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.
Alfred Molina on Characters with Contradictions and ‘Disappearing’ into a Role
Alfred Molina stars in Red at the Mark Taper Forum through September 9, a role that he originated in London and again later in a Tony Award-winning production on Broadway. Like the previous productions Molina stars as Mark Rothko, the eccentric real-life artist who was commissioned to paint works for New York’s Four Seasons restaurant and felt conflicted about taking such a commercial job.
True Blood’s Terry Bellefluer, Todd Lowe: With Season 5 “I haven’t been able to find, really, moments of levity”
Todd Lowe is finally getting a chance to do some drama on HBO’s True Blood. For the past several seasons, his character, Terry Bellefleur, has had to settle for being the comic relief for the respective vampires, werewolves, and fairies on the scene. But Lowe actually favors the lighter bits.
Anna Kendrick on ‘ParaNorman’ and Improvising with Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘End of Watch’
Anna Kendrick admits to being an animation geek. So it’s easy to see why the actress was so excited to get the part in the upcoming film, ParaNorman.
RIP: Ron Palillo, of ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ dies at 63
Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on the 1970s television series Welcome Back, Kotter, died today. The actor had a heart attack while sleeping at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
On-Set Injuries Force Kristin Chenoweth to Leave CBS’ ‘Good Wife’
Because of the injuries she sustained while filming The Good Wife last month, Kristin Chenoweth won’t be able to return to the show to finish out her planned story-arc.
Zach Galifianakis on Being Recognized and Wanting to Get Serious
Zach Galifianakis is already pretty recognizable after breaking out in the first two Hangover movies. But the comedian has to admit he’s not really ready for the fame game.