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changes, when he is running across the park toward that little boy while everybody else is running away.”

John’s bold but reckless act draws him into an increasingly dark situation with some dangerous characters who threaten both him and his loved ones, including his wife, Samantha (Beth Riesgraf, “Leverage”), who is desperately trying to reconnect with her husband after their shared loss.

“Sam is a very frustrated, lonely woman at this point,” Riesgraf says of her character. “Her husband has shut her out. One of her main missions when we meet her is to get him to open up and to confront everything that they have been pushing aside for so long. You’ll see that Sam may be at a different place in the grief process than John is, but she’s still not at 100 percent. She still has her moments of vulnerability and weakness.”

While O’Mara’s character dominates the series, Riesgraf says she’s very happy that the women in John’s life – including Jessica Szohr (“Gossip Girl”) as resourceful nurse Gretchen Polk and Lauren Stamile (”Burn Notice”) as concerned co-worker Dr. Bridget O’Neil – all have strong arcs that allow them to interact with the male lead in interesting and compelling ways.

Portions of St. Joseph’s Hospital in suburban Atlanta sit vacant and idle much of the time. On this chilly morning last December, however, the place is buzzing with activity as the cast and crew of “Complications” – a new thriller from Matt Nix (“Burn Notice”) premiering Thursday, June 18, on USA Network – try to complete their last day of production on Season 1 before a winter storm sweeps in that afternoon.

That sense of racing against the clock helps account for the fatigue on star Jason O’Mara’s face. The actor has been burning the candle at both ends during this final push, but fortunately, his weariness works for his character: Dr. John Ellison, an Atlanta physician whose life becomes, well, complicated after he impulsively risks his life to save a young boy from a drive-by shooting.

As the 10-episode series opens, the incident in question happens as John is still struggling to process the loss of his own little girl, who died of leukemia a few months earlier. Like any doctor, John is used to interceding against nature to save the lives of patients, so his daughter’s death has left him feeling frustrated and impotent, O’Mara says.

“You’re looking at this man who is feeling this profound sense that he has lost control and does not know how to process his grief or his anger,” the actor says. “He’s barely holding it together either at work or at home. I think that’s why he does what he does, after we see him have this rage attack in his car. He hears gunshots, and suddenly he becomes this guy who runs toward trouble instead of running away from it. That’s really the moment when it all

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ADAMRAYNER of ‘Tyrant’ on FX

How do you like filming FX’s “Tyrant” in the Hungarian capital of Budapest?Oh marvelous. It’s a fine place. ... It’s one of these classic sort of 19th century imperial European cities. It’s gorgeous and the weather’s just beginning to get very nice. I thoroughly recommend it. It’s really something. It’s sort of a mini-Paris. It’s pretty impressive.

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On what did you draw to create your character of California pediatrician-turned-would-be Middle Eastern despot Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed?If anything, he was sort of a composite of different people. Of course, there’s the obvious rough parallels to (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad, being a medic who was sort of on the way to being Westernized and was sort of pulled back into his Middle Eastern roots. So obviously, I read a bit about him and found out what the deal was there. But there’s not really a direct parallel.But the most interesting people to talk to, obviously, are people who have one foot in both worlds. And I have a good friend who’s a Tunisian actor who’s married to an English girl and lives in London, and in fact when I first got the script I rang this guy up and said, “This is you. This is you. You’ve got to play this part.” And he said, “Well, that’s funny. I read for the brother.” (laughs) But he was interesting to talk to because he’s really lived this life and has that sort of dual psychology within him ...They tend to sort of agree with the value systems that we embrace in the West but also have a sympathy and a profound sort of love for the differences there are in the Middle East and a sense of how difficult the two are to sort of blend together. And ... coming from the U.K. or the U.S. or from both as I did, there’s a tendency to just think, “Well, our system works pretty well. Why don’t you just do it like us?” And of course, it’s so infinitely more complex than that.

