Ned Beatty, who made an indelible first impression in Deliverance before turning in noteworthy efforts in Nashville, Network and Homicide: Life on the Street as one of the most respected character actors of his time, has died, according to TMZ. He was 83.
Beatty reportedly died Sunday in his sleep at his home. Further details were not immediately available, but a source told TMZ that his death was not related to Covid-19. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Beatty’s manager.
The Kentucky native also portrayed Lily Tomlin’s good ol’ boy hustler-lawyer husband in Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975), was a slippery Miami district attorney in ...
Beatty reportedly died Sunday in his sleep at his home. Further details were not immediately available, but a source told TMZ that his death was not related to Covid-19. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Beatty’s manager.
The Kentucky native also portrayed Lily Tomlin’s good ol’ boy hustler-lawyer husband in Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975), was a slippery Miami district attorney in ...
- 6/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The day I signed up to formspring (as an experiment) someone asked me the following question. Can you articulate what you always search for in movies? I realized I probably couldn't do it in 140 characters on twitter. So I'll try right here.
Saying it depends on the movie is too noncomittal. So let's say instead that a movie should always be striving to be its best self. Flaws are really easy to put it up (and can even be hugely endearing) within a movie that is primarily itself. Same goes for television. I think this is why I have so little patience for knock offs, dully conceived remakes and product that doesn't challenge itself but merely regurgitates better stuff.
[tangent] I hate to pick on reality television (too easy) but it's a helpful example. The other night I walked in and The Boyfriend was watching Top Chef. Only it wasn't Top Chef. It took me a few seconds to calibrate that it was just one of many shows that use the same lighting design, same patterns of judging, same gender / age / race mixture panel of judges, same entrances and exit system for winners and losers and whatnot. This is why I detested that Work of Art reality show that was recently on. I actually felt like vomiting when I saw it (rare feeling for me). You'd think a show about visual artists would, in being its best self, be inherently different than a show about fashion designers or a show about chefs. But it was Exactly like the others. It had no connection whatsoever to Art, only to other reality shows. It's such a creatively bankrupt genre and it's really sad because -- this next bit is for Joe who hates that I pick on reality TV -- this genre is not inferior at it's core. It shouldn't really be any different than any other in its capacity for flexibility in form and content. There have got to be about 410,273 ways to make a competitive rulebook (at least) and who says it even has to be a traditional competition with one winner for every show? Why does each show have to be the same? Football doesn't have the same rules as tennis. A musical doesn't need the same scene structure as a historical drama.
editor's note: I got sidetracked. I was thinking about TV because I'll be live-blogging the Emmys August 29th. (Lots of movie stars are nominated) Heads up! /tangent]...
Saying it depends on the movie is too noncomittal. So let's say instead that a movie should always be striving to be its best self. Flaws are really easy to put it up (and can even be hugely endearing) within a movie that is primarily itself. Same goes for television. I think this is why I have so little patience for knock offs, dully conceived remakes and product that doesn't challenge itself but merely regurgitates better stuff.
[tangent] I hate to pick on reality television (too easy) but it's a helpful example. The other night I walked in and The Boyfriend was watching Top Chef. Only it wasn't Top Chef. It took me a few seconds to calibrate that it was just one of many shows that use the same lighting design, same patterns of judging, same gender / age / race mixture panel of judges, same entrances and exit system for winners and losers and whatnot. This is why I detested that Work of Art reality show that was recently on. I actually felt like vomiting when I saw it (rare feeling for me). You'd think a show about visual artists would, in being its best self, be inherently different than a show about fashion designers or a show about chefs. But it was Exactly like the others. It had no connection whatsoever to Art, only to other reality shows. It's such a creatively bankrupt genre and it's really sad because -- this next bit is for Joe who hates that I pick on reality TV -- this genre is not inferior at it's core. It shouldn't really be any different than any other in its capacity for flexibility in form and content. There have got to be about 410,273 ways to make a competitive rulebook (at least) and who says it even has to be a traditional competition with one winner for every show? Why does each show have to be the same? Football doesn't have the same rules as tennis. A musical doesn't need the same scene structure as a historical drama.
editor's note: I got sidetracked. I was thinking about TV because I'll be live-blogging the Emmys August 29th. (Lots of movie stars are nominated) Heads up! /tangent]...
- 8/19/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The 1970s was the start of a golden age of American Cinema. Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma and Francis Ford Coppola paved the way to make American Cinema transcend the box office into artistic expression. Their influence of foreign filmmakers like Kurosawa, Fellini and Godard with the sense of kinetic energy, passion and a disregard for rules and convention could be seen on the screen. Namely in which with Robert Altman who gained stature in 1970 with the extraordinary film, Mash, started a decade of social commentary by way of playful genre. In Brewster McCloud, Altman explores the themes of purpose and an absurd, purposeless world. The once extremely hard to find film (until now the only way to see it was on VHS or in theaters as part of an Altman Retrospective) is now available on DVD for the first time via the Warner Archive.
Bud Cort plays the title role of Brewster McCloud,...
Bud Cort plays the title role of Brewster McCloud,...
- 8/6/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
Robert Altman is as varied as he is polarizing, and while it is easy to spot the feel of an Altman film, it was always difficult to predict what genre his next effort would fit in. It’s hard to run through Mash, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Popeye, The Long Goodbye, and Ready to Wear, and have any idea what you’ll get at the next point in the chain.
Adding to the complexity are several films that don’t fit well into a category or genre themselves. One of his most interesting, Brewster McCloud, is such a film.
A curious, bookish boy with significantly large glasses, Brewster (Bud Cort) lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Watched over, in a strange and often uncomfortable sense, by the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), Brewster’s life is consumed by a quest to fly.
The film’s structure is as...
Adding to the complexity are several films that don’t fit well into a category or genre themselves. One of his most interesting, Brewster McCloud, is such a film.
A curious, bookish boy with significantly large glasses, Brewster (Bud Cort) lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Watched over, in a strange and often uncomfortable sense, by the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), Brewster’s life is consumed by a quest to fly.
The film’s structure is as...
- 7/27/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – Robert Altman made very few films that didn’t have at least a few redeeming qualities and often much more than that faint praise. Even Altman’s relative failures were often fascinating in their own way. Such a film is 1970’s “Brewster McCloud,” a work nowhere near as beloved as some of his ’70s comedies but that definitely warrants a look on its newly remastered DVD, available exclusively through the WB Shop online.
