Big night for Little Big Town?

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CELEBRITY
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Big night
for Little Big
Town?
Kimberly Schlapman of
Little Big Town is a nominee
in the 49th Annual CMA
Awards, airing Wednesday
on ABC.
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“Mom”
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Emmy winner Allison Janney.
“Rosewood” star wouldn’t
want his character as his
doctor.
5 Tom Riley
Behind the ‘Demons.’
6 Ted Danson
“Fargo” and “CSI: Cyber”
let him lay down the law
twice.
8 Aidan Quinn
Checking in!
“Legends”
Change in the air.
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A chef, restaurateur, writer
and food advocate.
“The Essentials”
Sally Field gets shy about her
first Oscar winner.
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7 “Holiday Baking
Championship”
“Our challenges are more
fair and fun.” - Bobby Deen
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49th Annual CMA
Awards
Little Big Town rejoices over a “Girl Crush.”
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By Jay Bobbin
To say the past year has been good for Little Big Town
would be one of the understatements in country music.
have lived on both sides. We know what it is to not have
anyone even notice you.”
After their induction into the Grand Ole Opry last fall and
the release of their hit album “Pain Killer” – and a huge,
and somewhat controversial, success with its song “Girl
Crush” – the group now is tied with Eric Church for the
most nominations (five) in the 49th Annual CMA Awards.
ABC televises the event from Nashville’s Bridgestone
Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with Brad Paisley and
Carrie Underwood teamed as its hosts for the eighth time.
Very noticed has been “Girl Crush,” which by itself
accounts for two of Little Big Town’s five current CMA
nominations ... for single and music video of the year.
(The others are for vocal group of the year, album of the
year for “Pain Killer,” and musical event of the year – with
Miranda Lambert – for “Smokin’ and Drinkin.”) Some radio
stations reportedly pulled “Girl Crush” in response to
listener beliefs that it was about lesbianism, but Little Big
Town fans and fellow artists rallied and helped the tune
reach No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Hot Country Songs
chart.
“I’m telling you, it keeps getting better and better, and
more interesting,” Little Big Town member Kimberly
Schlapman says of the group’s times of late. She cites
Grand Ole Opry membership as “the pinnacle. That was
our first public performance, on that stage, in 1999. We
had never sung outside a conference room before that.”
Schlapman recalls country icon Little Jimmy Dickens
being part of the group’s induction, “just a little bit before
he passed. He was not feeling well that night, but he
came. We loved and adored him.”
Though Schlapman says she doesn’t know “what could
top that,” she allows that being one of the top CMA Award
nominees with fellow Little Big Town members Phillip
Sweet and spouses Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook
comes close.
“I’ve always had a secret desire to be the most
nominated,” Schlapman admits. “I’d never voiced it before,
but every time it comes around and somebody is the
most nominated, I think, ‘Oh, that’s such a cool thing.
I hope we get that someday.’ And this year, we got it!
It’s just a thrill. Because of our journey, we are grateful
for any nomination that comes our way, because we
“The first time we heard it, we knew that song was very
special,” Schlapman says. “It just stood out. We didn’t
know it would have a chance on the radio; we hoped it
would, because people would so relate to it. Who hasn’t
been in a relationship where someone wins out over you?
“Of course, we know it’s a provocative song ... but we also
knew that at its core, it’s just about jealousy. Because of
our artist friends and our fans, and our friends in radio
who played it anyway, that song was able to get past
that controversial moment to where people were actually
listening to the words and making it their own.”
Though Little Big Town intended to have a Christmas
album out this year, Westbrook’s recent vocal-cord
surgery postponed that. “He’s doing so well,” reports
Schlapman, who adds, “We’ve never taken time off
(before), and it ended up being a really good thing. We all
were able to spend a lot of time with our families, and it
probably was good for us to have a little break.“
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
of ‘Rosewood’
Wednesdays
on Fox
How did you get
ready to play the title
role in “Rosewood”?
Part of my research was
watching “The First 48”
(set in) Miami, because
(“Rosewood”) takes place
out there. I think the city of
Miami is a melting pot. I think
you’ll find it predominately
Latin, but you’ll find a little
bit of every race there – and
that’s what I love about our
show. All races, all people
are represented in our show,
just as they are in Miami. it’s
a party city. It’s rife with all
types of life and all types of
death.
folio
How are you doing
with mastering the
medical jargon you
have to deliver on the
show?
It is difficult, because I try to
understand what I’m saying and
why I’m saying it ... and then,
I’m trying to even understand
how to say it. And dealing with
so many other factors is difficult.
It’s very challenging, but I’m still
working on it. That’s why Taye
Diggs (the “Private Practice”
alum who worked with Chestnut
in the “Best Man” movies, and
who’s a “Rosewood” guest star)
was on speed dial.
Would you want to be a
doctor in real life?
