Say, that’s a nice house for an awards show watching party
Um, embassy. I mean, that’s a nice embassy for an awards show watching party. I usually don’t think a lot about the SAG …
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ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS Taglialatella Galleries Presents Nancy Ellison EGOS October 16th – November 1st Artist Reception – Chelsea Gallery October 16th, 6-8pm …
Rosemary: Awful things happen in every apartment house.
This a fascinating interview with director Roman Polanski, actress Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans. They share the story of how the …
Separation? Not so much.
My long-time friend, Jack Gazelle, challenged me to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and Jack is pretty darn close. I met Bacon …
Vivienne Shub – the lady who reminded us that there must be grace in the arts
This sweet lady, stellar performer, and stern perfectionist of every challenge that she undertook died last week and the theatre world …
The next Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award will go to one hell of a great gal.
It’s a long press release, but she deserves every single word. She’s a dame who has never been afraid of …
“Being a woman, you have to work twice as hard.”
From Variety (and with shame on us as an industry): Anna Behlmer has earned 10 Oscar nominations while working as …
From the Then and Now file
He was a fresh-faced and had just turned 26 when he shot the first Star Wars film, released in 1977. …
From the Oldies but Goodies file
‘And Then There Were None’ is an old chestnut of a movie, but with Barry Fitzgerald and C. Aubrey Smith …
The top 8 July 4th movies (and some fountain trivia)
The 4th of July usually gets short shrift in the holiday movie category. But, it shouldn’t. Here’s the list that Jacob …
Beulah, peel me a grape.
I’m No Angel A movie with Mae West and Cary Grant—does it get any better? From the Did You Know …
The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
Sam Spade: When a man’s partner’s killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you …
Harrison Ford injured on set at Pinewood Studios
Harrison Ford has been injured on the set of Disney and LucasFilm’s new “Star Wars” movie. Disney says the 71 year-old …
I missed John Lloyd Young on Broadway…
But there’s not a chance that I’ll miss him in the film version of the Broadway hit. Jersey Boys …the 2014 …
Raymond Burr (as Steve Martin): I’m afraid my Japanese is a little rusty
Baltimore’s Charles Theatre is screening a 60th anniversary 35mm restoration print of 1954’s Godzilla tomorrow morning at 11:30. We’re thinking that we should …
Nothin’, Miss Daisy. We jus’ carryin’ on.
Daisy Werthan: You should have let me keep my old LaSalle. It never would’ve behaved this way and you know …
Marlon Brando’s 1947 Warner Bros. Screen Test
In 1947, Warner Bros. brought in Marlon Brando for a screen test—his test was for an early script based on the novel, …
A free Friday night flick
One of my favorite film noirs is the grandfather of police procedurals: He Walked by Night is a 1948 gem. When the …