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Shirley Manson pursues acting career

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Garbage singer gets regular TV role

Shirley Manson is set to pursue a full-time acting career, having landed a regular role on a US TV series.

The Garbage lead singer will appear in a recurring role on ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ which airs on Fox.

Manson will play Catherine Weaver, the “CEO of Cyberdyne, a cutting edge hi-tech company” in the show, which is an offshoot of the successful Terminator movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the show was the highest-rated new scripted series of the 2007-2008 season.

As previously reported, Manson’s debut solo album is due to be released this year. Track details of the venture were leaked online, including a possible album title.

Manson worked with Beck, The White Stripes' Jack White, ' Billy Corgan and The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan on songs, the titles of which appeared on the website of the American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

--By our New York staff.
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mickeyhynes 

May 30, 2008

Awesome, such a cool series, knocks the appalling second season of Heroes into a cocked hat. Still no Battlestar Galactica though... Lt. Gaeta has got to be the final Cylon!

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