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Featured
Stories
“Answered Prayers”
“Face Off”
“The Carbonaro
Effect”
“National Baseball
Hall of Fame”
Profiled
athlete
Adarius Bowman
CELEBRITY
SPOTLIGHTS
Penn Jillette
Conan O’Brien
Andy Samberg
Peter Mooney
Mike Holmes
The story
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Featured
“Strike Back”
Stories
Begining its fourth and final season Friday on Cinemax.
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“The Carbonaro Effect”
Returning for its second season on truTV.
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National Baseball Hall of Fame
Airing Sunday on MLB Network.
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“Answered Prayers”
Premiering Sunday on TLC.
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“Face Off”
Tuesday on Syfy.
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Celebrity potlights
Penn Jillette
of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” on
The CW.
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Conan O’Brien
AFI Life Achievement Award:
A Tribute to Steve Martin on
Turner Classic Movies
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Andy Samberg
of “7 Days in Hell” on HBO and
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” on Fox.
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Kix Brooks
“Steak Out with Kix Brooks”
on Cooking Channel.
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Peter Mooney
Checking in.
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Mike Holmes
Hosting a new series, “Home
Free.”
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Pictured: Sullivan
Stapleton (left) and Philip
Winchester
By George Dickie
If you want to make Philip Winchester laugh, ask him
about his four seasons playing British military intelligence
operative Michael Stonebridge on the Cinemax action
series “Strike Back.”
From leaping from moving car to moving car to hanging
off the side of a building to even doing boot-camp
training, Winchester and onscreen partner Sullivan
Stapleton – who plays fellow MI6 hotshot Damien Scott
– have certainly done enough envelope-pushing stunts
to qualify as adrenaline junkies. In fact, Winchester found
himself becoming one.
“We call it the ‘Strike Back’ PTSD,” the 34-year-old
Montana-reared, London-trained actor says, “which was
the post-traumatic stress disorder of finishing a show like
this and living at such a high level for such a long time. I
actually spoke with a neurologist about this and she had
said, ‘You are absolutely right. You guys are living at this
certain level and you’re getting all this dopamine and all
this oxytocin and all these chemicals dumped into your
body, and if you don’t do something with them you create
these neuro pathways where that’s what you get used to
doing. So when you go back to your normal life ... you are
going to be a little jittery.’ ”
“I’d come home and after about two weeks of being
home, my wife would finally look at me and go, ‘Oh, it’s
nice to have you back, honey. It took about two weeks but
there you are.’ You’ve got to get it out of your system.”
The fourth and final season of the series kicks off Friday,
July 31, and once again Scott and Stonebridge are
pursuing threats to world peace. This time, it comes in the
form of the kidnapping of a British diplomat’s daughter
that turns out to be the first step in a global terror plot
that involves the Japanese Yakuza, the Russian mafia,
cyberterrorists and other nefarious forces. The duo find
themselves crisscrossing Asia and Europe to defuse the
threat.
All 10 episodes this season were shot from August to
December of 2014 in Hungary and Thailand, which
Winchester says created a unique ambience to the
storyline.
“I think it added this very visceral element to the show,”
he says. “I mean, we had it because of South Africa
(in Season 3) and we had it because of these amazing
locations across Europe. But Bangkok kind of just
became this other character, this other nemesis to
Section 20. The heat, the locations we were in – as much
as they were beautiful, they were really challenging,
so I think for everyone across the board it was more
of a challenge than we thought it was going to be but
ultimately it added something to this season of the show
which I don’t think we’ve had for a while.”
Though the series hasn’t yet ended for viewers, it’s been
done seven months for Winchester, who is now shooting
the NBC fall drama series “The Player.” He recently ran
into Stapleton – who himself will headline the Peacock
network drama “Blindspot” come September – recently at
an NBC event and got caught up with his former co-star.
“We had such a gas on ‘Strike Back,’ ” Winchester says.
“I think we’ll spend a lot of our careers trying to replicate
the feeling and the emotions and the trust we had in
these crazy situations we were in and we were asked to
be in. So I totally miss the guy.
“He’s a pain in the ass and I love him,” he says, laughing.
“He’d probably say the same about me, too.”
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
PennJillette
of ‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ on The CW
Do you enjoy being fooled by magicians
whose process you can’t guess on “Penn &
Teller: Fool Us,” then showcasing them in
your own Las Vegas act?
Oh, yeah. And it’s also great to get to know
them. They come out and fool us, then they go
away ... and when they come back to do our
show, we get to spend a couple of days with
them and visit with them. And we also get to find
out how they did their trick!
With the entire second season of “Fool Us”
already taped, how do you think it went?
It went great. We were a little afraid – the whole
team plus the three of us, Teller and Jonathan
(Ross, the series’ host) and me – that we
wouldn’t be able to get it back up on its feet, but
instantly, it came back. I don’t think I’m being too
jingoistic to say that the magicians were even
better this time, and I just thought the show was
better all around.
