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"The Detour"

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4 Gabrielle Reece

Women undergo a metamorphosis in NBC's "Strong"

5 John Cena

shows his, and others', "American Grit"

6 Mindy Kaling

"The Mindy Project" resumes its Hulu run

"Game of Silence" speaks loudly for tormented friends

8 Cliff Curtis

Grieving is not an option in "Fear the Walking Dead"

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Getting to know the plumbing and heating expert

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16 Jackie Robinson

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Clarence Thomas'

`Confirmation'

recalled in HBO film

By George Dickie A pivotal recent moment in American culture and history is revisited this month in a new HBO Films presentation.

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"Confirmation," premiering Saturday, April 16, recalls the 1991 confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas (Wendell Pierce, "Treme"), an African American jurist who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Thurgood Marshall earlier that year.

Near the end of those September 1991 hearings, after an FBI interview with Anita Hill (Kerry Washington, "Scandal"), a young African American lawyer and academic who worked for Thomas at the Department of Education, was leaked to the media, Hill was called to testify, and she testified that he had subjected her to comments of a sexual nature, and accused him of sexual harassment, allegations that he denied.

The hearings captivated the nation's attention and set off a national conversation on sexual equality in the workplace, a debate what would forever change the way we look at and treat the issue, both inside and outside the workplace.

The film also stars Greg Kinnear ("Heaven Is for Real") as Sen. Joe Biden, who presided over the hearings as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Jeffrey Wright ("Casino Royale") as Charles Ogletree, Hill's lead attorney during the hearings; and Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls") as Angela Wright, another Thomas accuser who was never called to testify.

Pictured: Wendell Pierce

around victims' rights, around how we think about the workplace, how we think about women, how we think about race, how we think about power."

In preparing to play Thomas, Pierce had to check his prejudices about man at the door and find his humanity.

"(I) had this wonderful epiphany studying the man," he says, "and realized how much we had in common. His family coming from Pin Point, Georgia; my family from Assumption Parish in Louisiana. My grandfather had a saying. `Can't die three days before the creation of the world, so don't ever tell me you can't do anything.' His grandfather said, `Can't is already dead. I helped to bury him.' And his grandfather was someone who is a hero of his. ... And I realized that the only way that I was going to be able to play the man was to be authentic and true to his humanity and his experience.

"And the situation just gives you a wealth of things to play," he continues. " `What did I do? Do I even remember it?' `At the pinnacle of my career, something comes from my past that challenges it.' And so that is something that we all can understand and put ourselves into."

As the film's protagonist, Washington, who was 14 at the time of the real hearings, told a recent gathering of TV critics in Pasadena, Calif., that she took inspiration from Hill's story.

"I'm really inspired by the difference that a person can make in Washington and the kind of cultural shift that happened after the events that take place in our film," says Washington, who is also an executive producer of the film. "I think it's really inspiring to think about how much changed, how we were all transformed by these events in terms of our language changing around sexual harassment,

Washington, hopes "Confirmation" continues what she calls the "global conversation" on the issues raised.

"That is an outcome that we all felt was really important," she says. "... And yet some of the issues are still rearing their head in terms of gender and in terms of race and how we understand those things. So I think, really, the outcome of what happened was that the conversation began and we want to make sure that that conversation continues."

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George Dickie's Q&A

GabrielleReece of `Strong' Wednesday on NBC

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In what kind of shape coming in are the female contestants on NBC's "Strong"?

It varies. You have some women that certainly in their definition, they would like to lose weight. I would say without making this a description, these are very typical women and have sort of maybe through the process of working and maybe having family just gotten off their (peak condition) a bit and they haven't been able to figure out or haven't had the opportunity ... to find their way back. And the other side of it is there were a few younger women in the cast that what their deal is is it almost looks like they're looking for their voice.

Part of shaping up is changing the mental as well as the physical. How does that play out for the contestants?

From week one to three, the look in their eyes, it starts to shift. And even when they're standing in front of these really daunting challenges ... you see them go, "Hey you know what? I am free and this is going to be hard and I don't know if I can do it but ... I'm gonna give it my best." And so that was the most interesting thing for me to watch, of them taking this on and a real shift in the look in the eye.

Watching these women transform before your eyes had to be gratifying for you, no?

I honestly am so thrilled and feel so fortunate to be a part of this show because it couldn't have been more perfect for me as far as what I want to do and the message I want to be involved with selling. I loved it. And going to work was inspiring because you get to see the changes and the (contestants are) taking on these epic challenges. And it was funny, when we were done shooting at the end of it, I was exhausted because you do get all so emotionally invested in these people because they're putting it out there.

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JohnCena

of `American Grit' Thursday

on Fox

Reality-competition shows have been staged on various levels of complexity ? or not ? so were you surprised to find "American Grit" as big a production as it is?

It's massive, and that's very important in doing the heroes (the military personnel involved) justice. When you put a show like this together, you can't really do it on the cheap. I was really impressed not only with the location selection, but with the execution and production. We had an enormous crew, and everyone literally earned their money. It was quite an adventure in the Pacific Northwest, but it was a fun one. Everybody was motivated to be a part of something new and special.

Is part of the appeal of "American Grit" for you the chance to reach a different audience?

Yeah. You're always trying to reach as many eyes as you can, especially when you have a product that you feel is entertaining. When folks see this, though, they will focus on the "cadre" (the militaryveteran mentors) and the competitors.

You became a movie-comedy star last year by working with several of the genre's current titans, Amy Schumer (in "Trainwreck") and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (in "Sisters"). Did that process go as you'd hoped?

