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Jake McDorman
David Dawson
Joshua Jackson
Vanessa Lachey
Heidi Klum
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“The Walking Dead”
A villain takes over the town!
CELEBRITY
4 Jake McDorman
“Limitless” discussion
on working with Bradley
Cooper.
5 David Dawson
Talks about wanting to
work in America.
6 Joshua Jackson
On how he doesn’t mind
“Affair” viewers being
“uncomfortable.”
8 Vanessa Lachey
Speaking the “Truth” about
her new comedy on NBC.
“Manhattan”
Abby (Rachel Brosnahan)
examines the role she plays
in Season 2.
9 Heidi Klum
A walk down the runway of
the model’s life.
“Fargo”
The future lies in the past for
new season.
FOOD
17
Former NFL star Eddie
Jackson offers a
touchdown for your taste
buds.
SPORTS
the story!
18-19 Beckham Jr.
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
The death and revived life of
a series.
Lending the Giants a hand
(or two) against the 49ers.
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16 “The Brain With
David Eagleman”
Dr. David Eagleman
explores how much of that
grey matter we really use.
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STORY
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New CW series
marks ‘Crazy’ turn of events for star
Rachel Bloom
By Jay Bobbin
Pictured: Rachel Bloom
If anyone knows how quickly and surprisingly the lows of
show business can turn into the highs, it’s Rachel Bloom.
The actress-comedian-musician saw her pet project
cut loose by Showtime, only for it to be picked up and
retooled by The CW as its sole new series of the fall
season ... and its extremely rare transfer from cable to
a broadcast network is just one component of Bloom’s
real-life Cinderella story. Premiering Monday, Oct. 12, the
musical-comedy-oriented “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” casts her
as Rebecca Bunch, a lawyer who makes a sharp turn on
the verge of a professional victory.
She ditches her life in Manhattan to chase a big part
of her past: Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III), the guy she
adored while they were in their teens. Encountering him
again 10 years later, she learns he’s relocating to West
Covina, Calif. If she merely accepts that, there goes the
series – so she follows him, and it doesn’t take long for
new cohorts including Paula (supporting-cast standout
Donna Lynne Champlin) to realize why Rebecca really is
there.
“I’m still not convinced that this whole thing isn’t a prank
by my middle-school bullies,” Bloom muses. “This is
amazing. I grew up in Southern California always feeling
like this weird theater kid, so the fact that we got to do
an old-fashioned musical number in an outdoor mall in
Southern California (in the debut episode) ... that just felt
so much like my childhood, it was very therapeutic. I fired
my psychiatrist. No longer need him.”
A frequent composer of the show’s songs, Bloom recalls
her first meeting with “My Crazy-Ex Girlfriend” co-creator
Aline Brosh McKenna – the screenwriter of “The Devil
Wears Prada” and “Morning Glory” – as “a blind date. She
saw my music videos online and said, ‘Do you want to get
together and talk about music and TV shows?’ It was the
equivalent of Lana Turner being discovered at Hollywood
and Vine in a drug store. It was amazing.”
The series’ setting came to McKenna because, as
she explains, “I grew up in a suburb, and I think a lot
of people who grow up in suburbs have that sort of
mixture of affection and feeling like, ‘Am I really stuck
here?’ Someone might look down on those places, but
Rebecca does not, and the show does not. For her, it’s
a wonderland where she can explore new things and try
and figure out who she is, so it’s an affectionate look at
someone from a big city coming to a smaller town.”
Bloom and McKenna maintain they didn’t think of the Keri
Russell show “Felicity,” which aired on CW forerunner The
WB, in developing a heroine who also follows the fellow
she adores. Related to that theme, Bloom is quite specific
about her intention for having “Crazy” in the title.
“As someone who has gone through and struggled with
depression and anxiety, it’s very important to me that
we make it clear that this is not like an ‘SNL’ (‘Saturday
Night Live’) character,” she says. “This is someone who is
struggling with issues, because someone who is a crazy
ex is going to be struggling with issues ... so we are going
to explore that throughout the series, in the ways that
Rebecca is in denial about it and deals with these things.”
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
Jake
McDorman
of ‘Limitless’
Tuesday on
CBS
What’s your take on essentially playing two different
sides of your “Limitless” character, Brian, in every
episode?
It’s one of the most attractive parts of the character as
a whole. You do have two different versions of Brian, but
it’s also not like it’s a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. You wake up
from being on NZT and don’t remember anything. You do
retain the experiences you have on NZT that do influence
who you are off the drug, and that’s a challenge. That’s
really fun, to rise to the occasion on-screen.
Bradley Cooper, who played a very similar character
in the 2011 movie version of “Limitless,” reprises that
role in – and is an executive producer of – the series.
