Jane Kaczmarek (Lois) founded the charity Clothes Off Our Back, which auctions off celebrity attire and other memorabilia to benefit childrens’ charities. This month, she appeared on quiz show Jeopardy‘s Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational, competing for her charity. Unfortunately, she didn’t make it past the semi-finals.
Here is a ‘highlights’ video of Jane competing on the show.
Filming has now finished on Frankie Muniz (Malcolm)’s new movie Pizza Man and it is entering post-production.
A media company called The Mighty Fifty have reportedly been putting together a trailer for the movie, so it is fairly clear that the project is progressing nicely into the next stage of development. No word as to a release date just yet though!
KSITETV: Can you tell me about Frankie’s casting in the role?
ECKARDT: We went over the list of who would be good for this role. My brother George and I were talking, and he said “You know, Frankie Muniz would be great!” So we looked him up, and realized that everything about him was perfect. I called his manager, and told him I had this role for Frankie if he’d be interested. He said he’d send it over. Two days later we got the “yes.”
On the set, director Joe Eckart readied the shot. “We have a shot of Pizza Man outside in his costume, trying to get customers into the restaurant, and the red mustang pulls up driven by Ashley Park Angel, and they make fun of him in his silly little costume.” It turns out the costume is the logo of the pizza place owned by Pizza Man’s mother, played by Shelly Long of “Cheers” fame. The costume is part of a promotion/punishment for the main character, as Matt (Muniz) lost some pizzas on a delivery run the night before and must drum up business in the suit.
“His mom comes out and embarrasses him, [saying], ‘You’re not doing it right! You’re not holding the sign right!’ She does this crazy dance and just humiliates him and they drive off.” Eckart went on to say. The shot will be tight on Muniz and Long; the camera taking the place of the Mustang out on the street. “We shot some of this yesterday, but lost some of the sun, so we have to finish the second half today. Shot looks great. Now we just need our actors to shoot it.”
For Muniz, “Pizza Man” marks a return to acting after a hiatus of nearly half a decade. “Over the last four or five years, I’ve taken off from acting. I’ve been off racing cars professionally and I’m in a band now,” the actor said of his time away from the business. “[I've] been just kind of focusing on all that, and maybe a month ago, I called my mangers for the first time in three years and said ‘Y’know, I’m really missing the acting world. I’m missing doing all that.’ Within the next week, I got the call about this, read the script, really liked it and thought it would be fun. I got lucky with the timing.”
While he would not call himself the most avid of comic book fans, Muniz explained that playing a superhero appealed to him. “I think everybody wants to be the superhero. Everyone wants to be the good guy that everyone looks up to.” Of course, playing the hero might not be as much of a rush as racing cars – “Racing is pretty extreme,” said the actor – but Muniz is enjoying portraying Pizza Man just the same. “I hate to say that they’re both jobs, but they’re both so much fun. I’m really enjoying this.”
Don’t be surprised if the ‘silly costume’ storyline sounds familiar to viewers of Malcolm in the Middle — we see Frankie in a similar situation as Lucky Aide’s ‘Uncle Sam’ in 6×20!
Now that filming has finished, Frankie is now back in Scottsdale, AZ and is back to focusing on his band You Hang Up.
The last few months Bryan has been promoting Breaking Bad and erh…his new ‘book’ with a bunch of talk show appearances, he’s as funny as ever and there are some cool new ‘Bryan stories’ I hadn’t heard before…
Chris Masterson (Francis) and his brother Danny can often be sighted at various celebrity events around Hollywood.
A couple of weeks ago, the brothers were at Bardot Hollywood for an open air Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Performing at the event was alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction, who were debuting a new member of the band.
Bassist Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses fame made his debut as a new member of Jane’s Addiction last night (May 5) at a festive, open-air Cinco de Mayo performance at Hollywood’s Bardot.
Among the crowd of about 150 friends and fans were actors Joaquin Phoenix and Danny and Chris Masterson, pro-skater Danny Way and music pals Tom Morello, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Fishbone’s Chris Dowd, according to the band’s publicist, the Mitch Schneider Organization. Reports of the show appeared on Rollingstone.com and Spin.com.
