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Maria Bello in her prime
I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life,” says actress Maria Bello. “I’m so fortunate. I’ve got this job that I love.” Bello smiles radiantly as she leisurely smokes a cigarette under a shady tarp outside the set of the NBC series, “Prime Suspect,” a remake of the British series starring Helen Mirren. “This is the greatest show I’ve ever been on, and the best crew I’ve ever had.” And to think, initially she turned it down.
“I didn’t want to take ‘Prime Suspect,’” Bello admits. “I said no because I’ve seen my girlfriends who work single-lead shows. They work 14 or 16-hour days; they never see their kids. I didn’t want to leave my child (10-year- old Jackson). But the producers told me, “We’ll never work more than 12-hour days. We’ll give you days off. You can go to Haiti, be with your son.” And guess what? They were true to their word. I enjoy every day coming to work. Every day.
Bello stars as the feisty and quick-witted NYPD homicide detective Jane Timoney, newly transferred to an all-male squad. The actress seems to have found a kindred spirit in her latest fictional character.
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Gus Van Sant’s Restless
Director Gus Van Sant collapses into a plush chair at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. It’s the end of a long day of press for his new feature, Restless, and he will be dashing straight from our interview to a sound mixing session for the Starz series, “Boss,” Van Sant’s first foray into television.
Naturi Naughton joins the club
It’s the early 1960s and Chicago is feeling the rumblings of upheaval. Sexuality is peeking out from behind bedroom walls, civil rights is picking up traction, and the powder keg of segregation is set to go off.
Jon Bernthal Knocking’em Dead
Humanity is back to square one — hunting, gathering, and avoiding being eaten. Decaying husks of men, women, and children wander about in search of flesh, while small bands of the uninfected struggle to survive.
Diane Ladd An Enlightened Soul
Once upon a time in a Mississippi town of “300 nice folks and a few soreheads,” little Rose Diane Ladnier silently prayed to God to “let her be an actress.
MARIA EBERLINE Takes the Stage in “South Street”
“When I was four-years old, I watched Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland in ‘The Nutcracker’ (1977) on TV and I distinctly remember turning to my mother and saying, ‘Mommy, I want to do that!’” recalls stage actor Maria Eberline, taking a break from a dress rehearsal at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Connected Tiffany Shlain’s ode to the age of interdependence
Our bodies haven’t evolved much over the past 150,000 years, yet we’ve recently developed the ability to transmit our thoughts instantly across thousands of miles with a couple of hand motions.
Michael Brandt Scores with The Double
First time filmmaker Michael Brandt is no stranger to making movies. As a screenwriter, along with his writing partner Derek Haas, he has written hits such as Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma, and 2 Fast 2 Furious.
LAVINIA CURRIER Cinematic Storyteller
“We all feel at some level at home in Africa. It’s where the human experiment began,” says director Lavinia Currier.
chow baby
DRIVE’s Danish director, Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher, Bronson, Valhalla Rising) propels his winning streak with Hossein Amini’s screenplay based on James Sallis’s book. In the openi
horoscopes
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