Piper Perabo Life Is a Covert Affair by Jay S. Jacobs Piper Perabo first truly captured the eyes of Hollywood nearly a decade ago when she was hired as the lead character in the surprise smash hit Coyote Ugly. Since then she has showed an intriguing range of projects, from comedies like Cheaper by the Dozen, Beverly … Continue reading
Angie Harmon Keeps On Enforcing the Law by Jay S. Jacobs Law & Order does not seem to just be a former television series job for Angie Harmon; it appears to be a career path. The beautiful actress has played more than her share of cops, lawyers and spies over the years since she first captured … Continue reading
The Closer The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Bros. Home Video-2010) Cable television has become a nurturing destination for respected film actresses who have never quite found the stardom they perhaps deserved. Much like in the cases of Glenn Close (Damages), Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) and Holly Hunter (State of Grace), Kyra Sedgwick’s has rejuvenated … Continue reading
Jason Lee Walking in Memphis by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of playing the title character in the popular sitcom My Name Is Earl and starring in such kid-friendly comedies as Alvin and the Chipmunks and Underdog, Jason Lee is taking a totally different tack for his return to series television. Memphis Beat is a moody and slightly downbeat, yet … Continue reading
THE A-TEAM (2010) Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson, Gerald McRaney, Henry Czerny, Yul Vazquez, Brian Bloom, Maury Sterling, Terry Chen and Omari Hardwick. Screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom and Skip Woods. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. The … Continue reading
Timothy Hutton Gaining His Leverage by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a huge honor but also a big responsibility when in your first film role you end up winning an Oscar. Timothy Hutton knows this all too well. He had grown up around show business, his father Jim Hutton was a well-known character actor in the … Continue reading
Brooke Elliott Return of the Drop Dead Diva by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not easy to win the lead role in a television series. This is particularly when you have done very little television or film. Add to that not fitting into the box of traditionally Hollywood beautiful and being a little bit quirky. This … Continue reading
April Bowlby It Takes a Smart Actress to Play a Dumb Character by Jay S. Jacobs April Bowlby has somehow latched onto a very odd specialty as an actress. It was nothing she was looking for or planning to pursue, it just sort of happened. The former model has become noticed for playing sweetly naïve … Continue reading
STARSTRUCK (2010) Starring Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell, Maggie Castle, Brandon Mychal Smith, Chelsea Staub, Beth Littleford, Dan O’Connor, Lauren Bowles, Ron Pearson, Matt Winston, Toni Trucks, Alice Hirson, Abbie Cobb, Hugh Dane, Sunkrish Bala and Harry Perry. Screenplay by Barbara Johns and Annie DeYoung. Directed by Michael Grossman. Distributed by Walt Disney Home Video. 85 … Continue reading
A Walk in the Park With the Cast of Parks and Recreation by Ken Sharp Unfairly maligned by critics when it first launched, NBC’s Parks and Recreation has truly come into its own with this writer considering it the best comedy on television right now. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, best known for … Continue reading
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