Jim Varney
Gangling, Kentucky-born actor Jim Varney cut his professional teeth at Virginia's Barter Theater, a summer-stock concern specializing in vintage American melodramas. At his funniest when playing it to...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
06/14/1949
Lexington, KY |
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5 Halloween Frights for the Whole Family
October 30, 2012 6:44am ESTThe right amount of scares for all ages.
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'3 Ninjas' 20th Anniversary: An Open Letter to Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum
August 07, 2012 8:56am ESTWe hear Rocky and Em-uh-lee are happily married now.
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Toy Story 3 Review
November 02, 2010 5:46am EST
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'Toy Story 2' Reaches Infinity and Beyond
June 10, 2004 5:29pm ESTHollywood.saw sharp declines across the board at the box office over the post-Thanksgiving weekend as moviegoing gave way to holiday shopping. Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar's G-rated computer-animated blockbuster "Toy Story 2" held on to first place in its third weekend with a 50% drop that reflected how most films in the marketplace performed. "Toy 2" snapped up a still hefty estimated $28.30 million (-50%) at 3,238 theaters (+2 theaters, $8,734 per theater). Its total is approximately $117.3 mi
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'Toy Story 2' edges out 'Green Mile'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTThere was a close race for first place between Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar's animated blockbuster "Toy Story 2" and Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment's opening of the drama "The Green Mile." Based on Sunday's estimates, the G-rated "Toy 2" held on to the top spot on the chart, but only by a nose. When the box office dust settles Monday, it is possible that because the two films were so close in the estimates, they could wind up reversing positions. Working against "Mile" was the fact
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'Stuart Little' Livin' Large
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- Hollywood got through the first weekend of the new year in slightly better shape than studio insiders expected. It took just $11.5 million to put Columbia's "Stuart Little" in first place, making it the weekend's only Top Five film to crack double digits. Lackluster tracking scores last week had suggested that the new year might kick off with none of the Top Five films doing better than single-digit grosses. Columbia's PG-rated family comedy held on to the
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'Stuart Little' is the mouse that roared to No. 1
July 31, 2001 12:30pm EST'Twas the weekend before Christmas, and all through the movie house, all the kids were eager, to see the talking mouse. As usual, movie attendance was soft during the final holiday shopping weekend of the year. The box office was dominated by two rodents: one of them the little talking mouse who stars in Columbia Pictures' G-rated "Stuart Little," the other, the ubiquitous Disney mouse, which had three films in the weekend's top five. In its opening weekend, "Stuart Little," an adaptation of th
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire Review
June 09, 2001 8:10am ESTBy all means bring the kids to this one--and sit back to enjoy the ride in Adventureland
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Denzel Washington joins the ranks of actors-turned-directors
April 26, 2001 4:03pm ESTActor Denzel Washington has finally received the greenlight to direct his first feature film for Fox Searchlight studios, keeping up with the trend of actors wanting to take a stab behind the camera.
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EXTRA: He's Dead, Jim (and Members of the Academy)!
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 30, 2000 -- "Star Trek" fans have a Bones to pick with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On Sunday's Oscar telecast, actor DeForest Kelley, aka Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the Starship Enterprise crew, was excluded from the annual montage of Actors Who Died Since The Last Oscars -- even though the man had impeccable credentials, having died himself June 11 at age 79. As Bones himself might say: "He's dead, Jim!" Trekkers, understandably, are not takin
