U.S. actress Laura Leighton has signed up to reprise her Melrose Place character of scheming Sydney in the upcoming remake of the 1990s nighttime soap opera. Zap2it.com said it got the news from the producers of Melrose, the new show that will air on The CW this fall if the pilot gets picked up.

US actress Heather Locklear has opted not to appear in the updated version of her 1990s TV series Melrose Place, a source says.

U.S. singer Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has been cast in an upcoming remake of the television series Melrose Place, The Hollywood Reporter said. Simpson-Wentz, who recently gave birth to her first child, has previously acted on the TV drama 7th Heaven.

The daughter of The Partridge Family star David Cassidy reportedly will star in the CW's upcoming series Melrose Place. The Hollywood Reporter said Friday that Katie Cassidy will play sexy publicist Ella Flynn on Melrose, a spin-off of the original Melrose series that aired in the 1990s.

By MADELINE CONNORS "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," while not cleverly titled (just adding a "2" is pretty lame in this case), is an entertaining, feel-good sequel based on the hugely popular novels by Ann Brashares.