There are many reasons to love this final full season of HBO's Deadwood (Sundays at 9 pm/ET), not least among them the continued standout performance by Robin Weigert. As the vulgar, dirt-smeared and usually plastered Calamity Jane, Weigert makes off with every scene she's in. The actress checked in from Las Vegas — where she was, appropriately, playing poker.
TV Guide: You mustn't get recognized much in public. You're like night and day with Jane.Robin Weigert: I don't, and it's kind of a treat in its own way. But I suppose poker players are into Deadwood [Laughs], so there's a certain point where I'll hear, "I know you from somewhere," but they just can't place
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HBO's $100 million swords-and-sandals drama Rome drew a respectable 3.8 million in its debut Sunday night. It marked the pay-cabler's best series premiere since March 2004, when Deadwood bowed with 5.8 million viewers. Speaking of Deadwood, actor Brian Cox has been cast as theater owner Jack Langrishe, the town's first openly gay citizen. What's that? Oh, Calamity Jane just corrected me: He's Deadwood's second openly gay citizen. Sorry 'bout that, Jane.
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Question: I am a big Nip/Tuck fan, so I was excited when you issued a little scoop from the new season in last week's AA. But I'm confused — you said Julia will "pull a Calamity Jane to someone else's Joanie Stubbs." What does that mean?
Answer: It was a reference to the little lesbian-tinged Deadwood spoiler I issued, like, three questions above that one. Sounds like someone was caught not reading the entire column. Bad, Bryan. Bad!
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Look for Deadwood's property values to skyrocket next season. At Monday's Television Critics Association press tour, series creator David Milch revealed that he's toying with the idea of introducing Deadwood's first openly gay character (Calamity Jane notwithstanding) during the Emmy-nominated HBO drama's forthcoming third season. "[The character is] a brilliant producer in love with the male ingenue," says Milch, who's basing the role on real-life theatrical impresario Jack Langrish. "The only downside [is] the ingenue [is] about 52." Other tidbits dropped at the Deadwood session: Season 3 will pick up six weeks after the end of Season 2; Alma will be moving out of the hotel and into her very own house; and (MAJOR SPOILER ALERT) Cy Tolliver will survive getting knifed in the gut in the Season 2 finale. Good, 'cause them whores ain't gonna mistreat th
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