Shia LaBeouf
Shia LaBeouf is Hollywood's fastest rising male star. His film, Disturbia was a big hit and he headlines the release of one of the summer's biggest films, The Transformers.
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Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels is one of the film world's most versatile actors. He set the lower end of toilet humor in Dumb and Dumber but has also turned heads for The Squid and the Whale and Imaginary Heroes. Chris Neumer traveled to the frozen tundra of Michigan to talk to this Hollywood outsider.
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Tippi Hedren
Actress Tippi Hedren's story is fascinating, unique and complex even by Hollywood's standards. Paradoxically, Hedren is known best for four different things: 1) starring in The Birds, 2) being Melanie Griffith's mom, 3) working to save the big cats with her organization, Shambala, and 4) standing up to director Alfred Hitchcock. Chris Neumer investigates.
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Random Quote...
"North Hollywood is great for war stories. [A filmmaker's] first apartment is usually in North Hollywood. It's great to be able to say, 'Look, I suffered. I lived there.'"
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The Kate Bergeron Experience: Part One
 Actress Kate Bergeron had quite an enviable life going for herself in Chicago; she not only had played the lead in a number of indie films, but she had an agent, a job and a loving boyfriend. She made the decision to give those things up in order to move to Los Angeles and pursue her lifelong dream of acting in Hollywood. Bergeron brings you into life as a struggling young actress from a completely new perspective: hers.
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The Top Ten Films of 2009. Sort of.
2009 was one of the worst years for movies in a long time. This didn't stop Chris Neumer from putting together his year end best list. The results of this one will definitely surprise you. read the article
 Kimberly Peirce
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce has been working on her latest film for more than five years. Peirce talks to Chris Neumer and gets inside why the 'truth' is out there and how an audience member can go about breaking up with a director. by Chris Neumer | interview • photos
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.
by Chris Neumer | interview • photos
Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas is one of Hollywood's most talented actors. He can do the role of the psychopath better than anyone, as well as 'wholesome', 'gruff' and 'sexy'. by Chris Neumer | interview • photos
Shawn Hatosy
Shawn Hatosy is one of the most recognizable young character actors in the business. Jake Lever goes on location to Virginia to talk to Hatosy. Alcohol and interesting conversation quickly follows. | interview • photos
 Tommy Chong
Actor Tommy Chong is often seen as an aging pothead... and that's exactly what he wants you to see. The truth, however, is slightly more complex and involves Nelson Mandela, Moses, the Joker and Fox News. Zach Freeman investigates.
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 Does an actor supply his/her character's underwear or is that part of costuming? Thierry L. via e-mail
Finally! A hard hitting question to sink my teeth into. I called Rachael Stanley at the Costume Designer's Guild and posed the query to her. She laughed and said, "Generally..."
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Thomas (Tom) Jane's Photo Shoot
Terrance Gold photographed actor Tom Jane on, and in stores near, Michigan Avenue and Oak Street in Chicago, Illionis. Take a look at all of Gold's pictures as well as get the complete backstory of the shoot.
Steve James
Acclaimed documentary director Steve James talks about the fickle nature of the truth, the fortunate (and unfortunate) influence of Michael Moore and why pandering never works. by Jake Lever | interview • photos
Nick Nolte
The horror stories are everywhere. Nick Nolte is supposed to be many things, but not kind, focused and gentle. Chris Neumer learns that the real Nolte isn't anything like you'd ever expect. | article • interview
Jesse Jane
Porn star Jesse Jane is such a big star, her movies are now being stripped of the sex and released as R-rated films. Jane talks to Jackson Casey about a different type of acting. | article • interview • photos
Best Director Dito Montiel's Sundance Journal
Writer/director Dito Montiel's debut film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints burst onto the scene at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Montiel kept a journal of his week at Sundance for Stumped? and bring you behind-the-scenes from a completely new perspective: his. | article • photos
The Complete Guide to Location Scouting: The Manhattan Edition
It takes a lot more than one might imagine to secure locations and shoot in New York City. Veteran location manager John Fedynich takes Chris Neumer on his own location scouting expedition. You'll never look at that Fifth Avenue setting the same way again. | article • interview • photos
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January 26, 2010
• The Boys are Back
• I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
• This Is It
• Saw VI
• Surrogates
• Whip It (pictured)
 Almost Everyone Loves Avatar
Director James Cameron's Avatar is receiving almost universal praise from both critics and audiences alike. Chris Neumer investigates the 'almost'.
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 Stumped's, uh, Top Ten List. Kind of.
While compiling his top ten list, Chris Neumer learned that 2009 was one hell of a bad year for film. So bad, he couldn't find ten movies to put on his list.
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 How to Make It in Hollywood
The hardest question for anyone to answer? The 'How do I make it?' question. Chris Neumer investigates this matter, rolls up his shirt sleeves and tackes it.
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 The Curious case of the Academy and the 10 Best Picture Nominees
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences couldn't have found a worse year to expand the number of Best Picture nominees from five to ten. Chris Neumer investigates the train wreck and is truly scared; America is closer that it ever should be to the phrase "Academy Award Best Picture nominee, The Hangover".
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 Surfers are Everywhere... Except on the Biggest Wave Ever
Now that surfers are seeking out tsunamis to surf, it seems like filmmakers are going to have to start CGing surfers onto the waves in their disaster movies. Chris Neumer investigates.
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 The Stink of Success
How many industries reward abject failure? Not many. Interestingly, Hollywood is one, particularly when it comes to screenwriters. Chris Neumer delves into the sweet, sweet smell of... horrible failure.
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 Understanding Gossip Girl
Chris Neumer is not in Gossip Girl's target demographic. Nonetheless, he tries to get into the completely and totally off-the-hook world of Gossip Girl. The results are shocking. LOL ROFLMAO.
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