News and Notes

Cobie Smulders: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that despite being tied to the final season of How I Met Your Mother, Cobie Smulders will be making an appearance in the series premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In other news…

MovieWeb is reporting that a Star Wars-themed episode of Phineas and Ferb is on the way

USA Today is reporting Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska has been dropped by a Catholic youth group in her native country for the athlete posing nude in ESPN’s Body Issue

Comic Book Resources is reporting Katie Cassidy won’t be donning tights anytime soon on Arrow as Caity Lotz has been cast in a recurring role as Black Canary. Lotz joins Summer Glau who will also be joining the show as Isabel Rochev