CRIMINAL MINDS Season 12 - Paget Brewster To Return For Multiple Episodes

by Marisa Roffman

Paget Brewster (Prentiss) will return to Criminal Minds, series star Kirsten Vangsness (Garcia) shared during the CBS Fan Favorites panel at Comic-Con.

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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 11 - 1119. Tribute - Casting News

Paget Brewster is returning to Criminal Minds to help the BAU catch an international killer.

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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 11 - Our Cast at the 2015 Festival of Arts Celebrity Benefit Concert - Photos!

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On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @Vangsness @aishatyler
#criminalminds [1/3] - Photo by Festival of Arts

On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @Vangsness @aishatyler
#criminalminds [2/3] - Photo by Festival of Arts

On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @Vangsness @aishatyler
#criminalminds [3/3] - Photo by Festival of Arts

@FestivalPageant: On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit -
#ThomasGibson #criminalminds - Photo by Festival of Arts

@FestivalPageant: On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @pagetpaget
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On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @JoeMantegna #criminalminds
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On the red carpet at @FestivalPageant #CelebBenefit - @pagetpaget @aishatyler @Vangsness #criminalminds
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NOTE: if we can find more public images, they'll be posted in this same article.

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 914. 200 - TVLine SPOILER

by Matt Webb Mitovich

Q: Do you know anything about Criminal Minds‘ 200th episode and if any Prentiss scenes occur in present time? Will she interact with everyone? –JP

A: I tried to sneak your question by Thomas Gibson during this week's Q&A...


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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - Paget Brewster Returning to Criminal Minds for 200th Episode

by Joyce Eng

Prentiss is back!

Paget Brewster is returning to Criminal Minds for the show 200th episode later this season, TVGuide.com has learned.

"Our 200th episode is going to be a special show," executive producer and showrunner Erica Messer said in a statement. "We can't imagine telling this story without Paget being present."

The 200th episode will shed light on JJ's (A.J. Cook) year in the State Department during Season 6 and the case she worked on with new BAU section chief Matt Cruz (Esai Morales), who will make his debut in the fourth episode. "[Episode] 200 is...

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'Criminal Minds' exec: 'Paget Brewster return would be fantastic

by Morgan Jeffery

Criminal Minds exec Erica Messer has admitted it would be "fantastic" if Paget Brewster returned to the show.

Brewster quit her role as Emily Prentiss in February and will be replaced by new regular Jeanne Tripplehorn, playing FBI agent Alex Blake.

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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 7 - Paget Brewster and AJ Cook play sexy photo spy game with Kirsten Vangsness

By Jay Bobbin

Their minds may be on criminals, but their bodies still like to play dress-up.

Such was the appeal to the female stars of CBS' long-running Wednesday series "Criminal Minds" -- Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook and Kirsten Vangsness -- when they participated earlier this year in a photo shoot for the June issue of CBS Watch! Magazine.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tysons Corner, Va. (just outside Washington, D.C.), proved to have all the swanky settings needed for the shoot storyline casting the women as high-class spies tailing an international bad guy.

Brewster, alias FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit Agent Emily Prentiss on "Criminal Minds," says while on location for the occasion that the feel is...

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'Criminal Minds' Paget Brewster on leaving: 'I'm probably in denial'

By Jay Bobbin

Paget Brewster is doing her best not to think about her imminent exit from "Criminal Minds." Again.

With several weeks of filming left on the seventh season of the CBS mystery series, which airs a new episode tonight (Wednesday, March 21), the actress is in her last rounds as FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit Agent Emily Prentiss. It's a spot she knows only too well, having been written out of the show during the sixth year... but this time, her departure is on her own terms.

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CBSWatch Magazine with Paget Brewster, A.J Cook and Kirsten Vangsness

Criminal Minds stars Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook and Kirsten Vangsness at the photoshoot for CBS Watch Magazine.

