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To say the past year has been good for Little Big Town would be one of the understatements in country music.

After their induction into the Grand Ole Opry last fall and the release of their hit album “Pain Killer” – and a huge, and somewhat controversial, success with its song “Girl Crush” – the group now is tied with Eric Church for the most nominations (five) in the 49th Annual CMA Awards. ABC televises the event from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood teamed as its hosts for the eighth time.

“I’m telling you, it keeps getting better and better, and more interesting,” Little Big Town member Kimberly Schlapman says of the group’s times of late. She cites Grand Ole Opry membership as “the pinnacle. That was our first public performance, on that stage, in 1999. We had never sung outside a conference room before that.” Schlapman recalls country icon Little Jimmy Dickens being part of the group’s induction, “just a little bit before he passed. He was not feeling well that night, but he came. We loved and adored him.”

Though Schlapman says she doesn’t know “what could top that,” she allows that being one of the top CMA Award nominees with fellow Little Big Town members Phillip Sweet and spouses Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook comes close.

“I’ve always had a secret desire to be the most nominated,” Schlapman admits. “I’d never voiced it before, but every time it comes around and somebody is the most nominated, I think, ‘Oh, that’s such a cool thing. I hope we get that someday.’ And this year, we got it! It’s just a thrill. Because of our journey, we are grateful for any nomination that comes our way, because we

have lived on both sides. We know what it is to not have anyone even notice you.”

Very noticed has been “Girl Crush,” which by itself accounts for two of Little Big Town’s five current CMA nominations ... for single and music video of the year. (The others are for vocal group of the year, album of the year for “Pain Killer,” and musical event of the year – with Miranda Lambert – for “Smokin’ and Drinkin.”) Some radio stations reportedly pulled “Girl Crush” in response to listener beliefs that it was about lesbianism, but Little Big Town fans and fellow artists rallied and helped the tune reach No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Hot Country Songs chart.

“The first time we heard it, we knew that song was very special,” Schlapman says. “It just stood out. We didn’t know it would have a chance on the radio; we hoped it would, because people would so relate to it. Who hasn’t been in a relationship where someone wins out over you?

“Of course, we know it’s a provocative song ... but we also knew that at its core, it’s just about jealousy. Because of our artist friends and our fans, and our friends in radio who played it anyway, that song was able to get past that controversial moment to where people were actually listening to the words and making it their own.”

Though Little Big Town intended to have a Christmas album out this year, Westbrook’s recent vocal-cord surgery postponed that. “He’s doing so well,” reports Schlapman, who adds, “We’ve never taken time off (before), and it ended up being a really good thing. We all were able to spend a lot of time with our families, and it probably was good for us to have a little break.“

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How are you doing with mastering the medical jargon you have to deliver on the show? It is difficult, because I try to understand what I’m saying and why I’m saying it ... and then, I’m trying to even understand how to say it. And dealing with so many other factors is difficult. It’s very challenging, but I’m still working on it. That’s why Taye Diggs (the “Private Practice” alum who worked with Chestnut in the “Best Man” movies, and who’s a “Rosewood” guest star) was on speed dial.

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How did you get ready to play the title role in “Rosewood”? Part of my research was watching “The First 48” (set in) Miami, because (“Rosewood”) takes place out there. I think the city of Miami is a melting pot. I think you’ll find it predominately Latin, but you’ll find a little bit of every race there – and that’s what I love about our show. All races, all people are represented in our show, just as they are in Miami. it’s a party city. It’s rife with all types of life and all types of death.

Would you want to be a doctor in real life? You know what? Doctor was on the list of what I wanted to be – but my grades weren’t (sufficient), so that didn’t kind of mesh. If I were to be a doctor, it would probably be an orthopedic surgeon, just because I love sports so much. And now, I get to play one on TV.In my personal life, I wouldn’t want Rosewood to be my doctor. I went to a doctor (recently), and I think he just got off the comedy stage because everything was a joke. I’m just trying to get the analysis and everything, and I didn’t want to hear all that. I like a doctor who is pleasant, but gets straight to the point.

