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Saturday Jul 12 | East Coast Radio

Trust - Tom Hanks

Half of Hollywood celebrates their birthday today . The Wonder Years star Fred Savage celebrates his birthday , so does Kelly McGillis, LA Law star Jimmy Smits and multi-Oscar award-winning Tom Hanks.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

On This Day in History: July 9 Role Model for Aspiring Hispanics

' Jimmy Smits was born in Brooklyn on July 9, 1955, son of Cornelis Smits, a silk-screen plant manager who came from Dutch Guyana and Emelina Smits from Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Vital Signs, Horror, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, The Believers, Switch, Glitz, Drama, Action

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Hollywood.com

Jimmy Smits

A tall, commanding Latino actor with a powerful but lean build and a sharply-sculpted face with extremely high cheekbones, Jimmy Smits is best known for his roles on two TV series produced by Steven Bochco: as ...

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

Hartford Courant

Fireworks on TV 2008

Against my better judgment, watched all the various fireworks shows again this year, which followed in succession from Washington, New York and Boston via PBS, NBC and CBS .

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Related Topix: The West Wing, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pop/Rock, Huey Lewis & the News

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ring in the Fourth with Jimmy Smits

New Dexter costar Jimmy Smits serves as host of A Capitol Fourth , the annual holiday bash from Washington, D.C. The fireworks are provided by Jerry Lee Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, Taylor Hicks and, of ...

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Related Topix: Drama, L.A. Law

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KISU-TV Pocatello

3,2,1 Fireworks

Nightly Business Report "The Markets at Mid-Year" Reporting on the Market's performance since January 2008.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

LA Daily News

Smits feeling that patriotic fervor

On "The West Wing," Jimmy Smits' character of Congressman Matthew Santos was elected president of the United States, but the show ended its run before we got to see Santos move into The White House.

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Related Topix: Lackawanna Blues, Comedy Movies, Music!, L.a. Law, L.A. Law, Crime Movies, Switch, Drama, Entertainment, Television

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Palm Beach Post

Enjoy 'A Capitol Fourth'

You can't have a July Fourth holiday without a fireworks spectacular. Well, you can, but your holiday wouldn't be the same.

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

The Toronto Star

Hot Box: Television to talk about

Shortened Morning: CTV has shut down its Vancouver Canada AM operation, ending its experiment to broadcast the talk and news show from 6 a.m. to noon on its Newsnet cable channel.

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Related Topix: Michael C. Hall, NYPD Blue, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Dexter

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Zap2it.com

Jimmy Smits Joins 'Dexter' Cast

Last seen in CBS' short-lived "Cane," Jimmy Smits is heading back to Miami for a role on Showtime's "Dexter." Showtime announced Thursday that Smits will appear in 10 of the 12 episodes in the third season of ...

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Related Topix: NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, Drama, L.a. Law, Entertainment, Television, Cane

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Cumberlink.com

Mourning your lost show? Your misery has company

By Toni Fitzgerald, Sentinel Correspondent , June 1, 2008 Sunday, June 1, 2008 2:08 AM EDT He seemed like the perfect guy - ' funny, handsome, charming, always there when he was supposed to be, unfailingly ...

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, The West Wing, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy

Wed May 28, 2008

NBC Channel 7/39

Car Chase Scenes Race For Title Of Greatest

The car chase has always been a cornerstone of the action genre of cinema. It seems that any movie involving cops and robbers or good guys and bad guys, will at some point lead to one chasing the other at high ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Italy, World News, Kentucky

Tue May 06, 2008

Athens Banner-Herald

The mystery's the thing on new network series

“I just thought that could help our cover story”

It's not just a case of whodunit this TV season. It's also a matter of who is it, is it alien and does it want to destroy us? Who's behind the frame-up? Who married Ted? In a blatant effort to hook viewers with ... via Athens Banner-Herald

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Tue Apr 01, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Jimmy Smits signs with UTA

“Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith.”

Jimmy Smits Jimmy Smits has signed with UTA. He will be represented by a team led by Tracey Jacobs and David Guillod, with an eye toward building his film career. via Hollywood Reporter

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Related Topix: Getty Images, Media, L.A. Law, Drama, L.a. Law, Entertainment, Television, Cane

Mon Mar 03, 2008

News.com.au

Seem familiar? Election bid mirrors TV show

BARACK Obama's bid for the White House may have been played out already - on TV. via News.com.au

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The West Wing

Thu Feb 21, 2008

The First Post

How West Wing writers wrote the script for Obama's rise

“He had done a great speech at the 2004 convention [which went on to nominate John Kerry as the Democrats' candidate] and people were beginning to talk about him.”

Fans of the American TV show The West Wing , which starred Martin Sheen as the US president, have been remarking on how the long-running series ended in 2006 with a handsome and charismatic young man from an ... via The First Post

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Related Topix: Martin Sheen, The West Wing, Entertainment, Drama, Television, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Feb 16, 2008

Business Day

Barack Obama needs the Tiger Woods factor

“They all think there's something I can get up and say that will breach the divide. Well, there isn't.”

TO UNDERSTAND US presidential politics, watch The West Wing. The show about the fictitious administration of Josiah Bartlet shows how things work at the top of the most powerful nation on earth. via Business Day

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Related Topix: Alan Alda, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, California

Thu Feb 14, 2008

Los Angeles Times

The stars of 'Star Wars' back in the galaxy we know

“Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones'; 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith”

Life after 'Star Wars' has been a mixed bag for the stars of the six out-of-this-world entries in George Lucas' blockbuster sci-fi franchise. via Los Angeles Times

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Related Topix: George Lucas, Alec Guinness, Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Black Entertainment, Liam Neeson, Movies, Entertainment

Sat Feb 02, 2008

Feeling Listless

"Women love him, men want to have a beer with him. It's just not...

"Women love him, men want to have a beer with him. It's just not clear that it would occur to anybody to vote for him." -- Joey Lucas, 'The West Wing' TV Keith notes the similarities between the closing couple ... via Feeling Listless

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Related Topix: The West Wing, Entertainment, Drama, Television

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