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New coaches Miley Cyrus
and Alicia Keys on
P.12
‘The Voice’
Jon Voight appears opposite
himself in
P.14
‘J.L. Family Ranch’
‘Gomorrah’
SundanceTV offers new
series you can’t refuse P.17
‘Better Late Than Never’
Four celebs do Asia
Premieres Tuesday on NBC
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3 NBC’s “Better Late Than Never” follows Henry
Winkler, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman and William
Shatner as they experience parts of Asia for the first
time. George Dickie speaks with Winkler about his
adventures on the trip.
12-13 “The Voice” gets a jump-start on its 11th season
with a special “preview” episode following the Olympics
closing ceremonies Sunday on NBC. Executive producer
Mark Burnett talks with Jay Bobbin about the benefits of
having that showcase for the singing contest, and about
the additions of Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys as new
coaches/judges.
FOOD
7 The family that cooks together ...
REALITY
16 The end still must justify the means for Marcus
Lemonis as ‘The Profit’ returns
SPORTS
18-19 Former Little League World Series champ
Yusmeiro Petit now in the big leagues
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14-15 Oscar winner Jon Voight will be competing with
himself as his new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film “J.L.
Family Ranch” debuts Sunday opposite his Showtime
series “Ray Donovan” (for which he’s now an Emmy
nominee again). Also an executive producer of the movie,
he tells Jay Bobbin about his determination to keep
Western traditions in a modern story, and about his new
friendship with co-star and fellow acting veteran James
Caan.
17 The Italian series “Gomorrah” follows the
machinations of two crime families in an isolated suburb
of Naples, Italy. Executive producer Gina Gardini tells
George Dickie about how the shooting location and
setting of Scampia was a definite character in the
storyline.
CELEBRITY
4 Carla Hall burns the candle at both
ends
5 Deborah Gibson does a takeoff on her
own music career
6 John Turturro hit it off with co-star
8 ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ star Lee Pace
wants a Season 4
9 Getting to know ebay guru and
entrepreneur Linda Lightman
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STORY
NBC’s ‘Better Late Than Never’ takes
celebs on the trip of a lifetime
By George Dickie
Take four male celebrities of a certain age, bring them on
an epic trek through Asia and watch what happens.
“Here’s what’s interesting: We’re all the same,” Winkler
says. “I watched George Foreman, who is a mountain of
a man, lie down on a thatched mat on a platform covered
by a thatched roof open on three sides, and these
children 2-, 3-, 4-years-old, came over to him in Thailand
and they could have been his grandchildren. Without
knowing the language but only the language of laughter,
they started making up games together and jumping
on him. I mean, I saw it. I met these children in Kyoto
at a sumo wrestling match, their mom and dad came,
and with no language we laughed together and created
masterpieces in the gravel we were sitting on.”
That’s the conceit behind the new unscripted NBC series
“Better Late Than Never.” Premiering Tuesday, Aug. 21,
the fish-out-of-water comedy event follows TV legends
Henry Winkler (“Happy Days”) and William Shatner
(“Star Trek”), football great Terry Bradshaw and former
heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman as they
embark on a journey of a lifetime through locations such
as Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok and Hong Kong, traveling with
no schedule and no itinerary and guided by comedian
Jeff Dye.
Winkler, who is also an executive producer, knew Shatner
prior to this project but not Bradshaw and Foreman. But
that didn’t stop the four men from becoming fast friends
during casting and production.
“Oh, we’ve had so much fun,” Winkler says, “and you
know it was grueling but it was like a trip that fell out
of the heavens. I mean, four very big personalities and
ultimately you can feel the affection and respect because
I was allowed to go into the editing room and look at stuff
as they cut it together. And I thought to myself, ‘I’m in it
and I want to spend time with these guys.’ ”
Each stop, according to Winkler, took three-and-onehalf days to film with a typical shooting day lasting 14-15
hours. In each episode, the four men banter, kid around,
take in landmark sights and interact with the locals, along
the way discovering that language is no barrier.
As for himself, Winkler found himself bonding with a
“local” of another species in Thailand.
“One of the greatest experiences outside of my family,
outside of my career, that I’ve had in my whole life,” he
says, “was in Chiang Mai. I met an elephant and I spent a
day with this elephant, and this elephant looked me in the
eye, I looked this elephant in the eye. I said, ‘My name
is Henry, I’m so happy to meet you.’ And you feel the
emotion that flows out of this 15,000-pound pachyderm
and I started to cry. ... It was a new experience. I have
ridden an animal in a zoo but to be with this animal, to
feed this animal, wash this animal, ride this animal, chat
with this animal – it was overwhelming.”
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CELEBRITY
4 JUICY
QUESTIONS
FOR
Carla Hall
1
of ‘The Chew’
weekdays on ABC
You just
opened a
restaurant in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Can you talk
about it?
Yes. Carla Hall’s
Southern Kitchen
and it’s fast casual,
meaning that you
just come up, you
order at the counter
and then servers
will bring you your
food. But it’s not a
sit-down restaurant,
no reservations
or anything like
that. And the focus
is Nashville’s
Hot Chicken and
southern fried, so
it’s pretty simple.
We have mixed
drinks and batched
cocktails and
mocktails, plenty
of sweet tea and
lemonade.
