Joshua Logan’s Paint Your Wagon can be viewed as one of the last gasps of a dwindling Hollywood studio system, as well as a precursor to the New Hollywood. The film, with its expansive anamorphic vistas of the American Northwest, bears some superficial similarities to Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, which is often historicized as the end of the New Hollywood, given how it bankrupted United Artists. But in contrast to the profound sadness with which Cimino regards America’s history of violence, Logan’s musical romp takes a lighthearted approach to the process of resettlement, and it’s propelled by the contrasting personalities of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as bickering and tussling gold prospectors.
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
- 3/25/2024
- by Clayton Dillard
- Slant Magazine
Frank Sinatra was the odds-on favorite to be the big winner at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1959, but — perhaps as an early indicator that things wouldn’t always go to plan at the Grammys — ‘Ol Blue Eyes lost out on both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The music industry’s most recognized awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.
The first Grammy ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, with only 28 categories, a number that since has swelled past 100 and now settled at 91. It was attended by many of music’s elite. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini and André Previn gathered for a black-tie dinner and awards presentation inside the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.
While Sinatra led all nominees with a grand total of six, he would not turn...
The music industry’s most recognized awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.
The first Grammy ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, with only 28 categories, a number that since has swelled past 100 and now settled at 91. It was attended by many of music’s elite. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini and André Previn gathered for a black-tie dinner and awards presentation inside the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.
While Sinatra led all nominees with a grand total of six, he would not turn...
- 2/5/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features pianist Alan Pasqua.
When Bob Dylan entered the recording studio in early 2020 to cut his 17-minute epic “Murder Most Foul,” he could have phoned...
When Bob Dylan entered the recording studio in early 2020 to cut his 17-minute epic “Murder Most Foul,” he could have phoned...
- 1/27/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Legendary movie star, Last Call‘s Bruce Dern, joins Josh and Joe to discuss a few of his favorite movies and moments.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Cowboys (1972)
Last Call (2021)
Silent Running (1972)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Reivers (1969)
The War Wagon (1967)
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
The Shootist (1976)
Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949)
Wild River (1960)
Viva Zapata (1952)
Castle Keep (1969)
The Big Knife (1955)
Attack (1956)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Suspicion (1941)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Trial (1962)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Rko 281 (1999)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Mank (2020)
The Chase (1966)
The Formula (1980)
Shine (1996)
All That Jazz (1979)
A Decade Under The Influence (2003)
Shane (1953)
The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965)
The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
Nebraska (2013)
Twixt (2011)
The ’Burbs (1989)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
The Descendants (2011)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Charade (1963)
The Truth About Charlie...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Cowboys (1972)
Last Call (2021)
Silent Running (1972)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Reivers (1969)
The War Wagon (1967)
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
The Shootist (1976)
Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949)
Wild River (1960)
Viva Zapata (1952)
Castle Keep (1969)
The Big Knife (1955)
Attack (1956)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Suspicion (1941)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Trial (1962)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Rko 281 (1999)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Mank (2020)
The Chase (1966)
The Formula (1980)
Shine (1996)
All That Jazz (1979)
A Decade Under The Influence (2003)
Shane (1953)
The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965)
The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
Nebraska (2013)
Twixt (2011)
The ’Burbs (1989)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
The Descendants (2011)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Charade (1963)
The Truth About Charlie...
- 4/6/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The HBO documentary Allen v. Farrow provides a look into the family dynamics of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow's marriage and children. It's a scandalous and often devastating story, with affairs and abuse leaving permanent marks on all of the children. Although their family was sprawling, the couple actually only had a few children together.
Out of Farrow's 14 biological and adopted children, the only one who is biologically hers and Allen's is Satchel Farrow, better known as the journalist Ronan Farrow. A 2014 report by The Daily Beast revealed some of the details of Allen and Farrow's child-rearing arrangement, as described in the 1992 custody lawsuit between the former couple. By the time they began dating around 1980, Farrow already had several children: three biological sons from her marriage to André Previn, as well as three adopted daughters and an adopted son, Moses Farrow, who was adopted by Mia alone.
When they began dating,...
Out of Farrow's 14 biological and adopted children, the only one who is biologically hers and Allen's is Satchel Farrow, better known as the journalist Ronan Farrow. A 2014 report by The Daily Beast revealed some of the details of Allen and Farrow's child-rearing arrangement, as described in the 1992 custody lawsuit between the former couple. By the time they began dating around 1980, Farrow already had several children: three biological sons from her marriage to André Previn, as well as three adopted daughters and an adopted son, Moses Farrow, who was adopted by Mia alone.
When they began dating,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
The Woody Allen scandal will again be brought into the spotlight, this time in a new four-part documentary series coming to HBO later this month called “Allen v. Farrow.”
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, the documentarians behind the Russell Simmons exposé “On the Record,” will direct the docuseries along with producer Amy Herdy. The series aims to examine the private story behind the accusations of sexual abuse against the Oscar-winning filmmaker involving his daughter Dylan Farrow, his then 7-year-old child with his ex, actress Mia Farrow.
A teaser for the series (above) shows the filmmakers sitting down with Mia Farrow alongside archival clips and photos of the family and the revelation of Allen’s relationship and marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, whom Farrow had adopted with her previous husband André Previn in 1978.
“Who on Earth could believe that about Woody Allen?” Farrow says in the trailer for “Allen v. Farrow.” “I couldn’t believe it.
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, the documentarians behind the Russell Simmons exposé “On the Record,” will direct the docuseries along with producer Amy Herdy. The series aims to examine the private story behind the accusations of sexual abuse against the Oscar-winning filmmaker involving his daughter Dylan Farrow, his then 7-year-old child with his ex, actress Mia Farrow.
A teaser for the series (above) shows the filmmakers sitting down with Mia Farrow alongside archival clips and photos of the family and the revelation of Allen’s relationship and marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, whom Farrow had adopted with her previous husband André Previn in 1978.
“Who on Earth could believe that about Woody Allen?” Farrow says in the trailer for “Allen v. Farrow.” “I couldn’t believe it.
- 2/5/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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“Poules, Mecs, And Flics”
By Raymond Benson
Billy Wilder’s 1963 romantic comedy, Irma la Douce, is perhaps yet another property that would go on the politically correct list of Movies That Couldn’t Be Made Today. The times were certainly different in the early 60s regarding the relationships between the sexes. This was an era when the nudge-nudge, wink-wink attitudes toward sex were assuredly male-oriented. The brilliant Wilder had always drifted toward the risqué in his pictures. Irma la Douce is no exception, and some of the sequences might raise the eyebrows of the cancel culture crowd.
The entertaining Shirley MacLaine stars as the titular character (which translates to “Irma the Sweet”), a streetwalker in modern day Paris, who stands on Rue de Casanova along with several other poules (the French slang for these ladies of the night). The women’s mecs, or pimps,...
“Poules, Mecs, And Flics”
By Raymond Benson
Billy Wilder’s 1963 romantic comedy, Irma la Douce, is perhaps yet another property that would go on the politically correct list of Movies That Couldn’t Be Made Today. The times were certainly different in the early 60s regarding the relationships between the sexes. This was an era when the nudge-nudge, wink-wink attitudes toward sex were assuredly male-oriented. The brilliant Wilder had always drifted toward the risqué in his pictures. Irma la Douce is no exception, and some of the sequences might raise the eyebrows of the cancel culture crowd.
The entertaining Shirley MacLaine stars as the titular character (which translates to “Irma the Sweet”), a streetwalker in modern day Paris, who stands on Rue de Casanova along with several other poules (the French slang for these ladies of the night). The women’s mecs, or pimps,...
- 7/4/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Spike Lee on Saturday apologized for comments he made in a radio interview on Friday defending his “friend” Woody Allen and suggested that “cancel” culture may be going too far for filmmakers accused of serious wrongdoing.
“I Deeply Apologize. My Words Were Wrong,” the director tweeted. “I Do Not And Will Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment, Assault Or Violence. Such Treatment Causes Real Damage That Can’t Be Minimized.”
The director responded after a Friday interview with Len Berman and Michael Riedel, co-hosts of New York City radio station Wor’s “In the Morning” show. “I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody,” Lee said. “When we look back on it we are going to see that — short of killing somebody — I don’t know you just erase someone like they never existed.”
Lee, who appeared on the...
“I Deeply Apologize. My Words Were Wrong,” the director tweeted. “I Do Not And Will Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment, Assault Or Violence. Such Treatment Causes Real Damage That Can’t Be Minimized.”
The director responded after a Friday interview with Len Berman and Michael Riedel, co-hosts of New York City radio station Wor’s “In the Morning” show. “I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody,” Lee said. “When we look back on it we are going to see that — short of killing somebody — I don’t know you just erase someone like they never existed.”
Lee, who appeared on the...
- 6/13/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Legendary animator Floyd Norman talks about his all time favorite movies.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Vertigo (1958)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rope (1948)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Song of the South (1946)
The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
The Third Man (1950)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Lion King (2019)
Pinocchio (1940)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Old Mill (1937)
Casablanca (1942)
Cinderella (1950)
Singin’ In The Rain (1953)
Paths of Glory (1957)
1917 (2019)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Star Wars (1977)
American Graffiti (1973)
Sorcerer (1977)
Other Notable Items
Michael Fiore
The Watts riots
The LAPD’s cruel mistreatment of Rodney King
The George Floyd protests
Move in Philadelphia
Walt Disney Pictures
Tfh Guru Roger Corman
Erik Sharkey
The Three Stooges
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali TV series (1977)
Muhammad Ali
Fred Calvert
Alfred Hitchcock
Bernard Herrman’s Vertigo score
Robert Burks
The latest...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Vertigo (1958)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rope (1948)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Song of the South (1946)
The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
The Third Man (1950)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Lion King (2019)
Pinocchio (1940)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Old Mill (1937)
Casablanca (1942)
Cinderella (1950)
Singin’ In The Rain (1953)
Paths of Glory (1957)
1917 (2019)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Star Wars (1977)
American Graffiti (1973)
Sorcerer (1977)
Other Notable Items
Michael Fiore
The Watts riots
The LAPD’s cruel mistreatment of Rodney King
The George Floyd protests
Move in Philadelphia
Walt Disney Pictures
Tfh Guru Roger Corman
Erik Sharkey
The Three Stooges
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali TV series (1977)
Muhammad Ali
Fred Calvert
Alfred Hitchcock
Bernard Herrman’s Vertigo score
Robert Burks
The latest...
- 6/9/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
It’s a Hollywood rags-to-riches tale seen as a cruel coming-of-age story — when Natalie Wood’s feisty street kid becomes a child star, she learns that tinsel town is not only fake, but oppressively evil as well. Cut off from her dotty mom (Ruth Gordon) and surrounded by the sinister minions of studio head Swan (Christopher Plummer), Daisy Clover finds that major stardom is hollow and dispiriting. Gavin Lambert & Robert Mulligan’s beautifully made movie does everything but make an audience feel good, especially when the dazzled Daisy falls in love with a sexually dishonest dreamboat matinee idol (Robert Redford). It’s a great picture and also a big downer.
Inside Daisy Clover
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1965 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date May 12, 2020 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall, Katharine Bard, Peter Helm, Betty Harford, Harold Gould.
Cinematography: Charles Lang...
Inside Daisy Clover
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1965 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date May 12, 2020 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall, Katharine Bard, Peter Helm, Betty Harford, Harold Gould.
Cinematography: Charles Lang...
- 5/26/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In his just-published memoir “Apropos of Nothing,” Woody Allen once again denied accusations that he molested daughter Dylan Farrow in the early ’90s when she was 7 and said the accusations were part of his ex-partner Mia Farrow’s “Ahab-like quest” for revenge after he left her for Farrow’s daughter Soon-Yi Previn.
“I never laid a finger on Dylan, never did anything to her that could be even misconstrued as abusing her; it was a total fabrication from start to finish,” he writes in the new book, which was released Monday by Arcade Publishing after his previous publisher, Hachette, dropped it.
According to the Associated Press, which broke the news of the sudden publication, Allen recalled going to Mia Farrow’s cottage in 1992 and placing a hand in Dylan’s lap, but says, “I certainly didn’t do anything improper to her. I was in a room full of people watching TV mid-afternoon.
“I never laid a finger on Dylan, never did anything to her that could be even misconstrued as abusing her; it was a total fabrication from start to finish,” he writes in the new book, which was released Monday by Arcade Publishing after his previous publisher, Hachette, dropped it.
According to the Associated Press, which broke the news of the sudden publication, Allen recalled going to Mia Farrow’s cottage in 1992 and placing a hand in Dylan’s lap, but says, “I certainly didn’t do anything improper to her. I was in a room full of people watching TV mid-afternoon.
- 3/23/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Amid the chaos that was 2019, the show business industry lost some major players. There were icons of the big screen and TV, along with such legends as Broadway director Harold Prince and actress Carol Channing; singers Eddie Money, Ric Ocasek and José José; musicians Peter Tork, Ginger Baker and Dr. John; and composers Michel Legrand, André Previn and Jerry Herman, to name just a few of the year’s high-profile passings.