Source: @cbswatchmag

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 7 - TV Guide Minor SPOILER

From TV Guide Issue August 29-September 11, 2011

CRIMINAL MINDS Emily Prentiss fans, rejoice: In the September 21 premier of CBS' Criminal Minds, Paget Brewster returns as the BAU pursues the terrorist who caused her to fake her own death last season. In one of the scenes, Prentiss contemplates photos of fallen agents, including herself. "For her, it's a very public display - 'Oh my gosh, I was dead to the entire world,' " says exec producer Erica Messer. "It wears heavily on her. But the mood lightens up when Joe [Montegna's character, Rossi] comes up alongside her and tries to remove her photo. She says, 'I tried that. It's screwed in.' " --David Kronke

Salute to Paget and Emily!

The day we’ve all dreaded has come. When the curtain falls tonight we will say goodbye to the incredible character of Emily Prentiss, a solid pillar of the Criminal Minds family. While the rumors say the door is open for her return, nothing is certain in this world and we at the Criminal Minds Round Table wish to take this opportunity to honor a great actress and character as she departs, for now at least, the CM world.

There are no words to express how much Emily Prentiss will be missed. If anything tonight’s episode is even more heartbreaking because it will showcase Paget Brewster’s amazing talent, why she should never leave, and the huge void she will leave should she not come back to CM. The screen and the fans will miss her character’s strength, her grace, her snarky humor, her compassion and her big heart.

Thank you, Paget Brewster for gracing us with your talent. We bow to you great lady, with sadness in our hearts and tears in our eyes. We are certain that the future will be very bright for you and we’ll certainly tune in to your next project whatever it may be.

Paget Brewster and Chauncey in the January edition of Cat Fancy

Did your parents instill your love and respect for animals?
Yes, for sure. Do people not? I have never not had an animal, so I wouldn’t understand that. Of course, my family always had cats and dogs, so I knew that love at an early age.

Does your cat Chauncey have any of your personality and how?
Yes. She is dramatic and fickle, and she had a temper tantrum when we just shot [the photos]. I have never had a temper tantrum like that (laughs). I have never cuffed a co-worker in the mouth and cut her lip. I don’t need to be fed liver treats. But I do like craft service. Yes, I guess probably I am a little dramatic. She is an actress’ cat: demanding and childish. I don’t think of her as being old either. I constantly think she is a kitten. I forget that she is getting older. Chauncey is very healthy and she will have many more years.

What is a typical day like for Chauncey?
Whatever time I get up, and that varies from 4 a.m. to noon depending on shooting and my social life, Chauncey is meowing for her wet food. So she gets one of her little cans of food. Then she sits and perches on the chair next to me while I send e-mails and watch the news. Sometimes she lies down in my lap but then there’s the possibility of touching her in the wrong spot and she bolts, angry, and sulks a bit. Then I open the doors and she will come outside immediately and lie down in the sun. She doesn’t bring in lizards or mice, so that is nice. I’m not a fan of that, even though I know they are supposed to be gifts. Maybe that is just beneath her to kill anything. Then, napping — maybe 75 to 80 naps a day. Some vocalizing, clawing on us, drooling. Lying down by the fire to watch some TV and then go to bed. It’s a good life.

How did you get into acting?
I sang in bands — not particularly good ones — while I was flunking out of art school in New York. Then I moved to San Francisco with my drummer to start another band, and I was bartending for a long time. Then I started to go to acting school while in San Francisco. I got an agent to sign me, but I didn’t know that he handled correspondents and anchor people, so I ended up with a talk show. He sent me on an audition, and I got a talk show in 1994. Ricky Lake was on TV and all of a sudden there were all these talk shows on in the middle of the day. We shot 65 episodes, and it aired in the middle of the night. My talk show was called The Paget Show. I had a flat-top haircut, and they put me in Bill Cosby sweaters. I had no idea that there were audience warm-up people, so I did everything. I was still bartending because [the show] didn’t pay very well. We were on at 1:30 in the morning, and we had a 100 people in the audience.

Then I got an agent in L.A. while I was still in San Francisco. I told him I wanted to act and that I had been doing plays and going to acting school but was on TV every night as a talk show host. I moved to L.A. and started auditioning and was very, very lucky. I moved here in 1996 and that was when everything was a sitcom. It was a great time. Comedy and money and I was able to get work in sitcoms. I was really lucky. It was great timing for me with my L.A. agent.

