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By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
Published on Thursday, Apr 30, 2009
If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . .
Q: Why are there plot summaries in the middle of the Fox show ''Bones?'' It is quite annoying.
A: The summaries offer a way for people changing the channel to catch up with a show already in progress. The technique has been used before, customarily when a show is against two half-hour comedies and the audience may be looking for an alternative after watching the first comedy. Bones has been slotted against paired comedies on both NBC and ABC, so there may be a fair number of folks flipping at the half-hour.
Q: I enjoyed very much watching Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy in 2005's ''Pride and Prejudice.'' And now I am appreciating his performance in ''Little Dorrit.'' Can you tell me something about him: Where is he from; how old is he; what else has he appeared in?
A: Macfadyen, 34, was born in England and has acted often in British TV and in movies. His credits include the series MI-5 (also known as Spooks), Frost/Nixon and the movie Incendiary, which comes to DVD on Tuesday. MacFadyen is married to actress Keeley Hawes, whom he fell in love with when both were on MI-5. He will reportedly play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new movie version of Robin Hood with Russell Crowe in the title role.
Q: What happened to Andrew Stevens (''The Fury,'' etc.)? He seemed very promising in ''the day.''
A: Stevens, the son of actress Stella Stevens and ex-husband of actress Kate Jackson, acts occasionally but has focused in recent years on his production company, Andrew Stevens Entertainment. Its films have included Missionary Man, with Dolph Lundgren, and Walking Tall: Lone Justice, with Kevin Sorbo. You can find out more at http://www.astevensent.com.
Q: There was a movie made in Utah called ''Scorned and Swindled.'' I was wondering if it was ever put on DVD and if so where I could get a copy.
A: As far as I can tell, there is not an authorized DVD of the 1984 movie, which starred Tuesday Weld and Keith Carradine.
Q: I would like to know if the old movie ''Vacation in Venice,'' starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi, is available on DVD or VHS tape.
A: I think you are remembering the movie Summertime, which was set in Venice and starred Hepburn and Brazzi. It is available on DVD. If your local video retailer cannot get it for you, I have seen it for sale on Amazon.com, Moviesunlimited.com and Half.com, among other sites.
Q: During my early U.S. Navy days, I recall seeing a movie about a Navy shore patrol petty officer escorting prisoners to the Portsmouth, N.H., Navy brig. (He turned them loose en route.) If my recall is correct, Nicholson starred. Name of the film and the year, please.
A: Jack Nicholson and Otis Young played Navy men escorting a prisoner (Randy Quaid) to Portsmouth in 1973's The Last Detail. Nicholson, Quaid and screenwriter Robert Townsend were nominated for Oscars. Nicholson and Young do deliver their prisoner, though not before some diversions along the way.
Q: Jo Stafford, one of my favorite singers, passed on recently. Time magazine said that she and her husband recorded satirized popular songs under the names Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. Are they available on CD, and if so, where?
A: Stafford and her pianist husband Paul Weston offered humorously awful renditions of songs, and some are on CD. Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits includes I Love Paris, I Am Woman, Stayin' Alive, Honeysuckle Rose and other tunes. There's also a Greatest Hits Volume II. If your local CD retailer cannot get them, they are for sale on Amazon.com.
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Do you have a question or comment about movies, TV and other popular culture? Write to rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com or the Akron Beacon Journal, 44 E. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44309. Please mark the note for Mailbag and do not phone in questions.
Letters may be edited. Individual replies cannot be guaranteed.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, in the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter.
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