Remember adorable Gail O'Grady who played the unforgettable Donna Abondando on NYPD Blue? She later appeared on American Dreams. According to the Enquirer, she's tragically addicted to gambling. When she was young, Gail, who's now 45 and still gorgeous, always had wealthy boyfriends who took her to Las Vegas and indulged her bad habit. After she became a successful actress, her addiction escalated and she's declared bankruptcy for the second time in fifteen years. She's obsessed with blackjack, video poker and slots. Gail's mired in debt and owes money to casinos, credit card companies, the IRS, her mortgage company, and all her friends! Her estranged fifth husband says "Gail makes a great living but not enough to support her gambling habit!" Who knew?
Not only was NYPD Blue a long running show, but the crew and much of the cast stayed with the series from beginning to end and became great friends. It's been off the air for two years and most of the people involved on the show haven't seen each other since. Former producer Bill Clark organized a big reunion the other night at the Buca di Beppo Italian restaurant at Universal Citywalk. It was a surprise party for Ray Latulipe, who played a recurring detective, Josh Astrachan, on the show for 59 episodes and was recently diagnosed with cancer. Ray was with the show from beginning to end - when he wasn't acting on it he was working off-camera doing a variety of things like taking people on tours of the set or collecting bets for sporting events pools. So everybody knew Ray. When they heard he was sick they got together and threw him a big party - over a hundred people showed up. Jimmy Smits and his girlfriend Wanda de Jesus, Dennis Franz, Henry Simmons, Gordon Clapp, Jacqueline Obredors, and Kim Delaney - who couldn't make it so she sent her parents. Everyone from crew and production staff to directors, producers, and stars enjoyed the sentimental get-together and Ray went home with a pocketful of money they collected for him.
