It's deja vu all over again: Jennie Garth has joined the CW re-make of "Beverly Hills 90210," which is expected to get a pick-up this week, probably as a companion to "Gossip Girl."
Now this IS a surprise since she's the only original cast member who seems to want anything to do with the re-make; she's reprising an older and even wiser Kelly Taylor (who else?) and will only be on set part-time; she'll do a handful of episodes but not appear in every one. She'll apparently play a guidance counselor at West Bev Hills High.
What about the other core folk? Honestly, with Garth/Kelly aboard the remake is gonna HAVE to deal now with the question of "whatever happened to..."
Really: Whatever happened to Valerie or Donna? I don't recall how the show wrapped nearly a decade ago, so for all any of us know, they're still out there, in TV limbo, awaiting "character/arc resolution." Or, will the rest of the old front-line eight pull a Clooney and say no way, ever. A shame because it's not as if they're headlining major motion pictures these days. Tiffani Thiessen's (she's 34 now!) biggest post Valerie role was (I suppose) "Good Morning, Miami." Tori Spelling (Donna) was in "Smallville" a spell. Dylan - there is only one Dylan and that would be Luke Perry - was in "Oz." Jason Priestley's done a ton of stuff, but he hasn't been hugely discriminating (as "Love Monkey" proves.)
Let's see...ah yes, of course: Shannen Doherty, who lives in the tabs, was in "Charmed" its full run. Ian Ziering? "Biker Mice from Mars."
I rest my case.