It also looks beautiful. Vegas is a great place
to shoot a shiny-black-floor show, and the
audiences were wonderful. We had to bring them
in in the afternoon, whereas we do our (regular
Vegas) show in the evening, and we were
worried about that. It’s a big theater to fill, and
it filled up instantly. We were turning them away
like crazy.
Is it more comfortable to have had the show’s
whole season taped before it started airing?
I’m very happy about it, because I don’t have to
worry about falling into any superstitious cliches
like “knock on wood” or anything like that. We’ve
done it, it came out well, and we’re happy.
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
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ConanO’Brien
AFI Life Achievement Award:
A Tribute to Steve Martin on
Turner Classic Movies
What did it mean for you to be part of the
recent AFI Life Achievement Award salute to
Steve Martin?
Obviously, everybody loves Steve Martin and he’s
a massive star ... but it’s important to remember
that when he came along, he was like another
nuclear explosion. I felt like Oppenheimer
watching the atomic bomb go off. Steve Martin
changed everything.
He was the first stand-up (comedy) rock star, and
he was funny in such a different way. Everyone in
my generation’s eyes were opened by him, and I
was talking to Steve Carell about it at the event.
We were both so nervous to go up in front of
Steve Martin, because he means so much to us.
With all the people who honored him that
night, did you notice a generational difference
in the reactions of friends, peers and
admirers to him?
For so many of us, he’s “the guy,” and you could
tell that. Of course, there are people like Diane
Keaton and Martin Short who have known him
forever and love him, but it was so interesting
to see people like Carell and Tina Fey and Amy
Poehler and myself. Even though I’ve gotten
to know him, there are times when he’ll say
my name and I’ll think to myself, “Steve Martin
knows my name!”
It’s nice not to get jaded about that. I had a copy
of (Martin’s book) “Cruel Shoes” and the poster
of him with a fish coming out of his jacket, which
was in my room. You’re only 14 once, and we
were all feeling that way that night. I think we all
had a touch of, “Who are we to be here?” The
clip packages are so well-done and so many
people turned out, it’s really a good show to
check out.
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
of ‘7 Days in Hell’ on HBO and
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ on Fox
How much tennis training did you need for
your playing scenes in “7 Days in Hell”?
(Laughs) I could have used a little more
training. I was not in the best shape of my life
when we shot. But I think I had a little more
experience playing tennis than Kit. I think he
started taking tennis lessons like a day before
we started shooting. ... But he’s naturally
athletic. You know, he’s Jon Snow (Harington’s
character from ‘Game of Thrones’), he knows
what he’s doing. So we did the best we could
and then relied on the power of nonlinear
editing (laughs). But I played a little growing up.
My mom’s really good at tennis so I had taken
some lessons and played with her when I was
younger.
In playing your character of bad boy Aaron
Williams, did you seek behavior tips from
John McEnroe (who appears in “7 Days”)?
(Laughs) Well, I knew John a little bit because
he was in a few digital shorts when I was at
“SNL” and so obviously everyone’s aware of
him and knows that he’s really funny ... . But I
knew that he was aware of me and was willing
to mess around and do comedy stuff. So when
we were thinking of what legit tennis people
to ask to get involved, he was the first name
on our list because I just know he genuinely
gets comedy and is like a really sharp guy.
He’s done a ton of acting and his commentary
on the matches and everything, he’s just so
comfortable that we knew we could give heavy
story stuff to him that would also play really
funny. ...
Every time I’m talking to McEnroe, I’m giddy.
I’m a huge fan of him as a player as well, so
the fact that he is into comedy makes me very
happy.
FOOD
George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
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What book are you currently reading?
“I’m reading ‘Killing Patton’ right now,
actually.”
What did you have for dinner last
night?
“I was on an airplane, so it was some
kind of rubber pasta.”
What is your next project?
“My next project ... I kind of have my
regular routine so I’m looking forward to,
as soon as we get off this interview, I’ll
be on to my countdown show.”
When was the last vacation you took,
where and why?
“My whole life’s a vacation – that’s
an easy one. And that was Las
Vegas, Nevada. I just wound up (an
engagement) at Caesar’s at the
Colosseum with Reba (McEntire) and
Ronnie (Dunn).”
The steakhouse is the thing in Kix Brooks’ new Cooking Channel series
No matter what city he happens to
be in, country music artist Kix Brooks
tries to find out where the good
steakhouses are, and he shares
some of them with viewers in his new
Cooking Channel series “Steak Out
With Kix Brooks.”
“The thing I realized touring and
playing country music all over the
country,” the 60-year-old Louisiana
native says, “you jump off a bus and
there’s somebody hanging around
the bus. And you go, ‘Hey, where do
you get a good steak around here?’
And everybody’s got this 30-minute
story to tell you about their local
steakhouse and how it’s the best
steak in the world. And you just realize
communities really take pride in their
steakhouses.”
