Palm Springs resident showcases talent on MasterChef - The Desert Sun
The latest Palm Springs resident to showcase their talent on reality television for millions to watch is Stephen Lee, an urban gardener. In Wednesday's episode, the chefs had to recreate judge Gordon Ramsay's signature Beef Wellington dish. Ramsay loved Lee's dish, thus securing him a spot in next week's episode. The tennis mockumentary "7 Days in Hell" — shot on the grass courts at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert — debuts on HBO Saturday and stars "Saturday Night Live" alum Andy Samberg and "Game of Thrones" heartthrob Kit Harington. If you watch it, look close, because in some of those tennis scenes, you won't actually be seeing the actors. You'll actually be seeing Palm Desert High School graduates and former Aztec tennis players Connor Berk and Cameron McDonald. It was their tennis experience that helped Berk and McDonald land the role as stand-ins. "They said they needed some guys who could play and I said we could, so they had Connor and I play and they were like, 'Whoa. ' And that was it," McDonald said. They donned wigs and played tennis stand-ins for the two actors, helping make their tennis movements look more realistic. Sharon Osbourne, manager and wife of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, posted a photo of the two on Twitter July 4 that said "Happy Anniversary my darling. Source: www.desertsun.com
