Date: March 18, 2012 Location: Anaheim Convention Center Player(s): Series creator Dan Harmon and cast members Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong Backstory: After a painfully long hiatus, “Community” finally returned to the airwaves last Thursday to their best ratings since…well, ever. All of the fan [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Author Dinah Bucholz first began baking at 9 years old and said she is happiest when she’s puttering around the kitchen. After she got married she dreamed of becoming a pastry chef, but having four small children made it difficult to make that dream a reality, she said. Luckily Bucholhz found an alternative [...]
Richard Ayoade on the set of “Submarine.” Photo: Dean Rogers/ The Weinstein Company By Sandra Kraisirideja Richard Ayoade is known to fans of the British sitcom “The IT Crowd” as the loveable geek Moss, but he’s getting attention now as the writer-director of “Submarine.” Executive producer Ben Stiller is lending his name to help get [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Broken bones are an integral part of stunt coordinator Jack Gill’s job description, and the more he has only proves how long he’s been in the industry. (His first stunt was in the 1979 cult classic “Rock n Roll HIgh School”) His latest film, “Fast Five,” includes a scene where stars Vin [...]
Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Player(s): John Romita Jr., Jane Goldman, Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke. Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz. Backstory: On the second day of WonderCon the cast of “Kick-Ass” gathered before their late afternoon panel in a room behind . At the same time Christopher Nolan was making [...]
Date: March 26, 2010 Location: Telephone one-on-one. Click HERE to listen. Player(s): Casey Anderson, naturalist and host of “Expedition Wild” on Nat Geo WILD Backstory: National Geographic launches a new network today called Nat Geo WILD with the debut of “Expedition Wild” with Casey Anderson. The premiere episode takes a multipart look at North America’s [...]
Date: Feb. 26, 2010 Player(s): Ciaran Hinds Back-story: At the moment Ciaran Hinds is relatively unknown to American audiences, even though he’s been working as a professional actor for nearly 30 years. That will soon change once Hinds stars as Aberforth Dumbledore in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” this summer. For now the actor [...]
Click on the image to hear a one-on-one interview with writer-director Josh Goldin. “Wonderful World,” starring Matthew Broderick, opens in theaters Jan. 8. For more information visit www.wonderfulworldfilm.com. Interview submitted by Sandra Kraisirideja.
Click on the image to hear the interview with filmmakers Rick Jacobson and Eric Gruendemann. “Bitch Slap” opens in theaters and VOD Jan. 8. Interview submitted by Sandra Kraisirideja.
By Sandra Kraisirideja Director Noah Buschel was living in Greenwich Village on Sept. 11 when the Twin Towers collapsed. At the time he was also reading a lot of Raymond Chandler novels, which is what led him to write “The Missing Person,” a film noir starring Michael Shannon. Shannon was nominated for a Supporting Actor [...]
