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After a bad experience on a troubled production in 1996, Debra Winger stepped down from her position atop the Hollywood leaderboard. Coaxed into doing one more project by her husband, Arliss Howard, Winger sits down with Chris Neumer to get into the ups-and-downs of indie filmmaking, why Iranian cinema is boring and how having a reputation as a temperamental witch can help you on set.
After a bad experience on a troubled production in 1996, Debra Winger stepped down from her position atop the Hollywood leaderboard. Coaxed into doing one more project by her husband, Arliss Howard, Winger sits down with Chris Neumer to get into the ups-and-downs of indie filmmaking, why Iranian cinema is boring and how having a reputation as a temperamental witch can help you on set.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Haylie Duff to get the full story on creating her own unique brand. Together, the two touch on the pain of (audition) rejection, why casting directors can't see passed your last role and how to cry on command.
Jena Malone is one of Hollywood’s most promising young actors. With solid turns in
Life as a House,
Donnie Darko and
The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys to her credit, Malone is charging into the public conscience. Chris Neumer spoke to Malone about her co-starring role in
Donnie Darko as part of
Stumped’s exclusive look into writer/director Richard Kelly's provocative and thought-provoking debut.
Jennifer Beals burst onto the scene in 1983's
Flashdance and has been a Hollywood mainstay ever since. Chris Neumer chats with Beals about her participation in
Roger Dodger, how many people have her home phone number (3), and the unfortunate nature of putting down others to make yourself feel better.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Jennifer Hall to find out how she is handling the pitfalls of Hollywood. Hall lets Neumer in on the secret of why she paints spoons, how important the catering is to a party and how you play 'beautiful'.
Actress/screenwriter, Jennifer Westfeldt, was one of the major driving forces behind the delightful indie,
Kissing Jessica Stein/. Chris Neumer chats with Westfeldt about frat boys watching lesbian romantic comedies, creating a female Alvy Singer and why happy endings aren't always the best way to go.
Jesse Jane is one of the adult world's biggest stars. So big, in fact, her movies are being stripped of the sex and released as R-rated films. Jane talks shop and gets inside the actual filmmaking of her films.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Laura Ramsey to get the inside scoop into her rise to fame and path in the future. Together, the two discuss spring break, the casting couch and losing out on roles because you're too good looking.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Lauren Bittner to get the full story on how she is navigating through the Hollywood mine fields. Together, the two discuss arguing with your parents over roles, being cast as "Babe #1" and what it's like to have your ass show up on Letterman.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead about life in Hollywood. The two touch why being mobbed on the street is bad, being vulnerable is good and why Winstead occasionally finds it necessary to think about her family being killed.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Meagan Good to get the full story on how she is parsing out her career. Together, the two discuss what it's like to land your first lead role, what it's like being black in Hollywood and why the media blows everything out of proportion... including getting a kiss from Jamie Foxx.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Nora Zehetner to get the skinny on her career path. Neumer and Zehetner get into the awful nature of auditioning, why reporters shouldn't wear sweatpants and whether Natalie Portman looks hot with very short hair.
CHRIS NEUMER: I saw a trailer for your film, I guess that’s all I can see for your One Night with the King?
TIFFANY DUPONT: That’s all you can see right now, yeah. Unfortunately.
CHRIS NEUMER: When I first …
CHRIS NEUMER: What I’m doing is this: we’re talking to actresses who are making waves. I hate to call it a “rising star” piece because that sort of has a pejorative connotation to it that this article doesn’t have. It’s …
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 sits down with Hedren to learn more.
