| The Behrend Beacon Have a story idea? Want your band featured? Know an intersting student? E-mail the Behrend Beacon behrendbeacon @ aol.com TV gal closes the book By Amy Amatangelo Zap2it.com (KRT) 'Twas the day alter November sweeps And all through the lineup Almost every show was one we've seen before Except for the one featuring the Donald's pom- padour. As we say goodbye to November sweeps and my TiVo settles in for a long winter's nap. let's re flect on the month. Most melodramatic moment: The gang on "CSI: Miami" (Monday. CBS) rebuilding the grocery store after the hurricane to schmaltzy music and slow-motion effects. And you thought David Caruso s performance couldn't possibly be more exaggerated. Most welcome guest star: After his untimely demise on "24," I was thrilled to see Paul Schulze on "The West Wing" (Wednesday, NBC) and "Medical Investigation" (Friday, NBC). Best guest star that we didn't even see: Madison on "Everwood" (Monday, WB) didn’t even have to show up to cause problems with Amy and Ephram and make Dr. Brown realize one more time how close his son is to finding out the truth. Best guest star: even though I came to loathe the NBC promos, Ray Liotta was still phenomenal on "ER" (Thursday. NBC). Most annoying cast addition: 1 don't think it's Kristin C’henoweth's fault, but her Annabeth Schott on "The West Wing" is yet another extremely ex asperating woman on that show. After C.J., the first lady and Donna, the series ceased being able to % / StfuKflointt Ajpipirosilaattflffiin STUDENTS - SHOP AT THE BOOKSTORE DURING FINALS WEEK AND RECEIVE A 20% DISCOUNT OFF PENN STATE IMPRINTED CLOTHING AND GIFT ITEMS. PLEASE SHOW YOUR STUDENT ID CARD PRIOR TO PURCHASE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BOOKSTORE. «««•«««• STUDBNT UPR Film club screens New Tork indie Jason Allentoff, the director of “Never Among Friends,” will be at the screening on Dec 10. After the movie, Allentoff will be available for a question and answer session. By Annie Sevin staff writer “Never Among Friends,” a drama written and directed by Jason Allentoff, will be shown Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Reed 117. This movie write compelling female characters. Bummer of a cancellation: "LAX." No, I didn't love the show, but people, it was Heather Locklear. At least we got to see Charisma Carpenter play her sister. Worst guest star: Did anyone out there even care if Donna (Kelly Preston) and Joey got together on "Joey" (Thursday, NBC)? Most unnecessary cameo that still made me ri diculously happy: There was no reason for Nick from last season's "The Apprentice" (Thursday, NBC) to be on "American Dreams" (Sunday, NBC). He was the shopper buying the alarm clock so his boss wouldn't fire him. But I was still thrilled to see him. Perhaps you might have missed his se cret message to me. Let's put him and Raj on the same reality show _ maybe they can compete on "The Amazing Race" (Tuesday, CBS)? That would be some good times. Most deceptive promotion: You really didn't think they were going to kill off one of the four (or five, if you count Nicolette Sheridan's Edie) main "Desperate Housewives" (Sunday, ABC) did you? Don't be mad at the series. Blame the promotions department. They know not what they do. That’s my wrap-up of November sweeps. What's yours? Talk about it on the TV Gal message boards. QUOTES OF THE WEEK "It's 11 o’clock at night. Who are you hoping to hook up with now? Spike and Drusilla?" Rory to Paris on "Gilmore Girls" (Tuesday, WB). You have to love the "Buffy" shout out. "They reran '9021 O' on FX and the Walshes went to live in Hong Kong. I thought it was pretty be lievable." Hannah to Amy on "Everwood" about stars four actors as friends and lovers; Pete Capella (Steve Wilson), Kevin Interdonato (Sean Ferrara), Natalie Durante (Jane Rumsfield), and Tasha Rudolph (Tracy Jones). The plot is about all the goings-on between these four people. It is told through the eyes on sweeps why she said her parents were in Hong Kong WHERE HAVE I SEEN THEM BEFORE? TV Gal reader Michelle recognized a