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ing video games with his kids. His wife, Abby (Paula Malcomson, “Deadwood”), announced that her cancer is gone, and that she wants the two of them to make a fresh start, while his daughter, Bridget (Kerris Dorsey, “Brothers & Sisters”), was accepted into NYU.

Don’t assume the good times will carry on throughout the new season, though. The cast and showrunners aren’t saying much about what happens this season, but, as Schreiber told Collider, “It’s a very dark year for Ray.” He expanded on this in a promo clip:

“Fairly early in the season, something very profound and big has changed in Ray’s life — something I think is going to really shock a lot of people — and the impact of that on this family, and Ray himself, is pretty heavy.”

Schreiber, a presence both on the stage and screen, has earned a good deal of recognition for his role over the past four seasons. He’s received four Golden Globe nods and three Emmy nominations, the most recent of which could very well turn into a win in

It’s not just Schreiber who has seen success from the show. “Ray Donovan” opened to recordbreaking numbers, becoming Showtime’s biggest premiere of all time. It’s won a Critics’ Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy, among its many nominations, and averaged 1.2 million viewers

The well-known cast is one major draw of the show, with Schreiber being just one of a number of bigname actors.

Oscar winner Jon Voight (“Mission: Impossible,” 1996) plays Mickey Donovan, Ray’s abusive father who turns up in the first episode after 20 years in prison. Though murderous, selfish and contemptible, Mickey is also charismatic and charming, and the character is a real fan favorite.

Eddie Marsan (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”) and Dash Mihok (“The Day After Tomorrow,” 2004) play Ray’s two brothers, Terry and Bunchy Donovan, who both have their own personal struggles to deal with throughout the series. Pooch Hall (“The Game”) rounds out the family as Daryll Donovan, Ray’s half-brother and Mickey’s son from an affair, who now works for Ray.

Each season has seen its share of talent among the guest stars and supporting cast as well. The likes of Elliott Gould (“Ocean’s Eleven,” 2001), Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”), Ann-Margret (“Grumpy Old Men,” 1993), Ian McShane (“Deadwood”) and Lisa Bonet (“The Cosby Show”) have graced the roster of supporting cast members, and there are some big names on deck for season 5 as well.

The biggest of these is surely the ubiquitous Sarandon. The award-winning acting powerhouse has held well over 100 roles between TV and film since launching her career in the early ‘70s, and the list of accolades attached to her name is dizzying.

She’s sure to be another feather in “Ray Donovan’s” already wellfeathered cap this season. She joins the cast as mogul Samantha Winslow, the legendary head of a motion picture studio, who employs Ray’s “fixing” services.

“Susan Sarandon plays someone who Ray comes to work for, who has a very, very, very profound effect on shifting Ray’s life,” Schreiber revealed in the Collider interview. Sarandon added to this in a Showtime promo: “They both are kind of outside the law, and so, she has a secret that brings Ray into her life.”

“We’re really dependent on story being generated by guest stars,” showrunner David Hollander told the Hollywood Reporter. “There is no big bad guy that Ray has to fight year in and year out, and there is no procedural element of whodunit. So we use new characters to bring in what we feel the zeitgeist is.”

See what else season 5 has in store when “Ray Donovan” returns Sunday, Aug. 6, on Showtime.

Over the weekend, Los Angeles experienced a massive heat wave. Some people were so desperate for air conditioning they actually went to see the new Transformers movie.

At this weekend’s G20 summit, President Trump and Vladimir Putin had a private 2.5-hour meeting. It’s probably not a good sign that it ended with Putin handing Trump a single red rose.

President Trump is being criticized now for allowing his daughter, Ivanka, to sit in for him at the G20 summit. At a press conference today, the White House press secretary’s 8-year-old daughter said, “It’s no big deal.”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

We learned yesterday that, on June 9 of last year, Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton. ... The meeting took place at Trump Tower, and included Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort — and proves that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help. So it’s not a smoking gun, but it IS a gun meeting with a Russian bullet about their mutual desire to smoke.

Jimmy Kimmel Live

The president wasn’t alone at the G20 summit. His wife, Malaria, and his daughter, Ivanka, were with him. At one point, Ivanka sat in for Donald Trump during a meeting with world leaders ... of course, Twitter went nuts, and that’s the only thing he reads. He got very defensive. He wrote: “If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother, as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!” Which is very silly. Especially because if Hillary Clinton was president, she wouldn’t let anyone sit in that seat.

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1 M*A*S*H’s “Hot Lips” actress: Loretta ___

2 “Ugh!”

3 Old-fashioned knife

4 Joan Collins’ “Dynasty” role

5 Exorcist’s