By Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM

The movie "The Soloist" opens today. Jamie Foxx plays a former Julliard student, now homeless and on the streets, discovered by a local newspaper columist (Robert Downey Jr.) and the friendship that develops. Joe Wright ("Pride and Prejudice" and "Atonment") directs.

Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.