This December, moviegoers go back into the machine with “Tron: Legacy,”the sequel from Disney that will be one of the major projects-to-watch at this month’s Comic-Con International. At 11:15 a.m. on July 22, the film will be promoted with a star-studded panel in Hall H, the 6,500-seat room that is the standing-room-only hub of Comic-Con’s Hollywood programming. The panel will consist of director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisberger as well as cast members Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen and Bruce Boxleitner. Patton Oswalt will moderate and there will be new footage from the film and, according to Disney, some special surprises.

Olivia will be at the panel on Thursday!

Olivia Wilde:

* Gracing the covers of countless magazines such as Organic Beauty Magazine, GQ, and Elle, the blue-eyed beauty says that she makes a conscious effort to channel her dollars toward purchases that support worthy industries, citing that “this is a huge reason why I have chosen to adopt a Vegan diet…I don’t eat food that comes from animals.”

* The daughter of an Irish journalist and a 60 Minutes producer, Wilde’s literary roots paved the way for her early awareness of social and political causes, prompting her to serve on the advisory council of the youth voter organization 18 in ‘08 and work alongside of fellow actors like Kal Penn to campaign on behalf of President Obama.

* Edging out fellow vegan and House cast member Lisa Edelstein for PETA’s sexiest vegetarian title, Wilde maintains her sleek physique by embracing a healthy attitude toward her diet. Her favorite tactics include never using a scale, banning the word “fat” from her vocabulary and engaging in daily workouts that involve a combination of outdoor hiking, yoga, karate and spinning.

From Eco Razzi

Question: Please can you give us some House news that is not about Huddy? —Monica
Ausiello: Here’s something: Series creator David Shore confirms that they’re casting a new female doc to fill the temporary void left by Olivia Wilde. “We’re working on it,” he tells me. “There’s no definitive answer [but] it’s something we’re figuring out.”

From the Ausiello Files

Choice TV Show: Drama
“90210″
“Gossip Girl”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”

Choice TV Actress: Drama
Sophia Bush, “One Tree Hill”
Blake Lively, “Gossip Girl”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
Olivia Wilde, “House”
Shailene Woodley, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”

Oscar winner Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen and Bruce Boxleitner will join the filmmakers in a Hall H panel that will kick off the con on Thursday, July 21 at 11:15 AM. The studio promises that footage from the December release will be previewed in 3-D as well as some “special surprise guests.” It’s worth noting, notoriously press-shy Daft Punk have provided an original score for “Legacy.”

The annual San Diego pop culture event has already featured “Legacy’ twice before, including a surprise screening of a concept test the filmmakers used to convince the studio to greenlight a sequel to the original 1984 film back in July of 2008. In fact, director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisbeger have all gone on record that the reaction to the footage at Comic-Con from the fans in attendance sealed the deal.

Last year, Bridges, Hedlund, Wilde, Kosinski and Lisberger hosted a packed panel, but had no new footage to show as the picture was still in production. Additionally, Disney created a wealth of buzz by re-creating the fictional Flynn’s Arcade from the franchise with 1980s video games and a secret room which revealed a real-life model of the new lightcycle from the film. You can check out photos of the cycle here.

The studio also announced there will be an interactive “Tron” booth on the convention floor with a sneak peek at merchandise including toys, electronics, collectibles, apparel and the new “Tron: Evolution” video game. Exclusive Comic-Con products are also promised.

“Tron Legacy” opens nationwide and on IMAX Dec. 17, 2010. Look for complete Comic-Con coverage on HitFix beginning next month.

From Hit Flix

In this season Dr. Gregory House, played by Hugh Laurie, must work to regain his license and deal with various moral dilemmas. James Earl Jones (Star Wars), Laura Prepon (“That 70’s Show”) and David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum) appear as guest stars in this season.

Omar Epps (“ER”), Olivia Wilde (Tron), Lisa Edelstein (“The West Wing”), Jesse Spencer (Uptown Girls), Peter Jacobson (Transformers), Jennifer Morrison (Star Trek), and Robert Sean Leonard provide the supporting cast.

The discs contain all 21 episodes along with behind-the-scenes interviews, commentaries, and an exclusive short. Pre-order House: The Complete Sixth Season on Blu-ray for $52.49 (Reg. $74.98).
House: The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray Disc details:

BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO Blu-ray™ Hi-Def: Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect picture and purest digital sound.

* BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to get even more content, watch the latest trailers and more!
o MY SCENES: Bookmark your favorite scenes from the series.
* U-CONTROL:
o A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE: A multi-disc picture-in-picture feature.
* pocket BLU™: USHE’s groundbreaking pocket BLU app uses iPhone™, iPod® touch, iPad®, Blackberry®, Android™, Windows and Macintosh computers to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player and offers advanced features such as:
o Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
o Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in their favorite episode.
o Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there’s a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy exclusive content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
o Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
o Keyboard: Enter data into a Blu-ray player with your device’s easy and intuitive.
* CRAZY COOL EPISODE: EPIC FAIL FEATURETTE: Features amazing visual effects from the episode “Epic Fail.”

