National Enquirer Blind Item
WHICH well-respected actor of stage and screen is starting to show signs of emotionally unraveling on the set of his critically acclaimed cable show? The nearly 60-year-old star raised eyebrows when he suddenly and mysteriously dropped out of a hit network show a few years back!
Mandy Patinkin.
ReplyDeletemandy patinkin
ReplyDeleteKelsey Grammer?
ReplyDeleteThe critics love Boss on Starz and he clearly has some issues!
That's what I was thinking too...
DeleteI don't know why Mandy does TV series he doesn't seem able to commit long term. He should just stick to movies and stage with short runs.
ReplyDeleteNot Inigo Montoya? Did his long search for the six fingered man finally catch up with him?
ReplyDeleteGotta co-sign Mandy Patinkin. I love him, but he has a little crazy on his face.
ReplyDeleteI was going to guess Kelsey Grammar. He just walked off Piers Morgan right before he was supposed to go on, because they showed a picture of Camille. Piers live-tweeted it, and said he wasn't even going to ask any questions about Camille.
ReplyDeleteand dia, I LOVE me some Princess Bride :D
ReplyDeleteNot Mandy Patinkin!
ReplyDeleteOh NO! I'm such a fan!
"...however you live, there's a part of you,
Always standing by, mapping out a sky.
Finishing a hat."
If anyone gets that, my day will be made. It's been well-known for decades that Patinkin RULES.
Love this. I was Dot in my cOllege production. Nothing like a Sondheim reference to brighten up your day! Lol!
DeleteI like Mandy too, but it's gotta be him.
ReplyDeleteAs for Piers, he has a history of either soft soap interviews or blindsiding people. I just can't watch his show.
Libby, I have no idea but I'm so curious now!!!
ReplyDeleteAmber! That movie was and is my world! It never gets old. I Luuurve it!!! That one is in my memory vault forever. I will be a crusty old senile lady and still be able to quite that movie :D
Quote! But apparently never spell it well ;)
ReplyDeletedia papaya, it's from "Sunday in the Park with George", which is a 80's Stephen Sondheim show that won the Pulitzer & the Tony. Mandy also won a Tony, and his co-star was Bernadette Peters. It's a fictionalized version of the life of the painter Georges Seurat.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Mandy still sings a song from that show, the one I quoted, in his stage shows today. It's one of his signature songs for decades now. It's a song about being driven as an artist, and letting it screw up your personal life.
Here's the song. MP always belts from the tips of his toes, he's FANTASTIC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ducG55pfCMQ
I have to say this is Mandy Patinkin. I love him but I have heard rumors for a long time that he can be difficult to work with.
ReplyDeleteMandy Patinkin. How wonderful is he though. I still miss Dead Like Me.....
ReplyDeleteMandy was the first person who came to mind.
ReplyDeleteFor all fans of The Princess Bride, I'm going to risk a promotion (for one of my clients... lovely great people)...
ReplyDeleteGold Label manages The Princess Bride Official Shop... http://www.goldlabel.com/princess-bride
And thanks to all CDANers for making all days brighter!
Poor Mandy he was fantastic in Evita, he was the original Che.
ReplyDelete@TinselSass - bookmarked :)
ReplyDeleteHow did I never know Mandy was Inigo?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Mandy. He dropped out of Criminal Minds, and before that, he was on a top-rated medical show (the name escapes me at the moment) which he left suddenly as well.
ReplyDeleteAgain, not a blind. Mandy just did an interview about this. http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/09/14/mandy-patinkin-criminal-minds-departure/
ReplyDeleteAgree with the Mandy guess.
ReplyDeleteCriminal Minds is our favorite show on basic cable; we were very sad when Mandy left, and how they wrote his character out. But, Joe Mantegna has done a great job...so it remains our fave.
Didn't he leave Chicago Hope in an all-of-a-sudden way, too?
Libby - Thanks for the clip, love it. Mandy is truly awesome.
