Tribeca Awards Carice Van Houten for “Black Butterflies”
“There are a million colors in this complicated performance. We award this honor for bravery and fragility, and for showing tremendous range and strength throughout”
Nina Arianda Earns Praise for “Born Yesterday” Role
“I hate when people call Billie stupid. She’s honest and pure and has no malice. Emotionally, she a genius.”
“SVU” Star Mariska Hargitay Suing Former Agents
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay is suing her former agents, claiming they’re attempting to collect SVU commissions even though both sides have parted ways.
FBI Raids SAG Member’s Home for Alleged Uploads
This week, the FBI raided the home of Screen Actor’s Guild member Wes Desoto.
Taylor Kitsch: “I really feel like I am where I’m at because no one will outwork me”
” I will do absolutely anything to get where I need to be. It’s a rare quality now.”
It’s Really Hard to Say “Goodbye” (Especially When Millions of People are Watching You)
Don’t you wish you could skip from the meaty part of the exchange to pressing that little red button on your phone? For a lucky few, there is a way; get cast in a Hollywood picture.
‘Jerusalem’ Comes to Broadway
When Jerusalem opens Thursday night, New York will no doubt find a fresh and able cast directed by Ian Rickson, including Mackenzie Crook (star of runaway hit sitcom The Office), John Gallagher, Jr., and Max Baker, ready to offer unusually bright theater in the Broadway main ring.
“Secret Diary of A Call Girl” star Billie Piper on her “endless frustration” of finding work
“I’m just trying to find a job. We’re back to the drawing board. It’s frustrating, it’s tiring. It’s desperate. You slightly lose your mind.”
James Caan wants to be more than just the “tough guy”:”They said we don’t want a tough guy. I said excuse me, I am an actor”
“They said we don’t want a tough guy. I said excuse me, I am an actor. That is what I do for a living. You know it’s frustrating. “
Bobby Cannavale discusses Broadway, Chris Rock and memorizing huge chunks of dialogue
“I don’t think it’s a secret that if we didn’t have a star as big as Chris, this play might not be on Broadway.”
With contracts up, will “30 Rock” take a bow in 2012?
The show will bow after six seasons and three back-to-back Best Comedy Emmy wins, allowing an exit while still on top.
“Insidious” raises the fear factor by playing with the audiences emotions
Instead of the gratuitous blood and gore the horror genre is known for, this film raises the audiences adrenaline level by playing on the real human emotion associated with an average family.
Franco tells Letterman about his Oscar appearance: “I love her, but Anne Hathaway is so energetic. I think the Tasmanian Devil would look stoned standing next to her”
“I think I actually — I haven’t watched it back — maybe I had low energy. I honestly played those lines as well as I could.”
Rainn Wilson on “Super” and the future of Dwight
“It’s every conceivable color – an actors dream role.”
“Spider Man” leads rehearsing, while understudies go on with the show
“The whole second act has been rewritten and there are new songs.”
SAG and AFTRA nearing a merger
Once the national board approves the plan, it will be sent out to all members of both unions for ratification.
More controversy over Natalie Portman’s dancing in “Black Swan”
Lane points out dancing was the real star of the film. “It was everything to the movie. It’s called “Black Swan.”
Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman’s Body Double in “Black Swan”: “Of the full body shots, I would say 5 percent are Natalie. All the other shots are me”
“Natalie is an amazing actress, for sure. I know that it’s not a personal thing against me. I know that it’s just a political thing. It’s just unfortunate that I kind of lost credit.”
Terry McMahon wanted to make a film so he turned to Facebook: his film just premiered at SXSW
“This is sincere,” he emphasized. “So bulls—-ers f— off in advance.”
Whoopi Goldberg admits to smoking weed before accepting her 1991 Oscar (with video)
“I know you’re not supposed to admit that you smoked pot…but just because I do it doesn’t mean you should.”