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The Sunshine Boys; AirHotel; Detroit – review
21 May 2012 6:09 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Savoy, London; Holt Hall, Norfolk; Cottesloe, London
On the screen in 1975 it was Walter Matthau and George Burns. In a 1996 television adaptation it was Woody Allen and Peter ("Columbo") Falk. Now it's Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths. It will always be the casting that draws audiences to The Sunshine Boys. That's just as well: Neil Simon's play is a wheezy old thing.
Griffiths and DeVito look right – which is to say mismatched – as a resurrected (just) vaudeville comedy duo who were once dependent though bickering, and are, in old age, estranged. It's not just the sheer difference in size – the Mountain and the Molehill – but the gait, the gestures, the speed across the stage, that makes the two men appear to have crash-landed from different planets.
Griffiths presides over his huge bulk like a kindly ruler quelling a potential revolution: even when flustered he moves with a light-footed grace. »
- Susannah Clapp
Alice Cooper talks about his 'Dark Shadows' cameo -- and his many other memorable onscreen adventures
3 May 2012 8:40 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
It doesn’t come as a huge surprise to discover horror movie-lovers Alice Cooper and Tim Burton had plenty to talk about when the rocker turned up to film a cameo in the director’s new, Johnny Depp-starring movie Dark Shadows. “We had dinner one night in London and we both knew every point of reference,” Cooper recalls. “If he would say, ‘Suspiria’ I would say ‘Dario Argento.’ I see the humor in horror as much as Tim or Johnny does, so we really do fit together.”
The “School’s Out” star plays himself in Burton’s big budget adaptation of the bizarre, »
- Clark Collis
Catskills Fire Destroys Original 'Dirty Dancing' Resort
19 April 2012 10:18 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
A bunch of brave firemen had the time of their life putting out a massive blaze that took down a piece of very cherished movie history.
MSNBC reports that over 43 fire companies and 300 firefighters had to rally together to douse the flames that devoured the Catskills condominium complex formerly known as Brown's Hotel, which inspired the affluent resort Kellerman's in "Dirty Dancing," the favorite movie of nearly every member of the female gender.
While no one was killed or injured in what is being called the "largest fire in Catskills history," many residents lost their homes and belongings, as well as the fantasy that Patrick Swayze would someday lift them up in the air in a dancehall. This is the latest in a series of tragedies to befall the legacy of the film, after Swayze's death and Jennifer Grey's nose job.
While the majority of 1987's "Dirty Dancing" was »
- Max Evry
Dick Clark 1929-2012: America's Rockin' Host
18 April 2012 3:58 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Dick Clark died this morning after 82 years of life and about 60 years in show business. The last 30 were marked by affectionate jokes that he looked fantastic for his age and would probably live forever. Eventually the record stopped, as it must for everyone, but Clark's title as "America's Oldest Teenager" seems likely to stand unchallenged. "I've been watching Dick Clark ever since I was a little kid," said vaudevillian George Burns, who was born 34 years before Clark.During the early peak of his career, Clark hosted American Bandstand, the show that helped rock and roll go mainstream. The program began its 37-year run in 1952 as "Dick Clark's Caravan of Music," airing on Philadelphia's Wfil, an ABC affiliate. In 1957, it moved up to the network. Under the command of Clark, who served as guiding producer as well as host, the series didn't just carve out a »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
Shah Rukh Khan’s Inspiring lecture at Yale
13 April 2012 7:26 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who has been named a Chubb Fellow, addressed the students at the university of Yale. He spoke to them about happiness, success, failure and life. He told them about his journey in life and what he believes it takes to make your life succesfull. He even cracked a few jokes in between. We take a look at some parts of his speech.
