Writers write. Sometimes, actors also write. Sometimes, actors should just stick to acting. But some other times, when actors write, they allow us a look inside their personalities and processes which engenders an even better understanding of their acting work, a nice seasoning that enhances the flavor of the main dish. And at still other times, their silence speaks volumes.
People are pretty much always going to want to know more about their favorite actors, what they’re really like as people. When a group dynamic is introduced, public curiosity seems to heighten—people want to know not only about the actors’ individual lives, but if they get along as well [...]
The Grammy nominations are in, and there's a lotta comedy in there. First, the big one: Best Comedy Album. And the nominees are:
Alpocalypse – "Weird Al" Yankovic [Jive Records]
Finest Hour – Patton Oswalt [Comedy Central Records]
Hilarious – Louis C.K. [Comedy Central Records]
Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant – Kathy Griffin [Universal Network Television]
Turtleneck & Chain – The Lonely Island [Universal Republic]
But comedians didn't restrict themselves to the comedy-specific categories alone. Both Tina Fey's Bossypants and Betty White's If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) are nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Seth MacFarlane is up for Best [...]
Former NY Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni spent some time with Betty White at the Los Angeles Zoo, talking about her late career resurgence. Even at 89, she still does pretty much everything for herself: "When Putnam asked her to sign 2,500 books in advance of publication, it offered to rent her a hotel or office suite for the task and to provide assistants to unpack the books, turn each to the title page, refresh her pens and the like. That’s pro forma, but she wasn’t having any of it. The boxes were delivered to her house, where she has lived alone since 1981, when Allen Ludden, her husband [...]