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How is it for you to play a version of yourself, someone trying to fit into an elite environment, in “Odd Mom Out”?I feel like it’s kooky enough that it feels a bit distanced from me. It felt really natural playing it. I’ve really focused on this esoteric milieu for my whole writing career, so it just grew pretty organically from that. I know (this) world is cold. I grew up in it, and I’m raising three kids in it. The details and day-to-day life cannot be hatched in a writers’ room or anywhere. I’ve witnessed so many crazy things, I know we could do 87 seasons.

How have you been able to step outside that world enough to be able to maintain your own take on it?Even though I was really in the center of it, I had such perspective, and I understood the value of a dollar. And I had really funny, cool, smart parents who would comment about the excesses like the tail numbers monogrammed on your baseball hat. And we just had such a sense of humor about it, I felt divorced from all of that just over-the-top money.In the ’70s in New York, there was an embarrassment of riches, and people asked their drivers to drop them off two blocks from school. And now it’s just so showy ... there’s so much conspicuous consumption that I think in any town, everyone feels like a freak as a mother, even the perfect people. In New York, the character of (the zip code) 10021, that neighborhood, is the lead of the show – but I always felt that I was not them, even though I was steeped in it. I just didn’t have a country house, and I didn’t have certain trappings. But most importantly, I had a really close family, and that’s what we try to reflect.

BRIANUNGERof ‘Time Traveling With Brian Unger’ on Travel Channel

It seems that to do a show such as this, one would have to be a history buff. Is that the case with you?(Chuckles) It is the case for me. I have always been kind of onto history and I’ve always been intrigued by what came before, so that we don’t repeat the (actions) that lead us to mistakes. I ascribe to that old adage of learning from the past so that we can make the future better. So it fits nicely with kind of like how I like to live my life.

How much fun is hosting this show?It’s such a great time for me. I am seeing places I’ve always wanted to go. I am seeing the excitement in the faces of people who are experiencing this connection between past and present, and in that connection there is this spark and that spark is being captured by our cameras and it’s like taking a kid to Disneyland for the first time. It’s really exciting for me to see and it’s fun. Yeah, I feel like a very lucky guy. ...There is something about the weight of history in certain places that is the closest thing I think we’ll ever get to the paranormal, in so much that we hear the voices that inhabited places, we can almost picture Gen. Sherman sitting at his desk, and we enable our tourists to sit at that desk. To me, it’s as close as I’ll ever get to history and making that come alive. And I’m not a very superstitious person at all, but in these places where we go, since we get to pull back the curtain and go backstage, you feel and hear these ghosts of history. And for some people that’s really fun and funny, and for others it’s very emotional. It’s really run the gamut.

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THE LEEBROTHERSOvation’s “Southern Uncovered With the Lee Bros.” aims to show viewers a side of Southern cuisine they’ve never seen before.

Things like ocean aging of wine.

That’s right. Take a few cases of your favorite Napa Valley cabernet or chardonnay, drop them down to Davey Jones’ locker and let nature take its course for six months. Then retrieve, uncork and serve with the entree of your choice.

“Certainly from a marketing angle, to add a layer of barnacles to the outside of the bottle does wonders in the restaurant environment for padding the check,” quips Matt Lee, who with brother Ted hosts the food and travel series that premieres Sunday, June 14, on Ovation. “Just add another couple of hundred bucks right there if you’ve got a barnacle on that bottle.

“But functionally, it’s about achieving a consistent temperature,” he continues. “It’s basically like a cave down there. It’s a constant 53-54 degrees. There’s a certain

amount of turbulence. Like, the cages they put the bottles in do actually move around slightly from side to side. And so the wine we tasted out of the ocean-aged wine definitely tasted different from a brother bottle that was aged on land. We were surprised. We came into it very skeptically but there is a difference.”

As the title suggests, the half-hour series goes to such cities as Dallas, Atlanta, New Orleans, Louisville, Ky., Asheville, N.C., and Charleston, S.C. (the Lees’ hometown and where the ocean aging takes place in the premiere episode), as the Lees endeavor to explode stereotypes by introducing viewers to the people, places and dishes that define the South.

“I’m not sure Atlanta’s at the top of everyone’s vacation list, nor Dallas,” Lee says, “but for us they represent some of the most exciting food cities to visit today. ...

