Star of Paycheck Reflects on His Year in the Spotlight (San Francisco Chronicle: 12.31.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Ted Hope Led Rollback of Screener Ban
PLUS: Walden Media Won 80 Days Around the World Gamble (San Francisco
Chronicle: 12.28.03)
Hilary Duff
Cheaper by the Dozen Keeps teen diva like, super-busy (San
Francisco Chronicle: 12.21.03)
Viggo Mortensen
Barefoot Lord of the Rings Star Shuns Limelight (San Francisco
Chronicle: 12.14.03)
INUDSTRY BUZZ: Box Office Winner Seabiscuit Now an Oscar Long
Shot
Plus: Peter Jackson on King Kong and Hobbit adaptation (San
Francisco Chronicle: 12.14.03)
A Tale of Two Theaters
Spanking New Venues Promise Gritty Fare Amid Posh Surroundings (Los
Angeles Times: 12.07.03 || hughart.com version
)
Line of Fire
New FBI Series From The Contender Director Rod Lurie Gives Equal Time
to Mobsters (Los Angeles Times: 12.01.03 || hughart.com version )
Mike Nichols
How Famed Director Helped Angels In America Take Flight on HBO (San
Francisco Chronicle: 11.30.03)
The Last Samurai
Tom Cruise's Co-Star Ken Watanabe Beat Leukemia to Land Title Role (San
Francisco Chronicle: 11.30.03 || also Philadelphia
Inquirer: 12.10.03 /
printer-friendly version)
Gloomy Sunday
"Suicide Song" Inspired Hungarian Actress Erika Marozsan To Star in
Holocaust-Era Love Story (San Francisco Chronicle: 11.30.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Hollywood Turns East For Last Samurai, Lost in Translation,
Kill Bill and Japanese Story
Plus: Lord of the Rings Bumps New Zealand Tourist Trade (San
Francisco Chronicle: 11.30.03)
Alec Baldwin
Once a Leading Man, Now an Ace Character Actor in Cat in the Hat and
The Cooler (San Francisco Chronicle: 11.23.03)
Samantha Morton
In America Offers the Intense British Actress Her Most "Normal" Role
To Date (San Francisco Chronicle: 11.23.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Autumn Report Card
Plus: Ain't it Cool Mogul Harry Knowles to Produce Horror Flick (San
Francisco Chronicle: 11.16.03)
Brendan Fraser
From Looney Tunes to Quiet American, Strapping Actor Keeps 'Em
Guessing (San Francisco Chronicle: 11.16.03
When It Rains it Pours
After Writing 11 Unsold Scripts, David Berenbaum Suddenly Has Elf and
Haunted Mansion In Movie Theaters (San Francisco Chronicle:
11.16.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Imax Supersizes Matrix
Plus: Alamo Postponed (San Francisco Chronicle: 11.09.03)
Russell Crowe Climbs the Mast
Master and Commander Star Navigates Choppy Seas of Celebrityhood
(San Francisco Chronicle: 11.09.03 || Also
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: 11.09.03)
GOP Outcry Makes CBS Rethink Reagans Docudrama
The network may shelve the docudrama or move it to cable. Critics say it is
factually incorrect (Los Angeles Times: contributing correspondent:
11.04.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Electronic Arts Goes Hollywood
Plus: Publicist Bares All, Earns Wrath of Her Ex-Boss (San Francisco
Chronicle: 11.02.03)
Matrix Revolutions
Film Trilogies Have Spotty Track Record (San Francisco Chronicle:
11.02.03)
Mel Gibson's Crucifixion
Studios Passed on Controversial Passion Before Newmarket Stepped in --
Jewish Leaders Worry About Ash Wednesday Release (San Francisco Chronicle:
10.29.03)
Jason Bateman Finds the Funny
Arrested Development Gives Sitcom Veteran Fresh Take (San Francisco
Chronicle: 10.26.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Hollywood Insider Peter Bart Writes Dangerous
Company
Plus: Minding Their Manners: AMPAS Issues Oscar Etiquette Guidelines (San
Francisco Chronicle: 10.26.03)
Diane Arbus Legacy
Subject of Iconic Boy With Grenade Photo Alive, Well and Selling
Insurance in Glendale (San Francisco Chronicle: 10.19.03)
Secret Agent Man
In Cambridge Spies Toby Stephens Takes on Traitorous Double Agent Kim
Philby (San Francisco Chronicle: 10.19.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Jack Black -- the Next Ozzy?
