February 2012
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Screenplay: 'Warrior'
Courtesy of Lionsgate, here is the script to Warrior.
Click here for the script
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Written By: Gavin O’Connor and Anthony Tambakis & Cliff Dorfman
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Nick Nolte
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Biography: Daniel Radcliffe
DANIEL RADCLIFFE is best known in the eponymous role of Harry Potter in the most successful film series of all time. Radcliffe has starred in all eight of the films with the final feature Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II released in July 2011.
On January 1, 2012, Radcliffe finished a run as J. Pierrepoint Finch in Tony Award winner Rob Ashford’s production of How to Succeed in...
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Josh Radnor Talks 'How I Met Your Mother', Sitcom...
Though best known at the moment as the actor on How I Met Your Mother who isn’t Jason Segal or Neil Patrick Harris (and I mean no slight by that), Josh Radnor has also directed (the 2010 Sundance film happythankyoumoreplease) and starred in films, including this year’s Sundance movie Liberal Arts, which he also wrote and directed.
In an interview with Moviefone, Radnor talks about...
January 2012
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'Blair Witch' Actress Heather Donahue Recounts...
Back in 1999, Blair Witch Project star Heather Donahue disappeared from the limelight just as quickly as she had arrived. As she details in her new memoir, GrowGirl: How My Life After The Blair Witch Project Went to Pot, Donahue had greener pastures on her mind when she steered away from what could have been a successful Hollywood career.
“I took all my stuff into the desert related to my acting...
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Sneak Peek at Broadway's 'Ghost the Musical'
Here is a sneak peek at the upcoming Ghost the Musical, which comes to Broadway March 15th.
Calling it The Ghost Light Sessions, the video is a little over 15 minutes but you get a nice taste of the show and songs. I’m not the biggest fan of Movies-to-Broadway but from everything I’ve seen and heard about the show, it should be a good one.
In the video, you can see performances from...
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Before and After Each Project: Plan, Act and...
All too often, when you land a role, youâre swept up in the excitement, the newness and the challenges of not only your part but the project as a whole. In the blink of an eye, or so it seems, the play has opened or your moment on set has arrived and there is no time left to pause and ponder over the work youâve done or the work left to do.
Some actors will write down their thoughts or...
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More Details About the SAG AFTRA Merger
Deadline is reporting some new details of the potential SAG and AFTRA merger, including initiation fees, yearly base dues and AFTRA not budging on it’s ‘open-door’ policy.
The new initiation fee for the combined union will be $3,000. Currently, AFTRA’s fee is $1,600 with SAG at $2,230.
The base dues - what you pay if you don’t work at all or only make the minimum...
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Red Band Trailer: Bobcat Goldwaith’s 'God Bless...
God Bless America: Loveless, jobless and possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and decides to off the stupidest, cruelest and most repellent members of society with an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement. From stand-up comedian and director Bobcat...
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Viola Davis Talks About Her SAG Win and Facing...
Finding out that you’ve been nominated for an acting award in the same category as Glenn Close and Meryl Streep must be like finding out you’re running the 100 meter dash against the gold medal and the silver medal winners of that event at the last Olympics.
That’s the predicament that Viola Davis, star of The Help, found herself in during this year’s Screen Actors Guild...
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John Hawkes on His Preparation for the Sundance...
America Gangster and The Perfect Storm actor John Hawkes scored rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival after viewers witnessed his portrayal of Mark O’ Brien, a man in an iron lung who hopes to lose his virginity, in the Ben Lewin directed movie The Surrogate.
Talking with SpeakEasy at the festival about his difficult role in the film that is based on a true story, Hawkes...
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Equity UK Survey: Coming Out Still a Struggle for...
A survey conducted by the actors union, Equity, revealed that only 57% of gay actors felt they could be open to their agents about their sexuality. A third of those surveyed admitted they had experienced homophobia, with 57% of it coming from other performers.
While 81% said they had come out in the professional lives, over 94% said they are open about their sexuality to other performers. ...
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Interview: Joe Anderson Talks 'The Grey',...
In Joe Carnahan’s excellent film, The Grey, Joe Anderson plays Flannery, a loudmouth who constantly gets under the skin of his fellow oil-riggers. When their plane goes down, he and the rest of the survivors (Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Ben Bray and Nonso Anozie) are forced to work together to fend of packs of wolves hungry for their blood.
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The Artist's Uggie To Retire From The Dog-Eat-Dog...
C’mon, I couldn’t do this story without using a terrible pun as a title, right?
