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A Publication of The Progress-Index February 12 - 18, 2012

ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE

New role fits Shue

Elisabeth Shue debuts as a regular cast member on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” Wednesday on CBS.

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ACTION SPORTS SUNDAY 3:00 p.m. WWBT Action Sports From Snowbasin, Utah. (HD)

AUTO RACING SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. WRLH NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Budweiser Shootout. From Daytona International Speedway, Fla. (HD)

BASEBALL MONDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (HD)

TUESDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (HD)

WEDNESDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (HD)

THURSDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (HD)

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LaMarcus Aldridge and the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Los Angeles Clippers Thursday on TNT.

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BY GEORGE DICKIE

FULL NAME: James Dennis Alan Hamlin BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, Fla. BIRTH DATE: Nov. 18, 1980 CAR: No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry

BOXING

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FOOTBALL MONDAY 4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (HD)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Joined Cup racing in 2006, getting his first series win at Pocono ... won ’06 Cup Rookie of the Year and finished third in points ... qualified for the Chase in each of his six years in the Cup.

GOLF

4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (HD)

WEDNESDAY

SUNDAY 3:00 p.m. WTVR PGA Tour Golf AT&T Pebble Final Round. From Pebble Beach, Calif. (HD)

SATURDAY

4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (HD) 3:00 p.m. WTVR PGA Tour

THURSDAY

Golf Northern Trust

4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (HD)

Open, Third Round. From Riviera Country

FRIDAY 4:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (HD)

With head clear and body rested, Denny Hamlin is ready to get back to the business of winning a Sprint Cup championship. The rest of NASCAR’s senior series have been warned. The 31-year-old Virginian spent the winter away from the track, working on his tan and golf game in Arizona and trying to forget his disappointing ninth-place finish in the Chase for the Championship last year. And his team, Joe Gibbs Racing, made sweeping changes, bringing in two new crew chiefs (Hamlin’s included), spotters and an engine builder in an effort to rekindle the magic of the 2010 season. That year, Hamlin’s season-high eight wins had him running neck and neck with Jimmie Johnson throughout much of the Chase, and his win at Texas put him in the points lead with two races to go. But 12th- and 14th-place finishes in the final two races relegated him to a second-place final standing while Johnson won his fifth straight Cup title. Though disappointed, Hamlin was eager to get back on the track. Then came the frustrations of 2011: engine and mechanical problems, communication breakdowns with crew chief Mike Ford, only one win and the ninth-place final standing. After the season, Gibbs announced Darian Grubb would be Hamlin’s new team leader. Hamlin and JGR will debut the new configuration when he takes to Daytona International Speedway in the preseason-opening Budweiser Shootout Saturday, Feb. 18, on Fox.

HOCKEY

Beach National Pro-Am,

TUESDAY

Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (HD)

SUNDAY 12:30 p.m. WWBT NHL Hockey Washington Capitals at New York Rangers. (HD)

at Tampa Bay Lightning. (HD) 9:30 p.m. SPO NET Capitals Postgame (HD)

RUGBY SUNDAY

FRIDAY 7:00 p.m. SPO NET Capitals Central (HD) 7:30 p.m. SPO NET NHL Hockey Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers. (HD)

SATURDAY 6:30 p.m. SPO NET Capitals Central (HD) 7:00 p.m. SPO NET NHL Hockey Washington Capitals

4:30 p.m. WWBT Rugby USA Sevens. (HD)

SOCCER TUESDAY 2:00 p.m. SPO NET UEFA Champions League Pregame (HD) 2:30 p.m. SPO NET UEFA Champions League Soccer Olympique Lyonnais vs. Apoel. (HD)

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In Focus

In Focus “54th Annual Grammy Awards,” www.grammy.com “NCIS: Los Angeles” star and rapper LL Cool J is the host for this year’s awards broadcast, airing Sunday on CBS, marking the first time in seven years that the show has had a host. Users can find that nugget of information and more by heading to the official home page, which features biographies of nominees and honorees, historical information on the awards, video clips, blogs, a look back at jazz moments from 2011, fashion tips, music and more.

