'First Impressions'

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YOURTVLINK CELEBRITY ‘THE GOOD WIFE’ 4 ‘The Chew’s’ CLINTON The curtain lowers on Julianna KELLY digs the celebrity Margulies’ drama interview 5 IAN KAHN Costumes help the ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’ star 6 ‘Million Dollar Critic’ GILES COREN wants to see happy faces 8 CANDICE PATTON ‘The Flash’ actress likes ladies with an arc 9 Getting to know Celeb ‘WALLANDER, THE FINAL SEASON’ Chef ROBERT IRVINE Kenneth Branagh wraps up FOOD his “Masterpiece Mystery!” role 7 Anthony Bourdain goes Greek on ‘Parts Unknown’ ‘RISE OF AMERICAN SPEED’ brings NASCAR’s story to life SPORTS 17 18-19 ADAM SCOTT shoots to top of Golf’s FedExCup REALITY 16 ‘INDEPENDENT LENS’ PBS showcases the THE STORY! documentary series on two ‘FIRST IMPRESSIONS’ consecutive nights Dana Carvey helps IN EVERY ISSUE contestants make good ‘Impressions’ 20-21 Theatrical Review and DVD Picks MOVIES =PZP[@V\Y;=3PURJVTMVYTVYLZ[VYPLZ 22-23 Top shows this week! Page 2 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote May 8 - 14, 2016 Editor's choice STORY S USA competition series turns the spotlight on celebrity impressionists Pictured: Freddie Prinze Jr. (left) and Dana Carvey BY GEORGE DICKIE Celebrity impressions, when done right, can be hilariously Prinze, the son of legendary comic Freddie Prinze, entertaining. Just ask anyone who has seen Rich Little’s agrees. Las Vegas act over the years. “When an impression is dead-on, it’s more scary than A new competition series debuting this week puts the funny,” he says. “So it’s always better to lean on your spotlight on up-and-coming talent in that arena. sense of humor and then let the rest of it come out because you don’t want to freak people out with your In “First Impressions,” premiering Tuesday, May 10, on impressions.” USA Network, amateur impressionists compete against each other in a series of challenges with the winner “That is true,” Carvey adds. “There are certain ones that determined by the studio audience. Along the way, they are so accurate that you are kind of like, ‘Is this person a hone their impersonation skills with the help of in-house devil worshipper?’ ” expert and Emmy winner Dana Carvey (“Saturday Night Live,” “Wayne’s World”) and celebrity guests including As for the talent level on the show, both men say it is top- Steve Carell (“The Office”), Jay Leno (“The Tonight notch and Prinze notes that one young competitor even Show”), Kevin Nealon (“Saturday Night Live”), Yvette came away with a development deal with USA Network. Nicole Brown (“Community”) and Tom Arnold (“Sons of And there is plenty of it to be tapped, judging by the Anarchy”). Freddie Prinze Jr. is the host of the half-hour proliferation of celebrity impression videos on YouTube series. and other websites, Carvey notes. During his seven seasons on “SNL,” Carvey made a name “If you go online or to these clubs,” Carvey says, “you’ll for himself imitating celebrities, among them Ross Perot, see all these people doing impressions. And there’s a Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, Regis Philbin and one kid in his bedroom with a camcorder and he does this for which he is probably best known, former President amazing Tom Cruise. So if the show keeps going, more George H.W. Bush. Those were all hilarious, and laughter, and more people out there who don’t have a platform he says, should be the main goal of any celebrity for this kind of thing, if you’re not Jay Pharoah or Darrell impressionist. Hammond on ‘SNL,’ where do you do it? “I guess because I’m in the comedy world, ‘Can you make “This niche show should exist,” he continues. “There it funny?’ is the number one thing,” Carvey says. “And I should be a place for this because it’s a fun thing to guess, there’s some expectation that you would sound watch. ... It doesn’t have to be with me and Freddie, but like the person but I do think total accuracy is sort of right now it is.” overrated. I would go more for some weird angle but it’s truthful and something that’s funny about it.” Click or tap on icon for more! May 8 - 14, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 C CELEBRITY GEORGE DICKIE’S Q&A CLINTONKELLY of ‘The Chew’ weekdays on ABC What have been your most memorable interviews in five years of doing ABC’s “The Chew”? My most memorable day that I spent, I did a taped piece with Olivia Newton- John where I flew out to Las Vegas to see her show out there and then we just sort of spent the day together eating and getting mani-pedis and stuff, and singing. I’ve been an Olivia Newton-John fan since “Grease” came out in 1978, so I was 9 years old and obsessed with Olivia Newton-John and have been ever since then. So just to get to spend some time with her was a really special experience that I don’t think I could ever have had anywhere else. ... Some other celebrities that I’ve loved: Vanessa Williams is just one of the most beautiful, cool, down-to-earth women in the world; Angela Bassett, she blew me away. Oh, you know who else is amazing? Patti LaBelle is so awesome. She’s the coolest. There’s so many I don’t even know where to start. ... Brooke Shields was great. Valerie Bertinelli was amazing. You’re known as the show’s cocktail expert. What are your go-tos? For myself, the first drink I ever had – I was 21 of course – was a gin and tonic, so I always go back to the gin and tonic. But I’ve been experimenting a lot with bitters lately, with a lot of flavored simple syrups, (which) are really fun, so I’ve been playing with that. I love a good shrub, so in the summertime, whatever fresh fruit I can get, I’ll macerate that with some sugar and some vinegar and let that sort of season for a while, strain that out and then just do that with like a vodka soda and like maybe a strawberry shrub or something. That’s what I’ve Click or tap here for more! been doing lately. FOLIO Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote May 8 - 14, 2016 CELEBRITY C JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A IANKAHN of ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’ Monday on AMC Are you pleased with the mix of classic and contemporary roles you’ve played on stage and screen? Yeah ... I guess I am. I think it’s a natural human experience to always want to do more, and to look at the things that you haven’t had a chance to do or that wish you could do. I’ve been lucky to have an agent I’ve had pretty much my whole career, and he thought it important to do great roles in theaters across the country. And that’s how I got my training. You appeared on several of the “Law & Order” shows. Was it enjoyable to do different series within the franchise? I played a very interesting character in Season 2 (of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), someone who became a rather famous villain on the show – and then I came back and did another one in Season 9. I really kind of needed the money at the time; that was rent for a while back then. And then, some audience members were like, “Yeah. Like we didn’t remember you were Ken Harris in Season 2?” Click or tap on icon for more! Since costuming is so much an element of “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” do you find that helps you with your portrayal of General George Washington? What ends up happening at the beginning of every season is that I get genuinely frightened. I go, “How am I going to pull this off?” Then I think, “Well, I’ve kind of pulled it off in the past.” This time, I had just finished a play in New York, then flew down to Virginia the next day and started with preparation on Season 3 (of “TURN”). This genuine anxiety was building up, then I got into my costume and put the wig on and thought, “Oh, yeah. There it is.” It really does a lot of the work for you. It’s so different from myself. May 8 - 14, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 5 C CELEBRITY GEORGE DICKIE’S Q&A GILES COREN of ‘Million Dollar Critic’ Tuesdays on Cooking Channel What about a restaurant experience can set you off? Well, a lack of interest, a lack of knowledge. You know, I like to be able to ask certain questions – obviously restaurants are better at it. But when I started doing this 20 years ago, if you said to them, “Where did the pork chop come from?” They’d just say “the butcher.” If you’re lucky.

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