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The musician, 51, has a new album, Feels Like Home, out now. This is your first country album. What prompted the change? I moved to Nashville almost eight years ago, after I finished breast cancer treatment. My friend Brad Paisley said to me, “If your records were put out now, they’d be considered country.” He encouraged me and was instrumental in getting me a record deal. I’ve always written songs with stories, but now they’re stronger and in the first person. Was the song “Waterproof Mascara,” about being a single mom, inspired by your own life? Absolutely. I wanted to make

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a record about what it’s like to be a woman right now, like Tammy [Wynette] and Loretta [Lynn] did. So writing about being a single working mom was important to me. What artists would you like to work with? John Mayer. He’s so talented. And I’d love to work with Emmylou [Harris] again. She’s my favorite person to sing with. If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing? I think I’d be a veterinarian because I’m animal crazy. I have 11 horses, two dogs, chickens, donkeys, and two Texas longhorn cows. I want to instill in my sons [ages 6 and 3] a love of nature. We’re all renting Earth, so we have to take care of it.

main character is a Hollywood publicist. “I included real things I encountered or saw on the red carpet. Publicists are the sane ones in this industry.”

Newt Gingrich

Q: CNN is bringing back Crossfire. How will it be different this time around? —Fred D., Peoria, Ill.

A: The debate program, which ran from 1982 to 2005, returns Sept. 16 with hosts Newt Gingrich,

Stephanie Cutter, S. E. Cupp, and Van Jones. Its format will be similar, but, says Gingrich, 70, “we’re going to deal with sports and culture as well as politics. And thanks to social media, people can help us pick topics and comment on shows.”

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Q: After All the Pretty Horses, Billy Bob Thornton said he’d never direct again. Why the change of heart? —Anne C., Wells, Nev. A: “That was a big movie, with all the usual studio problems,” says Thornton, on, 58. “I knew if I did direct again, it had to be some-thing I was passionate about.” His latest, the drama Jayne Mansfield’s Car, ﬁt the bill. “The ﬁlms I write and direct aren’t usually blockbusters. When the studios see me e coming with an idea, they’re like, ‘Here’s one that won’t make a nickel,’,’ ” he adds, laughing.

Is it true that “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was almost cut from The Wizard of Oz? –Harry B., Tempe, Ariz. A: Yes. Producers wanted to trim the two-hour ﬁlm to 100 minutes, and that song, Judy Garland’s only solo, was one they cut for an early preview. Associate producer Arthur Freed fought to put it back in. In honor of the movie’s 75th anniversary this year, IMAX theaters nationwide will show it for one week beginning Sept. 20. The collector’s edition Blu-ray goes on sale Oct. 1.

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Time spin-off ﬁnds Alice’s sanity in doubt due to her wild stories about Wonderland. But after she’s sprung from her padded room by the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit (voiced by John Lithgow), her adventures get even curiouser. (ABC, Oct. 10)

Hostages A surgeon (Toni Collette) slated to operate on the president is taken hostage along with her family and told to kill him during the procedure. The head bad guy? None other than an FBI agent played by Dylan McDermott, who was coached by real G-men. “They know I’m representing them in some strange way,” he says. (CBS, premieres Sept. 23) Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Cocreator Joss Whedon picks up where his Avengers left off, as Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) makes a surprise return to head a team that investigates odd occurrences. Expect action, humor, and, says Gregg, “crossover stuff from the cinematic universe.” (ABC, Sept. 24)

The Michael J. Fox Show The ﬁve-time Emmy winner plays a TV newsman who comes out of retirement after adjusting to his Parkinson’s disease (and going a little stir-crazy at home). “I was feeling good,” says Fox, who jokes about his condition on the show, “so I said, ‘[Acting] is what I do. Why am I not doing it?’ And I couldn’t come up with a good reason.” (NBC, Sept. 26)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Saturday Night Live alum Andy Samberg stars as a detective with both smarts and a penchant for silly antics, which his precinct’s tightly wound new captain (Andre Braugher) doesn’t

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appreciate. “I didn’t think I’d ever play a detective, even in [an SNL] sketch,” says Samberg. “So it’s awesome!” (Fox, Sept. 17) THE BLACKLIST

The Blacklist James Spader stars as a fugitive ex–government agent who turns himself in, offering to help the FBI catch the world’s most wanted criminals—but only if he can work with a certain rookie proﬁler (Megan Boone). Spader wants to keep his character enigmatic: “I’m looking to have a lot of unanswered questions for as long as possible,” he says. (NBC, Sept. 23)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland “I always wanted to be Alice!” says star Sophie Lowe. This Once Upon a

