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This familydrama cum spy series from J.J. Abrams (Lost) ends this spring after five years. But it seems longer, given how often the show reinvented itself, changing Sydney Bristow (Garner) from a double to a single agent and turning bad guys to good and back. In the penultimate season, Bristow discovers the secrets of a long-lost sister and untangles a plot involving--oh, I have only a paragraph? Then let's just say that, for all its wild twists, Alias is emotionally grounded by A+ actors like Victor Garber (as Sydney's caring but ruthless dad), Ron Rifkin...
Like her other novels, Devil's Corner is a fast-paced thriller featuring a female lawyer with an ample supply of attitude. Vicki Allegretti, a U.S. Attorney, teams up with Reheema Bristow, a glamorous African-American woman who has been wrongly accused of a crime, to expose an ever widening conspiracy of cocaine dealing and violence. Added to the mix is some hanky-panky between Vicki and a senior attorney in her office...
...been afraid that audiences would lose interest in talky, character-driven shows about relationships. So Abrams lets viewers believe they're getting something else. Alias was sold as--and truthfully is--the story of a grad student who becomes a spy. But what really grabbed Abrams was that Sydney Bristow (Garner) has to work with her father Jack (Victor Garber), a chilly pragmatist with whom she has a rocky history. Garner recalls Abrams' pitch: "There would be some action, but it was really a family story," she says. "It sounded completely nuts, but I said, 'Sign...
...instead signed a deal to do variety specials for two years, for at least one month of which she will still be famous. And "Alias" fans, note - you'll have to wait until midseason, when "Desperate Housewives" ends its run, to get your next fix of Sydney Bristow...
...least to some extent, the fear of sexual assault has always been a reality for every female. The 1988 National Report on Crime and Justice states that three out of four American women will be victims of violent crimes sometime during their lives. In 1995 Lonnie Bristow, M.D., former president of the American Medical Association, described sexual assault as “a ‘silent-violent epidemic’ growing at an alarming rate and traumatizing the women and children of our nation.” Statistics show that sexual assault occurs every 45 seconds in America...