Blogs: Star Crazy

In the new film In Our Nature, actress Gabrielle Union (Bring It On) plays Vicky, the young girlfriend of a man (John Slattery) whose estranged son (Zach Gilford) surprises them when he shows up to their family’s cabin on the same weekend with his significant other (Jena Malone). Can father and son put their...
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Best known for replacing the late Farrah Fawcett on the hit 70s show Charlie’s Angels, actress Cheryl Ladd has continued to stay busy in the Hollywood industry for over 40 years. In the new holiday film Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups, Ladd, 61, stars as Mrs. Clause who, along with a litter of...
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In the film The Sessions, Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) plays Cheryl Cohen-Green, a professional sex surrogate who specializes in servicing clients with disabilities. The film is based on the true story of Mark O’Brien, a paralyzed journalist, who decides to hire Cheryl so he can lose his virginity. O’Brien’s...
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During an interview with me, actress Mae Whitman (Independence Day), best known for her role in the short-lived TV show Arrested Development, talked about what fans of the cult hit can expect when the show returns exclusively on Netflix this spring and what it has been like lending her voice to the Disney character...
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Best known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shape-shifty nemesis in the 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day, actor Robert Patrick has built his career on his passion for his craft and his hard-edged look. In his newest film, Jayne Mansfield’s Car, which recently screened at the Austin Film Festival, Patrick, 53, stars as Jimbo Caldwell,...
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As a follow up to his impressive 2009 film debut Best Worst Movie, documentary filmmaker Michael Paul Stephenson, 34, explores America’s obsession with the Halloween culture in The American Scream. In the film, Stephenson follows different sets of extremely passionate Halloween enthusiasts who transform their homes into haunted houses and make it their mission...
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He was never a Boy Scout as a kid, but comedian Rob Riggle (Step Brothers) is a natural outdoorsman, especially since he spent a few years in the Marines. Riggle’s military experience comes in handy for his new comedy, Nature Calls. In the film, he plays Gentry, a security guard who joins in for...
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In Union Square, Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) plays Lucy, a boisterous Bronxite who decides to make a surprise visit to her estranged sister Jenny (Tammy Blanchard) who is about to get married. During an interview with me, Sorvino, 45, talked about her character and how her real-life relationship with her own...
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In the thriller The House at the End of the Street, actor Max Thieriot (My Soul to Take) plays Ryan, a young man who is the sole survivor of a heinous crime committed in his home years earlier. When a mother and daughter (Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence) move into the house next door,...
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In the action thriller End of Watch, actor Michael Peña (The Lincoln Lawyer) plays Mike Zavala, an LAPD police officer who is targeted, along with his partner Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal), by a Mexican drug cartel after they come across a violent crime scene. During an interview with me, Peña, 36, discussed what made...
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In San Antonio last week to shoot his segment for the thriller Sanitarium, actor Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Stand and Deliver) took some time to sit down with the Current and talk about the new film anthology. Directed and written by local filmmakers Kerry Valderrama (Garrison), Bryan Ramirez (Mission Park), and Bryan Ortiz...
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In the TV comedy series Anger Management on FX, actress Daniela Bobadilla (Desperate Housewives) stars as Sam Goodson, the 13-year-old daughter of an anger management therapist played by Charlie Sheen. During our interview, Bobadilla, 19, talked about her role on the show and why having Sheen as a father in real life would be...
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