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Bolt
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“My Last Days” • “Chesapeake Shores”
“Superstore” • Chris Harrison • Walton Goggins
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the story! 3 A Bolt to the front?
Usain Bolt vies for gold in three
events this week at the Rio
Olympics on NBC and other
outlets.
12-13 Justin Baldoni’s ‘Jane the
Virgin’ fame has helped land his
pet project ‘My Last Days’ on The
CW
FOOD
7 Andrew Zimmern won’t steer you wrong
REALITY
16 Here’s looking at Humphrey Bogart: Host Tiffany
Vazquez does during TCM’s ‘Summer Under the
Stars’
SPORTS
18-19 The Night Life: Joey Logano and the
NASCAR cuircut race under the lights at Bristol
MOVIES
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22-23 Our top suggested programs to watch
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Writers: Jay Bobbin, George Dickie, John Crook
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14-15 Former ‘Everwood’ dad
Treat Williams revises father-figure
image in ‘Chesapeake Shores’
17 America Ferrera’s NBC
comedy ‘Superstore’ makes an
early return for the Olympics
CELEBRITY
4 Chris Harrison keeps steering
‘Bachelor in Paradise’
5 Walton Goggins ‘intimidated’ by Bill
Murray
6 ‘Dr. Chris’ was discovered in a bar
8 Gold couldn’t lure Annika Sorenstam
out of retirement
9 More on Jason Cameron
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STORY
Bolt goes for
sweep No. 3 in Rio
Justin Gatlin vies for gold this week at the Rio Olympics on NBC and other outlets.
In the 100-meter event on Sunday, Bolt is certainly
vulnerable. Coming off a hamstring injury, he’ll be up
against a field that includes American Justin Gatlin, the
2004 Olympic champion in the 100 meter and the fastest
man in 2014 and 2015; fellow countryman Yohan Blake,
who owns the world’s second-fastest mark in that event;
and Team USA’s Trayvon Bromell, the bronze medalist at
the 2015 World Championships.
By George Dickie
He’s still considered the “fastest man alive” – just not as
fast as he once was.
And this week Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will try to do
what no man or woman has done in Olympic competition
as he endeavors to sweep the 100-meter, 200-meter and
4x100 events for the third-straight Summer Games at the
Rio Olympics beginning Sunday, Aug. 14, on NBC and
other outlets.
In the 200-meter on Thursday, Aug. 18, experts seem to
agree that Bolt will likely take home gold against a field
including Gatlin and Blake – assuming that he’s healthy.
The 29-year-old Bolt gave the crowds in Beijing a
memory they won’t soon forget back in 2008 when he
swept the three events, all in world record time. Four
years later in London, he repeated the feat – though he
didn’t set any speed records – to become the first to
sweep all three events in consecutive Olympics.
“Well, it’d be nice to be able to slow down but still be
the fastest man in the world,” says NBC studio host Dan
Patrick, “so when somebody says ‘slowing down,’ he’s still
faster than anybody else in the world. And once again,
we’re going to see how he reacts to that knowing that
there are younger guys – the margin of error is shrinking
for him but to still be the guy to beat in those events is
pretty remarkable.”
“It’s still the most fascinating event I saw in London when
he ran the 200 meters,” Patrick says, “and it’s one thing
to see somebody on TV running fast. It was something
completely different to be at the stadium at night and
to watch him make that turn – and I was sitting right at
the turn – and when he made the turn and was heading
for home, then you saw a different speed. TV does not
do him justice. And it didn’t last long. You know, it’s 20
seconds but man it was pretty incredible. It was very, very
powerful.”
The 4x100-meter event on Friday, Aug. 19, could be
where Bolt comes up short as Jamaica has one of its
weakest relay teams in years. The Americans could have
the advantage here.
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
ChrisHarrison
of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Monday on ABC
The current season of “Bachelor
in Paradise” is continuing the
“Bachelor”-“Bachelorette” franchise,
but what do you think about the
numerous other shows that have
tried a similar premise?
Now, I can say this without any doubt
... this is probably the most rippedoff franchise and format in the history
of television, because we’ve been
doing it so long. You go back to “Joe
Millionaire,” “Married at First Sight,”
whatever; there’s been a thousand of
them by now, on (broadcast) and cable.
They’re all flashes in the pan, and they
all fade away. Look at (Fox’s recent)
“Coupled”; it has not been a success,
by any stretch of the imagination. “The
Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” for
whatever reason, have struck a chord.
I think we have gained and earned
the trust of Bachelor Nation, and they
stick with us, time and again. And that’s
never taken for granted. We work our
butts off to stay true to what we do.
What do you make of Lifetime’s
scripted and award-winning take on
the reality-dating genre, “UnREAL”?
I probably should, but I just haven’t
taken the time to watch it. I haven’t
seen a full episode yet; I saw a bit
of one. The greatest form of flattery
is imitation, and to think that our
(franchise) is so big that an entire
scripted show has been created just
about it ... .
I mean, think about that in (terms of)
the history of television. A show was
created to emulate what we supposedly
do. That’s pretty phenomenal when you
think about it.
