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- INTO VIEW
Dallas McLaughlin, Renaissance man
There's no real way to tell that Dallas McLaughlin is a funny guy. Except for maybe his sunglasses, which are bright white and a little too small for such a tall person. He doesn't break into character or use silly voices at random. He doesn't pepper his conversation with awkward jokes. He doesn't even do a funny walk.
- Israelis give two thumbs up to Sandler's 'Zohan'
TEL AVIV, Israel – In Zohan Dvir, Israelis have a Hollywood hero – no matter that the soldier-turned-hairstylist played by Adam Sandler represents some of their country's worst stereotypes.
- Writers find villain in yearly deadline
In an age when reading for pleasure is declining, book publishers increasingly are counting on their biggest moneymaking writers to crank out books at a rate of at least one a year, right on schedule, and sometimes faster than that.
- Inspiration is drawn from a great-aunt and Irish history
Flaubert once wrote that novels are the private histories of nations. Sebastian Barry's subject is the history of his native land, Ireland, in the early part of the 20th century, with its shifting allegiances, its barbarous tribalisms and its long-remembered slights.
- He's a dyed-in-the-wool Pixar man
Andrew Stanton started at Pixar Animation Studios in its single-digit days – not revenues, personnel. Eighteen years ago, he was the second animator and ninth employee hired there. Since then, as writer, director or executive producer, he's had a hand in “Toy Story,” “A Bug's Life,” “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo,” and “Ratatouille.”
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