Grimsburg: Rachel Dratch Steals the Show as Jon Hamm’s Dark-Sided Son (Yes, You Read That Correctly)
While you were watching the Golden Globes (or not) on Sunday, Fox was quietly debuting Grimsburg, the newest addition to its Animation Domination lineup.
On its surface, Grimsburg is a crime procedural about Marvin Flute (voiced by Jon Hamm), a crotchety detective whose personal demons are outnumbered only by his collection of dollhouse furniture. But after watching Sunday’s premiere, we can all agree that it’s Marvin’s disturbed son Stan (Rachel Dratch) who really steals the show. Well, Stan and his imaginary friend Mr. Flesh (Alan Tudyk), a flaming skeleton who gleefully stokes the child’s darkest impulses.
On its surface, Grimsburg is a crime procedural about Marvin Flute (voiced by Jon Hamm), a crotchety detective whose personal demons are outnumbered only by his collection of dollhouse furniture. But after watching Sunday’s premiere, we can all agree that it’s Marvin’s disturbed son Stan (Rachel Dratch) who really steals the show. Well, Stan and his imaginary friend Mr. Flesh (Alan Tudyk), a flaming skeleton who gleefully stokes the child’s darkest impulses.
- 1/8/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
In 1977, Priscilla Presley came face to face with Ann-Margret Olsson at Elvis Presley’s funeral. Olsson had long been a problem in Elvis and Priscilla’s relationship. Newspapers had reported on their affair, causing Priscilla to scream about how much she hated the other woman. At the funeral, though, they were able to find common ground. Priscilla shared why she felt a genuine connection with Olsson.
Priscilla Presley felt a connection with Ann-Margret Olsson at Elvis’ funeral
Thousands of mourners came to Graceland to pay their respects to Elvis during his funeral. Priscilla watched, moved by the way her ex-husband had touched all these lives.
“I sat in Grandma’s room most of that afternoon as thousands of mourners from all over the world passed by, paying their last respects,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Many wept; some men and women even fainted. Others lingered at the casket,...
Priscilla Presley felt a connection with Ann-Margret Olsson at Elvis’ funeral
Thousands of mourners came to Graceland to pay their respects to Elvis during his funeral. Priscilla watched, moved by the way her ex-husband had touched all these lives.
“I sat in Grandma’s room most of that afternoon as thousands of mourners from all over the world passed by, paying their last respects,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Many wept; some men and women even fainted. Others lingered at the casket,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Pittsburgh’s Black Bottom Film Festival (Bbff), hosted by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (Awaacc), has inked a curatorial partnership with LA’s Micheaux Film Festival for its upcoming sixth edition, which runs October 27—October 29.
During this year’s edition, the festival will also honor Academy Museum head Jacqueline Stewart with its Luminary Award. Alongside her role at the Academy Museum, Stewart is a professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago.
Presented by Citizens Financial Group, the Bbff will unravel over three days, featuring a series of screenings and panels all focused on what organizers describe as “the essence of Black life,” curated by Courtney L. Branch and Noel Braham of the Micheaux Film Festival.
“We take immense pride in curating the 6th edition of the Black Bottom Film Festival, while also celebrating our partnership. It is both an honor and a privilege...
During this year’s edition, the festival will also honor Academy Museum head Jacqueline Stewart with its Luminary Award. Alongside her role at the Academy Museum, Stewart is a professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago.
Presented by Citizens Financial Group, the Bbff will unravel over three days, featuring a series of screenings and panels all focused on what organizers describe as “the essence of Black life,” curated by Courtney L. Branch and Noel Braham of the Micheaux Film Festival.
“We take immense pride in curating the 6th edition of the Black Bottom Film Festival, while also celebrating our partnership. It is both an honor and a privilege...
- 10/10/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Elvis Presley co-starred with Ann Margaret in several hit films. The chemistry between the actors was electric. However, their infatuation with each other didn’t sit well with Elvis’ then-girlfriend, Priscilla Beaulieu, who remained at his Graceland home while he filmed in California. She was so angered by their affair that she once threw a vase at the king of rock and roll.
Ann Margret and Elvis Presley in a scene still from ‘Viva Las Vegas’ | Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret starred in four movies together
Ann-Margaret made four movies with Elvis Presley in a career spanning 70 films. These were Viva Las Vegas, Kissin’ Cousins, Girl Happy, and Harum Scarum.
Ann-Margret and Elvis first met on the Viva Las Vegas set, the first film they worked on together. It was 28-year-old Presley’s 14th film, while, at age 22, Ann-Margret’s career was starting to explode.
