•• Chris Yandek interviewed Virginia Madsen for CY Interview, you can read the full article below.

Actress Virginia Madsen has been entertaining us since the early 1980s. From roles in Candyman to her 2004 Oscar nominated performance in Sideways, Virginia has become one of Hollywood’s top actresses. She says she now gets more consideration for roles than in the past. The sister of fellow actor Michael Madsen, Virginia’s latest role is in a movie alongside Hollywood legend Morgan Freeman in The Magic of Belle Isle out this coming weekend in theaters. It is also currently on video on demand. Ms. Madsen speaks about many topics. You can listen to CYInterview here.

In her latest role for the Rob Reiner film The Magic of Bell Isle, Virginia said in the production notes that she believed this project was how movies were formerly made. She believes Hollywood is not currently doing enough to push the viewer’s imagination. Ms. Madsen has some very candid words on the state of comedy movies and the entire American film industry:

“I love a lot of these big movies, but I like the ones that have a story. And I have a teenager and when I like take all of his buddies, sometimes you take ‘em all to the movies, and they’re really disappointed when it doesn’t have a good story and you know or they can tell and they won’t go. You know but it’s, I think they, there’s kind of a dumbing down of especially comedy. The dumbing down of romantic comedy is really disappointing to me that comedy’s become so negative and mean spirited. Continue Reading  

•• More pictures of Virginia Madsen attending BMW Party and a Q&A Session at Aruba International Film Festival have been uploaded at the photo gallery.

Madsen, Liotta rock Aruba film fest por reuters

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June 23rd » Q&A Session at AIFF 2012
June 24th » BMW Party at AIFF 2012

•• Today, award-winning filmmakers Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia launch JAN, the first WIGS series from a comprehensive slate of new, original programming.The digital channel’s premiere series JAN is written and directed by Jon Avnet. The series stars Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer, along with Alexandra Holden, Jaime Murray, Kyle Gallner, Iddo Goldberg, Laura Spencer, Dorothy Davis, Allison McAtee, Andrea De Oliveira, John Ales and Cass Castelow.

Jan (Caitlin Gerard) wins a national competition that allows her to assist acclaimed photographer, Mel Karpova (Virginia Madsen). It’s a dream first job, but a series of blunders make it feel more like a nightmare. An unlikely upside is the attention of a movie star, Gerald Noth (Stephen Moyer) at a photo shoot. However, his constant knight-in-shining-armor attempts to help Jan often cause even more trouble for her. Jan’s journey becomes increasingly chaotic when her deeply troubled ex-boyfriend Robbie (Kyle Gallner) enters her life again.

The first three episodes are currently available worldwide in English and Spanish on youtube.com/wigs, youtube.comwigsespanol and watchwigs.com. In total, the series is comprised of 15 episodes and will be distributed online over the next four weeks with new episodes premiering on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Watch the first three episodes below!