An apartment apart Mar 25, 2008
The quirkiness of the play can likely be accredited to playwright Jeff Daniels. And yes, this is the same Jeff Daniels of The Squid and the Whale or, more classically, Dumb and Dumber. (Daily Iowan, IA)
'Romans' set to invade Philadelphia Mar 24, 2008
Production begins today in Philadelphiaon "The Dream of the Romans," an ensemble romantic comedy that stars Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Olivia Thirlby and Kat Dennings. Pic marks the feature debut of writer-director John Hindman. (Variety)
Michigan strengthens film incentives Mar 19, 2008
Local thesps Jeff Daniels and Mike Binder and author-producer Mitch Albom lent their support to Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga's proposal in testimony before a joint House and Senate committee. (Variety)
Fonda family to reunite for fund-raiser Feb 19, 2008
Actor Jeff Daniels is 53. Singer-guitarist Dave Wakeling (General Public, English Beat) is 52. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Meth culture Feb 16, 2008
And in last year's "The Lookout," Jeff Daniels' character blames the drug for his blindness. "This was a while ago," he says, "before meth was fashionable.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Pop culture is getting an injection of meth Feb 15, 2008
And in last years The Lookout, Jeff Daniels character blames the drug for his blindness. Slide show. (MSNBC -- News)
Jeff Daniels coming to the SCCA Feb 1, 2008
Submitted photo Famed movie and television actor, Jeff Daniels, is taking to the SCCA stage tonight to play hits from his two CD's "Grandfather's Hat" and "Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged for the Purple Rose Theater." ... Break out the baby blue tuxedos; Jeff Daniels is coming to Suffolk ... Over the course of three years, Daniels had developed and recorded live the tracks for his debut CD, the 2005 release "Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged to Benefit the Purple Rose Theater.". (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
2008 North American International Auto Show Welcomes 15,000 Guests, Raises $6 Million for Children's Charities Jan 22, 2008
The NAIAS Charity Preview has welcomed many local, national and worldwide celebrities including Aretha Franklin; Rer Kelis; legendary DJ Funk Master Flex; veteran artists Hall ; Celine Dion; Comedians Steve Harvey and Tommy Davidson; Kevin Bacon; Kid Rock; Jay Leno; Veronica Webb; Tony Danza; Jeff Daniels; The Apprentice star Omarosa; and TV Host Rachel Ray. Beneficiaries of the 2008 Charity Preview include: Barat Child and Family Services; Boys Club of Southeastern Michigan; Boys Hope-Girls... (PR Newswire)
Multiple personalities Jan 18, 2008
He leads a list that could easily include Samuel L. Jackson, Joaquin Phoenix, Viggo Mortensen, Josh Brolin, Toby Jones, Allison Janney, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Steve Zahn, Benicio Del Toro, Robert Downey Jr. and J.K. Simmons. Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Talk about a fabulous fall and early winter. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Should Michigan Really Matter to Candidates? Jan 15, 2008
com - Should Michigan Really Matter to Candidates. SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWS ALERTS. (Newsmax)
Iranians 'Were a Heartbeat From Being Blown Up'... Jan 8, 2008
The Blotter: U.S.: Iranians 'Were a Heartbeat From Being Blown Up. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)
Predicting The Future Dec 30, 2007
Underrated: Jeff Daniels, "The Lookout"; Ben Foster, "3:10 to Yuma.". Lovable loser: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Bad threads make for a good time during the holidays Dec 22, 2007
Templer says they got the idea from the 1994 movie Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. In it, Lloyd (Carrey) wears an ugly Christmas sweater during a scene where he's dreaming of his crush on Mary Swanson, played by Lauren Holly. (Missoulian, MT)
Napoleon's Waterloo Dec 15, 2007
Starring Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris and Eli Wallach ... Despite the presence in the mostly miserable Mama's Boy of such game comic veterans as Keaton, Jeff Daniels (as Jan's motivational-speaker boyfriend) and Eli Wallach (as Jeffrey's crabby octogenarian boss), the movie is Heder's to spoil ... It says something of pop culture's skewed and merciless priorities that Heder whose current but certainly fleeting top-billing status was launched by Napoleon Dynamite is... (Toronto Star)
Mama's Boy ** Dec 14, 2007
