Kristin Chenoweth Still Waiting on Pushing Daises Info, Goes BiCoastal
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Nov 18, 2008
Kristin Chenoweth, the original Glinda in Broadway's "Wicked," has spent the last year on ABC's TV show "Pushing Daisies." Whether the show lasts or not (and they still haven't received word as to whether they're getting picked up for nine more episodes this season), the actress assures us she hasn't left her Broadway days behind her.
Kristin Chenoweth Still Waiting on Pushing Daises, Goes BiCoastal
"I'm always going to have the desire to perform live. I'm always going to be looking for the Broadway show to get to come back to because it's my first love," says Chenoweth. Not to mention the fact that she really misses New York. "I have made the transition here pretty easily," she notes of moving to Los Angeles. "I love getting in my car and driving and I love the weather, but I will always be a New Yorker."
REAL TO REEL: Gay rights activist Cleve Jones admits he didn't know much about Emile Hirsch when the hot young actor was first mentioned to play him in Gus Van Sant's soon-to-open "Milk" feature. "But when I saw 'Into the Wild,' then I knew, this kid is amazing -- amazingly talented." Jones got to know Hirsch pretty well before filming the movie that stars Sean Penn as his late friend, slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk.
Hirsch visited him to prep for the role. "Mostly, we would drive around San Francisco and I would show him where we lived, the cafes where we hung out, where we had our marches. Sometimes we would go over the script together. I learned he takes his craft very, very seriously. As for the results, says Jones, "My mother and father have seen the film, and they agree he nailed it."
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