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Featured Stories “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” “Driving Miss Daisy” “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” Profiled athlete Todd B. Frazier CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHTS Kristin Kreuk Lizzy Caplan Zachary Levi Anson Mount Chris Powell The story Leary loves to rock Denis Leary stars in "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll," premiering Thursday on FX. WHAT'S FOR DINNER Featuring: Michael Symon JAY Bobbin's movies to watch And so much more! Connect to these shows within this magazine! folio Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 C CONTENTS What’s Hot This Week Click to jump to these featured sections! Featured Stories “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” premiering Thursday on FX. p3 “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” premiering Thursday on Crackle. p 11 Pictured: Actor David Spade at the 2004 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards held at UCLA. “Driving Miss Daisy” Friday on PBS (check local listings). pp 12-13 “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” premieres Monday on NBC. pp 14-15 SIX Celebrity potlights Kristin Kreuk Michael Symon p4 p7 of “Beauty and the Beast” on The CW. Lizzy Caplan of “Masters of Sex” on Showtime. p5 Zachary Levi of “Geeks Who Drink” on Syfy. p6 Symon hits personal favorites for “Burgers, Brews & ‘Que.” Anson Mount Checking In. p8 Chris Powell Of “Extreme Weight Loss” on ABC. p9 Page 2 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 + Profiled Athlete Todd B. Frazier pp 16-17 Editor's choice STORY S By Jay Bobbin Pictured: John Corbett Over its seven-season run, “Rescue Me” became one of FX’s signature shows. Can Denis Leary do it again for the network? He’s ready to try. The ever-frank actor-comedian moves far away from the earlier series’ firefighter theme to play a literal rock star in the seriocomic “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,” premiering Thursday, July 16. His alter ego Johnny Rock is a hard-living burnout of the music business, his group the Heathens having been dismembered 25 years ago over personal conflicts ... very specifically, the discovery of Johnny’s intimate encounter with the wife of lead guitarist Flash (John Corbett). The daughter (Elizabeth Gillies, “Victorious”) Johnny didn’t know he had is an aspiring singer who wants to reunite the band, but Johnny would have to take a backseat since she’d be fronting the band. New conflicts threaten to open old wounds, with the other regathered Heathens played by John Ales, Bobby Kelly and Elaine Hendrix. Adding authenticity, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl appears in the first episode. Also the writer and director and an executive producer of the new show, as well as a composer for it, Leary admits he’s “not really a singer. I can belt. I can scream, you know. So I knew I could handle what I had to handle, but the character of the daughter was going to have to really sing some songs with a lot of real emotion, rock ‘n’ roll, kick-ass songs and some balance. And I wanted to have everything available, right? So that means I had to have a girl who could really sing and would be willing to sing live on set, because I wanted the vocals to be recorded live.” Enter co-star Gillies, who has partnered tunefully with Ariana Grande several times and has a YouTube account on which she performs cover versions of known songs. She’s not the only cast member with actual music experience, since “Sex and the City” and “Northern Exposure” alum Corbett also has it. “I kind of have a country-rock band,” he says, “put a couple records out. We’ve gone around the country for 10 years now and play 500-, 600-seaters. Some people were trying to get me on that show ‘Nashville’ a couple years ago, and I just said, ‘No, thanks. I’m not interested in it.’ This just happens to be ... I mean, we could be astronauts. It just happens to be in the rock-and-roll world, which is a world I love.” While going for humor that’s true to the characters, Leary also has aimed to make “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” realistic about the ups and downs faced by those in the music world. “I think there’s a couple of things in the show,” he reflects, “the funny parts especially, that will resonate in terms of making fun of what it’s like to be a working, struggling musician and come up with a bad song idea. Everybody thinks when you write a song, you think it’s the greatest f– -ing thing in the world, you know. You should usually wait a couple of days and play it for a few people. Sometimes, if your ego is big enough, you think the biggest piece of s–- is the greatest thing ever written. So I hope we pull that off.