Gina Wilhelm Actress – Writing is a Family Affair Zoe Kazan is one of the youngest playwrights ever to have a play produced at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This isn’t that surprising; her grandfather is Elia Kazan, writer of “On the Waterfront.” Her parents are both Oscar-nominated screenwriters. Her father, Nicholas Kazan, also had a play produced at Actors Theatre. They are the only father and daughter
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Angela Bassett To Direct Angela Bassett is set to make her directorial debut on the film “United States.” She will be co-producing it with her husband, Courtney B. Vance. The independent feature is based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett and is being described as a dramatic comedy. In addition to this being Bassett’s directing debut, this will also be the first film produced by Bassett/Vance Prods. The adaptation is
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Actress Comes Home and Gives Back April Yvette Thompson, who grew up in Liberty City, Miami, FL, came back home Wednesday. Her one-woman hit show, “Liberty City,” is playing in town through March 1. On Wednesday, she returned to the Belafonte Tacolcy Center, where she spent a lot of time as a child. After giving a television interview, often in character, she stayed to talk to some at-risk youth. She spoke
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Eliza Dushku in the Dollhouse On her new series “Dollhouse,” Eliza Dushku’s character gets a new personality every week. Behind the scenes, Dushku gets one, too-producer of a TV series. She was inspired, in part, by stories she heard from her mother’s work in women’s studies and international politics. She wanted to show aspects of those stories in a way that combined suspense and action. And she wanted to do it
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Emily Blunt Out of Iron Man 2 Emily Blunt will not be appearing in “Iron Man 2.” The actress was possibly going to play Black Widow, but director Jon Favreau confirmed in a red carpet interview that a replacement was being sought. The change was necessitated because she is also currently working on “Gulliver’s Travels” with Jack Black. There were too many schedule conflicts for her to do both projects. According
