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"Glee" Episode 317 Recap: Dance With Somebody
25 April 2012 4:01 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
The McKinley High class of 2012 is coming up on graduation, fast. We have no idea how the rest of the student body is handling that, but the Glee Club kids are, of course, singing about it, in the form of a Whitney Houston tribute episode.
I actually didn't realize how thin "Dance With Somebody" was on plot until I went to recap it, because I was distracted by all the shiny Klaine angst and Brittana dancing, and also the gay hugging. (Hugging is what same-sex couples do when hetero couples would be kissing. We only kiss during Very Special Episodes.)
Possibly as part of this plot-lite approach, Glee apparently no longer feels the slightest need to set up their opening musical numbers in terms of context.
Just like last week, when Blaine, Mike, and Brittany went right into "Saturday Night GLEEver's" first song, we're launched directly into Mercedes, Santana, Kurt, »
- christiekeith
The Lion In Winter Producer Martin Poll Dead
16 April 2012 10:43 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter Martin Poll, best known for producing Anthony Harvey's 1968 Best Picture Oscar nominee The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, died of "natural causes" on April 14 according to various online sources. Poll was 89. An Avco Embassy release, The Lion in Winter was considered the favorite for the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars. The film had won the Best Film Award from the New York Film Critics Circle, while Harvey was the year's Directors Guild Award winner. However, Carol Reed's Columbia-distributed musical Oliver! turned out to be the winner in both categories. (Curiously, the previous year another Embassy release, Mike Nichols' The Graduate, unexpectedly lost the Best Picture Oscar to Norman Jewison's United Artists-distributed In the Heat of the Night. But at least Nichols came out victorious. »
- Andre Soares
R.I.P. Martin Poll
15 April 2012 7:36 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Veteran movie and TV producer Martin Poll died between Friday night and early Saturday morning of natural causes at a care facility on the Upper Westside in New York City. He was 89. Poll was nominated for an Academy Award as producer for Best Picture of 1968 for The Lion In Winter, which won three Oscars — Best Actress Katharine Hepburn (tied with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl), Best Original Score for John Barry and Best Adapted Screenplay for James Goldman — out of seven nominations. He began his career in Europe where he served as a co-producer on feature films and produced more than three dozen half-hour episodes of the classic Flash Gordon TV series in Germany and France for international release. After moving to New York City, Poll bought and reopened the famed Biograph Studio and rechristened it Gold Medal Studios. Productions during his time at Gold Medal included Elia Kazan’s A Face In The Crowd, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
The Films Of Sidney Lumet: A Retrospective
9 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It has been a year since Sidney Lumet passed away on April 9, 2011. Here is our retrospective on the legendary filmmaker to honor his memory. Originally published April 15, 2011.
Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.
Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).
His directing career stretched well over 50 years, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Kristen Stewart News (of Old)
3 April 2012 9:06 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart news of old … In the above picture you can see none other than Kristen Stewart, aka Bella Swan aka Snow White aka KStew aka the second half of Robsten, at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Nov. 3, 2011. Stewart and fellow Twilight players Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were present to get their hands dirty in wet cement. [See Stewart, Pattinson, and Lautner's dirty hands.] Some were highly critical of the Twilighters becoming immortalized at the Chinese Theatre, but one of us at Alt Film Guide clearly disagreed with the naysayers. Among those who had their hands and/or feet set in cement before Stewart, Pattinson, and Lautner were Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power, Mary Pickford, Carmen Miranda, Daniel Radcliffe, Bette Davis, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Cher, and Doris Day. This year, Kristen Stewart will be seen in three movies: In June, Rupert Sanders' Snow White and the Huntsman, with Charlize Theron, »
- Zac Gille
Stars gather for Serious Fun at 'A Celebration of Paul Newman's Dream'
3 April 2012 9:56 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The invitation to “kick back and raise a little hell” echoed throughout the night at “A Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream,” the fundraiser for Newman’s Serious Fun Children’s Network (formerly Hole in the Wall Gang Camps). Indeed, it was one of the Oscar winner’s favorite refrains. Though Newman passed in 2008, his wife, Joanne Woodward, and daughter Clea Newman Soderlund have carried on his philanthropic legacy, which started with Newman’s Own in 1982 and extended in 1988 to the network of summer camps for children with serious illnesses.
