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Dec 29, 2000 from MSNBC:
David Elliott, the movie critic of The San Diego Union-Tribune, chooses "You Can Count on Me" as the best movie of the year 2000, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "The Color of Paradise" are runners-up. "It's all alive, this splendidly detailed story from director and writer Kenneth Lonergan, rebuking Hollywood's business as usual," the critic says.

"You Can Count on Me" is also chosen by Paul Clinton of CNN.com as one of the 10 best films of 2000.

Dec 14, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
NEW YORK (The Hollywood Reporter) -- Paramount Classics continued on its pre-Oscar awards roll as its "You Can Count On Me," written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, won Laura Linney a best actress award and also won for screenplay from the 65th annual New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday in Manhattan. Lonergan was feted last week by the NBR with a special filmmaking achievement award.

"This is a remarkably good feeling," Linney said during a phone interview from Los Angeles. "I'm extremely thrilled, and I'm just speechless. I'm also so happy that this film is establishing a life of its own, and that Kenny was recognized as well. It's tremendously satisfying for this to happen to something you have believed in for so long."

from E! Online:
Matthew Broderick and Peter Gallagher, arriving for a late-night dinner at the ever-chic Cafe Luxembourg. InWhySee. The very dashing dudes gathered with a large group, but Matthew's darling Sarah Jessica Parker was nowhere in sight. Peter, meanwhile, was obsessing about aging, repeating, "When I'm 80..." Too bad this otherwise adorable actor was sporting an old-fashioned hairdo that made him look nearly that ragged. Nothing was sagging on...

Dec 13, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
Inside Oscars: Writing in the New York Observer, critic Andrew Sarris adores "You Can Count on Me," but puts his finger on a problem for the picture: lack of heft. "Making virtuosity look easy and unobtrusive ... is not the surest way to win Oscars and other prizes. Odds are that pictures markedly inferior to "You Can Count on Me" will win big awards," declares Sarris. The picture hangs in at No. 5, 304.1 points on the Inside Line, while Laura Linney pops up a spot to No. 3 among leading actresses with 261.9 points and Kenneth Lonergan moves up one among directors, to place fourth with 259.0 points. Leading man, Mark Ruffalo, meanwhile, has slipped into eighth position with 231.3 points. Will pre-Oscar awards keep this one afloat?

Dec 11, 2000 from Playbill:
Go, Bialy baby, go! After years of wrangling for the rights and months of casting speculation, the stage version of Mel Brooks' classic film comedy, "The Producers," now begins the first major step before its April 19, 2001 Broadway premiere. The new musical, by Brooks and co-librettist Thomas Meehan, goes into rehearsals Dec. 11, with an out-of-town tryout planned for Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre Feb. 1-25, 2001 leading towards Broadway previews starting at the St. James Theatre March 22, 2001.

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick co-star in the tuner, which, according to the New York Post (Dec. 8) has already raked in $2 million in advance sales in the two weeks since tickets were made available to the general public. Production spokesperson Michael Hartman told Playbill On-Line the above financial stats are not confirmed, and "the production is not disclosing figures" regarding its box office take. He did say that the show's capitalization is $10.5 million...Full Story

from Los Angeles Times:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo was in L.A. last week for a party to launch the "Put a Face on Homelessness" TV campaign. The 18 star-studded public service announcements have actors Harry Belafonte, Daniel Stern, Caroline Rhea, Blythe Danner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and others--speaking on behalf of the 600,000 homeless in America.

In different versions of the PSAs, a celeb says, "Many people recognize my face. But there are thousands of men, women and children who we walk past every day, but really never see. They are the invisible, the faceless, the homeless. Walking past them won't solve the problem. They need your help."

Dec 10, 2000 from PageSix.com:
*NSYNC, LeAnn Rimes, Claudia Schiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick and many other celebrity dog owners all posed with their pooches in the 2001 Purina Incredible Dogs Calendar and share what it is they love most about their pets. Parker and Broderick's Sally, a Border collie mix, seems to be as talented as the Hollywood twosome.

"She not only speaks perfect English, but also French and Italian. And when we go out of town and she has a party with all her friends, she always cleans up the whole house by the time we return. We just simply love her," says the couple, who grace the calendar's cover with Sally.

The calendars are free with a donation to Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF). La Russa, who is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and his wife, Elaine, founded ARF in 1991 to attend to the rescue, care and placement of homeless pets. Purina donated $250,000 to ARF on behalf of the celebrities who appear in the calendars.

ARF has a calendar for cat lovers, too. The 2001 Cat Chow Celebrity Cat Calendar features animal lovers like Cheech Marin, the February feature celebrity, with his friend Frisky.

The dog calendar can be ordered by logging on to www.dogchow.com/special.html; for the cat calendar, visit www.catchow.com, or call 1-800-CATCARE. For more on ARF, to make a contribution or to obtain either calendar, go to www.tlr-arf.org.

Dec 4, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) -- Paramount Classics' "You Can Count on Me" generated solid grosses during its fourth weekend with an estimated $417,000 from 53 locations, down a slim 19% from a week ago. The comedy-drama averaged $7,868 per theater and has garnered about $1.7 million to date. The Matthew Broderick-Laura Linney starrer, co-winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, expands to more theaters Dec. 22.

Matthew Broderick attends The Fifth Annual New York Awards hosted by Kim Cattrall and John Leguizamo at Saturday Night Live Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in New York City December 4, 2000. (Photo by Newsmakers)

Dec 3, 2000 from PageSix.com:
Matthew Broderick will be tomorrow night at the taping of New York magazine's annual awards show, along with more celebrities like Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ed Koch and Al D'Amato, and Russell Simmons.

Nov 25, 2000
Matthew will be on Live with Regis on Monday, Nov. 27. (Thanks, Ann!)

Nov 21, 2000 from PageSix.com:
Thanksgiving Day dialogue from your crackerjack reporter. I ask Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker their plans and he breaks up laughing with: "You always tell me that whatever I tell you is so boring." I ask Mets owner Fred Wilpon his plans and he brushes me off with: "You asked me that same question last year." I ask Kate Burton her plans and she gives me a nice answer. Unfortunately, I forgot it.

Nov 20, 2000 from Cure For Lymphoma Foundation:
Sixth Annual Cabaret for the Cure Raises One Million Dollars!: On November 20th, over 700 guests attended CFL's "Cabaret for the Cure" at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Special thanks to Genentech BioOncology and IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation for their generous support which enabled CFL to fund a record number of research grants in the new year. The event was Co-Chaired by actor Matthew Broderick.

Honorary Chairman actor Matthew Broderick, CFL Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Joseph Bertino, M.D. Board President Jerry Freundlich.

