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Will Any 2009 Film Couple Last a Lifetime?
24 November 2009 1:37 PM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
1. Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. 2. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. 3. Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. 4. Claire Danes and Zac Efron. 5. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Every generation has great on-screen duos, from the classic chemistry between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy to the modern-day pairing of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. But over the past week, at Cinema Society screenings of Twilight, Brothers, and Me and Orson Welles, we started to wonder whether any recent big-screen twosome has enough staying power to last through the decades. There's been a spate of fresh film couplings this year, including Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire in Brothers; Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in Twilight; Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard in An Education; Claire Danes and Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer. Do any of these duos have what it »
The Blog Saga: New Link
24 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Movies Kick Ass deconstructs yet another photoshop casualty (i.e. movie poster), this one for Nine . My thoughts on that film will hopefully be up later today... time is a tough taskmaster.
Cinema Styles looks forward to Luise Rainer's 100th birthday in January. We should all be celebrating! Especially since she'll (god willing) still be alive for it. She was Oscar's very first two-time acting winner... beating Spencer Tracy to the title by one year.
Topless Robot Batman's TV villains who should make the leap to the screen
Scanners (sarcastically) hates on ambiguous movie endings
Empire keeps track of Thor's ever expanding cast list so you don't have to. The only person this chart is missing (as far as I know) is Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)
In Contention looks at the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race
Noh Way expresses photographic love for director/muse duos beyond Pedro & Penélope
Sexiest Men Alive? »
- NATHANIEL R
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
Top Ten Movies About U.S. Politics
3 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Life is political. Hollywood is political. And yesterday in the U.S., the state elections were very political in the broad sense of the term, since many pundits kept arguing that they served as a referendum on President Obama and his policies.
We make no such claims. We're not here to talk U.S. politics specifically, but with all this political fever in play, what better time than to reflect back on what we believe are the ten best movies about American politics?
There are some terrific contenders here; not surprisingly some from decades gone by. But in most, the themes of power and corruption going hand-in-hand is front and center. It's material that's inherently rife with conflict, making for some of the best drama to be found anywhere.
So have a look at the following pages and our selections for the best movies about American politics. And when you're finished, »
Fashion, celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies
7 October 2009 1:13 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life or remote places of the world, died Wednesday at his Manhattan home. He was 92.The death was announced by his photo assistant, Roger Krueger."He never stopped working," said Peter MacGill, a longtime friend whose Pace-MacGill Galleries in Manhattan represented Penn's work. "He would go back to similar subjects and never see them the same way twice."Penn, who constantly explored the photographic medium and its boundaries, typically preferred to isolate his subjects . from fashion models to Aborigine tribesmen . from their natural settings to photograph them in a studio against a stark background. He believed the studio could most closely capture their true natures.Between 1964 and 1971, he completed seven such projects, his subjects ranging from New Guinea mud men to San Francisco hippies.Penn also had a »
Gary Marshall And Richard Gere Remaking Capra
29 September 2009 8:12 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Frank Capra made one movie set in our nation's capital, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, that has become a classic. But apparently there's another one lurking in his filmography that Gary Marshall sees fit to bring back to life. State of the Union, which starred Spencer Tracy as an aircraft tycoon called upon to run as the Republican candidate for President, will be remade as a vehicle for Richard Gere and Annette Bening (in the Katharine Hepburn role), with Rod Lurie writing the script. This news comes from Production Weekly's Twitter feed, which, given the format, didn't have any other information to offer. Marshall, who has recently directed a series of awful chick flicks and has the mega-romantic-comedy Valentine's Day coming up, is also responsible for Pretty Woman and Beaches, let us remember. And despite the femme-centric nature of his work, he's got more in common with Capra than you »
Rob Pattinson: 10 Reasons Kristen's His Lover
27 September 2009 3:58 PM, PDT | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have fueled a tabloid frenzy over the nature of their relationship. Are the lovers, or just very close friends? If the two were involved in a romance, it would be the biggest Hollywood hookup in recent memory. Over the years certain Tinsletown romances have captured the attention of the nation. There was Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn; Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner; Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and later Elizabeth Taylor; and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, again. Will Rob and Kristen join that storied group? »
- kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
The longest thread evolves
5 September 2009 3:10 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
A week or so ago I began to receive feedback that posts weren't being displayed on my entry "Win Ben Stein's Mind," from Dec. 3, 2008. That was my attack on Stein's film "Expelled," which supported Creationism against the Theory of Evolution. I consulted the web gods at the Sun-Times. I was told...uh...ahem...perhaps the thread was growing a tad long, and was maxing out the software? After 2,640 posts and 239,093 words, perhaps this was the case.
Today I received a post from one of the stalwart debaters on that thread, Much Aloha Bill, advising: "Put this puppy to sleep. It's had a long run." A few days earlier, Randy Masters, the most stalwart defender of Intelligent Design, had written to advise that a couple of his posts hadn't gone through. And so perhaps Movable Type was gently informing me that enough was enough.
