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2gether star Noah Bastian has come out about his drug addiction and now, he's making a serious effort to change.

Bastian played "The Shy One," Chad Linus, in 2gether, the fake boy band that MTV formed in the early 2000s known for tunes like "U+Me=Calculus" and "Say It (Don't Spray It)." But in the past few years, Bastian's life has taken a turn for the worse.

The singer has been battling a serious meth addiction, and took to Facebook to open up about his struggle. (The post as since been deleted.)

"Everyone needs to know that this is hard for me to admit and please, please be gentle with your messages to me because despite what you think you know of me, I am Nothing more than a human being with feelings and emotions who is asking for nothing from anyone. This is a project that will help...

The guys of 2Gether are back together -- and we've got your first listen of them in studio singing "Regular Guy."The fake MTV boy band, known for songs like "U+Me=Us (Calculus)" and "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)," has its first concert in 10 years tonight and it's clear they're fired up.The 4 living members of the group, Evan Farmer, Kevin Farley, Alex Solowitz and Noah Bastian, are performing a "reunion" show Friday at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal CityWalk -- and a portion of the proceeds will go towards the Michael Cuccione Foundation, named after the member of the group who died from cancer back in 2001. As TMZ previously reported, the band is filming the show themselves and will package it for MTV -- who will then decide whether or not it will air on the network.Congrats on the reunion guys!

The boy band reunion we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived— MTV’s faux-pop group 2gether just scheduled their first live gig in 10 years…so 2gether is officially together (yup).As TMZ previously reported… the group—made up of actors playing a b-band—has been buzzing around the idea of a reunion tour since last November, even getting MTV’s blessing to move forward.Now Alex Solowitz—who played "Bad Boy" Mickey — tells TMZ...

It's really happening: U + Me = Us getting excited about the return of 2gether.

The parody boy band from MTV's 2000 smash hit movie of the same name has taken the first step in their previously reported reunion.

This weekend, the following was posted on the "2gether The Reunion" Facebook page, run by the four living members from the original band -- Alex Solowitz (Mickey), Kevin Farley (Doug), Evan Farmer (Jerry) and Noah Bastian (Chad):

Exciting News!!! It seems that there's a solid date in place for a 2gether reunion! The guys will be at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City in Universal Studios in La, on the 4th of May 2012 at 8pm! There'll be interviews with the guys and they'll also perform some songs. If you can't make the show, it will apparently be streamed online via Farley Bros Radio. Spread the word! :)

After the success of the band's debut MTV movie,...

It's really happening: U + Me = Us getting excited about the return of 2gether.

The parody boy band from MTV's 2000 smash hit movie of the same name has taken the first step in their previously reported reunion.

This weekend, the following was posted on the "2gether The Reunion" Facebook page, run by the four living members from the original band -- Alex Solowitz (Mickey), Kevin Farley (Doug), Evan Farmer (Jerry) and Noah Bastian (Chad):

Exciting News!!! It seems that there's a solid date in place for a 2gether reunion! The guys will be at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City in Universal Studios in La, on the 4th of May 2012 at 8pm! There'll be interviews with the guys and they'll also perform some songs. If you can't make the show, it will apparently be streamed online via Farley Bros Radio. Spread the word! :)

After the success of the band's debut MTV movie,...

The hardest part of breaking up is ... finding the right time to reunite?

MTV's fake boy band 2gether is hoping to reunite for a documentary parody, TMZ reports.

Alex Solowitz aka Mickey Parke aka the "bad boy" of the group tells the site that he and the remaining members of 2gether want to film a faux documentary chronicling the band's reunion and work on a new song. Michael Cuccione, who played Qt, died in 2001 after...

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And you thought there were no boy bands left from the 90s to reunite -- TMZ has learned the faux-mtv group 2gether are giving it a shot ... and they want to bring their old TV show back. For those who don't remember -- the group starred in a TV movie and spin off series which parodied the boy band craze ... and the group became so popular they even toured with Britney Spears. TMZ spoke to...

With both the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block reuniting within the past year (yet no reunion in sight for 'N Sync), it was only a matter of time before fake boy bands would want to get in on the action.

The four remaining members of 2gether, the spoof band created by MTV in 2000 to poke fun at the late '90s teen girl phenomenon, are trying to get their fake-but-kinda-real band back in action.

According to Perez Hilton, Alex Solowitz, who played Mickey "The Rebel" Parke in the TV movie and subsequent TV series, posted the following message on his Facebook page urging fans to help their reunion wishes go viral: "Ok, here's the plan I need everybody, all of you to tell everyone about this. we need this to go insanely viral so MTV can't turn us down. You all have done an amazing job of blowing this up,...

