Atlanta actress Catherine Dyer played the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "Ten."

We met a woman who had been Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife this week. She’s blonde, beautiful and lives right here in Atlanta. Although their union didn’t last, she had nothing but kind things to say.

“He was a doll,” said actress Catherine Dyer, who portrayed the wife of Schwarzenegger’s character in “Ten,” a gritty cop drama that filmed here this fall.

“He was lovely. He was chatty. He was very sweet,” Dyer said of her on-screen spouse. “There’s an endearing quality about him that I wasn’t expecting.”

Her film credits include roles in the made-in-Atlanta movies “The Blind Side,” starring Sandra Bullock, and “The Joneses,” starring Demi Moore and David Duchovny, but she had not met or worked with Schwarzenegger before “Ten.”

“I was in the makeup trailer getting my hair done and I heard the voice,” she said of the former California …

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Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Claire Holt of “Vampire Diaries” fame checked out the Cirque du Soleil show “Totem” on Friday night. Afterward they went backstage to meet some of the performers. Here’s a photo by Yann Arnaud for Cirque du Soleil of Ian and Claire.

“Totem,” which is set up in the blue and yellow tents outside Atlantic Station, will be going on through the end of the month.

The organizers have managed to attract a steady stream of notable guests, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joe Manganiello, who are in town filming the movie “Ten,” as well as a number of “Walking Dead” and “Catching Fire” cast members.

With “Last Vegas” here filming now, can it be long before Kevin Kline, Morgan Freeman or Michael Douglas pop up in the stands?

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Happy Thanksgiving Eve. Here’s one final roundup of what’s filming where. Afterward, see ya Monday.

“Last Vegas.” Stars Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline, Robert DeNiro et al. Has been filming in the Edgewood area.

“Ride Along,” Stars Ice Cube, Kevin Hart. Has been filming downtown in various locations including the State Capitol, Underground Atlanta, Walton Street (and the Gold Room club on Piedmont before that). Note: this one features simulated gunfire. If you hear shots, no need to duck.

“Ten.” Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malin Åkerman, Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello and Josh Holloway. Also has been filming downtown, after some shots in Social Circle.

“Catching Fire.” Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson et al. The “Hunger Games” sequel has about wrapped up after filming at the Atlanta History Center’s Swan House, the Goat Farm Arts Center, the Georgia World Congress Center and other locations. (J-Law’s now out on the publicity circuit …

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From the Dunwoody PD's Facebook page: Morgan Freeman thanks some of the city's finest!

Happy Wednesday. Here are some middle-of-the-week news and notes for you.

Keep your eyes peeled for Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen. They’re here filming “Last Vegas,” a CBS Films project due for a Christmas 2013 release.

Mr. Freeman posed for this nice picture that the Dunwoody Police Department just posted on its Facebook page with this caption: “Actor Morgan Freeman took a quick break to thank Dunwwody Officers for their assistance while he was in town filming ‘Last Vegas.’”

“Parental Guidance,” which filmed here last year, is coming out this Christmas. The movie stars Bette Midler and Billy Crystal along with Marisa Tomei and Bailee Madison. Looks like it will be cute.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is here filming the cop movie “Ten,” hit Midtown on Tuesday. He had lunch at Cucina Asellina and then checked out the “Fast Forward: …

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The Ice Cube movie “Ride Along” is filming in Castleberry Hill today. A notice from the production’s location manager said they’d be filming at and around the Elliott Street Deli & Pub at 51 Elliott Street Southwest. Elliott Street between Mitchell and Chapel streets will be closed during the filming, and there will be motorcycles involved in this scene.

A feature film called “Addicted” also is filming in Castleberry Hill. A note from its location manager says it’ll be there through Sunday. Haynes, Peters and Fair streets will be affected, the notice says.

“The Vampire Diaries” is filming in Covington, as it often does.

The film “Ten” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is filming in Social Circle this week.

Lifetime’s movie about Anna Nicole Smith will film in Riverdale on Thursday.

