Reese Witherspoon Finds New Life In Making Wild by Brad Balfour Along with Wild‘s author Cheryl Strayed, co-star Laura Dern, and producing partner Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon made appearances throughout New York when the film version of Wild was first released in December. The 38-year-old actress came to Fox Searchlight’s Christmas reception for media and … Continue reading
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Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Genova & Wash Westmoreland Stare Down a Debilitating Disease with Still Alice
Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Genova & Wash Westmoreland Stare Down a Debilitating Disease with Still Alice by Jay S. Jacobs It is pretty much agreed that Julianne Moore is one of a handful of the finest actresses working in film. Therefore it is even more shocking that she has never won an … Continue reading
James Franco – The Actor/Director Finds Salvation in Child of God
James Franco – The Actor/Director Finds Salvation in Child of God by Brad Balfour The long journey to bring Cormac McCarthy’s controversial novel Child of God to the screen has taken the film from first being screened at last year’s New York Film Fest to finally getting a distributor and landing in cinemas. From its first … Continue reading
Actor Jeff Bridges, Director Phillip Noyce Bring Lois Lowry’s Novel “The Giver” To Screens
Actor Jeff Bridges, Director Phillip Noyce Bring Lois Lowry’s Novel “The Giver” To Screens by Brad Balfour That it took two decades for the social science fiction book The Giver to be made into an effects-enhanced film well after The Hunger Games, Divergent, and other dystopian teen tales could be viewed either a blessing or … Continue reading
Dan Epstein – The Hairs and the Squares! Baseball in the 1970s
Dan Epstein – The Hairs and the Squares! Baseball in the 1970s by Ronald Sklar It wasn’t a dream. It really happened. People looked that way, dressed that way and played that way. Yes, the uniforms were that tight… and, oy, those colors. Dan Epstein tells us so in his awesome book, Big Hair and Plastic … Continue reading
Bryan Callen – It’s A Man’s, Man’s World
Bryan Callen – It’s A Man’s, Man’s World by Jay S. Jacobs Stand up comedian. Actor. Podcast host. Father. Occasional color commentary guy. Seeker of knowledge. Chronicler of sexual roles. You don’t want to be the dude responsible for keeping Bryan Callen’s résumé current. You’ve seen him on TV, or on the big screen, or in the … Continue reading
Divergent (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DIVERGENT (2014) Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Jai Courtney, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ray Stevenson, Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn, Maggie Q, Christian Madsen, Casimere Jollette, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Justine Wachsberger, Amy C. Newbold and Ben Lamb. Screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. Directed by Neil Burger. Distributed by Summit … Continue reading
Fred Stoller – Sitcom Staple
Fred Stoller – Sitcom Staple by Ronald Sklar The in-demand character actor describes the unique dilemma of typecast success. Fred Stoller goes though life watching people slowly recognize him. Point at him, snap your fingers, scratch your head, search your memory. You don’t know his name, but you’ve seen him on TV, most notably in … Continue reading
John O’Hurley and David Frei – It’s a Dog Show Life
John O’Hurley and David Frei It’s a Dog Show Life by Jay S. Jacobs It has become a Thanksgiving tradition, just like turkey, cranberries and too many relatives. The National Dog Show presented by Purina airs annually on the holiday, right after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. After all, what is there to be more … Continue reading
Ralph Fiennes – Makes The Invisible Woman Appear at NYFF 2013
Ralph Fiennes Makes The Invisible Woman Appear at NYFF 2013 by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally posted: October 13, 2013. One of the consummate actors of his generation, the English-born Ralph Fiennes has earned not only numerous awards and nominations (Oscar noms for his portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Goeth in … Continue reading