With summer approaching, it’s tempting to spend all your time outdoors. However, don’t miss out on some exciting TV moments that will be hitting screens this season. We Are Lady Parts If you’re looking for a blend of music and comedy, ‘We Are Lady Parts’ is the series to watch. Anjana Vasan stars as Amina Hussain, an unlikely lead guitarist and PhD student. Originally from Singapore, Vasan is not only an accomplished actress but also a singer-songwriter. Vasan has received critical acclaim for her performances in productions like A Doll’s House and Summer and Smoke, and she’s also appeared in...
- 6/7/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: UTA has signed award-winning British-Spanish actress Patsy Ferran for representation in all areas, with plans to help her secure new opportunities across film, television, theatre and more.
The signing comes off of her critically acclaimed role alongside Paul Mescal in Rebecca Frecknall’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the hottest tickets in London which is finishing off its last week of shows at Islington’s Almeida Theatre before moving to the West End’s Phoenix for a six-week run.
This iteration of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tennessee Williams play has Ferran playing the fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who is forced to endure a move into the low-rent New Orleans apartment of her younger sister Stella (Anjana Vasan) and abusive brother-in-law Stanley (Mescal) at a point when she’s already in existential crisis.
Ferran previously starred in a production of Williams’ Summer and Smoke, for which she...
The signing comes off of her critically acclaimed role alongside Paul Mescal in Rebecca Frecknall’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the hottest tickets in London which is finishing off its last week of shows at Islington’s Almeida Theatre before moving to the West End’s Phoenix for a six-week run.
This iteration of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tennessee Williams play has Ferran playing the fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who is forced to endure a move into the low-rent New Orleans apartment of her younger sister Stella (Anjana Vasan) and abusive brother-in-law Stanley (Mescal) at a point when she’s already in existential crisis.
Ferran previously starred in a production of Williams’ Summer and Smoke, for which she...
- 1/31/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sam Riley (Maleficent) and Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) will portray noble-born brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour in the historical thriller Firebrand, joining already announced Alicia Vikander and Jude Law who are portraying Katharine Parr and Henry VIII in the first English-language film from Brazilian director Karim Ainouz (The Invisible Life of Eurydice Gusmao).
The movie, shooting up in the Derbyshire region of the UK’s Peak District, is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Film follows the marriage of Katherine (the filmmakers have chosen to spell Katherine with a K; some historians use a C) to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, a role taken by Simon Russell Beale.
Gardener’s duties included uncovering high-profile heretics. He set his sights on Protestant martyr Anne Askew,...
The movie, shooting up in the Derbyshire region of the UK’s Peak District, is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Film follows the marriage of Katherine (the filmmakers have chosen to spell Katherine with a K; some historians use a C) to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, a role taken by Simon Russell Beale.
Gardener’s duties included uncovering high-profile heretics. He set his sights on Protestant martyr Anne Askew,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Henry Darrow, the first Hispanic actor to portray Zorro on television who also starred in TV series “The High Chaparral,” has died. He was 87.
According to his former publicist, Michael B. Druxman, Darrow died Sunday at his home in Wilmington, N.C.
Throughout the 60s, Darrow appeared in television series such as “Wagon Train,” “Bonanza,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” “Gunsmoke” and “Daniel Boone.” Additionally, he appeared in the first season of “Harry O” and won a daytime Emmy for his role on the soap opera “Santa Barbara.”
Darrow also took part in many stage productions such as “The Alchemist” and “Dark of the Moon.” He caught the attention of “Bonanza” creator David Dortort while appearing in the 1965 stage production of “The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit” at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, where he was immediately offered a role in the Western series “The High Chaparral” He played Manolito Montoya,...
According to his former publicist, Michael B. Druxman, Darrow died Sunday at his home in Wilmington, N.C.
Throughout the 60s, Darrow appeared in television series such as “Wagon Train,” “Bonanza,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” “Gunsmoke” and “Daniel Boone.” Additionally, he appeared in the first season of “Harry O” and won a daytime Emmy for his role on the soap opera “Santa Barbara.”
Darrow also took part in many stage productions such as “The Alchemist” and “Dark of the Moon.” He caught the attention of “Bonanza” creator David Dortort while appearing in the 1965 stage production of “The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit” at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, where he was immediately offered a role in the Western series “The High Chaparral” He played Manolito Montoya,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Pamela Tiffin, who was a Golden Globe nominee for her film work in Hollywood and later made many Italian films, has died. A friend confirmed her death, but no cause was given.
Born in Oklahoma City, Tiffin initially found success as a teen model. She moved to New York City in the early 1960s and briefly attended Hunter College, appearing in a short film, Music of Williamsburg, in 1960).
But in a classic Hollywood story, Tiffin was spotted by producer Hal B. Willis when she was vacationing in Los Angeles and visited the Paramount Pictures lot. She was screen tested and cast in the 1961 film Summer and Smoke.
She went on to play against James Cagney in the comedy 1961 One, Two Three, winning a Golden Globe nomination for that role and her work in Summer and Smoke.
Over the next two years, her resume included the films State Fair with Bobby Darin,...
Born in Oklahoma City, Tiffin initially found success as a teen model. She moved to New York City in the early 1960s and briefly attended Hunter College, appearing in a short film, Music of Williamsburg, in 1960).
But in a classic Hollywood story, Tiffin was spotted by producer Hal B. Willis when she was vacationing in Los Angeles and visited the Paramount Pictures lot. She was screen tested and cast in the 1961 film Summer and Smoke.
