Ron Howard

Interview: Bryce Dallas Howard on Opie and Tennessee

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.30.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Howard, who broke through in M. Night Shymalan's The Village in 2004, talked about playing one of Tennessee Williams' resilient blossoms, and about having a famous father.

Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Roger Corman and His Oscar

Patricia Zohn | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment


Patricia Zohn

2009-11-12-cormanoutside.jpg He is the unbearable lightness of being a director, producer, actor, mentor. He is the most effervescent of gentlemen, one who has that gene for making it all look easy.

Glenn Close, Ron Howard Shoot Mental Health PSAs In Grand Central Terminal

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact


Last week, Actress Glenn Close blogged on the Huffington Post about her personal and professional experience with mental illness. Some of Close's mos...

Vatican Investigating American Nuns; Dan Brown to "Write" Novel About It

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 08.03.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

The fact that the investigation around which his new novel will be based has not yet taken place did not seem to faze Dan Brown.

FATHERS DAY POLL: Will These Celeb Kids Outshine Their Dads? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 07.21.2009 | Entertainment


A Hollywood upbringing isn't always a recipe for professional success, but these celebrity dads have managed to raise kids who are famous in their own...

Why John Wayne Still Ranks Among Today's Most Popular Stars

John Farr | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

Wayne's persona -- its bigness, roughness, but also its decency -- literally came to define our heritage. And to a surprising degree, it still does.

Angels and Demons -- Does Hollywood Science Equal Good Science?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment


Sharon Glassman

Her experiment works for me. While the science of Angels and Demons doesn't hold up on close examination, this doesn't make the movie any less appealing to me in theory.

Ron Howard Explains Jamie Foxx Video Appearance

Huffington Post | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard appeared on Friday's "The View" and Sherri asked the director how he wound up in the booze-infused video for Jamie Foxx's "Blame It On The ...

Ron Howard Does Letterman Top Ten (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard made a cameo on Thursday night's "Late Show" to read a Top 10 list - and promote his 'Angels & Demons.' Reading "Top Ten Things You Don'...

How to Live Vicariously Through Britain's Blacklist

Jason Notte | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Jason Notte

It must be somewhat comforting to live in a nation where homophobes and other bigots are placed on a blacklist and banned from that nation's shores.

Angels & Demons: Clanky and Clunky

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

The mechanism creaks and groans as Tom Hanks tools around Rome, trying to halt an imminent threat to blow up Vatican City in Ron Howard's clanking film of Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.

'Parenthood' Reborn For NBC Primetime

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The 1989 movie "Parenthood" is going to be reborn as an NBC TV series. According to people familiar with NBC's plans, the "Parent...

Ron Howard Accuses Vatican Of Film Interference

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment


ROME — Director Ron Howard claimed Sunday that the Vatican interfered with efforts to get permits to shoot certain scenes of his "Angels & Demon...

Swine Flu: Who Benefits? And Why?

Patrick Sauer | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy


Patrick Sauer

This conspiracy is bigger than all of us.

Ron Howard Attacked By William Donohue

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


Let the cable bookings begin! Catholic League president William Donohue has hit back at director Ron Howard for Howard's defense of his upcoming summ...

Angels & Demons: It's A Thriller, Not A Crusade

Ron Howard | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard

William Donohue of the Catholic League is on a mission, and the goal of his mission is clear: to paint me and the movie I directed, Angels & Demons, as anti-Catholic.

Ron Howard? Has Bill Maher Lost His Mind?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.15.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Why would Maher kiss Ron Howard's ass, giving him the one-on-one treatment as though he were a major filmmaker?

The Andy Griffith Threshold is Still Alive in America (video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Gregory

With a foot in old Hollywood, I'm always looking at the corners, streets, and buildings of Los Angeles but imagining how they appeared during Tinseltown's golden age. Rarely do I get lucky enough to find the past intact and accessible.

Q & A: Versatile Actor Craig Bierko Bets On A Revived Guys And Dolls

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

In this exclusive Q & A, Craig Bierko talks about the state of Broadway and the world.

Revolutionary Road, A Beautiful Mind and Truthfulness

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment


Bruce E. Levine

Sam Mendes and Michael Shannon remind us that people who are diagnosed with seriously mental illness can, when feeling respected, say profound things and should be taken seriously.

Jake Gyllenhaal And Ron Howard Star In Hip Hop Video

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard and Jake Gyllenhaal (wearing a black trilby) can now add music video eye candy to their resumes. The pair, along with Forest Whitaker, ...

5 Reasons The "Arrested Development" Movie Might Be Bad

Videogum | Gabe Delahaye | Posted 03.28.2009 | Comedy


The internet is thrilled today with the announcement that Michael Cera has officially signed on to reprise his role as George Michael in the Arrested ...

"Arrested Development" Movie "Going Ahead" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Comedy


Ron Howard confirmed at Sunday's Oscars that the "Arrested Development" movie was in fact going ahead and that show creator Mitch Hurwitz is in the pr...

'80's Flashback! NBC Orders "Parenthood" Pilot

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment


NBC has given a pilot order to "Parenthood," a dramedy a based on Ron Howard's 1989 feature starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest that centered on a ...

Ron Howard Defends "Punk" Michael Cera, Talks "Arrested Development" Movie

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment


Ron Howard defended Michael Cera when asked about the "Arrested Development" movie on "Morning Joe" Friday. Show co-anchor Willie Geist asked of the...