UGA's Peabody/Loyless Report Assesses Realities of Television Fragmentation Dec 6, 2007
The scholars who took part were Lynn Spigel, chair of the Radio/Television/Film Department at Northwestern University; Jeffrey Jones, associate professor of TV, film and popular culture at Old Dominion University; and Mary Beltran, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin. The Peabody Awards, established in 1940 and administered by UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, are the oldest honor in television and radio. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Paul campaign fueled by Web cash and savvy Oct 11, 2007
He has never polled above 4% in national surveys, according to Jeffrey Jones, managing editor of the Gallup Poll. Yet the Republican Texas congressman's supporters helped him collect $5 million over the summer. (USA Today -- Tech)
Usher: 'It's a boy!' Sep 29, 2007
Actor Jeffrey Jones is 61. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 57. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Today in History September 28 Sep 28, 2007
Actor Jeffrey Jones is 61. Movie writer-director-actor John Sayles is 57. (MSNBC -- Race)
No Stay-At-Home Mom Aug 18, 2007
" Johnson will also be bestowed with a prestigious honor in September, when she will receive the USA Track and Field Masters Female Athlete of the Year for Florida. Johnson's desire to participate in the Olympics began when she was just a child, admiring the accomplishments of athletes from a different era, and wanting to be a part of the dream they represented. "When I was 10 years old, I used to look at the old black and white films of Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph," Johnson said. "Ever since... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Total duffer stuck in the rough in "Who's Your Caddy?" Jul 29, 2007
"Who's Your Caddy?" with Big Boi, Jeffrey Jones, Faizon Love, Sherri Shepherd, Finesse Mitchell, Susan Ward ... Racism is implied, but club president Cummings (Jeffrey Jones, in his first major role since his child-porn problems in 2002) doesn't come right out and say it. (Seattle Times)
Who's Your Caddy? Jul 28, 2007
C-Note - Antwan "Big Boi" Andre Patton Cummings - Jeffrey Jones Shannon Williams - Tamala Jones Lady G - Sherri Shepherd Big Large - Faizon Love Dread - Finesse Mitchell The Reverend - Garrett Morris Big Willy Johnson - Tony Cox Mick - Cam Gigandet Kidd Clean - Chase Tatum Mrs. Hawkins - Jennifer Lewis Mrs. Cummings - Susan Ward ... Actually, his bad-guy rep is something of a pose -- his real name is Christopher Hawkins, he's a Dartmouth graduate and his middle-class mother (Jennifer Lewis)... (Variety)
In depressing 'Who's Your Caddy?,' stereotypes are par for the course Jul 28, 2007
But C wants to be a pioneer, anyway, and sets out to humiliate into submission the club's proprietor, an odious fat cat played by Jeffrey Jones ... Starring: Antwan Andre Patton, Jeffrey Jones, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, and Jenifer Lewis. (Boston Globe)
In 'Who's Your Caddy?,' hip-hop meets 'Caddyshack' Jul 28, 2007
The bringer of bad tidings to the restricted Carolina Pines country club is hip-hop pasha Chrstopher B. Hawkins -- alias C-Note, aka "the artist formerly known as [high-pitched shriek]." As played by Antwan Andre "Big Boi" Patton (half of the music phenomenon Outkast), Hawkins is a good-natured guy with a grudge: His late father was a longtime caddy at the club, as well as its best golfer, before he was fired by the envious Richard Cummings (Jeffrey Jones) ... With Antwan Andre Patton, Jeffrey... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Goya's Ghost director witnessed parallels to the Inquisition Jul 26, 2007
" A half-century later, Forman has. Goya's Ghost, a roiling melodrama set in the late 1700s and early 1800s, when the Catholic Church ruled Spain with an iron fist, stars Javier Bardem as an ambitious and wily Inquisition priest, Stellan Skarsgard as the revered Spanish painter Francisco Goya, and Natalie Portman as a merchant's daughter, accused of heresy and sent to prison, where she is tortured and raped. Perhaps the oddest piece of casting in Goya's Ghost is Texas-born character actor Randy... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
A Swede as a Spanish painter? 'Goya' vey Jul 21, 2007
The actor turns in an intentionally droll performance -- his monarch is boorish but dangerously sly, like Jeffrey Jones 's Emperor Joseph II in "Amadeus" -- but for the life of me, I can't look at Quaid without hearing his deathless sentiments from "National Lampoon's Vacation ": "I don't know why they call this stuff Hamburger Helper. It does just fahn by itself. ". "Goya's Ghosts" could have used a little Hamburger Helper. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Reuters Summit-US CEOs Want Leadership on Carbon from Washington Jun 8, 2007
Story by Jeffrey Jones and Euan Rocha. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE. (Planet Ark, United States)
Producers pair up for independents Apr 16, 2007
Laffer stars Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Jeffrey Jones and Faizon Love. Rifkin-Eberts is raising financing from various sources, including Romanian production company Film Tiger, which has partnered with Rifkin-Eberts to co-finance and co-produce genre pics. (Variety)
Six Cubs wear No. 42 Apr 16, 2007
"The greatest thing about Jackie Robinson was that he was a gentleman and fiercely competitive, as was my grandfather," Jeffrey Jones said. "It's hard for us to imagine what it was like in 1947 growing up today, because the playing field is all level -- black, white, men, women. Back then, if you see films or remember, it was very different. "I think Jackie Robinson is one of those few people who made a great difference in how our country is today," Jeffrey Jones said. Lee shared that view of... (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
