Liev Schreiber

10 Stories

Veteran Pete Davidson Mocked Turns the Tables

Dan Crenshaw drops by 'Weekend Update' after last week's controversy

(Newser) - The controversy of Pete Davidson's week past reared its head on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, with the actor making an appearance on Weekend Update to apologize for making fun of a congressman-elect who lost an eye in war. "The man is a war hero and...

Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber Splitting After 11 Years

They never married, but have 2 kids together

(Newser) - After 11 years together, it's over for Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. The couple, who never married, tells ETOnline in a joint statement, "Over the past few months we've come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as...

Tobey Maguire Masters More Than Chess as Bobby Fischer

Critics give the actor thumbs up all around

(Newser) - In Pawn Sacrifice, Tobey Maguire plays troubled American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer, who will eventually battle Russian chess master Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship. But can any actor really get inside Fischer's head? Here's what critics are saying:
  • Richard Roeper sums up the film as
...

10 Celeb Couples With Out-of-Wedlock Kids

Don't worry, Kim and Kanye, you're not alone

(Newser) - Rob Kardashian seems a little scandalized by the fact that his sister Kim and Kanye West are having a baby even though they're not married—but they're far from the only ones. Get ready to be shocked, Rob, because ABC News lists nine more couples who found themselves...

Critics Can't Wait to Give Back Repo Men
 Critics Can't Wait to 
 Give Back Repo Men 
Movie Review
Mar 19, 2010 2:56 PM CDT

Critics Can't Wait to Give Back Repo Men

Gory sci-fi thriller predictable, stupid

(Newser) - Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller about men who repossess organs, is probably supposed to be biting commentary on divisive issues like health care, but critics are united in shouting it down:
  • “Let the 2010 Razzies race begin!” declares Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter . “Blood soaked, derivative
...

Johansson Wows in A View From a Bridge
 Johansson Wows in 
 A View From a Bridge 
Theater Review
Jan 25, 2010 7:19 AM CST

Johansson Wows in A View From a Bridge

But Arthur Miller's moralistic script was a turn-off for some

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson is getting rave reviews for her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. Here’s what the critics are saying:
  • Scarlett Johansson proves to be “this season's most inspired piece of movie-star casting,” writes Elysa Gardner of USA Today . Her “youthful
...

Film's Best Cross-Dressers
 Film's Best Cross-Dressers 
Aug 28, 2009 1:41 PM CDT

Film's Best Cross-Dressers

From Tootsie to Hedwig, Liev joins an illustrious list

(Newser) - Liev Schreiber was “giddy” playing an ex-Marine transvestite in Taking Woodstock, and in his honor, Nerve lists the best cross-dressers in film history:
  • John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: He "is the epitome of ferocity and theatricality that drag queens around the world aspire to.”
...

Schreiber 'Giddy' in Drag
 Schreiber 'Giddy' in Drag 
Aug 26, 2009 10:11 AM CDT

Schreiber 'Giddy' in Drag

Actor finds cross-dressing 'exhilaratingly humiliating'

(Newser) - Acting is all about challenging yourself—just ask Liev Schreiber, who had to get a full body wax, sport a dress and master walking in high heels for his role as a transvestite in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, People reports. “It was exhilaratingly humiliating," Schreiber said of...

Naomi, Liev Welcome Son No. 2
 Naomi, Liev Welcome Son No. 2 
Dec 15, 2008 9:10 AM CST

Naomi, Liev Welcome Son No. 2

Couple has not settled on a name

(Newser) - Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber’s second child was born Saturday, E! Online reports. A rep for the couple confirmed they welcomed an as-yet-unnamed baby boy into their family. The livin'-in-sin couple, together since 2005, had first son Alexander Pete in 2007. Just last week, Schreiber said “I can't...

Naomi Watts Pregnant Again
 Naomi Watts
 Pregnant Again 
Jul 3, 2008 9:29 AM CDT

Naomi Watts Pregnant Again

Second child in a year with Liev Schreiber

(Newser) - Hollywood stars Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are expecting their second child around year's end. Watts, who gave birth to the couple’s son Alexander Pete 10 months ago, is four months along in her second pregnancy, the Daily Mail reports. Best pal Nicole Kidman awaits the birth of her...

10 Stories
Most Read on Newser