Updated with complete winners list: Despite being up for four acting category awards, The Crown‘s final season left the BAFTA TV Awards empty handed tonight in London.
Elizabeth Debicki, Lesley Manville, Salim Daw and Dominic West were all snubbed, as the the likes of Matthew Macfadyen, Jasmine Jobson, Timothy Spall and Sarah Lancashire all triumphed and the Netflix show went out quietly.
There was also a major surprise in the International category, where little-known French drama Class Act beat the likes of Beef, The Bear and The Last of Us to win the prize. Among the most shocked was the show’s star Laurent Lafitte, who urged the audience to find and watch his show — to the amusement of the audience.
The first award of the night saw Jobson beat off competition from actresses from The Crown, Succession and The Last of Us to win Best Supporting Actress for...
Elizabeth Debicki, Lesley Manville, Salim Daw and Dominic West were all snubbed, as the the likes of Matthew Macfadyen, Jasmine Jobson, Timothy Spall and Sarah Lancashire all triumphed and the Netflix show went out quietly.
There was also a major surprise in the International category, where little-known French drama Class Act beat the likes of Beef, The Bear and The Last of Us to win the prize. Among the most shocked was the show’s star Laurent Lafitte, who urged the audience to find and watch his show — to the amusement of the audience.
The first award of the night saw Jobson beat off competition from actresses from The Crown, Succession and The Last of Us to win Best Supporting Actress for...
- 5/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Rannells and Katie Brayben will reprise their roles in the musical Tammy Faye on Broadway this fall.
The production, which features music by Elton John, will play the newly renovated Palace Theater starting Oct. 19, with an opening night on Nov. 14. This is the first full production announced for the refurbished theater, which closed in 2018 for renovations and has since been raised 30 feet in the air and refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
Ben Platt is scheduled to play a three-week concert at the theater from May 28 through June 15.
Brayben won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of televangelist Tammy Faye in London. She also won an Olivier for her role in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and appeared in Girl From the North Country and King Charles III on the West End, among other stage roles.
Rannells, known for his starring role in The Book of Mormon and recently in Gutenberg!
The production, which features music by Elton John, will play the newly renovated Palace Theater starting Oct. 19, with an opening night on Nov. 14. This is the first full production announced for the refurbished theater, which closed in 2018 for renovations and has since been raised 30 feet in the air and refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
Ben Platt is scheduled to play a three-week concert at the theater from May 28 through June 15.
Brayben won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of televangelist Tammy Faye in London. She also won an Olivier for her role in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and appeared in Girl From the North Country and King Charles III on the West End, among other stage roles.
Rannells, known for his starring role in The Book of Mormon and recently in Gutenberg!
- 3/22/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Professional basketball player Kevin Durant recently made headlines when he was seen hugging rapper Yung Miami in a video. The video had fans buzzing about a potential romance between the two as the NBA legend was also seen making googly eyes at the musician. While Durant eyed the rapper for a quick second, the Internet was quick to come to conclusions.
Durant has never been married, and while he has had some high-profile girlfriends before, the basketball player has not been seen with anyone in the recent past. However, rapper Yung Miami was in a relationship with fellow rapper Diddy until 2023. Diddy was reportedly accused of sexual harassment and several lawsuits were filed against the rapper.
Kevin Durant’s Viral Moment Sparks Potential Romance Kevin Durant in Thunderstruck
Basketball star Kevin Durant went viral on social media for his warm embrace with rapper Yung Miami. The rapper and NBA legend...
Durant has never been married, and while he has had some high-profile girlfriends before, the basketball player has not been seen with anyone in the recent past. However, rapper Yung Miami was in a relationship with fellow rapper Diddy until 2023. Diddy was reportedly accused of sexual harassment and several lawsuits were filed against the rapper.
Kevin Durant’s Viral Moment Sparks Potential Romance Kevin Durant in Thunderstruck
Basketball star Kevin Durant went viral on social media for his warm embrace with rapper Yung Miami. The rapper and NBA legend...
- 2/20/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Professional dancer Robin Windsor, best known to TV audiences for his four-season stint on the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing, has died at the age of 44. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
His death was first announced by the official Facebook page of Burn the Floor, a dance company he founded in 1997:
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The Burn the Floor family has lost one of its founding members,...
His death was first announced by the official Facebook page of Burn the Floor, a dance company he founded in 1997:
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The Burn the Floor family has lost one of its founding members,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
A crew member working on Marvel’s Wonder Man television series has died in an on-set accident.
