Friday, December 28, 2012

“Deception” First Look Video

Here is a video which gives a preview of the new NBC series “Deception” which will premiere on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10PM ET on NBC.




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Series Overview
When wealthy socialite and notorious party girl Vivian Bowers is found dead of an overdose, no one is really surprised. The heiress to the Bowers pharmaceutical empire has been tabloid fodder for years: wild, pretty, privileged… and now dead at the age of 32. But for FBI agent Will Moreno (Laz Alonso, "Avatar"), things don't add up with this suspicious dynasty. Convinced that the troubled girl's death was a homicide, he has a clever plan to get to the truth. Her name is Detective Joanna Locasto (Meagan Good, "Think Like a Man"). Twenty years ago she was Vivian's best friend and practically grew up inside the Bowers' home. And when she appears at Vivian's funeral, the family re-embraces her and no one is the wiser. Joanna quickly begins to uncover dark secrets and clues about why Vivian's life was very much in danger. At the same time, she rekindles an old romantic relationship and rediscovers the allure of the luxurious lifestyle she once knew. She's about to see once again just how the other half lives... and dies.

Also starring are Victor Garber ("Alias"), Tate Donovan ("Damages"), Katherine LaNasa ("Alfie") and Ella Rae Peck ("Gossip Girl"). "Deception" comes from executive producer/writer Liz Heldens ("Friday Night Lights") and director Peter Horton ("Grey's Anatomy," "Dirty Sexy Money"). The series is from Universal Television and BermanBraun.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Chicago Fire “Under the Knife ” Advance Photos

Here are advance photos from Chicago Fire “Under the Knife” which will air on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 10PM ET on NBC. The photos feature Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, David Eigenberg, and Lauren German.









Photos by: Elizabeth Morris/NBC © NBC Universal, Inc.



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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

“Deception” Cast Photo Gallery

Here are the official cast photos for the new NBC series “Deception” which will premiere on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10PM ET on NBC.


NBC Series Overview
When wealthy socialite and notorious party girl Vivian Bowers is found dead of an overdose, no one is really surprised. The heiress to the Bowers pharmaceutical empire has been tabloid fodder for years: wild, pretty, privileged… and now dead at the age of 32. But for FBI agent Will Moreno (Laz Alonso, "Avatar"), things don't add up with this suspicious dynasty. Convinced that the troubled girl's death was a homicide, he has a clever plan to get to the truth. Her name is Detective Joanna Locasto (Meagan Good, "Think Like a Man"). Twenty years ago she was Vivian's best friend and practically grew up inside the Bowers' home. And when she appears at Vivian's funeral, the family re-embraces her and no one is the wiser. Joanna quickly begins to uncover dark secrets and clues about why Vivian's life was very much in danger. At the same time, she rekindles an old romantic relationship and rediscovers the allure of the luxurious lifestyle she once knew. She's about to see once again just how the other half lives... and dies.

Also starring are Victor Garber ("Alias"), Tate Donovan ("Damages"), Katherine LaNasa ("Alfie") and Ella Rae Peck ("Gossip Girl"). "Deception" comes from executive producer/writer Liz Heldens ("Friday Night Lights") and director Peter Horton ("Grey's Anatomy," "Dirty Sexy Money"). The series is from Universal Television and BermanBraun.
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Pictured: (l-r) Victor Garber as Robert Bowers, Meagan Good as Joanna Locasto, Wes Brown as Julian Bowers, Katherine LaNasa as Sophia Bowers, Ella Rae Peck as Mia Bowers, 
Tate Donovan as Edward Bowers and Laz Alonso as Will Moreno










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Chicago Fire “God Has Spoken” Advance Photos

Here are advance photos from Chicago Fire “God Has Spoken” which will air on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 10PM ET on NBC. The photos feature Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Eamonn Walker, David Eigenberg, Monica Raymund, and Charlie Barnett.









Photos by: Elizabeth Morris/NBC © NBC Universal, Inc.



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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

“Necessary Roughness” 2013 Winter Season Series Overview

The USA Network series “Necessary Roughness” kicks off its winter season on January 23, 2013. Here is the series overview. This show is very entertaining and the cast has great chemistry – I’m glad it’s returning!