Honorary Chair Matthew Broderick with Sarah Jessica Parker and fans.

from Yahoo! News:
Paramount Classics expanded its critical hit "You Can Count On Me" from eight to 35 theaters and watched sales increase to $320,000, according to estimates. With $480,000 in ten days, the potential Oscar contender averaged an impressive $9,143 per site.

Nov 19, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
LONDON (Variety) -- Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan's acclaimed sibling drama "You Can Count on Me" won the British Film Institute's Sutherland Trophy for best first feature film at the London Film Festival Thursday. The picture, starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick, won the best screenplay prize at Sundance earlier this year. Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast" came runner-up for the Sutherland.

from PageSix.com:
Matthew Broderick attended the opening night of Jane Wagner's "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," starring the one and only Lily Tomlin at the Booth Theatre.

Nov 18, 2000
Matthew will be on the Late Show with David Letterman on Nov. 24 and the Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Nov. 29.

Nov 17, 2000 from PageSix.com:
The Stage Deli on Seventh Avenue has menu features 36 sandwiches and salads named after celebrities - like the Kim Basinger (a BLT with chicken salad) or the Adam Sandler (a Nova with sturgeon with lettuce, tomato and onion).

It's an eclectic bunch - immortals like Sinatra (Italian sausages sauteed with peppers and onions) and DiMaggio (corned beef, pastrami, chopped liver and Bermuda onion) stand side by side with the likes of Matthew Broderick (corned beef, turkey and Muenster cheese) and Halle Berry (salami, tongue and pastrami).

Nov 16, 2000 from Playbill:
Though these names have been rumored for several weeks, only now has it officially been confirmed that Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Cady Huffman and Roger Orbach will co-star alongside Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the stage version of Mel Brooks' classic film comedy, "The Producers."

Rehearsals start the same day the box office opens - Dec. 4 - for the new Broadway musical, which will begin previews March 22, 2001 and open April 19, 2001 at the St. James Theatre. Tickets go onsale Dec. 3 via Telecharge, (though a special promotion began Nov. 12 that allows American Express Card holders to purchase tickets early, through Dec. 2).

Nov 14, 2000

Anthony Barrile (center), one of the stars of Off-Broadway show "End of the World," poses with Bebe Neuwirth, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at the play's opening night party Nov. 9 at the 47th Street Theater. (Photo by Playbill)

Matthew will join the Rosie O'Donnell Show on Nov. 22. (Thanks, Ann!)

Nov 13, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) -- In the limited-release area, Paramount Classics' "You Can Count on Me" debuted in eight theaters in Los Angeles and New York and grossed an estimated $114,000 for a promising per-theater average of $14,250. The comedy-drama starring Laura Linney and Matthew Broderick was picked up at Sundance and has generated positive reviews, according to the distributor. The film will expand to about 20 screens in the top 10 markets this coming weekend.

Nov 9, 2000 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK -- Tickets go on sale Nov. 12 for the Broadway musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' cult film, "The Producers." Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are now confirmed to star in the show, which is planning an April 19, 2000 opening at the St. James Theatre, with previews to start March 21.

Tickets will be available starting that date to holders of the American Express card only, by calling (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250. Tickets will go on sale to non-Amex customers Dec. 3 via Telecharge.

Nov 8, 2000 from PageSix.com:
"The Producers." Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick's B'way-bound version of Mel Brooks' hilarious old movie, is already booked into the St. James in April. Mel's additional scene is a dance-off between Hitler and Churchill. Being discussed now is that invites may come to critics on (fake) $100 bills. Matthew on the show: "It'll be lots of fun, but the great thing is, if it isn't, it will close, so I win either way."

By the way, this guy is wonderful in a small but delicious new film "You Can Count on Me," which co-stars dynamite Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, Laura Linney. And, now, that's probably more than you ever needed to hear about Matthew Broderick.

from Cinema.com:
Actor Matthew Broderick wants to keep his bedroom habits secret. The "Out on a Limb" actor is married to "Sex and the City" Star Sarah Jessica Parker but you won't know what he is like having sex judging by his acting. The "Election" star isn't giving away his bedroom secrets with wife Parker when he's simulating sex with co-star Laura Linney in the upcoming movie, "You Can Count On Me."

He explains, "The problem is there are so many other things that come into play when you're thinking about sex. You never want people to see how you do it really. That's one of the great secrets is how you commit the sex act and you don't want to be showing that to strangers. It tends to be a little different than in your own life because you're not wanting to show too much of your 'stuff' and it's awkward!"

The "Inspector Gadget" star claims that he isn't bothered by the weekly sex romps that Parker has with various hunky men on her hit show, "Sex and the City." He says, "You know, I'm kind of used to that. It's all the time and it doesn't bother me. I don't know if that means there's something wrong with me but I don't care much. "And she should have fun. That's acting; you don't just look like you're having fun, you do really have fun. So I'm not just looking at it to see who's she's making out with." (RXM/WN/PDD)

Nov 6, 2000

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick attending the "You Can Count On Me" premiere & after party. East Village, NYC. (Photo by LFI)

Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker arrive for the New York premiere of the movie "You Can Count on Me" at the Loews Village theater. He stars in the film. (Photo by Daily News Pix)

Nov 1, 2000 from Star Magazine:
Thirteen years after two people were killed in a car crash, Matthew Broderick's recurring nightmares of the tragedy have finally stopped thanks to the love of his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, star of HBO's "Sex and the City."

"Sarah has helped me understand that there is nothing I can do now but pray for those people and their families and try to live a good and honorable life," Broderick told a friend. "I know that God knows how sorry I am. And if I could do anything to bring those people back, I would." "Matthew will never forget what he did," says the pal. "But after years of therapy and Sarah's gentle understanding, he realizes it was an accident and it serves no purpose to keep torturing himself."

Nov, 2000

Matthew Broderick's Favorite Place In New York City: Central Park softball field: "My father took me to a lot of Yankee and Met games when I was young, but my Mets tendencies won out. When I was on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business...," (former Met pitcher) Tom Seaver came backstage and gave me a signed baseball saying, 'From one Hall of Famer to another.' The wife (Sarah Jessica Parker) is a crazy Yankee fan, and we have amassed a fairly good collection of balls, which we keep in Lucite tubes. I read scripts in this park, and I've discovered if I bring my mitt with me and hang out, I usually end up in a game." (Photo by InStyle Magazine)

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York City Ballet Opening Night Benefit 2000 at Lincoln Center. The evening's ballet program for the opening night gala was called "Looking at Love ...." With fourteen different ballets performed in an hour-and-a-half without intermission. (Photos by NewYorkSocialDiary) (Thanks, Marianne!)

