August 22, 2008
While some celebrities like to get their names on tabloids for all the wrong reasons, a number of others are exerting their time and efforts towards meaningful causes such as charity fund-raisers and awareness events. Such is the case for Hector Elizondo, who plays Dr. Neven Bell in the hit USA series, Monk. In fact, the 71-year-old Emmy-award winning actor will join California’s second lady, Patricia Garamendi will be headlining an event called the 3rd National Concepts in Care Conference sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. The event will take place in San Francisco on September 18.
Elizondo, who also recently appeared in the series Cane as Pancho Duque, will be speaking to audiences about his experiences caring for his mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a fact he shares with Garamendi.
August 1, 2008
Tony Shalhoub, as the title character on the USA series Monk, is no stranger to Emmy Awards. He has won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series three times in 2003, 2005, and 2006 (not to mention a Golden Globe and two SAG's). For the sixth time, Shalhoub was once again nominated for an Emmy for his role as obsessive detective Adrian Monk. This time, however, some say the competition is even tougher.
The field includes Steve Carrel, The Office; Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies; Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; and Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men.
July 25, 2008
Monk fans are well aware that fear is no obstacle to becoming an established genius. Adrian Monk might not know it, but there are others who are vying for the same title of genius as well. Airing tonight on the USA Network is the second episode of Monk's seventh season, entitled “Mr. Monk and the Genius.”
In tongith's installment, the brilliant detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is set to go up against a chess genius, a character fashioned after Bobby Fisher. This man seems to be trying Monk's patience, even being two steps ahead of our gifted protagonist. However, what this chess master doesn't know is that Monk suspects him of killing Trudy, his wife. The two also match wits against one another in a dirty game of chess.
July 18, 2008
No wonder Tony Shalhoub plays his role as detective Adrian Monk in the comedy Monk so well. Like his character, he is also a perfectionist.
Shalhoub talked to the Detroit Free Press about his early days working as a waiter. “I was always on the verge of being fired because the manager kept saying, ‘You have to go faster!'” he said. “I wanted to make sure everything was right. And you didn't want to throw food at these people. I would say, ‘Are the people complaining?' They'd say, ‘No, we just see you're not working too fast enough.' I just wanted to make sure I had it all right.”
July 8, 2008
On the heels of the death of Stanley Kamel, who played the cranky yet incredibly patient shrink Dr. Charles Kroger on Monk, the Emmy Award-winning police procedural dramedy will be enlisting a new therapist for Tony Shalhoub's obsessive compulsive character.
Joining Monk for season 7, which kicks off on July 18, is none other than Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Hector Elizondo. The 71-year-old actor has participated in over 80 movies, including Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, where he played the head of the queen's security service and eventual love interest to Julie Andrews's character. On TV, he is credited for his roles as Dr. Phillip Watters on Chicago Hope, and most recently as Pancho Duque on Cane.
May 27, 2008
Brad Garrett has become a household name as one of the stars of the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and his most recent show 'Til Death. Now, the 48-year-old actor will be branching out to yet another comedy series. This time, however, it comes with a touch of police procedural drama.
The ‘Til Death actor has just sign on to appear on Monk's upcoming seventh season, which is expected to premiere on July 18. According to TV Guide, Garrett is set to play a handyman who helps Monk lead star Tony Shalhoub with his home renovations.
May 7, 2008
NBC has decided to pull out Sunday night repeats of Monk and Psych, television shows that are originally broadcast on the USA Network. According to an updated schedule released by the network, the two shows will be replaced by a two-hour block of The Office, at least for the next two weekends.
The switch, which isn't that surprising given that both Monk and Psych didn't post good numbers, brings to a close NBC Universal's strike-era programming stunt of giving USA Network's top-rated series a shot on the broadcast network.
April 9, 2008
Actor Stanley Kamel, whose most prominent role was as Adrian Monk's psychiatrist on the USA comedy Monk, passed away yesterday at the age of 65. According to Access Hollywood, his agents found him in his California home, dead from a likely heart attack.
Though never a huge star, Kamel found steady work in Tv and movies for five decades. In all that time, it was his recent role as Monk's cranky yet incredibly patient shrink that gained him the most fame. Appearing in more than 40 episodes, starting with the shows pilot, Kamel's Dr. Charles Kroger was a staple of the show.