Selma Archerd, a staple at Hollywood events for decades as she accompanied longtime Variety columnist and husband Army Archerd, has died at 98. Multiple reports indicate she died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles.
Archerd mostly played background roles throughout her 27-year career in television and film, but her appearances list was long.
She was seen as a hostage in 1988’s Die Hard, and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap Melrose Place.
Selma Archerd and Army Archerd
Archerd could also be spotted in such movies and TV shows as The Brady Bunch, Serpico, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 3, Fun with Dick and Jane, Can’t Stop the Music, Mommie Dearest and Scrooged, among many other credits.
Selma and Army Archerd were regulars on the Hollywood social circuit for decades during their 39-year marriage. He died in 2009 at age 87.
Selma Archerd’s survivors include two sons, James Rosenblum and Richard Rosenblum,...
Archerd mostly played background roles throughout her 27-year career in television and film, but her appearances list was long.
She was seen as a hostage in 1988’s Die Hard, and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap Melrose Place.
Selma Archerd and Army Archerd
Archerd could also be spotted in such movies and TV shows as The Brady Bunch, Serpico, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 3, Fun with Dick and Jane, Can’t Stop the Music, Mommie Dearest and Scrooged, among many other credits.
Selma and Army Archerd were regulars on the Hollywood social circuit for decades during their 39-year marriage. He died in 2009 at age 87.
Selma Archerd’s survivors include two sons, James Rosenblum and Richard Rosenblum,...
- 12/23/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Military adviser Dale Dye may have done more to help Hollywood deliver an accurate portrayal of war than anyone else in the business. From “Platoon” and “Saving Private Ryan” to “The Thin Red Line” and his most recent work, 2019’s “The Last Full Measure,” his attention to detail — along with his boot camp methods for teaching actors to be soldiers — share a singular vision: realism.
A veteran of three tours in Vietnam, Dye was a Marine correspondent awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in action. He’s equal parts storyteller, military historian and psychologist, and his performance prep goes where others fail to tread: into actors’ heads.
Born in 1944, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Dale tagged along with his father, a liquor salesman, as he stocked local bars. Hearing war tales from the clientele, the youngster became fascinated with the military. After the Naval Academy turned down his application, he enlisted at age 20 in the Marines,...
A veteran of three tours in Vietnam, Dye was a Marine correspondent awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in action. He’s equal parts storyteller, military historian and psychologist, and his performance prep goes where others fail to tread: into actors’ heads.
Born in 1944, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Dale tagged along with his father, a liquor salesman, as he stocked local bars. Hearing war tales from the clientele, the youngster became fascinated with the military. After the Naval Academy turned down his application, he enlisted at age 20 in the Marines,...
- 5/31/2019
- by James C. Udel
- Variety Film + TV
I began working for The Hollywood Reporter in 2011, and this is my first piece since then that was not edited by Gregg Kilday. It is, however, about him. Gregg recently decided to step away from the daily grind of covering Hollywood, and, like my colleagues, I am happy for him as he embarks on this new chapter of his life. But I also miss him already, and want to make sure that our readers know why.
If there was a Mount Rushmore of Hollywood correspondents, Gregg's bespectacled, goateed and kindly face would surely be on it, right alongside Bob Thomas, Army Archerd, Charles ...
If there was a Mount Rushmore of Hollywood correspondents, Gregg's bespectacled, goateed and kindly face would surely be on it, right alongside Bob Thomas, Army Archerd, Charles ...
I began working for The Hollywood Reporter in 2011, and this is my first piece since then that was not edited by Gregg Kilday. It is, however, about him. Gregg recently decided to step away from the daily grind of covering Hollywood, and, like my colleagues, I am happy for him as he embarks on this new chapter of his life. But I also miss him already, and want to make sure that our readers know why.
If there was a Mount Rushmore of Hollywood correspondents, Gregg's bespectacled, goateed and kindly face would surely be on it, right alongside Bob Thomas, Army Archerd, Charles ...
If there was a Mount Rushmore of Hollywood correspondents, Gregg's bespectacled, goateed and kindly face would surely be on it, right alongside Bob Thomas, Army Archerd, Charles ...
