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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 →

Matthew Perry Is Looking For Something to Go On
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Matthew Perry Is Looking For Something to Go On

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Matthew Perry Is Looking For Something to Go On by Jay S. Jacobs Having played one–sixth of the classic sitcom ensemble of Friends, Matthew Perry is a face that we are comfortable with in our living rooms.  As Chandler Bing – arguably the most neurotic of that highly–caffeinated crew – Perry spent a decade asking … 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 →

Timothy Hutton – Leveraging His Future
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Timothy Hutton – Leveraging His Future

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Timothy Hutton Leveraging His Future by Ronald Sklar The Oscar-winning actor’s long and storied career proves he’s not ordinary people. “It feels like it has flown by,” actor Timothy Hutton tells me. He’s referring to his experience on Leverage, his current hit series on TNT, now in its fifth season and moving its action from Chicago … Continue reading →

Thomas Jane – Raw
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Thomas Jane – Raw

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Thomas Jane Raw by Ronald Sklar An actor with raw talent runs a comic book empire called Raw Studios. Thomas Jane doesn’t shy away from controversial roles or from his passion for comic books and graphic novels. His early days as a struggling and often homeless actor have taken on the stuff of legend, but … Continue reading →

Smash Mouth – Return of the All Stars
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Smash Mouth – Return of the All Stars

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Smash Mouth Return of the All Stars by Jay S. Jacobs Smash Mouth was one of the huge bands of the late Nineties, knocking hits out of the park with “Walking on the Sun,” “All Star” and their cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” They originally formed in San Jose, CA, in 1994, when … Continue reading →

Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums
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Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums

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Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums by Brad Balfour Iranian-born director and artist Marjane Satrapi lives in Paris, France, and has never lived in post-revolutionary Persia throughout her adult life. Yet her home country has shaped and influenced her creative work whether it be her written and drawn graphic novels or her feature films. In 2000, an independent … Continue reading →

Mary McDonnell – Taking on Major Crimes
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Mary McDonnell – Taking on Major Crimes

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Mary McDonnell Taking on Major Crimes by Jay S. Jacobs Slow and steady does it.  Not just for Captain Sharon Raydor, the former Internal Affairs officer in the popular TNT series The Closer who has just taken over the squad in the spin-off series Major Crimes, but also for Mary McDonnell, the actress who plays her. The actress has … Continue reading →

Yaniv Rokah – Earning His Big Coffee Break
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Yaniv Rokah – Earning His Big Coffee Break

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Yaniv Rokah Earning His Big Coffee Break by Ronald Sklar A coffee break lands our favorite Israeli actor on a groundbreaking web series. “I’ve been making [filmmaker] Jon Avnet espresso for the last five years,” says actor Yaniv Rokah, who spends part of his time as manager of Santa Monica’s Caffe Luxxe coffee shop. “You … Continue reading →