Brando’s first biography since his death is published

Stefan Kanfer, a former Time magazine writer whose Brando biography, “Somebody,” is the first to be published since Brando’s death.

“Brando has gotten larger instead of smaller as people realize what effect he’s had on acting. He’s one of those people who changed their art,” the author says. “There were wonderful actors like Spencer Tracy, who dominated film, but they were protecting themselves in their performances. Brando went out there naked.”

Kanfer says his central thesis is that Brando was mentally ill his whole life. Brando had a “wretched childhood,” pulling his “fall down drunk” mother out of bars as a teenager. He managed to get to New York from rural Illinois after being deemed unfit for the Army and, through his actress sister, Jocelyn, befriend acting teacher Stella Adler, who gave him a “political and aesthetic” education.

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Does winning ‘The Sexiest Man Alive’ Kill Hugh Jackmans chances at a Best Oscar?

There’s a theory out there that since Hugh Jackman has won the coveted (it’s coveted…right?) People magazine title of ‘Sexiest Man Alive‘ that this has somehow hurt his chances for getting a nomination for his role in ‘Australia‘.

Apparently its the older male portion of the academy who doesnt like to vote for pretty boys. Sounds like they’re a little jealous?

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Five questions with actor Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri is performing in a revival of his one man show, “The Bronx Tale” and was asked 5 questions. They’re not the questions I’d ask… but they’re still interesting.

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Producer turns Actor: It’s all who you know

Zvi Howard Rosenman, producer of such films as Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Family Man,  had never acted before but now he’s acting opposite Sean Penn in the upcoming film, “Milk.”

How did he get the part? He looked like the guy. Oh, and he knew Francine Maisler - the casting director. “When they were trying to cast David Goodstein (founder of The Advocate), Francine said to Gus (Van Sant), ‘We need someone who looks like Howard Rosenman, who talks like him and who has his size.’ I think all Gus said was, ‘Well, can he act?’ Francine called me and asked if I had any experience and I told her that I’d done ‘My Fair Lady’ when I was 14 at a Hebrew student camp.”

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Where the hell has Cambell Scott been?

Have you seen ‘Rodger Dodger‘? It was fantastic but that was the last movie that he’s been in that was on our radar. Well, he’s doing a one-man show in NYC. Here’s some of the good stuff:

When asked if he though acting was an “exalted profession” he says, “I’m from an acting family and I respect actors and acting; they’re some of my favorite people, there’s no doubt. I think what he means is that I don’t get all serious about it.
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Nicole Kidman is done?

“In terms of my future as an actor and stuff, I don’t know,” she said recently. “I am in a place in my life where … I’ve had some great opportunities and I may just choose to have some more children. I’ve no idea what is in my future but I am very at peace with where I want to be. There are many things I want to do besides act.”

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Sacha Baron Cohen crashes ‘Medium’

An unruly extra disrupted a scene for “Medium” involving Patricia Arquette the other day.  After he was ejected by security, the truth finally became clear: It was Sacha Baron Cohen in disguise as his Bruno character.

No one is sure how he gained entry to the set, and whether he was secretly filming for the upcoming “Bruno” movie.

Will Smith talks about growing as an actor

“I’m just trying to grow as an actor,” he says. “I think that the next ten years of my career are going to be the real sweet spot. I think I found real focus, I think I have more command of my tool. I have something to say. I think that’s very important for art, to actually have a point, to actually have something to say.”

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Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio talk ‘Revolutionary Road’

The publicity machine has started on the new film, ‘Revolutionary Road.’

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High School Student Actor Dies After Firing Prop Gun

This is just awful. A high school student in Utah died Saturday evening when the prop gun he was playing with discharged. While the blank-shooting prop gun carried no bullets the gas in the gun has the same energy and when the trigger was pulled the 17-year-old suffered severe head injuries.

The accident occurred just moments before he was to take the stage in the play “Oklahoma!” He was found by other students with the pistol still in his hands.

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