Went to Los Angeles this past weekend to go to the press junket for the new show on TNT - LEVERAGE! It was so much fun… got to meet the whole cast of the show and even got to watch the first two episodes of the series… it’s GOOD! Each episode is like a little mini-movie in itself, with an Ocean’s 11 kind of feel to it…
The basic premise of the show? Former insurance investigator Nate Ford and his band of cohorts act as modern-day Robin Hoods, pulling elaborate scams targeted against the greedy and the corrupt. You can get all the scoop on the TNT website at: www.tnt.tv
Here’s a quick recap of the weekend…

The hotel we stayed in was called SLS and it’s brand new… kind of funky modern, this pic is actually the back of the elevator - each one had different pix of people in them all around you… a strange but cool experience…

This was the rooftop pool… and possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! There are little cabanas everywhere with bed-sized lounge chairs, and even loungers in the water as you can see above! It felt like Alice in Wonderland… big mirrors everywhere, funky weird sculptures… loved it…

On Saturday night, TNT hosted a bowling party with the cast of the show at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood…. this is Christian Kane (he plays Eliot Spencer on the show… you may have also seen him in a bunch of other stuff, including the movie “Just Married” with Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy)

This is Oscar winner Timothy Hutton! I’d have to say he was the most soft-spoken in the group of the cast, but very nice… I was a bit intimidated to interview such a big star!

After the interviews with the cast on Saturday, we had some free time to check out hot paparazzi spots on Robertson Boulevard… we had lunch at The Ivy, and as we were leaving, we saw this group of paparazzi hangin’ in front of a store! Of course we raced over to see what all the commotion was, and supposedly Mena Suvari was inside shopping. We never saw her. But it was kinda cool to see all of the action happening!

Timothy Hutton

These are the writers and producers of the show. Usually when we get to do interviews for the station, we meet the cast. It was super cool to talk to the folks that actually put it all together!

Gina Bellman plays Sophie Deveraux on LEVERAGE… here she is with Christian Kane.

Beth Riesgraf plays Parker on the show, and Aldis Hodge plays Alex Hardison - he was so fun! This is my boyfriend and I posing with the two of them!