THEME
The cast for the U.S. version of Big Brother has been announced, along with a tour of the house.

Oh, and here's one of the twists: Two people that are in the house are related by blood... but don't know it.

And - for the first time - a daily internet talk show... with Marcellas!

The house was also shown on Entertainment Tonight. The house layout is identical to all of the years prior, just re-vamped. The three bedrooms have themes: The Wood Room has 3 single beds (it's the open area near the Diary Room), The Cloud Room has 2 double beds and windows that open-up into the Wood Room., but the windows are actually liquid crystal and can be "glazed" just by flipping a switch. The last bedroom is the Cement Bedroom. Yes, everything is made of concrete, including the beds which have only a thin camping mattress pad on them! (It sleeps 4). This is the bedroom next to the bathroom, which looks the same.

The dining room looks the same. Between the dining room and living room, where there used to be bar stools and a ledge is now a fish tank. Actually, it's a shark tank as there's a few baby sharks in there. The living room couches are of course different, much squarer, with two green pieces for the nominees to sit in.

The Kitchen is larger, now with an island with chairs, a full size side-by-side refrigerator with ice & water dispenser, and it looks like multiple ovens.

The door to the backyard has been replaced with a sliding patio door. and it's further down as the kitchen is actually a bit bigger due to the new appliances).

The backyard still has the pool but has lost the basketball court. In it's place is a putting green. There's also two hammocks instead of one and a kick boxing station.

Now, the cast:

• Name: Adria Okins
  
  Age: 30
  
  Occupation: Web Designer
  
  Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.
• Name: Lori Valenti
  
  Age: 26
  
  Occupation: Yoga Instructor
  
  Hometown: Boston
• Name: Karen O'Neil Ganci
  
  Age: 30
  
  Occupation: Portrait Artist
  
  Hometown: Saddle Brook, N.J.
• Name: Jennifer Dedmon
  
  Age: 21
  
  Occupation: Restaurant Hostess
  
  Hometown: San Antonio
• Name: Diane Henry
  
  Age: 22
  
  Occupation: Cocktail Waitress
  
  Hometown: Burlington, Ky.
• Name: Holly King
  
  Age: Get a load of this - CBS is releasing her age as "in her 20s"
  
  Occupation: Model
  
  Hometown: Los Angeles
• Name: Scott Long
  
  Age: 26
  
  Occupation: Sales Representative
  
  Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Name: Drew Daniel
  
  Age: 22
  
  Occupation: Recent College Graduate
  
  Hometown: Urbana, Ohio
• Name: Michael Ellis
  
  Age: 23
  
  Occupation: Security Officer
  
  Hometown: Durant, Okla.
• Name: Marvin Latimer
  
  Age: 36
  
  Occupation: Mortician
  
  Hometown: Conway, S.C.
• Name: Mike Lubinski
  
  Age: 41
  
  Occupation: Commercial Painter
  
  Hometown: Eastpointe, Mich.
• Name: Will Wikle
  
  Age: 26
  
  Occupation: Registered Nurse
  
  Hometown: Tupelo, Miss.
• Name: Jase Wirey
  
  Age: 28
  
  Occupation: Volunteer Firefighter
  
  Hometown: Decatur, Ill.

HOUSE CALLS: THE BIG BROTHER TALK SHOW, a half-hour, streaming video daily talk show, will debut Wednesday, July 7 on CBS.com, one day after the fifth installment of BIG BROTHER premieres on CBS.

HOUSE CALLS, hosted by Marcellas Reynolds, a houseguest on "Big Brother 3," and Gretchen Massey, an on-air host on Infinity Radio's KLSX Los Angeles, will interact with viewers though phone calls and e-mails, discuss events that transpire in the Big Brother house, offer prognostications, analyze strategies, interview former "Big Brother" houseguests as well as current houseguests following their eviction.

HOUSE CALLS is believed to be the first live Internet talk show produced exclusively for a television network.

HOUSE CALLS will be broadcast live Monday through Friday (1:00 PM/ET, 10:00 AM/PT). The call in phone number is 323-CBS-1000.

"BIG BROTHER has been the model for convergence between the Internet and television and this innovative programming takes it one step further," said David Katz, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Interactive Ventures, CBS Television. "HOUSE CALLS will be another avenue for 'Big Brother's' loyal fans to offer opinions and dialog. This really puts the chat back into chat rooms."

HOUSE CALLS: THE BIG BROTHER TALK SHOW will be produced by Eye Net Works, a division of CBS.com.