She went on to play against James Cagney in the comedy 1961 One, Two Three, winning a Golden Globe nomination for that role and her work in Summer and Smoke.
Over the next two years, her resume included the films State Fair with Bobby Darin,...
- 12/5/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Pamela Tiffin, the 1960s starlet who was discovered in the Paramount commissary on the way to memorable turns in such films as State Fair, The Pleasure Seekers, Come Fly With Me and Harper, has died. She was 78.
Tiffin died Wednesday of natural causes in a hospital in New York, her daughter Echo Danon, an actress, video director and music supervisor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tiffin received Golden Globe nominations for her first two features, both released in 1961: as most promising newcomer — female for Summer and Smoke and as best supporting actress for her performance in Billy Wilder’s Cold War satire One, Two, Three (1961)....
Tiffin died Wednesday of natural causes in a hospital in New York, her daughter Echo Danon, an actress, video director and music supervisor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tiffin received Golden Globe nominations for her first two features, both released in 1961: as most promising newcomer — female for Summer and Smoke and as best supporting actress for her performance in Billy Wilder’s Cold War satire One, Two, Three (1961)....
- 12/5/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Pamela Tiffin, the 1960s starlet who was discovered in the Paramount commissary on the way to memorable turns in such films as State Fair, The Pleasure Seekers, Come Fly With Me and Harper, has died. She was 78.
Tiffin died Wednesday of natural causes in a hospital in New York, her daughter Echo, an actress, video director and music supervisor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tiffin received Golden Globe nominations for her first two features, both released in 1961: as most promising newcomer — female for Summer and Smoke and as best supporting actress for her comedic performance in Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (1961).
In 1964,...
Tiffin died Wednesday of natural causes in a hospital in New York, her daughter Echo, an actress, video director and music supervisor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tiffin received Golden Globe nominations for her first two features, both released in 1961: as most promising newcomer — female for Summer and Smoke and as best supporting actress for her comedic performance in Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (1961).
In 1964,...
- 12/5/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Time has not diminished the beauty and talent of Sophia Loren, who is garnering Oscar buzz for her acclaimed performance in the Netflix drama “The Life Ahead,” directed and co-adapted by her son Edoardo Ponti from Romain Gary’s 1975 bestseller “The Life Before Us.” The 86-year-old Oscar-winner (“Two Women”) plays Madame Rosa, a former prostitute and Holocaust survivor who lives in Naples where she takes care of children of streetwalkers including the rebellious Momo.
Loren has been a star for over 65 years, but her early life was anything but idyllic. She was born in a charity ward in a hospital in Rome. Her parents never married, and her father left her, her mother and younger sister Romida-who married Mussolini’s son. Loren and her family grew up poor as church mice in Pozzuoli, a small town outside of Naples.
Stunningly beautiful at an early age and at 14, Loren came in...
Loren has been a star for over 65 years, but her early life was anything but idyllic. She was born in a charity ward in a hospital in Rome. Her parents never married, and her father left her, her mother and younger sister Romida-who married Mussolini’s son. Loren and her family grew up poor as church mice in Pozzuoli, a small town outside of Naples.
Stunningly beautiful at an early age and at 14, Loren came in...
- 11/20/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
While the Drama Desk Awards nominate a slew of off-Broadway fare, the winners invariably come from Broadway. That was once again the case on Sunday when all but one of the 16 champs in the musical races were Broadway productions while it was 8 of 12 on the play side.
This love of all things Broadway even extended to “Hadestown,” which was only in contention for new elements such as cast members after having contended here previously for it Off-Broadway run. It won four awards: Director (Rachel Chavkin), Featured Actor in a Musical (Andre De Shields), Lighting Design, and Sound Design.
One of its main rivals for Best Musical at the Tony Awards is “Tootsie,” which claimed victories for Best Actor (Santino Fontana), Book, Music, and Lyrics. But it was another contender, “The Prom,” that swooped in and claimed Best Musical despite losing all of its other bids.
The all Yiddish production of...
This love of all things Broadway even extended to “Hadestown,” which was only in contention for new elements such as cast members after having contended here previously for it Off-Broadway run. It won four awards: Director (Rachel Chavkin), Featured Actor in a Musical (Andre De Shields), Lighting Design, and Sound Design.
One of its main rivals for Best Musical at the Tony Awards is “Tootsie,” which claimed victories for Best Actor (Santino Fontana), Book, Music, and Lyrics. But it was another contender, “The Prom,” that swooped in and claimed Best Musical despite losing all of its other bids.
The all Yiddish production of...
- 6/3/2019
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The winners for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Sunday night with Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman winning for Outstanding Play and The Prom taking home the trophy for Outstanding Musical.
Other big winners for the night included The Waverly Gallery and Fidder on the Roof winning for Outstanding Revival of a Play and Outstanding Revival of a Musical respectively. Dance Nation received a special Ensemble Award while Montana Levi Blanco was honored with the Sam Norkin Award.
The ceremony was hosted by Michael Urie and took place at at The Town Hall in Manhattan. The evening included performances by Drama Desk nominee George Salazar (Be More Chill) who was accompanied by composer/lyricist and Drama Desk nominee Joe Iconis. Other performers included Drama Desk nominees Stacey Sargeant and Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland) and Drama Desk and Tony®Award winner Lillias White who sang the In Memoriam.
Other big winners for the night included The Waverly Gallery and Fidder on the Roof winning for Outstanding Revival of a Play and Outstanding Revival of a Musical respectively. Dance Nation received a special Ensemble Award while Montana Levi Blanco was honored with the Sam Norkin Award.
