Dennis Hopper , who was a fellow member of the famed Actors Studio, has left us for another stage in his famous and turbulent career, but he was and will always be  held close to us all . I remember  seeing him at Golds Gym in Venice  in the 1990's after he had appeared on Inside the Actors Studio in NY  with James Lipton  ,where I  was an audience member. So since we had known each other , I walked over to him and  told him that he was so inspirational and his clarity was awesome and he ...

by Marla Lewin Last night we were treated to a wonderful performance of “Acting: The First Six Lessons,” a play adapted and performed by Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily Bridges. The play was based on the 1933 book by Richard Boleslavsky  which was given to Beau, when he was fourteen by his father Lloyd Bridges. It was the only book about acting his father ever gave him. Beau Bridges is a longtime Theatre West member and has done many workshops with the theatre company. Las...

If you think you’re surprised about Sandra Bullock’s career choices and how they add up to the recent accolades of this award season, you’re not alone. No one is seemingly more surprised at this unexpected whirlwind than she.One by one Bullock fielded red carpet questions about her career in the self deprecating spirit of “who’da thought?” As she struggles to digest the notoriety, perhaps in the vein of the “Little Engine That Could,” Bullock says she’s not one who takes on pro...

It is Monday, March 12th, and Cinequest has come to an end. This is a bitter-sweet moment; on the one hand I am already missing the frenetic buzz of running from film to forum and back to film, stopping to chat with filmmakers and attendees along the way and getting another caffeine dose in order to do it all over again. On the other hand, this now frees me up to actually get to the blog entries I have been meaning to assail you with, covering everything from my favorite festival films, to my fi...

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Sir Ben Kingsley, an Oscar winner for his lead role in GANDHI and an Oscar nominee for his role in SEXY BEAST, will receive the Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest Film Festival, to be held in the city of San Jose, California from March 1 to 12.Kingsley will present An Afternoon with Sir Ben Kingsley at the historic California Theater in downtown San Jose on March 5th. He will speak about his television, stage and film careers, which have made him one of the most distinguished actors of our t...

REBECCA DE MORNAY APPEARS IN-PERSON FOR “FULL CIRCLE: THE ‘BOUNTIFUL’ JOURNIES OF REBECCA DE MORNAY” AT THE MARILYN MONROE THEATRE THURSDAY APRIL 29TH, 2004 at 8:00PM Acclaimed actress REBECCA DE MORNAY returns to her training ground at the Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood to discuss, demystify and decode what it takes to maintain movie star status and emerge as a serious actress. De Mornay is a rare breed who has managed to accomplish both. In this appearance, De Mornay will...