USA Network Press Release


NECESSARY ROUGHNESS” KICKS OFF WINTER SEASON WITH NEW EPISODES ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 10/9C on USA NETWORK

Upcoming Episodes Feature Prominent Sports Figures 
Mark Cuban And Joe Theismann

Season two of NECESSARY ROUGHNESS returns to the field on January 23 at 10/9c with five powerful episodes leading to a dramatic season two finale.

Golden Globe nominee Callie Thorne reprises her acclaimed role as Dr. Dani Santino, a Long Island psychotherapist and single mother who’s plucked out of relative obscurity to become the sports-psychologist for the New York Hawks. After running the risk of losing her entire practice, Dani attempts to pick up the pieces of her complicated life. Meanwhile, the Hawks star player and ultimate bad boy TK (Mehcad Brooks) continues to struggle with his sobriety but will stop at nothing to maintain his number-one position as wide receiver. With the team’s ownership in the balance, the fate of the franchise rests solely on the coaches and players as they face some of their most significant setbacks yet. The team will be challenged when a secret surfaces and threatens to cause a scandal that could bring down the Hawks’ entire season.
 
Sports franchise owner Mark Cuban makes a special guest appearance as himself, stepping in as a potential buyer for the Hawks. Additional guest stars include former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann, Will Chase (“Smash”), Peter MacNichol (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Numb3rs”), Jeff Nordling (“Body of Proof”) and Neil Hopkins (“Lost”.)

The series stars Thorne (“Rescue Me,” “Californication”), Marc Blucas (“Knight and Day,” “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer”), Brooks (“True Blood,” “Desperate Housewives”), Scott Cohen (“Law & Order: Trial By Jury,” “Gilmore Girls”), Hannah Marks (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) and Patrick Johnson (“Mean Girls 2”).

Created and executive produced by Liz Kruger & Craig Shapiro ("Miami Medical," "The Challenge"). Jeffrey Lieber (“Lost,” “Miami Medical”) and Kevin Dowling ("Sons of Tucson") also serve as executive producers. Inspired by a true story, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS is a Sony Pictures Television and Universal Cable Productions co-production.  

The #1 network in all of basic cable for six consecutive years and an unprecedented seven straight summers, USA Network is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. USA is a leader in scripted programming with a powerful stable of originals, spectacular live television and is home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, a broad portfolio of acquired series and entertainment events. A trailblazer in digital innovation and storytelling, USA is defining, driving and setting the industry standard for Social TV. USA is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal. The award-winning website is located at usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.


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“Suits” Returns to USA – Episode Synopses & Series Overview

USA Network’s “Suits” returns on January 17, 2013. Here is a series overview plus the new episode synopses.


USA Network Press Release

USA’s award nominated, critically acclaimed and top rated original drama series, SUITS, returns for the highly-anticipated conclusion of its sophomore season on Thursday, January 17 at 10/9c with six new episodes. The series stars SAG Award nominated Patrick J. Adams ("Luck"), Gabriel Macht ("Love and Other Drugs"), Gina Torres ("Firefly”), Rick Hoffman ("Samantha Who"), Meghan Markle ("CSI Miami"), and Sarah Rafferty (“Brothers & Sisters”).

This summer, the sophomore series – part of the most powerful night on television, which delivered more adults 25-54, 18-49 and 18-34 than any scripted series on cable or broadcast this summer - hit a season ratings high across all demos with its summer finale delivering 6.5 million total viewers. The series was recently picked up for a third season.

SUITS stars Gabriel Macht as legendary law partner Harvey Specter, who takes a gamble on hiring Mike Ross, played by SAG Award nominee Patrick J. Adams. A brilliant associate with a photographic memory, Mike is missing just one thing – a law degree. Bonded by this secret, the irrepressible duo navigates the fast-paced, high-stakes world of Manhattan corporate law and does whatever it takes to remain undefeated. As the summer season finale concluded, Harvey and Mike were able to make their toughest close yet –Harvey’s arch rival, Louis Litt (Hoffman) – whose vote put Jessica (Torres) back on top. After having lost her job to protect him, Harvey’s no-nonsense assistant Donna Paulsen (Rafferty) is reinstated in her rightful place outside of his office. Mike, still reeling from the devastating loss of his grandmother, makes an emotional decision with a girl from his past that puts his relationship with the firm’s savviest paralegal Rachel Zane (Markle) in jeopardy. Guest stars this season include Aarti Mann (“The Big Bang Theory”), Amanda Schull (“Center Stage”), Elisabeth Howser (“I Just Want My Pants Back”), Adam Godley (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”) and Diane Neal (“Law & Order: SVU”).

