Michael J. Fox to open latest Florida Forum, benefits Wolfson Children's Hospital. Tickets are still available for the 2014-15 Florida Forum, a speaker series benefiting Wolfson Children's Hospital. The 23rd season of the series will feature actor and activist Michael J. Fox, political couple James Carville and Mary Matalin and two national security experts -- former NSA director Keith B. Alexander and former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III. Produced by Wolfson's Women's Board, the forum will benefit the hospital's Pediatric Surgery Center of Distinction.
Here is the schedule, according to a news release from Wolfson. Oct. 13 -- Fox, an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor, will discuss his iconic film and TV characters and how his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease at age 29 changed his outlook on life. Nov. 12 -- Carville and Matalin will provide post-midterm-election analysis as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Washington politics. The forum is one of two major benefits produced annually by the all-volunteer Women's Board.
Michael J. Fox Responded To E!’s ‘Fun Fact’ Blooper On Letterman. Michael J. Fox on Show's Struggles: 'I Don't Feel Angry' This story first appeared in the March 21-28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. When Michael J. Fox took his seat at the Beverly Hills Hotel in March 2012, he already had made up his mind. The beloved actor, who was sidelined by Parkinson's more than a decade earlier, was ready to return to series TV, and his lunch companion on that day, Will Gluck, would be his producer.
Their art-imitates-life pitch, about a father with Parkinson's who decides to go back to work, drew offers from every broadcast network, but none as jaw-dropping as NBC's: 22 episodes, guaranteed on the air. In the months that followed, the media hype surrounding The Michael J. Fox Show was accompanied by concerns: Was Fox up for the grueling schedule? "I don't know if Mike knew he could do the whole thing, but he thought he probably could," Gluck recalls of Fox, who has been Emmy-nominated for guest stints on such shows as The Good Wife, Rescue Me and Curb Your Enthusiasm since leaving Spin City in 2001. Lessons of The Michael J. Fox Show. NBC Yanking Michael J. Fox Comedy From Thursdays.
'The Michael J. Fox Show' Canceled. Though not entirely surprising given NBC’s earlier move to cancel struggling freshman Thursday comedy ‘Sean Saves the World,’ the network has officially pulled the plug on its more high-profile ‘Michael J. Fox Show.’ The veteran ‘Family Ties’ and ‘Back to the Future‘ star had completed work on the 22-episode order, though the remaining episodes may never see the light of day. News of the ‘Fox Show”s cancellation comes to us from Vulture, adding that NBC will replace its Thursday comedy with ‘Hollywood Game Night’ beginning on February 27. Sources say that filming on all 22 episodes of the hefty original order have been completed, though with only 15 aired, it remains unknown exactly when, if ever, NBC might display the final 7. For those unfamiliar with the series (evidently most viewers), ‘The Michael J. Both this and ‘Sean Saves the World’ had been troubled performers for NBC, though by the time of ‘Sean”s cancellation it had been observed that ‘The Michael J.
E!'s Golden Globes Red Carpet Show Under Fire for Michael J. Fox 'Fun Fact' Jason Merritt/Getty Images Michael J. Fox E! 's pre-Golden Globes show was under fire Sunday evening after the network put up a questionable "fun fact" for nominee Michael J. Fox as stars made their way down the red carpet. The "fun fact" that was displayed on the bottom left of the screen during the red-carpet show said: "Michael J.
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991. " LIST: 2014 Golden Globes Winners E! Viewers who spotted the indiscretion took to Twitter, criticizing the network for even considering including such a bit of trivia. REALLY weird E! These Golden Globes "fun facts" are getting darker and darker pic.twitter.com/SD1E38Pg9o — Dan Amira (@DanAmira) January 12, 2014 PHOTOS: Inside the Golden Globes Parties It's been an eventful Globes thus far with a lighting rig triggering a sprinkler system, causing old water to flood the red carpet and forcing the Beverly Hills Fire Department to vacuum up the liquid before stars arrived. E! has been criticised for referring to Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's in its Golden Globes coverage. E! Online's 'Fun Facts' At Golden Globes Not Really Fun (Or Funny)