“Absolutely Fabulous Special,” www.bbcamerica.com/absolutelyfabulous/ Airing Sunday on BBC America, the special features the return of writers/stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as, respectively, Edina and Patsy, best friends whose level of affection for each other is matched only by their dysfunction and substance abuse. The official home page offers a look back at two decades of fabulousness, video clips, interviews, other roles by the stars, DVD offers, social media links, an episode guide and character bios.

In Focus “Full Metal Jousting,” www. history.com/shows/full-metaljousting The competitive reality series, premiering Sunday on History, begins with 16 jousters - ranging from Medieval Times knights to rodeo cowboys and former servicemen - in an elimination tournament of heavy horses, steel armor and long wooden lances in search of a $100,000 prize. The home page introduces you to the jousters, the coaches, the sport and the rules, along with offering video clips, articles and social media links.

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After earning an Oscar nomination when she left Las Vegas, Elisabeth Shue is returning as that city’s newest forensic sleuth. Fictionally, that is. Known not only for “Leaving Las Vegas” but such other movies as the original “Karate Kid,” “Adventures in Babysitting” and the two “Back to the Future” sequels, the actress admits she’s stayed low-key with many of her recent projects. That changes in a big way when she joins the globally popular drama series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” Wednesday, Feb. 15, on CBS. “It’s going really well,” Shue says of her first weeks on the “CSI” job, “and I’m very, very grateful that I have Ted Danson to work with. I’m just starting to work with the other cast members, but I’ve primarily started out working with him. He’s such a wonderful actor and so easy to be around ... and very present in his work, which I always appreciate more than anything. We’ve been having fun.” Shue comes into the series’ 12th year as Julie “Finn” Finlay, who has a history with current Vegas forensic lab chief D.B. Russell (Danson). He needs her help on a case involving the murder of a man’s ex-girlfriend, but she’s reluctant because of her earlier working relationship with Russell: He fired her. Consider that she’s also just taken anger management training, and fireworks are bound to begin sooner than later. Though she has appeared on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” it’s been almost 30 years since Shue – the sister of former “Melrose Place” regular Andrew Shue – last co-starred in a series, the acclaimed ABC Air Force-family drama “Call to Glory.” Some have labeled her a “replacement” cast member on “CSI,” given Marg Helgenberger’s very recent exit, but Shue doesn’t see it that way. “I didn’t get to meet her, even,” she says. “She had left maybe a month before I came onto the set. I don’t think I’m replacing her at all; no one can ever replace any actor, every one is so unique. I just feel like this is a new character who happens to cross paths with this world.” To operate within it, Finlay has to deal with her share of corpses. “I thought I would be” queasy about tackling such scenes, Shue allows. “I did have an initiation at a crime lab in L.A., and also at the coroner’s office. I got to watch an autopsy and be with many dead bodies, and that was so intense ... really profound. I really recommend it to everybody, just to value your own life, and to appreciate and be grateful for every moment. I felt like I could have passed out.”

BY JAY BOBBIN

Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue

Shue arrives in Vegas on ‘CSI’

Aaron Sanchez embraces the heat but keeps his cool

Aaron Sanchez

Food Network favorite Aaron Sanchez grew up the spirited son of legendary Mexican cooking authority Zarela Martinez in a household that prized independence, Latin culture and the ability to make magic in the kitchen. But Martinez wasn’t his only famous mentor. To keep her boy out of trouble while she worked during the summer, Zarela sent Aaron off to Louisiana to work in the kitchen of renowned Cajun chef and TV personality Paul Prudhomme. Sanchez is still in awe of the experience. “Being in Chef Paul’s kitchen at K-Paul’s wasn’t just a training ground for me – I actually learned so many lessons about life,” he says. “Paul never had children, so he treated me like a son. He taught me how to create different levels and dimensions of flavor – he’s the one guy that I still get very scared to cook for. Whenever he comes into one of my

