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‘The Good Wife’ ends
its acclaimed run p.13
‘Wallander’ isn’t the
detective he used to be p.15
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Get ready for
Clinton Kelly
Giles Coren
IAN KAHN
Candice PattoN
Celeb Chef
Robert Irvine
‘First
Impressions’
seeks the next
Rich Little
Freddie Prinze Jr. hosts
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CELEBRITY
‘THE GOOD WIFE’
4 ‘The Chew’s’ Clinton
The curtain lowers on Julianna
Margulies’ drama
Kelly digs the celebrity
interview
5 IAN KAHN
Costumes help the ‘TURN:
Washington’s Spies’ star
6 ‘Million Dollar Critic’
Giles Coren wants to
see happy faces
8 CANDICE PATTON
‘The Flash’ actress likes
ladies with an arc
9 Getting to know Celeb
‘WALLANDER, THE FINAL
SEASON’
Kenneth Branagh wraps up
his “Masterpiece Mystery!”
role
Chef Robert Irvine
FOOD
7 Anthony Bourdain goes
‘Rise of American Speed’
brings NASCAR’s story to life
Greek on ‘Parts Unknown’
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SPORTS
18-19 Adam Scott
shoots to top of Golf’s
FedExCup
REALITY
16 ‘INDEPENDENT LENS’
the story!
‘First Impressions’
Dana Carvey helps
contestants make good
‘Impressions’
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USA competition series turns the spotlight on
celebrity impressionists
By George Dickie
Celebrity impressions, when done right, can be hilariously
entertaining. Just ask anyone who has seen Rich Little’s
Las Vegas act over the years.
A new competition series debuting this week puts the
spotlight on up-and-coming talent in that arena.
In “First Impressions,” premiering Tuesday, May 10, on
USA Network, amateur impressionists compete against
each other in a series of challenges with the winner
determined by the studio audience. Along the way, they
hone their impersonation skills with the help of in-house
expert and Emmy winner Dana Carvey (“Saturday Night
Live,” “Wayne’s World”) and celebrity guests including
Steve Carell (“The Office”), Jay Leno (“The Tonight
Show”), Kevin Nealon (“Saturday Night Live”), Yvette
Nicole Brown (“Community”) and Tom Arnold (“Sons of
Anarchy”). Freddie Prinze Jr. is the host of the half-hour
series.
During his seven seasons on “SNL,” Carvey made a name
for himself imitating celebrities, among them Ross Perot,
Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, Regis Philbin and one
for which he is probably best known, former President
George H.W. Bush. Those were all hilarious, and laughter,
he says, should be the main goal of any celebrity
impressionist.
“I guess because I’m in the comedy world, ‘Can you make
it funny?’ is the number one thing,” Carvey says. “And I
guess, there’s some expectation that you would sound
like the person but I do think total accuracy is sort of
overrated. I would go more for some weird angle but it’s
truthful and something that’s funny about it.”
Pictured: Freddie Prinze Jr. (left) and Dana Carvey
Prinze, the son of legendary comic Freddie Prinze,
agrees.
“When an impression is dead-on, it’s more scary than
funny,” he says. “So it’s always better to lean on your
sense of humor and then let the rest of it come out
because you don’t want to freak people out with your
impressions.”
“That is true,” Carvey adds. “There are certain ones that
are so accurate that you are kind of like, ‘Is this person a
devil worshipper?’ ”
As for the talent level on the show, both men say it is topnotch and Prinze notes that one young competitor even
came away with a development deal with USA Network.
And there is plenty of it to be tapped, judging by the
proliferation of celebrity impression videos on YouTube
and other websites, Carvey notes.
“If you go online or to these clubs,” Carvey says, “you’ll
see all these people doing impressions. And there’s a
kid in his bedroom with a camcorder and he does this
amazing Tom Cruise. So if the show keeps going, more
and more people out there who don’t have a platform
for this kind of thing, if you’re not Jay Pharoah or Darrell
Hammond on ‘SNL,’ where do you do it?
“This niche show should exist,” he continues. “There
should be a place for this because it’s a fun thing to
watch. ... It doesn’t have to be with me and Freddie, but
right now it is.”
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
ClintonKelly
of ‘The Chew’ weekdays on ABC
What have been your most
memorable interviews in five years of
doing ABC’s “The Chew”?
My most memorable day that I spent, I
did a taped piece with Olivia NewtonJohn where I flew out to Las Vegas to
see her show out there and then we just
sort of spent the day together eating
and getting mani-pedis and stuff, and
singing. I’ve been an Olivia Newton-John
fan since “Grease” came out in 1978,
so I was 9 years old and obsessed with
Olivia Newton-John and have been
ever since then. So just to get to spend
some time with her was a really special
experience that I don’t think I could ever
have had anywhere else. ...
Some other celebrities that I’ve loved:
Vanessa Williams is just one of the
most beautiful, cool, down-to-earth
women in the world; Angela Bassett,
she blew me away. Oh, you know who
else is amazing? Patti LaBelle is so
awesome. She’s the coolest. There’s so
many I don’t even know where to start.
... Brooke Shields was great. Valerie
Bertinelli was amazing.
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You’re known as the show’s cocktail
expert. What are your go-tos?
For myself, the first drink I ever had – I
was 21 of course – was a gin and tonic,
so I always go back to the gin and tonic.