From Universal Cable Productions, SUITS was created and is executive produced by Aaron Korsh ("The Deep End"). Doug Liman (COVERT AFFAIRS, the "Bourne" trilogy, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") and David Bartis (COVERT AFFAIRS, "The O.C.") of Hypnotic also serve as executive producers and Gene Klein (COVERT AFFAIRS) and Kevin Bray (“Walking Tall”) serves as co-executive producers. SUITS is shot on location in Toronto, ON.

Emmy-nominated for Social TV, USA is a leader in digital innovation, offering the best online experiences to complement the network’s stable of hit original series. This season, new interactive online and mobile features for SUITS include a style gallery highlighting the cutting-edge fashion featured in the series, a music section listing tracks from each episode along with commentary from the executive producers and a video-based trivia game to test their knowledge of movie references peppered throughout the series' dialogue. The popular interactive digital story Suits Recruits returns (www.suitsrecruits.com), giving participants the opportunity to engage with SUITS characters in their first case coinciding with the on-air plot lines.


Episode Synopses


BLIND-SIDED (#211)
AIRDATE: Thursday, January 17. 2013.
Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Mike (Patrick J. Adam) take on a criminal suit that hits close to home for Mike, who struggles to separate his personal feelings from the facts of the case.
Guest stars: Aarti Mann, Amanda Schull, Elisabeth Howser

BLOOD IN THE WATER (#212)
AIRDATE: Thursday, January 24, 2013
The war with Daniel may be over, but the battle has left Pearson Hardman vulnerable, and Harvey (Gabriel Macht) must protect the firm from a rival whose attack seems as personal as it is professional. Louis (Rick Hoffman) and Mike (Patrick J. Adams) are forced to pay the price for previous actions.
Guest stars: Jon Foster, Diane Neal, Pooch Hall

THE STONG SURVIVE (#213)
AIRDATE: Thursday, January 31l, 2013
Harvey (Gabriel Macht) goes head to head against Robert Zane, Rachel’s (Meghan Markle) father, on a gender discrimination case that forces Rachel to confront her complicated relationship with her Dad.
Guest stars: Amanda Schull, Wendell Pierce

HE’S BACK (#214)
AIRDATE: Thursday, February 7, 2013
With the resources of the firm stretched to the limit, Daniel Hardman (guest star David Costabile) returns with an outrageous lawsuit against Jessica (Gina Torres).
Guest stars: David Costabile, Wendell Pierce, Gina Holden

NORMANDY (#215)
AIRDATE: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Dana “Scottie” Scott (guest star Abigail Parsons) returns to complicate Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Jessica's (Gina Torres) battle against Hardman. But this time, she's brought the full force of her British firm.
Guest stars: Abigail Spencer, Rachel Harris, David Costabile, Amanda Schull

WAR (#216)
AIRDATE: Thursday, February 21. 2013
Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) vision for the firm’s future clashes with Jessica’s (Gina Torres) when a British firm offers a tempting proposition.
Guest stars: Abigail Spencer, Adam Godley


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“Monday Mornings” Pilot Episode Advance Photos

Here are advance photos and episode information for the pilot episode of “Monday Mornings" which will premiere on February 4, 2013.

Series Premiere: "Pilot"
Chelsea General is home to some of the top surgeons in the world, thanks in large part to the hospital's notorious Monday morning morbidity and mortality – or "311" – conferences. In these legendary meetings, Chief of Staff Harding Hooten (Alfred Molina) leads a harsh, closed-door review of the complications encountered and mistakes made during the course of patient care. As the series opens, Trauma Chief Jorge Villanueva (Ving Rhames) treats what appears to be an attempted suicide by car only to discover that the crash victim suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm. Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ty Wilson (Jamie Bamber) is shaken by the case of 11-year-old Quinn McDaniels (guest star Mason Cook), whose soccer injury reveals a much graver problem. Workaholic Dr. Sydney Napur (Sarayu Rao) solves a case that had the rest of the hospital staff stumped. Meanwhile, Dr. Sung Park (Keong Sim) performs high-tech deep brain stimulation on a patient with uncontrollable hand tremors. Jennifer Finnigan, Emily Swallow and Bill Irwin also star.

