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Q: I recently saw supermodel Niki Taylor on a cosmetics commercial. She was always my favorite. What has she been doing in recent years, and how old is she now? – B.B.
A: Niki Taylor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1975, and signed a contract with Cover Girl cosmetics when she was 18. She went on to model for Liz Claiborne, Versace, Anne Klein and Gap. In the past two decades, she’s co-hosted “Make Me a Supermodel,” with Tyson Beckford, was a competitor on “Celebrity Apprentice,” and appeared on several talk shows. In April, the 46-year-old Taylor signed on with Cover Girl again, the first time with them since her contract ended in 2000.
Sadly, Taylor suffered two major tragedies during the height of her fame. In 2001, she was in a terrible car accident in Atlanta, sustaining severe internal injuries and flatlining twice. Just six years earlier, Niki lost her younger sister, 17-year-old model Krissy Taylor, to a rare heart condition.
Q: Is the drama “All Rise” ever coming back? – J.T.
Simone Missick (Wikimedia Commons photo)
A: CBS announced this past summer that it would not be renewing the legal drama “All Rise” for a third season. Greg Spottiswood, who created and ran the show, was fired by Warner Bros. following allegations of misconduct and racial insensitivity in the writers’ room. Even though a successor was named toward the end of season two, CBS chose not to renew the show.
Simone Missick (Wikimedia Commons photo)The good news is that OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) has resurrected it! Star Simone Missick and most of the original cast will return for a 20-episode third season sometime in 2022. It doesn’t appear that Marg Helgenberger will return as Judge Brenner because she was cast in the NBC drama “Getaway” after “All Rise” was originally canceled. In addition to airing on the OWN channel, episodes will be available to stream via Hulu and HBO Max.
Q: I keep hearing about a show called “Succession.” What is it about? Is there much language or violence? – E.K.
A: “Succession” is a satirical HBO series about a dysfunctional family that owns one of the world’s largest media conglomerates. Scottish actor Brian Cox (“Deadwood”) plays the family patriarch, whose four adult children compete for control of the family’s empire. It stars recent “Saturday Night Live” host Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Alan Ruck. Now in its third season, “Succession” has amassed several Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor for Jeremy Strong.
Despite the cutthroat dynamic onscreen, Cox assured fans during an appearance on the “Late Late Show” that the actors all “gelled from day one” and became a family very, very quickly. As for its content, it’s definitely for mature audiences and contains a lot of explicit language, but not much in the way of violence. A great website for researching whether a series, film or book is for you or appropriate for your children is CommonSenseMedia.org.
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