The Ten Minute Guide
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hits theaters in three weeks. There is an interesting marketing plan in place for the film: George Lucas and company are trying to lower expectations. Get inside the latest news on Indiana Jones, May 6th's new releases and the most intriguing news stories of the week in Stumped's Ten Minute Guide.
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Shia LaBeouf
Shia LaBeouf is Hollywood's fastest rising male star. His film, Disturbia was a big hit and he headlines the release of one of the summer's biggest films, The Transformers.
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Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels is one of the film world's most versatile actors. He set the lower end of toilet humor in Dumb and Dumber but has also turned heads for The Squid and the Whale and Imaginary Heroes. Chris Neumer traveled to the frozen tundra of Michigan to talk to this Hollywood outsider.
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Tippi Hedren
Actress Tippi Hedren's story is fascinating, unique and complex even by Hollywood's standards. Paradoxically, Hedren is known best for four different things: 1) starring in The Birds, 2) being Melanie Griffith's mom, 3) working to save the big cats with her organization, Shambala, and 4) standing up to director Alfred Hitchcock. Chris Neumer investigates.
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Random Quote...
"North Hollywood is great for war stories. [A filmmaker's] first apartment is usually in North Hollywood. It's great to be able to say, 'Look, I suffered. I lived there.'"
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 Cinematic One Hit Wonders
Character actors are often referred to as 'that guys'. They are people you see on screen and exclaim, "Oh, it's that guy." Significantly removed from this level are the "Oh, I remember that guys"... or the one hit wonders. Hollywood doesn't have the same love affair with its one hit wonders the way the music industry does. Chris Neumer aims to change that.
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 Kimberly Peirce
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce has been working on her latest film for more than five years. Peirce talks to Chris Neumer and gets inside why the 'truth' is out there and how an audience member can go about breaking up with a director. by Chris Neumer | interview photos
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.
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Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas is one of Hollywood's most talented actors. He can do the role of the psychopath better than anyone, as well as 'wholesome', 'gruff' and 'sexy'. by Chris Neumer | interview photos
Shawn Hatosy
Shawn Hatosy is one of the most recognizable young character actors in the business. Jake Lever goes on location to Virginia to talk to Hatosy. Alcohol and interesting conversation quickly follows. | interview photos
 Tommy Chong
Actor Tommy Chong is often seen as an aging pothead... and that's exactly what he wants you to see. The truth, however, is slightly more complex and involves Nelson Mandela, Moses, the Joker and Fox News. Zach Freeman investigates.
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 Does an actor supply his/her character's underwear or is that part of costuming? Thierry L. via e-mail
Finally! A hard hitting question to sink my teeth into. I called Rachael Stanley at the Costume Designer's Guild and posed the query to her. She laughed and said, "Generally..."
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Thomas (Tom) Jane's Photo Shoot
Terrance Gold photographed actor Tom Jane on, and in stores near, Michigan Avenue and Oak Street in Chicago, Illionis. Take a look at all of Gold's pictures as well as get the complete backstory of the shoot.
Steve James
Acclaimed documentary director Steve James talks about the fickle nature of the truth, the fortunate (and unfortunate) influence of Michael Moore and why pandering never works. by Jake Lever | interview photos
Nick Nolte
The horror stories are everywhere. Nick Nolte is supposed to be many things, but not kind, focused and gentle. Chris Neumer learns that the real Nolte isn't anything like you'd ever expect. | article interview
Jesse Jane
Porn star Jesse Jane is such a big star, her movies are now being stripped of the sex and released as R-rated films. Jane talks to Jackson Casey about a different type of acting. | article interview photos
Best Director Dito Montiel's Sundance Journal
Writer/director Dito Montiel's debut film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints burst onto the scene at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Montiel kept a journal of his week at Sundance for Stumped? and bring you behind-the-scenes from a completely new perspective: his. | article photos
The Complete Guide to Location Scouting: The Manhattan Edition
It takes a lot more than one might imagine to secure locations and shoot in New York City. Veteran location manager John Fedynich takes Chris Neumer on his own location scouting expedition. You'll never look at that Fifth Avenue setting the same way again. | article interview photos
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Interviews
Heather Graham
John Corbett
Kimberly Peirce
Tom Noonan
Shia LaBeouf
Photos
Jeff Daniels
Billy Bob Thornton
Jesse Jane
Shawn Hatosy
The Best Celebrity Photos
Reviews
Iron Man
 
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May 6
Bella
First Sunday
I'm Not There
Over Her Dead Body
PS I Love You
Teeth (pictured)
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April 29
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
How She Move
The Golden Compass
27 Dresses
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April 22
Cloverfield (pictured)
Charlie Wilson's War
The Savages
One Missed Call
Friday night Lights: The Second Season
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April 15
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
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April 8
There Will Be Blood
Walk Hard
Lions for Lambs
Resurrecting the Champ
Water Horse
Skinwalkers
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April 1
Sweeney Todd (pictured)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
The Good Night
The Eye of the Beast
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March 25
War Made Easy
The Mist
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Bonnie & Clyde Special Edition
The Kite Runner
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March 18
I Am Legend
Enchanted
Revolver
Atonement
Love in the Time of Cholera
Southland Tales
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March 11
Bee Movie
Nancy Drew
Sleuth
No Country for Old Men
Dan in Real Life
Hitman
August Rush
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March 4
Things We Lost in the Fire
Into the Wild
My Kid Could Paint That
mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
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February 26
Beowulf
The Darjeeling Limited
Death at a Funeral
Slipstream
30 Days of Night
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February 19
Michael Clayton
American Gangster
Rendition
In the Valley of Elah
Lust, Caution
Margot at the Wedding
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February 12
Why Did I Get Married
No Reservations
Gone Baby Gone
Romance and Cigarettes
Becoming Jane
We Own the Night
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February 4
The Brace One
The Assassination of Jesse James
2 Days in Paris
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
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January 29
The Invasion
Ira & Abby
King of California
The Combacks
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January 22
The Gameplan
Blonde Ambition
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January 15
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Mr. Woodcock
Wedding Daze
Good Luck Chuck
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January 8
Sunshine
3:10 to Yuma
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January 1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Shoot 'em Up
September Dawn
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