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Jim Parsons, who plays lovable, clueless geek Sheldon Cooper on the hit CBS TV series “The Big Bang Theory,” has been revealed to be gay in a recent newspaper profile.
The new York Times profile on Parsons, 39, who is currently starring as Elwood P. Dowd in a Broadway revival of “Harvey,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy that was also a hit 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart, casually mentions that “mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship.”
Parsons never discusses his sexuality in the Times profile. His representative had no additional comment when reached, according to People magazine.
Parsons, who took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010 and 2011, spent last summer on Broadway as well, portraying Tommy Boatwright, a young gay activist in Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart.” He is slated to reprise the role in an upcoming film adaptation of the award winning play.
The Times’ revelation may not be news to some of Parsons’ avid fans, who note that during awards acceptance speeches he regularly thanks his reported partner, Todd Spiewak, with whom he is often photographed.
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Jim Parsons Pulls a Rabbit Out of his Hat for Broadway’s Harvey
by Mervyn Rothstein14 May 2012
Beloved for playing a quirky social outsider on TV’s "the big Bang Theory," Jim Parsons talks about his passion for the stage as he begins crafting the equally odd misfit Elwood P. Dowd in Broadway’s Harvey.
Jim Parsons has two TV Emmys, but deep inside he’s a man of the theatre.
"Theatre was my first love," Parsons says. "I can’t take the theatre out of me. and I wouldn’t want to. To me it’s home. For an actor — maybe not all actors, but for the type I feel I am and the type I want to be — there’s not a better place to hone what it is you do."
Parsons won the 2010 and 2011 Emmys for Best Actor in a Comedy Series by portraying theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper on "the big Bang Theory." Now, on summer break from CBS, he is again romancing his first love, starring on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Harvey. He’s playing Elwood P. Dowd, an otherwise ordinary man who says he has an invisible friend named Harvey — a pooka, or mythological creature, who resembles a 6-foot-3-½-inch-tall rabbit.
Mary Chase‘s classic 1944 comedy won the Pulitzer Prize and lasted 1,775 performances, making it the sixth-longest-running play in Broadway history. Antoinette Perry, for whom the Tonys are named, directed; Frank Fay was the first Dowd. Jimmy Stewart portrayed Dowd in the 1950 movie. Parsons’ co-stars are Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough; Scott Ellis directs.
Parsons, 39, grew up in Houston and made his stage debut in school at age six as the Kola-Kola bird in The Elephant’s Child. He was hooked on theatre.
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"even five years into doing ‘Big Bang Theory,’ the scales are still tipped for me so heavily in theatrical experience," Parsons says. "whether it was children’s theatre, or Shakespeare in the Park in Houston, or free theatre in a converted warehouse in downtown Houston" — or college at the University of Houston, or the old Globe/University of San Diego graduate program in classical theatre — the stage was where he learned his craft.
Parsons has the Texas accent that’s part of the Sheldon Cooper essence, but there’s nary a hint of the character’s hubris. his non-TV voice is friendly and unassuming, with the sincerity of an actor who loves his craft.
Last year he appeared on Broadway in the Tony-winning revival of Larry Kramer‘s The Normal Heart. (Ben Brantley of the New York Times called him "terrific.") one reason he has returned again, he says, is that he misses "the immediacy" of stage acting. "We have an immediacy to our TV show because we have a live studio audience. but there are major differences. Being in TV, we get to do it again and again until it’s ‘right.’ There’s a part of me that likes the other way, that aspect of theatre where there’s no chance to go back."
but most important "is that I’ve not worked in any other medium that offers as much time to get to know a story, and a character, as theatre does. the TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you’re doing that week. you play the same character every time, so there are certain things that do carry over, but as far as the story, as far as the words — and the words are ever changing through those four or five days — you don’t get a chance to sink down into the script."
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The final four teams race to the finish line on the two-hour season finale of CBS’ “the amazing race,” at 8 p.m. on WBZ (Ch. 4). With nice guys Bopper and Mark eliminated, the race is left with teams who have had their share of nasty behavior. Here’s hoping “big Brother” veterans Brendon and Rachel don’t win.
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Last May, ABC’s “Castle” ended with Beckett (Stana Katic) getting shot. the fourth season finale of the hit drama finds Beckett tracking her assailant. Tahmoh Penikett (“Battlestar Galactica”) guests at 10:01 p.m. on WCVB.
Cece (Hannah Simone) and Schmidt (Max Greenfield) make a decision about their relationship and one of the roommates wants to move out on the first–season finale of Fox’s “new Girl,” at 9 p.m. on WFXT (Ch. 25). since the hit series will return for a second season in the fall, the roommates probably will be staying right where they are.
NBC’s “the Voice” declares its second winner in a two-hour finale beginning at 9 p.m. on WHDH (Ch. 7). Count on Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton to get a little emotional before saying farewell for the summer.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – In a survey, 1,000 air travelers were asked their favorite place to sit – not factoring in extra leg room of exit rows – and the most sought-after seat on a standard aircraft is 6A, a window seat at the front of the plane.
In fact, 60-percent say they prefer the window to the aisle. Travelers at Philly International Airport tend to agree.
“Oh just to see what’s going on outside.”
“I wanna see what’s happening.”
“I like to see where we’re going, I like watching as we come in.”
“It’s the only chance you get to look at the world from up there, what the heck?”
But some say the aisle seats do have benefits.
“So I can get out and go to the bathroom without disturbing anyone. and I’m a little claustrophobic.”
Seat 31E, a middle seat near the back of the plane, was voted least popular in the study done by the travel website www.flightscanner.net. It finds most people want the first 6-rows, so they can get on and off the plane faster. People who pick the back say they feel safer, those who choose the middle say they feel less turbulence.
And frequent fliers say for long-hauls or red-eyes, pick a window seat on the left side of the plane, because the windows are off-center, giving you wall space to lean against.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBS) – there will be a workshop in Montgomery County tonight designed to help special education students better prepare for college.
Heading off to college can be a daunting experience for any student but may be particularly hard for students with learning challenges who often have their own set of questions and concerns.
The workshop will give them and their parents a chance to hear from other special ed students who have gone through the process. Debbie Slavutsky, President of the North Penn Parents Special Education Council, says the students will talk about their transition to college.
“Knowing what to expect with their academic obligations obviously, managing their time, being a little bit more independent.”
She says it can be a tremendous relief for students to hear from other students about what their experiences were like and how different it is from high school. The workshop begins at 7 p.m. in the North Penn Educational Services Center in Lansdale.