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
WaltonGoggins
of ‘Vice Principals’ Sunday
on HBO
How was working with Bill Murray
on the pilot episode of “Vice
Principals”?
How many people have gotten the opportunity
to work with Bill Murray over the course of his
career? He is an icon, he’s a national treasure
and it was extremely, extremely intimidating to
me initially because of how large he looms in
my imagination.
You know, I was born in 1971, so his movies
really informed my generation and changed
us. It’s like I know exactly where I was when I
watched “Caddyshack” for the very first time,
“Meatballs” for the very first time, “Ghost
Busters.” “Stripes” is literally one of my favorite
movies of all time. It’s as if they keep coming
and coming and coming and the hardest part
for me – and I was afraid this would happen
and it did indeed happen – is that I couldn’t
look at him with a straight face, man. I just
laughed when he gave that signature Bill
Murray look, and it’s just that thing that he has
and it was one of the highlights of my career,
really.
Was he as goofy on set as he is on
camera?
No, he’s got this – look, one of my favorite
Bill Murray movies, the one that really spoke
to me, is one that very few people reference
and that’s “The Razor’s Edge.” I’m a huge
Somerset Maugham fan and that’s the movie
that I most wanted to talk to him about
because I thought he was brilliant in that
film. But he’s a very serious guy. He’s a very
serious guy who’s hard to take seriously.
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
Dr. Chris Brown
of ‘Dr. Chris: Pet Vet’ Saturday on CBS
How do you balance your
TV shows with a veterinary
practice?
What is the most dangerous case you’ve ever had
to take on?
I’ve been charged by a rhino. I’ve had to deal with an
overly amorous bull elephant that I needed to (shoot with
a) tranquilizer dart in the wild because in his desperate
attempt to woo a lot of the girls, was basically destroying
the local area, knocking down trees, knocking down
houses and doing all sorts of everything. So I had to
sedate him and give him a contraceptive injection, so
that sort of curtailed his romancing a little bit.
I’ve probably lost more blood in my 12 years of being
a vet to Chihuahuas than any other animal. I think they
should be listed as the world’s most dangerous animal.
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It’s a real juggling act. I never
intended to be on TV. It was nothing
I ever planned on, it wasn’t anything
I was aiming for. I didn’t audition for
anything. I didn’t go to acting school
or presenting school. I was quite
happy being a vet in Sydney and
by the beach there, and then from
nowhere a TV opportunity came ...
and it’s kind of all snowballed into
what I do now, which is try to juggle
a very bizarre schedule. There are
no two weeks that are really the
same all year. It’s quite bizarre.
But in terms of how it happened, ...
I was actually in a bar on a Friday
night after a busy week at work.
And they were taking forever to
serve drinks and I got talking to
a few people at the bar and they
said, “What do you do?” I told them
a few funny stories about what
happened in the vet clinic that week.
Anyway, there’s a guy the whole
time standing behind me laughing
and shaking his head. And he came
up to me later on and said, “Come
on, what do you really do?” ... And I
said, “No, no, no. That’s what I really
do.” And he said, “Look, if that’s
really what you do, then here’s my
card, call me tomorrow. I’ve got an
idea for you.” And he was basically a
media agent ...
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FOOD
John Crook’s What's for Dinner
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Andrew Zimmern
won’t steer you wrong in
‘Driven by Food’
No matter whether you’re returning to a favorite destination or visiting a city for
the first time, your best source for a great dining experience could be sitting
in the taxi seat in front of you, says the host of “Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by
Food,” premiering Tuesday, Aug. 16, on Travel Channel.
Best known for his willingness to tuck into “bizarre foods” on his other shows,
in this new eight-episode series Zimmern helps travelers expand their dining
options by changing where they get their information.
“When you ask the doorman or the cab driver or the shopkeeper, ‘What’s good
to eat around here?,’ you’re likely to get a much different answer than from
a hotel concierge,” Zimmern explains. “I’m not anti-concierge. I’m just really
bullish on all the information I get from people who are situated differently to get
information.”
The series premiere finds Zimmern on his most recent visit to Rio de Janeiro.
Thanks to guidance from three different drivers, he samples some of the
freshest and most authentically Brazilian food this vibrant city has to offer.
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Among the sites on his culinary itinerary are the city’s favelas, where Rio’s poorest citizens live. Once shunned due to
crime and hygiene issues, many of these neighborhoods have been cleaned up and rendered more tourist-friendly.
“The reason I suggest that travelers go in there is that Rio, like other cities, has many glamorous restaurants, but all the
poor people who come from greater Amazonia go to live in these favelas,” Zimmern says. “They’re the only places they
can afford and they bring their native food with them.”
Zimmern also encourages travelers to ask locals specifically if they know of any home restaurants or otherwise underthe-radar eateries.
“Nearly all of the South American countries have them,” he says. “It’s part and parcel of the culture there, and it’s
getting more and more popular in Europe and Asia. I just want to stimulate viewers’ minds to the notion that there are
alternatives like these places.”
Future episodes feature London, Bangkok and Berlin among their destinations.
