James Garner suffers stroke

Actor James Garner had to undergo surgery this week in LA after suffering what his spokeswoman called a minor stroke.

Garner, 80, has acted for six decades playing all kinds of rugged types. He is best known for his leading roles in "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files." We wish him a speedy recovery.

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Dennis Farina will shoot you

Dennis Farina, 64, played a cop on TV's Law and Order and was a policeman in real life in Chicago, but screeners at Los Angeles International Airport could care less when he tried to bring a loaded handgun on a plane in his briefcase. Paging sky marshalls.

Farina told airport police and FBI agents that he had forgotten he put the .22-caliber semi-automatic weapon in the case, authorities said. He spent most of the day in a Van Nuys jail and was released on $35,000 bail. I tell you it's pretty easy to do, I often forget my gun too, it's kind of embarassing when you go to reach for your wallet and pull out a nice pistol instead. Cashiers tend to give you funny looks but they're usually really nice afterwards.

I guess he took the whole I'm not a cop but I play on TV thing a little too far. I guess if nothing else he has a funny story to tell.
{source: LA Times}