The ceremony was hosted by Michael Urie and took place at at The Town Hall in Manhattan. The evening included performances by Drama Desk nominee George Salazar (Be More Chill) who was accompanied by composer/lyricist and Drama Desk nominee Joe Iconis. Other performers included Drama Desk nominees Stacey Sargeant and Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland) and Drama Desk and Tony®Award winner Lillias White who sang the In Memoriam.
- 6/3/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Marisa Tomei will star in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, to be directed by Trip Cullman and set for a Roundabout Theatre Company production in September.
Tomei will play Serafina, the widow “who rekindles her desire for love, lust and life in the arms of a fiery suitor,” in the description by Roundabout. Other casting — including that fiery suitor — hasn’t been announced.
The Rose Tattoo will begin previews on September 19, with an official opening on Tuesday, October 15. The limited engagement will run through December 8 at the nonprofit Roundabout’s Broadway venue American Airlines Theatre.
Cullman and Tomei premiered the revival at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in June 2016.
The play made its Tony-winning Broadway debut in 1951, starring Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach. A movie version was released in 1955 starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, and a 1995 Broadway revival at Circle in the Square starred Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony Lapaglia.
Tomei will play Serafina, the widow “who rekindles her desire for love, lust and life in the arms of a fiery suitor,” in the description by Roundabout. Other casting — including that fiery suitor — hasn’t been announced.
The Rose Tattoo will begin previews on September 19, with an official opening on Tuesday, October 15. The limited engagement will run through December 8 at the nonprofit Roundabout’s Broadway venue American Airlines Theatre.
Cullman and Tomei premiered the revival at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in June 2016.
The play made its Tony-winning Broadway debut in 1951, starring Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach. A movie version was released in 1955 starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, and a 1995 Broadway revival at Circle in the Square starred Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony Lapaglia.
- 5/20/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Eddie Izzard and Laurie Metcalf will tackle George and Martha next season when producer Scott Rudin brings Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? back to Broadway under the direction of Joe Mantello. Rudin made the announcement today.
Co-starring will be Russell Tovey and Patsy Ferran. The production will begin a strictly limited engagement on Monday, March 2, 2020, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 9, 2020.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will feature set design by Miriam Buether, lighting design by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer and costumes by Ann Roth.
With Woolf’s Martha, Metcalf will have had starring roles in major Broadway productions over four contiguous seasons: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Three Tall Women; and the current Hillary and Clinton. Woolf will mark...
Co-starring will be Russell Tovey and Patsy Ferran. The production will begin a strictly limited engagement on Monday, March 2, 2020, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 9, 2020.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will feature set design by Miriam Buether, lighting design by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer and costumes by Ann Roth.
With Woolf’s Martha, Metcalf will have had starring roles in major Broadway productions over four contiguous seasons: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Three Tall Women; and the current Hillary and Clinton. Woolf will mark...
- 4/13/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Come From Away, Company and The Inheritance were the big winners at the 2019 Olivier Awards, taking home four awards each at a ceremony held in London’s Royal Albert Hall tonight and hosted by Jason Manford.
The Laurence Olivier Awards are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in professional theatre in the city. The awards are given to those involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London and cover plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre.
Come From Away won Best New Musical, as well as Outstanding Achievement in Music, Best Theatre Choreographer (Kelly Devine) and the Royal Albert Hall Award For Best Sound Design (Gareth Owen).
Jonathan Bailey picked up his first Olivier Award, winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Jamie in Company. Company also won Best Musical Revival, the Blue-i...
The Laurence Olivier Awards are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in professional theatre in the city. The awards are given to those involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London and cover plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre.
Come From Away won Best New Musical, as well as Outstanding Achievement in Music, Best Theatre Choreographer (Kelly Devine) and the Royal Albert Hall Award For Best Sound Design (Gareth Owen).
Jonathan Bailey picked up his first Olivier Award, winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Jamie in Company. Company also won Best Musical Revival, the Blue-i...
- 4/7/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Nominations for the 2019 Olivier Awards were unveiled today in London with Marianne Elliott’s gender-switched production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company tying Broadway transfer Come From Away to lead the pack of musicals with nine nods each. On the drama side, Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance is the most nominated with eight mentions, including Best Supporting Actress for Vanessa Redgrave and Best Director for Stephen Daldry.
Gillian Anderson scored her third Olivier nomination today, for All About Eve, while Ian McKellen nabbed his 11th nomination, for King Lear. David Suchet added to his eight previous noms with a Best Actor mention for Arthur Miller play The Price.
Also in the Best Actress category are Eileen Atkins (The Height Of The Storm), Patsy Ferran (Summer And Smoke), Sophie Okonedo (Antony And Cleopatra) and Katherine Parkinson. Rounding out the Best Actor race are Arinzé Kene (Misty), Kyle Soller (The Inheritance), and Adam Godley,...
Gillian Anderson scored her third Olivier nomination today, for All About Eve, while Ian McKellen nabbed his 11th nomination, for King Lear. David Suchet added to his eight previous noms with a Best Actor mention for Arthur Miller play The Price.