What do you usually eat when you’re at
home?
Everyone imagines that there’s a giant
fermented possum in the middle of my dining
room table every evening. I live in the upper
Midwest in a leafy suburb with my wife and my
son and several pets. The other night we made
a farmer’s market salad with local lettuces
and tomatoes, stir-fried okra and roasted
new potatoes and a chicken that I put on the
backyard rotisserie.
What did you
have for dinner
last night?
I had a hamburger
and French fries
at a jazz club,
listening to some
friends who were
performing in
Minneapolis.
Where did you
go on your last
vacation?
We went to Belize in
March for my son’s
school break, and we
did five days with my
11-year-old in New
York City in June,
before he went to
sleepaway camp.
What are you reading?
A book of short stories by
Somerset Maugham, my
favorite writer.
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Celebrity ScooP
Annika
Sorenstam
Annika Sorenstam, one of the greatest female
golfers of all time, has multiple honors to her
name, including 72 LPGA wins (plus another 18
international), 10 major championships, eight
Player of the Year awards, $22 million in career
winnings and enshrinement in the World Golf
Hall of Fame.
But there is only one thing missing: an Olympic
gold medal. And as women’s golf gets going for
the first time in Olympic competition since 1904
in the Rio Olympics Wednesday, Aug. 17, on
NBC and Golf Channel, the 45-year-old analyst
says she was never once tempted to come out of
the retirement she began in 2008 to compete.
“I would have loved the opportunity to represent
Sweden in the Olympics,” she says. “It really
would have been special, but I never considered
coming out of retirement for it. I have moved
on and don’t look back. I’m enjoying my young
family and the various business ventures we
have. Sweden has great young players who will
carry the torch for our country. I am happy for
this generation to have the opportunity.”
Sorenstam’s love of golf is lifelong but it wasn’t
the only sport in which she participated growing
up near Stockholm. In addition to playing soccer,
she was also a nationally ranked tennis player
and a good enough skier that she attracted the
attention of the coach of the Swedish national ski
team.
But by age 12, she decided golf was for her and
her parents encouraged her love of the game.
“My sister and I used to go to the course with
my parents,” she says. “I remember riding their
pull carts like a horse and getting ice cream at
the turn. We had a great time and looking back
I think it was smart of my parents to make the
golf course somewhere that we associated with
family and fun.”
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Business ventures: A golf academy,
a clothing line, golf course design and
a wine label – all under the ANNIKA
brand name
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
JasonCameron
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- A native of Toledo, Ohio, he was born April 19, 1969.
- At age 13, he and his family moved to Dodge City, Kansas for
a short time, where he started and operated his own summer
business, JC’s Window Washing Service, to help the family make
ends meet.
- In his last two years of High School, Jason worked as a
carpenters assistant.
- He attended Northern Michigan University, where he received
a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. He has
also received numerous certifications as a personal trainer,
specializing in strength and conditioning.
- In addition to a personal training business, he worked his way
through college as a framer and all around construction worker.
Jason Cameron is a TV personality, actor
and licensed carpenter who can be seen
on the DIY Network
- In 1999, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. While in NYC he met his wife Maryanne and had a
few minor acting roles in such shows as “Sex and the City,” “Guiding Light” and “All My Children.” He was also in a
national Zip Lock commercial.
- He has worked as a fitness model and Spokesman for “Men’s Health” magazine and has appeared on the pages of
“Men’s Health,” “Men’s Fitness,” “Maxim” and “GQ” and was on the cover of “Muscle Media.”
- He auditioned as an on-screen carpenter for the TLC program “While You Were Out” in 2003 and got the job to join in
the second season. He stayed on until the end of the show in 2006.
- While living in New Jersey, he obtained his home improvement contractors license, which he used along with his finish
carpentry skills to help make ends meet.
- He was invited by the DIY Network to participate in their landscape makeover show “Desperate Landscapes” in 2007.
He also became the host of “Man Caves,” “Project Xtreme” and “Sledgehammer” on the same network.
- In his spare time he loves playing sports, reading, hiking, mountain biking, and of course, going to the gym.
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CELEBRITY
“I’m a big proponent of trying to work on
future records even before the current record
comes out … because honestly, by the time
you finish the record you’re working on,
you’ve heard those songs over a thousand
times apiece. And as an artist, you’re like,’It’s
time to write something new.’ “ – Thomas
Rhett, seen recently on “CMA Music
Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on ABC
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“I was always
focused on the
entertainment
industry … but all
of a sudden, when
I put my mind to
tasks that were of
a business nature,
I was pretty happy
with the way I was
able to achieve
certain things. And
when I left that
show, my mind
didn’t stop spinning,
so I decided to
employ what I
learned to provide
for my own family.”
– Ian Ziering,
seen recently in
“Sharknado: The
4th Awakens” on
Syfy, about his
post- “Celebrity
Apprentice”
business
endeavors
“To me when I think
about the history of
Monday Night Football
when I was a kid, it was
Howard Cosell and Don
Meredith and it was
fun. It was kind of lighthearted in some ways
and unpredictable and
you kind of never knew
what they were going
to say. Not that we’re
going to do that but I do
think it should be fun.”
