What do you want first? The good news or the even-better news?

1)  The N has finally set a date for “The Assistants”. The show will premiere on The N on Friday July 10, 2009 at 8:30 et. You can visit the official site clicking here. Dustin is supposed to guest star in episode 6, scheduled to air August 14, if the episodes are aired in the correct order. I’ll keep you posted as soon as I know more.

2) Nominations for the Teen Choice Awards 2009 have been revealed, and Dustin is nominated in the “Choice TV Actor: Drama” category.

Choice TV Actor: Drama

Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl
Ken Baumann, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl
Joshua Jackson, Fringe
Dustin Milligan, 90210

You can have to vote once a day on the official site. “90210″ is also nominated for “Choice TV Show: Drama”, “Choice TV: Breakout Show”, “Choice TV: Breakout star female” (AnnaLynne McCord),  “Choice TV: Breakout star male” (Tristan Wilds) and “Choice TV: Parental Unit” (Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin). The show will air on August 10th on FOX.

Congrats to Dustin, the cast and the crew for the nominations.

3) ET Canada visited Dustin on the set of “Gunless”. Captures have been added to the gallery:

Gallery link:
- Movies > Gunless > ET Canada on set; June 15, 2009 (55)

You can watch the video on YouTube.

Watch the video on YouTube

(First of all, sorry for the lack up updates during the past two weeks. I’ll try to update more often from now on).

Anyway, in his latest official chat Dustin confirmed that he is attacched to a new project called “Gunless”, currently filming in BC. Here are some articles about it:

- “Dustin goes from shirtless to gunless” - Canada.com

[...] His new movie Gunless, in which he plays an earnest young Mountie in 1880s B.C. opposite Paul Gross as an American gunslinger, wraps at the end of June and is set for a spring 2010 release. [...]

- “Gunless starts production in Osoyoos, B.C.” - Globe & Mail

- “Gross returns in Gunless” - Northern Stars

[...] When notorious American gunslinger, The Montana Kid, staggers into the tiny Canadian hamlet of Barclay’s Brush, life for the town’s 17 inhabitants is about to get exciting. The Kid immediately gets into an unfortunate altercation with Jack, the town’s surly blacksmith, which leads to the The Kid ‘calling him out’ for some good old frontier justice - a showdown. But in a place totally ill prepared to deal with a classic gun fight and without a single working pistol to be found, adhering to the code of the American Wild West may prove difficult.  Not able to let go of the ‘code’, The Kid remains stuck in Barclay’s Brush, getting drawn into a strange world of eccentric rituals and characters; among them Jane, a smart sassy woman who becomes his only hope of finding a way out… or perhaps his only reason for staying…
[...] The cast of Gunless also includes Dustin Milligan as Corporal Jonathan Kent [...]

One behind the scenes photo (and two more miscellaneous pictures) have been added to the gallery:

GALLERY LINKS:
- Miscellaneous Photos > May 31, 2009 Official Chat (1)
- Movies > Extract > Artwork (1)
- Movies > Gunless > Behind the scenes: May 2009 (1)

According to TV Shows on DVD:

Yesterday Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS DVD announced that the new remake series will come home on August 11th with 90210 - The 1st Season. This 6-DVD set running 987 minutes will include Cast Commentaries on Selected Episodes, plus Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes about the show’s music, fashion, sets, and more. Cost is $49.99 SRP.

I have added a photo of the packaging to the gallery:

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > DVD Artwork (1)

High definition captures of Dustin in last night’s season finale of “90210″ have been added to the gallery. Dustin’s will not be back next season, so that’s it for Ethan.

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > 1.24 “One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer” (303)

High definition captures of Dustin in last night’s episode of “90210″ have been added to the gallery:

GALLERY LINK:
- 90210 > 1.23 “Zero Tolerance” (140)

High definition captures of Dustin in last night’s episode of “90210″ have been added to the gallery.

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > 1.22 “The Parety’s Over” (152)

A random gallery update with everything I have missed in the past couple of weeks is coming soon, stay clicked.

You can stream the promo for next week’s episode (1.23 “Zero Tolerance”) over at SpoilerTV.

