Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer Having Fun with the Law by Jay S. Jacobs A few months ago, while I was talking with legendary actor Malcolm McDowell, he was excitedly telling me about Franklin and Bash – an upcoming TV series that he was co-starring in. “That’s a terrific show,” McDowell said. “It’s about a law firm … Continue reading
Vincent D’Onofrio & Dick Wolf One Last Time with Criminal Intent by Jay S. Jacobs It’s all come down to this. After nine seasons and three pairs of lead detectives, we are at the final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Or are we? The USA Network has offered the show one final wrap-up season. In return, … Continue reading
Mary McCormack and Fred Weller Back in Witness Protection by Jay S. Jacobs The popular series In Plain Sight returns to the USA Network tonight with lots of changes and some question marks, but it also has a solid core and a reinvigorated cast. Stars Mary McCormack and Fred Weller – who play WITSEC (Witness Protection Service) Marshalls Mary Shannon and … Continue reading
Wendell Pierce Doing God’s Will in New Orleans by Jay S. Jacobs Sometimes life can be going so well and suddenly almost everything you have ever known is completely torn apart. Take Wendell Pierce. He had long toiled to become a respected actor, appearing in films such as Waiting to Exhale, Sleepers, Get on the Bus, … Continue reading
Paul Reiser Life is But a Show by Ronald Sklar “It was not something I was planning to do or looking to do, but I got a very nice invitation,” Paul Reiser tells me about the evolution of his new NBC series, The Paul Reiser Show. That friendly invite, from Warner Brothers Television, kindly requested Reiser … Continue reading
Eric Balfour Eye on the Skyline by Jay S. Jacobs Eric Balfour is one of those actors that you see all over the place. He started out as a child actor in the early 90s as a short-lived regular on the series Kids Incorporated. Since then, he has played a varied and interesting series of roles in TV and … Continue reading
Rachel Nichols Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always a particularly daunting adventure to join the cast of a well-known and established television series. By recently joining the hit CBS crime procedural Criminal Minds, Rachel Nichols has now achieved that twice. Pretty impressive for a woman who just about a decade ago was … Continue reading
Michael C. Hall Welcome to the Peep World by Jay S. Jacobs You have to wonder what it is like on Father’s Day at Michael C. Hall’s house. It certainly couldn’t be as bad as it is for his characters. Hall first burst into our consciousness when he played David Fisher, a gay funeral director … Continue reading
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Get High With Paul by Brad Balfour In Paul, screenwriters/actors Nick Frost and Simon Pegg crash the San Diego Comic-Con, forever endear themselves to the fanboys, mark off some of the talent they have on their “favorite stars to work with” list and get the girl… or alien. It was inevitable … Continue reading
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season One, Volume 1 (Paramount Home Video-2010) The Scooby-Doo! crew has been going strong (and not growing older) for over 40 years now – in a run that has included eleven cartoon series, two live action films, dozens of made for video (or cable or whatever) movies, multiple comic books and many video games. … Continue reading
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