INTERROGATING KYRA SEDGWICK TRACKS DOWN SUCCESS WITH TNT HIT `THE CLOSER'.Byline: David Kronke Television Writer `I have Brenda dreams a lot,'' confesses Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[1] is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. In 2007, Sedgwick won Best Actress for lead role in a dramatic TV series at the Golden Globes for her role in The Closer. , referring to L.A. Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, her lead character on TNT's hit cop drama ``The Closer.'' ``Just the endless murder, mayhem and looking at dead bodies. ``I have dreams of people getting shot, of me trying to save them,'' she continues, sitting on a sofa in a ``Closer'' production office with a sign reading ``Interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. in Progress'' hanging on the doorknob. She further admits, ``I'm never as smart as Brenda, even in my dreams.'' People in her dreams, she concedes, will have to fend for Verb 1. fend for - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" defend, support argue, reason - present reasons and arguments themselves. But next week, it's safe to say, will be a dream come true for Sedgwick, who will dominate the entertainment horizon. On Monday, ``The Closer'' returns for a second season. Last summer, ``The Closer'' emerged as the summer's breakout success story, outranking many broadcast network offerings and earning Sedgwick Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her portrayal of Brenda, whose brusque brusque also brusk adj. Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. See Synonyms at gruff. [French, lively, fierce, from Italian brusco, coarse, rough manner ruffles For the plural of ruffle, see . Ruffles is the name of a brand of ruffled potato chips produced by Frito-Lay. Its current official product slogan is "R-R-R-Ruffles Have Ridges!".There is a lot of different kinds of chips. the feathers of the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. brass, but whose brilliance invariably in·var·i·a·ble adj. Not changing or subject to change; constant. in·var  i·a·bil ensnares suspects
during interrogations.
June 16 will see the release of the film ``Loverboy,'' in which Sedgwick stars as Emily, a young woman obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with mothering -- or is it smothering smothering death by asphyxiation. Occurs where poultry are carelessly herded into a corner where they cannot escape and where they are piled four or five birds deep; they will die of asphyxia very quickly. See also crowding. ? -- her young son (Dominic Scott Kay Dominic Scott Kay (born May 6, 1996 in Los Angeles, California), is an American child actor. He is the son of actor Scott Kay. Filmography
``Loverboy'' is directed by Kevin Bacon, Sedgwick's husband, who also has a supporting role. Except for the fact that they both look like Sedgwick, Brenda and Emily have very little in common, and the actress has few, if any, performance tics that pop up in her different roles. Each of her creations is wholly original, simultaneously alluring and flawed in fascinating ways. Sedgwick expresses pleasure with her characters' idiosyncrasies. ``She's attempting to, as we all do, control our lives,'' she says of Brenda, but she could just as easily have been speaking of Emily, as well. ``We like to think we have some semblance of control, and we're constantly being shocked and horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. when we realize we don't have any,'' she adds. ``In her attempts to do that, she's trying to give up sugar and control what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. in her heart. ``All these things, as you'll see during the unfolding of the season, continue to stay really difficult for her as she's reminded she's not in control. And while she feels that she's doing the right thing, people will continue to be irritated with the way she does things and she will continue to have combative relationships.'' Corey Reynolds, who co-stars on ``The Closer'' as Sgt. David Gabriel, one of Brenda's closest confidants on the force, notes Sedgwick is hardly combative on the set, marveling at her ability to alleviate tension during a grueling production day. ``She likes to burst into song,'' Reynolds reveals. ``It might be at the end of a long day or some moment that's happening. She'll find some song -- sometimes obscure ones only she knows -- and begin singing and dancing, adding some ebullience to what can be a heavy day. When the person who's working the hardest on your set can keep things light, can still keep her bulb glowing, that can't help but to make your own bulb glow a little more. ``She has an amazing way of dialing up something unique,'' Reynolds adds. ``On the show, we focus on little things, (Brenda's) little food issue, her quirky abilities. And she can find anything minuscule; she'll make it work and not seem forced. That's one thing I've learned from her.'' Sedgwick's prior nominations have established her as a front-runner for the Emmy nominations to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. next month. ``It would be great for me and it would be amazing for the show -- and it's also not why I do it,'' she says, pulling a navy sweater off a shoulder and ignoring a cell-phone call from her husband to continue her interview. ``There are so many things I've done in the past that I haven't gotten nominated for, so if I was just trying to do something for that, I'd be such a disappointed little girl.'' Still, she says of awards attention for cable series such as hers, ``It's definitely important, and I'm not going to say it isn't. Getting the Golden Globe and SAG nominations was important. It was a learning curve for me to get nominated and be just happy for the nomination and then, wanting to win, and then -- not winning.'' She laughs. ``Loverboy'' marks Sedgwick's second collaboration with husband Bacon since 2004. In the first, ``The Woodsman,'' he played a paroled pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia. and she a co-worker with whom he had a difficult romance. In the new film, Bacon (in flashbacks) plays her character's rather negligent father. Sedgwick laughs at the notion that fans might wonder what the couple is saying about their relationship in the dark films on which they've worked together. ``God, I don't think we've given it that much thought, honestly,'' she says. ``But it's funny; I think in some ways we have such a solid, fairy-tale home life in a way, that we like to explore the dark side in our work.'' Bacon, who received the Visionary Award at the Sundance Film Festival when ``Loverboy'' premiered there, agrees. ``In terms of a philosophical approach, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that we put our work on that kind of a pedestal,'' he says. ``I find that the first time I'm actually asked why I've chosen a project is when I'm promoting the movie. In my life, rarely do I stop and go, `The reason I want to do this is ...' The bigger philosophical things rarely enter into it for me.'' For her part, Sedgwick says that for the time being, she'll eschew such heavy roles. ``I'm done with that -- I'm into comedy!'' she says with a laugh. ``I just want to do fun things now!'' David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke(at)dailynews.com THE CLOSER What: Second-season premiere of hit crime drama starring Kyra Sedgwick as L.A. Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson. Where: TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. . When: 9 p.m. Monday. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Character study Kyra Sedgwick in pursuit of more mayhem in second season of `The Closer' (2) Far left: Corey Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick and Michael Paul Chan in an episode of ``The Closer.'' (3) no caption (Kyra Sedgwick) |
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