Fargo star William H. Macy has quit boozing just as his new TV drama Shameless, in which he plays an alcoholic dad, takes off. The actor admits it's a tad ironic but he decided it was time to stop drinking. He says, "I sorta stopped drinking about a year more

William H. Macy has embraced one hell of an acting challenge. In the new drama 'Shameless,' which premieres Sunday on Showtime, he plays Chicagoan Frank Gallagher, the working-class father of six independent-minded kids. The kids have had to grow up fast, more