The unnamed rigger fell off the rafters while at Radford Studio Center, located in Studio City in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday morning, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The series was not filming at the time of the incident, but production on the series was immediately halted.
“Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family and friends, and our support is behind the investigation into the circumstances of this accident,” a Marvel spokesperson said in a statement.
The unnamed rigger fell off the rafters while at Radford Studio Center, located in Studio City in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday morning, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The series was not filming at the time of the incident, but production on the series was immediately halted.
“Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family and friends, and our support is behind the investigation into the circumstances of this accident,” a Marvel spokesperson said in a statement.
- 2/6/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
A White House veteran is headed to The Diplomat for season two. Alison Janney will guest star in the series, reuniting her with fellow West Wing alum Debora Cahn. Cahn began her career as a writer and producer on the later seasons of The West Wing and created The Diplomat.
Starring Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh, the Netflix drama follows a newly appointed ambassador, Katherine "Kate" Wyler (Russell), assigned to the United Kingdom. While there, she diffuses an international crisis and makes strategic alliances while adjusting to her new place in the spotlight. Her husband, Hal (Sewell), is the former US ambassador to Lebanon. He struggles with his lack of a posting and the couple's marriage deteriorates.
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Starring Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh, the Netflix drama follows a newly appointed ambassador, Katherine "Kate" Wyler (Russell), assigned to the United Kingdom. While there, she diffuses an international crisis and makes strategic alliances while adjusting to her new place in the spotlight. Her husband, Hal (Sewell), is the former US ambassador to Lebanon. He struggles with his lack of a posting and the couple's marriage deteriorates.
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- 1/29/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The new Mean Girls film is a hit at the US box office – but the marketing has not been going out of its way to reveal the movie is a musical.
Last week in the US and this coming weekend in the UK it’s the turn of the new Mean Girls film to try and draw people into cinemas. In the US as well, it’s certainly worked: a $28m opening weekend is a good return, and Paramount will be rather chuffed with that.
Not least because its marketing campaign has clearly paid dividends here. As we’ve discussed on this very site before, it selected the folder marked ‘market a musical, but don’t tell anyone it’s a musical’. The new Mean Girls is, after all, an adaptation of the stage musical, which in turn is based on the wonderful 2004 film.
Marc Weinstock is the global marketing boss at Paramount,...
Last week in the US and this coming weekend in the UK it’s the turn of the new Mean Girls film to try and draw people into cinemas. In the US as well, it’s certainly worked: a $28m opening weekend is a good return, and Paramount will be rather chuffed with that.
Not least because its marketing campaign has clearly paid dividends here. As we’ve discussed on this very site before, it selected the folder marked ‘market a musical, but don’t tell anyone it’s a musical’. The new Mean Girls is, after all, an adaptation of the stage musical, which in turn is based on the wonderful 2004 film.
Marc Weinstock is the global marketing boss at Paramount,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
MasterChef fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 21 Episode 3 episode titled Regional Auditions — The West!
Find out everything you need to know about the Regional Auditions — The West episode of MasterChef, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
MasterChef Regional Auditions — The West Season 21 Episode 3 Preview
In this episode, the West takes the spotlight as a group of talented chefs go head-to-head, showcasing their culinary prowess and unique flavors. Each contestant has 45 minutes to prepare a signature dish that will leave the judges in awe. As the clock ticks, tensions rise, and the kitchen heats up, the chefs must demonstrate their skills, creativity, and ability to deliver under pressure.
The talented chefs from the West region come from diverse culinary backgrounds, representing a wide range of flavors, techniques, and cultural influences. From aspiring home cooks to seasoned professionals,...
Find out everything you need to know about the Regional Auditions — The West episode of MasterChef, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
MasterChef Regional Auditions — The West Season 21 Episode 3 Preview
In this episode, the West takes the spotlight as a group of talented chefs go head-to-head, showcasing their culinary prowess and unique flavors. Each contestant has 45 minutes to prepare a signature dish that will leave the judges in awe. As the clock ticks, tensions rise, and the kitchen heats up, the chefs must demonstrate their skills, creativity, and ability to deliver under pressure.
The talented chefs from the West region come from diverse culinary backgrounds, representing a wide range of flavors, techniques, and cultural influences. From aspiring home cooks to seasoned professionals,...
- 5/31/2023
- by News
- TV Regular
In August 2021, the fall of Kabul was seen in news coverage taking place in real time, as the Taliban took hold of Afghanistan’s capital only a few days after the American armed forces pulled out of the country following a two-decade-long presence. After 20 years of hard-won gains, under Taliban rule, women in the country were almost immediately barred from education after the sixth grade, could not leave their homes without a male chaperone and were barred from working.
Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani had left her home a few days prior to Kabul’s collapse to attend a film festival in Europe. Unbeknownst to her, she would not return. “I never thought, ‘This will be the last time I pack my suitcase and close my door,’” says Mani, who is currently living in France. “Even now I don’t remember if I closed my window properly or not.”
Like many in the West,...
Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani had left her home a few days prior to Kabul’s collapse to attend a film festival in Europe. Unbeknownst to her, she would not return. “I never thought, ‘This will be the last time I pack my suitcase and close my door,’” says Mani, who is currently living in France. “Even now I don’t remember if I closed my window properly or not.”
Like many in the West,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today sees the release of Netflix’s new political series The Diplomat. The reason to tune in to this one, apart from the strong cast, is Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer Debora Cahn who has had a foothold in many sterling shows along the way before taking Homeland confortably on her shoudlers.
We have interviews from the New York premiere which was attended by Keri Russell (Kate Wyler/ EP), Rufus Sewell (Hal Wyler), David Gyasi (Austin Dennison – British Foreign Secretary), Ali Ahn (Eidra Park – Chief of the CIA London Station), Ato Essandoh (Stuart Hayford – Kate’s Deputy Chief of Mission) and Nana Mensah (Billie Appiah – White House Chief of Staff).
The series will be released on the 20th of April, 2023. Here are the interviews from the New York premiere held this week.
The Diplomat Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She...
We have interviews from the New York premiere which was attended by Keri Russell (Kate Wyler/ EP), Rufus Sewell (Hal Wyler), David Gyasi (Austin Dennison – British Foreign Secretary), Ali Ahn (Eidra Park – Chief of the CIA London Station), Ato Essandoh (Stuart Hayford – Kate’s Deputy Chief of Mission) and Nana Mensah (Billie Appiah – White House Chief of Staff).
The series will be released on the 20th of April, 2023. Here are the interviews from the New York premiere held this week.
The Diplomat Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She...
- 4/20/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Plot: Kate Wyler is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another. Kate will have to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London, and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler.
Review: Political series come in two distinct flavors. One is heavily action-oriented, with thrills rooted in espionage and chase sequences like The Night Agent. The other is the intricate palace intrigue housed within the halls of political machinations like House of Cards. Now and then, a third version comes into play that is not reliant on menace or action but manages to be engaging and aspirational, like in NBC’s acclaimed The West Wing.
Review: Political series come in two distinct flavors. One is heavily action-oriented, with thrills rooted in espionage and chase sequences like The Night Agent. The other is the intricate palace intrigue housed within the halls of political machinations like House of Cards. Now and then, a third version comes into play that is not reliant on menace or action but manages to be engaging and aspirational, like in NBC’s acclaimed The West Wing.
- 4/20/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Yellowstone continues to be one of the most successful shows on television, but the end appears to be in sight. Reports regarding Kevin Costner’s disinterest in playing John Dutton were given more veracity by the cast’s sudden u-turn at a recent press event. Costner’s exit is not yet official, but his departure from Dutton Ranch now seems to be a matter of when not if.
Kevin Costner’s actions bring the future of ‘Yellowstone’ into question Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner attend the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “Yellowstone” I Presley Ann/Getty Images
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan longed to work with Costner after being a fan of his filmography for years. However, Costner’s attitude and career ambitions may be the reason the series ends in the near future. The animosity between him and Yellowstone executives began after Costner declared that he would only be available to...
Kevin Costner’s actions bring the future of ‘Yellowstone’ into question Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner attend the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “Yellowstone” I Presley Ann/Getty Images
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan longed to work with Costner after being a fan of his filmography for years. However, Costner’s attitude and career ambitions may be the reason the series ends in the near future. The animosity between him and Yellowstone executives began after Costner declared that he would only be available to...
- 4/15/2023
- by Sam Hines
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Keri Russell is going from struggling with cocaine bears to struggling with international relations, as well as personal relations. Russell, who last starred in another politically charged series, The Americans on FX, returns in a new position within inter-country liaisons. Netflix has released the trailer for the drama, The Diplomat. The show’s first season will consist of eight episodes that run an hour long. The series was also filmed on location in London, Paris, and the Cotswolds. Co-starring with Russell is Rufus Sewell, who is seemingly having a ball stressing out Russell’s character as they play husband and wife.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another.
- 4/5/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Say it isn’t so! Kevin Costner has reportedly secured a spot on a new show on the History Channel, a move that could affect his future on Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone.