You know what? Doctor was on the list
of what I wanted to be – but my grades
weren’t (sufficient), so that didn’t kind of
mesh. If I were to be a doctor, it would
probably be an orthopedic surgeon,
just because I love sports so much.
And now, I get to play one on TV.
In my personal life, I wouldn’t want
Rosewood to be my doctor. I went to
a doctor (recently), and I think he just
got off the comedy stage because
everything was a joke. I’m just trying
to get the analysis and everything,
and I didn’t want to hear all that. I like
a doctor who is pleasant, but gets
straight to the point.
CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
TomRiley
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of ‘Da
Vinci’s
Demons’
Saturday
on Starz
How has it been playing a young
Leonardo da Vinci in Starz’s “Da
Vinci’s Demons” for three seasons?
The role of a lifetime. I did a great deal of stuff before
we started the first season ... . (I found) stuff about
him that I had no idea about and I certainly never
got taught about in art history or even in the most
basic lessons in school, which was what a difficult,
headstrong, bigoted, temperamental, tantrumthrowing guy he was and how full of himself he was.
And people don’t kind of like that version of him and
they don’t know it. And so when we presented that in
the first season, I think a lot of people (thought), “No
he was a legend, he was always wise and always
humble about his own intellect.” And of course, those
things only come by mistake.
And so over the first three seasons – or over the
course of the series – we were determined to take
him from this headstrong, difficult character into this
slightly more humbled and wise and philosophical
version of himself that people remember.
In Season 3, Leo tastes failure for the
first time. How does he handle it?
His achievement and arrogance has always been
his go-to place, and his belief that he’s the greatest
person around is always what’s driven him. And
he doesn’t handle it very well. He goes (to a place
that is) very insular. He needs the people around
him, which for the last two seasons he’s been sort
of dismissing his friends and treating them with a
bit of a laissez faire, devil-may-care, shoot-they’realways-going-to-stick-around and he’s always going
to have people he can (treat) however he wants. And
the consequences of that disregard for other people
comes back to get him.
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
Ted
Danson
of ‘Fargo’
Monday on FX
Since you’ve also been working
on the “CSI” franchise, what were
your considerations in joining
“Fargo” for its second season?
I hadn’t seen “Fargo.” My kids told me I was an
idiot, that I should watch it ... that it was not,
you know, “Why do it?” The movie was great,
but I didn’t actually (watch the series) until this
might have been a possibility that I was going
to be able to be in this. And then I devoured it
in two days and, like everybody else, just fell in
love with what I saw.
If the words are great and you have a dialect
that is purposeful, you try it on, and it just
takes you someplace. I would have had no idea
where my character was going, and I didn’t
have to worry about it because the words were
so good that you just followed the path that
Noah (Hawley, the series’ executive producer)
had created.
And the dialect was great because there’s
an earnestness to it that really is purposeful
to your characterization, so it really was like
following the dance steps that had been set out
by Noah. It was a great joy.
Was part of the appeal of “Fargo”
for you in putting a different spin
on a lawman character at the
same time you’re continuing as
D.B. Russell on “CSI: Cyber”?
Yeah. It was definitely something completely
different. I mean, it’s the luxury of not having
to discover the crime and solve the crime in
45 minutes. You get 10 hours to develop these
characters and the plot and the mystery and
all of that stuff. But it’s that luxury of time that
draws, once again, the really good writing.
FOOD
Food
Network
George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
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preheats the oven for ‘Holiday
Baking Championship’
Anyone who has ever wondered what happens to the confections created
on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship” should take comfort in
the knowledge that they don’t go to waste.
“There’s a large crew involved with these shows,” explains host Bobby
Deen with a laugh, “and inevitably food ends up being devoured by the
crew. It certainly doesn’t go to waste. So next to the craft services table
at the lot there, there is after each preheat or elimination heat, a table
full of baked desserts and it always disappears. There’s something about
sweets that people really love.”
In the hourlong series, which returns for its second season with eight
episodes on Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 talented bakers create their most
delicious desserts, which are then evaluated for taste, techique,
presentation and creativity by the judging panel of Duff Goldman (“Ace
of Cakes”), Nancy Fuller (“Farmhouse Rules”) and Lorraine Pascal
(“Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Foods”). The winner takes home a
grand prize of $50,000.
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As is the case with many competition series, there are the challenges. In the season premiere, the bakers are tasked to
“go nuts” for the holiday.
“We gave them a selection of different nuts that they had to use for the preheat,” Deen explains. “And what’s fun
is we oftentimes ... will leave it up to the contestants to decide for their fellow bakers what items they may have to
use in cooking or how much time they may have to cook. ... Sometimes we may give them an item which would be
advantageous for them to use. Or sometimes we may take away a particular item from the rest of their fellow bakers. ...
Our challenges are more fair and fun.”
What book are you
currently reading?