In the half-hour Tuesday series,
Brooks take viewers to cities such as
Dallas, Denver, New Orleans and New
York to those eateries that put their
own unique spin on the classic slab of
beef. He goes into the kitchens to talk
to the chefs and get some secrets,
and to watch how they prepare their
steaks.
What he discovers is shockingly
simple. The best steak chefs eschew
the marinades that many a backyard
barbecuer has embraced in favor of
just salt and pepper. Also, the beef
served at a restaurant is of a higher
quality than can be purchased at a
supermarket – prime compared to
Grade A. And all create their own
sauces for their steaks.
“I learned a lot about cooking down
reduction sauces and the things they
put in and the bones they put in and
how they add marrow and spices and
whatever ... instead of just dumping
some local steak sauce on top of what
you’re eating,” Brooks says. “That’s
what really separates these great
chefs.”
As for his own favorite cuts, Brooks
– who at one time raised beef cattle
– says, “It kind of depends on what
wine I’m drinking but I’m more inclined
to eat a rib eye or especially a strip. I
like a steak that’s got some marbling
and a little fat flavor doesn’t hurt my
feelings. But ... if I’ve got some fresh
shrimp (that) my buds from Louisiana
shipped me overnight, something like
that, I’ll also pull a filet for a little surf
and turf.
“The fun thing about raising your
own cattle,” he continues, “is there
are so many cuts of meat that are
underrated, that if you treat them the
right way, they can really be delicious.
So it’s all about how you cook it.”
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Celebrity ScooP
Peter
Mooney
Officer Nick Collins hasn’t had an easy time
romantically on “Rookie Blue,” but his portrayer
appreciates what that rocky love life has meant
dramatically.
Peter Mooney acknowledges with a laugh Nick’s
history of up-and-down relationships with fellow
cops Gail Peck (played by Charlotte Sullivan),
Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym) and – currently
– Juliet Ward (Erin Karpluk) on the Canadian-made
ABC series, now in its sixth season Thursdays. He
notes, though, that the feedback he gets tells him
the situation is completely realistic.
“I feel lucky that I’ve been able to be right at the
heart of that particular dynamic,” the pleasant
Mooney says. “It’s when I run into the officers who
work in Toronto on Saturdays that I hear things
like, ‘You know, dude, I was dating this girl at the
station, and ... .’ The stories they have for me are
generally along those lines, which I love.
“It’s a real thing, because you’re working odd
hours and odd schedules,” Mooney notes, “and
it’s a tough life for other people to understand.
People very often do end up in friendships and
relationships with the people they’re with in this line
of work, so it sort of makes sense. It surprised me,
coming onto the show, how true to life that was.”
If Mooney has gotten used to Nick’s heartbreaks,
he’s also become familiar with how easily the
character bruises in another way: He’s taken his
share of his physical lumps in dealing with the bad
guys, and by now, Mooney accepts it simply as part
of the job.
“Poor Nick,” the actor muses. “So far, I’ve done four
episodes with black eyes. He takes a beating more
often than not. (Making complex love connections
and taking punches) are my two major themes on
the series.”
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
Mi k eHo l mes
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Holmes is a professional contractor and the host and creator of the hit TV
series “Holmes on Homes,” “Holmes Inspection” and “Holmes Makes It Right.”
He is currently hosting a new series, “Home Free,” airing Wednesdays on Fox.
• Born Aug. 3, 1963, in Canada, to Shirley and
Jim Holmes.
• Began learning his craft at an early age from
his father, who was a licensed plumber employed
with General Motors as an engineer.
• After working in the building and renovation
industry for more than 20 years, Holmes was
asked to develop and host his own television
series, “Holmes on Homes,” which became an
international success and broke ratings records,
solidifying his career in television.
• In 2006, he launched The Holmes Foundation,
a charitable Canadian foundation to support the
training of youth in the skilled trades through
apprenticeships, scholarships and bursaries.
• He has been officially acknowledged by the
Canadian House of Commons for his promotion
of skilled trades and advocacy for improved
building standards, and holds two honorary
doctorates – a doctorate of technology from
the British Columbia Institute of Technology, as
well as a doctorate of pedagogy from Niagara
University.
• His no-nonsense, “Make It Right” approach
struck a chord with television audiences
worldwide, leading him to be named Forbes’ Third
Most Trustworthy Celebrity (2012) and Reader’s
Digest’s Second Most Trusted Canadian (2010).
• Supports a number of charities like SOS
Children’s Villages and also worked with Brad
Pitt and Make it Right Nola to help rebuild New
Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
• Besides “Holmes on Homes”, “Holmes
Inspection,” and “Holmes Makes It Right,” he
has been a host judge on “Canada’s Handyman
Challenge” and its across-the-border sister spinoff “All American Handyman.”
