Last night’s episode of The O.C. climax with an earthquake ripping through Newport Beach, California.

The episode - entitled The Shake Up - will be followed by two final shows that see the Cohen and Cooper families sort through the wreckage.

Series creator Josh Schwartz said the final episodes would “deliver real closure to the series”.

“The Big One hits The O.C.!”

The former O.C. star is lined up to play the lead in a remake of Alice in Wonderland – called Malice in Sunderland. Mischa Barton will star in the film, described by production company Future Films as a contemporary take on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. Barton will play a US student who, having been hit by a London taxi, finds herself disoriented in Sunderland. Filming on the project is to start on Wearside later this year.

A spokesperson for Future Films said: “Malice in Sunderland follows an American student Alice who ventures through a macabre underworld of characters reminiscent of those made popular in Carroll’s tale.”

Cable network SoapNet has picked up the rerun rights to the series and will begin airing repeats in April. The network has also acquired another teen-oriented drama, “One Tree Hill.” Both shows will debut on SoapNet on Monday, April 9.

They will air back-to-back on weekdays, with “One Tree Hill” at 5 p.m. ET and “The O.C.” at 6 p.m.

Their lead-in will be “Beverly Hills, 90210,” creating a big block of high-school drama in the late afternoons.

TMZ.com reports that CW Network has passed on picking up The O.C. next season. At this point, it looks like the show will now live on DVD and You Tube

Our sister website O.C. Gossip reports that Fox Network has cancelled the show that made Orange County popular, “The O.C.” The show’s final episode will be on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 9pm.

The show started off with a bang, but over the years the storyline and ratings started to fall.

However the show did show the world what life is kinda like in Orange County…and sprung off reality shows like our favorite “Laguna Beach”.

Some media outlets are suggesting shows like “Laguna Beach” are the reason why O.C.’s ratings dropped…PLEAZEE!!! Once they killed off Mischa Barton’s character…it was over.

Now the fate lies in whether or not MTV is going to continue on with Laguna Beach. No reports yet on if filming has started for Season 4, which was suppose to begin happening last month.

The CW Source is reporting that “The O.C.” may move over to competing network CW after this season.  Fox is looking to get rid of the show after a dissappointing 3rd season…but things have been picking up this year.

 The OC Blogger thinks this maybe a good move…”it would not be the first time a series has moved from one network to the other and had success, do you remember Buffy The Vampire Slayer, that show moved from the WB to UPN. “  However they also mention that most of the cast may not follow in the move if it does occur “including Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson who have been outspoken about how The OC has run it’s course”

AHN reports: Mischa recently gave an impromptu performance of Britney Spears’ hit song “Oops!… I Did It Again” at a London nightclub.
The former “O.C.” actress was enjoying an evening out on Tuesday when she decided to treat revelers at the trendy Paper nightclub to some of her singing.

The 20-year-old jumped on stage and launched into the famous song, and even treated clubbers to a sexy dance routine.
One onlooker said, “She got on stage clutching a microphone and a bottle of champagne. She seemed a bit drunk, but her singing was good. She certainly can hold a note.”

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Mischa Barton is a very unhappy person these days, for it seems that after her character on the hit TV show ‘The OC’ was killed off at the end of last season, she has been dealing with a spot of depression.

A source revealed that the actress felt as if her career had been spiraling downhill ever since she decided to walk away from the show.

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TheOCBlogger.com reports - “Fox has put up a site to try and Save The OC and you can sign your John Hancock to show your appreciation for the show. You can also sign up for an email newsletter along with sending an email to lovetheoc@gmail.com and tell them how much you love the show and why it should be saved. Give it a look by clicking here.“

Girlstalkinsmack.com has a blurb - “Life & Style magazine is reporting that on-screen and off-screen couple Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson have decided to split, off-screen. They both star on the Fox show, ‘The O.C.’

While I don’t watch the show, I always thought they were a cute couple, and I’ve liked Adam since I saw him in the ‘Gilmore Girls’ as Lane’s love interest. She seems to pick good projects too, and they don’t seem to be very “Hollywood,” which I like.

The couple began dating in 2004, and were photographed out and about in various places in California since then. Reportedly they ended things a few weeks ago, which explains recent sightings of the two without one another. “