As reported earlier today, Kyra received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame yesterday!! Congratulations Kyra! This is such an exciting honour. Kyra looked absolutely gorgeous in a little orange dress at the ceremony, and her husband Kevin Bacon and the majority of her The Closer co-stars were in attendance at the cermony to honour her, and G.W Bailey (Provenza) appeared to give a speech. As you will see from the photos, Kyra got a bit emotional during the event, which is so sweet to see.
There are literally hundreds of photos from this event, so I will be going through them and adding them in batches. Today we have the first lot of 99 photos, and stay tuned for more throughout the week!
(I will also be catching up with all the other 2009 Appearance photos as soon as I can…!)
Golden Globe-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick — who is less than one degree separated from Kevin Bacon — received the 2,384th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday.
Sedgwick’s police drama “The Closer” begins its fifth season on TNT this evening (Monday 8th).
Sedgwick, whose star is located next to husband Kevin Bacon’s star, has received four Golden Globe nominations, winning once, three Emmy nominations and a People’s Choice Award for her portrayal of Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on “The Closer.”
Sedgwick also received Golden Globe nominations for the 1995 film “Something to Talk About” and the 1992 made-for-television movie “Miss Rose White.”
Kyra Sedgwick Shoulders Fifth Season of The Closer
Kyra Sedgwick describes her Closer character, Brenda Johnson, as “incredibly delicate and fragile and yet really, really strong and fierce” — and to look at Sedgewick, that could describe her as well. Dressed in an immaculate white dress, surrounded by a crush of people working the room at TNT’s recent spring presentation to reporters and advertisers, she looks as endangered as a lilly at the side of an on-ramp.
Until you see her up close.
Sedgwick, it turns out, is ripped. She’s small, of course, but with sturdy shoulders and slender, powerful-looking calves. Maybe it’s the dress, but the actress seems to draw the light in a room filled with star power, including not only Saving Grace star Holly Hunter, but Jada Pinkett Smith, star of the network’s new HawthoRNe, and her husband, Will Smith, one of the most bankable movie stars in the world. And yet Sedgwick stands out — perhaps because she’s the essence of TNT.
Southern accents, like the Georgia twang that New York-raised Kyra Sedgwick drawls on “The Closer,” are rare for lead characters on TV. Critics and fans have been vocal about their love-it-or-hate-it relationship with Sedgwick’s thick delivery, but series creator James Duff says neither he nor TNT execs ever considered losing the accent.
“There was never any question at all, because the character of Brenda Johnson was complete with that accent,” Duff says. “TNT was interested in a complete character, and I think the accent was the finishing touch. I always felt like, ‘If people hear her authenticity, they’ll hang out more with the show.’”
Hang out they have, with improved ratings, according to Nielsen, over the course of four seasons. Not that Duff doesn’t still read accent bashing online.
For most of her adult life, Kyra Sedgwick has been an anti-plastic crusader. Here are the hard facts that worry her most:
“Less than 20% of plastic bottles are recycled in this country,” she says. “Less than 7% of all plastic is recycled.
“Each month, 42 billion plastic bags are used worldwide. Where will they end up? … Plastic does not biodegrade. It fills landfills and, when it ends up in the ocean, breaks into little pieces, is ingested by birds and fish, and ultimately ends up in our food chain.”
What kind of action can we take to reduce plastic waste?
“We need to stop buying bottled water. Buy a cool-looking stainless steel, dishwasher-safe bottle. Fill up your water from the tap — it’s better for you. Get a few cool, reusable (shopping bags) for groceries, knowing these bags can be used hundreds of times. … We need to make bottles and plastic bags socially unacceptable.”
This summer, Kyra Sedgwick reprises her Golden Globe-winning role as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson in the fifth season of TNT’s “The Closer.” Her work as the LAPD’s master interrogator has also earned her Emmy and SAG award nominations.
The 5th season of “The Closer” begins Monday at 9pm on TNT. She talks about the show, and some of the changes her character will undergo in this interview with Tony, Lauren, and Jillian.
“The Closer” is looking at a great change in the fifth season when a member of the squad is gone. In the press release, TNT revealed that Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson “loses someone very dear to her” as she starts adjusting to married life. Lead actress Kyra Sedgwick added, “It’ll be quick and painless, and it’ll be soon.”
The departure is not the only highlighted change in the new season. The intra-office conflict between Sgt. Gabriel and Det. Daniels is resolved for good and another squad member goes through a complete attitude change after falling in love. The economy forces one of Brenda’s detectives to take a second job, while the fatal shooting of a suspect leads to career complications for another.
“After four years of really getting to know these characters, the fifth season marks a great time to see how they react to major changes both inside and outside the squad room,” said series creator James Duff. “We’re very excited about where we’re taking Brenda and her squad in the coming year.”
The new season begins Monday, June 8, welcoming Mary McDonnell as a guest star to play the new internal affairs officer. “She’s the complete opposite of me; we’re at odds,” Sedgwick revealed. “Brenda’s always had antagonists who are men, so it’ll be great to have an antagonist who’s a woman.”
Although Kyra Sedgwick puts in many hours on the set of The Closer, she, husband Kevin Bacon and daughter Sosie Bacon, 17, enjoy quality time together as often as possible. “I get to be home and spend the weekend with my daughter and husband – I need them!” Sedgwick told PEOPLE at a New York City event announcing Tropicana’s Trop50 partnership with BlogHer, an online community for women.
But unlike most families, chatting about the movies can get very personal among the three. One recent topic of discussion? The casting of Kevin’s signature role of Ren McCormack in the remake of 1984’s Footloose. “It’s that Chace Crawford guy, right?” says Sedgwick. “We’re thrilled! Sosie is a big fan. We met him at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Kevin and he had a chat. He’s very sweet.”
Ever loyal to her husband, Sedgwick adds, “He has big shoes to fill!”
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