Clifton Powell

"Chinese Box"

• Dec 18, 2007 07:05 PM ET
• by Todd mason

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The last new episode scheduled for 2007 reminded me of a couple of early 1970s films the brilliant The Conversation and the more obscure and not as good if still interesting Report to the Commissioner which was based on a novelas well as seeming to mark the end of Aya Sumikas role on the series though we can hope otherwiseIt begins with a fairly unexceptional mornings business at the FBI offices as Agents Reeves Diane Farr and Sinclair Alimi Ballard prepare to go pick up a suspect less routinely Liz Warner Sumika informs her boss and ex Don Eppes Rob Morrow that shes taking the opportunity to be temporarily reassigned to another unit in the Los Angeles office Eppes is surprised and conflicted but has little time to deal with that since in the lobby of the FBI building a man has charged in brandishing a gun and shooting an agent before charging into an elevator and taking a civilian hostage Sinclair exchanges himself for the hostage over Reevess ob read more

Has actor Clifton Powell of ...

• Sep 22, 2005 04:00 AM ET
• by Maitland McDonagh

Question: Has actor Clifton Powell of Next Friday and The Brothers died? A local movie critic listed him as the "late" actor and said his part in the upcoming The Gospel was Powell's final role.

Answer: To paraphrase the late Mark Twain, reports of Clifton Powell's death have been greatly exaggerated. He isn't dead.