“I’m a huge fan of music
and I’m a musician and
I’m a guitar collector
and a drummer, and
I just finished a book
called ‘Deal’ by Billy
Kreutzmann, who is one
of the two drummers from
the Grateful Dead. It’s not
the only type of book that
I read but I literally just
turned the last page
on it.”
What did you have for dinner
last night?
““I made a really beautiful
vegetable medley – we call it
succotash down here. So it would
be onions and red, yellow and
green peppers, kernels of corn,
okra, tomatoes and fresh lima
beans. I just was visiting my
father down in southwest Georgia
and I went to a beautiful farm
down there with him and there
were some folks there shelling
fresh lima beans. So for the last
couple of days, I’ve made a great
succotash at home.”
What is your next
project?
“I will shoot a series
called ‘Junk Food Flip’
with a young lady
named Nikki Dinki.
We shot six episodes
of ‘Junk Food Flip’ in
January of this year as
a – it wasn’t exactly a
pilot. It was sort of a
trial. We shot six to go
to air and it was picked
up and bought and I’m
happily going to shoot
‘Junk Food Flip’ again.”
When was the last
vacation you took, where
and why?
“I went to Bogota, Colombia,
in June of this year with
my wife. My wife is from
Venezuela and ... my wife’s
brother and his wife and their
two daughters live in Bogota,
Colombia, so we went down
there for a week and just had
an amazing time.”
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Celebrity ScooP
Aidan
Quinn
For many, career epiphanies can come during high
school, college or a first job. For Aidan Quinn, his
came at a construction site.
The 56-year-old actor and co-star of “Elementary,”
which returns for its fourth season Thursday, Nov. 5,
on CBS, was a few years removed from high school
and working as a roofer in his native Chicago when
inspiration struck.
“I just had kind of an epiphany after six months on
a roof,” he says, “where we had our feet dangling
over the coping. And it was 7:30 in the morning and
I was being passed a joint on one hand and a pint
of whiskey ... on the other hand ... .And I had them
both in my hand.
“And I looked to the left and I looked to my right,”
he continues, “and I thought, ‘These are great guys.
These two guys are a lot of fun. But this is crazy.
This is the second or third morning in a row of this
and I can’t ... .’ And so I gave the joint back and I
gave the pint of whiskey back and I looked out over
the lake and I literally had an epiphany that I’m
going to become an actor (and) I’m going to take
an acting class.”
These days, the two-time Emmy nominee still
tinkers on his roof, much to the chagrin of his
wife, actress Elizabeth Bracco. After three-plus
decades working all over the world in independent
film, Quinn relishes the chance work not far from
his upstate New York home with his current gig as
NYPD Captain Thomas Gregson in the New York
City-filmed CBS drama.
“I’ve always been traveling all over the world doing
my vagabond independent circus act making a
living mostly in independent films,” he says. “And I
love the idea of being home. And I got offered the
part and I thought, ‘Well, this’ll be good,’ and it’s
been fun.”
Date of birth:
March 8, 1959
Birthplace:
Chicago
Family: He and
wife Elizabeth
Bracco have two
daughters – Ava,
26, and Mia, 17
TV credits: “Third Watch” (2004-05), “The Book of Daniel”
(2006), “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” (2007),
“Canterbury’s Law” (2008), “Weeds” (2011), “Prime Suspect”
(2011-12)
Movie credits: “Reckless” (1984), “Desperately Seeking
Susan” 1985), “An Early Frost” (TV, 1985), “Stakeout” (1987),
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990), “Avalon” (1990), “Benny &
Joon” (1993), “Blink” (1994), “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”
(1994), “Legends of the Fall” (1994), “Michael Collins” (1996),
“This Is My Father” (1998), “Practical Magic” (1998), “Bobby
Jones: Stroke of Genius” (2004), “Return to Sender” (2004),
“The Eclipse” (2009), “Handsome Harry” (2009), “Unknown”
(2011), “The Last Keepers” (2013), “The Gettysburg Address”
(upcoming)
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
DanBarber
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- Born in 1969, he grew up in New York City’s Upper East Side.
- He learned about farming and agricultural sustainability at a
young age while helping to tend his grandparent’s farm in Great
Barrington, Mass.
- In 1992, he graduated from Tufts University, where he studied
Political Science and English.
- In 1994 he graduated from the French Culinary Institute.
- In May 2000, he opened Blue Hill restaurant with his brother
and sister-in-law, David and Laureen Barber, in New York City.
- His success with Blue Hill impressed philanthropist David
Rockefeller so much that in 2001, he hired him to take over the
responsibility of revitalizing his 3,500 acre estate in Westchester.
Rockefeller invested $30 million to open the Blue Hill at Stone
Barns Restaurant and Stone Barnes Center.
Dan Barber is a chef, restaurateur, writer
and food advocate who can currently be
seen in “Chef’s Table” on Netflix.
