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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes

4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.

The Godfather (1972)

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.

On the Waterfront (1954)

“You don’t understand! »

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Swank's 'Amelia' Performance Gets First Oscar Kiss

20 October 2009 3:02 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Twelve women have earned 26 of the 82 Academy Awards for Best Actress, but only one of them - Katharine Hepburn - has more than two Oscars in that category. Her fourth win was for On Golden Pond. It is not outside the realm of possibility that Hilary Swank could make history with her third Oscar in ten years thanks to her work in Amelia, due in theaters this weekend.

While Hepburn was nearly 62 when she picked up Oscar number three (The Lion in Winter), Swank is only 35 and seems likely to receive a nomination for portraying the legendary Amelia Earhart, although I had not really considered her a front runner, precisely because she's won twice already. If Meryl Streep can't win three...

But in its review of Amelia, The Hollywood Reporter says Swank just might have the inside track:

"Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank's depiction of aviator Amelia »

- Colin Boyd

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Streep Nom #3, 1981

20 June 2009 5:40 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60: Let's talk each Streep nomination and its competition.

Meryl Streep won the BAFTA, Golden Globe and the Lafca prize for her two part role in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) but she lost the Oscar anyway. The nominees were:

Katharine Hepburn, On Golden PondDiane Keaton, RedsMarsha Mason, Only When I Laugh

Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City

Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman opened.

On Golden Pond made Katharine Hepburn a four-time Oscar winner. She's still far out in front of everyone in the acting Oscar derby save Jack Nicholson who has three and could conceivably join her. He is 72 and still works far more often than Hepburn was working in her 70s when she won this.

The snubbed in '81? Sissy Spacek in Raggedy Man and Sally Field in Absence of Malice were Globe Drama nominees and Bernadette Peters was the Musical/Comedy Globe winner for Pennies From Heaven. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Mark Rydell Remembers Killing John Wayne...And Bette Midler!

17 June 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

(Mark Rydell directing John Wayne in The Cowboys, above.)

By Jon Zelazny

(Note: This interview is also appearing at Eight Million Stories.)

June 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of screen legend John Wayne. Most of the directors who made his classic films are of course long gone as well, so I was very pleased to sit down with Mark Rydell, director of The Cowboys (1972), the epic cattle drive saga most Western fans regard as Wayne’s last great starring role.

Rydell began directing theater in New York City in the early sixties, and went on to television and movies, including hits like The Rose (1979) and On Golden Pond (1981). We met at The Actors Studio in West Hollywood, where he and co-director Martin Landau continue to moderate acting classes.

Jon: When did you first join The Actors Studio?

Mark Rydell: The fifties. I went through the Neighborhood »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Boeing-boeing, On Golden Pond & More Set For Act II Playhouse's 2009-10 Season

3 June 2009 11:32 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Act II Playhouse is proud to announce its 2009-10 season. The four-show lineup kicks off with the laugh-out-loud 2008 Tony winner for Best Revival, Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, followed by Ernest Thompson's beloved classic, On Golden Pond. Act II is also proud to present the world premiere of Philadelphia playwright Bruce Graham's newest play, Any Given Monday, a co-production with Theatre Exile; followed by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill's new musical about friendship, The Story of My Life. »

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Legendary Producer Tanen Dies

5 January 2009 11:12 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Former president of Universal Pictures Ned Tanen has died. He was 77.

The Hollywood producer passed away on Monday from natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Tanen took the helm of two of Hollywood's biggest studios and presided over a string of huge box office hits.

In his time at Universal, from 1976 to 1982, Tanen oversaw two record box office years for the studio, with the release of Oscar winners On Golden Pond and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

He left Universal at the height of E.T.'s success, but quickly took on producing roles on a trio of Brat Pack films: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and St. Elmo's Fire.

He took on the head role at Paramount in 1984 and continued his stellar box office record, with hits including Top Gun and Ghost being produced by the studio under his watch.

After leaving the studio, he finished his career with producing credits on Guarding Tess, Cops and Robbersons and Mary Reilly.

Tanen started his career as a talent agent and worked with entertainers such as Neil Diamond, Elton John, Bill Cosby and Olivia Newton-John.

He moved into movies, and was propelled up the ladder after spotting the potential of huge successes Jaws and Animal House.

He is survived by his partner, Donna Dubrow, two daughters and three grandchildren. »

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