The History Channel just revealed that the actor will host and serve as an executive producer on a series tentatively titled Kevin Costner’s The West, with esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin serving as a fellow executive producer.
The news comes after rumors surfaced that Costner is leaving Yellowstone due to scheduling issues.
Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly | Paramount Kevin Costner landed a new gig that might interfere with his run on ‘Yellowstone’
Comprising eight episodes, Costner’s documentary series explores the misconceptions and fables surrounding the “Wild West”. Through a myriad of perspectives, the program showcases the adventurous, perilous, and opportunistic elements that epitomize the period. It will feature diverse, multifaceted characters and previously untold narratives that...
The History Channel just revealed that the actor will host and serve as an executive producer on a series tentatively titled Kevin Costner’s The West, with esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin serving as a fellow executive producer.
The news comes after rumors surfaced that Costner is leaving Yellowstone due to scheduling issues.
Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly | Paramount Kevin Costner landed a new gig that might interfere with his run on ‘Yellowstone’
Comprising eight episodes, Costner’s documentary series explores the misconceptions and fables surrounding the “Wild West”. Through a myriad of perspectives, the program showcases the adventurous, perilous, and opportunistic elements that epitomize the period. It will feature diverse, multifaceted characters and previously untold narratives that...
- 3/13/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kevin Costner has landed a new series amid uncertainty surrounding his “Yellowstone” future. The actor will host and executive produce “Kevin Costner’s The West” (working title) for History Channel, the network announced Wednesday. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will also executive produce.
The eight-episode documentary series explores the clichés and myths of the “Wild West” and features various perspectives that “capture the spirit of opportunity, adventure and peril through the diverse, complex characters and untold stories that defined the era and continue to shape our country today.”
“I am in love with history. I love the rich, heroic and harrowing stories of the West. The people and their stories have always held a fascination for me, but there’s an urgency today to put those times and the men and women who we think we know in perspective, in the context of their times, without judgement,” said Costner in a statement.
The eight-episode documentary series explores the clichés and myths of the “Wild West” and features various perspectives that “capture the spirit of opportunity, adventure and peril through the diverse, complex characters and untold stories that defined the era and continue to shape our country today.”
“I am in love with history. I love the rich, heroic and harrowing stories of the West. The people and their stories have always held a fascination for me, but there’s an urgency today to put those times and the men and women who we think we know in perspective, in the context of their times, without judgement,” said Costner in a statement.
- 3/8/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
A&e Networks has revealed a slate of new projects, with more than 2,500 hours of programming and a star-studded cast on and off screen.
Among these projects, presented as part of the company’s Upfront presentation to advertisers, the History Channel announced a new initiative to reflect American history and stories in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States, including Kevin Coster’s “The West.”
According to the show’s logline, the eight-episode documentary series will “transcend the clichés and myths of the ‘Wild West’ to capture the diverse, complex characters and untold stories that defined the era and continue to shape our country today.”
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Among the History Channel’s upcoming offerings:
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Among these projects, presented as part of the company’s Upfront presentation to advertisers, the History Channel announced a new initiative to reflect American history and stories in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States, including Kevin Coster’s “The West.”
According to the show’s logline, the eight-episode documentary series will “transcend the clichés and myths of the ‘Wild West’ to capture the diverse, complex characters and untold stories that defined the era and continue to shape our country today.”
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Among the History Channel’s upcoming offerings:
“Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion,” a documentary executive produced by Morgan Freeman that tells...
- 3/8/2023
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
The History Channel has unveiled its latest programming slate, featuring documentaries from top talent including Kevin Costner and Bradley Cooper.
The network has ordered five new projects as part of an initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.
These include Kevin Costner’s The West, Fdr from Cooper, Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion from Freeman, Five Families from Imperioli and The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd.
It comes as parent company A+E Networks is hosting its annual Upfronts event to advertisers. These projects join a slew of series at Lifetime and A&e.
Kevin Costner’s The West (w/t) is an eight-part series hosted by the Yellowstone star. It will explore the American frontier from the literal trailblazers to the law enforcers and the bloody battles for both land and freedom as well as explore how the stories of The West continue to impact the nation today.
The network has ordered five new projects as part of an initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.
These include Kevin Costner’s The West, Fdr from Cooper, Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion from Freeman, Five Families from Imperioli and The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd.
It comes as parent company A+E Networks is hosting its annual Upfronts event to advertisers. These projects join a slew of series at Lifetime and A&e.
