Dan Hedaya

Zhang Yimou remakes the Coen brothers' 'Blood Simple'

2010-08-29 00:00:00

In the autumn of 2008, China's best-known filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, found himself at a career crossroads. The multiple Oscar nominee had spent the previous two years away from movies, orchestrating the opening and closing ceremonies for Beijing's Olympics,...

Nixon on film and television

2008-12-12 00:00:00

Richard M. Nixon once said, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore . . . " It wasn't true, of course. That was in 1962 when he'd just lost a gubernatorial election. He came back to be elected president twice. And especially since his resignation on...

Out on Home Video: 'Prom,' 'Madea's Big Happy Family' released

2011-09-01 08:35:00

09/01/11 - OUT ON HOME VIDEO - By Lisa Miller - 775-322-6676�Home Video Releases for the Weeks of 8/30 through 9/06/11__________________________________________OUT ON HOME VIDEO - By Lisa Miller(Ratings Out of Four Stars.)PROM(2011)* *1/2 (B-)Directed...

Movie Review: The Extra Man, fresh to DVD

2010-11-22 16:34:53

LOTR Actor on 'Monk's' All-Star Guest List

2006-12-01 00:00:00

After Dan Hedaya's memorable appearance as Monk's dad on the recent holiday episode, the award-winning series will return with even more guest stars for its fifth season, which kicks off in January. Among the illustrious actors joining Tony Shalhoub is...

Movie review: 'Strangers with Candy'

2006-06-28 10:36:09

3 stars (out of four) Jerri Blank is a 47-year-old ex-con junkie-whore, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a heart. When Jerri (the incomparable Amy Sedaris) and her impressive overbite return home from a 32-year prison stint, she finds her dad...

Writing Pals Enticed by 'Strangers with Candy'

2006-06-29 00:00:00

If you think being an ex-con, junkie and prostitute is difficult, try writing material for one. Comedy writing trio Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert discovered they needed a break after Comedy Central's "Strangers With Candy" was cancelled...

USA Reunites 'Monk' With Long-Lost Dad

2006-10-10 00:00:00

Will the defective detective survive meeting his long-lost father? USA Network announced Tuesday (Oct. 10) that Emmy-nominated Dan Hedaya will guest star as the hitherto unseen father to "Monk's" titular sleuth. The special holiday episode begins when...

TV Gal Comes Clean About Her Denial

2006-11-13 00:00:00

Mon Dieu! Most of you know that sometimes I can, shall we say, wallow in my lovely little world of denial. (It's great in this world. Dark chocolate grows on trees.) It's why I can't even talk about how "Veronica Mars" has yet to be picked up for a...

'Monk' Tackles More Messes and Mysteries

2007-01-19 00:00:00

As the fifth season of "Monk" continues, fans get to delve even deeper into the defective detective's psyche. In November, viewers gained some insight into Monk's past after meeting his dad Jack (Dan Hedaya), who abandoned his son at a tender young age....

Ex-prez lavishes praise at posh Gilli-bash

2009-03-12 04:30:15

Inside a meticulously polished mansion just off Central Park on East 95th Street is the condo of Dennis Mehiel, chairman and chief of staff of Four M Investments and other entities in the corrugated packaging indus??try. If you've heard......

Swimfan

2002-09-01 00:00:00

In a junior version of "Fatal Attraction," Jesse Bradford and Shiri Appleby play a perfect young couple whose life crawls into a danger zone with the arrival of an obsessive and seductive new babe in town, played by Erika Christensen. John Polson...

Was Mark Felt really Deep Throat? Michelle Williams, center, and Dunst discover White House secrets in this Watergate parody with character actor Dan Hedaya, right, as Richard Nixon .

2010-12-08 12:48:21

being buried alive in "Blood Simple," the "Miller's Crossing" machine-gun fight set to "Danny Boy" -- are often wordless.

2009-10-01 16:25:45

Richard Dreyfuss , left, Seymour Cassell, Burt Reynolds and Dan Hedaya star in "The Crew."

2009-08-14 10:11:22