But I’ve been experimenting a lot with
bitters lately, with a lot of flavored simple
syrups, (which) are really fun, so I’ve
been playing with that. I love a good
shrub, so in the summertime, whatever
fresh fruit I can get, I’ll macerate that
with some sugar and some vinegar and
let that sort of season for a while, strain
that out and then just do that with like a
vodka soda and like maybe a strawberry
shrub or something. That’s what I’ve
been doing lately.
CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
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IanKahn
of ‘TURN: Washington’s
Spies’ Monday on AMC
Are you pleased with the mix
of classic and contemporary
roles you’ve played on stage
and screen?
Yeah ... I guess I am. I think it’s a natural
human experience to always want to do
more, and to look at the things that you
haven’t had a chance to do or that wish
you could do. I’ve been lucky to have an
agent I’ve had pretty much my whole
career, and he thought it important to do
great roles in theaters across the country.
And that’s how I got my training.
You appeared on several of
the “Law & Order” shows. Was
it enjoyable to do different
series within the franchise?
I played a very interesting character in
Season 2 (of “Law & Order: Criminal
Intent”), someone who became a rather
famous villain on the show – and then I
came back and did another one in Season
9. I really kind of needed the money at the
time; that was rent for a while back then.
And then, some audience members were
like, “Yeah. Like we didn’t remember you
were Ken Harris in Season 2?”
Since costuming is so much an element of “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” do you
find that helps you with your portrayal of General George Washington?
What ends up happening at the beginning of every season is that I get genuinely frightened. I go, “How am I
going to pull this off?” Then I think, “Well, I’ve kind of pulled it off in the past.” This time, I had just finished a play
in New York, then flew down to Virginia the next day and started with preparation on Season 3 (of “TURN”).
This genuine anxiety was building up, then I got into my costume and put the wig on and thought, “Oh, yeah.
There it is.” It really does a lot of the work for you. It’s so different from myself.
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CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
Giles
Coren
of ‘Million Dollar Critic’
Tuesdays on
Cooking Channel
What about a restaurant
experience can set you off?
As a restaurant critic, what do you look for
when you walk into an eatery?
I suppose you would say happy, smiling faces – on the
customers rather than on the staff. I think the main job of a
restaurant is to make people happy. I think in this day and
age, we all know how to cook more or less, we all know how
to open a bottle of wine or a bottle of beer. It doesn’t matter
how many people there are. I know people like to see a busy
restaurant but at the same time at a busy restaurant you might
not get a table. So as long as there’s a few people in there
and they look happy, that’s what I’m looking for most of all
– happiness.
Well, a lack of interest, a lack of
knowledge. You know, I like to be able
to ask certain questions – obviously
restaurants are better at it. But when
I started doing this 20 years ago, if
you said to them, “Where did the pork
chop come from?” They’d just say “the
butcher.” If you’re lucky. “What on earth
is he asking this question for? It came
out of the kitchen.” But more and more,
you get to expect to know the breed,
and most restaurants are good at that.
But it upsets me if they don’t have
knowledge. And if they don’t know, I like
them to be polite about it and go, “I’ll go
to the kitchen and I’ll ask.”
I don’t like places where the staff
are having more fun than I am. I’m a
46-year-old married man with small
children but I understand about hipsters
and I understand that to people who
are 25 and covered in tattoos and
piercings, they’re what it’s all about
– and that’s great. But I don’t like it if
they’re having more fun than me. If the
staff are all laughing and drinking beer
at the counter and you’re sitting there
waiting for your starter, that annoys me.
That annoys me a lot.
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George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
Bourdain
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takes viewers to a Greek island
paradise on ‘Parts Unknown’
Take one look at the Greek island of Naxos on this week’s episode of “Anthony
Bourdain: Parts Unknown” and one can’t help but wonder how it managed to stay
off of tourism’s beaten path.
Beautiful, uncrowded and seemingly bereft of the T-shirt and souvenir shops that
dominate the well-trod isles of Santorini and Mykonos, it’s an idyllic place with a
culture and local identity that is unmistakably its own. It’s exactly the atmosphere
that brought Bourdain here last summer to shoot the episode that airs Sunday, May
8, on CNN.
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“The Greek Islands and Naxos in particular, it’s kind of an anomaly,” he explains. “I
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mean, (while) the rest of Greece is doing so poorly economically – it’s really sort of
teetering on the edge of the apocalypse – here you have one of the last beautiful
views on Earth doing kind of well and it’s also actually still got something of a fishing industry and traditional lifestyle
going on. It hasn’t totally had its character ruined by tourism and yet it’s kept alive by tourism.”
In the episode, Bourdain sets out from his rented villa to take in what the island has to offer. Being that fishing is a main
driver of the local economy, seafood is a staple of the island diet, and the shots of grilled mackerel, grouper and octopus
salad are sumptuous.
“The food was outstanding,” Bourdain says. “You know, simple in a good way. Austere and really beautiful. Good wine.
Good olive oil. Good produce.”
And then there is the raki, a licorice-flavored aperitif that can best be compared to ouzo. It can be an acquired taste to
some – if at all – and in one scene Bourdain makes a face after taking a sip.
“Well, it was early in the morning and I was drinking it,” he says. “But I like raki and I sure drank a lot of it when I was
there.”
Bourdain also talks to locals, who tell him about the problems their country is having and the misperceptions that much
of it stem from the laziness of its people. These folks are not rich, but they have a fulfilling way of life and want it to stay
that way.