“But then again, the other thing is highlighting smaller Southern cities like Asheville and Charleston and Louisville that have such rich culture and such long historical links, they’re just very rewarding to visit and we’re hoping to show just by demonstrating just how deep you can get into it pretty easily and really have some rewarding and fun food and beverage experiences.”

What book are you currently reading?“It’s ‘Breakfast’ by George Weld. It’s actually a cookbook, if that counts. But he’s a guy who grew up in Charleston and made his career up in New York sort of doing a pop-up in a hot dog store.”

What did you have for dinner last night?“I had rotisserie chicken, salad from the garden and potato salad from probably the grocery store takeout. I was at a friend’s house and his mother sort of catered dinner (chuckles). But it was delicious.”

What is your next project?“We’re pretty excited about doing a live show for the first time. We’re developing sort of more from a theatrical point

of view the kind of cooking demonstration that we usually do for small audiences for a much larger audience, about 250 or 300 people, in Louisville, Ky., June 19 and 20.”

When was the last vacation you took, where and why?“My wife jokes that we haven’t done one yet in our 10-year experience together. We’re hoping to go to Bermuda this fall and Montreal this summer but I can’t even remember the last proper vacation where it wasn’t for some specific travel/editorial purpose.”

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Often a big thrill for a young actor is getting cast on a TV show or movie with someone they’ve watched since they were little.

For Yunjin Kim of ABC’s “Mistresses,” which returns for its third season Thursday, June 18, that someone was Matthew Fox when both were on ABC’s 2004-2010 supernatural thriller “Lost.”

“When we first started, I mean just the actors that got on board,” the Korean-born, New York-raised 41-year-old says from the show’s set in Vancouver, British Columbia. “I was a huge fan of ‘Party of Five’ and Matthew Fox, and it was like ‘oh my gosh!’ He was my big crush when I was little, and that was exciting to actually get to work with him.

“And (on) ‘Mistresses,’ (the since-departed) Alyssa Milano. I used to watch her all the time when I was growing up, and actually being on the same show was like ‘Wow, I can’t believe it!’ I pretty much watched every episode of ‘Who’s the Boss’; I loved that show. ... Alyssa was the cutest thing and just seeing her so many years afterward and actually being in the same show, that was cool.”

By the time Kim had gotten cast in “Lost,” she had already made a name for herself in South Korea. The graduate of New York’s High School for the Performing Arts and Boston University had already starred in one of that country’s largest-grossing films, “Swiri” (1999), by the time she signed a holding deal with ABC in 2003.

Now with one successful U.S. series under her belt and another in progress, Kim is looking forward to more adventures with her character, psychiatrist Karen, on the soapy nighttime drama.

At the end of last season, blood tests confirmed Karen was HIV-negative but another issue was found. And while the actress demurs on exactly what that is, she does allow that this season will give Karen a darker storyline.

“I feel like Karen is sort of the darker side and she’s the mistress of the show and she becomes a mistress again this season, but in a very different circumstance. So I’m excited to find out the reaction from the viewers when we actually air on June 18, how people are going to take it and whether people are going to like it,” she says with a laugh.

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Name: Yunjin Kim

Birth date: Nov. 7, 1973

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Residence: Seoul and Los Angeles

Movie credits: “Swiri” (1999), “The Legend of Gingko” (2000), “Rush!” (2001), “Mr. Iron Palm” (2002),

“Yeseuteodei” (2002), “Ardor” (2002), “Diary of June” (2005), “Seven Days” (2007), “Harmony” (2010), “Heartbeat” (2010), “The Neighbors” (2012), “Ode to My Father” (2014)

TV credits: “Beautiful Vacation” (1996), “Weding Deureseu” (1998), “With Love” (1998), “Lost” (2004-10), “Lost: Missing Pieces” (2007), “Two Sisters” (2008), “Mistresses” (2013-present)

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STACYLONDONStacy London of TLC’s ‘Love, Lust or Run’

- Born and raised in New York City.

- Struggled with psoriasis from the young age of four.

- Graduated from Vassar with a double major: 20th century philosophy and German literature.