- In 2002, Food & Wine named him one of the country’s
Best New Chefs.
- President Barack Obama appointed him to serve on
the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports, and
Nutrition.
- In spring of 2006, he won the James Beard award for
Best Chef: New York City.
- In 2009, he received the James Beard award for
America’s Outstanding Chef, and was named one of the
world’s most influential people in Time’s annual “Time 100”
list.
- Most of the milk used at his restaurants comes from his
grandmother’s farm.
- His opinions on food and agricultural policy have
appeared in the New York Times, along with many other
publications.
- In May 2014, he published “The Third Plate: Field Notes
on the Future of Food.”
- He is featured in an episode of the Netflix Original
docu-series “Chef’s Table.”
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CELEBRITY
“(My character
is) an idiot,
so those
characters are
fun because
it’s little more
boring playing
the guys who
are flawless,
perfect sort
of hero guys.
That to me is
a bore. I don’t
like it; I don’t
get it. I could
have done
soap operas.
You know, I
was a decentlooking guy.
I could have
done that but
not interested.”
– Bruce
Campbell of
“Ash vs Evil
Dead” on
Starz
“I always like to play
parts that have a
different physicality from
myself. It’s easier for me,
in a way … when I put
the wig on and I’m in
these peasant clothes
and no high heels. And
the accent, it’s just
exciting. And then also
to be in Wales -- not to
be on the concrete of
North Hollywood, but
to be in the gorgeous
air in Wales.” – Katey
Sagal of “The Bastard
Executioner” on FX
“People debate about it after they watch it.
I’ve heard about people who watch it with
their other halves and then have arguments
afterward about what they’ve just seen. I think
that’s quite interesting” – Ruth Wilson of “The
Affair” on Showtime
CELEBRITY
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ON DVRs
Tom Selleck of “Jesse
Stone: Lost in Paradise”
on Hallmark Channel and
“Blue Bloods” on CBS
“I watch a lot of news, and
I try to get a diversity of
opinion. And I watch Turner
Classic Movies a lot; I’m
always swimming by to see
if one of my favorites or
something I don’t know about
is there. I just love movies.
That’s what I grew up on
– and to be accepted by that
community for something
that was a part of me when I
was growing up, that doesn’t
come just by being cast in
something.”
Sally Field of “The
Essentials” on Turner
Classic Movies
“I watch a lot of movies. I go
down the menu and say, ‘Oh,
I haven’t seen that in a while’
or, ‘Oh, I want to see that.’
And certainly, I watch lots of
cable. The best work is being
done in cable television,
storytelling-wise and humancondition-wise.”
John Benjamin Hickey of “Manhattan” on WGN America
“I tend to record friends’ stuff. You know, I’m an actor and I have a lot of
friends on TV shows. John Slattery is one of my great pals, so I have
two seasons of ‘Mad Men’ – I’m still two behind, so I have all that on
my DVR. My partner (Jeffrey Richman) writes ‘Modern Family,’ so I’m
constantly having to catch up with that or else get in trouble for not
watching it. So I guess at the end of the day, it’s stuff I love but also
stuff I’m in trouble with friends and family if I don’t watch.”
Lucy Lawless
of “Ash vs Evil
Dead” on Starz
“Anything
about Italy.
‘Nurse Jackie,’
crazy about it.
There’s a British
show called
‘Embarrassing
Bodies.’ I’m
obsessed with
it, though there
are a few too
many anus
shots; you know,
torn anuses
and things. ...
It’s kind of a
public service
they’re doing.
They’re trying
to get people
to start taking
their health
more seriously,
stop the
embarrassment,
go see your
damn doctor.”
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STORY
Anna Faris
remains
a
‘Mom’
Anna Faris stars in “Mom,” which starts its third
season Thursday on CBS.
Story on next page
STORY
More
‘Mom’
awaits Anna Faris
as Season 3
begins
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By Jay Bobbin
Pictured: Anna Faris (left)
and Allison Janney
Not only is Anna Faris happy to be a mom in real life,
she’s pleased to continue playing one on television.
A parent of a three-year-old son with actor husband Chris
Pratt, the “Scary Movie” alum starts her third season of
playing out an edgy mother-daughter relationship opposite
Allison Janney – who recently won her second Emmy for
the series – as the Chuck Lorre-produced CBS comedy
“Mom” returns Thursday, Nov. 5.
Actually, it isn’t fair to label the show as strictly a comedy.
It deals with issues that frequently yield dramatic
moments, underscored last season by the sudden death
of Christy’s (Faris) father and Bonnie’s (Janney) exboyfriend (portrayed by Kevin Pollak, who will return to
the CBS Thursday lineup in the forthcoming “Angel From
Hell”).