“I don’t know how long the good times will last,” Bourdain says. “Certainly not forever, but it’s a beautiful place in the
world, but there is this sense that it can’t possibly stay like this forever.”
What book are you
currently reading?
“I’m mostly reading
manuscripts right
now. ... I’ve been
reading manuscripts
for my imprint for so
long I haven’t had
a chance to crack a
book.”
What did you have for dinner
last night?
“Last night, I had some leftover
prime rib. I had some friends
over. My daughter had her
birthday party on Saturday
night and she’d requested roast
beef, Yorkshire pudding, gravy,
succotash and pan-seared foie
gras. So I had some leftover
prime rib and I made French dip
for myself and my daughter.”
What is your
next project?
“I’m in the middle
of shooting the
next season. I’m
working on a
cookbook that’ll
be out in October
called ‘Appetites.’
And that’s it.”
When was the last vacation you
took, where and why?
“I went to the Cayman Cookout, it’s
a food and wine festival, with my
family. It’s something I do every year.
A group of other chefs go as well and
we all bring our kids and the kids play
together. (Chef) José Andrés brings his
children and (Chef) Éric Ripert brings
his son and my daughter adores all of
them so they all get to play together.”
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CELEBRITY
John Crook’s Celebrity ScooP
Candice Patton has always been
a fan of the superhero genre, but
that’s not what drew her to The
CW’s Tuesday hit “The Flash.”
After graduation, she went back
to Los Angeles, where she lived
frugally while throwing herself
wholeheartedly into acting.
“For me it’s always been more about
the story and the heart and the
family behind the superhero, rather
than the theatrics and the special
effects and the CGI,” Patton says.
“That stuff is the icing on the cake,
but if you don’t have a great story as
the base, you don’t have anything
to stand on. I think our show has
accomplished that in a way that
crosses over viewers of all races,
creeds and ages. That’s such an
awesome thing.”
“At first, I didn’t get a lot of acting
jobs, but I’d get a commercial that
would be enough to sustain me,”
she explains. “I could survive on
one or two of those a year. Things
weren’t easy, but I made a career
decision not to spend time on a job
that I hated.”
Her character, plucky journalist Iris
West, has become a fan favorite,
but some viewers were put off
during Season 1 as Iris inadvertently
caused problems for hero Barry
Allen (Grant Gustin) while she
struggled to find herself.
“I think some audiences today are
reticent to actually watch characters,
especially women, have an arc,”
Patton says. “They want their women
to have it all together the moment
they see them and keep it together
all the way through, which is just not
true of human nature. What drew me
to Iris is that we met her as a young
woman who is trying to find herself
in her career and her relationships.
We have to allow characters to
evolve, to have these arcs, because
without them, they’re not characters,
they’re just archetypes.”
Career role
models:
Cate Blanchett,
Kate Winslet
and Zoe
Saldana
Patton says she caught the acting
bug as a child, watching vintage “I
Love Lucy” reruns and yearning to
do what Lucille Ball did. She began
doing plays in high school, then
studied theater in college, where
she was spotted by a CBS talent
scout and flown out to California for
a short gig on “The Young and the
Restless” before returning to finish
her studies.
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CelebritY profile
Rob ert Ir v ine
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- Born September 24, 1965 in Salisbury, England.
- His first foray into the kitchen took place when he enrolled in
a home economics class in his hometown of Wiltshire, England,
because he believed the girl-to-boy ratio would work in his favor.
- When he was 15 he joined the British Royal Navy, kicking off
his cooking career at a young age. He spent the following 10
years touring Europe aboard various naval ships.
- As part of his service for the Royal Navy, he was selected to
work aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, where the royal family
and its entourages regularly dined.
- During his time training U.S. Navy chefs as part of a guest chef
program, he worked in the White House kitchens.
- He was the head chef for the 2006 Academy Awards.
Robert Irvine is a chef and TV personality
who can frequently be seen on the
Food Network.
- In 2007, his show “Dinner Impossible” premiered on Food
Network.
- Also in 2007, Men’s Fitness Magazine named him one of
the “25 Fittest Guys in America.”
- He has hosted, judged or competed on various other
Food Network programs including his long running
“Restaurant: Impossible.” On the show he has 36 hours
and $10,000 to try and help a failing business turn things
around.
- In 2012, he married WWE and TNA wrestling star Gail
Kim. The couple met when he served WWE SummerSlam
VIPs for an episode of “Dinner: Impossible.”
- In 2015, the U.S. Navy named him an honorary chief
petty officer for the example he has set, and his dedication
to the troops demonstrated through his volunteer work
and many visits to service members both overseas and
stateside.
- The symbol on his chef coat is the Irvine clan badge with
the family motto “sub sole, sub umbra, virens” (flourishing
in both sunshine and shade).
- He is associated with more than 70 charities related to
children, military people and other causes; contributes
financially and gives his services for them.
- He has two daughters Annalise and Talia.
- Fellow Food Network star Guy Fieri was the best man at
his wedding.
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CELEBRITY
“I think what
surprised me
was what a
multitalented
guy he was. He
was a qualified
medical doctor.
He played
cricket for
the MCC. He
played football
for Portsmouth.
He wrote some
of the most
well-regarded
books of fiction
in the world.”
