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Stephen has joined the cast of the buzzworthy new ABC series, No Ordinary Family, premiering Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 8pm Eastern/Pacific, 7pm Central/Mountain. The family/action/mystery series stars Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Romany Malco, Autumn Reeser, Kay Panabaker, and Jimmy Bennett. Stephen plays Dr. Dayton King, the boss of Julie Benz's character. The show deals with an "ordinary" family, each of whom mysteriously acquires a different superpower after surviving a plane crash during a vacation in the Amazon.
Stephen will also be guest-starring on Brothers & Sisters this season. We don't have an airdate yet, but we'll post it as soon as we do. Brothers & Sisters premieres Sunday, September 26.
At long last, Stephen's first TV series, Tales of the Gold Monkey, is coming out on DVD! The series' 21 episodes will be released in a handsome boxed set of 6 discs, including commentary and interviews with Stephen, co-star Caitlin O'Heaney, director Harvey Laidman, writer-producer Tom Greene, as well as several DVD extra features. The package also includes a photo booklet with detailed credits for each episode. The official release date is June 8, and you can pre-order now at amazon by Clicking Here .
(note: the boxed set is already available in Europe in non-USA DVD format.)
Stephen appeared this season on three episodes of ABC's hit drama, Private Practice as "The Captain," the father of Addison, played by Kate Walsh.
The last of Stephen's three episodes also featured Jobeth Williams
as The Captain's wife, Bizzy.
Stephen recently was part of the bill for a Screen Actors Guild-sponsored benefit for A Heart United, to create greater awareness for prevention of women's heart disease. He performed a monologue called "The Doctor" by the wonderful writer-performer, Shelly Goldstein. Click here to see Stephen's performance, recorded live.
7th Heaven now airs in the U.S. in two places: on The Hallmark Channel, Monday-Friday at 12, 1, 5, 6, & 7pm EST/PST, and the U.S. on superstation WGN America, Monday-Friday at 9 am EST (8am CST, 7am MST, 6am PST), as well as in many countries throughout the world. Click here to check channel listings for The Hallmark Channel. And Click here to check the channel listings for WGN America in your area. And you can Click here for the Seasons 1-9 Collection and any of your favorites.
Stephen Collins & the 7th Band are working on another return date at LA's famed club, The Mint. The 7th Band - featuring guitar greats Laurence Juber (formerly of Wings) and Jon Walmsley on lead guitars, Jim Cox on keyboards, Domenic Genova on bass, with SC on rhythm guitar and John Ferraro on drums - will perform a set of their trademark irony-free bar-band rock'n'roll.
A lot of people have asked if there's a DVD, or other recording of Stephen's performance on Broadway as King Arthur in Monty
Python's Spamalot,
the Tony Award–winning Best Musical directed by Mike Nichols. Alas, unless someone comes forward with a bootleg, there's no such recording. That's the thing about the theatre, you have to be there. Stephen thanks
the many fans who came from all parts of the world to see him in
the show.
If you missed Stephen in the Hallmark Channel original film, Every
Second Counts, the movie is now available on DVD. Click Here to order. .
Stephen plays ex-rodeo rider Joe Preston in a contemporary western
drama set in the fast-moving world of rodeo penning competitions.
Barbara Williams co-starred as Joe Preston's wife and Magda Aponowicz
played their daughter, Brooke, a rising young star on the rodeo circuit.
John Bradshaw directed.
The Hits of Rick Nelson, the second CD from Stephen Collins & The 7th Band is now available for download, exclusively at iTunes! Included are the 7th Band's new versions of fourteen songs that Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famer Rick Nelson made famous, including "Travelin' Man," "Poor Little Fool," "Lonesome Town," "It's Late," and "Hello Mary Lou." At iTunes, you can download the entire album, or just a song or two. You can also hear 30-second samples of all the songs. Click here to listen or download from iTunes, Click here to order the CD from Amazon, or click here to order the CD directly from Pat's Gold. Stephen's profits from "The Hits of Rick Nelson" will go to The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
Stephen
appears in a new short film, Hole in the Paper Sky, produced
by his former 7th Heaven castmate, Jessica Biel, and directed
by William Purple. The half-hour film stars Jessica and Jason Clarke,
and has won top honors at several 2008 film festivals. Awards include
Best Drama and Best Director at the Beverly Hills Shorts Fest, and
Best Short at The Florida Film Festival, The Beverly Hills Film Festival,
and The Charleston International Film Festival. The movie was also
a finalist at the USA Film Fest and an Official Selection at the
Cannes Short Film Corner, The Boston International Film Fest, The
Holly Shorts Film Festival, The Rhode Island International Film Festival,
and The Palm Springs International Film Fest.
Stephen's short
mystery, "Water Hazard",
is now available in a new mystery anthology, Murder in the Rough
 Murder
in the Rough, published by Otto Penzler's Mysterious Books, an imprint
of Warner Books, is available now at Amazon.com. Booklist's reviewer
says: "...the original stories [Penzler] has commissioned
for this volume have one big thing going for them: the writers are all
top drawer..." The star authors whose work also appears
in Murder in the Rough include Lawrence Block, John Sanford,
Ian Rankin, and Laura Lippman. Stephen is thrilled to be in their
company. For
availability in a store near you, check
with your local bookseller.
Stephen has written and directed a short
film, Next of Kin, which
had its World Premiere last August at the Rhode Island International
Film Festival, where Stephen won the Grand Prize for Best Directorial
Debut! Next of Kin was also an official
selection of the Los
Angeles International Short Film Festival, the Palm Springs
International Festival of Short Films, The Austin Film Festival, The
Williamstown Film Festival, and LA's Pan-African Film Festival. |
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