“I really love it that with this project, it’s very much focused
on the quality of the jokes as opposed to the quantity,”
the friendly Faris says. “So many times in this format,
it’s ‘small joke, big joke, small joke, big joke.’ We will do
something incredibly dramatic and address serious issues
– then hopefully, we let the audience up with something a
little outrageous at the end of the scene, so that there’s a
release with the laughter.”
The Season 3 premiere of “Mom” appears destined to
hold to that formula, as Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn gueststars as yet another mom ... the one who abandoned
Bonnie as a small child, and now wants back into her life.
The episode also marks the addition of Jaime Pressly
(“My Name Is Earl”), who’s been a recurring guest star, as
a full-time cast member.
The key acting relationship on “Mom” though, clearly
remains that of Faris and Janney. “I really hope it never
comes across as anything but truthful and sincere, but I
am so lucky to work with someone who is such a dear
friend,” Faris reflects. “I’m annoying her in her dressing
room all the time.
“I’m addicted to her, and I learn from her – and I hope
that because we have a lot of love for each other, as
our characters fight and have struggles, hopefully the
audience can feel that undercurrent of deep love.”
In playing a mother of two on the series, Faris allows that
she picks up insight on parenting, though she admits it
can fall on the not-so-sunny side.
“Mostly, I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that I
constantly feel guilty, no matter what I do,” she says.
“Men do, too, but maybe it’s more so for women, for the
enormous amount of pressure to do everything right. And
to be a working mom, there’s a whole other guilt process
with that ... but I’m fortunate that our hours are pretty good
for this industry, and I get to work in town (Los Angeles).”
Plus, Faris still gets to deal with subjects such as
alcoholism and domestic violence that might be tricky
for a reputed comedy on broadcast television, and she
credits that largely to “The Big Bang Theory,” “Mike &
Molly” and “Two and a Half Men” veteran Lorre.
“The first season, because people obviously weren’t
familiar with the show, it took them by surprise,” Faris
recalls. “Because Chuck is so powerful in this (television)
world and so brilliant, we can explore these things without
a lot of resistance from other parties.”
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STORY
Change
in the air
Sean Bean stars in “Legends,”
which returns for its second
season Monday on TNT.
Story on next page
STORY
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A new
look
and a new cast in
Season 2 of TNT’s
‘Legends’
By George Dickie
Viewers who tune into the second season premiere of the
TNT spy thriller “Legends” on Monday, Nov. 2, will find a
show they may not recognize.
The hourlong series has been reimagined, with a new
supporting cast, exotic locations and a new approach to
storytelling.
As Season 2 opens, the main character of deep cover FBI
agent and master of many personnas Martin Odum (Sean
Bean) is back and still hunting for his true identity while on
the lam for a murder he didn’t commit. Aiding him in his
search are CIA agent Nina Brenner (Kelly Overton) and
FBI agent Tony Rice (returnee Morris Chestnut). They help
lead him to a woman with a link to his past (Klara Issova)
and her teenage daughter (Aisling Franciosi). As he tries
to piece together clues to his true identity, he learns that
the FBI was also chasing him for a different crime from
2001.
Also starring in the new season are Ralph Brown, Steve
Kazee and Winter Ave Zoli. Gone from Season 1 are Ali
Larter, Amber Valletta, Tina Majorino, Mason Cook and
Steve Harris.
“It wasn’t through any fault of anyone last year in terms
of acting ability,” explains Bean, who this season adds a
producer credit and therefore has a say in cast choices.
“It’s just that the material last year wasn’t quite as rich as it
is this year.”
“I would say it’s a very different show in all ways ...,” he
continues. “Even though last year I wasn’t over the moon
about the end product, I thought it still had potential. And
I became a producer and got together with (showrunner)
Ken Biller and kind of chatted with him and we came
Pictured: Sean Bean
up with something new and different and much more
thoughtful and a much more suspenseful, grittier, darker
mystery.”
Also undergoing something of a cast change are
Martin’s roster of undercover identities. In Season 1,
he was, among other personnas, a wounded Iraq War
vet and a Russian gangster in addition to Martin Odum.
This season, because of what Bean calls “a collision of
identities,” only the mobster, Dmitry Petrovich, will be in
evidence.
“This year, we kind of focus and concentrate on less
characters in terms of me, Martin Odum, playing other
characters,” Bean says, “and there’s only one other
character to concentrate on and I think you can really
kind of get your money’s worth out of the characters, so
it’s an improvement.
“And potential, I don’t think we quite fulfilled that
potential last year but there was a lot to look forward to
and I think this year we’ve discovered it.”
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STORY
‘NOVA’ takes
an epic look at
our continent in
‘Making North
America’
By george dickie
Anyone with a fascination for topographic features and
how they were formed would do well to check out a new
“NOVA” miniseries that begins this week.