– Stephen
Mangan of
“Houdini &
Doyle” on Fox,
about playing
(a pre-Sir)
Arthur Conan
Doyle
“I suppose
because I’m an
actor as well,
sometimes
I’m not in
the mood to
watch acting
(laughs).”
– Samantha
Morton of
“The Last
Panthers” on
Sundance
Channel,
on her TV
viewing
habits
“I’ve never had to go to a studio every day
for five months. It’s fabulous. When you’re 78,
having a steady job like that, I absolutely love
it.” – Jane Fonda of “Grace and Frankie” on
Netflix, about making the series
CELEBRITY
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ON DVRs
“
Dana Carvey of “First Impressions” on USA Network
Because of Netflix and Amazon and all that, everything’s
just sitting there all the time, which is awesome. But on the
cable part of it, like if the Warriors are playing and I’m out
doing stand-up, I might record that and watch it later. Or if
I wanted to watch one of the political debates when I have
to do something, I’ll record that. So I think it’ll be mostly
sports and that. ‘SNL’ I would just catch online the next
day.
”
Charlie Murphy,
recently of “Rebellion”
on Sundance Channel
“The Internet is great
these days, like
documentaries on
YouTube and things like
that. So yeah, along
those lines, a mix and
match of everything,
and Netflix is always
handy. So yeah, a lot
of nature programs
and comedies and a
plethora of things.”
Anthony Bourdain of “Anthony Bourdain:
Parts Unknown” on CNN
“ ‘Archer,’ ‘Rick and Morty.’ I’m looking
forward to ‘Fargo’ Season 3. ‘Broad City.’
Those, I think, are some well-written,
really, really fine, creative shows.”
Freddie Prinze
Jr. of “First
Impressions”
on USA
Network
“My wife and my
kids pretty much
had that bad boy
(DVR) packed
up. Most of what
I watch is live TV,
like sports and
things like that.
But we record
‘SNL’ because
we’re rarely up
late enough to
see that because
we have kids
(laughs). And I’m
going to record
games I’m going
to see. But
scripted TV, I’m
more of an ondemand guy with
that kind of stuff.”
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STORY
`The Good Wife’
signs off after seven seasons
Presenting its series finale Sunday on CBS.
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STORY
Goodbye to
‘The Good Wife’:
CBS drama airs
its finale
By Jay Bobbin
For fans of “The Good Wife,” its end is not good news.
At least those devotees have had some time to prepare,
since CBS announced in an on-air ad during February’s
Super Bowl that the drama’s seventh season would be
its last. The finale airs Sunday, May 8 ... and even if it
seems recent episodes have been lining up the major
characters’ ducks in a row, don’t be surprised if series
creators and executive producers Robert and Michelle
King still have one or more left-hand turns to make before
the final credits appear.
As much as viewers may miss “The Good Wife,” the
acting community – especially on the East Coast, since
the production has been based in New York (standing in
for Chicago) – surely will as well, since the show rightfully
is reputed as a haven for quality roles and scripts.
However, circumstances make its ending logical: Title star
Julianna Margulies had inferred she wouldn’t be back for
another season, nor would the Kings, who are moving on
to other projects including this summer’s new CBS show
“BrainDead.”
“The Good Wife” departs with several Emmy wins
to its credit, including two for Margulies as attorney
Alicia Florrick, one for former co-star Archie Panjabi as
investigator Kalinda Sharma, and one each for guest
stars Carrie Preston and Martha Plimpton as lawyers
Elsbeth Tascioni and Patti Nyholm. The latter two are
among the many talents who have enjoyed recurring
stints on the series, with others ranging from Michael J.
Fox, Matthew Perry and Stockard Channing to Nathan
Lane, America Ferrera and David Hyde Pierce.
It must be said that another “star” of “The Good Wife” has
been the writing ... which moved past the initial concept
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Pictured: Julianna Margulies
of a wronged political wife’s coping mechanism to
consider such themes as career resuscitation, business
rivalry and corporate surveillance. Certainly, the legal
cases the show has tackled have been largely of-themoment, involving matters including the usage of private
cell-phone video and the potential perils of fast-moving
technology.
For the larger issues it has encompassed, “The Good
Wife” always has stayed character-based, the aspect
that has generated much of its watercooler conversation.
The sometimes questionable loyalties of Cary Agos
(Matt Czuchry), the often amusing scheming of Eli Gold
(Alan Cumming), the cunning professional savvy of
Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), the flexible ethics
of Alicia’s estranged husband Peter (Chris Noth) and the
modest earthiness of detective Jason Crouse (Jeffrey
Dean Morgan) all have contributed to that discussion.
However, it’s not hard to pick what arguably was the
ultimate showstopper moment of the entire series, and
it happened in Season 5: the fatal courtroom shooting
of Will Gardner (Josh Charles), Alicia’s longtime friend
and tentative love interest. The identification of his body
by Diane and Kalinda, and Kalinda’s subsequent call to
Alicia, were among television’s most riveting dramatic
moments of recent years. And the impact was that much
more since the secret that Charles was leaving the show
was remarkably well-kept.
Many refer to this as another “golden age” of TV, and
often, programs on cable or streaming services are the
ones cited. “The Good Wife” has made sure broadcast
networks still has had a place on that list, and its
absence will be felt in seasons to come – and, for those
who have stayed on its ride, well beyond that.
