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Smallville delved into the past to show us how Ollie came to be Green Arrow, how Tess and Ollie met, and how incredibly hot Ollie is without his shirt on. OK, that last bit may not have been the point of the episode, but we appreciate it nonetheless.

When Ollie nearly passes out at a big charity 'do (staffed with half-naked waiters and waitresses, natch), Chloe and Clark are there to catch him. The press thinks he's just drunk, but Clark and Chloe know better. Ollie refuses to let them take him to the hospital -- he knows what's doing this to him, and he knows that conventional medical treatment will kill him. How does he know this? Because it's happened before.

Years ago, Ollie washed up on an island after a shipwreck, and developed his awe-inspiring archery skills (it took him a while, but hunger is a great motivator). Then, after two years of lonely exile, he hears other human voices -- and immediately manages to scratch himself with an incredibly toxic plant that he'd somehow avoided up until now. Whatever -- it leads to sweaty, shirtless Ollie scenes, so we're ok with it.

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We're loving the fact the Justin Hartley's Oliver Queen is playing a bigger role on Smallville this year -- the character is great, and Justin is always fantastic to talk to! Jason C. sits down with Justin to get the scoop on Ollie's past, his multiple costume changes, his relationship with Tess, and the other women in Ollie's life. Plus, he gives us a hint into just what happens to send him into a "Toxic" shock. Needless to say, we've got some mild spoilers ahead, so don't watch if you don't want to know!

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Smallville introduced us to a few new faces this week, and we've got to say -- we like them! When a bus blows up, Clark super-scampers out of the Daily Planet (where he's about to start his first day on the job) and starts pulling people out of the wreckage. One of the women he saves is none other than Tess Mercer, our substitute Lex. Tess obviously has her eye on Clark -- and it's not just because she thinks he's hiding things from her. Rowr!

Chloe is also there to help out. She takes care of a young blast victim named Bette, and attracts the attention of a seriously hunky paramedic to treat her. The sparks start flying immediately, both literally and figuratively. Bette tries to be all tough and self-sufficient, but Meteor-Enhanced Girl Scout Chloe convinces her to accept a little help. Bette tells Clark that a friend, Tommy, recent developed a power to heat things up with his mind. But when Clark, Chloe and Bette track Tommy down, it's Bette's eyes that go all sparky -- she's the one controlling the explosions! She blew up the bus because Tess was trying to recruit her, and she exploded Tommy because he's the one who sold her out to Tess. It takes Clark and Chloe a little while to figure this out (Clark when he realizes there was no mention of meteor rock on Tommy's autopsy, Chloe when Bette blows up her phone), but Clark gets to Chloe just in time.

There's more!

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Allison Mack met up with Jason C. between shooting night scenes on Smallville's new Metropolis set! See what she has to say about what Chloe'll be up to in Season Eight, from wedding planning to meeting Doomsday -- plus, Allison has a message for her fans at the end! Note: there are minor spoilers in this interview, so don't watch if you're particularly spoiler-phobic.

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Action! Adventure! Drama! Romance! Mystery! The season premiere of Smallville had it all, and we're thrilled it's back. They did a great job of using the episode to set up the next phase of Clark Kent's life. Superman, here we come!

Everyone was searching for something this episode -- the Justice League folks were looking for Clark, Lois was trying to track down Chloe, and the mysterious Tess Mercer and her minions were searching for Lex. Unfortunately, no one had an easy time of it.

Let's take Clark first. He's been stripped of his powers and left for dead. Fortunately, he was picked up by a ship somewhere in the Arctic Circle. Unfortunately, that somehow meant he was enslaved by brutal Russian caviar poachers. We're willing to go with it, if only because Clark looks really, really good when he's soaking wet and working in the rain. Rowr.

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Start the party! Break out the champagne! Smallville and Supernatural, two of our all-time favorite shows, come back tonight, and we're ready to celebrate!

We're counting down the minutes here at CW Source Central, just waiting for primetime to finally come. After all, both shows left us with some pretty substantial cliffhangers. Clark and Lex got swallowed up by the arctic ice as the Fortress of Solitude collapsed into the sea on Smallville -- how will Clark come back? And will he escape Jor-El's parental wrath? We know that Ollie is leading members of the Justice League on the Quest for Clark tonight, which just adds to the excitement. We love Green Arrow, and we can't wait to see what happens. Plus, it sounds like this is the season when Clark finally starts embracing his future -- he starts working at the Daily Planet, he starts working on the dual identity thing, and he starts to see sparks with a certain reporter. Bring it on!

