Word: sarandons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Famous for both her acting and her political activism, this Oscar winner's latest drama, Bernard and Doris, airs Feb. 9 on HBO. Susan Sarandon will now take your questions...
...Robbins are two of Hollywood's most talented actors. What is a typical dinner conversation like in the Robbins-Sarandon household? -Ana Aponte, San Juan, P.R.It's mostly catching up with the kids. When we have friends over, the kids always bet on how long it will take before we turn to politics. We always forget, and then they say, "That was fast-only one minute and two seconds...
DIED The Southerner made a splash as a 12-year-old in 1994, as a tough kid who witnessed a mob-related suicide in The Client opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. That mature, soulful performance was, sadly, the peak of actor Brad Renfro's career. Though he went on to roles in Sleepers and Ghost World, he was battling drug addiction and in 2006 spent 10 days in jail for drunk driving and attempted heroin possession. His death is under investigation...
...local women off-limits. For another, the number of soldiers at risk in Iraq is, compared with past conflicts, relatively small--a niche market, if you will, like the audience that has paid to see Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah (with Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron) or Gavin Hood's Rendition (with Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep). The first movie, about a man's search for his soldier son killed after returning from Iraq, was gripping, suspenseful, poignant. Rendition, detailing the torture of an Egyptian American under U.S. auspices, sank under the burden...
...Those of us who weren't crazy about Crash thought it reduced each of its dozens of characters to one small virtue and big flaw. This time Haggis is more open to his characters' drives and demons. The good guys, the ones so well played by Jones, Theron and Sarandon, have nuances worth noting; and even the ones capable of committing the most heinous crimes seem like decent people to whom some awful thing happened. (Special mention to Wes Chatham, who could be Matt Damon's younger, cuter brother, as a soldier testifying to Hank about the killing.) The combination...