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Wayne White’s Playhouse
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Wayne White’s Playhouse

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Wayne White’s Playhouse by Ronald Sklar http://www.popentertainment.com/waynewhite.htm The brilliant creative mind behind Pee Wee’s Playhouse and other cultural landmarks continues to pop our eyes. You may not know him by name, but you know him as that guy behind the scenes responsible for blowing your mind. Wayne White is an artist, art director and puppeteer … Continue reading →

Chimpanzee’s Filmmakers Tell A True Tale of Loss and Bonding
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Chimpanzee’s Filmmakers Tell A True Tale of Loss and Bonding

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Chimpanzee’s Filmmakers Tell A True Tale of Loss and Bonding by Brad Balfour While Marvel’s The Avengers is tentpole cinema’s paean to superhero glory, DisneyNature salutes a different sort of heroics through the true primate story told in Chimpanzee. British directors/producers Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield have fashioned this rousing drama out of three hard … Continue reading →

Jada Pinkett Smith Channels Her Inner Hippo and More
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Jada Pinkett Smith Channels Her Inner Hippo and More

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Jada Pinkett Smith Channels Her Inner Hippo and More by Brad Balfour As the rail-thin Jada Pinkett Smith bounds into the Waldorf Astoria suite for a friendly chat about life and family, she exudes energy and an intensity that makes this petite 40 year-old actress a lot bigger in the chair than she seems. Opening at Cannes Film Festival 2012, Madagascar … Continue reading →

Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc-Biehn Play the Victim
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Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc-Biehn Play the Victim

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  Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc-Biehn Play the Victim by Jay S. Jacobs When sci-fi legend Michael Biehn was looking to write and direct a movie, he went back to basics.  Biehn, who is beloved in genre circles for lead roles in The Terminator and Aliens, recently worked with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino on … Continue reading →

Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Lee Toland Krieger – Reinventing the Romantic Comedy with “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”
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Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Lee Toland Krieger – Reinventing the Romantic Comedy with “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”

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Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Lee Toland Krieger – Reinventing the Romantic Comedy with “Celeste and Jesse Forever.” by Jay S. Jacobs You think you know Rashida Jones, don’t you?  Sweet, smart, pretty, quirky young actress who has been rising steadily through the ranks for the last decade or so.  Daughter of music legend Quincy … Continue reading →

Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi – Heading Into the Eye of the Storm
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Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi – Heading Into the Eye of the Storm

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Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi Heading Into The Eye of the Storm by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.Posted: September 6, 2012. For decades, people have been trying to figure out a way to translate the works of treasured Australian novelist (and Nobel Prize Winner) Patrick White – with no … Continue reading →

Jack McBrayer and Robert Carlock – A Final Tour of 30 Rock With Kenneth, Your NBC Page
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Jack McBrayer and Robert Carlock – A Final Tour of 30 Rock With Kenneth, Your NBC Page

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Jack McBrayer and Robert Carlock A Final Tour of 30 Rock With Kenneth, Your NBC Page by Jay S. Jacobs The most amazing thing you learn when you get to speak with Jack McBrayer, a.k.a. Kenneth, your NBC page on 30 Rock, is how much he seems to have in common with his character.  McBrayer … Continue reading →

Hugh Laurie, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Catherine Keener, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody & Julian Farino Live Life in The Oranges
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Hugh Laurie, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Catherine Keener, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody & Julian Farino Live Life in The Oranges

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Hugh Laurie, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Catherine Keener, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody & Julian Farino Live Life in The Oranges  by Jay S.  Jacobs Suburban life has always fascinated filmmakers.  Close-knit, middle-class residential nirvanas made up of similar houses, swimming pools, mini-vans and girl scout cookies have always seemed a microcosm of all that is comfortable … Continue reading →

Matthew Lillard Rules the World!
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Matthew Lillard Rules the World!

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Matthew Lillard Rules the World by Jay S. Jacobs photo by Mark Doyle Copyright ©2012  PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved. Posted: October 4, 2012.  Ten years is a long time coming, but for actor Matthew Lillard, the urge to direct had been around long before that.  Not that his acting career hasn’t kept him busy — amongst the … Continue reading →

Famke Janssen – Bringing Up New Challenges
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Famke Janssen – Bringing Up New Challenges

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Famke Janssen Bringing Up New Challenges by Jay S. Jacobs Famke Janssen’s American dream keeps mutating. The striking actress moved from her native Holland in the mid-Eighties and became an in-demand fashion model. However, Janssen was always obsessed with films. She quickly segued into that world, getting a breakout role as a gorgeous assassin in … Continue reading →