Directed by Bill D'Elia
Teleplay by David. E Kelley
Created by David E. Kelley
Based on the novel by Sanjay Gupta M.D.














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“Monday Mornings” Episode Synopses & Series Overview


Here is the series overview plus the episode synposes for the new TNT series “Monday Mornings” which will premiere on February 4, 2013 on TNT. The series stars Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina, Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan Bill Irwin, Keong Sim, Sarayu Rao, and Emily Swallow .



Doctors Push Limits to Save Lives in TNT's Powerful New Medical Drama
Monday Mornings, from Award-Winning Producer David E. Kelley

Series Based on a novel by World-Renowned Neurosurgeon & CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Doctors face life-and-death decisions each and every day as they fight against often-impossible odds to save their patients. And when things don't go as they should, it's up to their medical colleagues to determine what went wrong and learn from those costly mistakes. This February, TNT is going to take viewers into the fast-paced, split-decision world of hospital doctors in Monday Mornings, a powerful new drama series from award-winning producer David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, The Practice) and practicing neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Based on Gupta's acclaimed novel, Monday Mornings stars Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, TNT's The Company), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), Jennifer Finnigan (Better with You), Bill Irwin (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Keong Sim (Glee), Sarayu Rao (Lions for Lambs) and Emily Swallow (TNT's Southland). The series is set to launch Monday, Feb. 4, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), following the second-season premiere of TNT's breakout hit Dallas.

Set at the fictional Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon, Monday Mornings follows the lives of doctors as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings. The title refers to the hospital’s weekly morbidity and mortality conference, when doctors gather with their peers for a confidential review of complications and errors in patient care.

Leading the staff at Chelsea General are Dr. Harding Hooten (Molina), the steely-eyed chief of surgery, and Dr. Jorge Villanueva (Rhames), the hospital's trauma chief. Their cadre of medical talent includes hotshot neurosurgeons Dr. Tyler Wilson (Bamber) and Dr. Tina Ridgeway (Finnigan); the abrasive Dr. Buck Tierney (Irwin); the socially challenged Dr. Sung Park (Sim); the petite-but-formidable Dr. Sydney Napur (Rao); and inquisitive resident Dr. Michelle Robidaux (Swallow).

Monday Mornings is produced by TNT Originals and David E. Kelley Productions. Kelley, Bill D’Elia (Boston Legal, The West Wing) and Gupta serve as executive producers.

About TNT
TNT, one of cable's top-rated networks, is television's destination for drama. Seen in 99 million households, TNT is home to such original drama series as Rizzoli & Isles, Falling Skies, Dallas, Perception, Major Crimes, Franklin & Bash, Leverage, Southland and the upcoming Monday Mornings. The network also features dramatic unscripted originals like the upcoming Boston's Finest (working title), 72 Hours (working title) and The Hero (working title). In addition, TNT is the cable home to popular dramas like The Mentalist, Bones, Supernatural, Las Vegas, Law & Order and Castle, which starts this year; primetime specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild Awards; blockbuster movies; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR, the NBA and the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.


Episode Synopses

Series Premiere: "Pilot"
Chelsea General is home to some of the top surgeons in the world, thanks in large part to the hospital's notorious Monday morning morbidity and mortality – or "311" – conferences. In these legendary meetings, Chief of Staff Harding Hooten (Alfred Molina) leads a harsh, closed-door review of the complications encountered and mistakes made during the course of patient care. As the series opens, Trauma Chief Jorge Villanueva (Ving Rhames) treats what appears to be an attempted suicide by car only to discover that the crash victim suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm. Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ty Wilson (Jamie Bamber) is shaken by the case of 11-year-old Quinn McDaniels (guest star Mason Cook), whose soccer injury reveals a much graver problem. Workaholic Dr. Sydney Napur (Sarayu Rao) solves a case that had the rest of the hospital staff stumped. Meanwhile, Dr. Sung Park (Keong Sim) performs high-tech deep brain stimulation on a patient with uncontrollable hand tremors. Jennifer Finnigan, Emily Swallow and Bill Irwin also star.

Directed by Bill D'Elia
Teleplay by David. E Kelley
Created by David E. Kelley
Based on the novel by Sanjay Gupta M.D.


