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De Niro to the 7th? (Oscar's Male Hierarchy)
6 November 2009 3:46 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Have you been buying the minor huzz (hype+buzz) 'Robert De Niro's 7th Oscar nomination' for the holiday film Everybody's Fine? My friend txt critic saw it last night and sent the following note by phone...
it's, well, fine. most definitely a drama (despite the trailer) and conceptually a cross between About Schmidt and Four Christmases. nice, sweet and somewhat forgettable.
might, Might be a nomination for DeNiro, but i wouldn't bet on it.I dunno. I wasn't betting on it either but Best Actor sure seems vacant this year with only Colin Firth (A Single Man) and George Clooney (Up in the Air) catching any sort of real fire. As I've been saying for months, Fox Searchlight shouldn't have even hesitated to position Crazy Heart for a 2009 release. Jeff Bridges would have a clear shot at the career trophy given the field (if -- and it's always »
- NATHANIEL R
All Hail The 50th Anniversary Of Alfred Hitchcock's 'North By Northwest'
5 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
I spend far too much of my day reading about silly movie projects – this absurd remake, that insulting franchise extension. Sometimes I forget how good film can be – how good it has been. A couple days ago, I sat down to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" – a picture I'd seen several times before but never in its newly restored and remastered DVD form – and came away wishing, surely fruitlessly, that 2009 could deliver a thriller that even approached the twisty coolness of this 1959 masterpiece.
Even at the time of its original release, "Northwest" was ahead if its time, as co-star Martin Landau made clear in an interview with MTV News coinciding with the film's 50th anniversary. The actor played Leonard, a henchman assisting with his boss' criminal enterprise and attempting to eliminate a perceived threat from Madison Avenue exec Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant).
"I chose to play him as a gay character, »
- Eric Ditzian
'Ballybrando' Explores the Greatest Irish Film Never Made
4 November 2009 11:23 PM, PST | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Hotshot Films are currently in the edit suite with 'Ballybrando', a documentary that follows the story of ill fated Irish film 'Divine Rapture'. Starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp, the project is now known as the greatest film never made in Ireland. 'Divine Rapture', a feature film about an elderly priest (Brando) who believes in the power of miracles, was filmed in the Cork village of Ballycotton in 1995 for 10 days. Locals of the town could not believe their luck when the location was decided upon, hoping for a surge in tourism as a result of the film and the presence of its cast which also included John Hurt and Debra Winger. However, filming was brought to a halt as a result of financial difficulties. It later transpired that just over 20 minutes of footage had been shot. »
What's On: Mark Twain-ing
4 November 2009 2:30 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
There's a certain amount of street cred to be gained from refusing entertainment honors. George C. Scott declined his 1970 Oscar, calling the ceremony a "goddamn meat parade," Marlon Brando protested his 1972 Academy Award to publicize the Native American cause, and twice, Bill Cosby refused the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, explaining that he did not agree with the profanities used in the '98 ceremony honoring Richard Pryor. Tonight, watch as the comedy legend finally takes the award. »
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand! »
Woody Harrelson on The Messenger, the Next Brando and Vegan Twinkies
3 November 2009 10:10 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Some of us at Movieline tried something a little different this year for Halloween: We found our inner Mariah, our outer Galifianakis, or we just traveled down as ourselves to the Savannah Film Festival. As hipsters from the nearby Savannah College of Art and Design swarmed the streets with go-cups and costumes of their own, the 12th annual event opened with a screening of The Messenger featuring stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in attendance. Oren Moverman's drama (opening Nov. 20) chronicles the homefront grief of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the relationship of two Army casualty-notification officers -- heart-hardened Tony Stone (Harrelson) and sensitive Iraq veteran Will Montogomery (Foster) -- as they stoically alert people that their sons, daughters, husbands and wives have died overseas.