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George Dickie’s Q&A
You must have had a lot of coffee
on hand.
I did not. I actually made it a point not to drink
caffeine because I was afraid to become dependent
on it, so I drank a lot of water and I slept when I
could. I was sleeping in my dressing room during
our breaks, and you know it wasn’t sustainable. I
was really tired. Whenever I sat down, I was just
falling asleep. But I did that for a month.
2
Did you do
this during
hiatus?
It seems
like you
couldn’t
do this
while “The
Chew” is in
production.
4
So now that
it’s open,
how is it
doing?
It’s going really
well. It’s nice to
only focus on one
thing right now,
so the hiatus is
welcome. And it’s
still very physical
and long hours
but it’s just one
thing, and it’s
going well. You
know, we’re
getting into a
routine and the
staff’s getting
into a groove.
And we’re still
tweaking things
as you do but the
reception to the
food has been
good and it’s
going really well.
No, I did
(chuckles).
We actually
opened on
Memorial Day,
so the month
leading up to
it and then on
Memorial Day.
So I was doing
both and I was
just more tired
than I have
ever been in
my life. Twentyhour days
– it was really
crazy.
CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
DeborahGibson
of ‘Summer of Dreams’
Saturday on Hallmark Channel
You developed the basic story for “Summer of
Dreams.” Where did it come from?
The whole idea came about when I started
my camp programs and mentoring programs,
and I realized there’s more to life than being
an entertainer. It was really fun to not be in the
spotlight and watch some of the kids I mentored go
on to be on “The Voice” and “American Idol.”
I was sitting back like a proud parent, and I
thought, wouldn’t it be fun to (come up with the
story) “Down-on-her-luck pop star ends up teaching
music undercover somewhere in Middle America”?
That was really the seed of the idea and we had a
lot of fun developing it, trying to make it a tonguein-cheek, worst-case scenario of my career.
How much singing do you do in the movie?
Quite a bit. I sing “Only in My Dreams” at the
beginning, and I remade the song acoustically and
I sing that version in the middle. It’s a way that the
audience can track the character’s journey.
At the start, I sing it the same old way – but by the
middle of the movie, (the character has) gained this
introspection and this depth through working with
the kids. She’s toned everything in her life down
and has become more real, so that was a really fun
thing to play with. And the song celebrates its 30th
anniversary this year, so to see it have this new life
is incredible.
You were a contestant on “The Celebrity
Apprentice.” What do you think of Donald
Trump’s presidential bid?
You can’t agree with everything that someone says,
but I will say that what I enjoy about Mr, Trump is
that he truly does not care what people think, in the
sense that he can’t be bought. I think that’s what
people both love and can’t stand about him.
I think he knows that when all of this is over, if he’s
not the president, he’s still Donald Trump. He still
built the empire he built, and he’s pretty fearless in
that sense. And I think that fearlessness gets him in
trouble sometimes, obviously.
CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
John
Turturro
of ‘The Night Of’ Sunday on HBO
How would you describe your
character of attorney John
Stone?
You see a guy who’s really smart but he doesn’t
have the stomach to go to trial, who can’t
compartmentalize his feelings about it and the
pressure of that. And after talking to a lot of
different lawyers, I understood that. Like some
guys are able to do it, some guys burn out, some
guys can’t do it. But he’s a very capable guy and
very smart but it’s not in his constitution. You
know, he suffers from eczema and that may be
part of the reason why, from stress. But his life is
kind of a mess but he’s a very human guy who
knows how to read people and he’s got a good
sense of humor but he’s full of maladies. That’s
what makes a great character, so I loved playing
the character, I really did.
What does he see in Riz Ahmed’s
character of Naz?
I think he connects to him. He just connects to
the kid. He just connects to him and that’s why he
puts himself in that situation and he doesn’t know
what he did. And it was interesting because I had
a really good connection, and I’m still friendly
with him, with Riz. That was really lucky in a way.
That doesn’t always happen but it’s written and
you actually do but I did and it was very fortuitous
that we just got along really well.
And he’s a very bright guy and I feel really
comfortable with him and it was easy to do
that with him, so that had a big effect on my
performance – you know, who he was as a
person and as a character and an actor. That
happens sometimes. Sometimes it doesn’t
happen and you have to kind of act it. But I
think people have those feelings about people.
That’s why people are business partners, why
they get married, why they have best friends.
You know, you just connect with someone. I don’t
think you can really completely understand that
intellectually.
FOOD
George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
Cooking and
entertaining
a family affair on ‘Smollett Eats’
The Smollett family is well-known for acting and musical talent. But a new series
on Food Network showcases their abilities in the kitchen.
In the Saturday series “Smollett Eats,” siblings Jake, Jazz, Jocqui, Jojo, Jurnee
and Jussie demonstrate their cooking and entertaining skills, from throwing the
perfect kids birthday party to putting on a midnight barbecue for friends.
And for this, the brothers and sisters work together like a well-oiled machine:
One makes the entree, another handles the salad, another the salad dressing,
another decorates the table, etc. These are people who have cooked since
childhood under the tutelage of parents who themselves were aces in the
kitchen. There is no sibling rivalry here.