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STORY
Kenneth
Branagh
tackles his final cases
as ‘Wallander’
Sunday on “Masterpiece Mystery!” on PBS
(check local listings). Story on next page
STORY
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Kenneth
Branagh’s
‘Wallander’
begins a not-so-long goodbye
on ‘Masterpiece Mystery!’
By Jay Bobbin
After four years, Wallander is back for one more stand,
though it could become difficult for him.
Kenneth Branagh’s fourth and last round as the late
novelist Henning Mankell’s Swedish sleuth begins Sunday,
May 8, as PBS’ “Masterpiece Mystery!” launches the
three-episode “Wallander, The Final Season” (check
local listings). However, Inspector Kurt Wallander may
be in no condition to finish the perilous cases that start
in South Africa with “The White Lioness,” since the
challenges of age – and possibly something else, perhaps
the Alzheimer’s disease that afflicted his father – cause
a professional carelessness that leaves him in a very
uncertain state.
“The ‘Wallander’ books, when I first encountered them,
were ones that I read purely for pleasure,” says Emmy
winner Branagh, also a “Wallander” executive producer
and a noted director (“Cinderella,” “Thor”). “In my business
sometimes, if you’re lucky and you’re busy, you end up
doing a lot of reading that can sometimes be a little low on
sheer freedom and joy and enjoyment. These books were
ones that I took my time to read, but I read them all sort of
within a number of months. (The television version) sort of
resists binge-viewing in a way, though maybe people do it
that way, and that’s fine.”
“To go there was to be part of that atmosphere, and for it
to be something that was part of what you did naturally ...
and yet, it can’t merely be a style or a mannerism. If you’re
thinking about something, you’re thinking about something
because it’s real. And there, the encouragement in the very
air itself is to do that, so to play it as an actor was natural,
challenging and exciting.”
Portraying Wallander’s memory lapses, which extend at
one point to the sleuth leaving his gun behind, posed a
new and special challenge for Branagh: “It was trying to
make things as specific as possible, and to try and work
out what would be particularly frustrating for a man like
Wallander, who has to face the fact that his own particular
isolationism – he’s rather a separate kind of individual
– makes things pretty tricky if you are starting to become
forgetful.
“If you are especially disposed to not share intimate details
with your family, then I think the chance of being separate
and isolated and paranoid happens very quickly ... in
addition to the practicalities of what can happen when you
are losing a sense of who you are, where you have been,
and who those are around you are.”
With the new “Wallander” stories clearly labeled as “The
Final Season,” Branagh says reviving the character later
The last two episodes, “A Lesson in Love” (May 15) and
would have been up to writer Mankell, who died last year.
“The Troubled Man” (May 22), bring Wallander back to
In closing out the part, the performer notes his appreciation
Sweden and also feature fellow returnees Jeany Spark (as of Wallander being “incapable of any sort of small talk or
Wallander’s daughter) and Richard McCabe. Along the way, phoniness. It meant he was just sort of almost too intense
Branagh’s performance is marked by stretches of silence,
for everything: his life, his job, etc. That meant that as an
which he feels owes to the Swedish environment where the actor, you had to really sort of strip things down.
residents “seem to have a wonderful poker face and ability
to listen.
“And I found that helpful, challenging and difficult,” Branagh
adds. “And I miss it, because it’s really a very bracing and
rigorous way of doing your work.”
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STORY
‘Independent Lens’ gets
PBS’ focus on back-toback nights
By Jay Bobbin
A long-running PBS series will stay independent in a big
way in the coming days.
Now in its 17th season, the documentary anthology
“Independent Lens” airs new episodes both Monday and
Pictured:William “Dub” Lawrence
Tuesday, May 9 and 10. Encompassing an “Armed in
America” initiative by the network, the two programs will be
kind of an us-vs.-them. It’s, ‘The citizens are our enemy
followed by town hall discussions and serve as reminders
that we need to fight against,’ rather than ‘those that we’re
of the franchise’s ongoing pursuit of unique subjects and
serving.’ And I think that mindset is more problematic to
approaches.
me than it is the actual physical equipment – which, of
course, is part of the issue here, too.”
On Monday, a Utah lawman’s personal agony over a
result of his professional efforts informs “Peace Officer,”
A granddaughter of entertainment icon Walt Disney’s
Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber’s profile – honored
brother
Roy, “The Armor of Light’s” Disney says her
with two awards at the South by Southwest festival – of
William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who founded the interest in making her film (the first she directed, after
producing many others) stemmed from being “raised in
state’s first SWAT team while in that job. He then watched
a very conservative background. I don’t necessarily live
officers who used his training kill his own son-in-law,
that way in my adult life, but I don’t think my values have
and Lawrence continues to pursue the truth behind what
changed. At a root-value kind of way, I don’t understand
happened that day.
what’s happening, because the laws that I’m currently
watching get passed seem to be an indication that there
Then on Tuesday, Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes’
are worse things than taking human life.
film-festival-acclaimed “The Armor of Light” focuses on
Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck, who undertakes an examination
“It was my understanding, in the conservative household
of whether being both pro-gun and pro-life run counter
I was raised in, that human life was the most important,
to each other. While others try to dissuade him from
valuable thing. And that you would do anything rather than
that pursuit, he finds an ally in Lucy McBath, the mother
take that. So it seemed important to strip out of this bipolar
of an unarmed teen whose murder prompted a probe
disorder we are suffering from in this country, and go back
of Florida’s stand-your-ground law. Together, the duo
to our root values and talk about what is, in fact, really
encourages others to take a close look at the gun culture
important to us. Do we, in fact, value human life? And
in America.
once we have the conversation about that, can we then
legislate from there?”