SAG Awards winners announced Jan 29, 2007
Drama Ensemble"24" - (FOX) Jayne Atkinson, Jude Ciccolella, Roger Cross, Gregory Itzin, Louis Lombardi, James Morrison, Glenn Morshower, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver, Jean Smart, Kiefer Sutherland"Boston Legal" - (ABC) Rene Auberjonois, Craig Bierko, Craig Bierko, William Shatner, James Spader, Mark Valley"Deadwood" - (HBO) Jim Beaver, Powers Boothe, Sean Bridgers, W. Earl Brown, Dayton Callie, Brian Cox, Kim Dickens, Brad Dourif, Anna Gunn, John Hawkes, Jeffrey Jones, Paula Malcomson, Gerald... (Variety)
Screen Actors Guild announces nominees Jan 5, 2007
for Variety's Award Season newsletter. Jan. 4, 2007, 6:15am PT. (Variety)
Argument between two men ends in stabbing Dec 5, 2006
During an interview with Detective Jeffrey Jones at the police station later that morning, Mr. Lebron allegedly confessed to stabbing Mr. Parker. He was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment and sent to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $35,000 bail. (Scranton Times, PA)
Toxicology report: Drug combination killed Smith Sep 28, 2006
Birthdays: Actress Brigitte Bardot (72), singer Ben E. King (68), actor Joel Higgins (63), actor Jeffrey Jones (60), movie writer-director-actor John Sayles (56), actress Sylvia Kristel (54), rock musician George Lynch (52), actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo (42), actress Mira Sorvino (39), TV personality Moon Zappa (39), actress-model Carre Otis (38), actress Naomi Watts (38), country singer Mandy Barnett (31), actress Hilary Duff (19), actress Skye McCole Bartusiak(14). . (Contra Costa Times)
‘Hello Paradise' ~ begins 3rd season Sep 28, 2006
We'll get up close and personal with Mary Bono, Merv Griffin, Modernism Messiah, Peter Moruzzi; Designer Deity, Jeffrey Jones, and a host of other local celebs. The one and only Alfredo will go one on one with Gerard Alexandre, hair-dresser to the stars, to find out who's got the best Hollywood Hair. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Deadwood is more about U.S. now, than then Aug 10, 2006
A.W. Merrick, the high-minded, hypocritical editor of the Deadwood Pioneer, is portrayed by Jeffrey Jones as an insider's outsider a man who, even in the 1870s, is grappling with the notion that there are quicker, sexier ways to obtain information than his extremely local newspaper. Slide show. (MSNBC -- News)
Dixon: The Unthinkable Jul 17, 2006
The University of Michigan's Elizabeth Anderson and Jeffrey Jones, in their excellent web offering titled , identify five types of addressed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These are violence against those who would register or vote, electoral fraud, poll taxes, literacy tests, restrictive and arbitrary registration practices, and white-only primary elections. (Zmag.org)
Hurricane Katrina May 25, 2006
23 May 2006 21:11:05 GMT Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Jones NEW ORLEANS, May 23 (Reuters) - Actors playing evacuees lined up and boarded buses on Tuesday at the same New Orleans complex where thousands of desperate people were. 23 May 2006 15:07:22 GMT Source: Reuters By Russell McCulley NEW ORLEANS, May 23 (Reuters) - Nine months after Hurricane Katrina's wind and floods laid waste to huge sections of New Orleans, a third element -- fire -- is slowly. (AlertNet)
Mock hurricane tests New Orleans' evacuation plans May 24, 2006
By Jeffrey Jones Tue May 23, 5:14 PM ET. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Actors playing evacuees lined up and boarded buses on Tuesday at the same New Orleans complex where thousands of desperate people were stranded for days after Hurricane Katrina. (Yahoo News -- Weather)
Playing with dirty politics at Cygnet May 23, 2006
Good ol' boy Atwater (1951-91) struts his stuff again at Cygnet Theatre where actor Jeffrey Jones is performing Atwater: Fixin' To Die, an uneven, if fitfully fascinating, and bleakly funny solo ... Costumes: Michael Dondanville II. Cast: Jeffrey Jones. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vail Resorts continues operations overhaul Mar 18, 2006
Jeffrey Jones, senior vice president and CFO, was promoted to senior executive vice president of the parent company. Extra. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Political storms unabated in Bush New Orleans trip Mar 8, 2006
(Additional reporting by Jeffrey Jones in New Orleans and Peter Kaplan, Richard Cowan and Donna Smith in Washington). news is provided by. (AlertNet)
Schools fight absenteeism Jan 14, 2006
Jeffrey Jones, 16, a Cypress Lake junior from Iona, said he has noticed more students missing school. I just notice in my classes, more and more people are gone, and I know its not because of field trips or anything like that, he said. (The News-Press)
Union-Tribune critics' best of 2005 Jan 2, 2006
" PRESTON TUREGANO, ARTS WRITER THEATER FOR STAGE, A STRONG SHOWING BY LOCAL ACTORS Though 2005 was not the best year in San Diego theater, it did bring astonishing growth in a generation of actors who've been appearing at small theaters Cygnet, New Village Arts, Lynx, 6th@Penn and Backyard Productions; their intensity and strong sense of ensemble have led to a rebirth of poetic naturalism in San Diego theater. At the biggies, classics ruled. Here are 10 high points: MICHAL DANIEL Steven Epp... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