- During summer breaks in college she interned at different magazines including Christian Dior in Paris.

- First job out of college was at Vogue magazine.

- After Vogue, assisted Debbie Mason, the fashion director at Mademoiselle magazine.

- Worked as a senior fashion editor at Mademoiselle for four years.

- Was working as a freelance stylist when her agent called and told her about auditions for TLC’s “What Not to Wear.”

- Joined Clinton Kelly as co-host of “What Not to Wear” in January 2003. The show ran for 10 years.

- Co-wrote “Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That’s Right for Your Body” with Clinton Kelly.

- Hosted “Fashionably Late With Stacy London” in 2007, also on TLC.

- Performed off-Broadway in “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” in 2009.

- In 2013 launched a psoriasis campaign called Uncover Your Confidence.

- Named Shape magazine’s style editor-at-large in 2013.

- Co-founder and stylist-in-chief of Style for Hire.

- Author of The New York Times best-seller “The Truth About Style.”

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Mads Mikkelsen of “Hannibal” on NBC“Well you know, I’m from the former millennium. Just the mere fact of recording something would be way over my head. I have no idea how to do it. That’s why I got two kids, so they can help me out. But if I have time, which I have on Sundays, I do tend to sit and watch ‘The Walking Dead’ a lot. And fortunately they are showing them as marathons, so I could watch six one day and six the other day. It’s just something I can’t get enough of – zombies and crazy people. It’s a combination from hell that I love.”

Constance Zimmer of “UnReal” on Lifetime“I record ‘Bob’s Burgers’ – it’s a very well-done animated show – and ‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,’ ‘The Last

Man on Earth’ and ‘Girls.’ That shows you my eclectic taste.”

Valerie Bertinelli of “Hot in Cleveland” on TV Land“I’ve been bombarding myself with cooking shows, so anything on Food Network (where Bertinelli will start her own soon). And still the old standby – I’m going to miss Jon Stewart, so I’m taking all of ‘The Daily Show’ in, too.”

Andrew Zimmern of “Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern” on Travel Channel“ ‘Game of Thrones,’ lots of sports, ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ ‘True Detective,’ anything on BBC America, ‘Mind of a Chef,’ ‘Survivor,’ ‘Reliable Sources’ on CNN.”

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When last seen on FX’s political thriller “Tyrant,” pediatrician-turned-would-be-despot Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) was behind bars after his failed coup of brother Jamal’s (Ashraf Barhom) regime in the Middle Eastern country of Abbudin.

As Season 2 opens Tuesday, June 16, it’s four months later and Barry is still incarcerated waiting for Jamal to decide his fate. Execution isn’t in the cards at this point, but Barry has had plenty of time to ponder how he’s annihilated his relationship with his brother. And that has weighed on him like a ton of bricks.

“His mindset is ... obviously pretty bleak,” explains Rayner, “and one of frustration because he’s in prison for four months and once you know that, it begs the question: What’s been going on for four months? He’s committed high treason, so it would imply there’s some kind of indecision ... in terms of how to resolve this situation. And that is, of course, obviously frustrating, and when you’re in prison you want to know what’s going to happen to you, particularly if you’re on death row. You just want some clarity about the situation.

“So I wouldn’t say he’s full of regret because I think his sense is that it was his destiny in some way to do what he did and get to that point. But of course, he’s filled with remorse – and remorse is a good word rather than regret in terms of the cost to himself and his family, both his wife and his relationship with his brother, which was very

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complicated and who he loves, and has sort of irrevocably compromised. So he’s full of sadness and frustration, I guess, because he’s in limbo, and whatever this grand game is, he wants to see it played out.”

Barry isn’t the only one who’s been alone with his thoughts. Wife Molly (Jennifer Finnigan) has been holed up at the U.S. embassy for the past four months, mulling over her marriage and all the deception in it. And she isn’t happy about it.

Which means in Season 2, Finnigan gets to show a different side of Molly, a more independent side, and stretch her acting legs at bit, a prospect the actress is overjoyed at.