How helpful has his background with the story been
to you?
Bradley is just such a great resource, because there’s
a couple of rules when you’re on NZT that would affect
anybody who takes the pill similarly ... like, your posture
improves. You make more eye contact. Every gesture is
very deliberate; those get locked down right off the bat
and seemingly never really change.
But then, when you’re off NZT, it’s kind of a playground.
You can kind of paint the character, however you want
based on kind of the clues that Craig (Sweeny, another of
the executive producers) gives me.
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You worked with Bradley on “American Sniper,”
then you got word from others of his interest in you
playing the lead in the “Limitless” series. How did
that go?
I started to believe it a bit and was like, “OK. Tell me
everything he said. Tell me.” And then after that, I actually
got to meet with Bradley about it, and he pitched the
show – which was awesome, and his enthusiasm was
contagious.
CELEBRITY
John Crook’s Q&A
C
DavidDawson
of ‘The Last Kingdom’
Saturday on
BBC America
The producers of “The Last Kingdom”
have hinted at a second season. Would
you like to return to your role?
I think we all would. It’s the most special
time I’ve ever had on a job. We were out
there for eight or nine months, so we really
all bonded. It would be a real treat to go
again, because people would know the
characters so you don’t have to start from
the beginning. It’s a truly international cast,
which I also loved.
Your “Ripper Street” character, Fred Best,
went from sleazy to heroic over three
seasons. How was that to play?
I like to think of him as “ambitious” instead
of “sleazy.” He was manipulating crime
scenes, but he was hungry for the story.
That was a real treat, to have an arc with
such a surprise, so that the audience’s
opinion is completely changed. When the
writers told me about Season 3, how they
wanted him to become a hero and go out
with a real bang, I really appreciated that.
Do you have any interest in working in
America?
Gosh, yes! As an actor, I always want
to surprise people. At the moment, I am
completely obsessed with “American Horror
Story.” My God, if I could get a part in that, I
could die a very happy man. I would love to
work in the States. About two months ago, I
went to New York for a few weeks and I didn’t want to come home.
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
of
Joshua Jackson
‘The Affair’ Sunday
on Showtime
As “The Affair”
continues in
Season 2, do
you like the
series’ ongoing
challenge to
viewers to
determine
what’s “right” or
“wrong”?
Trying to sort of
combine these two
stories and figure out
where the truth is,
that’s the essential
mission of the show
... that discomfort that
we need the audience
to go, “Well, wait a
minute, it can’t be this
and this.” And then, it
forces you to be in the
position of deciding
what feels the most
right to you.
And hopefully over
the course of the first
season and now the
course of the second
season as you live in
these people’s lives,
you will change your
opinion as it goes
along. Because at
some points, you
will find this more
compelling or this
seems more real to
you, but there is no
objective truth.
Do you fear viewers will become
frustrated with those ever-shifting
perspectives, especially now that
those of two other characters
(including yours) have been
added in?
It’s uncomfortable. And that’s part of what’s
great about it, right? It’s uncomfortable to live
in that space where you’re not being told,
“No, this is true and right,” and you can hang
your hat on that. It puts the audience – and,
frankly, us actors – in a crazy space all the
time.
We grapple with this literally every single day,
like, “Who is this person to you right now?
What is their truth in this moment?” But it
doesn’t mean that there’s an objective truth
on top of everything. And you can have these
empirical events that happen, but everybody’s
reaction to that empirical event will be
different, and that’s their individual truth.
FOOD
George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
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Jackson
goes from the grid to the
grill on Food Network’s
‘BBQ Blitz’
If there are two things football players can do well, it’s compete and eat.
Which, Eddie Jackson says, makes his new gig hosting Food Network’s
“BBQ Blitz” something of a natural fit.
“I’ve been cooking my whole life,” the 35-year-old former NFL cornerback
says, “and it’s one of those things where when I got done playing
football, it was like, ‘What else do I love to do?’ And it was food and
cooking and so that’s what I started doing. ... And I just opened up my
food truck and started cooking for people privately and ended up where I
am today.”
The six-episode competition series, which airs Fridays, goes to cities
such as Miami, Dallas, Kansas City and Charlotte, N.C., where three
top local grillers, smokers and fire-roasters prepare their signature
dishes, then are challenged to transform them into something completely
different – all to be evaluated by a panel of judges. The winner gets a
$5,000 prize.
And this isn’t just a ribs and brisket show as literally anything – fish,
pork, lamb, chicken, beef, turkey or even vegetables – could be on the grill. Creativity is on display in the stadium-like
atmosphere, as the competitors must rely on their imaginations to reconfigure their dishes.
