How Welsh Actor Matthew Rhys Learned About Mister Rogers After A Movie Director Called

Rhys, who starred opposite American actor Keri Russell in The Americans – and eventually became her partner in life as well – asked her who Rogers was. Rhys: “And then she launched into a two-hour monologue about how he influenced her life. That he was, and so many people said this, almost like a third parent or a baby sitter.” – The New York Times

Comcast Close To Buying NBC

“After a series of meetings last week, the two companies reached a tentative agreement on Friday over the main points of a deal, these people said. Comcast would own about 51 percent of NBC Universal, contributing several billions of dollars in cash and its own stable of cable networks to the new venture.”

Why Neil Simon’s Hit Play Flopped On Broadway

What went wrong with “Brighton Beach Memoirs” is a case study in success and failure on Broadway today. There were no big stars like Jude Law in the current commercial hit “Hamlet,” there was no marketing campaign that framed the Simon play as a can’t-miss theatrical event, and there was no wow factor that brought the period piece to life, like the breakneck pacing of the popular farce “Boeing-Boeing” last year. But the failure also reflects America’s evolving sense of humor and taste.