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 C CELEBRITY Jay Bobbin’s Q&A KristinKreuk of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on The CW 1 2 What do you have to say about CW chief Mark Pedowitz’s support of “Beauty and the Beast,” to the extent that the show received a Season 4 renewal before the current Season 3 premiered? He’s really stood behind it, regardless of what’s been going on with ratings or numbers or whatever. He’s seen that there’s a really strong fan base for it, and that’s pretty wonderful. Are you enjoying having Nicole Gale Anderson on board full-time this season as Heather, the sister of your Catherine Chandler? She is such a great actress ... funny, great range, easy access to a lot of her emotions. I really love working with her, and she’s wonderful to have around. She’s a bright, bright light. Heather has a wonderful arc this season. She knows now (about Catherine and Vincent’s relationship) and doesn’t know quite how to keep it quiet, and it results in a lot of humor because she’s trying to be a part of the gang. folio Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 3 How do you find your following from “Smallville,” and from your tenure as Lana Lang, in responding to the other work you’ve been doing since? Well, they’re different experiences for me. I’m mostly recognized for “Smallville” if I’m on the street or just hanging out; that’s normally what people approach me for. The fans who have stuck with me from before “Smallville,” and also those who have come on board during “Beauty and the Beast,” have shown themselves to be very engaged and dynamic. I find them to be intelligent and respectful, which is awesome. There’s that group that knows me from pretty much everything. Click or tap here for more! CELEBRITY George Dickie’s Q&A C LizzyCaplan of ‘Masters of Sex’ on Showtime It’s been said that as they aged, the real William Masters mellowed and became nicer while Virginia Johnson became less so. Had you heard that? Yes, and that’s one of the things that I hope we have enough episodes in which that switch gets to happen because I find that completely exciting as an actress, to see these two people switch roles. Yes, as Bill gets older he gets softer and kinder, and as Virginia, existing in this world for longer, she becomes more and more paranoid that she doesn’t have a college degree. Everybody assumes she’s a doctor but she has no college degree whatsoever and that starts to wear on her and she becomes more paranoid and suspicious and harder as a result of it. You see little bits of it in this season. You definitely see Bill trying to be kinder to Virginia, which is so strange. So does your Virginia start to go the other way this season? She’s definitely still Virginia Johnson ... and she’s never been a woman without opinions but she has been a woman who had not been allowed to voice these opinions. That is no longer the case and so Bill and Virginia go at each other quite a bit and she disagrees with him often and she doesn’t have to swallow her voice so much anymore, which is great. Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 5 C CELEBRITY Jay Bobbin’s Q&A ZacharyLevi of ‘Geeks Who Drink’ on Syfy You’re so known for acting, how did you come to be both the host and an executive producer as Syfy launches the competition series “Geeks Who Drink” Thursday, July 16? What I try to do is just be open to the things that are being thrown at me, and try to decipher if it’s something it’s the right time for, or if I need to pass on it. I’ve been aware of pub trivia for a long time, and “Geeks Who Drink” is the biggest circuit for that in the United States. It’s in 500 bars or so. Originally, there was talk of my hosting it and I said, “I don’t really want to do that.” It was a journey getting there, because I already had so many plates spinning, I didn’t know that I could take on that gig. We ended up producing a great presentation, but the host didn’t quite work out, so (the other producers) came back and said they thought I was still the guy to host it. It was my baby and my brand, so I said, “OK, let’s go do it.” And I’m glad I did. You do have a lot of irons in the fire right now, given “Geeks Who Drink” plus the upcoming “Heroes Reborn” and “Tangled” series and your other production-company efforts. How are you handling it all? Fortunately, they’re all very different. It’s many hats, but I also have a lot of great people around me, helping me to tackle each one of them. I have my producing partners at Middle Man and my development deal with NBC Universal, and there are various other projects that are spinning in the air that we’ll hopefully birth into the world ... and we’ll see how people like those babies. I hope they love them. Click or tap here for more! Page 6 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 FOOD George Dickie’s What's for Dinner F MichaelSymon Symon hits personal favorites for ‘Burgers, Brews & ‘Que’ Michael Symon has a cadre of haunts he hits in whatever city he happens to be in and he shares some of them in the new Food Network series “Burgers, Brews & ‘Que.” As the title suggests, the half-hour series, which premieres Friday, July 17, is all about hamburgers, craft beers and barbecued meat, or what Symon calls “my three favorite food groups,” as he hits joints, full-service restaurants and even upscale eateries in New York City, Nashville, Tenn., and his hometown of Cleveland. “It’s really kind of like the joints and places that I’ve discovered over 30 years of cooking professionally,” he says, “that you could sneak out to and have a really ice cold beer and some delicious, simple food.” In the opening episode, Symon heads to Nashville and Hattie B’s to try its traditional hot chicken. “It’s a style of chicken that started in Nashville about 60-70 years ago,” Symon explains. “... Essentially after they fry the chicken they take a little bit of the fat from the fryer and mix it with a bunch of chillies and different kinds of powders and hot sauces. And when the chicken comes out of the fryer, they toss it again in that superhot oil. ... Usually when you go, you can get just plain fried chicken, a little spicy, spicy, spicier and then insanely spicy. ... . The place we went, the superhot one they called ‘Shut the Cluck Up.’ ” The temperature then comes down a few degrees in New York, where Symon hits Might Quinn’s to sample the brontosaurus beef ribs, where the meat is tasty and tender but not falling off the bone. “Proper barbecue should never completely come off the bone,” he says. “When you bite into it, it should have a little bit of resistance, where you would actually see your teeth marks in the meat. So it’s smoked for a long time. I think that one was done like 15 or 16 hours, so it had a really deep smoked flavor and a great smoke ring and wonderful bark.” Then there is the brunch burger at Cleveland’s Flying Fig, which has a very unusual topping. “The brunch burger was at an old friend of mine’s restaurant, Karen Small,” Symon says. “She does an insane brunch at her restaurant, and one of the things she does at brunch is a burger with locally sourced beef, locally sourced bacon, homemade bun, a fried egg on top. Just really delicious.” What book are you currently reading? “My son just got it for me yesterday. It’s called ‘Historic Shops & Restaurants of New York.’ It’s a book about the history of New York and essentially restaurants, butcher shops and regular shops that have been there more than 60 years.” very light sauce, nice and charred on the crust with some fresh basil.” What is your next project? “We’re opening up a barbecue restaurant in Cleveland called Mabel’s.” What did you have for dinner last night? When was the last vacation you took, where and why? “I’m actually finishing it off right now. I had pizza (laughs). New York-style pie, fresh mozzarella, very light cheese, “The last vacation I took was last summer, it was in the Hamptons and it was because my son lives there.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 7 C CELEBRITY George Dickie’s Celebrity ScooP AnsonMount “Hell on Wheels” star Anson Mount describes his first acting moment as “like being struck by lightning.” Mount was in high school in his hometown of White Bluff, Tenn., and he had joined the drama club because most of his friends were in it. His first role was as the guard in “12 Angry Men” and though he considered the part thankless, he was nonetheless hooked. “It was the lightning bolt they talk about when people fall in love,” says the 42-year-old actor. “... And there was just no going back.” Saturday, July 18, Mount begins his fifth and final season as Cullen Bohannon, the former Confederate soldier working on the construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad across the United States in the years following the Civil War. This season, Bohannon joins the Central Pacific Railroad as it works its way west across the Sierra Nevadas, blasting through granite mountainsides one inch at a time. Mount was originally drawn to the role of Bohannon for a number of reasons. “First of all, it was the best pilot script I’ve ever read,” he says. “... It was a really dark antihero and it required a true Southerner to play the role, not just for the accent but the knowledge of the culture and, I don’t know, I just felt I could get under his skin and I felt confident I could do a good job with the role.” Mount credits much of his skill as an actor to his undergraduate education at the University of the South, where he majored in liberal arts. “That served me better than any acting class I’ve ever taken,” he says. “It taught me to communicate in a variety of ways, and more importantly as an actor, it taught me to think in a variety of different ways. I didn’t just come out of school thinking like