The Smallville folks have cast their Lois Lane: She'll be played by Erica Durance, a young actress whose photo appears to not be anywhere on the Internet. This quote from a producer made me snort:

When the producers saw a tape of Durance, they were "blown away by her presence and charisma," Gough said. "She has a completely different energy than Kristin, which is what we were looking for. She felt like she can really hold her own with our cast and give the show the spark it needs going into its fourth season."

Isn't possessing ANY energy at all enough to have "a completely different energy than Kristin?" Lana is the weakest half of a TV romance since that guy Maddie married on the train from Chicago to LA in the death throes of Moonlighting.

UPDATED: Comics Continuum has posted a picture of Ms. Durance, who looks the part.