Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Angie Summers Column: Fort Worth Native Relocates From ‘The O.C.’ To ‘Chuck’
By Angie Summers, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
Jun. 26–Even though The O.C. television show was canceled, it didn’t take Norman Buckley long to find another job.
An editor and director with The O.C., he’s now an editor with Chuck, a new comedy-adventure show being developed by Josh Schwartz and McG — also known as Joseph McGinty Mitchell. The two were the masterminds behind The O.C., too.
The show is currently in production and has been picked up by NBC.
A Fort Worth native, Buckley majored in history at the University of Texas at Arlington. He then moved to California, where he graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in film and television production.
The Chuck cast includes Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strzechowski, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster and Adam Baldwin. It will air at 8 p.m. Tuesdays this fall on KXAS/Channel 5.
State leadership: Arlington resident Judy Rupay is helping guide the Texas Alliance of the Boys & Girls Clubs.
Rupay was chosen as secretary of the statewide organization this spring. Other officers include Houston resident John Hernandez, president; Laredo resident Rick Valls, vice president; and San Angelo resident J.B. Francks, treasurer.
The alliance was formed in 1999 as an advocate for youths in the state. It works in partnership with 96 community-based groups operating Boys & Girls Clubs. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington is part of the alliance.
Learn more online at www.txbgc.org.
New home: State Rep. Paula Pierson, D-Arlington, recently opened her district office in north Arlington.
The party included an open house for community leaders, residents, family and friends.
A former member of the Arlington City Council, Pierson is serving her first term in the state Legislature.
Married to local attorney Grey Pierson, she is the mother of Chris Hightower and Lorie Quick. She is a member of First Christian Church.
Her office is at 1201 N. Watson Road, Suite 295; the telephone number is 817-385-4786.
Learn more online at www.house.state.tx.us/members.
Art exhibit: You have two more days to see art by the area’s finest female artists.
Women of Worth will remain on exhibit at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Atrium Gallery until 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Local artists who are participating include Martha Ragsdale and Mary Lou Osborne.
The exhibit is presented by the National League of American Pen Women, an organization of female artists, composers and writers. Learn more online at www.americanpenwomen.org.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is at 2500 Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth. Call 817-735-0205 for more information.
Angie Summers, 817-548-5405 asummers@star-telegram.com
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