Also in the Best Actress category are Eileen Atkins (The Height Of The Storm), Patsy Ferran (Summer And Smoke), Sophie Okonedo (Antony And Cleopatra) and Katherine Parkinson. Rounding out the Best Actor race are Arinzé Kene (Misty), Kyle Soller (The Inheritance), and Adam Godley,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The 1980s saw several legendary dames winning Best Actress at the Oscars, including academy favorites like Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep. The entire decade was a good one for women dominating their films, like Sissy Spacek, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Geraldine Page, Cher and Jodie Foster. The ’80s also set records that still stand today, with Marlee Matlin being the youngest Best Actress winner at age 21 and Jessica Tandy being the oldest winner at 80.
So which Best Actress winner from the ’80s is your favorite? Look back on each of their performances and vote in our poll below.
Sissy Spacek, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980) — The ’80s began with Spacek earning her Oscar for playing country music star Loretta Lynn in the biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Spacek earned a previous nomination for “Carrie” (1976) and four subsequent nominations, for: “Missing” (1982), “The River” (1984), “Crimes of the Heart” (1986) and “In the Bedroom” (2001).
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So which Best Actress winner from the ’80s is your favorite? Look back on each of their performances and vote in our poll below.
Sissy Spacek, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980) — The ’80s began with Spacek earning her Oscar for playing country music star Loretta Lynn in the biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Spacek earned a previous nomination for “Carrie” (1976) and four subsequent nominations, for: “Missing” (1982), “The River” (1984), “Crimes of the Heart” (1986) and “In the Bedroom” (2001).
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- 3/20/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“The tables have turned, yes, the tables have turned with a vengeance! You’ve come around to my old way of thinking and I to yours like two people exchanging a call on each other at the same time, and each one finding the other one gone out, the door locked against him and no one to answer the bell!”
The 1961 classic Summer And Smoke, based on the Tennessee Williams play and starring Geraldine Page and Lawrence Harvey screens in a continuous loop Friday, May 5 in the Public Media Commons in Grand Center in St. Louis as part of this year’s Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. This is a free screening (actually, continuous loop of screenings). Geraldine Page’s daughter and actress, Angelica Page, will be in town for the festival and part of a dramatic reading of ‘ensemble 2.0’ , a play based on Francesca Williams’s collection of family letters.
The 1961 classic Summer And Smoke, based on the Tennessee Williams play and starring Geraldine Page and Lawrence Harvey screens in a continuous loop Friday, May 5 in the Public Media Commons in Grand Center in St. Louis as part of this year’s Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. This is a free screening (actually, continuous loop of screenings). Geraldine Page’s daughter and actress, Angelica Page, will be in town for the festival and part of a dramatic reading of ‘ensemble 2.0’ , a play based on Francesca Williams’s collection of family letters.
- 4/21/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Actress Margaret “Maggie” Blye, whose credits included the 1969 film “The Italian Job,” “Walking Tall” and “Little Darlings,” died on March 24, a spokesperson for Blye said. She was 73. According to the spokesperson, Blye died peacefully in her West Hollywood home following a two-year battle with cancer, with her brother and sister at her side. Born in Houston, Blye attended the University of Texas before transferring to UCLA in her senior year. Spotted by an agent, her first role was as Dusty in the Oscar-nominated film “Summer and Smoke,” which starred Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page. Also Read: Patty Duke, Oscar-...
- 3/29/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Last year HitFix threw down a 21-question quiz for Oscar fanatics, and this year we're at it again. Join us for an ultimate Oscar test featuring three tiers of difficulty: hard, harder, and hardest. Get out a notepad! The answers are on the next page. (Please note that the term "actor" can mean a man or a woman, and that any listed year refers to the time of the movie's release, not the year of the ceremony.) Hard 1. What's the highest-grossing of this year's eight Best Picture nominees? 2. Jennifer Jason Leigh just received her first Oscar nomination for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. Only two performances in Quentin Tarantino's filmography have earned Academy Awards. Who performed those roles? 3. Which of this year's Best Picture nominees stars a character named Joy? 4. Who's the only person in history to win both an acting Oscar and a songwriting Oscar? 5. Name one...
- 2/24/2016
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
Today, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary. It was on October 6, 1996 that Dean Cain’s Clark and Teri Hatcher’s Lois got married in an episode of “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” Three days later, DC Comics released “Superman: The Wedding Album” (an issue with a cover date of December 1996). It was the first time Lois and Clark got married in the comics for realsies. Only took them 58 years. Previous weddings had ended with “it was all a dream” or the like. Here’s the TV wedding moment that aired 19 years ago. Savor that ’90s cheese. Other notable October 6 happenings in pop culture history: • 1847: “Jane Eyre” was published, at the time bearing the pseudonym Currer Bell. • 1927: The first feature-length film with synchronized dialogue, “The Jazz Singer” held its premiere in New York City, scheduled to coincide with Yom Kippur, the Jewish...
- 10/6/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
BroadwayWorld just met the cast and you can check out an exclusive interview with Jacquelynne Fontaine and Frank Viveros, who play Carlotta Guidicelli and Ubaldo Piangi, belowJacquelynne's regional credits include The Student Prince Kathie, Pittsburgh Clo, A Little Night Music Charlotte, Indiana Rep Theater, The Sound of Music Elsa, North Shore Music Theater, A Room With A View Ragazza, The Old Globe. Opera La Traviata Violetta, Tacoma Opera and Rogue Opera, The King amp IAnna, Opera North, Le Nozze di Figaro Susanna, Rogue Opera, Don Giovanni Donna Elvira, Tuscia Opera, Italy, Die Zauberflote Pamina, Tuscia Opera, Italy. In Southern California Don Giovanni Donna Anna, Summer and Smoke Alma, Idomeneo Ilia, Candide Cunegonde,Antigone Antigone, Blood Wedding The Bride, A View From the BridgeCatherine.Frank originated the roles of Bloat The Blowfish in Disney's Finding Nemo The Musical, and Iron Chef in off-Broadway's Yellow Brick Road. Favorites includeCaroline, or Change BusDryer,...
