Hollywood's Disabled Actors Protest NBC's 'Ironside' Casting - When Is It Their Turn?

Actors who best understand characters with disabilities say they aren't getting their shot By Greg Gilman

20 Physically Disabled Characters Played by Able-Bodied Actors (Photos)

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'Dancing With the Stars' and 'The Voice' Pay Respects to Oklahoma City Tornado Victims

Television
 May 21, 2013 By Lee Hernandez 55 min ago

Contestants and coaches from Oklahoma found it hard to focus on the live competitions as a massive tornado wreaked havoc in their hometown

  

Tornado Survivor Reunited With Lost Dog During Live Interview (Video)

Television
 May 21, 2013 By Tim Molloy 1 hour ago

Barbara Garcia digs dog from the rubble

  

Obama on Oklahoma Tornado: Country Will be 'There for Them'

Media
 May 21, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 hour ago

President pledges full federal support for region

  

'The Wolverine' Trailer: In Bed With Jean Grey (Video)

Movies
 May 21, 2013 By Tim Molloy 2 hours ago

Logan wakes up with Jean Gray... but that's not a good thing

  

MovieTickets.Com Signs Pact With Carmike Cinemas (Updated)

Movies
 May 21, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 hours ago

Deal adds more than 2,000 screens

  

Good Morning, Cannes: The Festival Has Female Troubles, Again

Movies
 May 21, 2013 By Steve Pond 2 hours ago

There's only one film directed by a woman in the main competition – and the critics weren’t kind to that film, “A Castle in Italy”

  

'The Hangover Part III' Review: Thank God for Peculiar, Perverse - and Outrageously Funny - Galifianakis

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Leah Rozen 10 hours ago

Returning fans will enjoy this raucous third outing, though the fun peters out noticeably in the second half as the movie’s overly complicated plot drags on

  

Sleepless in Cannes: Moguls Haunt the Majestic Hotel Bar

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 12 hours ago

Here at the bar there’s a disproportionately large number of Hollywood power players, temporarily taking the place of the Russian oligarchs

  

My SyFy Experience with Director Jim Wynorski

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Kurt Yaeger 13 hours ago

Guest blog: Jim Wynorski doesn't care if you're old or young, what "race" you are, a man or a woman, disabled or not -- he truly is blind to those categorizations we as a society see far too often

  

20 Physically Disabled Characters Played by Able-Bodied Actors (Photos)

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Greg Gilman 13 hours ago

"Ironside" star Blair Underwood isn't the first able-bodied actor to play a disabled character on television or film

  

Hollywood's Disabled Actors Protest NBC's 'Ironside' Casting - When Is It Their Turn?

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Greg Gilman 13 hours ago

Actors who best understand characters with disabilities say they aren't getting their shot

  

Fox's 'X Factor' Confirms New Judges Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Jethro Nededog 14 hours ago

Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio join judges Demi Lovato and Simon Cowell on the Fox talent competition

  

Guillermo del Toro's FX Pilot 'The Strain' Casts 'Breaking Dawn' Actress Mia Maestro in Starring Role

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 15 hours ago

Maestro will play a gifted biochemist turned ruthless warrior

  

MTV's 'Teen Wolf' Star Dylan O'Brien Eyed for DreamWorks' 'Glimmer'

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Jeff Sneider 16 hours ago

"Shameless" actor Jeremy Allen White will co-star in the found-footage time-travel thriller

  

Blossoming VOD Service Viewster Adds BBC's 'Skins,' Starz and Shine Programming (Exclusive)

Media
 May 20, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 16 hours ago

Viewster reaches close to 30 million people each month across the globe

  

Ray Manzarek Death: 5 Must-See Performances (Video)

 May 20, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 16 hours ago

From the infamous "Ed Sullivan Show" performance to the even-more-infamous Miami concert, a handful of highlights from Ray Manzarek's long career

  

CBS Pulls 'Mike & Molly' Tornado-Themed Season Finale

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Jethro Nededog 16 hours ago

The episode titled "Windy City" has been preempted in light of Monday's natural disaster

  

Ang Lee Drops Out of FX's 'Tyrant' Pilot

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 17 hours ago

Ang Lee would have made his television directorial debut on the FX pilot from "Homeland" duo

  

Claire Danes, James Marsden Struggle as Parents in 'As Cool as I Am' Trailer (Video)

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Greg Gilman 17 hours ago

The actors play a small-town married couple who have too many problems of their own to acknowledge their daughter's issues

  

Why 'Star Trek Into Darkness' $84 Million Opening Wasn't Enough (Video)

Movies | Box Office
 May 20, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 17 hours ago

The latest "Star Trek" movie was No. 1 at the U.S. box office and still considered underwhelming

  

Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dead at 74

 May 20, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 18 hours ago

Member of iconic '60s band had been battling bile duct cancer

  

Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally Drive Their Kids Into the Woods in 'Kings of Summer' Red Band Trailer (Video)

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Greg Gilman 18 hours ago

The hit Sundance comedy debuts in theaters on May 31

  

'American Chopper's' Paul Teutul Sr. Lands New CMT Series 'Orange County Choppers'

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Jethro Nededog 18 hours ago

The one-hour unscripted show will premiere later this year on the cable network

  

'The Big Knife' With Bobby Cannavale Ending Broadway Run

Culture
 May 20, 2013 By Brent Lang 18 hours ago

Revival of Clifford Odets' drama to end after 29 preview performances and 56 regular performances

  

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Needs to Get Younger at Box Office - Fast

Movies | Box Office
 May 20, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 19 hours ago

Analysis: J.J. Abrams' space epic sequel drew an audience that was 75% over 25, and there's not much time to fix that

  

Jennifer Lawrence Is Blue and in the Buff Again for 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' (Photo)

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Greg Gilman 19 hours ago

Bryan Singer tweeted first image of the Oscar-winning actress reprising her role as shape-shifting mutant Mystique

  

5 of Summer's Biggest Box-Office Smackdowns

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 19 hours ago

The season's most intriguing head-to-head matchups at the multiplexes kicks off this week with "The Hangover III" vs. "Fast & Furious 6"

  

Worst National Anthem Flub Ever? Canadian Singer Makes Up Nonsensical Lyrics (Video)

Television
 May 20, 2013 By Lee Hernandez 20 hours ago

"The Star Spangled Banner" like you've never heard it before. 

  

Cannes Review: Without the Blood Lust, Takashi Miike’s 'Shield of Straw' Draws Boos

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Sasha Stone 20 hours ago

The Japanese cult director refuses to sell out his premise for the sake of audience satisfaction

  

'Hunger Games' Star Liam Hemsworth to Lead Action Movie 'Aurora Rising'

Movies
 May 20, 2013 By Jeff Sneider 20 hours ago

Christian Gudegast is writing Relativity's upcoming action movie

  
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