Whilst his parents have been brutally attacked, Billy Travers (Taylor Handley) lives it up at a party. Appropriate choice of music with Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight, but that was going back a few years. Mac (Gary Sinise) arrives at the Cs and elicits from the mother the identity of their attacker. She uses finger motions to indicate her son from the family photo. Flack (Eddie Cahill) arrests Billy. Hawkes (Hill Harper) asks Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Lindsay (Anna Belknap) if they would have had the foresight to ask her the same questions as Mac did in order to obtain an ID. No they wouldn't have and also because it's not conclusive. Even if she may not survived, her ID would still not have been enough to convict her son, but it would have carried some weight. They analyze the Cs and collect trace evidence and samples. Jo (Sela Ward) questions Billy,...

Welcome to your Tuesday morning television briefing. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Rand Ravich's ABC drama pilot Edgar Floats, which recently received an order for six additional scripts, will be completely reconceived, with nearly all of the original cast--including series leads Tom Cavanagh and Alicia Witt and supporting players Derek Webster, Alex Solowitz, and Raoul Trujillo--getting the axe. (Only Robert Patrick will remain.) Deadline's Nellie Andreeva, meanwhile, has some further insight into the decision made by ABC. "People have been divided on Cavanagh's performance, while Patrick has been almost universally hailed as the pilot's scene stealer," she writes. "I hear ABC brass like the idea of Edgar Floats and the central character but the project is being re-conceived, with the six additional scripts still being written." [Editor: seeing as Edgar Floats was my favorite broadcast pilot of the development cycle, I'm gutted by this news.] (Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files, Deadline) Mekia Cox (90210) has been cast in Jj Abrams and Josh Reims' upcoming NBC drama series Undercovers,...

· There are pilot recastings and then there are pilot recasting massacres -- and today's news about ABC's drama pilot Edgar Floats falls into the latter. The network ordered six scripts from writer Rand Ravich and is considering Edgar for midseason pickup... with an almost entirely different cast. That means that lead Tom Cavanagh (R.I.P. Ed) as well as co-stars Alicia Witt, Derek Webster, Alex Solowitz and Raoul Trujillo have all been forcibly removed from the project. Robert Patrick is the only actor remaining on the series, about a police psychologist-turned bounty hunter. [Deadline]

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Tom Cavanagh can't catch a break these days. First, his TNT series 'Trust Me' was yanked after one season, and now, ABC is replacing him as the lead in the upcoming drama pilot 'Edgar Floats.'

But Cavanagh isn't the only actor getting the boot from 'Life' creator Rand Ravich's upcoming character-driven procedural. The network has opted to replace almost everyone in the cast, including Alicia Witt, Derek Webster, Alex Solowitz and Raoul Trujillo, according to the Ausiello Files.

The only survivor? Robert "T-1000" Patrick, who can seemingly still dodge a bullet almost 20 years after 'Terminator 2.'

 

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There’s retooling a pilot, and then there’s gutting a pilot. ABC and Warner Bros. are choosing to do the latter with Edgar Floats, the highly touted character-driven procedural from Life creator Rand Ravich and starring Tom Cavanagh.

Although reps for ABC and Warner Bros. declined comment, sources confirm that the network and studio have jointly decided to part ways with nearly the entire cast, including Cavanagh and costars Alicia Witt, Derek Webster, Alex Solowitz, and Raoul Trujillo. That leaves Robert Patrick as the only Edgar thesp still attached to the show.

An insider close to Edgar says the pilot,...

You can bring home three action-packed Universal titles home in high definition this July. Alpha Dog, Assault on Precinct 13 and In Bruges will all make their Blu-ray debuts on July 13. We don't have any pricing details for these titles as of yet, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features for each title below.

Alpha Dog

In the sprawling, privileged neighborhoods around L.A., bored teenagers with too much time and too much money string one hazy day into another, looking for the next thrill--doing suburban imitations of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video games and movies. When you're living without any consequences, anything can happen. And in the hot California summer six years ago, something did.

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Assault on Precinct 13

Laurence Fishburne plays a notorious mobster temporarily incarcerated on...

Ever since it took off three decades ago with the likes of Halloween and Friday The 13th, the teen-slasher subgenre has been an unstoppable force in horror cinema. These films are a pleasure for certain scream fans and regular Friday-night moviegoers alike—and not a guilty one, despite what they’ve become. The youth-stalker flicks of today have become formulaic and largely substance-free, with the same group of annoying characters being (thankfully) killed off in pretty much the same order under the same circumstances.

So what keeps us coming? Even though they’ve been done to death, some of these killfests—such as Dark Ride, (part of the After Dark Horrorfest)—are simply done well. Director Craig Singer, who penned the film with Robert Dean Klein, doesn’t deviate much from the formula but rather embraces it, taking us on a far-from-perfect but fun and bloody ride.

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