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R1_TVG26_p14-17_BoysofSummer.indd 14 6/8/12 7:14 PM R1_TVG26_p14-17_BoysofSummer.indd 15 6/8/12 7:14 PM Bomer: We had an amazing time. It was so we did with the actual strippers. They’re very great to take the show to a new location. The loyal to one another, but they razz each other. WORK rhythm of New York is so specifi c, so to slow On the subject of loyalty, Patrick, how can Harvey IT! it down to island time was really interesting. keep Mike around on Suits if everyone in the They may be TV stars As our Boys of Summer, any summer traditions offi ce fi nds out he isn’t a real lawyer? now, but our cover you follow? Adams: There’s gonna be a lot of shifts in the hunks had to start somewhere. Both Ealy: The last two summers I was working, power dynamics at the offi ce. Different peo- Michael Ealy and Matt and the summers before that I wasn’t work- ple will be brought into the circle of trust, a Bomer worked at— ing, so I have no traditions. [Laughs] new boss is brought in, allegiances change. and were fired from— and, no joke, every head turns. Still, it’s noth- Adams: Burning Man is something I normally And Common Law’s season ends with us fi nding Baskin-Robbins, ing new to see the trio in question—Michael do.… I have a ticket for this year, but I’m out why Wes and Travis were sent to therapy. although only one of them lasted long Ealy, Matt Bomer and Patrick J. Adams—with working, too. My mom has a cottage by a lake, Wes pulled a gun on Travis—is it just two guys enough to pack on the other, equally good-looking buddies. On the so I am hoping to get there on weekends. getting stupid over a minor situation? pounds. “I was not cops-in-therapy freshman series Common Bomer: I work during the week, fl y home to Ealy: It’s not that, I promise. afraid of some German Law, Ealy’s been sparking with costar Warren L.A. to see my family on the weekends. Rinse Adams: Will we fi nd out, though? chocolate after a Kole as mismatched LAPD partners Travis and repeat. Ealy: Oh, yeah. And it’s good. shift,” confesses Bomer, who also Marks and Wes Mitchell. Bomer’s White Collar Adams: Do you fl y back every weekend? Bomer: Don’t you guys miss your partners in worked on a gas pipe- schemer Neal Caffrey has spent the past three Bomer: Pretty much. We always get a place crime during [an interview] like this? What is line while on summer seasons bantering and buddying up to Tim outside the city for a few weeks, too. Some- so integral to all of our shows is the dynamic break from college. “It DeKay’s straitlaced Fed Peter Burke. And the where in the country near water. So we’ll bar- between all of the duos. was a bunch of dudes SAG-nominated Adams is about to kick off his Adams: He is absolutely right. dipping [chewing to- bacco] and smoking… second season as legal-eagle poser Mike Ross Ealy: We probably spend more time with at the same time!” opposite Gabriel Macht’s slickster attorney these guys than we do with our loved ones. But it’s Canadian Harvey Specter on Suits. Together, this holy Bomer: Tim makes me laugh as hard now as native Patrick J. Adams trinity of cheekbones and charm exemplify he did the fi rst day we worked together. And who wins the award the easy-to-look-at and easier-to-love attitude I know we’ll always be friends. for most profitable summer job. “I dealt of USA’s sunniest, funniest dramedies. Over Tell us one embarrassing thing about your blackjack in the Yukon drinks at a Manhattan hot spot the day before costars. for four months,” he their high-seas cover shoot, the fellas shot the Bomer: Oh, man…if I say something lascivious says. “I went up there breeze with us about the network’s “blue to Tim, he gets giddy like a school kid. He loves to be a waiter, then skies” aesthetic, their on-screen sidekicks and it but is kind of embarrassed that he loves it. found out the real money was dealing the pitch-perfect cross-over episode. Adams: Gabriel is the king of hair. He is ob- cards.” So that’s sessed with it. His hair changed a thousand where he learned all Michael, as the newbie here, did you watch other times over the first season but I think they about suits. —DH USA shows before joining Common Law? finally got it right. And anytime someone Ealy: Oh, yeah. I watched all of them to get a then they came back to him. It was like four White Collar Neal else’s hair is even remotely off, he will call REID