It was sobering, intense stuff for the holiday, lightened up a bit afterward by a Harrelson/Foster Q&A-session, complete with a hand-mic sword fight. »
Four Angry Young Men: Richard Burton, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Tom Courtenay
26 October 2009 1:53 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Photo: Bryanston Films Ltd./Photofest "Four Angry Young Men" is the title of a four-film series to take place on two consecutive Saturdays, Nov. 14 and 21, at the Getty Center’s Harold M. Williams Auditorium. Note: The screenings are free, but a separate reservation is required for each film. The Four Angry Young Men in question — no actorish Marlon Brando-James Dean types, they — are Richard Burton (Look Back in Anger), Albert Finney (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), Richard Harris (This Sporting Life), and Tom Courtenay (The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner). Good-looking, (mostly) working-class blokes with the chance of happiness and success at their fingertips if only … Well, if only life [...] »
- Andre Soares
Robert Pattinson Credits James Dean for Twilight's Edward (Videos)
26 October 2009 8:47 AM, PDT | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
”Twilight” star Robert Pattinson says took inspiration from 1950s teen heartthrob James Dean for his role in 'Twilight'. The Improper noted the similarities in an article in August. Rob’s looks and career trajectory are very similar to two early film icons, Dean and Marlon Brando. The 23-year-old British actor, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the hit movie franchise, says he owes his success to the Academy Award-nominated star of “Rebel Without a Cause.” Dean, a relative unknown, vaulted to fame in “East of Eden,” a film based on a novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck. He played the troubled son of a farmer in a story loosely based on the Biblical tale of Cain and Abel. »
- kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
'Hardware' 2-dvd special edition: A killer cyborg, Dylan McDermott, drugs... and directorial rage!
25 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The 1990 killer cyborg movie Hardware, now available as a 2-disc DVD, is important for various reasons: the low budget film's successful release in the U.S. helped bankroll a then-fledgling company called Miramax; it made a semi-star out of the largely unknown Dylan McDermott; and it also features a cameo from Carl McCoy, lead singer with U.K. goth-rockers Fields of the Nephilim, whose unearthing of a robot head in some post-apocalyptic desert wasteland at the start of the flick ultimately proves bad news for pretty much every other character. Okay, maybe McCoy's cameo isn't all that "important" an event »
- Clark Collis
Dame Elizabeth Gives Jackson's This Is It Film The Thumbs Up
22 October 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has become one of the first people to see the much-anticipated Michael Jackson concert rehearsal movie This Is It - she sat through a screening of the film at the weekend (17-18Oct09).
The movie veteran, who was one of the King of Pop's closest friends, hosted a private screening of the film at MGM studios in Hollywood.
Her guests included her companion Jason Winters and Marlon Brando's son Miko, who was Jackson's former assistant, according to U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight.
Taylor also invited the King of Pop's entire staff to the screening.
She was overheard saying, "The film was pure genius," as she led an standing ovation at the end of the film.
On Saturday, Taylor spent much of the day with Jackson's three children on a tour of Universal Studio's backlot. »
Joseph Wiseman: A tribute to the late Dr. No
21 October 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Joseph Wiseman, the Canadian-born actor best known for his deliciously evil portrayal of the James Bond villain, Dr. No, passed away yesterday at age 91. Wiseman appeared in a slew of Broadway productions, television shows, and movies such as Viva Zapata! with Marlon Brando and The Unforgiven with Burt Lancaster. But he will always be remembered for locking horns with Sean Connery's agent 007 in 1962's Dr. No. Wiseman's character, a mad scientist with an arsenal of fiendishly wry quips, a charter membership in Spectre, and a nasty atomic-powered radio-beam weapon, became the prototypical Bond villain. Later in his life, the »
- Chris Nashawaty
Goldberg Honoured With Career Achievement Award
20 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg has been honoured for her Hollywood career at a New York fundraising gala.
The Ghost star was presented with the Marlon Brando Award at the 2009 Stella by Starlight Gala on Monday.
Goldberg, who was handed the prize by American Gangster star Ruby Dee, admits she was flattered to receive the accolade but would rather have her late friend Brando back by her side instead.
