TWO VETERAN TV STARS WILL TRY NEW SERIES

Two veteran TV starswill try new series
PASADENA, Calif. -- John Lithgow and Jeffrey Tambor hope to blow holes in the theory that a couple of 60-something men don't fit TV advertisers' coveted 18-to-34 age demographic.
The veteran actors co-star as mismatched buddies in the new comedy "Twenty Good Years," debuting Oct. 4 on NBC. "I know how it feels to suddenly think, 'Wait a minute, I do only have a few good years left, and by God, I'm going to make good use of it,'" Lithgow told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting Friday.
"I always think that the best comedy has a string of anxiety and panic and fear in it." Lithgow, 60, has focused on Broadway recently. He spends downtime at his home in Montana. "Since I turned 50, I have learned to sail and ski and play golf and ride a horse. It's been insane," he said.
Tambor stays young with his 19-month-old son and a grandson born four days later.
Smith protests violence
PHILADELPHIA -- Will Smith returned to his hometown to participate in a march against violence.
The actor and rapper said he wanted to do something about the violence in the city, which had 380 killings in 2005 and appears likely to top that number this year.
"We're going to take this walk, hopefully draw a little attention to the problem and get some solutions," Smith said Saturday as he walked with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, in West Philadelphia, along with local officials and members of the community.
The level of violence last week prompted the Philadelphia Daily News to call for the National Guard to patrol city streets.
Bruce Lee's family OK'sdocumentary on star
HONG KONG -- Bruce Lee's family plans to produce a film on the late martial arts star, the first such movie it has actively supervised, the Chinese company making the motion picture said Sunday.
The film, which will be made by the Lee family and the Beijing Jian Yongjia film company, will be based on an upcoming biography of the late actor by Lee's brother, Lee Chun-fai, Beijing Jian Yongjia said in a statement.
Today's birthdays
Movie director Peter Yates is 77. Actress Jacqueline Brookes is 76. Political cartoonist Pat Oliphant is 71. Comedian Ruth Buzzi is 70. Actor Mark Goddard is 70. Actor Dan Hedaya is 66. Actor Chris Sarandon is 64. Comedian Gallagher is 60. Actor Robert Hays is 59. Former Republican national chairman Marc Racicot is 58. Actor Michael Richards is 57. Actress Lynda Carter is 55. Movie director Gus Van Sant is 54. Country singer Pam Tillis is 49. Actor Kadeem Hardison is 41. Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is 38. Actress Laura Leighton is 38. Actor John P. Navin Jr. is 38. Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth is 36. Actor Eric Szmanda is 31. Actress Elisabeth Moss is 24. Actress Anna Paquin is 24. Actress Mara Wilson is 19.