an actor. I knew how to think abstractly but I also knew how to think anthropologically, mathematically, linguistically, and I had a broad education. More than anything, when you learn how to write, it’s the first step toward recognizing what good material is and what good material is not.” Full name: Anson Adams Mount IV Birth date: Feb. 25, 1973 Birthplace: Mount Prospect, Ill. Education: Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts at the University of the South; Master’s of Fine Arts at Columbia University Page 8 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 Family ties: Mother Nancy Smith is a former pro golfer; great-great-great-grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War TV credits: “Third Watch,” “Line of Fire,” “The Mountain,” “Conviction” Film credits: “Tully” (2000), “City by the Sea” (2002), “The Battle of Shaker Heights” (2003), “In Her Shoes” (2005), “Walk the Talk” (2007), “Cook County” (2009), “Last Night” (2010), “Hick” (2011), “Straw Dogs” (2011), “Safe” (2012), “Non-Stop” (2014), “Mr. Right” (forthcoming) CELEBRITY CelebritY profile C h r i s P ow e ll C Of ‘Extreme Weight Loss’ on ABC - Born March 2, 1980, in Arizona. - Graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Kinesiology, with a concentration in physiology and biomechanics. - Has been a personal trainer since 1999. - One of his most famous cases was when he assisted a gentleman named David Smith, who weighed over 600 pounds, in losing over 400 pounds in about two years through the personal counseling and training that Chris offered to him. - He is the trainer and transformation specialist on ABC’s highly rated documentary style series “Extreme Weight Loss.” - His wife, “Extreme Weight Loss” co-host and fellow trainer, Heidi Powell, has two children from a previous marriage, and they have two children together. - He has written two books that have soared to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. He is currently working on his third book, “Extreme Transformation: Lifelong Weight Loss in 21 Days,” which will be published by Hachette on December 22, 2015 and is co-authored by Heidi. - Frequently appears as a fitness expert for nationally syndicated shows including “The View,” “Live! With Kelly and Michael,” and “20/20.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 9 C CELEBRITY Celebs’ favorite shows Andy Samberg Eddie Cahill Moon Bloodgood Odette Annable Set the DVR Andy Samberg of “7 Days in Hell” on HBO “ ‘Game of Thrones,’ obviously, although not until next season. ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘Comedy Bang Bang,’ ‘Louie,’ ‘Portlandia,’ ‘Key & Peele’ – I never miss a ‘Key & Peele.’ ‘Homeland’ when it’s on. I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch. The Premier League (soccer), ‘Soccer Round-up Show.’ ‘Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.’ ” a lot of prime-time TV, maybe because it’s my field and I don’t want to think about work. I don’t know. I (watch) ‘Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel’ and ‘60 Minutes Sports,’ all stuff that are like real-life stories. It seems odd because I know I should be watching ‘Game of Thrones’ but I don’t have a lot of time and when I do I want to watch something about what’s going on in the world.” Odette Annable of “The Astronaut Wives Club” on ABC “ ‘Game of Thrones,’ and we also just finished watching ‘Bloodline,’ which was fantastic. And I can’t miss ‘The Bachelorette.’ ” Eddie Cahill of “Under the Dome” on CBS “I would say I use it primarily to keep up with boxing. ... Like many, I’ve turned to Netflix and Amazon to pick up and binge-watch some of my series. But I use TiVo for sports, boxing and hockey and the New York Rangers games. That’s really what I use it for.” Moon Bloodgood of “Falling Skies” on TNT “I watch ‘60 Minutes.’ I watch ‘Sunday Morning.’ It’s ridiculous. I love documentaries, so I don’t actually watch Page 10 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 STORY S By Jay Bobbin The movie world has its iconic, enduring characters such as be a part of the future and get the sequel that goes straight on, where people can see it right away.” James Bond, Spider-Man, Indiana Jones and ... Joe Dirt. “Fred” is Fred Wolf, who co-wrote the first “Joe Dirt” with Spade and has done the same for the sequel, which he also directed. Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller and Adam Beach also reprise their original roles – with Mark McGrath and Spade’s “Rules of Engagement” co-star Patrick Warburton as new characters. It’s taken 14 years, but David Spade’s mullet-sporting ne’erdo-well returns in “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser,” which the streaming service Crackle premieres Thursday, July 16. Made by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions in Louisiana, where the first “Dirt” largely was set, the new tale transports Joe back to his past via a tornado and challenges him to get back to his future. “Sometimes, it’s a timing thing and getting everyone together,” Spade says of the sequel. “I remember they did a ‘Deuce Bigalow’ and ‘Deuce Bigalow 2’ – and then they sort of relaxed on sequels for a little bit. And then we sort of relaxed with them, but we had a script. We always wanted to do it, we just didn’t know what to do about that. It was either, ‘They’re going to come to us’ or ‘We’re going to go to them.’ ” Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko jumpstarted the project by proposing it for the Sony-owned Crackle, according to Spade: “He thought it would be a perfect place for it. And Fred and I were excited to do it, to “I know we’re talking about ‘Joe Dirt,’ we’re not talking ‘Citizen Kane,’ ” Wolf reflects, “but we did want there to be some emotional drive to it. And it took us a few years to think about what could be as powerful a drive as the first one had (which had Joe seeking the parents who abandoned him at the Grand Canyon). In this one, one of the things that kind of makes it exciting is the idea that he wants to find out why he feels so unlovable.” Conversely, Spade knows how much the original “Joe Dirt” is loved by those who appreciate it. “I like it because it’s sort of lived on,” he says, though he allows that “it wasn’t really a huge moneymaker for me. It’s a nice feeling to have this as the business I’m in. I’m in comedy, and people remember certain things.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 11 S STORY Lansbury is ‘Driving’ back to PBS James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury star in a “Great Performances” staging of “Driving Miss Daisy” Friday on PBS (check local listings). Story on next page Page 12 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 STORY S By Jay Bobbin Pictured: Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones What becomes an acting legend most? A legendary role, and Angela Lansbury has made another one her own. The stage, film and television icon teamed with another entertainment titan – James Earl Jones – for a 2013 Australian tour of “Driving Miss Daisy,” Alfred Uhry’s seriocomic, Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a stubborn Southern widow and the folksy chauffeur hired for her by her son (Boyd Gaines, a multiple Tony Award winner like his co-stars). Shown briefly in U.S. movie theaters last summer, a production recorded at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre airs on PBS’ “Great Performances” Friday, July 17 (check local listings). “It affords one tremendous opportunities, quite frankly, to bring forth the qualities that you sense are inherent in the script,” Lansbury reflects of spanning 25 years (1948-73) in the life of no-nonsense Daisy Werthan. “I just really believed every word I was saying, and I really understood her attitude. Then, there’s the way the story unfolds, how her friendship (with driver Hoke Colburn) becomes so touching and so warm. “It was a great experience doing this, especially being a British woman,” adds Lansbury, who considers Jessica Tandy’s Oscar-winning 1989 portrayal of Daisy “simply marvelous, to be British and to play a Southern woman of that age in that period in history. I consider myself more American than anything, but I have those English instincts that I have to push aside when I’m playing this role. They don’t fit.” Jones and Gaines also played their “Daisy” parts opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the play’s 2010-11 Broadway premiere (it originated Off-Broadway in the late 1980s), and in London later in 2011. Lansbury deems them “the best. Boyd’s a lovely actor, and (with Jones,) it was a fairly immediate rapport between two actors who knew exactly what they were going to do. It was thrilling to bring it off the page and into the reality which is theater.” Lansbury also has returned to the stage in “Blithe Spirit” (which brought her the most recent of her five Tonys, plus England’s Olivier Award) and “The Best Man” over the past several years. She has received other major accolades lately, including an honorary Oscar, an American Film Institute doctorate, and appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. “It seems that if you remain alive long enough, these are the things that come drifting your way,” she muses. “I’m very proud and humbled to have received, and to have been given, so much recognition. What can I say? It’s terrific.” Ever-popular with young fans for her work in the Disney classics “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and (in voice only) “Beauty and the Beast,” Lansbury also remains beloved globally for her 12-season run on “Murder, She Wrote.” While she appreciates the fans the series’ repeats have, she wouldn’t consider reviving mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher now. “I think it would be a downer,” she reasons. “In some way, we’d have to show her as a much older woman, and I think it’s better to maintain that picture we have in our mind’s eye of her as a vigorous person. I’m still pretty vigorous, especially in the garden ... but if I wanted to transform myself back into the woman I looked like then, it would be ridiculous. And I can’t do that.