Steven Seagal

(Getty Images | Inset from the Tonight Show ) Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows is apparently not afraid of an ass-whoopin' from martial arts action star Steven Seagal . Meadows went on the Tonight Show Wednesday and told Conan O'Brien about the creation of his Ladies Man character and his opinion on the show's worst host ever. "I say this with a little trepidation, but Steven Seagal," Meadows said. "Even though he could probably kill me." Meadows explained that the cast was taken aback at just how bad things were that week. Pressed by Conan, he explained. "I don't know why it was ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new reality television show about the life of actor and martial arts expert Steven Seagal became the subject of a federal lawsuit filed on Monday in a dispute over who thought up the idea for the show. A&E Television Networks sued California-based Genuine Entertainment claiming that Genuine has wrongly asserted the idea for the reality show was stolen from Genuine by A&E after a series of meetings between the two parties. Seagal rose to fame in the 1990s as a star of action movies such as "Under Siege," but in recent years has failed to find much success at ... Read Full Story

Something must be going on in the fetid world of Steven Seagal: my statcounter has regestered hit after hit for two Seagal articles I wrote. I mean it's off the charts. The first article, Lebell vs. Seagal , details how Seagal allegedly got his ass kicked by legendary Judo man Gene Lebell (shitting his pants in the process). The second and highly requested article " The Company He Keeps: The Mafia, CIA and Steven Seagal" details Seagal's shady dealings with mobsters and intelligence spooks. For some reason, there has been a huge spike in hits on these articles. The only thing I can find ... Read Full Story

Just the Facts 1. At the height of his career, Seagal was one of the best-known action stars in the world. 2. His films have collectively earned more than $600 million worldwide. 3. Seagal's success is largely the result of a complex script selection and development process that is best expressed in chart form. by Randall Maynard Cracked on Steven Seagal The biggest difference between Steven Seagal and other action stars is that Seagal's first movie was a starring vehicle for himself. That never happens. You know what Chuck Norris' first movie role was? An uncredited part in a Dean Martin picture. Jean-Claude Van ... Read Full Story

Last night I wrote about Lookwell! , a failed TV pilot from the early '90's about a washed up actor who uses his honorary police deputy status to solve actual crimes. Today I learned that, by some bizaare coincidence, the Lookwell! concept is reality for washed up actor Steven Seagal. To the shock of many, Seagal has been a police deputy in the Louisiana community of Jefferson Parrish for over 20 years, and actually patrols the streets preventing crime. As Seagal himself confirms, "This is not a joke." A reality TV series, Steven Seagal: Lawman , will be brought to us by A&E in ... Read Full Story