Hollywood also lost groundbreaking directors, unforgettable writers, and executives.
Familiar actors who left us this year include Robert Forster, Luke Perry, Katherine Helmond, Rutger Hauer, Jan-Michael Vincent, Arte Johnson, Rip Torn, Diahann Carroll, Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew, Cameron Boyce, Bob Einstein, Seymour Cassel, Michael J. Pollard and Danny Aiello.
Hollywood also lost groundbreaking directors, unforgettable writers, and executives.
Familiar actors who left us this year include Robert Forster, Luke Perry, Katherine Helmond, Rutger Hauer, Jan-Michael Vincent, Arte Johnson, Rip Torn, Diahann Carroll, Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew, Cameron Boyce, Bob Einstein, Seymour Cassel, Michael J. Pollard and Danny Aiello.
- 1/1/2020
- by Erik Pedersen and Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Oct 4, 2019
Richard Rodgers wrote a musical for Diahann Carroll to star in after hearing her sing on The Tonight Show.
Pioneering TV, film and stage actor Diahann Carroll, who broke barriers as the star of the 60s series Julia, died of Friday in Los Angeles at 84 due to cancer, according to the Associated Press.
Carroll performed on stages in Las Vegas nightclubs, Broadway theaters, and feature film adaptations like Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess before she was cast in the title role on the comedy Julia. Her character was the first time an African-American was cast as the star of a show in a non-servant role. Julia Baker was a nurse raising a young son as a single mother following the death of her husband in the Vietnam War. The series ran for 86 episodes on NBC between 1968 and 1971.
Carol Diahann Johnson was born in the Bronx, but grew up in Harlem,...
Richard Rodgers wrote a musical for Diahann Carroll to star in after hearing her sing on The Tonight Show.
Pioneering TV, film and stage actor Diahann Carroll, who broke barriers as the star of the 60s series Julia, died of Friday in Los Angeles at 84 due to cancer, according to the Associated Press.
Carroll performed on stages in Las Vegas nightclubs, Broadway theaters, and feature film adaptations like Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess before she was cast in the title role on the comedy Julia. Her character was the first time an African-American was cast as the star of a show in a non-servant role. Julia Baker was a nurse raising a young son as a single mother following the death of her husband in the Vietnam War. The series ran for 86 episodes on NBC between 1968 and 1971.
Carol Diahann Johnson was born in the Bronx, but grew up in Harlem,...
- 10/4/2019
- Den of Geek
In a ceremony Tuesday night, the Television Academy announced the winners of the 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
HBO took home ten statues, the most of any single winner. Six of those wins were the result of HBO’s now defunct relationship with Vice: “Vice News Tonight,” which ended its run this month after being canceled by HBO in June. (It will return on Viceland.) It took home five, while Vice Special Report took home one. The rest went to HBO Documentary Films.
PBS came in a close second with nine Emmys. Four went to “Independent Lens,” two to “Frontline,” two to “PBS News Hour” and one to “God Knows Where I Am.” And in third place was CBS with six Emmys: Five to “60 Minutes” and one won jointly by “48 Hours” and “CBS This Morning.”
Andrea Mitchell also received the lifetime achievement award.
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HBO took home ten statues, the most of any single winner. Six of those wins were the result of HBO’s now defunct relationship with Vice: “Vice News Tonight,” which ended its run this month after being canceled by HBO in June. (It will return on Viceland.) It took home five, while Vice Special Report took home one. The rest went to HBO Documentary Films.
PBS came in a close second with nine Emmys. Four went to “Independent Lens,” two to “Frontline,” two to “PBS News Hour” and one to “God Knows Where I Am.” And in third place was CBS with six Emmys: Five to “60 Minutes” and one won jointly by “48 Hours” and “CBS This Morning.”
Andrea Mitchell also received the lifetime achievement award.
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- 9/25/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
The 71st Emmy Awards featured a major gaffe during the In Memoriam tribute when a photo of living composer Leonard Slatkin was used to honor the late André Previn. The Television Academy issued the following statement reacting to the In Memoriam segment error: “The producers for the 71st Emmy Awards, the Television Academy and Fox sincerely apologize for this error. All In Memoriam mentions on the Television Academy’s website feature accurate imagery for Mr. Previn.”
Previn was nominated for 11 Academy Awards throughout his career, winning the Best Original Score prize for “Gigi,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Irma la Douce,” and “My Fair Lady.” Additional movies composed by Previn include “All in a Night’s Work,” “Designing Woman,” “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” and “Paint Your Wagon.” The composer passed away in February at the age of 89. The 75-year-old Slatkin is the Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and...
Previn was nominated for 11 Academy Awards throughout his career, winning the Best Original Score prize for “Gigi,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Irma la Douce,” and “My Fair Lady.” Additional movies composed by Previn include “All in a Night’s Work,” “Designing Woman,” “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” and “Paint Your Wagon.” The composer passed away in February at the age of 89. The 75-year-old Slatkin is the Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and...
- 9/23/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Any “In Memoriam” segment on an awards show results in immediate viewer furor over which recently deceased figures got left out. In the case of Sunday’s Emmy Awards, it was more about who got included: the very much still-with-us composer Leonard Slatkin — or at least his photographic representation, as he was misidentified as Andre Previn, who is, in fact, dead.
Slatkin was less concerned with anyone thinking he might have passed on, too, than he was about disrespect for his friend Previn.
Tweeted Slatkin, “I saw that @theemmys posted a photo of me ‘In Memoriam’ rather than the intended Andre Previn. Andre deserved better. I had the opportunity to introduce him when he received the @KCHonors.”
In a waggish afterthought, Slatkin added, “Perhaps he was paying me back for a couple stories I told about him. Andre, R.I.P.”
Previn — who is pictured, correctly, at the top of this story — passed away Feb.
Slatkin was less concerned with anyone thinking he might have passed on, too, than he was about disrespect for his friend Previn.
Tweeted Slatkin, “I saw that @theemmys posted a photo of me ‘In Memoriam’ rather than the intended Andre Previn. Andre deserved better. I had the opportunity to introduce him when he received the @KCHonors.”
In a waggish afterthought, Slatkin added, “Perhaps he was paying me back for a couple stories I told about him. Andre, R.I.P.”
Previn — who is pictured, correctly, at the top of this story — passed away Feb.
- 9/23/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
There was a big mix-up during the “In Memoriam” segment at Sunday’s Emmys, with a photo of the very-much-alive conductor Leonard Slatkin used to honor the late composer André Previn.
Previn, a four-time Oscar winner and six-time Emmy nominee, died in February at the age of 89. He worked on dozens of film and TV projects during his career as a jazz and classical composer, including “Gigi,” “Porgy and Bess,” “My Fair Lady” and PBS’ “Previn and the Pittsburgh.”