What role have you played that represents who you are as a person?
There is an acting class that I have heard about but I have not taken. You go to the airport with a partner from your class, and you each have a sheet of 100 adjectives. You walk up to strangers and you say, “See my friend over there? Can you pick four adjectives that describe that person?” And it never varies. People will generally pick the same description of the person. Play what you are already.
I always get cast as articulate, fast-talking, educated, doctor, therapist, neurotic FBI agent, disaster love life, insecure but with a heart of gold. Until Steve moved into the house that absolutely described me, except I did fail out of college. So I think I’m pretty much cast as close to who I am. I’m not Meryl Streep. I fake a Romanian accent on cartoons, but it’s not good. [My character on] Andy Richter Controls the Universe is probably the closest to who I am as a person.

Have you ever modeled with your cat before?
No, this is the first time. And I didn’t know how difficult she would be as a partner.

What about your photography?
I don’t do it anymore. Part if it is because I am working a lot on Criminal Minds and am gone all day. Also, once everything went digital I really felt like I wasn’t good enough. I had been studying film and trying so hard and it kind of hurt me in this weird personal way that anyone can take a picture. It is daunting that people can take a great shot with an I-phone. I worked so hard to learn how to do an art form and it kind of broke my heart and I just haven’t really picked up the camera. It’s not that I just don’t want to shoot anymore; part of me is hurt by the evolution of photography. I totally understand the photographers who refuse to go digital because it is their medium; it is their art form. If I take pictures now it is shooting friends’ head shots which is one of the hardest things to do because people hate the way they look.

What role are you most looking forward to next in your career?
I would like to do comedy again. I love being in front of a live audience and shooting on multiple cameras. I miss it a lot. I really enjoy playing an FBI agent with blood and guns and shooting like a film. Before that I did Huff on Showtime for two years, and that was much like shooting a film but I really miss sitcoms and hope they get a resurgence because it’s the best way to live and work. I’ve also always wanted to do a miniseries in England, so I can bring my mom and we can hang out in London. All I do is watch those BBC miniseries. I want to be in a period show — Victorian or earlier. I want to work with pigs and cobblestones and carriages. I would love to do a horror film, but I can’t scream, and I don’t like running all day. So I’m going to go with the BBC miniseries.

What do you do to help animals?
I adopt from the pound. I give money to the ASPCA. I donate a lot of money because, unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time to personally be there. When I had more time, I used to walk dogs at the Lange Foundation [a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned pets]. Before the animals get adopted, they need people to help care for them and walk them. I went to ASPCA to see if there was something that I can do. It was so heartbreaking, I didn’t think I could do it. I thought I was that person who was going to bring them all here, and although California has a low kill rate, it was still rough.
We saved a Boxer that was wandering around in the yard. We dedicated an entire weekend trying to find the owner. We did, and they finally came and got the dog.
We like to go to the L.A. river and feed the birds. Steve only likes the ducks, but I like feeding everybody. We have a skunk that walks through our house and eats the cat’s food. The previous owner said his name is Einstein. If he can get in and eat the cat food, who am I to stop him? He was here before me.


What are you working on now that you are most excited about?
CAT FANCY magazine is the highlight of my year — don’t think it’s not. Clearly Chauncey and I need to work more together and have better communication for future photo shoots. I’m on Criminal Minds, and I love it. I get to play an agent. I get to pay for all the wet food Chauncey can eat. I was able to fence in the property, so no more coyotes.

If Chauncey could tell us one secret about Paget what would she tell us?
Mommy likes red wine. Mommy likes to sleep. Mommy picks her fingernails and compulsively builds cheese plates. Yeah, I like cheese and crackers and fruit and chocolates. That’s my social life: We do it and people come over.