bevy of familiar faces on "Without a Trace" (Thursday, CBS). Jack Coleman was the son of the miss ing juror. He was Peter Rickman on last season's "Kingdom Hospital" and Steven Carrington on "Dynasty." Joel Brooks played the son of the holocaust survivor. He played Ruth's co-worker Robbie on "Six Feet Under" (Sunday, HBO) and Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond on "The Facts of Life." John Kapelos, forever Carl the janitor in "The Breakfast Club" to me, was the head of the group tracking down Nazi war criminals. David Garrison played the missing man's law yer. He was Steve on "Married... with Children" and played the faux modeling agent who scammed Robert out of his money last season on "Everybody Loves Raymond." Ken Marino, the detective interrogating the priest on "NYPD Blue" (Tuesday, ABC), was Joey's Professor Wilder on "Dawson's Creek.’ He was also Andy on "Leap of Faith" and Steve on "Men Behaving Badly." Dawnn Lewis, Jaleesa on "A Different World" and Robin on "Hangiri with Mr. Cooper," was the woman who had an affair with Michael's father and then con fessed to killing him. Christine Estabrook, the dear departed Mrs. Huber on "Desperate House wives," was the woman working at the church who was in charge of the van. TV Gal reader Terry recognized Christy Carlson Romano, the voice of Kim Possible and Ren Stevens on "Even Stevens," as the preppy God on "Joan of Arcadia" (Friday, CBS). Mike Starr, Kenny on "Ed," was the God who came into the bookstore looking for a copy of "Sense and Sensibility." Mary Mara was Grace's mom. Among her many roles, she was Loretta Sweet, the prostitute Dr. Greene tried to help on "ER" and the entertainment reporter C.J. totally took to task on "The West Wing." Kimberly McCullough, currently playing Kevin's ex-girl friend, Beth, was Robin Scorpio on "General Hospital" (where she worked with Amber Tamblyn) and Eli's girlfriend Jennifer on "Once & Again." TV Gal reader Jess recognized George Newbem as the psychiatrist on "Boston Legal" (Sunday, ABC). Newbem was Danny, the neigh bor who had an inappropriate relationship with his sister on "Friends," and Syd's husband, Owen, on "Providence." Newbem was also the groom-to-be in the "Father of the Bride" mov ies. That's all for today. I will be back next Mon day with my picks for the 10 best characters currently on television. And don't forget com ing in December, it's my annual "Best" columns the best quotes, the best shows and the best of everything television. Also I'll have the scoop on the fourth season of "24." Have question, seen a familiar face, have an inside scoop or want to nominate a quote of the week? Write me at amytvgal@zap2it.com. NEVERAMONGFRIENDS.COM Friday, December 3, 2004 of Steve, who sometimes narrates the story. Steve has written a book about his friend Sean who was involved in a car accident. Sean’s knee had been injured during the crash, pre venting him from playing baseball in the big leagues. This abrupt change in his life causes Sean to almost become an alcoholic. Steve tries to help Sean with his problems, but Steve ends up comforting Tracy (Sean’s girlfriend) more than Sean. Unfortunately for Steve, he too has a girlfriend (Jane) - he tries to fend off Tracy before anything happens be tween the two of them, but they end up having an affair anyway. The affair is kept secret from Sean and Jane, but it begins to take a toll on Steve’s conscious. As more thing start to weigh heavily on Steve’s mind, an interesting twist in the plot creeps up towards the end of the movie. This movie has a good script and good in tentions for the message it tries to deliver - this movie is very mindful of the effects of al cohol and forgiveness. However, “Never Among Friends” is full of vulgar language and sex scenes. This movie is not shot in the tradi tional Hollywood style; it is almost like watch ing a home video or an after-school special. This type of filming compliments this movie because it is about real life situations and prob lems. “Never Among Friends on Friday, Dec. 10 at Reed 117 Trivia time I I I V I V