Glenn Close in News
Celebrities Support WGA Strike
At a Sundance Institute celebration Monday, Robert Redford,
Glenn Close and
Sally Field voiced their support for the WGA writer strike that has swept the nation.
Raising Awareness Of "Generation Rx"
Matt Lombardi is a producer for the CBS Evening News in New York. He co-produced Katie"s series this week on "Generation Rx." For years, Katie has been interested in tackling the topic of Kids & Prescription Drug abuse. But we weren"t sure how to do it. Then in 2005, I saw a movie a friend of mine had produced called "The Chumscrubber," starring
Glenn Close and Jamie Bell. Written in reaction to the Columbine High School massacre, the movie was a dark comedy / social commentary about the deep disconnect between parents and their kids, leaving teens with a void they sought prescription drugs to fill. The movie"s message was life in suburbia USA. is "overrated and overmedicated."
Holly Hunter finds satisfaction in cable roles
Holly Hunter is well aware that much is being made of how cable is providing actresses over 40 with some of the best roles in television or feature films:
Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer," Mary Louise Parker in "Weeds,"
Glenn Close in "Damages" and Hunter herself as an Oklahoma City Police