Crikey » acting http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Horsing around in the acting game http://www.slate.com/id/2270341/ http://www.slate.com/id/2270341/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:00:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177905 Slate asks this question as it looks at the new Disney film, Secretariat, about the 1973 Triple Crown winner. For just one horse character on screen, they used ten different horse actors.]]> http://www.slate.com/id/2270341/feed/ 0 And the Oscar goes to…an orangutan? http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19290-playacting-orangutans-signal-their-desires.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19290-playacting-orangutans-signal-their-desires.html#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:55:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163853 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19290-playacting-orangutans-signal-their-desires.html/feed/ 0 We’re selling performers short by skimping on previews http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:15:45 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=154701 Les Solomon.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/feed/ 0 What actors get up to backstage http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/theater/05offstage.html?ref=arts http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/theater/05offstage.html?ref=arts#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:44:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146869 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/theater/05offstage.html?ref=arts/feed/ 0 The pink elephant on the stage: when gays play it straight http://www.newsweek.com/id/236999 http://www.newsweek.com/id/236999#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 00:54:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136869 Ramin Setoodeh. Is Setoodeh being homophobic or honest? Kristin Chenoweth, co-star of openly gay actor Sean Hayes, fights back furiously in the comments.]]> http://www.newsweek.com/id/236999/feed/ 0 Those waiting in the wings need to work on their lines http://inside.org.au/exit-stage-right/ http://inside.org.au/exit-stage-right/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:56:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129001 Peter Brent. But other pollies desperately require some professional personality jazzing. Here's looking at you Wayne Swan and Penny Wong. ]]> http://inside.org.au/exit-stage-right/feed/ 0 VIDEO: The best acting of the decade http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/02/15/magazine/1247467035861/the-best-performances-of-the-decade.html http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/02/15/magazine/1247467035861/the-best-performances-of-the-decade.html#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:21:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119616 Morgan Freeman, Julianne Moore and George Clooney talk about their pick for the most powerful acting film performance from the last decade.]]> http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/02/15/magazine/1247467035861/the-best-performances-of-the-decade.html/feed/ 0 Never mind Nielsen, Crosby/Textor had the death sentence http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/10/never-mind-nielsen-crosbytextor-had-the-death-sentence/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/10/never-mind-nielsen-crosbytextor-had-the-death-sentence/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/10/never-mind-nielsen-crosbytextor-had-the-death-sentence/feed/ 0