Author: Will Harris

If you’re neither a child nor a parent, then it may seem on the surface that “Phoebe in Wonderland” is not the film for you. After all, the poster shows us that it’s about a young girl named Phoebe, and most of the one-line descriptions of the movie offer little more insight than the fact that Phoebe is an eccentric child who searches her place in the world and finds it by way of a school production of “Alice in Wonderland.” Doesn’t exactly sound like a cross-demographic smash hit, does it? Well, actually, when you think about it, there’s no…

If you’re a reality-TV addict, then the name Shanna Moakler will ring a bell; the more important question, however, is which bell. There was her MTV series with hubby Travis Barker (Blink-182, +44, Expensive Taste), which ran for 16 episodes, as well as her stint on the third season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” which lasted for a decidedly shorter period of time. Now, however, Moakler is sitting alongside Carson Kressley (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) and Cynthia Garrett (VH-1) as one of the judges of The CW’s latest guilty pleasure, “Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants.” We…

Although his years as one of the primary cast members of “Star Trek” will remain a highlight of his resume, for George Takei, Sulu has never seemed so far away. In addition to his well-received guest-starring appearances on “Heroes,” he’s built himself a nice career as an announcer and voice-over performer, and now he’s taking on…country music? True enough. Takei will be one of the contestants on CBS’s new series, “Secret Talents of the Stars,” where he’ll be crooning a tune or two. We spoke with Takei about his history with country music, asked him about his favorite pre-“Trek” television…

Charlie Wilson’s quite a character. In his first several minutes on the screen, we see him tossing back drinks, hanging out in a hot tub with a stripper, two hookers, and a Hollywood producer, and – very briefly – performing his duties as a Congressman for the great state of Texas. Wilson admitted to ethical lapses and reportedly once made a public statement that he refused to go to rehab because they didn’t serve whiskey there, yet despite such actions (or perhaps because of them), he continued to be re-elected to office by his constituents, ultimately serving in Congress from…

Bob Balaban is one of those actors who invariably, if unfairly, gets referred to as “that guy.” He played the network executive on “Seinfeld” who fell in love with Elaine, he played Phoebe’s elusive father on “Friends,” and has scored countless laughs in the films of Christopher Guest, making appearances in “Waiting for Guffman,” “Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind” and “For Your Consideration.” He also has plenty of behind-the-camera credits to his name as well, including directing episodes of “Oz,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Eerie, Indiana.” In the early part of his career, however, his most commercially successful venture…

As Jan Levinson on “The Office,” Melora Hardin has found herself with one of the more multifaceted female characters on television today…and by “multifaceted,” we of course mean that when she’s in a stressful situation, she comes across as about eight shades of crazy. Fortunately, this is comedy, not drama, so it’s okay to laugh…and there’s been quite a lot of laughing going on during the show’s first three seasons, with Season 4 maintaining the status quo. Hardin was kind enough to find a few minutes to chat with Bullz-Eye in conjunction with the high placing of the show in…

Some might call Ray Wise a character actor, but to use that description is to damn him with faint praise. There aren’t many guys in the business who can come across as so mischievous, so ominous, so downright evil with just a simple look…and when you actually get to talk with him and find out what a nice, funny guy he is, you realize just how great an actor he is. Wise secured television immortality during his gig as Leland Palmer on “Twin Peaks,” but he’s managed to score the role of a lifetime on The CW’s new action-comedy, “Reaper”…

Current TV viewers probably know Robert Vaughn as much for his work on commercials for the law firm of Kalfus & Nachman as they do his work on the BBC America series, “Hustle,” but once upon a time, Vaughn was revered as a veritable rock star among the younger television viewers of the world for his role as secret agent Napoleon Solo on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E..” Time-Life is preparing to release a box set containing the entire series, along with a ton of special features, and we were able to speak to Vaughn about his work as an agent…

In celebration of “Scrubs” returning to NBC for its seventh and final season, here’s a look at the brief but entertaining few moments I was able to spend on a teleconference with star Zach Braff and director/series creator Bill Lawrence. The guys spent an hour and a half on the line, answering one question after another from reporters from hither and yon, and I was lucky enough to be the second person to get on the phone with them, but to give you an idea of how many people were on the call, by the time I got my second…

Once upon a time, Alicia Witt played a quick-witted sarcastic teen on a sitcom (it was “Cybill,” in case you weren’t a regular viewer), and lord knows there are plenty of young actresses who have been pigeonholed as that kind of character for the rest of their careers. Fortunately, however, when your resume already features a couple of appearances in David Lynch productions, it’s surprisingly easy for people in the business to take you seriously. Witt’s career has taken her to a number of diverse projects over the years, including a slasher film (“Urban Legend”), a Hugh Grant rom-com (“Two…