WEDNESDAY CELEBS
Q: I’ve been watching that new privatedetective show on ABC called “Take Two,” and the actor who plays the lead looks so familiar to me. Can you tell me where I may have seen him before?
– K.T. in Minnesota A: Eddie Cibrian plays a hardscrabble detective (also named Eddie) who takes under his wing a down-and-out actress, Sam (played by Rachel Bilson of “The O.C.” fame), to help her prepare for a movie role. If the premise seems a little familiar to you, that’s because it comes to us by way of the folks who brought us “Castle,” except the roles are reversed.
As for where you may have seen Eddie previously, he got his start in the mid-’90s playing Matt Clark on “The Young and the Restless,” and since then he’s starred in “Third Watch,” “Rosewood,” “CSI: Miami” and tons of other stuff. He’s also well-known for being Mr. LeAnn Rimes, whom he married in 2011. Before that, he was married to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Glanville (whom he left for LeAnn), and together they have two sons. *** Q: I read about George Clooney’s motorcycle accident in Italy recently and wondered if he’s OK. Also, does he have anything new coming up? I feel like I haven’t seen him in a movie in a while.
– Diana F., via email A: George was on his way to a film set in Sardinia on July 10 when he sustained nonlife-threatening injuries when he was knocked off his motorcycle by a car that didn’t yield the right of way. According to his agent, George “was treated and released from an Olbia hospital. He is recovering at his home and will be fine.” He is in Sardinia filming the new Hulu miniseries “Catch-22,” which is based on Joseph Heller’s book of the same name. ***