Kevin Costner’s The West (w/t) is an eight-part series hosted by the Yellowstone star. It will explore the American frontier from the literal trailblazers to the law enforcers and the bloody battles for both land and freedom as well as explore how the stories of The West continue to impact the nation today.
- 3/8/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix on Thursday launched a trailer for “We Have a Ghost” starring
David Harbour haunts a family whose ghost stories go viral in a new trailer launched Thursday by Netflix for “We Have a Ghost,” starring Anthony Mackie, Jahi Winston, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash and Jennifer Coolidge.
From writer and director Christopher Landon, “We Have a Ghost” is led by Harbour as Ernest the Ghost, Anthony Mackie as the patriarch of Kevin’s family, Erica Ash as Kevin’s mother Melanie, Niles Fitch as Kevin’s brother Fulton, Tig Notaro as Dr. Leslie Monroe and Jennifer Coolidge as Judy Romano, The West Bay Medium.
Kevin’s family is looking for a fresh start when they move into their new home, but things quickly turn creepy when they learn that it is known as the “House of Death,” and rumors circulate claiming the house is haunted.
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David Harbour haunts a family whose ghost stories go viral in a new trailer launched Thursday by Netflix for “We Have a Ghost,” starring Anthony Mackie, Jahi Winston, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash and Jennifer Coolidge.
From writer and director Christopher Landon, “We Have a Ghost” is led by Harbour as Ernest the Ghost, Anthony Mackie as the patriarch of Kevin’s family, Erica Ash as Kevin’s mother Melanie, Niles Fitch as Kevin’s brother Fulton, Tig Notaro as Dr. Leslie Monroe and Jennifer Coolidge as Judy Romano, The West Bay Medium.
Kevin’s family is looking for a fresh start when they move into their new home, but things quickly turn creepy when they learn that it is known as the “House of Death,” and rumors circulate claiming the house is haunted.
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- 1/26/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Though an instantly recognizable face from films such as “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “A Walk to Remember” and “Erin Brockovich,” it is Peter Coyote’s voice — a coolly authoritative baritone with a Zen master’s holy roll — that has endeared him to documentary lovers and makers. Alrhough director-writer Alex Gibney used Coyote’s wisened narration for “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” and “The Pacific Century,” it is Ken Burns’ work where Coyote’s tones are most welcomed. In a collaboration that started with the 1992 documentary “The West,” Coyote has gone on to narrate 11 of Burns’ PBS film series, becoming almost a DeNiro to the documentarian’s Scorsese.
Being a musician and musical collector since his adolescence made Coyote an apt choice to narrate Burns’ epic new “Country Music” series. But it is the actor-writer’s activist past in the 1960s, cofounding the Diggers — the anarchist communal group that sought...
Being a musician and musical collector since his adolescence made Coyote an apt choice to narrate Burns’ epic new “Country Music” series. But it is the actor-writer’s activist past in the 1960s, cofounding the Diggers — the anarchist communal group that sought...
- 9/20/2019
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Struggling to forgive an absent Valentines card? Still seething at your friend who ‘wasn’t hungry’, then treated your cinema popcorn like a sharing bucket? We all hold grudges – although very few of them lead us to murder. But with a remake of one of the ultimate revenge movies, Death Wish, coming to our screens, we decided to reminisce on some of the most iconic and badass revenge-kills in cinematic history.
7. Sweet Sound of Revenge – Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
You’ll be sitting through almost three hours of this infamous Western to see this climactic revenge kill. The motivation of the cryptically named ‘Harmonica’ is a mystery throughout the film – although it is clear he has his sights set on killing the odious Frank. Which seeing as Frank has murdered a man, killed his three children and sexually assaulted his wife before trying to buy her out...
7. Sweet Sound of Revenge – Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
You’ll be sitting through almost three hours of this infamous Western to see this climactic revenge kill. The motivation of the cryptically named ‘Harmonica’ is a mystery throughout the film – although it is clear he has his sights set on killing the odious Frank. Which seeing as Frank has murdered a man, killed his three children and sexually assaulted his wife before trying to buy her out...
- 3/3/2018
- by Olivia Haines
- The Cultural Post
Geoffrey C. Ward, whose 150 hours of documentary writing on PBS include on Ken Burns’ The Civil War, Baseball, The West, Jazz and most recently WGA-nominated The Vietnam War, will be awarded the WGA East’s Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. The honor will be bestowed February 11 at the New York ceremony for the WGA Awards at the Edison Ballroom. Burns will be on hand to present the award to Ward, who also has written extensively for PBS’ American Experience…...