Starring Jon Heder, Diane Keaton and Jeff Daniels ... This leaves Jeff Daniels, Diane Keaton, Anna Faris and Jon Heder to stuff their respective talents into sitcom caricatures, where they suffer the usual fate a slow death by scripted suffocation. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Review: Christmas is in the air in charming 'A Live Radio Play' Dec 4, 2007
The atmosphere proves as real and enveloping as it was for that previous winter-set Cygnet hit, Jeff Daniels' Escanaba in the Moonlight. Credit prop mistress Bonnie Durben and costumer Jeanne Reith with that You Are There feeling before a word gets spoken. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ellen Page named Breakthrough Actor Dec 2, 2007
The Breakthrough Actor jury included actors Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard. The Gotham Awards for Best Feature was given to Into The Wild, the true-live adventure tale directed by Sean Penn. (Canada.com)
Writers' strike started early for 'Mama's Boy' Nov 30, 2007
Cast: Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels ... That's Jeff Daniels, playing the heck out of motivational speaker Mert Rosenbloom, a character with so little edge you wish Billy Bob Thornton had come by for a re-write, or at least a lecture on how this version of "Mr. Woodcock" should be written and played. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Margo at the Wedding' Nov 24, 2007
In Whale, it was Jeff Daniels as a once-successful novelist with an epic ego, which his teenage son tries to live up to by mindlessly repeating every pompous witticism. Watching the film family's desperation was painful but also delicious, spiced as it was with verbal ostentation and droll humiliations (as when the son reaches for an adjective to describe a Kafka novel, which he hasn't read, and settles on "Kafkaesque"). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Margot' will make you laugh till you cringe Nov 21, 2007
Their relationship parallels that of Jeff Daniels and Jesse Eisenberg in "Squid," but the psychology is maternal this time, softer and more dangerous. How do you survive a mother for whom everything is a well-phrased disappointment. (Boston Globe)
Trio joins 'Ear' piece Nov 20, 2007
Jeff Daniels and Marlee Matlin will topline "Sweet Nothing in My Ear," a Hallmark Hall of Fame telepic for CBS that's being directed by veteran helmer Joseph Sargent ("The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"). Pic has Daniels and Matlin playing a married couple with a 6-year-old son who lost his hearing at the age of four. (Variety)
Thanksgiving movie recommendations Nov 20, 2007
Much like Jeff Daniels in Purple Rose of Cairo, Giselle only knows what she needed to on-screen, so she is completely ill-equipped for survival in Manhattan. Trusting and dense, she is taken in by a single dad divorce lawyer (Patrick Dempsey), our world s version of Prince Charming. (The Palm Beach Post)
Critic's corner Nov 15, 2007
The first film directed by established screenwriter Scott Frank ("Minority Report"), it promises minor pleasures and delivers them, graciously kicking in extras like a big slice of ham from supporting actor Jeff Daniels. (R; runs through Dec. 12) - Ty Burr. (Boston Globe)
KCT presents 'Escanaba in da Moonlight' Oct 20, 2007
Gaylord Herald Times - Features - KCT presents 'Escanaba in da Moonlight. Northern Michigan Search. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
See the trailer for 'The Lookout' Oct 5, 2007
Unable to make it on his own, he lives with his mentor in navigating this surreal life the wisecracking, fiercely independent blind man, Lewis (Jeff Daniels). For a job, Chris sweeps the floor at the bank, waiting for his halted life to come unstuck. (iAfrica.com)
Co-medalist survives tight opening match Oct 3, 2007
In matches completed this morning, John O Donnell, the brother of actor Chris O Donnell, beat Jeffrey Scohy 1-up, while James Lehman, the brother of PGA player Tom Leman, beat Jeff Daniels on the 19th hole. Comments. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Gods and Generals: A Review Sep 19, 2007
It also featured Jeff Daniels as a handsome professor-turned-dashing war hero Joshua Chamberlain, a role very different from Dumb & Dumber ... Jeff Daniels reprises his role as Union Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, while Robert Duvall replaces Martin Sheen as Confederate General Robert E. Lee. (Suite101.com)
Hank Williams Jr., pair to enter hall Sep 13, 2007
Previous lifetime achievement award recipients include Peter O'Toole, Sidney Lumet, Tommy Lee Jones, Sydney Pollack, Jane Fonda, Arthur Penn, James Ivory, Stanley Donen, Norman Jewison, Kathleen Turner, Bruce Dern, Jeff Daniels, Roger Ebert, John Waters and Terrence Malick. Associated Press. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The Brothers Solomon * Sep 7, 2007
