As a paranormal, her character Allison DuBois sees dead people in her dreams, solves crimes and tries to maintain a normal family life.In real life, Emmy-winning actress Patricia Arquette  the star of NBC Medium, airing at 10 p.m. Mondays ” is happy to get some sleep when she can and spend time with her husband, actor Thomas Jane, and their soon-to-be 5-year-old daughter, Harlow.A fifth-generation actor (her grandfather, humorist Cliff Arquette, played the Charley Weaver character for The Jack Paar Show and The Tonight Show), she followed older sister Rosanna Arquette to Hollywood. Her younger brother is David Arquette.

Q. Do you believe in life after death?

A. I do believe that something happens. I know that Einstein says you cant destroy energy. Oddly enough, a friend of mine got hit by a car when she was 12 and killed. A boy I knew saw it happen. He said he saw this girl get hit by a car and a streak of light leave her body. I kind of look at beings like they are energy. Maybe when we finish, we kind of explode like firecrackers (our energy) and it shoots off in all different directions. Whatever beings are coming in take a little piece of you, a little piece of me. I dont know, somehow its given me some comfort lately.

Q. You project a lot of personal confidence. Are you as comfortable as you seem in your own skin?

A. No, Im not comfortable at all in my own skin. People have always said that. I know Im flawed, and I know Im not perfect, and I know Im not like the worlds most beautiful person, but I also dont feel the need to have to be. So I guess in a way, then, I am confident. I guess I cut myself more slack than other people in this business.

Q. I would think in your business that is almost impossible to achieve.

A. It is really hard, I think. Its one of those situations where your own flaw turns out to be a strength. I always had a problem with authority when I was little. Especially authority that was based in nothing beautiful. Like some stupid idea that you are supposed to look a certain way just because you are supposed to.

Q. You and your husband, Joe (played by Jake Weber), on “Medium” spend a lot of time in bed.

A. Yes, we do, and when were tired we are Thank God were in the bed.  I have definitely done scenes where I have fallen asleep. Between rolling and action I have fallen asleep. Then theyll go, Patricia, Patricia, action, action, action .

Q. Coming from five generations of actors, are the awards important?

A. No, but they were a nice surprise to have that kind of attention. I never really expected that and never really had that experience in my career, and Ive been in the business for a long time. So it was terrifying also because there is no character to hide behind, and it becomes all about what youre supposed to wear and what other peoples opinions are.

Q. Which do you cherish more emotional or financial security?

A. The reality is you have to have both, somewhat. You know Ive had times in my life, serious long times in my life, where the first of the month was like a recurring nightmare. All these bills and how do you do it? You cant minimize the struggle of poverty and the impact of poverty on your emotional well-being. But, I also think emotional stability is most important. Ive seen a lot of people with a lot of money that are unhinged.

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Some freaky goings-on in A&E’s ghostly ‘State’

By Kimberly Nordyke

Dec 17, 2007

A&E’s spooky new reality series “Paranormal State” could make believers out of the staunchest skeptic. It certainly did for network executives and show producers, who say they witnessed paranormal activity firsthand while shooting the series.

“I was a skeptic’s skeptic,” says Robert Sharenow, head of nonfiction and alternative programming at A&E. “I didn’t buy into this stuff at all. But I gotta say, after what I’ve seen on the show, I totally re-evaluated my feelings (about the paranormal).”

“State,” which debuted last week as A&E’s most-watched series premiere in three years, follows the Paranormal Research Society, a group founded in 2001 by Ryan Buell consisting of Penn State University students who balance college life while investigating cases involving ghosts, hauntings, demonic possession and other paranormal phenomena.

“Almost everybody on the production team experienced something — from being pushed or feeling cold to other really weird things that happened,” says Gary Auerbach of Go Go Luckey Prods. (MTV’s “Laguna Beach”), which produces the show with Four Seasons Prods. Intl.

