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Beloved actor/comedian, and now acclaimed author and chef, Dom DeLuise;
actress Catherine Hicks from the WB Network’s 7th Heaven; and actor
Michael Badalucco from ABC-TV’s The
Practice are all featured in the one-hour Personally Speaking special
that was distributed to NBC-TV affiliates in 2003 as part of the “Horizons
of the Spirit” series, and which is now available on home video from
the Catholic Communication Campaign.
Read the review of
the 2003 special.
Order the 2003 special.
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Dom DeLuise first broke into the entertainment industry
in the early 1960s with numerous roles on and off Broadway and
has since become an American icon, best known for his work over
the years with director Mel Brooks (The Twelve Chairs, Blazing
Saddles, Silent Movie, History of the World –
Part I, and Robin
Hood: Men in Tights) and as sidekick to good friend Burt Reynolds
(Smokey and the Bandit II, Cannonball Run I & II, The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and The End). In the last few years,
DeLuise has also become known as a best-selling author, writing
two “Eat This” cookbooks, as well as his well-received children's
books, “Charlie the Caterpillar”, “Goldilocks”, “King Bob's New
Clothes”, and “The Nightingale”.
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Catherine Hicks started her career
playing “blonde bombshell” parts before landing her current role
as Annie Camden, the wife of a minister, on the WB Network's 7th
Heaven. A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, she studied English and
theology in college before moving to New York to pursue her dream
to become an actress. Her first big break came with a role on the
popular daytime drama Ryan's Hope, and she later garnered an Emmy
nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the TV movie
Marilyn: The Untold Story. But she considers her most important
roles are as a real-life wife and mother.
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Michael Badalucco knew he wanted
to be an actor as a teenager attending Brooklyn's Xaverian High
School, but nonetheless worked behind the scenes for almost two
decades after graduating from the State University of New York
at New Paltz. He had numerous bit parts in films on which he was
already working in the crew before he caught the attention of Michelle
Pfeiffer when he played a police officer in One Fine Day. She recommended
him to her husband, writer-producer David E. Kelley, who wrote
the role of Jimmy Berluti on The Practice specifically with him
in mind. He has since won an Emmy for his portrayal of the scrappy
lawyer and has gone on to film roles in Spike Lee's Summer
of Sam and the Coen brothers' critically acclaimed film, O Brother,
Where Art Thou?.
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