At the virtual Sundance Film Festival in January and then again in June, Emma Thompson made the press rounds for her leading role in Searchlight Pictures’ “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” As usual, Thompson completely charmed her way through promoting her winning little indie picture, even with the expected media scrutiny of how “brave” she was to take on her role. (Male actors are rarely referred to as such when they play sixtysomething men who like sex.)
The performance, in which she portrays a sharp-minded but body-insecure widow who hires a sensitive, confident male escort (Daryl McCormack) on a quest for many kinds of fulfillment, earned Thompson some of the best reviews of a long and storied career that has often prompted journalists to use phrases like “a long and storied career.” She’s that good, that often. And yet, as 2023 approaches and voters cast their ballots, Thompson went...
The performance, in which she portrays a sharp-minded but body-insecure widow who hires a sensitive, confident male escort (Daryl McCormack) on a quest for many kinds of fulfillment, earned Thompson some of the best reviews of a long and storied career that has often prompted journalists to use phrases like “a long and storied career.” She’s that good, that often. And yet, as 2023 approaches and voters cast their ballots, Thompson went...
- 12/15/2022
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
A bright, benevolent light went out on December 4, 2022, when Bob McGrath passed away at the age of 90. For 47 years, he maintained a residence as Bob Johnson on "Sesame Street," where, at an amazing 130-episode-per-season clip (until 1998), he taught children the joy of music. Whenever Bob dropped by Gordon and Susan Robinson's apartment, or popped his head into Mr. Hooper's shop, you knew a sing-a-long was imminent. He had a load of songs in his arsenal, and not a bum one in the bunch. But as a loyal viewer in the late 1970s, I always perked up when Bob busted out a rendition of "One of These Things," "A Face" or "The People in Your Neighborhood."
The vast majority of my earliest memories center on movies, television and music. I retain fragments of going to see "Star Wars" in 1977, rocking to and fro in front of my record player...
The vast majority of my earliest memories center on movies, television and music. I retain fragments of going to see "Star Wars" in 1977, rocking to and fro in front of my record player...
- 12/5/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Bob McGrath, the actor and musician best known for playing the original human character Bob Johnson on the long-running children’s show Sesame Street, has died. He was 90. The actor’s family confirmed McGrath’s passing on his official Facebook page on Sunday, December 4, writing, “Our father, Bob McGrath, passed away today. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.” A cause of death has not been revealed as of writing. McGrath appeared in the 1969 pilot of the beloved kid’s program and went on to become a series regular, starring in 45 seasons. He eventually exited the show in 2016. Alongside series matriarch Susan Robinson (Loretta Long), McGrath was one of the two longest-lasting human characters on the series since the show’s debut. He also contributed many original songs to the series, including “People in Your Neighborhood,” “Sing a Song,” “If You’re Happy And You Know It,” and...
- 12/5/2022
- TV Insider
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Bob McGrath, the Sing Along With Mitch tenor who portrayed the friendly music teacher Bob Johnson for more than four decades as an original castmember on Sesame Street, died Sunday at home with his family in New Jersey. He was 90.
“Hello Facebook friends, the McGrath family has some sad news to share,” McGrath’s family posted on his Facebook page Sunday. “Our father Bob McGrath, passed away today. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.” (Hollywood also paid tribute to the actor on social media.)
Born on a farm in Illinois, McGrath was one of the four non-Muppet castmembers when Sesame Street debuted on public television stations of Nov. 10, 1969.
With no acting experience, producers always told him to be himself. Over the years, he sang dozens of the show’s signature tunes, including “Sing, Sing a Song” and “The People in Your Neighborhood,...
Bob McGrath, the Sing Along With Mitch tenor who portrayed the friendly music teacher Bob Johnson for more than four decades as an original castmember on Sesame Street, died Sunday at home with his family in New Jersey. He was 90.
“Hello Facebook friends, the McGrath family has some sad news to share,” McGrath’s family posted on his Facebook page Sunday. “Our father Bob McGrath, passed away today. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.” (Hollywood also paid tribute to the actor on social media.)