Plus: New Ratings System Pushes Red, Yellow and Green System (San
Francisco Chronicle: 10.19.03)
Designing For The Ages
Chosen as a radioactive dump, Yucca Mountain could be dangerous for 10,000
years. So dozens of artists have imagined a warning sign to match. (Los
Angeles Times: 10.15.03 || on-site
version)
Primetime Survivors
Jon Cryer Masters the Zen of Cancellation (Los Angeles Times: 10.12.03 ||
on-site version)
A Sniper's Story
Maryland Actor Charles Dutton Pins on the Sheriff's Badge in USA TV's Beltway
Saga (San Francisco Chronicle: 10.12.03)
House of Divas
Hollywood History Museum Focuses on Grand Dames of the Golden Age (San
Francisco Chronicle: 10.12.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: How Digital Video Saved Pieces of April
Plus: AFI Festival Now Has Oscar Clout (San Francisco Chronicle:
10.12.03)
<
Carla Gugino
Karen Sisco Noir Star Pays Homage to Elmore Leonard (San Francisco
Chronicle: 10.05.03)
<<
The Berkeley Connection
Bay Area UC Students Carl Franklin and Producer-Wife B'Franklin Joined Forces
to Run Out of Time (San Francisco Chronicle:
10.05.03)
Quentin Tarantino
Kill Bill Auteur Says "This movie Is Uma" (San Francisco
Chronicle: 09.28.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Pixar Seeks Sweeter Deal
Plus: Studios Synergize DVD and Movie Releases (San Francisco Chronicle:
10.05.03)
Hot Actress Tackles Cold Case
Kathryn Morris Carries the Weight for CBS's Cinematic Cop Show (San
Francisco Chronicle: 09.28.03)
Life After Hollywood
Actors Take on New Careers, From Animal Rights to Salad Dressing and Bridge
(San Francisco Chronicle: 09.28.03)
Michael Caine
On Screen -- in Secondhand Lions -- and Off, He's One Master
Storyteller (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.28.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Popcorn Movie Auteurs
In Peter Pan and The Exorcist Directors Are Making The Leap
(San Francisco Chronicle: 09.28.03)
Parminder Nagra Gets Her Kicks From ER
Bend it Like Beckham Star Joins Hospital Drama (San Francisco
Chronicle: 09.21.03)
Rob Lowe
Actor Explains Why he Left West Wing for Lyon's Den -- Plus:
Why Lowe is Backing Schwarzenegger (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.21.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Screen Writers Go Glam
Hollywood Billboard Campaign Hypes Creators of Classic Movie Dialogue (San
Francisco Chronicle: 09.21.03)
Eddie
Izzard
Crazy, Sexie, Cool (Los Angeles Times:
09.15.03)
Fall Movie Preview
Hollywood looks to past -- from historical epics to 'Cat in the Hat' -- for
season's new pictures (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.14.03)
Primetime porn
In Skin, Young love meets adult entertainment (San Francisco
Chronicle: 09.14.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Summer Box Office: Better Than You'd Think
Also: Whatever Happened to In the Bedroom director Todd Field? (San
Francisco Chronicle: 09.13.03)
K Street
Road to Washington is paved with lobbyists (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.13.03)
Carnivale Marks Return of the Dwarf
Twin Peaks Little Person Michael J. Anderson Returns to Primetime
(San Francisco Chronicle: 09.07.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Sequels Still Rock for Dimension
Also: Why Horror Films Are Hot (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.07.03)
Everybody Loves a Con Man
From Twinkly Eyed "Sting" Artists to Existential Mamet Swindlers, Filmgoers
Keep Warming to Confidence Men (San Francisco Chronicle:
09.07.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Kill Bill Times Two
Quentin Tarantino: Happy To Break Up Three-Hour Movie (San Francisco
Chronicle: 08.31.03)
Queer TV Goes Mainstream
Gay Characters No Longer Raising a Ruckus (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.24.03 || Also
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette )
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Mel Gibson Puts "Passion" Pieces Online
Christian Website Hosts Trailer (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.24.03)
Monsters, Inc.
