You can have your "American Idol", your "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" and whatever else. For my money, the very best show on television for the past half-decade has been "The Shield", the complicated cop drama that never, ever seems to go down the road you expect. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, shut down your computer and go rent the back seasons on DVD, immediately.
Actually, read on and you might want to forget that DVD because it seems Vic Mackey might just come to the big screen one of these days.
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Chiklis, which was exciting for me not only because he's a genuinely powerful actor, but also because he's from my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
After we reminisced about the birthplace of the industrial revolution for a moment, I mentioned that he's the latest in a line of randomly famous Lowellians, following Jack Kerouac and Ed McMahon. "And Bette Davis," he added, wearing the same black t-shirt, jacket and shades that are Vic Mackey's uniform. "She's no slouch." Read More...
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