Some new information about Morgan Fairchild's guest appearance on Men in Trees:
It's Mariska Hargitay's birthday today!
Good news for all fans of Falcon Crest composer Mark Snow (61) who composed most of the score of FC's seasons 6 & 7: The movie "Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501" (for which he wrote the soundtrack in 1990) was released on DVD on January 8, 2008 in the US.
Falcon Crest composer Bill Conti (65) wrote the score for the upcoming movie "Hold-Up" with Tony Devon and Tom Mason which will premiere on September 10, 2008 in the US.
For all the people who were wondering was Jane Badler (Meredith Braxton from FC's season 6) is doing these days: What less people know: Jane is not only a great actress, she's also an excellent singer. Jane Badler (54) has been singing since she was five. She started singing professionally at 18 with various bands. One of her first gigs was her own show at the Playboy Club in New York.
Carla Gugino (Sydney St. James on FC's Season 9) is currently filming the Fantasy Thriller 'Watchmen' which is scheduled to premiere on March 6, 2009.
Brett Cullen (Dan Fixx on FC's seasons 6 & 7) has just finished filming the movie 'The Burning Plain' which was shot in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Other stars in this movie are Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron.Synopsis: The past and the present have a curious way of effecting one another as five people are about to discover. Mariana is a young 16-year old girl living in a Mexican border town who is trying to put back together the shattered lives of her parents. She is connected to Sylvia, a woman living in Oregon who must undertake an emotional odyssey if she wants to redeem a sin from her past. Further into the past are Gina and Nick, two secretive lovers who must deal with their intense affair due to the fact that he is twenty years younger than she. They are connected to Maria, a little girl who must also help her parents find redemption, forgiveness, and love. The five will discover that their actions may mean the difference between life and death as well as their own journeys into seeking redemption...and whether or not they will ever find it.
Another movie that Brett will be working on in 2008: 'Sleeptalkers' is a thriller about four teenagers who discover that they can interact with one another in their dreams.
Brett will play the main character and work as a co-producer on this project. Shooting will take place in Halifay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
'Tell me you love me' The Complete First Season will be released in the US on DVD on February 12, 2008.
Show Synopsis: Sex. Life. This is the story of three couples trying to stay afloat - and one woman's efforts to show them how to do it. HBO's newest adult drama series explores issues of intimacy - through the point of view of a 20-something couple, prenumpital concerns and fidelity are examined, while the series' 30-something couple confront their failed attempts to start a family, coping with the effects it has on their sex life. And after two kids and 12 years of marriage, a couple in their early 40s question why their love and devotion hasn't translated into physical intimacy in nearly a year. Tell Me You Love Me explores the telling, everyday moments that can make or break a couple's commitment to one another, both emotionally and physically.
Gregory Harrison was kicking off the 2008 Winter Tour of the radio play "TOP SECRET - The Battle For The Pentagon Papers" on January 17, 2008. His schedule with performances is as follows:
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Transforming From Television Action Hero To Literature’s Ultimate Bad Boy, Lorenzo Lamas Takes Center Stage In the Title Role of Dracula At Premiere Stages at Kean University, Oct. 27 through Nov. 3
October 11, 2007- Union, NJ- Lorenzo Lamas’ recent journey has taken him from action hero to critically-acclaimed cabaret performer to the King of Siam and now The Prince of Darkness. All in just over a year. That’s quite a leap for the man most people know for his roles as the quintessential bad-boy heartthrob on televisions’ nighttime soap opera Falcon Crest, the action hero in series such as Air America and Renegade and recently portraying a single father on the CBS soap The Bold and The Beautiful.
The road to live theater that began at a dinner party at singer/pianist Michael Feinstein’s home in Los Angeles now brings him to Premiere Stages at Kean University to interpret one of the great characters of all time Dracula, just in time for Halloween. Dracula runs from Saturday, October 27, through Saturday, November 3 at Kean University’s Wilkins Theatre,
Lamas had previously performed live and vocalized at charity events in the Los Angeles area but it was Feinstein’s dinner party invitation that would change his career. After dinner, the guests gathered around the piano for a sing along. Lamas crooned “The More I See You” for fellow guests that included his mother, legendary film actress Arlene Dahl, veteran of Broadway and the nighttime soap opera Knots Landing, Michele Lee and songstress Lorna Luft.
“As I finished, Michele looked at me and said ‘You can have the girls fainting in their seats,’“ Lamas recalled. Feinstein also complimented him. “I really didn’t think too much about singing until six months later. I received a call from my agent inquiring about my availability to play Feinstein’s at the Regency. I had never seen a cabaret in my life.”
Lamas hustled to pull a cabaret act together and debuted to great reviews. It was that experience that made him realize he wanted to forgo the world of exploding sets and car chases for live performing. This past summer, Lamas took on the demanding lead role in The King and I at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine.
“That role was demanding, three hours on stage every night, yelling, commanding, posturing and singing, all with great energy required. That experience gave me the confidence to take on the role of Dracula.”
How does Lamas see the role of The Prince of Darkness, his first non-musical role on the live stage?
“Dracula is actually a very sympathetic character. He’s trapped in a cycle that’s a very lonely plight. When he’s in Transylvania and starving to death, he’s dying inside. The way he satisfies his hunger is to kill the very thing he loves and draw it into the world of darkness and eternal life. Think of all the people he’s cared about that have died over the hundreds of years that he’s been alive,” Lamas explains. “He sees various people as the salvation to his soul. There’s great passion and incredible loneliness in Dracula. He really is the ultimate dangerously seductive bad boy.”
The production, as directed by Premiere Stages artistic director, John Wooten, will feature a naturalistic approach to the classic tale. “This is not another musical or comic revival that pokes fun at history’s darkest character,” explained Wooten. “Our aim is to transport the audience to 19th Century England for a heart-pounding ride that provides no escape from the ‘undead.’”