Talent manager George Shapiro helped put Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Kaufman on the map. But that’s only a sliver of his showbiz accomplishments, which include packaging such TV fare as “The Steve Allen Show,” “That Girl,” “Gomer Pyle, Usmc” and specials for Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. These days, Shapiro, 86, is busier than ever, serving as the producer of the Seinfeld Netflix series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and serving as manager to his 96-year-old uncle, Carl Reiner; he was also executive producer on last year’s HBO documentary about people over 90, “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.” A decade after launching his career as a William Morris Agency mail clerk in New York in 1955, Shapiro received his first mention in Variety on April 22, 1965, an item in Army Archerd’s column, saying “Melody and George Shapiro (Wm. Morrisman) were expecting a baby.
- 5/25/2018
- by Tripp Whetsell
- Variety Film + TV
What a Way to Go!
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1964 / Color B&W / 2:35 enhanced widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 111 min. / Street Date February 7, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings, Dick Van Dyke, Reginald Gardiner, Margaret Dumont, Fifi D’Orsay, Maurice Marsac, Lenny Kent, Marjorie Bennett, Army Archerd, Barbara Bouchet, Tom Conway, Peter Duchin, Douglass Dumbrille, Pamelyn Ferdin, Teri Garr, Queenie Leonard.
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Film Editor: Marjorie Fowler
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Written by: Betty Comden, Adolph Green story by Gwen Davis
Produced by: Arthur P. Jacobs
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Want to know what the producer of Planet of the Apes was up to, before that milestone movie? Arthur P. Jacobs was an agent for big stars before he became a producer, which positioned him well for his first show for 20th Fox, What a Way to Go!
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1964 / Color B&W / 2:35 enhanced widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 111 min. / Street Date February 7, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings, Dick Van Dyke, Reginald Gardiner, Margaret Dumont, Fifi D’Orsay, Maurice Marsac, Lenny Kent, Marjorie Bennett, Army Archerd, Barbara Bouchet, Tom Conway, Peter Duchin, Douglass Dumbrille, Pamelyn Ferdin, Teri Garr, Queenie Leonard.
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Film Editor: Marjorie Fowler
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Written by: Betty Comden, Adolph Green story by Gwen Davis
Produced by: Arthur P. Jacobs
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Want to know what the producer of Planet of the Apes was up to, before that milestone movie? Arthur P. Jacobs was an agent for big stars before he became a producer, which positioned him well for his first show for 20th Fox, What a Way to Go!
- 1/31/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones and Diane Varsi star in American-International's most successful 'youth rebellion' epic -- a political sci-fi satire about a rock star whose opportunistic political movement overthrows the government and puts everyone over 35 into concentration camps... to be force-fed LSD. Wild in the Streets Blu-ray Olive Films 1968 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date August 16, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98 Starring Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop, Michael Margotta, Ed Begley, May Ishihara. Cinematography Richard Moore Film Editor Fred Feitshans Jr., Eve Newman Original Music Les Baxter Written by Robert Thom from his short story "The Day it All Happened, Baby" Produced by Burt Topper Directed by Barry Shear
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back around 1965 - 1966 we endured this stupid buzzword concept called The Generation Gap, a notion that there was a natural divide between old people and their kids.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back around 1965 - 1966 we endured this stupid buzzword concept called The Generation Gap, a notion that there was a natural divide between old people and their kids.
- 8/22/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A hearty congratulations to Zack Snyder and the folks at Warner Bros. on announcing the start of production on Justice League Part 1 on April 11, 2016. It's ride or die time. We already discussed the monumental fan-trum thrown over our recent video conversation (which you can see embedded below), and aside from pointing out that March 25 comes before April 11 on a calendar, I'll say this: it certainly seems that Warner Bros. is committing fully to Zack Snyder's vision for this series, and in doing so, they how have four films (if you include Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman), representing a total investment of at least $850 million worth of production costs (before marketing and advertising) between them and their partners, all riding on people liking these new films more than they liked Man Of Steel. That remains an iffy proposition, and announcing a sequel's start date before you release a film is...
- 2/22/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Costume Designers Guild, American Cinema Editors and publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild announce honorees
Actress Naomi Watts, producer Frank Marshall, comedian Bob Newhart and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs will all receive honorary awards from Hollywood guilds during upcoming awards shows.