The...
Ann Margret and Elvis Presley in a scene still from ‘Viva Las Vegas’ | Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret starred in four movies together
Ann-Margaret made four movies with Elvis Presley in a career spanning 70 films. These were Viva Las Vegas, Kissin’ Cousins, Girl Happy, and Harum Scarum.
Ann-Margret and Elvis first met on the Viva Las Vegas set, the first film they worked on together. It was 28-year-old Presley’s 14th film, while, at age 22, Ann-Margret’s career was starting to explode.
The...
- 3/21/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Alex Borstein has won her first career Emmy in Best Voice-Over Performance for Fox’s “Family Guy.” Borstein was the favorite in our predictions center with 1/3 odds of winning. This was Borstein’s fourth Emmy nomination. She was nominated for Animated Program for “Family Guy” in 2008 and this category in 2013. She is also nominated this year in Comedy Supporting Actress for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Borstein won for the episode “Nanny Goats,” in which she plays Lois Griffin, Barbara Pewterschmidt and Natalia. Lois’ parents hire a nanny for the children, so she can spend time with Peter again. The nanny, Natalia from Belarus, does well but reveals she is a former assassin and old enemies show up seeking revenge.
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmy winners (Saturday): Full list of nominees and winners in all 54 categories
Seth MacFarlane lost twice in this category tonight as he was nominated for both “Family Guy...
Borstein won for the episode “Nanny Goats,” in which she plays Lois Griffin, Barbara Pewterschmidt and Natalia. Lois’ parents hire a nanny for the children, so she can spend time with Peter again. The nanny, Natalia from Belarus, does well but reveals she is a former assassin and old enemies show up seeking revenge.
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmy winners (Saturday): Full list of nominees and winners in all 54 categories
Seth MacFarlane lost twice in this category tonight as he was nominated for both “Family Guy...
- 9/9/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The Emmys just can’t seem to get enough of Seth MacFarlane. Not only is he nominated again for his voice-over work on “Family Guy,” but he’s nominated against himself for his role on “American Dad!” This all comes on the heels of collecting his fourth career Emmy when he won the Best Voice-Over Performance category for the second year in a row for “Family Guy.” Before that he had won a juried award for his voice-over work as Stewie Griffin in 2000. In 2002 he took home the Emmy for Best Music and Lyrics for the original song, “You’ve Got a Lot to See.” But to collect his fifth trophy, he’s going to have to beat back challenges from another of his co-stars, a multi-time Emmy winner and a under-recognized voice-over veteran. Below, let’s take a look at each of this year’s nominated performers and the...
- 9/6/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on Wednesday teased a “secret project” that he said he had been working on for several months, releasing a two-decade-old clip of a TV appearance with Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr.
“I know Roseanne. And I know Trump,” Moore tweeted on Wednesday. “And they are about to rue the day they knew me…”
Both in the tweet and on his website, the “Bowling for Columbine” director included a one-minute clip from 1998 in which he appeared with the future president on Barr’s short-lived talk show as her “blue-color panelist.”
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Also Read: Michael Moore Pokes Trump About Plans to Make His Presidency a 'Limited Engagement'
Trump praised “Roger & Me,” Moore’s award-winning 1989 film about his pursuit...
“I know Roseanne. And I know Trump,” Moore tweeted on Wednesday. “And they are about to rue the day they knew me…”
Both in the tweet and on his website, the “Bowling for Columbine” director included a one-minute clip from 1998 in which he appeared with the future president on Barr’s short-lived talk show as her “blue-color panelist.”
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Also Read: Michael Moore Pokes Trump About Plans to Make His Presidency a 'Limited Engagement'
Trump praised “Roger & Me,” Moore’s award-winning 1989 film about his pursuit...
- 5/31/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
With Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr dominating the news cycle, controversial documentarian Michael Moore took to his social media accounts to tease what looks to be a documentary about the sitting president.
Moore posted a clip on Twitter and his website of him and Trump on Barr’s 1998 talk show, where Trump congratulated him on his film about General Motors CEO Roger Smith, “Roger & Me.” “I hope you never do one on me,” Trump says about being the subject of one of his movies.
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Moore announced last year that he was planning a documentary on Trump called “Fahrenheit 11/9” focusing on the Trump presidency. The Weinstein Company film was scrapped in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Sources say...
