Patrick Warburton on ‘Rules of Engagement’ Schedule Change: “What a shit time slot”
How does a television network “kill off” a program? That’s easy — put it in a terrible time slot.
South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone Crash NYU Class to Give Storytelling Tips
Trey Parker and Matt Stone went from being cable TV’s darlings to Broadway superstars after The Book of Mormon swept this year’s Tony Awards and has been sold out for every performance through the end of this year.
Albert Brooks: “I’m growing into parts I never even knew I wanted to play”
There’s a very clichéd bad guy in American movies, and you know who he is, the blond-haired guy who talks in an accent and from the moment he’s on screen you know everything about him.”
Kate Winslet on Nude Scenes: “It’s a profoundly bizarre thing to do”
She explains, “I hate it! Listen make no mistake, I just get on it. I just go in and say ‘Oh f—’ let’s do it.’ and boom”
‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ Versus Stephen Sondheim and New York Critics: Will The Show’s Curtain Ever Rise on Broadway?
What should the producers of a show do when it has already been savaged by Stephen Sondheim, New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley, and Bloomberg theater critic Jeremy Gerard before it has even made its planned debut on Broadway?
Al Pacino on Directing, Oscar Wilde and Choosing His Roles
Pacino’s Wilde Salome explores the actor/director’s fascination with Oscar Wilde and Wilde’s play Salome, which Pacino had done on Broadway in 1992 and 2003 before working on this film.
As the Typically Weak Broadway Fall Season Approaches, Several Shows Hope for the Best
Both Sister Act and Priscilla Queen of the Desert have been facing after both shows sold less than the expected number of tickets, as did even the once wildly successful Billy Elliot.
Seizure Joke in ‘Tower Heist’ Trailer Has Prompted an Apology from Brett Ratner
Brett Ratner, director of the upcoming comedy Tower Heist, has apologized for Eddie Murphy’s character calling Ben Stiller’s character “little seizure boy” in the trailer twice.
Susan Lucci Says the Executive Who Canceled ‘All My Children’ has a “fatal combination of ignorance and arrogance”
Lucci claims the beginning of the end of the show came in 2008 when Frons added a new head writer, former General Hospital writer Charles Pratt Jr., in favor of removing the show’s creator, Agnes Nixon.
End of an Era: George Lee Andrews to Leave ‘Phantom of the Opera’ After 9,382 Performances
You could call George Lee Andrews the marathon man of the Broadway stage, but Saturday is his last lap around the track.
Chris Pratt Talks About Playing Baseball and Learning from Philip Seymour Hoffman in ‘Moneyball’
Pratt admits that as much as he wanted the part he almost didn’t get it, explaining “It was definitely something that I wanted, but I was just one of just a giant number of people who wanted the role.”
Andrew Garfield on Spider-Man Hype: “I’m going to do my best to remain me”
Garfield opened up about the preparation he underwent before filming and how he plans to come to terms with the significant fame he’ll doubtlessly receive once it appears in theaters.
Hurricane Irene Hits Broadway Where It Hurt$ Mo$t
Broadway took in 36% less money than it did for the same week last year ($11.62 million vs. $18.15 million) with an equally huge drop in attendance (from 204,265 last year to 130,853 this year).
Jeff Bridges Practices Meditation to Bring ‘Dynamics’ to His Life
It turns out that Jeff Bridges is a lot more like his famous Tron character Kevin Flynn than we ever realized. In Tron: Legacy it is revealed that Flynn has turned to meditation during his nearly three decade imprisonment in the electronic world of Tron to find inner peace.
Paul Rudd Talks ‘Our Idiot Brother’, Judd Apatow and His Best Career Advice
Paul Rudd might be starring in a movie titled Our Idiot Brother, but count the actor himself as one who doesn’t think that the character he plays really is an idiot.
Steve Coogan Agrees to Cameo in 17-Year Old Film Student’s Movie
Seventeen year-old Liam Hooper wrote a letter to Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, The Other Guys, Alan Partridge) asking him to appear in his £1,000 student film.
Don’t Expect to See Reality TV Stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which deems who is “worthy” of a star (of course, footing the $30,000 for the star yourself is part of the worthiness), there is an unofficial ban on reality television “stars” from joining the Walk of Fame.
Broadway’s ‘The Book of Mormon’ Enjoys Sizeable Profits
The Book of Mormon cost $9.1 million — far cheaper than effect-laden shows like Shrek and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — and has already recouped thirty percent of its cost for it’s investors and will pay off the investments completely by October.
Jessica Chastain Reveals That Robin Williams Paid For Her Acting School
Actress Jessica Chastain, who appeared in both The Tree of Life and The Help this summer, has revealed that her education at Julliard was funded entirely by a scholarship paid for by Robin Williams.
Actors Sue Seeking Royalties on Merchandising of Their Classic Film and Television Roles
When actor Zack Ward played Scott Farkus in 1983’s The Christmas Story, he probably had no idea that not only would the film be considered a classic but decades later his character would live on in merchandise like action figures, which use his likeness from the 1983 film.