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
Released the same year as his wildly successful “M*A*S*H” and just six months before the great “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” history has somewhat discarded and forgotten “Brewster McCloud.” It’s certainly nowhere near as cited nor influential as “The Long Goodbye,” “Nashville,” or “3 Women” and the more successful period that Altman would go through in the later ’70s allowed poor Brewster to slip under the radar.
How far under the radar? It...
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
Released the same year as his wildly successful “M*A*S*H” and just six months before the great “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” history has somewhat discarded and forgotten “Brewster McCloud.” It’s certainly nowhere near as cited nor influential as “The Long Goodbye,” “Nashville,” or “3 Women” and the more successful period that Altman would go through in the later ’70s allowed poor Brewster to slip under the radar.
How far under the radar? It...
- 7/19/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Having explored over the last two days both the Box Office Sweet Spot and the directors with the highest average box-office over the course of their careers, I can't quite let it go until I round up the directors with the lowest box-office average, too (since 1980). Again, to be included on the list, the director must have made at least four films, and I also excluded those directors who didn't have at least four movies in the English language (just because a director like Tom Twyker or Hayao Miyazaki may not be commercially successful in America doesn't mean he hasn't been incredibly successful overseas).
I think the trend that you're most likely to pick up on from this list is that you don't have to make scads of money at the box office to be considered a successful or very well-respected director. Many of the directors on this list have Oscars,...
I think the trend that you're most likely to pick up on from this list is that you don't have to make scads of money at the box office to be considered a successful or very well-respected director. Many of the directors on this list have Oscars,...
- 7/14/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
He plays jazz piano, thinks acting is a 'magical, mystical journey' – and couldn't care less about the money. Kira Cochrane talks to Jeff Goldblum as he hits the West End
Jeff Goldblum was just a small child when he resolved to become an actor, but he kept this passion secret for the best part of a decade. The idea of acting intoxicated him, he says, leaning towards me in an upstairs room at the Old Vic theatre in London, his long limbs folding in on themselves, eyes bulging, a rhythmic click emanating occasionally from his throat. (It's not hard to see why David Cronenberg cast him as a fly.) He continues speaking in his strange scat-singer style.
"During those years, I would take a shower," he says, "and it had a door, not a curtain, a door, a glass door, which would steam up, and I'd write every morning – because I hadn't told anyone,...
Jeff Goldblum was just a small child when he resolved to become an actor, but he kept this passion secret for the best part of a decade. The idea of acting intoxicated him, he says, leaning towards me in an upstairs room at the Old Vic theatre in London, his long limbs folding in on themselves, eyes bulging, a rhythmic click emanating occasionally from his throat. (It's not hard to see why David Cronenberg cast him as a fly.) He continues speaking in his strange scat-singer style.
"During those years, I would take a shower," he says, "and it had a door, not a curtain, a door, a glass door, which would steam up, and I'd write every morning – because I hadn't told anyone,...
- 7/13/2010
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
cinema
Self Styled Siren terrific piece on memorable movie costumes. The Siren writes beautifully. My favorite write-ups are those for Breathless and Strangers on a Train.
Dennis Cozzalio has an amazing piece about the 35th anniversary of Robert Altman's Nashville, one of the best movies ever made.
Boy Culture on the new Burlesque stills and out writer/director Steve Antin. I'm excited for this movie but also fearful that it'll just be the Christina Aguilera show. That would be epically disappointing given the rest of the cast list: Cher, Tucci, Cumming, Bell.
Cinema Blend Viggo & Fassbender on the set of David Cronenberg's Freud/Jung picture Dangerous Method. Can't wait. So excited to see two of today's best actors in character.
Cinematical Neil Gaiman is sick of vampires.
movie stars
I Need My Fix Jude Law in the Czech Republic. Apparently Sadie Frost is writing a book about their marriage.
Self Styled Siren terrific piece on memorable movie costumes. The Siren writes beautifully. My favorite write-ups are those for Breathless and Strangers on a Train.
Dennis Cozzalio has an amazing piece about the 35th anniversary of Robert Altman's Nashville, one of the best movies ever made.
Boy Culture on the new Burlesque stills and out writer/director Steve Antin. I'm excited for this movie but also fearful that it'll just be the Christina Aguilera show. That would be epically disappointing given the rest of the cast list: Cher, Tucci, Cumming, Bell.
Cinema Blend Viggo & Fassbender on the set of David Cronenberg's Freud/Jung picture Dangerous Method. Can't wait. So excited to see two of today's best actors in character.
Cinematical Neil Gaiman is sick of vampires.
movie stars
I Need My Fix Jude Law in the Czech Republic. Apparently Sadie Frost is writing a book about their marriage.
- 7/5/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Supporting actors aren't just those familiar faces who can steal a film. They show a way for movies to portray real life
Do you remember the film Iris? Directed by Richard Eyre, it opened in 2001, and was about the marriage between novelist Iris Murdoch, and her husband, the literary professor John Bayley. I have not seen the picture since it opened and as I try to recall it, I see three faces – Judi Dench and Kate Winslet (they played the older Iris and the younger woman), and Jim Broadbent – who was Bayley in his mature years. I think of it as a tripartite film, yet I know there was a fourth corner and a fourth actor – the young Bayley. I hope he will forgive me, but I have to check his name – of course, it was Hugh Bonneville.
Having looked the film up, here is what surprises me: Dench was nominated for best actress,...
Do you remember the film Iris? Directed by Richard Eyre, it opened in 2001, and was about the marriage between novelist Iris Murdoch, and her husband, the literary professor John Bayley. I have not seen the picture since it opened and as I try to recall it, I see three faces – Judi Dench and Kate Winslet (they played the older Iris and the younger woman), and Jim Broadbent – who was Bayley in his mature years. I think of it as a tripartite film, yet I know there was a fourth corner and a fourth actor – the young Bayley. I hope he will forgive me, but I have to check his name – of course, it was Hugh Bonneville.
Having looked the film up, here is what surprises me: Dench was nominated for best actress,...
- 7/1/2010
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Playhouse—June 2010
By
Allen Gardner
The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...
By
Allen Gardner
The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...
- 6/23/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
If we could kiss, cuddle, and embrace Shout! Factory until we both weep, I think that we would. After reading the following news, we're fairly certain you'll want to join in on our video induced love fest.