“The thing about East Coast/West Coast,” says Julia Cort,
deputy executive producer of “NOVA,” “the West Coast
is very flamboyant in its geology. It’s like, kind of, all up
there. It’s showing you its stripes. It’s all about its telling
The three-part “Making North America,” airing consecutive its own story very obviously.
Wednesdays beginning Nov. 4 on PBS (check local
listings), condenses our continent’s three-billion-year“The East Coast is much more subtle. It’s all hidden.
old story into three hours, with host and paleontologist
And even in the Midwest ... (there are) 30 miles of lava
Kirk Johnson traveling to 18 states and Canada to reveal beneath the surface. That’s an incredible amount. It tells
some surprising secrets behind its formation.
a story of this huge volcanic eruption. So East Coast, it’s
hiding its secrets.”
Johnson, the sant director of the Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History, rapels into the Grand Canyon, The series also goes into how life formed on the continent
flies low over Hawaiian volcanoes, scales an Alaskan
and how humans have altered it to suit their purposes.
glacier and dives in the Bahamas. What he discovers are Johnson says he hopes the series makes people more
the massive forces, including floods, eruptions, ice sheets curious about the land around them and even go out and
and impacts from space, responsible for the formation of look for fossils, which he says are everywhere and easy
the continent.
to find.
“North America really has a three-part story,” Johnson
says. “There’s the core in the middle, which is very
old, and then the East Coast was shaped by repeated
collisions, and then more recently, the West Coast is a big
train wreck. So those three steps. And really, the action
is happening on the West Coast now, but if you dial the
clock back 300 million years, it would have been more fun
on the East Coast.”
“There’s something like half a billion people living in North
America, all the countries in North America, and they all
live on the land,” he says. “They all eat food that’s grown
on the land. They all have infrastructures built out of sand
and gravel, steel. They have coins made out of metals.
All that stuff comes out of the ground, and yet they aren’t
aware that it’s right there. Literally underneath every
house, every school, there’s a story, a huge story.”
Picture labyrinthine canyons now submerged off the East
Coast, great mountains towering over Manhattan and
massive lava floes beneath the Great Lakes.
STORY
S
Co-host
Sally Field
Pictured: Sally Field
and Robert Osborne
By Jay Bobbin
Of all the movies she’s talked about this year, Sally Field is
least comfortable discussing her own.
The two-time Oscar winner is Robert Osborne’s current
co-host on Turner Classic Movies’ Saturday series “The
Essentials,” and since March, she’s commented on films
from “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Roman Holiday” to
“Bullitt” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” On
Saturday, Nov. 7, she has her toughest task to date on the
program: That night’s attraction is “Norma Rae,” the 1979
labor-organizing drama that brought Field her first Academy
Award.
“Bob knew I was completely not comfortable doing that,”
Field says of filming the segments that bookend the feature.
“I’d really have been as happy as could be, had nothing of
mine been included ... so he talked about it, and I went, ‘Uh,
yeah. Yeah.’ It’s hard for me to watch myself, but I adore
him and his absolute library of information. Some I know
and some I don’t, but like a student, I can’t keep my mouth
closed. I’m constantly saying, ‘Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Oh, yes.
Yes.’ ”
However, Field allows that where “Norma Rae” was
concerned, “I think I just sort of clammed up. I feel shy
about tooting my own horn, but I talked about (director)
Marty Ritt, because that was the start of my relationship
with him. That resonates with me much more as a
human than it necessarily does in terms of film, just who
he was as a man.” Ritt also directed Field later in “Back
Roads” and “Murphy’s Romance.”
In succeeding such previous “Essentials” co-hosts as
Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin and Rose McGowan,
Field (who earned her second Oscar, and gave her
legendary “You like me!” acceptance speech, for 1984’s
“Places in the Heart”) often hits upon one subject in her
comments: the use – or, as she sometimes sees it, the
misuse – of actresses in movies.
“Jackie Bisset is gorgeous, but she’s also a really
good actor,” Field notes. “I mean, give her something
(in ‘Bullitt’)! Give her (character) a life! Give her some
reason for being with this man. That’s not so hard to
do. For all of us women in film, you’re so aware of the
inequality, and not only in this industry but all over.
(Early on,) I always had to take what I could get and
make the best of it, because the good part of the
cupcake was going to go to somebody else.”
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SPORTS
ChrisBosh
is back, healthy
and ready to hit
the court
Story on next page
stats Full Name: Christopher
Wesson Bosh
Born: March 24, 1984
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Height/Weight: 6 foot 11
inches/235-pounds
Position: Forward
No.: 1
College: Georgia Tech
Drafted: Fourth overall pick by the
Toronto Raptors in 2003
Teams: Toronto Raptors, 2003-2010;
Miami Heat 2010-present
Honors and Achievements:
NBA champion, 2012–2013; Tentime NBA All-Star, 2006–2015; NBA
All-Rookie First Team, 2004; Toronto
Raptors all-time leading scorer
SPORTS
S
By Dan Ladd
With a new NBA season under way,
nobody is happier to be back on the
court than Miami Heat forward Chris
Bosh. The Heat will visit George Hill
and the Indiana Pacers on Friday, Nov.
