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 FX International is this weekend and we're gonna try to get our hands on as many guests as possible. First up is the one person I desperately hoped to get some time with this weekend, Ms. Julie Benz. Benz made a name for herself in the Whedon-verse as Darla on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and then again on "Angel." Now starring as Rita, the unknowing wife of a serial killer, Benz will take part in this year's FX Con as she shows off her "Dexter" bobblehead and greets fans. Take a listen to the interview as Benz talks about being attacked by pigs in "Rambo," the sexual attraction of Dexter Morgan and her upcoming role in "Boondock Saints II."
 When comedy legends Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong roll into Florida this weekend for a pair of shows, they're sure to rock the joint. We had a chance to talk with the duo by phone about everything from their rocky breakup and reconciliation to "Lost" and the legalization of marijuana. So you're promoting the latest installment of the Cheech and Chong story, the "Light Up America" tour. You haven't been together since 1985. Is this a reunion or a comeback? Cheech: I don't know yet. (laughs) Chong: It's a reunion. Neither one of us have gone anywhere, you know? We didn't have to come back from anywhere.
 Music today sometimes forgets where it came from. The art form was created to tell stories. Jim Croce got it. Randy Newman and Billy Joel get it. Ben Folds, you can be sure, also gets it. And while "getting it" doesn't always come with recognition and accolades, meaningful lyrics and infectious hooks make Folds a musical standout. We had a chance to talk to Folds as he makes his way to the area for a pair of shows. A lot of people say you're career really started to take off in Nashville. Would you agree with that? Well, I guess maybe in some ways it did. I think it really took off before that in North Carolina with the band probably around 1995. Yeah, Ben Folds Five formed in 1994. I read on Wikipedia, the font of questionable knowledge, that you quit music for some time to be an actor.
No, not really. Wiki-(expletive deleted)-pedia. I guess I kind of quit. I don't know if you ever really quit. I wasn't really pursuing my songwriting, music stuff for a few years. I hit this dead end. I took some work playing and doing little bits playing in musical theater. I don't think I ever thought I was going to do it forever and I certainly wasn't an actor.
 Well, I got a good one for you today Fanboy readers. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...One-on-One with Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. First off, thank you so much for taking the time to
answer a few questions. I understand you're in Italy filming
"Sinner." Can you tell us a little about it?
"Sinner" is a hybrid of Hitchcock's "Rebecca"
and "House of Wax." Guess who's playing the Vincent Price role?
Torturing beautiful young
European actresses is a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it.
You are a classically trained actor. How did that background helped your approach to the role?
I was able to use my theater training to animate the
make-up, alter my voice and physically stylize my movement to go along with the
exaggerated surreal atmosphere.
You are only the second actor to play the same
horror character eight times. Did you ever think when you signed on that
the role would be so long term and help define your career?
No. Sometimes a popular performance takes on a life of
its own. Successful characters that audiences gravitate toward generate
sequels. It's been a great ride and has established me as an international
character actor. While the Freddy role is such a huge character,
you've also had an extensive career in television. Which do you prefer?
How is working on television different from film for you?
I have actually had more success in movies (over 70) than
in television. Back in the 70s I did exclusively movies until the end of the
decade. At that time it became easier to go back and forth between the two.
Television is generally faster and the locations are rarely as interesting or
fun as for movies.
How did you get hooked up with "V"?
Typical audition. Ken Johnson told me to think of Gene
Wilder during the interview. So I channeled Mr Wilder when I read for Willie. I heard you are working on "V: The Second
Generation" with Marc Singer who was also an original cast member. Is that true?
Only a rumor. I'd love to work with those guys again,
though.
 You're directing "The
Vij." Can you tell us a about
the film?
It will
shoot in Italy in 2009. It is about a fallen angel, a priest who's lost his
faith, and a beautiful cursed girl suspended between life and death.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the proposed
"Elm Street" reboot?
I am curious to see how they incorporate new technology
to realize the dream/nightmare sequences. I am a fan of producer Michael Bay
and I expect he has a lot of great ideas since he has chosen this project.
And now the second helping of One on One courtesy of Scott Sterbens at "The Office Blog."
With "The Office" season 5 premiere tonight, I caught up with one of the show's stars, Oscar Nunez, who plays accountant Oscar Martinez.
