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A ’90s Movie Marathon to Get You Through This Isolation
The star of “The Cutting Edge,” D.B. Sweeney, joins “Chicago Today” hosts in sharing their favorite ‘90s classics to binge-watch.

D.B. Sweeney debuts new movie live on Facebook
Actor, Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) and D.B. Sweeney (The Cutting Edge) star in 5-minute pilot episode.

'30 With Murti': An Interview With Actor D.B. Sweeney
Actor D.B. Sweeney has been in some memorable sports movies such as “Eight Men Out” — in which he played shoeless Joe Jackson…

D.B. Sweeney’s Comedic Short ‘Two Dum Micks,’ Edited by The Colonie’s Keith Kristinat Sweeps Film Festival Circuit
D.B. Sweeney's Comedic Short 'Two Dum Micks,' Edited by The Colonie's Keith Kristinat Sweeps Film Festival Circuit. Sean Astin and D.B. Sweeney in a scene from 'Two Dumb Micks' ... The accolades garnered by the film include 'Awards for Excellence' at this ... Author; Recent Posts ...


The American Veterans Center Honors at the AVC’s 17th Annual Conference
Be sure to attend The American Veterans Center Honors. It is the closing event of the AVC’s 17th Annual Conference, taking place from November 6-8 in Washington, DC.

Entertainment Weekly: ‘Cutting Edge’ star D.B. Sweeney on toe picks, broken legs, and awful sequels
In honor of the Sochi Games, PopWatch is taking a look back at a few of our favorite Winter Olympics-themed movies. First up: The Cutting Edge, the classic 1992 “hockey player meets figure skater” romantic comedy. We talked to star D.B. Sweeney — who played cocky ex-hockey star Doug Dorsey, opposite Moira Kelly’s snooty ice queen Kate Moseley — about the making of the film, the impossible physics of its climactic bounce-spin-throw (the “Pamchenko”), and its truly wretched sequels. Toe pick!

There’s a New Sports Movie Out…
THERE’S A NEW SPORTS MOVIE OUT called ‘‘Underdogs.’’ It’s a low-budget high school football melodrama, shot in less than month in Canton, Ohio. The actor D.B. Sweeney plays the hard-ass coach who, as expected, turns the losing program around and, in the rebuilding process, gets to say things like, ‘‘If you look good, you feel good and you play good.’’

This Week at the Movies with D.B. Sweeney
D.B. Sweeney’s career has spanned 30 years. He has had memorable roles in the films “Memphis Belle”, “Eight Men Out”, “Gardens of Stone” and “The Cutting Edge”, along with too many television appearances to even mention, including his recurring role on “@ And A Half Men”. He sits down with This Weekend At The Movies to discuss his new film, “Underdogs”.

‘Eight Men Out’ Still Relevant 25 Years Later due to Alex Rodriguez & Biogenesis Scandal
The John Sayles directed film highlights the corruption and cheating with baseball in 1919. A theme still relevant in 2013.

D.B. Visits Claremore Veterans
A little bit of Hollywood was in Rogers County Sunday, when film and television actor D.B. Sweeney made a stop in Claremore to spend time with the men and women at the Claremore Veteran’s Center.
On his way to Chicago, Sweeney decided to stop in Claremore with his friend Webster Whinnery, a stuntman/actor, and the brother of Dr. Michael Whinnery, physician at the veterans center, making possible an “under the radar” stop in Claremore.