Can’t is a 4-Letter Word
CAN’T is a dirty 4-letter word we use more often than we realize
California Senate to Vote on Bill to Protect Child Actors From Abuse
Stories of child actors being abused physically and sexually during their careers are unfortunately too common. Even more shocking is the amount of managers, publicists, production assistants, and other behind-the-scenes individuals who inappropriately interact with children as a direct result of being left with them unsupervised. But a bill making its way though the California legislature will lay out precautions to prevent such crimes from happening again.
Shia LaBeouf Rips Big Budget Movies
LaBeouf starred in the three Transformers movies, but he will not be in the planned fourth film in the franchise. That doesn’t seem to bother him much, as he says, “There’s no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.”
Terry Crews on His Acting Success: “I think with me not being from Julliard and that kind of classically trained actor, I had no expectations. There was nothing to lose, so I could try everything”
How exactly did Terry Crews go from being a linebacker in the NFL to being a successful actor? While professional athletes have had a long history of appearing in films — probably even earlier than when Babe Ruth appeared in 1920’s Heading Home — very few have managed to turn acting into a second full-time job. Crews, however, has become a TV star in shows like Everybody Hates Chris, Are We There Yet? and The Newsroom and in movies like The Expendables and its sequel.
Kelsey Grammer on Why He Loves His ‘Boss’ Character and How He Takes Criticism
Sure, we all saw Kelsey Grammer play Dr. Frasier Crane for about a hundred years, but deep down inside we all knew that with that scowl and deep timbre of voice that he would make a fantastic villain. I mean, the minds behind The Simpsons were obviously on to something with Sideshow Bob, right? So Grammer was the perfect fit to play the corrupt Chicago Mayor Tom Kane in Boss, which will soon begin its second season.
The Newsroom’s Dev Patel doesn’t want to be an actor who is a “victim of the system”
Dev Patel has no desire to be typecast.
“Me being who I am, I automatically get pigeonholed into some things,” said the actor who is now starring in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama, The Newsroom. “I do try to look for roles I can mold and change, and writers and filmmakers who aren’t close-minded.”
Interview: Anna Kendrick talks ‘ParaNorman’: “This was so different and so freeing and, like, pure”
Anna talks about how nervous she was on her first venture into voice-acting and more!
Interview: ParaNorman’s Kodi Smit-McPhee on Perfecting His American Accent and Getting Animated
Kodi on seeing his animated character: “When I saw it, it was just… it blew my mind almost”
Interview: Christopher Mintz-Plasse on ‘ParaNorman’: “They didn’t have me audition. And I was like, ‘Alright, that’s risky guys. I could really mess this up!'”
Christopher talks about the voice-over process and what is what like to finally see the face of his character.
Melissa Leo on Her Post-Oscar Life and How She’s “Not a Fan” of Improvisation
What’s changed since Melissa Leo won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Fighter? “The biggest change has been within myself,” she said. “Within my self-perception. And grounding in a group that is both illustrious…it’s like, ‘By God, I’m there!’”
‘The Lion King’ Now Fifth-Longest Running Show in Broadway History
The Lion King, the groundbreaking and award-winning Broadway musical based on the 1994 Disney animated classic, has officially become the fifth longest-running Broadway show with performance #6,138 on Wednesday.
Review: ‘ParaNorman’
Kodi Smit-McPhee is wonderful as Norman and as his exasperated sister, Anna Kendrick can do an animated ‘sigh’ better than anyone.
Joel Edgerton on ‘Odd Life’: “I get drawn to different projects with different rhythms and tones to them”
If Joel Edgerton could choose his career path, it would be completely varied. Judging from his roles in Animal Kingdom, Warrior, and the new The Odd Life of Timothy Green, the actor is doing just that.
Interview: NTSF:SD:SUV’s Paul Scheer and Rebecca Romijn (video)
Paul and Rebecca talk about production mishaps and give their advice to actors!
Interview: NTSF:SD:SUV’s Martin Starr, June Diane Raphael and Executive Producer John Stern (video)
The three talk about working on the show, Party Down and more!
Interview: NTSF:SD:SUV’s Rob Riggle, Curtis Gwinn and Brandon Johnson (video)
The guys talk over-acting, the expanding opportunities of video on the web and how no one cares about it when it’s on your resume
Book Review: ‘Acting Lions: Unleash Your Craft in Today’s Lightening Fast World of Film, Television & Theatre’
Penny Templeton is a New York based acting coach with 20 years of teaching under her belt and the knowledge and understanding of acting and the business side of acting shows. In the book, she’s taken the lessons and styles of all of the great acting teachers – Stanislavsky, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner and Uta Hagen – and combines them all into her own technique.
Emile Hirsch on Why He Decided to Star in ‘Killer Joe’ and Its Connection to… ‘Hamlet’?
As twisted as it is, the NC-17 rated Killer Joe is one of the best films I’ve seen this year. One of the reasons why is the movie’s stellar cast, which includes Emile Hirsch as Chris Smith, a scummy drug addict who arranges the murder of his mother in order to get her life insurance.
Jennifer Garner talks Picking the Right Roles and Her New Film, ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’
No one can deny that Jennifer Garner has had an incredible career. Leading up to her breakout role in “Alias,” Garner had many memorable parts on network TV and movies such as “Dude, Where’s My Car?” Since “Alias,” Garner’s film career has exploded with movies such as “13 Going on 30,” “Juno,” and “Valentine’s Day.”
Joel Edgerton: “If I’m going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness!”
Little known until recently despite key roles in the Star Wars prequels and King Arthur, actor Joel Edgerton came onto a lot of people’s radars with his role in Warrior. He won’t be going away anytime soon, with big roles in The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Zero Dark Thirty, and The Great Gatsby all set for release in the next several months.