– ESPN football play
by play commentator
Sean McDonough
CELEBRITY
ON DVRs
“
America Ferrera of “Superstore” on NBC
Definitely ‘Game of Thrones,’ I like ‘Girls,’ and I’m a ‘Veep’
fan. And I did watch ‘O.J.:Made in America’; that was a
DVR-ed binge-watch moment.
”
Jack Osbourne of
“Ozzy and Jack’s
World Detour” on
History
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Last
Week Tonight,’ ‘Walking
Dead.’ My wife’s a big
fan of ‘Chopped,’ so we
have lots of ‘Chopped’
on there. And then
when my father-in-law
comes to stay, he often
programs the golf, so
I have like 42 hours of
golf saved on my DVR
right now and I don’t
know why.”
Rowdy Gaines of the Rio Olympics on
NBC and multiple outlets
“Well, right now I’m recording
‘Bachelorette.’ I love ‘The Bachelorette’
(laughs). Listen, I have four daughters,
dude. I’m very in touch with my feminine
side. My wife and I love ‘Bachelorette’ and
I’ve got the O.J. Simpson documentary
recorded that I haven’t watched yet.”
Justin Baldoni of “My Last Days” on The CW
“My favorite show is a tie between ‘The Flash’
and ‘Madam Secretary.’ I also enjoy ‘Last Week
Tonight With John Oliver’; I resonate deeply
with that show. And the other one is ‘Silicon
Valley.’ it’s such a genius show, so clever.
Laughing out loud is such therapy.”
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STORY
By Jay Bobbin
For proof that being on a popular series
can help your other projects, ask Justin
Baldoni.
‘Jane the Virgin’s’
Justin Baldoni
helps others document
‘My Last Days’
in CW miniseries
Even before starting his run as Rafael on
“Jane the Virgin,” the actor was producing
and hosting an online documentary series
titled “My Last Days,” in which terminally ill
individuals talk about their situations and
experiences. The venture is now getting
broadcast-network exposure with new
episodes, which The CW will air two per
night in hour-long installments Wednesday
through Friday, Aug. 17 through 19. It
also has inspired the launch of a new
digital channel, CWGOOD, which will offer
extended versions of the episodes.
“It’s been a pretty miraculous journey,”
reflects Baldoni, who has made “My Last
Days” through his production company
Wayfarer. “I had left the acting business
because, frankly, I had a really hard go
of it. My first love was always creating
and telling stories, and I left acting to do
‘My Last Days,’ this little documentary
show that would possibly air to no one on
YouTube. I dedicated my life for over a year
to telling the stories of these incredible
people who were giving me their most
valuable asset in their last days ... which
was their time.”
Among those profiled in “My Last Days,”
found from coast to coast through
such means as blogs and social-media
searches: cystic fibrosis patient Claire,
who created a foundation to support others
with that condition; gospel singer Kendrick,
whose rare form of sleep apnea hasn’t
kept him from trying to finish his fourth
album; Kat, determined to keep living life
on her own terms despite stomach cancer;
and “Darth Vader,” whose leukemia hasn’t
deterred him from completing numerous
half-marathons and Tough Mudder
competitions.
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STORY
Continued from previous page
“It was a service, it was about love,” Baldoni
maintains of making the show. “it wasn’t about
anything else except how we could tell these stories
and, hopefully, help people fall in love with these
souls who are dying ... in an attempt to see the
areas of their own lives that they can improve, and
how blessed they are. If these people are able to
forgive people and find happiness despite these
insurmountable obstacles, why can’t we do that? If
anything, the show is about hope and that anything
is possible.”
Originally, the second iteration of “My Last Days” was
aimed for the digital network CW Seed. Rick Haskins
– The CW’s chief of marketing and digital programs
– became a major champion of the program, and
Baldoni says, “We both believed that the purpose of
media was to do good, and we just started talking
and going deep. After Season 1 of ‘Jane the Virgin,’
I went off and shot these documentaries. Originally,
they were supposed to be short, 10 to 12 minutes;
the stories were so good, though, I ended up making
35-minute documentaries. We were so blown away
by these stories, we couldn’t cut them down. (CW
president) Mark Pedowitz said, ‘People really need to
see them.”’
“Jane the Virgin’s” Justin Baldoni
is the producer and host of ‘My
Last Days’ Wednesday through
Friday on The CW
As it turned out, one person showcased in “My
Last Days” found out they weren’t terminal. Baldoni
prefers that viewers discover which one by watching:
“She was the one we felt was closest (to dying). She
had a surgery and the doctor said, ‘You know what?
You’re no longer terminal.’ Another just found out her
brain cancer is back, so we’re trying to find ways to
help her. These people become family. There’s no
difference between them and a cousin or a brother
for us. Every time there’s a loss ... I should be going
to years and years of therapy.”
