Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt star in “Digging for Fire.” Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt Are Digging on Digging for Fire by Jay S. Jacobs Jake Johnson has become Hollywood’s go-to guy for playing aging party boys who don’t want to grow up. Beyond his lead role as Nick on the popular Zooey Deschanel sitcom New Girl, Johnson has been digging into feature films, with the popular comedy Let’s Be Cops and this summer’s blockbuster Jurassic World. Now he’s trying out the rol

Ron Livingston at the New York press day for “Holly.” Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself by Brad Balfour When I first met Ron Livingston, he was a featured personality at the New York Independent Television Fest kicking off his Fox TV show, Standoff (he starred as Matt Flannery, a senior FBI negotiator). He had come to my attention previously through the film The Cooler, but he had been on the map since he was in the popular hit Swingers in 1996 (whic

Rosemarie DeWitt stars in Standoff. Rosemarie DeWitt Not Standing Still by Jay S. Jacobs In every new TV season, there are breakout stars who make viewers sit back and take notice – Who is that???  What have I seen her in?  Why haven’t I seen her more often? Rosemarie DeWitt – a New York-based stage and TV performer – is getting this kind of buzz for her role as a smart and beautiful hostage negotiator on the series Standoff. Previously, DeWitt has been active in the Broadway