Masterminding the menu is fifth Smollett child Jake, 27. who can do everything
from Italian to cajun.
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Pictured: Jake Smollett
“Our mom is from New Orleans,” he explains, “so personally I like to cook a lot of
spicy foods and hearty Southern stuff with like a Cali fresh twist on it. So it’s not so rich in heavy sauces and fried stuff,
but I do like to fry every now and then. But yeah, I cook a wide variety of stuff. Someone asked me yesterday, if I had to
cook for the president, what would I make? I probably would make my smothered chicken. It doesn’t sound like it’s such a
meal you would make for someone so esteemed.”
The party planner in the family is Jazz, 36 and the second-oldest of the Smollett kids, who also handles the table
decorations.
“We just did my daughter’s second birthday party,” she says, “and there was a huge undertaking of decorations and the
theme. My husband and I dressed up in costumes for it. Like everyone gets really involved, so parties are a big part of our
family in general. And then of course, I put Jake in charge of the food, which everyone loves, and there’s always a reason
for celebration.”
“I am very, very creative,” she continues, “and so I throw everything up in the air, make a big mess and then come out with
an artistic something. That’s how I party plan.”
What book are you
currently reading?
Jake: “A family friend of
ours recently bought me
‘The Encyclopedia of
Cajun and Creole Cuisine’
by chef John D. Folse, and
it’s basically the history of
New Orleans cuisine and
Louisiana on a whole. It’s
really interesting. It’s like
part cookbook, part history
of cajun and creole.”
What did you
have for dinner
last night?
Jake: “I had Tender
Greens, salt-andpepper chicken
with butter lettuce
salad and cooked
carrots and
Brussels sprouts.
It was delicious.”
What is your
next project?
When was the last vacation you
took, where and why?
Jake: “I am currently
working on my blog
and ... I’m actually
working on my
creole seasoning,
launching my creole
seasoning right
now, so that’s what
I’m working on.”
Jake: “I went to Jamaica last month. Me
and my two brothers, Jesse and Jocqui,
we went to Kingston and we went to
Montego Bay and we just hung out. And
we got a chance to go the Bob Marley
museum. It was a great experience. I’m
actually going to Palm Springs for the
week for my birthday weekend.”
CELEBRITY
Tech wizard Joe McMillan (Lee Pace)
is flying high again since he and his
former Mutiny colleagues Cameron
Howe and Donna Clark (Mackenzie
Davis, Kerry Bishe), plus Donna’s
husband Gordon (Scoot McNairy),
relocated to California’s Silicon Valley,
circa 1986, in the two-hour Season
3 premiere of “Halt and Catch Fire,”
Tuesday, Aug. 23, on AMC.
As fans will remember, Joe suffered
through some personal and
professional reversals in Season
2, but ultimately was able to exploit
a computer virus antidote Gordon
designed to build a new company,
McMillan Utility.
“Basically this antivirus software is
racketeering, because he’s telling
people to be afraid, so they will buy
this antivirus software they don’t
really need,” Pace explains. “He’s also
becoming a real thought leader in the
community, because Joe brings with
him this very democratic idea that he
has had since the beginning when
he built his computer. He wanted a
computer that was small and fast and
inexpensive, so he could get it to as
many people as possible. ... Now he’s
selling caution to as many people as
possible: Be afraid of what you may let
in the door. That’s a very interesting
place to find him.”
With all four members of the volatile
main quartet in this new environment,
expect old relationships to evolve,
including Joe’s turbulent past with old
flame Cameron.
“There’s so much connective tissue
between Joe and Cameron,” Pace
says. “He cares about her, and she
maliciously ruined his life. It was the
only way that she could keep Mutiny
from being completely destroyed, and
she didn’t care enough about what it
would do to Joe to stop herself from
doing it. ... I don’t want to say too much
because what she did to him remains a
live wire to Joe.”
John Crook’s Celebrity ScooP
Despite slim ratings, AMC
remains bullish on the show,
partly because it’s produced by
AMC Studios, which means the
cable network owns it outright.
“AMC has been great,” Pace
says. “If there’s any way
to make (a fourth season)
work, I’m sure they will, and
I certainly hope it does. It’s
something I’m not ready to let
go of.”
Coming up:
Three films,
“The Book
of Henry,” a
drama with
Naomi Watts
and Jacob
Tremblay
(“Room”);
“The Keeping
Hours,” a
supernatural
love story
with Carrie
Coons (“The
Leftovers”); and
“Revolt,” a sci-fi
action flick
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
LindaLightman
- She graduated from Boston University with a BA in economics
and in 1987, she graduated from Brooklyn Law School with a law
degree.
- A former labor and employment attorney, she left the legal
field to raise her two children. She also worked part time for her
husband, Fred, who had a business as a wholesale distributor.
- In the late ‘90s, she decided to try selling her sons’ old video
games on eBay. She sold all of the games immediately and
was instantly hooked on selling, which led her to test the waters
with her own clothes, handbags and shoes. Soon, she was
approached by friends and neighbors who employed her to sell
their items, and her ebay store, Linda’s Stuff, began to take off.
- Since starting Linda’s Stuff from her suburban Philadelphia
home in 2000, she has grown her business into the largest online
consignment seller of designer fashion and accessories on eBay
worldwide.
