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William Bradley: Mad Men: Rejecting Advertising, Or, Don Draper Meets Acid Rock, Pop Buddhism, and an Independent Wife
8 May 2012 7:19 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void. It is shining, it is shining.
That you may see the meaning of within. It is being, it is being."
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
from Tomorrow Never Knows, on the album Revolver
Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.
Megan Calvet Draper's Marxist academic father, who so disapproves of her work in advertising, and of her life of easing into wealth by marrying a rich older man, evidently got through to his daughter in the episode before this. She's now pursuing her dream, which was unclear then but turns out to be acting. And »
- William Bradley
The lengths that some short men will go to
23 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A newly emerged picture shows one trick Beatles drummer Ringo Starr used to appear taller, but he's not the only one with issues about their height
A freshly unearthed photograph of Ringo Starr from the set of the 1964 Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night reveals – yet again – the lengths some vertically challenged celebrities will go to "maximise" their height. The image – taken by Peter Allchorne, the props manager at Pinewood Studios, and being auctioned next month – shows the 5ft 6in Starr perched rather precariously on a stool with his feet on three concrete blocks.
Standing next to taller co-stars or partners has long been a bear trap for the shortest percentile of celebrities. It was the 5ft 11in Nicole Kidman who remarked upon being granted a divorce from 5ft 7in Tom Cruise: "At least I can wear high heels again." Cruise has long been the source of speculation when »
- Leo Hickman
Beatles' unseen pics to go under the hammer - Realbollywood.com News
23 April 2012 1:20 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, Apr 23: Unseen photographs of the Beatles are to go up for sale after lying in a family album for almost half a century.
The 20 black-and-white images give a rare-behind-the-scenes glimpse of the band as they made their first movie, 'A Hard Day's Night', in March 1964 at the Scala Theatre in London.
They show the band with their instruments but also between takes in off-guarded moments, with one picture of Ringo Starr resting on bricks to boost his height for the cameras.
Taking pictures on the closed set was banned, but Pinewood Studios props manager Peter Allchorne had no problems clicking the fabulous. »
- Smith Cox
Never-Before-Seen Beatles Photos for Sale
22 April 2012 8:50 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Next month, an auction in England will feature twenty previously unseen black-and-white photos of the Beatles. (So obviously not the one at left.) The images were taken on the closed London set of the Beatles' first film A Hard Day's Night — shot a month after the British Invasion first began — by the props manager, Peter Allchorne, now 87. Expected to fetch about $3,000, the photos spent the past many decades in an Allchorne family album, and include several candid shots of the band between takes, like Ringo Starr resting on some bricks to appear taller before the cameras. "He's never held any value on them because he was not into the Beatles," Allchorne's daughter told the BBC. "They were just four lads in a band" and "he was just working on the films." »
- Andre Tartar
5 Things You May Not Know About 'Superman II,' 31 Years After It Hit Theaters
19 April 2012 10:58 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A little over a year from now, the most iconic comic character in history will be back on screens, courtesy of Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel." Seven years on from Bryan Singer's oft-derided "Superman Returns," it'll see "The Dark Knight" mastermind Christopher Nolan producing a new, seemingly darker take on the character, to be played by Henry Cavill with Michael Shannon as his Kryptonian nemesis, General Zod.
