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Dan Futterman was pretty much done with acting.When he graduated from Columbia University nearly two decades ago, he put in the requisite time as a struggling actor, working nights as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant while auditioning for acting parts during the day. Within two years, he started getting work in commercials and in the theater.On stage, his biggest role was in "Angels in America," and in film, he is best known for playing Robin Williams' son in "The Birdcage." On TV, you might rem...

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Tom Selleck reprises the role of Jesse Stone, police chief of a small Massachusetts town, in this 2006 drama based on the books of Robert A. Parker ("Spenser: For Hire"). Stone's latest case involves the death of a teenage girl whose body is found floating in a lake. He discovers that she had been engaging in some self-destructive behaviors, possibly because of an unhappy home life. Viola Davis, Vito Rezza and Kohl Sudduth also star.

2. 'Hidden Palms'

7 p.m., WGN-Ch. 9

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Q: I am looking for a movie made about Toulouse-Lautrec the painter. I'm almost 80, so I know it (came out) years ago.

A: I believe you are thinking of director John Huston's 1952 movie "Moulin Rouge," which offers a fictionalized take on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the crippled painter who made a splash with stylized posters he created for the Paris nightclub of the title.

Jose Ferrer earned a best-actor Oscar nomination for portraying both Toulouse-Lautrec and his father, but the award went to Gary Cooper for "High Noon." "Moulin Rouge" was up for seven Oscars in all, including best picture and best director for Huston, but it won only for art direction and costume design.

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Boulder's Dinner Theatre has earned 20 nominations for the Colorado Theatre Guild's second annual Henry Awards, including 13 for its musical "Ragtime," staged in an unofficial collaboration with the Shadow Theatre Company. Curious was close behind with 15 nominations. The Littleton Town Hall Arts Center nabbed 10.

The Henrys will have an unusual showdown: Both Jeffrey Nickelson and his planned, mid-run replacement, Leonard Barrett, were both nominated for best actor in a musical. Nickelson played Coalhouse Walker first, then gave way to Barrett. Castmate Wayne Kennedy, who played Tateh, was also nominated in that category.

Joanie Brosseau-Beyette pulled off an extraordinary trifecta: She was nominated for best lead actress in two musicals -- Country Dinner Playhouse's "Evita" and Boulder Dinner Theatre's "Sweet Charity" -- while also nabbing a nom for supporting actress in BDT's "Ragtime."

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MILWAUKEE -- It only took a few minutes for four Brewers to watch the scene from their soap opera debuts. The heckling is sure to last a whole lot longer.

Milwaukee took time before Wednesday's game against San Francisco to catch shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Bill Hall and pitchers Chris Capuano and Jeff Suppan appear on the top-rated CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless."

The results?

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