Thursday, February 5, 2009

News Round-up

INTERVIEW: FNL's Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton (Eric and Tami)
"I'm not only spoiled, I'm ruined," said Connie Britton when asked about her experience playing Tami Taylor on the critically lauded FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, which returned to the NBC schedule last month for its third season.

"I think I'm going to have to work with all the exact same people in the exact same style," Britton joked of her post-FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS career. "It's one of those things that Kyle and I joke about all the time where we sort of feel like that this process makes us much better than we really are and I feel like someday somebody is going to figure that out." Chandler said that he wasn't sure if he felt spoiled but he did admit, but "I feel it's been a great class. I've learned so much from working on the show. I think I've expanded quite a bit in the craft."

Rick Springfield still rocks
Listen to Springfield’s latest album, “Venus In Overdrive,” and you realize that at 59, he’s not just another oldies act living in the past. Springfield offers a power-pop sound straight out of “Jessie’s Girl,” which can be heard on the first single, “What’s Victoria’s Secret.”

Clint Ritchie obit
Clint Ritchie, the tall, handsome actor who played Clint Buchanan for two decades on the ABC soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE, died Saturday in Roseville, Calif., after a brief illness, network spokeswoman Lauri Hogan said. He was 70 and lived on a horse ranch in nearby Grass Valley, Calif.

Former ATWT actor Matt Cavenaugh in "West Side" revival
Cavenaugh will star as Tony in a bilingual revival of “West Side Story,” which previews on Broadway Feb. 23.

Hollywood to Lesbians: "We're Just Not That Into You"
If you are a lesbian or bisexual woman and you own a television, now is the winter of your discontent.

HOLLYOAKS stars help launch a new service in Sefton to improve people’s sexual health
HOLLYOAKS stars Jennifer Metcalf and Glen Wallace have helped to launch a new service promising a purge on high levels of poor sexual health in Sefton. In a bid to tackle escalating rates of sexually transmitted diseases ISIS (Improving Sexual Health In Sefton) will operate 10 clinics in the borough. In a ground-breaking move, Sefton will also have two men-only clinics, one in Southport, the other in Bootle.

Glen Wallace said: “My character did not know anything was wrong, he went to give blood and found he had HIV. He was married to Mercedes and they had been sleeping together without protection, putting her at risk. This is why it is so vital to keep getting checked, it is not just for your own sake but for the sake of others.”

INTERVIEW: UGLY BETTY's Grant Bowler (Connor)
"UGLY BETTY was one of the rare American shows I did watch. I remember watching the pilot and falling in love with the show right from there. It grabbed me, something about the style of the show and how it manages to walk the line between that Suarez household where you've got the loving family and the very gentle friendship with Betty and Daniel, and then on the other side you've got this broad, almost farcical and clowning comedy that takes place. I love the line that show walks between the two and that it can actually do both. It can pull on your heartstrings and be outrageously broad all in the same episode."

INTERVIEW: NIGHT SHIFT's McCullough, Thompson and Rogers
The actors discuss a possible third season of the SOAPnet show. Jason Thompson said: "I think [the-powers-that-be] plan on doing it again. The most important thing is doing it as soon as possible, really. We have a good base for the show. It would be heartbreaking to take too long and have a big gap, with people losing interest or — God forbid — a couple of cast members try to do something else, and they're not available. Then you're asking the audience to get behind a whole other character once again. You can only ask the audience to do that so many times before they stop caring, because it's someone different every time."

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