Funnyman Jim Gaffigan is transitioning to dramatic roles. Beginning with last year’s “Collide,” the standup comic has been proving that he possesses dramatic prowess needed for heftier roles. This year, he’s starting off with the fantastic sci-fi dramedy “Linoleum” about a children’s science TV show host who decides to build his own rocket. But what he discovers is far more deeper – the nature of reality and the discovery of happiness.
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I had a great time talking to Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry, the mother-daughter team in the popular Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia.” Brianne is Georgia the 30-year old single mother of Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Austin (Diesel La Torraca).
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Jay Leno is returning to the comedy stage Sunday night, two weeks after sustaining significant burn injuries in a gasoline fire.
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Call me sappy but I actually enjoyed “Christmas with You,” I even shed a tear or two! And I was trying to investigate that deep in my heart – why? Was I having my low point moment? Was I just feeling vulnerable? Regardless, the cast and the film made me smile and feel Christmas!
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Kristen Bell and Ben Platt play siblings in Claire Scanlon’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” Based on Grant Grinder’s novel, the film is a fun deconstruction of a functioning dysfunctional family.
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Kristen Bell and Ben Platt play siblings of Allison Janney in Claire Scanlon’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” Based on Grant Grinder’s novel, the film is a fun deconstruction of a functioning dysfunctional family. I spoke with Cynthia Addai-Robinson who plays their half-sister and Dustin Milligan as the love interest of Bell’s character.
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Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood gave pitch-perfect performances as Weird Al Yankovic and Madonna respectively in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” It’s a parody musical biopic but here’s the surprising part – it has a lot of heart! And that’s largely due to these two actors and writer/director Eric Appel.
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Eric Appel makes his feature directorial debut with “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” based on a Funny or Die short that he directed twelve years earlier. He co-wrote the script with the man himself, Weird Al Yankovic, and he is blessed in landing Daniel Radcliffe in the title role and Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna. The actors are fantastic!
