Double the Deschanel

Fox proudly announced this morning that after years of scheduling conflicts, Zooey Deschanel will finally join her older sister, Emily, on an episode of Bones airing December 10. The 500 Days of Summer star will play a distant relative of her sister's character, Brennan, who is invited by Brennan's father to spend Christmas with the family. Aside from satisfying the Deschanel-on-Deschanel fantasies of many male American indie rock fans in time for all of the major winter holidays, the episode will mark the the sisters' first-ever on-screen pairing. [Futon Critic]