Slatkin, who is primarily known for his work as a conductor and currently serves as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, tweeted his response to the mix-up on Monday, noting that “Andre deserved better.”
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“I had the opportunity to introduce him when he received the [Kennedy Center Honor] Perhaps he was paying me back for a couple stories I told about him,...
Previn, a four-time Oscar winner and six-time Emmy nominee, died in February at the age of 89. He worked on dozens of film and TV projects during his career as a jazz and classical composer, including “Gigi,” “Porgy and Bess,” “My Fair Lady” and PBS’ “Previn and the Pittsburgh.”
Slatkin, who is primarily known for his work as a conductor and currently serves as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, tweeted his response to the mix-up on Monday, noting that “Andre deserved better.”
Also Read: Emmys Sink to Record Low in Early Ratings
“I had the opportunity to introduce him when he received the [Kennedy Center Honor] Perhaps he was paying me back for a couple stories I told about him,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Legendary composer and pianist André Previn has died.
The 10-time Grammy Award winner, who also earned four Oscars throughout his lifetime, died in his Manhattan home on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.
Previn’s love for music started at an early age after he and his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a composer and arranger at MGM and other musical units in Hollywood, the Associated Press reported.
Previn is known for his orchestrations on classic musicals like 1964’s My Fair Lady and romantic comedy The...
The 10-time Grammy Award winner, who also earned four Oscars throughout his lifetime, died in his Manhattan home on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.
Previn’s love for music started at an early age after he and his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a composer and arranger at MGM and other musical units in Hollywood, the Associated Press reported.
Previn is known for his orchestrations on classic musicals like 1964’s My Fair Lady and romantic comedy The...
- 3/1/2019
- by Robyn Merrett
- PEOPLE.com
Academy Award wins included Gigi, Porgy And Bess.
André Previn, the celebrated German-American musican, conductor and composer whose numerous Oscar wins included awards for My Fair Lady and Porgy And Bess, has died in Manhattan. He was 89.
Previn was renowned as one of the most brilliant musicians of the age. He won awards, conducted the London Symphony Orchestra (Lso) from 1968-1979, and was known for his extraordinary ability as a jazz pianist.
He was born in Berlin before his father, fearing for the safety of his Jewish family, relocated them to the United States at the onset of the Second World War.
André Previn, the celebrated German-American musican, conductor and composer whose numerous Oscar wins included awards for My Fair Lady and Porgy And Bess, has died in Manhattan. He was 89.
Previn was renowned as one of the most brilliant musicians of the age. He won awards, conducted the London Symphony Orchestra (Lso) from 1968-1979, and was known for his extraordinary ability as a jazz pianist.
He was born in Berlin before his father, fearing for the safety of his Jewish family, relocated them to the United States at the onset of the Second World War.
- 2/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Academy Award wins included Gigi, Porgy And Bess.
André Previn, the celebrated composer whose won numerous awards including Oscars for My Fair Lady and Porgy And Bess, has died in Manhattan. He was 89.
Previn won the Academy Award for My Fair Lady in 1965, the Oscar and Grammy in 1959 for his Gigi score, and awards for Porgy And Bess, which he shared with Ken Darby.
He won the Oscar for Irma La Douce in 1964, and earned his last nomination in 1974 for Jesus Christ Superstar, which he shared with Herbert W. Spence and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
More to follow…...
André Previn, the celebrated composer whose won numerous awards including Oscars for My Fair Lady and Porgy And Bess, has died in Manhattan. He was 89.
Previn won the Academy Award for My Fair Lady in 1965, the Oscar and Grammy in 1959 for his Gigi score, and awards for Porgy And Bess, which he shared with Ken Darby.
He won the Oscar for Irma La Douce in 1964, and earned his last nomination in 1974 for Jesus Christ Superstar, which he shared with Herbert W. Spence and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
More to follow…...
- 2/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
André Previn, the four-time Oscar-winning composer and conductor, died today at his home in New York. He was 89.
His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his manager Linda Petrikova.
Among Previn’s many movie credits, his musical work and scores for Gigi (1958), Porgy & Bess (1959), Irma la Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964) won Oscars.
Previn holds the Oscar record for most music nominations in one year: In 1961, he scored Elmer Gantry and Bells Are Ringing, and also was nominated for the song “Faraway Part of Town” from the film Pepe.
Among his many other awards, Previn was honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
More To Come…...
His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his manager Linda Petrikova.
Among Previn’s many movie credits, his musical work and scores for Gigi (1958), Porgy & Bess (1959), Irma la Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964) won Oscars.
Previn holds the Oscar record for most music nominations in one year: In 1961, he scored Elmer Gantry and Bells Are Ringing, and also was nominated for the song “Faraway Part of Town” from the film Pepe.
Among his many other awards, Previn was honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
More To Come…...
- 2/28/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
André Previn, a French, Oscar-winning musician and composer who did the music for the Best Picture winner “My Fair Lady,” has died, his manager told to the New York Times. He was 89.
Previn died on Thursday in his home in Manhattan. He was a four-time Oscar winner who also won for his musical work on “Gigi,” “Porgy & Bess” and “Irma la Douce.”
More to come…
Read original story Andre Previn, Oscar-Winning Composer of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Dies at 89 At TheWrap...
Previn died on Thursday in his home in Manhattan. He was a four-time Oscar winner who also won for his musical work on “Gigi,” “Porgy & Bess” and “Irma la Douce.”
More to come…
Read original story Andre Previn, Oscar-Winning Composer of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Dies at 89 At TheWrap...
- 2/28/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
5 Things We Learned from Soon-Yi Previn's Bombshell Interview About Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and More
Soon-Yi Previn, the wife of Woody Allen and adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and André Previn, has broken her silence about scandals and rumors surrounding her family. In a lengthy New York magazine profile, Soon-Yi addresses her upbringing and tenuous relationship with her mom. "I really can't come up with a pleasant memory," she told Daphne Merkin of New York. Soon-Yi initially met Allen via Farrow. The director and actress were in a relationship when Soon-Yi was younger. Later on, Soon-Yi and Allen's subsequent relationship caused an even bigger wedge between Soon-Yi and her mother, especially after Farrow discovered nude photos of Soon-Yi in...
- 9/17/2018
- E! Online
Soon-Yi Previn has broken a long silence about her husband Woody Allen and her adopted mother, Mia Farrow, defending Allen against accusations of abuse and saying she can’t “come up with a pleasant memory” about Farrow.
Farrow accused Allen of sexually abusing their daughter, Dylan, in August 1992 — months after she learned of his relationship with Previn, her adopted daughter with musician Andre Previn. Allen and Soon-Yi Previn married in 1997.
“I was never interested in writing a ‘Mommie Dearest,’ getting even with Mia — none of that,” Previn says in a New York Magazine story posted Sunday night. “But what’s happened to Woody is so upsetting, so unjust. [Mia] has taken advantage of the #MeToo movement and paraded Dylan [Farrow] as a victim. And a whole new generation is hearing about it when they shouldn’t.”
Ronan Farrow has denounced the New York Magazine article as “shameful” and a “hit job, written...
Farrow accused Allen of sexually abusing their daughter, Dylan, in August 1992 — months after she learned of his relationship with Previn, her adopted daughter with musician Andre Previn. Allen and Soon-Yi Previn married in 1997.
“I was never interested in writing a ‘Mommie Dearest,’ getting even with Mia — none of that,” Previn says in a New York Magazine story posted Sunday night. “But what’s happened to Woody is so upsetting, so unjust. [Mia] has taken advantage of the #MeToo movement and paraded Dylan [Farrow] as a victim. And a whole new generation is hearing about it when they shouldn’t.”
Ronan Farrow has denounced the New York Magazine article as “shameful” and a “hit job, written...
- 9/17/2018
- by Rosemary Rossi and Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s lavish movie boils down to a dirty party joke, but they struck gold just the same. Audiences flocked to see Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine reunited in a fantasy Parisian red light district, in a show that looks like Disneyland for fans of Playboy cartoons.
Irma La Douce
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1963 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 143 min. / Street Date July 17, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Herschel Bernardi, Hope Holiday, Bruce Yarnell, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney, Paul Dubov, Howard McNear, Cliff Osmond, Diki Lerner, Ruth & Jane Earl, Tura Satana.
Cinematography: Joseph La Shelle
Art Director: Alexander Trauner
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell
Original Music: Marguerite Monnot, André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond from a play by Alexandre Breffort
Produced by Edward L. Alperson, I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Directed by Billy Wilder
Although there’s...
Irma La Douce
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1963 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 143 min. / Street Date July 17, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Herschel Bernardi, Hope Holiday, Bruce Yarnell, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney, Paul Dubov, Howard McNear, Cliff Osmond, Diki Lerner, Ruth & Jane Earl, Tura Satana.
Cinematography: Joseph La Shelle
Art Director: Alexander Trauner
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell
Original Music: Marguerite Monnot, André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond from a play by Alexandre Breffort
Produced by Edward L. Alperson, I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Directed by Billy Wilder
Although there’s...
- 7/14/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
MGM wasn’t the most current studio in 1957, as can be seen by this throwback to another era, a semi-screwball romantic comedy with big stars and directed in high style by Vincente Minnelli. Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall party like it’s 1939, and with the musical-comedy help of the irrepressible Dolores Gray, almost pull it off.
Designing Woman
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1957 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date June 19, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene, Tom Helmore, Mickey Shaughnessy, Jesse White, Chuck Connors, Alvy Moore.
Cinematography: John Alton
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Art Direction: E. Preston Ames, William A. Horning
Original Music: André Previn
Written by George Wells
Produced by Dore Schary, George Wells
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
1957 was definitely the end of an era at MGM. With next to nobody on the payroll, it could no longer claim to possess All the Stars in Heaven.
Designing Woman
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1957 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date June 19, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene, Tom Helmore, Mickey Shaughnessy, Jesse White, Chuck Connors, Alvy Moore.
Cinematography: John Alton
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Art Direction: E. Preston Ames, William A. Horning
Original Music: André Previn
Written by George Wells
Produced by Dore Schary, George Wells
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
1957 was definitely the end of an era at MGM. With next to nobody on the payroll, it could no longer claim to possess All the Stars in Heaven.
- 6/5/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Some like their comedy hot and some like it cold. Billy Wilder opted to step on the joke accelerator to see what top speed looked like. One of the most finely tuned comedies ever made, this political satire crams five hours’ worth of wit and sight gags into 115 minutes. The retirement-age James Cagney practically blows a fuse rattling through Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s high-pressure speeches, without slurring so much as a single syllable.
One, Two, Three
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1961 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date May 30, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis,
Howard St. John, Hanns Lothar, Lilo Pulver
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Production Designers Robert Stratil, Heinrich Weidemann
Art Direction Alexander Trauner
Film Editor Daniel Mandell
Original Music André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Ferenc Molnar
Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder
How...
One, Two, Three
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1961 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date May 30, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis,
Howard St. John, Hanns Lothar, Lilo Pulver
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Production Designers Robert Stratil, Heinrich Weidemann
Art Direction Alexander Trauner
Film Editor Daniel Mandell
Original Music André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Ferenc Molnar
Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder
How...
- 5/27/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Tom & Lorenzo Janelle Monáe owns everything and wore it all out last night
Vulture theories on why Moonlight won
Av Club "Why does Nicole Kidman clap like that and will she stop it please?" Lol
Deadline Iran and France praise Asghar Farhadi's Oscar win
The Hill the State department does too but then quickly deletes the tweet
Out Michael Musto on queer moments from the broadcast and Brokeback payback
Vanity Fair fashion transformations from the Oscars to the after parties
Oscar Snafus
HuffPo This is interesting. Turns out HuffPo posted an article Before the Oscars about what would happen if the wrong winner was read out on Oscar night and the procedure that would follow. Not everything lines up with what happened Sunday
Slate reviews the tape to illustrated what happened when during the Best Picture mix-up which is what I said I wanted done but knew I didn't...
Vulture theories on why Moonlight won
Av Club "Why does Nicole Kidman clap like that and will she stop it please?" Lol
Deadline Iran and France praise Asghar Farhadi's Oscar win
The Hill the State department does too but then quickly deletes the tweet
Out Michael Musto on queer moments from the broadcast and Brokeback payback
Vanity Fair fashion transformations from the Oscars to the after parties
Oscar Snafus
HuffPo This is interesting. Turns out HuffPo posted an article Before the Oscars about what would happen if the wrong winner was read out on Oscar night and the procedure that would follow. Not everything lines up with what happened Sunday
Slate reviews the tape to illustrated what happened when during the Best Picture mix-up which is what I said I wanted done but knew I didn't...
- 3/1/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty will probably never live down Sunday’s epic Oscars flub. At least they can console themselves in knowing they’re not the first to make such an error at the Academy Awards. Also Read: Read the Oscar Accountants' New, Expanded Apology: 'Last Night We Failed the Academy' In 1964, Sammy Davis Jr. endured a similarly awkward moment after he was handed the wrong envelope when presenting the Oscar for Best Music Score. Instead of announcing the winner as Andre Previn for “Irma La Douche,” Davis Jr. read his card, which mistakenly listed the winner as John Addison for “Tom Jones.
