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By Mary Tablante “Growing Up Fisher” is a new comedy that premiered Feb. 23 on NBC and stars seasoned actors J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. The show follows the Fisher family — dad Mel (Simmons), mom Joyce (Elfman), daughter Katie and son Henry. It is told through Henry’s perspective as he deals with his parents’ divorce and his father’s blindness …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans The small island nation of Jamaica, West Indies, erupted in celebration on Dec. 17, 2013, when its homegrown performer, Tessanne Chin, snagged first place in the reality singing competition show, “The Voice,” Season 5. At Half-Way Tree, a neighborhood in the capital city, Kingston, hundreds of people gathered around a large theater-like screen to see Chin win …

By Mary Tablante As a college student unsatisfied with his decision to study to be an accountant, Kenneth Choi hopped on a Greyhound bus from Chicago to Portland to begin taking acting lessons without telling his parents where he was going. Within three-and-a-half years of studying acting, Choi obtained a Screen Actors Guild card, an agent and a manager. But …