Susan B. Landau, a producer and manager whose clients included writer Simon Beaufoy, died May 31 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to her family. She was 65.
Landau managed Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winner Beaufoy, Wayne’s World 2 director Stephen Surjik and The Originals co-executive producer Christopher Hollier, among others. She earned an Emmy nomination for Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color: Young Harry Houdini, as well as an Ace Award for 1993's Tiger Town.
Landau's producing credits also included Mr. Destiny (1990), Cool Runnings (1993) and 1999's An Ideal Husband.
“In a town sometimes overrun with sequels and reruns, Susan was a true original,” Beaufoy said in...
Landau managed Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winner Beaufoy, Wayne’s World 2 director Stephen Surjik and The Originals co-executive producer Christopher Hollier, among others. She earned an Emmy nomination for Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color: Young Harry Houdini, as well as an Ace Award for 1993's Tiger Town.
Landau's producing credits also included Mr. Destiny (1990), Cool Runnings (1993) and 1999's An Ideal Husband.
“In a town sometimes overrun with sequels and reruns, Susan was a true original,” Beaufoy said in...
- 6/8/2017
- by Lauren Huff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There's just days to go before Ellen DeGeneres hosts the biggest event in the movie world's calendar - the 86th annual Academy Awards.
This year's nominees include newcomers Lupita Nyong'o and Barkhad Abdi, who are recognised for their supporting breakthrough performances in 12 Years a Slave and Captain Phillips respectively.
Ahead of Sunday's (March 2) glittering ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, we reminisce upon other breakthrough roles from some of the youngest Oscar-nominated stars in history - and what they've gone on to do since - below:
Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history, picking up the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the tender age of 10 for her role as strong-willed tomboy Addie in Paper Moon (1973), in which she appeared opposite her father Ryan O'Neal.
The actress went on to appear in successful movies such as The Bad News Bears Nickelodeon with Burt Reynolds, and...
This year's nominees include newcomers Lupita Nyong'o and Barkhad Abdi, who are recognised for their supporting breakthrough performances in 12 Years a Slave and Captain Phillips respectively.
Ahead of Sunday's (March 2) glittering ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, we reminisce upon other breakthrough roles from some of the youngest Oscar-nominated stars in history - and what they've gone on to do since - below:
Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history, picking up the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the tender age of 10 for her role as strong-willed tomboy Addie in Paper Moon (1973), in which she appeared opposite her father Ryan O'Neal.
The actress went on to appear in successful movies such as The Bad News Bears Nickelodeon with Burt Reynolds, and...
- 2/26/2014
- Digital Spy
There's just days to go before Ellen DeGeneres hosts the biggest event in the movie world's calendar - the 86th annual Academy Awards.
This year's nominees include newcomers Lupita Nyong'o and Barkhad Abdi, who are recognised for their supporting breakthrough performances in 12 Years a Slave and Captain Phillips respectively.
Ahead of Sunday's (March 2) glittering ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, we reminisce upon other breakthrough roles from some of the youngest Oscar-nominated stars in history - and what they've gone on to do since - below:
Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history, picking up the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the tender age of 10 for her role as strong-willed tomboy Addie in Paper Moon (1973), in which she appeared opposite her father Ryan O'Neal.
The actress went on to appear in successful movies such as The Bad News Bears Nickelodeon with Burt Reynolds, and...
This year's nominees include newcomers Lupita Nyong'o and Barkhad Abdi, who are recognised for their supporting breakthrough performances in 12 Years a Slave and Captain Phillips respectively.
Ahead of Sunday's (March 2) glittering ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, we reminisce upon other breakthrough roles from some of the youngest Oscar-nominated stars in history - and what they've gone on to do since - below:
Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history, picking up the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the tender age of 10 for her role as strong-willed tomboy Addie in Paper Moon (1973), in which she appeared opposite her father Ryan O'Neal.
The actress went on to appear in successful movies such as The Bad News Bears Nickelodeon with Burt Reynolds, and...
- 2/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Chicago – If you’re like most people, you probably wrote off “Cougar Town” after hearing the overly simplified concept or watching the incredibly sporadic first few months of the ABC series. You should take another look. The Courteney Cox vehicle, now on DVD, changed gears so radically that there’s a special feature about the mid-season shift in tone on the DVD and I have a feeling this series could improve even more in season two, finding a rhythm that it could maintain for years to come.
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Cougar Town” stars the very gifted Cox as a single mom named Jules dealing with the pitfalls of being a 40-year-old woman in Florida in 2010. After being recently divorced, she manages weekly issues of motherhood, friendship, career, and dating. From the very-talented Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs”), “Cougar Town” started off a weak partner to ABC’s brilliant “Modern Family” but ended strongly...
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Cougar Town” stars the very gifted Cox as a single mom named Jules dealing with the pitfalls of being a 40-year-old woman in Florida in 2010. After being recently divorced, she manages weekly issues of motherhood, friendship, career, and dating. From the very-talented Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs”), “Cougar Town” started off a weak partner to ABC’s brilliant “Modern Family” but ended strongly...
- 8/24/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The final seasons of Scrubs were a dark time for the series. The shark had long been jumped over; Jd’s musings were no longer endearing, as they’d passed into tiresome and old by about the fifth season; Eliot’s neuroticism didn’t develop in any particular direction and the character became an overly repetitive joke about overly self-conscious people with parental issues; Cox’s once hilarious rants had deteriorated as for some reason he was the one character the writers felt needed to grow and so as he evolved to embrace his fatherly status, his bright moments vanished; and the marriage of Turk and Carla ceased to be anything new by about season 3, making them the control relationship against which everyone else’s was judged. The show, as a whole, ran out of gas halfway through and coasted for as long as possible. Think this sounds a bit harsh?...
- 8/21/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
To make it as a TV series, you simply must evolve. Your characters have to develop, and eventually, a show ought to only bear a certain family resemblance to the first few episodes. Cougar Town‘s first season put the most rapid fire treatment to this theory in the history of television, and by the time all was said and done, the entire first season was akin to one, enormous pilot episode.
Back when I reviewed the show as a fall preview, I disliked it immensely. It tried too hard with its gags, and forced its title down my throat in a way that I found borderline sad. A little bit of trivia you’ll get from the DVD bonus features is that the word “cougar” has never been used in the show, but it didn’t need to be. A fairly boring vanity piece, the show’s best hope was its supporting cast,...
Back when I reviewed the show as a fall preview, I disliked it immensely. It tried too hard with its gags, and forced its title down my throat in a way that I found borderline sad. A little bit of trivia you’ll get from the DVD bonus features is that the word “cougar” has never been used in the show, but it didn’t need to be. A fairly boring vanity piece, the show’s best hope was its supporting cast,...
- 8/20/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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