Thanks for reading...GREG

But our chit-chat soon turned into an impromptu interview.

My first question to the Emmy winner was about his frequent co-star Delta Burke who is currently getting treatment for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

“She’s doing really, really well,” Leslie assured me
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He has been getting regular updates from writer-director Del Shores who he said speaks with Delta every day.

Delta, the former beauty queen turned comedy star (“Designing Women,” “Popular”), had been set to co-star with Leslie in the TV series version of Shores’ cult hit film “Sordid Lives.” She and Leslie had also toured the country in Shores’ play “Southern Baptist Sissies.”

“She told Del that she just didn’t think she’d be up to it,” Leslie said of Delta, who has been replaced by on the series by Caroline Reah.

Delta has gone through hard times before, including a near-nervous breakdown during the run of “Designing Women.” But this beautiful Southern belle has always re-emerged better than ever.
Leslie said the actress wanted to keep things quiet was TMZ.com was tipped off and her treatment became public on Wednesday.

TMZ just doesn’t miss a thing.

For some reason, I decided to tell Leslie that the funniest scene in the series finale of “Will & Grace” (he had a recurring role as the nemesis of Megan Mullally’s during the show’s run) was when the diminutive actor’s character literally was got caught in a gust of win that blew out a high-rise window to his death.
“You are the second person to tell me that this morning!” Leslie said.

Then he shared this fun anecdote: for the classic scene, he was lifted off of the ground and into the air by a device that did it with such ferocity that it literally lifted him right out of his shoes.
His only regret is that a shot of his abandoned shoes, left on the floor, did not make the final cut.
That, woulda been a hoot!

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The sight of Britney Spears back on the streets again - with paparazzi in tow - is sickening. Does anyone remember Princess Diana?

Something Joy Behar said Thursday morning on “The View” really hit home with me. It was about how famous people - and the people who hound them - never really seem to learn their lesson.
Princess Diana was chased for 17 years by the paparazzi and eventually was killed trying to flee them one night in Paris.

Will Britney suffer a similar fate?

Her parents, Lynne and Jamie Spears, fear for her life but seem hamstrung in their efforts help their child who is in the throes of a mental health crisis.

Behar also drew a comparison in the deaths of Heath Ledger and Marilyn Monroe. We learned this week that the Oscar-nominated star of “Brokeback Mountain” died last month from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

This is eerily similar to Monroe’s cause of death more than 45 years ago - unless you believe the various murder conspiracy theories surrounding it.

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Speaking of troubles stars, we unfortunately have to add “Spider-Man” star Kirsten Dunst to the list. The actress has checked into Cirque Lodge clinic in Utah.

Kirsten reportedly broke down in tears when she checked into the treatment facility which is where Lindsay Lohan had a two-month stay last year and where Eva Mendes is currently being treated.
Let’s hope this talented actress, who burst onto the scene as a child actress in 1994’s “Interview With a Vampire,” holding her own opposite leading men Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
Best of luck to her.

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We were expecting Ruby Dee (above) who won for supporting actress but some girl just got on the mic and said: "No one else is coming back, please exit out the Jefferson gate...and, it's raining outside."

What a bad news bear.

Anyway, Daniel Day-Lewis was back here earlier and he was so moving in talking about Heath Ledger who he dedicated his best actor award to. This is what he said during his acceptance speech: "It’s always been the work of other actors, and there are many actors in this room tonight, including my fellow nominees who have given that sense of regeneration and… Heath Ledger gave it to me. [applause] In “Monster’s Ball,” that character that he created, it seemed to be almost like an unformed being, retreating from themselves, retreating from his father, from his life, even retreating from us, and yet we wanted to follow him, and yet we’re scared to follow him almost. It was unique. And then, of course, in “Brokeback Mountain,” he was unique, he was perfect. [applause] And that scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything that I think I’ve ever seen. And I’d like to dedicate this to Heath Ledger. So, thank you very much. Thank you so much."

It was a beautiful tribute and so from the heart. Backstage, Daniel said that even though he had never met Heath, he had been thinking of little else since the young actor's death on Tuesday at the age of 28.

But I'll tell ya, just seeing the great Ruby Dee walk by is better than talking to just about anyone and how great that once she got inside, she won the best supporting actress prize for "American Gangster." Will an Oscar follow?

Anyway, it was tough to tell whether the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium was the site of the arrivals for the Screen Actors Guild Awards or the site of a giant family reunion - make that a reunion under a plastic tent to keep the rain out.

