Alec Baldwin: Class Act

March 30, 2007

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We’re well on record as loving Alec Baldwin. We love his crazy foray into comedy, and his apparent glee in his role on “30 Rock.” And now he’s added another reason to love him – in a turn that puts him into category of “serious class act.”

Baldwin was so moved by a March 4 New York Times story about Pvt. Resha Kane's last day with family and friends before going for training to prepare for serving in Iraq that he - not his people - tracked down Kane's mother at a discount store where she works to offer his assistance, his spokesman said.

''I didn't know what to say,'' Kane said. ''And then I asked him if he could send me his autograph. I've never met a star, let alone talked to one on the phone.''

Baldwin, who appeared in ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' and ''The Departed'' and most recently won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for his performance in the weekly NBC comedy ''30 Rock,'' was vacationing in London and could not be reached for comment.

Baldwin's spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik, said when Baldwin read the Times article, it made him think of his own daughter, 11-year-old Ireland.

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