March 2009

Sometimes titles can be deceiving. Such is the case with BBC America‘s Mistresses — essentially a working title that ended up sticking, says series co-creator S.J. Clarkson, “because we couldn’t think of anything else.” The show, which premieres Feb. 20, follows four female characters — three of whom could indeed be classified as mistresses, and a fourth whose life is impacted head-on by infidelity. There’s Katie, a well-respected doctor who had an affair with a terminally ill patient and now finds herself falling for the recently deceased man’s son; Siobhan, a lawyer whose idyllic marriage suffers from the stress of […]

When Eriq La Salle got the script for his latest project, something hit home. In Hallmark Channel‘s Relative Stranger, he saw the opportunity to do more than just a feel-good film. It was a chance to connect with a complex issue that affects all of us, in some form or other: fear of failure. In the film, La Salle plays Walter, a onetime star athlete and father of two who has been absent for six years, forsaking all contact with his family. When his father dies and he returns home for the reading of the will, his reappearance elicits mixed […]

When you’re talking Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos, it’s hard for him to stay on topic. Maybe that’s because he believes the show — on which he plays Adm. William Adama — touches on so many aspects of modern-day life that absolutely nothing is off-limits. Ask him about the fans’ involvement with BSG, and he’ll go on to tell you how he feels electronic media have forever changed not only how artists communicate with the public, but how they create art. Mention the show’s place in history, and it eventually leads to him singing the praises of Barack Obama […]