Oct 30, 2000

Actors Sarah Jessica Parker, left center, and her husband Matthew Broderick ride in one of the cars during the Yankees' victory parade in New York Monday, Oct. 30, 2000. The Yankees defeated the New York Mets last week in the city's first Subway Series since 1956, winning their third consecutive World Series Championship. (Photo by AP)

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker with their Border Collie Mix, Sally were one of the many celebrities to pose for the Purina 2001 Incredible Dogs Calendar sponsored by Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation, also known as ARF. The featured celebrities appear on behalf of ARF, and proceeds from the calendars go directly to ARF's animal programs. (Photo by Animal Rescue Foundation/Newsmakers)

Oct 28, 2000 from New York Daily News:

Sarah Jessica Parker Is a Real Team Player: It's not easy being a Yankees fan, and a wife. Just ask Sarah Jessica Parker. With her "Sex and the City" co-star Kim Cattrall at Shea Stadium witnessing the end of the World Series on Thursday, there was Parker at the Beacon Theater watching her husband, Matthew Broderick, as he was honored by GQ as its Man of the Year for theater. But that didn't stop Parker from listening to the ballgame on a radio with headphones. Dressed in a red sparkly dress and high heels, Parker tried to keep others backstage apprised of the score. When a rep offered to arrange for a TV, the actress said, "No. It's kind of more thrilling to hear it this way. Thanks anyway." When Bernie Williams smacked a home run in the second inning, Parker cried out, "Oh, s---!" Someone said to her, "I thought you were a Yankees fan." "I am," she responded, "but my husband is a Mets fan, and this is his night." Well, maybe for a while it was.

Oct 27, 2000 from CNN.com:
LOS ANGELES, California -- Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan went home with two top awards at the American Film Institute Festival Thursday. The reward? A year's supply of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

His film, "You Can Count on Me" starring Matthew Broderick and Laura Linney, won the best film prize, and Lonergan was awarded the best new writer award. He also took home cash and travel prizes, in addition to the doughnut jackpot.

Matthew Broderick poses with his GQ's "Men of the Year" Award presenter Nathan Lane. They are expected to star in the Broadway musical version of Mel Brooks' movie, "The Producers."

Actor Matthew Broderick speaks after accepting the award for work in theater at the Gentlemens Quarterly magazine's Fifth Annual "Men of the Year" Awards at the Beacon Theater in New York on October 26. The awards honor men of distinction from the world of music, fashion, film, sports, television, and theater. Other honorees include Russell Crowe, Pierce Brosnan, James Gandolfini, Elton John and Michael J. Fox (Photo by Reuters) The show was hosted by Dennis Miller and featured celebrity presenters including Julia Roberts, Barbara Walters, Ben Affleck and Kevin Spacey, and musical performances by Enrique Iglesias, Third Eye Blind and 98 Degrees. The "Men of the Year" are featured in the November 2000 issue of GQ and will air nationally on Fox Network on December 9 at 8:00PM ET/PT. Also, the show's Webcast, featuring unique behind-the-scenes footage, will be available throughout the month of December at www.GQ.com.

from CBS News:
Who are some of the best-dressed male entertainers around? GQ magazine salutes them in its "Men of the Year" issue that hit newsstands Friday. To celebrate, many of the stars on the 2000 list and a lot of their friends gathered in New York Thursday night for the taping of the GQ awards show. It will be aired in December.

Among the famous names who won the titles were actor Pierce Brosnan of "James Bond" fame, The Sopranos star James Gandolfini, stage and screen actor Matthew Broderick and fashion designer Giorgio Armani, one of those who was not present.

Oct 26, 2000 from MSNBC:
Celebs in the City: When Fox wasn't sentimentally zooming in on the faces in the crowd, it was busy recouping low series ratings with crass promotion of its fall programming. (Oh, look! It's the cast of Fox's new Monday-night show "Boston Public" at the game!) But there were real celebrity fans, too. Everywhere. Yankee fan Sarah Jessica Parker, contending with her Met-fan husband Matthew Broderick, said: "When the Yankees win, we'll get bragging rights for eternity." He responded, "Being a Mets fan is like discovering you're a duck and not a swan." Yankee fan Billy Crystal talked trash: "I just hope I get a chance to smack [Met fan] Seinfeld around." Lauren Bacall, Kevin Spacey, Jason Priestley and Mel Brooks all caught the last game, but they probably didn't take the subway home.

Oct 23, 2000 from Yahoo! News:

NEW YORK (Variety) - Matthew Broderick will star in a TV version of the Tony-winning Broadway musical "The Music Man." The three-hour film will air on ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" in a sweeps period berth next year. Broderick, himself Tony-honored, will play Professor Harold Hill, a conman trying to unload band instruments on the town of River City, Iowa, where he falls for the town librarian. Broderick's wife, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, is being wooed to play the librarian. The couple is shown at a post-Primetime Emmy Awards party September 12, 1999. (Photo by Reuters) The musical, based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, with book, music and lyrics by Willson. "The Music Man" update is being developed by Storyline Entertainment, the production company behind ABC musicals "Annie" and "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," and the Bette Midler starrer "Gypsy" for CBS.

Oct 22, 2000 from MSNBC:
Celebrities on parade at Series: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker--Ferris (like you remember him for anything else) is a Mets fan. His wife, Parker, is a Yankees fan. Of course, Ferris is a Yankees fan because Parker allows him to be. If it meant staying married to Parker, I'm sure Ferris would become a Phillies fan.

Actors Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker sit behind New York Mets Robin Ventura as they attend Game 2 of the World Series in New York. (Photo by Reuters)

Oct 19, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--On Jan. 2, 2001, PBS Home Video and Warner Home Video (WHV) present "Jazz," the new and highly praised work from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

"Jazz" is the final installment in Burns's trilogy on American life, which began with "The Civil War" and continued with "Baseball." "Jazz" is available as a ten-VHS set and a ten-DVD set, both including exclusive, never-before-seen footage. The film's television premiere is a General Motors Mark of Excellence Presentation and will be aired in 10 installments between Jan. 8 and Jan. 31, 2001.

Declared "amazing" and "a spell-binding tour" by The New York Times, "Jazz" tells the story of this singularly American art form with more than 75 interviews, 500 pieces of music, 2,400 stills and 2,000 archival film clips, many never-before-seen. The 18-hour epic is narrated by Keith David and features first-person quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew Broderick, Delroy Lindo and many others.

from PageSix.com:
Asked by InStyle magazine to name his favorite haunt in New York, Matthew Broderick, a big Mets fan, picked a softball diamond in Central Park where he sometimes plays. The Subway Series is a problem for the Broadway actor: "The wife [Sarah Jessica Parker] is a crazy Yankee fan."

