Thomas Sadoski on His ‘The Newsroom’ Audition
Thomas Sadoski’s connections to the world of theater helped him land the role of Don Keefer on HBO’s The Newsroom.
Interview: Rockmond Dunbar talks ‘Sons of Anarchy’, How He Got His Start and the Question That Changed His Life
Rockmond on acting: “If you’re creative, if you love doing it, then act like it. Do it because you love it”
Q&A: Drea de Matteo talks ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and Her New Lifetime Backdoor Pilot, ‘Stalkers’
Drea: “Growing up I was dying to be an actor my whole life”
Q&A: Ashley Tisdale on ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and Shedding Her Disney Image
Ashley: “I always want to grow as an actress and this was definitely out of my comfort zone”
Matthew Fox on Playing the Heavy in ‘Alex Cross’: “It takes me a little while for the emotional stuff to bleed out”
Matthew Fox was busy filing two movies simultaneously early this year—World War Z and Alex Cross. Despite the horrible scheduling conflicts, he said in order to work on projects that excited him, it was definitely worth it.
24 Hour Plays Returns to Broadway on November 12
A long-running New York City fall theater tradition since the 1990s, 24 Hour Plays on Broadway involves professional actors and members of the Urban Arts Partnership collaborating answer the challenge of the title: they must create six ten-minute plays in the span of twenty-four hours and then perform them for a live audience.
True Blood’s Chris Bauer is Headed Back to Theater: “I’ve told my children to think of this as though I’m going for a life-saving operation”
The actor, who plays Sheriff Andy Bellefleur, will be appearing in a New York stage production of What Rhymes with America starting in December.
Jeremy Shamos Joins Jessica Hecht and Judith Light in MTC’s ‘The Assembled Parties’
Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos, Obie Award winner Mark Blum and Tony Award nominee Sam Robards have joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Assembled Parties.
How to Bridge the Gap Between Friendship and Business
If you have friends who might be casting directors, filmmakers, or agents, you can probably relate to this
Cynthia Nixon on the Challenges of a British Accent and Playing Evil in ‘World Without End’
Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon has taken on a whole new world in the upcoming ReelzChannel’s mini-series that has been adapted from the works of author Ken Follett. Entitled World Without End, Nixon has traded in her glamorous life with Carrie Bradshaw and the girls for a more devilish role. In the $46 million dollar production Nixon plays Petranilla, a killer and master manipulator living in the 14th century in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War with Black Death looming in the air.
Laura Linney: “With comedy I find you have to be very, very specific”
Despite being nominated for three Oscars in the last dozen years, The Big C star Laura Linney may not make the strongest initial impression from her roles because she’s often working in subdued roles with much more visible actors, like Jim Carrey in The Truman Show or Bill Murray in
Ian McKellen Seriously Considered Not Returning to Play Gandalf: “The business of getting to know a new character – I was sort of going to be robbed of that”
Believe it or not, Sir Ian McKellen had reservations about returning to his role as Gandalf for The Hobbit movies, which are prequels to the beloved Lord of the Rings films.
Chevy Chase Still Causing More Problems on ‘Community’ Set, Uses Racial Slur
Chevy Chase continues to demonstrate that he must be a joy to work with on the set of Community. It hasn’t been six months since Chase’s very public spat with Community creator Dan Harmon. Then last month (after NBC removed Harmon as showrunner) Chase made it clear that he still wasn’t happy, calling the hours “hideous” and sitcoms “the lowest form of comedy,” and though he complimented the young cast (calling them his “friends”) he made sure to mention that he was aware that he wasn’t “working with the great innovators of all time.”
Ashton Kutcher Tops Forbes List of Highest Paid Television Actors
Forbes has released its annual list of highest paid television actors, and topping this year’s list again is a star from ABC’s Two and a Half Men. Of course, this time it isn’t Charlie Sheen… it’s his replacement, Ashton Kutcher.
German Production of ‘Clybourne Park’ Halted After Playwright Bruce Norris Learns of White Actress Playing a Role in Blackface
Though popular plays are produced all over the world, quality control is a major issue that can come up when a production wants to put their own stamp on the play. Even if the production feels that those changes might be relatively minor, the authors of such works or their estates may not see it the same way to such a degree that they can prevent the production from going forward.
Virtual Auditions: The Waiting Game is Over
There’s tons and tons of auditions going on that you can be sending stuff on, on your own
Hugo Weaving on Big-Budget Blockbusters and Playing the Red Skull: “I’ve done my dash with that sort of film”
Hugo Weaving is no stranger to big-budget genre films as a key character in both The Matrix trilogy and The Lord of the Rings films (he will reprise his Rings character, the elf lord Elrond, in The Hobbit prequel movies).
Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Needing to Feel “Challenged” and How ‘Smashed’ Changed Her Confidence as an Actor
After landing plum roles in Death Proof and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Mary Elizabeth Winstead became complacent. The 27-year-old actress assumed that more exciting projects would automatically come her way.
Nate Parker Shares the Career Advice Denzel Washington Gave Him
Nate Parker, star of the newly released film Arbitrage, starred alongside Washington in The Great Debaters in 2007 and he told Parker that an actors career is determined by the first five roles they take.
Modern Family’s Nolan Gould is 13, Stars on a Hit TV Show and Has Just Graduated from High School: “It’s all downhill from now”
What’s it like to obtain success super early in life? Modern Family star Nolan Gould, who plays young prankster Luke Dunphy, speaks from experience.