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| SINGER JEWEL SPARKLES OPPOSITE ROB LOWE IN HER SERIES
TELEVISION DEBUT WITH A RARE GUEST APPEARANCE IN THREE-EPISODE ARC AS JACK’S
RIVAL GOVERNMENT LAWYER - AND FORMER FIANCEE BURBANK, Calif. -- August 18, 2003 -- Popular singer/actress Jewel will make her television series debut when she guest-stars in three episodes of NBC’s new drama “The Lyon’s Den” (Sundays, 10-11 p.m. ET) as a competitive lawyer from the Department of Justice who matches up in an important case against her former fiancé - Jack Turner (series star Rob Lowe). The three episodes will be broadcast later this fall. The Alaskan singer and guitarist (born Jewel Kilcher) first drew attention in 1995 with her breakout album “Pieces of You” (certified platinum many times over) and scored with “You Were Made for Me” in 1997. Jewel was nominated for two Grammy Awards for the memorable single “Who Will Save Your Soul?” (certified platinum). She also release such Top-40 hits as “Break Me,” “Intuition” and “Standing Still.” Jewel was also featured on the “Batman & Robin” film soundtrack with “Foolish Games.” She also contributed music to the scores of “Phenomenon” and “The Craft.” In addition, Jewel has appeared as a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” as well as on the TV specials “VH1 Divas Duets,” “Jewel TV,” “Woodstock ‘99” and “Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music.” She also appeared in the feature films “Standing Still” and “Ride with the Devil.” In “The Lyon’s Den,” Lowe stars in the unconventional legal drama set against the imposing backdrop of Washington, D.C. business, politics and the justice system. Also starring in the intriguing drama with Lowe are Matt Craven (“The Life of David Gale”), Kyle Chandler (“Early Edition”), Elizabeth Mitchell (“Frequency”), Frances Fisher (“Titanic”), James Pickens, Jr. (“Traffic”) and David Krumholtz (“Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie”). At the center of the ensemble series is Turner, a maverick scion from an American political dynasty. A “true believer,” Jack must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they appear to be. Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington, D.C. -- at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague, George Riley (Craven) -- Turner reluctantly accepts the position of managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine in order to save the clinic. “The Lyon’s Den” was created by writer and executive producer Remi Aubuchon (“24”). Rob Lowe, Kevin Falls (“The West Wing”), Brad Grey (“The Sopranos”) and Bernie Brillstein (NBC’s “Just Shoot Me”) are the executive producers. Dan Sackheim (“Kingpin”) is executive producer and director. “The Lyon’s Den” is a production of 20th Century-Fox and Brad Grey Television. |