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CELEBRITY
“I’m talking from
my Oxfordshire
home in
the English
countryside. I have
been gardening
all day ... . I’m
absolutely at
one with nature
here. I love it.
It replenishes
me. ... Cooking
and gardening
– therapeutic and
very pleasurable
because you see
or taste the most
wonderful results.”
– Ben Kingsley of
“Tut” on Spike TV
“Looking back and seeing
what we’d done, it was really
moving and really gratifying.
There were moments of
sadness, especially when
we dedicated the auditorium
to Cory (Monteith, as his
character Finn Hudson). That
was a very hard scene to get
through for me ... in a good
way, though. It was really
touching.” – Jane Lynch of
“Hollywood Game Night” on
NBC, about the series finale
of “Glee”
“I’m really proud of what we’re making these
days ... and one of the things that’s fascinating
to me is that when I walk around, I get so
many 14- and-15-year-old kids coming up to
me. There’s stuff they saw me do online – it
doesn’t mean they watched it at 11:00 on TV –
but they’re watching remotes and video-game
reviews I’ve done. They’re into that whole kind
of comedy that’s really developed in the last
five years.” – Conan O’Brien of “Conan” on
TBS
CELEBRITY
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ON DVRs
Harold Reynolds of
Fox’s coverage of Major
League Baseball
“(Laughs) Kids shows. My
kids use it more than I do.
But I’ll record, sometimes,
college football games.
Mainly shows. I like
miniseries, like ‘Game of
Thrones’ and stuff like that,
are on my list right now.
So our house has a variety
of things. We have two
different TVs set up. The
kids have one that they do
most of their recording on
and I’ll record a lot of stuff
on the other.”
Ryan Seacrest of
“Knock Knock
Live” on Fox
“It’s ‘Anthony
Bourdain: Parts
Unknown’ for me,
always. I love that
show.”
David Hasselhoff of “Sharknado 3:
Oh Hell No!” on Syfy
“I like a lot of the HBO stuff; I just
watched ‘The Jinx: The Life and
Deaths of Robert Durst.’ Other than
that and things on Netflix like ‘House
of Cards,’ I’m so busy doing it, I don’t
have a lot of time to watch it.”
Michael Symon of “Burgers, Brews & ‘Que” on Food Network
“Currently, I’m watching ‘Orange Is the New Black.’ I watch a lot of
sports on TV (laughs). Yesterday I watched the entire U.S. Open. My
wife and I are big binge-watchers, so we’ll get on a show and watch it
through its entirety. So we did that with ‘Orange Is the New Black.’ We
did it back in the day with ‘Breaking Bad.’ So we like to sit down, make
a long weekend out of it and watch like 24 episodes of television.”
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STORY
TLC series
testifies
‘Answered Prayers’
Roma Downey hosts
“Answered Prayers,”
premiering Sunday
on TLC.
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STORY
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recounts ‘Answered
Prayers’ in TLC series
warm the hearts of those watching. Whether you are a
person of faith or not, who doesn’t like to see a story
resolved with a hopeful ending?
By Jay BObbin
Roma Downey knows a thing or two, or many more,
about prayers being answered.
Saying she begins and ends each day by praying, the
“Touched by an Angel” alum has become a major force
as a producer, generating faith-based television and
movie projects – including the recent “A.D. The Bible
Continues” and “The Dovekeepers” – along with husband
Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “Shark Tank”) as partners in
running the United Artists studio. She works both sides
of the camera as the host and an executive producer of
“Answered Prayers,” an unscripted TLC series premiering
Sunday, July 26.
“With our company LightWorkers Media (now a division
of United Artists), our interest always has been in
finding ways that we can light a candle rather than curse
the darkness,” Downey says. ‘Essentially, we want to
tell stories that are hopeful and uplifting, that elevate
and inspire. It seemed a natural way to bring hope to
television by telling stories about ordinary people in
extraordinary circumstances, who have had to call in
prayer to help them in their most desperate moments.”
The two examples in the “Answered Prayers” debut,
combining first-person recollections and dramatized
sequences: an Indiana woman who believes she’s
received a heavenly warning of a tornado that actually
strikes her family’s house several minutes later; and a
Florida couple torn over deciding whether to have their
young son’s leg amputated after a lawnmower accident.
“These stories celebrate the answers to those prayers,”
notes Downey, who acknowledges similar formats have
been used by true-crime series. “What really sets this
show apart is the spiritual element, and I think it will
“Certainly, we can turn the TV on at any moment in any
day and be horrified at the bad news that’s happening all
around our world. This was just to create something that
would offer a breath of fresh air for a Sunday night this
summer, where you could curl up with you whole family
and be inspired.”
The “Answered Prayers” subjects came to forthcoming
Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree Downey through
various avenues. “We put out the fishing net to churches
and communities all across the country to find these
amazing, often miraculous stories, and I have learned that
there are no atheists in the foxhole. In those moments
when all else seems to have failed, even people who
wouldn’t profess to have a belief in God have said that
they would cry out.”
