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15 items from 2012
Cannes and the magic of Marilyn Monroe
9 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Cannes film festival kicks off next week, and this shot of Marilyn Monroe will feature on all its official posters. Does it matter that she never went?
She is a perennially fascinating screen actress, the incidental subject of new TV drama Smash – and from next week she will be pouting down at us from every street corner in Cannes, the face of the official film festival poster. The photograph shows the beautiful, beguiling, funny leading lady of such pictures as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot blowing out the candle on her 30th birthday cake, giving a seductive air-kiss to the lens. In a press release, the festival organisers explain: "The poster captures Marilyn by surprise in an intimate moment where myth meets reality – a moving tribute to the anniversary of her passing, which coincides with the festival anniversary [Cannes turns 65 this year] … Their coming together symbolises the ideal of simplicity and elegance. »
- Peter Bradshaw
Friday Noir: ‘His Kind of Woman!’ is the Robert Mitchum’s kind of good time!
6 April 2012 6:37 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by John Farrow
Written by Frank Fenton, Jack Leonard
U.S.A., 1951
John Farrow’s His Kind of Woman! has it all, and so, so much more. Sometimes the best entries in a film genre or series are the ones that need to add different ingredients to spice things up a little bit. Certain conventions must be adhered to, but the development of some less expected qualities may prove to be much welcomed additions. With a movie that tries to be so big, brilliant and perfect, it is small wonder that the famous Howard Hughes filled the role of producer. What we end up with is a hybrid between a traditional film noir entry and something out of left field.
The story evolves slowly, with a strong sense of mystery hanging around as to the real objectives until the final lap. Better still, Farrow reveals »
- Edgar Chaput
The Frantic Fight to Save Davy Jones: the 911 Call
1 March 2012 7:11 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
A frantic 911 call was placed after Monkees singer Davy Jones suffered a massive heart on Wednesday in Florida.
The distressed woman who dialed the emergency number pleaded for an ambulance to "hurry," before suggesting it might be faster to put Jones in a car and drive to the nearest hospital -- which was 27 miles away.
Jones had complained of breathing trouble early in the morning, and was later taken to a hospital in the town of Stuart, »
Oscars: Billy Crystal Was Far From His Best
27 February 2012 10:48 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy Awards was a lot better than last year’s offering and generally moved along pretty well. However, Billy Crystal’s performance was mixed. Sometimes he was spot on and in other instances resorted to forced humor that missed its mark.
After Morgan Freeman’s opening we saw Billy in an uninspiring repeat of what he’d done so well many times before, inserting himself into reproductions of well-known clips from the top films. Maybe it’s because he’s done it so many times. It’s true that he hasn’t been host since 2004, and we often enjoy an entertainer repeating his or her best work, but like an aging singer whose voice doesn’t hold up when the muscles sag, what was downright hysterical in past years, like when he came out as Hannibal Lecter in 1992, this go-around didn’t work too »
- HollywoodNews.com
Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor Remembered At Oscars
27 February 2012 9:18 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'In Memoriam' montage also pays tribute to Steve Jobs, Sidney Lumet, Jane Russell and more fallen stars.
Whitney Houston honored at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Billy Crystal introduced this year's "In Memoriam" montage with personal, heartfelt words about two Academy Awards producers who passed away in 2011, one of whom was Laura Ziskin, who produced on films like "Spider-Man" and "As Good as It Gets."
Esperanza Spalding, backed by the Southern California Children's Choir, sang a restrained and powerful version of "What a Wonderful World" as the clips played. The audience was asked to hold their applause until after the montage concluded, which they respectfully abided by. This prevented the morbid "applause-meter" phenomenon of years past, which seemed to unwittingly measure one fallen industry person's popularity against another.
The montage included a number of producers, costume designers, sound technicians and other departed industry folks, »
Oscars 2012: In memoriam - Academy pays tribute to Elizabeth Taylor among others
27 February 2012 1:56 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The screen icon and two-time Oscar winner heads the list of stars who died this year in the Academy's traditional rememberance
Elizabeth Taylor featured prominently in the In Memoriam section of the Academy Award ceremony currently taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf actor died in March 2011 aged 79, and was one of the most prominent figures of Hollywood glamour through the 1950s and 60s. She is especially well remembered for her multiple marriages, including two to fellow actor Richard Burton.
Also remembered were actors Jane Russell, best known for starring opposite Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Farley Granger, the star of two Hitchcock masterpieces, Rope and Strangers on a Train; and Michael Gough, the veteran British character actor who had a late flowering as the butler Alfred in the Batman films in the 90s.
Behind the camera, mentions were made of director Sidney Lumet, »
As they happened
27 February 2012 12:59 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Didn't get an invite to this year's Oscars? Neither did Xan Brooks, but he stoically blogged the red carpet and then the ceremony anyway
10.57pm: And so it begins ....
11.25pm: Roll carpet, roll cameras: it's the 84th annual Academy Awards, live and lurid from Hollywood. The Guardian film team will be covering the event throughout the night, weeping with the winners and wailing with the losers as this season's awards circus clatters exhaustedly towards the finish line. This is where it ends, inside the Hollywood and Highland Centre (reputedly the winner of the 2007 "Ugliest Building in La" award). Inside, the victors shall be encased in gold, the vanquished shown the door and all manner of movies laid tenderly to rest.
But wait, kick back, and keep the war horses tethered: the actual ceremony does not officially commence until 5pm (Pacific time). Time enough to cast an eye back over some late-breaking Oscar news. »
- Xan Brooks
Oscars 2012: Esperanza Spalding perfect during 'In Memoriam' segment
26 February 2012 10:56 PM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
The "In Memoriam" segment of the Academy Awards is always a moving tribute. It requires a balance of emotion and lyrical power to remember Hollywood legends who have passed in the last year. But if we had our choice, Esperanza Spalding should do it from this point forward because it was masterfully done on Sunday (Feb. 26).
