I heart THE O.C.: News

Mischa Says Goodbye To The OC
May 18, 2006

Actress Mischa Barton is set to leave hit TV series THE OC, according to media reports in the US. The 20-year-old actress, who plays MARISSA COOPER on the show, has expressed a desire to focus on a film career. According to TVGuide.com, the show will return for its fourth season in the autumn (06), without Barton.
The OC will air its season finale Thursday (18MAY06), where one character is killed-off. Producers have filmed several endings with different cast members dying, in order to keep viewers and the show's staff in the dark. One of the endings reportedly features Barton's character suffering a drug overdose.

I heart DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: Actor Bio

Felicity Huffman has proven herself an exceptional actress in both dramatic and comedic roles. Her role as Lynette has earned her, along with the rest of her cast, the 2005 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and a 2005 Emmy Award nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She recently completed production on the independent film Transamerica, which screened at the Berlin Film Festival and at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005; Huffman won the award for Best Film Actress at Tribeca for her great performance. The film will be released by The Weinstein Company on December 2.

In 2004 Huffman appeared in the feature film Christmas with the Cranks, which starred Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, and also in Raising Helen, with Kate Hudson and John Corbett. On the small screen in 2004 she was seen in the television movie Reversible Errors, with William H. Macy, Tom Selleck and Monica Potter. Among her television movie credits are Out of Order, the critically acclaimed Door to Door, starring William H. Macy, Path to War, starring Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland, The Heart Department, Harrison, Cry of the City, Quicksand, Heart of Justice, The Water Engine and Underworld. Other television credits include Chicago Hope, X-Files, Law & Order and Bedtime Stories,"with series regular roles on The Human Factor, the ABC series Sports Night, Thunder Alley, Early Edition, Jules and The Golden Years.

Huffman is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, an off-Broadway theater company where she has performed in a number of plays, including Dangerous Corner, Shaker Heights and The Joy of Definitely Going Somewhere. Among her other stage credits are Oh Hell, directed by Greg Mosher at the Lincoln Center Theatre, Boy's Life, directed by William H. Macy, The Loop and Grotesque Love Songs. She also appeared in David Mamet's Speed the Plow and received an OBIE Award for her portrayal of Donnie in Mamet's Cryptogram.

Huffman resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/director William H. Macy, and their two daughters.

I heart CSI: Episode Guide

Series: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
'Episode Title: 'Pilot'
Episode Number: 101
Synopsis: "Gil Grissom is the supervisor of the graveyard shift of Las Vegas' elite crime scene investigators. Holly Gribbs, fresh out of the academy, joins the team. Jim Brass is head of the unit and is trying to scare Gribbs from CSI. Catherine Willows, mother of a young daughter, is the number two CSI on this shift. Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes are competing to solve their 100th case to earn a promotion to CSI 3. Grissom investigates a murder staged to look like a suicide with precious little evidence. Warrick and Catherine take the case of a drunk who breaks into the house where he had been staying and is shot to death. Nick talks to a man who picked up a woman who drugged and robbed him."
Original Airdate: October 06, 2000
Rerun: September 18, 2004

I heart THE O.C.: Actor Bio

Name: Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan
Birthday: September 12, 1978
Birthplace: Austin, Texas 1978
HighSchool: Austin High, graduated 1997
College: University of Virginia, bachelor's degree 2001
Salary: $15,000 - $25,000 an episode for The OC
Family: Parents and 2 brothers
Place of Residence: Has an apartment in Santa Monica
What he Drives: Infiniti G35

Other Info: Uncle is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan
Benjamin McKenzie , son of Austin attorney Pete Schenkkan and poet-writer Frances Schenkkan was born and raised in Texas. He has two brothers, which are 22 (A Yale Graduate) and 19 (Attending Pomona College). Following, his graduation from the University of Virginia where he was a Foreign Affairs and Economics major, he moved to New York to pursue his passion for acting. While in New York he appeared off-Broadway in "Life is a Dream" at the Soho Rep. Additionally, he performed in numerous productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, including "Street Scene" and "The Blue Bird," and at the University of Virginia, in "Measure for Measure" and "Zoo Story" before moving to Los Angeles where he landed a lead role in THE O.C.

I heart DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: Trivia

Each hour-long episode is filmed in eight days, typically three on location, and five on the Universal Studios lot.