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How has it been playing a young Leonardo da Vinci in Starz’s “Da Vinci’s Demons” for three seasons?The role of a lifetime. I did a great deal of stuff before we started the first season ... . (I found) stuff about him that I had no idea about and I certainly never got taught about in art history or even in the most basic lessons in school, which was what a difficult, headstrong, bigoted, temperamental, tantrum-throwing guy he was and how full of himself he was. And people don’t kind of like that version of him and they don’t know it. And so when we presented that in the first season, I think a lot of people (thought), “No he was a legend, he was always wise and always humble about his own intellect.” And of course, those things only come by mistake.And so over the first three seasons – or over the course of the series – we were determined to take him from this headstrong, difficult character into this slightly more humbled and wise and philosophical version of himself that people remember.

In Season 3, Leo tastes failure for the first time. How does he handle it?His achievement and arrogance has always been his go-to place, and his belief that he’s the greatest person around is always what’s driven him. And he doesn’t handle it very well. He goes (to a place that is) very insular. He needs the people around him, which for the last two seasons he’s been sort of dismissing his friends and treating them with a bit of a laissez faire, devil-may-care, shoot-they’re-always-going-to-stick-around and he’s always going to have people he can (treat) however he wants. And the consequences of that disregard for other people comes back to get him.

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Since you’ve also been working on the “CSI” franchise, what were your considerations in joining “Fargo” for its second season?I hadn’t seen “Fargo.” My kids told me I was an idiot, that I should watch it ... that it was not, you know, “Why do it?” The movie was great, but I didn’t actually (watch the series) until this might have been a possibility that I was going to be able to be in this. And then I devoured it in two days and, like everybody else, just fell in love with what I saw.If the words are great and you have a dialect that is purposeful, you try it on, and it just takes you someplace. I would have had no idea where my character was going, and I didn’t have to worry about it because the words were so good that you just followed the path that Noah (Hawley, the series’ executive producer) had created.And the dialect was great because there’s an earnestness to it that really is purposeful to your characterization, so it really was like following the dance steps that had been set out by Noah. It was a great joy.

Was part of the appeal of “Fargo” for you in putting a different spin on a lawman character at the same time you’re continuing as D.B. Russell on “CSI: Cyber”?Yeah. It was definitely something completely different. I mean, it’s the luxury of not having to discover the crime and solve the crime in 45 minutes. You get 10 hours to develop these characters and the plot and the mystery and all of that stuff. But it’s that luxury of time that draws, once again, the really good writing.


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When was the last vacation you took, where and why?“I went to Bogota, Colombia, in June of this year with my wife. My wife is from Venezuela and ... my wife’s brother and his wife and their two daughters live in Bogota, Colombia, so we went down there for a week and just had an amazing time.”

What book are you currently reading?“I’m a huge fan of music and I’m a musician and I’m a guitar collector and a drummer, and I just finished a book called ‘Deal’ by Billy Kreutzmann, who is one of the two drummers from the Grateful Dead. It’s not the only type of book that I read but I literally just turned the last page on it.”

What did you have for dinner last night?““I made a really beautiful vegetable medley – we call it succotash down here. So it would be onions and red, yellow and green peppers, kernels of corn, okra, tomatoes and fresh lima beans. I just was visiting my father down in southwest Georgia and I went to a beautiful farm down there with him and there were some folks there shelling fresh lima beans. So for the last couple of days, I’ve made a great succotash at home.”

What is your next project?“I will shoot a series called ‘Junk Food Flip’ with a young lady named Nikki Dinki. We shot six episodes of ‘Junk Food Flip’ in January of this year as a – it wasn’t exactly a pilot. It was sort of a trial. We shot six to go to air and it was picked up and bought and I’m happily going to shoot ‘Junk Food Flip’ again.”

Anyone who has ever wondered what happens to the confections created on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship” should take comfort in the knowledge that they don’t go to waste.

“There’s a large crew involved with these shows,” explains host Bobby Deen with a laugh, “and inevitably food ends up being devoured by the crew. It certainly doesn’t go to waste. So next to the craft services table at the lot there, there is after each preheat or elimination heat, a table full of baked desserts and it always disappears. There’s something about sweets that people really love.”

In the hourlong series, which returns for its second season with eight episodes on Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 talented bakers create their most delicious desserts, which are then evaluated for taste, techique, presentation and creativity by the judging panel of Duff Goldman (“Ace of Cakes”), Nancy Fuller (“Farmhouse Rules”) and Lorraine Pascal (“Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Foods”). The winner takes home a grand prize of $50,000.

