Terms of Endearment News

With the Schopp and the Bulldog 'Actor Draft' coming up Tuesday, November 10th at 4:25 p.m., I decided to consult with an expert on who might be the #1 overall draft pick.

Former Akronite John Lithgow, center, has a killer role as mild-mannered suburbanite Arthur Mitchell in the fourth season of Showtime's "Dexter." Five terrific episodes into its razor-sharp fourth season, Showtime's "Dexter" is getting a tremendously suspenseful boost from new cast member John Lithgow.

He was already tackling a TV geek's nightmare: the first extensive, behind-the-scenes history of TV's longest-running comedy show, The Simpsons .

I cry at movies. Watching Terms of Endearment 25 years ago, I was a human Niagara Falls as Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson celebrated the power of maternal bonding in the Oscar-winning, instant classic tale of life and death.

Lithgow: Stories by Heart , in which award-winning American actor John Lithgow performs a double bill of stories - Uncle Fred Flits by P G Wodehouse and Haircut by Ring Lardner - comes to the National's Lyttelton Theatre on October 19 and October 26, 2009 .

Sherawat and MacLaine gab and grab some grub in LA; they discussed reincarnation too! Mallika Sherawat is on a Hollywood-meets-Bollywood spree in Los Angeles to promote and create awareness for her next release Hisss directed by Jennifer Lynch.

That, actress Debra Winger told an audience of more than 700 at the Holland Performing Arts Center on Sunday night, is what she and screenwriter-director Alexander Payne have in common.

After a well deserved summer vacation, Jeff Daniels and the entire original cast of God of Carnage returned to the Broadway boards this week.

Oscar-nominated actress Debra Winger and Oscar-winning writer-director Alexander Payne will share an Omaha stage to raise money for a nonprofit cinema.

The film that evening was a trifle called The Answer Man , in which Jeff Daniels alleged a special relationship with God and, based on that, had garnered a reputation for knowing everything.

Maybe you've heard of the term "helicopter parent." It conjures a rather odd image, doesn't it? The term was coined as a description of mothers and fathers who swoop in to solve every dilemma.

I used to get irritated by Jack Nicholson. I got tired of seeing his perennial Oscar nominations, his "I'm so cool" shades, his keenness to expose his endless sexual conquests and general hedonism.

Happy Friday Harvest, a weekly round-up of the best pictures, posters, and videos that have become available for viewing/download on Rotten Tomatoes.

"Funny People" aims for the heart, but lacks compassion. Last update: July 30, 2009 - 5:22 PM The maturing of Judd Apatow is sort of a shame.

After devoting his first two films as director, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up , to getting laid and having kids, respectively, Judd Apatow brings the circle of life to a close with Funny People , which stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a popular, Sandler-esque movie star diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal form of leukemia.

I am a big fan of Jeff Daniels. He can do a great many things. He can be pompous , doofy , virginal , spineless and even quite brilliantly passive-aggressive . But as Dirty Harry once famously said to Hal Holbrook, "A man's got to know his limitations," and the one thing Jeff Daniels can't do is play a crotchety old man.

Where is your Faber now? On screen, with Jeff Daniels as "The Answer Man," also starring Lou Taylor Pucci.

Actors and actresses come and go, but movie stars are forever. Or at least a really long time.

Visit the movie's Official Site! Article by Emily McDonald : 2009-07-19 15:18:51 The phrase 'made for TV' tacked onto the front of the word 'movie' can often be the kiss of death, in terms of the quality of the film.

Michigan-based actor Jeff Daniels is starring in a local production showcasing his other talents -- songwriter, musician and storyteller.