European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 o stars and stripes saturday March 24 2007 faces Philbin to Host Philbin Home after heart bypass Kelly Ripa says Regis Philbin her cohost on live with Regis and Kelly is Back Home after having heart bypass surgery Ripa revealed on wednesdays show that Philbin 75 had been re leased from the Hospital two Days ago we were sworn to secrecy i dont know Why she said so you  even mention it to me asked comedian Howie Man Del who was filling in for Philbin Ripa replied i dont know if i can mention it to you now Ripa 36 said Philbin might Call the daytime talk show Friday to give an update on his recovery Philbin told his audience last week that he was having the surgery because theres some plaque in some arteries and Ive got to get it cleaned out late authors unfinished novel published Shannon Ravenel has nurtured Between 100 and 150 books into existence in her 45year publishing career but none presented the Challenge of Larry Browns the Mir Acle of Catfish the novel was not finished and its author died regrettably Young More than two years ago when Browns wife Mary Annie Brown gave the manuscript to rav Enel it was 900 pages Long with Many pages left to wrap up the tale set in Browns beloved Northern Mississippi and it seemed to me that the Only problems with it were problems of Brown weight and scenes that went on too Long and a couple of characters that didst seem to pull their share of the weight Ravenel said so All i did was Cut and i did that Only after talk ing with other novelists the counsel helped the Algonquin books Confounder set a threshold she also went Back and read Over previous correspondence with Brown on his opinions and instructions on pre Vious work and she relied on the knowledge gleaned from editing eight books by one of the souths most prom Ising and interesting writers the resulting Catfish with notes from Brown on a proposed ending was released this week Consumers hit limits in maxed out documentary filmmakers have warned us fast food global warming and corporations Are killing us but cred it cards in maxed out director James Scurlock an unrelated devotee of super size me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock uses jaw dropping stories of credit induced woe across the us to argue that the Industry is destroy ing lives and needs immediate stepped up government regulation after All this is a country where the average family owes in credit card debt there is a moral to this Story but at times it also feels like a Romp Scurlock whom we hear but never see is a clearcut Seattle native now living in los Angeles a former student at the University of Pennsylvania whar ton business school who racked up debts of his own while starting an ill conceived restaurant franchise business Foreman becomes reality to judge boxing great ordained minister and grilling guru George Foreman has added another Job to his resume reality to judge Foreman 58 will be one of four judges on abcs american inventor when it begins its second season june 6 Fremantle Media North America inc announced tuesday he will be joined by former Aba executive Pat Croce British Busi Nessman Peter Jones and undergarments entrepreneur Sara Blakely creator of Span the shows new Host is Nick Smith american inventor features in ventors from around the country competing for a Chance to Mas produce their product and win a million prize Foreman stories and photos from wire reports Matt above Julian Mcmahon arrives at the premiere of premonition in los Ange Les left Mcmahon and Sandra Bullock in a scene from premonition a movie about a homemaker who thinks she May be having visions foretelling the death of her husband Ron of tristan pictures aussie actor making the most of his opportunities by Betsy Pickle Scripps Howard news service Julian Mcmahon had a feeling that it would be Good to play opposite Sandra Bullock in premonition its been a great ride Mcmahon says in so Happy with the final result its really very Cool in premonition homemaker Bullock thinks she May be having visions foretelling the death of her husband played by Mcmahon but its hard for her to Tell reality from dreams because some Days Shell Wake up and Hes alive in bed next to her and other Days Shell Wake and find Hes been killed in a horrible Road Accident speaking by phone from los Angeles Mcmahon jokes that there Are worse places to awake than in bed with Bullock although she is married so ill probably leave that alone says the 38yearold actor who prefers to stay on the Good Side of Bullocks husband reality to Star and motorcycle designer Jesse James Hes a big boy premonition is the first of three upcoming features starring Mcmahon who plays womanizing plastic sur Geon Christian Troy on the popular fax series prisoner which he shot in Nashville in mid2005 is due for release this Spring and fantastic four Rise of the Silver surfer filmed in Canada comes out june 15 he reprises the role of or doom in the sequel to the 2005 comic Book hit his 2006 schedule is not one hed like to repeat after shooting premonition for five months in Shreveport la he returned to los Angeles for about a month and a half later he started shooting the fantastic four sequel simultaneously it was a Nightmare he says note to self do not do that it was insane going from set to set was confusing i didst know where i was Mcmahon says id come Back and i had All these or doom mannerisms and id put them into Christian Troy id be twisting my fingers like some villainous kind of thing Mcmahon has earned acclaim for playing an a lamer ican cad but of camera his accent exposes his austra Lian roots he moved to the United states around 1992 after starring in a couple of series and a feature Down under when i first came Here it was Tough says Mcmahon who left his Law studies to try modelling and acting i was very australian and they wanted americans so i had to convert myself from being a stumbling aussie to an american and that want easy his breakthrough came with the 19962000 Abc series profile which blazed the Trail for forensic crime fighting shows even As a supporting player Mcmahon showed Star Quality though it took creator Ryan Murphy to recognize it sometimes it takes us a Little bit of time he says Mcmahon has no idea where his acting career is going but Hes not worried Ive got two years left on my contract of and Ive got one More movie on my fantastic four contract for Fox and then Well just see How things go he says Hes always ready to show what he can do i think youre always proving something he says i think that applicable whoever you Are