101: "Deus Ex Machina"
Sung, Hooten and Villanueva join forces to convince Trisha Miller (guest star Cozi Zuehlsdorff), a 13-year-old girl with an advanced brain stem glioma, to try surgery one last time before giving up. Shaken from losing a patient, Ty turns to Dr. Tina Ridgeway (Jennifer Finnigan) for support. Meanwhile, Dr. Buck Tierney (Bill Irwin) tries to bully resident Michelle Robideux (Emily Swallow) into pronouncing a potential organ donor brain dead. And Sydney enlists Villanueva's help diagnosing a patient under the care of internist Dr. John Lieberman (guest star Jonathan Silverman).

Directed by Bill D'Elia
Written by David E. Kelley & Sanjay Gupta
Created by David E. Kelley
Based on the novel by Sanjay Gupta M.D.


“Monday Mornings” Cast, Character, & Production Bios

Here are the cast, character, and production bios for the new TNT series “Monday Mornings” which will premiere on February 4, 2013 on TNT.



Cast and Crew

Season 1, Episode 1
“Pilot”

Format: One-hour scripted series for television
Network: TNT
Premiere: Monday, February 4, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
TV Rating: TV-14-DL
Directed by: Bill D’Elia
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
Created by: David E. Kelley
Based on the novel by: Sanjay Gupta M.D.
Executive Producers: David E. Kelley
Bill D’Elia
Sanjay Gupta
Produced by: Lewis Abel
Co-Producers: Peter Chomsky
Billy Redner
Music By: Danny Lux
Director of Photography: Colin Watkinson
Production Designer: Peter Politanoff
Edited by: Craig Bench
Casting by: Gary M. Zuckerbrod, C.S.A.

Costume Designer: Lisa Eisler
Starring:
Ving Rhames
Jamie Bamber
Jennifer Finnigan
Bill Irwin
Keong Sim
Sarayu Rao
Emily Swallow
Alfred Molina



Character Descriptions


Dr. Jorge Villanueva
Ving Rhames

Dr. Jorge Villanueva, known as El Gato, is a giant of a man. He is also perhaps the most celebrated trauma chief in the country -- clearly the elephant in this circus. El Gato's seat-of-the-pants diagnoses are the stuff of legend around Chelsea General.


Dr. Harding Hooten
Alfred Molina

Dr. Harding Hooten, the steely-eyed Chief of Staff, speaks softly but carries a massive stick. He was nicknamed "Hardly Human" long ago for his exacting, punishing ways during the weekly morbidity and mortality meetings.


Dr. Tyler Wilson
Jamie Bamber

Dr. Tyler Wilson is a supernova neurosurgeon. When he says something is so, it is so. If he has a god complex, it's well-earned.


Dr. Tina Ridgeway
Jennifer Finnigan

Dr. Tina Ridgeway is a compassionate neurosurgeon willing to fight for cases that may seem like lost causes to others. Her home life in turmoil, she finds refuge at the hospital.


Dr. Buck Tierney
Bill Irwin

Dr. Buck Tierney is the hospital's Chief of Transplantation. A man driven to the point of bullish, he is least liked among the Chelsea General staff.


Dr. Sung Park
Keong Sim

Dr. Sung Park, a Korean-American, is abrupt socially and English-challenged, but he's also ambitious to the core. His searing intensity is palpable.


Dr. Sydney Napur
Sarayu Rao

Dr. Sydney Napur is a cardiothoracic surgeon who's married to the job. A compulsive multi-tasker, she speaks quickly and takes absolutely no prisoners.


Dr. Michelle Robidaux
Emily Swallow

Dr. Michelle Robidaux is a 20-something resident. Inexperienced yet eager, she is finding her footing among giants.




Cast Bios

Ving Rhames
Dr. Jorge Villanueva

Ving Rhames was born and raised in Harlem, N.Y. His thespian career began at the New York High School of Performing Arts, followed by the prestigious Julliard School of Drama. His training quickly landed the talented actor his first role on Broadway in The Winter Boys. After the play, he made the transition to television, making his first appearance on Go Tell It On the Mountain in 1985, followed by Miami Vice. He then effortlessly segued to feature films, with such credits as Jacob's Ladder and Homicide.

A few years after his on screen debut, Rhames was cast as a merciless drug dealer opposite Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Quentin Tarrantino's Pulp Fiction. His performance in the film helped land him the role of Luther Stickell in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, opposite Tom Cruise and Jon Voight.

