The Big Little Guys Nov 11, 2007
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The cinematic stretch run is upon us Nov 9, 2007
14) is Andrew Wagner's film from the Brian Morton novel, about a declining writer (Frank Langella) and brainy grad student (Lauren Ambrose) hatching a scheme, with work also for Lili Taylor. Marc Foster and writer David Benioff adapted Khaled Hosseini's ongoing hit book The Kite Runner (Dec. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tim Goodman: So far this fall, the bumper crop is cable grown Oct 9, 2007
Lili Taylor had "State of Mind" on Lifetime (and that channel, in turn, had seen a surge in quality scripted dramas, a real upgrade and surprise). AMC, of all channels, made a brilliant and notable splash in the scripted series business with "Mad Men," a show that not only had a different premise than most shows (Madison Avenue advertising agencies in the pivotal social period of 1960), but it looked magnificent. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fall's Movie Harvest Sep 2, 2007
A budding May-December romance horrifies his daughter (Lili Taylor), who believes Dad is being used. Why. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hollywood's fall highlights Aug 28, 2007
Secondary Navigation. Mon Aug 27, 3:12 PM ET. (Yahoo News)
Film loses its feminine touch Aug 28, 2007
Or Lili Taylor, Parker Posey, Mary-Louise Parker or Kyra Sedgwick. A few years ago, these were all film actresses and now they each have their own series. (Los Angeles Times)
Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007
TV Movies: August 26-September 1. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The New Age of Women on TV Aug 12, 2007
Lili Taylor, star of Lifetime's "State of Mind," said she enjoys all three mediums and is happy to move from one to another ... "Let me just be clear about the 'had a movie career,' because I have a film coming out in summer, and I plan on working in film the rest of my life," she said, "and I'm sure Glenn Close and Lili Taylor and Parker Posey will, too. I don't think anyone's career is over because they go to TV for 15 episodes a year.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Female Stars Find Fortune On Cable Aug 11, 2007
Lili Taylor, Holly Hunter And Glenn Close Enjoy New Roles ... And all are women, over 40 and portrayed by three of the acting world's most highly regarded leading ladies Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Lili Taylor ... Lili Taylor, Holly Hunter And Glenn Close Enjoy New Roles. (CBS News)
Fabulous female stars finding cable more and more the place to be Aug 11, 2007
And all are women, over 40 and portrayed by three of the acting world's most highly regarded leading ladies Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Lili Taylor. Each, for the first time, is fronting her own series. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Female stars finding a home on cable TV Aug 11, 2007
Lili Taylor, Holly Hunter, Glenn Close among those enjoying risk, adventure. Lili Taylor stars as Dr. Ann Bellowes, a Connecticut psychotherapist with her own share of personal problems, in the new Lifetime dramatic series, "State of Mind." She's one of three movie leading ladies starring in their first cable TV series this season ... And all are women, over 40 and portrayed by three of the acting worlds most highly regarded leading ladies Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Lili Taylor. (MSNBC -- News)
Disney Claims Cable Ratings Top Spot Jul 19, 2007
45 million viewers, while the Lili Taylor vehicle State of Mind retained much of its lead-in at 9 p.m. (2. 3 million). (MediaWeek.com)
Lifetime Takes Sunday-Night Ratings Crown Jul 18, 2007
Traffic at for Side Order of Life, a dramedy centering on a young magazine photographer who suddenly re-evaluates her life and impending nuptials after receiving a wakeup call from the universe, and State of Mind, which stars Lili Taylor as a brilliant, take-charge therapist whose personal problems rival those of her eclectic and offbeat patients, increased 236% and 350%, respectively, versus the prior-week average. It s incredibly exciting to follow the success of Army Wives, a show that has... (Multichannel News)
Murphy, Lee venture to 'Other Side' Jul 17, 2007
Brittany Murphy, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi, Jim Broadbent, Tim Roth and Lili Taylor are signed for Myriad Pictures' fantasy comedy "The Other Side," to be directed by producer David Michaels. The indie banner's come aboard to finance and handle worldwide sales for "The Other Side." Diane Isaacs will produce, and Myriad topper Kirk D'Amico is exec producing. (Variety)
New TV trend gives actresses over 40 top role Jul 17, 2007
