Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying by Brad Balfour British comic Ricky Gervais has one kicky concept behind his directorial debut, The Invention of Lying. On an alternate earth, humanity lacks the capacity for lying so truth-telling is just telling. People may speak the truth, but have no sense of humor and no idea of fiction. … 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
EARTH (2009) Narrated by James Earl Jones. Written by Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield and Leslie Megahey. Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. Distributed by DisneyNature. 90 minutes. Rated G. Disney Nature’s Earth has some of the most majestic, awe-inspiring shots you will ever see on screen. Earth is actually a shortened version of an 11-hour BBC documentary … 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
Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson – Willing to Do Whatever Works by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a pretty well known fact in the entertainment world that legendary filmmaker Woody Allen hates movie promotion. He almost never does publicity junkets for his films, which is why his last minute decision to … Continue reading
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