The honors were all announced on Tuesday. Watts will receive the Lacoste Spotlight Award from the Costume Designers Guild, Marshall the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award from the American Cinema Editors, Newhart the Lifetime Achievement Award from the publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (Icg, Iatse Local 600), and Isaacs the Presidents Award from the Icg.
Actress Naomi Watts, producer Frank Marshall, comedian Bob Newhart and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs will all receive honorary awards from Hollywood guilds during upcoming awards shows.
The honors were all announced on Tuesday. Watts will receive the Lacoste Spotlight Award from the Costume Designers Guild, Marshall the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award from the American Cinema Editors, Newhart the Lifetime Achievement Award from the publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (Icg, Iatse Local 600), and Isaacs the Presidents Award from the Icg.
- 1/20/2015
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
As it's been a while both since I both (a) subjected you all to my Tinsel Town insights; and (b) talked about some of the building-blocks of Hollywood business practices, I figured now was a good time to kill two birds with one stone. Today, executives in Hollywood compete desperately with one another in the desire to sound more like Economist articles than old Army Archerd columns -- their "impressive metrics" replacing yesteryear's "boffo box-office". In many ways, it's not so much a culture-clash as it is the more traditional game of Hollywood players indulging in rounds of make-believe -- in this case, entertainment as a business just like any other. The fallacy of this reveals itself most potently any time the heads of these...
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- 7/11/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Entertainment and sports reporter Chris Connelly has been chosen to welcome nominees, presenters and performers on the red carpet at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. Connelly's interviews with celebrity guests attending the 85th Annual Academy Awards -- recently rebranded as simply the Oscars -- will be heard by those watching the action live in the stands, as well as any viewers watching Backstage Pass on the official Oscar website or the official Oscars App. Also read: Dave Karger Takes Army Archerd's Old Red-Carpet Oscar Post Connelly,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
It’s a blow for Entertainment Weekly, and a coup for NBC/Universal-owned Fandango. They’ve hired away EW’s Oscar guy Dave Karger, who for the last two years has been the Red Carpet greeter for AMPAS (a job my late Variety colleague Army Archerd had for years), and Karger is good on the tube. He’ll be Fandango’s face as he appears on Today, Access Hollywood, E! Entertainment and an array of other outlets. I’ve always liked his work and appreciate the fact that he’s not an egotistical blowhard like a lot of the so called pundits out there. Here’s Fandango’s release: New York & Los Angeles – September 27, 2012 – Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, announced today that it has appointed film expert Dave Karger to the newly created role of Chief Correspondent. The hiring of Karger, a 17-year veteran and senior writer from...
- 9/27/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline TV
It’s a blow for Entertainment Weekly, and a coup for NBC/Universal-owned Fandango. They’ve hired away EW’s Oscar guy Dave Karger, who for the last two years has been the Red Carpet greeter for AMPAS (a job my late Variety colleague Army Archerd had for years), and Karger is good on the tube. He’ll be Fandango’s face as he appears on Today, Access Hollywood, E! Entertainment and an array of other outlets. I’ve always liked his work and appreciate the fact that he’s not an egotistical blowhard like a lot of the so called pundits out there. Here’s Fandango’s release: New York & Los Angeles – September 27, 2012 – Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, announced today that it has appointed film expert Dave Karger to the newly created role of Chief Correspondent. The hiring of Karger, a 17-year veteran and senior writer from...
- 9/27/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Marlee Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the beautiful but embittered deaf girl in Children of a Lesser God. Matlin lost her hearing when she was only 18 months old, but she grew up acting on the stage, where she was discovered by the film’s producers when she was still 19 years old. Children of a Lesser God was her first movie role.
Twenty-five years ago, the 59th annual Academy Awards took place on March 30, 1987, and I had an A-ticket to the show. I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Twenty-five years ago, the 59th annual Academy Awards took place on March 30, 1987, and I had an A-ticket to the show. I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- 2/21/2012
- by Marlee Matlin
- EW - Inside Movies
Anyone who reads Entertainment Weekly or EW.com knows that I am obsessed with the Academy Awards, to put it mildly. I can guarantee you that I was the only sixth grader who knew who Haing S. Ngor was when he won Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields in 1985, and I’ve followed the Oscars closely ever since. Last year I had the honor of following in the footsteps of Army Archerd and Robert Osborne as the Academy’s official red carpet greeter, a position I’m happy to be filling again this year. I’m also very excited...
