Timothy was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, swam competitively in university, performed some stand-up comedy, and was acting in off-Broadway shows by age 27. He made his film debut in The First Wives Club (with Goldie Hawn in 1996), was in Scream 2 (with Neve Campbell in 1997), Go (directed by Doug Liman in 1999), and A Man Apart (with Vin Diesel in 2003). Larger roles came for Timothy in Live Free or Die Hard and Hitman (both in 2007), The…
I first saw Tina on Saturday Night Live and thought she was hilarious, especially doing her Sarah Palin impression and co-hosting Weekend Update. She has excellent timing, delivery, and she can improvise, making her one of the best anchors of funny news shows ever. Equally talented in front of and behind the camera (she is a writer), she has made numerous characters that we care about and want to hear from. Pulling off an impression of a real life person…
Growing up in the 1990s, my cousins were into music by Nine Inch Nails and got me hooked on it. I was about 10 when they hooked me up with a cassette tape with some of their music. Soon I was looking for the NIN logo on any compact disc to build my own collection. What Trent was making helped get me interested in music and it was far from the music my parents listened to (I often wonder what…
In my formative years, Pierce Brosnan was James Bond and I loved him in those so I will always be a fan of his. Starring in Goldeneye in 1994, Brosnan played the character with wit, fun, and delivered on the action too. He made 4 Bond movies (1994-2002) and wanted to make more (I wanted him to as well). Specifically to have a darker take on the character which was done in the Bond franchise after him. With more than…
I am always impressed with Cate Blanchett’s range, passion, and how busy she keeps working! My first sighting of Cate was in 2001, the film Bandits with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton. The same year she was in The Shipping News, Charlotte Gray, and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Like a scene in LOTR where she played Galadriel (a role she has played 6 times 2001-2014), she is capable of frightening, sympathizing, and kicking…
When I was starting to watch grown up movies in the early 1990’s, I watched Pulp Fiction, and it amazed me how many talents were involved with the production. After watching two more Quentin Tarantino related films, Reservoir Dogs and From Dusk Till Dawn, I realized Harvey Keitel was in all 3 and was one of my favorite characters from each one. He was so cool bossing around John Travolta, tough consoling Tim Roth, and was just as intimidating fighting…
In 2007, I enjoyed seeing Malin give Ben Stiller such a hard time in The Heartbreak Kid. Her singing, colorful language, and comedic timing made the film watchable, and gave Ben’s newly wed plenty to work with. Two years later she starred in Watchmen, a film version of the comic book series, as the superhero Silk Spectre II. Having someone in the film I cared about made it easier for me to understand what the male character’s motivations were. Malin…
I first took notice of Tim in the Coen brothers directed O, Brother Where Art Thou? (2000). He played Delmar alongside George Clooney and John Turturro (frequent Coen bros. collaborators), and he has wrote and directed Eye of God (1997), The Grey Zone (2001), and Anesthesia (2015). He played a character who was not as sharp as the other 2 and he got my biggest laughs watching it. He may not be the lead in most movies but he makes…
I have been watching Saturday Night Live all of my life and for the past 14 years, that has included seeing Kenan Thompson. That sets him tied with Darrell Hammond for most seasons appearing on SNL since the show began in 1975. He was the first actor to join the show that was born after the show was launched and he has portrayed the most number of celebrity impressions. My favorite characters he plays are Charles Barkley (opposite Shaquille O’Neal),…