But Shannon will have big shoes to fill: the last time the character was on the big screen it was played by Terence Stamp in 1981's "Superman II," still seen by many fans as not only the best take on that character, but the best screen version of Superman to date. Which was impressive, considering it had about as troubled a production history as you could ask for, with two directors, production stretched over two years, and a recent, wildly different reissue of the film. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Adele spends 22nd week at albums No.1 with '21'
15 April 2012 11:03 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Adele has returned to number one in the UK album chart with 21. The album rises two spots to reclaim the top spot in its 64th week inside the UK chart. Adele has now overtaken Dire Straits and David Bowie in the record books in terms of number of weeks spent at number one. 21 also rises above The Beatles' classic albums A Hard Day's Night and With The Beatles by spending its 22nd week at the top overall. Nicki Minaj drops one place from last week's top spot to number two with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Alabama Shakes claim the highest new entry with Boys & Girls at three, after having been number one in the midweek placings. Jessie J climbs four places to four with Who You Are, while Emeli Sandé is a non-mover at five with Our (more) »
- By Tom Eames
Daily Viewing. Trailer for the Restored "Yellow Submarine"
31 March 2012 9:22 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"The Beatles' 1968 animated cult classic Yellow Submarine will be emerging from a sea of holes into the sea of green this May, when a remastered version of the film hits shelves," reports Matthew Wright at the National Post. "The original film took almost two years to make, as the production cycled through 40 animators, 140 technical artists and 14 different versions of the script. Accompanying its re-release will be a remastered soundtrack, and on April 24, a re-published version of the film's screenplay. The DVD and Blu-ray of Yellow Submarine, to include a behind-the-scenes documentary and audio commentary, will be released on May 28. The Blu-ray version will also have interviews, stickers, sketches and a 16-page essay on the film by Pixar founder John Lasseter."
In the Los Angeles Times, Randy Lewis reports that "the restoration for the 4K digital resolution was done completely by hand, frame by frame, without the use of any automated »
Walters, Spielberg And Firth Back Campaign To Save Film Studio
28 March 2012 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Julie Walters has fired off an email to Britain's Business Secretary urging him to step in to keep a top film studio open, insisting its planned closure will affect the country's movie industry.
Twickenham Film Studios, which has hosted shoots for The Iron Lady, War Horse and The Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help!, has gone into administration and will be gradually wound down by June.
Gerald Krasner, who is handling the administration, recently revealed to the BBC the business has lost money over the past three years and added: "I doubt it will be retained as a film studio. We are selling it on."
News of the studio's expected closure has garnered the support of Steven Spielberg, Sir Paul McCartney and Colin Firth - and Harry Potter star Walters has taken direct action by contacting Business Secretary Vincent Cable, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham.
In an email, she writes, "The closing down of these studios will give Hollywood one message that the British film industry is struggling, when it is not."
McCartney tells London's Evening Standard, "I have many fond memories of working at Twickenham Studios. It's a fine example of a British film studio and it would be a great loss if it were to have nothing more to do with the British film industry." »
Lester Receives BFI Fellowship
26 March 2012 9:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
A Hard Day's Night director Richard Lester has received the coveted Fellowship Award from the British Film Institute (BFI).
Lester, best known for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s, was presented with the BFI's highest accolade in London on Thursday in honour of his film and TV achievements.
Accepting his prize, the American-born filmmaker acknowledged the harsh reviews he received at the start of his career working in TV with comedians Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
He quipped, "When my career was just beginning, the elegant TV critic Bernard Levin came to see me in rehearsal with Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. He wrote, 'He seems an amiable young man who climbed into a lion's cage and realised he's forgotten his chair and his whip.' Some 50 years later, I still haven't found a whip, but with this extraordinary honour, the BFI has kindly given me a chair."
Lester's work with Milligan and Sellers caught the attention of John Lennon, and he was hired by the Fab Four to direct A Hard Day's Night and Help! in the 1960s.
Lester joins a prestigious list of previous BFI Fellowship recipients including Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese. »
Monkees singer Davy Jones dies at 66
29 February 2012 2:15 PM, PST | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
Davy Jones, an actor-turned-singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock 'n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66.
Jones, lead singer of the 1960s group that was assembled as an American version of the Beatles, died of a massive heart attack in Indiantown where he lived, his publicist Helen Kensick confirmed.
A former racehorse jockey, Jones turned to acting and then became lead singer when he joined The Monkees in 1965 and the band embarked on a wildly popular U.S. television show. Jones sang lead vocals on songs such as "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer."