Born on a farm in Illinois, McGrath was one of the four non-Muppet castmembers when Sesame Street debuted on public television stations of Nov. 10, 1969.
With no acting experience, producers always told him to be himself. Over the years, he sang dozens of the show’s signature tunes, including “Sing, Sing a Song” and “The People in Your Neighborhood,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If there is a single issue in America more divisive than abortion, it's late-term abortion, or abortion in the third trimester. The most public face of this practice was George Tiller, a Wichita-area provider who was gunned down while in church in May of 2009. Following his death, there remained only four doctors in the United States willing and able to perform the operation: Leroy Carhart, Warren Hern, Shelley Sella, and Susan Robinson. The day-to-day lives of their clinics (and their more personal struggles with the nature of their work) are detailed in After Tiller, and as a human essay, the documentary is nearly impeccable. Though few people's opinions on the subject are likely to be changed by a single documentary, Tiller suffuses the debate with much needed humanism to supplant the abstract rhetoric that has come to define it. What is somewhat lacking, however, is perspective; much in the debate has changed after Tiller,...
- 6/11/2014
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
There are four doctors in the United States who openly and legally perform third-trimester abortions. They arrived at their positions not with long-standing intention, but rather due to chance and a stubborn sense of duty -- both to women and to murdered abortion doctor George Tiller.
Tiller performed late-term abortions at his Wichita, Kansas women's health clinic for decades before he was fatally shot by an anti-choice activist in 2009. Though long the target of serious violence (Tiller was shot in both arms in 1993 and his clinic was firebombed in 1986) and also accused of criminal behavior (he was ultimately found not guilty), Tiller never abandoned his simple personal precept: "Women need abortions and I'm going to do them."
After Tiller, the humanistic documentary directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, avoids discussing abortion from a political point of view and is not a tribute to the late Kansas physician. Instead, the film focuses on Drs.
Tiller performed late-term abortions at his Wichita, Kansas women's health clinic for decades before he was fatally shot by an anti-choice activist in 2009. Though long the target of serious violence (Tiller was shot in both arms in 1993 and his clinic was firebombed in 1986) and also accused of criminal behavior (he was ultimately found not guilty), Tiller never abandoned his simple personal precept: "Women need abortions and I'm going to do them."
After Tiller, the humanistic documentary directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, avoids discussing abortion from a political point of view and is not a tribute to the late Kansas physician. Instead, the film focuses on Drs.
- 10/10/2013
- by Caitlin Moore
- Slackerwood
If there is a single issue in America more divisive than abortion, it's late-term abortion, or abortion in the third trimester. The most public face of this practice was George Tiller, a Wichita-area provider who was gunned down while in church in May of 2009. Following his death, there remained only four doctors in the United States willing and able to perform the operation: Leroy Carhart, Warren Hern, Shelley Sella, and Susan Robinson. The day-to-day lives of their clinics (and their more personal struggles with the nature of their work) are detailed in After Tiller, and as a human essay, the documentary is nearly impeccable. Though few people's opinions on the subject are likely to be changed by a single documentary, Tiller suffuses the debate with much needed humanism to supplant the abstract rhetoric that has come to define it. What is somewhat lacking, however, is perspective; much in the debate has changed after Tiller,...
- 9/20/2013
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Title: After Tiller Oscilloscope Laboratories Director: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson Screenwriter: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson, Greg O’Toole Cast: Doctors Shelley Sella, LeRoy Carhart, Warren Hern, Susan Robinson Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 8/27/13 Opens: September 20, 2013 “Nobody wants an [expletive] abortion,” states one of the four principal characters in Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s documentary “After Tiller.” This comment would be unsurprising had it come from one of the thousands of protesters who periodically line up in one state or another demanding that abortion be made either illegal or at least banned after twenty or twenty-four weeks of pregnancy. But the speaker, Dr. Susan Robinson, is one of the [ Read More ]
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- 8/28/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"After Tiller," the new documentary that was an official selection for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival is going to stir up debates due to its highly controversial subject.