@Cornbread, from what I read back then when Mandy left, Criminal Minds had to write him out that way bcuz he never showed up to the set to film any new scenes. He just one day decided not to show and didn't inform his coworkers or any of the Criminal Minds workers and gave no explanation.
DeleteHe was fantastic on the show, but I kind of like how they explained his absence in the storyline in basically one line while having Hotch say they must move on, & then they started the meeting on the info for their next case. It kind of imitated how Mandy did them in real life. LOL
he did film his final scenes for criminal minds b/c he was in the first 2 episodes of season 3
DeleteHi Jennifer, I know he was in those scenes but thought I had read that it was old footage used to have some sort of closing storyline for him since he left them all hanging. That's why you don't see much of him in his closing scenes, all you really see is him driving off in his car. I could be remembering incorrectly, but I think it was something like that.
DeleteI remember there was a blind item in TV Guide back then about someone on a top 10 show who had the reputation of being one of the nicest guys in show business, but was hated by all his coworkers. When I checked the list of top 10 shows, it had to be him and Criminal Minds which he left soon after.
ReplyDeleteBut I like him because he is a great performer, and I don't have to work with him. Also loved him on Dead Like Me.
I've always had a not-so-secret crush on Joe Mantegna.
ReplyDeleteThe recent interview was about how soul-destroying Criminal Minds was and why he left it, but it didn't give any clue - I thought - that he's unraveling on the Homeland set. How sad.
ReplyDeleteMandy dropped out of Chicago Hope too back in the late 90's.
ReplyDeleteMy husband surprised me with tickets to one of his singing performances about 12 years ago. He was so personable and engaging with the audience that I was surprised to later learn that he is known to be DIFFICULT. Still a fan, regardless.
ReplyDeletefor Libby:
ReplyDeleteI chose and my world was shaken
so what?
the choice may have been mistaken
the choosing was not
you keep moving on...
that song saved me once.
and it's oddly appropriate for this post!
i don't know how true this is, i feel like national enq. only wrote this b/c of what he said about why he left criminal minds last week
ReplyDeleteHello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.
ReplyDeleteLOVE THAT MOVIE!
Its Jane Fonda.
ReplyDeleteShe has a dog that is small and a foo foo dog that she claims is a service dog. This way the dog is allowed to go the restaurants and shopping and a good enough reason for a hotel to 'bend' the rules.
She was all over TMZ leaving a restaurant with the Pooch in her arms!
I'll go with Mandy too, he was great in Criminal Minds and love Homeland, I hope he doesn't leave :(
ReplyDeleteFirst thought was Mandy...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's Mandy, whom I also love. He leaves shows suddenly.
ReplyDeleteI was so bummed when Mandy didn't come back for the Dead Like Me reunion movie, but then I saw it and realized it was for the best. Such a huge letdown after the series was so amazing.
ReplyDeleteLove Mandy Patinkin. Having said that, he is a bit remote and I have no doubt he would do this. He just has a different set of priorities. Nice guy though. Just.....remote.
ReplyDeleteI have always had a crush on Inigo, um, I mean Mandy Patinkin. He is a great actor and looked really nice in those leather pants....
ReplyDeleteIt can suck, mental illness. Sometimes it cannot be controlled. You can excell at a job and then one day wake up and feel you cannot to go there again - for no real reason.
I have no idea where his demons come from, or if he really has any, but I wish him well and thank him for what he has done.
My name is Inigo Montoya,
ReplyDeleteyou killed my father,
prepare to die.....
My sister and I know this film almost word for word....we judge people by their appreciation for The Princess Bride...
My daughters nickname is Princess Buttercup...
I knew there was a reason I love CDANers!!
I remember reading an article about M.P. several years ago. The reason he left Chicago Hope was because he was losing his eyesight. Work became too difficult. He was fortunate because doctors were eventually able to perform surgery to either stave off the sight loss, or correct what had all ready occurred.
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