As a way to thank my readers for their support, I feature a new groovy guy or gal each month - and the winner of this prestigious title for January is Bruce Hart of Long Beach, California, who co-wrote, produced and starred in the 2009 gay film, Homewrecker. His other film credits include the 2007 award-winning short, The Reckoning, and the 2008 feature, Coupled with Love, and he has appeared in numerous stage shows in Los Angeles. Bruce's latest acting role is in the gay web series, Old Dogs & New Tricks, in which he plays a snarky talent agent named Nelson Van Eddy.
I am delighted to have the fabulous Mr. Hart here on the Dish to answer a few questions about his life and, of course, pop culture.
The rules are quite simple - each week I feature 10 past/present celebrities and you get to invite (vote for) your three favorites to the Deep Dish Dinner Party. The five folks who receive the most votes get to stay, and the following week five new people (whose birthdays are during that week) are added to the guest list. So enjoy the party - and please feel free to leave a comment and share your selections.
1) Jake Gyllenhaal
Last Week #2, Week 7, received 34 invites out of 187
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
This month DEEP DISH has been featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season - and the final Hot Guys are models Diego Miguel, Rodrigo Calazans, Mateus Lages, Caio César and Marlon Teixeira in Born Free, a film by Stewart Shining and Vincent Gagliostroto to promote Issue #4 of Made in Brazilmagazine.
Courtesy of SoapClassics, this week's Groovy Giveaway is a DVD Value Pack of 40 memorable episodes from the beloved daytime dramas, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. Each four-disc collection features 20 complete episodes that have been restored from the original broadcast library vault, and they are divided into four categories - "Great Weddings", "Secrets and Scandals", "Oakdale/Springfield Through the Years" and "Villains and Vixens" (you can read more about them in my review below).
To enter to win this Groovy Giveaway, all you have to do is email your name and address todeepdishdrama@aol.com. The winner must have a US or Canadian mailing address, and entries close at midnight on Friday, February 3 (CST).
If you would like to give away something groovy (DVDs, CDs, books, theatre/concert tickets) on DEEP DISH, please email me at deepdishdrama@aol.com.
So what do I think of SoapClassics' DVDs? I LOVE them! The episodes look great - and it's about time that someone had the smart idea to release classic episodes of dearly departed daytime dramas.
The As the World Turns collection features 20 episodes from 1979 to 2010 and includes:
Tom and Margo's 1983 wedding with the delightful Justin Deas and Margaret Colin (who were married in real life in 1988).
Steve and Betsy's 1984 wedding, which attracted 20 million viewers, making it the second highest-rated show in American soap opera history (after General Hospital's Luke and Laura) - and it's fun to see a young Meg Ryan again as Betsy.
Bob and Kim's 1985 wedding with Julianne Moore (Frannie) and Marisa Tomei (Marcy) sharing a scene.
The emotional 1987 episode in which Lily Walsh (Martha Byrne) learns the shattering truth that Iva (Lisa Brown) and Josh (William Fichtner) are her real parents - and actor Brian Bloom makes an appearance as the original Dusty Donovan.
Of course, no ATWT collection would be complete without such memorable characters as Carly (Maura West) and Jack (Michael Park), Holden (Jon Hensley), Luke (Van Hansis), Barbara (Colleen Zenk), Lucinda (Elizabeth Hubbard), John Dixon (Larry Bryggman), James Stenbeck (Anthony Herrera) and Lisa (played by the fabulous Eileen Fulton). Click here for a complete list of episodes.
The Guiding Light collection features 20 episodes from 1980 to 2009 and includes:
The 1980 "Death" of Roger Thorpe (played by Daytime Emmy winner Michael Zaslow) - and actor Kevin Bacon makes an appearance as Tim Werner.
The dramatic 1981 confrontation between Kelly Nelson (John Wesley Shipp) and a pregnant Nola Reardon (Lisa Brown) after he learns that he is not the father of her baby.