Baldoni is getting an opportunity to move “My Last
Days” into the feature-film realm, since a book by
one of the original subjects is being turned into a
Warner Bros. movie that Baldoni will produce and
direct. He readily notes he may be calling on the
talents of his “Jane the Virgin” comrades and other
colleagues for the film: “Oh, yeah. I’m so excited to
actually start shooting the movie, because I have
many dear friends I can’t wait to give jobs to.”
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STORY
By Jay Bobbin
Treat Williams knows something about
playing a flawed father figure.
He did so for four seasons on “Everwood,”
and he’s had other opportunities since, on
“White Collar” and “Against the Wall” and
in his recurring role as Severide’s (Taylor
Kinney) dad on NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” He
tackles another such character, and one
with even a bit more edge, as the Hallmark
Channel drama “Chesapeake Shores”
– inspired by a book series by Sherryl
Woods – premieres Sunday, Aug. 14.
A mainstay of the title Maryland town,
Williams’ new alter ego Mick O’Brien
perpetually clashes with his similarly
stubborn businesswoman daughter Abby
(Meghan Ory, “Once Upon a Time”), a
divorced mother of twins who returns
home for a visit. Her stay becomes seriessuitable longer, though, after she runs
into her ex-flame Trace (Jesse Metcalfe,
formerly of “Desperate Housewives” and
“Dallas”) and realizes her hometown might
be a better environment for her to connect
more deeply with her young daughters.
Treat Williams
finds a new
TV home in
‘Chesapeake
Shores’
“I’m very excited about this,” Williams says.
“One of the most exciting things is that we
have a wonderful writer, (‘Judging Amy’
and ‘Chicago Hope’ alum) John Tinker, who
oddly enough grew up in the Connecticut
town across the river from me at about the
same time. And the cast is bonding, and I
think we’re all starting to figure it out.”
Williams maintains “Chesapeake Shores”
has “a completely different dynamic” from
“Everwood,” citing Mick as “a very tough,
complex guy who is just crazy for his
children and not quite able to show it in
the right way. I think it’s going to be an
interesting ride. There are moments when
you think, ‘This guy’s too tough on his
kids,’ then it’s revealed that he’s completely
devoted to his family and would do
anything for them.”
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STORY
Meghan Ory
and Jesse
Metcalfe
star in
“Chesapeake
Shores,”
premiering
Sunday on
Hallmark
Channel.
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Also prominent in the “Chesapeake Shores” cast: Barbara
Niven as Megan, the wife who left Mick and her family,
but returns at his behest after almost 20 years; and Diane
Ladd, playing O’Brien family matriarch Nell. Williams
has a special connection to Ladd, since one of his most
esteemed movies – the 1985 drama “Smooth Talk” – cast
him opposite her daughter, Laura Dern.
“I adore her,” he says of Ladd, “and our stuff together gets
better and better as the show progresses. Diane is one of
the last of a breed, the Actors Studio-trained actors. She
was having flirtations with Marlon Brando back in the day,
and she was married to Bruce Dern, of course. She’s just
a wonderful addition to the cast, and I’m very honored to
have her in it.”
Apart from the television career that also saw him gueststar on CBS’ “Blue Bloods” last season, “Prince of the City”
and “Hair” veteran Williams (who remains close to many of
his “Everwood” co-stars) remains committed to his work
on stage and in film. He intended to star in a summer
staging of “Man of La Mancha” before production on
“Chesapeake Shores” was moved up, and he played the
title role in the recent movie “The Congressman.”
Having finished two more films and heading to Italy
soon to make another, Williams doesn’t know when or if
“Chicago Fire” will call again, but he notes he’s always
ready for it: “I have felt so welcomed. I wasn’t treated as
though I were a visitor, I was immediately embraced as
a member of the cast. I don’t know if they’ll call back, but
if they do, I’ll jump. It’s a great group of guys.”
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STORY
Weekend host Tiffany
Vazquez gives Humphrey
Bogart his due on TCM
By Jay Bobbin
If Humphrey Bogart had a lot of meaning to Tiffany
Vazquez before, he surely has even more now.
The newest and youngest member of Turner Classic
Movies’ permanent hosting team that also includes
Robert Osborne (who’s been on a medical leave) and
Ben Mankiewicz, the winner of the channel’s 2014
Ultimate Fan Contest now has Saturday afternoons as
her domain there – so she introduces several Bogart
classics during “his day” in TCM’s annual “Summer Under
the Stars” festival on Aug. 20. Included are “Passage to
Marseille,” “Dark Passage,” “Key Largo” and the film many
consider to be the actor’s greatest, “Casablanca.”
“On the one hand, it was very nerve-racking,” the pleasant
Vazquez allows of doing those segments, “because it’s
TCM, and out of all the classic stars, the most classic
is arguably Humphrey Bogart. And arguably his most
classic film is ‘Casablanca’ … but at the same time, TCM
has played it so many times, it’s not like it’s ‘all me.’ There
have been so many intros to it, I figured, ‘Hmm. Maybe it’s
just a rite of passage.’ And every classic film fan knows
‘Casablanca.’ It’s almost a ‘comfort film’ for us.”