(Bomer) is hiding feel for their shows. months later. hair and makeup over for you. He won’t shoot

out with Mozzie BILLY

That comedy-drama vibe? Bomer: I tested with Tim [DeKay], yeah. We hit (Willie Garson) and if you have a fl y away! [Laughs] BELT: Adams: USA is really good at that. I don’t know it off right away. a bundle of cash . Ealy: With Warren, it’s injuries. He’s constantly SEWN what it’s like on your sets, but it’s a natural com- Adams: Gabriel [Macht] and I didn’t test to- when the show getting hurt. He’s come to me like [mimicking returns in July. SUITS EARNEST edy, not like “be funny, be funny, be funny.” gether, so I don’t know how that happened. an old man], “I blew out my knee.” And I’ll be Common Law “I Thursdays, 10/9c, USA Ealy: We’ve had such a hard time fi guring out Ealy: That’s some good casting, if they could am so excited about PANTS: like, “Again?! You’re younger than me, you . . usanetwork.com, hulu the balance because we’re LAPD detectives see how well you guys would work together. Travis having such becue, hang out, have a good time. gotta take care of yourself, you gotta stretch!” .com, iTunes; Twitter: CASTRO and a lot of real [stuff] happens on that job. You could actually be siblings. a diverse back- Can we discuss your new career as a stripper, Describe the perfect Law-Collar-Suits crossover. @SuitsUSA

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Bomer: Everybody talks about the “blue skies” Adams: A lot of people thought the show was (with Kole). “He Matt? Adams: We are always talking about this! We SHIRT: thing, but I find our shows to be like life. I about [brothers].… speaks Samoan, he Bomer: I refuse to let “Magic Mike” hijack this want to bump into White Collar on the street. COMMON LAW speaks Spanish….”

don’t think anybody walks through life seri- Bomer: There goes the Season 2 mythology! BOMER’S interview. [Laughs] But I am thankful to have Both [our shows are] famous for our walk- . . Fridays, 10/9c, USA ous and stone-faced the entire time. People Speaking of mythology, we hear the new White Suits Harvey gotten work opportunities outside the show. and-talks, so it would just be me and Gabriel usanetwork.com, hulu TIMEX (Macht, left) and .com, iTunes; Twitter: want to laugh. Collar season will explore Neal’s backstory and Mike may be in hot The movie (about male strippers, also staring bumping into them and kind of staring at @CommonLaw_USA WATCH: Adams: And that’s what works so well in USA’s the identity of his father. water with boss . Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and each other, and then moving on. shows. A lot of television is so serious. Bomer: I can neither confirm nor deny those Jessica, but “Harvey Joe Manganiello) opens right after this issue Bomer: And then the Common Law guys can EXCHANGE is amazing at mov- WHITE COLLAR Chemistry helps, too. rumors. hits stands, you realize. [run] through…one of them limping from ing pieces around SEASON PREMIERE ARMANI Adams: Did you guys test [with your costars] Actually you can, since (executive producer) Jeff to make sure every- Bomer: Oh, no! [Laughs] Well, I hope people their latest injury! [Laughs] We need a mega- Tuesday, 7/10, A/X together? Eastin is the one who told me. one is protected,” like it. It was defi nitely like a band-of-thieves sode where all of the shows come together. I 9/8c, USA usanetwork.com, hulu SHOES: Ealy: Warren tested with me when I fi rst got Bomer: Oh, OK then. Yes, we will be! [Laughs] says Adams. . vibe on set. We were all terrifi ed, and that in- am pitching this right now. .com, iTunes; Twitter: @WhiteCollarUSA CREW . EALY’S SHIRT: LEVI’S MADE & CRAFTED. PANTS: J.CREW. BRACELET: A PEACE TREATY, M COHEN. ADAMS’ SHIRT: VANS. SWEATER, PANTS: PANTS: SWEATER, VANS. SHIRT: ADAMS’ COHEN. M TREATY, PEACE A BRACELET: J.CREW. PANTS: REID CRAFTED. BILLY & MADE LEVI’S BELT: SHIRT: SEWN. EARNEST EALY’S PANTS: CASTRO. LUCIO SHIRT: BOMER’S TIMEX. WATCH: EXCHANGE. ARMANI A/X SHOES: J.CREW. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP JAVIER PESQUERA/USA NETWORK CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/ the job, but they kept looking and looking, And the fi rst two episodes fi lmed in Puerto Rico? J CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JAVIER PESQUERA/USAUSA NETWORK;NETWORK; CHRISTOS HILARY KALOHORIDIS/ BRONWYN GAYLE/USA NETWORK stantly bonds you. It was similar to the research Ealy: Let’s make this happen!

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