- 12/18/2017
- Deadline TV
An electric chamber piece that couldn’t more perfectly complement “Dunkirk” if Christopher Nolan wrote it, “Darkest Hour” is as rousing and ferocious as Winston Churchill was himself. It’s also a hell of a lot more controlled. Unfolding with the clockwork precision of a Broadway play — director Joe Wright has always been at his best when he’s at his most theatrical — this tightly coiled retelling of Churchill’s first days in office is more than (yet another) passionate appeal to our collective goodness; it’s a deliciously unsubtle testament to the power of words and their infinite capacity to inspire.
That the film arrives at a time when words seem to have lost all their value only makes it that much more persuasive.
Hardly the first time that Wright has fetishized the sway of language and its ability to shape history (“Atonement” was so lost in letters that...
That the film arrives at a time when words seem to have lost all their value only makes it that much more persuasive.
Hardly the first time that Wright has fetishized the sway of language and its ability to shape history (“Atonement” was so lost in letters that...
- 9/2/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When he isn’t composing music for filmmakers like David Fincher (“The Social Network”), Peter Berg (“Patriots Day”) or Ken Burns (“The Vietnam War”), Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor does what a lot of artists do: rage against opinionated internet users. In a new interview with Yahoo! Music, Reznor does just that — especially since he thinks it results in “made to please, vegan restaurant patron-type shit.”
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“What has crept in is that everyone’s a commentator now,” Reznor laments. “The internet is giving voice to everybody thinking that someone gives a shit what they have to say and they have the right. I think, in general, that has created a toxic environment for artists and led to some very safe music. Artists are trying to make music to please the tastemakers that tell the sheep what to like.
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“What has crept in is that everyone’s a commentator now,” Reznor laments. “The internet is giving voice to everybody thinking that someone gives a shit what they have to say and they have the right. I think, in general, that has created a toxic environment for artists and led to some very safe music. Artists are trying to make music to please the tastemakers that tell the sheep what to like.
- 1/15/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
NBC will get its money’s worth this Sunday when it airs the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. After years of watching the top TV prizes go to the (cable and streaming) competition, the Peacock net will walk off with several major trophies on Jan. 8, per my trusty kudos-obsessed crystal ball.
Yep, sources close to my gut tell me that the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. will name rookie smash This Is Us best drama series, while the drama’s breakout star Chrissy Metz will triumph in the supporting actress category. (Fun fact: The last time NBC took home top drama honors was in 2001 for The West Wing.
Yep, sources close to my gut tell me that the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. will name rookie smash This Is Us best drama series, while the drama’s breakout star Chrissy Metz will triumph in the supporting actress category. (Fun fact: The last time NBC took home top drama honors was in 2001 for The West Wing.
- 1/4/2017
- TVLine.com
Part I. Anger, Suez and Archie Rice
“There they are,” George Devine told John Osborne, surveying The Entertainer‘s opening night audience. “All waiting for you…Same old pack of c***s, fashionable assholes. Just more of them than usual.” The Royal Court had arrived: no longer outcasts, they were London’s main attraction.
Look Back in Anger vindicated Devine’s model of a writer’s-based theater. Osborne’s success attracted a host of dramatists to Sloane Square. There’s Shelagh Delaney, whose A Taste of Honey featured a working-class girl pregnant from an interracial dalliance; Harold Pinter’s The Room, a bizarre “comedy of menace”; and John Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, which aimed a Gatling gun at its audience. Devine encouraged them, however bold or experimental. “You always knew he was on the writer’s side,” Osborne said.
Peter O’Toole called the Royal Court actors “an...
“There they are,” George Devine told John Osborne, surveying The Entertainer‘s opening night audience. “All waiting for you…Same old pack of c***s, fashionable assholes. Just more of them than usual.” The Royal Court had arrived: no longer outcasts, they were London’s main attraction.
Look Back in Anger vindicated Devine’s model of a writer’s-based theater. Osborne’s success attracted a host of dramatists to Sloane Square. There’s Shelagh Delaney, whose A Taste of Honey featured a working-class girl pregnant from an interracial dalliance; Harold Pinter’s The Room, a bizarre “comedy of menace”; and John Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, which aimed a Gatling gun at its audience. Devine encouraged them, however bold or experimental. “You always knew he was on the writer’s side,” Osborne said.
Peter O’Toole called the Royal Court actors “an...
- 3/13/2015
- by Christopher Saunders
- SoundOnSight
History class just got a little more interactive.
Ken Burns — the documentary filmmaker known for his style of using archival footage — partnered with digital agency Big Spaceship to create an app that curates his films into hour-long “mixtapes,” according to Wired.