On a broader scale, Vazquez says she appreciates
Bogart for his “balance of toughness and a little bit of
softness. I’ve always loved his voice, and I like him in
his personal life, too. There’s that story where Dorothy
Dandridge moved into his and Lauren’s (Bacall)
neighborhood, and neighbors were protesting and saying
she had to move out. And he basically made everyone
change their minds. The minute I heard that story, I knew
I liked him.”
With her longtime love of movies, Vazquez knew she
wanted to be involved in that world somehow. After
earning a graduate degree (her second one) in cinema
studies from New York University, she hesitated to pursue
directing and/or screenwriting because “I didn’t know if I
had something to say … but after a while, I realized that I
loved films in a way that I wasn’t just a fan. I got incredible
emotional responses from films that I don’t think a lot of
my friends did.
“I wanted to live in a lot of these movies, and I was
incredibly touched that someone who made a movie
before I was born – or before my mother or grandmother
were born – could make something that would affect
me very deeply, and that would be around for me to see
years and years later.” Thus, Vazquez admits that when
she got the invitation to return to TCM on a weekly basis,
“I definitely cried. I hadn’t expected that.”
In her full-time job, Vazquez heads the film-content
department at the online search-engine company GIPHY,
and the native New Yorker muses that her co-workers
there are “fine” with her very visible TCM role. In handling
four movies each Saturday, she’ll have chances to
present many more, and she admits there are certain
ones she’s looking forward to talking about.
“I was able to pick ‘Rebel Without a Cause,’ the first one I
introduced in June, and I was very excited about that. I’d
love to introduce ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Cabin in the Sky’ and
‘Stormy Weather,’ which has one of the Nicholas Brothers’
great dance scenes. I would love to talk more about Lena
Horne and anything she’s ever done. I’d love to talk about
anybody, but people who had to struggle and remained
true to themselves are amazing to me.
“There’s always going to be something new to say about
a movie,” Vazquez concludes. “That’s why TCM exists.”
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STORY
For one night only,
‘Superstore’ has
an Olympics sale
By Jay Bobbin
“Superstore” is reopening for business a little early.
As the closing weekend of Summer Olympics begins on
Friday, Aug. 19, NBC will give the non-sports part of that
night to a “preview” of Season 2 of the America Ferrerastarring sitcom (which begins its sophomore round in
earnest Thursday, Sept. 22). Appropriately, the story is
Olympic-themed: “Saturday Night Live’s” Cecily Strong guest
stars as a medal-winning gymnast and idol of big-box store
employee Amy (Ferrera), with actual gold medalists Apolo
Anton Ohno, Tara Lipinski and McKayla Maroney appearing
as themselves.
“It’s amazing to get this much support and faith in the show
from NBC,” friendly “Ugly Betty” Emmy and Golden Globe
winner Ferrera says of the extra “Superstore” airing. “It’s an
opportunity to get to do some fun stuff, a great match for
the world that we’ve built in the show for something that’s
so universally celebrated to be the theme of one of our
episodes.”
Also a producer of “Superstore,” Ferrera notes the Olympic
tale stands apart from the way Season 1 left the characters,
most of whom had walked off their jobs to protest a
situation linked to the Cloud 9 store’s lack of paid maternity
leave. “We will be picking up from that place in the season
premiere,” she vows. “This is just a fun teaser before we
get back to ‘programming as scheduled.’ This is just a little
bonus. Actually, a big bonus.”
The cast and crew of “Superstore” have had some time
to plan out their return, since they received their Season
2 renewal in February, well before the traditional May
announcement of network plans for the next TV year.
“It’s very nice to know that you’re coming back,” Ferrera
confirms. “That we could start getting to work in terms of
breaking the stories and writing the episodes was really
helpful.”
As she delves back into “Superstore,” Ferrera – who
also had a recurring role on “The Good Wife” and will be
a celebrity correspondent on the Epix series “America
Divided,” premiering Sept. 30 – is winding down a
memorable summer that encompassed a June reunion
with many of her former “Ugly Betty” colleagues at the
ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas.
“I am not someone who likes to let go of people I love,”
she says, “and my ‘Ugly Betty’ cast is family to me. While
we all see each other all the time in different groups of
people, we had this amazing opportunity to all come
together. It felt like a day hadn’t passed since we were
shooting the show, and that was really, really special.
“I was at the ATX Festival doing the ‘Betty’ reunion and
also a ‘Superstore’ panel,” Ferrera adds, “so at one
point, both of my casts were together. It was really
overwhelming to realize that I’ve had such fortune
getting to work on shows I love, with people who are so
extremely talented.”
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SPORTS
JoeyLogano
Defending champ
returns for
NASCAR’s night
race
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stats Full Name: Joseph Thomas Logano
No.: 22
Born: May 24, 1990
Owner: Team Penske
Birthplace: Middletown, Connecticut
Honors & Achievements: NASCAR Sprint Cup
All-Star Race Winner, 2016; Daytona 500 winner, 2015;
Rookie of the Year, 2009
Height/Weight: 6-foot, 2-inches/180-pounds
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SPORTS
By Dan Ladd
The NASCAR regular season is
winding down, and with just five
races to go before the Chase
for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Championship begins, drivers
continue to vie for position as
the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night
Race airs Saturday, Aug. 20 on
NBCSN. Among those drivers is
Joey Logano, who defends his
2015 victory under the lights at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
Logano is holding steady in his
contention for the Chase. He
really turned it on at this time
last season, winning at Bristol
and on the road course at
Watkins Glen in New York two
weeks prior, but after winning
all three races in the Contender
Round of the Chase he came
up short in the Eliminator Round
and did not compete in the final
Championship race.