“You’ve got the crowd there rooting you on, screaming,” Jackson says.“ You know, the chefs are going back and forth
talking a little trash to each other, and all in friendliness. But I think it adds to the excitement of the show. ... You know,
friendly trash talking never hurts so I think that’s going to be something that’s going to be fun.”
“It’s a competition and there’s $5,000 on the line,” he continues, “so if you can get your opponent off his game by talking
a little trash, then I’m all for it.”
What book are you
currently reading?
“I’m reading ‘The Alchemist.’
One of my clients gave it to
me, and I’ve read the book
before. But she gave it to me
and wrote me a nice note on
the inside cover of it and I’m
actually about to finish it up
now. And it kind of puts a light
on the things that I’ve been
through. So it’s pretty funny
how things work out.”
What did
you have for
dinner last
night?
“Last night I had
some wings. I
had a taste for
some smoked
wings and I got
them.”
What is your next
project?
“My next project is I
want to expand on
another food truck,
and this one I want
to really put a lot of
thought into it and
make it a bigger and
better one than I
have now. ... They’re
both going to be in
Houston.”
When was the last vacation you
took, where and why?
“The last vacation I took was two years
ago. I went to the Bahamas and it was a
cruise. It was the first time I’d ever taken
a cruise and I always wanted to. I loved it
and whenever I get done filming and have
a good three or four weeks where I know
I don’t have anything to do, I’m definitely
going to take another cruise.”
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Celebrity ScooP
Vane ssa Lachey
H
onesty is hardly a new subject for
Vanessa Lachey.
Still, the former Miss Teen USA and
“Entertainment Tonight” reporter turned actress
– and wife of singer Nick Lachey – takes it to
a different level as a star of the NBC sitcom
“Truth Be Told,” premiering Friday, Oct. 16. She
and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“Saved by the Bell,”
“NYPD Blue”) play one of two neighboring
couples who pull no punches in discussing
various issues and relating them to their own
lives ... and also for the other duo, portrayed by
Tone Bell (“Bad Judge”) and Bresha Webb, no
topic is off-limits.
“What’s funny is the comedy that ensues,
because that’s life,” Lachey says of the show
inspired by the life of executive producer DJ
Nash. “I mean, every conversation my husband
and I have, we don’t always agree. In fact, a lot
of times we go, ‘OK. We’re going to disagree on
that one. I love you, but I didn’t see it that way.’
So, that’s life.”
Birthdate: Nov. 9, 1980
Birthplace: Angeles City,
Pampanga, Phillippines
Current residence: Los
Angeles
Marital status: Married to
singer Nick Lachey; they have
two children
Other television work
includes: “Lachey’s Bar,” “Dads,”
“Nick & Vanessa’s Dream
Wedding,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “30
Rock,” “Wipeout,” “Psych,” “CSI:
Miami,” “True Beauty,” “How I
Met Your Mother,” Miss Universe
2007 (as a host), “Entertainment
Tonight,” “High School Stories”
(as host), “The Real World
Reunion” (as host), “Total
Request Live” (as host), “Maybe
It’s Me,” “The Bold and the
Beautiful,” ”City Guys,” “That’s
Life”
Movie work includes:
“Fantastic Four: Rise of the
Silver Surfer,” “Disaster Movie”
Lachey notes her “Truth Be Told” alter ego is
modeled very closely on Nash’s actual spouse:
“She’s a strong woman. She’s an attorney, as
is my character. She’s a mother to their two
beautiful children, and she keeps this crazy,
lovable, talented man’s feet on the ground.
“I think that, in itself, is a wonderful challenge to
portray on television ... because whether you are
an attorney or you are a writer or a blogger or a
stay-at-home, busy mom, it’s hard spinning all of
these plates and trying to keep your head above
water. And the only thing that we can do is find
the humor in it.”
And to get that going, Lachey says all it takes
is to put the given “Truth Be Told” episode’s
subject on the table. “The comedy ensues,” she
maintains, “and slam it into 30 minutes, and it is
a guaranteed good time.”
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
HeidiKlum
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- Born on June 1, 1973, in Bergisch-Gladbach, North RhineWestphalia, Germany.
- Her modeling career began in her hometown, when she won a
national model search.
- In 1997, she became the first German model to become a Victoria’s
Secret Angel.
- She reached supermodel status after appearing on the cover of the
1998 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
- She was featured in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records for
donning the most expensive bra – Victoria’s Secrets’ Heavenly Star
Bra.
- In November 2004, her first book “Heidi Klum’s Body of Knowledge:
8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of
Life)” was released.
- In December 2004, she premiered as host and an executive
producer of “Project Runway.” She earned an Emmy nomination in
2008 and a win in 2013 for outstanding host for a reality or realitycompetition program (shared with co-host Tim Gunn).
Heidi Klum is a model, TV personality and
producer, and can currently be seen on
“Project Runway” on Lifetime.
