Dennis Quaid

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As a movie icon, the American farmer has, for many a year, occupied a hand-whittled pedestal, standing tall as a weathered symbol of all that's good and true in this screwed-up world. One of the galvanic surprises of "At Any Price," the Iowa-set drama starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron, is that it upends every cliché and worn-out romantic notion about farming and places it in the real world of agribusiness and high-stakes economic pressure. Director Ramin Bahrani approaches the subject with the same journalist's curiosity that made his earlier films, among them the pitch-perfect "Chop Shop," such sharp depictions of otherwise invisible subcultures and the outsiders who inhabit them.

Dennis Quaid's wife, Kimberly Buffington-Quaid, has filed for legal separation, despite calling off divorce proceedings earlier this year. A representative confirmed the separation to People magazine on Friday, asking that the couple's privacy be respected as they split after eight years of marriage. The separation filing is a mere formality, sources told TMZ, with divorce coming as soon as possible down the line. Kimberly filed for divorce in March but pulled the papers in late April as the two attempted to patch things up. They moved from Texas back to L.A. over the summer, complicating residency requirements.

Expand or die. This ominous motto of economic imperialism courses throughout the film "At Any Price," set against the imperiled world of modern-day family farming. Director Ramin Bahrani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hallie Elizabeth Newton, spent six months in Iowa living among farmers as the duo spoke to people about the issues facing their lives and businesses. The film grapples with enduring issues of generational conflict and transition as well as the perennial drama of success and failure in America.

TORONTO -- In another example of the upside-down world celebrities can create at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was Zac Efron who attracted huge crowds of mostly young women to the Princess of Wales Theater for the Sunday premiere of the new film by Ramin Bahrani, director of “Chop Shop” and “Goodbye Solo.” Not exactly the filmmaker's usual demo, as Bahrani himself said onstage while introducing the film with his producers: “You...

Dennis Quaid listens intently as a visitor reads him an excerpt from Vanity Fair magazine about his latest film, "The Big Easy." " . . . female moviegoers will be watching Dennis Quaid make love to Ellen Barkin and they will turn to the man sitting at their side and they will sigh. Deeply. That sigh means 'Why can't you be Dennis Quaid--just for a day, a night, an hour?' " The walls of his Hollywood Hills home reverberate with the actor's booming laughter.

An actor's career is always marked by ebbs and flows. Sometimes it's the moviegoing public's fickleness. Often an actor picks the wrong projects. And then there is the ego factor -- as when an actor's inflates to such levels that it overtakes the work. Dennis Quaid has had his fair share of career fluctuations.

Before actor Dennis Quaid went to bed Nov. 18, he gave one last call to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his newborn twins were being treated for staph infections. "Oh, they're fine," Quaid recalled a nurse telling him about 9 p.m. "They're just fine." Actually, they weren't. Earlier that day, nurses had mistakenly given Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace 1,000 times the recommended dose of the blood thinner heparin.

Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly sued a leading blood-thinner manufacturer Tuesday, saying the labeling and design of the product led to a massive overdose of their newborn twins last month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Quaids' babies, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, twice were given 1,000 times the intended dosage of heparin on Nov. 18 at the Los Angeles hospital. At 11:30 a.m. and again at 5:30 p.m.

Actor Dennis Quaid said Thursday that he was still considering filing a lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center over the treatment of his two children, who last year were given a massive medication overdose at the hospital. "We haven't brought any kind of suit against Cedars . . . because we want them to do the right thing. We're still waiting, although time is running short for us," Quaid said to the annual meeting of the Assn. of Health Care Journalists.

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Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     SERIES Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan: Aracnophobiacs beware! The second episode of this new adventure/travel series journeys to Laos in search of a rare, venomous, massive-fanged spider the size of a dinner plate (7 and 10 p.m. BBC America). The Taste:   Teams of professional and amateur cooks try to create the best dish in this new episode (8 p.m. ABC)

Dennis Quaid's wife, Kimberly Buffington-Quaid, has filed for legal separation, despite calling off divorce proceedings earlier this year. A representative confirmed the separation to People magazine on Friday, asking that the couple's privacy be respected as they split after eight years of marriage. The separation filing is a mere formality, sources told TMZ, with divorce coming as soon as possible down the line. Kimberly filed for divorce in March but pulled the papers in late April as the two attempted to patch things up. They moved from Texas back to L.A. over the summer, complicating residency requirements.

The Midcentury Effect that rippled outward from "Mad Men" and produced "Pan Am," "The Playboy Club" and "Magic City" has now tossed "Vegas" upon our shores. Premiering Tuesday on CBS, it is set in 1960 in the City sometimes called Sin, when men were men and women were showgirls and Las Vegas was still an expression - or an impression, perhaps - of the Wild West and not the fantastical, international theme park it has since become. The series comes from Nicholas Pileggi - who cowrote the screenplays for Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and "Casino," from his own books - with "Without a Trace" vet Greg Walker aboard to give it that TV shape and pace.

TORONTO -- In another example of the upside-down world celebrities can create at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was Zac Efron who attracted huge crowds of mostly young women to the Princess of Wales Theater for the Sunday premiere of the new film by Ramin Bahrani, director of “Chop Shop” and “Goodbye Solo.” Not exactly the filmmaker's usual demo, as Bahrani himself said onstage while introducing the film with his producers: “You...

Actor Dennis Quaid has sold his equestrian estate in Pacific Palisades for $9.5 million. The French country-style main house, built in 2004, sits on two acres with a second house, a studio, a barn, a corral and a year-round creek. A beam-ceilinged living room, formal dining room, family room, office, wine cellar, eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms are part of the 8,400-square-foot main house. Maids' quarters above the kitchen have been converted to a gym. The second house and studio contain 2,158 square feet of living space.

The California Department of Public Health said Tuesday it was investigating an incident involving newborn twins at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, reportedly an accidental medication overdose involving the children of actor Dennis Quaid. According to the website TMZ.com, Quaid's children, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were given 1,000 times the normal concentration of heparin, a blood thinner used to prevent clots.

Dennis Quaid admits that his new film, "Savior," which opens today, is a "rough ride." It's definitely not for the faint of heart. Critics are already proclaiming that Quaid ("The Right Stuff," "The Parent Trap," "Breaking Away") gives one of his best performances to date in this strong antiwar film set during the savage conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Actor Dennis Quaid has sold his equestrian estate in Pacific Palisades for $9.5 million. The property came on the market in March at $16.9 million and had been reduced to $10 million. A French country-style main house, built in 2004, sits on 2 acres with a second house, a studio, a barn, a corral and a year-round creek. A beam-ceilinged living room, formal dining room, family room, office, wine cellar, eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms are part of the 8,400-square-foot main house.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Monday. Dennis Quaid on troubled Randy Quaid: "I miss my brother. " ( People ) This weekend's Reality Rocks convention was kind of a bust. ( Los Angeles Times ) Nick Cannon bolted from Reality Rocks this weekend to be with Mariah Carey. Are the twins on the way? ( Radar Online ) The prolific director Sidney Lumet has died. ( Los Angeles Times ) The Canadian sitcom "Little Mosque on the Prairie" is popular in 83 countries but can't be seen in the U.S., making it sort of the anti-"Baywatch.