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Friday, July 18, 2008

Ledger joins a tragically illustrious club

Entertainment | By Susan King | July 18, 2008
The Academy Awards are more than six months away, but already the late Heath Ledger is being touted as a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for his terrifying performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Read more
 

Monday, June 30, 2008

Screen Actors Guild aims to thwart AFTRA contract with studios

Business | By Richard Verrier | June 30, 2008
Some actors are lining up behind Tom Hanks. Read more
 

Thursday, June 5, 2008

It’s their big break

Entertainment | By David Ng | June 5, 2008
I hope I get it.” Read more
 

Friday, May 16, 2008

This role would test anyone

Entertainment | By Lynn Smith | May 16, 2008
In the summer of 2003, Austin Highsmith, a young actress from North Carolina, packed a suitcase and drove cross-country in pursuit of the Hollywood dream. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Letting it all hang out

Entertainment | By Chris Lee | April 16, 2008
VIEWER discretion is strongly advised. Read more
 

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Poetic justice

Entertainment | February 20, 2008
TODAY’S Elizabethan history lesson: learning the pavane, a 16th century processional dance involving mincing steps and courtly bows, harpsichord accompaniment optional. Read more
 

Sunday, February 10, 2008

DEATH SPIRAL

Entertainment | February 10, 2008
BRAD RENFRO had insisted over the phone that he was clean. Read more
 

Sunday, December 23, 2007

The page vs. the stage

Entertainment | By Charles Mcnulty | December 23, 2007
If a culturally curious Martian were to land on Earth with the intention of catching a show, it would be fascinating to hear its thoughts on, say, one of the numerous Shakespeare productions that have passed through our area in the last year. Read more
 

There was no debate about training actors for this film

Entertainment | By Pamela Chelin | December 23, 2007
THESE days, “debate” calls up images of candidates lobbing non sequiturs and pyrotechnic diversions at each other. Read more
 

Friday, December 14, 2007

Ernest Borgnine is a Golden elder

Entertainment | By Susan King | December 14, 2007
In youth-obsessed Hollywood – quite literally no country for old men – it was a delightful surprise to see 90-year-old Ernest Borgnine nominated for a Golden Globe for his turn as a retired song-and-dance man in the Hallmark Channel’s “A Grandpa for Christmas.” Read more
 

Sunday, December 9, 2007

They’re not just paying lip service

Entertainment | By Chris Lee | December 9, 2007
Attention, winter movie stars: Yosemite Sam called and he wants his facial hair back. Read more
 

TV breeds the new male star

Entertainment | By Lynn Smith | December 9, 2007
Casting director Jane Jenkins remembers Patrick Dempsey in his pre-McDreamy doldrums. Read more
 

Screen test(osterone)

Entertainment | By Peter Rainer | December 9, 2007
How many ways can a man be manly in the movies these days? Read more
 

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Hey, that ad-lib wasn’t in the script!

Entertainment | By Jay A. Fern, Ez, and John Horn | December 1, 2007
Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole had been riding all day, chasing bad guys across the chaparral in the western “Appaloosa.” Read more
 

Friday, November 23, 2007

Oh, go ahead, squeeze the Charmin

Entertainment | By Hank Stuever | November 23, 2007
Even now – in the era of erectile-dysfunction television commercials or teenage girls extolling the latest in cardboard-applicator tampons – we still don’t quite know how to advertise something as simple as toilet paper. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

MAD PROPS TO THE PROP PROS

News | By Paul Lieberman, Michael OrdoƱa, and William Georgiades | November 21, 2007
AN actor’s job is to defend his character, to find the emotional resonance driving that person and stay always in his story, no personal judgments allowed. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

DARK HORSE ON THE RISE?

News | By Pete Hammond | November 14, 2007
IN the race for best actor in 2002, four Hollywood Goliaths – Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson and Nicolas Cage, all previous Oscar winners – were pitted against a lone David. Read more
 

So bad they’re good

News | By Lisa Rosen | November 14, 2007
Alot of good actors went bad this year. Read more
 

IN CONTENTION TOM O’NEIL - IT’S A CROWDED FIELD

News | By Tom O'Neil | November 14, 2007
THE Oscars’ acting races are packed with real drama. Read more
 

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Tangled up in clues

Entertainment | By Ann Powers | November 11, 2007
Help! Read more
 
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