Philip Seymour Hoffman

Late in "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke 's black-and-white study of child abuse, class resentment and incipient fascism in a northern German village on the eve of World War I, one character, a baroness, expresses a wish to leave. ... Full Article

From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009 3:16AM EDT B ritish comedian Ricky Gervais had never met Philip Seymour Hoffman. ... Full Article

You can't fake chemistry. It's either there or it isn't. Ditto camaraderie. And while actors are always professing their adoration and respect for their current co-star or director, only on rare occasions do they actually mean it. ... Full Article

Hollywood is a machine. Every week, every month and every year countless films are released into theaters and not every one is as successful as the studio heads would hope. ... Full Article

Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, co-artistic directors of the LAByrinth Theater Company for more than a decade, are leaving their posts. John Gould Rubin, who was named co-artistic director and executive director two years ago, will also step down,... ... Full Article

Philip Seymour Hoffman is returning to the stage in a production of Shakespeare's Othello. The Hollywood star - who scooped a Best Actor Oscar for Capote in 2006 - will play conniving Iago in the off-Broadway revival, the Public Theatre... ... Full Article