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Screenplay: Inception

September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Want the screenplay to Inception?

Sure you do!

Click here for the script

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy

Jesse Tyler Ferguson gets ready for the Emmys

September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Modern Family‘s Jesse Tyler Ferguson grabbed his camera and took CNN behind the scenes as he gets ready for Sunday’s Emmy Awards.

Mark Ruffalo on why he took on The Hulk

September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

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Mark Ruffalo told Australia’s Sunday Herald-Sun that if he had been offered the role of The Hulk in the first film, he likely would’ve passed.

“I probably wouldn’t have done this movie in the past. But because of what Robert [Downey Jr] had done and where that genre has gone since then, I did it”.

“I have always tried to stay ahead of being stereotyped and the more I felt you could f— with people’s expectations of you, the longer a career you have. I consider myself a blue collar actor that way. What I do really enjoy is that rhythm and style and family and I like that kind of nomadic existence. I have never really been one to go for the cash. If my dad knew how much money I had turned in my lifetime he would kick me in the a—”.

He also said that when he tests for something like The Avengers it has to feel like he’s “going for more than a job”.He says he’s a bit wary at the prospect of the green screen acting and the barrage of special effects he’ll be acting alongside when The Avengers starts filming.

Ernie Hudson on his worst non-acting job, auditioning and more!

September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

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Ernie Hudson is probably best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters, the warden in OZ or his role in his current series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

But, he’s been on stage and screen for years also appearing in Las Vegas, Law and Order, Desperate Housewives, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle and was on Broadway in last year’s,  Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

In his new film, Doonby, he plays Leroy, a blues musician who quits his life on the road to settle down with the woman of his dreams.

He’s a truly talented guy and gave a wonderfully candid interview. We talk about how he got his start, the worst non-acting job he’s ever had, if he still has to audition (and when he does, his tech savvy way around it), his new film Doonby and so much more!

For the full interview, click onto the audio link above or download from iTunes.

How did you get your start?

Ernie Hudson: I grew up in Michigan in a small town, Benton Harbor. Then through a series of life changes, ended up at Wayne State University and discovered theatre there and just fell in love with it. Started acting back in 67, somewhere around there, and worked in Detroit. I got a scholarship to Yale after I graduated from Wayne State, went there and came out to Hollywood and did a film with Gordon Parks. I went to University of Minnesota for a while because my wife at the time was working on her degree and then when that marriage ended me and my two sons came out to California. And we just got a little place and did what actors do.

Basically, I had got into college and was really trying hard to find– my grandmother raised me and wanted me to find a good job. And I really tried the good job thing and did a lot of different things and never really felt comfortable until I walked in the theatre one night and saw a play and I just felt at home. And I think it was when I did my first play, I just knew how to do that. I think all the jobs I had, I always felt like ‘they’re going to fire me at any minute and if they don’t they should fire me at any minute.’ Whereas, with this I just felt,  ‘okay I can do this.’

What was the worst real job that you had?

Ernie Hudson: Well, probably the worst job I had actually while I was in high school, I was working at a foundry. My brother got me a job there when I was in my senior year of high school and so I would leave school at noon and I would meet him and we would drive up and I’d work from 3 to midnight. And my job was shoveling dirt in a room that was filled with this black dirt that they would use for the molding machine. They had a conveyor belt that just kept going continuously, so I had to shovel through the dirt for nine hours a day, filling these things up. And you never had the satisfaction of filling anything up because the conveyor belt kept going and you were just shoveling all day.

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Michael Douglas discusses his cancer with David Letterman

September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Michael Douglas was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night promoting his new film, Wall Street 2.

Letterman asked him about his battle with throat cancer and he was pretty candid about it. When Letterman asked about why he didn’t sound like he had throat cancer, Douglas gave a great answer: “Because I’m on stage!” You can check it out at the 3 minute mark.

And it all ends with Letterman giving him a hug.

A Swarm Is Coming To Broadway

August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Are you on Foursquare? Are you in New York City?

If so, head to Sardi‘s today at 6pm today for Broadways first Foursquare Swarm!

You’ll get to meet Tony Award winner, Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot), and have a chance to win 2 tickets to shows The Scottsboro Boys, A Life in the Theatre, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chicago, Stomp and more!

Also, the first 50 people to check-in will receive a Broadway or Off-Broadway cast album.

I wish I were there. I love free stuff!

Sardi’s is located at 234 West 44th Street, New York, NY.

For more information, click here.

Clip: The Town

August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The Town, directed and starring Ben Affleck, comes out September 17 and here’s a first look clip.

Here, Jem (Jeremy Renner) informs his partner in crime, Doug (Affleck), that the hostage they took lives in their neighborhood.

You can check out the trailer here.

Clip: Easy A

August 31, 2010 | 1 Comment

Here’s a cute clip from the upcoming movie, Easy A. It’s a re-telling of The Scarlet Letter but as a teen comedy.

In this clip, Emma Stone, Patricia Clarkson &  Stanley Tucci have their morning breakfast. Sit back and watch how awesome Tucci is.

You can watch the trailer here.