel by Rand Marsh, is about a collection of stories surrounding a group of young men taking the anti-depressant prescription drug, Prozac. According to IMDb, no release date is currently scheduled.

Thanks to “BraveNewgirl100″ for the clip.

(Click Screencap To View Trailer On YouTube)

This just in from “IGN” – Gil Bellows has been cast in Smallville to play DC villain, Maxwell Lord!

Read below:

Gil Bellows, best known for his role on Ally McBeal, will portray the ruthless businessman, whose complicated history in the comics had him backing the Justice League during their Justice League International days, only to be revealed as a villain in recent years — beginning with his murder of Blue Beetle. More recently, after being killed by Wonder Woman, the comic book incarnation of Lord was resurrected as a Black Lantern.

SOURCE: IGN

A few Smallville cast and alum news, Geoff Johns has a new position at DC Entertainment, and site updates:

1.  Congratulations to Geoff Johns, who was named Chief Creative Officer for DC Entertainment this morning. Read the full article, at “MTV” here.

2.  Spike TV greenlit a golf-themed pilot, starring John Schneider (Pa Kent) titled “Back Nine”. Schneider will play Ronnie Barnes, a hard-drinking, washed-up former U.S. Open champion. “Back Nine” is looking to join Spike’s two new sports-themed scripted comedy series: “Blue Mountain State”, which also stars two Smallville alums, Alan Ritchson (AC/Aquaman) and Sam Jones III (Pete Ross), and the upcoming “Players.” Read the full article at “The Hollywood Reporter” here.

3.  There is a brief article on The CW’s WBNX blog about Allison Mack – you can read it here.

4.  “Cinema Spy” is reporting that Kristin Kreuk maybe heading to “Fringe” to guest star in an episode entitled “Northwest Passage”. Read the full article here.

5.  Michael Rosenbaum is among several celebrities appearing at the Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Challenge 2010 charity event on Saturday, February 27th. For more information, go the the Seattle Thunderbirds’ official site here.

6.  I added larger Tom Welling candids to the gallery last night, thanks to “Just Jared“.

And finally, just a heads up – the gallery will be offline off and on throughout the week for maintenance.

Just a few Smallville news bytes:

1.  Listed below are a few upcoming Smallville episode dates, thanks to “SpoilerTV“. So, as you will notice, there will not be any new Smallville episodes in March – bummer.

• Episode 9.15 – “Conspiracy” – February 26th 2010
• Episode 9.16 – “Escape” – April 2nd 2010
• Episode 9.17 – “Checkmate” – April 9th 2010
• Episode 9.18 – “Upgrade” – April 16th 2010

2.  Links to a couple of excellent “Absolute Justice” recaps:

• TV Guide: An Absolute Success – Rich Sands
• TV Guide: Smallville Episode Recap: “Absolute Justice” – Natalie Abrams

3.  A photo of Allison Mack (Chloe) and Kristin Kreuk (Lana) from the The Vancouver Courier with the photo’s blurb right below it:

Photo Description: Smallville’s Allison Mack (left) and Kristin Kreuk (right) along with biz partner Rose Bhura touted their company’s first short Blink at the Brightlights bash.

Thanks to “iliana_1″ on Twitter for the photo, and “AllisonMackWeb” on Twitter for the heads up! You can see it a tad bit larger in the gallery, under “Smallville Cast”, and “Allison Mack”.

This in from EW’s Ausiello – The CW picked up a Tom Welling-produced pilot:

Tom Welling may be back on The CW next season — at least as a producer. The network has picked up a Welling-produced dramedy pilot set in world of competitive college cheerleading titled Hellcats. It’s Election meets Bring it On.

You thinking what I’m thinking? ‘Cause I’m thinking there may be Smallville-related strings attached to this deal. But that’s pure speculation on my part.

Wow, congratulations to Tom – I’m extremely happy for him! I just hope this doesn’t mean we’ll see less of him now on screen!

Natalie Abrams at “TV Guide” has the scoop on a new DC villain joining the cast of Smallville this season! Odessa Rae has been cast as Siobhan McDougal, aka the Silver Banshee and is set to make her first appearance in 9.16 “Escape”:

The Banshee is a vengeful spirit of a fallen Gaelic heroine. She’s accidentally released from the underworld, and takes out her vengeance at an unassuming country bed and breakfast. Guess who just happens to be staying at the B&B? Lois (Erica Durance) and Clark (Tom Welling).

Read the full article at TV Guide here.

New promo pictures of Allison Mack as Marliese in the webseries “Riese” – you can find the images in the gallery under “Smallville cast”.

Thanks to “Allison Mack Web” for the images!