Linda Lightman is a CEO and
entrepreneur who can be seen hosting
“I Can Find $3,000 In Your Home”
on ABCd.
- Her husband of 26 years, Fred, who graduated from
Columbia Law School, joined Linda’s Stuff in 2003 and is
now the president of the company.
- Her oldest son, Max, joined the company in 2005, as the
vice-president of business development, after working at
an investment banking house in New York for two years.
- By 2006, she had 20 employees and moved Linda’s
Stuff from her house into a 5,000-square-foot office space;
today, the company is still thriving, almost a decade later,
turning over an impressive $25 million every year.
- The company recently relocated to a larger facility and
calls Hatboro, Pa. home. The company employs over 100
people and she still owns 100 percent of the business.
- In 2009, she launched her own website to complement
her eBay store.
- She has appeared on “Nightline” and Bloomberg TV
and been interviewed by the New York Times, The Oprah
Magazine and Los Angeles Times, among other outlets.
- This summer, she launched a show “I Can Find $3,000
In Your Home,” available on ABCd and on the ABC App,
where she demonstrates how people can find hidden
treasures lying around their home and sell their items.
- She also is an active philanthropist, and has worked with
celebrities such as New York housewife Jill Zarin, “Shark
Tank’s” Daymond John, American pop singer Paula Abdul
and former ice-skater Johnny Weir, auctioning items on
Linda’s Stuff to benefit various charities.
CELEBRITY
“I fly two different
airplanes when
I’m back east, one
of which is a little
Piper Cub, then
there’s an Aztec
twin-engine that
I fly. And a friend
of mine wants
me to fly his
helicopter when
he needs me. It’s
a Robinson R44
Raven, and that’s
a beauty; I flew
those for years
in Los Angeles.
I’m a commercial
helicopter pilot,
too.” – Treat
Williams, of
“Chesapeake
Shores” on
Hallmark
Channel, about
his aviation
activities
“We’re living in such a
polarized world, with such
evidence of racism and
gender inequality and
all these things, it’s so
important for me to make
sure that I have a voice
… and that I’m not just
talking about things that are
fleeting and superficial, but
things that matter.” – Justin
Baldoni, seen recently on
“My Last Days” on The
CW, about producing his
own projects outside his
acting on “Jane the Virgin”
“That is the shame of television today, that
wonderful shows come on. There are so many
outlets you don’t know where to go and a
show doesn’t get a chance. And the writers
are trying to figure out how to write for the
actors, the actors are trying to figure out how
to be with each other. The actor is trying to
figure out how to relate to his character or
her character, and it takes time. You know,
I’m telling you, if this was the climate, ‘Happy
Days’ would not be on the air.” – Henry
Winkler of “Better Late Than Never” on
NBC
CELEBRITY
ON DVRs
“
Jon Voight of “J.L. Family Ranch” on Hallmark Movies
& Mysteries and “Ray Donovan” on Showtime
I mostly stay with the news, because that’s where I’m
focused when I go to television. Occasionally, I’ll catch up
with a show like ‘Homeland.’ There’s a lot of great acting
and great writers our there; it’s a little bit of a renaissance
in television, and I’m excited about it.
”
Deborah Gibson of
“Summer of Dreams”
on Hallmark Channel
“Our favorite thing to
watch religiously is ‘The
Andy Griffith Show.’ It
is just so brilliant.There
have been studies on
this, but the current TV
frequencies are meant
to disrupt families
and to be jarring and
agitating, whereas
those older shows were
so warm. Hearing that
sitcom laughter is so
soothing, so basically,
we watch all those
types of reruns. And I
watch all of the talent
competition shows.”
Christian Finnegan of “Black and White”
on A&E Network
“ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep.’ I generally
watch Rachel Maddow most nights. ‘Real
Time With Bill Maher.’ Knicks games. And
my wife always has about 14 different
hourlong murder shows on there, ‘48
Hours Mystery’ and stuff like that.”
Henry Winkler
of “Better Late
Than Never” on
NBC
“ ‘Catastrophe,’
‘The Night Of,’
‘Ray Donovan,’
‘The Blacklist.’ All
the ‘Chicagoes.’
Now sadly,
not anymore,
‘Banshee.’ I love
‘America’s Got
Talent.’ So those
are a few.”
STORY
‘The Voice’ gets
in tune early with
new additions
Miley Cyrus and
Alicia Keys
By Jay Bobbin
“The Voice” is starting to play its
new tune a little early.
Season 11 of the singing
competition, which currently is
nominated for six Emmy Awards
(including outstanding realitycompetition series), will have not
one but two major changes to its
celebrity coach/judge lineup – and
NBC airs a preview immediately
after the Rio Olympics closing
ceremonies Sunday, Aug. 21.
Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys, both
of whom have appeared on the
show, begin regular runs with
returnees Adam Levine and Blake
Shelton as the special half-hour
edition offers a couple of the
traditional season-starting “Blind
Auditions” and a performance by
the coaches.
Season 11 “preview”
Sunday on NBC
“Whether you’re getting a Super
Bowl lead-in or the Olympics or
anything huge, this is a really
great thing for us,” confirms
“The Voice” executive producer
Mark Burnett. “It’s a great way
to remind people that ‘The Voice’
is about to come back, and that
we’ve switched things up with
Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus.