As is the case with many competition series, there are the challenges. In the season premiere, the bakers are tasked to “go nuts” for the holiday.

“We gave them a selection of different nuts that they had to use for the preheat,” Deen explains. “And what’s fun is we oftentimes ... will leave it up to the contestants to decide for their fellow bakers what items they may have to use in cooking or how much time they may have to cook. ... Sometimes we may give them an item which would be advantageous for them to use. Or sometimes we may take away a particular item from the rest of their fellow bakers. ... Our challenges are more fair and fun.”

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For many, career epiphanies can come during high school, college or a first job. For Aidan Quinn, his came at a construction site.

The 56-year-old actor and co-star of “Elementary,” which returns for its fourth season Thursday, Nov. 5, on CBS, was a few years removed from high school and working as a roofer in his native Chicago when inspiration struck.

“I just had kind of an epiphany after six months on a roof,” he says, “where we had our feet dangling over the coping. And it was 7:30 in the morning and I was being passed a joint on one hand and a pint of whiskey ... on the other hand ... .And I had them both in my hand.

“And I looked to the left and I looked to my right,” he continues, “and I thought, ‘These are great guys. These two guys are a lot of fun. But this is crazy. This is the second or third morning in a row of this and I can’t ... .’ And so I gave the joint back and I gave the pint of whiskey back and I looked out over the lake and I literally had an epiphany that I’m going to become an actor (and) I’m going to take an acting class.”

These days, the two-time Emmy nominee still tinkers on his roof, much to the chagrin of his wife, actress Elizabeth Bracco. After three-plus decades working all over the world in independent film, Quinn relishes the chance work not far from his upstate New York home with his current gig as NYPD Captain Thomas Gregson in the New York City-filmed CBS drama.

“I’ve always been traveling all over the world doing my vagabond independent circus act making a living mostly in independent films,” he says. “And I love the idea of being home. And I got offered the part and I thought, ‘Well, this’ll be good,’ and it’s been fun.”

Date of birth: March 8, 1959Birthplace: ChicagoFamily: He and wife Elizabeth Bracco have two daughters – Ava, 26, and Mia, 17

Movie credits: “Reckless” (1984), “Desperately Seeking Susan” 1985), “An Early Frost” (TV, 1985), “Stakeout” (1987), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990), “Avalon” (1990), “Benny & Joon” (1993), “Blink” (1994), “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (1994), “Legends of the Fall” (1994), “Michael Collins” (1996), “This Is My Father” (1998), “Practical Magic” (1998), “Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius” (2004), “Return to Sender” (2004), “The Eclipse” (2009), “Handsome Harry” (2009), “Unknown” (2011), “The Last Keepers” (2013), “The Gettysburg Address” (upcoming)

TV credits: “Third Watch” (2004-05), “The Book of Daniel” (2006), “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” (2007), “Canterbury’s Law” (2008), “Weeds” (2011), “Prime Suspect” (2011-12)


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DANBARBER- Born in 1969, he grew up in New York City’s Upper East Side.

- He learned about farming and agricultural sustainability at a young age while helping to tend his grandparent’s farm in Great Barrington, Mass.

- In 1992, he graduated from Tufts University, where he studied Political Science and English.

- In 1994 he graduated from the French Culinary Institute.

- In May 2000, he opened Blue Hill restaurant with his brother and sister-in-law, David and Laureen Barber, in New York City.

- His success with Blue Hill impressed philanthropist David Rockefeller so much that in 2001, he hired him to take over the responsibility of revitalizing his 3,500 acre estate in Westchester. Rockefeller invested $30 million to open the Blue Hill at Stone Barns Restaurant and Stone Barnes Center.

- In 2002, Food & Wine named him one of the country’s Best New Chefs.

- In spring of 2006, he won the James Beard award for Best Chef: New York City.

- In 2009, he received the James Beard award for America’s Outstanding Chef, and was named one of the world’s most influential people in Time’s annual “Time 100” list.

- Most of the milk used at his restaurants comes from his grandmother’s farm.

- President Barack Obama appointed him to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.

- His opinions on food and agricultural policy have appeared in the New York Times, along with many other publications.

