By Tim Nasson Beverly Hills — Though “A Knight’s Tale” is only the third film 21-year-old Perth, Australia, native Heath Ledger has starred in, it seems that he’s everywhere lately and is following in the heels of some other very successful Aussie movie heroes gone American. “It’s not as amazing as it seems,” says Ledger […]

By Tim Nasson While the big news about The Tailor of Panama should be that the impeccably styled Pierce Brosnan is poking fun at himself by playing a cynical, rotten, ruthless British secret agent, totally the opposite of the role he plays in the Bond films, the biggest story behind the movie is that it […]

By Tim Nasson LOS ANGELES — Tony Soprano: One of the most feared, respected and admired characters on television today. Forty-year-old James Gandolfini has helped make “The Sopranos” HBO’s highest rated show ever. And he’s earned not only the admiration of the show’s fans, but he’s won numerous awards, including an Emmy. Gandolfini, who rarely […]

By Tim Nasson Beverly Hills, CA – What do a Puerto Rican actress-cum-singer who unsuccessfully attempts an Italian accent in her new role; a Texan who loves to dance around naked in his house smoking marijuana; and a charismatic, queeny Jew from Brentwood who has never made a film before have in common with each […]

By Tim Nasson It’s obvious upon meeting the most envied man in Hollywood, Guy Ritchie, to see why Madonna decided on him for her second husband and father of her second child, Rocco. Four days after moving from London to a home in Beverly Hills, Ritchie sauntered into the Four Seasons in Los Angeles to […]

By Tim Nasson Gloucester, MA — “We kissed each other,” says Mark Wahlberg, referring to a love scene between himself and co-star George Clooney, “but Wolfgang Petersen [the director] cut it out of the final version.” No way, I said, in disbelief. “Actually, I’m kidding,” laughed Wahlberg. “But it does look like there was some […]

By Tim Nasson Beverly Hills – The last time I spoke with Angelina Jolie it was halfway through her filming of the movie Girl, Interrupted. She was in LA promoting last year’s bomb Pushing Tin; however, the buzz was already in motion for her role as the teen committed to an insane asylum, and the […]

By Tim Nasson This year brought with it two Joan of Arc films. This past spring, ABC television delivered its rendition with the up-and-coming Leelee Sobieski in the starring role. Now, Columbia Pictures has ushered in a big-screen production of the 550-year-old true story of the martyred teen, The Messenger, The Story of Joan of […]

By Tim Nasson BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “This is going to be the biggest homo movie ever.” That is what Brad Pitt says Fight Club director David Fincher predicted when shooting the film last year. Fincher’s premonition is not far off. While Fight Club is not an out-and-out gay film, it certainly pushes buttons and […]

By Tim Nasson New York City — I was five years old when the first Star Wars film was released in 1977 and finally saw it and its two sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi for the first time last year when they were all re-released. In other words, I am not […]

Franco Zeffirelli talks to Tim Nasson NEW YORK — Long before many actors playing its roles today were born, famed, openly gay director Franco Zeffirelli was reveling in adoration and winning awards for his big screen production of “Romeo and Juliet.” That was 1968. Thirty years later, at the age of 77, (though he admits […]

By Tim Nasson Drew Barrymore has a couple things to get off her chest before we begin talking about her most recent comedy, Never Been Kissed. “Yes, I am going to be starring in a big-screen version of Charlie’s Angels (opposite Cameron Diaz and probably Angelina Jolie),”she says first, when asked. “And no, I won’t be […]

By Tim Nasson Pasadena, CA- More than a decade has passed since Keanu Reeves entertained high school kids throughout the world as half of the comic duo of Bill and Ted in the two Bill and Ted adventures. Before that, Reeves stole The River’s Edge in 1986, and Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho, […]

By Tim Nasson BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Every boy wants to be like him. Every straight girl (and most gay boys) want to be with him. At the moment, Ryan Phillippe has greater sex appeal than last year’s heart throb, Leonardo DiCaprio. The sexually alluring and completely endearing Phillippe is now wooing audiences in a […]

By Tim Nasson BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — One thing is certain: “Buffy” rules. In an Entertainment Weekly poll that was taken recently, readers picked actor Sarah Michelle Gellar as the second most popular television dramatic actress ever, and her show, “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” as their second most favorite dramatic television show of all time. […]

Clive Barker talks to Tim Nasson Dressed in a cream colored blazer (proper attire at The Ritz Cafe), khakis, a dark polo shirt, and adorned with a perfectly groomed goatee, and outfitted with a small silver hoop earring in each ear, Clive Barker arrived ten minutes late for an interview, but not without a bundle […]