In Party MonsterSeth Green Plays Sidekick to Party Entrepreneur-Turned
Murderer (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.17.03)
A Decade To Remember
Richard LaGravenese Chronicles Groundbreaking '70s Period in TV Documentary
(Philadelphia Inquirer: 08.20.03)
Rosanna
Arquette
Actresses Tell Their Story in Searching For Debra Winger documentary
(Philadelphia Inquirer: 08.17.03)
Hollywood In Quandry Over Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington Vie For Celebs as Party Lines Blur
(San Frnacisco Chronicle Inquirer:
08.17.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: The Bombs of Summer
Duds will be duds, despite big stars (San Francisco Chronicle: 08.17.03 ||
also Portland
Intelligencer: 08.23.03)
Shia LaBeouf
From Echo Park To Hollywood For Shaker Heights Star (San Francisco
Chronicle: 08.17.03 || also
Denver Post: 10.07.03 || also Boston Globe: 08.24.03 [n/a
online])
Erica Beeney
Shaker Heights Scribe a Self-described "Nerd" (Denver Post:
10.06.03
<
The Boys Are Back For Man Show
New Hosts Keep Macho Spirit Alive (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.17.03)<Without a
Trace
E.R. Finally Gets Competition From CBS Cop Show (New York Times:
08.10.03)
<
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Sleepy Time at DreamWorks
Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise Promise Big '04 (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.10.03)
Surprise Ending for Andrew Luster TV Movie
Jason Gedric Plays Max Factor Heir Who Drugged and Raped (San Francisco
Chronicle: 08.10.03) also
Philadelphia Inquirer: 08.10.03 and Denver
Post: 08.11.03
Building a
Reputation
Photographer Lucien Hervé found his subject in the buildings of Le
Corbusier. A new exhibit captures a poetic high point of the men's work.
(Los Angeles Times: 08.03.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Box Office: Dylan Versus Dylan
Bob and Director Son Jesse Both Have Films In Theaters (San Francisco
Chronicle: 08.03.03)
Makeover TV
Fix 'em Shows Thrive on Cable Television (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.03.03 || also Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel:
08.10.03)
Naomi Watts
She Broods on screen, but the petite Le Divorce star comes across as
cheerful Dad in Real LIfe (San Francisco Chronicle:
08.03.03)
Pie to the nth
Degree
American Wedding Release Tied to Beneath The Crust DVD's
(Los Angeles Times: 07.29.03)
Pictures
Imperfect
Husband Photographs Wife First Thing in the Morning -- For Ten Years Running
(Los Angeles Times: 07.29.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Almost Famous
How Two Girls Became Celebrities and Turned it into a Movie Deal (San
Francisco Chronicle: 07.27.03)
Eugene Levy
American Wedding Star a Kindly Dad in Real LIfe (San Francisco
Chronicle: 07.27.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Finding Nemo
Not every star can be in cartoons: Pixar rejected some big-name talent in
search for 'Nemo' voices (San Francisco Chronicle:
07.20.03)
Restaurant Wars
Reality TV's brutal lens turns to N.Y. restaurant (San Francisco
Chronicle: 07.20.03)
Queer Eye
Gay Guys Make Over Straight Slobs in New Bravo Series (San Francisco
Chronicle: 07.13.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Ethan Hawke Meets Wall street
Actor Plans To Raise Film Budget With IPO (San Francisco Chronicle:
07.13.03)
Edward Weston: Road Scholar
New Exhibit Showcases Modernist Photographer's Whitmanesque Journey Through
America (Los Angeles Times : 07.06.03)
Murder Most Polite
'Dead Gorgeous' is the latest of PBS' proper British mysteries (San
Francisco Chronicle: 07.06.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Reese Witherspoon's Designing Lady
Nanette Lepore Is All Over Legally Blonde 2 (San Francisco
Chronicle: 07.06.03)
Jamie Kennedy
This Comic Was Always a Character (Boston Globe :
07.04.03)
<
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor won't talk politics, but will talk about getting buff for Terminator
3 (San Francisco Chronicle: 06.29.03 || also Denver
Post: 07.04.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Box Office Report Card
Big Opening Weekends, Fast Fall-off Mark Summer Season So Far (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.29.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Box Office Report Card
Big Opening Weekends, Fast Fall-off Mark Summer Season So Far (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.29.03)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor won't talk politics, but will talk about getting buff for Terminator
3 (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.29.03)
Ahoy Matey
