Sharon Little Perfect Time for a Breakout by Jay S. Jacobs Just two years ago, Sharon Little was waiting tables. Now she has released her debut CD. One of her songs has been chosen as the theme song to a television series. She was personally picked to open a tour by this year’s biggest Grammy winners – … Continue reading
Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs Address Good and Wax Philosophical about the Nazis by Brad Balfour Originally posted on January 12, 2009. During a snappy roundtable with a few journalists, actors Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs double-teamed to express their thoughts about their disturbing new film, Good, based on the acclaimed British play by CP … Continue reading
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Reuniting on Revolutionary Road by Brad Balfour At a recent press conference in New York preceding its premiere, the essential members of the Revolutionary Road cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates) and director Sam Mendes answered questions before a small room of journalists. Of course, the big news – … Continue reading
Secondhand Serenade Taking Your Call By Deborah Wagner If you want to launch a music career in this very tough industry, it used to be about who you knew. However, John Vesely – the solo artist who calls himself Secondhand Serenade – is changing all the rules. Vesely is rocketing his own career towards stardom. He … Continue reading
Director John Walter Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep by Brad Balfour While Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep garners attention for her role as the authoritarian nun in Doubt, another film – the doc Theater of War out now – offers insight into Steep as an actress, and it grapples with the nature of war as … Continue reading
Kate Winslet Becomes The Reader, Discovers the Nazi Era and Gains Oscar Buzz by Brad Balfour With both Revolutionary Road and The Reader coming into theaters around the world, this has been quite a creative year for 33-year-old British actress Kate Winslet. There’s Oscar®-talk for each film, with Winslet in line for best actress, best supporting actress or both. … Continue reading
Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon by Brad Balfour Few performances can rival veteran actor Frank Langella’s portrait of the late President Richard Nixon in the Ron Howard film, Frost/Nixon. Originally a stage play — based on the actual interviews conducted by British TV talk show host David Frost in 1977 — the cinematic version fleshes out … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward Is Gonna Get You by Jay S. Jacobs If you really want to get Lucy Woodward hot and bothered, all you have to do is bring her… cheese? “Love gets me hot and bothered. [And] I guess, cheese…,” Woodward laughs as we sit together in a Cosi coffee shop in the Olde City section … Continue reading
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black Recruited by Harvey Milk by Jay S. Jacobs “I’m Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” This was the battle cry of 1970s San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man voted into public office … Continue reading
Shontelle Making Her Battle Cry by Abraham Kuranga The easiest thing to do, when listening to Shontelle, is to compare her to another island songstress. The quick comparison to Rihanna is nothing new to Shontelle, but is definitely something she is about to shed. “It doesn’t bother us,” says Shontelle of the comparison to her … Continue reading
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