Michael J. Fox set for role on FX's `Rescue Me'

Michael J. Fox will return to series TV with a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me."

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Fox: Not Off Medicine in Political Ads

In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.

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Actors, Athletes to Be in Stem-Cell Ad

Days after actor Michael J. Fox appeared in a TV ad urging Missouri voters to support stem cell research, opponents will unveil their own commercial during the World Series Wednesday night.

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Michael J. Fox Makes Stem Cell Vote Push

The campaign ad opens with a familiar boyish face, now atop a body that sways uncontrollably. Michael J. Fox, wearing a shirt and suit jacket, talks directly to the camera.

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A decade ago, Michael J. Fox predicted Parkinson's — the disease that has afflicted him for 17 years — would be cured in 10 years. As it turns out, no such breakthrough is even close.

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Michael J. Fox is the rare actor who had success as a child, adolescent and adult, then channeled his ambition into seeking a cure for Parkinson's after being diagnosed with the degenerative disease at age 30.

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Calling Rush Limbaugh's attacks on him "cartoonish," Michael J. Fox delighted audience members of "The Daily Show" with his thoughts on the controversial conservative radio host.

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Calling Rush Limbaugh's attacks on him "cartoonish," Michael J. Fox delighted audience members of "The Daily Show" Tuesday with his thoughts on the controversial conservative radio host.

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Michael J. Fox shares with Oprah on stem stell research, about what it's really like to live with Parkinsons, how he fights the fight and more.

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He went through great lengths to do this interview…Michael J. Fox on his family, his 20-year marriage and his primetime return. Plus, the miracle he's waited for.

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For the special, [Fox] will travel to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan nation so invested in it's people's well-being that it actually monitors the country's Gross National Happiness.

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With Rescue Me's fifth season finally (kinda, sorta) getting closer, we're getting more and more news about what's in store for Tommy and the gang. In addition to the minisodes, we've also got some exciting potential casting news: Michael J.

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If only a celebrity would admit to having lupus...

I'm a literally sick and tired. I have lupus. And the last thing I need is to hear that annoying fictitious doctor tell all of America (and Britain) that "It's not lupus. It's never lupus."

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A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn., professor of pharmacology, has been awarded a $4.4 million LEAPS grant by the Michael J.

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FORMER Family Ties child star Brian Bonsall is the latest in a long tradition of those having struggled in their adult lives. Bonsall, who famously played Andy Keaton, was given two years' probation last week after admitting assaulting his girlfriend.

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Science, ideology, and stem cells By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | June 24, 2007

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A former "Family Ties" child star was arrested this week on suspicion of domestic violence.

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During a campaign stop in Milwaukee today for Governor Jim Doyle, actor and stem cell research activist Michael J. Fox made remarks about the importance of electing Dr. Steve Kagen to Congress.

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With Family Ties out on DVD next year, I thought this was interesting. Some fun, fictional speculation.

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Chasing the Reality Dragon

This is not a true story. A night like this. Watching the worst movie ever made, a German or Swiss suspense (horror? - it's Halloween, after all) film. I drove a long way to get here tonight. It started raining about halfway through the trip.

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Actor Michael J.

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Rush Limbaugh is not just making an issue of Michael J. Fox's campaign ads for Democratic candidates who support stem-cell research. The conservative talk-radio personality is making it the issue of a fall campaign that gets stranger by the day.

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Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is refuting accusations that his remarks attacking Parkinson's victim Michael J. Fox resulted from deliberately withholding his medication. The conservative pundit insists he had his usual breakfast of Vicodin, Viagra and Slim Fast.

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Many people have concluded, from Rush Limbaugh's recent disparaging comments about Michael J. Fox and Parkinson's disease, that Limbaugh must be an utter fool. But of course that's exactly what Rush wants you to think. Does the man's capacity for manipulation know no bounds?

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Limbaugh's life story has gone the other way. His job was to explain politics, a branch of nonfiction. But for him, the fake world has overtaken the real one. He thinks reality is what's on Boston Legal.

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Rush Limbaugh has smeared Michael J. Fox, claiming that he exaggerated the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease in an ad supporting embryonic stem cell research.

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For misinformation and cruelty, not to mention plain bad manners, it is so hard to beat Rush Limbaugh. We can only measure the Great Blowhard against himself. Even by Limbaugh standards, his recent attack on Michael J Fox, the actor, is several levels lower than tacky.

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From the article: In fact, at the time he was over-medicated for his Parkinson's disease, Fox said in an exclusive interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.

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