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The Courtship of Eddie's Father: Brandon Cruz Recalls the Show and His Friend Bill Bixby
26 December 2011 5:10 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
In 1969, The Courtship of Eddie's Father debuted on ABC. Based on a 1963 movie starring Glenn Ford, Eddie revolves around a handsome magazine publisher named Tom Corbett (Bill Bixby). He's a widower and is raising his six-year-old son, Eddie (Brandon Cruz), who often attempts to find his father a new mate. Mrs. Livingston (Miyoshi Umeki), their Japanese housekeeper, helps to look after Eddie and tries to keep him out of trouble.
The show was created and executive produced by James Komack. He also co-starred on the show as Norman Tinker, Tom's best friend and a photographer at the magazine. Komack went on to create Chico and the Man and Welcome Back, Kotter and is credited with launching the careers of Freddie Prinze and John Travolta.
Prior to Eddie, Bixby was already a household name from starring in My Favorite Martian on CBS. He »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A History of (Firsts) for Women in Film
8 March 2011 5:04 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Today for the International Women's History Centennial, a few "firsts" in movies. Add some in the comments if you want! I was 2/3rds done with this when I spotted Cinematical's "women in cinematic history but I wanted to make this a little more "first"y and loopier and obviously a bit more awardsy in nature since we play it like that.
A Mary Pickford biography | Florence Lawrence "The Biograph Girl"
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First movie star: That's "The Biograph Girl" Florence Lawrence Or...
First "Oprah" i.e. first woman in entertainment to basic control the universe: Mary Pickford was, like Florence Lawrence, famous by sight before actor names went in credits. Pickford was also known as "America's Sweetheart" a title that the media has virtually never tired of passing on down to newish popular actresses ever since. Mary was one of the founders of AMPAS and a studio founder too. She also commanded astronomical wealth. »
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Melissa Leo, By The Numbers
15 February 2011 1:48 PM, PST | Scott Feinberg | See recent Scott Feinberg news »
My conversations with industry insiders and Academy members lead me to believe that Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”) remains the favorite to win the best supporting actress Academy Award, despite — or perhaps even because of — the recent brouhaha over her “Consider” advertisements. In terms of statistical analysis, though, one can find cause for both confidence and concern about her Oscar prospects…
Cause for Concern: The BAFTA-ampas Disconnect
British voters are believed to make up a sizable portion of the Academy, and BAFTA Award winners — which were announced after the Oscars prior to 2000, and have been announced before them since then — usually correspond with Oscar winners. Therefore, it is certainly noteworthy that BAFTA didn’t like Leo’s performance enough to even nominate her for its best supporting actress award, but did like the one given by Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit“), her primary rival at the Oscars, enough to nominate her in its best actress category. »
- Scott Feinberg
If Bale And Leo Go Together…
10 February 2011 4:23 PM, PST | Scott Feinberg | See recent Scott Feinberg news »
If the Academy honors both Christian Bale and Melissa Leo with Oscars for their performances in “The Fighter,” as it is widely expected to do, it will mark only the eighth instance in Oscar history in which the best supporting actor and best supporting actress Oscars have been presented that those categories were won by performances from the same film. (Both categories have been presented for the past 73 years, meaning that it has occurred only 9.6% of the time.) The other seven…
Karl Malden and Kim Hunter for “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed for “From Here to Eternity” (1953) Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki for “Sayonara” (1957) George Chakiris and Rita Moreno for “West Side Story” (1961) Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman for “The Last Picture Show” (1971) Jason Robards and Vanessa Redgrave for “Julia” (1977) Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest for “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986)
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- Scott Feinberg
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