- In 2006, she became the host, executive producer and judge on “Germany’s Next Topmodel.”
- In 2009, she became Barbie’s official ambassador and Mattel created a Barbie in her likeness. She is also featured in
the iconic Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Berlin.
- In 2013, she joined “America’s Got Talent” as a judge.
- She has had guest appearances on several TV shows and movies including “Spin City,” “Blow Dry,” “Ella Enchanted”
and more.
- Her numerous other ventures include a lingerie collection called Heidi Klum Intimates, a collection for Babies “R” Us
called Truly Scrumptious by Heidi Klum and campaigns for various other companies.
- She has four children – Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou.
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CELEBRITY
“Wendy
Wasserstein (the
‘Heidi Chronicles’
playwright) would
love this show,
because it’s saying
it like it is right now.
And, to be honest,
the way it is right
now is challenging.
And this show is
going to expose
that and, I hope,
create a dialogue.”
– Jamie Lee
Curtis of “Scream
Queens” on Fox
“You don’t know what
you’re going to do. To
know that you’re going
to have a wonderful
character to play, even
though you don’t know
what it is, you have that
to look forward to ... as
well as having a nice
pay, and, in this case,
living at home. We’re in
Los Angeles.” – Kathy
Bates of “American
Horror Story: Hotel” on
FX, about staying with
the franchise
“I think it’s a tip of the hat to the golden age
of television, when the lawyer shows were
written so well and were so well-researched
and so in-depth that Rob (Lowe’s character)
can actually survive in the real world based
on that. It’s really an homage to TV.” – Fred
Savage of “The Grinder” on Fox
CELEBRITY
S
ON DVRs
David Krumholtz
of “Gigi Does It”
on IFC
“I’ve got ‘Game
of Thrones’ on
there. I’ve got
‘Portlandia’ on
there. I’ve got
‘The Walking
Dead.’ I’m a big
fan of that show.
‘Homeland.’
‘Antiques Road
Show,’ I’ll DVR
the hell out
of that. I don’t
watch a ton of
television, so
my DVR is not
incredibly full. But
that’s about it.
Those are
my shows.”
Vanessa Lachey
of “Truth Be
Told” on NBC
“Right now, we
are recording
‘Lachey’s Bar’
(which stars her
husband Nick
and brother-inlaw Drew). We
watch it after the
kids are asleep
and we have
made dinner.”
Carrie Coon of “The
Leftovers” on HBO
“Right now, I just finished
‘Enlightened,’ the Mike White
show with Laura Dern. I’m
a little behind in my TV
watching. I love ‘Silicon
Valley.’ I think it’s really smart
and funny. ... ‘The Comeback’
with Lisa Kudrow. It’s a little
bit inside baseball sometimes
but as an aging actress I
really relate. (laughs)”
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STORY
Andrew Lincoln stars in Season 6
of “The Walking Dead,” premiering
Sunday on AMC.
Story on next page
STORY
S
Fault lines
form inside Alexandria as
AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ returns
for Season 6
Pictured: Norman Reedus
By John Crook
The presence of battle-hardened Rick Grimes (Andrew
Lincoln), Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and their
party polarizes the genteel residents of Alexandria and
threatens to spark civil unrest as AMC’s “The Walking
Dead” returns for its sixth season Sunday, Oct. 11.
Longtime fans of the show likely share Rick’s profound
wariness about the relative safety that apparently prevails
against all odds in this community, but they may start
to change their minds as this season unfolds, reveals
executive producer Robert Kirkman, who created this
epic saga in comic-book format more than a decade ago.
He remains heavily involved in its TV incarnation.
“Season 5 put (Rick and his party) in an environment that
really illustrates how much they have changed and how
different they are now,” Kirkman explains. “We brought
them into Alexandria and put them back into what could
pass as ‘normal’ to see how they would react. And they
either can’t trust in it or they don’t accept it.”
Anyone who has watched “The Walking Dead” from the
start and followed the brutal challenges Rick Grimes has
survived probably can understand his extreme skepticism
about Alexandria, but Season 6 will flip the focus
somewhat to explore how the Alexandrians regard this
violence-marinated newcomer in their midst.
“The reaction that the people in Alexandria are having
is the normal reaction that you should have if you
encounter someone like Rick Grimes at this time (in their
experience),” Kirkman points out. “If Rick Grimes were
to walk into any of our living rooms here in our safe, real
world, we would see him as a lunatic. I don’t want to spoil
anything, but in some respects Season 6 is about a villain
who is taking over a town and how are these people
letting this happen? You can come into a show like this
and have a completely different perspective on what is
happening, whether you’ve watched everything leading
up to it or not. That’s fascinating, and we have some
really cool, really neat stories ... about this conflict
between ‘Do we retain our humanity or do we do
whatever we have to do to survive?’ ”
The reappearance of Morgan (Lennie James), a
character introduced in the very first season of
the TV show, serves to intensify the schism inside
Alexandria, since he has arrived at a world view
that is far more pacifist than Rick’s kill-or-be-killed
attitude.
