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Backhanded Compliment Of The Day: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 9:30pm PSTTags: Monday Mornings, Ving Rhames
Nellie Andreeva

It came from Ving Rhames on the final question from the panel for his new series, TNT‘s medical drama from David E. Kelley and Sanjay Gupta Monday Mornings, in which he plays a trauma surgeon. The question, addressed to him and neurosurgeon/CNN medical correspondent Gupta, on whose book the show is based, was whether trauma surgeons are different from other types of surgeons. Rhames took a different direction in his answer, giving thanks for his role, which got a little awkward toward the end. “One of the things I really love about this show is I think we just happen to be surgeons, but in reality deals with the human condition, the human experience, and for myself as an African American actor, it’s so well written and well rounded. We don’t get to see these type of images often as African American people, so I thank David E. Kelley, the writers, Sanjay Gupta. And I also thank, and I mean this in a respectful way, TNT for doing something on a level a bit above some of the Tyler Perry shows (which air on TNT sibling TBS). Thank you.”

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Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames, And James Woods Cast In ‘Jamesy Boy’ Pic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 23, 2012 @ 5:49pm PSTTags: James Woods, Mary Louise Parker, Ving Rhames
Mike Fleming

Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames and James Woods have joined the cast of Jamesy Boy, the feature debut of director/co-writer Trevor White. Filming is set to begin March 4 in Baltimore on the pic, which tells the story of a young man who goes from suburban street gangs to a maximum-security prison surrounded by hardened criminals. In prison, James fosters an unlikely friendship with a convicted murderer Read More »

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Ving Rhames To Star In David E. Kelley’s TNT Medical Drama Pilot ‘Chelsea General’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 1:21pm PSTTags: Chelsea General, TNT, Ving Rhames
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Ving Rhames is set to star opposite Alfred Molina is David E. Kelley’s TNT medical drama pilot Chelsea General. Based on CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta’s upcoming novel Monday Mornings, the project follows the lives of five surgeons … Read More »

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