From the Press Release
Just when you thought it was safe to take a dip in the water again…they’re baaaack! This summer rediscover two enduring Roger Corman underwater thrillers filled with unstoppable action and edge-of-your-seat suspense as Joe Dante’s Piranha and Humanoids from the Deep, directed by Barbara Peters, debut August 3, 2010 for the first time on Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation. These two definitive Special Edition home entertainment releases from Roger Corman’s Cult Classics are sure to cause a feeding frenzy among thrill seekers and loyal fans of Roger Corman and Joe Dante. Piranha Special Edition offers two highly...
From the Press Release
Just when you thought it was safe to take a dip in the water again…they’re baaaack! This summer rediscover two enduring Roger Corman underwater thrillers filled with unstoppable action and edge-of-your-seat suspense as Joe Dante’s Piranha and Humanoids from the Deep, directed by Barbara Peters, debut August 3, 2010 for the first time on Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation. These two definitive Special Edition home entertainment releases from Roger Corman’s Cult Classics are sure to cause a feeding frenzy among thrill seekers and loyal fans of Roger Corman and Joe Dante. Piranha Special Edition offers two highly...
- 5/26/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts celebrate star-studded “Valentine’s Day” Blu-ray release
By Sean O’Connell
HollywoodNews.com stays on top of the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases so you know which films are worth your time and money. This week, we review:
Valentine’s Day (Blu-ray)
Something special happens when Garry Marshall works with Julia Roberts. Audience members turn out in droves! The director’s three highest-grossing films all star the A-list actress: “Pretty Woman” ($178 million), “Runaway Bride” ($152 million), and now “Valentine’s Day” ($110 million). The last one arrives on Blu-ray DVD this week.
The magnetic redhead – with her trademark radiant smile – is but one small piece of this unwieldy concoction that tracks a small army of Angelinos falling in and out of love on Valentine’s Day. Florist Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) has a finger in almost half of the loosely associated storylines. Not only does he propose to his wishy-washy girlfriend (Jessica Alba), but countless characters conveniently pop in...
HollywoodNews.com stays on top of the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases so you know which films are worth your time and money. This week, we review:
Valentine’s Day (Blu-ray)
Something special happens when Garry Marshall works with Julia Roberts. Audience members turn out in droves! The director’s three highest-grossing films all star the A-list actress: “Pretty Woman” ($178 million), “Runaway Bride” ($152 million), and now “Valentine’s Day” ($110 million). The last one arrives on Blu-ray DVD this week.
The magnetic redhead – with her trademark radiant smile – is but one small piece of this unwieldy concoction that tracks a small army of Angelinos falling in and out of love on Valentine’s Day. Florist Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) has a finger in almost half of the loosely associated storylines. Not only does he propose to his wishy-washy girlfriend (Jessica Alba), but countless characters conveniently pop in...
- 5/19/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Dave Rawlings is the top nominee for this year's Americana Music Association Awards. Rawlings, long happy to stand in the shadows as a producer and longtime collaborator with Gillian Welch, received four nominations, including album of the year for his debut, "A Friend of a Friend." Oscar winner Ryan Bingham and Ray Wylie Hubbard each received three nominations and Patty Griffin, The Avett Brothers and Hayes Carll took two apiece when Emmylou Harris and Todd Snider read the nominations Wednesday in Nashville. Bingham, Griffin, Hubbard and Levon Helm and Steve Earle in a tie were nominated for...
- 5/12/2010
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
Yes, we're excited to see "Iron Man 2," "Inception" and God help us, "Predators." But what we're really looking forward to spending a few hours in the company of an undertaking Bill Murray ("Get Low"), an Italian-speaking Tilda Swinton ("I Am Love") and a toga-wearing Rachel Weisz ("Agora") in the comfort of air-conditioned theater over the next three months. (Either that or we'll be enjoying them from the comfort of home online, on demand or on DVD.)
There are no less than 114 independently produced movies arriving in theaters this summer to compete with the big studio blockbusters and we've compiled this helpful guide that covers all of them. Yet realizing that the latest arthouse and foreign fare is subject to changing dates, particularly if you don't live in Los Angeles or New York, we've also included links to follow the films on Twitter, Facebook and release schedules where available, so...
There are no less than 114 independently produced movies arriving in theaters this summer to compete with the big studio blockbusters and we've compiled this helpful guide that covers all of them. Yet realizing that the latest arthouse and foreign fare is subject to changing dates, particularly if you don't live in Los Angeles or New York, we've also included links to follow the films on Twitter, Facebook and release schedules where available, so...
- 5/11/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
V.F. contributor David Kamp, who most recently wrote about the late John Hughes, admits that he pretended as a teenager to be too cool for The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and other Hughes films, but deep down really loved the movies, which have come to define the 80s. A guest host at the TCM Film Festival, where he introduced Cleopatra, Kamp insists that the botched production was not the disaster it’s made out to be—in fact it turned a profit! Which movie had the greatest impact on him? Robert Altman’s Nashville, which he remembers as, in a word, traumatic.
- 4/28/2010
- Vanity Fair
Chicago – For fans of “The Wire,” expectations are ludicrously high for HBO’s “Treme” (pronounced “tre-may”), the newest dramatic work from David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Two of the creative voices behind one of the best television programs of all time have turned their focus from Baltimore to New Orleans and lost none of their dramatic resonance, delivering an incredibly rewarding show that will have viewers tapping their feet to the rhythm of a city that doesn’t just “enjoy” or “play” music, it needs it to survive.
Television Rating: 5.0/5.0
Unlike a lot of programs or films about musical cities (the many Motown stories, even most musician biopics, etc.), the healing and communicative power of music is not merely the background for melodrama on “Treme”. In a show named after a musical section of New Orleans, it is a part of the fabric of the lives of every single character.
Television Rating: 5.0/5.0
Unlike a lot of programs or films about musical cities (the many Motown stories, even most musician biopics, etc.), the healing and communicative power of music is not merely the background for melodrama on “Treme”. In a show named after a musical section of New Orleans, it is a part of the fabric of the lives of every single character.
- 4/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Alamo Guide
for April 2nd, 2010
What a week! First of all, if you got caught in the fiasco of the ticketing site for Weird Al last Friday, we’d like to apologize. We greatly underestimated how excited people were about this event, and it sold out in mere minutes, completely destroying the ticket server. We are, however, in talks with Weird Al’s posse about the possibilities of a second show, so sit tight and we’ll give you details as they come!