The ongoing writers strike meant that many of the actors who star in such shows as "Desperate Housewives," "Ugly Betty," "Mad Men" "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Office" had not seen each other since production shut down in December, or in some cases even earlier.

"It's exciting to be here and see all of our teammates," said Nicollette Sheridan of "Housewives." "It's nice to see a higher morale because the strike has been devastating for so many."

A nominee for "Samantha Who?," Christina Applegate started our chat by coughing. She was fighting a cold but being a showbiz trouper, she was there on the red carpet looking like a million bucks.

She lamented on how the strike put a halt to what is a hot new show.

"It's been a great ride and it's been hard to kind of just stop," she said. "It's like a just treadmill turning off when you're on like, nine. It's caused some damage, to everyone I think creatively but we had to support our writers, I agree with them. But it's time to get back to work because a lot of us are going looney."

Even though Tina Fey ended up winning the award for comedy actress, Christina said she was thrilled to be attending her first SAG award show as a nominee: "You don't do your work for that but when it does happen, it's so nice. I'm always surprised and I'm always so humbled and so grateful. It's huge to me to be recognized by my peers."

John Slattery was one of the few double nominees on the red carpet with the casts of both "Mad Men" and "Desperate Housewives" up for ensemble awards. But he would be sitting with the "Mad Men" gang.
"This is the first time I've been here and it's a zoo!" he told me. "It's a little overwhelming but it's good, it's fun."

What about being so in demand these days?
"It's good to be working, I've been lucky," he said. "I wish the strike would work itself out so we can all really get back to work. "

It was really fun to meet John Krazinski of "The Office" whose cast won the SAG award for best ensemble in a comedy series for the second consecutive year. Prior to the show, John wasn't too confident of another win.

"It's really hard," he said. "Not to sound political but all the shows this year, they're fantastic and I watch all of them. But this is probably one of the most fun shows to be a part of."

John is making a nice career for himself in the movies too with a starring role in the comedy "License to Wed" and will next appear opposite George Clooney in "Leatherheads."
"This guy George Clooney, he's gonna be a big star," John joked. "Mark my words."

It was so great to see the classy Hal Holbrook and his wife, Dixie Carter.
I asked Dixie how it feels to have her husband of nearly 25 years nominated for both the SAG award and an Oscar for his performance in "Into the Wild."
"I am dizziy with delight," said Dixie, best known as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women." "It's dreamy and unforeseen and glorious turn of events as you can imagine. So I'm smiling all the time."

Amy Ryan, Oscar nominated for her performance in "Gone Baby Gone," was one of the presenters and I asked her how she was coping with the awards season hoopla. She has already won many critics prizes and will compete for the SAG Award tonight: "I'm hanging in there, a lot of Airborne, a lot of vitamins. I'm really enjoying it. It was surreal in the beginning but I'm more in the moment now. The nice thing is, you get used to it out there from show to show. It's a great party to be at."
So, how badly does she want to win that Oscar?
"I thought about it in the beginning and then it just dawned on me that it doesn't really matter because everyone's winner. If you don't win, look at the company you're with who also didn't win. That's really good company to be in. It's not like you get demoted back to the end of the line. You get to stay arms-length with four amazing actresses and I'd be proud to be there."

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It was fun to talk to first-time DGA nominee Tony Gilroy who was nominated for his feature fiolm directorial debut "Michael Clayton." He also wrote the script and is a double Oscar nominee. We spoke on Oscar morning nominations morning earlier in the week and I wondered if it had sunk in yet.
"Maybe it will around Memorial Day," he said.
And he isn't sweating over whether he will win: "You know what? I would have quit in October and it would have felt like I'd already won. I have the great luxury of not expecting very much going forward - honestly not expecting very much. There's no huge expectation. I don't have that burden."
He is getting used to the awards show scene now: "We started in Venice and that was sort of like stepping into a hurricane and I'm getting a little bit better at it. I've watched George [Clooney] do this and I've seen what a real pro looks like."

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My favorite interview of the night came when chatting up the great Hal Holbrook, Oscar nominated for "Into the Wild." We had done a telephone interview last month and he told me he had read my column on him and that he was greatly moved by it. He had meant to write a note. Who needs a note? To have him say that meant the world.

Hal has won four Emmys and a Tony Award during his long and distinguished career. To get his first Oscar nod at the age of 82 have been icing in the cake: "Well, you know there isn't any award in the whole embrace of show business that could top the Academy Award. Just getting a nomination is such a wonderful, wonderful reward - especially after you've been at this job for 65 years."

I found it shocking that Holbrook's director, Sean Penn, and co-star Emile Hirsch were not nominated for Oscars. So was Hal: "That is, that is, that is, that is unbelievable that Sean did not get nominated or the picture. And Emile! Anybody who thinks the role that Emile Hirsch had was a simple easy one, doesn't understand acting. That young man had to go through more dimensions in that role than most people ever have and they were subtle dimensions."

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I wrote earlier about a heckler during Julian Schnabel's acceptance speech. I just read in USAToday.com that the heckler was none other than Sean Young! That girl will do anything to get back into the headlines. But this not the kind of publicity that is good publcity. Here is the report: Apparently Sean Young had endured one acceptance speech too many.

At Saturday's DGA Awards, where each of the five nominated feature film directors gets to make a speech before the winner is announced, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" director Julian Schnabel was the last to deliver his words. Shortly after he took the podium, Young, seated near the stage, cut him off by shouting out, "Oh come on — get to it!"

A shocked Schnabel searched the crowd to ask who was scolding him. When the actress repeated "get to it!" Schnabel quickly wrapped up his speech, instructing Young to finish it. But upon the audience's insistence, Schnabel finished, and Young, stumbling in her white fur coat, was escorted out of the ballroom by two security guards, and at one point fell to the floor.

Oh my.

It was a star-studded affair at the Century Plaza Hotel with presenters that included 2008 Oscar nominees Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Hal Holbrook, Amy Ryan, Daniel-Day Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page as well as Josh Brolin, Vanessa Williams, Emile Hirsch, Debra Messing, Chi McBride, Kristin Chenoweth, Anna Paquin, John Larroquette and Helen Hunt.

The evening was hosted, for the 21st consecutive year, by Carl Reiner who walked out onto the stage and confessed to the audience: "I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning feeling so [expletive]."
He wondered if he should maybe find a replacement but decided to keep the gig after "I went through a list of all the people in the business who might've done as I and I couldn't come up with one!"

Reiner, in his mid-80s, was sharp and spontanious throughout. At one point he spotted Day-Lewis sitting in the audience and said: "He [is] so (expletive] gifted. There are other actors walking around without the gift because he got most of it.'

Day-Lewis was funny and touching while presenting a silver plate nomination medallion to his "There Will Be Blood" director Paul Michael Anderson: "If you have to go stark raving mad in the desert. I'd rather do it with Paul Michael Anderson than just about anyone I can think of. ...Paul handed everything to me on a silver plate and for yiu Paul, here's a silver plate piled high with admiration and pride."

Josh Brolin was very, very funny when presenting the Coens with their nomination medallion as he alternated between praising them and roasting them: "I had the pleasure of working with these socially challenged individuals for three months. If truth be told, I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot." When Brolin left the stage with the Coens, Reiner remarked:"That is the most [expletive] charming man I've ever seen" and remarked that directors in the audience should take notice.
They already have: Aming Brolin's recent roles in addition to "Country" are "American Gangster" and "Grindhouse."

Tony Gilroy accepted his nomination medallion for "Michael Clayton"), his first film as a director and said: "Wow. What a trip. To be honored by your peers. All I was trying to do when we started this was to become a peer...I'm going to thank the people who are here and lie to everybody else. We can all tell George Clooney that it was all about him."

With Sean Penn not present at the awards ceremony, it was up to Hal Holbrook and Emile Hirsch - two of the stars of Penn's "Into the Wild" - to both present and accept Penn's nomination medallion. Holbrook got a big hand when he said of Penn: "He's been called a rebel - that's good. Rebels are who got this country started."
Holbrook also said: "He has instinct and he's willing to trust it. When you're under Sean's direction, you get the feeling he trusts you."
When it came time for Hirsch to speak, he got a boig laugh when he looked at the audience and said: "I kind of feel like I'm on this massive job interview right now." Hirsch said Penn was "challenging at a time when for me that that's what I was looking for. I don't think anyone else could have physically made this movie. He was always climbing mountains."

The evening's most awkward moment came when Julian Schnabel was accepting his nomination medallion and a woman heckled him. He stopped cold and asked, "Who just said that to me?...Why don't YOU finish my speech darling?'"

SILENCE IS GOLDEN: Anderson was asked why there was no dialogue in the first 15 minutes of blood: "I just couldn't think of anything for them to say."

CATCHING A BREAK: Daniel-Day Lewis cracked a few ribs when filming a scene where he falls down a 50-foot mineshaft. Anderson said he thought it best to just keep the camera rolling on the scene since the actor "just had to moan and wail and act hurt."

ETHAN COEN ON JAVIER BARDEM: "Most of the time, we had conversations that Joel and I didn't know what he was talking about but they seemed to satsify him....He'd be upset because of what he thought we were saying but we didn't know what we were saying."

EXTRA CREDIT: Ethan Coen was surprised at the attitudes some of the extras in "Country" copped when shooting moved from Texas to California: "For three months in Texas, we had great extras...Then for two weeks in LA, all the extras here are so jaded. They're just so horrible and angry."

CLOONEY STAR POWER: Gilroy said having George Clooney as your leading man does have its advantages if there were production problems: "If George would come out of the trailer and take a picture (with a police captain), we could change the traffic power of La Guardia."

POLLACK'S INDECISION: Gilroy was desperate to get director-actor Sidney Pollack for the role of Clooney's boss in "Clayton" but it was no walk in the park: "Sidney kept dropping out on me. There was no one else on my list. I wanted someone with age and authority...who had to dominate George. He was in, he was out, he was in and when he was out, it was a nightmare."

NOT OVER YET: Schnabel, who was the comic relief on the panel, talked about the last frame of "Butterfly" and shared that some people think the movie is already over by then: "When people see my movie and they get up to thank me before that last scene, it pisses me off!"

“The family doesn’t want us to give out any information,” George Amad, the general manager of the Frank E. Campbell funeral chapel told the Associated Press.

Who can blame them? The actor’s family found out about his death in a most unfortunate way.

“I heard about his death in the press, and I called his mother to find out what was happening, and even she didn’t know,” Heath’s uncle, Neil Bell, told People. “Heath’s father found out through the press. ... It’s a pretty devastating way to find out.”

The actor had been filming “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” at the time of his death and now the Terry Gilliam-directed film has been suspended indefinitely. He had been scheduled to arrive in Vancouver today to resume filming.

A decision has not yet been made about whether to scrap the entire film or to recast his role. Sources told ET Online that the filmmakers are hoping to regroup after the weekend and then decide how to proceed.
Heath’s director in “Four Feathers,” Shekhar Kapur, said that he last spoke with the actor on Monday night when Heath told him he was jet-lagged. He tried calling him Tuesday morning but got no answer.

On his blog, Kapur wrote: “Farewell Heath. I always knew you had an ancient soul. I always said you had a wisdom beyond your years. And somehow I always knew that your spirit was too restless. Goodbye, my brother.”

Daniel Day-Lewis appeared via satellite on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” this week to talk about his Oscar nomination, but he quickly changed the subject: “I hope you don’t mind if I speak about this. I feel very unsettled at the moment... and I suppose it’s because I only just saw the news about Heath Ledger’s death. It seems somehow strange to be talking about anything else. Not that there’s anything to say really except to express one’s regret and to say from the bottom of one’s heart to his family and to his friends that I’m sorry for their trouble. I didn’t know him, I have a strong impression I would have liked him very much.”

John Travolta did know Heath who he called a friend and “my favorite actor and my favorite talent.”
“I did know Heath and I adored him,” Travolta told reporters at an event celebrating Australia Week. “I am pretty devastated over this. ... It’s like losing James Dean.”

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In far happier news, Tori Spelling and her actor husband Dean McDermott are expecting their second child, the couple confirmed Thursday. Their son, Liam, was born last March.
The couple is also celebrating the fact that their Oxygen series, “Tori & Dean: Inn Love” was picked up for a third season.

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And finally, there is a name for the next James Bond flick: “Quantum of Solace.”

Daniel Craig returns as Agent 007 for a second time and “Quantum” picks up where 2006’s “Casino Royale” left off.

The title had been a closely-guarded secret for some time. I hate to be difficult but ya know something, the title doesn’t really send me. It’s not provocative as “Octopussy,” “Dr. No” and “Goldfinger” or as fun as “From Russia With Love” and “Diamonds Are Forever.”

Maybe It’ll grow on me.

]Rambo is back! But will anyone care?
After enjoying surprising success with “Rocky Balboa” a year ago, Sylvester Stallone revives the other of his iconic movie heroes in “Rambo” which opened in 2,800 theaters today.
The “Rocky” franchise had dormant since 1990 and the low-budgeted “Balboa” managed to earn strong reviews and a domestic gross of $70.3 million.
The character of John Rambo has been absent from the big screen even longer. “Rambo III” grossed just $53 million in 1988 after the franchise had peaked three years earlier when “Rambo: First Blood II” grossed $150 million.
As far as the new “Rambo” flick, I think Stallone’s return as Rocky and Bruce Willis’ successful revival of the “Die Hard” franchise last summer will bode well. It could open in first place with a gross as high as $20 million.

OTHER NEWBIES: Diane Lane, Oscar-nominated for the drama “Unfaithful” several years back, headlines the thriller “Untraceable” which bowed in 2,300 locations today.
Lane has had her share of modest hits and this looks to be another one of them. I give the movie a shot at a $12 million debut. It will likely just edge past the comedy “Meet the Spartans” which would do well to reach the $10 million mark. I don’t give the music drama “How She Move” much of a chance of doing any better than the $7 million range in its debut since it is bowing in just 1,500 locations.

HOLDOVERS: The thriller “Cloverfield” has a decent chance of repeating as number one if it can gross higher than $20 million in its second weekend. I also predict a strong sophomore outing for the Katherine Heigl comedy “27 Dresses” would could add about $14 million to its haul.
Also look for the Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman flick “Bucket List” to keep filling seats to the tune of about $10 million over the weekend.

OSCAR BUMP? The legal thriller “Michael Clayton” was a critical fave but has only grossed just under $40 million at the box office. Warner Bros. hopes to take advantage of the movie’s seven Oscar nominations - including best picture and best actor for George Clooney - by re-releasing “Clayton” onto 1,000 screens today.
Similarly, fellow best picture nominee “No Country or Old Men,” which earned eight Oscar nods this week, expanded today into 1,500 theaters to try and build on it’s domestic gross of $50 million.

LIMITED BOWS: Some movies need to be handled with care - specialty films that can’t just be thrust upon the masses in one fell swoop.
The idea is to slowly roll them out and build strong word-of-mouth. Of course, if no buzz is built, the flick dies on the vine and hopes for a strong life on DVD.
National Geographic Films releases the rock-and-roll documentary “U2 3D” in 60 locations. Among the other movies poking their heads into theaters today: “The Air I Breathe” in seven LA and New York City theaters and “Trailer Park Boys: The Movie” in three LA and NYC theaters.

Anyway, I guess I'm part of it in a way as I am writing a lot about Heath right now but I am trying to do so with respect and restraint. What has been so disgusting is the hateful anti-gay speech some so-called "Christians" have directed at the actor because he starred in "Brokeback Mountain." The vile Fred Phelps has threatened to picket the funeral and Fox commentator John Gibson has said some unforgiveable things. I didn't post about them yesterday because I felt too angry, too disgusted. These people cannot claim to be human beings.

What I was heartened about some is that MSNBC's Dan Abrams spoke out about it in the video posted below calling them "nuts on the fringe right" saying in part: "This is insanity. Yes I thought it was going to happen to some degree. But the notion that there are going to be some people there picketing at his funeral. I mean this is disgusting beyond what I even expected, and I think it's going to continue to some degree..."

"The Today Show" had a good five-minute update with the latest news and an interview with Dave Karger of "Entertainment Weekly" who described Ledger as a dedicated actor but a reluctant star. When they had a two-hour interview in a bar to promote "A Knight;s Tale," Karger said of Ledger: "I've never seen anyone with such an amount of nervous energy...He was always uncomfortable in the spotlight."

Here is the piece:

An autopsy performed on the “Brokeback Mountain” star was inconclusive Wednesday so it will not be known for days or maybe weeks what happened the day before, when he was found dead inside the bedroom of his SoHo apartment.

The New York City Medical Examiner’s said office toxicology and tissue testing must now be done. Found in his apartment were prescription sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication as well as a rolled-up $20 bill that is being tested for any possible drug residue.

An accidental drug overdose seems to be the leading theory since the actor did not appear to be suicidal, according to friends and family. People.com reported that Heath was suffering from pneumonia at the time of his death.

The tributes to the Oscar-nominated star have been pouring in and none were more touching than the one read by his father, Kim Ledger, before television cameras in Australia: “We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their well wishes and kind thoughts at this time,” the father said. “Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life but few had the pleasure of truly knowing him. He was a down to earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and selfless individual who was extremely inspirational to many.”

