Dev Patel has no desire to be typecast.
“Me being who I am, I automatically get pigeonholed into some things,” said the actor who is now starring in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama, The Newsroom. “I do try to look for roles I can mold and change, and writers and filmmakers who aren’t close-minded.”
Todd Lowe is finally getting a chance to do some drama on HBO’s True Blood. For the past several seasons, his character, Terry Bellefleur, has had to settle for being the comic relief for the respective vampires, werewolves, and fairies on the scene. But Lowe actually favors the lighter bits.
Because of the injuries she sustained while filming The Good Wife last month, Kristin Chenoweth won’t be able to return to the show to finish out her planned story-arc.
Bill Hader has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Supporting Actor for his work on Saturday Night Live. Now Emmy nominations for SNL aren’t anything new, but no SNL actor has been nominated for that particular award since Eddie Murphy in 1983.
Bryan Cranston knows a thing or two about acting. After all, he’s won three Emmy’s for his portrayal of chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin, Walter White, in Breaking Bad. So his advice about his craft is probably worth listening to.
Dean Norris has turned out to be one of the more compelling characters on AMC’s Breaking Bad, playing DEA agent Hank Schrader but it was difficult for Norris to choose acting as his career.
Aussie Ryan Kwanten plays the adorably dumb Jason Stackhouse on HBO’s True Blood but Kwanten likes to think there’s more to Jason than just his six-pack.
This could be Jason Sudeikis’ biggest year on Saturday Night Live, since his impersonation of presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be in high demand. Except the actor might be ready to move on to other projects.
People will try just about anything to get out of jury duty.
But I’ve never seen anything like this: a judge presiding over a high-profile attempted murder case in Brooklyn delayed the trial for several hours to allow one of the jurors to audition for a television show. But it wasn’t just any show. In one of those moments that seems to prove that the universe has a sense of humor, the juror received a call to audition for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Jodie Foster is best known for her long acting career, but the actress has always seen herself in the director’s chair. But after directing three theatrically films — Little Man Tate, Home for the Holidays, and The Beaver — Foster has been looking at her fellow big-name actors and actresses who have done shows on cable television and believes her future work belongs there.
With the current biggest tabloid story about a director having an extramarital affair with a young Hollywood actress (to which Tom Cruise breathes a sigh of relief for taking the spotlight off his issues), it’s important to note that such behavior isn’t totally unheard of in the long histroy of Hollywood.
Hollywood is not an easy place. Despite dreams and general perceptions of what some consider “overnight success,” there is rarely, if ever, anything comparable to that particular occurrence. Olivia Munn, star of Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO drama, “The Newsroom,” is an actor who has worked long and hard for her recent success, even if her career appears to have blown up “overnight.”
Whitney Cummings is the first one to admit that her show, Whitney, has some changes to make before it comes back for its second season in the fall.
It’s almost hard to believe, but Adult Swim series are eligible to be nominated for Emmy Awards. This year the comedy series Childrens Hospital, now in its fourth season, has received a well-deserved nomination for Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Program (that’s a mouthful). Creator and star Rob Corddry, a comedian also known for his appearances on The Daily Show and in Hot Tub Time Machine, spoke about how his career led him to this series and why he thinks it has been successful.
Bill Hader has made history with the announcement of his Emmy nomination for Saturday Night Live—he’s the first male SNL cast member to receive a nomination since Eddie Murphy in 1983.
Ben Feldman recently won an Emmy nomination for his role as Michael Ginsberg on AMC’s Mad Men. It was a lucky break for an actor previously known for his work on Drop Dead Diva.
Contract negotiations for a hit television series often become very ugly… just ask the voice actors on The Simpsons, who have had many disputes trying to get more money for their two-decade plus run on the most successful television series of all time.
Giancarlo Esposito is finally getting the credit he deserves after his incredible performance as drug kingpin Gustavo Fring on Breaking Bad. The actor has been nominated for an Emmy for his role.
Ty Burrell has found the role of a lifetime as Phil Dunphy on ABC’s hit sitcom, Modern Family. He won an Emmy last year for his portrayal, and he’s been nominated again this year. But Burrell claims he owes his success to the writers.
Comedian Louis C.K. won an Emmy as part of the writing staff of The Chris Rock Show back in 1999, and though he’s been nominated for several since he has come up empty handed.
