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Interview with ENLISTED star Keith David on the Fox new Sitcom

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/07/2014

Cody (Keith David) introduced guest star Mircea Monroe on ENLISTED | © 2014 Adam Taylor/FOX

Keith David is an extraordinarily prolific actor in both onscreen and animated roles, as well as having a singing and stage career. People know him variously for his work in PLATOON, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, PITCH BLACK, CLOUD ATLAS and NBC’s series THE CAPE (to name just a few) and for his vocal performances in GARGOYLES, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG and CORALINE. David currently stars as U.S. Army Sergeant Major Donald Cody on Fox’s Friday night half-hour comedy ENLISTED. Cody rides herd over an unruly Stateside squad that includes the three Hill brothers, Pete (Geoff Stults), Derrick (Chris Lowell) […]Read On »

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Interview: James D’Arcy analyzes THOSE WHO KILL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/02/2014

James D'Arcy in THOSE WHO KILL | ©2014 A&E

In A&E’s new drama THOSE WHO KILL, Mondays at 10 PM, James D’Arcy plays troubled (and sometimes troubling) forensic psychologist Dr. Thomas Schaeffer. Schaeffer hasn’t worked with the police for awhile, for reasons that are hinted at in the pilot, but he’s drawn back in when newly-promoted homicide detective Catherine Jensen (Chloe Sevigny) demands that he help her out with a serial killer case. THOSE WHO KILL is adapted by prolific writer/producer Glen Morgan from the Danish TV series DEN SOM DRAEBER, which was in turn adapted from a series of books by Elsebeth Egholm. THOSE WHO KILL is filmed […]Read On »

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Exclusive Photos from the 39th ANNUAL SATURN AWARDS PRESSROOM

By SUE SCHNEIDER 07/23/2013

Joss Whedon and Clark Gregg at the 39th Saturns Awards | ©2013 Sue Schneider

After the 39th Annual Saturn Awards arrivals while the stars and guests went into the ballroom for dinner and the award show the press headed back to the pressroom to wait for the winners and the presenters to come on back to pose with their Saturn Award. Walking through the press room was: Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Womark, Zev Foreman, Danny Elfman, Katie Leclerc, Israel Broussard, Sam J. Jones, Julie Adams, Don Handfield, Ellen Green, Jeff White, Keith David, Drew Roy, Doug Jones, John Savage, Joe Kaplan, Al Kaplan, Allison Abbate, Wayne Brady, William Friedkin, Shane Black, Abigail […]Read On »

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CD Review: The Best Scores of 2012

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 01/06/2013

CLOUD ATLAS soundtrack | ©2012 Water Tower Records

THE BEST SCORES OF 2012 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin / Cinereach Music) An adolescent’s ability to turn a dangerous world into a place full of fantastical possibility provides the subtext for this strikingly fresh, Cajun-cum-magical realism score by director Benh Zeitlin and co-composer Dan Romer. “Beast’s” flooded island is a palpable, dangerously enchanted place in this jambalaya of music box bells, fiddles and plucked strings, strongly melodic storytelling that dances with local flavor while taking listeners to a truly new, mythic land where giant prehistoric pigs can come to life. In the their native […]Read On »

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Exclusive Photos from the CLOUD ATLAS Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/26/2012

Halle Berry at the Los Angeles Premiere of CLOUD ATLAS | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Warner Bros. Pictures presented the Los Angeles Premiere of CLOUD ATLAS, a Cloud Atlas X-Filme Creative Pool Anarchos Production in association with A Company and ARD Degeto recently at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Fans lined the street of Hollywood from Highland to Orange, which was closed to traffic and as the stars arrived the fans screamed. Seen walking the black carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Keith David, James D’Arcy, David Gyasi, Xun Zhou, Zhu Zhu, Raevan Lee Hanan, Korbyn Hawk Hanan, Cody […]Read On »