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The Top 40 Kick-Ass Female Sci-Fi Characters
15 May 2013 8:46 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
Tags: televisionTV ArticlesmoviesMovie CommentaryWAPIMDbBattlestar GalacticaChuckStar WarsStar TrekDoctor WhoFireflyFringeBarbarellaThe X-FilesVDollhouseAlienPrometheusWall-ETorchwoodWarehouse 13CapricaLand of the LostContactChildren of MenNever Let Me GoThe Hunger GamesMasters of the UniverseDark AngelParikaThe TerminatorThe Sarah Jane AdventuresThe MatrixStar Trek: Into Darkness
This weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness hits theaters and the common consensus among reviewers seems to be that Jj Abrams' adaptation of the beloved series is even better this time around. The thing we're most excited about, of course, is Zoe Saldana's return as a young Nyota Uhura. Apparently Saldana's role is much bigger this time around, which means the Star Trek sequel is a can't miss for us!
Of course, lesbian and bisexual women are not strangers to the world of science fiction. In fact, we often find better representation in the fantasy realm than in any other genre. And even when we don't find queer women to swoon over, we find powerful women to root for. »
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Hannibal just the appetiser for feast of Hollywood films being adapted for TV
10 May 2013 4:09 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
New versions of Barbarella, Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, The Avengers and Zombieland are also coming to the small screen
His fondness for fava beans and a nice chianti is well documented, but when Hannibal Lecter returned in his latest incarnation it was in less charted territory.
After the series of books by Thomas Harris and a string of hit films, the world's most popular serial killer has moved to television for the first time.
Bryan Fuller's acclaimed adaptation, which launched in the UK on Sky Living last week, is part of a boom in big-screen properties being adapted for TV. After Psycho (adapted in the Us as Bates Motel) and the small-screen take on the Woody Harrelson movie Zombieland, (part of a move by Amazon into TV production), Joss Whedon is making a TV version of his Avengers film and there will be two competing mini-series of Lawrence of Arabia, »
- John Plunkett
Hannibal just the appetiser for feast of Hollywood films being adapted for TV
10 May 2013 4:09 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
New versions of Barbarella, Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, The Avengers and Zombieland are also coming to the small screen
His fondness for fava beans and a nice chianti is well documented, but when Hannibal Lecter returned in his latest incarnation it was in less charted territory.
After the series of books by Thomas Harris and a string of hit films, the world's most popular serial killer has moved to television for the first time.
Bryan Fuller's acclaimed adaptation, which launched in the UK on Sky Living last week, is part of a boom in big-screen properties being adapted for TV. After Psycho (adapted in the Us as Bates Motel) and the small-screen take on the Woody Harrelson movie Zombieland, (part of a move by Amazon into TV production), Joss Whedon is making a TV version of his Avengers film and there will be two competing mini-series of Lawrence of Arabia, »
- John Plunkett
Jane Fonda Cements Standing at Chinese Theater
26 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ask Jane Fonda about getting her hands and feet immortalized in concrete at the Chinese Theater and the thesp says, “I’m very excited; I was hoping this would happen before I died.”
Her cement block will be next to that of her father, Henry Fonda. “That means a lot to me.” The April 27 ceremony will be part of TCM’s Classic Film Festival. Afterward she’ll introduce “On Golden Pond,” the only film she starred with her father.
When it comes to memorials, however, a mere physical imprint can’t compare to Fonda’s body of work, which includes such iconic films as “Cat Ballou,” “Barbarella,” “Klute,” “The China Syndrome” and “On Golden Pond.”
Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda, who was born into Hollywood royalty (her birth was announced in Variety in 1937), started in films in 1960 with Tall Story. But after steadily working in showbiz and winning two Oscars, three Golden Globes and an Emmy, »
- Shalini Dore
Jane Fonda to cement her place in Hollywood history
24 April 2013 6:10 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Jane Fonda may not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (yet), but she’s getting something better.
All it took was two Oscar wins, a Hollywood pedigree, and a lifetime in show business, but Jane Fonda is finally making her mark in Hollywood right outside of the legendary Tcl (formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theater. This Saturday she’ll roll up her pants and sleeves to put her hand and footprints right next to her father’s (Henry Fonda) who got his spot at Grauman’s in 1942.