- 2/28/2017
- by Nigel Smith
- The Wrap
That was pretty wild!
There's at least some precedent for the 'La La Land'-'Moonlight' snafu that has gone down as one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history.
Watch: 2017 Oscars: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Moments of the Night
It's safe to say that the snafu will go down as one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history, but a presenter receiving the incorrect envelope is not a completely unprecedented occurrence at the show -- it's happened before!
The year was 1964, and Sammy Davis Jr. was to read the winner for the Adapted Music Score category, only to unwittingly declare John Addison (Tom Jones) the winner.
It's not totally the same. While Addison did win that night, it was in the Original Music Score category.
Exclusive: Inside Oscars After-Parties: Warren Beatty Keeps the Envelope!
"They gave me the wrong envelope?" Davis asked, before everything was cleared up, and [link=nm...
There's at least some precedent for the 'La La Land'-'Moonlight' snafu that has gone down as one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history.
Watch: 2017 Oscars: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Moments of the Night
It's safe to say that the snafu will go down as one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history, but a presenter receiving the incorrect envelope is not a completely unprecedented occurrence at the show -- it's happened before!
The year was 1964, and Sammy Davis Jr. was to read the winner for the Adapted Music Score category, only to unwittingly declare John Addison (Tom Jones) the winner.
It's not totally the same. While Addison did win that night, it was in the Original Music Score category.
Exclusive: Inside Oscars After-Parties: Warren Beatty Keeps the Envelope!
"They gave me the wrong envelope?" Davis asked, before everything was cleared up, and [link=nm...
- 2/27/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Even the biggest night in movies isn’t without the occasional flub.
While many were perplexed as to how Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope at the 2017 Oscars, leading the presenters to mistakenly announce La La Land as the winner of Best Picture, it’s happened before.
At the 1964 Academy Awards, Sammy Davis Jr. presented the award for Best Music Score (adaptation or treatment) during the 36th Academy Awards, but he too was given the incorrect envelope.
Davis Jr. read the nominees: Irma La Douce, Bye Bye Birdie, A New Kind of Love, Sundays and Cybele...
While many were perplexed as to how Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope at the 2017 Oscars, leading the presenters to mistakenly announce La La Land as the winner of Best Picture, it’s happened before.
At the 1964 Academy Awards, Sammy Davis Jr. presented the award for Best Music Score (adaptation or treatment) during the 36th Academy Awards, but he too was given the incorrect envelope.
Davis Jr. read the nominees: Irma La Douce, Bye Bye Birdie, A New Kind of Love, Sundays and Cybele...
- 2/27/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Don’t mess with the one-armed man — did you know that at 56 years, Spencer Tracy could whup Ernest Borgnine to a frazzle? John Sturges knocked this one out of the ballpark and booted his career into high gear. It’s well remembered… but does anyone remember that the subject is the murder of a Japanese-American? It’s a combo social issue film And a tough guy western.
Bad Day at Black Rock
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:40:1 widescreen / 81 min. / Street Date January 17, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Robert Griffin, Harry Harvey.
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Film Editor Newell P. Kimlin
Original Music André Previn
Written by Millard Kaufman, Don McGuire story by Howard Breslin
Produced by Dore Schary
Directed by John Sturges
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Warning to...
Bad Day at Black Rock
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:40:1 widescreen / 81 min. / Street Date January 17, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Robert Griffin, Harry Harvey.
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Film Editor Newell P. Kimlin
Original Music André Previn
Written by Millard Kaufman, Don McGuire story by Howard Breslin
Produced by Dore Schary
Directed by John Sturges
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Warning to...
- 12/24/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When MGM was almost a ghost town, the Arthur Freed unit hit one last 'special' factory musical out of the park with this strangely melancholy ode to faded ambitions. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd put in great, memorable work, while the glorious Dolores Gray is practically a living Tex Avery cartoon. And it's designed in wide, wide CinemaScope. It's Always Fair Weather Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 102 min. / Street Date November, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd Cinematography Robert Bronner Art Direction Cedric Gibbons, Arthur Lonergan Film Editor Adrienne Fazan Original Music André Previn Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green Produced by Arthur Freed, Roger Edens Directed & Choreographed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back in the late 1980s, I first became aware of the future of home video when Criterion introduced...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Back in the late 1980s, I first became aware of the future of home video when Criterion introduced...
- 11/7/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Many consider Dmitri Shostakovich the greatest composer of the 20th century. Born September 25, 1906, he might not have lived past his teens if he hadn't been talented. During the famines of the Revolutionary period in Russia, Alexander Glazunov, director of the Petrograd (later Leningrad) Conservatory, arranged for the poor and malnourished Shostakovich's food ration to be increased. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, his graduation exercise for Maximilian Steinberg's composition course at the Conservatory, was completed in 1925 at age 19 and was an immediate success worldwide. He was The Party's poster boy; his Second and Third Symphonies unabashedly subtitled, respectively, "To October". (celebrating the Revolution) and "The First of May". (International Workers' Day).
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
- 9/26/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Mia Farrow has been a mother to 14 children in her life, but the death of adopted son Thaddeus at age 27 isn't the first time the actress is facing the loss of one of her own. Farrow has 11 living children, four biological and seven adopted. Thaddeus is the third adopted child she has lost. Thaddeus was found inside his vehicle on Wednesday in Connecticut "suffering from a life threatening injury," according to a police report. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. There is no criminal aspect to the case, although it is under investigation. According to reports, Thaddeus lived in Torrington,...
- 9/22/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
The Royal Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Curve present the world premiere of Ravi Shankar’s only opera Sukanya which tours venues across the UK in May 2017. With a libretto by Amit Chaudhuri, the semi-staged opera is directed by Suba Das and conducted by David Murphy, with soprano Susanna Hurrell in the title role, bass-baritone Keel Watson, Brazilian baritone Michel de Souza, the BBC Singers and the full force of a 60-strong London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestra is supplemented with Indian classical instruments including the sitar, shennai, tabla, mridangam and ghatam. The innovative Aakash Odedra Company provide the choreography and dancers and Tony Award-winning 59 Productions are providing production design.
Shankar was composing his pioneering opera Sukanya at the time of his passing, an opera exploring the common ground between the music, dance and theatrical traditions of India and the West. Conductor and collaborator David Murphy – who worked with Shankar for many years,...
Shankar was composing his pioneering opera Sukanya at the time of his passing, an opera exploring the common ground between the music, dance and theatrical traditions of India and the West. Conductor and collaborator David Murphy – who worked with Shankar for many years,...