“Peace Officer” subject Lawrence cites what he sees as
differences in police strategy then and now. “We used a
Rev. Dr. Schenck’s own campaign proved an ideal vessel
little more reasonable, prudent approach,” he says, “so
for Disney to illustrate her premise, and he reflects, “In
that’s been my complaint. We have evolved over the last
35 years into … where we create a volatile situation that’s my conversations with colleagues, they often whisper
– literally – and will say, ‘I’m with you on this,’ but they are
usually going to end up with somebody getting hurt. My
not ready to take the public risk. It remains to be seen
complaint, my issue, is with the law, with the policies,
whether I’ll survive that, but for many reasons, I thought I
procedures and protocol that allow us to create situations
could no longer ignore that obligation that I have.
to get people hurt unnecessarily.”
Co-director Christopherson reasons “Peace Officer”
underscores his belief that “the militarization of police is as
much cultural as it is the physical equipment. What we kind
of found was, it’s more about how police view the citizens
that they ostensibly should be serving. Instead, it’s more
“We are seeing a little progress,” adds Schenck. “There’s,
of course, been pushback, too … and there’s been a cost,
quite a high one, to the organization I lead (Faith and
Action). But we are also finding people surface who are
allies, so I’m delightfully surprised at that.”
STORY
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CMT traces
NASCAR’s roots
in ‘Rise of American
Speed’
By George Dickie
Many a successful and legitimate business has its roots in
unlawful activity. Count NASCAR among them.
Yes, the nation’s largest motorsport was born from
bootlegging, and this story and others are told in the
three-night, six-hour special event “NASCAR: The Rise of
American Speed,” airing consecutive Sundays beginning
May 8 on Country Music Television.
After World War II, France was able to organize
investors, drivers and mechanics and sell them on his
vision of a unified league where drivers and teams
raced for a championship. And following an impassioned
speech (as re-enacted in Episode 1) in 1948 at a
Daytona Beach, Fla., hotel bar, the National Association
for Stock Car Auto Racing was born.
The program brings NASCAR’s history to life through
re-enactments, archival footage and interviews with
experts and drivers including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin
Harvick, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon, focusing on the
personalities and events that made it what it is today.
Parts 2 and 3 look at the postwar years to the current
generation of drivers. Television played a huge part in
NASCAR’s growth, starting in 1979 with the first start-tofinish telecast of the Daytona 500. That turned out to be
a watershed event for the league – but it almost didn’t
happen thanks to a race-day downpour in Florida.
The story begins in Depression-era Georgia, where jobs
were few and so men such as future racing legends Roy
Hall and Lloyd Seay supported themselves by running
moonshine. But to do that, they needed fast cars that could
outrun the feds, and so they turned to topnotch mechanics
such as Bill France and Red Vogt.
“They needed a way to dry the track so they could still
have the race or else they’re going to put reruns or other
stuff on,” Kelly explains. “So (NASCAR CEO Bill France
Jr.) has all the drivers start doing laps at a low speed
to dry the track, and then when it’s safe then he lets it
go. And it’s just these innovative things they do to solve
problems and to help grow the sport.”
And so out of necessity, the first race car was born.
“We love that part of the story and it makes sense ... you
know, how are cars becoming better and faster?” says
Stephen David, an executive producer (with Tim W. Kelly)
of the project. “Bootleggers are paying mechanics to make
them faster than the cops who are chasing them. Just the
fact that the cops are paying them in government checks,
which take a while to clear, and the bootleggers are paying
them in cash, they’re going to make the bootleggers’ cars
faster. But it feels right that that’s where an American sport
would come from.”
“That whole story is huge,” David says, “because they
ended up having this huge viewership and then this
great finish at the end. And then right after the race
ends, when it’s this big victory, (Donnie) Allison and
(Cale) Yarborough get in a huge fistfight. So the whole
thing is so dramatic. But it actually is one of the big key
moments that made NASCAR what it was.
“And actually,” he adds, “the fight probably helped.”
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SPORTS
PGA star
Adam
Scott
stays the
course
Story on next page
Full Name: Adam Derek Scott
PGA Tour Wins: 13
Born: July 16, 1980
Major Wins: 1
Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia
Honors and Achievements: Masters
Tournament Champion, 2013; PGA Tour of
Australia Order of Merit winner, 2005, 2013
Height/Weight: 6 foot, 180-pounds
SPORTS
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By Dan Ladd
Thus far on the PGA Tour no
single golfer has dominated week
in and week out. However, along
with Jason Day, Adam Scott has
enjoyed back-to-back wins and
may be the most consistent golfer
on the tour. The Australian known
as “Scotty” will be hoping to
keep pace when the Wells Fargo
Championship wraps up Sunday,
May 8 on CBS. The first two
rounds of the tournament from the
Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte,
North Carolina air May 5-6 on the
Golf Channel and the third round
airs May 7, also on CBS.