As a smart, no-nonsense psychotherapist on State of Mind, Lili Taylor is part of a pleasant prime-time trend that finds Hollywood movie women of a certain age enjoying new success portraying strong, multidimensional characters in weekly TV series. Five other talented actresses over 40 are starring in or about to debut in shows in which they are the forceful anchors. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Touch that dial -- lots of cable channels got something to talk about Jul 17, 2007
Sci-Fi, coming off a gurgling water-cooler season of "Battlestar Galactica," continued its expansion with Season 2 of "Eureka," and Lifetime, which created its first real hit with "Army Wives," introduced two new series on Sunday, including the Lili Taylor vehicle, "State of Mind.". Though cable channels are finding that they can launch and sustain hits within the traditional network television season -- September to May -- they really save their best work for the summer months, to capitalize on... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lili Taylor puts Lifetime in a good 'State of Mind' Jul 15, 2007
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Drop the Oscar. Grab a gun -- and a sex life Jul 15, 2007
Tonight, Lili Taylor premieres in "State of Mind," a Lifetime series about a family therapist. On July 24, FX will debut "Damages," starring Glenn Close as an unscrupulous lawyer. (Boston Globe -- Living)
TCA News: Lifetime, FX, Hallmark, HBO Jul 15, 2007
Up next in the regularly scheduled series department at Lifetime: dramas Side Order of Life, which centers on a young magazine photographer who thinks she is on the right track until she receives several messages from universe; and State of Mind, about a brilliant, take-charge therapist (Lili Taylor) whose personal problems rival her patients. Both premiere on Sunday, July 15, at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively, leading into Army Wives. (MediaWeek.com)
My So-called Life Geek Reveals a New State of Mind Jul 13, 2007
All these people in the show Lili Taylor and and and and are a pleasure to work with, and I think they re all such interesting actors ... com: I gotta know, though does he have a little crush on Anne (Lili Taylor). (TV Guide)
Lifetime serves a double dose of women in distress Jul 13, 2007
The same kind of willful absurdity mars "State of Mind," which stars Lili Taylor as New Haven family therapist Ann Bellowes ... Starring: Lili Taylor, Devon Gummersall, Derek Riddell, Theresa Randle, Mido Hamada, Kevin Chamberlin. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Holly Hunter heads to the small screen Jul 13, 2007
It's not good when your therapist (Lili Taylor) has more problems than you do, right. -- "Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law" (11:45 p.m. Cartoon Network). (Scripps Howard News Wire)
State of Mind Jul 12, 2007
Dr. Ann Bellowes - Lili Taylor Dr. James LeCroix - Derek Riddell Dr. Taj Kalid - Mido Hamada Dr. Cordelia Banks - Theresa Randle Barry White - Devon Gummersall Fred Smedresman - Kevin Chamberlin ... Lili Taylor, usually known for playing quirky characters, is surrounded by them here as she plays Dr. Ann Bellowes, a successful family therapist who shares a practice -- as well as a good deal of personal problems -- with her associates in an old Victorian house in New Haven, Conn. (Variety)
Lifetime Streams New Shows on Yahoo TV First Jul 12, 2007
Yahoo TV users can currently stream the full-length pilot episodes of both State of Mind, which stars Lili Taylor as a troubled therapist, and the Jason Priestley star vehicle Side Order of Life, along with promotional clips for both shows. Each show premieres on Lifetime this coming Sunday July 15. (MediaWeek.com)
Lili Taylor revels in ambiguity Jul 12, 2007
State of Mind (Lifetime)Stars: Lili Taylor, Derek Riddell, Mido Hamada, Theresa RandlePremieres: Sunday, 9 ET/PT ... Unraveling: Therapist Ann Bellowes (Lili Taylor) finds out her husband is cheating on her. (USA Today)
Langella to star in 'On the Hook' Jun 12, 2007
Lili Taylor also stars. Distrib says it will release the movie in the U.S. in the fall, and make an awards-season push. (Variety)
Movie time for Tony Awards' Best Actor Jun 12, 2007
"Starting Out in the Evening," which co-stars Lauren Ambrose and Lili Taylor, tells the story of a formerly famous New York writer whose life is stirred up when a grad student (Ambrose) uses him for her thesis. Roadside Attractions is planning a November release for the film, said a company rep, Meghann Burns. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
'Army Wives' premiere a ratings hit Jun 6, 2007
