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Kaye Stevens: Rat Pack performer dead at 79
30 December 2011 4:29 PM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. The cause of death was breast cancer and a series of blood clots. She was 79.
Young people may not be familiar with her work, but Stevens performed with Rat Pack members including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. She also sang solo at places like Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room in New York City.
During the Vietnam War era, Stevens performed for American soldiers in the war zone with Bob Hope's Uso tour, like many actors and actresses of her day. She appeared in six movies, earning a Golden Globe nomination in 1964 for "The New Interns." She was a regular guest on game shows and appeared as a regular »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Rat Pack Performer Dies At 79
30 December 2011 8:11 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Villages, Fla. -- Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79.
Close friend Gerry Schweitzer confirmed that Stevens died Wednesday at the Villages Hospital north of Orlando following a battle with breast cancer and blood clots.
Stevens, a longtime South Florida resident, performed with Rat Pack members including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. She also sang solo at venues like Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room in New York City.
During the Vietnam War era, Stevens performed for American soldiers in the war zone with Bob Hope's Uso tour.
According to a handout from friend Rhonda Glenn, Stevens was born Catherine Louise Stephens in Pittsburgh. Her family eventually moved to Cleveland, where a teenage »
- AP
DVD Review: Deadheads
30 December 2011 4:54 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder, Markus Taylor, Thomas Galasso, Natalie Victoria | Written and Directed by Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce
**With Deadheads due out on DVD in the UK on Monday I think it’s a perfect time to repost my review of the film from this year’s Frightfest, and at the same time urge everyone to go out and buy what I consider to be one of the best films of 2011**
The brothers Pierce make their feature film debut with Deadheads a “zombedy” about two slackers, Mike (McKiddy) and Brent (Kidder), who awake in the midst of a mysterious zombie apocalypse only to discover that they themselves are zombies! Realising that they’re more than your average zombie, still with the ability to think and talk, the pair head off on a road trip to find Mike’s former flame and the love of his life, played by Natalie Victoria, »
- Phil
Stars We Lost in 2011
26 December 2011 7:26 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" takes a look back at Hollywood's beloved stars who passed away this year.
In Memoriam 2011Harry Morgan
"M*A*S*H" star Harry Morgan died [http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/12/mash_star_harry_morgan_dead_at_96.php] at the age of 96 on December 7, after suffering from pneumonia.
Comedian Patrice O'Neal died at the age of 41 [http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/11/charlie_sheen_others_pay_tribute_to_comedian_patrice_oneal.php] on November 29, from complications of a previous stroke.
British director Ken Russell died [http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/11/director_ken_russell_dead_at_84.php] at the age of 84 on November 27, from a stroke.
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Jennifer Aniston Is Tim Tebow's Favorite Actress; Sandra Bullock Wows on Red Carpet; Someone Feed Ali Lohan!
16 December 2011 7:16 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
The New York Post snagged an interview with NFL phenom Tim Tebow to find out what makes him tick (timesaver: God) and he revealed a few of his favorites:
— Favorite movie: Braveheart
— Favorite actor: Will Smith
— Favorite actress: Jennifer Aniston
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Speaking of Jennifer Aniston, the actress revealed she has engaged in a little laser treatment here and there but draws the line at injections, and claims she was a "dumpy teenager."
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Sandra Bullock stunned at the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close premiere in a plunging black pantsuit, while her personal trainer Simone De La Rue says Sandra has used a dance-based method to get into such incredibly good shape.
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Lindsay Lohan's sister Ali continues to take the modeling thing a little too far, looking emaciated while on vacation in Hawaii.
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Rip Christopher Hitchens, who died at 62 after a battle with cancer. The writer and cable news »
- reelz reelz
Bert Schneider obituary
14 December 2011 11:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Producer of films that expressed the late 60s and early 70s zeitgeist, including Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces and Hearts and Minds
In the late 60s and early 70s, youth movies identified with the draft-dodging campus rebels disillusioned by their elders and the war in Vietnam. Among the leading lights that embodied the counterculture were the producer Bert Schneider, who has died aged 78, and the director Bob Rafelson. They came together to form Raybert Productions, and then Bbs Productions (with Steve Blauner), which produced several pictures that expressed the zeitgeist, such as Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Drive, He Said (1971) and the Oscar-winning anti-Vietnam war documentary Hearts and Minds (1974).
Schneider was no bandwagon jumper, but a committed leftist, who vigorously opposed the American presence in Vietnam. He was also close to the 1960s political activists Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther party, the African-American radical organisation, and Abbie Hoffman »
- Ronald Bergan
The Black List 2011: Top Unproduced Screenplays
13 December 2011 9:27 AM, PST | Film-Book | See recent Film-Book news »
The 2011 Black List, the Top Unproduced Screenplays of the year has been released. The best unproduced screenplays from The Black List 2011 is compiled by votes from over 300 “execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, and (500) Days of Summer. Last year’s list included Margin Call, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hunger Games, and Snow White and the Huntsman.”