Two Pefectionists, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jeffrey Katzenberg Team for
Sinbad Cartoon (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.22.03)
Project Greenlight -- The Sequel
Two Filmmakers From Maine In the Spotlight for HBO Docu-series (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.29.03)
<
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Staying in the Picture
Action! Author and real-life producer Robert Cort Recounts Hollywood's
wicked ways (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.22.03)
<
Bernie Mac
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Marks Comedian As Fish Out of Water
"Bosley" (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.22.03)
Toga Toga Toga
Everything ancient is new again: Leo and George are two of the big names in
the latest sword-and-sandal epics (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.22.03)
A Final Season for Sex
Exec Producer Michael Patrick King Knows What Makes His Sex and the
City Characters Tick (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.15.03)
Eric Bana
Hulk Star Broke Through as a Psycho in Chopper Role (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.15.03 || ALSO
Boston Globe: 06.20.03)
Kate Hudson
Alex & Emma Star Goes Brunette Opposite Luke Wilson (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.15.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Too Many Movies, Not Enough Time
Film Movement Offers Simultaneous DVD and Theatrical Release for Indie Gems
(San Francisco Chronicle: 06.15.03)
Harrison Ford Lightens Up. . . a little
Tacicturn Hollywood Homicide Star Gets Goofy With Josh Hartnett
(Boston Globe: 06.08.03 with
pictures|| ALSO
San Francisco Chronicle 06.08.03)
Smart and Dead
Ellen Muth Stars in Dead Like Me Series (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.08.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: 70's Redux
Decade Under the Influence Captures Era's Heady Fervor, Plus Rachel
Rosen Checks in From Los Angeles Film Festival (San Francisco Chronicle:
06.08.03)
Friedel Dicker-Brandeis' Holocaust Art
Artist Taught Children in Czech Death Camp (Los Angeles Times:
06.08.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: George Lucas: Animated At Last
Hollywood Animators Wonder What Start-up Brings to the Table (San
Francisco Chronicle: 06.01.03)
Baring All For Art
Kim Dickens Overcame Nude Scene Jitters for Showtime's Out of Order
Miniseries (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.25.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: X Marks the Spot
IFC To Air Racy Films In Fall (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.25.03)
Shrek 4-D
How Hit Movie Morphed Into a Bone-Rattlng Theme Park Ride (Los Angeles
Times: 05.22.03)
Indie Summer Preview
"Small" Films About Lovers, loners, con artists and real artists await
moviegoers (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.18.03)
Straight Actress Goes Gay in Tipping the Velvet
Rachael Stirling Plays Victorian Lesbian in BBC America's racy miniseries
(San Francisco Chronicle: 05.18.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: So Long Celluloid
Landmark Theaters Adapt New Computer-based Projection System (San
Francisco Chronicle: 05.18.03)
"Like Going on the Crusades" -- The Making of the Matrix
Mega-movie Relied on Bay Area Visual Effects (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.11.03)
For Keanu Reeves, the hard part is over
He's Neo, and Way Into Wachowski Brothers Mythology (San Francisco
Chronicle: 05.11.03)
TV Version of White Teeth Still has bite
Miniseries adapts novel of multicultural London (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.11.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Animatrix Ups Ante
More than a promotional gimmick, Anime inspired shorts Help Tell the Matrix
universe. (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.11.03)
Summer
Movie Preview
Big, Loud and Expensive: But Can they Out-Draw Last summer's record?
(Denver Post: 05.11.03 || Also
San Francisco Chronicle: 05.18.03)
Big
Screen Talent Gravitate to TV
Efficiency and Money Draws Film Directors to the Small Screen (Denver
Post: 05.09.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Gangs Financier Makes Friends In High
Places
Graham King Parlays Friendships Into Deals for New Films by Martin Scorsese,
Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.04.03)
Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore Shuffle the Deck
Gin Game Gives Dick Van Dyke Some Rough Language and Dark Scenes
(San Francisco Chronicle: 05.03.03)
One More Time for The Dick Van Dyke Show?