“Morgan really is a catalyst this season, and he’s
going to change things in very large, earth-shattering
ways,” Kirkman says. “He is a guy who has been
through as many things as Rick has – and, to a
certain extent, worse than what Rick has gone
through – and yet he has a completely opposing
outlook on how to survive in this world. These two
men met under completely different circumstances
in Season 1, met again in Season 3, and now are
meeting again. Seeing how they interact with each
other is really interesting.”
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STORY
Trouble
on the hill
Rachel Brosnahan stars in “Manhattan,” which
returns for its second season Tuesday on
WGN America. Story on next page
STORY
A storm
is on the
horizon
S
in Season 2 of
WGN America’s
‘Manhattan’
By George Dickie
Pictured: John Benjamin Hickey
There is a test on the horizon in Season 2 of WGN
America’s historical drama series “Manhattan,” and no one
will be excused.
As the season opens Tuesday, Oct. 13, everyone in the
isolated, government-sanctioned town of Los Alamos,
N.M., is preparing for the Trinity Test, the first detonation
of a nuclear weapon, at the Alamogordo Bombing and
Gunnery Range on July 16, 1945.
But all is not well on “the hill” in the days leading up to
the implosion. There is an air of paranoia and suspicion
permeating the secretive community, as spies embed
there and the confinement and related sacrifices take their
toll on the scientists and their families. Some find their own
sanity and commitment to the Manhattan Project slipping.
One is scientist Frank Winter (John Benjamin Hickey), the
driving force behind the weapon’s design, who begins to
question how the bomb will be used.
“Frank ... kind of stares into the abyss and sees that the
creation of this thing is bottomless,” Hickey says. “There
is no end, just like a nuclear reaction. Just like an atomic
reaction, it just keeps expanding on itself. For lack of a
better way to describe it, he sort of sees the future and it’s
not pretty and (he) becomes a little bit of a Cassandra as
far as what exactly this genie we’d let out of the bottle is
and what the government plans on doing with it.
“You know, one of the most interesting things to get
to play in Frank,” he continues, “is this genius-level
intelligence as far as science goes, and yet just on
the other side is this remarkable naivete as to its
implementation, as to the way it would be used. And so
Frank’s test is to try to, if not put the genie back in the
bottle, is to try to have some say in how the genie is
used.”
Questions are also arising in the Isaacs household,
where Abby (Rachel Brosnahan) appears to have
reaffirmed her commitment to her project worker
husband Charlie (Ashley Zukerman) after her lover
Elodie (Carole Weyers) was dragged off by police in the
Season 1 finale.
“Abby asks a lot of questions of herself about how she
feels, about what she thinks might be going on here,”
Brosnahan says. “... She demands to be a more equal
partner in this. She demands to know more about what’s
going on. Whether or not she gets that remains to be
seen. But with her family being in Europe and what she
thinks might be happening on the hill, she for the first
time develops opinions that are entirely her own, and
that’s something that she’s relishing in a lot of ways
– proving herself to herself that she is valid and worthy
and she has a role to play here. ... She’s playing a more
active role; less reactive, more active.”
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STORY
By George Dickie
A popularly-held belief has it that we as humans use only
10 percent of our brains.
Dr. David Eagleman, neuroscientist, Guggenheim Fellow
and host of the six-part PBS series “The Brain With David
Eagleman,” asserts that that is nothing but bunk.
“We use 100 percent of our brains all the time,” he says.
“Your brain is screaming with activity right now. Actually,
if I sit in the corner and I just feel like I’m spacing out and
not doing anything, my brain is on fire with activity all the
time. That myth, I think, sticks around because it gives
this sense of hope, as in, ‘Oh, you can be a lot smarter.’ ”
The series, which airs Wednesdays beginning Oct. 14
(check local listings), looks at the three pounds of tissue
in our skulls not as a piece of anatomy but what it means
to the human experience. By combining scientific facts
with personal stories and visual effects, the program
exposes the brain’s inner workings and endeavors to
answer fundamental questions such as “What is reality?”
“What makes me me?” “Who is in control?” and “How do I
decide?”
And the process of decision-making, according to
Eagleman, isn’t as simple as, well, making a decision.
Pictured: Dr. David Eagleman
“The easy intuition is, OK, well, I have a mind and I make
a decision. I decide something,” he says. “But the truth
is that your brain is more like a team of rivals where you
have different neural networks that are battling it out in
any situation.
