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The Scream Queen of “Halloween” — an exclusive interview with Danielle Harris

Horror gets in your blood, your cells. And scary movies may give viewers nightmares, but during the nail-biting, pulse-pounding hours spent watching, the cares of the day become inconsequential. Life’s problems are put on hold. Danielle Harris, who has spent a good part of her career running from Halloween‘s Michael Myers, can also assert that making horror films is great fun. She was Jamie Lloyd, the little girl in the clown suit in Halloween 4. The experience, she says, was so much fun, she decided that would be her career. How many other 11-year-olds are lucky enough to know that? […]

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Ted Danson Smokes Pot (In “Bored To Death”) And Isn’t Afraid Of Being Bored

There’s a reason people love Ted Danson. It’s not just for his Sam Malone Cheers days or his Becker days or his numerous feature film credits, not even his acclaimed work on Damages. Danson is loved for being Danson. With a resumé and an award shelf that could turn one haughty, Danson has remained down to earth, candid and humble — a good guy with a good heart. Concerned about the struggling state of newspapers today, Danson asks how our parent company, Tribune, is doing, then sighs: “I don’t want to pick up and turn something on to read.” An […]

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White Collar on USA Network Puts Charming Spin On Cops ‘N Robbers

With ever-increasing advances in technology ending up in the hands of bad people, along with an economic recession forcing some people into desperate situations, federal agencies are finding their hands full with combating white-collar crime — fraud, counterfeiting, embezzlement, forgery, theft in art and antiquities, computer crime, and the like. And in the wake of Bernie Madoff’s dealings, which followed a decade of Enrons, WorldComs and countless other financial scandals, citizens are getting more fed up with these acts and are taking an interest in seeing the often high-profile and wealthy perpetrators get their comeuppances. Surprisingly, though, recent television has […]

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8 Questions With … Ted Danson

1. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? Am I alone or is someone watching me? Am I trying to impress? [You’re alone.] Architectural Digest. I love having something to dream about that I will never likely have, so maybe I’d buy Yachts International. I don’t even like being on them that much, but I like looking and dreaming. They’re gorgeous. I’m going to get Billboard Magazine, because my daughter Katrina is No. 29 [at presstime] with “SugarFree.” Seriously. “SugarFree.” Kat Danson. It’s on iTunes. It’s really good. 2. If your TV only carried […]

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Alton Brown Dishes Season 2 Of “The Next Iron Chef” … And Why A Jellyfish Is Not Good Eats

In 2007, telegenic Cleveland chef and restaurateur Michael Symon cooked his way to victory on Food Network’s first ever Next Iron Chef competition, scoring the spot of a departing Mario Batali on the network’s hugely popular Iron Chef America. Two years later, Batali’s back, Symon’s a hit and the net is hunting yet another culinary warrior to defend its Kitchen Stadium, beginning Oct. 4. Back to call the competition, as he does on each episode of Iron Chef America — Good Eats guy Alton Brown, who really liked what he saw … and tasted. I recently caught up with Brown […]

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Robert Englund leads all-star horror cast in “Fear Clinic”

My interview with Robert Englund lasted more than an hour. I think I spoke for about five minutes of that. It’s apparent his vocal gifts go beyond Freddy Krueger’s dastardly bons mots in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Truth is, Englund had a lot to talk about. In addition to releasing his autobiography Hollywood Monster on Oct. 13, he’s part of a bold new project that could be a game-changer for original programming on the Internet. Fear Clinic is a five-part series that will be available at FEARnet On Demand and FEARnet.com beginning Oct. 26, with a new installment […]

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IFC Celebrates Monty Python’s 40th Anniversary With “Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)”

If you haven’t seen them, chances are you’ve at least heard their sketches parroted by friends or bar patrons enough times that you likely have no trouble recognizing the humor of Monty Python. Well, by now you should — they’ve been around for 40 years. In honor of this milestone, IFC presents Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut), a six-part documentary series on the Pythons and their work, directed in part and coproduced by Bill Jones, son of Python Terry Jones, along with his collaborator and coproducer Ben Timlett. We caught up with the pair to discuss the […]

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Roma Maffia is finally front and center on “Nip/Tuck”

While weddings are happy occasions in real life, they are often one of the telltale signs (see also: new baby, jumping over sharks) that a TV show is circling the drain. But as Nip/Tuck has proved over its five seasons, the outrageous drama about a pair of lascivious plastic surgeons and their inner circle is never short on ideas, or on ways to twist convention into something fresh and, well, twisted. Take the marriage of Christian and Liz, for instance. They took vows to be together “til death do us part,” but the focus was really on “death.” Christian believed […]