Having “Answered Prayers” in the Sunday lineup is
significant for Downey, who allows “it’s a comfortable spot
for us.” NBC aired “A.D. The Bible Continues” there, and
she adds, “ ‘Touched by an Angel’ parked itself on Sunday
nights for many years. And ‘The Bible’ ran there, too.”
Downey admits the budget for “Answered Prayers” is
“pretty small,” testing her and her colleagues in staging
something on the order of a tornado, but she’s had bigger
funds for the movie remake of “Ben-Hur” that she and
Burnett are readying for release in February. “At its heart,
it’s a story of forgiveness and redemption,” she reflects,
“but it promises to deliver as a big action movie, and it
does. And it promises to deliver as a profoundly moving
faith movie, and it does.”
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STORY
A fresh
‘Face
Off’
McKenzie Westmore
returns as host of Season
9 of “Face Off” starting
Tuesday on Syfy.
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McKenzie
Westmore
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ready to ‘Face Off’
again – as a new
minister
By Jay Bobbin
When McKenzie Westmore began “Face Off,” she never
imagined she’d become an ordained minister who married
couples sporting special-effects makeup on the show.
Wild as that scenario may sound, it happens in the 100th
episode of the Syfy competition series, to be shown during
the ninth season that starts Tuesday, July 28. “I’ve always
been a very spiritual person,” the lively Westmore explains,
“and I always was very open to everything and anything.
“I became a member of the church that I belong to in Los
Angeles years ago because I wanted to, but also because
I wanted my son baptized in this particular church. When
I was approached to become a minister, it wasn’t even a
second thought. I was honored that they asked, but for it
to be part of the challenge of marrying couples in specialeffects makeup was so off-the-wall crazy and cool, of
course I was going to do it.”
That episode is slated for Aug. 11, and Westmore recalls
that during the taping, “as I was giving the vows of
marriage to these beautiful couples, I made eye contact
with one of the soon-to-be brides. And as I said, ‘With
the power vested in me ... ,’ there was a moment where
I paused. It was like, ‘Whoa! There’s power vested in me
right now?’ And she had tears coming down her face, and
it was unbelievably powerful for me. I started to choke up.”
Along with that new wrinkle, “Face Off” still gets down to
basic business, with 16 makeup artists divided into teams
of two to devise “aliens” that can be combined into a much
bigger and more fearsome creation. Genre experts Glenn
Hetrick, Ve Neill and Neville Page return as judges, with
someone Westmore knows very well – her Oscar-winning
makeup-master father, Michael (“Mask”) – back as the
contestants’ mentor.
Pictured: Host McKenzie
Westmore and her father
Michael Westmore
The former “Passions” co-star says it’s been “amazing”
to experience the show “through my father’s eyes. I even
wrote him a very long Father’s Day card and when he
opened it, he was like, ‘Whoo.’ During my childhood, he
wasn’t around a lot because he was doing this line of
work; now, as an adult, I ‘get’ it and I understand it.
“I wrote him, ‘I realize that for all those years you were
gone, it was for the love of your family and the love of
your craft. And I’m so grateful for the man that you are
and the way that you raised me.’ He’s very stoic, but that
was one of the few times I saw him ever so slightly give
a little bit of a hiccup.”
Also involving “Star Trek: The Next Generation” alums
Jonathan Frakes and Michael Dorn this time, “Face Off”
starts its new season with a Critics Choice Television
Award win for best reality competition series.
Westmore couldn’t attend the May ceremony in Los
Angeles due to New York commitments involving her
recently launched Westmore Beauty makeup line, but
“my parents had gone and I was in the hotel room, and
I got a call from my mom whispering into the phone,
‘We won!’ And I went, ‘What?’ I started crying, I was so
overjoyed. It’s a big deal, and we’re so appreciative.”
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STORY
Selling the
impossible with a
straight face on
‘The Carbonaro
Effect’
By George Dickie
Illusionist Michael Carbonaro doesn’t have much use for
show-off magicians. To him, their acts are more about
the magician and less about the magic.
Which is why, he says, he focuses the attention on the
prank and not on himself on his truTV hidden-camera
series “The Carbonaro Effect.”
“It’s very exciting to take magic into a new direction,”
says the 33-year-old native of Long Island, N.Y.,
“whereas a lot of times magic comes from a place of sort
of ego, like, ‘look what I can do that you can’t do.’ It kind
of comes across that way a lot and you’re always trying
to challenge the magician, you’re always trying to figure
out how the magician is doing it.
“So the whole conceit to take the magician out of
the equation and don’t even take responsibility for
(the prank) and just sort of ride the moment with a
real, unsuspecting public person who just witnessed
something magical happen, it’s an awesome ride and
we learn so much,” he continues. “You know, people are
really willing to believe in impossible things, which is
really beautiful.”
