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An eccentric, dark-haired actress best known for her work in 1990s independent films, Parker Posey trained at SUNY Purchase before spending over a year playing Tess Shelby, a bratty teen on the long-running.... An eccentric, dark-haired actress best known for her work in 1990s independent films, Parker Posey trained at SUNY Purchase before spending ...

Eugene Levy is one of the few comic actors in Hollywood whose voice is as recognizable as his face.

Catherine O'Hara is my idea of the ultimate funny aunt. At the Royal York Hotel for a roundtable interview with Toronto press promoting Where the Wild Things Are , she is high-spirited, fast-talking, and engaged to an extent that is downright noble for someone who has been woken up early for a day of inane interviews.

Eugene Levy arrives at the premiere of Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios' "Astro Boy" at the Chinese Theater on October 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

The subject of what's permissible for children is apropos since the Canadian-born actress voices negative, neurotic Judith, one of the titular creatures in director Spike Jonze's dark but resonant Where the Wild Things Are, which opens Friday.

You don't need to remind "Where the Wild Things Are" star Catherine O'Hara about the prospective criticism she'll be subjected to for being a major part of a big-screen adaptation of a revered piece of children's literature recognized worldwide.

Mr. Dressup, Big Bird -- and Bubbles? According to Catherine O'Hara, there's a lot children could learn from the Trailer Park Boys.

In 10 Words or Less None more entertaining Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Basically anything these three do Likes: Concert films Dislikes: When DVDs aren't in Dobly Hates: Stuff these three aren't involved in The Show I'll say right off the bat that this is probably going to be one of my least biased reviews to date.

Fred Willard will assume the full mantle of "The King" when he stars in "Elvis and Juliet" The play, written by his wife Mary, opens at Upland's Grove Theatre on Saturday after runs in Los Angeles and New York.

The Broward Folk Club will ring in another year of membership Sunday at Cinema Paradiso.

Parker Posey has withdrawn from a lead role in the upcoming Playwrights Horizons' production of "This" after developing Lyme disease.

Parker Posey has withdrawn from a lead role in the upcoming Playwrights Horizons' production of "This" after developing Lyme disease.

Those who deem the gentle comedies of Christopher Guest cruel to showbiz dreamers should be subjected to this ugliness.

As a screen actor, Bob Balaban was often seen in character roles as buttoned up and usually bespectacled brains, with his deadpan performances in Christopher Guest films like "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in.... As a screen actor, Bob Balaban was often seen in character roles as buttoned up and usually bespectacled brains, with his deadpan ...

With the upcoming release of Paper Heart , you've heard about these mockumentaries, and once you look into it, it seems as if they're everywhere.

From left: Lizbeth MacKay, Katie Finneran, Edward Herrmann, Andrea Martin, and John Rubinstein in "The Torch-Bearers'' at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

With the upcoming release of Paper Heart , you've heard about these mockumentaries, and once you look into it, it seems as if they're everywhere.

Amanda Mae Meyncke , Aug 04, 2009 With the upcoming release of Paper Heart , you've heard about these mockumentaries, and once you look into it, it seems as if they're everywhere.

Could you picture Wallace Shawn, left, and Andre Gregory as 85-year-olds talking about sex? First, the bad news: The new Criterion edition of Louis Malle's 1981 masterpiece My Dinner with Andre does not come with the action figures mentioned by Christopher Guest in Waiting for Guffman.

THE MOVIE: At the end of Waiting for Guffman , Christopher Guest's Corky St. Clair returns to New York from the Missouri burg where his dreams of a life in the Legitimate Theatre were dashed on the small-town rocks and opens up his own memorabilia store.