Stars of the beloved sixties sitcom Dick Van Dyke Show May Return for
a Reunion Special (San Francisco Chronicle:
05.03.03)
Making Connections
Four far-flung academics have come together to create servo, a
research-design collaborative. (Los Angeles Times:
04.27.03)
Hugh Jackman Finds the Heart of Wolverine
X-2 Star Got His Start in Musical Theater -- next up: He'll Play
Songwriter Peter Allen on Broadway (San Francisco Chronicle: 04.27.03 ||
also Denver
Post: 05.02.03)
Lucy Lives
In CBS' TV Movie, Rachel York Finds the Pathos in Lucille Ball's Stormy
Marriage to Desi Arnaz (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.27.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Family-Friendly Producer Have a Hit With
Holes
Walden Media Looks for Films with educational upside (San Francisco
Chronicle: 04.27.03)
No Vacancy
Identity Filmmakers Infuse Single-Location Motel Setting With Noir
Atmosphere (American Cinematographer: May /
03)
Think Pink
Down With Love Pays Homage to the Techni-color Pizzazz of Doris Day -
Rock Hudson Romantic Comedies (American Cinematographer: May /
03)
Gentlement, Start Your Chariots
In Hollywood, what's old - really old - is new again, as studios plan
box-office conquests with film sets in ancient times (Boston Globe:
04.20.03
archive)
American Ninja
Seann William Scott Breaks out of American Pie typecasting for martial
arts comedy Bulletproof Monk (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.20.03)
A Trojan Myth With Muscles
To play Paris in Helen of Troy Matthew Marsden mastered an ancient
world of cudgels, sandals and bare-backed horse riding (San Francisco
Chronicle: 04.20.03)
Kirk Douglas: Still a Star
86-year-old acting legend temas with son Michael and grandson in It Runs
in the Family (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.20.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Reality-based cinema
The Real Cancun is one of three spring break movies spawned by
reality TV producers (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.20.03)
New Films Capture Ancient Times
Success of Gladiator unleashes a legion of 'toga movies' (Denver
Post: 04.14.03)
Helen of Troy Tells Big Story on Small Screen
Homer's Iliad gets an edgy update on USA Network (Denver Post:
04.14.03 || also
Boston Globe: 04.20.03)
Changing of the Guard
Jason Alexander and Martin Short Take Over as The Producers (San
Francisco Chronicle
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Opinionated Celebs Wage War of Words
Moore, Woods, Rock and Robbins get cranky (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.13.03)
Kimmel
Swims Upstream
Ribald talk show garners fans, foes (Denver Post:
04.07.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Pilot Season Features Auteurs Like John Woo
Film Directors Flock to Small Screen (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.06.03)
Stevie
Documentary Maker Gets Personal (San Francisco Chronicle:
04.06.03)
Thora Birch Portrays Street Kid Who Beat Drug-addicted Parents (San Francisco Chronicle: 04.06.03 || also Denver Post: 04.07.03 and print version || Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: 04.07.03)
The Accent is on Precision
Dialect Coach Pamela Vanderway's Keen Ear makes her L.A.'s Speech Maven of
the Moment
with pictures (Los Angeles Times: 03.30.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Movie Musicals Jam Pipeline
Gere, Lopez, and Witherspoon Trot out the old Song-and-Dance (San
Francisco Chronicle: 03.30.03)
Meet John Doe
Aussie Actor Dominic Purcell Plays Know-it-all Amnesiac on ratings-challenged
Fox series (San Francisco Chronicle: 03.30.03)
Sykes: Yikes!
