Extra! TV was on the set of the People magazine photoshoot of the Saved By The Bell reunion which graces the cover of this week’s issue of the mag. Extra! host Mario Lopez was in a prime position to interview his former SBTB castmates during the shoot and came away with some fun video. Here is a photo from this week’s issue of People magazine which features the reunited SBTB kids which, according to Lopez, was over a year in the making and came together at the very last second:

It’s a reunion 20 years in the making … and a story that took over a year in planning. When the cast of Saved by the Bell assembled for this week’s PEOPLE photo shoot and cover story, everyone breathed a sigh of relief-including Mario Lopez, who nearly missed the whole thing. “Everybody knew the 20-year anniversary was coming up,” says Lopez. “This PEOPLE story has been in the works for over a year, long before [late night host] Jimmy Fallon started talking about it. We were all excited about it.” But Lopez’s work ethic almost prevented the reunion from coming to fruition. “I’m so busy. I was concerned about my schedule,” says Lopez, who in the past year alone has danced on Broadway in A Chorus Line, become the new host of TV’s Extra and written a fitness book, Mario Lopez’s Knockout Fitness. The night before the PEOPLE shoot in Los Angeles he was making a public appearance in Canada, across the country, and arrived on set straight from the airport after a seven-hour flight. And now? Fans are clamoring for the next step: a reunion show. “Everybody is fired up,” he says. “People keep coming up to me saying ‘When are you guys going to do a show?’” An actual reunion episode will have to wait, as Lopez is hardly taking time off. First up, he’s returning as host for the fourth season of America’s Best Dance Crew, which debuts this Sunday on MTV.

I LOVE how Mario Lopez made SURE to make clear that the People magazine reunion was “in the works” before Jimmy Fallon started talking about it on his TV show. I find it very hard to believe that it took People magazine a year to get everyone together for a photoshoot. I call B.S. But … that’s his story, I guess he’s stickin’ to it. After the jump, check out video from Extra! TV that was shot on the set of this People magazine photoshoot …

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Mischa Barton, who was hauled away to the mental ward at Cedars-Sinai Hospital here in LA just a couple of weeks ago and has already been released and made her way to NYC to begin work on her TV series The Beautiful Life just this week, was spotted today making her way out of the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, NY after showing up for a photoshoot (presumably for her new TV show). Honestly, she looked good … you’d've never guessed she was under psychiatric care just a couple short weeks ago by looking at these photos:

Altho I still think it is WAY TOO SOON for the girl to be back at work on a TV series after suffering a mental breakdown that resulted in psychiatric care, I do wish her all the best. It’s such a shame that celebs this young are already going thru breakdowns so soon into their careers. It sounds like Mischa has substance abuse problems and pretending they’ll go away by throwing yourself into your work isn’t the best strategy for turning your life around. But … we don’t really know what happened so … all we can do is send her our best thoughts and wishes for a happy and successful life. Good luck, Mischa!

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Attendees of 2009 San Diego Comic-Con got their first look at the upcoming new season of Heroes and were among the first people to see new castmember Robert Knepper (who famously played the sinister Theodore T-Bag Bagwell on Prison Break) in action on the show. Now the rest of us get to see the preview trailer for Heroes Season 4, titled Redemption, for ourselves:

Oh yes, the gang’s all BACK for more superhero action. It’s great to see Milo Ventimiglia’s character, Peter Petrelli, back in action as a heroic EMT … and Sylar with a baby?! Say what??? After the jump, check out the preview trailer in full and all will be made more clear …

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Altho we’ve already seen quite a few photos of Britney Spears in the new Fall/Winter 09/10 ad campaign for the Candie’s fashion house (for sale exclusively at Kohl’s), it turns out that one more outtake photo from the campaign has come to light. Wearing a leopard print jacket that looks like it was salvaged from an old, tacky couch from 1972, Britney Spears mugs for the cameras in this newly discovered photo:

OY! Leopard print rarely looks good on anyone and, well … I think I much preferred the photos we saw before. I’m not sure if this monstrous jacket will be made available for sale at your friendly neighborhood Kohl’s department store but, if so, I’m sure it’ll make a nice Xmas gift for your great aunt Mertyle.

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This past Tuesday we saw photos of Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of FHM magazine … but today we get to see the first promo pics released for the upcoming second season of Dollhouse. In addition to a very cool promo pic of Eliza in character as Echo …

… we also get to see new promo photos of her castmates Tahmoh Penikett (Paul Ballard), Dichen Lachman (Sierra), Enver Gjokaj (Victor) and Fran Kranz (Topher Brink) posin’ all purdy for the cameras — after the jump …

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David and I have this thing we do where we record all the reruns of the hit 90’s series Friends that air on the various cable networks and we save them for watching while we eat. I realize that many families do not watch TV while they eat but, well, we are not one of those families. This practice is an old one for us … we used to eat and watch Golden Girls eps but since we’ve watched the entire series a couple of times already, we moved on to Friends:

Altho I spent much of my day reading The Catcher in the Rye (I’m almost done), I had to make time for food … and, of course, Friends. This info isn’t really all that important but it was part of my day yesterday. I’ve been trying to keep things pretty quiet this week because next week is going to be a bit bizzy and then I fly off to Detroit for the following weekend. In the meantime, David and I are just trying to keep things as normal and boring as possible … but with all the Friends to watch, well, it’s not all that boring ;)

Tonight, David and I are meeting up with Kirsten, Darion and his friend Eric for sushi dinner … it’ll be nice to see those guys. Who knows what hi-jinx might ensue?!

• Kenny Chesney denies he’s romantically interested in Jessica Simpson. Uh, duhvs.
• Rihanna is reportedly shocked by Chris Brown’s video taped apology for his assault on her.
• Madonna claims that photos of her scarily, sinewy arms are Photoshopped fakes.
• Scarlett Johansson denies that a fight with hubby Ryan Reynolds is the reason he did not attend 2009 San Diego Comic-Con.
• Mischa Barton’s co-stars on The Beautiful Life say she is ready to be back to work … cuz they are all fully accredited medical professionals.
• What does the WNBA have against same-sex kissing?
• Hot guys … at 2009 San Diego Comic-Con?
• Apparently same-sex kissing is now an arrestable offense.
• For once, Mel Gibson didn’t do it.
• Sweet MOTHER OF JEBUS!! Do we need to EVER SEE Sherri Shepherd get a Brazilian Wax on TV?!
• George Clooney’s new girlfriend hits the beach.
• Apparently, porn stars are very particular about how they get their laundry done.
• Apparently you can quite easily Photoshop out a baby bump.
• Um, I thought the term was called Cougar Town.
• Zac Efron bungee jumps for the first time.
• Hilary Swank is 35, Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman: The Dark Knight) is 39, Vivica A. Fox is 45, Lisa Kudrow (Friends) is 46 and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is 62 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Natalie Imbruglia is set to release a new album with a little help from Coldplay.
• Green Day, P!nk, Muse and Taylor Swift are among the first performers announced for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
• NeNe Leaks’s off-screen feud with new castmate Kandi Burruss gets underway … right in time for the Season 2 premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which debuts on Bravo TV TONIGHT!!!