Son of Boston native Moore enjoys acting success
Kathryn Tayo Hall
Standing beneath the bright lights on the pitcher’s mound at Fenway Park, with the fans in full throat and the Green Monster looming in left field behind him, Shemar Moore thought about the path that brought him to the rubber last Monday night — a modeling career, years as one of daytime TV’s most recognizable heartthrobs, a starring role on the hit CBS drama “Criminal Minds” and the chance to toss out the ceremonial first pitch before the Red Sox’ home tilt against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
But he also thought about the road he didn’t take — a course that may one day have led him to the same destination. Full story
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New Latino drama ‘Cane’ sizzles with all-star cast
Sarah Rodman
If the new CBS drama “Cane” is successful, it will do for rum what “Dallas” did for oil: make it completely irrelevant as viewers focus on the soapy drama of a powerful family balancing business, sibling rivalry and romance.
But unlike the lilywhite Ewing clan of Texas, “Cane” centers on a Latino family in Miami headed by former “NYPD Blue” and “West Wing” star Jimmy Smits.
The smoldering Smits plays Alex Vega, who has been given the reins of the Duque sugar and rum business by his adopted parents, Pancho and Amalia Duque (Hector Elizondo and Rita Moreno). Vega has to contend with business adversaries and the manipulations of the Duques’ biological sons Frank (Nestor Carbonell) and Henry (Eddie Matos). The drama is further heightened by Vega’s marriage to Duque daughter Isabel (Paola Turbay). Full story
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