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12 articles from 2009
Greta Garbo's life and loves get the big screen treatment
16 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news
Through her life, Greta Garbo was famously for saying she vanted to be alone. But even almost 20 years after her death, we just can’t seem to let her have her wish. With a life and career as rich and interesting as Garbo’s, how could we? Well now, a new film project will delve further into the private life of the screen icon.
Tapped to play the reclusive screen icon is relative unknown Swedish-born, New York-based actress Anna-Karin Eskilsson. She looks a little like Garbo and Padma Lakshmi had a love child, no?
Eskilsson has had small, largely cameo roles in films like The Wrestler (as a flirt in the supermarket) and Sex and the City movie (as one of Charlotte’s girlfriends). Before being tapped for the lead in the new biopic she was a bartender at the Empire State Building Bar. From cocktail slinger to screen icon,
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dorothy snarker
Reed’s Bargain Bin: S1m0ne
6 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news
Reed’s Bargain Bin [1] is a recurring column where Reed Farrington tells us about a movie he bought for under $5, and whether or not he regrets the purchase. Despite the clever title and participation of Al Pacino, S1m0ne did not receive much attention from critics or movie theatre audiences when it came out in 2002. The director, Andrew Niccol, had some acclaim as a result of having directed Gattaca (a smart science fiction film about a physically defective human in a genetically manipulated world) and having written The Truman Show (a smart allegorical film about a man who's oblivious to the fact that his life has been manufactured for the purposes of a television show). S1m0ne also has a high concept idea behind it: a movie director creates a computer generated actor who becomes a star while only he knows that the actor is computer generated. I think I’ve had
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Reed
Edwards Scissorhands prop fetches over $16,000 at auction
24 June 2009 4:28 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news
Rockefeller Center was the place to be yesterday if on the hunt for expensive entertainment treasures. The New York branch of Christie’s auctioneers was home to a whole host of music, art and movie goodies going under the hammer as part of its Pop Culture Sale. Making headlines everywhere was the sale of a Sergeant Pepper poster signed by all four Beatles which sold for a whopping $52,500 (over £31,000), however it was the film-related items from the 300 available that whetted our appetite here at Boxwish. And most exciting and novel amongst this number was the prop of Edward Scissorhands’s scissorhands used in the production of the Johnny Depp movie which sold for $16,000 (nearly £10,000) – remarkable considering the asking price was only $3,000 to $5,000!
The budget-busting pair of scissorhands is described as being “composed of steel, leather, painted rubber and foam-latex” and now makes a fantastic movie souvenir for one lucky film fan.
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Rare Hepburn Stamp Goes For Sale
25 May 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
A rare stamp featuring a picture of Audrey Hepburn smoking is set to go on sale on Germany - eight years after the star's son ordered the entire print run be destroyed.
The stamps were commissioned by the German government in 2001 as part of a collection featuring portraits of stars including Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo.
But Hepburn's son, Sean Ferrer, objected to the photo of his late mother which had been used on the stamp because it showed her with a cigarette holder dangling from her lips.
He refused to grant copyright and all of the stamps were destroyed apart from 30 advanced copies which were saved from destruction by a postal employee.
One of the rare stamps - one of only five surviving copies - is now set to go under the hammer on Tuesday in Berlin, Germany. It has a reserve bid set at $41,959 (£27,972).
Hepburn died in 1993 at the age of 64.
Carrie Rickey Defends Christian Bale from Minnow Attack
20 May 2009 3:14 PM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news
Carrie Rickey, a.k.a. Flickgrrl, responds to a critical barf hurled at mega-cheekboned actor Christian Bale (Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, Christopher Nolan's Batman revival, the imminent Terminator Salvation--could the later title be more vainglorious?), whose raging f-word rant may have cost him the Miss Congeniality award in perpetuity. Though I don't disagree with anything Carrie says in defense of Bale's acting, daring range, and fanatical commitment, I find him something of an abstraction on screen, a sculptural feat that leaves me somewhat cold. But the attack on Bale to which she's responding is based on such dated sentimentalities that you have to dust off the sentences and remind yourself you're not reading Rex Reed circa 1983: When we look into the dark pools of intensity that are Christian Bale’s eyes, do we see a star reflected in them? A star, that is, in the
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Is Christian Bale a Real Movie Star?
18 May 2009 4:03 PM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news
If we see a glint in his eyes, it’s just his determination to be famous. But if we stare harder, we’ll find something more ominous -- our own sense of entitlement.
