Playing Denise, a nurse who works at the shelter, is Juno star Olivia Thirlby, who talks about how she prepared for the role and praises both her co-star, Paul Dano, and the film’s director, Paul Weitz.
Last Sunday, the British Academy Film Awards were held at London’s Royal Opera House.
It’s important to remember that Jean Dujardin isn’t the only “silent” actor nominated for an Oscar this year — the iconic Max von Sydow is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his non-speaking role of “The Renter” in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Word of advice: before you fire your agent, be sure that you’re paid up on your commissions. Also, try to avoid doing the firing via e-mail.
After winning the Golden Globe and BAFTA Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep is heading to the Academy Awards in what most see as a neck-and-neck race between her and SAG Best Actress winner Viola Davis for the Best Actress Oscar.
Langella speaks about not only how he typically chooses and prepares for roles, but how he rose to the challenge of acting against a robotic character in Robot and Frank.
You could say Viola Davis isn’t letting all the praise and awards from her acclaimed role in The Help get to her. After all, she has a 19-month old daughter.
It’s probably unlikely Tim Blake Nelson will ever play a character in a movie that will remain as associated with him as the dim-witted, though good-hearted fugitive Delmar O’Donell in the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I’m not sure which is more inconceivable: that Gary Oldman has never been nominated for an Oscar before 2012, or that Oldman finally has been nominated for his first Oscar.
Tastefully straightforward and funny, actress Vera Farmiga gave SMH time out of her busy schedule to discuss her recent role in the movie Safe House, a thriller where she co-stars alongside Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington.
Denzel Washington might have built his well-deserved reputation on dramatic roles in theater and film — he won his first Oscar for his role in Glory — but Washington has also played some scary, tough dudes — like his character in Training Day, for which Washington won his second Oscar.
From the small screen, as the lead star of The Secret Life of The American Teenager, to the big screen with George Clooney in The Descendants, twenty-year-old actress Shailene Woodley has come off the heels of what she calls a “mind blowing” award season
How incredible would it be to go to this? Hanging out with George Clooney and Meryl Streep… excusing myself because I need to top off my plate of exotic cheeses.
Ewan McGregor, who plays a chef, and since that job particularly involves the use of the senses he is particularly affected by the troublesome state of the world.
Though Gerwig appears in Woody Allen’s Nero Fiddled and Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress in 2012, the actress spoke about why she took a role in such a small film and what she learns from appearing in independent films.
Glenn Close is receiving rave reviews and an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role in Albert Nobbs. Close has been trying to make the film since 1982 when she starred in the play, and the part of a cross-dressing hotel waiter has remained close to her since then.
After becoming one of the most talked about — and let’s be honest, most liked — actors in Hollywood after his scene-stealing performance in The Artist, it was quite a surprise to find out last month that Uggie the Jack Russell terrier would be retiring from movies.
Star of A Better Life, actor Demian Bichir, recently told USA Today that he considers himself very lucky to play a gardener in the Chris Weitz directed film that earned him a SAG and Academy Award SAG nomination this year.
As far as British actor David Harewood is concerned, there’s no point for young British actors to stay in the U.K. when they could be trying to make a name for themselves in America.
After ten years of playing Harry Potter in nine films, Daniel Radcliffe is ready for new challenges.