It’s an amazing promotional
opportunity.”
With the official Season 11 start
of “The Voice” set for Sept. 19,
Burnett and his fellow producers
– who include host Carson Daly
– knew who they wanted, and
who they were getting, in enlisting
Cyrus and 15-time Grammy
winner Keys. They’re the latest
revisions to a cast that also has
included Christina Aguilera,
CeeLo Green, Gwen Stefani,
Shakira, Usher and Pharrell
Williams at various times.
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STORY
Miley Cyrus joins
‘The Voice’
Continued from previous page
“It’s always a jigsaw puzzle,” Burnett admits of
casting the show. “People also have touring
schedules, and that’s why I say ‘The Voice’ is so
complicated. All four coaches are current touring
artists, but these turned out to be fantastic choices.
They make things different, in a great way. Alicia
has such a long and distinguished career, and
Miley is like 10,000 volts ... and is super-smart. I
think a lot of people who aren’t Miley Cyrus fans
are about to be. On ‘The Voice,’ you see artists
competing and mentoring, and you really get to
know them as people. There’s a benefit there for
the music world.”
Burnett notes that the program “certainly will
acknowledge” third-place Season 6 finalist Christina
Grimmie, slain following a June concert in Orlando,
Fla. “A lot has been done by the ‘Voice’ family
around Christina. It’s something that’s still hard to
believe.”
After a Season 10 that saw former “Curly Sue”
actress Alisan Porter named the latest “Voice,”
Burnett is restarting the series amidst much other
activity, as usual. Now the chief of MGM Television,
he and wife Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”)
are among the producers of the new movie version
of “Ben-Hur.” He’s also readying new seasons of
other successful shows: CBS’ “Survivor” and ABC’s
“Shark Tank,” and for early 2017, NBC’s “The
Celebrity Apprentice” (with Arnold Schwarzenegger
as the new leader of the boardroom). Also on
Burnett’s slate is a new ABC business reality series
that also involves Steve Harvey.
With “American Idol” now over, Burnett expects an
added bonus for “The Voice” as the lone singingfocused contest on U.S. broadcast television. “The
mantra for us,” Burnett reflects, “is, ‘Yeah, ”The
Voice“ is the No. 1 show Mondays and Tuesdays,
and it’s America’s most-loved music show, but that
doesn’t mean we can sit back and not do the work.’
We have to bring the fans what they want, and I
think attracting new fans via the Olympic closing
ceremonies is a good move.”
STORY
Oscar winner Jon Voight sets a new
Hallmark with ‘J.L. Family Ranch’
Premiering Sunday on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
By Jay Bobbin
Jon Voight had lots of reasons to enjoy making his newest TV movie.
Currently an Emmy nominee again for Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” the “Coming Home” Oscar winner appears directly
opposite that series as a star and executive producer of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “J.L. Family Ranch” Sunday,
Aug. 21. It’s a modern Western, a genre Voight likes; it unites him again with Hallmark, for which he enjoyed making
“Noah’s Ark” and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” earlier; and it teams him with two fellow acting veterans he
says he’s always wanted to work with, James Caan and Melanie Griffith.
“It’s a combination of all of the above,” the pleasant Voight confirms of the movie’s appeal for him. “My (production)
partner, Steven Paul, came up with the idea of the piece and to do it for Hallmark. To me, creating a portrait of the
American way of life – with a tip of the hat to the people who went before us – was a good idea, just to remind
ourselves of those kinds of people who get up at 4 in the morning and feed the animals to start their work day. To make
a portrait of their character was exciting to me.”
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STORY
Jon Voight is a star and
executive producer
Continued from previous page
Voight plays the “J.L.” of the film’s title: John Landsburg, an
ex-lawman who faces losing his Texas ranch through the
machinations of an old enemy (Caan). Griffith also stars
as Landsburg’s ex-flame, who returns to help him save his
land through her knowledge of local power brokers and
her knack for a well-placed tip. Additional cast members
include Teri Polo (“The Fosters”), Abby Brammell and
Trevor Donovan as Landsburg’s offspring, and fellow “Ray
Donovan” regular Steven Bauer as the ranch’s top hand.
“I thought that if we could get those people, we’d have a
quality piece ... and we do, I think,” Voight says. “For many
years, Jimmy Caan was on the rodeo circuit, and he’s
got a lot of banged-up stuff from it. He was the real thing,
and you can tell. I’ve always admired Jimmy, and he and
Bobby Duvall – who’s another friend of mine – are almost
like brothers, similarly brilliant and acerbic, and both with a
great sense of humor. I hadn’t really spent much time with
Jimmy, and we finally got a chance to work on this and
became very close in the process. I’m crazy about him,
and we’re now buddies.”
As someone whose roles have ranged from classic
cowboys (as in “Hour of the Gun,” one of his earliest movie
credits, and the miniseries “Return to Lonesome Dove”)
to a leather-clad “Midnight Cowboy,” Voight respects the
traditions of the American West. Those include riding
horses, which he got to do quite a bit in the course of
filming “J.L. Family Ranch.”