Oct 14, 2000

Husband and wife actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium in Queens, NY. The Mets went on to lose, 8-2, but still retain a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series. (Photo by Daily News Pix)

Oct 10, 2000 from People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker, who uses the word "grace" as a screen saver on her cell phone (to remind her "to be good to people," she told Entertainment Weekly), is nothing like Carrie, her "Sex and the City" character and not just because she has girlfriends in New Jersey whom she actually visits. For starters, Parker never swears (she gave up the F-word as a New Year's resolution in January and has also quit smoking), won't do nudity ("I've never felt comfortable with it," she said recently) and is far more likely to be found downing M&Ms at an Off-Broadway show with husband and fellow theater junkie Matthew Broderick than sipping cosmopolitans at the latest hot spot.

Married since 1997, Parker has found what Carrie and her clique seem to have been seeking since the series began in 1998: a partner for flea-market jaunts and bike rides through Central Park who also shares her devotion to the Yankees and makes her laugh. Broderick, she told People last year, "is so smart and so funny and such an honorable person, and I think that's very, very sexy. He's the best of both worlds -- a great lover and friend." They are "madly in love," says "Sex and the City" executive producer Michael Patrick King. "There's really a private-cottage feel to them, almost like they have a little place in the woods that's only for them."

Next morning, when a designer-clad Carrie might be doing the Walk of Shame across town, early riser Parker is already on-set gearing up for a 16-hour day. "When I wake up I can see the newspapers spread out everywhere, and an empty coffee cup, so I know she was there," Broderick, 38, told People in 1999. The actor sometimes stops by the set for lunch -- a bold step, considering what he might find on any given day. Is the former Ferris Bueller bothered by any of this? "I don't think so," says Parker's brother Timothy Britten Parker, also an actor. "It's perfectly clear that it's just part of the job."

They met in 1991 when Broderick directed Timothy in a play. The couple, both half-Jewish, wed in a civil ceremony performed by Broderick's sister, an Episcopal minister, in a former synagogue downtown -- but not before Parker had spent considerable time cooling her 4-in. heels waiting for a proposal. And she wasn't alone. Says her longtime friend, movie director Adam Shankman: "It's as if all her friends were standing beside her, their arms crossed, thinking, 'What are you gonna do, bud?'"

If friends are correct, she and Broderick won't delay long before having a baby. "I know they both want children very much," friend Iva Rifkin says of Parker and Broderick. "Her friends have children, and she's just in love with them, talks about them all the time and carries their pictures with her."

Oct 2, 2000

Ethan Hawke & wife Uma Thurman, Matthew Broderick & wife Sarah Jessica Parker at the 3rd annual "Tomorrow is Tonight" dinner and auction to benefit Project A.L.S. at Metropolitan Pavillion, New York City. (Photo by ABACA/LFI) (Thanks, Marianne!)

from New York Post:
It's not unusual for stars like Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker to host a charity benefit. But there's a personal reason that they - and others, including Marisa Tomei, Jace Alexander and Gina Gershon - are donating their time tonight for "Tomorrow Is Tonight," a benefit to fight ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as "Lou Gehrig's disease." They're longtime members of New York's pace-setting Naked Angels Theater Company and friends of Jenifer Estess, a former producing director of the group who was stricken with ALS in 1997.

Naked Angels was formed in the mid '80s by promising young twentysomethings devoted to theater. Well-known dramas including "Sideman" by Warren Leight, "This is Our Youth" by Kenneth Lonergan, "Snakebit" by David Marshall Grant and "The Substance of Fire" by Jon Robin Baitz, all emerged from the group. Broderick's new film, "You Can Count on Me," a Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance, was written and directed by fellow Naked Angels member Lonergan, who also wrote Tomei's next play, "The Lobby." Broderick even met his wife, Parker, when he directed her brother Toby in a Naked Angels production in 1991.

Toby Parker will sing at tonight's benefit, along with Jesse L. Martin of "Law & Order" and John Cameron Mitchell, who starred in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Katie Couric will join Broderick and Parker as a third co-host, and actors Scott Wolf, Donna Hanover, Ethan Hawke, Jon Stewart, Craig Bierko and Paul Eckstein are all participating. Estess received speech writing help from Naked Angels playwright Pippin Parker - another of Sarah's brothers - who's also helping write tonight's benefit.

Sep 28, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
New Yorkers forked over big bucks last night to say farewell to their Funny Girl at a tear-filled Madison Square Garden concert. Barbra Streisand has said she is "bidding goodbye to this part of my life" by giving a final, brief concert tour, which began in Los Angeles last week and ends here tonight.

A raft of celebrities showed up for last night's opener - with former Mayor David Dinkins, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, "Sex and the City" stunner Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin and Rosie O'Donnell all expected.

from National Enquirer:
"Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker's hubby Matthew Broderick attracted a bevy of starlets at his table while wifey posed for the cameras at the HBO party. But when Sarah Jessica got a load of Matthew's harem, she made a beeline back to her hubby -- and the starlets scattered. (Thanks, Marianne!)

Sep 22, 2000 from Star Magazine:
"Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker missed husband Matthew Broderick sooo much on a recent trip to L.A. she agreed to check into the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard - under one condition. Sarah demanded that her suite overlook a huge blowup of Matthew in a Gap ad on the side of a nearby building. It was the last thing she saw every night before she dozed off, and she was guaranteed sweet dreams. (Thanks, Marianne!)

Sep 20, 2000

New York - Actor Sarah Jessica Parker with husband, actor Matthew Broderick at the 10th Annual Independent Feature Project Gotham Awards, Held at Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty, New York City. (Photo by eZuma)

Sep 15, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
Nathan Lane's co-star in "Springtime for Hitler" will be Matthew Broderick, in the role made famous by the late Gene Wilder. Lane gets the Zero Mostel part in the Broadway musical version of Mel Brooks' hilarious 1967 movie, "The Producers." Broderick was reluctant to sign on because of a commitment to make a TV version of "The Music Man," but producer Rocco Landesmann assured him he'd have time to do both.

Sep 13, 2000 from Playbill:
A production spokesperson at the Barlow-Hartman office has confirmed that "The Producers" will open April 19 at the St. James Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' classic film comedy is to start rehearsals Dec. 4 and begin previews in late March 2001. As reported by Theatrical Index, the show will have its pre-Broadway tryout at Chicago's Cadillac Palace, Feb. 1-25, 2001.

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick have been connected for some time to the show. Now, a source close to the production has confirmed the casting. A press spokesman for the show noted, however, that nothing was definite. Lane will play Max Bialystock, an overbearing theatrical producer who was once the toast of Broadway but has now fallen on hard times. Broderick will be Leo Bloom, a shy accountant who, under Max's tutelage, finally blossoms -- albeit into a criminal. Brooks and Thomas Meehan ("Annie") are collaborating on the tuner.