For example, while dealing with a case that involved demonic possession, every time anyone would make a phone call — be it from a cell phone or from a land line in Go Go Luckey’s offices — the phones would “go in and out of reception,” he says. In another instance, Auerbach was talking to a youngster who could have walked straight out of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense.”

“He said he was experiencing different phenomena, this dark mist, and could see dead people all the time,” Auerbach says. “I asked him if he could see someone right then, and he said yes and pointed right behind me. I got chills, and when I turned around, I saw a black mist roll past, light as a wisp.”

They say they also experienced electronic voice phenomena — said to be the voices of ghosts or spirits heard through static — when cutting the episodes.

“It’s really kind of freaky — if we weren’t believers, we are now,” Auerbach says, noting that the crew all wore St. Benedict medals dipped in holy water while shooting and had been briefed by Buell beforehand about what to do and how to act “in front of a spirit.” (Buell is still a student at Penn State, working on another degree.)

“State” came about after Betsy Schechter brought the idea to A&E through her Four Seasons banner, which then partnered with Go Go Luckey. A&E executives were so encouraged by what they saw early in production that they increased the episode order from 14 half-hours (including the pilot) to 20 before the show even premiered. Sharenow says what makes the series such a good fit for A&E is that it deals with more than just paranormal phenomena.

“The purpose isn’t to prove there are ghosts out there but to show these dramatic, very real confrontations and help these people in distress. The ghost element is almost incidental sometimes,” he says. “The high-impact human drama in every episode makes the show accessible to a mass audience. It’s very emotional and compelling and real.”

Yes, Mathew. I totally agree. Paranormal State scores an A with me. Hair on end… check! Gluteus maximus on the edge of my seat… check! Heart beating and blood rushing… check! Even from the intro I felt that I could totally relate to Ryan, the shows director, and I understood the fear from his own unexplained paranormal experiences and his search for answers. The show features a child, Matthew, that is sensitive and is capable of seeing ghosts, both good and bad. He seemed like the real deal and even pointed out “Timmy”, a presence that is very familiar with the boy, from an old photo before he died. The only thing wrong with this show is that it’s not long enough! It’s duration is on 30 minutes… come on A&E! Thank goodness they aired another new show right after. The second show was based on demons and it even involved a family that had a demon in their midst. Pretty scary stuff and the spookiest part about it is that the truth is stranger than fiction. That family that Ryan and his crew were helping also were being aided by the Roman Catholic Church.

Both premier shows featured the terms such as “dead air” which pretty much means that at 3am it’s prime time paranormal. For more terms check out the link below…

http://www.aetv.com/paranormal-state/ps-glossary.jsp

If you missed this show don’t worry… it repeats. Please see the link below for scheduled times.

http://www.aetv.com/search/schedule.do?keywords=Paranormal+State&linkedBy=text

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The Mediums program is a special that delves into the lives of persons blessed with the paranormal phenomena of psychic intuition. They are able to speak to the dead, solve crimes, ghost busting, and know things that others are not able to know without the special gift. It’s on right now until 2pm channel 31 on Roger’s A&E.

http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=180875

Psychic Children is airing right after the Mediums program and from what I gathered from the listings info blurb, the show is of children and that have psychic intuition.

http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=256469

The Mediums and Psychic Children shows are very interesting so I recommend that you check it out. Don’t worry if you miss it because A&E repeats, or check out YouTube, and/or try other tv sites that actually have shows up that you can watch via live streaming… just Google “watch tv online”.

I can relate to both programs and it feels great to know of other people that experience these feelings and these bits of information that we hold. Before Hurricane Katrina I felt so terrible. I woke up in the middle of the night crying and told my husband that I feel something terrible was about to happen. I shook me when I discovered that something indeed happen.

Don’t forget Paranormal State is on tomorrow night on A&E, Rogers 31, 10pm/9C!

http://www.aetv.com/paranormal-state/index.jsp

Cheers!