Like the scene in Dumb & Dumber where a highway patrolman stops Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels racing in a car. Pull over. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Daniels, McDonough cast in 'Traitor' Sep 6, 2007
Jeff Daniels and Neal McDonough have joined Overture Films' espionage thriller "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce. Pic begins filming Monday in Toronto. (Variety)
New on DVD: Peek into the lives of 'Others' Aug 25, 2007
Playing his blind roommate, Jeff Daniels reminds us once again that he always has been good in a surprising variety of roles, yet he always is taken for granted. Private Fears in Public Places (* * *, 2006; 2007 in the USA, IFC/Genius, unrated, $25): An attractive if mousy type (Sabine Azema) gives her boss an inspirational video to view. (USA Today -- Life)
Keep the Meter Running Aug 14, 2007
The movie isn't perfect, and the backing cast is thin, but Jeff Daniels is great as Levitt's blind roommate, and the film handles the technical details of both brain damage and bank jobs with aplomb. Harper. (City Pages)
Little Lake has actor Jeff Daniels' play at heart Aug 12, 2007
Little Lake has actor Jeff Daniels' play at heart. Little Lake has actor Jeff Daniels' play at heart ... The romantic comedy "Apartment 3A" opens Thursday at Little Lake Theatre in North Strabane, and if playwright Jeff Daniels doesn't sound familiar, actor Jeff Daniels should ring some bells. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Aug 1, 2007
The Dream Begins 10/1, 10/16, 10/27 - (Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iures) * Annapolis 10/4 - (James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster) * RV 10/5, 10/10 - (Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines) * Stay Alive 10/6, 10/24 - (Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz) The Block: A daily mix of music, sports, Anime and more. Drop In * Planet XYZ * Saiyuki Reload * Mirage of Blaze * Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River's Edge. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List June 28 - July 4 Jun 29, 2007
Friday, June 29 Summer of Stars RV -- (Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Saturday, June 30 Starz Saturday Premiere The Guardian -- (Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Costner, Sela Ward) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz. Black Music Month dir=/features/black_music_month/&template_file=content. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sonnenfeld produces Space Chimps Jun 16, 2007
Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) will voice the senator who gets Ham shot into space, and Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber) will play the evil tyrant who gets his ass handed to him by two monkeys. Cheryl Hines (Waitress), Cameron Bright (X-Men: The Last Stand), Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Rapunzel), Omid Abtahi (CSI), Patrick Warburton (The Tick, Happily N'Ever After) and Kenan Thompson (SNL) have also signed up for the voice cast. (Suite101.com)
Stopping truancy May 29, 2007
COURT SUMMONS ECISD officer Jeff Daniels applies that thinking to his job when tracking down students and parents up to four times a day to serve a summons or arrest warrant, he said. We spend a lot of manhours out trying to get these, he said. (Odessa American, TX)
INSIDE STORIES Apr 30, 2007
The station has been running an ad featuring actor Jeff Daniels extolling the virtues of Michigan's business environment, and that got the attention of Thomas J. Stringer, an expert in business site selection. As a director with Manhattan-based financial adviser Duff & Phelps Llc, he helps client companies find the most economically advantageous place to relocate - and that can mean leaving Long Island. (Newsday -- Business)
Performances alone lift this 'Blackbird' Apr 23, 2007
Jeff Daniels adroitly and patiently follows Ray from near-hysterical panic to rage to shame and sorrow and tenderness, while Alison Pill captures Una's tenacity and the childlike frailty and desperation that are her lingering scars ... Blurred boundaries: Una (Alison Pill) confronts pain from her past with Ray (Jeff Daniels) in the Olivier Award-winning Blackbird. (USA Today -- Life)
A 'Desperate' Return Apr 22, 2007
After he read for the part and worked a bit with director Greco, it seemed like a good fit all around, and so Culp is working on his English accent for this disturbing little nugget of a play shortly after his family flick "Firehouse Dog" hit theaters and just before the "Traveler" pilot hits TV. While Joe Mantello's U.S. premiere production of "Blackbird" at the Manhattan Theater Club in New York (which opened earlier this month with Jeff Daniels and Alison Pill) removed certain details in the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A Lolita returns to haunt her Humbert Apr 12, 2007