The 75-year-old actress is also being honored by the TCM Classic Film Festival. »
- Lindsey Bahr
"Drive" Director Mounting "Barbarella"
20 April 2013 7:27 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
From SneakPeekTV, take a look @ the full feature of producer Dino De Laurentis' sci-fi sex comedy "Barbarella"(1968) that is being developed and rebooted by "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn.
From a screenplay by Joe Gazzam, Refn promises the look of his film will adhere close to the languid illustrations of Jean-Claude Forest, creator of the French-language "Barbarella" comics.
The original Paramount Pictures release was directed by Roger Vadim, starring Vadim's wife at the time, actress Jane Fonda :
"...in the year 40,000, 'Barbarella' (Fonda) is assigned by the 'President of Earth' (Claude Dauphin) to retrieve 'Doctor Durand Durand' (Milo O'Shea) from the planet 'Tau Ceti'.
"Durand Durand is the inventor of the weaponized 'Positronic Ray'.
"Earth is now a peaceful planet, and weapons are unheard of. Because Tau Ceti is an unknown region of space there is the potential for the weapon to fall into the wrong hands. »
- Michael Stevens
Irish Actor Dies At 86
6 April 2013 2:24 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — The Irish actor Milo O'Shea, whose many roles on stage and screen included a friar in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," an evil scientist in "Barbarella" and a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing," has died in New York City. He was 86.
Ireland's arts minister, Jimmy Deenihan, said in a statement announcing O'Shea's death on Tuesday that the Dublin-born actor would be remembered for "ground-breaking" roles, including a performance as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film adaptation of "Ulysses."
O'Shea also acted on Broadway, playing a gay hairdresser in 1968's "Staircase." He was nominated for Tony Awards twice.
The public knew O'Shea best as a character actor. His bushy eyebrows and white hair made him a favorite of casting directors looking for priests. He played a drunken one on the TV show "Cheers," a pedophilic one in the 1997 film "The Butcher Boy," a charming one in the 1981 Broadway play "Mass Appeal, »
- AP
Milo O’Shea Dead: Dublin-born Stage and Screen Actor Dies at 86
5 April 2013 10:18 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Milo O’Shea, an Irish actor-recognized by his black bushy eyebrows and playful smile— whose films include “Ulyssess” and “Barbarella,” died April 2 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Gotham. He was 86.
O’Shea, both a stage and screen actor, was born in Dublin on June 2, 1926. His father was a professional singer and his mother was a harpist and ballet dancer. His first leading screen role was in the 1967 film adaption of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” when he played Leopold Bloom.
O’Shea’s debut performance on Broadway was the 1968 production of “Staircase,” where he played a gay hairdresser. In that same year, he played the role of Friar Laurence in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and the mad scientist Durand Durand in Roger Vadim’s science-fiction fantasy “Barbarella.”
Other films in O’Shea’s repertoire include “The Verdict” starring Paul Newman and “That Matchmaker,” where »
- Michelle Salemi
Milo O'Shea obituary
4 April 2013 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy
For a performer of such fame and versatility, the distinguished Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, who has died aged 86, is not associated with any role in particular, or indeed any clutch of them. He was chiefly associated with his own expressive dark eyes, bushy eyebrows, outstanding mimetic talents and distinctive Dublin brogue.
His impish presence irradiated countless fine movies – including Joseph Strick's Ulysses (1967), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968) and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982) – and many top-drawer American television series, from Cheers, The Golden Girls and Frasier, right through to The West Wing (2003-04), in which he played the chief justice Roy Ashland.