What have you learned from having animals in your life?
I have always had pets. If you have a home and you are able to love them and feed them and take them to the doctor and take care of them, you should. I know that a lot of people don’t like the word “pet,” but rather animal companion because they are their own creatures. I don’t own Chauncey. I feed her and I take care of her and she chooses to continue living here, which I appreciate. I try to keep her out of trouble. I think it teaches you how we are all creatures and all of the same God and nature and earth. I guess it is a friendship or love or mutual respect. I hope she respects me; she probably doesn’t. She is just getting away with murder as long as she can.

How important are pets for the well-being of our society?
I think pets are obviously important because it has been going on since we have been walking upright. We are built to want to have non-human companions. We want to care for things and share food and shelter with animals. Maybe it’s part of what makes us human to have other species of animals as part of our families. There has never been a time when people haven’t, and I think that points to something in our nature that wants that companionship or that responsibility or that return of love.

Source: www.catchannel.com

Paget Brewster shows off her cat!

In the upcoming issue of In Touch Magazine Paget Brewster introduces her cat Chauncey! Here is the article about Paget's 12-year-old "diva princess"! We'd love to see Chauncey on Criminal Minds one day!

Paget Brewster casted in The Hub Original Series

THE HUB TAPS POPULAR TALENT FOR UPCOMING ORIGINAL SERIES Roster Includes: Betty White, Eric McCormack, Bailee Madisen, Lauren Holly, Kyle Chandler, Peter Cullen, Dave Foley, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Paget Brewster, Renee Auberjonois, Curtis Armstrong, Lee Majors.

LOS ANGELES, Ca. -- Approaching its October 10 (10-10-10) launch, the new children's and family network The Hub has tapped an impressive roster of popular stars for its
lineup of Hub Original Series. The casting for animated and live-action series was announced today by Margaret Loesch, President and CEO, The Hub, during the new
network's appearance at the 2010 Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles.

The Hub is a joint venture of Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc., and will be available to 60 million U.S. cable and satellite households upon launch.

Casting unveiled today includes:"Dan Vs."Curtis Armstrong ("Revenge of the Nerds"), Dave Foley("The Kids in the Hall"), Paget Brewster("Criminal Minds"), Meredith Baxter ("Family Ties") and Michael Gross("Family Ties"),. Produced by Film Roman LLC.

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Paget Brewster to host the UnderShare silent auction

On August 14, the organization will throw another fashion show and silent auction. This one, hosted by Paget Brewster, will welcome members of the Hollywood community, including celebrity attendees like the Suicide Girls, DB Sweeney, Kristanna Loken and many others. The event hopes to raise money to do more good in the Los Angeles area, in part through its silent auction, which features an original piece of art by Katey Darling -- made in part by underwear.

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Haunted - 5 x 02 - Rebroadcast

THE BAU TEAM HUNTS FOR A TROUBLED MAN ON AN ERRATIC KILLING SPREE, ON A REBROADCAST OF "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, JULY 14

"Haunted" - When a disturbed man kills several people at a pharmacy, the BAU must figure out what triggered his actions before he hurts anyone else, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, July 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 9/30/09)

SERIES REGULARS:

David Rossi.....................Joe Mantegna
Aaron Hotchner..................Thomas Gibson
Emily Prentiss..................Paget Brewster
Derek Morgan....................Shemar Moore
Dr. Spencer Reid................Matthew Gray Gubler
Jennifer Jareau.................A.J. Cook
Penelope Garcia.................Kirsten Vangsness


GUEST CAST:

Darrin Call....................... Sean Patrick Flanery
Lt. Kevin Mitchell................ Glenn Morshower
Young Call........................ Benjamin Stockham
Pharmacist.................................... Sabrina Hall
Local Reporter.......................... Suzanne Deyo
Dr. Cipolla................................. Bjorn Johnson
Patient.......................................... Chris Ufland
Young Tommy.......................... Bridger Zadina
Woman........................................ Monifa Days
Ryan........................................... Zayne Emory
Tommy Anderson.................... Michael Bowen
Bill Jarvis...................................... Don Creech

WRITTEN BY: Erica Messer
DIRECTED BY: Jon Cassar

CBS's Criminal Minds Killing Off Its Women

The prestigious magazine Marie Claire posted a sharp and insightful article on its website about the ongoing situation concerning Criminal Minds actresses AJ Cook and Paget Brewster.


