Movie review: Germs' toxic 'Secret' Aug 30, 2008
What We Do Is Secret: Starring Shane West and Bijou Phillips ... Shane West ("ER"), who is also one of the film's executive producers, stars as Darby Crash, complete with a convincing dental prosthetic. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Woody Allen's best film in years Aug 15, 2008
" I guess it's tough to be a young artist who started out with nothing and became famous and successful beyond your wildest dreams early in your career. Or at least that would be the uncharitable way of viewing Aaron Rose's alternately winsome and irritating documentary about the art scene that grew out of his Alleged Gallery on Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1990s. Despite the snide comment, I'm not entirely unsympathetic. Visual artists these days face a peculiar quandary. To all... (Salon)
TALE OF THE GERMS NOT INFECTIOUS Aug 8, 2008
Shane West (Crash), Bijou Phillips (Lorna Doom), Rick Gonzalez (Pat Smear) and Noah Segan (Don Bolles) certainly reach some good heights, but the acting also dips to some dopey lows when the actors just seem to be, well, acting. Another thing: Somebody should have fired the wig maker, because some of these rugs - especially Don the drummer's - look like they were stolen off a mannequin at Cheap Jack's. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The art world's Pepsi Generation Aug 8, 2008
" (Rose now runs an art-billboard campaign in Los Angeles, also sponsored by Nike.) I almost want to let that fact slide by without comment and let it speak for itself. But then, what is it saying? That we live in an era of consumer capitalism that thrives on swallowing subcultures and barfing them back up again? Duh. That artists will take money from whoever's offering it? Double duh. That the cachet of hipness is itself a salable commodity for which marketers will pay a premium price?... (Salon)
Patti Smith: The comeback years Aug 6, 2008
Bijou Phillips as Lorna Doom (left) and Shane West as Darby Crash in "What We Do Is Secret.". When you stop and think about it, it's strange that nobody made an off-Hollywood movie about Darby Crash and the Germs sometime in the early to mid-'90s, with a young Johnny Depp (or, even better, River Phoenix) in the starring role and Stephen Frears or Jonathan Demme behind the camera. (Salon)
Film on 'The Germs' brings a punk band back to life Aug 5, 2008
Shane West as Darby Crash of the Germs in the biographical film "What We Do Is Secret," which has been 15 years in the making ... Audio: 'Lexicon Devil' by The Germs from 'What We Do Is Secret' with Shane West ... Audio: 'Circle One' by The Germs from 'What We Do Is Secret' with Shane West. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
An L.A. punk legend -- back from the grave? Aug 5, 2008
Bijou Phillips as Lorna Doom (left) and Shane West as Darby Crash in "What We Do Is Secret." ... Actor Shane West (the former star of "ER" and "Once and Again") is such a dead ringer for Crash that he's actually been performing with Smear, Doon and Bolles in a post-2005 reunion version of the Germs. (Salon)
McAdams, Gosling back together? Aug 1, 2008
Other celebrities who went to see Ryans debut included Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener, US actor and singer Shane West and hockey player Sean Avery. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Ryan, Rachel reunited? Aug 1, 2008
Other celebrities who went to see Gosling's debut included Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener, US actor and singer Shane West and hockey player Sean Avery. Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Buzz Briefs: Sheryl Crow, Heather Locklear Jul 3, 2008
Val Kilmer has signed on with Shane West, Cam Gigandet, Arielle Kebbel and Eric Balfour for "Silver Cord," a film to be directed by James Ordonez. The story centers on Ordonez's brother who came back to life after being declared clinically dead on multiple occasions. (CBS News)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle May 8, 2008
BIG SPENDER: , tipping the bathroom attendant at the Green Door in Hollywood $20 while partying with , Chris Pine and Shane West. by. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
PETA Attacks Al Gore Apr 22, 2008
" (What the?) We also noticed "Step Up to the Streets" starlet Jenna Dewan (who has been dating Channing Tatum for a few years now) dancing and drinking upstairs in the VIP lounge with her ex-boyfriend Shane West. "They were together all night," another eyewitness told Tarts. "They are obviously still very close, but Channing was nowhere to be found and Jenna seemed more than comfortable with Shane. " Gwen Stefani Rejects Lifeguard Help on the Beach Pop Tarts spotted a super-pregnant Gwen... (Fox News)
Movies in fest Mar 31, 2008
What We Do Is Secret - Dramatic retelling of Darby Crash (Shane West) and his legendary band, the Germs. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Todd Traina's passion is movies, not money Feb 6, 2008
He has no fewer than eight film projects in production, post-production or release - including "Grace Is Gone," a road-trip story starring John Cusack that opened earlier this year in select markets, and "What We Do Is Secret," a biography of the 1970s L.A. punk band "The Germs," starring Shane West and Bijou Phillips, which plays Feb. 27 at the Roxie New College Film Center as part of the San Francisco Noise Pop Festival (noisepop. com/2008). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sony Pictures launches Stage 6 Oct 9, 2007