Last night’s benefit at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher »
- Lanford Beard
Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni: Lincoln Center
2 April 2012 8:36 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni Screen legend Catherine Deneuve was honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center at a gala ceremony held this evening in New York City. Deneuve is the 39th recipient of the Film Society's Chaplin Award. In the above photo, she is seen with her daughter Chiara Mastroianni. (Needless to say, Marcello Mastroianni was the father.) [Full list of Chaplin Award Honorees.] Catherine Deneuve's career spans more than five decades. Among her dozens of notable movies are Jacques Demy's Palme d'Or-winning musical Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964); Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965); Demy’s Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), in which Deneuve co-starred with her sister Françoise Dorleác, in addition to Danielle Darrieux, Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin, and George Chakiris; Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967) and Tristana (1970); François Truffaut's Le Dernier Métro / The Last Metro (1980), with Gérard Depardieu; Tony Scott’s The Hunger »
- Andre Soares
Cult Actress Susan Bernard Looks Back On Marilyn Monroe, 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'
19 March 2012 10:38 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe has never been more popular. From "My Week With Marilyn" (now out on DVD) to the TV show "Smash," to a new photo book written by the daughter of the photographer credited with discovering the future superstar, Monroe is still as hot as she was in her heyday.
Susan Bernard's "Marilyn, Intimate Exposures" features previously unseen images of Marilyn taken by her father, Bruno Bernard, including the iconic photo of the blonde bombshell in the white halter dress on the set of "The Seven Year Itch."
Before she became an author, Bernard was famous in her own right: She was a Playboy Playmate and starred in the '60s cult classic, "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
"We're a cult family," she told Moviefone with a laugh. She was once married to "The Exorcist" star Jason Miller and their son, Joshua, starred in two '80s cult films, »
- The Huffington Post
Susan Bernard, 'Marilyn, Intimate Exposures' Author, Looks Back On 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'
19 March 2012 10:35 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe has never been more popular. From "My Week With Marilyn" (now out on DVD) to the TV show "Smash," to a new photo book written by the daughter of the photographer credited with discovering the future superstar, Monroe is still as hot as she was in her heyday. Susan Bernard's "Marilyn, Intimate Exposures" features previously unseen images of Marilyn taken by her father, Bruno Bernard, including the iconic photo of the blonde bombshell in the white halter dress on the set of "The Seven Year Itch." Before she became an author, Bernard was famous in her own right: She was a Playboy Playmate and starred in the '60s cult classic, "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" "We're a cult family," she told Moviefone with a laugh. She was once married to "The Exorcist" star Jason Miller and their son, Joshua, starred in two '80s cult films, »
- Sharon Knolle
Myrna Loy Biography
12 March 2012 3:17 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Myrna Loy biography: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood Many believe that Myrna Loy is the best American actress never to have been nominated for an Academy Award. Despite having played leads and supporting roles in more than 100 movies (in addition to a few dozen bit parts during the silent era), Loy was invariably bypassed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But that's the Oscar and the Academy's loss. For starters, Loy was a delightful light comedienne in movies such as W.S. Van Dyke's The Thin Man and Jack Conway's Libeled Lady. One of the greatest — and most beautifully politically incorrect — dialogue exchanges in movies can be heard in Rouben Mamoulian's 1932 musical Love Me Tonight: Jeanette MacDonald: "Don't you think of anything but men, dear?" Myrna Loy: "Oh yes, schoolboys." Loy could be a remarkable dramatic actress as well, as can »
- Andre Soares
Kirstie Alley Reveals Who She Would 'Die To Make Out With'
5 March 2012 3:21 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Emmy award-winning actress Kirstie Alley has been a hot ticket since she cha-cha-cha'd her way into viewers' hearts on "Dancing With The Stars" last year. Alley, 61, shot a pilot for a new sitcom for ABC called "The Manzanis", a fish-out-of-water story of an Italian American family from Brooklyn who moves to a country-club town in the suburbs only to clash with their new neighbors. She strutted the catwalk covered in Swarovski crystals at Mercedes-Benz fashion week in New York for designer Zang Toi last September. Most recently, she signed on to play the "Poise Fairy" in a sponsorship for Poise, which makes pads for light bladder leakage, a condition experienced by one in three women.