restaurants, I always get nervous and have to make sure everything’s perfect.” With such talented tutors in the culinary arts, Sanchez would soon blaze a trail of his own, becoming a renowned chef and restaurateur while showing off his natural affinity for communicating the intricacies of cooking and dining in a series of Food Network guest spots and starring roles spanning almost a decade. These days, Sanchez divides his on-air time between chasing down America’s spiciest cuisine with co-host Roger Mooking on Monday’s adventurous “Heat Seekers” and serving as the judge most likely to keep his cool on the Tuesday favorite “Chopped.” Sanchez says it’s the human-interest appeal and family-friendly nature of both ventures that he enjoys most. “What we try to focus on on ‘Heat Seekers’ is to meet really interesting characters with a story to tell, and then get some insight on why they created a particular dish,” he explains. “Is it a cultural dish? Is it something they grew up eating? Is it an evolution of their guests asking for more heat? And then we like to highlight the process of what happens when you eat

the food – to bring out those elements. The little bit of agitation, little bit of joy, little bit of pain, the multiple emotions that take place when you eat spicy food.” As for the “Chopped” contestants, whose cuisine and cool under pressure are equally tested in each episode, “you have no idea what their story is for them to get up to this point,” Sanchez says. “It’s almost like the baskets are the vehicles for us to get into these people’s heads and their hearts, and it’s truly remarkable.” Once he’s there, Sanchez says, he makes sure he has only positive things to offer them. “I’m a Buddhist, and it’s my foundation as far the way I live my life,” Sanchez explains. “One of the huge principles is to tap into everybody’s ‘Buddha nature’ or their enlightened self. I believe everyone has the ability to be great, and when I talk to people, I want to make sure that I tap into the best parts of them. I focus on that first, and that’s what I build my critiques around. It’s how I would like to be critiqued, so I hope I project that same way of thinking to the people I judge.”

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SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME Monday at 9 p.m. on WCVE

A Sundance Film Festival selection for 2012, this documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon examines the concept of “neoslavery,” which sentenced African-Americans in the post-Emancipation South to forced labor for violating an array of laws that criminalized their everyday behavior. Laurence Fishburne narrates the film.

COUGAR TOWN Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. on WRIC

In the season premiere, Grayson (Josh Hopkins) gets under Jules’ (Courteney Cox) skin by calling her predictable. Ellie (Christa Miller) worries about little Stan’s (Sawyer Ever) behavior. Bobby (Brian Van Holt) disrupts Travis’ (Dan Byrd) enjoyment of his new off-campus living arrangement in “Ain’t Love Strange.” Busy Philipps also stars.

SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD Wednesday at 8 p.m. on WTVR

FULL M ETAL JOUSTING

Eighteen contestants, ranging in age from 21 to 64, attempt to outwit and outlast one another in a remote tropical location in the 24th season of this long-running competition. This time, they’re divided along gender lines and left to live by their own rules as much as possible. Jeff Probst hosts.

Sunday at 10 p.m. on HIST

THE 43RD NAACP IMAGE AWARDS

History goes medieval in this new series that reinvents the original extreme sport for the new millennium. This isn’t just play-jousting for show — this is full-contact, bone-crushing competitive jousting in which competitors don modern-designed suits of steel, mount horses and collide with each other at 30 miles an hour, while high-speed cameras capture every split second. Shane Adams heads up the jousters’ coaching staff.

Friday at 8 p.m. on WWBT

Amanda Peet of the upcoming series “Bent” on NBC “ ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.’ I should go to some kind of support group. ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine.’ Underrated writer, Kari Lizer, underrated show. Julia LouisDreyfus is my hero, and I only have accosted her at a party.”

Outstanding achievements by people of color in entertainment and literature are saluted in this awards gala. “The Help” leads the movie categories with eight nominations, including acting nods for Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Cicely Tyson. In television, HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Treme” are up against “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Good Wife” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for outstanding drama series.

EXPORTING RAYMOND Thursday at 8 p.m. on HBO

That’s Raymond as in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” the hit sitcom that gets caught in a culture clash — as does its executive producer, Phil Rosenthal — in this enjoyable 2011 documentary. Rosenthal goes to Russia to consult on that country’s version, “Everybody Loves Kostya,” only to find its makers have a much different perception of what works in television comedy. The result is quite amusing, as Rosenthal struggles to navigate around the creative hurdles.