BET’s “The Game” is filming in Atlanta tomorrow. The scene will be “exterior New York street scenes.” My guess is they’ll film downtown, which sometimes approximates NYC for filming …

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Actor Sam Worthington, who is in Atlanta to film “Ten,” a cop-themed movie, came into contact with some of Atlanta’s finest over the weekend. It was not a friendly meeting.

According to an Atlanta Police Department incident report, an officer responded at 10 p.m. Saturday night to a call that a security guard at the Vortex at 878 Peachtree St. had pepper-sprayed someone. That someone turned out to be Worthington.

Here’s what happened:

The security officer told the police officer “that while he was on duty at the Vortex he observed (Worthington) walking on the sidewalk. (Worthington) appearing falling off-balance while he was walking toward the Vortex restaurant.”

The security officer, observing that Worthington appeared “highly intoxicated,” told him he could not enter the Vortex, the APD incident report said. Worthington evidently did not take that news well. The security officer said Worthington “was being disorderly verbally by using profane language,” the incident …

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Atlanta filming the movie "Ten," and took time to urge everyone to cast a ballot in today's election. "Get out and vote," he tweeted with this photo. "For bonus inspiration, here is a picture of one of my proudest moments, the day I became a citizen." Born in Austria, he became a U.S. citizen in 1983 and served as California's governor as a Republican. Since arriving in Atlanta to film "Ten" he has been spotted at South City Kitchen Midtown and STK but sporting the tattoo and military-type haircut his character wears, rather than this star-spangled outfit.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has been in Atlanta for a while now filming “Ten,” a movie directed by David Ayer about DEA operatives who come under siege.

In other filming news – here’s the latest on where Lifetime’s “Anna Nicole Smith” movie is filming today.

The former California governor tweeted this photo of himself sporting the tattoos and serious countenance of his character.

“I’m having a great time working with (Ayer) on my new movie, ‘Ten,’” he posted with the photo. “Check out my look.”

Since the movie has been in production Schwarzenegger has been seen at STK (a big celeb hangout) and South City Kitchen Midtown (ditto). Ayer has been enjoying Atlanta’s cuisine scene as well, checking out Bone’s and Mary Mac’s Tea Room.

Schwarzenegger’s co-star Joe Manganiello, who you may recognize from “Magic Mike” or as the hunky guy all the dads admire in the made-in-Atlanta “What To Expect When You’re Expecting,” was among the notables who recently attended the opening night of Cirque …

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Actor Joe Manganiello visited with some of Cirque du Soleil's performers at Friday's opening night of "Totem." Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil

A number of notables packed the tents outside Atlantic Station Friday night to catch Cirque du Soleil’s incredible new show “Totem.”

Joe Manganiello turned heads from the moment he walked in and was a good sport about taking photos with people. It seemed every other guest in the tent wanted his or her photo taken with the actor known for roles on the television show “True Blood” and in films such as “Magic Mike” and the made-in-Atlanta “What To Expect When You’re Expecting.” (Good grief! I attend lots of events where celebs show up and I’ve never seen someone get mauled like this!) He is in Atlanta now working on “Ten,” the movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The lady friend who accompanied Manganiello to the “Totem” opening night seemed a little less than thrilled that the crowd kept yanking away her fella, …

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new movie,”Ten,” is filming in Atlanta now.

A sign at the Workout Anytime Gym in the Vista Grove shopping center had alerted clients that the facility will close from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday so the movie can film there. We’ve since been updated that the filming has been pushed back until Friday.

The notice also notes that it’ll be a closed set, and warns people not to loiter. Other businesses in the area will be unaffected by the filming.

IMDB summarizes the plot of “Ten” thusly: “Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.” The movie has previously been known as “Breacher;” it’s not at all unusual for movie or television projects to try out different names before settling on one.

A team from the movie, including director David Ayer and actors Sam Worthington, Terrance Howard, Josh Holloway, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Williams, Mirelle Enos and Max Martini, dined at Del …

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