As we celebrated the landmark 300th outing of ER tonight with a rare episode directed by series executive producer John Wells I was thrilled to see the powerhouse acting of Maura Tierney and Goran Visnjic as the centerpiece of the episode For those of us who have been fans since that very first episode 14 years ago is that even possible it is gratifying to see this show still telling compelling heartfelt stories about characters that we care about I havent always liked where the story went but Ive certainly enjoyed the ride Thank God Abby finally came clean to Luka I honestly didnt think I was going to be able to take much more of relapse Abby and I was so relieved that all the secrets and lies were out on the table There are a million things I could say about the unfortunate timing of Abbys disclosure in the wake of Lukas loss but my complaint would be mostly about the acrobatics that the writers have had to perform to work aro
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) will portray Thomas Kinkade in The Christmas Cottage, the first of three planned films inspired by the painter and his works.... Per Variety, Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Sean Penn will star in Crossing Over, a drama about illegal immigration.... Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star in an adaptation of the David Ignatius novel Body of Lies. Ridley Scott will direct.... Larry the Cable Guy is a small-town sheriff in Witless Protection, costarring Ivana Milicevic (Love Monkey), Peter Stormare (Prison Break) and Joe Montegna.
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Ray Liotta (Smith?) was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, then later released after posting $15,000 bail, after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades on Saturday evening. No one was injured in the incident, reports the Associated Press, and Liotta was alone in his car.
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Now that is what I call a dream Yowza I think we have established that Parminder Nagra and John Stamos have some chemistry For more on the lovebirds check out the ER cover story in the new issue of TV Guide Magazine I was almost disappointed that Ray interrupted the proceedings But how can you not love a guy who shows up to fix your cable before his 7 am shift with Krispy Kremes in tow Neela may be dreaming of Gates but I think this love triangle is going to heat up once Ray gets a clue Shane West is too darn cute to be on the back burner for long Aside from the very pleasant opening sequence tonights episode served up a big dose of bittersweet Kovac won the lawsuit though it was an empty victory The sad fact of the matter is that Curtis Ames probably hadnt received the level of care that would have been required to prevent his debilitating stroke but he certainly received the best care that Luka was able to offer at the time Forest Whitaker is doing a
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Question: What's up with CBS ditching Smith so quickly? I hardly watch anything on CBS thanks to their overabundance of crime shows, but Smith really interested me, and I was curious to see where they would take it. I thought the ratings were OK for a new serialized show. (Wasn't it doing about as well as Boston Legal in that time slot?) Do you think maybe CBS didn't like the creative direction of the episodes we haven't seen yet?
Answer: You're onto something. The surprisingly fast fade of Smith is partly due to ratings that slipped each week (the trend wasn't positive), and partly due to Smith airing on a terrifically successful network that doesn't have as much patience for underperformers as others we might name (NBC, Fox, the CW). But when the ax falls this quickly, you also have to assume that the network execs know where the show is going and see little room for improvement, creatively and in the ratings. That was the explanation when ABC yanked Emily's Reasons Why Not after jus ...
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