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.