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 13 S STORY Story on next page Page 14 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 STORY S By George Dickie It is said that for true growth to occur, one must step out of one’s own comfort zone. “It’s amazing what we can do when we are hungry,” he adds. And that is the overriding theme of NBC’s “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” the second-year unscripted series in which the British adventurer takes celebrities on a 48-hour trek through rugged and often often unforgiving terrain. In Season 1, celebrities such as Zac Efron, Ben Stiller and Tom Arnold parachuted into wilderness, rappelled off cliffs and killed potentially lethal creatures for dinner. Some faced down paralyzing fears and others learned new skills. In the end, all felt energized by the experience. Others proved their resiliency, such as Rodriguez, whose adventure was almost cut short at the outset. In Season 2, which kicks off Monday, July 13, a new batch of celebs takes on Grylls’ outdoor gauntlet – actors Ed Helms, Kate Winslet, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Hudson, James Marsden, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Michael B. Jordan and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Drew Brees – all of whom, indicates Grylls, were newbies to the survivalist experience. “She almost had a really bad parachuting accident when we jumped into the Nevada desert together,” Grylls says. “She crashed into the side of a cliff and was left dangling. By the grace of God, she got away with some cuts and grazes and she just shrugged it off and was keen to get going. An amazingly tough girl but vulnerable and honest as well. A very powerful combo.” And still others faced down mortal fears, such as Marsden with his fear of heights. “I so admired his courage to keep going even when at his very limits of his fears,” Grylls says. “He was an inspiring man all round.” “But they all had a palpable determination to push themselves to their limits,” he says. “The amazing part for me is seeing how they grow and change as the journey progresses. By the end there were some real wilderness warriors emerging.” In the end, all wound up with a few cuts and scrapes – “It is signature DNA of the show, a memory of their adventure,” Grylls says – and all came away empowered. Some may even have been converted to bonafide outdoorsmen and women. One proved to be Brees, who leapt onto the back of a crocodile while he and Grylls were trying to catch dinner. Grylls was impressed by his “speed, intensity and courage in a few big moments.” “It is when we get really pushed that we really grow,” Grylls says. “This season took some of the biggest stars in the world to their very edge and it is powerful to see.” Click or tap here for more! July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 15 S SPORTS Story on next page Full name: Todd B. Frazier Bats/throws: right/right Birth date: Feb. 12, 1986 Birthplace: Point Pleasant, N.J. Height/weight: 6 feet 3 inches/220 pounds Page 16 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 Honors and achievements: NL All-Star, 2014; Big East Player of the Year (Rutgers University), 2007; Little League World Series winner (Toms River, N.J.), 1998 SPORTS S By Dan Ladd While at press time, the final voting count for MLB’s 86th All-Star Game had yet to be tallied, barring an injury, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier again should be on the National League roster. Fox is carrying the Midsummer Classic Tuesday, July 14, from Frazier’s home stadium, Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. If that’s not enough, the Reds’ top offensive producer this season could potentially participate in ESPN’s Home Run Derby on Monday. Later in the week, the Reds will host their cross-state rivals, the Cleveland Indians, on Saturday, July 18, on Fox Sports 1. Frazier is having a heck of year, yet trailed the St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter in All-Star voting at third. Toward the end of June, Frazier led or was among the leaders for third baseman in many categories, including home runs, RBIs, runs scored and on-base percentage. The Reds began the season as potential contenders in the NL Central but due to injuries and some turnover on their pitching staff, have fallen off. Frazier has been one of their shining stars and offensive leaders. Todd Frazier Now in his fifth season with