Martin McDonagh – Going Back to Bruges

Posted on February 8, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Martin McDonagh Going Back to Bruges by Jay S. Jacobs Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has never played by the rules in the theater, so it should be of no surprise that his feature film debut as a screenwriter and director would be a quirky, fascinating affair. In Bruges tells the slightly surreal, definitely funny and often … Continue reading →

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Mike Papantonio – Progressively Speaking

Posted on January 29, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Mike Papantonio Progressively Speaking by Ronald Sklar Say what you want about lawyers – and you probably do – you can’t accuse attorney Mike Papantonio of selling his soul to the highest bidder. In fact, the only green he cares about is environment-friendly, safe for babies and other beings who will eventually inherit the earth. … Continue reading →

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Julian Schnabel – Continues to Dive Into Filmmaking with The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

Posted on January 22, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Julian Schnabel Continues to Dive Into Filmmaking with The Diving Bell and The Butterfly by Brad Balfour Director Julian Schnabel comes to filmmaking under odd circumstances. Long before he made his first film, he was a world-class fine artist – the self-proclaimed lion of the New York art world – whose paintings and other works … Continue reading →

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Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself

Posted on January 18, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself by Brad Balfour When I first met Ron Livingston, he was a featured personality at the New York Independent Television Fest kicking off his Fox TV show, Standoff (he starred as Matt Flannery, a senior FBI negotiator). He had come to my attention previously through the film The Cooler, but … Continue reading →

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OneRepublic – Living Their Dreams Out Loud

Posted on January 10, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

OneRepublic Living Their Dreams Out Loud by Jay S. Jacobs You know that you’ve heard it. Topping the charts and all over the radio in recent months there was that mournful voice crooning: “It’s too late to apologize… It’s too late…” The funny thing is, this grand rock ballad came off of the new CD … Continue reading →

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds – There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood

Posted on December 26, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood by Brad Balfour Originally posted on December 26, 2007. Though Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, There Will Be Blood, is based on a book published in 1927 which dealt with the emerging oil business in Southern … Continue reading →

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Barry Williams – Time To Change

Posted on December 18, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Barry Williams Time To Change by Ronald Sklar Think of it this way: about forty years ago, you land a job. It’s a good job and you feel lucky to get it. You like it. Everybody else likes you in it. It’s a good gig. You stay at this job for about five years, then … Continue reading →

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Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day

Posted on December 16, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a rather special person to run CTU – the fictional super-secret counter-terrorism agency that is the focus of the popular Kiefer Sutherland adventure series 24. Which brings us to Marisol Nichols, the actress and philanthropist that spent season six of the show as Nadia Yassir, … Continue reading →

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James McAvoy and Keira Knightley – On the Day of Atonement

Posted on December 7, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

James McAvoy and Keira Knightley On the Day of Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 7, 2007. Playing the star-crossed lovers whose entire futures are blown apart by a little girl’s unfair allegation in Atonement, British actors James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia) … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hampton – Adapting Atonement