“I grew up in Yonkers, N.Y., and the only horses I knew
were the ones I saw in ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ movies,” he
recalls. “We would play cowboy as little kids, good guys
vs. bad guys, and that was one of my first acting roles.
The idea of riding a horse and having a certain kind of
friendship with one, like Roy Rogers and Trigger had, was
just this romantic idea of a Western hero very early on in
my life. That I got to play one in ‘Return to Lonesome Dove’
was really so wonderful for me.”
Voight may get to do that again, since he says there’s talk
of a “J.L. Family Ranch” sequel. He would embrace the
chance to depict a rancher’s lifestyle again: “I know a lot
of those guys, and I’m always comfortable with them. I’m
honored to have their friendship because I know they’re
straightforward, and if they approve of you, there must be
something good about you.”
STORY
Marcus
Lemonis
continues to pursue ‘The Profit’ in CNBC series
By Jay Bobbin
CNBC offers many programs
that dispense financial
wisdom, but only one says
right in the title that it has
its eye on “The Profit.”
Entrepreneur and
philanthropist Marcus
Lemonis is continuing
to put his money where
his mouth is -- in the
most literal sense – as
he starts his fourth
season of investing in
small businesses for
the series Tuesday, Aug.
23. Using his business
savvy as well as his
cash, he tries to help
operations that either want
to expand or simply survive,
in return for his receiving profit
participation.
The chairman and CEO of the
recreational-vehicle-related firms
Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises,
Lemonis is willing to resort to whatever it takes to
help the chosen companies on “The Profit” succeed,
confirmed financially by the $35 million-plus he’s ponied
up during the run of the show thus far.
“In today’s day and age,” Lemonis reasons, “people
want to work with and for somebody that’s going to
work with them and sort of roll up their sleeves. And I
think we’ve demonstrated throughout the (first) three
seasons of ‘The Profit’ that we sort of believe in sideby-side mentoring, and not a different sort of format
that feels like ‘talking to’ as opposed to ‘talking with.’
And I think we have to pay very close attention at
CNBC – which we’ve done so far – at really giving
people good ideas and good inspiration but, more
importantly, good information.”
However, that doesn’t mean
Lemonis will stick with a
“Profit” project if he no
longer sees an upside to
it. He has ended some of
the deals made for the
program, and he notes,
“The investment’s
usually predicated on
the relationship with
the individual … and
so, I kind of put the
business (aspect) off to
the side. It takes about
10 or 12 days to shoot
an episode, but we go
and come back and go
and come back, and you
sort of see the true colors
of people over time.
“If I get an early preview that
the relationship’s going to be
toxic, or there’s some sort of
amnesia about reality, it’s sort of
better to cut your losses and cut bait.
And in some of the cases, I’ve invested
$100,000 or $50,000 up to that point, and it’s
unfortunately a total loss.”
“The Profit” has proven to be such a staple of CNBC’s
schedule, a spinoff is now on the way: “The Partner,”
which “has one purpose” in Lemonis’ view as people
are recruited to help run “Profit”-featured businesses.
“It’s about focusing on job creation in this country,”
he says, “and focusing on hiring, and not firing. And I
think, as a second sort of purpose, it’s giving people a
look inside the world of the new world of applying for a
job. It isn’t just putting things on a resume and sending
them in. They’ll get an inside look on how I think about
applications, how the viewer thinks about them, and
how other smart businesspeople think about them as
well.”
STORY
The 12-episode Italian
series premieres
Wednesday on
SundanceTV
Organized crime thrives in a world unto itself in
SundanceTV’s ‘Gomorrah’
By George Dickie
Fans of organized crime dramas will find an original take
on the genre in an Italian series debuting this week on
SundanceTV.
poor and a perfect breeding ground for criminal activity,
especially since police won’t go in there. So it in effect
became its own state.
It is in this type of environment where crime families
such as the Savastanos and Contes can thrive and
dominate.
“Gomorrah,” a 12-episode subtitled series based on a
novel by Roberto Saviano and premiering Wednesday,
Aug. 24, tells the tale of two crime families in the Scampia
suburb of Naples. The Savastano family is led by Don
Pietro (Fortunato Cerlino), an old-school godfather who
uses violence and force to neutralize any challengers. But
when he takes out one of his own men to make a bloody
statement to rival boss Salvatore Conte (Marco Palvetti),
Pietro unwittingly causes his loyal and self-assured righthand man Ciro (Marco D’Amore) to doubt his faith in the
family. Ciro looked up to the victim as a mentor.
“They completely command that area and it became
the biggest drug marketplace of all of Western Europe,”
says executive producer Gina Gardini. “I mean, the
biggest. And that’s sort of where it all started with
Roberto Saviano, who wrote his book based on his
investigation of ... organized crime in Naples.”
However, when Pietro heads for a long jail term, Ciro’s
own code of honor forces him to obey his boss’ wishes: to
mentor and groom the Don’s weak son Genny (Salvatore
Esposito) to be acting boss until his father returns.
