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By Rich Heldenfels
Published on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007
Herrmann at Glenmoor. When actor Edward Herrmann becomes grand marshal at the Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles today, he won't just be a big name doing a job.
The award-winning Herrmann is very serious about automobiles. While this will be his first visit to the Canton event, he is a regular at other auto concours.
The interest began while he was growing up in Detroit. His father, he recalled, was one of the few engineers not working in the auto industry. But the fathers of all his friends did, and he became steeped in the car culture.
Now 64, Herrmann started car-collecting in his 20s, with an Austin Healey that he said got so hot, it was ''not a wise car to have in California.''
In the '80s, he bought his first Packard and remains especially fond of that make. He currently owns a 1932 Packard 900 roadster and has kept track of subsequent owners of his first Packard, since ''I hope it ends up in my garage again.''
Gilmore Gone. We also talked about his day job, which included playing Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, the now-ended Lauren Graham comedy-drama. Asked if it was strange to be going into the fall without the show, he said, ''It is actually. I've been doing it for seven years . . . and it was a pleasure. . . . There's been no lack of work (since the show ended), but it's not regular.''
A Grey's Visit. The new work included three episodes for the new season of Grey's Anatomy, in which he plays ''the oldest living intern.'' At first, Herrmann said, his character was going to die from a stroke. But now it looks as if he will live, and Herrmann may do more episodes.
He enjoyed the job, too. ''It's a terrific cast,'' he said. Asked how people felt since Isaiah Washington's departure, he said it wasn't talked about much. When Patrick Dempsey invited Herrmann to breakfast, ''We talked cars, because he races. (Washington) never came up.''
Still, from the vibe on the set, Herrmann said, ''I think they're relieved. . . . I think everybody was glad to be rid of the guy.''
More on Acting. Herrmann said ''the business of show business is depressing and endlessly stupid, but the acting itself is thrilling.'' And he finds that he's still fine-tuning his craft. When he worked with Alec Guinness in the late '80s, in what proved to be Guinness' last stage performance, he marveled at the way Guinness could strip his stage business down to the most economical gestures. Herrmann sees the same economy in Spencer Tracy, and in Don Cheadle, ''one of my favorite actors.''
Glenmoor Basics. The gathering has a welcome party tonight (admission is $35), a gala dinner Saturday ($95) and the full car show on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets for Sunday are $20 for individuals and $50 for families in advance, $25 and $60 at the gate. For more information, go to http://www.glenmoorgathering.com.
Schaefer's Official. As was anticipated in Wednesday's column, news anchor Stefani Schaefer will rejoin WJW (Channel 8) as part of the early-weekday-morning team beginning Sept. 24. She will appear in the 7-to-9 a.m. segments of the morning show.
The signing comes in the wake of intense interest in Schaefer by both Channel 8 and WKYC (Channel 3) when she became available. She had left WEWS (Channel 5) a year ago for iVillage Live, a nationally distributed show that did not work out.
Hudgens Bows Out. Maybe Jay Leno should stop booking young actresses. According to People magazine online (http://www.people.com), High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens postponed a planned appearance on The Tonight Show Thursday. No reason given, but Hudgens is dealing with fallout from a widely circulated photo of her naked.
As People notes, Lindsay Lohan was a Leno no-show in July following a DUI arrest, prompting Leno to savage Lohan on the air.
On the Blog. See the HeldenFiles Online (either through http://www.ohio.com, or direct to http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles) for some thoughts about Nashville, the ''docu-soap'' premiering at 9 tonight on Fox. Mini-review: Dull.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal and in a blog at http://www.ohio.com. Contact him at 330-996-3582 or rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
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