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Great musicians know that the rooms where they play have personalities - bright or dull or warm or clear. Great actors say the same thing about the theaters where they work. And when Kevin Spacey explains why he just became artistic director of London's Old Vic theater - and why he wants to rescue the splendid old place from the ravages of time - he talks about its acoustic character. "There are some theaters where an actor's voice goes out into a void," he says. "You can't feel where it's going, and therefore can't control how the performance...
Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis are the two locks in the Best Actor category for their turns in About Schmidt and Gangs of New York, respectively; Chicago’s Richard Gere is also a solid bet for a nod. The final two slots will be split between four contenders: The Pianist’s Adrien Brody, Adaptation’s Nicolas Cage, The Quiet American’s Michael Caine and About a Boy’s Hugh Grant; the comparative prestige of Brody’s and Cage’s pictures give them the edge...
Best Supporting Actor, a traditionally strong category, will no doubt include long-ignored journeymen Chris Cooper for Adaptation and Dennis Quaid for Far From Heaven. The Hours’ Ed Harris is a likely nominee, while Road to Perdition’s Paul Newman and Chicago’s John C. Reilly are less so. Nevertheless, I expect both of them to make the cut, leaving Frida’s Alfred Molina, Catch Me If You Can’s Christopher Walken and Narc’s Ray Liotta, among others, out in the cold...
...meet my host for the weekend, as well as another participant in the program. With blue guest passes in hand, we promptly began to explore the lot. Noting that it was heavily guarded, we peeped our heads into the security booth, only to find a large photograph of the actor Alec Baldwin, with the words, “Do not ID!” emblazoned across the bottom. The security guard on duty also confided to us that Ethan Embry, co-star of the recently revived television show Dragnet, had paid for a special VIP pass that allowed him special...
...final destination was to two agencies, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and the Gersh Agency. An actor friend had mentioned to me that CAA was designed to look intimidating, and with its overwhelmingly white lobby, towering Liechtenstein canvas, and severe I.M. Pei design. I had no choice but to agree...