Amanda Plummer

'Law & Order: SVU's' guest actresses get Emmy's attention

2011-06-16 00:00:00

"We were writing a story for Chris Meloni's character's mother, and she was going to be bipolar. Immediately we thought Ellen Burstyn." So began Neal Baer's wooing of the Oscar-winning Burstyn to the set of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." "We had...

Ellen Burstyn takes acting triple crown with Emmy win

2009-09-17 08:53:02

Jan Maxwell only fourth actress to get double nominations for Tony Awards

2010-05-04 16:33:25

'So You Think You Can Dance': Second chances in Vegas

2010-06-04 16:34:48

Will 'SVU' be good luck charm for Ann-Margret at Emmys?

2010-07-08 16:33:49

Sam Shepard recalls his go-to actor, James Gammon, who died Friday at 70

2010-07-20 21:33:05

Emmy predix: Lily Tomlin will win best guest drama actress for 'Damages'

2010-07-26 16:33:50

Danny Strong to write 'Hunger Games' finale: Emmy-winning 'Game Change' scribe tapped to pen 'Mockingjay'

2012-10-02 01:05:11

Fresh off winning two Emmys for writing and co-exec producing HBO's "Game Change," Danny Strong has been tapped to write the two-part "Hunger Games" finale "Mockingjay" for Lionsgate, sources tell Variety. Studio had no comment. First pic is skedded for...

'The Hunger Games' casts Amanda Plummer as Wiress

2012-07-17 16:32:15

Amanda Plummer joins 'Catching Fire': Thesp to play Wiress in 'Hunger Games' franchise

2012-07-17 21:45:13

Amanda Plummer has been cast in the role of Wiress in Lionsgate's "Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Lionsgate is planning to shoot the movie starting in the fall for a release on Nov. 22, 2013. Philip Seymour Hoffman joined the cast last week as Plutarch...

Jena Malone added to 'Catching Fire': Thesp to play Johanna Mason in 'Hunger Games' franchise

2012-07-23 21:55:08

Jena Malone has been cast in Lionsgate's "Catching Fire" as Johanna Mason, a past victor of the Hunger Games. Lionsgate made the announcement Monday. Filming of the sequel is expected to begin September. Malone recently starred opposite Kevin Costner...

"Tartuffe" at Westport Playhouse: The Holy Man's A Hunk

2012-07-12 10:12:00

The show: "Moli�re's "Tartuffe" at Westport Country Playhouse. First impressions:� David Kennedy's smart and stylish production plays it for real in this tale of a religious hypocrite and the foolish rich man who has fallen under his spell, despite his...

"Pulp Fiction" actress Amanda Plummer turns 55 today. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

2013-02-05 18:43:00

trailer park, a family plots to hire a professional hit man to kill a family member and collect her insurance policy. Playwright: Tracy Letts Director: Wilson Miliam Premiere: 1993, Next Theatre Lab, Evanston, Ill.

2011-08-02 16:27:13

Four years after winning the supporting actress Emmy as an always-in-control lawyer on "Sex and the City," Nixon won for her portrayal of a woman struggling to cope with multiple personality disorder on this police procedural drama.

2009-03-16 16:52:45