Lately, it has been crazy gorgeous outside. I guess this is the “nice” weather that comes around once a year. We’re taking advantage of it, this week specifically. We have two outdoor screenings! Tomorrow (Thursday), we’ve partnered with Amoa again to screen Nashville at the beautiful Laguna Gloria! Saturday, Tim and Karrie League are opening their home for a MS150 BeneFeast screening of Triplets Of Belleville!
for April 2nd, 2010
What a week! First of all, if you got caught in the fiasco of the ticketing site for Weird Al last Friday, we’d like to apologize. We greatly underestimated how excited people were about this event, and it sold out in mere minutes, completely destroying the ticket server. We are, however, in talks with Weird Al’s posse about the possibilities of a second show, so sit tight and we’ll give you details as they come!
Lately, it has been crazy gorgeous outside. I guess this is the “nice” weather that comes around once a year. We’re taking advantage of it, this week specifically. We have two outdoor screenings! Tomorrow (Thursday), we’ve partnered with Amoa again to screen Nashville at the beautiful Laguna Gloria! Saturday, Tim and Karrie League are opening their home for a MS150 BeneFeast screening of Triplets Of Belleville!
- 3/31/2010
- by caitlin
- OriginalAlamo.com
Film, art, culture, food, drink- all outdoors at Austin’s premiere spot for Springtime bliss!
To help celebrate the opening of Amoa’s new exhibit American Letterpress: The Art of The Hatch Show Print (Feb 13 – May 9), we’re teaming up to present Robert Altman’s classic film Nashville in the open-air amphitheater on their spectacular Laguna Gloria campus!
A ticket to this event includes:
-Screening of Nashville in Amoa’s gorgeous Laguna Gloria Amphitheater
-A live letter press demonstration by Drive By Press
-A “Tennessee” picnic served up by Alamo executive chef John Bullington
-Admission to the Hatch Show Print exhibit at Amoa’s downtown gallery
Thursday, April 1, doors at 7pm!
Laguna Gloria
Springtime in Austin at Laguna Gloria is as good as it gets anywhere on Earth, and we’re going to bring in even more to ensure this will actually be The Best place to be! Enjoy delicious...
To help celebrate the opening of Amoa’s new exhibit American Letterpress: The Art of The Hatch Show Print (Feb 13 – May 9), we’re teaming up to present Robert Altman’s classic film Nashville in the open-air amphitheater on their spectacular Laguna Gloria campus!
A ticket to this event includes:
-Screening of Nashville in Amoa’s gorgeous Laguna Gloria Amphitheater
-A live letter press demonstration by Drive By Press
-A “Tennessee” picnic served up by Alamo executive chef John Bullington
-Admission to the Hatch Show Print exhibit at Amoa’s downtown gallery
Thursday, April 1, doors at 7pm!
Laguna Gloria
Springtime in Austin at Laguna Gloria is as good as it gets anywhere on Earth, and we’re going to bring in even more to ensure this will actually be The Best place to be! Enjoy delicious...
- 3/30/2010
- by brad
- OriginalAlamo.com
Change is coming to USA's Law & Order: Criminal Intent. After eight seasons, Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian say goodbye in a dramatic two-part season opener that begins Tuesday at 10 p.m. Est and concludes April 6. Jeff Goldblum, who joined the show last season as the offbeat Det. Zach Nichols, remains to welcome new additions Saffron Burrows (Det. Serena Stevens, Nichols' new partner) and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Capt. Zoe Callas, who assumes control of the Major Case Squad). The always game Goldblum phoned PopWatch last Friday on his lunch break -- 5:30 p.m. -- before settling in for a long night shoot.
- 3/29/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Alamo Guide for March 25th, 2010
We Are Back In Action! SXSW is over for another year, and we are jam packed with Super Fun Times! For reals. We’ve got new release films out the wazoo, and a full week of specialty programming.First off, for all you hot tub enthusiasts, the most ridiculous (or genius?) time travel film to date opens Friday at the Ritz. That’s right, folks, it’s a Hot Tub Time Machine. If you’re more of a genre type of guy or gal, check out Mother, the newest thriller from the director of The Host! If you never saw The Host, go rent that, and Then you’ll really want to see Mother! We’ve also got Greenberg at S. Lamar starting Friday for all you thirty-somethings in an existential crisis… or for those that just want to see Ben Stiller in an existential crisis.
We Are Back In Action! SXSW is over for another year, and we are jam packed with Super Fun Times! For reals. We’ve got new release films out the wazoo, and a full week of specialty programming.First off, for all you hot tub enthusiasts, the most ridiculous (or genius?) time travel film to date opens Friday at the Ritz. That’s right, folks, it’s a Hot Tub Time Machine. If you’re more of a genre type of guy or gal, check out Mother, the newest thriller from the director of The Host! If you never saw The Host, go rent that, and Then you’ll really want to see Mother! We’ve also got Greenberg at S. Lamar starting Friday for all you thirty-somethings in an existential crisis… or for those that just want to see Ben Stiller in an existential crisis.
- 3/25/2010
- by caitlin
- OriginalAlamo.com
***This review discusses some of the plot points in Valentine's Day.***
When someone looks at a poster or sees a trailer for some celeb-packed movie, he or she will almost invariably think, “Well, with a cast like that, how bad could it be?”
The new answer to that hypothetical question? “As bad as Valentine’s Day.”
Schlock-meister Garry Marshall — who once referred to his films, with no irony whatsoever, as “warmedies” — has given us an ensemble piece that contains fewer laughs than it has Oscar winners. I had always thought of Love Actually, this movie’s obvious antecedent, as a pleasant diversion, but next to Valentine’s Day, it’s a cerebral epic on par with Robert Altman’s Nashville.
The upside of movies with a patchwork quilt of characters is that if you don’t like who’s currently on screen, there’s just a short wait until they cut to someone else.
When someone looks at a poster or sees a trailer for some celeb-packed movie, he or she will almost invariably think, “Well, with a cast like that, how bad could it be?”
The new answer to that hypothetical question? “As bad as Valentine’s Day.”
Schlock-meister Garry Marshall — who once referred to his films, with no irony whatsoever, as “warmedies” — has given us an ensemble piece that contains fewer laughs than it has Oscar winners. I had always thought of Love Actually, this movie’s obvious antecedent, as a pleasant diversion, but next to Valentine’s Day, it’s a cerebral epic on par with Robert Altman’s Nashville.