“So if I put some chocolate chip cookies in front of you,”
he continues, “part of you wants to eat it. It’s a rich
energy source. Part of you doesn’t want to eat it for
health reasons. And you can argue with yourself and
cajole yourself and make contracts with yourself, get
angry at yourself – who’s talking with whom? – it’s all
different parts of you. You have many drives that are all
trying to be in control, and so ... really what you’ve got is
this neural parliament running under the hood that you
don’t really have access to.”
Ultimately, Eagleman’s goal with “The Brain” is to give
viewers a journey into themselves.
“It would be to sail into this inner cosmos that makes us
up, and it’s all alien stuff that you find in there and yet it
is you,” he says. “When we ask the question nowadays of
‘Who Am I?’ ‘What makes me me?’ to my mind the most
interesting answer to that question has to do with going
inside and looking at what’s happening in just these three
pounds of alien computational material.”
STORY
S
New
cast
past events
inform
Season 2 of
‘Fargo’
BY Jay Bobbin
Pictured: Kirsten Dunst
The Emmy
- and Golden Globe-winning FX
mystery-drama series inspired
by the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 movie starts
its second season Monday, Oct. 12, but it continues in the
form of a newly cast prequel to the first round’s events. A
major link is Lou Solverson, played as a retired lawman in
Season 1 by Keith Carradine, but now seen in his younger
incarnation – portrayed by Patrick Wilson (“Insidious”) – as
a Vietnam veteran working as a Midwestern state trooper in
the late 1970s.
He becomes enmeshed in a case connecting several states
as well as mobsters, smaller-time crooks and a young
couple (Kirsten Dunst and “Friday Night Lights” alum Jesse
Plemons). Numerous other characters factor in, represented
by an impressive ensemble that also includes Ted Danson,
Jean Smart, Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”),
Jeffrey Donovan (“Burn Notice”), Bokeem Woodbine, Nick
Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), Adam Arkin and Kieran
Culkin.
In adding South Dakota to Minnesota as a location this
season, executive producer Noah Hawley notes North
Dakota was used sparingly in the original movie, “but they
call it ‘Fargo,’ in my mind, because the word itself is so
evocative of a place ... the sort of tundra where civilization
meets the wilderness. So, the name Fargo is not only
evocative of a place, it’s evocative of a kind of story – a
true crime story that isn’t true, where truth is stranger than
fiction.”
Familiar with Minnesota via her many relatives who hail
from it, Dunst (in her first series role since “ER” almost
20 years ago) introduces her “Fargo” alter ego Peggy
Blumquist as a small-town beautician with simple wants
and needs. However, she ultimately reinforces the
franchise’s message that not everything is necessarily what
it seems.
“Peggy has set goals for herself, and nothing is going to
stop her,” Dunst explains, “and I don’t think (her persona
is) about being smart or oblivious. I don’t want to call her a
little delusional, but she has such a zeroed-in path of what
she wants to do and what she wants to be, and then there
is this other part that’s stopping her. She does come from
a small town, and she could live that life and just have kids,
and then this wrench is thrown in the middle of it. And I
think that it wakes her up to the possibility of not fulfilling
any of those things.”
Whether viewers of “Fargo’s” Season 2 are returnees from
the first season or newcomers, Hawley – also a director of
the series now – is pleased the continuation is “a complete
reinvention. It is a completely new story that in the end, I
think, evokes the same feelings that you have both at the
end of the movie and hopefully at the end of our first year.
But otherwise, it tells a story in a very different way. It is a
much bigger story, kind of an American epic.”
S
SPORTS
Beckham
Jr.
ready
to grab
some
wins
for Giants
Full Name: Odell Cornelius Beckham Jr.
No.: 13
Born: November 5, 1992
College: LSU
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, La.
Drafted: 2014: Round 1 / Pick 12 (by the New
York Giants)
Height/Weight: 5 foot 11 inches/198-pounds
Team: New York Giants
Honors and Achievements: Pro Bowl, 2014;
Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year,
2014; Paul Hornung award, 2013
Position: Wide receiver
SPORTS
S
By Dan Ladd
He’s yet to play an entire NFL
season, but already New York
Giants wide receiver Odell
Beckham Jr. has broken numerous
team and league records. The 2014
Associated Press Offensive Rookie
of the Year will display his talents
when the Giants host the San
Francisco 49ers on Oct. 11, during
NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
After missing the first four games
of the 2014 season, Beckham’s
impact on the Giants’ offense was
not only immediate, but timely.
Veteran wide-out Victor Cruz was
eventually lost for the season and
the rookie quickly became Eli
Manning’s go-to receiver. In 12
games he hauled in 91 passes for
1,305 yards, both of which were
team records.
