Steve Coogan Agrees to Cameo in 17-Year Old Film Student’s Movie
Seventeen year-old Liam Hooper wrote a letter to Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, The Other Guys, Alan Partridge) asking him to appear in his £1,000 student film.
Don’t Expect to See Reality TV Stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which deems who is “worthy” of a star (of course, footing the $30,000 for the star yourself is part of the worthiness), there is an unofficial ban on reality television “stars” from joining the Walk of Fame.
Reeve Carney on his New Role in the Jeff Buckley Biopic and Spider-Man
Currently starring in the Broadway musical Spider-Man, that has been bogged down with a slew of issues, Reeve Carney was recently asked how things were going now that the headlines have dulled.
Watch: 14 Year-Old Anne Hathaway’s First Commercial
In the video clip (that has made its way mysteriously back in rotation) the in demand star is seen overcome with teenage angst, and a style that screams the 90’s.
Interview: Megan Mullally and Ken Marino
The two talk Children’s Hospital, a Party Down movie, female body parts and more. This is a really great interview!
Broadway’s ‘The Book of Mormon’ Enjoys Sizeable Profits
The Book of Mormon cost $9.1 million — far cheaper than effect-laden shows like Shrek and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — and has already recouped thirty percent of its cost for it’s investors and will pay off the investments completely by October.
Who Was Paul Rudd’s ‘Our Idiot Brother’ Character Partly Inspired By? The Director, Jesse Peretz
“The first thing was I read the script and thought it was really funny, but not just funny I loved the drama in it, I thought it was an interesting character and a fun character to play.”
Jessica Chastain Reveals That Robin Williams Paid For Her Acting School
Actress Jessica Chastain, who appeared in both The Tree of Life and The Help this summer, has revealed that her education at Julliard was funded entirely by a scholarship paid for by Robin Williams.
East Coast Earthquake Caught on Film During Local Commercial
A Virginia auto store was filming a commercial when the 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit this past Tuesday and caught it all on video.
Daniel Radcliffe’s First Post-Potter Role: “A character-driven, well-written horror film”
While some actors would feel the pressure to follow up a massive franchise like “Potter” with another huge project, Radcliffe doesn’t see it that way.
Actors Sue Seeking Royalties on Merchandising of Their Classic Film and Television Roles
When actor Zack Ward played Scott Farkus in 1983’s The Christmas Story, he probably had no idea that not only would the film be considered a classic but decades later his character would live on in merchandise like action figures, which use his likeness from the 1983 film.
Elizabeth Olsen: Hollywood Depicts Young Women Wrong
A lot of times with female relationships and young women [in the movies], it’s either ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ or catty b–,” Olsen explained. “I just have a problem with that. They’re supposed to be either as perfect as how they’re portrayed on Disney or as mean as they’re portrayed in high school movies. And in real life it’s neither of those.”
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Colin Farrell: “You don’t want to be photographed by the paparazzi? Say ‘no’ to the 120 million dollar film”
Looks like Colin Farrell has an answer to stars like Ryan Reynolds who complain about the price of stardom: stop whining!
Helen Mirren: “I’m not the sort of actress who identifies with every role, but I do bring a part of myself to them”
According to Helen Mirren, “I was never young and pretty. Well, never pretty, anyway.”
Don Cheadle: Acting isn’t “as dazzling as it used to be”
Though Don Cheadle still appears regularly in movies — like last summer’s blockbuster Iron Man 2 and the critically acclaimed Brooklyn’s Finest — his pace has seemed to slow somewhat as his attention has turned to other causes.
FringeNYC Review: ‘Flaccid P*nis Seeks V*ginal Dryness’
Let’s get it out of the way — if the title Flaccid Penis Seeks Vaginal Dryness offends you the rest of the play probably will too although, as the play itself points out, it isn’t any racier than what a Google search with a poor choice of words will produce.
Aziz Ansari on Filming Car Chases: “I don’t know how much I really bring to the table besides different variations on going, ‘Aaaargh! Look out for that truck!’”
30 Minutes or Less’ Aziz Ansari talked about filming action sequences for the upcoming action/comedy flick
Jim Sturgess: The Challenges of ‘One Day’
Sturgess shared that he “has never quite had an experience he could relate to his character’s. It was hard.”
Sean Penn on “The Tree of Life”: “I didn’t at all find on the screen the emotion of the script”
Penn revealed that he found Malick’s script to be superior to the finished movie.