Samuel L. Jackson has admonished KTLA reporter Sam Rubin who mistook him for fellow movie star Laurence Fishburne.
Sam Rubin began an interview with Samuel L. Jackson by asking about his recent Super Bowl commercial.
The reporter was referring to an advert for the new Kia sedan – in which Laurence Fishburne reprised his role from The Matrix.
“We don’t all look alike! We may all be black and famous but we don’t all look alike,” said Samuel L. Jackson.
“There’s more than one black guy doing a commercial.”
The actor continued: “I’m the <<What’s in your wallet?>> black guy. He’s the car black guy.
Samuel L. Jackson has admonished KTLA reporter Sam Rubin who mistook him for fellow movie star Laurence Fishburne
“Morgan Freeman is the other credit card black guy. You only hear his voice, though, so you probably won’t confuse him with Laurence Fishburne.”
Samuel L. Jackson was appearing live from Atlanta.
Sam Rubin, from his studio in Hollywood, apologized on numerous occasions and tried to steer Samuel L. Jackson onto a discussion about the revival of Robocop – the original reason for the interview.
“Let’s talk about Robocop,” he said.
“Oh hell, no,” replied Samuel L. Jackson.
“There must be a very short line for your job,” he continued.
The actor continued to rib Sam Rubin for his mistake, asking if he would have trouble telling apart his co-stars Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton.
“You do know who they all are though, right? Just in case they have some of them on the show. Do some work. Do some research. Make sure you don’t confuse them with those other white actors,” he said.
Veteran Entertainment correspondent Sam Rubin, who has won numerous awards during his career, said on-air after his gaffe that “more often than not I really do know what I’m talking about”.
“But I didn’t 30 minutes ago and I’m really embarrassed about it, and I very much apologize to Samuel L. Jackson and anyone else who was offended for what was a very amateur mistake.”
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Marg Helgenberger has been regular with CSI for 11 years.
[googlead tip=”lista_medie” aliniat=”stanga”] Marg Helgenberger, who has been regular with “CSI – Crime Scene Investigation” since it began 11 years ago, has announced she’ll be leaving the forensics drama at the end of this season.
Marg Helgenberger, 52, who has portrayed investigator Catherine Willows on the show, told reporters gathered in California for the annual fall TV previews she plans to leave at the end of the upcoming 12th season of what CBS is calling the most watched TV series in the world.
“I was planning on leaving after last season,”
Marg Helgenberger said, adding that producers asked her into staying for the next season so they could better script her exit.
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Ted Danson will taker over from Laurence Fishburne.
Marg Helgenberger exit comes just as former “Cheers” actor and co-star of HBO’s “Bored to Death” Ted Danson joins the cast. Ted Danson, who replaces Laurence Fishburne, will play CSI supervisor DB Russell. Beloved TV star Ted Danson will take over from him when the popular drama returns later this year. Laurence Fishburne, who replaced CSI producer and star William Petersen, quit the show in May.
Executive producer Don McGill says Russell is a family man who grew up in a commune with folk-singing parents.
Ted Danson, 63, said he enjoys working on a crime drama, but joked – “they still won’t give me a gun.”
Marg Helgenberger started her cast as Catherine Willows, a blood spatter analyst in 2000 in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and in this series, she won a Screen Actor Guild Award as The Cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (CSI), two People’s Choice Award as a Favorite Female TV Star (CSI) and as The Cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (CSI) all in the year of 2005. The awards are of course the results of her hard work. She went so far as to learn the real things to do and even witnessed autopsies that were being performed at the time.
[googlead tip=”patrat_mare”] Due to her achievements, her hometown of North Bend, Nebraska, renamed the street of her childhood home to “Helgenberger Avenue” in mid 2006.
Marg Helgenberger was married to Alan Rosenberg in 1989 and gave birth to Hugh Howard Rosenberg who was named after her late father.
Due to Marg’s mother’s struggle against breast cancer for the last 27 years and her survival, she and Alan decided to get involved in the fight against breast cancer and started an annual “Marg and Alan’s Celebrity Weekend” in Omaha, Nebraska in 1997. The event is held for 3 days per each year and usually includes a two-day celebrity golf tournament at Dodge Riverside Golf Club and a cancer-survivor celebration at Harrah’s Casino.
Her marriage to Alan did not last forever. They separated in 2008 and finally divorced in 2010.