- 11/17/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
News.
Every cinephile's favourite producer/distributor is at it again: Harvey Weinstein plans to axe 20 minutes from Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer. Critic and programmer Tony Rayns had this to say:
"The Weinstein Company people have told Bong that their aim is to make sure the film 'will be understood by audiences in Iowa ... and Oklahoma.' Effectively, the notorious Hollywood executive believes the American mid-west is too stupid for Snowpiercer, a movie which essentially chronicles the journey of a few people at the back of a train who stage a revolt and proceed, in a straight line, towards the front. Leaving aside the issue of what Weinstein thinks of its audience, it seems to say the least anomalous that the rest of the English-speaking world has to be dragged down to the presumed level of American mid-west hicks."
According to the "acting" page on Vincent Gallo's website, it appears the...
Every cinephile's favourite producer/distributor is at it again: Harvey Weinstein plans to axe 20 minutes from Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer. Critic and programmer Tony Rayns had this to say:
"The Weinstein Company people have told Bong that their aim is to make sure the film 'will be understood by audiences in Iowa ... and Oklahoma.' Effectively, the notorious Hollywood executive believes the American mid-west is too stupid for Snowpiercer, a movie which essentially chronicles the journey of a few people at the back of a train who stage a revolt and proceed, in a straight line, towards the front. Leaving aside the issue of what Weinstein thinks of its audience, it seems to say the least anomalous that the rest of the English-speaking world has to be dragged down to the presumed level of American mid-west hicks."
According to the "acting" page on Vincent Gallo's website, it appears the...
- 8/8/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 28, 2013
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Raquel Welch helps Ringo Starr find the magic in The Magic Christian.
Directed by Joseph McGrath, the 1969 cult comedy film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther) and Ringo Starr comes from the pen of the brilliant Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove, Barbarella), based on his 1959 comic novel of the same name.
In the movie, Sir Guy Grand (Sellers), the richest man in the world, whimsically adopts a young homeless man (Starr) who he happens to meet by chance during a stroll in the park. Together they set off on a series of inspired escapades that comically attack the snobbery and hypocrisy of modern society. Moving from one misadventure to another, they have encounters with characters portrayed by such noteworthy performers as Richard Attenborough (The Great Escape), Laurence Harvey (Summer and Smoke), Raquel Welch (Hannie Caulder), Christopher Lee...
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Raquel Welch helps Ringo Starr find the magic in The Magic Christian.
Directed by Joseph McGrath, the 1969 cult comedy film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther) and Ringo Starr comes from the pen of the brilliant Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove, Barbarella), based on his 1959 comic novel of the same name.
In the movie, Sir Guy Grand (Sellers), the richest man in the world, whimsically adopts a young homeless man (Starr) who he happens to meet by chance during a stroll in the park. Together they set off on a series of inspired escapades that comically attack the snobbery and hypocrisy of modern society. Moving from one misadventure to another, they have encounters with characters portrayed by such noteworthy performers as Richard Attenborough (The Great Escape), Laurence Harvey (Summer and Smoke), Raquel Welch (Hannie Caulder), Christopher Lee...
- 3/29/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
I had a ball with a 10 Greatest Best Actress Victories list, and now it's time to reveal my dark side: Here are my five least favorite wins for Best Actress, and you'll notice they're all pretty fabulous actresses doing subpar work in subpar fare. Maybe I'm just mad at them for getting rewarded for the wrong work. Maybe I'm contrarian. T'any rate, here are the five offenders:
5. Jodie Foster, The Accused
This is not my way of damning Jodie for that cryptic, near-Dada speech she gave at the Golden Globes. This is my way of acknowledging that The Accused is unimportant Oscar bait full of teary monologues that just don't work. Jodie Foster is a commanding actress, and I consider her work in The Silence of the Lambs one of the most justified wins of the '90s. (Love the '91 Oscars so, so much. Thelma, Louise, Rambling Rose, Mercedes Ruehl,...
5. Jodie Foster, The Accused
This is not my way of damning Jodie for that cryptic, near-Dada speech she gave at the Golden Globes. This is my way of acknowledging that The Accused is unimportant Oscar bait full of teary monologues that just don't work. Jodie Foster is a commanding actress, and I consider her work in The Silence of the Lambs one of the most justified wins of the '90s. (Love the '91 Oscars so, so much. Thelma, Louise, Rambling Rose, Mercedes Ruehl,...
- 1/21/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Winner of the Theatre World and Drama League awards along with Olivier, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations for his portrayal of Billy Bigelow in the Royal National TheatreLincoln Center Theatre production of Carousel, Michael Hayden, also a Tony Award Nominee for Judgment At Nuremberg, is set to direct Summer And Smoke at the School of Theatre at Florida State.
- 10/31/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Mexican star Joaquin Martinez has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.
The actor passed away at his home in Everdingen in the Netherlands on 3 January. Details of his death have only just emerged.
Martinez left Mexico for Los Angeles after making his breakthrough in the 1967 movie Pedro Paramo, and went on to work in film, TV and onstage for more than 30 years.
He starred in a number of Western TV shows, including Gunsmoke and Bonanza, and also appeared on Dynasty, L.A. Law and Ironside.
