Fun with family and friends ensues as Stephanie goes back to her hometown of Boston to shoot the indie film, Hatteras Hotel, a thriller/crime drama shooting on Cape Ann. She plays Alison Stone, a head-turner who is murdered while staying at the hotel. However, as the police start to investigate, they soon discover that several people had reason to kill... Other actors cast in the project include: Samaire Armstrong, Wade Williams, Ryan Sypek, Austin Highsmith, and Tracey Needham.

–Emerson Inn by the Sea general manager Molly Andrew Williamson has confirmed the inn will play a major role in the mystery drama "Hatteras Hotel" -- as the Hatteras Hotel. -Mary Muckenhoupt / Gloucester Daily Times

Two exciting DVD releases happen in the same week!

To celebrate the double-DVD release of Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five, Dreamworks and Paramount hosted a grand event at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Stars such as Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Dustin Hoffman joined Stephanie for the red carpet event to promote the film.

Also, Bloodwars, the vampire dramedy that Stephanie produced and acted in a couple years ago with her husband, A.J. Draven, comes out in Blockbusters everywhere and online.

Click here to read Bloodwars review

ABC extends Stephanie’s contract for Good Behavior until the end of the year, along with several other cast mates.  Word is the networks plans to retool some of the story and cast before deciding whether to pick this series up as a midseason replacement. Fingers are crossed!

Dreams really do come true! Stephanie is cast in her first ever animated feature film, KUNG FU PANDA: Secrets of the Furious Five, as the voice of a snow leopard named Mei-Ling, in a flashback story about how Crane became part of the Furious Five. The film, directed by Raman Hui, will be released as a companion DVD with the original film in November.

Here's a review:
"As Secrets of the Furious Five begins, Master Shifu tells Po that today he must face one of his greatest challenges — which turns out to be a couple of dozen little kid rabbits, Shifu's Introduction to Kung Fu class. Shifu then departs, locking Po in with the the kids, who, being kids, have a bazillion questions. Po decides to entertain — as well as educate — the kids by telling stories about their idols, the Furious Five, from the time before they were fearsome warriors. They learn that the lessons of patience, courage, confidence, control, and compassion made the Five who they are today.The flashback sequences are quite fun, done in a 2-D animation style similar to the opening dream sequence from the original film. Mantis learns the benefits of slowing down and thinking. Crane, a lowly janitor at a fighting academy, gains confidence to try out for the school after a cute girl student encourages him. Tigress was ultimately saved from a sad fate after being trained by Shifu. Monkey learns a thing or two after encountering Master Oogway. But the best battle cry goes to the young, born-without-fangs Viper with her "I don't have to bite to fight!" victory cry, defending her overprotective father. This 25-minute feature is charming and cute. Kids will love it!

The special features on this disc will also keep your kids occupied for hours, either learning to draw the characters, dancing the Panda Dance, discovering the secrets behind the Animals of Kung Fu, mastering basic kung fu stances and moves, experiencing the history of the Chinese Zodiac, discovering What Fighting Style Are You?, and learning three-card-monte, errr… "Dumpling Shuffle". Secrets of the Furious Five comes bundled with Kung Fu Panda. It is not available separately."

ABC casts Stephanie as Tawny West in her 7th consecutive television pilot-- this one's called Good Behavior.

DESCRIPTION: (from ABC's press release) Like any other middle-aged Las Vegas mom, Jackie West (Catherine O'Hara) just wants the best for her teen and adult kids. But lately, things have taken a downward turn. Having her husband go to prison for running a chop shop was bad. Watching her kids turn to criminal acts was worse. But when a family friend gets killed trying to escape the police, Jackie puts her foot down. Rather than gamble with crime, this Sin City mom decides to bankroll a sure thing: the straight life. Of course, getting her kids on board won't be easy. Van (Patrick J. Adams) has ripped off so many rides he can jack a car in his sleep. Tawny (Stephanie Lemelin) is gorgeous enough to get herself in trouble, and clever enough to escape—sometimes. And sharp young Roxy (Mae Whitman) just skipped six weeks of school by blackmailing the principal. Only Van's twin brother Haden (Patrick J. Adams) seems to value the law, and that's probably because he's a lawyer. But even he is not above being tempted to fall into bad old habits. And although Jackie's too old to squeeze into a cocktail waitress miniskirt, she's still determined to keep her family on the right track—even if it means bending the rules. Veronica Mars writer-creator Rob Thomas once again rewrites the rules of television genres with an edgy, soapy drama—one in which a different kind of family trying to live an honest life keeps getting pulled into the same old risky mischief. But, as Jackie West believes, even the Las Vegas strip can be a straight and narrow path—if you play your cards right.

Stephanie is cast opposite David Spade in the CBS Sitcom, Rules of Engagement, as a waitress/wanna be rockstar who pressures Russell in following through on his promise of a recording contract after a one night stand. The episode, entitled "Buyer's Remorse" will air on May 12.

Stephanie travels to the Philippines to film 2 movies with her husband's production company, In-Motion Pictures. The first, Disarmed, an action movie with a political edge, stars AJ Draven and Stephen Bauer. The story for the film was created by Stephanie, AJ and their business partner, Tom Shell, who also directed.

The second movie, a psychological thriller entitled Project Fear, stars Stephanie and Patrick Bergin, and tells the story of 6 friends who unknowingly get caught up in a scary mind game on a deserted island. The experience was challenging and life-changing-- and all caught on film! Check back for details soon.

Stephanie signs on to play the role of "June", a 1950's prostitute involved in a CIA scandal, in the web series Operation Midnight, written by Ramesh Thadani.

See more info at: www.myspace.com/strangesciencefilms

Free Arts for Abused Children, an amazing charity that is very close to Stephanie's heart, celebrates it's 30th Anniversary this year and will be holding its biggest fundraiser, the "Art Heals" event, on Nov. 29th in Malibu. Learn more about this wonderful organization and how to get involved by visiting the following website

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Check out October's issue of US Weekly "Hot Hollywood" to see the latest advertisement of Stephanie and Juan Valdez.

Click here to see the Ad

Raising Flagg has been released. Please check the website for the theatre playing near you!

www.raisingflagg.com

Live radio Interview on Boston's hit radio station KISS 108 FM with Matty in the Morning!

Stephanie books her 6th consecutive television pilot, CAVEMEN, a single-camera situation comedy for ABC. She plays a  fun-lovin', free-spirited character named Thorne who is the childhood best friend of Kate, a prim and proper Southern gal who just happens to be engaged to a Caveman
-- Joel. The show is described as such: