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Published Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) – The new medical drama “Brilliant Minds” imagines how pioneering researcher Dr. Oliver Sacks would react to present-day medical questions. Zachary Quinto plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, based on Sacks, who died in 2015. Quinto says the show uses Sacks as a basis, but it finds its own perspective in telling the stories. Quinto says Sacks was “someone who was tirelessly committed to the dignity of the human experience,” and Quinto is grateful to continue his legacy. “Brilliant Minds” debuts Monday on NBC.
NEW YORK (AP) – Deirdre O’Connell could not believe Colin Farrell’s face when he put on the makeup to play Oz Cobb in the new series “The Penguin.” O’Connell, who plays Cobb’s mother, says she was in such disbelief that she asked if she could touch Farrell. She says she spent a year looking for the thing that would give it away as makeup, and she never found it. O’Connell says she had a harder time looking at Farrell’s real face than his Cobb face. “The Penguin” premieres today on HBO Max.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Kathy Bates remembers getting so into her acting studies at Southern Methodist University that it felt like “a religious feeling” to her. Bates had her doubts about continuing with acting recently after she poured herself into a movie project that broke her heart when she saw how it turned out. The script that made Bates excited again was the new version of “Matlock,” where she portrays lawyer Madeline Matlock. She says it’s restored her faith and made her want to give her very best. “Matlock” premieres Sunday on CBS.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jessica Alba was a guest at the White House yesterday to mark Hispanic Heritage Month. She introduced President Joe Biden, who praised her as the youngest Latina to build a billion-dollar company. Biden joked if he was really good, maybe Alba could get him a job.
NEW YORK (AP) — The women who inspired the book and movie “Hidden Figures” have been recognized with Congress’ highest honor. The Congressional Gold Medal was given to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. A medal also was given to all the women who worked as mathematicians and engineers in the U.S. Space program from the 1930s to the 1970s. Author Margot Lee Shetterly, who wrote the book “Hidden Figures,” says by honoring these women, “we honor the very best of our country’s spirit.”