- 9/22/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
After the critical and financial disappointment of A Star Is Born (1954), Judy took another hiatus from moviemaking. While she continued an active concert touring schedule, and began popping up on television on occasion, exhaustion, disappointment and illness kept her from another film. It took an old friend to coax her back into movies, in the weirdest cameo of her career.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
- 8/3/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
It's in glorious Technicolor Metrocolor, CinemaScope and StereoPhonic Sound! Fred Astaire's final MGM musical gives him Cyd Charisse and a Cole Porter score, plus some nice Hermes Pan choreography. The script and Rouben Mamoulian's direction aren't the best, but the combined magic of the musical and dancing talent saves the day. Silk Stockings Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1957 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date July 12, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, George Tobias, Jules Munshin, Joseph Buloff, Wim Sonneveld Cinematography Robert Bronner Art Direction Randall Duell, William A. Horning Film Editor Harold F. Kress Original Music Cole Porter Written by Abe Burrows, Leonard Gershe, George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Leonard Spigelgass Produced by Arthur Freed Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
On the Town? The Pajama Game? Damn Yankees? The Warner Archive Collection's next musical up for the...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
On the Town? The Pajama Game? Damn Yankees? The Warner Archive Collection's next musical up for the...
- 7/23/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Woody Allen is done defending his relationship with Soon-Yi Previn. In The Hollywood Reporter's May 13 issue, the 80-year-old director dismisses any criticism of their relationship and its controversial beginnings. Soon-Yi, born in Korea and later adopted by actress Mia Farrow and her then-husband André Previn, began dating Woody in the mid-'90s. Woody and Mia never actually married, meaning Soon-Yi was not legally his stepdaughter. Their coupling was nonetheless controversial, as the director started seeing Soon-Yi while he was still involved with her mother. Woody has three children with Mia, all of whom are now estranged. Nearly 30 years after the scandal, the filmmaker reveals that he was...
- 5/4/2016
- E! Online
In the wake of the terrible attacks in Paris, I found myself listening to a lot of French music and thinking about the Leonard Bernstein quote going around on Facebook: "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." This list came to seem like my natural response. A very small response, I know. This list is chronological and leaves off people I should probably include. The forty [note: now forty-one] composers listed below are merely a start.
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
- 11/15/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Scream Queens, Season 1, Episode 7, “Beware of Young Girls”
Written by Ryan Murphy
Directed by Barbara Brown
Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
The closing sequence of this episode is one of the best, if not outright so, things that Scream Queens has done thus far. From the decision to have Munsch completely admit to killing her husband, while dancing around with a glass of wine and a satisfied look on her face nonetheless, to the decision by the Chanels to go after suspected murderers Grace and Zayday and take the house back, more is accomplished in the last five minutes than in much of the rest of the season. The pan from Grace and Zayday entering the sorority house as a happy pair up to the shadows of the four Chanels’ heels and skirts, before shifting over to them standing on the staircase, is a great way to make...
Written by Ryan Murphy
Directed by Barbara Brown
Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
The closing sequence of this episode is one of the best, if not outright so, things that Scream Queens has done thus far. From the decision to have Munsch completely admit to killing her husband, while dancing around with a glass of wine and a satisfied look on her face nonetheless, to the decision by the Chanels to go after suspected murderers Grace and Zayday and take the house back, more is accomplished in the last five minutes than in much of the rest of the season. The pan from Grace and Zayday entering the sorority house as a happy pair up to the shadows of the four Chanels’ heels and skirts, before shifting over to them standing on the staircase, is a great way to make...
- 11/4/2015
- by Whitney McIntosh
- SoundOnSight
Kiss Me, Stupid
Written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Directed by Billy Wilder
USA, 1964
How good was Billy Wilder? So good that this film, Kiss Me, Stupid—largely entertaining, frequently witty, beautifully shot, and with at least two noteworthy performances—probably wouldn’t figure in most lists of his top 10 movies. Yet it is a good Billy Wilder film, if not a great one.
Starting in Las Vegas, we are introduced to Dino, a womanizer, a drunk, an accomplished singer, and a clever jokester. Dean Martin, in a bit of curiously inspired and rather daring casting, plays the rapscallion; not surprisingly, he does so very well. On his way to Los Angeles, he stops in Climax, Nevada (with all the sexual innuendo built into this film, the town’s name almost seems the least obvious). There he encounters Orville (Ray Walston), a nebbish piano teacher and amateur songwriter who...
Written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Directed by Billy Wilder
USA, 1964
How good was Billy Wilder? So good that this film, Kiss Me, Stupid—largely entertaining, frequently witty, beautifully shot, and with at least two noteworthy performances—probably wouldn’t figure in most lists of his top 10 movies. Yet it is a good Billy Wilder film, if not a great one.
Starting in Las Vegas, we are introduced to Dino, a womanizer, a drunk, an accomplished singer, and a clever jokester. Dean Martin, in a bit of curiously inspired and rather daring casting, plays the rapscallion; not surprisingly, he does so very well. On his way to Los Angeles, he stops in Climax, Nevada (with all the sexual innuendo built into this film, the town’s name almost seems the least obvious). There he encounters Orville (Ray Walston), a nebbish piano teacher and amateur songwriter who...
- 3/10/2015
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Mia Farrow - "May be I do want to act again. My being distracted from acting with other thing led me to conclude that I did not belong there any more." Photo: Richard Mowe
With her wispy, curly hair and laid back attitude, Mia Farrow still looks like a child of the Sixties. Now grounded by her humanitarian works as a Unicef ambassador, she travels to Darfur, Chad and other parts of Africa to draw attention to the desperate plight of people unable to help themselves. She has spent her life in the spotlight, the issue of Hollywood royalty (the writer-director John Farrow and the actress Maureen O’Sullivan) with famous men in her orbit: Frank Sinatra, whom she married at 21 when he was 50, conductor André Previn and Woody Allen. She created a home for her 14 adopted and biological children but managed to combine family with a career that started...
With her wispy, curly hair and laid back attitude, Mia Farrow still looks like a child of the Sixties. Now grounded by her humanitarian works as a Unicef ambassador, she travels to Darfur, Chad and other parts of Africa to draw attention to the desperate plight of people unable to help themselves. She has spent her life in the spotlight, the issue of Hollywood royalty (the writer-director John Farrow and the actress Maureen O’Sullivan) with famous men in her orbit: Frank Sinatra, whom she married at 21 when he was 50, conductor André Previn and Woody Allen. She created a home for her 14 adopted and biological children but managed to combine family with a career that started...
