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Richard Curtis – The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio
Richard Curtis at the New York press day of "Pirate Radio." Richard Curtis The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with...

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Nov 13, 200915 min read


Joel and Ethan Coen – Two Serious Men Gaze Into Their Past
Joel and Ethan Coen Two Serious Men Gaze Into Their Past by Jay S. Jacobs Brothers and auteurs Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in a sparse,...

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Oct 2, 20098 min read


Matt Nix – Burn Notice After Reading
Matt Nix matt nix burn notice after reading by jay s. jacobs It takes skills to reinvigorate a tried-and-true genre like the spy story,...

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Jan 27, 200920 min read


Mike Papantonio – Progressively Speaking
Mike Papantonio Mike Papantonio Progressively Speaking by Ronald Sklar Say what you want about lawyers – and you probably do – you can’t...

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Jan 29, 200810 min read


Christopher Hampton – Adapting Atonement
Christopher Hampton Adapting Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs When adapting a complex novel like Ian McEwan’s best-seller Atonement, it was...

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Dec 7, 20078 min read


Darren Daulton – What He Knows
Darren Daulton What He Knows by Ronald Sklar “Don’t shoot the messenger,” says legendary former Philadelphia Phillies’ catcher Darren...

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Dec 2, 20075 min read


Stephen King and Frank Darabont Step Out of The Mist
Stephen King Stephen King and Frank Darabont Step Out of The Mist by Brad Balfour What can one say about author Stephen King – one of the...

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Nov 23, 200725 min read


Andy Dick – First-Time Director
Andy Dick First-Time Director by Jay S. Jacobs Love him or hate him, one thing’s for sure – you simply can’t ignore Andy Dick. One of the most irreverent comic voices on the scene, Dick has occupied his own unique niche in show biz. He has played goofy sidekicks on two long-running show-biz themed sitcoms (NewsRadio and Less Than Perfect) giving those shows a jolt of off-kilter surrealism. His more experimental tastes have been aired out on two respected MTV sketch sho

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Oct 30, 200714 min read


Neil Gaiman – The Author is Blessed with Stardust
Neil Gaiman at the NY press day for "Stardust." NEIL GAIMAN THE AUTHOR IS BLESSED WITH STARDUST by Brad Balfour For author Neil Gaiman,...

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Aug 10, 200716 min read


Miss Potter (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MISS POTTER (2007) Starring Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Phil Paterson, Matyelock Gibbs, Lloyd Owen,...

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Jun 15, 20073 min read


Nathan Englander – On Special Cases
Nathan Englander Nathan Englander On Special Cases by Ronald Sklar Nathan Englander's first novel, The Ministry of Special Cases...

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May 26, 20076 min read


Joshua Ferris Is Not Close To the End
Joshua Ferris JOSHUA FERRIS IS NOT CLOSE TO THE END BY RONALD SKLAR The problem with anything set in an office is just that – is it truly...

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May 17, 20078 min read


The Hoax (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
The Hoax THE HOAX (2007) Starring Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delpy, Eli Wallach,...

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May 4, 20072 min read


Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga & William Monahan – Meeting with Martin and the Departed
Director MARTIN SCORSESE discusses a scene with actors LEONARDO DiCAPRIO and MATT DAMON on the Boston location set of Warner Bros....

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Feb 26, 200730 min read


Stephen Fried – Gia and the High Cost of Beauty
Stephen Fried Stephen Fried Gia and the High Cost of Beauty by Ronald Sklar Twenty years ago, the fashion world's first supermodel, Gia...

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Sep 18, 200610 min read


Melissa Greene – Portrait of an Artist as a Grown Woman
Melissa Greene Portrait of an Artist as a Grown Woman By Jay S. Jacobs The lure of Hollywood is a seductive one – a siren’s call...

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Sep 9, 200623 min read


Albert Brooks and Sheetal Sheth – Looking for Symmetry with the Muslim World
Sheetal Sheth and Albert Brooks in "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" Albert Brooks and Sheetal Sheth Looking for Symmetry with the...

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Jan 20, 200621 min read


Christopher Kennedy Lawford – No Penalty for Early Withdrawal
Christopher Lawford Christopher Kennedy Lawford No Penalty for Early Withdrawal by Ronald Sklar “The brilliance about being a drug addict...

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Oct 22, 20059 min read


Atom Egoyan – Finding the Truth in Directing
Atom Egoyan ATOM EGOYAN FINDING THE TRUTH IN DIRECTING by Brad Balfour For Canadian director Atom Egoyan creating Where the Truth Lies...

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Oct 22, 200511 min read


Jake Steinfeld – Business by Jake
Jake Steinfeld Jake Steinfeld Business by Jake by Ronald Sklar “I’m looking for a kick-ass idea,” says Jake Steinfeld, of the “Body by...

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Sep 20, 20056 min read
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