The drama was shot in Scampia Secondigliano, a public
housing project north of Naples that was devastated by an
earthquake in 1980 and became unlivable, with no services,
supermarkets or schools. But it became a haven for the
“And the unemployment rate is enormous,” she
continues. “And so the entire neighborhood is sustained
by organized crime. I mean, from the lady who lives on
the first floor who’s paid 500 Euros a month just to be
a lookout to the 10-year-old boy who’s paid a hundred
bucks a month to be a lookout on the corner, I mean
the entire neighborhood is sustained by supporting
organized crime and the police don’t go in. It’s been
completely abandoned by the state.”
SPORTS
Honors &
Achievements:
MLB World Series Champion,
2014; Little League World
Series champion, 1994, Holds
MLB records for consecutive
batters retired, 46 in 2014, and,
consecutive perfect innings
pitched, 15 1/3 in 2014
YusmeiroPetit
From Little League
to the big league
Story on next page
Full Name: Yusmeiro Alberto Petit
Born: Nov. 22, 1984
Birthplace: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Teams: Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants,
Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, NY Mets
Position: Pitcher
Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-foot, 1-inch/255-pounds
SPORTS
By Dan Ladd
There’s only a handful of players who
have played in both a Little League
World Series and an MLB World
Series. Washington Nationals pitcher
Yusmeiro Petit is the only player to
have actually won both. The Little
League World Series continues this
week on ESPN networks, including
double elimination play that begins
Sunday, Aug. 21.
The LLWS technically began earlier
this month with numerous regional
contests being televised by ESPN
Networks, but the official series that
involves eight international teams and
eight teams from the United States got
underway on Aug. 18 and continues
until Aug. 28. It has become an
annual showcase of young baseball
talent from around the world and for
baseball fans is just as synonymous
with August as college basketball is to
March.
At age ten, in 1994, Petit played
on the Coquivacoa Little League of
Maracaibo, Venezuela who defeated
Northridge City Little League of
California in the title game by a score
of 4-3. NFL Quarterback Matt Cassel
was the starting first baseman on
the Northbridge City team. Petit was
signed by the New York Mets in 2001
and spent nearly a decade bouncing
around the minor leagues as both
a starting and relief pitcher before
landing in San Francisco in 2012.
By 2014, he had a regular relief role
and helped the Giants win the World
Series that fall.
YusmeiroPetit
In 2015 he signed with the Nationals
as a free agent and will likely
continue to be a role player as the
Nats’ eye the post season.
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
Notbutway-beyond,
latest ‘Star Trek’ still fun
Our Take
In all its
incarnations, “Star
Trek” obviously
has spent a lot of
time in space – but
some of its better
stories have been
told when the crew
is grounded.
That’s what
happens in “Star
Trek Beyond,”
marking the
franchise’s 50th
anniversary as the
third of the movie
reboots, with
Chris Pine and
Zachary Quinto
back in their nowfamiliar portrayals
of Kirk and Spock.
Without erasing
memories of
their forerunners,
they’ve made the
roles their own, and it’s saying something when they
can do that without being accused of trying to usurp the
originals.
This time, an enemy named Krall – played by a properly
imposing and heavily made-up Idris Elba – launches an
attack on the starship Enterprise, using lots (and we are
talking “lots”) of tinier space vessels that achieves its aim
of being one of the picture’s most visually impressive
sequences.
The result leaves the Enterprise crew stranded on a nottoo-friendly planet, giving them plenty of time to mull their
history and their destiny. The actors pull off the further
development of their characters very nicely, indeed
– including Anton Yelchin, in what sadly has turned out to
be his final appearance as Chekhov. There’s also a clear
tribute to the late
Leonard Nimoy.
Pictured: Chris Pine
For all that
introspection,
though, a current
“Star Trek” movie
is bound to have
its share of action,
especially with
“Fast and the
Furious” series
veteran Justin Lin
now directing. A
big help toward
that is co-star
Sofia Boutella as
an alien cohort
who’s definitely
got some moves.
If you’re stuck on
a hostile planet,
she’s is most
surely someone
you want on your
side.
The other, newer regulars – Karl Urban as Bones,
Zoe Saldana as Uhura, John Cho as Sulu (with a
certain revelation that predecessor George Takei hasn’t
necessarily liked) – also are present and accounted for.
And it’s worth noting that Simon Pegg, alias the current
Scotty, co-wrote the script; the clearly whimsical take
he’s also shown in Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible”
capers doesn’t hurt matters here, especially in those
stretches (and there are sizable ones) when dialogue
rules instead of physical mayhem.
It may not be quite set to stun, but nevertheless, “Star
Trek Beyond” is a good-enough reason to beam aboard
yet again.
MOVIES
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Check out what’s on
our HOT list!
“THE HUNTSMAN:
WINTER’S WAR”
There’s no Snow White this time, but most of the
other elements – and a major new one, namely
Emily Blunt, who seems to have great fun here
– factor into this dark fantasy that serves as both
a sequel and a prequel at once. Chris Hemsworth
is back as Eric, the Huntsman who finds himself
up against not only the original evil queen (fellow
returnee Charlize Theron) but also her sister
(Blunt) ... whose inability to love, instilled by
her sibling, means big trouble for all concerned.
That surely includes Eric, whose love for
another warrior (Jessica Chastain) is forbidden.
