Playing tough-loving single mother Cissy Saint on Snowfall, filmmaker John Singleton’s new drama about the origins of the crack epidemic in America, Michael Hyatt got the part the way she’s gotten countless others: Auditioning.
“I’m a working actor,” Hyatt tells Et. The explanation is so matter-of-fact that the question of how she got the role on the new FX series almost seems ridiculous -- but that’s to say she sees it that way. The opportunity for the part came along and “I auditioned for it.”
Such is the life of Hyatt, who has built an acting career largely filled with playing familiar faces on various award-winning TV series. There’s Angela Blake on season five of The West Wing, Brianna Barksdale on The Wire, Judge Sheffield on Franklin & Bash, Katherine Davis on the second installment of True Detective, Det. Muncie on Ray Donovan and Dr. Akopian on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, who was most...
“I’m a working actor,” Hyatt tells Et. The explanation is so matter-of-fact that the question of how she got the role on the new FX series almost seems ridiculous -- but that’s to say she sees it that way. The opportunity for the part came along and “I auditioned for it.”
Such is the life of Hyatt, who has built an acting career largely filled with playing familiar faces on various award-winning TV series. There’s Angela Blake on season five of The West Wing, Brianna Barksdale on The Wire, Judge Sheffield on Franklin & Bash, Katherine Davis on the second installment of True Detective, Det. Muncie on Ray Donovan and Dr. Akopian on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, who was most...
- 7/5/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"Winter Wonderland" has topped a new list of the most performed holiday songs of the decade. The 1934 tune written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith was an instant hit for bandleader Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians and it has since been recorded by the Andrews Sisters, Doris Day, Perry Como, The Eurythmics and Jewel Kilcher.
And it seems the tune - the oldest on the top 25 countdown - is an annual favourite for radio programmers at this time of year - it's the most played track, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Also making the top 10: Sleigh Ride, White Christmas and Jingle Bell Rock.
Here's Ascap's most played holiday tunes of the past 10 years:
Winter Wonderland - written by Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - written by Mel Torme, Robert Wells
Sleigh Ride - written by Leroy Anderson,...
And it seems the tune - the oldest on the top 25 countdown - is an annual favourite for radio programmers at this time of year - it's the most played track, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Also making the top 10: Sleigh Ride, White Christmas and Jingle Bell Rock.
Here's Ascap's most played holiday tunes of the past 10 years:
Winter Wonderland - written by Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - written by Mel Torme, Robert Wells
Sleigh Ride - written by Leroy Anderson,...
- 12/26/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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