*Zoe Saldana is set to re-create Nichelle Nichols’ Lt. Uhura role in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming “Star Trek” epic, IMDB reports. Saldana, who played Anna Maria in “Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” joins “Heroes” star Zachary Quinto, who has signed on to play the young Spock, and Anton Yelchin, who will play Chekov. The original Mr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy, has a cameo in the film.
*Matthew McConaughey is taking Owen Wilson’s role in the film “Tropic Thunder.” Wilson dropped out of the DreamWorks all-star comedy after he was hospitalized last month.
*Timbaland, who has collaborated on No. 1 songs for Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, will appear on ABC’s “One Life to Live” on Oct. 9, the network said Wednesday.
*”24″ will reset the clock for season seven with a special two-night premiere Jan. 13 and Jan. 14, Fox announced Wednesday. With CTU dismantled, the show’s setting moves to Washington, where Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) new day gets off to a weird start when — spoiler alert! — former colleague Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard) returns after being left for dead by a terrorist conspirator.
*Cherie Blair has signed a book deal to write about her life as a leading British human-rights lawyer and the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, her publisher said Wednesday. Little, Brown Book Group would not discuss the terms of the deal for the book’s international publishing rights.
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Personals was compiled by Emily Rosenbaum from Tribune news services and staff reports.