Sep 12, 2000

Emmys endnote: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick both seemed repulsed by a reporter's insistence that he was going to play a cameo on Parker's vehicle, "Sex and the City." (Photo by AFP)

Sep 10, 2000

Sarah Jessica Parker, best actress nominee for the TV show "Sex In The City," arrives at the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards with her husband Matthew Broderick, rear, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000. (Photos by AP)

Sep 5, 2000 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are traveling in style, thanks to a little "indie" film. The couple recently shot an industrial film for Mercedes-Benz because, their reps say, "it didn't clash with the Screen Actors Guild strike and was just something fun for the two to do together." Fun - and profitable. The couple's compensation was a brand-new Mercedes, New York mag reports.

Aug 23, 2000 from Toronto Star:
Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker are expected to join those celebrities who will appear at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 7-16. Others include Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robin Wright Penn, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Gere, Laura Dern, Farrah Fawcett, etc. (Thanks, Lisa!)

Also, Matthew's latest movie "You Can Count on Me" will screen at this festival as a Special Presentation.

Aug 20, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
NEW YORK (AP) - Sarah Jessica Parker epitomizes the feisty new single woman in HBO's "Sex and the City" series. Off the screen she worries about being a good wife. Parker, who married actor Matthew Broderick in 1997, says it bothers her when he doesn't have his laundry done or "hasn't had a hot meal in days." "That weighs on my mind," said Parker, 35, in the Aug. 28 edition of Time magazine. Although she tells single friends how boring married life is and how lucky they are to have their freedom, she says she doesn't mean it. "It's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better."

Aug 18, 2000 from Playbill:
As previously reported, according to a BrooksFilms spokesperson, author Mel Brooks is out of the country until the end of August, so details on when, where and who will be in "The Producers" have been slow in coming. Though Matthew Broderick as Nathan Lane's co-star seems like an open secret in the industry (an Aug. 17 Variety story about director Susan Stroman lists it as fact), Broderick's agent at CAA told Playbill (Aug. 18) that the actor has been offered the role but no deal has yet been made.

Aug 15, 2000 from CBS:
NEW YORK - Matthew Broderick Picks Your Videos: Flummoxed by the acres of choices in your local video store? Every now and then, Entertainment Reporter Mark McEwen on the CBS News The Early Show asks advice from the people who write, direct, and star in the movies. Most recently, it was Matthew Broderick, the actor who also happens to be married to Sarah Jessica Parker, star of the HBO series Sex and the City.

For comedy, Broderick recommends City Lights and The Gold Rush. "When I was a kid, I was crazy for (Charlie) Chaplin," he explains, adding that Gold Rush features "a very good combination of humor and romance and great physical comedy, which I like."

For romance, he taps Casablanca and The Way We Were. On second thought, he admits that The Way We Were isn't as much his choice as his wife's choice. "My wife likes it, and I know it's good," he explains. "Chicks dig that movie." Broderick also mentions Treasure of the Sierra Madre even though "it's not strictly a romance, unless the love of gold counts."

When it comes to action-adventure videos, Broderick reveals a taste for '70s disaster films, giving high marks to The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. Among his own movies, Broderick says he recommends Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Election.

On the big screen this fall, Broderick will appear in You Can Count On Me with Laura Linney. The screenplay was written by one of Broderick's best friends, Kenneth Lonergan, who also wrote The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Analyze This.

Aug 8, 2000 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK -- Though neither opening dates nor stars have been finalized, chorus auditions are planned Aug. 14-15 for the Broadway musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' cult film, "The Producers." The New York Times reported June 13 that producers are now seeking Matthew Broderick to play Leo.

Aug 1, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
HOLLYWOOD, /PRNewswire/ -- Heralding the arrival of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Hollywood Entertainment Museum is opening "The Peoples' Choice: Hollywood Looks at Politics" on Aug 1, a new exhibit of original poster art and photographs that chronicles political machinations as perceived by Hollywood filmmakers. "Election" is among those films that will be included in the show. The exhibit will be closes Aug 31, for more information call (323) 465-7900.

Jul 31, 2000
According to Upcomingmovies.com, "You Can Count On Me" will be released this November 17 (limited release), Paramount is distributing it.

Jul 30, 2000 from New York Times:
Talking Money with Sarah Jessica Parker: From a Start on Welfare to Riches in the City...Her husband, Matthew Broderick, is a highly regarded Hollywood and Broadway actor, but Ms. Parker does not want to depend on him financially...Full Story

Jul 28, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
Sighting: Matthew Broderick taking his mom to dinner at Minetta Tavern.

Jul 21, 2000 from Playbill:
It will likely not be until September before any further word is heard about "The Producers," a stage adaptation of Mel Brooks' classic film comedy. According to a BrooksFilms spokesperson, Brooks is out of the country until the end of August, so details on when, where and who will be in the show will probably wait until his return.

What is known is that Brooks is adapting his screenplay with co-librettist Thomas Meehan, who wrote the book for the mega-hit Annie. Brooks is also penning the words and music to a couple of new tunes for the show, though the song titles are not yet available for publication. Susan Stroman will direct and choreograph.

Though no cast members are actually confirmed at this point, in a March 2 appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman," Brooks, a guest on the show, pulled a contract for the musical out of his pants and told Nathan Lane, who was Letterman's guest host, to sign it. Brooks told the crowd he wanted Lane to star in the planned stage musical, presumably in the Max Bialystock role originated by Zero Mostel. Lane agreed.

As for the character of Leo Bloom, the nebbishy accountant rooked by Max into co-producing a flop Broadway musical for financial gain, early reports had Brooks interested in Martin Short for the role played on film by Gene Wilder. More recently, Matthew Broderick has been mentioned, with Lane telling the New York Observer (article dated July 24), "Matthew Broderick will hopefully play Leo Bloom."

There is no confirmation for dates or a theatre for "The Producers" (sources have been pointing to the St. James). However, Brooks' spokesperson did say the earliest Broadway might see the musical would be January 2001.

Jul 10, 2000
According to an e-mail from The Shooting Gallery, They are tentatively looking at the end of this year or spring of next for the release of the film "You Can Count on Me."

Jul 6, 2000 from USA Today:
VIPs: "Do you party like this all the time?" Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick wanted to know. They were sitting as guests of honor with Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez at Combs' 4th of July "Fabulous 50" party Sunday July 2, 2000 at his East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y., home (quieter than last year's).

The Sex and the City star told Combs she and her hubby don't get out that much, so they were taking in the ocean view, the lilies in the candlelit pool, peach bellinis by Cipriani restaurant, guests lolling on pillows. Producer/designer Combs, a major Parker fan, called her and the other 49 guests personally with the invitation.

from E! Online:
Matthew Broderick quit smoking quite a while ago with the help of Nicorette gum.