The upside of movies with a patchwork quilt of characters is that if you don’t like who’s currently on screen, there’s just a short wait until they cut to someone else.
- 2/12/2010
- by alonsoduralde
- The Backlot
Justin Townes Earle. You want to put the weight of the world on your kid, give him that name. Justin, an early Christian martyr. Townes, for Townes Van Zandt, the legendary --- and famously self-destructive --- singer/ songwriter from Texas. And Earle, because you're Steve Earle, hard-core troubadour, once thought to be Nashville's answer to Springsteen. Steve Earle left his wife when Justin was two or three years old, but just as he towers over most of the musicians in Nashville, he was a looming presence in his son's life. No surprise that Justin took to music. "He did encourage me," Justin has said, "because at the point I decided that's what I wanted to do, I was really on my way to prison. I was a huge pain in everybody's ass and I think he was glad I was actually taking an interest...
- 2/10/2010
- by Jesse Kornbluth
- Huffington Post
In the first part of this two-part interview with one of the country's most overlooked artists, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer talks about her new album, Crows, the impending birth of her first child and the state of country music. Close to delivering her eighth record and first child (in that order), Allison Moorer seems far removed from her previous life as a Country It Girl. In a New York state of mind now, her memories of Alabama, where she was born, and her once-adopted home of Tennessee aren't nearly as warm as the weather down there. She still makes records in Nashville and occasionally goes back with her husband, folk hero/rock renegade/outlaw countryman Steve Earle, who has owned a home in Fairview since the Eighties. If it's a tie that binds, they sound ready to cut it loose. "Hopefully, when the market recovers,...
- 2/4/2010
- by Michael Bialas
- Huffington Post
Did you know that Jamie Foxx holds the record for most Golden Globe nominations in one year? "Extra" has compiled a list of fun facts about the awards ceremony before the 2010 Golden Globes air Sunday, January 17 on NBC!
Fun Facts About the Golden GlobesL.A. Love
The first telecasts of the Globes were from 1958-1963 — but were only aired locally in Los Angeles.
Going National
The first national telecasts of the awards were during a...
Fun Facts About the Golden GlobesL.A. Love
The first telecasts of the Globes were from 1958-1963 — but were only aired locally in Los Angeles.
Going National
The first national telecasts of the awards were during a...
- 1/17/2010
- Extra
House of 1000 Corpses, Dogtown, Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, Capricorn One, Nashville, The Day of the Locust, The Great Gatsby, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In, The Best Years of Our Lives, Weird Science, The Hills Have Eyes, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and From Russia With Love. These are just some of the movies and television shows the cast of Evil Spirits have been in prior to taking on this 1990 release. This amazingly talented cast is set adrift in a story that never manages to live up to its potential – either for fear or for camp.
Karen Black runs a boarding house where her roomers sign over all their government checks – they are all on disability or Social Security and she cashes them gleefully and pockets the money. Once a...
Karen Black runs a boarding house where her roomers sign over all their government checks – they are all on disability or Social Security and she cashes them gleefully and pockets the money. Once a...
- 1/6/2010
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (John Porter)
- Fangoria
Season 3 of Damages will be premiering on January 25, 2010 and several new cast members will be joining the cast (see when your other favorite shows will be returning in 2010). FX has released several photos in anticipation of the season 3 premiere. Damages is a great, dramatic show with solid performances, even if the quality did dip a bit in season 2. If you don't watch it, you still have time to catch up on seasons 1 and 2, before season 3 premieres.
Check out the cast photos below. It's all very dark and mysterious.
Campbell Scott and Martin Short Sign On as Series Regulars and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine Take on Guest Starring Roles
FX’s award-winning legal thriller Damages is adding four superior actors to its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine joining as special guest stars for the upcoming season premiering in January.
Check out the cast photos below. It's all very dark and mysterious.
Campbell Scott and Martin Short Sign On as Series Regulars and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine Take on Guest Starring Roles
FX’s award-winning legal thriller Damages is adding four superior actors to its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine joining as special guest stars for the upcoming season premiering in January.
- 12/23/2009
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Chicago – The film and TV journey of “M*A*S*H” was recently present at the Hollywood Celebrities Show in Rosemont, Illinois. From the film, Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman were there, as well as Gregory Harrison of “Trapper John, M.D.”
HollywoodChicago.com put the three stars through their interview paces at the event and also asked them to pose for Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto.
The saga of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Korea during that war, spawned a virtual entertainment industry. The book called “M*A*S*H,” by Richard Hooker (a pseudonym for Dr. Richard Hornberger) was released in 1968 and was a publishing sensation.
The legendary director Robert Altman made his mark with the film version in 1970. And then, of course, the M*A*S*H fate was sealed in the guise of the extremely popular TV sitcom from 1972-1983. So popular was the series,...
HollywoodChicago.com put the three stars through their interview paces at the event and also asked them to pose for Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto.
The saga of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Korea during that war, spawned a virtual entertainment industry. The book called “M*A*S*H,” by Richard Hooker (a pseudonym for Dr. Richard Hornberger) was released in 1968 and was a publishing sensation.
The legendary director Robert Altman made his mark with the film version in 1970. And then, of course, the M*A*S*H fate was sealed in the guise of the extremely popular TV sitcom from 1972-1983. So popular was the series,...
- 12/22/2009
- by PatrickMcD
- HollywoodChicago.com
It’s that time of year again, when sites the web-over compile helpful holiday shopping lists to guide you into the deepest, darkest pits of retail with a map that will hopefully get you out alive. Here now, without further ado, is the 2009 Quick Stop Holiday Shopping Guide.
(If you see anything you like, please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make your holiday purchases - it’s appreciated!)
I’ve banged on about for years, and I’m going to keep going virtual door to virtual door until the word gets out about Qi. If you’ve never heard of the UK quiz program Qi, you’re missing out on one of the funniest “educational” shows ever devised (the devisee being creator/producer John Lloyd, formerly of Blackadder, Not The Nine O’Clock News, and Spitting Image). The key to Qi (which stands for “Quite Interesting...
(If you see anything you like, please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make your holiday purchases - it’s appreciated!)