Martinez also appeared onstage with Christopher Reeve in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in 1988, as well as in the James Bond thriller Die Another Day in 2002.
The star is best remembered for his part in Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson and for playing the title role in Ulzana's Raid.
The actor passed away at his home in Everdingen in the Netherlands on 3 January. Details of his death have only just emerged.
Martinez left Mexico for Los Angeles after making his breakthrough in the 1967 movie Pedro Paramo, and went on to work in film, TV and onstage for more than 30 years.
He starred in a number of Western TV shows, including Gunsmoke and Bonanza, and also appeared on Dynasty, L.A. Law and Ironside.
Martinez also appeared onstage with Christopher Reeve in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in 1988, as well as in the James Bond thriller Die Another Day in 2002.
The star is best remembered for his part in Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson and for playing the title role in Ulzana's Raid.
- 1/27/2012
- WENN
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- 1/10/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Rosamund Pike surprised everyone when she was cast as a Bond Girl 10 years ago. And now she is spoofing that role in Johnny English Reborn
It feels strange to say that Johnny English Reborn is something of a revelation. It isn't the film itself – a tepid spy spoof sequel starring Rowan Atkinson and Dominic West, with the occasional blast of amusement and much slapstick. The unexpected element here comes in the form of Rosamund Pike, playing a top MI7 psychologist named Kate Sumner.
Pike provides both comic foil and love interest for Atkinson – all wide eyes, earnest expressions and fitted shift dresses. But her presence is never less than amusing; it's there in the tilt of her neck, the set of her shoulders, and, more than anywhere, in her face – the faint creases around the eyes and the corner of the mouth breathe humour into that famously crisp beauty. The...
It feels strange to say that Johnny English Reborn is something of a revelation. It isn't the film itself – a tepid spy spoof sequel starring Rowan Atkinson and Dominic West, with the occasional blast of amusement and much slapstick. The unexpected element here comes in the form of Rosamund Pike, playing a top MI7 psychologist named Kate Sumner.
Pike provides both comic foil and love interest for Atkinson – all wide eyes, earnest expressions and fitted shift dresses. But her presence is never less than amusing; it's there in the tilt of her neck, the set of her shoulders, and, more than anywhere, in her face – the faint creases around the eyes and the corner of the mouth breathe humour into that famously crisp beauty. The...
- 10/5/2011
- by Laura Barton
- The Guardian - Film News
During Summer 2011 -- winding down at last! -- we've been asking Tfe readers to choose the most memorable Best Actress nominated film characters. Which film characters have you taken into your hearts and headspace most fully? Who is always popping into mind unbidden? Below are the latest voting results for August's polls covering the 1960s & 1970s (previous results: 1980s and 1991-2010). We used five year intervals for voting and asked readers to choose the 5 most memorable characters from each group of 25 Oscar nominees.
If you're looking for these polls to provide a "face" of an era it looks like Julie Andrews wins the early 60s -- she was thoroughly modern back then! -- and Faye Dunaway takes over from there for a long run at the top (1966-1980) [* indicates that it was an Oscar winning role.]
1961-1965
Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) Breakfast at Tiffany's Mary Poppins* (Julie Andrews) Mary Poppins [tie] Maria Von Trapp (Julie Andrews) The Sound of Music...
If you're looking for these polls to provide a "face" of an era it looks like Julie Andrews wins the early 60s -- she was thoroughly modern back then! -- and Faye Dunaway takes over from there for a long run at the top (1966-1980) [* indicates that it was an Oscar winning role.]
1961-1965
Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) Breakfast at Tiffany's Mary Poppins* (Julie Andrews) Mary Poppins [tie] Maria Von Trapp (Julie Andrews) The Sound of Music...
- 8/25/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Chicago – Robert Englund will inevitably and forever be linked with his most famous character, Freddy Krueger of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and its sequels and spin-offs. But he has had a rich journey to Freddy, and connects with him through a myriad of character actor experiences.
Englund started as a classical actor, with training through a program from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. When he got back to his native California, he won a role in the cult film “Buster and Billie.” Moving up the ladder from there, it was his part in the 1983 TV mini-series “V” that got him on the map. Freddy was a year later, and the rest is horror film history.
Robert Englund was appearing at Flashback Weekend, an annual horror convention in Chicago. He was there also promoting a local horror film that he participated in, “The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue.” HollywoodChicago.
Englund started as a classical actor, with training through a program from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. When he got back to his native California, he won a role in the cult film “Buster and Billie.” Moving up the ladder from there, it was his part in the 1983 TV mini-series “V” that got him on the map. Freddy was a year later, and the rest is horror film history.
Robert Englund was appearing at Flashback Weekend, an annual horror convention in Chicago. He was there also promoting a local horror film that he participated in, “The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue.” HollywoodChicago.
- 8/25/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In the New Group and Tectonic Theater Project’s Off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ One Arm, Claybourne Elder plays Ollie, a chiseled and charming young Navy boxer, and he’s a total knockout in the role.
The 6-foot-1 out actor from Springville, Utah, pulls no punches in depicting how Ollie loses his right arm in an auto accident and then turns to a life of prostitution and prison. Based on Williams’ 1940s short story and 1967 unproduced screenplay, One Arm has been lovingly adapted into an 85-minute one-act and championed by another theatrical heavyweight: Moisés Kaufman.