In the first episode of the 7th Season of Nickelodeon’s comedy show All That, Frankie Muniz guest starred. In fact, he did more than that, because he introduced a completely new cast to the audience. This was set up as a comedy skit, where Frankie was supposed to pick some random teenagers for the show, since none of them had been booked. He then proceeds to extract them from various weird places. The cast was notable for including MITM regular Kyle Sullivan (playing Dabney Hooper, Kyle also co-starred with Justin Berfield in the movie Max Keeble’s Big Move), and MITM guest star Lisa Foiles, who appeared in episode 4×10 If Boys Were Girls. This was filmed about a year after their appearance on All That, however. This All That episode first aired on January 19, 2002.
Frankie appeared with Kyle and Lisa in the manic sketch Sugar and Coffee. The stuff is apparently so addictive, that Kyle turns out to fulfil Dabney’s secret dreams about Malcolm, so to speak! This has to be seen to be believed! Did Frankie do those cartwheels and backflips himself? I didn’t know he was so agile! The cast also includes newcomers Chelsea Brummet, Jack DeSena, Bryan Hearne, Shane Lyons and Giovonnie Samuels.
Many thanks to Richie for this write-up and video.
Back in 2008 we heard about a short film project Chris starred in called The Masquerade. Thanks to its creator/producer Natalia Garcia we can now watch it in full as part of Movieola’s Premier Short Film Channel on YouTube.
I’m excited to give you the link so you can see Chris like you’ve never really seen him before. It also stars Jocelin Donahue in her first film role! And stay tuned because we are working on getting a feature version off the ground. – Natalia Garcia
See our GALLERY for some behind the scenes photos.
Details are rather thin on the ground at the moment, but it seems Todd Holland, director many episodes of Malcolm and responsible for much of the show’s look and feel, is now involved with a new project, post Sons of Tucson.
The new show is called Random Acts and will be on the Epix premium TV network in the US.
Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle and The Larry Sanders Show) partners with writer Andrea Abbate and Fox 21 on this half-hour single camera edgy action comedy about two female hit men looking for love in all the wrong places, while working for an eccentric and ruthless crime boss.
The subject matter is obviously quite a departure from Malcolm and Holland’s recent work with Justin Berfield on Sons of Tucson and Malcolm in the Middle.
A press release from Epix released last week reveals that Holland, amongst other names including Todd Field and Lawrence O’Donnell, have signed ‘development deals’ with the network.
It should be interesting to hear more about this new show as further details emerge!
Bryan’s good friends with Adam Carolla the well known radio/podcast host and has appeared on his podcast before. Since then he’s been on the show twice.
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In the article, Bryan gives us the ‘soundtrack’ to his life: fifteen songs that have influenced him over the years and that he has found particularly meaningful.
This list is much more than just the songs I like. It is the soundtrack of my life. It pretty accurately expresses how music has influenced and shaped me over the past 54 years. What follows is chronological, not in terms of when the music was produced, but when it mattered to me. So, here it is: my life in 15 songs.
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson.” I was popular in grade school, but that didn’t translate to being bold when it came to girls. Carolyn was a beautiful, fun girl who set my heart afire. I needed to ask her out. A graduation party at a friend’s house was my last chance. Paul and Art were harmonizing this song as I watched a new boy in school accomplish in two seconds what I couldn’t in two years. He went right up and asked her out. She said yes, and before the party was over they were making out on the living room couch. I was staggered, hurt and embarrassed. This song takes me back to that vulnerable time.
The Doors’ “Light My Fire.” My parents ended their marriage in the late ’60s. This song gave me an escape. I’d listen to it over and over again and it took me to another place: “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher. Come on baby, light my fire.” I was still a virgin then and wondered, Can a girl really light you on fire during sex?
Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl.” When I was 16, I followed my brother Kyle’s lead and joined the Los Angeles Police Department’s Explorer program. Every Saturday for eight weeks, I had to get up at 5 a.m. to make it to the Academy for training. The radio alarm was set to jolt me awake, and I liked not knowing what song it would be: Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft” or maybe this one, “Brown Eyed Girl.”