- In May 2014, he published “The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food.”

- He is featured in an episode of the Netflix Original docu-series “Chef’s Table.”

Dan Barber is a chef, restaurateur, writer and food advocate who can currently be

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“(My character is) an idiot, so those characters are fun because it’s little more boring playing the guys who are flawless, perfect sort of hero guys. That to me is a bore. I don’t like it; I don’t get it. I could have done soap operas. You know, I was a decent-looking guy. I could have done that but not interested.” – Bruce Campbell of “Ash vs Evil Dead” on Starz

“I always like to play parts that have a different physicality from myself. It’s easier for me, in a way … when I put the wig on and I’m in these peasant clothes and no high heels. And the accent, it’s just exciting. And then also to be in Wales -- not to be on the concrete of North Hollywood, but to be in the gorgeous air in Wales.” – Katey Sagal of “The Bastard Executioner” on FX

“People debate about it after they watch it. I’ve heard about people who watch it with their other halves and then have arguments afterward about what they’ve just seen. I think that’s quite interesting” – Ruth Wilson of “The Affair” on Showtime

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Lucy Lawless of “Ash vs Evil Dead” on Starz

“Anything about Italy.

‘Nurse Jackie,’ crazy about it.

There’s a British show called

‘Embarrassing Bodies.’ I’m

obsessed with it, though there

are a few too many anus

shots; you know, torn anuses

and things. ... It’s kind of a

public service they’re doing. They’re trying to get people to start taking

their health more seriously,

stop the embarrassment,

go see your damn doctor.”

Tom Selleck of “Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise” on Hallmark Channel and “Blue Bloods” on CBS“I watch a lot of news, and I try to get a diversity of opinion. And I watch Turner Classic Movies a lot; I’m always swimming by to see if one of my favorites or something I don’t know about is there. I just love movies. That’s what I grew up on – and to be accepted by that community for something that was a part of me when I was growing up, that doesn’t come just by being cast in something.”

John Benjamin Hickey of “Manhattan” on WGN America“I tend to record friends’ stuff. You know, I’m an actor and I have a lot of friends on TV shows. John Slattery is one of my great pals, so I have two seasons of ‘Mad Men’ – I’m still two behind, so I have all that on my DVR. My partner (Jeffrey Richman) writes ‘Modern Family,’ so I’m constantly having to catch up with that or else get in trouble for not watching it. So I guess at the end of the day, it’s stuff I love but also stuff I’m in trouble with friends and family if I don’t watch.”

Sally Field of “The Essentials” on Turner Classic Movies“I watch a lot of movies. I go down the menu and say, ‘Oh, I haven’t seen that in a while’ or, ‘Oh, I want to see that.’ And certainly, I watch lots of cable. The best work is being done in cable television, storytelling-wise and human-condition-wise.”

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ANNA FARIS remains a ‘Mom’

Anna Faris stars in “Mom,” which starts its third season Thursday on CBS.

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Not only is Anna Faris happy to be a mom in real life, she’s pleased to continue playing one on television.

A parent of a three-year-old son with actor husband Chris Pratt, the “Scary Movie” alum starts her third season of playing out an edgy mother-daughter relationship opposite Allison Janney – who recently won her second Emmy for the series – as the Chuck Lorre-produced CBS comedy “Mom” returns Thursday, Nov. 5.

Actually, it isn’t fair to label the show as strictly a comedy. It deals with issues that frequently yield dramatic moments, underscored last season by the sudden death of Christy’s (Faris) father and Bonnie’s (Janney) ex-boyfriend (portrayed by Kevin Pollak, who will return to the CBS Thursday lineup in the forthcoming “Angel From Hell”).

“I really love it that with this project, it’s very much focused on the quality of the jokes as opposed to the quantity,” the friendly Faris says. “So many times in this format, it’s ‘small joke, big joke, small joke, big joke.’ We will do something incredibly dramatic and address serious issues – then hopefully, we let the audience up with something a little outrageous at the end of the scene, so that there’s a release with the laughter.”