Claybourne Elder (Photo credit: Andrew Parsons and Serge Nivelle)
Kaufman, the openly gay, Tony- and Emmy-nominated writer/director (33 Variations and The Laramie Project), says One Arm is “one of the frankest portrayals of the homosexual world that Tennessee lived in. And that made me want to do it. For the most part, gay characters in...
The 6-foot-1 out actor from Springville, Utah, pulls no punches in depicting how Ollie loses his right arm in an auto accident and then turns to a life of prostitution and prison. Based on Williams’ 1940s short story and 1967 unproduced screenplay, One Arm has been lovingly adapted into an 85-minute one-act and championed by another theatrical heavyweight: Moisés Kaufman.
Claybourne Elder (Photo credit: Andrew Parsons and Serge Nivelle)
Kaufman, the openly gay, Tony- and Emmy-nominated writer/director (33 Variations and The Laramie Project), says One Arm is “one of the frankest portrayals of the homosexual world that Tennessee lived in. And that made me want to do it. For the most part, gay characters in...
- 6/21/2011
- by Wayman Wong
- The Backlot
MGM/Fox will release the Blu-ray edition of the classic 1962 espionage thriller movie The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra (Concert for the Americas) and Angela Lansbury (Harlow) on May 10, following its three-month exclusive availability through retail giant Best Buy.
Angela Lansbury is the ruthless Queen of Diamonds in The Manchurian Candidate.
Directed by John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix) and George Axelrod, the film revolves around a platoon American soldiers in the Korean War who may or may not have been captured by the enemy. Major Bennett (Sinatra) can’t seem to remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical assassination plot orchestrated by the ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, Summer and Smoke), her senator husband (James Gregory, TV’s Barney Miller) and a clandestine consortium of enemy leaders.
The Blu-ray will carry the list price of $19.99.
All of the bonus...
Angela Lansbury is the ruthless Queen of Diamonds in The Manchurian Candidate.
Directed by John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix) and George Axelrod, the film revolves around a platoon American soldiers in the Korean War who may or may not have been captured by the enemy. Major Bennett (Sinatra) can’t seem to remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical assassination plot orchestrated by the ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, Summer and Smoke), her senator husband (James Gregory, TV’s Barney Miller) and a clandestine consortium of enemy leaders.
The Blu-ray will carry the list price of $19.99.
All of the bonus...
- 4/11/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Sophia Loren is to be feted by the motion picture academy on May 4 with a tribute at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will include film clips and personal remarks from her friends and colleagues and conclude with an onstage conversation with the Oscar champ. Loren made Oscar history in 1961 when she became the first performer to prevail for a non-English speaking role by winning Best Actress for "Two Women." Acting in her native Italian, Loren was riveting as a mother struggling to protect her daughter in war-torn Rome. Originally cast by her mentor Vittorio De Sica as the demure daughter, the then 26-year-old actress fought to play the part of the matriarch. To win the Oscar, Loren edged out Audrey Hepburn ("Breakfast at Tiffany's"), Piper Laurie ("The Hustler"), Geraldine Page ("Summer and Smoke") and Natalie Wood ("Splendor in the Grass"). The actress had decided not to make the trip to Hollywoo.
- 3/28/2011
- Gold Derby
Starting Monday... it's Tennessee Williams Week! The great American playwright's centennial is on March 26th and since his stage work has had such crucial impact on the big screen especially for actors, since Nicole Kidman and James Franco will soon attempt to revive Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway, and since his writing has influenced other legendary writers or filmmakers like John Waters, Edward Albee, Tony Kushner and Pedro Almodóvar, why not a whole week?
For those of you who haven't seen any of the movies based on his work, why not rent a couple? On Wednesday night we'll celebrate A Streetcar Named Desire with "hit me with your best shot" but other films we hope to touch on include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Fugitive Kind, The Rose Tattoo, Baby Doll, Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth and Night of the Iguana. If you have a blog,...
For those of you who haven't seen any of the movies based on his work, why not rent a couple? On Wednesday night we'll celebrate A Streetcar Named Desire with "hit me with your best shot" but other films we hope to touch on include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Fugitive Kind, The Rose Tattoo, Baby Doll, Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth and Night of the Iguana. If you have a blog,...
- 3/19/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman in Barry Levinson's Academy Award winner Rain Man (1988). Hoffman won the Best Actor Oscar that year; Cruise wasn't even nominated. Biggest Oscar Snubs #8e: Non-Nominated Actors – From Charles Farrell to Rock Hudson Jean Simmons, Elmer Gantry (1960) Robert Mitchum, The Sundowners (1960) Fredric March, Inherit the Wind (1960) Fred MacMurray, The Apartment (1960) Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier, Fanny (1961) Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, West Side Story (1961) Laurence Harvey, Summer and Smoke (1961) Alec Guinness, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Paul Newman, Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Cleopatra (1963) Brandon DeWilde, Hud (1963) Susannah York, Tom Jones (1963) Alan Bates and Irene Papas, Zorba the Greek (1964) Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins (1964) Vivien Leigh, Ship of Fools (1965) Jason Robards and Barbara Harris, A Thousand Clowns (1965) Laurence Harvey and [...]...
- 1/29/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
It's like a dream. I'm at the shore in Barcelona, Spain. The hot morning sun reflects off the ocean's blue waves—and Antonio's crystal blue eyes. His wide shoulders could throw me across the ocean. I'm sure of it. He could fight Zeus with no weapons. He was Odysseus in a past life; it's obvious. He wants to go skinny-dipping in the ocean—a very common thing in Spain, apparently. His skin literally sparkles in the sunlight. Unbelievable. Is this heaven? I close my eyes. My mind wanders. Suddenly, I am back in Los Angeles. The traffic is grinding. I'm sitting in my eight-year-old Mazda Miata on the way to an audition. The tires are getting bald, making me cautious to hit the brakes too harshly. The air-conditioning isn't working, and a few days ago it was 113 degrees in the city. I am slowly melting when... Antonio holds his gentle...