“I just want to stress that Molly is just not the same person she was in the first season,” Finnigan says. “You know, she’s gone through a lot. I think she’s had some reckonings and I think she is very intent on living a more truthful life.”

“She’s still extremely concerned,” Finnigan continues. “She has no idea what’s in store for him. It’s a waiting game at this point. She doesn’t know if he’s going to live or die. But I think just spending this time by herself, obviously she achieved a clearer perspective of her relationship and the secrets between them that she’s allowed that she no longer wants to live beneath the shadow of.”

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Not only did the astronauts known as the Mercury Seven have the right stuff, so did the women who stood by them.

Their stories are told in “The Astronaut Wives Club,” ABC’s drama-series adaptation of Lily Koppel’s best-seller that premieres Thursday, June 18. An ensemble cast featuring many familiar television faces – such as Odette Annable (“House”), Bret Harrison (“Reaper”), Yvonne Strahovski (“Chuck”), Desmond Harrington (“Dexter”), JoAnna Garcia Swisher (“Once Upon a Time”) and Wilson Bethel (“Hart of Dixie”) – re-creates the early years of manned space travel when NASA, formed under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, had a forceful proponent in White Housesuccessor John F. Kennedy (seen in the series in newsreel footage).

“It has been quite the journey,” says Annable, who follows her brutal on-screen exit from Cinemax’s “Banshee” by playing spaceman Gordon Cooper’s (Harrison) spirited wife Trudy in the show that originally was aimed for last summer. “I was chomping at the bit to portray this woman who was so extraordinary, and when we were finally able to start shooting in October in New Orleans, everything came together the way that it should have. Whatever (production) delays needed to happen happened for a reason.”

If the astronauts’ relationships with their spouses didn’t always run smoothly, it was the same among the women, who were alternately supportive and competitive ... the latter spirit shown at the outset of the series in the first encounter between Trudy, who was a licensed pilot, and Alan Shepard’s (Harrington) wife Louise (Dominique McElligott).

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“She was a real trailblazer, a modern thinker,” Annable says of her newest alter ego. “Gordon Cooper even mentioned that Trudy may have been a better pilot than he was himself, and that everything he knew, he learned from his wife. She had to go through so many things at that time and had to stand up for herself, even in the way she raised her daughters. She wanted to instill in them the same thoughts she had.” (Annable and her actor husband Dave, who co-stars in this fall’s NBC series “Heartbreaker,” are now expecting their first child.)

Covering the years of the Gemini and Apollo missions as well, “The Astronaut Wives Club” means a reunion for Annable, since she and on-screen “husband” Harrison also worked together in the Fox sitcom “Breaking In” – and “he happens to be one of my best friends in real life,” she notes. “I lived with Bret in New Orleans with his wife and his baby, so it was great to work together on these characters we cared so deeply about. ‘Gordo’ and Trudy had such a fun story to tell. Even though they did end up getting a divorce, they had a great love story.”

Replicating the clothing and hair styles of the 1960s also was “one of the biggest draws” of ”The Astronaut Wives Club” for Annable: “We all worked together with our costume designer, Eric Daman, to create a specific palette for each woman. You certainly see that throughout the show, and there was no mistaking it. Whenever I would try something with Eric, we would know right away whether it was Trudy or not. And he nailed it, he really did. Whenever I would put my costumes on and get my hair and makeup done, I would feel like Trudy Cooper.”

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TNT dramaseeks ‘Proof’

Challenges don’t get much bigger than proving there’s life after death.

It’s taken up by the surgeon played by “Flashdance” icon Jennifer Beals in the TNT drama series “Proof,” premiering Tuesday, June 16. With “The Closer” Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick returning to the network as an executive producer, the show finds Beals’ Dr. Carolyn “Cat” Tyler mourning the recent loss of her teenage son ... but maintaining enough spirit and curiosity to accept a cancer-stricken millionaire’s (Matthew Modine) offer to fund her research to prove something else awaits a person after he or she dies.

The theme of faith vs. science clearly is central to “Proof,” and Beals says, “I don’t think the two are necessarily exclusive. It’s affirming to find this kind of material, but also really exciting to find how it can expand you as a human being. By playing certain roles, there’s an aspect that’s awakened me in terms of being able to stand up to what I think is wrong in the world and become really more involved with my own life.