At press time Logano has had
two wins in 2016, the All-Star
race and a win at Michigan in
June. Eight top-five finishes
and an average finish of 11.7
have kept him near the top of
the standings. After finishing
sixth at the Daytona 500 he
would experience two DFNs in
April, during which time he also
finished tenth at Bristol.
JoeyLogano
The steep, half-mile concrete
oval at Bristol remains one of
the classic racing tracks on
the NASCAR circuit. Seating
165,000 spectators it is
considered a true amphitheater,
and the largest one at that,
for racing and other events,
including football games. It’s
been a leading stock car track
since 1961.
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JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
MOVIES
No harm in calling upon the new
‘Ghostbusters’
Our Take
Who ya gonna
call? Well, that’s
easy.
The ladies give
it a game try
(along with Chris
Hemsworth,
adding to the
story’s gender
reversal as their
secretary), but
it doesn’t come
with the ease it
did back in 1984
... which is not to
say there aren’t
funny moments,
and director Paul
Feig gives Jones
a lot of them, but
McKinnon makes
many of her own
just facially (as
she’s done so
often on “SNL”).
Unless you’ve
been on Mars for
the last year or two
– and even there,
you’d probably
have heard about
this – there’s a new
“Ghostbusters,” this
time an all-female
team of fighters of
the supernatural.
They’re played by
Melissa McCarthy
and (not unlike
the first time)
several veterans
of “Saturday Night
Live,” those now
being Kristen Wiig,
Kate McKinnon
and Leslie Jones.
Their mission is
the same one
we’ve known about
fighting ghosts for
the past 30-plus years: Be on time, and don’t get slimed.
Each of the main characters has her expected quirks,
but how those work in concert is what makes or breaks
“Ghostbusters.” Think back to how well Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and company played off each
other – and with the notable absence of the late Harold
Ramis, most of those actors have cameos here, so you
don’t have to think too hard. While that’s a predictable
move, it’s also a chancy one, since it immediately invites
comparison.
McCarthy and McKinnon play the initial partners in the
new spectre-erasing business, with Wiig as a more
strait-laced associate who joins then, with Jones as the
eventual fourth teammate who brings Transit Authority
knowledge and experience to the effort.
Still, this
“Ghostbusters”
is much more
mannered than
Pictured: Melissa McCarthy
you might expect
for the talents
involved. Feig is
the filmmaker who
yielded “Bridesmaids” and several of the other raunchier
comedies of recent years, but it’s likely that he’s kept
things tamer here both as a tribute to the original movie
and to have it accessible to a wider audience (translation:
“Ka-ching!” at the box office).
Having a property as valuable and beloved as
“Ghostbusters” is a catch-22 for a studio. It’s worth
revisiting, but you don’t want to do it in such a radical way
that it’s off-putting to those who revere the still-popular
original. Feig, co-writer Katie Dippold (who also worked
with him and McCarthy on “The Heat” and their cast have
walked that line successfully, but to the degree that you
sometimes wonder why there even had to be a remake.
In the end, the new “Ghostbusters” is still ghostly, but not
ghastly.
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MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's movie review
movies to watch
“THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE”
Actually, only some of the title characters actually are angry in this animated feature inspired by the
popular app. Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Danny McBride voice three flying friends who aren’t
readily accepted by others in their island habitat, but they may end up coming to the rescue of all
concerned when green piggies suddenly invade. Also in the voice cast are Sean Penn – yes, really
– Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Tony Hale (“Veep”), Keegan-Michael Key and “Saturday Night
Live” veterans Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon and Bill Hader. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary;
bonus scene; music video; photo gallery. ››› (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
Top Pick
DVD
Coming Soon on DVD...