Alley, who reportedly lost 100 pounds and had shrunk to a size 6 by the end of "DWTS" has kept the weight off by dancing at least two hours a day. She launched a grassroots campaign on »
- Huff/Post50
Ae Movie Club: Oscar Bingo, Vintage Newman and More!
24 February 2012 7:51 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Well dip me in gold and call me Uncle Oscar - it's time for another round of Hollywood hellraisin' courtesy of the Ae Movie Club.
This week the name on every film lover's lips is gonna be Roxy Oscar. They don't call it "The Gay Superbowl" for nothin' - a perfect storm of camp, artistry, spectacle, emotion, and cleverly-named appetizers, it's the biggest night of the year for many of us. If you're like me, the tears will start flowing long before the In Memoriam segment.
So this week we're focusing on all things Academy. We've got an Oscar party planner workshop, a Fast Five of fave Oscar surprises, Vintage Beefcake from an Award winner, an Oscar Bingo card, and more! Plus new posters, trailers, and other goodies that have nothing to do with the red carpet.
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Wait, sorry - before we start, can we just talk about this for a minute? »
- brian
Mary Tyler Moore Photo: SAG Life Achievement Award 2012
7 February 2012 6:45 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore speaks onstage during the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29 in Los Angeles, California. Dick Van Dyke, with whom Moore had co-starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show in the early '60s, presented her with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.) The 75-year-old Moore, who has suffered from a series of health ailments including diabetes and brain surgery to remove a benign tumor last year, looked quite frail while accepting her trophy. She was greeted by the longest standing ovation of the evening. Her acceptance speech was about how there were too many Mary Moores already registered with SAG back in the 1950s. As a result, she decided to use her father's middle name, Tyler, as part of her own show business moniker. Moore — whose television heyday was in »
- D. Zhea
'Big Lebowski' Actor Dead At 81
4 February 2012 6:26 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados said Gazzara died Friday in Manhattan. Mados, who owned the Wyndham Hotel, where celebrities such as Peter Falk and Martin Sheen stayed, said he died after being placed in hospice care for cancer. She and her husband helped marry Gazzara and his wife, German-born Elke Krivat, at their hotel.
Gazzara was a proponent of method acting, in which the performer attempts to take on the thoughts and emotions of the character he's playing, and it helped him achieve stardom early in his career with two stirring Broadway performances.
In 1955, he originated the role of Brick Pollitt, »
- AP
Ben Gazzara Dead: Actor Dies At 81
3 February 2012 11:50 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados said Gazzara died Friday in Manhattan. Mados, who owned the Wyndham Hotel, where celebrities such as Peter Falk and Martin Sheen stayed, said he died after being placed in hospice care for cancer. She and her husband helped marry Gazzara and his wife, German-born Elke Krivat, at their hotel.
Gazzara was a proponent of method acting, in which the performer attempts to take on the thoughts and emotions of the character he's playing, and it helped him achieve stardom early in his career with two stirring Broadway performances.
