Date: Nov. 7, 2010 Location: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Player(s): Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum Backstory: Two reasons why “Morning Glory” is on my must-see list is its cast and that screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna also wrote “The Devil Wears Prada.” I did not attend this press [...]
Date: Oct. 5, 2010 Location: Phone conference Player(s): Masi Oka Backstory: There was some skepticism amongst entertainment journalists regarding CBS’ update to “Hawaii 5-0” but the show has proved to be a hit in its time slot. Former “Heroes” cast member Masi Oka is sure to draw an even bigger audience when he guest stars [...]
In anticipation of the release of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” on June 30 Summit Entertainment recently released interviews from the film’s press conference with the cast. Below is just a few of the interviews made available for the fans’ listening pleasure: Kristen Stewart Rob Pattinson Taylor Lautner Bad Vampires – Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard and [...]
Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Moscone Center South, San Francisco, CA Player(s): Sam Bayer, director; cast members Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, and Thomas Dekker Backstory: It’s been over 25 years since “A Nightmare on Elm Street” introduced a new horror icon to teen audiences. Freddy Kreuger represented a new kind [...]
Date: April 15, 2010 Location: Telephone one-on-one Player(s): Allen Wolf, writer-director Backstory: Plenty of filmmakers max out credit cards to raise money for their film projects, but not many launch a board game company, like Allen Wolf did, to get the financing they need. Wolf, the writer-director of “In My Sleep,” spent five years raising [...]
Date: January 16, 2010 Location: The Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, CA Player(s): Adam Scott (Henry Pollard) and producer; Ken Marino (Ron McDonald); Megan Mullally (Lydia Dunree); Ryan Hansen (Kyle DeBeers); Martin Starr (Roman DeBeers); Rob Thomas and John Enbom, creators and executive producers Backstory: The cast and creators of “Party Down” share what’s in store [...]
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: April 2, 2010 Location: AMC Metreon San Francisco Player(s): Ali Larter, Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson. Click HERE to listen to the introduction of the trailer and the audience Q & A that followed. Backstory: Friday night at WonderCon attendees had a choice between a TRON viral event at the Embarcadero or seeing [...]
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 [...]