By Desson Thomson
When we look into the dark pools of intensity that are Christian Bale’s eyes, do we see a star reflected in them?
A star, that is, in the old-fashioned way we used to understand the term. You know, with that X-factor twinkle we saw -- or thought we saw -- in the baby blues of Paul Newman, the amber gaze of Greta Garbo or the mischievous expression of Clark Gable.
Nope.
Technically speaking, Bale is a star, given his impressive box-office returns as the star of “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight,” and the huge anticipation for &ld...
Lew Harris
Warner Opens Film Vault
30 March 2009 11:06 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
I have seen the future of classic movies on DVD, and it's exciting.
I recently spent hours sampling titles from Warner Archive, a new initiative that makes dozens of hard-to-find old movies available on demand -- on disc as well as via download.
Warner is initially offering 150 never-on-dvd titles, with at least 20 more to be added every month, for $19.95 each ($14.95 for download). Vintage TV shows and theatrical live-action shorts are to be added in coming months.
Available exclusively at wbstore.com, they span the 1920s (Greta Garbo in "Love") to the 1980s (Kristy McNichol in
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By LOU LUMENICK
Classic Film Stars: Now Less Elusive!
24 March 2009 7:32 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
Have you heard the news that Warner Bros has opened up their vaults? Seems at least one of the major studios has realized that those who truly love the cinema love the entire history of it. They'd like to see more of that history.
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery live Private Lives but they
still want to show off their brand new DVD collections!
There's a reason that some former mega stars (Norma Shearer is a good example) fade in the public consciousness quicker than others. Actually there are many reasons: changing tastes, mediocre filmographies, undramatic personal lives -- especially if they don't end tragically, pop culture's rapid "who's next?" star meat grinder, lack of gay appeal (think about it: fascinating the gays insures a long shelf life for entertainers. I don't think I need to cite examples... they've probably popped into your head just reading that sentence). But I'm
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NATHANIEL R
Valentina !
16 March 2009 5:01 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
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Visited the Valentina exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York today. The gloved gown to the left was for exotic Hollywood beauty Merle Oberon. The green gown was designed for Lillian Gish who apparently wore Valentina both on and off stage. Finally to the right this Katharine Hepburn ensemble was for The Philadelphia Story. Valentina declared "At last, I made her look like a woman."
To your left are three Greta Garbo pieces. Apparently Garbo was pretty damn specific about what she wanted. The coat to your left she asked that it be ...a combination of The Duchess of Windsor, Lady Mendl and George Bernard ShawYou can't see the details too well here but the gown to your right, the "petal pink and black floral medallion silk brocade" is amazing.
Valentina was quite a high society character (why no biopic of her?
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NATHANIEL R
Ask the Flying Monkey! (February 24, 2009)
23 February 2009 5:35 PM, PST | From AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country)
Q: It seems like Robert Pattinson is attempting to sabotage his own success by talking about his poor hygiene habits etc. Perhaps he is just being very honest, which is refreshing. However, I am curious about his sexual orientation. I have seen him with his friend Tom Sturridge, and they seem very close, but I get the feeling that he is being told by his agent and the Twilight machine not to "come out" since his fans are predominantly young females. Haven't we gotten past all that by now? – Eileen, Gainesville, Virginia
A: First, Pattinson is reportedly straight, having been romantically linked with Nina Schubert, Katie Leung, and Camilla Belle; Sturridge is merely his best friend. And actually, I believe him. Why? Because – as you say – he is so damn honest
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dennis
Grandchild Liked His 'Being There'
16 February 2009 10:22 PM, PST | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
The road to an Oscar is sometimes long and winding.
For Melvyn Douglas, it led through World War II Burma (now Myanmar) where he met a young British comedian named Peter Sellers.
Douglas, famed at the time as the dapper star of Hollywood comedies such as "Ninotchka" (1939) with Greta Garbo, was entertaining troops.
"And someone decided to introduce him to this very funny young British soldier nobody had ever heard of," recalls Douglas' granddaughter, actress Illeana Douglas, who appears in a
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By LOU LUMENICK
Greta Garbo Thawed Out So She May Finally Act With Ben Stiller
10 February 2009 11:11 AM, PST | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news
Wait...There's a different Greta in Hollywood? eff. Anyhoo, Greta Gerwig, seen in this past summer's horror/comedy Baghead, has been linked to star alongside Ben Stiller in Greenburg. The Hollywood Reporter, well, reports that Greenburg is the new dramedy being written/directed by Noah Baumbach (Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding). The ...
Josh Radde
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