Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson – Willing to Do Whatever Works by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a pretty well known fact in the entertainment world that legendary filmmaker Woody Allen hates movie promotion. He almost never does publicity junkets for his films, which is why his last minute decision to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Actresses
Allison Janney – What a Way to Make a Living
Allison Janney What a Way to Make a Living by Jay S. Jacobs Allison Janney is tired. She’s been putting in seven-day weeks, doing eight shows a week in her Tony Award nominated role on the hit Broadway musical 9 to 5. It is also awards season, so she has been hitting the red carpet regularly. Plus, her … Continue reading
Nichole Hiltz and Joshua Malina – Bonding In Plain Sight
Nichole Hiltz and Joshua Malina Bonding In Plain Sight by Jay S. Jacobs As the second season of the popular USA Network series In Plain Sight starts up, there are a lot of changes in the Albuquerque Witness Protection program. Federal Marshall Mary Shannon (played by Mary McCormack) has escaped from a kidnapping threat and now has … Continue reading
Natalie Portman – Oscar-nominated Actress Launches Into the Making of Film Web Portal Makingof.com
Natalie Portman Oscar-nominated Actress Launches Into the Making of Film Web Portal Makingof.com by Brad Balfour Oscar-nominated actress Natalie Portman joined her business partner and film developer/new media entrepreneur Christine Aylward to discuss the launch of their new website, http://www.makingof.com, at a special event in the Filmmaker’s Lounge during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. As … Continue reading
Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe – Cool Intentions
Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe Cool Intentions by Jay S. Jacobs The Law and Order franchises are universally known for their high-caliber of acting. Of all of the great actors who have portrayed policemen or court officers in the series – including such respected names as Sam Waterson, Jerry Orbach, Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Chris Noth – … Continue reading
Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Brad Balfour Somewhat like her character in Mysteries In Pittsburgh – the alluring classical violinist Jane Bellwether – Sienna Miller is a compelling, straightforward person who makes no bones about what she’s about and how she handles her life in the spotlight. Her fellow cast member … Continue reading
Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House
Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House by Jay S. Jacobs It’s never easy for a child star to make the jump to serious adult roles. For every Jodie Foster or Elijah Wood there are dozens of actors who can’t seem to get work once they hit puberty. Sara Paxton has … Continue reading
Anne Hathaway Celebrates Rachel Getting Married and Her Oscar Nom
Anne Hathaway Celebrates Rachel Getting Married and Her Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour There is loads of irony that 26-year-old actress Anne Hathaway was featured in two vastly different films about weddings this season. Bride Wars was a noxious bit of inconsequential fluff (directed by once credible Gary Winick) loaded with cringe-inducing clichés about the madness … Continue reading
Melissa Leo – Down by the Frozen River
Melissa Leo Down by the Frozen River by Brad Balfour There was early Oscar® buzz about the work veteran actress Melissa Leo has done in Frozen River ever since the feature won last year’s Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for director Courtney Hunt (her feature film debut). Now, of course, her first nomination for Best Actress … Continue reading
Tea Leoni and Kyle MacLachlan Have Fun Playing in Manure
Tea Leoni and Kyle MacLachlan Have Fun Playing in Manure by Brad Balfour Don’t do it. Don’t let publicists put actress Tea Leoni together with any of her co-stars, because it prompts such an assault on serious answers. But there she was, with her co-star Kyle MacLachlan gabbing about their comic turns in the Polish … Continue reading