The Purple Rose of Cairo News

Todd Thaler launched his career as a casting director 25 years ago by overseeing background casting for Woody Allen, a position he held on 14 of Allen's films, starting with "The Purple Rose of Cairo." As head of his own company, Todd Thaler Casting in New York, he has cast principals on films including Todd Field's "Little Children," Sidney ...

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2009-10-06 18:18:05 - Actress and model MIMI WEDDELL has died, aged 94.

In an interview with the Telegraph , Woody Allen tells fans how to tell which of his movies are worth their time just from their titles.

Karen Akers, one of America's most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars will brings her Cole Porter show to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, from Oct 27-Nov 1. Performances are at 8 PM with the Sunday show at 7 PM.

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

In The Purple Rose of Cairo , Woody Allen poses as fantasy a question that we are likely to confront in real life in the near future.

You're sure this isn't a "Be careful what you wish for..." moment? 12:25 AM Anonymous said... OH my god yes.

You're sure this isn't a "Be careful what you wish for..." moment? 12:25 AM Anonymous said... OH my god yes.

Why, of all the readily available instruments in his vast jazz-schooled catalog, did Woody Allen choose the ukulele to punch home the devastating climax of The Purple Rose of Cairo ? Because its high tones are both whimsical and bittersweet, and they make any song more provocative.

16, 2029. It's never easy to compare movies from different times and genres; the title of "best movie ever" is as amorphous as, say, "whitest cheddar." For instance, how could one begin to judge Citizen Kane against 2019's Catwoman 2? One is a bona fide classic, endlessly debated, written about and referenced, while the other, Oliver Stone's ...

Danny Aiello performs at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at Lorenzo's Cabaret at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 South Ave., Travis.

The toughest times for an aspiring actor can be the gaps between gigs. The way Jeff Daniels sees it, "you can either go insane, do drugs or learn to play the guitar." To that end, years ago, Daniels made a pit stop about 20 minutes east of his hometown of Chelsea to pick up a Guild D40 acoustic guitar at Herb David Guitars in Ann Arbor.

God of Carnage 's Jeff Daniels and recent Guys and Dolls actress Lauren Graham co-star in the film "The Answer Man," which opens in New York and Los Angeles July 24.

"That's the trap of serving an image versus serving the story." Over the course of his three-decade career, Daniels has never shied away from playing the kind of damaged souls that other actors usually run scared from .

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

After today, Popcorn & Prejudice will be on hiatus for a week while I'm out of the office; back on July 13.

Who didn't have a crush on Jeff Daniels after his swoon-worthy turn in The Purple Rose of Cairo ? Since then, we've seen too little of the actor's romantic side, but July's The Answer Man seems to take a stab at bringing his sexy back.

TWO daughters, various family members and, this week, her brother's suicide - death and anguish seem to follow Mia Farrow.

Whatever Works Directed by Woody Allen Runtime: 92 min. Ten years after his great expectoration of bile in Deconstructing Harry, Woody Allen comes up with Whatever Works - the most shameless, cynically titled Hollywood con job since the days of Billy Wilder.

Sculptor Patrick Farrow, the brother of actress Mia Farrow, was found dead in his art gallery on Monday .