Sam Claflin and Nick Frost also appear. DVD
extras: two “making-of” documentaries; audio
commentary by director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan;
deleted scenes; outtakes. ››› (PG-13: AS, V)
(Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
upcoming DVD releases
“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)
“ME BEFORE YOU” (Aug. 30): A novice caregiver (Emilia
Clarke, “Game of Thrones”) breaks through the off-putting
veneer of a bitter accident victim (Sam Claflin). (PG-13: AS, P)
“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)
“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)
“NOW YOU SEE ME 2” (Sept. 6): The magicians known
as the Four Horsemen are coerced into helping a corrupt tech
wizard (Daniel Radcliffe); Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson
return. (PG-13: P, 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)
Pictured: Emily
Blunt (left) and
Charlize Theron
Family Viewing Ratings
AS Adult situations
P Profanity
V Violence
N Nudity
GV Graphic Violence
FAVORITE SHOWS
Nigel Lythgoe is a judge in “So
You Think You Can Dance”
Mackenzie Davis
stars in “Halt
and Catch Fire”
SUNDAY
8 p.m. on NBC
Rio Olympics
Two weeks-plus of competition
concludes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
with the traditional pageantry of the
closing ceremony featuring athletes
from various nations as they bid
farewell — along with the world — to
the latest edition of the every-fouryears Summer Games. The last events
available for coverage include the
final of the men’s marathon in track
and field, and the bronze-medal and
gold-medal matches in both men’s
volleyball and men’s basketball. Bob
Costas will be among those offering
commentary. New
Christina Tosi
is among
the judges in
“MasterChef”
MONDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
So You Think You Can Dance
It’s hard to imagine the stress the
young hopefuls have been under to
get this far in the competition, and if
it gets much worse, they may have
to change the show title to “So You
Think You Can Refrain From Freaking
Out.” And now there are five, or rather,
there will be at the end of tonight’s
new episode “The Next Generation:
Top Six Perform and Elimination.” Nigel
Lythgoe, Paula Abdul, Jason Derulo
and Maddie Ziegler are the judges.
New
Bob Costas hosts
coverage of the Rio
Olympics
TUESDAY
9 p.m. on AMC
Halt and Catch Fire
The action shifts to California’s
technology hotbed of Silicon Valley
in the two-hour Season 3 premiere
of this acclaimed period drama, It’s
1986, and Joe (Lee Pace) is back on
top with his new company, McMillan
Utility, but has his eye out for the
next big thing. Meanwhile, Mutiny
executives Cameron and Donna
(Mackenzie Davis, Kerry Bishe) attract
some new collaborators who test their
partnership. Annabeth Gish joins the
cast as venture capitalist Diane Gould;
Toby Huss and Scoot McNairy also
star. Season Premiere New
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FAVORITE SHOWS
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. on FOX
MasterChef
In the new two-hour “5 Star Food/
Hot Potato” episode, the top nine
chefs compete in the next Mystery
Box Challenge as they create a dish
from unique upscale ingredients,
with guest judge Kevin Sbraga
cooking right alongside them. In the
elimination challenge, contestants
cook with either fresh or canned
salmon. The second hour finds the
top eight facing a three-part potato
skill test. Christina Tosi is a judge,
along with host Gordon Ramsay.
New
FRIDAY
9 p.m. on PBS
The Dave Clark Five — Glad All Over,
a Great Performances Special
This special is a must-see for Dave
Clark Five fans in particular, and
1960s music fans in general — but you
don’t have to be either to appreciate it.
Performance footage, home movies and
celebrity commentaries tell the story of
the British band that made dozens of hit
singles and even bumped the Beatles
off the No. 1 spot on the charts. Clark
himself, an actor before he became a
pop star, recounts much of the history
that yielded such tunes as “Because.”
SATURDAY
4:30 p.m. on NBC
Horse Racing
The 147th Travers Stakes from
Saratoga Race Course in upstate New
York remains the most prolific race
outside of the Triple Crown. Three-yearold colts, fillies and geldings run the
mile-and-a-quarter track seeking the
“Man O War Cup,” the flower blanket
and having their colors decorate the
canoe on the race course pond. And
there’s always that $1.25-million purse.
2015 Triple Crown winner American
Pharoah was upset by Keene Ice in last
year’s race. New
THURSDAY
8 p.m. on ABC
BattleBots
Internet superstar Michael Stevens,
whose “Vsauce” YouTube channel
attracts more than 10 million
subscribers, is the special guest
judge of the new episode “Rise of
the Machines: The Round of 16 Part
2, which — as the title indicates
— concludes the face-off between
16 teams competing for a spot in
the final championship. Special
effects artist Fon Davis and Jessica
Chobot, the face of Nerdist, also are
on the judging panel. New
8 p.m. on NBC
NFL Preseason Football
Two teams that could be headed in
opposite directions square off when
Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons
visit the Miami Dolphins. The third
preseason game is typically the
most important for all teams as their
starting units usually play the entire
first half. For the Falcons it will be
Ryan and one of the league’s best
receivers in Julio Jones. Meanwhile,
in Miami, Ryan Tannehill puts up
big passing numbers without a
supporting cast. New
The Breeders’ Cup
American Pharoah
“The Dave Clark Five
– Glad All Over, a
Great Performances
Special”
Matt Ryan and the
Atlanta Falcons

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