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I have to admit, I entered this story thinking it was a Lester Bangs special. Remember Bangs, the rock journalist played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," the story of a high school boy given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert ...

As veteran musicians headline Glastonbury this weekend, does the best writing about rock music also hail from a different era? Is anybody today as good as Greil Marcus or Lester Bangs? Having spent 20 years as a pop journalist, John Harris asks whether music writing has lost its way A tragic hero ... Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost ...

See Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" tonight in Hoboken. Here's a reminder that tonight's Movie Under the Stars will be "Doubt." The free outdoor movie screening will take place at Pier A Park.

You may not know it, but Clifton Collins Jr. is one of the most talented and prolific character actors alive today.

Ms. Mentor, the Chronicle of Higher Ed 's wonderfully acerbic alternative to Miss Manners, asks readers to recommend "newish academic novels that will delight and instruct her readers," noting that Richard Russo's Straight Man is her current favorite.

The MSDN Northeast Roadshow with Chris Bowen, Jim Oa Neil and Bob Familiar is whata s for dinner.

On June 12th , One of NYC's hottest nightspots, The Bowery Electric will host the Apollonia Players ' production of SAVAGE IN LIMBO by John Patrick Shanley .

LAByrinth Theater Company has announced that Artistic Directors John Ortiz , Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Gould Rubin pass their voluntary positions of service into the hands of fellow artists and LAB members Stephen Adly Guirgis , Mimi O'Donnell and Yul Vzquez.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have beamed up a big haul for Paul . According to Variety , comedy heavyweights Seth Rogen , Jason Bateman , Kristen Wiig , Bill Hader and Jane Lynch have joined the frequent double act for their latest big screen partnership.

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is to star in a New York stage production of Shakespeare's Othello.

The Public Theater says Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to play Iago in an off-Broadway revival of "Othello" next season.

Peter Sellars will direct Tony and Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz in William Shakespeare's Othello as the first offering of the Public Theater's 2009-2010 season.

Hollywood has a soft spot for this quaint, seaside town 20 miles north of Boston.

"I am a Golden GOD!" Synopsis William Miller is on the verge of being a 15 year-old high school graduate when he gets the break of a lifetime.

Just saw Doubt . Any movie that pits Meryl Streep against Philip Seymour Hoffman is bound to be good.

London, Synecdoche, New York Cert: 15 Derek Malcolm's rating Description: Reality fragments as painter Adele Cotard calls a time out from her marriage to beleaguered theatre director Caden, and decides to head for Germany with their four-year-old daughter, Olive, to give the relationship a little breathing space.

Synecdoche, New York uses tricks that will be familiar to readers of postmodern fiction, but performs them better than any book ) Beyond Baudrillard ... Samantha Morton and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York.

Bewildered by Being John Malkovich? Entranced by Eternal Sunshine? Be warned: brainmelt master Charlie Kaufman's latest, Synecdoche, New York, is his most confusing yet.

What s on at the Burgkino this weekend? By Thomas Hochwarter Vienna's Burgkino will have the following original English version films on offer this weekend: The rock'n'roll comedy THE BOAT THAT ROCKED tells the story of pirate radio stations broadcasting to the United Kingdom from ships in the 1960s.

Those raffish, sexy radio pirates! a oeThe Boat That Rockeda is a release from Universal Pictures with a serious film pedigree .