Burt Reynolds slapped a television producer in the face a few weeks back at the premiere of the remake of "The Longest Yard." It made me happy.

This week on Clip joint, put down your danish, throw away your pain au raisin and chow down on Joe Sommerlad's platter of the best doughnuts on film Dunk it if you dare a Sex Drive In recent years, the doughnut has been edged out of the cinematic limelight.

Julianne Moore's alcoholic divorce in 'A Single Man' is in a long tradition of seductive, pill-popping screen heroines.

Celebrities , New York theater , Orlando theater , Regional theater , Theater festivals , tony awards - posted by Elizabeth Maupin on February, 4 2010 3:00 AM Philip Seymour Hoffman Here's news for this spring's PlayFest at Orlando Shakespeare: The big-deal celebrity guest this time around will be Philip Seymour Hoffman.

In the world of pornography, there are those who simply have sex on film for cash, and those who consider what they do to be an artsy exploration of sensuality.

Happy Birthday Heather Graham! The actress turned 40 on Friday. She shares the January 29th birthday with Oprah .

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another Sundance review, this time for a damn good... possibly great... flick called CYRUS directed by the Duplass Brothers that stars John C. Reilly as a lonely divorcee that finds love with Marisa Tomei .

The Oscar-winning actor's directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating, shows that he's learned some tricks from his own directors, but fellow debutant Mark Ruffalo fails to make the cut Set fair a Philip Seymour Hoffman at the premiere of Jack Goes Boating at the 2010 Sundance film festival.

Playing creepy developmentally delayed misfits who live with their mothers is one thing.

Jarrod She ought to try turning everything off and seeing if he still complains.

During the 1970s, the San Fernando Vally in Southern California became the porn capital of the world.

"I'm just a nice Jewish boy with one vice," says Queens native Ron Jeremy. "Twenty-three years of porn films." Scott J. Gill's documentary "Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy," which opens today in Los Angeles, chronicles the life and times of the unlikeliest Jew in the world -- and the unlikeliest porn star.

Our reviews of Boogie Nights and Boogie Nights: Double Disc Platinum Series are also available.

PAID HIS DUES: Thomas Jane, stars in new series Hung. The star of the new comedy, Hung, has paid his acting dues, writes Luaine Lee.

Sooner or later, every director makes his Short Cuts . Paul Thomas Anderson only waited until his third film to make his, an over-three-hour epic with at least 10 major characters in almost as many separate story lines.

A few years after Paul Thomas Anderson's debut film, Hard Eight, he set out for a much more aggressive and more mainstream type of film.

It seems that Paul Thomas Anderson's breakthrough film will be coming to Blu-ray in the very near future.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT? A group of characters in Los Angeles during an eventful day. Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards and Melora Walter appear.

Mark Wahlberg, left, struggled emotionally while playing the role of a grieving father in The Lovely Bones, while Rachel Weisz, who plays his wife in the film, was able to contain the pain of her ... There are some movie jobs an actor can't put out of mind at the end of a working day.

Back in Glassboro, Don Amendolia was a shy kid, probably the last kid you'd ever think of as an actor.