Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott That’s What Friends Are For by Jay S. Jacobs A while back actress and screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt and her long-time boyfriend, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, noticed something odd happening in their lives. Many of their friends, people who they used to go out with all the time, were now parents. Slowly, … Continue reading
Chris Weitz Helping Others to Find A Better Life by Jay S. Jacobs It is not often that people almost completely change course in Hollywood. However, after making two straight huge blockbuster films, Chris Weitz has downshifted into the tiny independent drama A Better Life. However, smaller is not necessarily a bad thing. Weitz started small … Continue reading
Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer by Jay S. Jacobs For years it was unheard of for movie actors to take roles on television series, but Kyra Sedgwick has played a huge role in changing that concept. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Sedgwick had made a name for herself in … Continue reading
Amy Yasbeck Shares Her Love and Laughter by Ronald Sklar Copyright ©2010 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 21, 2010. Beloved actor John Ritter’s sudden death sent shock waves both around the world and close to home. Ritter died on September 11, 2003, which was by coincidence the second anniversary of the attack on the World … Continue reading
Anthony E. Zuiker Is Not Afraid of the Dark by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2010 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 13, 2010. When you have created three of the most popular shows on television, what can you do for an encore? How about revolutionizing the way people experience a novel? That lofty goal is in … Continue reading
Adrienne Barbeau Love Writes by Ronald Sklar Writers are taught to “write what you know,” so when actress Adrienne Barbeau took her first writing class, she wrote about being eaten alive by rats. “I had just made a low-budget horror film over in Russia,” she tells me from her California home. “I was supposed to … Continue reading
Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on October 8, 2010. The movie version of Ned Vizzini’s popular semi-autobiographical young adult novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story is certainly different than most films that take place in a mental health facility. … Continue reading
Scott Turow Return to Innocent by Jay S. Jacobs Is it fair to say that Scott Turow has made the law sexy and dangerous? Well, perhaps that is a bit of a stretch. However, over the past two decades lawyer and novelist Turow has fostered the reputation as the finest writer of legal thrillers, creating … Continue reading
Belinda Carlisle Loosens Her Lips by Jay S. Jacobs “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, actually,” Belinda Carlisle admits, chuckling. That’s a pretty impressive statement coming from a woman who has regularly defied the odds to make her dreams come true. When she was in her twenties, she was the lead … Continue reading
Reichen Lehmkuhl Amazing Racer By Ronald Sklar photos by Eugene Gallegos Reichen Lehmkuhl (yeah, pronounce it like this: rye-kin lem-coal) turns heads for more than just his good looks. Since he bolted out of his modest starting gate in Cincinnati, Ohio, he’s crafted a unique resume as an Air Force pilot / actor / model / … Continue reading
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