Among his 12 touchdowns in 2014,
is the play that made Beckham
a household name. In a Sunday
night loss to the Dallas Cowboys
he made his famous one-handed
grab (after being interfered with) of
a Manning pass for a touchdown
that lit up social media and was
later deemed the “catch of the year.”
The jersey he wore that night is on
display in the Pro Football Hall of
Fame.
OdellBeckhamJr.
Whether he uses one or two hands,
the Giants need Beckham to stay
healthy and remain productive on
the field. Cruz again began the
season with injury issues and the
NFC East is as competitive as ever.
Still, if Manning is afforded the
luxury of both Cruz and Beckham
heading downfield on passing
plays, the Giants’ offense will be
tough for opposing teams to handle.
M
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
review
Faithbased
movie pays a visit to
heaven
Pictured: Kate Bosworth
The market for faith-inspired movies is a very real and
very profitable one.
The box-office successes scored by such films as
“Heaven Is for Real” and the recent “War Room” have
proven that stories based in religion have a significant
audience ... no small reason for the current presence of
“90 Minutes in Heaven,” based on a pastor’s actual story
of surviving a devastating car accident, and of what
happened during the hour-and-a-half when was thought
to be clinically dead.
Hayden Christensen plays the clergyman, who has a
hard time coping in the aftermath of the mishap that a
bypasser brings him back from. He then struggles with
his physical therapy and he shuts out his wife (Kate
Bosworth, working here for her husband, directorscreenwriter Michael Polish).
get the same effect. It’s that seeing-something-but-nottoo-much approach that informs so many movies reliant
on visions of other worlds – and though the argument
can be made that it’s left to the viewer to add his or her
own interpretation, it’s also a bit of a cop-out in a movie
with a title like this.
Despite that, the performers do their work earnestly,
also including the always fine Fred Dalton Thompson as
our hero’s professional mentor ... plus singers Dwight
Yoakam and Michael W. Smith. And almost attaining costar status is a certain restaurant with golden arches,
accounting for one of the biggest product-placement
situations seen on the screen lately.
“90 Minutes in Heaven” was a best-seller, so there’s little
doubt it also will find its audience as a movie. It’s hard
to argue with its basic messages, such as making every
minute of life you have count, and letting in the ones you
love. The story doesn’t reach very far beyond that, and
that’s fine for those who can be satisfied with it.
For all those preliminaries in the script, though, what
audiences likely want to see most are the 90 minutes in
heaven that ultimately are shown (but condensed to only
a few minutes visually).
For anyone hoping for something more challenging,
though, a few more minutes in heaven may have been
in order here.
To be honest, you could look at the climactic sequence
of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and pretty much
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's movie review
movies to watch
M
“SAN ANDREAS”
Disaster movies still have an audience, as
proven by the success of this adventure that
impacts the title fault line and wreaks havoc
on California. Thus, the special-effects wizards
are as much stars of the film as Dwayne
Johnson, playing a rescue helicopter pilot
who saves his estranged wife (Carla Gugino,
“Wayward Pines”), then heads off with her
to try to save their daughter (Alexandra
Daddario). The film boasts an extremely
strong supporting cast for a picture of its
type, including Paul Giamatti (“Sideways”),
Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) and Ioan
Gruffudd (“Forever”). Noted television producer
Carlton Cuse (“Lost,” “Bates Motel”) wrote
the screenplay. DVD extras: three “making-of”
documentaries; audio commentary by director
Brad Peyton; deleted scenes; outtakes; stunt
reel. ››› (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray
and On Demand)
Top Pick
DVD
Pictured: Dwayne Johnson
upcoming DVD releases
Coming Soon on DVD...
“JURASSIC WORLD” (Oct. 20):
Trouble hits the expanded resort
anew, thanks to a genetically
altered breed of dinosaur; Chris
Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard
star. (PG-13: V)
“PAPER TOWNS” (Oct. 20): A
smitten teen (Nat Wolff) seeks his
suddenly absent neighbor (Cara
Delevingne) in this tale from “The
Fault in Our Stars” author John
Green. (PG-13: AS, P)
“MAX” (Oct. 27): A military
dog is adopted by the family of
his handler, who was wounded
in Afghanistan; Josh Wiggins,
Lauren Graham and Thomas
Haden Church star. (PG: P, V)
“INSIDE OUT” (Nov. 3): A
youngster’s emotions take over,
quite literally, when she moves
to a new town in this animated
Disney-Pixar tale; voices include
Amy Poehler and Bill Hader.
(PG: AS)
“MR. HOLMES” (Nov. 10): The
retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian
McKellen) is determined to solve
one last mystery; Laura Linney
also stars. (PG: AS, V)
“TERMINATOR GENISYS”
(Nov. 10): He’ll be back, all right:
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in
a reboot of the sci-fi saga.