The app, “Ken Burns,” allows users to surf a timeline year by year, seeing how clips from each film line up chronologically with each other. “Zoom in on 1869, for example, and a cloud of clips from The Civil War, The West, and The National Parks orbit in parallax formation around one another; swipe to 1930, and it’s clips from Jazz,...
Ken Burns — the documentary filmmaker known for his style of using archival footage — partnered with digital agency Big Spaceship to create an app that curates his films into hour-long “mixtapes,” according to Wired.
The app, “Ken Burns,” allows users to surf a timeline year by year, seeing how clips from each film line up chronologically with each other. “Zoom in on 1869, for example, and a cloud of clips from The Civil War, The West, and The National Parks orbit in parallax formation around one another; swipe to 1930, and it’s clips from Jazz,...
- 2/10/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Feature Paul Martinovic Jan 18, 2013
With Django Unchained out now in the UK, Paul looks back at Sergio Leone's classic Dollars trilogy that helped inspire it...
Howard Hawks, one of the most successful Western directors of all time and a key influence on Sergio Leone, once said a great movie can be defined as one with "three great scenes, and no bad ones." There can be few directors who understood the power of great scenes quite as strongly as Leone, the director of the Dollars trilogy and de facto godfather of the spaghetti western.
Some might argue his emphasis on great individual moments was to his detriment, as the MacGuffin-laden plots of his films seem to exist mainly as devices on which he can hang his elaborate setpieces, and were subsequently labeled as exercises in pure style. While the artistic and intellectual merits of the three films are up for debate,...
With Django Unchained out now in the UK, Paul looks back at Sergio Leone's classic Dollars trilogy that helped inspire it...
Howard Hawks, one of the most successful Western directors of all time and a key influence on Sergio Leone, once said a great movie can be defined as one with "three great scenes, and no bad ones." There can be few directors who understood the power of great scenes quite as strongly as Leone, the director of the Dollars trilogy and de facto godfather of the spaghetti western.
Some might argue his emphasis on great individual moments was to his detriment, as the MacGuffin-laden plots of his films seem to exist mainly as devices on which he can hang his elaborate setpieces, and were subsequently labeled as exercises in pure style. While the artistic and intellectual merits of the three films are up for debate,...
- 1/17/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Here is a collection of a dozen of the best documentaries I saw in 2012. It's not a "best of the year" list. Just some good memories of these films.
I will not burden you again with another complaint about lists. More than ever, I despise them because they shift focus away from a film and toward a list. When I recently caught up with "Django Unchained," for example, I gave it four stars. The comments section was overrun with readers asking if that meant it was now on my Top Ten list. One reader insisted on knowing which title it replaced. Although the piece was some 2,000 words long, another reader insisted he still wanted to see "my official review."
All I can do with any film is tell you that I've seen it, and what I thought about it. If it sounds interesting to you, it might be worth seeking out.
I will not burden you again with another complaint about lists. More than ever, I despise them because they shift focus away from a film and toward a list. When I recently caught up with "Django Unchained," for example, I gave it four stars. The comments section was overrun with readers asking if that meant it was now on my Top Ten list. One reader insisted on knowing which title it replaced. Although the piece was some 2,000 words long, another reader insisted he still wanted to see "my official review."
All I can do with any film is tell you that I've seen it, and what I thought about it. If it sounds interesting to you, it might be worth seeking out.
- 1/15/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
The Western was a movie staple for decades. It seemed the genre that would never die, feeding the fantasies of one generation after another of young boys who galloped around their backyards, playgrounds, and brick streets on broomsticks, banging away with their Mattel cap pistols. Something about a man on a horse set against the boundless wastes of Monument Valley, the crackle of saddle leather, two men facing off in a dusty street under the noon sun connected with the free spirit in every kid.
The American movie – a celluloid telling that was more than a skit – was born in a Western: Edwin S. Porter’s 11- minute The Great Train Robbery (1903). Thereafter, Westerns grew longer, they grew more complex. The West – hostile, endless, civilization barely maintaining a toehold against the elements, hostile natives, and robber barons – proved an infinitely plastic setting. In a place with no law, and where...
The American movie – a celluloid telling that was more than a skit – was born in a Western: Edwin S. Porter’s 11- minute The Great Train Robbery (1903). Thereafter, Westerns grew longer, they grew more complex. The West – hostile, endless, civilization barely maintaining a toehold against the elements, hostile natives, and robber barons – proved an infinitely plastic setting. In a place with no law, and where...