I’ve banged on about for years, and I’m going to keep going virtual door to virtual door until the word gets out about Qi. If you’ve never heard of the UK quiz program Qi, you’re missing out on one of the funniest “educational” shows ever devised (the devisee being creator/producer John Lloyd, formerly of Blackadder, Not The Nine O’Clock News, and Spitting Image). The key to Qi (which stands for “Quite Interesting...
- 12/11/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
In March 2006 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sprung one of its annual surprises by awarding the best picture Oscar to Crash, rather than Ang Lee’s acclaimed gay cowboy drama, Brokeback Mountain. At the time it looked as though racism and multiple vehicular pile-ups had trumped homosexuality in the battle of the “hot button” issue movies. But perhaps the Academy was belatedly acknowledging the kind of ambitious, densely plotted, multi-character dramas made famous by the great Robert Altman. From 1975’s Nashville, to Short Cuts, Prêt à Porter and his 2006 swansong A Prairie Home Companion, Altman allowed audiences to immerse themselves in the cinematic equivalent of a book of short stories. Writer Alissa Quart has characterised these films with multiple intersecting plotlines as “hyperlink movies”, in which, “information, character, and action co-exist without hierarchy”. Now I’m a fan of Altman and I loved Paul Thomas Anderson’s,...
- 11/7/2009
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
One thing I’ve noticed over the course of my life is that chicks dig dudes on motorcycles; one thing I’ve noticed over the last year or so is that chicks also dig Cam Gigandet. So, if the team behind the currently-shooting “Priest” adaptation are concerned about attracting the female demographic, some info I got recently from Cam makes me think they have no need to worry.
“Right now I’m shooting a movie with Paul Bettany that’s called ‘Priest,’ which is going to be an unbelievable film,” he explained when he stopped by the MTV studio last week. “The sets are just unbelievable—and we ride around on motorcycles.”
With any luck, Gigandet joked, not only will he and Bettany look cool as they channel their inner Wild Hogs, but they’ll also look like they know what they’re doing.
“I’d never ridden a motorcycle before this movie,...
“Right now I’m shooting a movie with Paul Bettany that’s called ‘Priest,’ which is going to be an unbelievable film,” he explained when he stopped by the MTV studio last week. “The sets are just unbelievable—and we ride around on motorcycles.”
With any luck, Gigandet joked, not only will he and Bettany look cool as they channel their inner Wild Hogs, but they’ll also look like they know what they’re doing.
“I’d never ridden a motorcycle before this movie,...
- 9/30/2009
- by Larry Carroll
- MTV Splash Page
The gallery of colorful character actors has lost another one of its most reliable members. Don't feel bad if you don't know the name Henry Gibson, because I suspect that a "supporting" player like Mr. Gibson would take your ignorance as a compliment. Actors like Henry Gibson generally show up 7th or 8th in the opening credits, if they show up there at all, but they excel at two things: Providing flawless support for a lead actor or a big star, and giving movie-watchers a nice comfortable vibe of "Ohhh, this guy! He's been in a dozen flicks I've seen before. No idea who he is, but I'm glad to see him again."
That was Henry Gibson. The frustrated "Illinois Nazi" from The Blues Brothers. The confused grocer in Innerspace. The goofy preacher from Wedding Crashers. He was in Nashville, The Long Goodbye, The Nutty Professor, Magnolia, and The 'Burbs.
That was Henry Gibson. The frustrated "Illinois Nazi" from The Blues Brothers. The confused grocer in Innerspace. The goofy preacher from Wedding Crashers. He was in Nashville, The Long Goodbye, The Nutty Professor, Magnolia, and The 'Burbs.
- 9/17/2009
- by Scott Weinberg
- Cinematical
Henry Gibson, who delivered witty and sarcastic poems on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, has died from cancer at age 73. Gibson had a long career after the show, appearing in such films as The Long Goodbye, Nashville and - more recently- Wedding Crashers. He also had a recurring role on the hit TV series Boston Legal. For more click here ...
- 9/17/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Henry Gibson, who died on Monday from cancer at the age of 73, was a fine comedic actor and living pun. (Born James Bateman, his stage name was a tip of the hat to playwright Henrik Ibsen.) Gibson initially became famous in the late '60s with his turns on the satirical comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and, more recently, portrayed an idiosyncratic judge on Boston Legal. His film credits included The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Wedding Crashers, and the Blues Brothers, in which he memorably essayed a Nazi. He was also a favorite actor of the director Joe Dante who cast him in Innerspace, the 'burbs, and Gremlins 2. It is an indication of Gibson's talents that another of his Hollywood patrons was the very un-Dante-esque Robert Altman. The late great auteur cast him in a number of films, such as Nashville and A Perfect Couple. But, to me, Gibson will...
- 9/17/2009
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Veteran character actor, Henry Gibson, 73, died Monday evening at his home in Malibu, after a brief illness. Gibson was best known as the flower-holding poet on the NBC slap-stick comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and was one of the original members of the cast. He appeared in four films, most notably in Robert Altman's Nashville and as the Illinois Nazi in The Blues Brothers. More recently, Gibson played a recurring role on Boston Legal as the grumpy Judge Clark Brown. Gibson is survived by three sons, three sisters and two grandchildren.
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- 9/17/2009
- by cynthia@cynopsis.com
- Cynopsis.com/
For some reason I thought that Henry Gibson was a lot older than 73, but the character actor with the huge resume passed away from cancer at that age yesterday in Malibu.
One of the more famous TV credits on that resume was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the influential 60s comedy show that no one under 30 has ever seen. He also appeared in shows like Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies, Deep Space Nine, Coach, MacGyver, Evening Shade, Sisters, Newhart, Magnum, P.I., and Simon and Simon.
More recently, TV fans know him from his many appearances as a judge on Boston Legal and his voice work on King of the Hill (he played Bob Jenkins). He was also in several movies, including Magnolia (he played Thurston Howell???), The Nutty Professor, Nashville, The Blues Brothers, Wedding Crashers, and a ton of others.Continue reading Laugh-In's Henry Gibson dead at 73
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One of the more famous TV credits on that resume was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the influential 60s comedy show that no one under 30 has ever seen. He also appeared in shows like Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies, Deep Space Nine, Coach, MacGyver, Evening Shade, Sisters, Newhart, Magnum, P.I., and Simon and Simon.