The 1981 outdoor wedding of Kelly and Morgan at Laurel Falls.
An emotional 1982 episode featuring actress Jane Elliot as Carrie Todd, who suffered from a multiple personality disorder.
The classic 1984 episode, in which Reva (Kim Zimmer) baptizes herself the "Slut of Springfield" in a public fountain.
And no Guiding Light collection would be complete without such memorable characters as Phillip (Grant Aleksander) and Beth (Judi Evans, Beth Chamberlin), Ed (Mart Hulswit, Peter Simon) and Maureen (Ellen Dolan, Ellen Parker), Josh (Robert Newman), Mindy (Krista Tesreau), Quinton (Michael Tylo), Alexandra (Beverlee McKinsey, Marj Dusay, Joan Collins), Alan (Christopher Bernau, Ron Raines) and beloved matriarch Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer). Click here for a complete list of episodes.
Below are the original, uncut versions of the As the World Turns and Guiding Light tributes that were not aired during the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Each week I feature 10 groovy tunes that reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the last 50+ years. You can vote for your three favorites, and the five with the most votes move on to the following week when five new songs will be added to the list.
Last week Petula Clark's "Downtown" and the Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You" tied for the top spot, each receiving 34 votes out of the 192 cast. Simon & Garfunkel and Diana Ross also tied for fifth place, allowing them both to remain on the list. And this week they will all be challenged by Blondie, Culture Club and Barbra Streisand with the Academy Award-winning song from her 1973 film, The Way We Were.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
To promote their new 2012 CR-V, Honda has brought back actor Matthew Broderick in an amusing Super Bowl ad spoofing his 1986 John Hughes comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Almost two million people have watched it since it was posted on YouTube last week - but over 1,500 have disliked it because they were hoping for an actual sequel or feel the commercial has somehow tarnished the beloved original. Oh please, get a sense of humor, people. At least Ferris Bueller hasn't returned as a shitty remake like 2004's The Stepford Wives or 2008's The Women. Now that would be something to bitch about.
I am so excited by the news that actress Shirley MacLaine will be joining the cast of the British TV series, Downton Abbey, for its third season, which begins production next month. She will play Martha Levinson, the mother of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), whom I'm sure will have some delightful conversations with Maggie Smith's Countess. I also find it interesting that MacLaine already had a connection to the show - executive producer Gareth Neame's late grandfather, Ronald Neame, directed her and Michael Caine in the 1966 romantic comedy caper, Gambit (you can watch its trailer below). His other films include I Could Go On Singing (1963) with Judy Garland, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) with Dame Maggie, and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 39-year-old French actor Jean Dujardin, who won a Screen Actors Guild Award last night for his wonderful performance in Michel Hazanavicius' film, The Artist. Below you can watch him in the 2009 James Bond spoof, OSS 117: Lost in Rio (also directed by Hazanavicius), in which he reminds me of a young Sean Connery.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
Web Series of the Week: Very Mary-Kate
Now in its third hilarious season, this comedy series stars the fabulous Elaine Carroll as the self-absorbed former Full House actress. In the latest episode, Mary-Kate loses her phone while hanging out with Jewish-Looking Girl.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 28-year-old actor Nick Adams, who is currently appearing in the Broadway musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Below you can watch him do an amazing "cooter slam" on Body by Broadway, a new video series featuring the most beautiful and buff bodies on the Great White Way. To learn more about Nick, go to www.nickadams.biz - and click here to read my 2011 Deeper Dish interview with him.
You gotta love the new British TV commercial for Snickers chocolate bar starring Dynasty divas Joan Collins and Stephanie Beacham. I've also included a delicious catfight from a 1989 episode of Dynasty, in which Alexis reveals a shocking secret about Sable's daughter Monica.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 44-year-old actor Dan Cortese, who appeared shirtless on a recent episode of Hot in Cleveland and on a 1999 episode of Veronica's Closet.