He had settled in New York in 1976 with his second wife, Kitty Sullivan, in order to be equidistant from his own main bases of operation, Hollywood and London. The »
- Michael Coveney
R.I.P. Milo O’Shea
3 April 2013 4:15 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Irish film, television and stage actor Milo O’Shea, known for his roles in the cult classic Barbarella, Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo And Juliet, and Ulysses, has died. He passed away Tuesday in New York after a short illness, according to the Telegraph. He was 86. O’Shea had a wide range of roles throughout his career, which included guest stints on several U.S. television series including Cheers, Frasier, The Golden Girls, St Elsewhere and The West Wing. His early years were spent on the stage, first in his hometown of Dublin then in the UK where he appeared in Glory Be! at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East. His first starring film role was as protagonist Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The next year he appeared as mad scientist Dr. Durand Durand in the cult classic Barbarella with Jane Fonda and as Friar Laurence »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Milo O'Shea obituary
3 April 2013 12:26 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy
For a performer of such fame and versatility, the distinguished Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, who has died aged 86, is not associated with any role in particular, or indeed any clutch of them. He was chiefly associated with his own expressive dark eyes, bushy eyebrows, outstanding mimetic talents and distinctive Dublin brogue.
His impish presence irradiated countless fine movies – including Joseph Strick's Ulysses (1967), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968) and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982) – and many top-drawer American television series, from Cheers, The Golden Girls and Frasier, right through to The West Wing (2003-04), in which he played the chief justice Roy Ashland.
He had settled in New York in 1976 with his second wife, Kitty Sullivan, in order to be equidistant from his own main bases of operation, Hollywood and London. The »
- Michael Coveney
Actor Milo O'Shea Dead At Age 86
3 April 2013 11:15 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
O'Shea squares off in court against Paul Newman in The Verdict.
The acclaimed Irish actor Milo O'Shea has died after a brief illness at age 86. The Dublin-born O'Shea had lived in New York City since 1976. He was described as a giant talent of stage, screen and TV. His memorable feature film performances include the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, Barbarella, Ulysses and as the compromised judge who argues with attorney Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet's 1982 film The Verdict. O'Shea, an "actor's actor", also appeared in many popular American and British TV shows including The Golden Girls, Cheers, The West Wing and Me Mammy. For more click here »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Milo O'Shea dies: 'West Wing's' Chief Justice Ashland was 86
3 April 2013 7:55 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Irish actor Milo O'Shea has passed away in New York after a short illness, reports the Irish Times. He was 86 years old.
O'Shea was known for several great film roles in his younger days, but we instantly remembered him as Chief Justice Roy Ashland on "The West Wing," a small, but memorable role on the political drama's fifth season. Matthew Perry guest-starred as Joe Quincy, Ashland's former clerk. It was O'Shea's last acting role.
In his youth, O'Shea received acclaim for his role as Leopold Bloom in "Ulysses," for which he received a BAFTA nomination, and for his portrayal of Friar Laurence in the Zeffirelli "Romeo and Juliet" film adaptation.
O'Shea also starred as Durand Durand in cult classic "Barbarella" alongside Jane Fonda. The band Duran Duran would go on to take its name from the film character and O'Shea would reprise his role for the band's concert film "Arena. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Blu-ray, DVD Release: The Magic Christian
29 March 2013 2:08 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 28, 2013
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Raquel Welch helps Ringo Starr find the magic in The Magic Christian.
Directed by Joseph McGrath, the 1969 cult comedy film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther) and Ringo Starr comes from the pen of the brilliant Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove, Barbarella), based on his 1959 comic novel of the same name.
In the movie, Sir Guy Grand (Sellers), the richest man in the world, whimsically adopts a young homeless man (Starr) who he happens to meet by chance during a stroll in the park. Together they set off on a series of inspired escapades that comically attack the snobbery and hypocrisy of modern society. Moving from one misadventure to another, they have encounters with characters portrayed by such noteworthy performers as Richard Attenborough (The Great Escape), Laurence Harvey (Summer and Smoke), Raquel Welch (Hannie Caulder), Christopher Lee »
- Laurence
Beauty Break: Horizontal Lovelies
20 March 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
From top to bottom chronologically: Natalie Wood, Jane Fonda as Barbarella, Burt Reynolds as The Cosmopolitan Man, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa, Miss Piggy, La Pfeiffer as Catwoman, Rollergirl of Boogie Nights fame, Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux, and Dame Helen Mirren.
P.S. If you would like to replay this post at maximum volume, might I suggest queueing up the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack whilst doing so?
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- NATHANIEL R
DVD Release: All Together
12 March 2013 12:39 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: March 19, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
Geraldine Chaplin (l.) and Jane Fonda set out to living communally in All Together.