More recently, TV fans know him from his many appearances as a judge on Boston Legal and his voice work on King of the Hill (he played Bob Jenkins). He was also in several movies, including Magnolia (he played Thurston Howell???), The Nutty Professor, Nashville, The Blues Brothers, Wedding Crashers, and a ton of others.Continue reading Laugh-In's Henry Gibson dead at 73
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries,...
- 9/17/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Henry Gibson, whose name you might not know but whose face you'll almost certainly recognise, has died at home in Malibu, a week before his 74th birthday.Gibson's hangdog expression disguised a great talent for deadpan comedy. His first movie role was in Jerry Lewis' original The Nutty Professor in 1963, and he was a regular on the sketch show Rowan and Martin's Laugh In from 1968 to 1971 alongside Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn. One of his characters was a flower-wielding poet, all of whose material was written by Gibson himself.Robert Altman cast him four times, in Nashville, The Long Goodbye, A Perfect Couple and Health, and Joe Dante used him three times, giving him the role of Tom Hanks' nemesis in The 'Burbs, Mr Wormwood in Innerspace, and a cameo in Gremlins 2. He was the leader of the Illinois Nazis in John Landis' The Blues Brothers.
- 9/17/2009
- EmpireOnline
Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known reciting unusual poetry on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In", passed away. He was 73. After "Laugh-In," Gibson went on to appear in several films, including "The Long Goodbye" and "Nashville," which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. His most memorable roles included playing the menacing neighbor opposite Tom Hanks in "The 'Burbs," the befuddled priest in "Wedding Crashers" and voicing Wilbur the Pig in the animated "Charlotte's Web." Gibson was an extraordinary, talented man who will undoubtedly be missed.
- 9/17/2009
- Reel Empire
Actor Henry Gibson died of cancer at the age of 73, a week before his 74th Birthday. While you might not recognize his name, you will almost certainly recognize Gibson's face from one of his many screen credits from the last 45 years. Gibson got his break in the 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy The Nutty Professor, but received his first major role as a three year stint as part of the cast of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Children of the 1980's (like myself) will probably remember Gibson from the 1989 Joe Dante comedy, The 'Burbs, in which Gibson played the villain. He also played the leader of the "Illinois Nazis" in the 1980 John Landis classic The Blues Brothers. Director Robert Altman cast him in four of his films: The Long Goodbye, A Perfect Couple, Health, and Nashville. He made a brief appearance in Altman protege Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia as an ...
- 9/17/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Henry Gibson, who came to fame on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and went on to act in several Robert Altman films, has died at age 73. The character actor had recurring roles on the TV series "Boston Legal" and "King of the Hill," and was a regular on "Love, American Style." For Altman, Gibson had prominent roles in "Nashville" and "The Long Goodbye." He played an bumbling...
- 9/16/2009
- by Glenn Abel
- The Wrap
Henry Gibson, a wry comic character actor whose career included "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "Nashville" and "Boston Legal," died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73.
Gibson's breakthrough came in 1968 when he was cast as a member of the original ensemble of NBC's top-rated "Laugh-In," on which he performed for three seasons. Each week, a giant flower in his hand, he recited a signature poem, introducing them with the catchphrase that became his signature: "A Poem, by Henry Gibson."
The poems proved so popular that they led to the release of two comedy albums, "The Alligator" and "The Grass Menagerie," as well as a book, "A Flower Child's Garden of Verses."
After "Laugh-In," he played the evil Dr. Verringer in "The Long Goodbye" (1973), the first of four films in which he appeared for director Robert Altman. Their second collaboration came in "Nashville" (1975), in which...
Gibson's breakthrough came in 1968 when he was cast as a member of the original ensemble of NBC's top-rated "Laugh-In," on which he performed for three seasons. Each week, a giant flower in his hand, he recited a signature poem, introducing them with the catchphrase that became his signature: "A Poem, by Henry Gibson."
The poems proved so popular that they led to the release of two comedy albums, "The Alligator" and "The Grass Menagerie," as well as a book, "A Flower Child's Garden of Verses."
After "Laugh-In," he played the evil Dr. Verringer in "The Long Goodbye" (1973), the first of four films in which he appeared for director Robert Altman. Their second collaboration came in "Nashville" (1975), in which...
- 9/16/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Glenn Abel
Henry Gibson, who came to fame on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and went on to act in several Robert Altman films, has died at age 73.
The character actor had recurring roles on the TV series "Boston Legal" and "King of the Hill," and was a regular on "Love, American Style."
For Altman, Gibson had prominent roles in "Nashville" and "The Long Goodbye." He played a ...
Henry Gibson, who came to fame on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and went on to act in several Robert Altman films, has died at age 73.
The character actor had recurring roles on the TV series "Boston Legal" and "King of the Hill," and was a regular on "Love, American Style."
For Altman, Gibson had prominent roles in "Nashville" and "The Long Goodbye." He played a ...
- 9/16/2009
- by Michael Speier
- The Wrap
Henry Gibson, a wry comic character actor whose career included "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "Nashville" and "Boston Legal," died Monday. He was 73.
- 9/16/2009
- by Mike Barnes
- backstage.com
First up, the quick update: Oscar winner Keith Carradine is set to appear in two episodes of Dollhouse, the second season of which premieres on September 25. There's not many details on what he'll do there and how he'll shake up life underground, but he is set to play Matthew Harding, a very powerful businessman.
Next up, a little bit on him: the half-brother of recently deceased David Carradine recently rejoined the cast of Showtime's Dexter, and his Oscar win was for the film Nashville. It's for Best Original Song, however.
Next up, a little bit on him: the half-brother of recently deceased David Carradine recently rejoined the cast of Showtime's Dexter, and his Oscar win was for the film Nashville. It's for Best Original Song, however.
- 8/24/2009
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
When it rains, it pours: Not only is Keith Carradine returning to Dexter this season as Deb's Fed ex, he's just sealed a deal to appear in two episodes of Dollhouse, sources confirm to me exclusively. In Joss Whedon's Fox series (returning September 25), the Nashville Oscar winner will play a powerful businessman by the name of Matthew Harding. And yes, as of now, that's all I — and, by extension, you — know. Does the veteran actor's casting make you any likelier to tune into Dollhouse? Weigh in below. More Dollhouse Scoop: Check out the Season 2 poster!