The Season 3 premiere of “Mom” appears destined to hold to that formula, as Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn guest-stars as yet another mom ... the one who abandoned Bonnie as a small child, and now wants back into her life. The episode also marks the addition of Jaime Pressly (“My Name Is Earl”), who’s been a recurring guest star, as a full-time cast member.The key acting relationship on “Mom” though, clearly remains that of Faris and Janney. “I really hope it never comes across as anything but truthful and sincere, but I

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am so lucky to work with someone who is such a dear friend,” Faris reflects. “I’m annoying her in her dressing room all the time.

“I’m addicted to her, and I learn from her – and I hope that because we have a lot of love for each other, as our characters fight and have struggles, hopefully the audience can feel that undercurrent of deep love.”

In playing a mother of two on the series, Faris allows that she picks up insight on parenting, though she admits it can fall on the not-so-sunny side.

“Mostly, I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that I constantly feel guilty, no matter what I do,” she says. “Men do, too, but maybe it’s more so for women, for the enormous amount of pressure to do everything right. And to be a working mom, there’s a whole other guilt process with that ... but I’m fortunate that our hours are pretty good for this industry, and I get to work in town (Los Angeles).”

Plus, Faris still gets to deal with subjects such as alcoholism and domestic violence that might be tricky for a reputed comedy on broadcast television, and she credits that largely to “The Big Bang Theory,” “Mike & Molly” and “Two and a Half Men” veteran Lorre.

“The first season, because people obviously weren’t familiar with the show, it took them by surprise,” Faris recalls. “Because Chuck is so powerful in this (television) world and so brilliant, we can explore these things without a lot of resistance from other parties.”

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Change in the air

Sean Bean stars in “Legends,” which returns for its second

season Monday on TNT.


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BY GEORGE DICKIE

Viewers who tune into the second season premiere of the TNT spy thriller “Legends” on Monday, Nov. 2, will find a show they may not recognize.

The hourlong series has been reimagined, with a new supporting cast, exotic locations and a new approach to storytelling.

As Season 2 opens, the main character of deep cover FBI agent and master of many personnas Martin Odum (Sean Bean) is back and still hunting for his true identity while on the lam for a murder he didn’t commit. Aiding him in his search are CIA agent Nina Brenner (Kelly Overton) and FBI agent Tony Rice (returnee Morris Chestnut). They help lead him to a woman with a link to his past (Klara Issova) and her teenage daughter (Aisling Franciosi). As he tries to piece together clues to his true identity, he learns that the FBI was also chasing him for a different crime from 2001.

Also starring in the new season are Ralph Brown, Steve Kazee and Winter Ave Zoli. Gone from Season 1 are Ali Larter, Amber Valletta, Tina Majorino, Mason Cook and Steve Harris.

“It wasn’t through any fault of anyone last year in terms of acting ability,” explains Bean, who this season adds a producer credit and therefore has a say in cast choices. “It’s just that the material last year wasn’t quite as rich as it is this year.”

“I would say it’s a very different show in all ways ...,” he continues. “Even though last year I wasn’t over the moon about the end product, I thought it still had potential. And I became a producer and got together with (showrunner) Ken Biller and kind of chatted with him and we came

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up with something new and different and much more thoughtful and a much more suspenseful, grittier, darker mystery.”

Also undergoing something of a cast change are Martin’s roster of undercover identities. In Season 1, he was, among other personnas, a wounded Iraq War vet and a Russian gangster in addition to Martin Odum. This season, because of what Bean calls “a collision of identities,” only the mobster, Dmitry Petrovich, will be in evidence.

“This year, we kind of focus and concentrate on less characters in terms of me, Martin Odum, playing other characters,” Bean says, “and there’s only one other character to concentrate on and I think you can really kind of get your money’s worth out of the characters, so it’s an improvement.

“And potential, I don’t think we quite fulfilled that potential last year but there was a lot to look forward to and I think this year we’ve discovered it.”

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Anyone with a fascination for topographic features and how they were formed would do well to check out a new “NOVA” miniseries that begins this week.

The three-part “Making North America,” airing consecutive Wednesdays beginning Nov. 4 on PBS (check local listings), condenses our continent’s three-billion-year-old story into three hours, with host and paleontologist Kirk Johnson traveling to 18 states and Canada to reveal some surprising secrets behind its formation.

Johnson, the sant director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, rapels into the Grand Canyon, flies low over Hawaiian volcanoes, scales an Alaskan glacier and dives in the Bahamas. What he discovers are the massive forces, including floods, eruptions, ice sheets and impacts from space, responsible for the formation of the continent.

