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Q Linda Hunt of NCIS: Los Angeles
is a very talented actress. Was
she on another TV show in the past?
Bob Noble, Royal Oak, Mich.
Before playing operations manager
Hetty Lange on the NCIS spinoff,
Hunt, 67, was on many other series and
in movies since the mid-19705, including
The Unit, Without a Trace and an ex
tended stint as a judge on The Practice. |
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accolade, though, came in 1983, '
when she won an Oscar
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USA WEEKEND - Jan. 11-13, 2013
| recognize so many faces on the
Q new hit Wedding Band, especially
Brian Austin Green. Who does the
singing for the group?
Ray Cannon
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Much like Nashville
stars Connie Britton
and Hayden Panet
tiere, Green doesn’t
have a stunt voice —
that's actually him
crooning as the lead
’l’l
singer of Mother of the Bride, the
musical group at the heart of TBS’
comedy Wedding Band, which has its
season finale Jan. 19 and also stars
Harold Perrineau, Peter Cambor and
Derek Miller as band members. His
father, George, is a country musician,
and Green, who played DJ and
hip-hop aficionado David Silver on
the original Beverly Hills, 90210,
shared his character’s interests: The
actor released a solo rap album, One
Stop Carnival, in 1996.
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Q playing a character for a long
period, tend to take on that persona?
Bruce Woods, Mesa, Ariz.
One of the most notable practitioners of
“Method acting” is Daniel Day-Lewis,
who is famous for immersing himself
in roles. He used a wheelchair through
out the filming of My Left Foot,
in which he played a disabled
Irish artist, and stuck with
the personalities of villain
i . ous Bill the Butcher from
Gangs of New York
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Patrick Dempsey
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Faye Dunaway
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Regina King 42
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John Carpenter
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Zooey Deschanel
33
James Earl Jones
82
Betty White 91
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Kevin Costner 58
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Katey Sagal 59
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HUNT: KEVIN LYNCH, CBS; GREEN: STEVE GRANITZ, WIREIMAGE: DAY-LEWIS IN LINCOUN: DREAMWORKS PICTURES/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX; ALEXANDER: NEILSON BARNARD, GETTY IMAGES; NOBLE: KHAREN HILL, FOX
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