6, airing on ESPN. This game is the
first of an NBA doubleheader that later
features the Houston Rockets visiting the
Sacramento Kings.
Bosh, meanwhile, is thanking his lucky
stars. The 12-year veteran’s 2014-15
season was cut short. After experiencing
severe chest pain following the All-Star
Game in February, he was diagnosed
with blood clots on his left lung. He
underwent treatment and missed the
final 30 games of the season.
Now off blood thinners and cleared
by doctors to play, Bosh is ready to
compete. Coming into this season he
had yet to share the court with midseason acquisition Goran Dragic from
Phoenix who is now the Heat’s starting
point-gaurd.
A ten-time All-Star, Bosh was picked
fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors
in the talent heavy 2003 NBA Draft
that included former teammate LeBron
James (first overall pick), current
teammate, Dwyane Wade (fifth) and
fellow NBA All-Star Carmello Anthony
(third).
With Bosh the Raptors quickly improved,
making the playoffs in 2007 and 2008.
Bosh remains Toronto’s all-time leading
scorer. Prior to the 2010 season he was
traded to Miami joining James and Wade
and eventually helped the Heat make
it to the NBA Finals in four consecutive
seasons, winning back-to-back titles in
2012 and 2013.
ChrisBosh
Now, a rejuvenated Bosh and the Heat
again are eyeing the NBA playoffs.
M
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
review
Matt
Damon
lands
effectively in
‘The Martian’
In director Ridley Scott’s latest shot at sci-fi, “The
Martian” actually is an earthling ... and not just any
earthling, but Matt Damon.
space are becoming a pattern for the actor, given his
appearance last year in “Interstellar,” but “The Martian”
is focused much more on him.
That stacks the deck a bit as the actor plays an
astronaut stranded on Mars, since his past work makes
it fairly easy to guess that he’ll be resourceful enough to
survive. It would take more than the angry red planet to
make Jason Bourne crumble, right?
In fact, it almost could be considered a 50-yearslater update of “Robinson Crusoe on Mars,” a classic
produced by genre veteran George Pal. Of course, that
much more can be done technically now, but the theme
of “The Martian” largely is the same.
Actually, “The Martian” is a pretty dazzling adventure
based on Andy Weir’s novel and detailing how fellow
crew members who think Damon’s character died in
a wild dust storm leave him behind, how he endures,
how others finally figure out he’s still alive, and how his
rescue is mounted – against many odds that just keep
mounting.
A solid supporting cast including Jessica Chastain
(also an “Interstellar” alum), Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels,
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean and Kristen Wiig (not the
most expected presence in a sci-fi movie, but doing
what she has to do as a public-relations executive
quite well) helps keep the story grounded. That parade
of performers also does much to retain interest in the
single-idea story, which runs well over two hours.
After visiting space previously in such films as “Alien”
and “Prometheus,” not to mention his other flights into
For all of its many fantastical trappings, “The Martian”
fantasy such as “Blade Runner,” director Scott proves it’s ultimately is a very human story, and its makers never
still a fine playground for him – and Damon shows he’s
lose sight of that. That’s why it works.
comfortable in the cosmos, too. Fall movies and outer
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's movie review
movies to watch
M
“INSIDE OUT”
This much-praised Disney-Pixar offering gives
emotions their own lives, with Amy Poehler,
Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling among those
giving voice to animated representations of
such feelings as Joy and Fear. Director and
co-writer Pete Docter (“Up”) based the story
on his daughter, with a youngster (voiced
by Kaitlyn Dias) struggling to adapt to the
changes when she relocates with her parents
(voices of Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan).
It’s very likely this will figure into the upcoming
film-awards season in a big way; Lewis Black
and Richard Kind also are heard. ››› (PG:
AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
DVD
Top Pick
upcoming DVD releases
Coming Soon on DVD...
“MR. HOLMES” (Nov. 10): The
retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian
McKellen) is determined to solve
one last mystery; Laura Linney
also stars. (PG: AS, V)
“BETTER CALL SAUL: SEASON
ONE”
(Nov. 10): The “Breaking Bad”
prequel features Bob Odenkirk as
Saul Goodman before becoming
the lawyer for Walter White;
Jonathan Banks and Michael
McKean also star. (Not rated: AS,
P, V)
Pictured: Ian McKellen
“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)
“TRAINWRECK” (Nov. 10):
A sports doctor (Bill Hader)
prompts a free-spirited journalist
(Amy Schumer) to consider
commitment. (R and unrated
versions: AS, N, P)
“AMERICAN ULTRA” (Nov. 24):
Not realizing he’s a CIA operative
with deeply implanted spy skills,
a slacker (Jesse Eisenberg) is
targeted for elimination.