CBS's Criminal Minds Killing Off Its Women

CBS has decided to suddenly dismiss two of its pivotal female actresses on the hit show Criminal Minds — without any valid grounds. How could this happen?

The network is citing "creative reasons" for the release of A.J. Cook, who plays Jennifer Jareau, and the subsequent scaling back of Paget Brewster’s character, Emily Prentiss. Cook has been noticeably mum about the situation, although Brewster has been more vocal, using Twitter to state that claiming said creative reasons is "bullshit" and that the decision to fire Cook and diminish the Prentiss character are purely financial. If so, then CBS and the show’s creators are engaging in hypocritical activity, as from the get-go, the producers have always claimed that their show is unique because every actor is treated like family. Maybe Criminal Minds is then changing subject matter from FBI profilers to the Mob, as the producers are doing their best Corleone impersonations: “Leave your pride. Take the severance.”

Perhaps cutting out two characters wouldn’t be such a big deal except that there are only three females on the show. The remaining woman, Penelope Garcia (played by Kirsten Vangsness), is largely a periphery character. All of the stars, including Thomas Gibson, have expressed their dismay over the sudden decision, which will surely affect the story lines and the show’s audience, who have started a massive online petition to save their beloved characters.

Criminal Minds reveals the inner workings of serial killers and the Behavior Analysis Unit of the FBI. Since most of the murderers tend to be males slaughtering females, fans have become accustomed to the weekly massacres of women. But who knew that CBS would follow suit by unceremoniously killing off the careers of two of its most important actresses?

To join in the fight to save A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster’s characters, please sign the online petition.



Source : http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/opinion/criminal-minds-firing-women-stars

Our Darkest Hour - 5. 23 - Season finale - Press release

Photo:CBS ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

THE BAU TEAM FACES ONE OF THEIR MOST DIFFICULT CASES YET WHEN A SERIAL KILLER WHO PREYS ON HIS VICTIMS IN THE DARK TAKES OVER THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ON THE FIFTH SEASON FINALE CLIFFHANGER OF "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

Tim Curry ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show") Guest Stars as the Serial Killer
Eric Close ("Without A Trace") Guest Stars as Detective Spicer
Robert Davi ("Profiler") Guest Stars as Detective Eric Kurzbard

"Our Darkest Hour" - A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his killing spree, on the fifth season finale cliffhanger of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 26 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tim Curry ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show") guest stars as the serial killer, Eric Close ("Without a Trace") guest stars as Detective Spicer and Robert Davi ("Profiler") guest stars as Detective Eric Kurzbard.

SERIES REGULARS:

David Rossi................................ Joe Mantegna
Aaron Hotchner....................... Thomas Gibson
Emily Prentiss........................... Paget Brewster
Derek Morgan.......................... Shemar Moore
Dr. Spencer Reid........... Matthew Gray Gubler
Jennifer Jareau................................. A.J. Cook
Penelope Garcia.................. Kirsten Vangsness

GUEST CAST:

Billy Flynn........................................ Tim Curry
Detective Matt Spicer...................... Eric Close
Detective Eric Kurzbard................ Robert Davi
Newsanchor Kent.................... Kent Shocknek
Newsanchor Laura.......................... Laura Diaz
Newsanchor Pat............................. Pat Harvey
Newsanchor Paul......................... Paul Magers
Colleen Everson............................... Linda Purl
Greg Everson................................... Dar Dixon
Reporter........................................ Tina Huang
Carter........................................ Maxim Knight
Spicer's Mom.................... Caroline Kinsolving
Kristin.................................... Austin Highsmith
Ellie Spicer............................... Isabella Murad
Cordo................................. Ricardo J. Chacon
Annie ........................................ Emilee Annine
DJ Mark................................ Mark Thompson
DJ Brian....................................... Brian Phelps
Carter's Aunt....................... Jeanine Harrington

WRITTEN BY: Erica Messer
DIRECTED BY: Edward Allen Bernero, one of the series' executive producers