Meryl Streep donates $10,000 to Rhode Island School in Viola Davis’s Honor
Veteran actress and Oscar winner Meryl Streep has generously donated $10,000 to the Central Falls school in Rhode Island in lieu of actress Viola Davis of The Help.
Elizabeth Olsen on ‘Silent House’: “Because there was not much dialogue, the only arc to create was the journey of fear”
Though she gained rave reviews in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival release Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen also starred in another film that debuted at Sundance 2011, the horror film Silent House, which is finally being released this month.
Oscar Winner James Cromwell on Academy Awards: “It isn’t a contest — we’re all in this together”
“It’s a lot of hoopla, which is not really what we do as actors and as artists. We like to do the work, and the work stands for itself, and then the industry takes over,” Cromwell opined
Melissa Leo: “I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me”
Many actors and actresses do all that they can to keep from being typecast, but not Francine actress Melissa Leo
Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Making the Movie: The Making of Movie: The Movie’ featuring George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Don Cheadle & Bryan Cranston
Here is the ‘Making the Movie: The Making of Movie: The Movie’ featuring backstage ‘interviews’ with some of the cast.
Denzel Washington on His Action-Oriented Roles and How the Industry Has Changed Around Him
Washington talks about how he has seen changes in both his roles and the film industry as a whole over his acting career, and what ambitions he has left.
Kathryn Hahn: “In this business… as soon as you take a deep breath, you have the rug pulled out from you”
In a recent interview with New York Magazine, actress Kathryn Hahn opened up about why she and Paul Rudd keep bumping into each other on-screen and why she tries not to control anything – in life or in comedy.
Adam Sandler Nominated for Record 11 Razzies
The former Saturday Night Live actor is up for a record 11 Razzies, which celebrate the worst of Hollywood each year.
DiCaprio and Spielberg Save Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers
Leonardo DiCaprio and director Steven Spielberg acted as a group of angel donors to save a pair of ruby slippers used in the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.
Paul Rudd on ‘Wanderlust’ Nudity: “Everyone was professional and no one wanted to stare, but I think we all kind of caught each other at different points staring”
Opening this weekend is the comedy Wanderlust, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, about a couple who decides to join a free love commune.
‘Shame’ Director Claims Academy Snubbed Michael Fassbender Because of America is “Too Scared of Sex”
One notable filmmaker speaking out is Steve McQueen (not the macho icon who himself was nominated for an Oscar), the British writer/director of Shame, who has a theory why his film’s lead actor, Michael Fassbender, was not nominated for Best Actor.
Alan Alda: “When you’re improvising, you have to pay attention to one another. That often leads to more intimate performances”
While he’ll always be best known as Hawkeye from the eleven-season run of TV’s M*A*S*H, Alan Alda has been appearing in films since the 1960s, and next appears in Wanderlust, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a couple who moves to a free-love commune.
Greg Kinnear on ‘Thin Ice’ with Co-Star Alan Arkin: “I just basically steal from great actors like Alan”
It’s hard to believe that actor Greg Kinnear, who is best known for his roles in Little Miss Sunshine and As Good As It Gets, has never had any type of professional training when it comes to acting
Denzel Washington Was Actually Waterboarded During Filming of ‘Safe House’
We’re all aware that our favorite actors don’t usually do their own stunts — not always because of a lack of desire, but because of insurance purposes. Still, I doubt many A-list Hollywood actors would be willing to be actually waterboarded to prove their macho cred. Nonetheless, New York Magazine
Raquel Welch Thinks Mae West Was a Man: “She resembled a dock worker in drag”
Welch believes that her former co-star, Mae West, from 1970’s film Myra Breckinridge was a man.
Paul Dano on How He Prepared to Play Author Nick Flynn in ‘Being Flynn’
Paul Dano has a lot of expectations tied to his latest big movie role, Being Flynn, the adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.
Woody Harrelson Turned to Jack Nicholson to Learn How to Smoke Cigarettes for ‘Rampart’
In Rampart, his second film with director Oren Moverman, Woody Harrelson again appears as an authority figure, something that Harrelson is never completely comfortable with.
Michael Caine on Why He Continues to Maintain A Busy Schedule on Making ‘Journey 2’ for His Grandchildren
Caine has one reason for his constant appearances in movies: he loves to act.
Amanda Seyfried on Playing Cosette in ‘Les Miz’: “It’s like a dream”
Now that the screen version of the blockbuster musical Les Miserables has finally finished the casting process, actress Amanda Seyfried is psyched to talk about her new role.