“North America really has a three-part story,” Johnson says. “There’s the core in the middle, which is very old, and then the East Coast was shaped by repeated collisions, and then more recently, the West Coast is a big train wreck. So those three steps. And really, the action is happening on the West Coast now, but if you dial the clock back 300 million years, it would have been more fun on the East Coast.”

Picture labyrinthine canyons now submerged off the East Coast, great mountains towering over Manhattan and massive lava floes beneath the Great Lakes.

“The thing about East Coast/West Coast,” says Julia Cort, deputy executive producer of “NOVA,” “the West Coast is very flamboyant in its geology. It’s like, kind of, all up there. It’s showing you its stripes. It’s all about its telling its own story very obviously.

“The East Coast is much more subtle. It’s all hidden. And even in the Midwest ... (there are) 30 miles of lava beneath the surface. That’s an incredible amount. It tells a story of this huge volcanic eruption. So East Coast, it’s hiding its secrets.”

The series also goes into how life formed on the continent and how humans have altered it to suit their purposes. Johnson says he hopes the series makes people more curious about the land around them and even go out and look for fossils, which he says are everywhere and easy to find.

“There’s something like half a billion people living in North America, all the countries in North America, and they all live on the land,” he says. “They all eat food that’s grown on the land. They all have infrastructures built out of sand and gravel, steel. They have coins made out of metals. All that stuff comes out of the ground, and yet they aren’t aware that it’s right there. Literally underneath every house, every school, there’s a story, a huge story.”

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‘NOVA’ takes an epic look at

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Of all the movies she’s talked about this year, Sally Field is least comfortable discussing her own.

The two-time Oscar winner is Robert Osborne’s current co-host on Turner Classic Movies’ Saturday series “The Essentials,” and since March, she’s commented on films from “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Roman Holiday” to “Bullitt” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” On Saturday, Nov. 7, she has her toughest task to date on the program: That night’s attraction is “Norma Rae,” the 1979 labor-organizing drama that brought Field her first Academy Award.

“Bob knew I was completely not comfortable doing that,” Field says of filming the segments that bookend the feature. “I’d really have been as happy as could be, had nothing of mine been included ... so he talked about it, and I went, ‘Uh, yeah. Yeah.’ It’s hard for me to watch myself, but I adore him and his absolute library of information. Some I know and some I don’t, but like a student, I can’t keep my mouth closed. I’m constantly saying, ‘Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Oh, yes. Yes.’ ”

However, Field allows that where “Norma Rae” was concerned, “I think I just sort of clammed up. I feel shy about tooting my own horn, but I talked about (director)

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Co-host Sally Field

Marty Ritt, because that was the start of my relationship with him. That resonates with me much more as a human than it necessarily does in terms of film, just who he was as a man.” Ritt also directed Field later in “Back Roads” and “Murphy’s Romance.”

In succeeding such previous “Essentials” co-hosts as Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin and Rose McGowan, Field (who earned her second Oscar, and gave her legendary “You like me!” acceptance speech, for 1984’s “Places in the Heart”) often hits upon one subject in her comments: the use – or, as she sometimes sees it, the misuse – of actresses in movies.

“Jackie Bisset is gorgeous, but she’s also a really good actor,” Field notes. “I mean, give her something (in ‘Bullitt’)! Give her (character) a life! Give her some reason for being with this man. That’s not so hard to do. For all of us women in film, you’re so aware of the inequality, and not only in this industry but all over. (Early on,) I always had to take what I could get and make the best of it, because the good part of the cupcake was going to go to somebody else.”


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STATS FULL NAME: Christopher Wesson Bosh

BORN: March 24, 1984

BIRTHPLACE: Dallas, Texas

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6 foot 11 inches/235-pounds

POSITION: Forward

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COLLEGE: Georgia Tech

DRAFTED: Fourth overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in 2003

TEAMS: Toronto Raptors, 2003-2010; Miami Heat 2010-present

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: NBA champion, 2012–2013; Ten-time NBA All-Star, 2006–2015; NBA All-Rookie First Team, 2004; Toronto Raptors all-time leading scorer

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With a new NBA season under way, nobody is happier to be back on the court than Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh. The Heat will visit George Hill and the Indiana Pacers on Friday, Nov. 6, airing on ESPN. This game is the first of an NBA doubleheader that later features the Houston Rockets visiting the Sacramento Kings.