Then there's Supernatural, which has had us in a tizzy ever since the last moments of the season finale. Dean is in Hell! Actually, really, honestly in Hell! We know he gets out (and immediately checks out some porn), and we know he and Sam reunite, but we don't know how or why. We can't wait to see Jensen Ackles mine the emotion that comes from being in what Eric Kripke has described as the worst POW camp in the universe. Plus, it sounds like Sam has been up to mysterious business while Dean has been gone. Does this mean the return of bad-ass Sam? We hope so! And oh, we can't even imagine how touching -- or maybe terrifying? -- the Winchester reunion will be. Come on, clock -- move faster!

Are you as excited as we are? What are you looking forward to the most? Talk about it in the comments!

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Smallville premieres tonight at 8/7c, and to get ready for the big night, we've got Jason C.'s interview with Erica Durance on the set! Erica chatted about how Lois and Clark's relationship will change now that they're working together, upcoming surprises, and Lois's take on Tess Mercer. The interview contains some minor spoilers. Check out what Erica had to say!

MORE: Check back later today for our interview with Jensen Ackles on the set of Supernatural!

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Kelly Sourders and Brian Peterson answer your questions! They talk about the episodes Tom Welling and Allison Mack will direct, where Lex is (the big mystery!), and more!

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Smallville is really pulling out all the stops this season when it comes to Big Bads. We already know that Clark and Co. will be dealing with a devious corporate head (Tess Mercer) and a villain who can kill Superman (Doomsday). Now we've learned that the show is bringing in another heavy hitter to challenge Kal El.

TVGuide reports that Clark will meet the alien princess/powerhouse Maxima in season 8. Those of you who are familiar with the comics know Maxima is an extraterrestrial hottie who's looking for love -- or at least a suitable mate who can father superpowered children. Kal El fits the bill, but Clark isn't interested, because he's already involved with an Earth sweetie. Maxima doesn't take rejection well, and destruction ensues.

In other news, we ran across a couple of great interviews with Allison Mack and Justin Hartley. There are some mild spoilers, so we'll post the rest after the break. Don't click if you don't want to know!

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Sam Witwer, who's playing Davis Bloom (aka Doomsday) this fall on Smallville, talked with Jason C. about his character's transition from normal to Doomsday, whether or not he'll find romance with Chloe, and how much Doomsday differs from the comic book version. Check it out!

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Happy birthday to John Glover, the man behind the late, lamented Lionel Luthor. John is 64 today -- and he still looks pretty darn good, don’t you think?

When we last saw Lionel Luthor, he was plummeting to his death after being shoved out the window by his evil (yet equally compelling) son Lex. Oh, Lionel -- we’ll miss your charismatically evil ways!

John has often been called upon to play villains, thanks in part, we imagine, to his imposing height, his charisma, and his skill at oozing contempt when necessary. We have a feeling he got the part of Lionel at least partially because he had such a gorgeous, luxuriant head of hair -- all the better to contrast with Lex!

John got his first movie role in 1973, and he’s worked steadily ever since. He’s appeared in everything from Shakespeare to Fraiser to Miami Vice, and even lent his voice to an Animaniacs episode. Plus, he’s had roles as villains in three properties based on DC comic books -- in addition to playing Lionel Luthor, he also appeared as the Riddler in Batman in 1992, and as Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin in 1997. How’s that for range?

At the same time, he’s kept up a flourishing stage career -- John won a Best Featured Actor Tony for his role in Love! Valor! Compassion in 1995, and recently won raves for his role as the narrator in the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone.

In his spare time (although we can’t imagine when he’d have any spare time), John is active in the Alzheimer’s Association, which he got involved with after his own father’s experience with the disease.

We hope John has a very happy birthday this year. Leave your birthday wishes for him in the comments!

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Jason C. caught up with Justin Hartley at Comic-Con and got some Season Eight scoop! Justin talks about Oliver's (multiple!) romantic possibilities, the search for Clark, and whether or not he'll grow a goatee. Check it out!

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Jason C. caught up with the fabulous Allison Mack at Comic-Con last weekend, and she had plenty to say about what's coming up for Chloe! Watch and get the scoop on Allison's directing debut, Chloe's career developments, and more!