- 2/1/2012
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
We keep hearing that the Academy is moving toward a more youthful membership, and now we can say this for sure: the Academy's official red-carpet greeter just got a lot younger. After decades in which the job of greeting and interviewing Oscar nominees and celebrities had been handled by two of the longest-running Hollywood columnists, first Army Archerd and then Robert Osborne, the Academy announced on Wednesday that its new greeter will be Dave Karger, an Oscar writer for Entertainment Weekly and a man at least a couple of decades younger...
- 2/23/2011
- The Wrap
Horror fanatics are still buzzing like chainsaws over the Academy Awards’ genre montage. Anywhere there could be a conversation about it online, there was one. Many were upset over the Twilight ‘tweens’ participation, as if their mere presence sent a message about the state of scary in Hollyweird, USA.
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
- 3/9/2010
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
Yeah, they screwed it up again. While it's great that they included the biggies in the 'In Memoriam' tribute (Michael Jackson -- not a big movie star but he did 'The Wiz' and it would have been odd if they left him out, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson), and film industry vets (Army Archerd, Horton Foote), they left out some people, too.
What about Farrah Fawcett? Sure, she wasn't a huge movie star, but she was in several movies and a big name. I'm sure that the Academy thought of her but simply left her out because she was "too TV." But she should have been included, just as Bea Arthur, James Whitmore, and Edward Woodward should have been included. (Actually, Whitmore died over a year ago.)
I think fans would appreciate less time given to each person if they included more people in the montage. They...
What about Farrah Fawcett? Sure, she wasn't a huge movie star, but she was in several movies and a big name. I'm sure that the Academy thought of her but simply left her out because she was "too TV." But she should have been included, just as Bea Arthur, James Whitmore, and Edward Woodward should have been included. (Actually, Whitmore died over a year ago.)
I think fans would appreciate less time given to each person if they included more people in the montage. They...
- 3/8/2010
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Ex-Variety staffer and editor Amy Dawes attended Variety’s memorial service for the late great columnist Army Archerd Monday night, attended by Hollywood vets Steven Spielberg, Sidney Poitier, Sharon Stone, Carl Reiner, George Schlatter, Angie Dickinson, Tom Sherak, Arthur Hiller, Hugh O’Brian and Julian Meyers, as well as Variety’s Tim Gray, Peter Bart, Steve Gaydos and Bill Higgins, and ex-Variety staffers Michael Fleming, Michael Speier and Elizabeth Guider, now editor of The Hollywood Reporter. Here’s Dawes’ report and tribute: Journalists spend their lives telling everyone else’s stories, but we rarely hear their own. So it struck me as a rare privilege to get a glimpse into the personal life of renowned showbiz columnist Army Archerd during the tribute hosted by Variety last night at the Saban Theater …...
- 1/20/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
“You finally made it, Frankie! Oscar night! And here you sit, on top of a glass mountain called success. You’re one of the chosen five, and the whole town’s holding its breath to see who won it! It’s been quite a climb, hasn’t it, Frankie? Down at the bottom, scuffling for dimes in those smokers, all the way to the top. Magic Hollywood!” This ripe narration opens the 1966 movie The Oscar, a cynical look at how an Oscar nomination goes to the head of its nominee and the lengths an unscrupulous man will go to win the coveted gold statuette. With an undeserved reputation as one of the lousiest Show-biz soap operas from the 60’s, The Oscar portrays Hollywood as a cesspool where you sell your soul and it’s certainly amusing for its campy dialog and sleazy situations. Sure, The Oscar is brainless tinseltown trash full of shameless clichés,...
- 12/9/2009
- by Tom
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 12th Annual Savannah Film Festival will be including gala screenings of feature films, including "The Young Victoria," "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and "Broken Embraces" among many others.
The film fest will also be attended by past guests and honorees, such as Peter O'toole, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kathleen Turner, Norman Jewison, Tommy Lee Jones, John Waters, David Benioff, John sayles, Brett Ratner, Charlie Rose, George Segal, James Franco, James Ivory, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, Peter Bart, Army Archerd, Roger Ebert, Terrence Malick, Sydney Pollack, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Malcolm McDowell, and Milos Forman.
