Tribarazzi: Joline Gutierrez Krueger

No Banderas, but we do have Batinkoff

I've been receiving a lot of questions and comments off-blog (you shy ones, you). Several are about Antonio Banderas and wondering why I have failed to mention him. Believe me, if Banderas was here I would be more than mentioning him.
The sad truth is, he is not part of this "Chicago Sentinel" shoot. His character is either in Mexico or El Paso, or perhaps both. He's not even listed on the daily call sheets that alerts everyone to what scenes are being shot and who goes where when.
I know. I'm just sick about it.
But I have learned that this evening our newsroom will be graced by Randall Batinkoff, who I daresay would stir any woman's java. Or men's, for that matter.
Who is Batinkoff, you ask? He had some bit part in "As Good as It Gets" and starred as the smoldering Rev. David Grantland in the short-lived CBS series "Christy" circa 1994. But perhaps his greatest claim to fame is the cool high school hero who impregnates Molly Ringwald in 1988's "For Keeps."
He's 36.
Batinkoff plays Frank Kozerski, a reporter scorned when Jennifer Lopez's character gets the prized assignment as foreign correspondent.
I have included this photo of him from the Randall Batinkoff Gallery, though I'm guessing he's not quite so blue.