Christopher Rosen

4 days ago | goldderby.com | Christopher Rosen

WARNING: This piece contains spoilers about MountainheadIt took about four weeks from when Jason Schwartzman learned about the new Jesse Armstrong movie, Mountainhead, to the start of production earlier this year. When Schwartzman heard the plan was to release Mountainhead on HBO and Max starting on May 31, he assumed the executives meant next year, not now.

5 days ago | goldderby.com | Christopher Rosen

Cory Michael Smith has stolen scenes in some major productions over the last few years, including Todd Haynes’s May December and Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night. However, the actor, who broke out playing the Riddler on the CW series Gotham, says playing a lead role in Jesse Armstrong’s new movie Mountainhead is an experience he’ll never forget. “I have to tell you, this is one of my favorite jobs, easily, that I've ever had,” Smith tells Gold Derby.

5 days ago | goldderby.com | Christopher Rosen

From the outside, comedian Mike Birbiglia might enjoy what some would call “the good life.” He’s an Emmy Award nominee for Best Variety Special Writing for The Old Man and the Pool, one of several stand-up specials Birbiglia has released in the last decade, he’s won a Drama Desk Award (for The New One) and a Screen Actors Guild Awards prize as part of the ensemble of Orange Is the New Black.

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Rosen

Generate Key TakeawaysFrom the outside, comedian Mike Birbiglia might enjoy what some would call “the good life.” He’s an Emmy Award nominee for Best Variety Special Writing for The Old Man and the Pool, one of several stand-up specials Birbiglia has released in the last decade, he’s won a Drama Desk Award (for The New One) and a Screen Actors Guild Awards prize as part of the ensemble of Orange Is the New Black.

1 week ago | goldderby.com | Christopher Rosen

When Your Friends and Neighbors star and producer Jon Hamm watched costar Lena Hall perform a cover of Hole’s “Doll Parts” during rehearsal on the set of the show’s season finale, he pulled her aside. It was the first time Hamm had been present for one of Hall’s performances on the show — all done live on set — and he was concerned the Tony Award-winning star might overextend her voice before the scene was complete.