the Reds, Frazier is emerging as one of baseball’s best at the hot corner. He’s accustomed to winning, going all the way back to a Little League World Series title in 1998. That same year in a “Google It” moment, he appeared at Yankee Stadium standing next to Derek Jeter during the National Anthem. July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 17 M MOVIES JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review review “Jurassic World” Dinosaurs go dining again Welcome back to Jurassic Park ... only now, it’s Jurassic World. Two sequels and more than 20 years after the original cinematic trip to the turf created by novelist Michael Crichton and brought to life by director Steven Spielberg, the modern attraction where DNA-spawned dinosaurs roam is getting an upgrade. And anyone who knows anything about the franchise knows to anticipate more of the things mankind shouldn’t mess with. With Spielberg still on board as an executive producer, “Jurassic World” supplies pretty much what anyone would expect in comparison to the original – louder mayhem and better special effects – but ultimately, it’s less filling. For all that can be done technically now, it’s tough to create the complete Spielberg brand of movie magic unless Spielberg actually is calling all the shots, and so it is here. That said, if all you’re seeking is another thrill ride through a modern land of cloned dinos, “Jurassic World” is that. Bryce Dallas Howard plays a deputy of the park’s current owner, who wants something new to keep the public interested in coming to the place (also named Isla Nublar, which the “Jurassic” faithful will know). Enter B.D. Wong, back in his “Jurassic Park” role as a scientist who now comes up with the new hybrid Indominus Rex. Anybody want to place a bet on how long it will take before that creation gets to run rampant, imperiling anyone and everyone within arm’s, tail’s or jaw’s reach? Put it this way: After the typically tranquil build-up, “Jurassic World” gets down to the business moviegoers came to see, and the effects team does another seamless job providing the visual excitement. One of the biggest beneficiaries of that is Chris Pratt, adding his nowtrademarked left-of-center humor as a “dinosaur whisperer” of sorts, able to exude a certain amount of control over the otherwise fearsome remnants of the prehistoric past. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” alum Vincent D’Onofrio also is notable among the new stars as a would-be commander of dinos-as-soldiers, as if such an army would ever happen. Have we been here before? Well, of course we have, but it’s been a sufficient amount of time that what “Jurassic World” puts forth seems relatively fresh again. Director Colin Trevorrow and the writers know not to stray too far from the proven recipe, and 3D also helps in keeping the jolts meaningful. That’s really what you want from “Jurassic World” ... and since it delivers those effectively, that park is still a good place to visit, though you most surely wouldn’t want to live there. Page 18 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 MOVIES JAY BOBBIN's movie review movies to watch M “THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” Marking one of the rare times such a film has gotten a sequel, this follow-up to – what else? – “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” confirms what a popular hit the original movie was, exceeding the expectations for it. Richard Gere joins returnees Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel as plans are initiated for a second such resort. Sonny (Patel) keeps running into roadblocks, some of which are caused by his trying to arrange his wedding at the same time, so he seeks help from some familiar characters and faces. Celia Imrie and Ronald Pickup also are back in the cast, and director John Madden and writer Ol Parker reprise their jobs from the first picture. DVD extras: “making-of” documentaries; photo gallery. ››› (PG: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray) Top Pick DVD Pictured: Richard Gere upcoming DVD releases Coming Soon on DVD... Pictured: Shailene Woodley “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) “ALOHA” (Aug. 25): While on a mission in Hawaii, a military contractor (Bradley Cooper) gets involved with his professional liaison (Emma Stone) and an old flame (Rachel McAdams). (PG-13: AS, P) “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) “THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON” (Aug. 25): The entire population of Earth faces a new threat in this latest round of the AMC hit. (Not rated: AS, P, GV) “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) “GOTHAM: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” (Sept. 8): Police detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) tries to keep the habitat of