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"Vanessa Williams has joined the cast of ABC&amp;#039;s supernatural pilot 666 Park Avenue. The drama, based on a series of books by Gabriella Pierce, will focus on one of the oldest apartment buildings in New York as it becomes home to paranormal events. Williams will play Olivia, who owns the building with her husband Gavin (Terry O&amp;#039;Quinn), according to TVLine. The actress currently stars as Renee Perry on ABC&amp;#039;s Desperate Housewives and also appeared on on Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. Dave Annable (Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters) and Rachael Taylor (Charlie&amp;#039;s Angels) have been cast in 666 Park Avenue as two newly-weds managing the property. The Finder actress Mercedes Masohn and One Tree Hill&amp;#039;s Robert Buckley will also appear in the pilot, directed by The West Wing&amp;#039;s Alex Graves. Other drama pilots in the works at ABC include action thriller Last Resort from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Marc Cherry&amp;#039;s Devious Maids and Natalie Portman&amp;#039;s Scruples starring Claire Forlani and Boris Kodjoe. &amp;gt; Lennie James to star in ABC&amp;#039;s pilot Gotham "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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