Possibly the most popular animal actor in Hollywood right now, Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier that is part of the reason why audiences have fallen in love with the Oscar-nominated silent film The Artist, is retiring.
Uggie’s trainers, Omar Von Muller and Sarah Clifford, tell USA Today that the...
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A Little Rant About the SAG Awards
I liked the SAG Awards last night. They were short and sweet and didn’t have the fluff that most awards ceremonies force you to sit through. My favorite moments were the acceptance speeches from Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis and the cast of Bridesmaids yukking it up.
But, out of all the things I liked, there were 2 things that bugged me.
The first was something about the show in general....
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Watch: Matthew Broderick's Ferris Bueller-esque...
Honda has released it’s Ferris Bueller-esque Super Bowl commercial 7-days early.
In the commercial, Matthew Broderick plays himself as he skips out on a day of acting work, spending the day living it up as his Bueller character would have done.
In the Todd Phillip’s directed spot, there’s a bunch of references to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off like Yellow’s ‘Oh,...
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Watch: The SAG Award Winners Acceptance Speeches
Thanks to SAG, we have the video and transcripts of all of the acceptance speeches from last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
My favorites of the night were Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis. Both were great and hopefully this puts them as front runners in the Academy Awards.
Check them out below!
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Help
 VIOLA DAVIS: You...
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18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Winners
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEAN DUJARDIN / George - “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark - “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal -...
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Ralph Fiennes: "I carry a flag for Shakespeare's...
Ralph Fiennes might be known to millions of moviegoers as Lord Voldemort, but the Oscar-nominated actor began his career as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He returned to his Shakespeare roots by both starring and directing — his directorial debut — in Coriolanus. Speaking to NPR, Fiennes talks about his affinity for Shakespeare and the challenge of directing himself.
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Anne Heche Posed As a Stripper in Preparation for...
Long time actress Anne Heche has revealed to SF Gate, that she daringly went to a strip club and danced in preparation for an audition for the 1993 film Carlito’s Way, starring Al Pacino.
“I had to strip for the screen test because there’s this scene where he comes into the strip club and so the last thing I did before my screen test was I went into a strip club and asked if I could...
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'The Artist' Blooper Reel
Check out this blooper reel from the Academy Award nominated film, The Artist.
My favorite parts are the ones with Uggie. That dog is one temperamental actor!
via Deadline
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Elizabeth Banks Loved "Running Around Chasing Bad...
As she told New York Magazine during a recent interview, The Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks was so thrilled to be a part of the big-screen adaptation of the popular novel of the same name that feeling pressure to live up to the book, one of her personal favorites, never even entered her head.
“I was really excited to run around with a gun and chase bad guys,” said the 37-year-old actress,...
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Q & A: Adam Baldwin Talks 'Chuck', the Last Days...
Fans of Chuck will soon be saying goodbye to their much loved series. Over the past 5 years, as Chuck Bartowski has been learning to use and hone his newfound spy-secrets, he’s been protected by the NSA’s John Casey.
The great Adam Baldwin plays Casey and he said in a conference call that he loved his time on the show. Why? “They gave me a lot of fun shit to do,” he said.
I remember...
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Rebecca Hall on Her Role in 'Lay The Favorite': "I...
Rebecca Hall has appeared in a number of award winning movies, including Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon, The Town and The Prestige. While those credits are impressive enough for the twenty-nine year old actress, Hall had not starred in any comedies.
So while Hall desperately wanted to star as Las Vegas stripper Beth Raymer in an adaptation of her book Lay The Favorite, a humorous memoir...
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Q & A: The Cast of 'Spartacus: Vengeance'
Are you ready to return to the arena?
Then you’re in luck because Spartacus is back and this time, with a vengeance.
Spartacus: Vengeance picks up where Blood and Sand left off as the gladiator rebellion continues and they begin to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Empire.
Liam McIntyre takes over the lead role of Spartacus from Andy Whitfield who, before his untimely death, told the cast...
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George Clooney to Appear on 'Inside the Actors...
Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio returns for its 18th season with George Clooney.
In the two-hour season premiere, Clooney discusses his life from his early days as Dr. Doug Ross on ER to his recently acclaimed role as Matt King in The Descendants, for which he has just received an Oscar® nomination.
When talking about The Descendants, he said to host James Lipton that, “I enjoyed the...
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Liam Neeson on Shooting 'The Grey': "We had lines...
Though mostly known throughout the 1990s as a dramatic actor, Liam Neeson has surprisingly become something of an action hero as he approaches his sixtieth birthday.