Srk was suppose to give the students, 1500 of them, an inspirational talk. He said: “That worries me, it gives me performance anxiety. Here you are, 1500 of you, hoping to hear words of wisdom from this sexy, desirable man, who couldn’t kiss a girl, last time he was in Yale because it was too cold. But I’m not that guy, I mean, I’m sexy and desirable but I’m not about to leave you anymore inspired than when you walked in here. »
- Charla Manohar
Leslie and Robert Zemeckis Shooting Documentary on Freaks Stars Daisy and Violet Hilton - Bound by Flesh
11 April 2012 6:04 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Anyone who is familiar with Tod Browning's classic film Freaks will no doubt be more than acquainted with Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. The rest of you who are stunned to hear that Titanic was based upon actual events ... not so much. Still, it's never too late to learn something.
According to Deadline, Leslie and Robert Zemeckis are teaming on Bound by Flesh, a documentary Leslie will direct on Daisy and Violet Hilton, Siamese sisters joined at the hip who graduated from wax museums and the carnival sideshow circuit to become the biggest moneymaking act on vaudeville. Robert Zemeckis, her husband, will be executive producer, with Jackie Levine producing. Look for the flick in the fall of 2013.
Born in Brighton, England, the sisters were conjoined twins, and their mother, a single barmaid, sold them to her boss, who sniffed a freak show fortune. They were taught to dance »
- Uncle Creepy
Sherri Shepherd dishes out celebrity advice after 'DWTS' exit -- Video
11 April 2012 4:15 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Sherri Shepherd’s shocking elimination from Dancing With the Stars last night could have been an occasion for the The View co-host to rail against the judges or begrudge her fellow competitor, who had a lower score on Monday’s performance episode. Instead, Shepherd set the Internet ablaze with her inspirational words to fans: “That thing that scares you the most, that makes you say, ‘I don’t know if I can do it, I’m scared — run towards it because it’s so amazing on the other side.”
Shepherd joins a long list of celebrities who have doled out affirming advice. »
- Lanford Beard
Leslie Zemeckis Making ‘Bound By Flesh’ Docu On Siamese Vaudeville Sisters
11 April 2012 10:36 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Leslie and Robert Zemeckis are teaming on Bound By Flesh, a documentary she will direct on Daisy and Violet Hilton, Siamese sisters joined at the hip who graduated from wax museums and the carnival sideshow circuit to become the biggest moneymaking act on vaudeville. At their peak, they worked alongside Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Burns and Allen. Robert Zemeckis, her husband, will be executive producer, with Jackie Levine producing. Born in Brighton, England, the sisters were conjoined twins and their mother, a single barmaid, sold them to her boss, who sniffed a freak show fortune. They were taught to dance and sing, and were exploited throughout their childhood until they eventually sued and won their freedom. They went on to have a successful career until the business phased out. Zemeckis is planning a spring, 2013 release. Zemeckis helmed the documentary Behind the Burly Q, and created the one-woman burlesque-inspired »
- MIKE FLEMING
The Simpsons Arcade – Xbox Live Download Review
17 March 2012 8:41 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Just under a year ago we here at What Culture posted an article looking at 10 classic games that deserved an Xbox Live or Psn remake and it seems that creators of a certain game read this site as available now for download is the 1991 classic game masterpiece The Simpsons Arcade.
In recent years we have been treated to many new takes of classic games or long awaited sequels, that always disappoint fans who have fond childhood memories of the originals. Thankfully Konami, the people behind T.S.A, decided against the idea of completely revamping an old game and simply transported an already great game into the future by releasing it for console download.
The Simpsons Arcade is a four player co-op game that allows the players to take control of either Homer, Bart, Lisa or Marge as they try and rescue Maggie from the evil and slightly camp clutches »
- Thomas Goodyear
Best Movies Of 2011 – Lominac’s View
12 March 2012 1:47 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
Just to add even more to the barrage of Best you’ve certainly received already, we have another version for you. Catch my list here, if you haven’t already.
Every year around this time we get the barrage of “top ten” lists, and every year around this time I feel out of the loop. Not having the privilege of living in the vicinity of a major metropolitan area, many of the critics’ favorite films of the “year” do not actually see the light of day in my part of the country until well after the new year, leaving me to play catch up about a month or so later.
