Parker: TV pitch working out for Siegel-Magness

By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published July 25, 2006 at midnight

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Sarah Siegel-Magness has lived life as daughter to Celestial Seasonings czar Mo Siegel, CEO of the SoLow clothing line, wife of gahzillionaire Gary Magness and mother of two.

While that would be enough to send most of us to exhausto-world, Siegel-Magness also has been exploring her options in TV.

"I've been pitching five networks for a show about me," Siegel-Magness told me during a phone interview from her upstate New York lake house. "I wanted to do a show where I starred in it."

S-M and her manager (and Rocky Mountain News stylist) Tobie Orr are pitching the project as a docudrama focusing on Sarah's professional life.

When the pair took the idea to Bravo, folks at the cable network wanted to see Sarah get more TV face time first, so they cast her in the new series Work Out, a six-episode reality show featuring Jackie Warner, the high-profile owner of chi-chi Sky Sport and Spa in Beverly Hills. The series, which premiered July 19, airs at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (including tonight).

Siegel-Magness, whose appearance was teased in the opening episode, makes her full-fledged character debut in the fourth show, airing Aug. 8. "It was a frigging blast," she said about working out on Work Out. "Jackie is an incredible person, we had so much fun."

They shot scenes at Siegel-Magness' Palm Springs home. "A 10-minute workout with (Warner) and I was huffing and puffing," she said. "It was hilarious."

S-M's next TV trip: playing in a celebrity poker event in Las Vegas that airs in October.

Meanwhile, SoLow is riding high. "I picked probably the most difficult business to be in, it's so trendy," she said. "But we're going strong."

FOOTBALL AND FILM: Hall-of-Famer John Elway will be hearing "lights, camera, action" on Monday during a scene between the former Broncos great and hunky heartbreaker Josh Hartnett at Elway's steakhouse in Cherry Creek.

Elway, who plays himself, landed a part in the Rod Lurie-directed flick Resurrecting The Champ, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a homeless has-been fighter. Sorry, autograph-seekers will be banned from the closed set.

CYCLE CELEBS: NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, father. Richard Petty, and pals Niki Taylor, Herschel Walker, Davis Love III and others roll into Boulder on two-wheelers today during The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, a fundraiser for children's charities.

More than 200 motorcyclists are expected to start at 28th Street and wend their way up Pearl Street to the St. Julien, where Kyle Petty will speak at a ceremony along with Boulder Mayor Mark Ruzzin.

Expect riders to rev through town between 6 and 7:30 this evening. More than 160 motorcycles will be on display along Walnut Street.

NO WORRIES: Thanks to all my wonderful worrywarts out there, who were alarmed when I didn't write last week. My absence had nothing to do with cancer this time - instead, pnuemonia planted its evil self in my lungs.

Meanwhile, back in cancer land, 13 radiation treatments down, 20 to go. I have Aug. 21 (my last scheduled treatment) highlighted on my calendar in multicolored felt-tip markers. Thanks for all the great support from you, dear readers.

THE SEEN: Champions on Ice champs Victor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo, Sasha Cohen, Irina Slutskaya, Evan Lysacek, Evgeni Plushenko and Johnny Weir dining Sunday at Sushi Sasa.

CSN&Y celebs David Crosby and Neil Young Wednesday night at the Pavilions movie theaters on the 16th Street Mall. Movie star and Aspenite Kevin Costner arriving solo and unannounced for a one-night stay at The Brown Palace on July 16.

EAVESDROPPING on two men talking about the Bob Saget comedy concert at Comedy Works: "Was it crowded?"

"It was a full house."

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Call her at 303-892-5224 or e-mail parkerp@ RockyMountain News.com.

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