Heath’s ex-girlfriend, Michelle Williams, was on location in Sweden at the time of the death with the former couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Matilda. She and Heath fell in love on the set of “Brokeback” but their three-year romantic relationship quietly ended last year.

Michelle was photographed Wednesday at an airport in Sweden preparing to board a flight back to the U.S.
Michelle’s father, Larry Williams, told The Daily Telegraph from his Sydney home that Heath’s death has left his family broken-hearted. He described the 28-year-old as a “great talent” who was devoted to daughter Matilda.

“I think Tennyson got it right in the poem when he described someone as having died at a young age but burning the candles at both ends, and oh what a beautiful flame he made, that was Heath, what a beautiful flame he made and a great talent. My heart goes out to everyone in his family and my family.”

“Brokeback” director Ang Lee called Heath’s death “heartbreaking.”
“Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life,” the director said in a statement. “He brought to the role of Ennis (Del Mar) more than any of us could have imagined – a thirst for life, for love, and for truth, and a vulnerability that made everyone who knew him love him.”

At the end of taping her syndicated talk show on Wednesday, Ellen DeGeneres called Heath an “amazing, amazing, talented young man... He was a friend – and we will miss him.”
She then ran a brief but delightfully fun clip of Heath’s most recent appearance on the show nearly a year ago then signed off with a simple, quiet wave.

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With everyone still reeling from the death of Heath Ledger, the ongoing Britney Spears drama seems even more annoying than usual.
How maddening it is that a little girl named Matilda Ledger will never know her dad while two little boys named Sean Preston and Jayden James might not know their mom because she refuses to get the treatment she needs?
A judge on Wednesday denied Britney visitation rights with her two sons. She had arrived for an emergency custody hearing Wednesday that she had requested – then left the courthouse before it began.

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The marathon will include the following episodes:

- Fly the Unfriendly Skies – Emily joins Bob's group to conquer her fear of flying (9:00-9:30 pm ET/PT).
- Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet – Bob isn’t invited to vocation day in Emily’s class (9:30-10:00 pm ET/PT).
- Come Live With Me – Bob and Emily interfere in Carol's love life (10:00-10:30 pm ET/PT).
- Don't Go to Bed Mad – Emily objects when Bob watches Monday-night football (10:30-11:00 pm ET/PT).
- Emily, I'm Home -- Emily? – Bob is upset when Emily takes a full-time job (11:00-11:30 pm ET/PT).
- Bum Voyage – Bob resists Emily’s idea of a European vacation (11:30-12:00 am ET/PT).
- Emily in for Carol – Emily fills in as receptionist (12:00-12:30 am ET/PT).
- Mister Emily Hartley – Bob learns Emily’s IQ is higher than his (12:30-1:00 am ET/PT).

I saw Heath at all the awards shows during the year of "Brokeback Mountain" when he was nominated for best actor but we never spoke. I did interview Michelle Williams on Oscar nomination morning two years ago and she told me how excited they were to be nominated.
So why is his death hitting so many of us so hard? It's his youth, his immense talent and his un-movie star personality. He was an actor who happened to be famous but you sensed that he was an actor first - and a very good one.

For me, I know the reason I feel it in the stomach is because of that portrayal of Ennis in "Brokeback Mountain." He broke my heart in that film and I have said, ever since seeing it, that it was one of the best screen performances of all time. It stayed with you: Ennis' heartbreak, his conflict, and he showed vividly how much love can hurt - love between two men. I know Phillip Seymour Hoffman got the Oscar that year, but Ledger's performance is what will stand the test of time - even more so now that he's gone.

In addition to "Brokeback," I was also deeply moved by Heath's performance in "Monster's Ball" as Billy Bob Thorton's son. It was a small part, but a memorable one. And, of course, who can forget how he burst onto the scene as Mel Gibson's son in "The Patriot" and followed it up with "A Knights Tale." I loved him in "Lords of Dogtown" and he was what saved "The Four Feathers" from being a complete disaster.

I have not seen all of Heath's movies, but have had some DVDs around the house for some time that I now plan to watch: "Casanova," "Brothers Grimm," and "10 Things I Hate About You." I will also watch "I'm Not There" soon in which he is one of the many actors portraying Bob Dylan.

We still have "The Dark Knight," the Batman sequel he completed that will be released this summer but it will never be enough. He was that good at just 28. Imagine what he could have done as the years went on.