22 professional films and 12 student films will be showcased in competition, in addition to the special screenings.
The Savannah Film Festival will be held from October 31 to November 7.
The film fest will also be attended by past guests and honorees, such as Peter O'toole, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kathleen Turner, Norman Jewison, Tommy Lee Jones, John Waters, David Benioff, John sayles, Brett Ratner, Charlie Rose, George Segal, James Franco, James Ivory, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, Peter Bart, Army Archerd, Roger Ebert, Terrence Malick, Sydney Pollack, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Malcolm McDowell, and Milos Forman.
22 professional films and 12 student films will be showcased in competition, in addition to the special screenings.
The Savannah Film Festival will be held from October 31 to November 7.
- 9/29/2009
- icelebz.com
Last summer I was fortunate enough to be able to contribute a profile of Army Archerd to American Express's exquisite 50th Anniversary book Extraordinary Lives: Members Since 1958, which AmEx created and sent, during the 2008-9 holiday season, to its 50-year-long members. The coffee-table sized volume, with a foreword by Susan Orlean, and 22 extraordinary illustrations, each by a different artist, contained profiles of diverse American achievers (all of whom had been AmEx members from the very beginning), written by such writers as Veronica Chambers, Jesse Kornbluth, and Jeremy Gerard. For the project, I was lucky to spend two days with Army, who had been a decades-long friend of my mother's within the very specific subculture of glamorous-but-workaday, pen-pushing Old (and Middle Distance) Hollywood, which I grew up in. Army's death leaves Hollywood reduced in integrity, decency, professionalism, sheer love...
- 9/9/2009
- by Sheila Weller
- Huffington Post
By Steve Pond
Today’s roundup of Oscar news 'n' notes from around the web …
Army Archerd, “Hollywood’s original blogger” and an Oscar fixture for five decades, has died.
The obituary from Variety, his home base for more than 50 years.
The L.A. Times obit.
Archerd had a long history at the Oscars: not only did he serve as the official red-carpet greeter for 47 years, ...
Today’s roundup of Oscar news 'n' notes from around the web …
Army Archerd, “Hollywood’s original blogger” and an Oscar fixture for five decades, has died.
The obituary from Variety, his home base for more than 50 years.
The L.A. Times obit.
Archerd had a long history at the Oscars: not only did he serve as the official red-carpet greeter for 47 years, ...
- 9/9/2009
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A little bit of Hollywood died yesterday.
Army Archerd wrote for Variety since 1953, when he replaced columnist Sheilah Graham. That's not a typo. That's 1953, as in 56 years ago. That means he talked to everyone, saw everything, and wrote about just about everything that happened in Hollywood for more than five decades.Continue reading Army Archerd dead at 87
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- 9/9/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
• Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive for four days by the Taliban in Afghanistan was freed in a military commando raid earlier this morning. His Afghan interpreter was killed during the operation. [NY Times] • The Summer of Death has claimed yet another beloved media figure. Variety columnist Army Archerd, chronicler of Hollywood’s elite for over half a century, passed away yesterday at the age of 87. [Variety] • Megan Fox has vowed never to do a nude scene or a sex tape, because that stuff “lives forever, especially now, with the Internet.” Oh, as opposed to How to Lose Friends and Alienate People? [Us] • Charlie Sheen may not be the beacon of wisdom and temperance that he is generally perceived to be. He is still claiming that 9/11 was orchestrated by Bush and Cheney as a pretext to invade Iraq, and has written an open letter to President Obama demandind a new investigation.
- 9/9/2009
- Vanity Fair
Famed Hollywood gossip columnist Army Archerd has died, aged 87.
The writer lost his battle against a rare cancer, believed to have stemmed from asbestos exposure during World War II when he served in the U.S. navy. He passed away at a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday.
A stalwart showbiz reporter for industry publication Daily Variety - Archerd worked on the paper for more than 50 years - one of his biggest scoops was breaking the story that Rock Hudson had AIDS in 1985.
He later admitted it was one of the hardest stories he had to write.
Archerd kickstarted his journalism career at the Associated Press, before becoming resident columnist at Variety, where his Just For Variety column was a must-read in Hollywood circles.
He is survived by his wife, Selma, a son and two stepsons.
