On Tuesday September 11, 2001 Ben Sliney shut down American airspace and grounded every flight in the nation. On Tuesday April 18, 2006 Ben Sliney sat down in a hotel room on Park Avenue in New York with the reporter from CHUD.com. Can’t be making history every day, I guess. Ben’s pretty cool guy, it … Continue reading
Mercedes McNab holds the distinction of being the longest running player in Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse. She appeared in the unaired half hour Buffy pilot episode as well as the final season of Angel, which aired a year after Buffy went off the air. In between she created the character of Harmony, one of the fashionista … Continue reading
Mercedes McNab holds the distinction of being the longest running player in Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse. She appeared in the unaired half hour Buffy pilot episode as well as the final season of Angel, which aired a year after Buffy went off the air. In between she created the character of Harmony, one of the fashionista … Continue reading
I think a lot of the people who do the junket circuit have a checklist. I was pretty happy to be able to check Jeff Daniels off of mine – I’ve been a big fan of the guy for years now, and it’s been especially great seeing him make a big comeback after his brilliant … Continue reading
Over the past few weeks we’ve been pummeling you silly with all the Asian joy that Tartan has to offer, and we’re still not done! We’ve got copies of their latest DVD release, The Heirloom from Taiwanese director Leste Chen, to give away gratis to a few lucky readers. The official line on the flick: Twenty … Continue reading
IDW goes “Heavy Metal” with “Doomed” Mag By Mark Wheaton Horror anthologies are always around – whether they’re books, movies, TV shows, whatever – as some of the best horror stories like to color outside the lines of a feature-length film or a novel-sized tome. That said, they’re difficult in trying to nail down a … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from one of the better PR folks in the industry, Karl at Paramount. He had a list of people who would be available for interviews for Mission: Impossible: 3: Death by Colon, and wanted to know if I would be interested in any of them. There … Continue reading
I have flown in and out of Newark International Airport many times, and I’m familiar with the sights from the monorail as you head into the heart of the airport – the Budweiser sign, the fleet of Hooters Air planes (yes, they’re real). But the day I visited the set of Paul Greengrass’ United 93 … Continue reading
Mailbagsukidoji: Hey folks, You have a comment and don’t want to send a letter? Please click HERE and pipe up on the message boards. Please? That thread is deader than Uncle Ben. I took a week off from this column because of issues resulting from the Los Angeles trip but I’m back in effect with … Continue reading
Earlier this year I visited the Newark Airport location shoot of United 93, Paul Greengrass’ reconstruction of the events on one of the hijacked planes on 9/11. One of the people I was able to speak with that day was Lewis Alsamari, who played one of the hijackers. There had been a hassle getting Lewis … Continue reading