Batman-to-be Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) safe in The CW series. (Not rated: AS, P, V) July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 19 S FAVORITE SHOWS Nathan Fillion stars in “Castle” “I Am Jazz” SUNDAY 10:01 p.m. on ABC Castle The apparent end of a professional partnership could be the start of a solo sleuthing career for Castle (Nathan Fillion) in “Castle, P.I.” He’s ordered to stay out of Beckett s (Stana Katic) police cases, so he gets a privatedetective license ... then just happens to turn up at the scene of a crime she’s probing. Guest stars include Arye Gross and Heather McComb. Tamala Jones and Jon Huertas also star. 9 p.m. on DISCOVERY Naked and Afraid XL A dozen successful veterans of the hit survival series “Naked and Afraid” return for this even more demanding 40-day challenge, which strands them Heidi Powell co-hosts “Extreme Weight Loss” in a very remote Colombian equatorial jungle with no food, water or clothing. It’s similar to what they faced on the earlier show, but this time these six women and six men are up against peers who are as good as they are. Will they strike out on their own or band together in small groups, or even one large group? All bets are off. Series Premiere New MONDAY 10 p.m. on DISCOVERY Cuban Chrome This new unscripted series, which Discovery Channel says is the first American series entirely filmed in Cuba since the U.S. embargo began in 1962, explores the island nation’s thriving car culture, including the people who keep its vintage cars running. Executive producer Craig Piligian says it took 18 months to Page 20 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote July 12 - 18, 2015 “Cuban Chrome” get clearance from a division of the U.S. Treasury Department for this series, which was in the works long before President Obama lifted some restrictions on travel and commerce with Cuba last December. Series Premiere New TUESDAY 9 p.m. on ABC Extreme Weight Loss After several weeks of shows on engaged couples, the series returns to single subjects with the new episode “Kim,” following the journey of a Honolulu fashion designer who fears her weight will prevent others from taking her professional efforts seriously. In fact, she wants to lose enough to join models in wearing her creations on the runway – which is where trainers Chris and Heidi Powell come in, aiming to help Kim reach her goal. New continued on next page FAVORITE SHOWS WEDNESDAY 10 p.m. on TLC I Am Jazz This new unscripted series follows transgender teen (and YouTube sensation) Jazz Jennings as she navigates her way around a new school, sports, family, friends and dating. The 14-year-old, who was diagnosed with gender identity disorder before she was 6, is joined in this docuseries by parents Jeanette and Greg, twin brothers Sander and Griffen and her sister, Ari. Series Premiere New get a second opportunity, but an Illinois cattleman has that chance in this episode. He returns to display his supposedly improved business acumen since his first appearance two seasons earlier. A San Francisco lawyer seeks financial support for a lingerie line that has a special history. Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Kevin O’Leary are among the Sharks on hand. S SATURDAY 9 p.m. on AMC Hell on Wheels The battle between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads is the backdrop for the fifth and final season of this fine period drama, which opens with Cullen Bohannan (Anson Mount) feeling like a stranger in a strange land: specifically, Truckee, Calif., home base for the Central Pacific Railroad. Season Premiere New THURSDAY 10 p.m. on ABC Rookie Blue Much of the focus is on Peter Mooney as Officer Nick Collins in the new episode “Letting Go,” as a phone call from his brother dredges up his painful past – and causes Juliet (Erin Karpluk) to worry how it still might be affecting Nick now. Oliver (Matt Gordon) gets a surprising offer of help when his daughter runs into trouble with the law. Dov (Gregory Smith) asks for Marlo’s (Rachael Ancheril) assistance in continuing a supposedly closed investigation. New 10:30 p.m. on FX Married This sly, smart yet under-watched observational comedy series returns for Season 2 with the new episode “Thanksgiving,” as harried spouses Lina and Russ (Judy Greer, Nat Faxon) decide to throw a surprise Thanksgiving party just for the heck of it. Meanwhile, their friends Jess and AJ (Jenny Slate, Brett Gelman) decide it’s best to pretend that they don’t know each other. Jess and AJ are probably right, for what it’s worth. Season Premiere New FRIDAY 8 p.m. on ABC Shark Tank Not very often does someone who has faced the Sharks already Anson Mount stars in “Hell on Wheels” Lori Greiner in “Shark Tank” Gregory Smith stars in “Rookie Blue” July 12 - 18, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 21
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