On July 15, when "Army Wives" is well into its initial 13-episode run, Lifetime will premiere two more scripted series: "Side Order of Life," starring Marisa Coughlan as a magazine photographer re-evaluating her life, and "State of Mind," with Lili Taylor as a family therapist plagued by her own problems. The shows will run in a three-hour primetime block, starting at 8. (Variety)
LIFETIME Television's Original Drama 'Army Wives' Is Most-Watched Series Premiere in Network's 23-Year History Jun 6, 2007
Following at 9PM (ET/PT) is "State of Mind." From Warner Horizon Television and the executive producing team behind the hit cable series "Nip/Tuck" and "The Closer," Greer Shephard and Michael Robin, the series, created by practicing psychotherapist, author, professor and mother, Amy Bloom, stars Lili Taylor ("Six Feet Under") as a brilliant family therapist whose personal problems rival those of her offbeat patients. Previously, the most-watched series premieres on Lifetime were the popular... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dog Day Debuts May 20, 2007
Then on July 15, Lifetime premieres Side Order of Life, starring Marisa Coughlan as a reporter who receives a wake up call from the universe before her fateful wedding day, and State of Mind, with actress Lili Taylor as a therapist with a stack of personal problems. We have a built-in movie audience that we re hoping will bring eyeballs to our new series, Daniels said, plugging the channel s June original movies Girl, Positive, with Andrea Bowen, Jennie Garth and Law & Order s S. Epatha... (Multichannel News)
Casting notes Apr 29, 2007
Wives, starring Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell, will bow June 3, followed by the Lili Taylor starrer Mind and Order, toplined by Marisa Coughlan, slated for July 15. 1. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Lifetime raises Sunday stakes Apr 25, 2007
Show, about a young woman diagnosed with cancer, will be followed by Lili Taylor hourlong "State of Mind" and 10 p.m. drama "Army Wives," an ABC Television Studio series starring Kim Delaney, Catherine Bell and Sally Pressman as wives on an Army base. "Wives" will bow about six weeks ahead of the other two series, on June 3; "Life" and "Mind" will bow July 15. (Variety)
Coming attractions: NYC's spidey sense is tingling Mar 30, 2007
Lili Taylor is headed back to television. She'll play a therapist with her own issues in Lifetime's State of Mind, a quirky dramedy set for mid-July. (USA Today -- Life)
Made in Maryland Mar 23, 2007
Starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor and Mary Kay Place. Pelican Brief (1993)The film version of the third John Grisham novel featuring Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw, a law student whose brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices makes it into the wrong hands. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
La Crosse actor lands guest lead in Law and Order: SVU’ Mar 22, 2007
- State of Mind, a new Lifetime series shooting in Los Angeles, starring Lili Taylor. - Lead role in an independent short film, Heartland, the coming-of-age story about a young gay man from the Midwest. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Playing Symphony Hall for a sci-fi soundtrack Mar 11, 2007
Last year's IFFB had 18,000 attendees, 74 films, five venues, and panel discussions, evening parties, and conversations with actors Chris Cooper and Lili Taylor. Sign-up form s are at. (Boston Globe)
Lifetime adds 'Side Order' to plate Mar 7, 2007
Then there's the Lili Taylor vehicle "State of Mind." "Army Wives" will launch in June, with "State of Mind" set for July. "The idea is to make a lot of noise this summer," Daniels said. (Variety)
Lifetime Orders Production of 'Side Order of Life,' a New One-Hour Drama Series From Academy Award(R) Winners Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen ('American Beauty'), Margaret Nagle (HBO's 'Warm Springs') and Warner Horizon Television Mar 7, 2007
It joins previously announced dramas "Army Wives," starring Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell, premiering in June and "State of Mind," starring Lili Taylor, also premiering in July, as the Network's third new original scripted drama series to premiere this summer. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Notorious Bettie Page Mar 2, 2007
Here he's a terrier after the smut merchants, principally Irving Klaw (Chris Bauer) and his half-sister Paula (Lili Taylor), who were responsible for much of Page's bondage output. The Klaws owned a shopfront selling movie-star pictures. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
IFC Entertainment Launches Independent Films on the iTunes Store Feb 22, 2007
Recent IFC films include Patrick Creadon's Wordplay, Lou Pepe and Keith Fulton's Brothers of the Head, Bent Hamer's Factotum (with Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor) and Sherrybaby, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. IFC Films executive produced The Night Listener with Hart Sharp. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The daily dish ... Feb 17, 2007
