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Think you’re having a bad day at work? Try learning that your bitter ex is now one of your closest colleagues.

On Wednesday’s episode of Stalker (CBS, 10/9c), that situation becomes a reality for Detective Jack Larsen, and TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at his mortifying realization.

When the Tau tackles a new stalking case, Maggie Q’s Beth calls upon Deputy District Attorney Amanda Taylor (played by Law & Order‘s Elisabeth Röhm) for assistance. The only problem? Amanda, as we learned in the pilot episode, has a complicated romantic past with Larsen — and she’s the mother of his son.

Exclusive: Executive producer John Legend and writer-director John Swetnam (Step Up All In and Into the Storm ) have teamed with DanceOn, the multi-channel YouTube network co-founded by Madonna, on a unique casting call for the upcoming dance pic Breaking Through. Dancers will be selected from submissions to the DanceOn site to either perform at a live taped event this month or have their videos appear in the internet generation coming-of-age drama starring Sophia Aguiar and Jordan Rodrigues.

The casting call is the first initiative in the filmmakers’ partnership with DanceOn, a YouTube network created as online community for dancers and dance lovers. DanceOn’s 10 million-plus subscribers and over 2 billion video views also mean that in addition to being a source for undiscovered talent, DanceOn is a strategic promotional partner that’ll put Breaking Through in front of its target audience early on. The venture was founded by Madonna, Guy Oseary,...

The funk don’t quit! Universal Pictures and DanceOn, the premier digital destination and No. 1 network on YouTube dedicated to dance entertainment, today announced a partnership to promote Get On Up, the upcoming James Brown biopic.

DanceOn will feature some of its channel partners—including Matt Steffanina, Ian Eastwood and Mega Jam—who have created original dance videos inspired by Get On Up and James Brown.

The dancers will also encourage viewers to create their own videos and submit them to Get On Up‘s official “Can’t Stop the Funk” website (www.cantstopthefunk.com), an interactive celebration of the Godfather of Soul. Fan videos will be showcased alongside classic dance clips of James Brown; clips of Chadwick Boseman, who portrays Brown in the film; and original videos from DanceOn channel partners. The funktastic videos can also be shared with friends on Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter.

“James Brown was a...

DanceOn has secured an investment that will allow it to waltz past its YouTube origins and become something much bigger. The dance video network has landed a $4 million funding round led by AMC Networks. The windfall will allow DanceOn to expand its offerings to multiple platforms, though it will retain its position as a top YouTube dance hub. “YouTube is a really important part of what we do, and we’ll always be fostering a community and audience on YouTube,” said DanceOn CEO Amanda Taylor. "But we're really looking at growing beyond this definition of being a multichannel network...To the extent we are generating premium content, we want to be on all devices.” With that goal in mind, it's not surprising to find Roku Cmo Matthew Anderson among the list of investors for the recent round. DanceOn is one of the most successful channels born from the YouTube Original...

Pixar turned its table lamp on its voice actors for the upcoming films The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out at the Disney fan convention D23.

The equivalent of Disney’s Comic-Con brought new revelations about the plots for the upcoming movies, which feature a dinosaur keeping a toddler human as a pet, a journey inside the workings of the human mind, and a return to the ocean for a sequel to a Pixar classic.

Disney animation czar John Lasseter also showed off footage from the films, and presided over a parade of voice talent.

Among the biggest news was that...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Jamie Foxx and Andrew Garfield, along with director Marc Webb, surprised fans at the EW/Tumblr meetup at Comic-Con last weekend, stealthily sneaking in to participate in a Q&A with moderator Sara Vilkomerson, who wrote the EW cover story on the highly anticipated second installment of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Producers Matt Tolmach and Ari Arad also joined in the conversation.

But before the cast and crew arrived on the scene, the audience was treated to an evening hanging out with fellow serious Spidey fans — EW’s Amanda Taylor spoke with some of them...

The video for David Guetta's 'Play Hard' has received plenty of critical attention due to its undoubted weirdness, especially for a catchy pop song featuring Akon and Ne-Yo. Some of the video's main characters are its dancers, clad in costumes that reference high-art. The Edge, a new series on the popular DanceOn channel, is exploring those dancers to see where they got their origins and how they landed the gig. During the nine minute documentary, we learn about each of the dancers in turn as they discuss their hopes and fears while showing off their mad skillz. Guetta also gets some screen time to discuss what inspired him when casting the video. “This was a passion project for me and everyone on set,“ he said. “Music brings people together. Every dancer moved in a unique way but what they all had in common was spirit and a positive approach to the video.

I remember the first year I was really invested in the outcome of the Academy Awards. I was 7 or 8, and Titanic was up for Best Picture. My mom, who taught me everything I know about pop culture, was in serious fangirl mode over the whole thing — she had a Heart of the Ocean replica necklace, we had a 3-D puzzle of the ship itself, and she had let me watch the movie on VHS with her, fast forwarding through the naughty scenes.

But I also had a strict bedtime.

At 8 p.m. (very strict), I was told it was time for me to retire.

We all know the future of TV is the web, and now DanceOn has officially launched the first major online dance competition series. HollywoodLife.com has all the scoop! Have you ever watched your favorite YouTube star and asked yourself, "Sure, they can make me laugh -- but can they dance?" If so, allow me to present your next addiction: Dance Showdown, a new interactive web series, pairs famous YouTube personalities ("Obama Girl" and Tay Zonday are among its ranks) with professional dancers to compete against other teams. And while that aspect might sound vaguely familiar, DanceOn founder Amanda Taylor and Dance Showdown creative executive producer D-Trix give HollywoodLife.com three key differences to mainstream TV dance competitions. 1. The audience is broader: "It's actually cooler than just America voting," Amanda points out. "It's the entire world." 2. The drama is real: "Sometimes [dance competition shows] get too personal," D-Trix says. "We're cutting around all...

It's time to get your DanceOn. America's Best Dance Crew's D-trix is executive producing a new weekly interactive dance competition show, D-trix Presents Dance Showdown, featuring YouTube’s biggest names battling it out for the title of ‘Dance Showdown Champion’ and $25K. Contestants include Obama Girl, Hannah Hart, Tay Zonday, ItsKingsleyBitch, xJawz, and Good Neighbor. The show debuts today on YouTube Original Channel DanceOn, the global entertainment network for dance, championed by superstar partners like Madonna. DanceOn was selected as part of YouTube's $100 million original content initiative. The show will also feature So You Think You Can Dance winner Lauren Froderman, the star of E’s The Dance Scene Kherington Payne, 2012’s Superbowl Halftime Show choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha D’Umo, Beyonce’s lead dancer, Bryan Tanaka, and YouTube dancing prodigy Ian Eastwood, who will mentor and choreograph the contestants, for whom audiences will get to vote after the first performance on Thursday,...