Eagles’ “Take It Easy.” In 1972, my Explorer troop traveled to Europe for a month. The official agenda was to learn from other police departments. The unofficial agenda was liquor and women—nirvana for a 16-year- old boy. After a few beers, a couple of the guys would break out guitars and play this song on a street corner. I’d accompany them (poorly) on my harmonica. To our surprise, passersby would drop coins in the hat, ensuring beer money for the next few days. This was also the trip where I lost my virginity to a very professional woman in Austria. I vowed to return one day to find it.
Elvis Presley’s “The Wonder of You.” In the mid-’70s, realizing I was never going to be a policeman, I took off with my brother from California on motorcycles. We traveled for two years with stops to avoid bad weather and to make money. Our destination of choice was Daytona Beach, Florida, where our cousins lived. One of them, Freddie, was accustomed to using his musical talents to pick up girls. We joined in. I honed my impression of Elvis Presley and even won a talent contest or two gyrating to his songs. It was a seminal moment when I realized that timidity wouldn’t win over girls. I changed overnight.
Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” Billy’s music reminds me of my years living in the Big Apple. Good times.
Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major.” How can anyone possibly listen to this classic and not be moved? Were my musical tastes maturing or was I still just trying to impress the ladies?
Nat King Cole’s “Our Love Is Here to Stay.” This was “our song” at my wedding to Robin in 1989. Sappy? Perhaps. But you bet it was sweet.
Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” On a thunderous, stormy night in Venice, on our honeymoon, we ducked into a church near St. Mark’s Square. We listened in awe as the musicians made this orchestration come alive.
George Strait’s “I Just Want to Dance with You.” I love this song’s simplicity. It compelled me to lift my new baby girl in my arms and dance her across the room every time it came on.
Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” I was fortunate to have a recurring role on Seinfeld as Tim Whatley, the gang’s dentist. I appeared in some iconic episodes, such as “The Yada Yada.” This song played at the farewell wrap party while clips and outtakes of the nine-year run were shown.
They Might Be Giants’ “Boss of Me.” This was Malcolm in the Middle’s theme song. That show changed America’s view of the modern family, and the experience changed my life forever.
Jack Johnson’s “Taylor.” My daughter’s name is Taylor, so this one is a must for obvious reasons.
Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours.” What I love about this song is not just that it affects me, but that it makes my girls sing and dance. There is joy in the world.
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” I first heard this evocative cover at a graduation ceremony when my sister, Amy, received her master’s degree, a huge achievement considering our childhood. In a quiet moment, close your eyes and listen to this transcendent song. You’ll have the feeling you’re no longer in Kansas.
Bryan Cranston (Hal) is currently starring as the character of Walter White in AMC’s Breaking Bad and will also appear in feature film Red Tails sometime this year.
Now, there are reports that Bryan is in the final stages of negotiation for Larry Crowne, a new feature film produced by Tom Hanks in which he will star alongside Hanks and Julia Roberts.
Bryan Cranston is in final negotiations to co-star with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in “Larry Crowne.” Hanks also is directing the dramedy for Vendome and Universal.
Written by Hanks and Nia Vardalos, the story centers on the title character (Hanks), who is downsized from his job and decides to start over by enrolling in college. There he forms some unexpected bonds with fellow students while also catching the eye of a professor (Roberts).
Cranston, star of AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” is playing Roberts’ husband, a blogger who spends most of his time looking at porn.
Hanks is producing with his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman. Vendome is financing the film, which begins principal photography this month in Los Angeles. Universal is distributing the movie domestically.
It is also reported that Bryan will also appear with Ben Kingsley in A Birder’s Guide To Everything, a feature-length film from Rob Meyer, expected to start shooting this summer.
The film is a feature length treatment of Meyer’s short film “Aquarium,” and the synopsis below reveals that the film actually centers on teenage leads, not adults, so it’s unclear who Cranston and Kingsley will play:
After spotting what he thinks is an extinct duck, high school sophomore and bird enthusiast David Portnoy persuades his two dorky buddies and the “new girl in school” to join him on a quest to locate the mysterious bird. What begins as a simple and straightforward mission becomes a coming-of-age adventure for all involved, particularly David, who must come to terms with some painful aspects of his family life.
Bryan seems to have plenty of projects lined up for 2010; he also confirmed in a video chat for Malcolm France last month (video coming soon) that Season 4 of Breaking Bad is likely to start shooting in August.
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