Following a fan-driven campaign to keep her on the show, departing “Criminal Minds” star A.J. Cook announced today that she will be back this fall for two more episodes.

Cook, who plays Special Agent Jennifer “J.J.” Jareau, tweeted tonight:

Thanks for your undying support but it’s a done deal. I’ll be doing 2 [episodes] to wrap up [my storyline]. [I am] excited for what’s next and hope you’ll come along!

Word that producers weren’t picking up Cook’s contract leaked a little over a week ago. Her costar Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss), who almost got the boot as well, is reportedly working out a “reduced episode” deal for season six.

Up next for Cook is a part in director Darren Lynn Bousman’s (Saw 3) psycho-family frightener Mother’s Day, opposite Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, and “True Blood’s” Deborah Ann Wolf.

Cook’s horror creds include Final Destination 2, Ripper, Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell, The House Next Door, Bloodsuckers, Night Skies, and the Fox television series “Tru Calling.”

Jaime King (My Bloody Valentine 3-D) and genre director Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams) join Hollywood acting coach John Homa as judges in the second season of VH1’s horror-themed reality show “Scream Queens 2.”

“Scream Queens” pits 10 aspiring actresses against each other in scenarios inspired by classic horror films. The winner is awarded a role in Lionsgate’s Saw 7, in theaters Oct. 22.

The show, which debuted in October ’08, was originally hosted by Homa, director James Gunn (Slither), and Saw’s Shawnee Smith. Acting novice Tanedra Howard won the season, scoring herself a memorable part in last year’s criminally overlooked Saw 6.

“Scream Queens 2” premieres on VH1 on August 2 at 10 p.m.

Jaime King’s creds also include Frank Miller’s The Spirit, Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City, and the 2003 fantasy-actioner Bulletproof Monk. She will next be seen in Saw 3 director Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother.

In the meantime, check out some promo shots from the upcoming season:

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Well, it looks like everyone but me and my mother was down at L.A. Live’s Nokia Theater last night for the premiere of Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Franchise stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Christian Serratos, and Kellan Lutz were on hand to give the hordes of screaming heifers (many of whom had camped out for days) what they lack in everyday life: Human interaction.

The stars posed for pictures and signed autographs while making their way down the red carpet. Pattinson did his best not to look bored and Stewart managed to contort her face into what appeared to be a smile a couple of times. Eighteen-year-old teen wolf Lautner did not flash his abs, but instead wore a sharp suit and pretended not to be scared by the fortysomethings looking to give him a bone.

Also attending the shindig were “Twilight” author Stephanie Meyer, Eclipse director David Slade and stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samual, former “Ghost Whisperer” Jennifer Love Hewitt, the Kardashian sisters, model Marissa Miller, L.A. Laker Ron Artest, Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick, AnnaLynne McCord, Jamie King, Briana Evigan, Will Smith’s kid, director Kevin Smith, and your fat mom.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens on June 30.

Photos courtesy of Zimbio:

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Human horror show Lady Gaga is looking to raise the dead on her current Monster Ball Tour. The 24-year-old pop star is reportedly in talks with German anatomist Gunther von Hagens about incorporating elements from his controversial Body Worlds exhibitions into her live show.

Hagens invented a technique to preserve human bodies called plastination in the late ’70s and utilizes it to pose corpses in his Body Worlds exhibits, which are hosted in museums around the world.

A source for Gaga tells The Sun:

She is fascinated by Gunther’s work and life and he has the kind of past she is drawn to. Gaga sees a kindred spirit and is hoping to meet him in New York.

They’ve spoken over email and it’s gone well. She is keen to have some ‘Body Worlds’ element in one of her shows, with Las Vegas being the obvious fit.

It would be good to top this tour — which is already out there — with something nobody has done before, using dead bodies as part of a concert.

You know why it hasn’t been done before? Because it’s fucking rude!

After years of dealing with life’s ups and downs, searching for meaning and fulfillment, making sacrifices in the name of love and truth—the last thing anyone deserves is to have Lady Gaga grind her rancid crotch against their fucking corpse.