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RE “ ‘Rescue Me’ Writer Fans the Inflamed,” by Scott Collins, June 26: “Rescue Me” co-creator Peter Tolan tries to justify the controversial scene by writing that the characters Tommy and Janet have a dysfunctional relationship with a glimmer of sexual attraction.
July 1, 2006
Television
This is the second published entry from Peter Tolan’s ongoing series of personal essays about the impasse between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Nov. 16, 2007
After FX’s firefighter antihero crosses a line, one of its co-creators gets an earful online.
June 26, 2006
For the Record
Los Angeles Times corrections
Feb. 23, 2020
Entertainment & Arts
“The argument from intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.”
Nov. 12, 2007
‘Rescue Me’
April 7, 2009
Strange that a series about New York City firefighters post-Sept. 11 would feel more convincing as a comedy than a drama, but that’s the mixed bag the cable network FX presents tonight at 10, with the debut of a new series, “Rescue Me,” starring Denis Leary.
July 21, 2004
Movies “America’s Sweethearts” stars Julia Roberts, above left, as the sister/slave of megastar Catherine Zeta-Jones, right.
July 15, 2001
This is the first in a series of personal essays about the impasse between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Nov. 9, 2007
Movies
Compared to them, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were poseurs, Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher flashes in the pan.
July 20, 2001