Dustin was unfortunately just in the last 15 seconds of last night’s episode of “90210″, therefore not many new captures were added to the gallery. One new promotional artwork of Ethan kissing Silver has also been added.

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > 1.21 “The Dionysian Debacle” HD Captures (33)
- 90210 > Promotional Posters: May Sweeps (1)

In a recent interview with Zap2It, Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, “90210″ new boss, commented about the dismissal of Dustin:

Fans were shocked when news broke that Dustin Milligan (Ethan) won’t be returning next year. Can you talk about the reasons behind cutting Ethan?
R: I honestly think Dustin is such a good actor and such a lovely person. He is incredibly smart and perceptive and I loved working with him. At the end of the year [when I joined the show], I was really encouraging a dialogue between the writers and the actors and he was somebody who took me up on that. He was so thoughtful and careful about his ideas, and I was really impressed. So in my mind, it wasn’t about not liking Dustin, but [about] the character of Ethan. I felt [Ethan] didn’t allow me the freedom that I wanted. I really wanted a range between the characters and I didn’t feel like I could do with that character what I wanted to do with one of my core people. I think Dustin is amazing and he’ll do great. I was very honored to work with him, but he won’t be back.

She also pretty much confirmed that Dustin won’t be back to wrap Ethan’s storyline:

Will Dustin ever show up in a season 2 episode to wrap up his storyline?
R: I’m not absolutely sure, but I don’t think so.

High definition captures of Dustin in yesterday’s episode of “90210″ have been added to the gallery, together with some candids of him and Jessica at Coachella Festival:

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > 1.20 “Between A Sign And A Hard Place” HD Caps (130)
- Candids > April 18, 2009: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (11)

“Extract”, Mike Judge’s upcoming movie also starring Dustin, just got itself a trailer and an official website; leading me to believe that a theatrical release is in the works. Dustin, unfortunately, is in none of them but fear not, as I just got myself a copy of the script (or at least a March 2008 draft of it) and can confirm that Dustin is seen (or heard) in about 15 out of the 105 pages, and that his role is one of the funniest he has played so far.

Stop reading now if you don’t want to be spoiled.

Dustin’s character, Brad, first appears on page 36 and is introduced with the apposition “the gigolo”, he is then quickly described as “young, blond, super good-looking, but clearly a complete airhead” and his only mission is, quoting Joel’s words, to “come to my house pretending to be the new pool cleaner,[...] and simply try to seduce my wife”. He later reappears in a hilarious flashback that “plays out like a bad soft-porn flick on Cinemax” in which Brad tries to seduce Suzie, Joel’s wife, asking her for some sunscreen. He later reappears in some briefs scenes and telephone voice-overs (when two characters are on the phone and one, Dustin’s in this case, is not shown, but just heard), but I won’t go into details to avoid revealing too much of the plot. All that I’m saying is that the script is very well done, and although Dustin’s character has quite a small role, he is incredibly funny (dumb characters always are!) and I can’t wait to see Dustin playing an airhead “professional” gigolo.

He shares scenes with Jason Bateman (Joel, who hires him) and Ben Affleck (whom he already worked with in the 2006 comedy “Man About Town”; who now plays Dean, Joel’s best friend, ) and Kristen Wiig (Suzie, Joel’s wife).

To read a review of the movie by Slash Film’s Hunter Stephenson click here.

EDIT: Look slike the movie will be released on September 4, 2009. Click here for the other official website, and here for first poster artwork.

Five photos of Dustin and girlfriend Jessica Stroup at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Informers” have been added to the gallery:

GALLERY LINKS:
- Events > April 16, 2009: “The Informers” Premiere, Los Angeles (5)

High definition captures of Dustin in yesterday’s episode of “90210″ have been added to the gallery together with some candids and events photos of Dustin and Jessica on April 8.

GALLERY LINKS:
- 90210 > 1.19 “Okaeri, Donna!” HD Captures (259)
- Events > April 8, 2009 - Diet Pepsi House benefiting Feeding America (15)
- Candids > April 8, 2009 - Shopping with Jessica Stroup (14)