When Michael Stein, an actor, stand-up and friend of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, visited the set of Anderson’s pornography opus Boogie Nights in 1997, he noticed a cast member was missing. “I said ...

“Twilight” stud Taylor Lautner is set to play porn star Dirk Diggler in Jason Reitman’s live reading of “Boogie Nights” at Film Independent at LACMA on Thursday night, while Judy Greer will take over ...

The third season of “Live Read, Directed by Jason Reitman” started off with an, ahem, bang Oct. 10, with a live reading of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “Boogie Nights,” presented by Film Independent at ...

Well, Lautner tackled the role of the well-endowed and blessed-below-the-belt Dirk Diggler in the live reading of 'Boogie Nights' at the Film Independent at the LACMA on Thursday, Oct. 10, according ...

Dirk Diggler has great manners. Every character in Boogie Nights has small details like this that encapsulate everything about them. Some of these qualities, such as Diggler's obsessive politeness ...

"I am a big, bright, shining star." A line spouted at several points during Boogie Nights by Mark Wahlberg's Dirk Diggler, the final time we hear Dirk deliver his own personal pep talk is as Diggler ...

Directors Glenn Barden and Dave Hills take a lighthearted look at the sad life of John Holmes, wielder of “porn?s most famous 14 inches,” in The Real Dirk Diggler (2003). A crack addict, police snitch ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. IT WAS a hot summer night in 1998 when a solitary spotted tree frog named Dirk went out looking for love. The fertile young male climbed ...

Mark Wahlberg sought divine mercy when looking back on his past movie roles during a chat with the Chicago Tribune ahead an event with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich Friday. The actor, who is a devout ...