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5 Questions with … Mark-Paul Gosselaar of NBC’s Truth Be Told

October 15, 2015 Kellie Freeze

For the first time since he was the epitome of 1990s cool in Saved by the Bell, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is starring in a sitcom, NBC’s Truth Be Told. “Comedy uses mental muscles that I’m looking forward to using again,” the actor admits. The series follows two couples (Gosselaar and Vanessa Lachey, Tone Bell and Bresha Webb), who are best friends as well as neighbors, as they navigate life and question the world with their frank and unfiltered points of view. Gosselaar says his character — college ethics professor Mitch — has a self-righteous thirst for justice that is a “scratch […]

5 Questions with Bresha Webb of NBC’s “Truth Be Told”

October 14, 2015 Kellie Freeze

NBC’s new sitcom, Truth Be Told, wants to make you think. The series focuses on two couples, who are best friends and also neighbors. The quartet, played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Vanessa Lackey, Bresha Webb and Tone Bell, do everything together and talk about everything. “Nothing is off limits,” explains Webb, who plays opinionated pediatrician and newlywed. Tracy. “We can talk about everything and anything and not get offended and if we do, we talk about it. Like friends do, there’s no curtain, we don’t have to mask our real emotions about things.” A close group of friends open to discussing […]

5 Questions with … LL Cool J of CBS’s “NCIS: Los Angeles”

October 5, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Popular across several generations for his music, and later for his forays into acting, LL Cool J plays Special Agent Sam Hanna in CBS’ popular entry in the NCIS franchise, NCIS: Los Angeles, which is currently airing its seventh season Mondays. The actor has won four NAACP Image Awards for his portrayal of Hanna, out of six nominations. We recently caught up with LL Cool J at a CBS party at the Television Critics Association Press Tour and asked him our “5 Questions”: How do you watch TV? Do you have cable, satellite, any home theater setup? I do it […]

5 Questions With … Ian Ziering of “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!”

July 16, 2015 Kellie Freeze

In what has become a summer tradition of camp and gore, Ian Ziering returns for another installment of the Sharknado franchise. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! swims onto Syfy on July 22, and as another shark-filled tornado sets its glassy-eyed stare on destructive carnage, we can rest assured that Fin Shepard (Ziering) will battle his nemeses with his trusty chainsaw. And he’ll do it while answering our “5 Questions” … Related: David Hasselhoff talks about Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! 1. If your TV carried just three series or networks, what would they be? It would have to be […]

5 Questions With … Elizabeth Gillies of FX’s “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”

July 15, 2015 Ryan Berenz

In FX’s new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Denis Leary plays Johnny Rock, a washed-up, drugged-out frontman for a punk-rock band that had its moment in the sun and then broke up nearly 25 years ago. Since then, Johnny’s been barely scraping by. But things start looking up when a beautiful young woman, Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies), Johnny’s estranged daughter, shows up and asks Johnny to help make her famous. With the looks, the talent and the voice, Gigi might be Johnny’s ticket to fame after all. ALSO SEE: Denis Leary gets the band back together for Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Gillies, perhaps best known for her role […]

“Rectify’s” Aden Young talks Season 3, probation & being nomadic

July 1, 2015 Eric Kohanik

When last we laid eyes upon Daniel Holden as the second season of SundanceTV’s Rectify drew to a close, he was sitting pensively in the hallway of the Paulie County Courthouse, awaiting the final word on a plea deal he had just signed that would see him banished from his hometown. Season 3 of Rectify returns to SundanceTV beginning Thursday, July 9. Brilliantly portrayed by Aden Young, Daniel is a man who has been grappling with lots of demons since his release from prison, where he spent 19 years after having confessed to the rape and murder of his teenage […]

5 Questions with Breeda Wool, who keeps the “Faith” in Lifetime’s UnREAL

June 22, 2015 Lori Acken

However tempted you might be to feel sorry for Faith, the painfully insecure, churchly tomboy virgin on Lifetime’s Monday night The Bachelor sendup UnREAL, actress Breeda Wool, who plays her, hopes you’ll take a page from “Everlasting” suitor Adam’s playbook and have a little faith in Faith. “I’m very inexperienced at dating in general,” Wool explains of her character’s fish-out-of-water nature (secrets are looming!) — which makes her a natural target for Everlasting’s pitiless producers and her fellow contestants. “My grandmother, church and little country community really pushed me to go on the show so I could blossom as a […]

5 Questions With … Anna Friel Of NBC’s “American Odyssey.”

May 12, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Anna Friel is bleeding for her art, literally. To play the role of Sgt. Odelle Ballard, a U.S. soldier on the run in hostile territory, in NBC’s American Odyssey (Airing Sundays at 9pm ET/PT), Friel has undergone grueling military training and endured months of demanding shoots in Morocco’s dust and heat. The actress proudly boasts of the injuries she’s suffered to play her lionhearted character, and lists her bumps and bruises — including torn ligaments in her foot — without much complaint, reverent of her character’s dangerous experiences in her struggle to get home. “I’ve got to put on a […]

5 Questions with … Emily VanCamp of ABC’s Revenge

May 8, 2015 Kellie Freeze

On ABC’s soapy, vengeance-filled drama Revenge, Emily VanCamp has played Emily Thorne — a beautiful woman seeking revenge against the people who wronged her father — for four seasons. When I spoke with VanCamp in January, she promised, “There’s lots of juicy stuff coming up with some great twists,” and the actress didn’t disappoint as this season has been rife with plotting, deception and murderous intent. When asked what will finally end the wrath of Emily Thorne, Van Camp laughed, “It’s Revenge,” she said. “It never stops.” Sadly, the show’s series finale will air May 10, but while executive producer […]

5 Questions With … Taraji P. Henson of FOX’s “Empire.”

March 18, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Taraji P. Henson walks into the room like she owns it, and everyone in it takes notice. The excited whispers start immediately and Henson, takes a moment to soak it in, and breaks into a huge smile. She is the belle of the ball, or better yet, the diva of the dance. The Oscar nominated actress, for Best-Supporting actress for 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has found one of her most fantastic roles to date as Cookie Lyon, the brash, powerful and animal-print loving ex-wife of Empire Entertainment CEO, Luscious Lyon on FOX’s breakout smash, Empire. This isn’t […]