The band was assembled as with its personnel designed to be the instant stars of an American TV series seeking to evoke the Beatles, then already famous for their music and such films as "A Hard Day's Night and "Help! »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
The Monkees/Davy Jones Dies
29 February 2012 12:53 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
The Monkees' baby-faced Davy Jones, the only British-born member of the '60s four-man band, died earlier today after suffering a heart attack in Indiantown, Florida. He was 66. Formed in 1965, The Monkees were Jones, Michael Nesmith, 69, Micky Dolenz, who turns 66 next March 8, and Peter Tork, 70. Their best-known hit is probably “I’m a Believer.” Their television series, The Monkees, ran from 1966 to 1968, the year the feature film Head was released. Directed and co-written (with Jack Nicholson) by feature-film first-timer Bob Rafelson — who had previously handled several episodes of the group's TV series and who would become best known for the Oscar-nominated Five Easy Pieces (1970) — Head followed the same loose narrative pattern of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), with songs interspersed between absurd comic situations. The musical comedy, however, achieved neither the box-office success nor the critical acclaim that had greeted Richard Lester's two Beatles flicks. Jones »
- Andre Soares
Oscar Nominees' Favorite Movie Moments
23 February 2012 7:39 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Los Angeles -- Many of this year's Oscar-nominated actors first experienced the magic of movies as children.
When asked on Oscar.com to reflect on their favorite movie moments, nominees such as Jessica Chastain, Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman and Octavia Spencer immediately went back in time.
"My favorite was perhaps the first time I saw `E.T.' as a kid," said Spencer, who is nominated for supporting actress for her turn as Minny Jackson in "The Help." "The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T."
Oldman, up for best actor for his role in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," said he remembers seeing "A Hard Day's Night" at age 5 with his teenage sisters at the Rialto Theater in South London "and my sister nudging me because I was singing too loud along with the songs. »
- AP
Twickenham film studios to close
21 February 2012 4:46 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Credits roll for studios used for Repulsion, Blade Runner and Beatles films as owners sell up following financial losses
Twickenham Film Studios, which have been used for films as diverse as Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and current Oscars hopeful My Week with Marilyn, are to be closed just one year ahead of the facility's centennial anniversary.
Administrator Gerald Krasner said the business was losing money and would be wound down between now and June, with half of its 17 employees having already left. It was unlikely to be maintained as a film studio by new owners, he said. "We are selling it on," Mr Krasner told the BBC News website. "Everyone will then be paid in full."
Twickenham opened in 1913 as St Margaret's Studios and was given its current moniker in 1929 by one of its most famous owners, British film magnate Julius Hagen. Built on the »
- Ben Child
British Film Studio In Administration
20 February 2012 8:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
One of Britain's top film studios, which has hosted shoots for The Iron Lady, War Horse and The Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help!, has gone into administration.
Twickenham Film Studios, which was due to celebrate its centenary next year, will be gradually wound down by June.
Gerald Krasner, who is handling the administration, reveals to the BBC the business has lost money over the past three years and adds: "I doubt it will be retained as a film studio. We are selling it on. Everyone will then be paid in full."
Other movies shot at the studio include sci-fi classic Blade Runner, The Italian Job, A Fish Called Wanda, An American Werewolf in London, and Roman Polanski's Repulsion. »
So True? So False? Did Justin Bieber Blow Off a Group of Fans at the Airport?!
31 January 2012 2:58 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Did Justin Bieber engage in some less-than-first-class behavior in France recently? The 17-year-old heartthrob reportedly snubbed roughly two dozen Beliebers at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport yesterday, blowing right past them, A Hard Day's Night-style, on his way to catch a flight. Well, there were some disappointed tweets making the rounds, such as, "We were 25/30 fans waiting in 2 lines, Justin didn't say hi and didn't look at us. We were all very disappointed by him." But there's got to be a reason for the Biebs' mad dash, right? Surely Bieber doesn't just drop the nice-guy act when he thinks people aren't looking (or aren't speaking English). Well, hang »
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