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Big Time Rush – The Music Sounds Better with Elevate
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Big Time Rush – The Music Sounds Better with Elevate

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Big Time Rush The Music Sounds Better with Elevate by Deborah Wagner What do you get when you take four friends from Minnesota, fly them to Los Angeles and try to make them pop stars?  The answer would be Big Time Rush (a.k.a. BTR) – a Nickelodeon hit TV show, lots of laughs, hit records, concert tours and so much more.  With a well-received hour long … Continue reading →

Julie Benz – Living Life off the Ricochet
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Julie Benz – Living Life off the Ricochet

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Julie Benz Living Life off the Ricochet by Jay S. Jacobs Julie Benz has made a career as part of mysterious, dark, brooding TV drama, so it’s not a huge surprise that her latest role – that of the wife of a southern judge involved in a murder in the TNT adaptation of Sandra Brown’s best selling … Continue reading →

Marcia Gay Harden Is Not That Innocent
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Marcia Gay Harden Is Not That Innocent

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Marcia Gay Harden Is Not That Innocent by Jay S. Jacobs For years now, Marcia Gay Harden has been one of the finest actresses on stage, screen and TV. Yet, despite the fact that she has a face that everyone knows, somehow, she has never completely become a household name. Still, she plugs away, having … Continue reading →

Judy Gold – Living Life As Sitcom Fodder
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Judy Gold – Living Life As Sitcom Fodder

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Judy Gold Living Life As Sitcom Fodder by Ronald Sklar “Exhausting but fulfilling” is how comedian Judy Gold half-kvetches about the demands of her off-Broadway hit, The Judy Show (DR2 Theater). The one-person performance (which includes piano playing), about how Judy pines for her own sitcom and amazingly can’t get it, is the ironic basis for, well, a hit sitcom. … Continue reading →

Sidney Lumet – One of the Last Interviews with the Late Great Director
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Sidney Lumet – One of the Last Interviews with the Late Great Director

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Sidney Lumet One of the Last Interviews with the Late Great Director by Brad Balfour On the occasion of the great Philadelphia-born and New York-bred director Sidney Lumet’s passing earlier this year, The Film Society of Lincoln Center put together an extraordinary retrospective of 16 signature classics, Prince of the City: Remembering Sidney Lumet which was held in the … Continue reading →

Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies
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Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies

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Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies by Jay S. Jacobs Noah Wyle is back. He is returning to series television six years after he hung up his stethoscope as the beloved Dr. John Carter in the classic series ER in 2005 – though he did guest appearances on that show periodically until it … Continue reading →

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer – Having Fun with the Law
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer – Having Fun with the Law

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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
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Vincent D’Onofrio & Dick Wolf – One Last Time with Criminal Intent

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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
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Mary McCormack and Fred Weller – Back in Witness Protection

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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
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Wendell Pierce – Doing God’s Will in New Orleans

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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 →