The writer lost his battle against a rare cancer, believed to have stemmed from asbestos exposure during World War II when he served in the U.S. navy. He passed away at a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday.
A stalwart showbiz reporter for industry publication Daily Variety - Archerd worked on the paper for more than 50 years - one of his biggest scoops was breaking the story that Rock Hudson had AIDS in 1985.
He later admitted it was one of the hardest stories he had to write.
Archerd kickstarted his journalism career at the Associated Press, before becoming resident columnist at Variety, where his Just For Variety column was a must-read in Hollywood circles.
He is survived by his wife, Selma, a son and two stepsons.
- 9/9/2009
- WENN
Gossip columnist Army Archerd, who wrote upbeat stories about movie stars for the Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety for more than 50 years, died in a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday. He was 87.
- 9/9/2009
- backstage.com
Stalwart Variety columnist, industry insider, gossip and long-time Academy Awards greeter Army Archerd died today after an extended battle with cancer. He was 87. Known both inside and outside Hollywood by the "Good Morning" greeting that preceded his daily column -- particularly those containing groundbreaking scoops like Rock Hudson's 1985 AIDS treatment -- Archerd covered the film business for 60 years after seeing combat in World War II. His influence was such that he was tagged "Hollywood's Original Blogger" upon moving online in 2005. His final blog post appeared July 27.
- 9/9/2009
- Movieline
By Daniel Frankel
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
- 9/9/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Variety columnist Army Archerd has died at age 87 of a rare cancer. It marks the end of an era. He was a lovely man. We should all keep going so long. Nobody is going to do a better job of writing about Army than Variety editor-in-chief Timothy Gray. Here’s the Lat and The Wrap. I had the privilege of knowing Army for some 20 years. He was a civilized pro …...
- 9/9/2009
- Thompson on Hollywood
By Daniel Frankel
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
- 9/9/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Twilight is a “film of vision” … um, really? Average reviews, and it didn’t explode at the box office, with a lot of staying power. I’m not saying the film doesn’t have a huge following but doesn’t that come down to two things … the novel (a fun read) and Robert Pattison (from what I here, he’s a looker). As always, awards are nice, and those who made the film should feel honored, but let’s hope The Twilight Saga: New Moon steps it up a notch. Here’s the news release.
“Twilight” will be hailed as a “film of vision” at the 36th annual Vision Awards, to be held June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The event also will honor such entertainment figures as Lawrence Bender, Jim Walton, Matthew Weiner, Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Diane Ladd, Shonda Rimes, Jillian Michaels and Stephen Nemeth.
“Twilight” will be hailed as a “film of vision” at the 36th annual Vision Awards, to be held June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The event also will honor such entertainment figures as Lawrence Bender, Jim Walton, Matthew Weiner, Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Diane Ladd, Shonda Rimes, Jillian Michaels and Stephen Nemeth.
- 6/11/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The vampire romance film "Twilight" is being considered as one of the best and brightest. The flick, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is one of the movies being honored at the 36th Annual Vision Awards to be held on June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Here's the complete press release, and for the Vision Awards website, click here.
Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 2009 - Many of Hollywood.s best and brightest in film, television and music will descend upon the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 for the star-studded, 36th Annual Vision Awards .. The gala fundraising event, which has become an annual Hollywood tradition, honors entertainment and business luminaries as well as medical professionals who have exhibited exceptional gifts of sight, foresight and insight in the creative arts, related technologies and medical research.
Presented by Rp International, the nation.s leading non-profit fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,...
Here's the complete press release, and for the Vision Awards website, click here.
Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 2009 - Many of Hollywood.s best and brightest in film, television and music will descend upon the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 for the star-studded, 36th Annual Vision Awards .. The gala fundraising event, which has become an annual Hollywood tradition, honors entertainment and business luminaries as well as medical professionals who have exhibited exceptional gifts of sight, foresight and insight in the creative arts, related technologies and medical research.
Presented by Rp International, the nation.s leading non-profit fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,...
- 6/10/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
"Twilight" will be hailed as a "film of vision" at the 36th annual Vision Awards, to be held June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills
The event also will honor such entertainment figures as Lawrence Bender, Jim Walton, Matthew Weiner, Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Diane Ladd, Shonda Rimes, Jillian Michaels and Stephen Nemeth.