Actress Lili Taylor is 40. Singer Rihanna is 19. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Dontanville is back on track Feb 15, 2007
Frattaroli's company brings in a management list that includes Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Scott Speedman, Lili Taylor, Sarah Polley and filmmakers Michael Cuesta, Mary Harron and Ben Ross. Disillusioned with the grind and the eroding quality of studio films he was booking his clients into, Dontanville planned to recharge his batteries with a sabbatical on his ranch in Ojai, then try his hand at writing and producing films. (Variety)
Gloom And Doom Feb 4, 2007
He has much to ponder, such as his complicity in the difficulty his daughter (Lili Taylor) has finding an appropriate mate and the nature of his relationship with a young graduate student (Lauren Ambrose) writing her thesis about him. She's pushing to have sex with him, a demand he finds hard to resist, even at the risk of looking ridiculous. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pup love to zombies, Sundance highlights Jan 27, 2007
Writing describing writingFrank Langella gives a career performance as an ailing, out-of-print novelist trying to finish one last work in Starting Out in the Evening, his efforts both helped and hindered by a young admirer (Lauren Ambrose) and a daughter (Lili Taylor) caught up in crises. With restraint and fierce intelligence, the class-act production from director Andrew Wagner offers a grand study of the artist as imperfect mortal and the beholder as unreasonably demanding audience. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Bacon's 'Six Degrees' Jan 19, 2007
Kevin Bacon turns 'Six Degrees' into a game of giving. SEARCH MOVIE LISTINGS: lect. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Dillon excels in portrayal of tragic skid ... Jan 18, 2007
As two of the hard-luck ladies in Hank's life, Lili Taylor and Marisa Tomei more than hold their own, as do the ensemble players who portray his various cronies and (usually frustrated) employers. Minnesota locations and studio interiors seamlessly substitute for Mr. Bukowski's downscale L.A. environs. (Washington Times, DC)
One night stand Jan 17, 2007
There are 33 photographs of Lili Taylor on the Internet Movie Database, and in each she looks more beautiful and brilliant than the last. The night she played the father, I sat in the lobby with butterflies in my stomach, waiting for her to show. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rewind: Who's The Best Of Hollywood's Many Andy Warhols? Jan 3, 2007
Mary Harron's "I Shot Andy Warhol" dramatizes the life of Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor), a 1960s Factory hanger-on whose hatred of men led her to write the "SCUM Manifesto," a screed calling for the extermination of the sex (SCUM is short for "Society for Cutting Up Men"). When Warhol repeatedly ignores Valerie's pleas for him to produce her play, she takes it as the final affront of man vs. woman and puts a bullet in him, nearly killing the artist. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Pick of the TV movies Dec 31, 2006
But Gibson didn't get where he is today by giving in to demands: he announces on TV that, yes, he'll pay the money - to anyone who brings in the kidnappers (led by Gary Sinise and Lili Taylor), dead or alive. It's a nifty spin on the old tale - this is a remake of Alex Segal's 1956 thriller - and Howard handles it skilfully. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Look at overlooked gems Dec 29, 2006
Lili Taylor as Paula Klaw in The Notorious Bettie Page. It will probably be Taylor's career fate to be among the perennially overlooked, despite the fact that she rarely gives a bad performance in a range of odd roles. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
De Palma comes up short with 'Black Dahlia' Dec 24, 2006
In one scene, Henry wakes up from yet another binge, trudges to the bathroom, retches, and grabs a fresh beer -- then sits by as his girlfriend (Lili Taylor ) does pretty much the same. When Henry then announces he's leaving her, it's not because this is some revelatory point where he's hit bottom , and has finally had enough ; he just seems bored with what's clearly the usual routine. (Boston Globe)
Lifetime orders new dramas Dec 8, 2006
They are "State of Mind," with toplining Lili Taylor as a therapist who has bigger problems than her patients; "Side Order of Life," starring Marisa Coughlan as a woman who re-examines her life and looming nuptials after a close friend is diagnosed with cancer; and "Conspiracy," a suspense thriller set at a Washington, D.C., law firm, with Lisa Sheridan set to star. Sudser "Monarch Cove" was shifted from Saturdays at 10 after ratings for the show dropped from a premiere aud of 1. (Variety)
