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(Cert 15)Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a man obsessed by death in Charlie Kaufman's provocative directorial debutSchenectady in upstate new york is the hometown of Henry James's Daisy Miller and site of Union College, where Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand meet as pre-war undergraduates in The Way We Were. It is also home to troubled playwright Caden Cotard (the always excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman), hero of Synecdoche, new york, the fascinating directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, author of such philosophical and psychological comedies as Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.Caden is a recently popular first name in the States, possibly deriving from the Gaelic for 'battle'. Cotard's Syndrome, named after a 19th-century French neurologist, is a neuropsychiatric condition in which the patient believes he is dead, does not exist or is putrefying. One of those grammatical terms we casually worked into scholarship papers as sixth-formers and lat

Nearly 9 million people tuned in to watch actress Farrah Fawcett's brave video diary of her battle against terminal cancer Friday night.

The 'Wind Beneath My Wings' singer wants the former 'Friends' star to find love and has drawn up a list of characteristics her new man must have.

Host Scott Simon talks to Sports Illustrated writer S.L. Price about his new book Heart of the Game: Life, Death and Mercy in Minor League America, the story of the hit that killed one good man and ruined another.

Web Exclusive: Krasinski's directing debut bowed at Sundance -- Media 8 Entertainment has acquired all international rights for 'Brief Interviews With Hideous Men,' the feature directing debut of John Krasinski.

A 26-year-old Fresno man is in jail after allegedly forcing his 7-year-old son to get a gang tattoo. Enrique Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of aggravated mayhem and street terrorism after the boy told his mother he was forced to get the tattoo...

Jennifer Aniston says it's impossible to fake chemistry with a leading man. The 40-year-old actress - who has starred alongside some of Hollywood's biggest male stars, including Clive Owen, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson - insists it is vitally important for the two main characters to connect, but admits it's not always easy.

A young street dancer, Thomas Uncles, from the wrong side of the tracks and a beautiful young woman, Megan White, are brought together by their passion for dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles.

Night has fallen upon the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The guides have gone home, the lights are out, the school kids are tucked in their beds, yet something incredible is stirring as former...

Farrah Fawcett, pin-up, actress, director, mother, ex-wife, longtime girlfriend, & friend, shares her battle with cancer. Farrah's Story aired tonight, encouraging alternative medicine & treatment before it's too late.Source: Lori LanePublished: May 16, 2009