Bosh, meanwhile, is thanking his lucky stars. The 12-year veteran’s 2014-15 season was cut short. After experiencing severe chest pain following the All-Star Game in February, he was diagnosed with blood clots on his left lung. He underwent treatment and missed the final 30 games of the season.

Now off blood thinners and cleared by doctors to play, Bosh is ready to compete. Coming into this season he had yet to share the court with mid-season acquisition Goran Dragic from Phoenix who is now the Heat’s starting point-gaurd.

A ten-time All-Star, Bosh was picked fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the talent heavy 2003 NBA Draft that included former teammate LeBron James (first overall pick), current teammate, Dwyane Wade (fifth) and fellow NBA All-Star Carmello Anthony (third).

With Bosh the Raptors quickly improved, making the playoffs in 2007 and 2008. Bosh remains Toronto’s all-time leading scorer. Prior to the 2010 season he was traded to Miami joining James and Wade and eventually helped the Heat make it to the NBA Finals in four consecutive seasons, winning back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013.

Now, a rejuvenated Bosh and the Heat again are eyeing the NBA playoffs.

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In director Ridley Scott’s latest shot at sci-fi, “The Martian” actually is an earthling ... and not just any earthling, but Matt Damon.

That stacks the deck a bit as the actor plays an astronaut stranded on Mars, since his past work makes it fairly easy to guess that he’ll be resourceful enough to survive. It would take more than the angry red planet to make Jason Bourne crumble, right?

Actually, “The Martian” is a pretty dazzling adventure based on Andy Weir’s novel and detailing how fellow crew members who think Damon’s character died in a wild dust storm leave him behind, how he endures, how others finally figure out he’s still alive, and how his rescue is mounted – against many odds that just keep mounting.

After visiting space previously in such films as “Alien” and “Prometheus,” not to mention his other flights into fantasy such as “Blade Runner,” director Scott proves it’s still a fine playground for him – and Damon shows he’s comfortable in the cosmos, too. Fall movies and outer

space are becoming a pattern for the actor, given his appearance last year in “Interstellar,” but “The Martian” is focused much more on him.

In fact, it almost could be considered a 50-years-later update of “Robinson Crusoe on Mars,” a classic produced by genre veteran George Pal. Of course, that much more can be done technically now, but the theme of “The Martian” largely is the same.

A solid supporting cast including Jessica Chastain (also an “Interstellar” alum), Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean and Kristen Wiig (not the most expected presence in a sci-fi movie, but doing what she has to do as a public-relations executive quite well) helps keep the story grounded. That parade of performers also does much to retain interest in the single-idea story, which runs well over two hours.

For all of its many fantastical trappings, “The Martian” ultimately is a very human story, and its makers never lose sight of that. That’s why it works.

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“MR. HOLMES” (Nov. 10): The retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is determined to solve one last mystery; Laura Linney also stars. (PG: AS, V)

“BETTER CALL SAUL: SEASON ONE”

(Nov. 10): The “Breaking Bad” prequel features Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman before becoming the lawyer for Walter White; Jonathan Banks and Michael McKean also star. (Not rated: AS, P, V)

“TERMINATOR GENISYS” (Nov. 10): He’ll be back, all right: Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in a reboot of the sci-fi saga. (PG-13: N, P, V)

“TRAINWRECK” (Nov. 10): A sports doctor (Bill Hader) prompts a free-spirited journalist (Amy Schumer) to consider commitment. (R and unrated versions: AS, N, P)

“AMERICAN ULTRA” (Nov. 24): Not realizing he’s a CIA operative with deeply implanted spy skills, a slacker (Jesse Eisenberg) is targeted for elimination. (R: AS, P, GV)

“ZOO: SEASON ONE” (Dec. 1): CBS’ miniseries, based on a novel co-written by James Patterson, puts animals on the warpath around the world; James Wolk and Kristen Connolly star. (Not rated: AS, P, V)

