Nate Jones is a Huffington Post employee who writes primarily about entertainment.

Blog Entries by Nate Jones

Finding Yourself and Your First Film, on Google

Posted September 8, 2009 | 05:08 PM (EST)


It seems nowadays that anyone who wants to make a movie can, and anyone who wants to make a movie has gone ahead and done it. Of course, almost all of it is unwatchable aping of "Chocolate Rain," but be that as it may, I had an idea, resources, and...

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HuffPost Review: (500) Days of Summer

Posted July 17, 2009 | 12:43 PM (EST)


It must be hard being an indie film hero. You've got a lot of things going for you: you're always smart, a little nerdy, vaguely creative, and enjoyably sarcastic -- but you're doomed to melt whenever you encounter the first unthreateningly quirky Manic Pixie Dream Girl who crosses your...

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Child Star Grows Up, Avoids Reality TV -- An Interview with Jaleel White

18 Comments | Posted July 2, 2009 | 04:18 PM (EST)


Jaleel White has worked in Hollywood since he was a child, acting in everything from The Jeffersons to Dreamgirls to the Sonic the Hedgehog animated TV series. But he's admittedly most well-known for one role: Steve Urkel, the geek next door in the sitcom Family Matters who became a 90s...

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