- 8/22/2009
- by Michael Ausiello
- EW - Inside TV
1)Nashville (1975) Robert Altman’s Masterpiece captured America in the 70s like one else: All its confusion, disappointment, and uncertainty. The film follows 24 different characters over a period of as few days in Nashville just before a political fundraising concert. We take a peak in the lives of country music superstars, hippies, aspiring singers, mothers, producers, liberals, conservatives, radicals, Christians. We see how America has changed and how our moral system had been skewed by Vietnam, Watergate, the Kennedy assassinations and the sexual revolution. Illustrates perfectly what john Lennon sang “Strange Days Indeed.” 2)Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) There are few scenes in movie history more powerful than Jimmy Stewart’s impassioned speech on the house floor. He says what every American wanted to say. These politicians are more loyal to their parties and think of people as numbers they need to get reelected. Frank Capera’s idealistic film has not...
- 7/5/2009
- by Anthony Nicholas
- SoundOnSight
And now a pre-show moment with Martha Plimpton...
That's right. I was conceived because of the musical Hair. I wouldn't exist without it. That's Plimpton sandwiched inbetween Broadway's Hair boys: my fellow Byu alum Will Swenson, who we've been drooling on for awhile and Gavin Creel (Love the... tie? scarf? tarf?). Plimpton was actually speaking the truth to the reporter. Her parents Keith Carradine (yes, the star and composer of one of the greatest song scenes in all of cinematic history, "I'm Easy" from Robert Altman's Nashville) and Sheila Plimpton met while performing Hair on stage in the late 60s.
I bring up this pre-show red carpet moment because Martha Plimpton is a handy human symbol of how much the mainstream media, and by extension the public, misses out on because they ignore theater and great actors who work in it. To the general public Ms. Plimpton isn't recognizable or,...
That's right. I was conceived because of the musical Hair. I wouldn't exist without it. That's Plimpton sandwiched inbetween Broadway's Hair boys: my fellow Byu alum Will Swenson, who we've been drooling on for awhile and Gavin Creel (Love the... tie? scarf? tarf?). Plimpton was actually speaking the truth to the reporter. Her parents Keith Carradine (yes, the star and composer of one of the greatest song scenes in all of cinematic history, "I'm Easy" from Robert Altman's Nashville) and Sheila Plimpton met while performing Hair on stage in the late 60s.
I bring up this pre-show red carpet moment because Martha Plimpton is a handy human symbol of how much the mainstream media, and by extension the public, misses out on because they ignore theater and great actors who work in it. To the general public Ms. Plimpton isn't recognizable or,...
- 6/8/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The prequel-slash-origin-story silliness continues. MTV reports that this August, Boom! Studios will release a comic book prequel to the 1988 action classic Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis.
What's it called? Die Hard: Year One, of course. Not to be confused with Batman: Year One, or Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera. (They're not very creative with titles either, are they?)
The only plot detail available is that the story follows a younger John McClane who must deal with a crisis during the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations. We're wondering if they couldn't just drop footage of McClane into Robert Altman's Nashville and get the movie adaptation over with.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 5/29/2009 by Rich Z
Bruce Willis | Jack Black | Robert Altman | Michael Cera | Year One | Die Hard | Nashville...
What's it called? Die Hard: Year One, of course. Not to be confused with Batman: Year One, or Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera. (They're not very creative with titles either, are they?)
The only plot detail available is that the story follows a younger John McClane who must deal with a crisis during the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations. We're wondering if they couldn't just drop footage of McClane into Robert Altman's Nashville and get the movie adaptation over with.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 5/29/2009 by Rich Z
Bruce Willis | Jack Black | Robert Altman | Michael Cera | Year One | Die Hard | Nashville...
- 5/29/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
The Absinthe Drinkers, which will feature The Twilight Saga: New Moon's Peter Facinelli, has just added a new cast member to its fabulous and growing list. Keith Carradine, who has starred in such television series as Deadwood, Dexter, and Complete Savages, and who won an Academy Award for his work on the film Nashville, has joined the cast. Facinelli's co-star Alicja Bachleda, whose film with Colin Farrell entitled Ondine is receiving a lot of positive attention, will be the heroine. Says director John Jopson and producer Carlo Dusi .... Meanwhile, Little Ashes with Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty and ....
- 5/16/2009
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Nashville Film Festival ~ Opening Night
I'm off to the kick off film (500 Days of Summer) and party (...Party). But first, I must share an ultra specific horror with y'all. I've already talked to three people today at festival headquarters who looked blankly away when I mentioned Robert Altman's Nashville (and this wasn't because I forgot my toothbrush since my hotel took care of that, bless). How can this be? One filmmaker casually responded like so "I haven't seen that one" the way one might casually mention one had never tried Ethiopian cuisine or bungee jumped. Admitted it without shame, he did! Stop whatever you're doing out there if you share this debilitating problem. "Add to Queue". "Move to Top of Queue" . You know what to do. Nashville celebrates its 35th anniversary next year so I will surely be moved to discuss. You have time to watch it twice or thrice before then.
I'm off to the kick off film (500 Days of Summer) and party (...Party). But first, I must share an ultra specific horror with y'all. I've already talked to three people today at festival headquarters who looked blankly away when I mentioned Robert Altman's Nashville (and this wasn't because I forgot my toothbrush since my hotel took care of that, bless). How can this be? One filmmaker casually responded like so "I haven't seen that one" the way one might casually mention one had never tried Ethiopian cuisine or bungee jumped. Admitted it without shame, he did! Stop whatever you're doing out there if you share this debilitating problem. "Add to Queue". "Move to Top of Queue" . You know what to do. Nashville celebrates its 35th anniversary next year so I will surely be moved to discuss. You have time to watch it twice or thrice before then.
- 4/17/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Hometown: Nashville
Album: Midnight at the Movies
For Fans of: Steve Earle, Buck Owens, Ryan Adams
"There’s a whole class of kids that have grown up in Nashville that didn’t want anything to do with the music business, because we all grew up with single mothers, with fathers who fucked off all across the U.S. and the world while Mama stayed at home and worked her ass off,” explains 27-year-old Justin Townes Earle. “The last thing we wanted to do was be musicians.”...
Album: Midnight at the Movies
For Fans of: Steve Earle, Buck Owens, Ryan Adams
"There’s a whole class of kids that have grown up in Nashville that didn’t want anything to do with the music business, because we all grew up with single mothers, with fathers who fucked off all across the U.S. and the world while Mama stayed at home and worked her ass off,” explains 27-year-old Justin Townes Earle. “The last thing we wanted to do was be musicians.”...
- 3/5/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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