Lifetime adds 'Army Wives' to primetime Dec 1, 2006
They are "State of Mind," toplining Lili Taylor as a therapist who has bigger problems than her patients, and "Side Order of Life," starring Marisa Coughlan as a woman who re-examines her life and looming nuptials after a close friend is diagnosed with cancer. Cabler is also looking at the pilot "Conspiracy" for a premiere next year. (Variety)
'Factotum': Truth in a tumbler Dec 1, 2006
Starring Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor and Marisa Tomei ... The latter is supplied with insatiable devotion by his girlfriend and fellow alcoholic Jan (Lili Taylor), who turns a blind eye to his many sins including dalliances with a good-time girl named Laura (Marisa Tomei). (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Putting the tinsel in Tinseltown Nov 25, 2006
With Lili Taylor and Marisa Tomei. Buzz: Mildly appealing character study for a niche audience. (Globe and Mail)
It's Showtime for Duchovny Nov 10, 2006
His upcoming features include Jake Kasdan's "The TV Set," opposite Sigourney Weaver, and supernatural-tinged family drama "The Secret" with Lili Taylor for helmer Vincent Perez. Duchovny is repped by ICM and attorney Peter Nelson. (Variety)
Writers on film: Drunk, crazy and sexy Nov 8, 2006
In this years Factotum youre treated to Matt Dillon as Charles Bukowski (more or less) drinking and stumbling and losing job after job and vomiting in concert with the equally drunk Lili Taylor. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
Sundance soiree Nov 7, 2006
Drink servers/party attendees also included Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor and Uma Thurman, who was coping with laryngitis. Close said stars didn't need much coaxing. (USA Today -- Life)
Rewind: 10 Movies That Said 'Cheese' Nov 7, 2006
"Pecker" (Edward Furlong) is a budding photographer whose primary subject is the sometimes freaky denizens of (where else) Baltimore, MD. When his work is discovered by a New York gallery owner (Lili Taylor), a show in the Big Apple turns the young Pecker into an overnight sensation. The movie is not a scathing indictment of high art, as you might assume, but rather a look at the pitfalls of sudden fame (for both the artist and his subjects). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Shawn's heavy-handed 'Aunt Dan and Lemon' leaves a sour aftertaste Nov 3, 2006
(In the New Group's Obie-winning 2003 revival, starring Lili Taylor and Kristen Johnson, that problem was solved by hiring more actors. Little matter, though, because these characters are likewise two-dimensional, though Tamara Hickey lends an aura of doomed loveliness to the role of Mindy, a freelance call girl (and more). (Boston Globe -- Living)
'Factotum' showing on campus Oct 21, 2006
"Factotum" stars Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor ... "Factotum" stars Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor ... Then, he meets Jan (Lili Taylor), and he must battle the love of a woman and the love of an art. (The Seahawk, NC)
Aniston returns to roots after Vaughn Oct 6, 2006
It has been suggested that Jennifer will join 23 fellow stars, including Rosie Perez and Lili Taylor, for 'The 6th Annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway. The group of celebrities will have to write, direct and perform in six 10-mintue plays all within 24 hours. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Lili Taylor hits the bar, searching for a character of contradictions Sep 22, 2006
Lili Taylor has spent most of her movie-making life in the shadows. An actress of obvious talents and a gift for both performance and quirky role selection, she was the unlikeliest movie star in the cast of that now-legendary romantic comedy Mystic Pizza, a 1988 movie that introduced Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Annabeth Gish and Taylor to the world. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Matt Dillon reaches for a belt of Oscar Sep 22, 2006
Romantic notions of the writer-as-drunk evaporate as Henry gulps down liquor, walks out on or chases away loving, damaged women (a vulnerable Lili Taylor, and a down-and-dirty Marisa Tomei), picks fights he thinks he can win and runs away from those he can't. He writes, submits, takes his "Thanks, but no thanks" turn-downs and starts all over again, all the while, blowing off work for the race track, or happy hour, or whatever. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Deschanel Channels Joplin Sep 20, 2006
Secondary Navigation. By Sarah Hall Tue Sep 19, 6:39 PM ET. (E! Online)