Pictured: Emily Blunt
“THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR”
(Aug. 23): Battling sisters (Charlize
Theron, Emily Blunt) pose big
challenges for the Huntsman (Chris
Hemsworth) and his true love (Jessica
Chastain). (PG-13: AS, V)
“THE NIGHT MANAGER” (Aug. 30):
Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie star
in the suspense series based on John
Le Carre’s novel of an ex-soldier’s
probe of a businessman. (Not rated:
AS, P, V)
“ROOTS” (Aug. 23): The remake
of the landmark miniseries about
author Alex Haley’s family background
features Forest Whitaker and
Laurence Fishburne. (Not rated: AS, V)
“MONEY MONSTER” (Sept. 6): A
televised financial adviser (George
Clooney) is held captive by a vengeful
investor (Jack O’Connell); Julia
Roberts also stars. (R: AS, P, V)
“THE JUNGLE BOOK” (Aug. 30):
In Disney’s live-action version of the
Rudyard Kipling classic, Mowgli (Neel
Sethi) interacts with animals that have
the voices of Bill Murray, Scarlett
Johansson and others. (PG: V)
“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR”
(Sept. 13): Captain America (Chris
Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey
Jr.) lead opposing factions of Marvel
superheroes. (PG-13: P, V)
Family Viewing Ratings
AS Adult situations
P Profanity
V Violence
N Nudity
GV Graphic Violence
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FAVORITE SHOWS
Diane Ladd
stars in
“Chesapeake
Shores’’
Lauren German stars
in “Lucifer’’
Justin Baldoni hosts
“My Last Days’’
SUNDAY
9 p.m. on HALLMARK
Chesapeake Shores
In this new series of TV movies
adapted from the novels of Sherryl
Woods, Meghan Ory (“Once Upon a
Time”) stars as divorced New York
businesswoman and mother of two
Abby O’Brien, who returns to her
Maryland hometown of Chesapeake
Shores after getting a panic-stricken
call from her sister, Jess (Laci
Mailey), whose inn is failing. Almost
immediately Abby is swept back
up in drama involving an old flame
(Jesse Mecalfe) and assorted family
tensions. Treat Williams, Diane Ladd
and Barbara Niven also star. Series
Premiere New
MONDAY
9:30 p.m. on CBS
The Odd Couple
It might seem surprisingly late for
Felix (Thomas Lennon) to learn how
to drive, but for the unsuspecting
Emily’s (Lindsay Sloane) benefit, he
undertakes that mission in “Road
Scholar.” He asks others in his inner
circle for help — with the notable
exception of Oscar (Matthew Perry),
who’s miffed about not being included.
Lennon’s “Reno 911!” comrade Robert
Ben Garant guest stars. Wendell
Pierce and Yvette Nicole Brown also
star.
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Lindsay Sloane stars in
“The Odd Couple’’
TUESDAY
9 p.m. on FOX
Lucifer
No wonder Lucifer’s (Tom Ellis) former
associates are worried about his
recent about-face when it comes to
evil: “A Priest Walks Into a Bar” finds
a man of the cloth (guest star Colman
Domingo) turning to the former lord
of hell for help when he suspects
drug lords have set up shop at a
neighborhood center for at-risk youth.
Elsewhere, Malcolm (guest star Kevin
Rankin) arranges to spy on Dan (Kevin
Alejandro). Lauren German and DB
Woodside also star.
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FAVORITE SHOWS
WEDNESDAY
9 p.m. on CW
My Last Days
Produced and hosted by “Jane the
Virgin” co-star Justin Baldoni, this
documentary miniseries — inspired
by an online show and airing
nightly through Friday — profiles
several individuals who are dealing
with terminal illnesses. Featured
in the opening hour: Claire, the
cystic fibrosis patient behind a
foundation to help others with the
condition; and “Darth Vader,” who
has competed in Tough Mudders
and half-marathons despite having
leukemia. Series Premiere New
FRIDAY
8 p.m. on CBS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Is a fire meant as a cover for the
theft of top-secret evidence on
possible terrorists? Callen and Sam
(Chris O’Donnell, LL Cool J) pose as
firefighters to determine the truth in
the aptly titled episode “Where There’s
Smoke ... .” Given the circumstances,
the agents have to mind their own
safety while also keeping focused on
the larger assignment. Linda Hunt,
Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen and
Miguel Ferrer also star.
SATURDAY
8 p.m. on ABC
Last Man Standing
Series star Tim Allen turned director
on the show for the first time with
“Tattoo,” and the title describes what
Vanessa (Nancy Travis) decides to get,
in a bid to seem more like a friend to
her daughters (Molly Ephraim, Kaitlyn
Dever, Amanda Fuller). Ryan (Jordan
Masterson) also tries to tighten his ties
to Kyle (Christoph Sanders) via shared
tips on camping. Hector Elizondo and
Jonathan Adams also star.
THURSDAY
8:31 p.m. on CBS
Life in Pieces
Hot-tub usage is at stake when
John and Joan (James Brolin,
Dianne Wiest) have a standoff
with neighbors (guest stars J.B.
Smoove and Pamela Trotter) over
property division in “Pestilence War
Famine Death” Greg and Jen’s
(Colin Hanks, Zoe Lister-Jones)
exterminator and his wife (guest
stars Martin Starr and Shoshanna
Mayeri) make unusual dinner
guests. Post-breakup, Colleen and
Matt (Angelique Cabral, Thomas
Sadoski) try friendship.
9 p.m. on A&E
60 Days In
This new one-hour special episode
introduces the new group of
innocent civilians — including
a former corrections officer, a
bounty hunter, the mother of an
incarcerated child and a young
attorney — who have been
selected to secretly live among
the general population of Indiana’s
Clark County Jail to gain new
perspective on the lives of inmates.
The Season 2 premiere immediately
follows. New
Molly Ephraim stars in
“Last Man Standing’’
Daniela Ruah stars in “NCIS:
Los Angeles’’
James Brolin stars
in “Life in Pieces’’
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