She says, "It (the award) was great just because of my relationship with Marlon, so it was nice.
"We spoke often and we talked a lot, and I'd much rather have him than the award. He was a good man. I didn't get to work with him but I hung out with him."
Hollywood icon Brando died in 2004 at the age of 80. The gala raised money for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. »
Stella Adler Studio Honors Whoopi Goldberg, Elaine Stritch, Debra Wasser And More Next Week, 10/19
19 October 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists. »
Whoopi Goldberg, Elaine Stritch And More Honored by Stella Adler Studio, 10/19
19 October 2009 2:30 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists. »
Robert De Niro and Jude Law Joining Thor?
18 October 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Star power seems to be a necessity for comic-book movies. The trend started back in 1978 with Superman: The Movie, when the formula was to find the right actor to portray Superman (as opposed to finding a star and putting him in the costume) and then surround Superman with big name talent—in that case Marlon Brando (Jor-El) and Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor).
It worked, and it worked brilliantly.
Nowadays there seems to be a greater emphasis on ensuring that all the major players — even the lead — have some name recognition, and to that end, Kenneth Branagh is apparently about to cast some big-name talent in his comic book-to-feature adaptation of Marvel's Thor. AICN reports that actor Matthias Schweighofer (Valkyrie) has revealed to GQ magazine that he is in the running for a role in Thor and that both Jude Law and Robert De Niro have already joined the cast. »
Celebrity Home Movies Get Academy Viewing, 10/17
17 October 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Rarely seen home movies shot by and featuring Hollywood legends such as Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Sophia Loren and Natalie Wood will screen during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' presentation of "Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive" on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available. »
Additional Guests Announced for 'Stella by Starlight' Benefit, Honoring Goldberg, Stritch, Wasser, Shank, and Zier, 10/19
16 October 2009 12:59 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists. »
Al Martino, singer of Volare, dies aged 82
14 October 2009 9:48 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Los Angeles - Al Martino, the singer of 1960's hits such as Spanish Eyes and Volare, died aged 82 in his home town of Philadelphia, according to a statement from his publicist Wednesday. Along with his musical career, Martino also appeared with Marlon Brando in the 1972 film The Godfather, in which he played Johnny Fontane, a singer with Mafia connections. Born Alfred Cini in Philadelphia in 1927, he was an apprentice bricklayer in his youth and had been expected to go into his family's successful masonry business. But his strong baritone helped him break into the music business. After he adopted his grandfather's surname »
'Godfather' Singer Al Martino Dies
14 October 2009 5:17 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Springfield, Pa. . Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather," died Tuesday afternoon at his childhood home. He was 82.Publicist Sandy Friedman, of the Rogers & Cowan public relations firm, confirmed Martino's death in the Philadelphia suburb of Springfield, in Delaware County, but didn't cite a cause.Starting in 1952, Martino was known for hit songs including "Here in My Heart," "Spanish Eyes," "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Volare."Besides acting in the Marlon Brando classic "The Godfather," Martino sang the 1972 film's title score, "The Love Theme From The Godfather." His Fontane character is a singer and occasional actor and is the godson of Brando's Mafia boss character, Don Vito Corleone.Martino was born in South Philadelphia as Alfred Cini and was a longtime resident of Beverly Hills, Calif.Philadelphia radio and television personality... »
- AP
Godfather Star Rip
14 October 2009 4:58 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." Al Martino, the goombah behind perhaps the most famous line in movie history, has died at 82 in his native Pennsylvania, according to his publicist. Despite a five-decade music career that included a handful of hits ("Volare," "Can't Help Falling in Love"), Martino is destined to be remembered as Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. The Sinatra-esque singer is granted a big Hollywood break by Marlon Brando's Don Vito Corleone, who uses his power of persuasion to convince a stubborn movie producer to hire Fontane, at the expense of the producer's prized horse. Martino, who crooned the movie's love theme,... »
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