Unfortunately, this is yet again the case in 2011, subsequently seriously handicapping my own formation of any “best of” list in a timely manner. Despite this set back, the change over from one year to the next is an irresistibly retrospective wellspring, »
- Christopher Lominac
Christopher Plummer becomes Oscar's oldest winner
26 February 2012 7:31 PM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Christopher Plummer’s win for Best Supporting Actor tonight also earns him another special distinction: oldest Oscar winner at age 82.
“You’re only two years older than me, darling,” Plummer said to his newly-won statuette at the 84th annual telecast. “Where have you been all my life? I have a confession to make. When I first emerged from my mother’s womb, I was already rehearsing my Oscar speech.”
Plummer surpasses George Burns who was 80 in 1975 when he won for his role in The Sunshine Boys and Jessica Tandy, also 80, when she won in 1989 for Driving Miss Daisy.
Get full »
- Sara Vilkomerson
And The Oscar Goes To ... Someone Who Didn't Deserve It.
23 February 2012 11:59 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It still provides a chuckle
The history of The Academy Awards is littered with strange and inexplicable happenings: Revealed shortcomings, spontaneous pushups, "The winner is Paul Newman," Sandahl Bergman's interpretive dance to "Eye Of The Tiger" (admittedly, one of the highlights of my life).
And of course ... Snow White rolling on the river.
But aside from the odd ceremony moments, and the fashion drama on the red carpet, it's the Oscar errors in judgment that we remember the most.
A few weeks ago we discussed the Oscar nomination Sins Of Omission, so let's now take a look at the performers who actually won, and how The Academy still blew it.
The 2005 nominees for Best Actor were:
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line
And The Oscar Went »
- snicks
10 reasons to celebrate the genius of The Simpsons
18 February 2012 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
It's the show's 500th episode this weekend – so what are the secrets of its success?
This weekend The Simpsons broadcasts its 500th episode. Astonishingly, the series has been going for 23 mainly glorious years.
Recent online discussion over the "best episode ever" has already caused, depending on your point of view, validation of the power of honest, muscular human debate or an existential crisis about the ability of our race to live on the planet together, or spell correctly.
There's little doubt that we have stopped watching in quite such exuberant droves as before: in 2002 a Mori poll showed 66% of Britons were interested in the lives of the Simpsons as opposed to 18% in the lives of the royals; that has surely changed. South Park, Family Guy and others have taken over, and the overarching general feeling is that the best work was done in the first 15 years.
So we won't give you the best episode, »
- Euan Ferguson
The Simpsons at 500: your top 10 episodes
16 February 2012 8:04 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
We asked you for your favourite Simpsons episode. Surprisingly the top 10 were made during the first decade of the show
To celebrate the 500th episode of The Simpsons, which airs on 19 February in the Us, we asked you to nominate your favourite episodes ever so we could put together The Simpsons Guardian Readers Top 10. Rather than deploy some complex Eurovision style ranking system, we kept it simple and each episode mentioned in the 1002 comments received one vote – and no that didn't mean people who nominated "the one with Dustin Hoffman" (Lisa's Substitute) were ignored. So here, in reverse order, is what you voted for …
Number 10: A Streetcar Named Marge (Season 4, Episode 2)
This episode has it all. Great songs ("you can always rely on the comfort of strangers"); dozens of film parodies (including a subplot involving Maggie's Great Escape at the Ayn Rand School for Tots); Marge channeling »
- Johnny Dee
The 10 Most Awesomely Terrible Super Bowl Halftime Shows Of All Time
1 February 2012 3:01 PM, PST | BestWeekEver | See recent BestWeekEver news »
I’m not excited whatsoever for Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. Not because I dislike Madonna or think that she’ll do a bad job; on the contrary, I’m sure she’ll play the hits and bring out A-list special guests galore and make a giant entertaining spectacle and it’ll all be completely polished and well-done. The only problem is, there’s nothing memorable or transcendent about ‘good’ Super Bowl Halftime Shows. Prince and Bruce Springsteen each did about as well as a Super Bowl performer could possibly aim for, and both performances still boiled down to just 12 pretty good minutes from musicians whose fans have assuredly seen them do far better 2-3 hour concerts on other occasions. The biggest standout moment was still Springsteen sliding into the camera. The only time we remember a Super Bowl Halftime Show is when it is memorably bad. That is to say, »
- Dan Hopper
Danny DeVito to make West End debut in 'The Sunshine Boys' - Realbollywood.com News
31 January 2012 5:11 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, Jan 31: Danny DeVito is set to make his West End debut in a play about a pair of veteran comedians who reunite for one last performance.
