Ally Sheedy
Make room for Indie Spirit Awards, Oscar's maverick cousin
The Spirit Awards. The Independent Spirit Awards. The Indie Spirits. It's an awards show so casual-cool that organizers don't even much mind what you call it.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards, as they are officially known to recognize the Los Angeles-based nonprofit arts organization Film Independent, celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Taking place in a tent next to the beach in Santa Monica on a Saturday afternoon, the Spirit Awards may recognize some of the same talent as the Oscars, but it is with a purposeful air of relaxed irreverence in contrast to the enforced solemnity of the ceremony on Sunday. Even before the online viral era, unconventional acceptance...
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How Franconian: James Franco to direct play while starring on Broadway
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'Psych' creator Steve Franks talks getting into musical mode
"Psych: The Musical" is at long last ready for its curtain raiser.
Creator Steve Franks and his writing crew are no strangers to bringing the kooky to the long-running USA Network series--who could forget the re-enactment of "Clue"?
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hitchcock' on HBO
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David Boreanaz, Tom Felton and Kate Walsh to star in 'Full Circle'
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John Hughes dies at 59; writer-director of '80s teen films
John Hughes, the influential writer-director who captured the humor and angst of the teen experience, 1980s style, in hit movies such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," died Thursday. He was 59. Hughes, who...