Stage Actress Fail
There is a fine, fine line between character and actor. Unfortunately for this actress, she gets a little too into her part and ends up slamming into the floor.
There is a fine, fine line between character and actor. Unfortunately for this actress, she gets a little too into her part and ends up slamming into the floor.
The cameo is one of television's oldest tricks to drum-up interest for a show. But not all cameos are created equal. Inside, a list of the kinds of cameos, why they exist, and just how effective they are.
Is the belief in Jesus Christ the root of bad acting? Well, perhaps not definitively, but this video evidence leans towards yes. Where is all that collection plate money going?
CSI had a little bit o' country twang to it last night. An intertwined thriller involving Rascal Flatts' bassist being afflicted with amnesia after his guitar attacked him. Also a canoe? And German diplomats? Whatever, Rascall Flatts are terrible actors.
The neverending power-struggle between actors and directors dates back to ancient Rome, when Zeus killed the actor Cyclops in a traveling production of The Odyssey over improper stage blocking... or something. That struggle resonates today, as proven by this video.
When John Travolta isn't converting Haitians to Scientology, he moonlights as an actor. In his latest movie (out today), he's playing the token "badass" again. He's usually not a very good badass, but he's always an awful villain. Proof inside.
The Jersey Shore continues its assault on the California Coast with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel. Pauly-D, The Situation, and Snooki play the three wise men—the only difference: Two of these wise men have rock-hard abs.
Is Nic Cage just toying with us? Is his life just one gigantic practical joke on the moviegoing public? The first official trailer for The Sorcerer's Apprentice simply reaffirms how awful he is.
Blending accent, appearance and mannerisms, actors transform into different characters like an oversized fleshy chameleon. When they fail at this task—their only task—we reserve the right to mock them. By compiling a video of their ineptitude.
Nicolas Cage is completely broke. One theory is that he spent money more frivolously than the people who paid to see Wicker Man in theaters. Our theory at Gawker.TV is that he is the worst actor ever. Here's proof.
Arthur Kade, the world's greatest man/thespian, is in New York to work as a "featured extra" in some flick. To enhance "The Journey," Kade took the bus in from Philly, slumming in the back "like a modern day Rosa Parks."
It's been over thirty years since a contestant on The Price is Right guessed the exact price of their Showcase Showdown. So why was Drew Carey's so unenthused when it happened yesterday?
Oh, swoon. Just when we thought we couldn't like him any more, Mad Men star Jon Hamm has to go and do a guest-spot on funniest show ever 30 Rock. As a potential love interest for Liz! So that's pretty great. He ably hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend, so we're confident he'll bring the funny. Is this guy on track…
New York's Daily Intel has a great little roundup of all the crazies (and not so crazies) who fell into the orbit of Miss Rielle Hunter, the lady who bedded John Edwards and then had a miracle baby with some other guy, mysteriously. They include: Robert Philip McGovern, the "spiritual healer" who arranged the meeting…
Several voice actors from the videogame Grand Theft Auto IV have come forward to politely point out that, while Rockstar Games has sold $600 million worth of copies in three months, they have only individually made tens of thousands of dollars. For example, Michael Hollick, the voice of leading GTA criminal Nico…
Tom Cruise, a grand high witch in some sort of science fiction club, has shepherded his son into a part in a movie. I mean, his son Connor totally auditioned for the role like any son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman would, and it's just a total coincidence that the movie stars Will Smith, a close friend of Cruise's…
This upcoming film called "The Babysitters" is about babysitters, alright—hooker babysitters. One high school girl starts off as a mere child supervisor, but quickly comes to find that she can build more wealth selling her own body. Then all her high school friends are like "Hey, us too!" This movie may have been…
So, Natalie Portman has signed on to play Cathy in a new Wuthering Heights film. Whether or not you think the casting really works (I'm not sure I do, but I hate that book so don't really care), you've got to credit Natalie and her agents for her consistently smart choices. She's bounced between prestige and popcorn,…
Last night on the NBC show "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin reached the apotheosis of his dark and stormy acting career, a career that has had so very many funny moments. (Remember that voicemail he left for his daughter? Hilarious!) Baldwin lost the 2007 Emmy (his sixth nomination!) to Ricky Gervais (foreigners, always…