I was interested in the discussion right up to the end. »
- Roger Ebert
All About Michael Jackson's Final Resting Place
5 September 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Walt Disney. These and others among Hollywood's all-time A-listers are now Michael Jackson's neighbors for eternity. When he was laid to rest Thursday in the Great Mausoleum in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., the King of Pop finally found company worthy of his fame - and a place grand enough for his notoriously extravagant tastes. The huge mausoleum, once dubbed the "New World's Westminster Abbey" by Time, is modeled on the historical Campo Santo in Genoa, Italy, famed for its gigantic Gothic cloisters. Nearby spots boast a number »
- Michael Y. Park
Michael Jackson's Burial: Details On Forest Lawn Mausoleum
4 September 2009 9:09 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
Design of Mj's final resting place was inspired by Italy's Campo Santo and is decorated with ornate artwork.
By Eric Ditzian
Photo: Eamonn McCormack/ WireImage
On Thursday evening (September 3), during a private ceremony for family and close friends, Michael Jackson was laid to rest at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California, inside an enormous structure called the Great Mausoleum.
The building's architectural design was inspired by the Campo Santo in Italy, an elaborate cemetery constructed in the 13th century and used as a burial ground for Italian elites for hundreds of years. The Great Mausoleum has been called the "New World's Westminster Abbey" by Time magazine, according to Forest Lawn's Web site.
Family & Friends Say Goodbye To Mj
The mausoleum contains a stained-glass reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and replicas of Michelangelo's most famous sculptures. The grounds also house what Forest Lawn calls two of »
Final farewell as Michael Jackson laid to rest
3 September 2009 12:59 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
More than two months after his death from a drug overdose, Michael Jackson was to be laid to rest in a private funeral for family and friends at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.Jackson, who died aged 50 on June 25, will be entombed in an ornate mausoleum at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where Hollywood icons such as Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy and Walt Disney are buried.No details of the 45-minute service, due to take place at 7:00 pm (0200 GMT) Friday, have been released, although reports Thursday said soul diva Aretha Franklin may sing as mourners pay their respects to the "King of Pop."Jackson's children -- Prince Michael, 12, 11-year-old Paris and Prince Michael II, 7 -- would leave notes in their father's coffin, reports said.Messages reading "Daddy we love you, we miss you," would be placed in Jackson's gold-plated casket alongside his trademark single white glove. »
Michael Jackson's Burial Site: Details On Forest Lawn Cemetery
3 September 2009 12:57 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
Singer will reportedly be laid to rest in the Great Mausoleum, which is closely watched by security guards and cameras.
By Eric Ditzian
Photo: Lucas Jackson/ Getty Images
Eleven weeks after Michael Jackson's sudden death at the age of 50, the King of Pop will be laid to rest during a private ceremony Thursday evening (September 3) at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California.
In early July, less than two weeks after his passing, Jackson was reportedly to be buried at the Forest Lawn location in Hollywood Hills, California, but that ceremony never took place. The not-for-profit Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries actually administers several sites in the Los Angeles area.
According to its Web site, Forest Lawn was built in 1906. The Glendale location contains 13th-century stained glass, a bronze and marble statuary and re-creations of Renaissance-era art. CNN has reported that Jackson will be buried in the Great Mausoleum. »
Where My Heart Lies: My Favorite Actors. And Yours?
29 August 2009 10:05 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
instead of a tues top 10, a 25.
I did this once for the actresses but I'm always giving the ladies their due. So, here's to the silver screen men that have enriched my movie-life. I admit up front that I haven't investigated Classic Hollywood actors to the extent I've investigated their leading ladies, so this list is highly subject to change the more old movies I see in my life.
Nathaniel's 25 all time favorite leading men
In no particular order and extremely subject to change
Gene Kelly | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai |
Montgomery Clift | Jeff Bridges | Paul Newman
Jude Law | James Dean | William Holden | Gene Hackman | Rock Hudson
Jack Lemmon | Gael García Bernal | Ewan McGregor | James Stewart | Gregory Peck
Steve Martin | Marlon Brando | Jack Nicholson | Burt Lancaster | Richard Burton
Brad Pitt | Johnny Depp | Cary Grant | Warren Beatty | William Hurt
Because sometimes you just want to name names
The list is not comprehensive, not set in stone, »
- NATHANIEL R
Honoring Oscar-Winning Actor Ernest Borgnine: An Appreciation
28 July 2009 10:17 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com’s ace photographer, Joe Arce, recently photographed the Academy Award winning actor Ernest Borgnine at a book signing event in Chicago. The 92 year-old survivor was in excellent spirits, telling many rich anecdotes to the gathered crowd.
As a kid, I first came upon Ernie as the rascally Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in “McHale’s Navy” (1962-66), heavy in afternoon reruns at the time. I was surprised to see him re-appear in the cult disaster film “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) as the loud and abrasive Mike Rogo, the cop that never believed Gene Hackman’s preacher-to-the-promised-land of rescue.