Wanda at Large sitcom showcases standup comic's incendiary delivery
(Denver Post: 03.26.03)
Oscar's Unsung Heroes
Behind the scenes, they helped make Best Picture nominees shine with
pictures (Los Angeles Times: 03.23.03)
INDUSTRY BUZZ: Miramax Plays Its Hot Hand
Tempermental studio boss Harvey Weinstein has his fingerprints on four out of
Best Picture nominees (San Francisco Chronicle: 03.23.03)
Oscar's Favorite: Jack Nicholson
About Schmidt Star May Break Record (San Francisco Chronicle:
03.23.03)
Pamperpalooza 2003
Stars enjoy sudued royal treatment as they prep for Academy Awards (Denver
Post: 03.23.03)
Oscar Gift Basket Overfloweth
Academy Award show guests get plenty of freebies (Denver Post: 03.23.03 ||
also
San Francisco Chronicle: 03.24.03)
Hollywood Activists Protest War
Mike Farrell's Los Angeles Group Gives Voice to "Celebrity Pundits" (San
Francisco Chronicle: 03.22.03
Oscar Red Carpet Rolled Back
As Iraq War nears, Subdued Academy Awards Show Will Go On (San Francisco
Chronicle: 03.19.03 || also
Denver Post: 03.20.03
Stephen King Dreams Up Another Thriller
Horror author wrote Dreamcatcher while recovering from car crash
(San Francisco Chronicle: 03.16.03 || also
Denver Post: 03.21.03)
King Not Ready to Retire
Contrary to rumors, author says TV series, books in the offing (Denver
Post: 03.32.03)
A.U.S.A.: From Harvard to Hollywood
Ivy League-trained Prosecuting Attorney switched careers to create NBC sitcom
(New York Times: 03.02.02 || full
story)
Heeere's Michael!
20-year old hosts E! talk show from his parent's Living room. (San
Francisco Chronicle: 03.02.03)
Long Live the Queen
Oscar-nominated Queen Latifah takes charge in Bringing Down the House (San
Francisco Chronicle: 03.02.03 || also
Denver Post: 03:02.03 ||
Boston Globe: 03.02.03)
Big Fat Star
Big Fat Greek Life Re-unites Nia Vardalos with her acting
family(San Francisco Chronicle: 02.23.03) with
sidebar || also
Denver Post: 02.24.03)
Tarnished Shield
Kurt Russell plays troubled cop in Dark Blue (Denver Post:
02.21.03) with pictures
Art of Urgency
Japanese-American performance piece focuses on the plight of Arab Americans
(Los Angeles Times: 02.18.03) with
pictures
No resisting 1st to Die
Detective role lures Tracy Pollan away from her nest (San Francisco
Chronicle: 02.16.03)
Unafraid of the Dark
Jeremy Sisto prefers characters full of fear, rage or worse. The Six Feet
Under actor admits he can identify -- up to a point (Los Angeles
Times: 02.14.03) with
pictures
Detective LaPaglia
Without a Trace star Anthony LaPaglia Pushes For edgy television
(San Francisco Chronicle: 02.09.03)
The Man Who Would Be Kingpin
Ex NYPD Blue producer David Mills probles the soul of Mexican Drug
Lord (San Francisco Chronicle: 01.26.03)
Hitting the Oscar Campaign Trail
Q&A sessions with the stars: Hollywood's latest promotional gimmick
(San Francisco Chronicle: 01.26.03 || also
Denver Post: 02.07.03)
"Women's Movies" Redux
How Kidman, Zellweger et. al. stack up against Golden Age stars (Denver
Post: 01.24.03)
Brockovich, Act II
Activist still fights for underdog as TV's Final Justice host (San
Francisco Chronicle: 01.12.03 | also Philadelphia
Inquirer: 01.14.03 ||
Denver Post: 01:16.03)
Tongue-Tied, Not: Wanda Sykes
Chris Rock's irascible right-hand Woman flies solo in stand-up special,
sitcom (Los Angeles Times: 01.10.03)
Home-Grown Mogul
Denver's John Wells hit it big with ER, West Wing and now takes the
plunge into movies (Denver Post: 01.08.03)
Mister Sterling Goes To Washington
Josh Brolin plays freshman senator in NBC drama (San Francisco Chronicle:
01.05.03 | also
Denver Post: 01.09.03)
Making Chicago Sing
Bill Condon figured out how to take the musical from stage to screen (Los
Angeles Times: 01.03.03)
A Chilling Portrait
In Max D.P. Lajos Koltai captured Hitler In the winter of his
discontent (American Cinematographer: January.03)
2003
At the Movies
Following a record-breaking year at the box office, here's a look at
Hollywood's heavy hitters for 2003 (New York Daily News: 01.01.03 || also
San Francisco Chronicle: 01.05.03)
Witness to the Meltdown
In TV Movie Crooked E Brian Cruver recounts the final months at Enron
(Philadelphia Inquirer: 12.29.02 || also Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel:
01.03.03 and
San Francisco Chronicle: 01.04.03 ||
Denver Post: 01.05.03)