Jun 20, 2000 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick and Ed Burns were dining together over the weekend at the Bridgehampton restaurant 95 School Street when a woman at the bar fainted. Mind you, she didn't pass out because she was taken with their celebrity status - she had simply been drinking on an empty stomach.

Broderick and Burns, who were packing away the food - Burns was wolfing down a New York strip steak, while Broderick was demolishing a Big Eye Tuna - offered to help but the women said she was all right.

Jun 19, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
RADNOR, Pa. (AP) - "Sex in the City" could become a family affair. Sarah Jessica Parker says HBO has been wooing her husband, Matthew Broderick, to join the cast of the comedy about four single women in New York. "They ask him often. But he's too busy," Parker said in this week's TV Guide.

HBO's half-hour show focuses on the women's sex lives, with men appearing only briefly as romantic interests. "Any of the women would be lucky to have him - I mean, play opposite him," Parker joked.

Jun 16, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
The deal isn't set yet, but look for Matthew Broderick to join Nathan Lane in next spring's "The Producers," the new musical based on the hilarious Mel Brooks movie.

Jun 9, 2000 from People:

Single on her TV series, Sarah Jessica Parker proudly shows off husband Matthew Broderick at the "Sex and the City" premiere in Los Angeles. (Photo by DMI) (Thanks Marianne!)

Jun 8, 2000 from New York Daily News:
He's the Man: "Ferris Bueller" is all grown up, says wife Sarah Jessica Parker. In Allure magazine, the "Sex and the City" star makes it clear that hubby Matthew Broderick wears the designer pants in the family. "I know that Matthew has boyish qualities, and he has this unusually youthful face," Parker says "but in our house he's for sure the man."

Jun 7, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
WHAT A TRIP: The institution of the family summer holiday is examined in "Are We There Yet? America on Vacation," a new History Channel special debuting 9 p.m. EST Friday (June 9). Such vacation pioneers as the Western campers of the 1800s and the "tin can tourists" who ventured out in their Model T Fords are spotlighted in the two-hour documentary narrated by actor Matthew Broderick.

Jun 4, 2000 from Official Tony Awards:
Matthew Broderick appears on the 54th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City presenting this year's Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. Jennifer Ehle ("The Real Thing") is the winner for this category.

May 29, 2000
Matthew has appeared in an A&E commercial. (Thanks, Jessica!)

May 28, 2000 from New York Post:
On hand (or paw) for PawsWalk 2000, the star-studded charity event taking place Saturday, June 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Central Park, which Savvy Shopper raises money for local animal causes such as Bide-A-Wee, the ASPCA, the Humane Travel Society and NY Save (New Yorkers Saving Weather Animals in Veterinary Emergency), will be celebrities, including event co-chairs Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick with their border collie Sally. Also expected are Bebe Neuwirth, Sandra Santiago of "The Sopranos," soap stars Cassandra Creech of "As the World Turns" and Billy Kay of "Guiding Light," and Boomer, the canine sidekick of Parks Commissioner Henry Stern.

May 25, 2000 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK--"Taller Than a Dwarf," Elaine May's first full-length Broadway play, is closing at the Longacre Theatre. Telecharge, the show's ticketing agency, was telling customers that the final date would be June 11. A production spokesperson, however, said the final date is not yet firm.

May 23, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
GQ Magazine starts the polling for the 2000 GQ "Men of the Year" on Tuesday, May 23rd, and this year, the voting's all on-line. Matthew Broderick is nominated for Theater category, go vote for him at www.gq.com! Voting continues through June 15th. As a bonus for casting a vote, participants will be automatically entered in a sweepstakes to win a trip to New York or Beverly Hills, plus a wardrobe worth $10,000. Winners will be featured in the November issue, and honored at the fifth annual GQ "Men of the Year" awards show to be broadcast on December 9 at 8pm EST/CST on Fox.

May 10, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker have rented a house in Sagaponack for a reasonable $35,000, reports iHamptons.com. The simple shingled farmhouse on 2.5 acres, once rented by artist David Salle, has no pool.

May 3, 2000 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK--Broadway stars are turning out for the opening day ceremonies of the Broadway Show League which will be held 1 PM Thursday, May 4 at Field #2 of the Hecksher Ball Fields in New York City's Central Park at 63rd Street and Central Park West. One of the lesser-known delights of summer in New York is the weekly (Thursday afternoon) baseball games between casts and crews of the Broadway shows. Admission is always free!

Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle, Nigel Lindsay and Sarah Woodward of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" are expected to be on hand, as are Andrea McArdle of "Beauty and the Beast," Rebecca Luker of "The Music Man," Marin Mazzie of "Kiss Me Kate," and Matthew Broderick of "Taller Than A Dwarf."

May 1, 2000 from The Autograph Report:

The Virginian Pilot - On Sunday mornings, before the altar at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Rev. Jay Wagner is the picture of piety. But after hours, if it will get him a celebrity autograph, he's willing to look a little goofy. Wagner, who sees 100 movies a year, has had many brushes with greatness. Carol Burnett performed her famous Tarzan call for him. Ricardo Montalban asked Wagner to pray for him. Matthew Broderick confessed to the priest for two hours - not about his sins, but about the trials of life in the public eye. It was his meeting with Broderick five years ago - Wagner's first live encounter with a star - that hooked the pastor on autograph-seeking. The stars, he has learned, sometimes can seem lonely. His autograph collection include ones from Michael J. Fox, Matt Damon and Andrew McCarthy.

Apr 28, 2000

At left, independent film star Parker Posey and film and theatre star Matthew Broderick are the leads in the new comedy "Taller Than a Dwarf," which opened April 24 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. At right, the company of "Taller Than a Dwarf," including Parker Posey and Matthew Broderick, take their opening night bow. (Photo by Playbill)

Apr 27, 2000 from IMDb:
Matthew Broderick Cracks Broadway In His Undies: Matthew Broderick is making a surprising Broadway appearance -in his underwear. Broderick stars alongside Parker Posey in the theatre production "Taller Than A Dwarf" playing a New York City couple. But although his character may be rather average, Broderick's costume isn't so normal. In fact it's rather minimalist. He says, "I'm fine about it. Originally I was in pajamas the whole time and they changed it about two weeks ago and I still kind of miss my pajamas. It's OK, it's tasteful."

Apr 21, 2000 from Pagesix.com:
Sweet Charity: On April 30, the Kids For Kids Street fair happens at Industria Superstudio in N.Y.C.'s West Village. This year Julianne Moore, Glenn Close, Matthew Broderick, James Gandolfini, Vincent Pastore and Jamie-Lynne Sigler donate their time working carnival game booths. Destiny's Child is scheduled to perform. All this fun benefits The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Call (212) 947-7511.