In Neeson’s next action film, the action thriller The Grey, he is a member of an Alaskan oil drilling team whose plane crash-lands in the wild. But filming a movie that takes place in the tundra has a number of physical...
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Australian Politician Steals a Speech from Michael...
A lawmaker from Australia was accused of stealing a portion of dialogue from the movie The American President while giving a speech to journalists in Canberra on Wednesday.
The New York Post has reported that the Federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, plagiarized the 1995 movie starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening.
In the movie, Douglas’ character, Andrew Shepherd, says, “We have...
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The 4 Principles to Captivating On-Camera Work –...
Written by Jamison Haase, L.A. On-Camera Training Center
Read Part 1 of The 4 Principles to Captivating On-Camera Work
As an actor, I’m sure you watch a lot of film and television. But have you really thought about what elements are used to create the performances you love? Of course there’s talent and hard work, but what technical elements did those actors employ to make the greatest impact...
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Kurtwood Smith Reflects on 'Dead Poets Society'...
It’s difficult to look at actor Kurtwood Smith — even if you don’t initially recognize his name — and not say “Dumbass.”
Of course, that has less to do with Smith than it does with Red Forman, the character that Smith portrayed on That’s 70’s Show from 1998-2006.
But Smith has had an extensive career in film too, including playing a significant...
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'Becoming Chaplin' Will Tramp It Up On Broadway...
Becoming Chaplin, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, will open on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season.
The show will be directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle (Finian’s Rainbow, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Curtis.
Under the...
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Why Did Peter Facinelli Write and Star in...
Believe it or not, Twilight star Peter Facinelli has much bigger ambitions than starring in one of the biggest blockbuster film series of the last several years. Now that he’s finished filming his role in the series — the final film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 will be released in November — Facinelli is tackling his own projects.
He wrote and stars in Loosies, a...
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Submarine's Craig Roberts Talks About How He Got...
Craig Roberts isn’t a household name, but the twenty-one year old actor has appeared and several acclaimed films in his growing career. Though he’ll be appearing in three films in 2012, including Red Lights with Robert DeNiro, Cillian Murphy, and Sigourney Weaver.
Seemingly on the verge of a career breakthrough, Roberts spoke to Interview Magazine about his breakthrough role as...
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SAG-AFTRA Merge Make Union Tougher to Join, Likely...
As probably most Daily Actor readers know, getting Screen Actors Guild (SAG) membership — and all its inherent benefits — is a major goal for any up-and-coming actor. American Federation of Television and Radio Arts (AFTRA) membership, however, has been open to anyone willing to pay the initiation fee.
With the impending merger of the two unions, however, actors will no longer to take...
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Harold Perrineau on Voicing 'Blade' Anime: "I...
The 1998 film Blade, starring action hero Wesley Snipes, really jump started the run of successful blockbusters based on Marvel Comics superhero characters that is still going strong today. Two sequels, a short-lived television series, and an anime followed, with the the anime airing U.S. television on G4.
Following in the footsteps of Snipes, Blade is voiced in the American version of the...
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An Actor's Credo: Why what we do matters
This is a guest post by Matthew Arkin
This year, many of us are facing financial uncertainty unprecedented in our lifetimes, both for ourselves and the nation as a whole. This can lead to a lot of questioning and soul searching, particularly for those of us who have chosen to follow a career in the arts, a career known for financial instability even during the best of times. Sometimes the voices...
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Jean Dujardin Considered Passing on 'The Artist':...
Anyone who has seen The Artist will tell you that star Jean Dujardin would have been one of the biggest stars in Hollywood eighty-five years ago. Then again, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that he hasn’t achieved that in 2011 — he was awarded a Golden Globe for his role in the silent film and is nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.
Still, Dujardin expresses to USA Today that he...
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Biography: Glenn Close
Glenn Close has headlined the critically acclaimed original legal thriller, “Damages,” on FX for three seasons. The drama has moved to Direct TV for this its fourth season, with all new episodes. For her riveting portrayal of high-stakes litigator ‘Patty Hewes’, Glenn was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award and won two consecutive Emmys as Best Actress in a Drama Series for Damages’ first two seasons....
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Interview: Christopher Heyerdahl Talks 'Hell On...
Christopher Heyerdahl had a great 2011.
He started it filming the last of the Twilight movies where he plays the vampire Marcus, one of the leaders of the Volturi coven. He then went off film season 2 of the SyFy hit, Sanctuary, where he starred as 2 characters (one has since been killed off). If that wasn’t enough, during filming, he got word that he booked yet another part as ‘The Swede’ in...
