Letters: Readers pick character actors Dec 10, 2007
Dan Hedaya ("Dick," "Clueless," "The First Wives Club") is great. Allison Janney ("Drop Dead Gorgeous") is perfect as the oversexed trailer-park sidekick of Ellen Barkin. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The week's best films Nov 27, 2007
This loose updating of Jane Austen's Emma has Beverly Hills high school girl Cher (Alicia Silverstone) acting as an unofficial dating agency for her complacent California girlfriends while keeping wealthy dad Dan Hedaya in his place. A very funny and perceptive satire on self-centred American youth. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The Bloody Best Nov 25, 2007
" Here's a look at the films in "The Coen Brothers Movie Collection" (from Fox and MGM Home Entertainment, $49.98), which, no matter what the Coens say, are quirky and odd. They're also great viewing, whether you're seeing them for the first time or not. BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) Joel was 30 and Ethan 27 when they wrote this really low-budget thriller about a Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) seeking proof that his wife (a sultry McDormand, then 27) is having an affair with his employee before he pays to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A Night at the Roxbury Dec 26, 2006
In their tireless, nocturnal quest for the ultimate dance floor, two loveable, club-crawling, body-shirt-wearing Beverly Hills brothers, Steve and Doug Butabi (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) fall into trouble with women, marriage, their wealthy father (played by the ubiquitous Dan Hedaya) and ultimately each other. Their rich parents have clearly insulated them from the real world, and with this has come such a degree of social and emotional retardation that the boys spend most of the film... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Jacko's Good Deed Nov 29, 2006
The guests included opera great Placido Domingo, who s about to open in Zhang Yimou s first American opera, "The First Emperor," about the Met; Candice Bergen, who s not subscribing to the global-warming theory and keeping it pretty chilly; Glenn Close; Bebe Neuwirth; Dan Hedaya; and so on. Afterward at dinner at restaurant Gabriel, there were a lot of questions for Zhang Yimou, who doesn t speak English, and Gong Li, who does, a little. (Fox News)
He Looks Very Familiar Oct 29, 2006
The Auburndale High School graduate hasn't attained the recognition factor of such supreme character actors as Charles Durning, Dan Hedaya or the Walshes, M. Emmet and the late J.T., in part because he chooses to live in Hollywood, Fla. rather than Hollywood, Calif. (The Ledger)
Emmy-Award Nominated Dan Hedaya to Guest-Star in a Special Holiday Episode of The USA Network Hit Series 'Monk' Oct 11, 2006
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network announced today that Emmy- Award nominated Dan Hedaya ("Cheers," "NYPD Blue") will guest-star as Adrian Monk's father, Jack Monk, in a special holiday episode of MONK, the critically-acclaimed original series starring Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award winner Tony Shalhoub ... In this special holiday episode, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is preparing to spend a quiet Christmas at home until his father Jack (guest-star Dan Hedaya) -- whom he hasn't seen in... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Kinda sweet, kinda sour -- and this 'Candy' tastes funny too Aug 4, 2006
Daddy (Dan Hedaya) is in a coma. Stepmom (Deborah Rush) is flirting with the meat man. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Media Here, eat this Jul 26, 2006
Matthew Broderick s pompous science-fair guru, Justin Theroux as a borderline-psychotic drivers-ed instructor, and Dan Hedaya who s even cool unconscious as Jerri s comatose dad. (Also, Sedaris kicks the crap out of Mystic River s Tom Guiry, n. (San Antonio Current, TX)
All in bad taste and good fun Jul 15, 2006
But while Strangers With Candy may fit more snugly into its original half-hour time slot, Jerri's demented quest to pick up her life after prison right where it rode off the rails in high school, in hopes that success will rouse her comatose father (Dan Hedaya), remains a buoyant, gleefully bad-taste parody of moralistic after-school specials. I'll be the good girl I never was and never wanted to be,'' Jerri declares, and despite her family doctor's advice (''You can't reverse 32 years of... (The Miami Herald)
Constructing a comedy in Blank verse Jul 10, 2006
In the big-screen "Strangers," 47-year-old Jerri returns home from prison, only to find her father (played by Dan Hedaya) in a coma. Determined to make good, she re-enrolls in high school and tries to rally a group of campus misfits to win the statewide science fair. (Whittier Daily News)
Two cents: Save your pennies for real candy Jul 8, 2006