- 11/5/2010
- backstage.com
I'd already passed interview number one. Now I'm told that Michael, the other manager, will be right with me. This place is super high-end. Everything's white. The floor, the walls, the ceiling, the tables, the linens covering the tables, the candles—even the server's uniforms are… uniform. I had totally forgotten that at a restaurant this nice you'd most certainly have to wear the standard white button-up shirt and bow tie.I sit at the bar and prop myself on a very high white stool. My legs don't touch the floor. I'm kind of tall, so these seats must be more-than-ordinarily high. I feel like a kid. My shoes dangle and now I'm seven again, waiting for Mom to put on my shoes as I suck on a lollipop. I swore I would never wait tables again, but here I am—applying at one of L.A.'s finest Italian restaurants.
- 6/11/2010
- backstage.com
Dipping his head into the waiting area, the red-haired Pa calls out, his upper lip curling as he snickers like a clown. "Showtime!" he says cheerfully. The now-familiar term is his usual way of calling the actors to set. Usually I enjoy the greeting, but not today. I'm so nervous I'm not sure I can even walk. He grabs my hand. I think he can tell I'm terrified. He knows the scene that I'm about to shoot. Everyone does. As I get closer, I can hear the assistant director intone into the walkie-talkie: "This is now a 'closed set.' Anyone that does not need to be here, step off the set now, please!" In movies, closed sets happen when nudity is involved. In this case, mine. We're making a horror film, with a director who just premiered a thrilling film at Sundance this year that was crazy well received.
- 4/6/2010
- backstage.com
So, dating. Yeah. Without getting too Sarah-Jess-Parker, I have come to one conclusion: As an actress, I need to date a creative guy. Of course, I've always had this perfect Prince Charming in my head. Tall, dark, handsome with tattoos, educated, well-read, well-traveled, a passion for humanitarianism... and creative. Someone like Jack or Sawyer from "Lost." (After all these seasons I still can't decide which I would marry. I lean towards Jack... no, Sawyer... no... Forget it.) Or Jeff Bridges—too old for me, but come on, you saw him in "Crazy Heart." Wow. I've been single for nearly a year and I'm finally ready to date. And by "ready to date" I mean that I'm now healed in a way where I'm open to being swept away. No longer will images of my ex won't ruin the experience, causing me to hyperventilate in the nearest bathroom. That happened when...
- 2/20/2010
- backstage.com
It's Tuesday at 12:26 p.m., and I'm standing in the middle of a Petco pet store, in the aisle with the dog collars and chew toys. A man in maroon bike shorts and a "Palin Sucks" T-shirt keeps eyeing me as he fiddles with a box of Milk Bone dog biscuits. I look away and try to concentrate. I'm wearing a billowy blue mini-dress and heels, in full makeup, my hair prepped. I picked this outfit on purpose—so I can disrobe easily. Why? It's nothing seamy or weird. I have a commercial audition. My new commercial agent found me a part as a body double. If you've never done it, the role is simple. It's what it sounds like; they see your body. That's it. No more, no less. And for that they pay you well. I love commercials! (Thank you, my agent...) For this role, I am...
- 12/19/2009
- backstage.com
There is a special place in American cinema reserved for a certain variety of self-doubting, sexually clumsy, hyperintellectual young man. Perhaps it was Woody Allen who first carved out a niche in film for men nursing this particular cocktail of neuroses. Whatever its origins, the archetype exists, and for a new generation of movie fans, actor Jesse Eisenberg appears to have taken awkward, unsteady hold of the baton. (Of course—these guys are never athletic.)
Born in Queens, New York, and raised in New Jersey, the 26-year-old Eisenberg began performing professionally as a teen, and even did a run on Broadway in a 1996 revival of the Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke. But it’s Eisenberg’s film work—punctuated by performances in Dylan Kidd’s Roger Dodger (2002), Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale (2005), and this year’s Adventureland (in which he co-starred alongside this issue’s cover girl,...
Born in Queens, New York, and raised in New Jersey, the 26-year-old Eisenberg began performing professionally as a teen, and even did a run on Broadway in a 1996 revival of the Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke. But it’s Eisenberg’s film work—punctuated by performances in Dylan Kidd’s Roger Dodger (2002), Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale (2005), and this year’s Adventureland (in which he co-starred alongside this issue’s cover girl,...
- 10/27/2009
- by By Woody Harrelson Photography Sebastian Kim
- Interview Magazine
Some people do yoga. I hang out in a little cigar shop on Melrose Avenue. Cigar people know this place, and I've found myself to be a cigar person. Looking at me, that might be the last thing you perceive. I'm pretty girly, so the sight of a thin blonde with a big fat stogie in her mouth is somewhat—can I say?—shocking. It's my favorite place to 'get away.' I come here to regroup after a week in which I audition for ten projects and get none of them—not even a callback. I come here to center myself, to think, to write, to contemplate the meaning of my existence, and existence in general. The shop is run by a family who moved to America from Afghanistan. They know me here. When I walk in, A'deem, one of the owners, brings a dark chocolate bar and a...
- 10/12/2009
- backstage.com
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