Moore posted a clip on Twitter and his website of him and Trump on Barr’s 1998 talk show, where Trump congratulated him on his film about General Motors CEO Roger Smith, “Roger & Me.” “I hope you never do one on me,” Trump says about being the subject of one of his movies.
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Moore announced last year that he was planning a documentary on Trump called “Fahrenheit 11/9” focusing on the Trump presidency. The Weinstein Company film was scrapped in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Sources say...
- 5/30/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Roger Smith, who achieved semi-stardom as the adult Patrick Dennis opposite Rosalind Russell in 1958’s Auntie Mame and TV icon status opposite Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in ABC’s hip, hit detective series 77 Sunset Strip, died Sunday at Sherman Oaks Hospital, the hospital confirmed this afternoon. He was 84 and had recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his marriage to actress Ann-Margret. No cause of death was given, but Smith had been diagnosed in 1980 with myasthenia…...
- 6/5/2017
- Deadline
Roger Smith, who achieved semi-stardom as the adult Patrick Dennis opposite Rosalind Russell in 1958’s Auntie Mame and TV icon status opposite Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in ABC’s hip, hit detective series 77 Sunset Strip, died Sunday at Sherman Oaks Hospital, the hospital confirmed this afternoon. He was 84 and had recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his marriage to actress Ann-Margret. No cause of death was given, but Smith had been diagnosed in 1980 with myasthenia…...
- 6/5/2017
- Deadline TV
Roger Smith, the star of the 1950s series “77 Sunset Strip” and husband to actress Ann-Margret, has died. He was 84. Smith passed away on Sunday morning at a hospital in Sherman Oaks, according to a representative. Beginning in 1958, Smith starred alongside Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. on the hourlong ABC series about a pair of private detectives. Smith played the former government agent Jeff Spencer for five seasons, before exiting the drama due to a medical condition. He was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes severe muscle weakness that worsens after periods of use and activity. Also Read: Ann-Margret Returns to Big Screen in.
- 6/5/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Ann-Margret says by the third date with her husband, 77 Sunset Strip star Roger Smith, she knew he was the one.
“I knew he would protect me. I knew that I could depend on him. I sensed it completely,” she tells People.
On May 8, the couple will celebrate their 50th anniversary, and Ann-Margret, 75, says the secret to their long-lasting relationship is laughter.
“We laugh at ourselves. We get into weird situations. If you can’t laugh at yourself you are in trouble. We laugh before everyone else does,” she says of Smith, 84.
For more on Ann-Margret, check out this week’s issue of People,...
“I knew he would protect me. I knew that I could depend on him. I sensed it completely,” she tells People.
On May 8, the couple will celebrate their 50th anniversary, and Ann-Margret, 75, says the secret to their long-lasting relationship is laughter.
“We laugh at ourselves. We get into weird situations. If you can’t laugh at yourself you are in trouble. We laugh before everyone else does,” she says of Smith, 84.
For more on Ann-Margret, check out this week’s issue of People,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Mia McNiece
- PEOPLE.com
Roger Smith, the suave leading man of television who starred on the popular 1950s-'60s ABC private eye series 77 Sunset Strip before a neuromuscular disease ended his acting career in his 30s, has died. He was 84.
Smith, who went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years, died Sunday at Sherman Oaks Hospital, a representative for the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was announced.
On 136 episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, Smith portrayed Jeff Spencer, one-half of a breezy detective pair who solved crimes and chased women while working out of their ultra-hip offices...
Smith, who went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years, died Sunday at Sherman Oaks Hospital, a representative for the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was announced.
On 136 episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, Smith portrayed Jeff Spencer, one-half of a breezy detective pair who solved crimes and chased women while working out of their ultra-hip offices...
- 4/27/2016
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today, it seems audiences know "Bye Bye Birdie" only from the prominent mention of it on "Mad Men," when the Sterling Cooper agency tried to copy Ann-Margret's minimalist opening number for a diet soda commercial. But when the movie musical premiered 50 years ago (on April 4, 1963), it was a huge smash. It made an instant star out of the Swedish-born actress, as well as boosting the fame of co-stars Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde. Based on the Broadway hit musical, "Bye Bye Birdie" was seen as a trenchant pop cultural satire at the time. Everyone knows that Conrad Birdie, the hip-swiveling rocker who is drafted into the Army, and who stages a publicity stunt on the Ed Sullivan show by agreeing to kiss a teen fan before reporting for duty, is inspired by Elvis Presley, who had to put his career on hold in 1958 when he was drafted. But...
- 4/4/2013
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
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Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the...
An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)
And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film
Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the...
- 3/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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