Jesse Eisenberg Becomes an Action Figure in Zombieland by Brad Balfour For 26-year-old actor Jesse Eisenberg –who was awarded lots of attention for his troubled teenager in The Squid and the Whale – becoming a zombie-killing machine offers a curious shift in gears. Interspersed with his first-person voiceover as the wussy Columbus, Zombieland spotlights two survivors who forge an … Continue reading
Susan Olsen Gets Down with Her Bad Show By Ronald Sklar “It was a spectactular turd,” says Susan Olsen. She speaks of the infamous Brady Bunch Variety Hour, which inexplicably ran on ABC-TV for a very short time in 1976 and 1977. Olsen played Cindy Brady, the youngest of the clan, on the original series from … Continue reading
Demetri Martin 3 Months of Peace and Music By Jay S. Jacobs Demetri Martin isn’t afraid to jump in the deep end. After years of honing his craft as a stand-up comedian, working his way up to be a special correspondent for The Daily Show and even getting his own series, Important Things with Demetri Martin on Comedy Central, … Continue reading
David Rasche, Zach Woods & Armando Ianucci Taking Cheney/Rumsfeld to Task, Two Actors and a Director Step In the Loop by Brad Balfour When actor David Rasche came into the room, I knew this was going to be a different kind of interview session just as In The Loop is a different kind of political … Continue reading
Sugar Ray Living the Dream by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not hard for a rock star to let fame go to their head, so it’s always rather charming to find a singer who really doesn’t take the whole thing too seriously. Take Mark McGrath, the handsome, fun-loving lead singer of 90s hitmakers Sugar Ray, who … Continue reading
Tony Shalhoub Mr. Monk and the Final Season by Jay S. Jacobs It certainly doesn’t seem like eight years since we were first introduced to Adrian Monk, the San Francisco investigator whose deductive prowess was only outdone by his huge series of obsessive compulsive neuroses. Monk cemented the star status of Tony Shalhoub – who at … Continue reading
James Roday and Dulé Hill Psych Out by Jay S. Jacobs On cable, the USA Network has mined a specialty ore on TV, becoming the home for light-hearted and humorous detective dramas. One of the most popular of these has been Psych – starring James Roday (The Dukes of Hazzard) and Dulé Hill (The West Wing) as … Continue reading
The Ugly Truth about John Michael Higgins by Jay S. Jacobs John Michael Higgins is not quite sure how he became Hollywood’s go-to guy for wacky comic fireworks. Certainly, a twenty-year run-in theatrical drama would not seem to be the kind of training ground for a guy to come in, tell a saucy speech, do … Continue reading
Girl in a Coma Know It’s Serious by Jay S. Jacobs You couldn’t tell it from watching her in concert – where Girl in a Coma lead singer Nina Diaz is a whirling dervish of energy, pogoing blissfully away with an electric guitar and living out her rock goddess fantasies – but Diaz is actually … Continue reading
Tony Scott A Master Director Offers One Helluva Ride with The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 by Brad Balfour It seems everyday, some controversy about the subway makes it in the papers, whether it’s about good new leadership or bad old leadership; whether it’s about the list of best trains or worst trains or … Continue reading
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