Apr 13, 2000
Matthew will be on the Late Show with Conan O'Brien on Tuesday April 18.

Apr 12, 2000
There's a cameo appearance by Matthew Broderick on MTV's "True Life: I'm an Actor," the show will be on air tonight at 10-11 p.m.

Apr 11, 2000 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick will meet "The Music Man" on April 20, when both the star of Broadway's "Taller Than a Dwarf" and the cast of Susan Stroman's new Broadway revival of Meredith Willson's classic musical pay a visit on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." The show airs in New York on channel 7 at 10 AM. Check local listing for times and stations.

Mar 27, 2000

"Fuddy Meers" star J. Smith Cameron, theatrical agent George Lane and Matthew Broderick (now in previews with Broadway's "Taller Than A Dwarf") joined "Waverly Gallery" playwright Kenneth Lonergan ("This is Our Youth", "You Can Count On Me") for the March 22 opening of his newest play. (Photo by Playbill)

Mar 26, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
It wasn't quite a landslide for "Election," but the dark comic fable still managed to nail down a strong indie vote Saturday with three top honors at the Independent Spirit Awards, including best feature.

The 15th annual awards show--also known as the independent version of the Oscars--singled out the twisted story about student government's seedy underbelly, giving Alexander Payne best director honors, and handing Payne and Jim Taylor the best screenplay award (adapted from the Tom Perrotta novel). The film--which starred Matthew Broderick as a frumpy teacher tormented by his overzealous student, played by Reese Witherspoon--beat out "The Straight Story," "Sugar Town," "The Limey" and "Cookie's Fortune" to take best feature.

Mar 24, 2000
"Taller Than a Dwarf," is now in previews. Opens April 24 at Longacre. For Tickets, call Tele-charge at 212-239-6200 (Within New York) or 800-432-7250 (Outside of NY/NJ/CT) or buy tickets online. For more ticket information, click here.

Mar 23, 2000 from Boston Globe:
On Tuesday's "Late Show With David Letterman," the host tried to bait Matthew Broderick about his Boston press. "I've gone past that," Broderick said, smiling. "We don't want to harp on the bad... and it's my birthday."

Mar 21, 2000

Matthew will be tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Mar 14, 2000 from USA Today:
"Election", the Oscar-overlooked comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, was voted the most noteworthy film of 1999 by film critics, including Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin and USA Today's Mike Clark. Premiere magazine's April issue ranks 100 films based on critics' ratings. Following "Election", the rest of the top five films were "The Dreamlife of Angels," "Toy Story 2," "Being John Malkovich" and "Topsy-Turvy." At the bottom: "The Mod Squad."

Mar 12, 2000 from Page Six:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker will be tomorrow at Tiffany's for the event, "Stars on Fifth," which is a salute to Broadway's ageless wonder, Isabelle Stevenson, chairman of the American Theater Wing. The couple will toast Martin E. Segal. The dishing starts with cocktails at 7 p.m. Call (212) 230-6565.

Mar 11, 2000 from Boston Globe:
Twist of face: Fans of Matthew Broderick from his days in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to last year's "Election" have been lingering outside the stage door at the Wilbur Theatre to get autographs from the star now performing in "Taller Than a Dwarf." Milton's Ken Golner planned to be among them last night. Golner, Curry College sports information director and amateur actor, has been told by friends and strangers for years that he looks just like Broderick. He even credits the star with helping him get a part in last year's production of "Angels in America Part II" at the Boston Center for the Arts. At the audition "the director was like, 'You look really familiar to me,"' said Golner, who had tickets to last night's show. "I talked to her afterward. She was thinking of Matthew Broderick."

Mar 10, 2000 from Boston Globe:
Matthew Broderick, now appearing in "Taller Than a Dwarf," joins WMEX-AM (1060)'s "The Upton Bell Show" at 4 p.m.

Mar 8, 2000 from Theatre.com:
Cameron Mackintosh is likely to be involved with importing the current London musical "Doctor Dolittle" to the U.S. While the show was shut out at the Olivier Award nominations, it has been a big family attraction, and is expected to undergo revision prior to importation. Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have been mentioned for the leads. If Mackintosh does bring it in, he will once again be providing Julie Andrews with a New York stage comeback: He presentd her return in "Putting It Together," and she's the voice of parrot Polynesia in "Dolittle."

Mar 7, 2000
"Taller Than A Dwarf" begins previews of a Boston tryout today. The play will run at Boston's Wilbur Theatre through March 19. For tickets, call (617) 931-2787 or click here to order online. Visit Broadway in Boston for more ticket information.

from Boston Globe:
Sighting: Film and stage star Matthew Broderick dined at Maggiano's Little Italy Saturday night.

Mar 6, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's twisted high school comedy "Election" took the prize for best adapted screenplay, based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, on Sunday's 52nd annual awards of the Writers Guild of America.

Feb 26, 2000
Tickets for "Taller Than A Dwarf" are now on sale! Call Tele-charge at 212-239-6200 (Within New York) or 800-432-7250 (Outside of NY/NJ/CT) or buy tickets online. For more ticket information, click here.

For tickets for the pre-Broadway run at Boston's Wilbur Theatre on March 7-19, call (617) 931-2787 or click here to order online. Visit Broadway in Boston for more ticket information.

Feb 15, 2000
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor are nominated for best screenplay (adaptation) for "Election" in the 72nd Annual Academy Awards. The awards will be presented March 26 in a live ABC telecast hosted by Billy Crystal.

Feb 14, 2000 from Theatre.com:
Holders of Visa credit cards can order tickets for "Taller Than a Dwarf" starting Feb. 14 by calling (212) 239-6200. Tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, Feb. 28.

from New York Post:
Leonardo DiCaprio joins a long list of Hollywood celebs backing Al Gore's campaign , including Ted Danson, Billy Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Christie Brinkley, Sean Penn, Rob Reiner, Bill Cosby, Matthew Broderick, Donna Summer and Martin Sheen.

Feb 13, 2000 from New York Post:
It's all in the family for producer Julian Schlossberg, who's closer than a tick with the Brodericks. He put "Taller Than a Dwarf," the new Elaine May comedy into rehearsal, starring Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey. Then his Castle Hill Production company purchased the film "Somewhere Tomorrow," which stars "Sex and the City's" Golden Globe winner Sarah Jessica Parker. "Dwarf" by the way, may be the only new American comedy on Broadway this spring. It opens at the Longacre Theater, March 24.

Feb 9, 2000 from New York Daily News:
Charlie Sheen is just one name executives have bandied about in discussing the future of "Spin City." Also mentioned as possible replacements for Michael J. Fox have been Jon Cryer ("The Famous Teddy Z"), comic Denis Leary ("The Ref"), Matthew Broderick ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") and Patrick Dempsey ("Scream 3"). "There are a ton of scenarios," said an ABC spokesman, declining to comment further. However, a source close to the show said an announcement about the series' future could come as soon as next week.

