With the release of Narc in 2002, Sacramento director Joe Carnahan quickly became Hollywood’s Next Big Thing. Harrison Ford helicoptered him in to his ranch and Tom Cruise signed him up for Mission: Impossible III. Then he went MIA. Now, with his new movie Smokin’ Aces on the big screen, and a full deck of A-listers (like Jeremy Piven) lining up to work with him, he’s back with a vengeance. But can he keep his new winning streak alive?
Hollywood doles out stars on its sidewalks, and St. Louis has a Walk of Fame filled with notable names. So does Toronto, and even Lansing, Michigan. Sacramento has had more than its share of great people—artists, actors, statesmen, athletes, business leaders and others—who’ve come from or lived here. It’s time to celebrate them in a public way and take a step in the right direction.
This fortysomething Thirtysomething star and longtime Sacramentan now stars in NBC’s critical hit Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Cal Shanley, the director of an SNL-like show. But he doesn’t just play a director on TV; he’s one in real life too (Studio 60, Las Vegas). Not to mention, he’s also a big-time producer (Ed, Without a Trace). TV’s most unassuming triple threat talks to Sactown about his new show, B Street’s identity crisis, and laptop shopping with Studio 60 creator and writer Aaron Sorkin on Arden Way.