At press time Scott was at the top
of the FedExCup standings. He
got there by winning the Honda
Classic and the WGC-Cadillac
Championship in consecutive
weeks in late February and early
March. He’s also had two runnerup finishes on the tour with four
overall top-ten finishes. This,
after an uneventful 2015 season,
at least on the golf course – in
February of that year he became
a father. Scott was the top ranked
golfer for much of the 2014
season.
AdamScott
Although Scott didn’t make the
cut at the Masters Tournament in
April, where he won in 2013 (his
only Major victory) he’s had 15
top-ten finishes during his career
in Major tournaments. That type
of consistency could show itself at
any point in the season, including
upcoming Majors. For now,
staying on course (pun intended)
and competing week-in and weekout are paramount in a season
where no single golfer has yet to
establish a winning pattern.
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MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
review
Who’s “The Boss”? Well, in movie terms these days,
that’s an easy answer: Melissa McCarthy.
Her film career has been an ever-fluctuating series
of hits and misses ever since she struck the bullseye
with her marvelously bawdy, Oscar-nominated work
in “Bridesmaids,” but it’s a thrill to see her still riding
reasonably high ... especially, in some cases, with
projects she generates for herself.
“The Boss” is one of those, and as with “Tammy”
a couple of years ago, she’s also a co-writer with
husband Ben Falcone – the film’s director. She
plays a self-actualization guru who gets into legal
trouble and goes to prison, then has to take her own
medicine and rebuild her life once she gets out.
She’s helped in several ways by her former assistant,
played by a winning Kristen Bell, who’s smart for
knowing and grabbing a good supporting role
when she sees one. There’s a lot of business about
humanizing McCarthy’s Michelle Darnell, and that
lets the actress put some spins on the image she’s
cemented through her television work in the aboutto-end “Mike & Molly” and the soon-to-be-resurrected
“Gilmore Girls” (which McCarthy finally is returning
for, if briefly).
The rest plays out a lot like Diane Keaton’s “Baby
Boom,” with Bell giving McCarthy the incentive to get
back into the business swing by marketing a certain
product in a unique way. While the premise may
be familiar, it’s the McCarthy twist that provides the
difference, reaffirming the natural talent that elevated
her from the supporting ranks to her current status.
Remaining likable even when your alter ego does
some not-so-likable things is a gift.
Seeing the star placed up against other known
performers is typically fun, too. Not only is her
substantial time in “The Boss” with Bell enjoyable, but
she and Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) make
a great pair of friends turned foes, particularly in the
picture’s home stretch.
“The Boss” certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel of
movie comedy, and it doesn’t really intend to. What
it does do is to serve as a relatively solid vehicle for
Melissa McCarthy, less successful than some, but
more than others – and knowing what works well for
you always is a big part of being a good boss.
Melissa McCarthy is
‘Boss’
as star and co-writer
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's movie review
DVD TOP PICK
“DEADPOOL” Ryan
Reynolds as Wade
Wilson, technically
an anti-superhero
who’s an ex-Special
Forces member
bent on revenge
against the man (Ed
Skrein) who put him
in his current state.
... And stay tuned
for a highly amusing
“kicker” after the
final credits.
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STARTING THIS WEEK (New releases):
“WAR & PEACE” One of the most classic of all stories gets fresh treatment in this
version of the Leo Tolstoy saga. Paul Dano (“Love & Mercy”), Lily James (“Downton
Abbey”) and James Norton (“Grantchester”) star as the central trio of Pierre, Natasha and
Andrei, young members of families trying to ensure their futures as imperialism comes to
an end in Russia.
“SCREAM: THE TV SERIES” MTV began running this weekly television spinoff putting
residents of Lakewood at the mercy of a killer who reminds many people of similar
troubles in the past.
“WHERE TO INVADE NEXT” Michael Moore (“Bowling for Columbine,” “Fahrenheit 9/11”)
stars in this documentary that takes him to France, Italy and other countries to learn
firsthand how they deal with socioeconomic problems that have plagued America. His
expressed mission here is to find workable solutions that he can bring back to the U.S.
“THE BOY” Lauren Cohan (“The Walking Dead”) – stars as an American woman who
becomes the nanny to a British family. The clan includes one unusual member: a lifesized doll, meant to be a surrogate for the son the parents lost two decades earlier. They
insist it be treated like a real person, and when the newcomer goes against some of the
ground rules, the results suggest the doll may be exerting a supernatural force.
“NOVA: ICEMAN REBORN” Kept remarkably preserved for more than 5,000 years in
a frozen crypt, the European mummy known as Otzi is examined by artist Gary Staab
– one of very few people to be granted such permission – in this recent episode of the
PBS science series. Staab’s mission is to develop a replica of the so-called “iceman”
that scientists and citizens can get close to, and in the process, he uncovers surprising
information about the life his subject led ... largely tied to genetics.
upcoming DVD releases
“DIRTY GRANDPA” (May 17): Robert
De Niro plays said grandpa, a bawdy
military veteran who gets his staid
grandson (Zac Efron) to take him on a
road trip. (R: AS, N, P)
“THE FINEST HOURS” (May 24):
Coast Guard members try to rescue
the crew of a critically damaged,
rapidly sinking oil tanker; Chris Pine
and Casey Affleck star in the true
story. (PG-13: P, V)
“HOW TO BE SINGLE” (May 24):
Several New Yorkers seek fulfillment
in going solo; the cast includes
Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and
Damon Wayans Jr. (R: AS, P)
Pictured: Zac Efron
“GODS OF EGYPT” (May 31):
Powerful ancient rivals (Gerard
Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) vie for
nothing less than control of the world;
Geoffrey Rush also stars.
