You may not be able to afford the fancy cigars that Chi McBride enjoys, but if you sit close enough to him, you can get a nice contact buzz. His Opus X Fuente smelled so good, second hand smoke side effects be damned. That's how Chi McBride roles at the Fox winter party.
The Television Critics Association press tour is for the stars to discuss their new shows with reporters, but McBride sequestered himself in a cabana at Pasadena's Villa Sorriso restaurant, chilling with his smokes and champagne.
this show is pretty good. they really put work into the action scenes, especially the fights. my one gripe is that they've already dipped into painfully dumb sci-fi technology--the second episode revolves around a "skeleton key to the Internet" (it comes up in the first 2 minutes, i'm not spoiling anything). the show isn't as gimmicky as i thought it'd be--i expected him to be pulling Mission Impossible-style mask reveals every episode, but it turns out he doesn't (at least so far) usually pretend to be the guy he's protecting, he just blends into the background around them.
basically, Chi nailed it--it's an action movie in the tradition of Die Hard, packed into an hour of television.
Missy
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
JAN 20, 2010 07:00 AM