- 8/9/2014
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The music of the late composer Dory Previn ex-wife of Andre Previn, sister-in-law of Mia Farrow was celebrated at a gala for the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Vineyard Theatre last night. Best-known as the writer of such hit songs as 'Theme from Valley of the Dolls,' 'Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign,' 'With My Daddy in the Attic,' 'You're Gonna Hear from Me,' Dory Previn was a legendary figure as a pop-folk singer-song-writer in the 60's-70's and 80's. The Gala performance was directed by Rachel Chavkin Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, with musical direction by Jon Spurney. BroadwayWorld was there fo rthe gala and you can check out photos from the special event below...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jessica Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
In the wake of Dylan Farrow penning a letter to the New York Times about her alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Woody Allen when she was seven, CBS has resurfaced a 1992 60 Minutes interview with the Oscar-winning director. During the 22-year-old discussion with correspondent Steve Kroft, Allen claimed ex-partner Mia Farrow threatened his life after he not only denied molesting Dylan, but began a relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, the daughter she adopted with André Previn. Part of Allen's fears stemmed from a disturbing Valentine's Day card he claims came from Mia. "She sent me a Valentine's Day card," Allen recalled. "She didn't send it to me; she gave it to me. And I said,...
- 2/7/2014
- E! Online
Sweet Valentine? The discussion surrounding Dylan Farrow's open letter alleging Woody Allen sexually abused her at age 7 prompted CBS to dig into its vault Wednesday, Feb. 5 and upload its 1992 60 Minutes interview with the Oscar-winning director. Sitting with correspondent Steve Kroft, Allen discussed the bitter custody battle that was at play with his ex-partner Mia Farrow at the time. In 1992, Farrow learned of Allen's relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, the Rosemary Baby star's adopted daughter with Andre Previn. The New York City resident told [...]...
- 2/6/2014
- Us Weekly
The director Woody Allen has rebutted claims of abuse alleged by adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, and urged people to remember 'no credible evidence of molestation' was found when the case was originally investigated
The director Woody Allen has issued a statement in response to the open letter by Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan. The letter, posted, on a New York Times blog, reiterates accusations of sexual abuse that were dismissed from court in 1993.
On Sunday, Leslee Dart, a publicist for Allen, 78, said:
Mr Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful. He will be responding very soon. In the meantime, it is essential that your coverage make the following facts clear.
At the time, a thorough investigation was conducted by court appointed independent experts. The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that...
The director Woody Allen has issued a statement in response to the open letter by Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan. The letter, posted, on a New York Times blog, reiterates accusations of sexual abuse that were dismissed from court in 1993.
On Sunday, Leslee Dart, a publicist for Allen, 78, said:
Mr Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful. He will be responding very soon. In the meantime, it is essential that your coverage make the following facts clear.
At the time, a thorough investigation was conducted by court appointed independent experts. The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that...
- 2/3/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Over 20 years after Dylan levied assault accusations against her adopted father Woody, she repeated them on Feb. 1 in an emotional, gut-wrenching open letter.
Woody Allen continues to receive accolades — a lifetime achievement award at the 2014 Golden Globes — but his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow can no longer stand idly by. She first accused Woody of sexually assaulting her in 1992, and on Feb. 1, she reiterated the allegations in an elaborate open letter published on the New York Times website.
Dylan Farrow Repeats Sexual Assault Accusations Against Woody Allen
Dylan’s letter is hard to read, both because of how shocking the accusations are and how serious they are. In it she writes about an extended pattern of sexual abuse:
When I was 7 years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house. He told me to lay on...
Woody Allen continues to receive accolades — a lifetime achievement award at the 2014 Golden Globes — but his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow can no longer stand idly by. She first accused Woody of sexually assaulting her in 1992, and on Feb. 1, she reiterated the allegations in an elaborate open letter published on the New York Times website.
Dylan Farrow Repeats Sexual Assault Accusations Against Woody Allen
Dylan’s letter is hard to read, both because of how shocking the accusations are and how serious they are. In it she writes about an extended pattern of sexual abuse:
When I was 7 years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house. He told me to lay on...
- 2/2/2014
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Composers have always mined familiar stories for their texts, although Charles Wuorinen, whose Brokeback Mountain premieres tonight in Madrid, has gone back to the source rather than the screen version of this timeless story
Charles Wuorinen's opera on Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain is anything but an adaptation of the movie. For a start, the opera features Proulx's own libretto, whereas the author did not write the screenplay for the Oscar-winning movie. As Proulx told me for this week's Music Matters, creating her own opera libretto from her 1997 story was about compressing the already heightened, concise world of the short story still further into the distilled essentials that the characters will sing on stage at the world premiere at the Teatro Real in Madrid tonight. Wuorinen says that he wanted to do something that the film didn't: instead of the beautifying effects of the cinematography on the mountainous landscape of the North American West,...
Charles Wuorinen's opera on Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain is anything but an adaptation of the movie. For a start, the opera features Proulx's own libretto, whereas the author did not write the screenplay for the Oscar-winning movie. As Proulx told me for this week's Music Matters, creating her own opera libretto from her 1997 story was about compressing the already heightened, concise world of the short story still further into the distilled essentials that the characters will sing on stage at the world premiere at the Teatro Real in Madrid tonight. Wuorinen says that he wanted to do something that the film didn't: instead of the beautifying effects of the cinematography on the mountainous landscape of the North American West,...
- 1/28/2014
- by Tom Service
- The Guardian - Film News
Renée Fleming, the esteemed opera singer, has been tapped to sing the national anthem prior to Super Bowl Xlviii.
Renée Fleming To Sing National Anthem
Fleming’s appointment as the Super Bowl’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” vocalist was confirmed by her publicist to the Los Angeles Times. As of yet, it hasn’t been determined whether or not Fleming’s soprano vocals will be accompanied by instruments.
Leading up to the Feb. 2 matchup between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, Fleming will be performing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in a production of Dvorak’s Rusalka. Later this year, she’ll be headed to the West Coast to perform in the Los Angeles Opera’s production of Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
Although it has become a part of modern tradition for well-known pop stars to belt out the lyrics of the national anthem prior to major sporting events,...
Renée Fleming To Sing National Anthem
Fleming’s appointment as the Super Bowl’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” vocalist was confirmed by her publicist to the Los Angeles Times. As of yet, it hasn’t been determined whether or not Fleming’s soprano vocals will be accompanied by instruments.
Leading up to the Feb. 2 matchup between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, Fleming will be performing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in a production of Dvorak’s Rusalka. Later this year, she’ll be headed to the West Coast to perform in the Los Angeles Opera’s production of Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
Although it has become a part of modern tradition for well-known pop stars to belt out the lyrics of the national anthem prior to major sporting events,...
- 1/22/2014
- Uinterview
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