Wednesday, March 22, 2017
“CHIPS,” an R-rated spoof of the 1970s television series about a pair of California Highway Patrol officers, opens in theaters Friday. Here are five facts about the comedy movie, from imdb.com:
v Gunplay: The characters in the trailer and presumably the movie are carrying guns and will fire them. That’s in contrast to the TV show, where they carried guns but never fired them once.
v Original cast: Wilmer Valderrama and Chris Evans were going to portray Ponch and Jon.
v Married: Director-writer Dax Shepard, who also stars in the movie, and cast mate Kristin Bell are married with kids in real life.
v Together again: Bell and cast mate Ryan Hanson worked together on the TV show “Veronica Mars” and the movie of the same name.
v Punch: Jason Ellis is one of the stunt men in the movie who gets punched by Dax. The two were talking about it on Ellis’ satellite radio show. Ellis stated he would be upset if he waited around for hours only to have Dax pull his punches.
“Empire” (9 p.m., Fox): Another clash between mama and papa Lyon? Yes, but this time, they’re really playing for keeps. As the hip-hop drama returns from its lengthy hiatus, Lucious and Cookie dig in for their biggest war yet. With Cookie still reeling in the wake of Lucious’s revelation about her boyfriend, Angelo (Taye Diggs), Lucious announces his new music project and puts Cookie on notice. She, in turn, mounts a project designed to knock him off his throne for good. Let the fireworks commence.
TV listings, C3
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
‘Senior Focus’ host to receive award
YOUNGSTOWN
“Senior Focus” TV show host Bill Adams has been selected to receive a Broadcast Media Award from the Ohio Pharmacists Association for his interview with local pharmacist Kevin Fuschetto that aired in December on Armstrong Cable channels 20 and 100. The award will be presented at the association’s annual conference in Columbus on April 21.
Greg Rhoton is Armstrong’s director of local programming and produces “Senior Focus,” which airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and every other day at varying times. Archived episodes of the show can be found on YouTube.
“Senior Focus” is a half-hour interview show that serves adults age 50 and up. It received the 2012 Ohio Public Image Award for a show highlighting the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Adams is the founder and first director of the Austintown Senior Center, and has worked with older adults for three decades, including as a long-term care ombudsman and as a Heinz Senate Fellow on Aging in the office of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden.
Choruses invite all to ‘Messiah’
WARREN
Stambaugh Chorus, along with Warren Civic Chorus, invite the public to a sing-along of Handel’s oratorio, “Messiah,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NE.
The event will be directed by Hae-Jong Lee. Featured soloists will be Brianne Samson, Victor Cardamone and Max Pivik. Accompanists will be Kathy Miller, organ; and Susan Sexton, trumpet.
An offering will be collected.