Gray still missing

Actor Spalding Gray has been missing for two weeks now, and his gigs are being cancelled by tour promoters.

The chronic depression that afflicted Spalding Gray -- who disappeared several hours after taking his son to see a film on Sat., Jan. 10 and is still officially considered a missing person -- could be a wake-up call for an industry given to depression, stress, and other mental-health concerns.

Actors, whose careers are in large part built on the dysfunctional notion that criticism, rejection, and disapproval are simply everyday parts of the game, are often in greater need of mental-health support than the general population, says one expert who has woven a strong safety net designed to catch artists when they fall.

Either he's at the bottom of New York harbor or he'll have a hell of a monologue to tell when he gets back.