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A week before, he took a day for himself, getting a massage, a manicure and a pedicure and drinking tea. He says it didn't matter to him when he honored the milestone. For him, "it's just a day anyway," he says.
On his birthday, as was the case for the last 10 of them, he was working. During this particular one, he devoted 12 hours shooting scenes on "Nip/Tuck" (returning for a new season at 10 tonight, FX), where he plays wayward plastic surgeon Dr. Christian Troy.
"You have to realize the party is not worth it right now," he says of why he didn't celebrate more. "I like coming to work, and I like having that energy that you need to get through the day."
This certainly doesn't sounds like Dr. Troy, a notorious bed-hopper. Troy has the stamina to work hard during the day and play harder at night.
Unlike his TV character, McMahon, twice divorced and the father of a 6-year-old daughter with actress Brooke Burns, is learning to appreciate his life nowadays.
"Nip/Tuck" has solidified him as a bona fide television star and a cable TV sex symbol. Even Rosie O'Donnell, who'll be appearing on the show later this season, says McMahon is her newest crush.
The two had a love scene. He was naked. She was not, but O'Donnell says the prospect of being hot and heavy with McMahon made her nervous. He finds humor in it. "I'm naked, and I am ready," he says laughing. "I've been doing push ups all morning."
McMahon is usually naked at least one scene every episode of "Nip/Tuck," which always raises the ire of conservative watchdog groups. Several family-friendly groups say the show is too racy, with its sexually laced stories and graphic surgery scenes.
"There's a guttural response to this show," he says. "People feel very connected. I get propositioned in many varied ways. I get everything from 'Can you fix my wife's (breasts)?' to 'Do you want to go home with me?' They are blatant. It breaks out everyone's naughtiness. It tweaks people, I think."
When it comes to that, McMahon says, he does not seize the day. There's Christian Troy, the egomaniac party boy he plays, and then there's McMahon, the actor who just likes to have his work appreciated.
"For me, it is always kind of gratifying," he says. "It's sort of says something about my work. I have a great passion for this business and for acting.
L. Brent Bozell, one of America's best-known crusaders against broadcast indecency, has stepped down as president of the Parents Television Council, the organization said Friday. He will continue to serve on the board.
Bozell, who founded the organization in 1995, will be replaced as president Jan. 1 by executive director Tim Winter. Winter is a former executive with NBC.
The PTC was largely responsible for the government's crackdown on broadcast indecency, leading a lobbying campaign that persuaded Congress to increase fines tenfold against stations that air indecent material.
Bozell said running the PTC combined with other commitments has "simply become too much for me, and with a large family, it's just not healthy for me. More importantly, however, it is not healthy for the PTC."
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