Rhames' notable performances led him towards the long path of starring in many other blockbuster hits such as John Singleton's Rosewood, with Jon Voight, and Simon West's Con Air, with Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich and John Cusack. In 1997, the busy actor played the role of Don King in HBO's Don King: Only in America. His portrayal earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries. From this award- winning performance he went on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight, with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez; Jon Amiel's Entrapment, with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones; and Martin Scorcese's Bringing Out the Dead, with Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette and Tom Sizemore.

In 2000 Rhames returned as Luther Stickell in John Woo's Mission: Impossible II, with Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton and Dougray Scott. He then starred in John Singleton's Baby Boy, with Tyrese Gibson; Walter Hill's Undisputed, with Wesley Snipes; Ron Shelton's Dark Blue, with Kurt Russell; Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, with Sarah Polley and Mekhi Phifer; and Mission: Impossible III, with Tom Cruise and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Rhames ventured behind the camera in 2005 as a producer for the USA series Kojak. His producer credits also include Back in the Day, Animal and Shooting Gallery. Rhames has also starred in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, with Adam Sandler and Kevin James; and Surrogates, with Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell, and he made a cameo appearance in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.


Alfred Molina
Dr. Harding Hooten

Alfred Molina is an accomplished London-born actor whose diverse and distinguished gallery of performances have led to a lengthy and triumphant career in film, television and the stage. Prior to Monday Mornings, he starred in NBC's Law & Order: Los Angeles for producer Dick Wolf. He also opened in the critically acclaimed movie An Education and filmed a TV comedy for the BBC, Rog & Val Have Just Got In, opposite Dawn French. In late fall 2009, Molina opened in the UK in the highly celebrated Donmar Warehouse production of Red, which opened on Broadway in April 2010 and for which Molina received rave reviews and a Tony nomination. Red recently opened in Los Angeles at The Mark Taper Forum.

In summer of 2010 Molina had two movies released, Prince of Persia, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, and Sorcerer's Apprentice, with Nicolas Cage. In September 2011, Molina was seen in the Lionsgate feature Abduction, co-starring with Taylor Lautner and Sigourney Weaver and directed by John Singleton. He then he appeared in three episodes of Harry's Law, starring Kathy Bates.

In 2002, Molina won rave reviews and nominations for the British Academy Award (BAFTA), the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Broadcast Film Critics prize and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for his Best Supporting Actor turn as the hedonistic Mexican artist Diego Rivera in Frida, Julie Taymor's docudrama about the life of Frida Kahlo starring Oscar nominee Salma Hayek. Other screen roles include The Pink Panther 2, opposite Steve Martin; The Little Traitor, an adaptation of the Amos Oz novel, Panther In the Basement, directed by Lynn Roth and produced by Marilyn Hall; and The Tempest, director Julie Taymor's version of the Shakespearian play. The latter was released in late 2010.

Following Molina's education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, he quickly gained membership in England's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, where he performed both in classics like Troilus and Cressida and new original works like Frozen Assets and Dingo. In 1979, he won acclaim (and a Plays and Players Award as Most Promising New Actor) as The Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist at London's Half Moon Theatre.

Two years later, Molina found himself on the big screen making his American debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark. And in Stephen Frears' 1987 drama, Prick Up Your Ears, Molina won great notices for his portrait of a vengeful, murderous Kenneth Halliwell, playwright Joe Orton's gay lover.

Molina's career continued to soar in the following decade, with roles as an unhappy upper-class husband in Mike Newell's Enchanted April, the joyous painter Titorelli in David Jones' 1993 adaptation of Kafka's novel The Trial and the duplicitous Persian spouse in Not Without My Daughter. He re-teamed with director Donner in the comic western Maverick and played the small but pivotal role of a crazed drug dealer in Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated Boogie Nights (1997). Molina joined Anderson once again for his epic ensemble drama Magnolia (1999), collecting Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for both as part of the films' ensemble casts. He also continued to display his ability to embody a variety of nationalities, playing a Cuban immigrant in Mira Nair's The Perez Family (1995) and a Greek-American lawyer in Barbet Schroeder's drama Before and After (1996). Other films over this 10-year span include Roger Donaldson's sci-fi thriller Species, Jon Amiel's comic thriller The Man Who Knew Too Little, Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina, Woody Allen's Celebrity and Stanley Tucci's The Impostors.

