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K600PJV “I like that vibe You feel the pulse of the mix and that generates a lot more energy” He adds that there will be “no ego trips” ' with the ensemble casting “We are only as strong as our weakest link” Basaraba says the ensemble nature of the series also contributes to its sense of realism: “This is about human beings having a collective experience Reality is a collective experience the sum of everybody’s input” Crime may be “Boomtown’s” thread but the crazy quilt formed by the main characters’ personal and professional lives is the serin’ dri- - LOS ANGELES (AP) 7— A scruffy man grabs a handbag from a customer eating at a Beverly Boulevard sidewalk cafe as stunned diners look on An y detective bursts ' from the cafe’s interior in pursuit of the purse snatcher who has scuttled down a side street Another moment of TV crime on the streets of Los Angeles only this set is different from set your usual cop-sho- w The scene is captured from multiple camera angles — and from multiple viewpoints The cop the criminal the victim the bystanders — all will have their own opinion on what really happened as will the paramedic the reporter and the deputy district attorney who are drawn into the follow-u- p investigation This is “Boomtown” NBC’s new Sunday night drama (9 pm ) that looks at Los Angeles crime from every which way While such multi-ang- le storytelling requires simultaneous filming and other production complexities “Boomtown’s” ensemble cast is up for the challenge “I love it because in reality we don’t see things the same way We don’t even hear things the same way We have different cultural perspectives" says Mykelti Williamson who plays Detective “Fearless” Bobby Smith Williamson is taking a short breather before repeating his energetic scene as the pursuer of the purse snatcher “I think they’ve discovered I can run because in an earlier episode I had a scene in which they asked me to speed it up and I did’’ Williamson says with a laugh As the cameras are reloaded he joshes with Jason Gedrick and Gary Basaraba who play series regulars Tom Turcotte and Ray Hechler the two uniformed officers who respond to the crime scene ' The multi-ang- le concept was created by Graham Yost whose recent writing credits include miniseries episodes of HBO’s Emmy-winnin- g ' “Band of Brothers’’ Yost — who insists he's never seen “Rashomon” Akira Kurosawa’s 19S0 movie that pioneered multi-ang- le storytelling — is producer of this DreamWorks production with veteran feature director Jon off-dut- CATHY remcmer that bmno-- CU ' REMEMBER THAT SWEET TIME MIEN HOU REAUN BELIEVED SOU'D THE FULL BALANCE INNOCENT THAT HEN CREDIT CAME IN THE MAH ? m BEETLE BAILEY HAGAR THE HORRIBLE r THIS IS A HIGH-CLAS- S CESTAURANTGEWTLEMEN SO WEARING Y0UR WATS ATTWe CMNNEP TABLE IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY PROHIBITED I UNLESS YOU REALLY WAlsrTTO OF COURSE J ft- Avnet There are some standing sets for “Boom-town- ” at the Raleigh Studios but most of the filming is done on location all over Los Angeles “I prefer location shooting says GedriclL - PEANUTS ving force The cast also includes Nina Garbiras as newspaper reporter Andrea Little Lana Panilla as paramedic Teresa Ortiz Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Joel Stevens and Neal McDonough as Deputy District Attorney David McNorris McDonough "who appeared in the futuristic cop feature “Minority Report” and in “Band of Brothers” appreciates YdSt and Avnet’s willingness to listen to actors’ input “We all know it has to be a team effort for it to work so we don’t take things so personally” he said Yost created the role of Wahlberg’s troubled detective especially for the actor who also was in “Band of Brothers” Waiting in his trailer parked near the cafe the former New Kids on the Block pop star says he prefers location shooting to studio sets “It’s boring on a controlled stage The streets are much more physically and emotionally demanding” He loves the energy on the “Boomtown” set “where there are always multiple cameras clicking” Wahlberg won’t allow his character to be tagged a “bad cop" despite the fact that the series occasionally depicts the Los Angeles Police Department in a less than flattering light “My goal is not to paint the LAPD as anything My goal is to paint my character as a good cop’’ despite his flaws the actor said Wahlberg says the concept would be just a gimmick if the characters and story lines weren't interesting When he read the pilot script the actor says it made him think of such “LA-iioimpvies as “Chinatown” and “Magnolia” “I loved my character” he said “but most importantly I wanted to know ‘what happens multi-ang- le r” ' next?”’ New Nirvana song hits airwaves MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM THAlS THE THIRD OBEDIENCE SCHOOL yofiVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM ORIMM OOR TEACHER SAID I SHOULD TAKE VOll ID A SHRINK BECAUSE VOUKE CRAZp PERAN6EPAND PSVCHOOTC NirSEATTLE (AP) — A vana song that’s been’ die subject of much speculation and litigation finally surfaced on the nation’s airwaves this week more than ' eight years after singer Kurt Cobain killed himself Cobain's estate closely guarded “You Know You’re Right” making it one of the most legendary unreleased tracks in rock history The band which launched the early 1990s “grunge” movement recorded it in late January 1994 less than three months before Cobain’ death “It may not be the best song they ever did but it’s probably in the top 10” Cobain biogra-pher Charles Cross said Thursday “At the time people were saying Kurt was over and that’s what’s so significant about this song — it’s the last great Nirvana song” It’s unclear how the track finally aired Several radio stations said it first surfaced on the Internet which was where they obtained it1 One station KROQ-Fin Los Angeles y a reported receiving order earlier this week but said it had permission to play the song Thursday The release — whether official or not — followed comments last week from Cobain’s widow Courtney Love indicating that lawsuits involving the song had been settled for “a lot of money" and that “You Know You’re Right” would come out before the holidays Love and surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have long fought over “You Know You're Right” and die rest of Nirvana’s legacy She sued them in May 2001 to block the release of a boxed set including the song which she wanted released later They countersued for breach of contract call- - M MO one-da- FOX TROT XCMrKLCV£ THAT RECOVER DON'T score NO M0M6f was No totally kodmu OUT I T DEFENDER THE OF POSITION! 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