The film follows the lives of the only four doctors in the United States who perform late-term abortions. They are LeRoy Carhart, Warren Hern, Shelley Sella, and Susan Robinson. This is what happened after the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion activist.
Oscilloscope will release "After Tiller" in New York on Sept. 20 and Los Angeles on Oct. 4.
Here's the trailer for "After Tiller" and a clip from the movie:...
The film follows the lives of the only four doctors in the United States who perform late-term abortions. They are LeRoy Carhart, Warren Hern, Shelley Sella, and Susan Robinson. This is what happened after the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion activist.
Oscilloscope will release "After Tiller" in New York on Sept. 20 and Los Angeles on Oct. 4.
Here's the trailer for "After Tiller" and a clip from the movie:...
- 7/28/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Park City -- George Tiller was a third-trimester abortion doctor who was killed by an anti-abortion activist in Kansas in 2009. After Tiller is an up-close portrait of the remaining four doctors who provide third-trimester abortions in the United States. A hot-button issue, abortion often is conveyed in stark black-and-white terms. In this thoughtful documentary, filmmakers Marsha Shane and Lana Wilson have conveyed sympathetic portraits of those four physicians: LeRoy Carhart, Warren Hern, Susan Robinson and Shelley Sella. Different personalities, they all believe that what they do supersedes society’s approval. Much more difficult
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- 1/26/2013
- by Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sesame Street star Loretta Long has been hospitalised after she was hit by a car in New Jersey.
The veteran actress, who has appeared on the children's classic as Susan Robinson since it began in 1969, was crossing Route 130 at Dutch Neck Road on Tuesday when she was struck by a vehicle and carried 70 feet (21 metres).
Long was taken into Capital Health at Fuld Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, suffering from head injuries and a broken shin.
The 69 year old is reportedly "in good spirits" at the medical facility, while undergoing scans to determine the extent of her injuries, reports RadarOnline.com.
A motorist has been questioned by cops following the incident.
A police representative says, "The matter remains under investigation by the East Windsor Police Department's Unit and Mercer County Serious Collision Response Team."...
The veteran actress, who has appeared on the children's classic as Susan Robinson since it began in 1969, was crossing Route 130 at Dutch Neck Road on Tuesday when she was struck by a vehicle and carried 70 feet (21 metres).
Long was taken into Capital Health at Fuld Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, suffering from head injuries and a broken shin.
The 69 year old is reportedly "in good spirits" at the medical facility, while undergoing scans to determine the extent of her injuries, reports RadarOnline.com.
A motorist has been questioned by cops following the incident.
A police representative says, "The matter remains under investigation by the East Windsor Police Department's Unit and Mercer County Serious Collision Response Team."...
- 2/12/2010
- WENN
By Times of Trenton
Longtime "Sesame Street" actress Loretta Long, 71, was struck by a car and carried about 70 feet Tuesday evening and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Long, who has played block matriarch Susan Robinson on the landmark PBS children's program since the show's debut in 1969, suffered head wounds as she tried to cross Route 130 at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.<img id="StoryAd/Njonline/Spacer_NJ_RoS_06/Spacer_SpanMJX.html" width="2" height="2" alt="" src="http://ads.nj.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/www.nj.com/xml/story/trenton_times/ng/ngx/L10/980111913/StoryAd/Njonline/Spacer...
Longtime "Sesame Street" actress Loretta Long, 71, was struck by a car and carried about 70 feet Tuesday evening and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Long, who has played block matriarch Susan Robinson on the landmark PBS children's program since the show's debut in 1969, suffered head wounds as she tried to cross Route 130 at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.<img id="StoryAd/Njonline/Spacer_NJ_RoS_06/Spacer_SpanMJX.html" width="2" height="2" alt="" src="http://ads.nj.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/www.nj.com/xml/story/trenton_times/ng/ngx/L10/980111913/StoryAd/Njonline/Spacer...
- 2/12/2010
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
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