actors

Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dead at 64

Richard Lawson · 01/03/11 10:06AM

Pete Postlethwaite—who played street toughs, priests, and other beleaguered men in In the Name of the Father, Amistad, and most recently The Townpassed away in England yesterday. Steven Spielberg once called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world."

Japanese Robot Actress: Not Good at Acting, Great at Being Creepy

Max Read · 11/12/10 12:47AM

Meet Geminoid-F, a lifelike robot "actress" currently appearing in a Tokyo production of the play Sayonara. Go ahead, make a Keanu Reeves joke! You won't be laughing when the robot murder army comes for your family. Which it will, eventually.

Gwyneth Paltrow Will Not Give You a Blow Job

Richard Lawson · 10/08/10 10:29AM

Well, who knows about now, but back at the beginning of her career she certainly wouldn't have. In an interview with Elle, the wispy actress talks about an uncomfortable casting couch situation early in her acting days. She said no!

Tony Curtis Dead at 85

Hamilton Nolan · 09/30/10 09:02AM

Tony Curtis, the Bronx-born actor and onetime heartthrob, star of The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot, and father of Jamie Lee Curtis, has died at the age of 85. His movie career spanned nearly six decades. [NYT]

Arthur Kade is Just F-ing With Us Now

The Cajun Boy · 07/14/09 02:04AM

Arthur Kade, the world's greatest man/thespian, is in New York to work as a "featured extra" in some flick. To enhance "The Journey," Kade took the bus in from Philly, slumming in the back "like a modern day Rosa Parks."

How Dare You Call Billy Bob Thornton An Actor!

Richard Lawson · 04/08/09 04:22PM

The genial Q TV host, Jian Ghomeshi, introduced Billy Bob as an "Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor, and director" when doing an interview with Thornton and his band The Boxmasters. And that ticked ol' Billy B. off something fierce.