The event is presented by Rp International, the non-profit organization, which fights Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,
Hosted by Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd, the event will feature a presentation by Larry King; former U.S. Congressman from Iowa Berkley Bedell; and a musical performance by Taryn Manning.
Honorees include Leader of Vision, Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide; Film Artist of Vision: Diane Ladd; Film Producer of Vision: Lawrence Bender; Producer of Vision -- Documentary: Stephen Nemeth; Producers of Vision -- Television: Ian Sander and Kim Moses and Matthew Weiner; Woman of...
The event also will honor such entertainment figures as Lawrence Bender, Jim Walton, Matthew Weiner, Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Diane Ladd, Shonda Rimes, Jillian Michaels and Stephen Nemeth.
The event is presented by Rp International, the non-profit organization, which fights Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,
Hosted by Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd, the event will feature a presentation by Larry King; former U.S. Congressman from Iowa Berkley Bedell; and a musical performance by Taryn Manning.
Honorees include Leader of Vision, Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide; Film Artist of Vision: Diane Ladd; Film Producer of Vision: Lawrence Bender; Producer of Vision -- Documentary: Stephen Nemeth; Producers of Vision -- Television: Ian Sander and Kim Moses and Matthew Weiner; Woman of...
- 6/10/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran actress Cloris Leachman has challenged theatre star Mel Brooks to a fight so she can prove she is healthy enough for a role in his forthcoming Broadway musical Young Frankenstein. Leachman, 81, was devastated to learn she had been snubbed for the part of Frau Blucher, Dr. Frankenstein's household servant - a role she originally played in the 1974 movie version of Young Frankenstein - despite having reportedly breezed through the audition process. Theatre insiders told New York Post's gossip column, Page Six, "(Leachman had) a wonderful audition... She was involved in a workshop recently and everyone loved her... but it was obvious she was too old." And Brooks, 80, fears the Broadway musical would be too strenuous for the star. He tells former industry columnist Army Archerd, "We're afraid the show might stop her - it could kill her... We don't want her to die on stage." But Leachman's representative Steve Rohr says, "Cloris challenges Mel to three rounds in the ring, and we'll see who's left standing."...
- 6/15/2007
- WENN
Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the ICG Publicists.
Ganis, who is co-head of the Out of the Blue production company, will be feted Feb. 7 at the publicists' 44th annual awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. He is in his 20th year as an Academy member, representing AMPAS' public relations branch.
"Sid reflects the highest standards of the public relations professional," said Henri Bollinger, award committee chairman for the ICG Publicists. "His background in marketing has also led him to become a successful producer and an effective advocate for the entire film industry."
Ganis has produced movies including Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Out of the Blue. Most recently, he and wife Nancy Hult Ganis were among the producers on Akeelah and the Bee.
Past recipients of the publicists' lifetime achievement award include Julie Andrews, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty and longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd.
Ganis, who is co-head of the Out of the Blue production company, will be feted Feb. 7 at the publicists' 44th annual awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. He is in his 20th year as an Academy member, representing AMPAS' public relations branch.
"Sid reflects the highest standards of the public relations professional," said Henri Bollinger, award committee chairman for the ICG Publicists. "His background in marketing has also led him to become a successful producer and an effective advocate for the entire film industry."
Ganis has produced movies including Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Out of the Blue. Most recently, he and wife Nancy Hult Ganis were among the producers on Akeelah and the Bee.
Past recipients of the publicists' lifetime achievement award include Julie Andrews, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty and longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd.
- 11/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the ICG Publicists.
Ganis, who is co-head of the Out of the Blue production company, will be feted Feb. 7 at the publicists' 44th annual awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. He is in his 20th year as an Academy member, representing AMPAS' public relations branch.
"Sid reflects the highest standards of the public relations professional," said Henri Bollinger, award committee chairman for the ICG Publicists. "His background in marketing has also led him to become a successful producer and an effective advocate for the entire film industry."
Ganis has produced movies including Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Out of the Blue. Most recently, he and wife Nancy Hult Ganis were among the producers on Akeelah and the Bee.
Past recipients of the publicists' lifetime achievement award include Julie Andrews, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty and longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd.
Ganis, who is co-head of the Out of the Blue production company, will be feted Feb. 7 at the publicists' 44th annual awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. He is in his 20th year as an Academy member, representing AMPAS' public relations branch.