“We’re all going to take this journey,” Beals adds of “Proof’s” main subject. “This is something that’s inevitable, and how we approach it structures our lives in some way. I’ve heard that Matthew has said something to the effect of, ‘It’s not until we realize that we’re going to die that we start to live,’ and I completely agree with that. I would take it one step further and say, ‘It’s not until you realize that we’re all going to die that you really start to live.”’

Also in the “Proof” cast: “Scandal” Emmy winner Joe Morton as Cat’s hospital boss; David Sutcliffe (“Gilmore Girls”) as the fellow doctor she’s maritally separated from; Annie Thurman (“The Hunger Games”) as the former

couple’s daughter; Edi Gathegi (“Justified”) as an intern who helps Cat; and Callum Blue (“Dead Like Me”) as a popular author who claims to have psychic gifts.

A recurring guest star on Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” lately, Sedgwick says, “I remember years ago when we started ‘The Closer,’ (that series’ creator and executive producer) James Duff said, ‘Really great television is about life and death,’ and he was right. You look at all the great shows out there, and they’re really about that.”

Sedgwick also wanted to showcase a strong female character, as with her own part as police interrogator Brenda Leigh Johnson for TNT over seven seasons. “That was my mandate going in,” she states. “I wanted to give back what I was given so generously. I wanted a great role for a woman over 40, and the show had to be very much character-driven, even if it was something that was a procedural ... though I wasn’t necessarily looking for that. And this is all of that and more.”

For Beals, “Proof” continues a line of atypical television projects including “The L Word” and “Nothing Sacred.” She reflects, “It’s been a very interesting ride so far. I feel like I’m just now starting to come into my power in a way, in the sense of being able to effect change. I hope that instead of helping to define me, this helps to define (viewers), in terms of the questions that they ask themselves.”

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FULL NAME: LYDIA (BOGYUNG) KO

BIRTH DATE: APRIL 24, 1997

HEIGHT: 5 FEET 5 INCHES

COUNTRY OF BIRTH: SOUTH KOREA

CURRENTLY RESIDES: NEW ZEALAND

HOME CLUB: GULF HARBOUR CC, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

COLLEGE: KOREA UNIVERSITY

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: LPGAROOKIE OF THE YEAR, 2014; YOUNGESTGOLFER TO BE RANKED NO. 1, 2015

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For the past few years, fans of women’s golf have been watching Lydia Ko grow up in front of their very own eyes. And what a show it has been. The 2014 LPGA Rookie of the Year seeks her first major win when the final round of the KPMG LPGA Championship airs Sunday, June 14, on NBC. This year’s tournament will be played at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y.

Perhaps it may be risky to assume Ko will make the cut and be among the finalists come Sunday. Entering 2015, however, she had done just that in every LPGA tournament she’s played in dating back to an amateur career that began in 2012. When she turned pro in 2013, she already had two LPGA Tour wins under her belt and at this writing was atop the rankings.

Ko is having a solid season so far in 2015, winning the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open in February, which was the third tournament on the LPGA Tour. She followed that up in April winning the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. Still, the LPGA is as competitive as ever and Ko will have to contend with the likes of Inbee Park, the two-time defending LPGA Championship winner.

Ko’s best finishes in majors include third place in this tournament in 2014 and as an amateur she placed second in the Evian Championship in 2013. At age 18 and being the youngest golfer ever to be ranked No. 1, Ko winning a major would also be a win for the LPGA.

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JAY BOBBIN'S THEATRICAL MOVIE REVIEW

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MOVIES

‘Mad Max’ gets a furious, visceral revival

“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”

If you don’t know what to make of Tom Hardy as the screen’s new Mad Max, remember that many people had the same feeling about Mel Gibson when he originated the role.

The role of the vengeful warrior in a post-apocalyptic world made Gibson a global star, and while it isn’t likely to be as defining for Hardy – known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan on such films as “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Inception” – “Mad Max: Fury Road” does a solid job not only in reviving the premise, but giving it a freshness, particularly impressive because that’s accomplished nearly 40 years later by returning director George Miller.