- 1/3/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
The term “giallo” initially referred to cheap yellow paperbacks (printed American mysteries from writers such as Agatha Christie), that were distributed in post-fascist Italy. Applied to cinema, the genre is comprised of equal parts early pulp thrillers, mystery novels, with a willingness to gleefully explore onscreen sex and violence in provocative, innovative ways. Giallos are strikingly different from American crime films: they value style and plot over characterization, and tend towards unapologetic displays of violence, sexual content, and taboo exploration. The genre is known for stylistic excess, characterized by unnatural yet intriguing lighting techniques, convoluted plots, red herrings, extended murder sequences, excessive bloodletting, stylish camerawork and unusual musical arrangements. Amidst the ‘creative kill’ set-pieces are thematic undercurrents along with a whodunit element, usually some sort of twist ending. Here is my list of the best giallo films – made strictly by Italian directors, so don’t expect Black Swan, Amer or...
- 10/26/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Any conversation of the best Westerns in movie history that doesn’t include Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in the West” is incomplete. It’s one of those rare films that has truly gotten better with age. I’m not sure if it’s just that I appreciate it more the older I get, but I’m not alone. The film now ranks high on nearly every important list of the best movies ever made. Yes, it’s that good, and the Blu-ray restoration, which hit stores this week, is a beauty.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
For young readers, perhaps this reference will take hold — Sergio Leone was the Quentin Tarantino of his day. Clearly, there was no director with more influence on Qt than Leone with both men’s emphasis on long scenes of dialogue, often punctuated by brief outbursts of violence. The comparison holds even more with...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
For young readers, perhaps this reference will take hold — Sergio Leone was the Quentin Tarantino of his day. Clearly, there was no director with more influence on Qt than Leone with both men’s emphasis on long scenes of dialogue, often punctuated by brief outbursts of violence. The comparison holds even more with...
- 6/2/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In her new book, Art and Madness: A Memoir of Love Without Reason (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), Anne Roiphe candidly recounts her youthful escapades on New York’s literary scene in the 50s and 60s, when writing was worshipped and sexism and alcoholism were rampant. Inspired, yet stifled, by the era’s literary Mad Men—George Plimpton, William Styron, Arthur Miller, and her playwright husband, Jack Richardson—Roiphe dreamed of eventually pushing pen to paper like her male counterparts. Below, the feminist writer-in-the-making relives her introduction to Richardson (“love at second sight”) at The West End Bar in 1956. Listen to the podcast after the jump.
- 3/17/2011
- Vanity Fair
A hoard of lost TV dramas – starring the likes of Sean Connery, Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi – have resurfaced. What do they say about TV then and now?
We have become used to the idea of major TV dramas being imported from America: series such as The Wire, The Sopranos and The West Wing. But a stash of programmes heading for Britain this month have a more complicated history. These are not strictly imports; rather, they are being returned to their country of origin.
The 65 plays – starring actors such as Sean Connery, Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi – were transmitted by the BBC and ITV between 1957 and 1969, but were only seen once. Subsequently, if they were asked after by historians or biographers, they were found to be missing, presumed wiped, a frequent fate in a period when the preservation of TV programmes was an expensive business. However, during a recent stock-taking...
We have become used to the idea of major TV dramas being imported from America: series such as The Wire, The Sopranos and The West Wing. But a stash of programmes heading for Britain this month have a more complicated history. These are not strictly imports; rather, they are being returned to their country of origin.
The 65 plays – starring actors such as Sean Connery, Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi – were transmitted by the BBC and ITV between 1957 and 1969, but were only seen once. Subsequently, if they were asked after by historians or biographers, they were found to be missing, presumed wiped, a frequent fate in a period when the preservation of TV programmes was an expensive business. However, during a recent stock-taking...
- 11/4/2010
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
The summer is now fully here, and with it comes a new batch of summer TV shows –now that networks and cable alike have switched to a varied, year-round schedule that confuses even the professionals in the industry. Among them there are vampires, cops, families trying to fit in and many, many secrets. Of these new summer offerings, almost all of them have already aired –the only exception is Showtime’s The Big C, a show about cancer with Laura Linney that arrives August 16); some have even aired several episodes, so they can barely be called “new”, and some of their plots might have evolved. But I have tried to watch all those series’ pilots to find out what is good, what is bad, what is promising and what might stay or leave soon. Here it is:
(I recently updated this post, but there are still a few shows missing.
(I recently updated this post, but there are still a few shows missing.
- 7/21/2010
- by Clara Viola
- ReelLoop.com
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