Martha Plimpton is an actress who enjoys the work, she’s not in it for the fame. The proof is in her continually excellent work that she is doing on-screen and on the stage. She’s currently starring in A Delicate Balance on Broadway. It’s the audience who gives her the ultimate
In this nearly 90 minute conversation, Michael Keaton is his usual affable self but is also remarkably candid about his career and his approach to acting.
One of the best stories this Oscar season is the comeback of Michael Keaton. His stunning turn in Birdman not only had audiences cheering, it also had award show voters taking notice. He spoke about the excitement to The Wall Street Journal. “Yeah it is. You get recognized. It’s not
Veep actress Anna Chlumsky is using her time off from filming the popular HBO series by making her debut in the Broadway revival of You Can’t Take It With You. She has taken over the role of Alice Sycamore, the only member of the family who appears to have her
Golden Globe winner Patricia Arquette is aging gracefully in Hollywood. She isn’t fighting the years that most actress battle against once they leave their 20s. It is a strategy that is working well for the former Medium star. “This idea of the world expecting you to remain an ingénue forever
Rene Russo is back on the big screen thanks to a role of lifetime in the film Nighcrawler, directed by husband Dan Gilroy. The 60-year-old actress portrays an overnight news director who will stop at nothing to get the story. Her work is aided by the equally immoral news stringer,
In Selma, David Oyelowo portrays Martin Luther King, Jr. in the events surrounding the 1965 Selma voting rights marches.
For a few years Brie Larson was one of those “I know that actress!” people. In other words, the type of actress who you recognize from many different projects like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Rampart, but don’t yet know her name. That has certainly changed in the past
Josh Brolin spoke about his career, his early struggles as a stage actor, and what he enjoyed about some of his favorite roles
Angela Lansbury is currently performing eight shows a week as Madame Arcati in the national tour of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit… and she is 89 years old.
With Cake, Jennifer Aniston appears to be following in the footsteps of fellow rom-com star Matthew McConaughey. After a career filled with lighthearted roles and the occasional dramatic turn, Aniston has received widespread acclaim and awards nominations for portraying a woman in a chronic pain support group facing deep personal
Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, committing to star in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was an easy decision.
McKenzie speaks about his appreciation for the Batman universe, what it feels like to portray an outsider character like Gordon
Benedict Cumberbatch might be on his way to his first Oscar nomination, thanks to his role as Alan Turing in the film, The Imitation Game.
Musical veterans like Anna Kendrick, James Cordon, and Simon Russell Beale were natural choices for Disney’s movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim‘s Into The Woods. However, one of the main roles was filled by an actress with no musical experience, Emily Blunt. Speaking with The New York Times, Blunt spoke about
Coming out just in time for awards consideration (and it’s been considered for many awards) is A Most Violent Year, the period crime drama starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain that was written and directed by J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost). In this conversation sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild
Though Michael Keaton has denied that Birdman is a semi-autobiographical role, it’s hard not to see parallels between Keaton’s character Riggan Thomson in Birdman and his actual career. In this career retrospective interview with DP/30, Keaton covers all the ground that he covered on the way to stardom, including his
This week saw the release of the final film in The Lord of the Rings saga, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Out of the dozens of actors who appeared in the series, the one whose career was most defined by the six-film franchise is Andy Serkis, who
Though Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is billed as the final movie in the fantasy series, it still incorporates some new blood into the mix alongside franchise favorites like Ben Stiller and Robin Williams. The most significant new addition is Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey, who plays
Bradley Cooper is proving to be an actor who wants a career defined by strong work. Instead of solely relying upon franchises like The Hangover, the Oscar nominee is mixing it up again between the big screen and the stage. Cooper is starring in The Elephant Man on Broadway this