Max still has plenty of reason to be mad, seen right from the outset as he’s the captive of a sinister, strangely masked mentor (Hugh Keays-Byrne, also of the original movie) of young toughs (one played by Nicholas Hoult). Eventually, Max finds an unexpected ally in one of the enemy’s main deputies (Charlize Theron, dressed down to the point of sporting a prosthetic arm).

She’s had it with the boss, and not only does she demonstrate it by her own betrayal of him, but also by taking five of what he cherishes most: his wives (represented by Zoe Kravitz and “Transformers: Dark of the

Moon” alum Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, among others). Of course, the bad guys are in hot pursuit, thus making for the frantic trip down “Fury Road.”

And frantic, it truly is. “Mad Max” and its first sequel, “The Road Warrior,” made their reputations on their simple approach of bountiful action in grim surroundings ... and even though there’s a lot more available to him now in terms of film technology, some of which he does use here, Miller wisely sticks to the basics and lets the plethora of human and vehicular stunts do much of the talking.

He also continues to guarantee that “name” performers won’t have it easy in this world. As with Tina Turner in “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,” Theron gets her share of rough stuff to dole out. It’s another daring performance from an actress who won an Oscar for one (“Monster”), and it’s fun to get this reassurance that she’s still so willing to get down and dirty.

There’s been a whole generation since the last time Mad Max saw action 30 years ago, and even if “Mad Max: Fury Road” isn’t the long-range franchise-reviver its makers likely hope for, it gets the basic job done as the man who started the series stays true to it and supplies what followers will be looking for. Three decades later, that’s a real accomplishment.

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“DANNY COLLINS” (June 30): Al Pacino plays a literal rock star who reassesses his life after receiving a special letter. (R: AS, N, P)

“GET HARD” (June 30): Headed for prison, a financial manager (Will Ferrell) seeks advice from a man (Kevin Hart) he presumes to be an ex-con. (R: AS, N, P, V)

“HOUSE OF CARDS: VOLUME THREE” (July 7): Now the U.S. president, Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) takes his scheming to an entirely different level. (Not rated: AS, P, V)

“THE JINX: THE LIFE ANDDEATHS OF ROBERT DURST” (July 7): The recent HBO documentary miniseries that ended quite controversially comes to DVD and Blu-ray. (Not rated: AS, P)

“THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (July 14): Richard Gere joins returnees Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy in the seriocomic sequel. (PG: AS, P)

“PAUL BLART: MALL COP2” (July 21): While attending a convention in Las Vegas, Blart (Kevin James) opposes would-be art thieves. (PG: P, V)

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“CHAPPIE”It might sound like deja vu for Hugh Jackman to “star” with a robot, since he already did that in “Real Steel” ... but the big difference here is that Neill Blomkamp, the maker of such grim sci-fi tales as “District 9” and “Elysium,” is the filmmaker in charge. The premise immediately gets more gravity, then, as Jackman plays a near-future cop caught up in the dilemma that arises when a police android is stolen and reprogrammed to enable it to think for itself. That sets off alarms for others who fear what it might do – and want it destroyed before the answer becomes known. “District 9” alum Sharlto Copley, Sigourney Weaver and Dev Patel (“The Newsroom”) also are in the human cast, but as might be expected, this picture largely belongs to the special-effects team that brings robot Chappie to life. DVD extra: “making-of” documentary. (R: N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)

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SFAVORITE SHOWS

SUNDAY10:01 p.m. on NBCAmerican Odyssey

While the mysterious Dogon shaman holds her hostage, Odelle (Anna Friel) is taken on a strange trip, during which she is forced to confront ghosts from her recent past in the new episode “Gingerbread.” Back in New York, meanwhile, Peter (Peter Facinelli) hits an emotional nadir as his personal and professional lives suffer major reversals. On a happier note, Ruby and Harrison (Daniella Pineda, Jake Robinson) go on a romantic vacation. Nate Mooney, Omar Ghazaoui, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Treat Williams also star. New

