Chris McKittrick

Christopher McKittrick is the author of Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away (2025), Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue: The Rolling Stones and New York City (2019), Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty and Los Angeles (2020), Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues Beard, and Boogie of ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons (2024), and Howling to the Moonlight on a Hot Summer Night: The Tale of the Stray Cats (2024). In addition to his work for Daily Actor, McKittrick and his work have been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Observer, Newsday, USAToday.com, CNBC.com, Time.com, RollingStone.com, and dozens of other entertainment and news websites. He has appeared on television on the Tom Petty episode of HLN’s How It Really Happened and Al Araby TV’s Hekayat Al Cinema, and on various radio shows and podcasts.

For more information about Chris, visit his website here!

Forbes Names Robert Downey Jr. as Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actor

Earlier this week news floated out that Robert Downey Jr.‘s long in the works Pinocchio movie might get an odd twist — Downey could end up playing both Geppetto and the famous puppet.  While that might sound like the most terrible idea since Roberto Benigni decided to play the wooden

Tom Cruise is a Surprise Acting School Graduation Speaker

And the only person who spoke at my college graduation was some annoying Senator who gives the same speech every single year… The sixty graduating students at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica definitely got a much bigger surprise when their commencement speaker last Sunday turned out to

Shia LaBeouf and Producers of ‘Orphans’ Reach Settlement Over Firing

The story that never stopped giving earlier this year was Shia LaBeouf‘s very public exit from what was intended to be his Broadway debut, Orphans.  Though LaBeouf’s removal from the show was officially blamed on “creative differences,” reports of unprofessional behavior during rehearsals arose during the following days and his

Actor Injured by Kenneth Branagh During Production of ‘Macbeth’

Kenneth Branagh is generally regarded as one of the top Shakespearean actors in recent decades.  But is it possible that Branagh can get a little too much into his latest Shakespearean stage role about a certain murderous Scottish king? According to an audience member, an unnamed actor was accidentally injured

Ruth Wilson on Her ‘Lone Ranger’ Role: “I had no expectation of getting it. I just put myself on tape and hoped for the best”

Considering Disney put a halt on pre-production of The Lone Ranger in 2011 because of its ballooning budget, it makes sense that the production would end up hiring lesser-known actors for the supporting roles. English actress Ruth Wilson plays the Ranger’s love interest — but the wife of his brother (played by Armie Hammer and James Badge Dale, respectively). She is best known for her appearances in BBC television movies and the series Luther.

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