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Leonardo DiCaprio: "I really am motivated by being...
Though Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar didn’t do the business — or get the critical acclaim — as many of the director’s recent films, there was significant praise for Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as the enigmatic J. Edgar Hoover. With the film finally be released in England, DiCaprio gave an interview to the Guardian about the film, touching upon playing a man...
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Katherine Heigl on Returning to 'Grey's Anatomy':...
Since leaving Grey’s Anatomy two years ago, Katherine Heigl has certainly kept busy with her film career. However, on Monday’s installment on daytime talk show The View, the 33-year-old actress admitted to missing being a part of ABC’s hit medical drama.
“I miss my friends,” Heigl told co-host Barbara Walters. “It was a great work environment in that we all got along really well, and it...
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Q & A: Kiefer Sutherland on 'Touch', Coming Back...
Kiefer Sutherland returns to FOX in Touch, a show that attempts to ask the question: Are we all interconnected?
Sutherland stars as Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, who is unable to connect with his seemingly autistic son, Jake (David Mazouz). Jake never speaks, shows no emotion and never allows himself to be touched by anyone. Soon though, Martin finds out that Jake has a gift that...
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Jessica Chastain Getting News of Her Academy Award...
When Jessica Chastain got the news that she had recieved her Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in The Help, she was sitting front at Paris Fashion Week with her friend, Cameron Diaz.
Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani was there and documented the moment and posted it to, where else, Twitter.
Sozzani wrote: “Jessica Chastain receives the call on her nomination at the Oscars...
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Sundance 2012: Monsieur Lazhar receives Standing...
Written by Sofia Gian
[For Sundance 2012, Daily Actor has actress Sofia Gian taking in the sights, sounds and films and writing it all down for us. Keep coming back for more Sundance! - Lance]
Out of all the films Iâve screened so far here at Sundance, Monsieur Lazhar, written and directed by Philippe Falardeau is the only one thatâs received a full standing ovation. To its merit, it was...
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Watch: Sutton Foster, Joel Grey and Collin Donnell...
Sutton Foster, Joel Grey and Colin Donnell appeared on The Rosie Show performing songs from the hit Broadway revival, Anything Goes.
Sutton and Donnell sang “You’re the Top” which was followed by her and Grey - who is 79 years old by the way - performing “Friendship.”
I could watch Sutton Foster all day.Â
Check it out below!
Sutton Foster and Colin Donnell...
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Oscar Nominated Screenplay: 'The Descendants'
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight, here is the script to The Descendants.
The screenplay was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Click here for the script
Director: Alexander Payne
Written by: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Patricia...
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Watch: The Auditions for 'The Artist'
The New York Times Carpetbagger blog posted a video that has snippets of some of the auditions for The Artist.
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, casting director Heidi Levitt did a super job with the cast.
In the video, you can see what Beth Grant (Peppy’s Maid), Harvey Alperin (The Doctor) and Joel Murray (The Policeman) did to win their roles in the film.
The auditions were filmed in...
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Channing Tatum: "You gotta do the 'Dear Johns'....
Channing Tatum has continued to maintain a constant presence in the movie industry in the last few years with his appearances in G.I. Joe, The Eagle last weekend’s Haywire and the upcoming 21 Jump Street. Seen in a diverse range of roles, Tatum recently spoke with Details Magazine, explaining the method to his madness.
Tatum says he picks his roles to work with other actors that he wants...
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Red-Band Trailer: 'The Grey' starring Liam Neeson,...
The Grey: A group of oil-rig roughnecks are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane experiences a complete mechanical failure and crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors, battling mortal injuries, biting cold and ravenous hunger, are relentlessly hunted and pursued by a vicious pack of rogue wolves.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot...
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Watch: George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Michael...
Well, Newsweek got 3 out of 6 right.
In anticipation of today’s Academy Award nominations, the magazine gathered George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Viola Davis, Christopher Plummer and Tilda Swinton- all possible contenders - together for a frank and at times hilarious conversation.
As you know, Clooney, Davis and Plummer got the good news today but that doesn’t...
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Interview: James Cromwell Talks 'The Artist',...
Any day I can talk to James Cromwell, I consider a perfect day.
James has had such a wonderful career. He had his first TV appearance on a 1974 episode of The Rockford Files followed by a recurring role on All in the Family (which he auditioned for and “had a great time,” he told me).
Dozens (and dozens!) of TV and film work followed when, in 1995, he got a part in Babe as Farmer...