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“INSIDE OUT”This much-praised Disney-Pixar offering gives emotions their own lives, with Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling among those giving voice to animated representations of such feelings as Joy and Fear. Director and co-writer Pete Docter (“Up”) based the story on his daughter, with a youngster (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias) struggling to adapt to the changes when she relocates with her parents (voices of Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan). It’s very likely this will figure into the upcoming film-awards season in a big way; Lewis Black and Richard Kind also are heard. ››› (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)


SFAVORITE SHOWS

SUNDAY 9 p.m. on CBS The Good Wife Jason’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) dedication may send him over the line as he works with Alicia and Lucca (Julianna Margulies, Cush Jumbo) on a case involving a student loan in the new episode “Payback.” Cary (Matt Czuchry) is targeted by Howard Lyman (Jerry Adler) for an accusation of ageism at the firm. Eli (Alan Cumming) causes problems for the Florricks as Peter (Chris Noth) continues his bid for the presidency. Christian Borle (“Smash”) guest stars. New

MONDAY 9 p.m. on CBS Scorpion A subway vehicle run amok puts Team Scorpion on a mission to stop it in the new episode “Crazy Train” — and there’s a personal investment in the case, since Paige and Ralph (Katharine McPhee, Riley B. Smith) are aboard the sabotaged transport. Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas) tries to advance his campaign to win over Happy (Jadyn Wong) by turning to boxing. Kevin Weisman (“Alias”) continues his guest role. Robert Patrick and Ari Stidham also star. New

TUESDAY 10 p.m. on NBC Chicago Fire The firefighters typically circle the wagons around one of their own when it’s needed, and such an occasion arises in the new episode “Your Day Is Coming,” Herrmann (David Eigenberg) tries to determine how to reopen the suddenly shuttered Molly’s. Despite having a very bad day, Severide (Taylor Kinney) delves further into an arson case. Jon Seda crosses over in his “Chicago P.D.” role. Rachel Nichols (“Continuum”) guest stars. Jesse Spencer also stars. New

“Chicago Fire”

Julianna Margulies stars in “The Good Wife”

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Jadyn Wong stars in “Scorpion”

SWEDNESDAY 8 p.m. on ABC The 49th Annual CMA Awards If they don’t have their act down by now, they never will: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood team for the eighth consecutive year as hosts of this event, presented from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Eric Church and Little Big Town top the list of nominees with five bids each, and Church is slated to open the show along with Hank Williams Jr. The many other scheduled performers include Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and Kacey Musgraves. New

THURSDAY 9 p.m. on FOX Sleepy Hollow If the residents of Sleepy Hollow are afraid to close their eyes at night, there’s a good reason: Pandora (Shannyn Sossamon) releases a monster that strikes while victims sleep in the new episode “This Red Lady From Caribee.” Abbie’s (Nicole Beharie) new career considerations draw support from Ichabod (Tom Mison), who tries to use his experience to help her. Bill Irwin guest stars. Lyndie Greenwood and Nikki Reed also star. New

FRIDAY 8 p.m. on FOX MasterChef Youngsters are in the kitchen again as the fourth season of the show’s “Junior Edition” begins with “New Kids on the Chopping Block.” As the hour starts, 24 youthful chefs tackle a mystery box challenge, the result being a hamburger and a side dish unique to each preparer. The winner gets to choose an ingredient the others must factor in ... and do so successfully to avoid elimination. Host Gordon Ramsay joins Graham Elliot and Christina Tosi on the judging panel. Season Premiere New

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10 p.m. on SYFY

Z NationThings take a decidedly weird turn — even for this series — as the heroes drive through New Mexico, where they witness bright lights in the sky and encounter a beautiful but distracted woman named Bernadette, who leads them on an adventure through an abandoned Air Force base. As they search for zombie aliens, the team discovers what looks like alien technology, which could shed insight into the question of whether mankind is alone in the universe in the new episode “Rozwell.” William Sadler stars. New

SATURDAY 11:29 p.m. on NBC Saturday Night Live Too bad he hasn’t made much news lately ... maybe Donald Trump’s guest-host stint here will help. We’re kidding, of course, and you just know the show will have a field day with the business tycoon turned Republican presidential candidate — but he’ll be in a position to give as good as he gets, making one wonder how much he’ll stick to the script. The musical guest is Sia, who had a huge hit with “Chandelier” from her album “1000 Forms of Fear.” New

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Donald Trump hosts “Saturday Night Live”

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