Word: mcbeal
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Christmas song of the season: Robert Downey Jr.'s version of Joni Mitchell's "River," the highlight of his incredible season on "Ally McBeal." Problem is, you'll have to suffer the ignominy of having the A Very Ally Christmas album on your shelf if you want to hear...
...been separated from his wife and son and lost his freedom--twice. But since his release from prison last August, Downey seemed to be turning his life around. He was in the middle of a ratings-boosting guest run as Calista Flockhart's romantic interest on Ally McBeal. He was set to star in a film with Julia Roberts and Billy Crystal and to take a turn onstage in Mel Gibson's production of Hamlet. He had proclaimed in one interview after another that he was ready to put drugs behind...
...Crossing Over with John Edward, using the host, a regular-Joe medium, to greet, reminisce with and bust the chops of loved ones in the studio audience. Nor do the dead walk only on basic cable. On series as disparate as Providence, Ally McBeal, Soul Food and The X-Files, apparitions of departed loved ones offer advice and solace. On the WB's Dead Last, scheduled for next year, a rock band will spend its offstage time crisis counseling troubled ghosts...
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. probably hasn't seen much of Ally McBeal since its first season. He was in prison for a year on drug-possession charges, and his cell-block mates probably preferred Monday Night Football in that time slot. Now, however, the Oscar-nominated actor, recently released from incarceration, is jumping at a gig on the show, which may need him as much as he needs it. In the ratings last week, Ally lost to a show called Best Commercials Never Seen 3. Show publicists confirmed that, starting with the season premiere, Downey will appear in eight episodes...
...culture has done little to improve the position of the attorney in society, giving us flaky Ally McBeal and cohorts on one hand and in-your-face, personal injury infomercials with 1-800 numbers and promises of cash rewards on the other. My local talk radio station, the ultimate embodiment of lawyer cynicism, plays the upbeat "Ode to a Sleazy Lawyer" every morning at 7:30, complete with sage tidbits of advice like: "Watch out for the ambulance chasers / Or you'll soon be served with papers." A quick search of the Internet finds thousands and thousands of websites devoted...