In the new century, Molina collected his third SAG Awards Ensemble Cast nomination for Lasse Hallström's whimsical, Oscar-nominated romantic comedy Chocolat and reunited with Hallström opposite Richard Gere in The Hoax. He also turned heads as the villainous Dr. Otto Octavius, a.k.a. Dr. Octopus, in Sam Raimi's blockbuster sequel Spider-Man 2. Molina co-starred in such films as Identity, Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes, Ron Howard's adaptation of the enormously popular book The Da Vinci Code, Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me, Eric Till's biographical drama Luther, the bilingual suspense thriller Crónicas, Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptation As You Like It, François Girard's Silk and John Irvin's The Moon and the Stars.

Molina has also stared in two comedies for CBS. He played a washed-up writer sought out by his estranged daughter in Bram and Alice (2002), and he played Jimmy Stiles in Ladies' Man, on which he also served as one of the producers. His other television work has included the acclaimed 1983 miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, Miami Vice, the BBC telefilm Revolutionary Witness, Granada TV's El C.I.D., the BBC miniseries Ashenden (based on Peter Mayles' bestseller, A Year in Provence) and the Hallmark Channel's Joan of Arc (as narrator). He also starred in the TNT miniseries The Company, produced by Scott Free Productions, and he has made guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit and Monk.

Despite his thriving film and television career, Molina has never wandered far from the stage for long. He returned to the RSC to give a much-praised performance as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (1985) and earned an Olivier nomination for his work in the British production of David Mamet's Speed the Plow. In his Broadway debut as the good-natured Yvan in Yasmina Reza's Art (1998, starring with Alan Alda and Victor Garber), Molina collected the first of his two Tony nominations for Best Actor. He made his Broadway debut as the Irish chatterbox Frank Sweeney in Brian Friel's play Molly Sweeney (1995-96) and most recently triumphed as Tevye in the 2004 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, for which he earned his second Tony nod. He also completed a run at the Mark Taper Forum of The Cherry Orchard in 2006, opposite Annette Bening.



Jamie Bamber
Dr. Tyler Wilson

Deep space is a long way from London, England, but classically trained actor Jamie Bamber has proven adept at navigating both territories. Known to millions as Commander Apollo from the cult phenomenon Battlestar Galactica, which the likes of Rolling Stone and Time deemed the top show on television, Bamber more recently relocated home to London to star in ITV's hit drama Law & Order: UK. He has since returned to Los Angeles for recurring arcs on Body of Proof and TNT's Perception. In addition to Monday Mornings, he also stars in the title role of the crime-thriller John Doe.

Born in Hammersmith, England, Bamber moved with his American father and Northern Irish mother to Paris for the first seven years of its life. It was in Paris that his actress mother who, lacking a daughter, cast him as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. Hence began Bamber's penchant for acting.

Bamber attended St. Paul's School in London and eventually Cambridge University, where he earned 1st Class M.A. Honors in modern languages, including French and Italian. While there, he played rugby and performed in numerous theatrical productions. Though Bamber had been acting since childhood, it was not until his acceptance to the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts that he opted to pursue it as his career. Shortly thereafter, he was cast in his first professional role as Archie Kennedy in the acclaimed British miniseries Horatio Hornblower.

Bamber's more recent credits include the French-language film Le Perde de Ma Fille, the lead in Weinstein Co's sequel to the thriller Pulse, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hank's award-winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, guest-starring turns on the dramas House, CSI: Miami, Dollhouse, Cold Case, Ghost Whisperer, the BBC telefilm Daniel Deronda, the BBC series Outcasts and ITV's Peak Justice and Ultimate Force. On stage, he has starred as Prince Hal in Henry IV at the Bristol Old Vic and as Mephistopheles in Dr. Faustus.

In his spare time, Bamber is equally as athletic as his Apollo character appeared on screen. He has run the London Marathon and is an avid golfer, skier and tennis player.


“Smash” Season 2 Cast Gallery & Key Art

Here are the new cast gallery photos and key art for season 2 of “Smash.” The photos feature Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee, Jack Davenport, Angelica Huston, Debra Messing, Christian Borle, Jeremy Jordan, Jennifer Hudson, Krysta Rodriguez, Leslie Odom Jr., and Andy Mientus. "Smash" will air Tuesdays on NBC.














Photos by: Patrick Randak/NBC © NBC Universal, Inc.























Photos by: Mark Seliger/NBC; Craig Blankenhorn/NBC; Will Hart/NBC
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