Curtis HANSON The director steps into a WOMAN’S WORLD by Brad BALFOUR Veteran director Curtis Hanson loves to confound people. As the Oscar-winning director of L.A. Confidential, who would have thought he would take on a project like 8 Mile – the fictionalized telling of cross-over rapper Eminem’s rise to success in the Detroit ghetto. Yet now he again defies expectations of him by doing … Continue reading
OUR LADY PEACE IN COMPLICATED TIMES BY JAY S. JACOBS It’s not a religious reference. Honest. They know, they know, the name Our Lady Peace sounds like it could be a designation for a Christian rock band. It could, however, that’s not what it’s all about at all. “I think people sometimes get fooled by … Continue reading
JESSICA ALBA STEPS INTO THE BLUE by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 10, 2005. This has been a great year for actress Jessica Alba having appeared in Sin City, Fantastic Four and now the sexy action thriller, Into the Blue. As one of the most gorgeous women on film, the 24 … Continue reading
George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov Patriotic Acts by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 1, 2005. The word legendary is tossed about way too cavalierly, however Edward R. Murrow is legitimately a legend of television broadcasting. The newsman took his radio fame (from his current affairs show … Continue reading
Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of … by Ronald Sklar “It wasn’t a very romantic proposal,” Richard Lewis tells me about how he offered to tie the knot with his wife. “It wasn’t in front of the Eiffel Tower. In fact, it was in the bedroom — I had tall … Continue reading
PETER FALK REVEALS A FEW THINGS by Brad Balfour Though by now veteran actor Peter Falk may always be playing a bit of Peter Falk in every role he does, that archetype works perfectly well when he plays the oh-so-Jewish father in Paul Reiser’s feature, The Thing About My Folks. If any movie does a classic riff on the … Continue reading
SIR BEN KINGSLEY TRAVELS THROUGH TIME AS TWO VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS by Brad Balfour While veteran actor Sir Ben Kingsley remains one of our greatest working thespians–having accrued numerous Academy nominations and won an Oscar for Gandhi – he rarely has two films with such different roles being released virtually at the same time. In Peter … Continue reading
Perry King A Different Story by Ronald Sklar “I did a [Family Channel] movie with Sean Young called The Cowboy and the Movie Star,” underrated actor Perry King tells me recently. “I was playing a guy who has a cattle ranch who is getting divorced and about to lose the property. And just after that movie, the same … Continue reading
Jake Steinfeld Business by Jake by Ronald Sklar “I’m looking for a kick-ass idea,” says Jake Steinfeld, of the “Body by Jake” fitness empire. “I’m looking for someone with a boatload of passion, and a ‘don’t quit’ attitude. It doesn’t need to be a zillion dollar idea – no one comes up with a zillion … Continue reading
Elijah Wood, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Hutz Illuminate Us by Jay S. Jacobs Everything Is Illuminated is the debut writing and directing project by respected New York-based actor Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate, Scream, Kate and Leopold.) The film is based on a portion of the fanciful and yet disturbing best-selling novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran … Continue reading
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