Michael
Carbonaro
pulls pranks
on the
unsuspecting
in the hiddencamera
series “The
Carbonaro
Effect,” which
returns for
its second
season on
truTV.
The premise of the half-hour series, which returns for
its second season Wednesday, July 29, is Carbonaro as
a clerk or employee somewhere in downtown Atlanta,
talking to a customer about a particular item at his place
of employ. In Season 1, that was the mummified cat that
appeared to come to life at an ancient Egypt museum
exhibit, the wedding-cake statuettes that appeared to
change positions and even repair themselves when
everyone’s back was turned or the self-tying shoelaces.
Season 2 promises more such seemingly impossible
occurrences. In one preview, Carbonaro convinces a
woman the hot tub in which she is sitting is filled with
piranha.
The reactions, of course, are always priceless but almost
as entertaining are Carbonaro’s straight-faced, matterof-fact explanations of the phenomena his victims think
they just witnessed.
“My favorite kind of person,” Carbonaro says, “is
somebody who has seen it happen and is amazed
because it shouldn’t be happening, and then they
wrestle with believing whether or not it just happened
and how it could have happened.”
“And it’s kind of cool that they believed it but not as good
as just watching voyeuristically, like the home viewer
gets to do, these wheels turning, trying to compute how
that could have just happened,” he continues. “And if
some of that ... selling it, some of the BS I give them,
that brings them closer to believing it, that’s like the
ultimate experience.”
STORY
J
S
ohn Smoltz has difficulty describing what his
initial thoughts were when he found out this
past January that he had been elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame.
“It was something you can’t prepare for,” says
the right-hander who won 213 games and saved
another 154 for the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red
Sox and St. Louis Cardinals in a career spanning
1988-2009. “It was really the strangest day of my
life because life goes on – right? – if you just don’t
get the call. I mean, I think about this now being the
third most significant call of my life. The first was
getting drafted, the second was getting traded and
third was you made the Hall of Fame. And it’s kind
of hard to really put into context how it all unfolded.”
Sunday, July 26, the 48-year-old Michigander will
be in a 2015 class that also includes fellow pitchers
Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez and second
baseman/catcher/outfielder Craig Biggio, as they
are inducted into the Cooperstown, N.Y., shrine in a
ceremony airing on MLB Network.
Smoltz, who currently works for MLB Network as a
game analyst, made his name as a starting pitcher
for the Braves, winning a World Series in 1995 and
a Cy Young Award the following year. At the time,
Smoltz was a part of a formidable Atlanta rotation
that also included future Hall of Famers Greg
Maddux and Tom Glavine, and playing with them,
he says, helped raise his game to another level.
“We had such a unique relationship away from
the game,” he says. “We played golf. We weren’t
all the same personalities but ... humbleness was
something you had to learn quickly. But for me
personally, playing with those two guys was a joy
and a tough scenario because I was the guy who
was supposed to win 20 every year. Those guys
were considered the pitchers, and the only tough
point was trying to figure out that I was unique and
that I had strengths and they had strengths as well.
“But everyone took turns driving the car for the
most part; I rotated in the back seat a lot,” he
continues. “So I enjoyed it, I really did. We did have
a blast together and it did work that way, you know,
from the standpoint of pushing each other without
anybody ever saying a word, and it was a fun ride.
It’ll never happen again mainly because of the
financial situation ... but what an incredible time.”
takes the podium
as Baseball Hall
inducts him and
three others
By George Dickie
John Smoltz is one of four players inducted into the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in a ceremony airing
Sunday on MLB Network.
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SPORTS
Story on next page
Name: Adarius Bowman
Date of birth: July 10, 1985
College: Oklahoma State,
North Carolina
Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tenn. Position: Slotback
Height/weight: 6 feet 3
inches/217 pounds
Uniform number: 4
CFL Teams: Saskatchewan
Roughriders, 2008; Winnipeg Blue
Bombers, 2009-10; Edmonton
Eskimos, 2011-present
Honors and achievements:
CFL leading receiver, 2014; CFL
All-Star, 2014
SPORTS
S
By Dan Ladd
Adarius Bowman could very well
have been a top receiver in the NFL.
Things didn’t work out, however, and
Bowman is currently a top slotback
for one of the Canadian Football
League’s best teams: the Edmonton
Eskimos. Bowman and the Eskimos
host the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Friday, July 31, on ESPN2. “The
Deuce” is carrying a number of CFL
matchups this summer.
Bowman led the CFL with 1,456
receiving yards in 2014, averaging
13 yards per reception with six
touchdowns in what is by far his
best season to date. With a 12-6
record, the Eskimos finished second
last season behind the Calgary
Stampeders (15-3) in the CFL’s West
Division. Calgary defeated Edmonton
in the playoffs on their way to
winning the Grey Cup.
During his senior year at Oklahoma
State in 2007, Bowman lined up
on the same scrimmage line as
freshman receiver Dez Bryant.
