Glee’s Jessalyn Gilsig: From Montreal to Hollywood
An Interview with Actress Jessalyn Gilsig After graduating from McGill University in her native Montreal, Jessalyn Gilsig studied at Harvard’s prestigious American Repertory Theatre. Television, however, became the medium that would define her career—she’s worked on some of the most iconic shows of the last decade. One of Gilsig’s most memorable characters was the troubled […]
A Serious Man, a Ladies’ Man: An Interview with Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg on Acting and the Appeal of The Big Bang Theory Simon Helberg nails the character of Howard Wolowitz, a nerdy aerospace engineer who thinks he’s a ladies’ man, on CBS’s smash hit The Big Bang Theory. He’s a native Angeleno who studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and trained […]
An Interview with Dr. Dog: Founding Member Toby Leaman
Toby Leaman on Music, Philadelphia, and the Band’s Evolution Indie-rock band Dr. Dog has been a local musical fixture for more than a decade, and a player on the national music scene since a 2004 tour with My Morning Jacket. Here, founding member and bassist Toby Leaman talks about why he still calls West Philly […]
Desperate Housewives Star James Denton on Chicago
An Exclusive Interview with James Denton It’s a guilty pleasure, to be sure, but “Desperate Housewives” has been must-see-TV since its 2004 debut. And as the handsome, handy, just-this-side-of-bad Mike Delfino, James Denton is a big part of that. Though the Nashville-born Denton (Jamie to his friends) is now a Hollywood star, he paid his […]
All About Rob
The Making of a Hit Show: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, FX’s hit TV show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is known for goofy, politically incorrect comedy. The so-called “Gang”—Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Sweet Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank (Danny DeVito)—performs outrageous antics at […]