In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

On January 6, 2012, NBC president Robert Greenblatt announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that Harry Connick, Jr. had been cast in a four-episode arc of NBC's long-running legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as new Executive ADA, David Haden, a dedicated, straight-shooting prosecutor who is assigned a case with Detective Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ).

On June 27, 2011, Ricky Gervais ( an executive producer on the show ) announced Spader was to join the cast on a permanent basis.

To the surprise of the entire cast including Mary Tyler Moore herself, it was announced that they would soon be filming their final episode.

Four days later, the rest of the main cast was announced, though the character names would not be announced until the next day.

Early in March 2009, it was announced that the Seinfeld cast would reunite for the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In November 2008, NBC announced that the series had been picked up for a complete 22-episode season but that several cast members would be leaving and the story lines revamped after the original 13-episode order.

On September 19, 2012, it was announced that a new Looney Tunes reboot film is in developement .. For ­ mer Saturday Night Live cast mem ­ ber Jenny Slate is already on board as writer for the new flick.

There is no contemporary evidence that this actually happened, but in 1983, a forensic anthropologist examined a crude plaster cast of Boone's skull made before the Kentucky reburial and announced it might be the skull of an African American.

In 2008, the BBC announced that Russ Abbot would join the cast as a relatively more youthful actor in series 30.

In 2010, it was announced that long-time supporting cast members Ken Kitson and Louis Emerick would spin their characters off into their own stage adaptation, titled An Arresting Night.

In 1403, Ghiberti was announced the victor, largely because of his superior technical skill: his panel showed a more sophisticated knowledge of bronze-casting being cast as a single piece.

In 2005, it was announced that Louis-Dreyfus had been cast in the title role of a new CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.

After his defeat in Taipei Mayoral Election on the 9th of December, 2006, he won only 4 % of cast ballots, James Soong announced that he will retire from politics, which entailed giving up the chairmanship of his party, the PFP.

Along with Chris Rock, Farley was one of two new Saturday Night Live cast members announced in the spring of 1990.

In November of the same year, it was announced that Norwood had joined the cast of Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor, expected to be released in March 2013.

In September 2010, the Philippine Daily Inquirer announced that she has been cast in an upcoming film by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza.

The September issue of Ultra Jump announced the cast and staff ; it is being produced by David Production and directed by Kenichi Suzuki, with Kazuyuki Okitsu starring as Jonathon and Takehito Koyasu voicing Dio.

On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Fishburne had been cast in the role of Perry White in the Christopher Nolan produced, Zack Snyder directed Superman reboot Man of Steel.

John Finch, the Speaker of the House of Commons, announced that he had been commanded to interrupt any Member of Parliament who should insult or cast aspersion on a Minister of State, such as the Duke of Buckingham.

On June 11, the Hollywood Reporter announced that Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte had also joined the cast.

On May 23, 2011, Lionsgate announced that Kravitz would be joining the cast and crew of The Hunger Games, as Katniss ' creative stylist, Cinna.

The actor was also announced as part of the cast of the Wachowskis ' ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

While almost every contemporary postmark includes a location as well as a date, in 2004 New Zealand Post announced plans to eliminate the location on their postmarks and include only the date ; however, information about this can be determined by a three-number code on the postmarks.

It was announced on 27 September 2010 that Bombardier Transportation had won a $ 303 million contract to supply and maintain 50 new E class trams, the contract includes an option for a further 100.

Vaporware also includes announced products that are never released because of financial problems, or because the industry changes during its development.

On 31 March 2009 Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, announced his decision to confirm the designation of the South Downs National Park, which came into being exactly one year later and includes the town of Lewes within its boundaries.

Electronic Arts announced on June 24, 2009, that they are restructuring their RPG and MMO games development into a new group that includes both Mythic Entertainment and BioWare.

In June 2012, Disney announced that by 2015, it would no longer advertise or promote any food or beverage that does not meet strict nutritional guidelines, on any of its media properties aimed at children, which includes Disney Channel.

On August 13, 2009, County Supervisor Ray Watson announced that he wanted to appoint an advisory council to assist him in the governance of the area, which includes Frazier Park, Lebec, Fort Tejon and Tejon Village, Pinon Pines, Lake of the Woods, and Pine Mountain Club.

Because of questions raised by the State of Nevada and Congressional members about the quality of the science behind Yucca Mountain, the Department of Energy announced on March 31, 2006 the selection of Oak Ridge Associated Universities / Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ( a not-for-profit consortium that includes 96 doctoral degree-granting institutions and 11 associate member universities ) to provide expert reviews of scientific and technical work on the Yucca Mountain Project.

In 2004, MetaMachines announced it would stop development of Overnet to concentrate on eDonkey2000 ( though the eDonkey2000 client now includes the Overnet protocol ).

On August 16, Bow Wow announced his signing to Cash Money Records, joining an all-star roster that already includes Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne and Birdman, among others.

* 2009-2010: On June 5, the Los Angeles Sparks and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a multi-year marketing partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship.

* 2010: On June 2, 2010, the New York Liberty and Foxwoods Resort Casino announced a premier partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship.

* 2010: Westinghouse announced their involvement in a new, ultra-large forging press in the United Kingdom to be built at Sheffield Forgemasters in Yorkshire ; takes a major stake in Springfields fuel site in the United Kingdom which includes a permanent transfer of Springfields Fuel Limited ownership to Westinghouse.

In a quarterly press release on March 11, 2011 Rainmaker CEO Warren Franklin announced " Our current slate includes several projects including a film based on the classic series ReBoot ".

The use of the Pixo OS in the iPod was never formally announced, although the first-generation iPod's " About iPod " display includes a mention of Pixo, and a Connectix biography of their VP of engineering Mike Neil mentions his role as " lead architect on the Pixo OS that is used in ... the Apple iPod ".

The winners, announced at the Griffin Poetry Prize Awards evening, will be awarded CAD $ 65, 000 each, for a total of CAD $ 75, 000 that includes the CAD $ 10, 000 awarded at the readings the previous evening.

On April 12, 2010, it was announced that SmackDown would move from MyNetworkTV to Syfy, a network which previously aired NXT and ECW, in a two year deal that also includes an optional third year.

The university and The DESCO Group announced in February 2011 that the St. Charles City Council had approved a resolution supporting the Lindenwood Town Center, a planned $ 30 million development that includes a shopping center, retail / business plaza, hotel and apartment-style student housing complexes.

On January 31, 2008, Tribune Company announced it will purchase real estate leased from TMCT, LLC, which includes properties used by the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant.

Fortis announced in September 2008 that it intended to sell its stake in RFS Holdings, which includes all activities that have not been transferred yet to Fortis ( i. e. everything except Asset Management ).

In February 2012, Imation announced a " unified Secure Data, Identity and Mobile Workspace product set " that includes solutions for securing mobile data, securing mobile identities and securing mobile workspaces – all based on the reality that employees are using portable storage devices to transport corporate data more and more.

Tesco announced they wanted to build a Tesco Extra store on the site of the old East Durham College, this includes replacing the existing library ; North Blunts Limited announced they wanted to build a Morrisons on the site of the old North Blunts School.

GarageBand 3, announced at 2006 ’ s Macworld Conference & Expo, includes a ' podcast studio ', including the ability to use more than 200 effects and jingles, and integration with iChat for remote interviews.