Hello Everyone,
Christmas is almost upon us and I am wishing you all a warm and happy Holiday Season!
So sorry I’ve been so out of touch and not updated since Feb! Crazy, huh?! Between learning about Twitter and Facebook and screening my directorial debut, YOU, all around the country my poor, little website just got put on the back burner. But, here I am again and we are working on my site now so that I’ll be able to post these updates with video too, which will be so great. I’m excited about finding a way to stay in better touch with all of you and also representing my music more fully here on the site.

It’s been a great year. YOU has been making a difference with so many people in many cities. I feel touched and surprised by the amazing impact the film is having on people’s relationships. The idea that YOU is turning out to be a kind of connective tissue in peoples lives is simply wonderful! Read and see real audience reactions at (www.youthefilm.com).

I also filmed the series finale of MONK where I’ve recurred as Monk’s dead wife Trudy Monk for the last 7 years. The finale just aired recently and I thought it was a great way to wrap up a wonderful show. I will miss Trudy and all the people who made Monk work so well week after week, especially Tony Shaloub, who is one of the most talented and definitely one of the nicest people I’ve ever worked with.

Last Spring I had the pleasure of performing for Clint Eastwood when he was honored at the Thalians Ball. Clint requested me himself so I was very moved. We worked together in Absolute Power and have stayed in touch over the years and it was a real highlight to be there singing for him.

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Sometimes we do things that we know are going to be hard even before we start. Making our movie "YOU" was one such thing. We made the film in 18 days, cut it over the next year and a half and just now are ready to let the world in and the movie out. "YOU" is my directorial debut and I am very proud and excited to give the film wings.

At the end of March, my husband, co-producer, co-star and writer of the film, and I, plan on releasing "YOU" on the Internet. You will all be able to download the film from iTunes, Amazon and HULU.

As I wrap up my last two weeks on Broadway starring as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO, I am excited to watch "YOU" leave my hands and come into your living rooms, your computers, iphones and dvd players. This is a risky and modern way to release a film, but we made the film in a risky way; funding it ourselves, with wonderful talent from our personal circle of family and friends in just over two weeks, with lot's of passion and heart. I know that all comes across in this extremely personal love story that spans 21 years and weaves a kind of family quilt of love and loss, speckled with magic realism, that is both a coming of age story for the father and his daughter as well as a story about strength, vulnerability and courage in overcoming grief and finding love again.

Read more: Making our movie