Allison Janney

It's A 'West Wing' Reunion!

Posted 05.01.2012

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"The West Wing" reunion you've dreamed about is here ... sort of. Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dule Hill, Joshua Malina, Melissa Fitzgerald and Willi...

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Allison Janney's Next 'Big' TV Role

Posted 02.15.2012

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Allison Janney is stopping by "The Big C." The "West Wing" veteran will guest star in Season 3 of the Showtime series starring Laura Linney as a woman...

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Mandy Moore, Tony Shalhoub & Allison Janney Eye Return To TV

Posted 02.08.2012

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ABC is sweet on a former pop princess. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a comedy pilot starring Mandy Moore. Moore, who...

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HuffPost Review: The Help

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.03.2012

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Marshall Fine

Some will say: This is yet another movie about the civil-rights movement moment in our history, in which the white people are the heroes, saving the black characters. But that's far too simplistic a reading of The Help.

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Chris Colfer Gets His Movie Mom!

Posted 08.29.2011

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Allison Janney will star alongside Chris Colfer in Struck by Lightning, the indie coming-of-age comedy written by the "Glee" star. The young star, ...

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Mad About Mad Men: Will It Equal West Wing's Mark?

William Bradley | Posted 06.14.2011

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William Bradley

Mad Men matches these times much better than does West Wing, 2008's Bartlet-like politics of hope notwithstanding. It's just too bad that the mass audience eludes it.

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Life During Wartime (A Mayor Koch Review)

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Koch

This depressing film would have been more accurately described if it had been named "Despair." Everyone in it suffers enormously. Despite the sadness, I found it to be very interesting.

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HuffPost Review: Life During Wartime

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

I've been a fan of Todd Solondz's dark, even mean-spirited brand of humiliation comedy since Welcome to the Dollhouse, and the squirmy problems of his put-upon heroine, Dawn Weiner. But he lost me with Life During Wartime.

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Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wallace Shawn, Allison Janney, Michael Moore, David Letterman, Tovah Feldshuh, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Whatever you may think of Michael Moore and his movies, one great reason to see this one is the footage he uncovered in an archive in South Carolina of President Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights.

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Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Bialas

Maybe this is as close as writer/director Todd Solondz will ever get to a feel-good movie.

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Q&A: Singer/Actress Stephanie J. Block Steps Out With 9 to 5: The Musical

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

How many shows on Broadway are both a funny musical but have a social significance?

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Stage Door: Happiness, Accent on Youth, 9 to 5

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fern Siegel

Now at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Happiness has a jazzy score and clever lyrics, thanks to composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie, who also did Grey Gardens.

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