Jeff Probst of “Survivor” on CBS “My new favorite show is ‘Boss.’ I don’t know Kelsey Grammer, and I’m sometimes impacted by whether I know a person (who stars in a show) or not; I only know that on ‘Boss,’ he’s good. I also have some other favorites, ‘Weeds’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Dexter’ ... although, much to my disappointment, (the latest one was) the worst season of ‘Dexter’ ever. So bad that I could barely finish it, and I only did that for one reason: to see the cliffhanger for next year. And I like it.” Elisabeth Shue of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” on CBS “I’m a tennis-crazed person, so I definitely TiVo a lot of tennis. I also TiVo ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘Parks and Recreation’ and ‘30 Rock.’ And ‘Modern Family’ is such a wonderful show. Thank goodness for TiVo ... I don’t even know when shows are actually on.”

Kimberly Gambale of “Jersey Couture” on Oxygen “ ‘Blue’s Clues.’ Me and my husband are big fans of ‘Law & Order’. That is my show. And we like the decorating shows on HGTV. I am a big fan of Candace Olson (of ‘Divine Design’ on HGTV) and Food Network channel. I am not a big reality show fan. More relatable for me is to decorate my house and changing peoples lives.”

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“THE RUM DIARY” Johnny Depp had encountered the writing of “gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson before (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”), and in this round, he channels the writer again in the semibiography of a reporter who goes to work in Puerto Rico. His approach to the job inspires coworkers and eventually involves him with the wife (Amber Heard) of a developer (Aaron Eckhart) who may be the stuff of which a story is made. Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi also star for director-screenwriter Bruce Robinson. DVD extras: two “makingof” documentaries. ›› (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and Movies on Demand)

Johnny Depp (left) and Aaron Eckhart

“THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE)” If you were grossed out by the first round, be well forewarned of the same result – quite likely to an even stronger degree – if you decide to take a gander at the sequel. Returning writer-director Tom Six adds more people, literally, to his creation that joined several individuals surgically to create the title being. This time, the instigator is a scarily obsessed security guard (Laurence R. Harvey) who decides to advance the mission of the doctor from the original tale. Ashlyn Yennie returns; new cast members also include Maddi Black, Kandace Caine and Dominic Borrelli. › (Not rated: AS, P, GV) (Also on Blu-ray) “TAKE SHELTER” Thanks to such movies as “The Help,” “The Tree of Life” and “The Debt,” actress Jessica Chastain seems to have been everywhere

lately. She’s also showcased by this Cannes Film Festival-honored drama about a family unsettled by the behavior of the husband and father (Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”), whose dreams drive him to construct a storm shelter in the backyard. Kathy Baker and Shea Whigham (“Boardwalk Empire”) also appear. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary by Shannon and writerdirector Jeff Nichols; deleted scenes; interview with Shannon and Whigham. ››› (R: P) (Also on Blu-ray and Movies on Demand)

is the protector of the very special trees the professional fellow thought he’d exploit to his own benefit. Eddie Albert narrates the story that was directed by “Looney Tunes” veteran Hawley Pratt. Also included are the Seuss stories “The Butter Battle Book” and “Pontoffel Pock & His Magical Piano.” ››› (Not rated) (Also on Blu-ray) “ALL THINGS FALL APART” Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is proving serious about his move from music into acting, as demonstrated again by his portrayal of the person for whom the “things fall apart” in this drama. He also co-wrote the tale in which he plays a college football star about to enter the pro ranks, until a health crisis threatens to derail everything he has strived

“MAMA, I WANT TO SING!” At a time when the somewhat similarly themed “Joyful Noise” is in theaters comes this vehicle for singers Ciara and Patti LaBelle. A young woman (Ciara) with a gospel background is spotted by talent agents who want to put her on the fast track to pop stardom, to the alarm of her minister mother (Lynn Whitfield). Her father (Marvin Winans) helps her reach her decision, as does a nun who can carry a tune herself ... played, no surprise here, by music staple LaBelle. ››› (PG: AS)

“RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” ›››

“WARRIOR” ›››

“COWBOYS & ALIENS” ›››

“MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS” ›››

“APOLLO 18” ›››

“COLOMBIANA” ›››

“FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS” ›››

(COURTESY OF HOME “THE HELP” ››› MEDIA MAGAZINE) “KUNG FU PANDA 2” ›››

“THE LORAX” The classic Dr. Seuss tale gets “Deluxe Edition” treatment, as this animated version recounts a businessman’s tale of how he was shown the light – by the title character – when he thought he’d found the path to immediate success and wealth. The Lorax

for. Ray Liotta, Lynn Whitfield and Mario Van Peebles (the picture’s director as well) also star. ››› (Not rated: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)