Bowman led Oklahoma State
in receiving that year and was
considered a first round draft pick.
Injuries on and off the field cost him
dearly and he went undrafted.
He was signed in 2008 by the
Roughriders and traded a year
later to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
before signing as a free agent with
Edmonton in 2011. That year he had
a breakout season, only to suffer
another injury in 2012. The Eskimos
showed their faith in him by signing
him through 2015.
AdariusBowman
Another productive year could find
Bowman not only a coveted free
agent in the CFL, but tempting to
NFL teams as well.
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MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
review
‘Ted 2’
isn’t hard to bear
“More of the same” often can be a snarky comment
about a movie sequel, but in the case of “Ted 2,” it
proves to be a pretty good thing.
After the huge box-office success of the first comedy
about the stuffed bear who curses endlessly and
engages in just about every known vice, there was no
doubt of a second chapter. Happily, director, co-writer
and Ted voice Seth MacFarlane has kept the merry
subversion intact – so any moviegoers already in the
know will get just what they came for.
It’s also part of what leads to the script’s second big
question: What constitutes what a person is?
Massachusetts’ state law doesn’t recognize Ted as
such, so a court case develops, with Amanda Seyfried
entering the scene as a delightfully free-spirited lawyer
who represents Ted – and John Slattery (“Mad Men”) as
the highly and expectedly unamused prosecutor. Even
Morgan Freeman gets in on the act, and it’s a kick to
see his typically sage image deployed for the purposes
of a smart-alecky toy bear. Several famous-face cameos
besides Brady’s also add to the entertainment value.
Basically, the story revolves around two questions. The
first: Can Ted father a child? Admittedly, that is quite a
proposition for a plush toy, but Ted reasons that may
be the only way to save his new marriage to cashier
Tami-Lynn (returnee Jessica Barth). His human pal
John (Mark Wahlberg, also back again) agrees, after
experiencing his own marital woes that have resulted
in his divorce from Lori (the first film’s Mila Kunis
character).
The best move made by “Ted 2,” though, is in keeping
MacFarlane on board. His sensibility is so basic to the
franchise’s DNA, entrusting it to anyone else simply
wouldn’t seem the same. Giovanni Ribisi also is back
as the nemesis who schemes against Ted, but the
tale smartly keeps that element in its place, whereas
another filmmaker might not have moved the saga along
very much by making that the major and obvious theme.
“Ted 2” likely is a bright spot these days for New
England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, whose sperm
figures into the plot (hey, it’s a “Ted” movie) and is a
big factor in one of the picture’s most riotous scenes.
Those who associate Ted with the idea of a summer of
fun will be pleased to know “Ted 2” maintains that link ...
even if a bar of soap would not be inappropriate for the
title star’s mouth. But what fun would that be?
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's movie review
movies to watch
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“THE WATER DIVINER”
Russell Crowe tries his hand at directing
for the first time – and directing himself as
well – with this drama in which he stars as
an Australian farmer who sets out across
Turkey to find his sons, all of whom fought
in the famed Gallipoli battle. He encounters
many other people impacted by that conflict,
including a woman (Olga Kurylenko, “Quantum
of Solace”) whose child (Dylan Georgiades)
he befriends. Ultimately, one of his sons’
battlefield enemies becomes his best hope of
locating them. Jai Courtney (“Divergent”) and
Isabel Lucas also appear. ››› (R: AS, V) (Also
on Blu-ray and On Demand)
Top Pick
DVD
Pictured: Russell Crowe
upcoming DVD releases
Coming Soon on DVD...
“TRUE STORY” (Aug. 4): A
reporter (Jonah Hill) seeks a
career rebirth by interviewing a
jailed killer (James Franco) who
has been posing as him.
(R: AS, P)
“FAR FROM THE MADDING
CROWD” (Aug. 4): Carey
Mulligan plays the much-pursued
Bathsheba Everdene in this
version of the classic Thomas
Hardy novel. (PG-13: AS, P, V)
“THE COMEBACK” (Aug. 4): All
of the original and more recent
episodes of Lisa Kudrow’s HBO
comedy series are combined in
this set. (Not rated: AS, P)
“INSURGENT” (Aug. 4): The
“Divergent” sequel finds Tris
(Shailene Woodley) trying to
find respite while being hunted
by enemies, physically and
psychically. (PG-13: AS, P, V)
“EVERY SECRET THING”
(Aug. 4): A detective (Elizabeth
Banks) suspects two young
women (Dakota Fanning, Danielle
Macdonald) of involvement in a
child’s disappearance.
