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Brooks To Be Honoured By Academy

1 July 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Moviemaker and funnyman Mel Brooks is to be the subject of a star-studded tribute at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles later this month

The comedian, director, actor and writer, who is one of only 12 people to win an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award, will be feted by famous fans, friends and stars of his movies.

Special guests will include Richard Benjamin, Young Frankenstein co-stars Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner, Tracey Ullman and Lesley Ann Warren.

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Academy To Pay Tribute To Mel Brooks 7/24

1 July 2009 1:36 PM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a tribute to comic legend Mel Brooks on Friday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin, the evening will feature Brooks in person, along with numerous film clips and stories from his artistic collaborators and friends. Special guests will include Richard Benjamin, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner, Tracey Ullman and Lesley Ann Warren (schedules permitting).

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Streep Noms #4-5 and Oscar Trivia

20 June 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Streep at 60: More movie discussions to follow but today we're discussing Oscar competitive fields again

(the winner links take you to their acceptance speech)

The Best Actress races of 1982 and 1983 hold special meaning for me as they were my inaugural Oscar years. On April 11th of 1983 I saw my first Oscar ceremony. My only point of reference for the glitzy tradition was that my parents and my older siblings didn't like it -- something about Star Wars being way better than Woody Allen??? --and even though my parents didn't take me to that many movies, I had somehow seen and liked 3 of the 5 Best Picture nominees (Gandhi and the two blockbusters Tootsie & E.T.) For the first two years of my Oscar watching I saw a total of Zero Best Actress nominees. My how life has changed.

1982...Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria -this is the one I desperately wanted to see,

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NATHANIEL R

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News Bites: Sarah Jessica Parker Gets a New Assistant & Rita Wilson Befriends Meryl Streep

9 March 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Here are some romcom news bites for your Monday:

Move over, Jennifer Hudson! Just last year, Sarah Jessica Parker had a romantic assistant who passworded all of her love letters with "love." Now THR reports that the Sex and the City star is getting a new assistant for her upcoming romcom Did You Hear About the Morgans? (The same project I mentioned here.) The assistant in question: Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss. But unlike her meek television personality, Moss will get to be a "controlling and almost obsessive-compulsive personality" -- which must get set off when her boss is shoved into witness protection.

Anyhow, it's about time she got a mainstream gig! Moss has had some other big feature work like Girl, Interrupted (she played Polly, the burned girl) and Virgin, which got her an Independent Spirit nomination, but it's been all television and low-buz gigs these days. It might be a romcom,

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Monika Bartyzel

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2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2002 | 1999

4 articles from 2009

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