(UPCOMING RELEASES)

“SUPER 8” ›››

“J. EDGAR” (Feb. 21) “TOWER HEIST” (Feb. 21) “PUSS IN BOOTS” (Feb. 24) “JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN” (Feb. 28) “JACK AND JILL” (March 6) “MELANCHOLIA” (March 13)

Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations

P Profanity

Violence

N Nudity

BY KATE O’HARE

Hard hits down on the farm with ‘Full Metal Jousting’ The main building may be clad in stone and surrounded by rolling green fields, but it’s no castle, and this is not Merry Old England. Nevertheless, there are suits of armor, horses, lances and pennants snapping in the breeze. On Sunday, Feb. 12, History premieres “Full Metal Jousting,” a competitive reality series from Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films (“Dirty Jobs,” “Top Shot,” “The Ultimate Fighter”). It takes the medieval sport of jousting on horseback and updates it to the 21st century, with modern suits of steel armor (for man and horse), wooden lances and high-speed cameras capturing all the action in the lists as jousters charge each other at 30 miles an hour – and sometimes don’t make it to the other end.

Leonardo DiCaprio

An elegant horse farm covering several thousand acres in central Mississippi is home to 16 jousters, seven coaches – led by top trainer and jouster Shane Adams – and a herd of heavy horses, all belonging to Adams, including Percherons, Belgians, shires and an American Cream. “We were looking for the next extreme sport,” Piligian explains. “I think it will come across in the show that we’re really taking it seriously as a sport.” Working with Adams – also the show’s host – and a commission of experts, including veterinarians and attorneys that specialize in risk management and equestrian sports, the producers assembled a rule book and safety

standards for the men and, most especially, for the horses. “My horses are more important to me than my own blood,” Adams says. “I would never allow any harm to come to any of my horses whatsoever. ... I stress, our horses will never be in any danger of being struck by a lance, ever.” The jousters, on the other hand, are at plenty of risk of being struck by the long wooden lances, but they’re generally a tough lot. Among the 16 are a handful of Medieval Times knights eager for a taste of the real thing, a few horse trainers, a show jumper, a firefighter/paramedic, a pair of former Marines, a couple of polo players and a couple of rodeo cowboys (or three, since one of the Marines was also in the rodeo).

Shane Adams

GV Graphic Violence

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for 2,000 miles, and while their icy beauty may appear aloof and threatening, they actually are home to a staggering number of thriving plants and animals, including snow leopards, Tibetan foxes and huge goatlike creatures that have been the source of the mythical Golden Fleece.

FRIDAY The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 11:05 a.m. on MAX

The C.S. Lewis fantasy novels reached their third film adaptation with this saga,

SUNDAY MORNING

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”

MONDAY How I Met Your M other 8 p.m. on WTVR

Lily and Marshall (Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel) invite Robin and Kevin (Cobie Smulders, Kal Penn) on a Valentine’s Day getaway to Vermont, where the latter couple consider taking things to the next level. A blind date (Becki Newton, “Ugly Betty”) has Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) thinking he’s finally met his match in the new episode “The Drunk Train.” Josh Radnor also stars.

WEDNESDAY Nature 8 p.m. on WCVE, 1 a.m. on WCVW

Born during the Ice Age and vividly embodying the power and grandeur of nature, the Himalayas stretch across Asia

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SATURDAY Scooby-Doo 7:30 a.m. on FAM

The long-popular television cartoon comes to life — though the title character remains animated, thanks to computer-generated imagery — in this fun 2002 com-

edy-adventure. Scooby joins his usual cohorts, including Daphne and Shaggy (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard) to check out spooky doings at a popular vacation spot. Some of the humor may sail over the heads of younger viewers, but that’s OK.

FEBRUARY 12

A - Comcast Chesterfield; B - Dish Network; C - Comcast Petersburg; D - DirecTV

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