(R: AS, P, GV)
“ZOO: SEASON ONE” (Dec. 1):
CBS’ miniseries, based on a novel
co-written by James Patterson,
puts animals on the warpath
around the world; James Wolk
and Kristen Connolly star. (Not
rated: AS, P, V)
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FAVORITE SHOWS
“Chicago Fire”
Jadyn Wong stars in
“Scorpion”
Julianna Margulies stars
in “The Good Wife”
SUNDAY
9 p.m. on CBS
The Good Wife
Jason’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
dedication may send him over the line
as he works with Alicia and Lucca
(Julianna Margulies, Cush Jumbo) on
a case involving a student loan in the
new episode “Payback.” Cary (Matt
Czuchry) is targeted by Howard Lyman
(Jerry Adler) for an accusation of
ageism at the firm. Eli (Alan Cumming)
causes problems for the Florricks as
Peter (Chris Noth) continues his bid
for the presidency. Christian Borle
(“Smash”) guest stars. New
MONDAY
9 p.m. on CBS
Scorpion
A subway vehicle run amok puts
Team Scorpion on a mission to stop
it in the new episode “Crazy Train”
— and there’s a personal investment
in the case, since Paige and Ralph
(Katharine McPhee, Riley B. Smith)
are aboard the sabotaged transport.
Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas) tries to
advance his campaign to win over
Happy (Jadyn Wong) by turning to
boxing. Kevin Weisman (“Alias”)
continues his guest role. Robert
Patrick and Ari Stidham also star. New
TUESDAY
10 p.m. on NBC
Chicago Fire
The firefighters typically circle the
wagons around one of their own when
it’s needed, and such an occasion
arises in the new episode “Your Day Is
Coming,” Herrmann (David Eigenberg)
tries to determine how to reopen the
suddenly shuttered Molly’s. Despite
having a very bad day, Severide
(Taylor Kinney) delves further into an
arson case. Jon Seda crosses over in
his “Chicago P.D.” role. Rachel Nichols
(“Continuum”) guest stars. Jesse
Spencer also stars. New
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FAVORITE SHOWS
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. on ABC
The 49th Annual CMA Awards
If they don’t have their act down by
now, they never will: Brad Paisley
and Carrie Underwood team for
the eighth consecutive year as
hosts of this event, presented from
Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Eric
Church and Little Big Town top
the list of nominees with five bids
each, and Church is slated to open
the show along with Hank Williams
Jr. The many other scheduled
performers include Miranda
Lambert, Keith Urban and Kacey
Musgraves. New
10 p.m. on SYFY
Z Nation
Things take a decidedly weird turn
— even for this series — as the heroes
drive through New Mexico, where they
witness bright lights in the sky and
encounter a beautiful but distracted
woman named Bernadette, who
leads them on an adventure through
an abandoned Air Force base. As
they search for zombie aliens, the
team discovers what looks like alien
technology, which could shed insight
into the question of whether mankind
is alone in the universe in the new
episode “Rozwell.” William Sadler stars.
New
S
SATURDAY
11:29 p.m. on NBC
Saturday Night Live
Too bad he hasn’t made much news
lately ... maybe Donald Trump’s guesthost stint here will help. We’re kidding,
of course, and you just know the show
will have a field day with the business
tycoon turned Republican presidential
candidate — but he’ll be in a position
to give as good as he gets, making
one wonder how much he’ll stick to
the script. The musical guest is Sia,
who had a huge hit with “Chandelier”
from her album “1000 Forms of Fear.”
New
THURSDAY
9 p.m. on FOX
Sleepy Hollow
If the residents of Sleepy Hollow
are afraid to close their eyes at
night, there’s a good reason:
Pandora (Shannyn Sossamon)
releases a monster that strikes
while victims sleep in the new
episode “This Red Lady From
Caribee.” Abbie’s (Nicole Beharie)
new career considerations draw
support from Ichabod (Tom Mison),
who tries to use his experience
to help her. Bill Irwin guest stars.
Lyndie Greenwood and Nikki Reed
also star. New
FRIDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
MasterChef
Youngsters are in the kitchen
again as the fourth season of the
show’s “Junior Edition” begins
with “New Kids on the Chopping
Block.” As the hour starts, 24
youthful chefs tackle a mystery
box challenge, the result being a
hamburger and a side dish unique
to each preparer. The winner
gets to choose an ingredient the
others must factor in ... and do so
successfully to avoid elimination.
Host Gordon Ramsay joins
Graham Elliot and Christina Tosi
on the judging panel. Season
Premiere New
Donald Trump hosts
“Saturday Night Live”
Gordon Ramsay hosts
“MasterChef”
William Sadler
stars in “Z
Nation”

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