MORE: Check out Allison's website!

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Happy 26th birthday to Allison Mack, the woman who brings us the incomparable Chloe Sullivan. Chloe is sweet, smart, sexy and the best sidekick a budding superhero could ever wish for. She’s one of our favorite characters on The CW!

Chloe has grown a lot in the seven seasons Smallville has been on the air. She started off as a curious reporter with a Wall of Weird that kept tabs on all the strange stuff that went on in Smallville. She was driven to figure out just what was going on in town, even though that sometimes pissed off her friend (and unrequited crush) Clark Kent. Now, she knows Clark’s secret – and help keep it safe. She’s also willing to go up against supervillains, the Luthors, meteor freaks, the government… anyone who gets in the way of the truth or threatens her friends.

We’ve loved watching Chloe blossom as she fell in love with Jimmy, landed her first job at the Daily Planet, and discovered her own meteor powers. It’s a tribute to Allison’s skill that no matter what happens to Chloe, we still want to see more.

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Happy 36th birthday to Michael Rosenbaum, the man behind one of our favorite charismatic villains on the CW. His Lex Luthor is all snaky charisma and off-kilter charm. We know he's evil, and even so, we can't help but be swept away by him. We've seen Lex kidnap innocent people, perform experiments on the meteor-infected, lie, steal, shoot people, attempt to create his own army, and oh yeah, throw his own father off a building and to his death. But despite all of that, Lex just leaves us weak in the knees.

Alas, we're not going to have Lex to swoon over next season on Smallville. We were a bit shocked when Michael announced he was leaving Smallville. Of course, he was his usual sweet, funny self in his note to fans on his web site: "I hope that I gave you some enjoyment over the years, and that you found my portrayal of Lex Luthor to be satisfying. I am truly grateful, as Smallville fans are the best fans out there. I sincerely hope that you will continue to follow my career through my hair growth period and beyond."

That's one of the only upsides we can see about Michael leaving Smallville -- poor Michael can finally stop shaving his head!

Much as we'll miss Michael's Lex, we're looking forward to seeing him take on his post-Smallville career. Will he go the hero route? After all, he already provided the voice of the Flash in the Justice League cartoon. Or will we get to see more of Michael's comedy chops, like what we've seen in Sorority Boys or Kickin It Old Skool? Whatever role he chooses, we'll be watching!

Until he figures out his next step, we bet Michael will be kicking back and enjoying life. We hope he spent his birthday doing something he loved, like playing hockey or listening to some serious 80s rock. Or maybe he combined both loves, and played hockey against the members of Journey while Foreigner sang! Rock on!

Happy birthday, Michael, and thanks for giving us seven years of Lex. We can't wait to see what's next.

Leave your birthday wishes for Michael in the comments!

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Smallville hottie Erica Durance has a big birthday coming up – the actress, who plays Lois Lane, turns 30 on Saturday. Happy birthday, Erica!

Erica started out in a real-life Smallville – she grew up on a turkey farm in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. Since she’s said she has a phobia of birds, we can’t imagine that was a lot of fun for her! After school, she jumped to Vancouver to test out acting, and she’s never looked back. After a series of roles in some pretty cheese-tastic horror flicks (think “The Untold, aka Sasquatch,” “House of the Dead” and “Devil Winds”), Erica started landing guest roles on TV shows like “The Chris Isaak Show,” “Tru Calling,” “Andromeda” and “Stargate SG-1.” Then came the role of Lois Lane on Smallville, and the rest is history.

It’s a role that Erica relishes – she’s said that Lois Lane was her favorite comic-book character even before she’d landed the show – and she’s made a splash with it. Comic writer and former consulting producer Jeph Loeb lobbied for Erica to get the role, and the two remain good friends even though Jeph has left the series. In fact, Erica co-hosted a charity auction at Wizard World: Chicago to raise money for a scholarship set up to honor Jeph’s son Sam, who died of cancer at age 17. Erica donated the $15,000 fee she was offered to the charity and did the gig for free.

