By Iain Blair
I was so shocked to get a call from London about the sudden death of Oscar®-winning director Anthony Minghella, whose credits include The English Patient, `The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain. He was just 54 and one of the nicest people I have ever met. Over the years, I interviewed him many […]

by Iain Blair
I went to a special screening of the 1978 mockumentary “All You Need Is Cash” at the Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, as part of the Mods & Rockers Festival. The thinly-veiled, yet affectionate satire of The Beatles was written by “Monty Pythonite” Eric Idle and stars “The Rutles,” a band made up […]

by Iain Blair
When I heard that Arthur C. Clarke, the prolific sci-fi writer whose prophetic ideas about satellites and space travel helped to usher in the space age, had died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the grand old age of 90, it brought back two vivid memories. The first was when I was a […]

 By Iain Blair

I was talking with famed producer Peter Guber, the former Columbia studio chief, who’s also a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television — he’s been a member of the faculty for 40 years — where he teaches an innovative course, “Navigating A Narrative World”. The course examines the […]

by James Thompson
I recently attended the first annual Computer Generated Images for Advertising & Marketing (CGAM) Conference in Hollywood, CA, and was thoroughly impressed by the quality of the digital images the auto industry is using to sell its cars.
The digital images used to show off car exteriors and interiors for commercials and Internet advertisements […]

by James Thompson
While we’ve become accustomed to viewing cinematographers’ work through a variety of mediums, it’s not often we get to see the personal side of these visionaries. Yesterday I was fortunate to witness a diverse collection of amazing still photographs taken by 79 of the world’s greatest cinematographers at the ASC’s traveling photo collection […]

 By Iain Blair

Sat down with Woody Harrelson the other day to discuss his new film The Grand. Set in the world of professional poker, it follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, and co-stars Ray Romano, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines and legendary German film director […]

 By Iain Blair

With a career spanning almost three decades, Larry Gross is a renowned screenwriter-director-producer who’s written such big hits as 48 Hours, the Clint Eastwood-directed True Crime and We Don’t Live Here Anymore, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at 2004’s Sundance Film Festival.  He’s also won Western Heritage Awards for 1994’s Geronimo: […]

 By Iain Blair

Brit action star Jason Statham never set out to be an actor, but after he was discovered by Guy Ritchie, who met him through a mutual friend, the quintessential London lad suddenly found himself playing exactly that in the flashy and hugely successful crime thriller Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Since then, […]

 By Iain Blair

The other day I spoke with Donny Osmond. I had last interviewed Donny years ago, but throughout the conversation it became clear that he hadn’t changed.  He was still just as self-deprecating as ever! With regards to his career, however, he’s hotter than ever. Donny is currently starring in the new Martin Lawrence […]