(PG-13: N, P, V)
Pictured: Chris Pratt
S
FAVORITE SHOWS
Terrence Howard stars
in “Empire”
Jesse Spencer stars in
“Chicago Fire”
Alfonso Ribeiro hosts
“America’s Funniest
Home Videos”
SUNDAY
7 p.m. on ABC
America’s Funniest Home Videos
One of the longest-running shows
currently on broadcast television, this
program launches its 26th season with
a very significant change — a new
host. “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum
Alfonso Ribeiro takes over the duty of
introducing amusing videos sent in by
viewers, and the line of succession is
appropriate: Ribeiro won Season 19 of
“Dancing With the Stars,” still hosted
by Tom Bergeron, who also presided
over this series for 15 of its rounds.
Season Premiere New
Elyes Gabel stars in
“Scorpion”
MONDAY
9 p.m. on CBS
Scorpion
A literal voyage to the bottom of
the sea is in store for Walter, Cabe
and Happy (Elyes Gabel, Robert
Patrick, Jadyn Wong) in the new
episode “Robots.” They’re aboard a
highly classified submarine when an
explosion sinks it — and not only is
the oxygen running out, the vessel
is set to self-destruct. Peri Gilpin
(“Frasier”) guest stars as a Homeland
Security official. Katharine McPhee,
Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ari Stidham
also star. New
TUESDAY
10 p.m. on NBC
Chicago Fire
Missing at the end of the previous
episode, Casey (Jesse Spencer)
resurfaces — but that doesn’t mean
he’s in safe territory — in the drama’s
Season 4 premiere, “Let It Burn.” His
efforts to end illegal activities at a
strip club place him in peril. A new
captain (guest star Brian White) joins
the firehouse, alarming both Boden
and Severide (Eamonn Walker, Taylor
Kinney). The effort by citizens to foil
a neighborhood drug operation has
dangerous results. Season Premiere
continued on next page
FAVORITE SHOWS
WEDNESDAY
9 p.m. on FOX
Empire
Though there’s considerable discord
among them, the members of the
Lyon family unite for a music video
likely to benefit all concerned in
the new episode “Poor Yorick.” After
Lucious (Terrence Howard) attains
his physical freedom, he tries
to clear the rest of his concerns
by locating — and eliminating
— Vernon. Marisa Tomei and
Kelly Rowland guest star. Taraji P.
Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere
“Yazz” Gray, Grace Gealey and
Gabourey Sidibe also star. New
FRIDAY
10 p.m. on USA
Satisfaction
The sexy, sophisticated adult drama
ramps up its erotic charge even further
in Season 2, which opens with the
new episode “...Through Release.” A
somewhat shellshocked Neil and Grace
(Matt Passmore, Stephanie Szostak)
confront their infidelities of the past six
months and ponder whether they have
a future together. Meanwhile, Adriana
(Katherine LaNasa) schemes to keep
the couple apart permanently. Brooke
Langton, Brandon P. Bell and Nicky
Whelan guest star. Season Premiere
New
S
SATURDAY
8 p.m. on CBS
NCIS
Terrorists being pursued by Delilah
Fielding (Margo Harshman, in her
recurring guest role) appear to have a
connection to the death of a burglar in
“Status Update.” The thief’s body was
found in the home of a Marine, drawing
Fielding’s boyfriend — McGee (Sean
Murray) — and the rest of the NCIS
team into the case. Michael Weatherly,
Pauley Perrette, David McCallum and
Emily Wickersham also star.
THURSDAY
8 p.m. on CW
The Vampire Diaries
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) interferes
with a pact made between Stefan
and Lily (Paul Wesley, guest star
Annie Wersching) in the new
episode “Never Let Me Go.” Though
Damon tries to atone for it later,
Lily has sinister plans for him.
Caroline (Candice Accola) also
is a party to the situation, coming
into knowledge about Stefan’s past
while being maneuvered by Lily.
Back at school, Alaric (Matt Davis)
seeks Bonnie’s (Kat Graham) help.
Zach Roerig also stars. New
10 p.m. on NBC
The Player
Alex (Philip Winchester) risks his
new job, and his freedom, as his
efforts to help a friend place him
afoul of Detective Brown (Damon
Gupton) in the new episode “The
Big Blind.” The situation involves a
professional assassin. Though Alex
gets help from Mr. Johnson (Wesley
Snipes) in delving deeper into the
circumstances of Ginny’s death,
Cassandra (Charity Wakefield) tries
to thwart them. Eric Roberts and
Carmine Giovinazzo (“CSI: NY”)
guest star. New
Michael Weatherly
stars in “NCIS”
Philip Winchester stars in
“The Player”
Matt Passmore stars in
“Satisfaction”

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