Of course, Erica does have some fans who are just as interested in her smokin’ bod as in her good heart and her acting talent. She was voted one of TV Guide’s “Most Physically Fit Stars on Television,” and has appeared on FHM’s list of “World’s 100 Sexiest Women” three times: She made her debut on the list in 2006 at number 38, then hit number 20 in 2007 and showed up at number 15 in 2008. She’s also been a Maxim cover girl, appeared in the 2007 Women of Sci-fi calendar, and was named by Netscape as one of the "Sexiest Sci-Fi Babes.” That fame has spread to other arenas – a poster of Erica can be seen in Superboy’s bedroom in the Supergirl comic. Sorry, guys – Erica has been happily married to actor David Palffy since 2005.

We hope Erica has a great time for her 30th birthday. Leave your birthday wishes for Erica in the comments!

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We here at CW Source central just received a press release from The CW itself, reporting that Smallville has found its Doomsday – Davis Bloome, who played Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo on Battlestar Galactica. Also joining the cast is Cassidy Freeman (“Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee”), who will play Tess Mercer. From The CW press release: "Handpicked by Lex Luthor to succeed him before he vanished, Tess arrives in Smallville as acting CEO of LuthorCorp. Beneath her mysterious allure lies a cunning ruthlessness to match her mentor’s."

We love that this new lass has a similar name to the glorious Miss Tessmacher of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies -- who could forget that slinky villainess who was happy to sink California, but she balked at dooming Hoboken because her mother lived there? That's the way to incorporate a previous Superman villain!

But back to Doomsday. Here’s where the geekier denizens of CW Source Central run into a problem. There’s nothing wrong with Davis Bloome – he’s seriously hot, he’s got a great sci-fi pedigree, and did we mention he was seriously hot? Yowza! But… why Doomsday? Yeah, yeah, we get that Smallville runs in a different universe than the rest of the Superman canon. We understand that they can go in different directions than the comics and the movies. But why even bother using the name Doomsday when that Smallville character won’t have anything to do with the comic-book villain?

Here’s what we mean: In the comics, Doomsday was a mindless killing machine who just lived to destroy. He massacred planets, devastated entire galaxies, and killed Superman himself. Lex Luthor described him as an “intergalactic soccer hooligan,” for cryin’ out loud. So why take the name form this very specific, very iconic character and give it to some good-looking bartender? Why not chose a name from any of the gazillion other villains Superman has faced, or – and here’s a concept – come up with something completely original to the show?

We'll take a moment to note that nowhere in the press release do they dub Bloome "Doomsday" -- instead, they note that Bloome must contend with "burgeoning darkness inside of him that just might be a harbinger of doom." But the producers have previously trumpeted the rise of Doomsday in every other release, so what else are we supposed to think?

What do you think? Are we taking things too seriously, or do you agree that using the name Doomsday is a mistake? Vote in our poll and talk about it in the comments!

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Eonline reports that Gossip Girl received a whopping 14 Teen Choice nominations, including Best Drama, Best Breakout Show, and Choice TV Actor/Actress.

It's true that GG is everywhere on the list of nominations. All three female leads (Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Taylor Momsen) are up for Best Breakout Female Star, and we were especially excited to see Ed Westwick's Chuck Bass nominated for Choice TV Villain along with Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum. But One Tree Hill also earned its fair share of nominations, including Choice TV Drama, Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush for Choice TV Actress and Chad Michael Murray for Choice TV Actor. Our complaint: where are James Lafferty and Bethany Joy Galeotti? They deserve some noms, too!

Other shows represented include America's Next Top Model (Cycle 10 winner Whitney is up for Choice TV Female Reality Star, Tyra is up for Choice TV Personality, and the show itself is in the running for Choice TV: Reality Beauty and Makeover), Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (for Reality Music Competition), and Smallville (Choice TV Show Action/Adventure, Choice TV Actor/Actress Action/Adventure for Tom Welling and Kristin Kreuk). Even Beauty and The Geek made the list with a nomination for Choice TV: Reality Beauty & Makeover.

Notably absent from the list: Supernatural and Reaper. And what about Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America, Girlfriends, and The Game? We think these shows were seriously overlooked -- do you agree?

Let us know what you think of the nominations in the comments!

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The CW has a sizzling new lineup coming to us this fall and we couldn't be more excited! Not only are some of our favorites back, we've got new shows that are sure to have us talking.

Monday Nights

The winning combo of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill will be back and filled with drama.

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We're back with the final Jason C. recap for this season of Smallville. What a great episode, we can't wait until next season to see what happens next.

For a full recap, click HERE

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