In 1955, he originated the role of Brick Pollitt, »
- AP
Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore Photo: SAG Awards 2012
1 February 2012 6:07 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore onstage at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, which was broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. Moore herself chose Van Dyke, her co-star in The Dick Van Dyke Show back in the early '60s, to present her with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.) Moore, who has suffered from a series of health ailments including diabetes and brain surgery to remove a benign tumor last year, looked quite frail while accepting her trophy. She received the longest standing ovation of the evening — twice, in fact, as people stood up to applaud her even though all they got to see the first time around were a series of samples of her long film and television career, in addition to clips showing her »
- D. Zhea
Sins of Omission: 13 Past Performances The Academy Should Have Nominated
1 February 2012 11:32 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
They have a right to be pissed.
It's the most important morning of the year. Hollywood is temporarily jolted from its stupor for a ten-minute rollercoaster of natural highs and shattered dreams. Nothing but ... shattered dreams.
It's those shattered dreams that immediately become the focus after the Oscar nominations are announced. With only five slots per category, deserving actors are excluded, and that's when the fun begins, as the discussion about the "snubs" commences.
That was especially true this year, as a flurry of serious contenders were nowhere to be found. Charlize Theron, Tilda Swinton, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Albert Brooks were the names most bandied about, along with Andy Serkis (and they should really either nominate him, or give him a special Oscar for his unique contributions to film.)
Of course, Oscar has a history of overlooking interesting and memorable performances. Let's take a look at a few notable Oscar omissions. »
- snicks
SAG Award Life Achievement Recipient Mary Tyler Moore Photo: SAG Awards 2012
1 February 2012 10:41 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore, the 2012 recipient of the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award, attends the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. Dick Van Dyke, with whom Moore had co-starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show in the early 1960s, handed her the award. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage.) The 75-year-old Moore's acceptance speech was about how there were many Mary Moores already registered with the Screen Actors Guild back in the '50s. That's when Moore decided to use her father's middle name, Tyler, as part of her own show business name. Curiously, Moore — whose television heyday was in the '60s and '70s, and whose most important film roles were in the '60s and early '80s — has never been nominated for a SAG Award. Previous SAG Life Achievement Award winners include Stan Laurel, »
- D. Zhea
Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church, and Allison Janney Will Star In Paul Newman’s Final Project, ‘Lucky Them’
31 January 2012 3:23 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
As far as I’m concerned, anything that brings up the late, great Paul Newman warrants your attention — regardless of any finer details. Fortunately, this story pertains to something that might end up being good in its own right, with Deadline informing us that Newman‘s widow, Joanne Woodward, has helped assemble the cast for Lucky Them. What does this have to do with Fast Eddie Felson? As I learned whilst reading the article — and as you’ll learn when you’re done reading this interjection — Lucky Them inspired strong interest in and attention from the actor before his death.
Some years later, Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church, and Allison Janney are set to star for Huck Botko — who, along with Emily Wachtel, wrote the screenplay, which focuses on “a fortysomething rock journalist who gets an assignment to find her ex-boyfriend.” Turns out this “late bloomers coming-of-age romantic comedy” is semi-autobiographical for Wachtel, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Joanne Woodward Presses On With Paul Newman’s Final Film Project ‘Lucky Them’
31 January 2012 1:20 PM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Joanne Woodward has become executive producer on Lucky Them, a film that was begun by her late husband, movie immortal Paul Newman, before he passed away in 2008. Woodward has Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church and Allison Janney attached to star. Scripted by Huck Botko and Emily Wachtel and to be directed by Botko (he co-wrote The Last Exorcism and co-directed The Virginity Hit), the film is about a fortysomething rock journalist who gets an assignment to find her ex-boyfriend. It’s a late bloomers coming-of-age quirky romantic comedy, and a semi-autobiographical tale about the writer’s life in NYC, dating musicians and finding herself when most of her friends have settled down. Newman helped the filmmakers early on, giving them notes and sending the script to actors. He wanted to do a cameo in the film. Since Newman liked the project so much, Woodward put her name on it to help the cause, »
- MIKE FLEMING
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