Sighting: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker had a dinner at Il Cantinori last Monday.

Feb 1, 2000 from Playbill:
Elaine May's "Taller Than a Dwarf," the only new comedy due on Broadway this spring, begins rehearsals Feb. 1 in New York, toward a first preview at the Longacre Theatre March 24 and an opening April 24. Prior to its New York stand, the play, starring Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey, will play Boston's Wilbur Theatre, March 7-19. Alan Arkin will direct. Julian Schlossberg is the producer...Full Story

from Ain't It Cool News:
Check out more Sundance Film Festival reviews: "You Can Count on Me" (by Joe Bradley / by The Maus).

Jan 30, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The gritty boxing saga "Girlfight" and the tender sibling-reunion tale "You Can Count on Me" shared top honors at the Sundance Film Festival, the nation's top showcase for independent movies. The two movies split the grand jury prize Saturday for best dramatic film. "You Can Count on Me" also won the Waldo Salt screenwriting award for Kenneth Lonergan, who also directed the film.

Jan 27, 2000 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are expected to be at a Super Bowl-watching party this sunday at Sardi's.

Jan 25, 2000 from Mr. Showbiz:
With Michael J. Fox leaving "Spin City", fans posted their suggestions on the show's official discussion boards for possible replacements, which ranged from "Ned and Stacey'"s Thomas Hayden Church to Jon Cryer of short-lived series "Getting Personal and Partners" to film and stage star Matthew Broderick, who's never been in a regular TV series. However, there's been no official word yet whether ABC and DreamWorks plan to cancel, recast, or reconfigure "Spin City."

Jan 23, 2000
Matthew was attending the 57th annual Golden Globe Awards with his actress wife Sarah Jessica Parker, who won for her lead role in HBO's "Sex and the City," at Beverley Hills Hilton Hotel in LA.

Jan 22, 2000
Check out Ain't It Cool News' Sundance: "You Can Count on Me" mini-review.

Jan 21, 2000

Matthew Broderick on the streets of Park City at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. (Photo by eZuma) (Thanks, Marianne!)

Jan 19, 2000 from Playbill:
The complete cast of the Broadway-bound Elaine May play, "Taller Than a Dwarf", has been announced. Joining the previously-announced Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey will be Joyce Van Patten, Jerry Adler, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Cynthia Darlow, Jim Downey, Marc John Jeffries, Dajon Matthews and Greg Stuhr.

Jan 18, 2000 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK -- Writer/producer/actress Elaine May will make her Broadway playwriting debut this spring with "Taller Than a Dwarf", a new comedy that will star Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey.

The show will begin previews March 24 at the Longacre Theatre and will open April 24, the last week of eligibility for the 2000 Tony Awards. The show will play a two-week tryout at Boston's Wilbur Theatre starting March 7. Rehearsals are set to begin Feb. 7. Tickets for the Broadway production will go on sale Feb. 28 via Telecharge (212-239-6200).

"Taller Than a Dwarf" is a full-length play in which Broderick and Posey play a disfunctional couple trying to cope with the stresses of modern life in contemporary Manhattan.

Jan 17, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
Sundance Channel and Starbucks will host ``Dialogues,'' daily conversations at the Elks Lodge at 550 Main St. Friday, January 21 to Tuesday, January 25 from 10:00-11:30 am with Sundance Film Festival filmmakers ranging from those at the festival with their first film to acclaimed, experienced directors. Those scheduled to participate include Casey Affleck, Christian Bale, Matthew Broderick, Balthazar Getty, Heather Graham, Mary Harron, Ian Holm, Aidan Quinn, Stanley Tucci and Peter Weller. Dialogues will air on Sundance Channel's website www.sundancechannel.com and be taped live for future airings on DirecTV. The first presentation will be posted Monday, January 24th and others will follow throughout the week.

Jan 16, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Walt Disney Co. has hired three scribes to function as writers-in-residence for one year. One of them is Ron Anderson who is now working on a treatment for Disney's "Inspector Gadget II."

Jan 13, 2000 from Yahoo! News:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When nominees for the 15th annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced Wednesday night, the high school satire "Election" and crime thriller "The Limey" emerged as the leading contenders with five nods each.

"Election," which made just $15 million at the U.S. box office last summer despite critical acclaim, starred Reese Witherspoon as a ruthless contender for the high school presidency and Matthew Broderick as the teacher who tries to thwart her plans. It earned nominations for best picture, female lead (Witherspoon), debut performance (Jessica Campbell), director (Alexander Payne) and screenplay (Payne and Jim Taylor).

Jan 12, 2000 from LIVE! With Regis & Kathie Lee:
Watch a child's face light up to the magic of live theater. Matthew Broderick told us about the fourth annual Kids' Night on Broadway, which is a national theater audience development program created to introduce children to live theater. In New York and nearly 20 cities nationwide, children ages 6 to 18 will have an opportunity to receive a free ticket to a Broadway show when accompanied by an adult who purchases a full-priced ticket.

In most cities, including New York, Kids' Night on Broadway will offer: a special 7 PM curtain, restaurant discounts, and a Kids' Fan Fair with a variety of interactive theater-related activities. For tickets to and information about Kid's Night on Broadway, call toll-free: (888) BROADWAY (888-276-2392). In the New York metropolitan area, pls. call: (212) 302-4111.

Jan 9, 2000

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend the 65th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 9, 2000 in New York. (Photo by Newsmakers)

from New York Post:
If director John Hughes wants to make a sequel to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Matthew Broderick is game. At the second season premiere party for "The Sopranos" at Roseland Wednesday, Broderick told Page Six he didn't know if the rumors are true that Hughes is planning to a follow-up to the 1986 hit, but "I'd love to work with him again -- on anything. And if that's what he wants to do, then okay!"

Jan 5, 2000

Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick attend the opening episode screening of the HBO series "The Sopranos," at New York's Ziegfeld Theater January 5, 2000. The show is begining it's second season. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000. (Photos by Newsmakers) (Thanks, Marianne!)

Jan 4, 2000 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker didn't have much luck with men before she met hubby Matthew Broderick. When the "Sex and the City" star was single, she contemplated leaving messages for all those no-good guys she seemed to always be attracted to that said, "Hi, we're not home right now, but if you're recently paroled and are going to treat me badly, I'll call you back."

But then Parker, who lived with current jailbird Robert Downey Jr. for seven years, met Broderick. "I went to a movie and he was there with my brother and his friends," Parker remembers in Marie Claire magazine. "And you know that could happen to anybody." Parker's reminiscences were part of a night out with three single women on the prowl for eligible men at a New York Champagne bar.