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Peter Coyote and Rod Lurie Chat

The movie trailer voice over in my head presently sounds like this: “He thought he had left Hollywood behind for a quiet life as a wine country newspaperman… But Hollywood had another idea…” An orchestra spike, of course, follows as does the freeze frame, which I achieve but suddenly, inexplicably standing still. In Nomaville, this [...]
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Forever Sean Young

Blade Runner, the seminal tech-noir film directed by Ridley Scott inspired by a Philip K. Dick story, has been a cultural touchstone since its original release in 1982. Now, celebrating its 25 anniversary, star Sean Young candidly discusses her role in the film, her career since and her brightening future in the biz. Suffice it [...]
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Cheech Marin, Porn and an Ugly Dog

In this episode of the Daedalus Howell Show, actor-comedian Cheech Marin dishes about his former partner Tommy Chong and the lonely process of acting in Pixar’s new animated feature film Cars; Fast Forward: Confessions of a Porn Screenwriter author Eric Spitznagel talks about the trade and his magnum opus Butt Crazy; and TeleZombies actor Dane [...]
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The New (Karen) Black

“Time eez vaiting in de vings!” a stentorian voice booms through the telephone receiver. This is what happens if one reveals the least bit of incredulity to critically-lauded cult actress Karen Black when told she performs David Bowie’s “Time” as a German torch singer. The moment – though awkward – convinces, and stands as a preview [...]
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C3P0: The Droid You’re Looking For

From the first lines of the very first “Star Wars” movie — “Did you hear that? They shot down the main reactor. We’ll be destroyed for sure! This is madness! We’re doomed!” — it was clear that C-3PO was not like the other droids. Next week sees the release of the final installment of George Lucas’ [...]
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Joe Pantoliano: Pantsed

“At some of these festivals, you have ski poles in your hand. Here, you’re trying to turn on your tape recorder and you have to move your wine glass,” actor Joe Pantoliano observed while I juggled a glass of pinot noir and my Vox Box Echo-Plex Mini. We were at a private reception for the [...]
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Play it again, Sam (Elliot)

Currently out in theaters, “Off the Map” directed by Campbell Scott (Big Night), is a tender portrait of a quirky mid-70s New Mexico family living off-the-fat-of-the-land as well as off-the-grid in the dusty Taos desert. Joan Allen plays the sun-kissed matriarch whose notion of personal freedom includes gardening in the nude. Meanwhile, scrappy pre-teen daughter [...]
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The Doctor is Out: Hunter S. Thompson

“True gonzo reporting needs the talents of a master journalist, the eye of an artist/photographer and the heavy balls of an actor. Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he’s writing it — or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three,” said Hunter S. Thompson of the [...]
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Brenda Starr

“I’m a half-assed celebrity — everyone knows Brenda Starr but nobody knows me,” laughs cartoonist Dale Messick. “I still get fan letters after all these years — five or 10 a week. They all want a sketch and an autograph because people collect these things. People collect anything. That’s why I never take my [dental] [...]
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