Stacy Keach has had a long and idiosyncratic career. How many actors have starred in both a John Huston masterpiece (Fat City) and Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? His TV résumé alone stretches from long-ago iconic Westerns like Sugarfoot and Cheyenne through The New Mike Hammer to Prison Break. Now Keach is adding to his credits with an arc on ER, a show known for gaining its guest sta
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Before my son was born three years ago I never really had a problem watching stories about kids or families in distress In my former nonmaternal life I was able to handle a wide array of drama in my entertainment family medical romantic you name it like a rational adult able to discern fact from fiction What a difference having a family makes Today even the most remote suggestion of a suffering child dying spouse or the like spurs a visceral reaction that generally results in uncontrollable histrionics Needless to say between the family saved from the snowbound car and the father and son caught in the gang crossfire not to mention a whopper of a conclusion to the Greys Anatomy three-parter immediately preceeding tonights episode was an emotional roller coaster for me Even Sam dropping her son off at the at-risk school got to me A littleMercifully we had a healthy dose of Morris to help balance out all the familial trauma with hi
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A few highlights culled from NBC's 14-page (!) February-sweeps-preview press release: Feb. 2: 1 vs 100 features an all-kids "mob."Feb. 5: Heroes' Sylar makes a shocking move against H.R.G.Feb. 8: My Name Is Earl's Joy meets her half sister — played by Tamala Jones; romance blooms for 30 Rock's Kenneth and engaged Cerie. (Cue blatant plug for my 30 Rock preview.)Feb. 9: 24's Edgar (that is, Louis Lombardi) makes an indecent proposal to Las Vegas' Sam.Feb. 11: Vegas' Josh Duhamel and Molly Sims cross over to Crossing Jordan.Feb. 12: Studio 60's Matt flashes back to when he and Harriet first met.Feb. 13: Inconceivable! Cary Elwes guests on Law & Order: SVU.Feb. 14: The black Panthers demand that Mac be fired for making racial comments on Friday Night Lights.Feb. 15: Beau Bridges reprises his role as Earl's dad; The Office's Ryan invites Michael to be a guest speaker at his business school.Feb. 16: 1 vs 100's mob is populated by "people you hate," including IRS auditors, DMV em...
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A quick look at the familiar faces gracing Fox's series during February sweeps:Feb. 1: Martin Mull, The War at Home; Kevin Sorbo, The O.C.Feb. 3: 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mad TVFeb. 7: Eddie McClintock and Stephen Fry, BonesFeb. 10: Grey's Anatomy's Kate Walsh, Mad TVFeb. 11: Natalie Portman voices a girl who romances The Simpsons' Bart.Feb. 12: Chad Lowe (as a savvy politico) and Powers Boothe (as VP) debut on 24.Feb. 19: Stacy Keach resurfaces on Prison Break, as Michael and Sara realize that Pope might hold the key to bringing down the Company. Uh-oh, I hope one of the Taj Mahal popsicle sticks wasn't embedded with a microchip, because....
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Roy Geary is dead, gutted and bled out. At least he was happy before he died. A Cleveland what? I'm going to miss Matt DeCaro. We became good friends. I think we made a good team, too. He's a fine actor, very well-respected and renowned in Chicago theater. He's up for a Jeff Award (the Chicago TONY) this year for best actor; I hope he wins it. He was convinced the bigwigs at Fox were killing him off so they could develop a new TV series for Geary and Bellick. No one's been phoning my people about that! Not a bad idea, though! Bellick's still kicking... but for how long? Everything's ramping up and we're getting ready to launch the story into limbo for the holiday hiatus. Rumors are flying about the date we'll return. I've got to tell you, the new scripts are blowing me away, with plot twists and revelations I never expected. Holy moly!Been very busy in the best ways recently.... My family and I went to Chicago and saw Stacy Keach play King Lear in a wonderful production at the Good...
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