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The great maverick filmmaker Alexander Payne has worked with some great ones -- launching Reese Witherspoon with Election, bouncing Giamatti, Sandra Oh and Thomas Haden Church with Sideways, making Jack Nicholson do a lot more than phone it in with About Schmidt.

"It feels good to be a wolf, doesn't it? Power without guilt. Love without doubt." Will Randall is a middle-aged New York book editor whose career is on the decline.

"A person's vocabulary is the set of words they are familiar with in a language.

Memphis-born Oscar-winner Kathy Bates will discuss her career and her battle with cancer at the eighth annual Methodist Cancer Center Luncheon on Nov.

As a Tony Award-winning performer in the early part of his career, Canadian actor Len Cariou later made a successful transition to the screen to become a recognizable fixture in numerous series and made-for-television.... As a Tony Award-winning performer in the early part of his career, Canadian actor Len Cariou later made a successful transition ...

"The rain. Sometimes it gives me the blues. When you first came here, I only loved the writer part of Paul Sheldon.

WHICH of us, when pondering our personal list of things we would like to do before dying of cancer, has not envisaged a trip to the pyramids, the Taj Mahal, a skydive, or a road-race in a red sports car? Naturally, in these fantasies, our companion w ould be Jack Nicholson a ' that grinning paragon of guiltless hedonism a ' who would be irascible ...

It has been a busy summer for Jack Nicholson . The 72-year-old actor has been seen vacationing and partying like there is no tomorrow with a bevy of female companions.

It has been a busy summer for Jack Nicholson . The 72-year-old actor has been seen vacationing and partying like there is no tomorrow with a bevy of female companions.

Caption: Hope Davis and Marcia Gay Harden 2009 Tony Awards 'Meet the Nominees' press reception at The Millennium Broadway Hotel - Arrivals New York City, USA .... Actress HOPE DAVIS is losing sleep as she plans for an upcoming trip to England, and not just because she'll be playing former U.S. First Lady HILLARY CLINTON - she's terrified of flying.

Hot tubs have a long and storied history in the entertainment sphere. From reality-television programs like The Real World to serious, adult-minded dramas like About Schmidt to hilarious eighties-era goof-off flicks like Ski School , hot tubs have had a wide range of cinematic uses throughout the years.

HBO's new comedy series Hung chronicles a high-school history teacher who decides to sell sex when he can't afford to give his kid $50 for a concert, among other things.

The hit Sanders family musicals return to Taproot Theatre Company this summer with the regional premiere of Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming.

The character actress has snagged an important new role. Source: THR In the film The Special Relationship , the role of Hillary Clinton was expected to be handled by Julianne Moore.

'In Treatment' and 'About Schmidt' star Hope Davis is to play Hillary Clinton in the new political biopic 'The Special Relationship'. The Hollywood Reporter says that Davis is replacing Julianne Moore on the project; she is unable to star due to a scheduling conflict.

June 29, 2009 TV REVIEW: HBO's New Series 'Hung' Provides a New Take on Entrepreneurial Spirit By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Editor If you liked Alexander Payne's "Sideways," you'll probably like the new HBO series "Hung," which premiered with a one-hour pilot episode directed by Payne on Sunday, June 28.

News of this show has been around for almost a year now, and anything following the HBO series Hung will finally be able to see the first episode tonight.

Your email has been sent. Thanks for recommending The Daily Beast! Grant Lamos IV, Fashion Wire Daily / Getty Images In Treatment 's most neurotic patient, Hope Davis, talks to The Daily Beast's Rachel Syme about playing crazy, being a mom, and throwing up on Broadway every night.

Kathy Bates takes it off in About Schmidt. It's the nude scene Sandra Bullock likes to pretend never happened.

Filmmaker Alexander Payne will serve as the 2009 guest director of the 36th Telluride Film Festival, which runs Sept.