Absolutely. I savored every moment and was as much of a sponge as I could be, trying to learn from those folks, but looking at the whole experience at the same time. I looked at it as something that I wanted to do and that would be fun to do, and it was. And it was very memorable.

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Jay Bobbin's Q&A

Mindy Kaling

of `The Mindy Project' Tuesday on Hulu

As "The Mindy Project" resumes its fourth season ? its first on Hulu, after three on Fox ? what do you see as the main changes in your alter ego in the show? We always say that the character can only change 5 percent at a time. And certain things like motherhood will bring out aspects of her personality. The protective nature of Mindy will be a new thing, a maternal instinct which we've not seen before, obviously. But maybe this is a little cynical, but we feel like people don't change. She has a kid now, and Mindy's behavior is like, "My kid should be a model. My kid should be a child actor." Her personality, it's been really fun to see how it transforms when she has a kid. We have this line where they have a baby and she says, "Danny (Chris Messina's character), I thought I could never love anything more than you," but the minute she has a baby, she's like, `Who's Danny?' " Which I thought was a very Mindy way to express the joy of motherhood while still being slightly insulting to the man of her dreams. So, that's been fun to explore.

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What's your take on doing a romantic comedy that has traditions of the genre, but also keeps your style? I'll say that the best romantic comedies are the ones with characters. And if the characters aren't good, when the characters get together, it's not going to be interesting because all you're following is plot. If they're good enough, you can have characters grow old together, have grandchildren, do so many things ? get married, get divorced ? and it will be interesting. So, I love romantic comedies, but I like good characters

better.

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George Dickie's What's for Dinner

Goldman

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Anyone who appreciates outside-the-box thinking will be in their glory watching Food Network's newest entry, "Cake Masters."

Indeed, the six-episode hourlong series that premieres Monday, April 11, features extreme baker and cake artist Duff Goldman ("Ace of Cakes") and his talented team at Charm City Cakes West creating imaginative designs that incorporate more than just flour, sugar, butter and eggs.

Take, for instance, the confection he and his crew made for the premiere episode, which was based on the video game "Skylanders." It's an eightfoot-wide cake baked to resemble four of the characters, each with a chip wirelessly telling a game controller which character is which. And each character has a function. For example, a dragon could spew orange pudding that resembles lava from its mouth through a tube with an Archimedean screw inside.

In the end, after the game is played, everyone could dive in and eat the cake ? which almost seems like a shame given all the work and technological know-how that went into it.

"No, you have to," Goldman insists. "That's the whole point because the thing is the cake is really good. Like we make really good cake, and so when you have something that's really cool looking or really beautiful, it's still a cake. No matter what it looks like, it's still a cake and the function of a cake is to be eaten. So you want to make sure that when you cut into something that's really, really amazing that it's worth cutting into."

With his new Los Angeles location, the Baltimore-based Goldman has access to Hollywood's best and brightest when it comes to special effects, and they figure heavily in this series. Goldman's cakes start at $200, but the ones with all the bells and whistles go well into the thousands ? and rightly so given the materials and man-hours involved.

And some push Goldman to the limit.

"There was one cake coming up later (in the season) that's actually a Transformer, Optimus 5, and it transforms," Goldman says. "Like, we basically had a guy build a robot and then we built a cake around the robot. It was amazing, absolutely amazing. And that one ... it was a Saturday delivery. I showed up at 9 a.m. Thursday, I didn't leave work till 5:30 p.m. Friday and we delivered Saturday. It was the most intense ? I mean, we should never even have attempted this. It was way beyond what we were able to do. We pulled it off but at a price."

What book are you currently reading?

" `The History of Philosophy' by Bertrand Russell."

What did you have for dinner last night?

"I had some tomatoes, basil and fresh avocado."

What is your next project?

"I'm writing a book about soup."

When was the last vacation you took, where and why?

"That was over Christmas and New Year's, and I went to Hong Kong. Just for fun. I had never been there, so I was like, `Yeah, let's go to Hong Kong.' So I went to Hong Kong for 10 days. It was amazing. ... I had a sugar cookie that was filled with pork gravy. It was wild."

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John Crook's Celebrity ScooP

Can zombies swim? That's the most urgent question facing Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) and his friends as AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead" returns for Season 2 Sunday, April 10.

"We've been driven out of Los Angeles with only one place to go: the sea," Curtis explains. "At the end of last season, I had to take the life of my son's mother, so my son and I both are grieving, but there's no time for grief on this show. Things keep coming at us."

2011. The film recently opened in the U.S. "I'm really, really proud of that one," Curtis says. "My goal is for our production company (Whenua Films) to get at least one of our films released in this country every year."

Even in the dire aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, Travis clings to his decency and compassion, but those aren't necessarily traits that will help him survive.

"He's the least likely person to survive the apocalypse, seriously," Curtis says. "He's much less suited to this environment than the other, more pragmatic characters, some of whom already have a pretty dark point of view. Travis is all about family values and a reluctance to use gun violence as a means of conflict resolution."

Growing up in New Zealand, Curtis excelled at breakdancing, then won two consecutive national championships with a partner in rock 'n' roll dance competitions. That led to amateur theatricals, followed by musicals, then plays. Indie films such as 1994's "Once Were Warriors" drew Hollywood attention and, by 1999, he was working for A-list directors Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann and David O. Russell in, respectively, "Bringing Out the Dead," "The Insider" and "Three Kings."

"He's the

least likely person to survive the apocalypse,

" seriously

More recently, he also produced and stars in "The Dark Horse," a factbased feature about speed-chess player Genesis Potini, who died in

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