Titles on Stage 6's initial slate include the actioner "Conspiracy," starring Val Kilmer, Gary Cole and Jennifer Esposito; the Thomas Jane acting-directing vehicle "Dark Country"; "The Stone House," a horror/thriller directed by Alex Turner and starring Shane West, J.K. Simmons and Leonard Roberts; "The Lodger," starring Alfred Molina and directed by David Ondaatje; and the thriller "Felon," which stars Kilmer, Stephen Dorff and Harold Perrineau. The label's films will largely fall in the $1... (Variety)
AH: ERs Parminder Nagra is ready to play sick Sep 28, 2007
She broke things off with Tony Gates (John Stamos) and realized she had feelings for Ray (Shane West). Before she could tell him, though, Ray was caught up in a major accident in which he lost his legs, and then he ended up leaving town. (MSNBC -- News)
Germs Biopic Turns Shane West, Bijou Phillips Into Real Punk Rockers Jul 11, 2007
Shane West performs at the "What We Do Is Secret" L.A. premiere afterparty (MTV News) ... "The Germs were one of the first punk-rock bands, a seminal band that helped create the whole Los Angeles punk scene in the mid- to late '70s," explained actor Shane West, giving a primer on "What We Do Is Secret." The flick has the "Walk to Remember" heartthrob undergoing a transformation 00004000 that makes "Walk the Line" look like an "American Idol" audition. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Today in History Jun 10, 2007
Secondary Navigation. By The Associated Press Sun Jun 10, 12:01 AM ET. (Yahoo News)
Visit these doctors at your own risk May 10, 2007
- Ray (Shane West) sleeps with an underage teen. He later treats her. (USA Today -- Life)
The plot thickens for new pilots Mar 21, 2007
Supremes: Zachary Knighton, left, Leslie Odom Jr., Bridget Regan, Kurtwood Smith, Kate Burton, Shane West, Camille Guaty, Luke MacFarlane. The plot thickens for new pilots. (USA Today -- Life)
READY OR NOT, It's Valentine's Day Feb 15, 2007
" Melissa Sopko, 17, of Leonardo DaVinci High School explains how she wears her boyfriend's chains and his claddagh ring to show her love for him; Stephanie Aquila, also of DaVinci, shows her love for her boyfriend by wearing his hockey hoodie that has "Air James" embroidered in it. Drive-ins are not exactly the most popular hangout place anymore. Aquila and Sopko both said that when they go out with their boyfriends they usually go out to eat at a place like Mighty Taco, McDonalds or T.G.I.... (Buffalo News)
Mandy Moore Slams Spears, Aguilera Feb 3, 2007
The film co-stars Shane West, Peter Coyote and Darryl Hannah. "A Walk to Remember" is Moore's first lead film role. (WNBC.com, NY)
Why 'The OC' got blown away and 'ER' is a breath of fresh air Jan 19, 2007
Stamos plays Tony Gates, who apparently is in competition with another younger doc, Ray Barnett (Shane West), for the heart of Neela Rassotra (Parminder Nagra). Tony is a pretty confident guy who is good with kids, just like the character, Doug Ross, that George Clooney used to play. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
VISIT THE KCRA.COM "ER" SECTION Dec 7, 2006
The venerated series stars Goran Visnjic ("The Deep End"), Maura Tierney ("Insomnia"), Mekhi Phifer ("Clockers"), Parminder Nagra ("Bend It Like Beckham"), John Stamos, ("Jake in Progress"), Linda Cardellini ("Scooby-Doo"), Shane West ("Once and Again"), Scott Grimes ("Mystery, Alaska") and Laura Innes ("Deep Impact") as the staff of County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center where heroic doctors and nurses are faced with life-and-death decisions on a daily basis. Dr. Kerry Weaver... (KCRA 3, CA)
Watch Ward on DVD 'Again' Aug 7, 2006
A: Actually, you're thinking of the former ABC series "Once and Again"; "Now and Again" was a different sort of show that aired on CBS. The first two seasons of "Once and Again," which also featured Shane West as the young man who became the Ward character's stepson once she married Billy Campbell's, have been available on disc for a while; try stores that sell videos. Q: I saw a movie a long time ago that I would love to see again. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Is the romantic drama dead? Jun 22, 2006
Best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, who specializes in romantic novels, has had three of his books adapted into movies: 1999's "Message in a Bottle," starring Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn; 2002's "A Walk to Remember," with Shane West and Mandy Moore; and "Notebook.". He contends the genre "is by far and away the most difficult drama to write. They are rare in film and they are rare in literature because quite frankly, good ones don't come along all that often.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Beyonce band tryouts Jun 12, 2006
Actor Shane West ( ER, Now and Again ) is 28. Actress Leelee Sobieski is 24. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The daily dish ... Jun 4, 2006
Actor Shane West ("ER," "A Walk to Remember") is 28. Actress Leelee Sobieski is 24. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Hollywood Trades Chic for Geek May 12, 2006
"Desperate Housewife" Eva Longoria and hotel heiress Paris Hilton were also slated to attend the show to promote games, as was "ER" actor Shane West and othes. Continued. (ABC News)