Except for terrific performances by Jeff Daniels and Alison Pill, that's about all there is to know. Fifteen years after Ray went to prison for having sex with his neighbor's prepubescent daughter, she finds him and ambushes him in the anonymous office building where he has taken on a new identity. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
More of this story Apr 5, 2007
Starring Jon Heder of apoleon Dynamite, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels and Anna Faris, the movie is due for an August release. Heder stars as a 29-year-old man living with his mother. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Ann-Margret delivers yet again Apr 5, 2007
Already Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Carol Kane, Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Daniels, Maya Lin plan to be there. Me, too. (Variety)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Weekend Apr 3, 2007
Jeff Daniels is great as a blind dude as well. Overall, a smart night at the movies. (E! Online)
On The Lookout For Hope Apr 2, 2007
He now shares an apartment with his blind friend Lewis (a soft-spoken Jeff Daniels) and generally keeps away from those that knew him in better days ... "The Lookout," with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino. (Playfuls.com)
Mind over money Apr 1, 2007
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode and Isla Fisher ... "You just got to start at the end and work backwards," blind man Lewis (Jeff Daniels) tells his roommate and pal Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who is trying to rewrite his own life story ... His acting is strong enough to withstand genial upstaging by old hand Jeff Daniels, who turns Lewis into much more than a secondary sidekick. (Toronto Star)
Looking in on The Lookout Mar 31, 2007
The film also stars good old Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale) as Lewis, Chris' blind roommate, and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) as Luvlee, the girl of Chris' dreams. While the elder Lewis serves as Chris' guide in the world to a large degree, as well as his best friend, Luvlee could perhaps be described as his "mis-guide" in that she uses her feminine wiles to help convince Chris to join in on the bank robbery. (IGN FilmForce)
All Eyes on Gordon-Levitt Mar 31, 2007
Still, Gordon-Levitt is superb, and Jeff Daniels delivers a wry and wily performance as Pratt's blind roommate. -- Ann Hornaday. (Washington Post)
'Lookout' makes good on small promises Mar 31, 2007
In the process, it's gracious enough to kick in a few extras: a nifty central gimmick, a self-effacing lead performance, and a big slice of ham from supporting actor Jeff Daniels. We've seen rich high school kid Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt ) live fast and almost die young in the film's eerie opening scene, and as the story proper begins, he's still dealing with the consequences of a massive head injury four years later. (Boston Globe -- Living)
You'll want to look in on `Lookout' Mar 31, 2007
At least he has the support of his blind roommate Lewis (a scene-stealing and supremely sardonic Jeff Daniels), who plays older brother to Chris's ADD child. Frustrated by his disability and facing a glum future, Chris is an easy mark when approached in a bar by Gary (Matthew Goode). (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
more » Mar 31, 2007
Even Chris' blind roommate (Jeff Daniels, funny, sardonic, terrific) can see that. This somber, wintry heist picture is the directing debut of writer-director Scott Frank, who wrote screenplays for "The Interpreter," "Get Shorty," "Minority Report" and many other films. (CTNow.com)
Performances inform 'The Lookout' Mar 30, 2007
The Lookout* * * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla GuginoDirector: Scott FrankDistributor: Miramax FilmsRating: R for language, some violence, sexual contentRunning time: 1 hour, 39 minutes ... Once a carefree and wealthy athlete with a beautiful girlfriend, he is now a lonely night janitor at a small Kansas bank, sharing his tiny, shabby apartment with an older, blind man who is far smarter and more savvy (a compelling,... (USA Today)
Opening Friday Mar 30, 2007
The film also stars Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode and Isla Fisher. 1 hour, 39 minutes. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