BONUS FEATURES (DVD and BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF):

* FEATURETTES
o BEFORE BROKEN: AN EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL SHORT: Featuring Hugh Laurie and shot on location with no script and no plan, experience House’s emotional journey at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital from an all-new up close and intimate perspective as originally envisioned by director/executive producer Katie Jacobs in a never-before-seen original short.
o A DIFFERENT POV: HUGH LAURIE DIRECTS: Hugh Laurie does double duty as Dr. House and director of the episode “Lockdown.”
o NEW FACES IN A NEW HOUSE: A discussion about the challenges and opportunities that are presented when a show must hire more than 30 new actors to perform pivotal roles in an extremely important episode.
o A NEW HOUSE FOR HOUSE: An in-depth feature highlighting the amazing Mayfield hospital set from the two-hour season premiere episode, “Broken.”
* FEATURE COMMENTARIES
o BROKEN COMMENTARY with director/executive producer Katie Jacobs, writer/executive producer Russel Friend & writer/executive producer Garrett Lerner.
o 5-TO-9 COMMENTARY with series star Lisa Edelstein and writer/executive producer Thomas L. Moran.
o WILSON COMMENTARY with series star Robert Sean Leonard and writer/supervising producer David Foster, M.D.

From HD Report

Olivia Wilde is taking time off from the Fox hit to shoot a starring role in the big-budget sci-fi Western Cowboys & Aliens.

“Olivia will be there at the very beginning of the season, and then she will not be there for a period of time,” explains executive producer Katie Jacobs.

Production on the Jon Favreau-helmed Cowboys — which is set to get under way next month and continue through the summer — is expected to overlap with season 7 of House by at least two months. The film also stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Sam Rockwell. (Fun fact: Lost boy Damon Lindelof co-wrote the script with Fringe exec producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.)

“She had this opportunity and she was really excited about it,” says Jacobs. “We’re very proud of her and very happy for her.”

The seeds of Thirteen’s departure were planted in last night’s season finale when, in the final moments of the episode, the Huntington’s-afflicted doc announced that she was taking a leave of absence from Princeton Plainsboro.

“The two things — the dates that she was going to be away and the story line [we wanted to tell] — worked out,” says Jacobs. “When the story unfolds, it will [all make] sense.”

From the Ausiello Files

Official Plot Synopsis:

1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

From /Film

Wilde will be playing a tattooed stripper with a Betty Page hairdo who’s also the mistress to a term-limited butter-carving champion (Modern Family’s Ty Burrell). If he’s the Bill Clinton of this tale, then his long-suffering wife (Jennifer Garner) is the Hillary Clinton, poised to continue her husband’s butter-carving legacy, only to find her path thwarted by a young African American upstart (Yara Shahidi).

Wilde fills a role that Kate Hudson had originally been courted for, before the actress settled on the Ginnifer Goodwin romcom Something Borrowed instead. Production Weekly erroneously reported this week that Alicia Silverstone was cast as the stripper; instead, she’ll be playing Shahidi’s adoptive mother.

It’ll be a busy summer for the 26-year-old Wilde, who will also be filming Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens during her summer hiatus from House and recently shot down rumors that she’d been added to the cast of the next Bond film. Wilde will next be seen on the big screen this winter in Paul Haggis’s thriller The Next Three Days and the highly anticipated Tron Legacy.

From Movieline

When Blake Mycoskie created TOMS shoes in 2006, people thought he was crazy.

The concept behind it wasn’t necessarily the most lucrative for him. He decided that for every shoe you buy, TOMS would donate one to a child in need. And so began their motto “One For One.”

He was obviously on to something, because three years later, the company has continued to grow tremendously. Through their sales, they have been able to bring over 600,000 pairs of shoes to developing countries like Rwanda and Ethiopia.

Why shoes you might ask? Many children in these areas grow up barefoot. This puts them at risk of soil-transmitted diseases causing physical and cognitive harm and even hinders them from being able to attend schools and which also requires shoes.

Yesterday, they celebrated “One Day Without Shoes”, and had 1/4 million people spending their day without shoes in over 1,600 events around the world to raise awareness about the movement.

I joined Mycoskie and actress Olivia Wilde walking barefoot in Venice, Calif. to chat about the event and why supporting the cause around TOMS is so important.

“I’ve been wearing TOMS shoes since they came out,” Wilde told me while marching barefoot. “They are my favorite shoes.” As for the event, the “House” star said, “It’s a creative way to raise awareness and I am really proud to be here.”