"Sid reflects the highest standards of the public relations professional," said Henri Bollinger, award committee chairman for the ICG Publicists. "His background in marketing has also led him to become a successful producer and an effective advocate for the entire film industry."
Ganis has produced movies including Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Out of the Blue. Most recently, he and wife Nancy Hult Ganis were among the producers on Akeelah and the Bee.
Past recipients of the publicists' lifetime achievement award include Julie Andrews, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty and longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd.
- 11/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter columnist and primetime host of Turner Classic Movies, has been chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as its official red-carpet greeter at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. Osborne, author of the Academy's official history, 75 Years of the Oscar, joined The Reporter in 1977 and began writing the Rambling Reporter column six years later. He will take over the role from Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd, who is stepping down after four decades.
- 2/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has called The Hollywood Reporter's Robert Osborne onto the carpet. The red carpet, that is. AMPAS president Sid Ganis announced Thursday that The Hollywood Reporter's Robert Osborne will serve as the official red carpet celebrity greeter, a slot occupied for the last 40 years by former Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd. Osborne, who writes the Rambling Reporter column for The Hollywood Reporter, is a noted Oscar historian and is the host of Turner Classic Movies.
Benevolent movie icon Julie Andrews is spearheading an effort to fill an empty 747 cargo plane full of relief aid and fuel so that victims of the Asia tsunamis can get much-needed supplies. Plane company Atlas Aviation has donated the huge plane to Operation USA, for which Andrews is a board member, and all the charity has to do is fill it with aid and fuel. So the Mary Poppins star has called on pal Army Archerd, who pens a weekly column for trade paper Daily Variety, to help her spread the word, so those upset by the tragedy who are keen to help can donate the $100,000 needed to get the plane off the ground.
- 1/5/2005
- WENN
Army Archerd reports in his Variety column today that the Brady Bunch franchise is still alive and kicking under the guiding hands of Sherwood Schwartz and his children. Currently in pre-production on The Brady Bunch In Washington D.C., a 2-hour TV movie for Fox, Archerd reports that the Schwartzes have created a story in which Vice President Mike Brady is thrust into the presidency when scandal drives the current president out of office. As his VP, Mike picks his wife, Carol. The movie is set to be filmed in Toronto, but there was no mention of whether Gary Cole and Shelley Long would be reprising their Mike and Carol roles from the Brady movies or if a new Mike Brady was being cast to pair up with Florence Henderson. Robert Reed, who originated the role on television, passed away in 1992. (This story was prepared by IMDb staff)...
- 8/14/2001
- WENN
Army Archerd reports in Variety that director Steven Spielberg purchased Bette Davis' best actress Oscar for Jezebel at an auction on Thursday. The statue, for which Spielberg paid $578,000, will be turned over to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Spielberg, who bid by phone on the statue which started at $250,000, has done this once before. Previously he purchased Clark Gable's Oscar for It Happened One Night at a price of $607,000 and turned it over to AMPAS.
- 7/20/2001
- WENN
Army Archerd reports that Robert Urich, who made a TV name for himself playing tough guy roles in such series as Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire, is making another comeback shot at series TV. This time Urich will be digging deep into his TV past and going the sitcom route, playing the manager of Emeril Lagasse on the new sitcom Emeril. Urich was approached for the role by producer Harry Thomason the moment he was freed from his obligation to the failed pilot Late Boomers and starts filming later this month. Though not widely recognized for his comedic talents, Urich has starred in Tabitha (a failed spin-off of Bewitched), Soap, Faye Dunaway's failed sitcom It Had To Be You, and the sci-fi comedy Ice Pirates. (This story was compiled by IMDb Staff)...
- 7/12/2001
- WENN
According to Army Archerd's Thursday column, seven members of the filming team on Hart's War were attacked by bandits, described as "gypsies," in a late night robbery attempt in Prague. Among the group were producer David Ladd and up-and-coming Irish actor Colin Farrell. Ladd was robbed, but Archerd reports that Farrell "beat one of his attackers, sending him flying." When Archerd asked if star Bruce Willis had been accosted by the gypsies, Ladd laughingly replied "No one made that fatal mistake." (Editor's note: This news item was compiled by IMDb staff.)...
- 3/22/2001
- WENN
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