Sedaris is Jerri Blank, a freakishly grimacing, polymorphously perverse 46-year-old ex-junkie who, upon being released from prison, learns that her widowed father (Dan Hedaya) has a hostile new wife (Deborah Rush) and is in a coma. Jerri resolves to make up for her 32 years of depravity and goes back to high school to begin again. (Boston Herald)
More of this story Jul 8, 2006
Nevertheless, underneath her fat suit, there beats a heart of gold, which makes her pledge to change her ways so that she might bring dad (Dan Hedaya) back from never-never land ... With Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Janney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Deborah Rush, Gregory Hollimon and Dan Hedaya. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
`Strangers With Candy' is still comic, but it's better on TV Jul 7, 2006
In ``Strangers With Candy," Amy Sedaris brings to the movies Jerri Blank -- her dim, slutty, dentally challenged, omnisexual 46-year-old ex-junkie, ex-hooker, ex-con. And while I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth (even one with teeth this bad), there are moments when I wondered why she bothered.Sedaris's defunct After School Special satire didn't merely bare teeth. It had fangs. (No more dental references, I promise!) The movie, which Sedaris wrote with fellow Strangers Stephen Colbert... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Falling for seamy side of 'Strangers' (Christian Toto) Jul 7, 2006
Fresh from prison, she learns her father (Dan Hedaya) has fallen into a stress-induced coma and his doctor (Ian Holm) suggests some good news from Jerri might snap him out of it. Since her life took the first of many wrong turns during her teen years, she decides to re-enroll in high school to make things right -- and, hopefully, coax her father to face life again. (Washington Times, DC)
Review: 'Prada' needs more devilishness Jul 4, 2006
There's the matter of a science-fair project, and a running joke involving the long-term vegetative condition of Jerri's father (Dan Hedaya), an affliction that beset the old man on account of his daughter's life on the streets and in the slammer for 32 years. (Just because he's comatose doesn't mean he can't be trotted out to school events, like any other detached dad. (CNN -- Showbiz)
'Star-Spangled Banner' Jul 4, 2006
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Strangers With Candy Jun 30, 2006
After being released from prison, Blank returns to the house where she grew up, only to find her father (Dan Hedaya) in a coma and her new mom Sara (Deborah Rush) less-than-thrilled to welcome Blank into their happy home. Jerri decides that she must revisit her troubled youth and fix all of her past problems, hoping that the self-improvement will awake her slumbering papa. (IGN FilmForce)
Strangers with Candy: A little goes a long way Jun 28, 2006
Fresh out of prison, Jerri returns to her childhood home and finds her father (Dan Hedaya) in a coma, so she goes back to high school to become the good girl I never was and never had any desire to be, in hopes that it will revive him. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Movies)
CineVegas offers variety of films for movie fans Jun 8, 2006
This prequel to the Comedy Central hit features director Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Dan Hedaya, Matthew Broderick, Ian Holm, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Janney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Advertisement. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Teen popster Kimball wants it all May 2, 2006
The 1975 grad will honor fellow alums for their ''achievements in the arts and entertainment," including ''Late Show With David Letterman" producer Rob Burnett, choreographer Donald Byrd, lighting designer Mary Louise Geiger, and actor Dan Hedaya. Autumn Reeser of ''The OC" was at Simmons over the weekend, helping Giacomo & Rondi stylists Lauren Hinkle and Mary Tsialiamanis teach prom-going high schoolers how to style their hair.Cooper, Foxx to star in thriller Variety reports that Kingston's... (Boston Globe)
THINKFilm Takes a Bite of 'Candy' Feb 8, 2006
Colbert and Dinello portray the science teacher and art teacher respectively (who happen to be enamored of one another), and the ensemble cast also includes Greg Hollimon, Deborah Rush, Dan Hedaya, Alison Janney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Justin Theroux, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sir Ian Holm. About the acquisition, Urman says, "At this important stage of our company's development, we were looking for a film that combined all of the best qualities of 'Crash,'... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Book of Daniel Jan 2, 2006
Perhaps foremost, the producers have assembled a top-notch cast, including Susanna Thompson as Daniel's wife, Dan Hedaya as a Catholic priest with somewhat shady connections and Ellen Burstyn as the bishop, who isn't above sampling from Daniel's pill chest. In that respect, the series' casual drug use -- an area that, more than sex and violence, represents a point of departure for cable -- extends beyond where most network series dare to tread. (Variety)