10:03 p.m. on HBOSilicon ValleyAs the guys wait for a verdict on

Pied Piper’s fate, an unexpected drama causes a spike in traffic to the livestream, forcing them to fight desperately just to hold things together in the season finale, “Two Days of the Condor.” Erlich (T.J. Miller), meanwhile, ponders what his next step should be, while Richard (Thomas Middleditch) struggles to ensure that his company has any kind of future at all. SeasonFinale New

MONDAY9:59 p.m. on CBSNCIS: Los Angeles

After an NCIS comrade is found dead, a frantic search begins for two Afghanistan soldiers in “Savoir Faire.” Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and the team fear the missing men are in the hands of captors who want to extract military

intelligence from them. Sam (LL Cool J) is back on the job, but others worry he hasn’t taken enough time to heal. Actor Eric Laneuville (“St. Elsewhere”) directed the story. Linda Hunt and Daniela Ruah also star.

TUESDAY10:01 p.m. on NBCI Can Do That

Tonight’s new episode finds the show’s core cast — Ciara, Joe Jonas, Cheryl Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Ritchson and Jeff Dye — flexing some previously unused creative muscles as they perform with the mixed martial arts stunt group Board Breakers, cast members from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production “Avenue Q” and the critically acclaimed modern dance team known as Pilobolus. New

Ciara in“I Can Do That”

Anna Friel in “AmericanOdyssey”

ChristinaTosi in “MasterChef”

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SWEDNESDAY8 p.m. on FOXMasterChef

The new episode “What Happens in Vegas Steaks in Vegas” delivers the second field challenge of the season, as the remaining home cooks travel to Las Vegas and split into two teams to prepare food for 101 performers. The better-received team is safe from the pressure test challenges, which measure temperature and flavor of steaks. Host Gordon Ramsay joins Graham Elliot and Christina Tosi to judge their efforts. New

THURSDAY9 p.m. on ABCMistresses

The sudsy drama about a group of closely knit girlfriends who have one another’s backs opens its third season (sans original cast member Alyssa Milano) with a special two-hour premiere — “Gone Girl/I’ll Be Watching You” — that introduces new characters played by incoming series regulars Jennifer Esposito (“Blue Bloods”) and Rob Mayes (“The Client List”). Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes, Jes Macallan and Brett Tucker return in their familiar roles. Season Premiere New

FRIDAY10 p.m. on CBSBlue BloodsVictor Garber (“Alias”) guest stars in “Under the Gun,” playing a community member concerned about a series of apparent hate crimes targeting prominent people. While Frank (Tom Selleck) deals with citizens’ related worries, Danny and Baez (Donnie Wahlberg, Marisa Ramirez) seek those responsible. Something else is very much on Danny’s mind, too: After she becomes a mugging victim, Linda (Amy Carlson) wants to arm herself.

9 p.m. on SYFYKilljoysThis new sci-fi adventure series follows a spirited trio of interplanetary

FAVORITE SHOWS

bounty hunters chasing deadly warrants across the Quad, a distant system on the brink of war. The series premiere, “Bangarang,” finds Dutch and John (Hannah John-Kamen, “The Hour,” and Aaron Ashmore, “Warehouse 13”) racing against time and a competing Killjoy in an attempt to clear their names and save the life of John’s estranged brother, D’avin (Luke Macfarlane, “Brothers & Sisters”). Series Premiere New

SATURDAY11 p.m. on FOXAnimation Domination High-Def

Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”) provides the voice of

the title character in encore episodes of “Axe Cop.” In “The Rabbit Who Broke All the Rules,” Axe Cop meets a silent boy who wants the hero to adopt him. “All-American Story” reveals how Axe Cop’s ancestor, Book Cop, invented the Fourth of July. Flute Cop (voiced by Ken Marino) takes wife Anita (guest voice Megan Mullally) on a vacation in “Babysitting Unibaby.” The heroes search for a kidnapped scientist in “Zombie Island ... In Space.”

Jes Macallanstars in “Mistresses”

Marisa Ramirez stars in “Blue Bloods”

“Axe Cop” airs as part of “Animation DominationHigh-Def”

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