Jason Bateman on His Dramatic Role in ‘Disconnect’ and How He Prepares for Emotional Scenes
In Disconnect, the usually very funny Jason Bateman plays a career obsessed lawyer who is unaware that his son is being cyber bullied.
Ed Weeks Talks About His Audition for ‘The Mindy Project’: “The part of Jeremy was initially written as a ‘Bradley Cooper’ type”
Ed Weeks has had the opportunity to grow along with his character, ladies’ man Dr. Jeremy Reed, on FOX’s The Mindy Project. But before his audition, Weeks wasn’t sure he would be able to land the part on Mindy Kaling’s sitcom.
John Slattery on His ‘Mad Men’ Crying Scenes and How Actors Have to Trick Themselves Into “Experiencing All This Horrible” Stuff
John Slattery faced one of his biggest challenges so far while playing Mad Men’s Roger Sterling. Roger had to break down over the death of his shoe-shine guy.
Actress Suing IMDb for Revealing Her True Age Loses Lawsuit
In the lengthy battle between Huong “Junie” Hoang and IMDb over the actress’ claims that IMDb’s illegal revelation of her true age hurt her career, the jury decided the verdict in favor of IMDb after a trial that lasted just two days.
Chadwick Boseman on the Research He Did to Play Jackie Robinson in ’42’
When moviegoers go see 42 this weekend, many will be seeing star Chadwick Boseman for the first time. Though Boseman has been acting for a decade, starring as the iconic baseball hero Jackie Robinson is by far his most high-profile role.
Bette Midler: “I just took what the studios gave me, didn’t do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image”
Bette Midler spent most of her career creating the persona of “The Divine Miss M.” But looking back, the actress regrets not taking more chances.
SXSW Interview: Brian Geraghty on ‘Kilimanjaro’, Acting Survival Jobs and Working with Denzel Washington
Brian on filming ‘Kilimanjaro’: “I looked at this as a dream chance to act. I’m like, “Man, I get to act every day”
Actors Representative Posts an Ad on Craigslist to Find Someone to Remove Their Clients Age on IMDB
Even with a lawsuit from actress Huong Hoang and tons of actors complaining, IMDB is still saying that it has no plans to change it’s policy of involuntarily displaying actors ages/date-of-birth on the popular site.
Q & A: Hugh Dancy Talks ‘Hannibal’, What Led Him to the Role and the Challenges of Making the Character His Own
Hugh on ‘Hannibal’: “As an actor at least there’s a lot to, if you’ll forgive the phrase, get your teeth into”
SXSW Interview: Abigail Spencer talks ‘Kilimanjaro’, Working with Good People and Her Advice to Actors
Abigail on Acting: “You’re only as good as the people that you surround yourself with”
Jon Hamm Talks Don Draper and the Eventual Goodbye to ‘Mad Men’
The creator of Mad Men, Matt Weiner, begins every season by having a long dinner with his leading man, Jon Hamm. They discuss the trajectory of the scripts and the characters, but they’re also known to slip in a few low-brow jokes as well.
Megan Mullally on How She Spent Her Childhood, Improv and When She Found Out She Was Funny
Megan Mullally has carved out an incredible career in theater and comedy—especially for someone who doesn’t consider herself a trained actress.
Los Angeles Sees Big Rise in Film and Television Production in 2013
As a native New Yorker, I’m happy that so many films and television shows have been shot here over the last dozen years or so. When I was growing up, it was far less common for movies and television shows to actually be shot in New York — even if the stories were set in New York!
Q & A: Noah Emmerich talks ‘The Americans’ and Having Luck and Patience as an Actor
Noah on ‘The Americans’: “it’s about relationships; it’s about character, which is always, I think, the most interesting territory to be exploring as an actor”
Elisabeth Moss Talks ‘Mad Men’, Jane Campion’s ‘Top of the Lake’ and How Sex Scenes Aren’t “Her Favorite Thing To Do”
There’s no way fans of Mad Men would have allowed Elisabeth Moss’ character Peggy Olson to have been kicked off the show. The creator of the AMC drama, Matt Weiner, would never have let that happen either.
Moroccan Actor Enjoys Fame From His Obama “Look-a-Like” Performance in ‘The Bible’
Along with its high ratings, the History Channel’s mini-series The Bible was in the news because the actor playing Satan kind of… sort of… well, maybe looked like Barack Obama, the President of the United States.
Actress Suing IMDb on the Witness Stand: “The entertainment industry is based on perception … if you tell someone your age, it will affect their perception”
The actress suing IMDb for posting her actual birth date on its site, Huong Hoang (who has also been credited as Junie Hoang), took the stand to speak about the long process she went through to try to get IMDb to remove her age from its website.
WonderCon 2013 Interviews: ‘Falling Skies’ Stars Seychelle Gabriel, Drew Roy and Sarah Carter
The stars of ‘Falling Skies’ talk about the upcoming season
‘Hands on a Hardbody’ To Play its Final Performance
After playing 28 preview and 28 regular performances, the new Broadway musical, Hands on a Hardbody, will play its final performance