'Melrose Place' returns; get the scoop from actor Thomas Calabro

By BOB ANDELMAN

When last we spoke, Thomas Calabro was preparing to host ACME Comedy’s “ACME Saturday Night” live show and being described as a former star of the late lamented TV series “Melrose Place.”

Today, he’s once again a star of “Melrose Place,” which has been revived by The CW and airs every Tuesday at 9 p.m. And he also returned to host “ACME Saturday Night,” on January 23, 2010. You can view an archive of that perforance or watch new episodes when the online comedy TV show streams live every Saturday at 10 pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific, at www.acmecomedy.com.

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THOMAS CALABRO AUDIO EXCERPT: "The name, Melrose Place, remains the same but everything about it is different, so it's sort of like a whole new deal. My first scene--I was a dad, which Michael Manicini had never been before. That was new, too, so it felt like the first day on the set of a new show" 

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Rick Fox, MELROSE PLACE actor; LOS ANGELES LAKERS retired player: Mr. Media Radio Interview

By BOB ANDELMAN

Think about seeing your life flashing before your eyes.

Got the picture?

Now think about Rick Fox’s life flashing before your eyes. First round NBA draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1991.  Seven years—and three world championships—with the Los Angeles Lakers, playing elbow-to-elbow with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. Marriage to the most beautiful and most famous Miss America ever, Vanessa Williams. Fatherhood with the same Miss Williams, now a star on ABC’s “Ugly Betty” as Wilhelmina Slater.

Did you see the part of his life flashing by in which the tall, handsome former athlete became an actor?

It started with a few small parts here and there—an inmate on “Oz,” a recurring role on Courtney Cox’s “Dirt” and Angela Bassett’s love interest in Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns.

AUDIO EXCERPT: "When you live in the bubble that is celebrity here in L.A., (everything) is reported upon. (Eliza Dushku and I) wanted to take the time to see if being in a relationship together was something we both wanted. We got past that point. We kept getting photographed together and people wanted to know. Now the curiosity, the intrigue is removed and we can go forward in life."

And while  Rick and Vanessa did divorce, he did appear as a guest star on her show, “Ugly Betty,” playing her bodyguard Dwayne.

Next week, he debuts in the recurring role of a restaurant owner on The CW’s new version of “Melrose Place.”

Speaking of actors—the latest issue of TV Guide has a picture of Fox with his long-time friend and new girlfriend, Eliza Dushku, star of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” on Fox.

And now he’s preparing for one more role: celebrity host of ACME Saturday Night at the ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles this Saturday night, Oct. 24, @ 8 p.m. You can order tickets or watch it stream online at http://www.acmecomedy.com.

So Rick’s life or your life? Whose do you want to see in your final moments? I’m going with his.



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Doug Savant, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star: Mr. Media Radio Interview

By BOB ANDELMAN

Doug Savant’s real wife, Laura Leighton, is floating lifeless in the pool over at Fox’s new “Melrose Place.”

Meanwhile, his TV wife, Felicity Huffman on ABC's “Desperate Housewives,” is expecting twins—again—and his character, Doug Scavo, a man whose sperm definitely swim, is in the doghouse—again—for that and so many other reasons.

AUDIO EXCERPT: "There's a picture in Entertainment Weekly, the fall television preview, where (my wife, Laura Leighton, star of 'Melrose Place") is kissing Thomas Calabro playfully on the cheek. And I gotta tell you, I don't like it! Nope! I want her kissing me, not somebody else. I love her enough to be a little possessive!"

Is it any wonder the man is choosing to hide out here, on Mr. Media Radio, for the next 15 minutes, to talk about the importance of Listerine, good dental hygiene, fresh breath, and a book of laughs?

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Ali Landry, David Charvet, THE SUPERSTARS celebrity contestants: Mr. Media Radio Interview

My best friend Bruce Kessler and I would be glued to ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” during the 1970s when it aired its ‘Superstars” competitions, pitting athletes and celebrities against one another in sports which no one had a natural advantage or, usually, much experience.

Now ABC has once more brought back that old chestnut in a new primetime seasons of “The Superstars,” airs on Tuesday through July at 8 p.m. on ABC. This time around, we get male/female, celebrity/athlete teams including Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa, Robert Horry and Estella Warren, Lisa Leslie and Dan Cortese, Brandi Chastain and Julio Iglesias Jr. and others.

Joining me today are two superstars who are not teamed together, Baywatch and Melrose Place star David Charvet and actress and former Miss USA Ali Landry.

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Thomas Calabro, MELROSE PLACE actor: Mr. Media Audio Interview

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Thomas Calabro is a good-looking man. Even a straight, 100-percent hetero dude like Mr. Media can see that.

And his good looks have paid off: first in an 6-year career as a star of Fox’s primetime soap “Melrose Place” where he played Dr. Michael Mancini and more recently as a guest star on series such as “Touched By An Angel,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Cold Case,” “Greek” and “Without a Trace.” He’s currently shooting Locker 13 with Rickey Schroeder and Tatyana Ali and is in post-production on Detention, which also stars David Carradine.

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