Sure, it’s getting near Christmas, but on the “Ghost Whisperer” set, it’s been more like Halloween. The series company has been engaged in shooting its 100th episode this past week, with star Jennifer Love Hewitt as director. With this year’s storyline moving toward a confrontation with supernatural forces from the dark side, she has her hands full, to say the least.

“I don’t know what I’m allowed to say, but it’s serious,” the show’s Camryn Manheim lets us know. “Let’s just say pyrotechnics. A lot of pyrotechnics. Let’s say it’s one of those episodes where, going in, everyone says, ”Don’t make any plans. We’re going to be around for a long time.””

The Emmy-winning actress admits she hasn’t been so sure about some of the dramatic moves taken by the “Ghost Whisperer” writer-producers over the last couple of seasons. In particular, “I was skeptical about the huge leap of Jim dying and then taking over someone else’s body,” she says, referring to David Conrad”s character, the husband of Hewitt’s Melinda Gordon.

“I wasn’t sure people would stick it out, but they have. In fact, the popularity of the show has increased. The viewers are smart. They do want to be challenged. They are willing to work harder to follow a new storyline.”

Indeed. This year moved “Ghost Whisperer” ahead five years, making Melinda and Jim’s baby, Aiden (Connor Gibbs), into a young child with even more powerful — and dangerous — abilities than his mother’s.

From the National Ledger

Jennifer received enough votes to be an official nominee for the 2010 People’s Choice Award!

She is nominated in the “TV drama Actress” category…

TV drama Actress: Anna Paquin, Blake Lively, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Heigl, Mariska Hargitay.

You can vote for Jennifer at PeoplesChoice.com

Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has a paranormal encounter with a stripper, who takes possession of her body to give her a message from the other side!

Want to see Jennifer’s steaming hot pole dancing? Check out the clip of when Melinda gets possessed and pole dances in the “Devil’s Bargain” episode of “Ghost Whisperer.” Also in the episode, Melinda’s husband Jim (David Conrad), surprised by one of his colleague’s nonchalance to a paranormal encounter, suspects that the man is involved in a med student’s sudden disappearance.

“Ghost Whisperer” airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on CBS.

From ET Online

Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Alfred Molina are among those set to voice key characters for the new half-hour animated Christmas special, “Yes, Virginia” which will premiere Friday, Dec. 11 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

The animated special tells the story of 8-year-old Virginia Hanlon (Beatrice Miller) a young girl growing up in late 1800s New York City who always loved Christmas, until the playground bully, Charlotte (Julian Franco) tells her and the other children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. \r\n\r\nNot sure what to believe, Virginia and her friend, Ollie (Kieran Patrick Campbell), venture into the streets of New York City to uncover the truth. Along the way, they encounter a Scraggly Santa (Michael Buscemi) who is trying to raise money for the less fortunate (he admits he’s not the real deal, but someone who sort of works for Santa Claus), an over-eager librarian with a shelf full of Christmas books, and interesting advice from Virginia’s quirky scientist father (Neil Patrick Harris) and understanding mother (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Unable to find the answer, Virginia decides to write a letter to the New York Sun newspaper, and is found by the curmudgeonly editor, Francis Church (Alfred Molina)who feels he has better things to do than respond to a little girl’s question.

Mosters and Critics

You can vote to help nominate Jennifer and her show, “Ghost Whisperer” official nominees for the 2010 “People’s Choice Awards”…

Vote for “Ghost Whisperer” at peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=300024

Vote for Jennifer at peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=300018

It is nice to actually see a successful comic in connection with a celebrity, especially someone who comes across as being as good-natured as Jennifer Love Hewitt. Could this also work for, say, Eliza Dushku or Scarlett Johansson? In Hewitt’s case, she is well-versed in eerie storytelling from her long run on the TV series, “The Ghost Whisperer.” And the IDW comics based on the show are doing well too. As it turns out, “Music Box” just feels right from the get-go and ends up delivering like a good horror comic should.

Hewitt’s idea was to create a spooky series of stories surrounding a supernatural music box in the anthology style of the landmark TV series, “The Twilight Zone.” And, judging by Issue One, they’ve succeeded. Each issue will tell one story, and this is an excellent read. We start with “Details,” a story about a quiet detective who wishes he could stop crimes before they happen. Once he crosses paths with the music box, he gets that wish. The art by Michael Gaydos is appropriately moody for this hard-boiled crime story. Similar in style to Sean Phillips’s work on Ed Brubaker’s noir comics, Gaydos is a little lighter on the brush and provides just the right weight for the characters and pacing.

Scott Lobdell, a two-time Wizard award winner, provides a fast-paced story. The premise and the characters work well, but you sort of wish the action would slow down just a bit. The story delivers a tight yet meaty portrait of the main character, Oliver Kulpalski. Again, Gaydos’s art goes a long way in keeping that balance of giving you all the details you need while moving the story along. He manages to pack a lot of soul into Kulpalski’s NYC world, including some nice, spare panels set on the subway and in Central Park.

“Music Box” is set for a ten-issue run. Each issue will delve into some new aspect of the titular object as it moves from one unsuspecting owner to the next. Overall, it looks like it should be a fun journey.

From Newsarama

I have added 84 photos of Jennifer from the “Poker for a Cause” celebrity poker tournament into our photo gallery. You can see all the photos by clicking on the thumbnails below!