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Friday, July 18, 2008
Ledger joins a tragically illustrious club
Entertainment |
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 |
June 30, 2008
Some actors are lining up behind Tom Hanks. Read more
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
This role would test anyone
Entertainment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
December 9, 2007
Casting director Jane Jenkins remembers Patrick Dempsey in his
pre-McDreamy doldrums. Read more
Screen test(osterone)
Entertainment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
IN CONTENTION TOM O’NEIL - IT’S A CROWDED FIELD
News |
November 14, 2007
THE Oscars’ acting races are packed with real drama. Read more