Regarding the validity of The Black List, things to keep in mind:
some of these screenplays have already been acquired and are already in development, though…none will have entered principal photography by December 31, 2011. Also worth pointing out is that, as in previous years, there have been rumors that some of the participants have been accused of using the Black List to promote their own clients or friends. »
- filmbook
Doris Day opens up, talks Hudson, Cagney, Randall and more
13 December 2011 8:55 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Parade scored a rare interview with American film icon Doris Day, who starred in so many films with leading men like Rock Hudson, Jimmy Cagney and Bob Hope. The December 25 issue features a rare interview with legendary singer and actress Doris Day, who recently released a new album, My Heart. Here are some highlights from the full interview: On Going Solo...The first time I ever worked alone, I had two shows a night at the Little Club on East 55th St. in New York. I opened it. My mother was with me, and my little baby. It was something so new for me. I thought, "What am I doing?" I was so used to having the guys behind »
- April MacIntyre
The Black List of 2011 - Part 1
12 December 2011 10:38 PM, PST | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
For the seventh annual year a list of the top unproduced screenplays written in the past 12 calendar months has been made. The Black List is the most recognized and celebritized compilation for screenwriters and unknown movie ideas to be heard. While some prior Black List scripts have gone on to be made (like Juno or 500 Days of Summer), most scripts do not. However, what being on The Black List can do is to give a big push of credibility to a screenwriter hoping to carve out a career in Hollywood.
The Black List recepients are chosen by a committee of 300 individuals working in Hollywood: agents, writers, producers, managers and the like. They read the screenplays that float around the showbiz ecosystem; some are bought and are already in development while others are still seeing the interest of talent of financial backers.
The makers of The Black List are good to »
- Patrick Sauriol
2011 Black List Arrives Online
12 December 2011 5:30 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
The 2011 Black List has arrived online and there are a bunch of the hottest scripts in Hollywood. Some have already been picked up by studios, while most are still unproduced. Here is the press release: The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of over 300 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2011 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the The Black List.
All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. The Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2011 affiliations.
It has been said many times, but it's worth repeating:
The Black List is not a "best of" list. It is, at best, a "most liked" list. »
- Tiberius
The 2011 Black List: The Year’s Best Unproduced Screenplays
12 December 2011 2:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] Each December since 2004, studio executive Franklin Leonard has compiled the best unproduced screenplays of the year, as voted by hundreds of execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, and (500) Days of Summer. Last year's list included Margin Call, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hunger Games, and Snow White and the Huntsman. It should be noted that the headline is somewhat misleading -- some of these screenplays have already been acquired and are already in development, though according to Leonard none will have entered principal photography by December 31, 2011. Also worth pointing out is that, as in previous years, there have been rumors that some of the participants have been accused of using the Black List to promote their own clients or friends. »
- Angie Han
2011 Black List: Most Liked Scripts in Hollywood
12 December 2011 1:15 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
This year at the Austin Film Festival, studio executive and “Black List” founder Franklin Leonard introduced the opening film, Butter. It’s a fantastic satirical comedy written by Jason Micallef and Leonard’s post-screening Q&A with him was equally hilarious and unconventional.
Sitting in the upper deck at the Paramount Theatre, I was in awe at how Leonard had not only created the list just six years prior but how it provided such legitimacy to emerging screenwriters, like Micallef. He was relatively unknown in ‘08, but his script placed third on the list. Now he has a movie coming out starring Jennifer Garner, his new scripts have Jack Black and Jason Segel attached (separately), and he wrote a movie titled Good Vibrations about, um, marital aids starring Charlize Theron. That’s the power of the Black List.
Simply put, “The Black List” is a collection of the best unproduced screenplays »
- Jeff Leins
Syd Cain obituary
1 December 2011 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Production designer behind the deadly gadgets used by James Bond – and his foes
The production designer Syd Cain, who has died aged 93, was one of many behind-the-scenes professionals elevated to something like prominence by the worldwide interest in the James Bond films. An industry veteran who began work in British cinema as a draughtsman in 1947, contributing to the look of the gothic melodrama Uncle Silas, Cain is credited on a range of film and television projects, but remains best known for his work in various design capacities on the 007 series, from Dr No in 1962 to GoldenEye in 1995.
Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Cain served in the armed forces in the second world war, surviving a plane crash and recovering from a broken back. Working at Denham Studios in Buckinghamshire in the 1940s and 50s, he moved up from uncredited draughtsman (on Adam and Evelyne, The Interrupted Journey, You Know What Sailors Are »
- Kim Newman
Steve Burke Likes To “Scramble The Jets” (Plus Other Stuff About The NBCU CEO)
30 November 2011 1:20 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
I regularly scoff whenever out-of-town media aim their powder puffs at Big Media moguls. So it is with Philadelphia Magazine’s new profile of NBC Universal boss Steve Burke which compares him to Superman and Jason Bourne among other fictional heroes. The article is a big wet smooch to Philly-based Comcast, and among other hilarity suggests that, if Burke succeeds, he could lift Comcast “into the lofty ranks of Apple and Google”. Huh? There’s no doubt that Burke is still very much in his honeymoon period with the media. He won’t talk to the media — yet. But the article says Burke himself will “do a round of media interviews” timed to Smash, the Stephen Spielberg-produced TV drama about the creation of a musical debuting on NBC mid-season with Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. Burke will be ”touting the new NBCUni and its downright Comcastic marketing strength”. Here »
- NIKKI FINKE
Steve Burke Likes To “Scramble The Jets” (Plus Other Stuff About The NBCU CEO)
30 November 2011 1:20 PM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
I regularly scoff whenever out-of-town media aim their powder puffs at Big Media moguls. So it is with Philadelphia Magazine’s new profile of NBC Universal boss Steve Burke which compares him to Superman and Jason Bourne among other fictional heroes. The article is a big wet smooch to Philly-based Comcast, and among other hilarity suggests that, if Burke succeeds, he could lift Comcast “into the lofty ranks of Apple and Google”. Huh? There’s no doubt that Burke is still very much in his honeymoon period with the media. He won’t talk to the media — yet. But the article says Burke himself will “do a round of media interviews” timed to Smash, the Stephen Spielberg-produced TV drama about the creation of a musical debuting on NBC mid-season with Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. Burke will be ”touting the new NBCUni and its downright Comcastic marketing strength”. Here »
- NIKKI FINKE
Patrice O'Neal and 12 Other A-List Comedians Who Died Too Young
30 November 2011 12:25 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
For every Bob Hope, George Burns and Milton Berle who kept cracking wise into their golden years, there have been far too many funny people who've left us far too early. With the stand-up world mourning the loss of Patrice O'Neal, who died Tuesday at 41 from complications of a stroke, we decided to look back at other comedians who died in their prime. Lenny Bruce: An influence on generations of comedians, this comic provocateur started his stand-up career in the 1950s satirizing everything from race, abortion and drugs to religion. TV appearances soon followed. Bruce made headlines in the early '60s when he was arrested for obscenity, which sparked a famous First Amendment battle. He died in 1966 at the »
Cine-files: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, La
29 November 2011 9:47 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
An absolute must-see on the Hollywood circuit, this is perhaps the most ornate and opulent cinema complex in the world
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On location: Sitting pretty amid the glitz, glamour and occasional grime of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, right next to the Kodak Theatre where the Oscars are held. It doesn't get more showbiz than this.
Crowd scene: Tourists, tourists and more tourists – 15,000 of them every day. Then on weekends, celebs turn up: recent world premieres include Rise of the Planet of the Apes and, er, Final Destination 5, while Mickey Rourke and Twilighters Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are among those who have turned up lately to press their mitts into the cement on the famous forecourt, adding their handprints to those of more than 200 stars. Betty Grable chose to imprint her legs, John Wayne his fist, »
- Ben Child
Interviews: Stars of ‘West Side Story’ For 50th Anniversary
24 November 2011 12:07 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The legend of the 1961 film version of the Broadway sensation “West Side Story” grows as the years go by. Who better to remember that legend 50 years later than three of the stars of that Academy Award winning Best Picture – Rita Moreno (Anita), George Chakiris (Bernardo) and Russ Tamblyn (Riff).
The film version of “West Side Story” had it all. There was controversy – star Natalie Wood (Maria) was neither Puerto Rican nor sang her own songs. There was art – the classic, unforgettable songs of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, plus the athletic and graceful choreography of Jerome Robbins. And finally, there were the awards. Ten Oscars including Best Supporting nods for both Moreno and Chakiris, in addition to the first shared Best Director award for Robbins and co-director Robert Wise.
’West Side Story’ 50th Anniversary Reunion with George Chakiris, Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn, April 9th, 2010
Photo Credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Muppets Review
23 November 2011 6:53 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The Muppets Directed by: James Bobin Written by: Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Peter Linz (voice), Steve Whitmire (voice), Eric Jacobson (voice), Dave Goelz (voice), Bill Barretta (voice), Rashida Jones, Zach Galifianakis There once was a time when The Muppets were an unstoppable force in entertainment. They were the stars of a successful TV series that was spun off into a movie franchise, which spun off into an animated series and a never-ending string of TV specials on top of that. They were equally loved by parents and kids alike, and seemed like a concept that would forever be immune to the ravages of time. Then in the 1990s, a weird thing happened. Following the death of creator Jim Henson, Kermit and Co. slowly started to fade away. While there were a few more feature films and an attempted TV relaunch, it was »
- Sean
The two-part PBS special 'Woody Allen: A Documentary' is candy for Woody buffs
20 November 2011 8:59 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The first thing to say about the two-part, 3-hour-and-15-minute American Masters special Woody Allen: A Documentary, which airs tonight and tomorrow on PBS, is that it mixes things you already know with things you didn’t know in an avidly enjoyable, Woody-nostalgia way. Here’s something, for instance, that I didn’t know: Allen still does all his writing on the same tiny typewriter he has owned since he was 16 — a German-made Olympia portable that he purchased for $40 in 1952. He’s written all his movies on it, all his plays, and all his New Yorker pieces. The typewriter is missing its top, »
- Owen Gleiberman
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