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Masters of Sex Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan star as Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, whose research into human sexual response produced two best sellers. Sheen insists the series’ sex scenes aren’t titillating: “Like the songs in the best musicals, they advance the story.” (Showtime, Sept. 29)

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Sleepy Hollow “I love not knowing which of my castmates is going to die in a couple episodes’ time,” says Tom Mison, who plays Ichabod Crane in this spooky

The Millers Margo Martindale, Beau Bridges, Will Arnett, and Jayma Mays bring the funny in this sitcom about parents living with their adult children. “People look down on actors who go from drama to comedy,” says Martindale, an Emmy winner for Justified. “But it takes a lot to make comedy look easy.” (CBS, Oct. 3)

Dracula “He’s 99 percent monster and one percent human,” says star Jonathan Rhys Meyers of his dashing Dracula, who battles ancient enemies in Victorian London. “It’s the one percent that causes problems.” (NBC, Oct. 25)

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roles in movies as diverse as The World According to Garp, Mrs. Doubtﬁre, and Good Will Hunting, he’s embracing the chance to get a little, yes, crazy on a weekly basis. But the character digs deeper than that, Williams says: “There are moments where he really is afraid, like, ‘I don’t have it anymore.’ That’s a viable fear for an artist.”

It wasn’t just Lance. [Most of the] team was doping. I haven’t seen him since one of the last Livestrong beneﬁts, I think just before the Oprah interview. It was literally like a wake for someone who was still alive, this overall feeling that the dream was over. How will your character on The Crazy Ones develop?

What’s it like being back on TV?

It’s fun. I’m having such a blast doing it with Sarah. She’s a sweet woman. And the idea of the father-daughter relationship—since I have a daughter, I’ve done the research on that. You know, pride and trying to help her along, but at the same time not helping so much that she doesn’t learn. [Williams’s daughter, Zelda, is an actress and a screenwriter.]

They might build in that he’s been to rehab so we can play off some of the stuff I’ve been through. It would let me do the idea of going through addiction and coming out the other side.

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You’ve had two very serious periods of substance abuse. What caused that?

Ninety-nine percent of the people who go through that are trying to deal with some pain. They will say that when they did the drug, they suddenly felt okay. Then, “I’m not so good. I need to get back [to the drug] and be all right again.” It builds into that cycle.

James Wolk, who plays Bob Benson on Mad Men, is also on your show, playing a young adman. In the ﬁrst episode, you two riff on a jingle you want Kelly Clarkson to sing. You’re like boys trying to top one another for a girl’s attention.

It’s playful. I think they wanted something like the old days of Mork & Mindy, where there are moments of craziness. Jimmy’s so funny. And even I’m going, “He’s so handsome!” [laughs] It’s been 31 years; why was now the right time to do TV?

The idea of having a steady job is appealing. I have two [other] choices: go on the road doing stand-up, or do small, independent movies working almost for scale [minimum union pay]. The movies are good, but a lot of times they don’t even have distribution. There are bills to pay. My life has downsized, in a good way. I’m selling the ranch up in Napa. I just can’t afford it anymore. Is that because you lost all of your money in your divorces? [Williams was married to Valerie Velardi from 1978 to 1988; their son, Zachary, is 30. He and Marsha Garces were wed from

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1989 to 2008; their children are Zelda, 24, and Cody, 21.]

Well, not all. Lost enough. Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it “all the money,” but they changed it to “alimony.” It’s ripping your heart out through your wallet. Are things good with my exes? Yes. But do I need that lifestyle? No.

The ﬁrst time I stopped was because my son Zachary was about to be born. I didn’t do rehab or AA. I just stopped. Why?

You still own more than 50 bicycles.

Shame. Fear. I was going to have a kid. I didn’t want to be coked out, going, “Here’s a little switch—Daddy’s going to throw up on you!” I wanted to be a participating parent. Cut to about 20 years later: I’m in Alaska and I think it is okay to drink again.

Yes. I need to downsize that, too.

What ﬁlm were you making?

Did you start biking because of Lance Armstrong?

The Big White. It was shot in Skagway, this tiny town. It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. The movie was interesting, but I was worried. My ﬁlm career was not going too well. One day I walked into a store and saw a little bottle of Jack Daniel’s. And then that voice—I call it the “lower power”—goes, “Hey. Just a taste. Just one.” I drank it, and there was that brief moment of “Oh, I’m okay!” But it escalated so quickly. Within a week, I

No, I got involved because I couldn’t run anymore. I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born. When I met Lance, I was [already] a cycling fan. I went to ﬁve Tours de France and followed his team. That’s why it was so disheartening when [the doping scandal] went down.