Five aging friends decide to ditch assisted living and move in with each other in the 2012 French comedy All Together.
When elderly lothario Claude (Claude Rich, The Bride Wore Black) is put into an old folks home, his friends bust him out and start a cranky commune together, thinking they can care for each other better than anyone else. The hell with reduced autonomy, loss of memory, illness and, worset of all, separation from each other! The group is joined by a young graduate student (Daniel Brühl) who films their experiment for his research project, while also acting as a de facto caretaker. Everyone seems to enjoy communal living…at least until old jealousies and the infirmities of age begin to pull the group apart.
Written and directed by Stephane Robelin, »
- Laurence
Somewhere Over the Link Roll
6 March 2013 11:43 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
/Film character posters for Hunger Games: Catching Fire with clotheshorse Effie (she's so Technicolor) and more...
Pajiba set photos before fx. So much green screen & weird stuff on people's bodies/faces
Towleroad first listen of Oblivion score from M83
Mnpp Quote of the day from Stoker author Wentworth Miller. Apparently he wrote it with Matthew Goode in mind! Good taste he has.
In Contention Django Unchanied and Ted leave the MTV Movie Award Nominations
The Land of Oz
Tonight "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Oz celebration is almost here (update: it's here!) I'll still add links for latecomers if you post your favorite shot -- next week's entry is Barbarella with Jane Fonda as the titular sci-fi babe so that should be fun too. We were thrilled to have so many new voices (aka new eyes) for this group series when we hit Oz. So please check out the »
- NATHANIEL R
Jane Fonda Pans Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane's Boob Routine
28 February 2013 12:43 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Jane Fonda apparently isn't much of a fan of Seth MacFarlane. The erstwhile Barbarella gave a big thumbs-down to the Oscar host's opening song-and-dance number at Sunday's ceremony that focused on her fellow actresses' willingness to go topless on screen. While she didn't name MacFarlane by name, Fonda offered up her review of the controversial routine on her blog, saying the "We Saw Your Boobs" song was too crass given the audience tuning in. "What I really didn't like was the song and dance number about seeing actresses' boobs. I agree with someone who said, if they want to stoop to that, why not list all the penises we've seen?" wrote the 75-year-old screen »
Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Release: The Newsroom: Season One
7 February 2013 2:18 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Release Date: June 11, 2013
Price: DVD $59.99, Blu-ray/DVD/Digital (HBO Select) $79.98
Studio: HBO/Warner
Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer go at it in The Newsroom.
The HBO comedy-drama television series The Newsroom was created by Aaron Sorkin, the insanely popular, Academy Award-winning writer of The Social Network.
The show follows TV’s Acn news team on their quixotic (reportedly one of Sorkin’s favorite words) mission to reclaim the legacy of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite in the face of a fickle audience, corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships. Amongst those vying for integrity and success are Will McAvoy Jeff Daniels (Something Wild), a veteran news anchor whose recent public outburst prompted his staff to jump ship; and MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer, Hugo), Will’s ex-girlfriend and a veteran newswoman who’s hired on to be his new executive producer.
Also included in the cast is Sam Waterston »
- Laurence
"Drive" Director Gets Into "Barbarella" Series
31 January 2013 6:30 PM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
According to new reports, the 1968 De Laurentis feature "Barbarella", based on the sci fi comic strip, will be developed by executive producer Martha De Laurentiis and Gaumont International Television into a "Barbarella" TV series, with "Drive" director Nicolas Refn directing the pilot episode.
Episodes will be scripted by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade ("Skyfall"), with the series adhering closely to the style of illustrator Jean-Claude Forest, creator of the French-language "Barbarella" comics.
Paramount Pictures "Barbarella" was directed by Roger Vadim, starring Vadim's wife at the time, actress Jane Fonda :
"...in the year 40,000, 'Barbarella' (Fonda) is assigned by the 'President of Earth' (Claude Dauphin) to retrieve 'Doctor Durand Durand' (Milo O'Shea) from the planet 'Tau Ceti'. Durand Durand is the inventor of the weaponized 'Positronic Ray'.
"Earth is now a peaceful planet, and weapons are unheard of. Because Tau Ceti is an unknown region of space there »
- Michael Stevens
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