Spalding, who won the Best New Artist award at the 2011 Grammys, performed the Louis Armstrong standard "What a Wonderful World" alongside a choir. And she was pitch perfect.
Her performance honored the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell, Whitney Houston and Steve Jobs. And the video clips the Academy broadcast as part of it matched the feeling of the moment.
So Zappers, did you feel the same way? »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Oscars: Billy Crystal remembers Gil Cates in 'In Memoriam' segment
26 February 2012 9:22 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Billy Crystal paid a personal tribute to former Oscars producer Gil Cates during Sunday night's Academy Awards. The Oscars host saluted Cates, who died last October, and former Oscars producer Laura Ziskin at the start of the 'In Memoriam' segment. Crystal said that he had thought about Cates "every second of the night", and considered him to be a great friend. Cates produced the awards show 14 times, inviting Crystal to host the ceremony for the first time in 1990. Stars including Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Jane Russell, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Falk, Sidney Lumet, Cliff Robertson, Jackie Cooper (more) »
- By Kate Goodacre
'The Artist' Finds its Voice at The Oscars
26 February 2012 9:17 PM, PST | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
The Artist was named Best Picture of the Year at The 84th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday night, with top acting honors going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady and Jean Dujardin for The Artist, and supporting actor honors going to Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Octavia Spencer (The Help).
Click Here for the complete list of winners.
It was a neck-and-neck race to the finish between The Artist and Martin Scorsese's Hugo for the most awards of the night, and both whimsical period pieces crossed the finish line with a total of five wins each. The Artist also beat out Best Picture contenders The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.
In a bit of an upset, Streep won her third Oscar for her spot-on portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, besting front-runner Viola Davis (The Help), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), [link »
The Artist & Streep Nab Top Oscar Honors
26 February 2012 9:08 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
The Artist was named Best Picture of the Year at The 84th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday night, with top acting honors going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady and Jean Dujardin for The Artist, and supporting actor honors going to Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Octavia Spencer (The Help).
Click Here for the complete list of winners.
It was a neck-and-neck race to the finish between The Artist and Martin Scorsese's Hugo for most awards of the night, and both whimsical period pieces crossed the finish line with a total of five wins each. The Artist also beat out Best Picture contenders The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.
In a bit of an upset, Streep won her third Oscar for her spot-on portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, besting front-runner Viola Davis (The Help), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Rooney Mara ([link »
Gay Kiss Montage
14 February 2012 4:38 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck kiss, In & Out Following my Valentine's Day post featuring lots of male-female kisses and embraces (and a few shapely legs, bare breasts, and sensuous lips, courtesy of, respectively, Silvana Mangano, Clara Calamai, and Jane Russell), here's the gay/lesbian version. This Gay Kiss Montage post was originally published in June 2007, when Turner Classic Movies ran a couple of dozen films featuring gay/lesbian/bi/etc. characters as part of their Screened Out series. Created in late 2006 by Robert Eldredge, the video was inspired by the finale of Giuseppe Tornatore's Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winner Cinema Paradiso, in which Jacques Perrin watches clips — kisses, hugs, embraces, nudity, sensuality, expressions of human desire — that, decades earlier, had been cut from the films screened at his Italian village's old movie house. The local Catholic priest had found those bits of celluloid harmful to the town's morals and family values. »
- Andre Soares
Cinema Paradiso Finale: Valentine's Day Movie Montage
14 February 2012 2:48 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Anna Magnani in (what looks like) Luchino Visconti's Bellissima At the end of Giuseppe Tornatore's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner Cinema Paradiso, small-town projectionist Philippe Noiret has died and the Nuovo Cinema Paradiso has become a pile of rubble. The bratty Italian boy Salvatore Cascio has grown into the classy Frenchman Jacques Perrin (like Noiret, dubbed in Italian), a filmmaker who sits to watch a mysterious reel of film the deceased projectionist had left him. It turns out the reel contains clips from films censored by the prudish local parish priest, whose family values found kisses, embraces, and bare breasts and legs a danger to society. Now, who's doing all that kissing, embracing, and breast/leg-displaying in that film reel? (Please scroll down for the Cinema Paradiso clip.) Here are the ones I recognize: Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman in Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949); Mangano »
- Andre Soares
Baftas 2012: Live blog
12 February 2012 2:01 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
• The Artist wins seven awards including the best picture, director and actor prizes
• The Iron Lady, Hugo, Senna and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy take two apiece
Xan Brooks's report from the 65th British Academy film awards at London's Royal Opera House.
• The 2012 shortlist of nominations
• Baftas 2012: Our critics' predictions
6.05pm: Welcome to the freeze-dried heart of wintry London for tonight's Bafta film awards, the latest stop on the awards circus as the whole shebang picks up speed on the way to the Oscars. Tonight's grand showdown looks (on paper at least) to be a three-way tussle between The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Hugo, which lead the field with 12, 11 and nine nominations respectively. The Artist's run towards the crowning best film Oscar looks all but unstoppable but Tinker Tailor may well step in to spoil the party here this evening. Having been completely shut out at the Golden Globes, »
- Xan Brooks
Singer Etta James Dead at 73
20 January 2012 9:06 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
R&B great Etta James, best known for her classic song "At Last," has died from chronic leukemia. She was 73.
James had been struggling with the disease for several years. She died at a hospital in Riverside, Calif. with her husband of 41 years, Artis Mills, and her sons by her side.
Etta's longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon, said, "This is a tremendous loss for the family, her friends and fans around the world. »
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