Almost Famous News

Pearl Jam is kicking off its fall tour tour in their hometown, coming to Seattle's KeyArena on Sept.

Singer Jerry Vale is 77. Singer Steve Lawrence is 74. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 65.

WITH her cerulean eyes and playful style, Zooey Deschanel may be a cutie but she's still an odd size.

I've seen enough films to know journalists tend to be glamourized on screen. In real life they tend not to be so beloved, but in the movie theatre the reporter is someone to cheer for, someone looking for the most beautiful of things...truth. And the reporters in these pictures always have an incredible scoop, a secret source or a moment in which ...

Take your seats, class: It's time to get schooled in pop culture by the staff of Entertainment Weekly! This week, we continue looking at the role of music in seminal coming-of-age films.

I have to admit, I entered this story thinking it was a Lester Bangs special. Remember Bangs, the rock journalist played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," the story of a high school boy given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert ...

As veteran musicians headline Glastonbury this weekend, does the best writing about rock music also hail from a different era? Is anybody today as good as Greil Marcus or Lester Bangs? Having spent 20 years as a pop journalist, John Harris asks whether music writing has lost its way A tragic hero ... Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost ...

Zooey Deschanel is one of those versatile character actresses whose name recognition is still growing, probably because she avoids celebrity magazines to maintain a certain level of privacy.

Fresh Air from WHYY , June 10, 2009 In 1994, Canadian-born actress Anna Paquin became one of the youngest Academy Award winners in history when, at age 11, she was recognized for her performance in Jane Campion's film The Piano .

Touted by TV Guide as one of the most promising young actors in Hollywood, Eion Bailey first drew attention portraying the troubled Alan Strang in a Pasadena Playhouse revival of "Equus" in 1997.

Sire has announced that it will release the soundtrack for the highly anticipated, indie music-heavy movie, 500 Days Of Summer .

Kate Hudson's latest boyfriend, baseball star Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez, has admired her since she starred in 2000 movie 'Almost Famous'. Kate Hudson's new boyfriend has had a crush on her for eight years.

Madonnas ex-beau Alex Rodriguez has found comfort in the arms of none other than Kate Hudson.

John Cusack in "High Fidelity," compiling his Top-Five list of favorite movie musical cues.

With the Yankees on a winning streak and his performance suffering no apparent post-steroids deflation, Alex Rodriguez can now focus his attention on making an even bigger mess of his personal life.

Empire magazine asked--who else?--Cameron Crowe to come up with his ten favorite musical moments in film , and he managed to limit himself to 30 or so.

Docs and features not to miss. ' DAYS OF SUMMER': Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.

PHILIP Seymour Hoffman has been savouring the bewitched, bothered and bamboozled responses to his latest film.

Bride Wars: There's a point in Bride Wars where I really want to hate it. Pulled from the screener pool simply to please my wife, this chick flick is not poised to please me - my wildest dreams include only hope that ogling Anne Hathaway will A) ease the pain, and B) go unnoticed by said wife.

Nearly every Philip Seymour Hoffman role is a classic, though one of my favorites is when he played legendary rock critic Lester Bangs in Almost Famous .