Author: Will Harris

One need only take a look at David Wain’s resume to see that his sense of humor has always skewed a little off-center: he’s been a member of The State as well as Stella (if you don’t own the DVD set of their Comedy Central series, you really should), and his first two films as a director were “Wet Hot American Summer” and “The Ten.” His latest directorial effort, however, was the surprisingly mainstream “Role Models,” which hits DVD on March 10th, and rumors are flying that he might be helming the next “Fockers” movie. True or false? We asked…

It’s good to be part of the AMC family these days. First, “Mad Men” blew everyone’s minds and made it clear to viewers that the reported home of American Movie Classics was actually a good place to find quality television as well. With all eyes on the network, they proceeded to draw in viewers a second time by offering up the meth-driven drama and black humor of “Breaking Bad,” an intense series which earned Bryan Cranston the Best Actor Emmy for his work as cancer-ridden high school chemistry teacher Walter White. But, hey, let’s not forget about Aaron Paul, people.…

Campbell Scott is very much the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with. This is appropriate, as our first conversation took place when I was in a bar. We’d been trying to set up a time to discuss his latest film, “Phoebe in Wonderland,” and I’d left a message on his cell phone, but when he finally had the opportunity to call me back, it was 6:00 PM on a Friday night, and, frankly, I had clocked out for the day. “You sound like you’re in a bar,” said Scott. “Which is completely fine, since I have…

Yeah, that’s right: it’s Puddy. Some would say that every role Patrick Warburton has ever played is, in a sense, just a slight tweak of his Puddy persona, but that’s not really true. The voice might be similar, but the characters have their differences. Over the years, Warburton has turned up as the title character in “The Tick,” provided the voices of characters on “Family Guy” and “The Venture Brothers,” and popped up for appearances in many other movies and TV series. These days, he’s one of the stars of CBS’s Monday night ensemble comedy, “Rules of Engagement,” which returns…

He has earned cinematic immortality both as hero (Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” saga) and villain (Magneto in the “X-Men” films). But for the wide variety of roles on his resume, it would still in no way be untoward to refer to Sir Ian McKellen first and foremost as a Shakespearean actor. McKellen’s work in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien may not yet be over, but until he gets that call from Guillermo del Toro about “The Hobbit,” Sir Ian has the work of the Bard to keep him occupied. This includes his latest performance, as the title…

If you’d done a man-on-the-street poll in 1999, asking who Nestor Carbonell was, the average joe probably wouldn’t have been able to tell you…though if you’d given them the right hints, they might’ve been able to identify him “that guy from ‘Suddenly Susan.’” A decade later, however, Carbonell is…well, okay, he’s still not a household name, but he’s reached the point of being “that guy” in a heck of a lot more stuff, including his roles as Richard Alpert on “Lost,” Mayor Anthony Garcia in “The Dark Knight,” and, of course, BatManuel in “The Tick.” Bullz-Eye spoke with Carbonell on…

With the exception of a few indie films and a couple of TV appearances, we haven’t seen a great deal of Chris Kattan since his departure from “Saturday Night Live.” All that will be changing this summer, however, when his new IFC comedy miniseries, “Bollywood Hero,” premieres on IFC. The three-part series finds Kattan playing an exaggerated version of himself as he decides to give up on the frustrating world of Hollywood and travel to India in an attempt to prove his mettle as a Bollywood star. I had a chance to sit down with Kattan in person while out…

Amy Sedaris is probably best known for her work as Jerri Blank on Comedy Central’s “Strangers with Candy,” but she pops up all over the TV dial, from sitcoms (“Just Shoot Me,” “My Name is Earl”) to dramas (“Monk,” “The Closer”) to children’s television (“Sesame Street,” “Yo Gabba Gabba”). We talked to her about all of these items on her resume, but the reason for our conversation was her current gig: narrating PBS’s new six-hour special about the history of comedy, “Make ‘Em Laugh.” Bullz-Eye: So how did you come to get involved with “Make ‘Em Laugh” in the first…

We can only presume that Steve Martin enjoys the work he’s been doing on “The Pink Panther” and “Cheaper by the Dozen” films, but after having absorbed his wonderful memoir, “Born Standing Up,” where he provides a funny and fascinating look back at his life as a stand-up comedian, we nonetheless have to wonder, “What happened, Steve?” Martin was born in Waco, Texas, on Aug. 14, 1945, but he was raised in Garden Grove, Calif. It was a location that served him well, allowing him the opportunity to have a first job that precious few boys can claim: working at…

It used to be that “55” was the number most associated with Sammy Hagar, but wrap your head around this figure: the Red Rocker is now 61 years old. Not that it’s stopped him from rocking and / or rolling, you understand. Hagar has just released a new album, Cosmic Universal Fashion, and he’s making the press rounds to promote it, which is how Bullz-Eye came to speak with him. We asked him about life as an elder statesman of rock, his thoughts about Van Halen, and playing in a new band with Chad Smith and Joe Satriani, and he…