 How long have you guys been in production now? I'm not sure if I can ask how your gay-cation was.
HA! Vacation was great. But it's been a blur the last seven weeks.
Sunday night, when the (Emmy) awards come out, were you kinda ... ticked?
It was a weird night. We were up for a lot. And I kinda thought "30 Rock" would win. But I really thought Rainn (Wilson) was gonna win (for supporting actor). But we got shut out. It didn't hit us until after -- it was kinda weird. I'm happy "Mad Men" won because I really like that show, and happy for "30 Rock" and Tina Fey, and "John Adams" cleaned up. But, dude -- ugh, we didn't like that, getting shut out.
 Today, we bring you a double dose of One on One. Up first, legendary rocker/actor/author/radio host Henry Rollins.
You've done a lot of traveling lately with four weeks in Southeast Asia, then to Cape Town, South Africa, and Ireland. What was that experience like for you?
Well with South Africa, I was there with the Independent Film Channel to do a documentary, which was like two days of filming and then a live show. So we filmed in Cape Town and the next two days I went out and interviewed people in some of the townships, people at the prison facility where people like Nelson Mandela were locked up. We threw it together and it will be on IFC around October or November. We shot another one in Northern Ireland and another in the ninth ward in New Orleans.
The trip to Southeast Asia was two weeks in Burma, which I just got out of a few days ago, and two weeks in Thailand. In Thailand, I was living in Chiang Mai, which is to the north of Bangkok. I was there doing a documentary on hunger. It's basically me looking down the barrel of a lens talking about global famine. After that, the director and some crew and I drove to Burma and drove 1,200 miles around just grabbing shots. You know, being tourists, which actually got us surveilled in one town. Southeast Asia is interesting because it's a place where America left a lot of bombs and napalm, you know, gifts from your pals at Dow. But the hospitality there is amazing. These people are very friendly and go out of their way to be nice. I can't say enough about the people. In Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, where I was just before Thailand, you really get a sense of what the war did to those people. I mean they are still finding unexploded ordnance, there are landmines, and it's rough. In Burma, the Junta, they've done the people a great disservice. Again, wonderful people with this idiot, Than Shwe, for a ruler. So of course we slap sanctions on the guy, which sends that country into the loving arms of China and you know, the poor people get poorer and the Junta they never miss a meal. But it's hot and they have awful roads. That's about it.
PLENTY more..
Monday will bring a new One-on-One, this time with sci-fi/fantasy/horror icon Doug Jones.
You might not recognize Jones' face but be sure you know his characters. From his latest as Abe Sapien in "Hellboy" and "Hellboy II" to his roles as the Fawn and the Pale Man in the Oscar-winning "Pan's Labyrinth," Jones has made a career out of playing eerily beautiful creatures that jump off the screen.
Make sure to stop back Monday to hear Jones talk about his experience as a contortionist, how he became a "creature actor" and what it was like to play Mac Tonight in the old McDonald's commercials.
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 Today I bring you my conversation with one of the stars of the USA Network's fake psychic comedy/crime show, "Psych." Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Corbin Bernsen.
I know you come from a big entertainment background. (His dad is Hollwood producer, Harry Bernsen, his mom is "Young and the Restless" star Jeanne Cooper.) Do you think acting was inevitable for you?
Yeah. You know, that's a funny question but yeah I guess it seemed to line up.
How much of an impact were your parents on your career?
Well when you grow up around it like that, I guess very much so.
I read a couple things about you that I was curious about. IMDB says that you trained in Jeet Kune Do with Bruce Lee. Is that true?
No, absolutely not true. It's one of those Internet things. Mind you I don't mind saying its true so no one wants to (expletive deleted) with me. But no, never did that.
 The next installment of One-on-One will feature one of the stars of "Psych," USA's hit fake-psychic comedy, Corbin Bernsen!
That's right, the star of such hits as "LA Law," "Major League," "The Dentist," and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" will be chatting it up with yours truly this afternoon.
It will be up for your reading pleasure either later today or tomorrow morning so don't turn that dial! Like you have a dial.
"Psych" airs Fridays on the USA Network at 10 p.m.and on Sundays on NBC at 9 p.m.
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