(R: AS, P, V)
“UNFRIENDED” (Aug. 11):
Chat-room members are alarmed
to receive a message from a
classmate who committed suicide;
cast members include Heather
Sossaman. (R: AS, P, V)
Pictured: James Franco
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FAVORITE SHOWS
Jane Lynch hosts
“Hollywood Game Night”
George Hamilton
is featured in
“Celebrity Wife
Swap”
Steve Harvey hosts
“Celebrity Family
Feud”
Cat Deeley hosts “So
You Think You Can
Dance”
SUNDAY
8 p.m. on ABC
Celebrity Family Feud
A battle between former teen idols
who have kept their careers going
successfully leads this season finale,
as Joey Lawrence and Mario Lopez
bring respective family members into
a showdown over what the “survey
says.” Then, two Emmy winners and
classic television stars become similar
rivals as Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler
Moore Show”) competes against Vicki
Lawrence (“The Carol Burnett Show”),
both also joined by relatives. Steve
Harvey is the host. Season Finale
New
8 p.m. on E!
I am Cait Jenner
This much-anticipated eight-episode
series finds Caitlyn Jenner sharing
her experiences as she made her
transition from a gold medal-winning
Olympic athlete named Bruce Jenner
to her current identity as a woman,
including what that change has meant
to the relationships in her life and how
those people have been affected by
this decision. The series also sheds
new light on the challenges faced
by members of the trans community.
Series Premiere New
MONDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
So You Think You Can Dance
A new episode is titled “Top 18
Perform and Elimination,” but there
will be only 16 dancers left in the
competition by the time the two-hour
show ends. Viewers’ votes determine
which two depart, and judges Paula
Abdul, Jason Derulo and Nigel
Lythgoe will get their say as well. The
respective performances of street
dancers and stage dancers remains
interesting, given what the series’
theme is this season. Cat Deeley is
the host. New
TUESDAY
10:01 p.m. on NBC
Hollywood Game Night
“Everything’s Coming Up Rosie” ... as
in O’Donnell, as the title of this new
episode suggests, with the comedianactress among the celebrity players.
Constance Zimmer (“UnREAL”), “Weird
Al” Yankovic and several reality-show
personalities — home-improvement
continued on next page
FAVORITE SHOWS
expert Nate Berkus, Kevin O’Leary
(“Shark Tank”) and Chef Rocco
DiSpirito — also help a couple of
citizen contestants try to leave the
show with $25,000. Jane Lynch is
the host. New
WEDNESDAY
10 p.m. on ABC
Celebrity Wife Swap
Fans of “The Bachelor” will be in
their glory with this new episode,
since two veterans of that show —
Sean Lowe and Jason Mesnick —
are the ones who switch spouses.
If you’re familiar with them, you’re
likely also acquainted with their
respective mates, ex-“Bachelor”
contestants Catherine Guidici and
the former Molly Malaney. You
can bet they’ll all share stories
about their earlier reality-show
experiences in the course of the
household trade here. New
THURSDAY
8 p.m. on NBC
Food Fighters
A husband, father and firefighter
also sets out to prove himself a
cook of merit as the Georgia man
pits his kitchen skills against those
of pros — including celebrated
chef Lorena Garcia — in the new
episode “Fighting Fire With Food.”
After the hour’s initial stages pit him
against five experts, he faces off
against Garcia ... and if he triumphs
over all of them, a prize of $100,000
will be his. Adam Richman is the
host. New
10 p.m. on WE
L.A. Hair
Imitation may be the sincerest
form of flattery, but only up to a
point, as hair stylist Kim Kimble
discovers as this unscripted series
opens its fourth season. The lines
for a commercial battle royale
are soon drawn after another
celebrity stylist, the owner of his
own exclusive salon, decides to
expand his upscale brand into
Kim’s business turf of wigs and weaves.
The competition escalates as this new
season unfolds, and Kim’s whole staff
finds itself swept up into the drama.
Season Premiere New
FRIDAY
9 p.m. on FOX
Gotham
In “The Fearsome Dr. Crane,” Don
Maroni (guest star David Zayas)
decides to take Oswald Cobblepot
(Robin Lord Taylor) on a trip to test his
loyalty after Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett
Smith) spills one of Oswald’s secrets.
Gordon and Bullock (Ben McKenzie,
Donal Logue) track a killer who
chooses his victims from persons who
suffer from crippling phobias. Morena
Adam Richman hosts
“Food Fighters”
S
Baccarin also guest stars.
SATURDAY
8 p.m. on HALLMARK
Cedar Cove
A difficult divorce case rattles Olivia
(Andie MacDowell) following a fight with
Jack (Dylan Neal) in the new episode
“Something’s Gotta Give.” While Peggy
(Barbara Niven) invites Paul (Colin
Ferguson) to stay at the Thyme and
Tide Inn, Bob (Bruce Boxleitner) is
wary of the newcomer’s real intentions
toward Olivia. New town manager
Grace (Teryl Rothery) tries to assemble
the entire town for a group photo.
Brennan Elliott, Cameron Bancroft and
Sarah Smyth also star. New
Robin Lord Taylor stars in
“Gotham”
Andie MacDowell
stars in “Cedar
Cove”

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