The 67-year-old actor will star alongside Richard Griffiths in Neil Simon's play 'The Sunshine Boys', which was first staged on Broadway in 1972.
It was made into a film starring Walter Matthau and George Burns three years later, earning an Oscar for Burns.
The play, directed by Thea Sharrock, will run at the Savoy Theatre in London from 27 April to 28 July, the BBC reported.
DeVito emerged in the 1971 off Broadway stage version of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'. »
- Arun Pandit
Danny DeVito to star in West End production of 'The Sunshine Boys'
30 January 2012 3:20 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Danny DeVito will make his West End debut later this year, it has been announced. The Hollywood actor will star in a new production of The Sunshine Boys alongside Richard Griffiths. The play by Neil Simon follows two veterans who return for one last performance together. It was first staged on Broadway in 1972 before being made into a film starring Walter Matthau and George Burns, with Burns receiving an Oscar for his performance. The play will run from April 27 (more) »
- By Tom Eames
DeVito To Star In West End Play
30 January 2012 11:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Danny DeVito is set to make his debut in London's West End playing a veteran comedian in The Sunshine Boys.
The pint-sized movie star will appear alongside British actor Richard Griffiths in the Neil Simon play, which first ran on Broadway in 1972.
The Sunshine Boys was then made into a film, starring Walter Matthau and George Burns - who won an Academy Award for his performance in the big-screen adaptation.
DeVito will star in The Sunshine Boys at the British capital's Savoy Theatre from 27 April to 28 July. »
Win! Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy On Blu-Ray
29 January 2012 12:39 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The Hollywood News is proud to announce that we have teamed up with Studio Canal and to bring you a competition where you can be in with a chance of winning Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Blu-Ray. We have five copies of the film to give away.
The film is released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on Monday 30th January.
Set at the height of The Cold War, with international relations poisoned with paranoia and deception, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), codenamed ‘The Circus’, is striving to keep pace with other countries attempts at counter-espionage, and keep the UK secure. The Chief of the Circus, ‘Control’ (John Hurt, The Elephant Man, Brighton Rock) personally sends dedicated agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong, Kick Ass, The Guard) into Hungary, but the mission goes bloodily awry, forcing Control out of his position, and the circus, along with trusted lieutenant George Smiley (Gary Oldman, »
- Paul Heath
Blues Singer Etta James Dead at 73
20 January 2012 10:48 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Blues and jazz singer Etta James died early this morning at Southern California's Riverside Community Hospital from complications of leukemia. She was 73. In 2009, James had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. James' first album, "At Last!," was released in 1961. She won her first of six Grammys 33 years later, for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the tribute album "Mystery Lady (Songs of Billie Holiday)". Despite battling heroin addiction in the '60s and '70s — in addition to other substance-abuse issues in later years — James released 27 albums during a career that lasted close to half a century. On the IMDb, James has only two credited film appearances: cameos in Nick Castle's Tap (1989), starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr, and Michael Schultz's musical Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). The latter film was a monumental flop despite the presence of the then-popular Bee Gees, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, and Peter Frampton, »
- Andre Soares
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