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I can't quite describe how I feel about Francesco Vezzoli's work; that's not how my mama raised me.

The common elements found within Lyle Lovett's albums and touring units are impeccably played instrumentation and his achy, reedy voice: a nimble instrument itself that winds its way through country or jazz.

Richard E. Grant f ans might rightly wonder where our favorite Brit comic actor has been hiding out since his Robert Altman glory days.

What self-respecting horror film fan could possibly resist a novel about vampires inhabiting Hollywood, written by none other than Adrienne Barbeau, the star of such B-movies as 'Swamp Thing,' 'The Fog' and 'Escape from New York'? While nobody is ever going to confuse her with Bram Stoker, Barbeau does deliver a fast and occasionally funny read in ...

When American auteur Robert Altman died on Nov. 20, 2006, his biographer was left with a pile of transcripts.

A country-western and blues crooner known for his top-hat hair, Lyle Lovett was born and raised in Texas.

Beginning his career as a sultan of TV sleaze, Dennis Franz rose from character actor to one of television's most enduring leading men with ability to convey his troubled characters' redemptive qualities.

Robert Altman, the iconoclastic director of groundbreaking films such as "M*A*S*H,'' "Nashville,'' "Short Cuts,'' and "The Player,'' never met a Hollywood executive he trusted.

Mitch Zuckoff exchanged many e-mails with Robert Altman 's widow, Kathryn , before embarking on his biography of the legendary director.

It had 22 leads, multiple storylines a ' and a director who was having serious doubts.

A weatherman. That's what Robert Altman might have become had he pursued meteorology, an early interest in life.

From left, actors Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier and Jerry Ferrara live the Hollywood lifestyle in the hit cable television show Entourage.

Filmmaker Robert Altman and his all-star cast take us behind the scenes of his award winning Short Cuts, in the acclaimed feature length documentary.

Star of The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard goes back to Larry Sanders and Seinfeld, and - 80 screen appearances later - has become Entourage's first real marquee name Saturday, 17 October 2009 Does Entourage make careers or kill them? Adrian Grenier plays a movie star on the show, but you can't imagine him opening on 3,000 screens nationwide over July ...

A tall, lanky leading and supporting player, Randall Batinkoff has been most successful at depicting repressed preppy types in features and on the small screen.

Tony-nominated stage and screen actor Peter Gallagher will bring his one-man musical Peter Gallagher, Don't Give Up on Me to Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre prior to embarking on a national tour.

Clue: The Departed , which must have been around Martin Scorsese's thirtieth picture, and did win the directing Oscar, cost $90 million --so don't go that way.

In recognition of October as Disability Awareness Month, the UTC Office for Students with Disabilities has invited Hollywood actress Marlee Matlin to speak on campus Monday, October 12, 3- 4 p.m. at the Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center.

Robert Altman's films never told us what to think or feel. The Kansas City-born director - of classics like "McCabe and Mrs.

It's been 20 years since Bruce Willis became a movie star of yippee-ki-yay huge proportions.