(PG-13: AS, V)
“PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND
ZOMBIES” (May 31): The classic
story gets a major revision involving
– you guessed it – the undead; Lily
James and Sam Riley star.
(PG-13: AS, V)
“RACE” (May 31): Jesse Owens
(Stephan James) faces challenges
both on and off the track as he
prepares for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
(PG-13: AS, P)
Family Viewing Ratings
AS Adult situations
P Profanity
V Violence
N Nudity
GV Graphic Violence
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FAVORITE SHOWS
Camren Bicondova
stars in “Gotham”
Connie
Britton stars
in “Nashville”
Fred Savage stars in
“The Grinder”
SUNDAY
9 p.m. on ABC
The Family
Voting day arguably is the worst
possible time for Claire (Joan Allen)
to get more disturbing news, but so it
is in the new episode “Election Day.”
Willa (Alison Pill) comes forth with
another revelation that supersedes any
attention being paid to the numbers as
they come in. Nina (Margot Bingham)
has only a limited window of time
left to be able to get the goods on
her prime suspect, Doug (guest star
Michael Esper). Liam James and
Andrew McCarthy also star. New
MONDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
Gotham
Among those who don’t react well to
Azrael’s rampage through the city is
Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), who has
a specific vendetta to execute, in the
new episode “Wrath of the Villains:
Unleashed.” Professor Strange (guest
star BD Wong) is on the run from
the law, but he also has Bruce and
Selina Kyle (David Mazouz, Camren
Bicondova) on his trail. Michelle
Veintimilla returns as Firefly, alias
Bridgit. Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue
and Michael Chiklis also star.
Joan Allen stars in
“The Family”
TUESDAY
9:30 p.m. on FOX
The Grinder
It’s judgment day for Dean Sr. (William
Devane) in “Full Circle,” the show’s
season finale, and it’s up to Dean
Jr. (Rob Lowe) to clear his dad of
malpractice charges when Stewart
(Fred Savage) is taken out of the
case. Others don’t think the younger
Sanderson is up to the task. The
identity of the person who schemed
against the firm is revealed — and
a “special surprise guest star” is
promised. Mary Elizabeth Ellis and
Natalie Morales also star. Season
Finale New
continued on next page
FAVORITE SHOWS
WEDNESDAY
10 p.m. on ABC
Nashville
“Dancing With the Stars” veteran
Derek Hough and music’s Kesha
guest star in the new episode “After
You’ve Gone,” both figuring into
Juliette’s (Hayden Panettiere) efforts
to lobby for an Oscar nomination
for her work in “Shenandoah
Girl.” Rayna (Connie Britton) has
close-to-home concerns about the
pitfalls that new artists can run into.
Scarlett’s (Clare Bowen) patience
with Gunnar (Sam Palladio) and
Autumn Chase (guest star Alicia
Witt) runs out. New
FRIDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
Movie: Jumping the Broom
The turf Tyler Perry has mined so
successfully is attempted by other
filmmakers in this 2011 comedydrama, in which two families of different
socioeconomic levels are drawn
together by a wedding on Martha’s
Vineyard. Conflicts expectedly arise
during the countdown to the nuptials.
The ensemble cast includes Perry-film
veterans Angela Bassett and Loretta
Devine, plus Laz Alonso, Paula Patton,
Meagan Good, Mike Epps and Julie
Bowen (“Modern Family”). Premiere
THURSDAY
8 p.m. on CBS
The Big Bang Theory
A number of parents turn up on the
concluding episode of the comedy’s
ninth season, including one who
hasn’t been seen before: Leonard’s
(Johnny Galecki) father, played by
veteran actor Judd Hirsch (“Taxi,”
“Ordinary People”). Among those
who have appeared previously,
Christine Baranski — fresh off “The
Good Wife” — and Laurie Metcalf
(“Roseanne”) return as Leonard and
Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) mothers
respectively. Kaley Cuoco and
Simon Helberg also star. Season
Finale New
9 p.m. on ABC
Scandal
Series creator and executive
producer Shonda Rhimes cowrote the show’s fifth-season
finale, “That’s My Girl,” in which
the presidential candidates are on
the verge of naming their running
mates. The situation doesn’t bode
well in Olivia’s (Kerry Washington)
view. Cyrus (Jeff Perry) gets
information that could have a major
impact on the campaigning. Tony
Goldwyn, Katie Lowes, Joshua
Malina, Darby Stanchfield, Bellamy
Young and Joe Morton also star.
Season Finale New
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SATURDAY
9 p.m. on CBS
NCIS: New Orleans
Steven Weber reprises his recurring
role as New Orleans Mayor Douglas
Hamilton in “Father’s Day,” which finds
Pride (Scott Bakula) hosting a Fat
Tuesday party to mark the opening of
his new French Quarter bar. Festivities
are cut short, however, when both Pride
and the mayor are kidnapped and held
hostage by an unknown assailant. Lee
Tergesen guest stars; Zoe McLellan,
Lucas Black and CCH Pounder also
star.
Paula Patton (left)
and Angela Bassett
star in “Jumping the
Broom”
Scott Bakula stars in
“NCIS: New Orleans”
Johnny Galecki stars in
“The Big Bang Theory”

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