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was buying so many bottles I sounded like a wind chime walking down the street. I knew it was really bad one Thanksgiving when I was so drunk they had to take me upstairs. Didn’t your family intervene to get you into rehab in 2006?

It was not an intervention so much as an ultimatum. Everyone kind of said, “You’ve got to do this.” And I went, “Yeah, you’re right.”

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Unlike some stars’ kids, yours have turned out well.

I have to give credit to my ex, Marsha. She did the majority of the work on that level. She really tries to ground them and protect them, but not overly so. There were three years [drinking] when I was pretty out. Now I really have to be there for them. The most important thing to say is “If you need me, I’m here.” Zelda’s acting in small movies and writing, which is wonderful. Cody is doing music production. Zachary’s married and working. When he graduated from NYU, it was one of the most moving days of my life. I was so proud of him. Because I don’t have a college degree. SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 | 11

Robin Williams | from page 11 You grew up in suburban Detroit, in a mansion, n, a lonely child raised by a maid. …

A black maid named Susie. What about your mother?

My mother’s idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyperpositive—the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled. She was a Christian Scientist?

Well, a Christian Scientist who had plastic surgery. A mixed message. She wouldn’t have

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surgery to ﬁx her heart, but she had her eyes done twice. And your dad was an executive at Ford? [Williams’s father died in 1987 and his mother in 2001.]

Yeah, he was proud that they made really great cars. When I read that Detroit was bankrupt, it hit me hard. He was a total realist. I said I wanted to be an actor, and he said, “Have a backup profession, like welding.” And when I thought about [joining] the military, he said, “Have no illusions about that. There is nothing glorious about war.” He was in an aircraft carrier that got hit by a kamikaze. Guys died in the same room he was in. Is that why you’ve done USO tours for our troops?

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I do those because it’s like the real version of Good Morning, Vietnam, meeting people and seeing what I can do to help. They’re the best audiences I’ve ever had. The most powerful experience is visiting the wounded in hospitals. A friend of mine’s doing a program in San Francisco at a veterans’ hospital, getting them to do improv comedy as therapy. And it’s really helping. Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma. How did you meet your wife, Susan Schneider? [They married in 2011.]

In an Apple Store. I was wearing camouﬂage pants, and she said, “How’s that camouﬂage working?” I said, “Pretty good, because you noticed.” I had this weird feeling, so I said, “I know this sounds like a horrible pickup line, but I feel like I know you.” And she said, “Yeah, me too.” And then we realized we had a common theme in sobriety. You’re in a profession that’s tough on marriage.

The temptations and insecurities both drive that. Plus, there are other things running parallel— addiction, alcoholism. Plus the idea of you’re hot, then you’re not. When you’re hot, people throw themselves at you. I once got stopped by a cop: “Hi, Mr. Williams. I’m not going to give you a ticket, but I do have an idea for a ﬁlm.” And when you’re not hot?

People walk away from you. Looking back, do you have any regrets?

Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn’t turn out very well—you go, “Why did you do that?” But in the end, I can’t regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it. No regrets, then?

No. Regrets don’t help.

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Bo (left) and Sunny

PRESIDENTIAL PETS In honor of Sunny, the Obamas’ new puppy, Ken Jennings tests your knowledge of White House companions In 1878, an American diplomat sent Rutherford B. Hayes’s wife the very ﬁrst _____ cat ever seen in the U.S.

The Marquis de Lafayette presented John Quincy Adams with what unusual pet, which he kept in a bathtub? a. An octopus b. An alligator c. An otter

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In 1952, 60 million viewers watched Richard Nixon give his famous “Checkers” speech. What dog breed was Checkers? a. Cocker spaniel b. Beagle c. Fox terrier

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What problem did the Clintons have with their cat, an adopted stray named Socks? a. He clawed the sofas in the Oval Ofﬁce. b. He became overweight thanks to people food. c. He hated Buddy, the “ﬁrst dog.”

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The Marquis de Lafayette presented John Quincy Adams with what unusual pet, which he kept in a bathtub? a. An octopus b. An alligator c. An otter

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In 1952, 60 million viewers watched Richard Nixon give his famous “Checkers” speech. What dog breed was Checkers? a. Cocker spaniel b. Beagle c. Fox terrier

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