"Mad Men" finale: What's worth a fight? Nov 10, 2009
Even Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) found himself unexpectedly handed a chance to avenge his heartless bosses in London with the same air of casual cheer they'd employed when dragging him over the coals for years. Breathtaking, really, that each character's deepest desires and drives could be satisfied without screwing up the story or turning it into a fairy tale. (Salon)
Mad Men, Season 3 Nov 10, 2009
Bertram Cooper (Robert Morse), Joan Harris, (Christina Hendricks), Roger Sterling (John Slattery), Lane Pryce (Jared Harris), Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), and Harry Crane (Rich Sommer) in the Season 3 finaleTaxi drivers of New York, rejoiceRebecca Pryce is here to stay. Like you guys, I thought this episode was dynamite. (Slate)
'Mad Men' season three finale (SPOILER alert!) Nov 9, 2009
But the bigger turn was the dissolution of Sterling Cooper as Don, Roger Sterling (John Slattery) and Bertram Cooper (Robert Morse) teamed with Brit Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) to open a new agency -- called Steerling Cooper Draper Pryce -- taking several staffers with them. The best news was that the defection forced the team to bring back Joan (Christina Hendricks), who knew where all the Sterling Cooper bodies were buried. (Multichannel News)
Fox's 'Fringe' finds its footing Sep 19, 2009
"For me, last season the introduction of the character Mr. Jones, played by Jared Harris [the son of the late Richard Harris], was the turning point. I think it felt like there was another point on the map. Now we know where we're going. Now it's not just sort of seemingly arbitrary, random stuff. Ironically, that and later episodes actually ended up connecting to things that we did in the early stories. It all started to feel inevitable, that we had a mythology and arc that we were following.".... (FOX59, IN)
Mad Men: The Pauses That Refresh Aug 17, 2009
" Change is afoot at his ad agency, Sterling Cooper. A British firm has bought it out, cutting head count by a third and playing the remaining employees against one another. One of the new overlords, financial officer Lane Pryce (Jared Harris), holds the newly tightened purse strings with a chilly distance from the staff and from the American illusion-weaving that the ad business is built on. Discussing client London Fog (the raincoat maker), he dryly notes, "There is no London fog. Never was. (Time.com)
Critic’s corner Aug 15, 2009
Jared Harris stars as Lane Pryce, the manipulative British financial officer who is at Sterling Cooper to do some dirty work. Harris is the son of the late actor Richard Harris. (Boston Globe)
‘Mad Men’: cocktails and deceptions, straight up Aug 14, 2009
Led by Lane Pryce, played with sly condescension by Jared Harris, the Brits at Sterling Cooper have little in common with the Americans and culture clash ensues ... Starring: Jon Hamm, January Jones, Bryan Batt, Aaron Staton, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Harris, Robert Morse. (Boston Globe)
MetaTools Announces 'Making Faces' -- Power GOO for the iPhone and iPod touch Now Available at iTunes App Store Jul 25, 2009
The contest will be judged on creativity, originality and humor by a panel of experts including Dan Bialek, stand up comedian, Daniel Clark, professional graphic designer, and Jared Harris, professional photographer. The contest opens today at 12 noon Pacific time and submissions created exclusively using Making Faces on either an iPhone or iPod touch will be accepted via email submission per contest rules through August 31, 2009. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
DVD Report: This week's new releases May 3, 2009
Venturing from the care of his adoptive mother (Taraji P. Henson), Benjamin ships out with Captain Mike (an amusingly bawdy Jared Harris); sees action in WWII; pursues Daisy (Cate Blanchett), his childhood crush; and experiences another half-movie's worth of joys and sorrows. Hang in for a dramatic payoff that's tough viewing, but unforgettable. (Boston Globe)
Crystal for Jackman's Job Feb 25, 2009
Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sharon Stone, Elle MacPherson, Ben Kingsley, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones, Hugh Laurie, Jared Harris, Natasha Bedingfield, Eva Longoria Parker, Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes, Kiefer Sutherland, Cheryl Tiegs, Victoria Beckham, and Chris Noth were among his guests. Elton even had a whole gang from American Idol including Simon, Randy, Ryan, and Carrie Underwood. (Fox News)
Polanski Afraid to Return Feb 19, 2009
Among the guests: British actors Ben Chaplin and Jared Harris, the latter enjoying kudos for his sea captain turn in Benjamin Button. And Soho House is back in town, this time as a new restaurant called Cecconi s. The Soho House group always stages something exciting during Oscar week. (Fox News)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Feb 7, 2009
Come the Depression, he gets a job on a local tugboat owned by a raunchy riverman (Jared Harris), has an affair with a British diplomat's wife in Murmansk and is there when America enters the Second World War. After being reclaimed by his father, he becomes a man of leisure, meets his childhood sweetheart and so on back to "mewling and puking in his nurse's arms". (guardian.co.uk)