92 year-old Oscar winning actor Ernest Borgnine flashes his famous smile for the HollywoodChicago.com lens at the signing of his book ‘Ernie: The Autobiography’ on July 20, 2009 at Borders North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
But Borgnine was much more than those two famous roles, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Interview: 'Warehouse 13'
17 June 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
In July, Sci Fi Channel, which by then will be called by its new moniker, Syfy, debuts a new series, Warehouse 13. Starring Joanne Kelly (Vanished, Jeremiah), Eddie McClintock (Bones, Desperate Housewives), and Saul Rubinek (Frasier, Leverage), the paranormal themed show is set in South Dakota, where the U.S. government maintains a warehouse that houses “strange artifacts, mysterious relics, fantastical objects and supernatural souvenirs”.
Kelly and McClintock are two Secret Service agents who, after saving the life of a president, are transferred to the South Dakota facility, where they meet the caretaker, Artie Nielsen, played by Rubinek.
McClintock’s Pete Lattimer sees the assignment as a reward, but Kelly’s Myka Bering can’t help but feel like she’s being punished. Regardless, their new responsibility is to chase down new objects that belong in the warehouse.
Warehouse 13 is lensed largely on location in and around Toronto. The »
Katharine Hepburn Theater Exhibition Opens 6/10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
4 June 2009 12:19 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The personal theatrical papers of Katharine Hepburn, which were acquired by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2007, will be on view for the first time in the new library exhibition, Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files, opening Wednesday, June 10. Her long and rich theater career is documented through typescripts (some, like the script for Coco, annotated in Hepburn?s hand), hundreds of photographs (publicity shots and formal portraits, as well as informal snapshots and rehearsal candids), scrapbooks, promotional ephemera, and sixty years of correspondence (fan mail, congratulatory notes, and general letters from such notable friends and admirers as Judy Garland, Richard Burton, John Ford, Vivien Leigh, Peter O?Toole, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeremy Irons, among scores of others. She saved telegrams from her friends and from stage crews and even the cards that come with flower bouquets, including many signed ?Pot,? Hepburn?s »
Price of a Movie: 6.3.09
1 June 2009 8:35 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
We got a slight thematic thing going on this week. And it's mostly various cheap forms of getting nerdy. So if you want to party with sexy librarians, learn about jelly fish, and drink a fancy drink for less than an Alexander Hamilton, read on! Party With Librarians: Dance Dance Library Revolution Presumably named after the Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy classic about sexy librarians (Desk Set, 1957), the glorious Brooklyn librarians of The Desk Set want you to get your dance and drink on Friday. A benefit for Books Through Bars, Dance Dance Library Revolution offers a 'fancypants raffle' and you can dance with a librarian. Dreams can come true. And if you're looking to get rid of a paperback dictionary (or thesarus or Spanish-English dictionary) or a book of stamps, you get a free drink, which will presumably make it easier to dance with a (sexy!) librarian. Where: Enid's, 560 Manhattan »
Review: Up
29 May 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I'm a little annoyed with Up right now, because it made me cry in the first 10 minutes. Crying at the end of a movie is easier to hide -- you can mutter about allergies or how too much computer time makes your eyes red. But crying at the beginning of the movie makes you feel like an awfully sappy wuss. Thank goodness I had big ol' 3-D glasses on, which at least managed to hide any telltale traces of weakness ... until I cried again at the end, damn it.
Up is the latest film from Pixar, and this time the main character is not a robot or rat or monster, but rather a little old man who looks like Spencer Tracy and occasionally growls like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. After his wife dies, Carl Fredericksen (Ed Asner) faces a lonely life ahead, possibly in a retirement community. He decides »
- Jette Kernion
'Up'
26 May 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
After centering their films on a lonely robot (Wall-e) and a rat gourmand (Ratatouille), Pixar chose an equally unlikely hero for Up: a grumpy old man. Films aimed at children rarely move beyond cute animals or young kids as their protagonists — the traditional leads certainly make the best-selling toys — but Pixar extends their industry-changing ideas from animation technology to their characters, lending this imaginative adventure a sense of uniqueness.
With his square glasses and similarly shaped head, Carl Fredricksen (voiced by the always hilarious Ed Asner) bears a striking resemblance to what Spencer Tracy would have looked like if the beloved actor had reached age 78. Even though he walks with a cane and needs a hearing aid, Carl isn’t ready for the nursing home life he’s being forced to join. Instead, the ex-balloon salesman uses his former livelihood and ties numerous balloons to the home he and his late wife shared, »
Meeting Mr. or Ms. Wrong
26 May 2009 7:23 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
IFC.com's newest web series "Like So Many Things..." premieres today, and co-creators Marin Gazzaniga and Anslem Richardson offer up their thoughts on the best films about romances that are anything but easy.
"Now it isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you, but, well, there haven't been any quiet moments."
-- "Bringing Up Baby"
Meeting Mr./Ms. Wrong movies come in many varieties. There are the star-crossed lovers who are kept apart by outside forces ("Romeo and Juliet"). Or the couple whose hate for each other is only masking the sparks of true passion (just about any Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy movie). Then there's the man or woman who's certain that someone is their one and only, but has to spend the course of the film convincing that person that it's true ("Bringing Up Baby"). Why is »
- Marin Gazzaniga
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