Author Archives: CherylHollar

Straight Talk from Bruno Heller and Simon Baker on Red John and THE MENTALIST

“Patrick Jane finally comes face-to-face with Red John, the serial killer he’s tracked since the madman murdered his wife and daughter.”  So reads the episode logline for Season Six, episode eight of The Mentalist at cbs.com – and the guessing game begins. What will happen?  Who is Red John?  After all, Jane has had five seasons to find him.  Bruno Heller, Executive Producer, and series star Simon Baker held a telephone press conference this week to talk about the upcoming

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ENTOURAGE’s Jordan Belfi talks SNOW BRIDE and the theatre

After you’ve feasted on Thanksgiving turkey, counting down the shopping days ‘til Christmas, you might want to surf on over to the Hallmark channel and check out Snow Bride. Snow Bride is one of the Hallmark Channel’s original programs airing on the Countdown to Christmas specials, and one of it stars, Jordan Belfi (Entourage, Moonlight), was kind enough to take time between auditions to chat with me about that show as well as a few other projects. Sweet Story The

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Alex O’Loughlin: HAWAII FIVE-0’s Actor with a Vision

Just  prior to being cast in the role of Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-0 (now entering its fourth season), Alex O’Loughlin was playing transplant surgeon Dr. Andy Yablonski in the CBS series Three Rivers. During the course of that short-lived show, O’Loughlin trained on his own to become an Ambassador for Donate Life America.  And, in June 2010, he was presented the Donate Life Hollywood Person of the Year Award for his work with the organization. 

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HAWAII FIVE-0: Sunset Brings Dawn of Season Four

Clearly, the Jonas Brothers were a big, LOUD draw at Hawaii Five-0’s Season Four Sunset on the Beach red carpet premiere. A Reason to Cheer Whenever the “Jonas” name was mentioned for anything, be it getting in a car to attend the event or stepping onto the red carpet, their every move was accompanied by a tumultuous 8,000 screams that exploded as one very loud voice. Jonas Brothers aside, this annual event for Hawaii Five-0 was cause to celebrate. With

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Ian Anthony Dale Discusses MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY, HAWAII FIVE-0, and MURDER IN THE FIRST

Ian Anthony Dale’s star seems to be on the rise in a big way. On September 26, Dale reprises the role of Scorpion in the second season premiere of the oh-so-popular web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy.  Then, on the following day, he reprises the role of Adam Noshimuri in Season Four of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0.  Plus, on Oct 9, we’ll see Dale in American Horror Story: Coven on FX.  If that weren’t enough, Dale has added yet another regular series role

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EMERGENCY!’S Randolph Mantooth – Still a Firefighter/Paramedic at heart

When NBC series Emergency! aired from 1972-1979, no one could have guessed what impact it would be having on people’s lives more than 30 years later. And no one can testify to this better than actor Randolph Mantooth (Johnny Gage). I recently sat down with Mantooth at the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo in Raleigh, North Carolina to talk about the current importance of this long-past TV series. “I know it now.  I didn’t know then (when the show was

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BREAKING BAD’s Final Countdown with Skinny Pete

As the record-breaking final episodes of AMC’s BREAKING BAD began to air, with a viewership of over 5 million, I had the chance to chat with Charles Baker (Skinny Pete) and get his thoughts on the series finale. Developing Skinny Pete One of my first questions to Baker was how he thought Skinny Pete had changed since audiences first met him in 2008.  He said, “I think he’s starting to be a little bit more responsible and a bit less

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HOUSE OF CARDS’ Al Sapienza talks Emmy History with Cheryl

The online CBS/AP announcement read “House of Cards Makes History.” The Netflix series has set the bar, and it’s a high one.  It received a Best Drama Series nod at the  recently announced Emmy nominations.  The recognition single handedly flung the series into new territory, as it became the first online series to be nominated for this distinction.  With the nomination, it not only gave the distinction of putting online series on the map alongside network television shows, but it

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