'The Lookout' is more than meets the eye Mar 30, 2007
This idea alone could have been painfully feel-good -- these two damaged, brave men helping each other navigate the intricacies of life -- but as played by a randy Jeff Daniels, it's mainly a source of dark comic relief. One night several years after his accident, Chris makes some dangerous new friends at a bar who eventually ask him to help them rob the bank where he works as a night janitor -- to serve as the lookout. (Pensacola News Journal)
FORGET ABOUT REALISM Mar 30, 2007
Chris' roommate, for instance, is a blind salesman (Jeff Daniels) with a wacky scheme to start a restaurant in a gas station (B Bar beat him to it). That subplot pinches precious minutes away from the heist. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Photo courtesy of Miramax Films Mar 30, 2007
His chief sources of support are the bank's night guard (Sergio Di Zio), a huggy Gomer Pyle with feral reserves of strength, and a puckish roommate, Lewis (an indelibly wry Jeff Daniels), a blind phone-sales clerk who soothes the ache of his own past blunders with the balm of irony ... Jeff Daniels, as his sagacious blind roommate, provides the verve. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Noir on the 'Lookout' for clever dialogue (Kelly Jane Torrance) Mar 30, 2007
He shuns his friends and family and holes up in an apartment with another Life Skills inmate, the blind Lewis (a darkly humorous Jeff Daniels). Chris works as a janitor at a bank. (Washington Times)
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Preview: 'The Lookout'Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels and Matthew Goode. Directed by Scott Frank. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
"The Lookout" Mar 30, 2007
Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in "The Lookout.". Even those of us who love stylish thrillers have to concede: Sometimes you just want a plain, straightforward one, with no elaborate gimmicks, no aggressively art-directed opening credits, no bullet's-eye-view camera moves. (Salon)
Safe Cracking Mar 29, 2007
Bolstered by stirring performances from Joseph Gordon-Levitt who has had star written all over his chiseled jaw ever since he grew out of his 3rd Rock From the Sun adolescence as Chris Pratt and Jeff Daniels as Lewis, The Lookout dives past the surface into an escalatory examination of the psyche ... Jeff Daniels as Lewis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Chris. (Austin Chronicle)
The Lookout can't be called an overnight success Mar 29, 2007
And while the version that makes its way into theaters on Friday with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode and Isla Fisher is an absolutely tasty noir thriller, to hear Frank run through the history of his screenplay prompts visions of other hypothetical triumphs. "I originally started writing this 11 or 12 years ago," recounts Frank, who received an Oscar nomination for his work on Steven Soderbergh's Elmore Leonard adaptation, Out of Sight. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Movie Review (2): The Lookout Mar 29, 2007
Now having problems with short term memory and social interaction, Chris strives to live some version of an independent life, working a night shift as a bank janitor and living away from home with his blind roommate (a great Jeff Daniels) ... Jeff Daniels shines as the witty Lewis, a loyal man who can guess where Chris is headed. (Monsters and Critics.com)
The Lookout is definitely a film to look for Mar 27, 2007
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode Director: Scott FrankRun time: 1 hour, 42 minutesMPAA rating: R ... This idea alone could have been painfully feel-good these two damaged, brave men helping each other navigate the intricacies of life but as played by a randy Jeff Daniels, its mainly a source of dark comic relief. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Look Out For Levitt Mar 25, 2007
Dreams, nightmares and a blind roommate and friend named Lewis (Jeff Daniels). Enter a sly gangster, Gary (Matthew Goode), and an ex-stripper, Luvlee Lemons (Isla Fisher), who play Chris' psyche like a fiddle to gain access to the bank vault. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Belly of the Beast Mar 21, 2007
They ll set the film around Christmas or a wedding, cast Sandra Bullock (the new Shelley Long), Jeff Daniels (the new John Ritter), or a dog that can pilot a hovercraft. And whatever plot-driving catalyst they contrive, it wraps up with a serendipitous realization inspired by a vaguely divine agent perhaps a vagrant Santa Claus and everyone lives happily ever Hamburger Helper. (San Antonio Current, TX)
