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13 articles from 2009
Birthday Suits: Giant Sized Edition
17 November 2009 11:05 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
11/17 ~ Todays special boys and girls. Are you one of them?
Mischa, Marty and Rachel
1897 Frank Fay, aka Mr. Barbara Stanwyck. The theory goes that their troubled marriage was the basis of A Star is Born. That story is so big it's practically it's own franchise. I can't stop thinking about it today: Stanwyck through the lens of Gaynor, Garland, Streisand. Yummy!) Even if it's only an urban La legend, I love to think about it. Fay, a popular comedic actor, was also the originator of the Harvey role (on stage) before Jimmy Stewart got to it.
1901 Lee Strasberg, the hugely influential acting teacher that helped popularize "The Method" Students included... well, basically a whose who of late 40s / early 50s giants of the silver screen.
1905 Mischa Auer, very tall actor of oversized comic turns. You'll remember him from the blissfully funny My Man Godfrey and best picture winner You Can't Take It With You »
- NATHANIEL R
Robert Pattinson Interview The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Plus Rob Talks Future Projects like Bel Ami and Unbound Captives
7 November 2009 10:30 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Yesterday was the start of the massive Los Angeles press junket for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”. While an embargo prevents me from writing my thoughts on the film (or I’d tell you), I’m allowed to start positing all the interviews I participated in, so if you’re a fan of Rob Pattinson, after the jump you can either read or listen to his entire press conference from yesterday afternoon.
The big news is what I reported yesterday. At the end of the press conference, I asked Rob “what movies have you committed to in 2010 and have you been told a tentative start date on ‘Breaking Dawn’?” He told me “I think the tentative time for ‘Breaking Dawn’ is fall of next year.” Also, he talked about his next movie “Bel Ami” and a western he might do with Rachel Weiss and Hugh Jackman called “Unbound Captives”. So »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Robert Pattinson New Moon Interview
6 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
MoviesOnline sat down with Robert Pattinson to talk about his new movie, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second chapter in Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful series. In “New Moon,” the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) tests fate for a glimpse of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Pattinson). As she plumbs deep into the mysteries of the supernatural world that she yearns to become part of, she discovers a pair of ancient secrets that put her at more peril than ever before.
Just after Bella's ill-fated 18th birthday party, Edward decides to leave her behind in an effort to protect her. As the heartbroken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year of high school, numb and alone, she discovers she can summon Edward's image whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at any cost leads her »
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #11
4 October 2009 4:04 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
This week, after reading over Laremy's list of Top Ten Coen Bros. Films I figured it was about time to watch the four remaining films of theirs I had not yet seen. On top of that I continued my viewing of the new 13 film Paul Newman DVD Collection with a film I loved that ultimately ended up inspiring me to watch another 1958 Newman film. It was a relatively slow week for me, but there's enough to make for a conversation.
As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. I now have 50 friends on the movie rental site and would love to have a few more if those of you out there with accounts are interested. Now, here's the recap of my week in movies...
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Quick Thoughts: The Hudsucker Proxy was the first of two Coen films I caught this past week, »
- Brad Brevet
James Dean Sets A Tragic Precedent: Wake-Up Video
30 September 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
The image of a young male movie star dying before his time has happened so often that it has become a cliché. The landscape is littered with heartthrobs who have run headlong into tragedy and caused heartbreak for friends, family and fans. But the icon who originally set the tragic precedent was James Dean, who died in a car accident on this day in 1955. A great enthusiast of fast cars and races, Dean was test-driving a new Porsche Spyder on a California highway when college student Donald Turnupseed swerved into Dean's lane and collided with him head-on. Dean died of his injuries a few hours later, and was ironically stopped and ticketed for speeding only a few hours before his collision. Though he had only really completed three starring roles by the time he passed away, his entire filmography is considered classic canon: "Rebel Without a Cause," "East of Eden »
- Kyle Anderson
Geek Deal: 58% Off Scorsese, McQueen and James Dean DVD Box Sets
18 July 2009 12:39 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
This might be the last day in Amazon's DVD/Blu-ray Gold Box week. Today they are actually offering three different DVD box sets for 58% off in the Gold Box Deal of the Day. Martin Scorsese Collection (After Hours/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore/Goodfellas/Mean Streets/Who's That Knocking At My Door?) for $25.49 ($60msrp) The Complete James Dean Collection (East of Eden / Giant / Rebel Without a Cause Special Edition) for $28.99 ($69msrp) The Essential Steve McQueen Collection (Bullitt Two-Disc Special Edition / The Getaway Deluxe Edition / The Cincinnati Kid / Papillon / Tom Horn / Never So Few) for $28.99 ($69msrp) As with all the gold box deals, this deal vanishes at midnight Saturday night. »
- Peter Sciretta
The Independent: Interview With Robert Pattinson From 'Twilight' To 'Little Ashes'
23 April 2009 5:54 PM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »
The Independent has a great interview with Robert Pattinson where he discusses how Twilight fame has changed his life and what he loved about Little AshesnbspIts funny how fame can strike those least likely. The last time I met Robert Pattinson was in late 2004. It was on the set of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in which he played the murdered Hogwarts pupil Cedric Diggory. A shy gawky 18yearold this boy from Barnes did not seem a star in the making. Nor did he look exotically beautiful as The New York Times dubbed him upon viewing his careermaking performance as the lovelorn vampire Edward Cullen in the recent teen sensation Twilight. For his brooding portrayal of Cullen Pattinson was suddenly hailed as the new James Dean a risky mantle for any young male actor to inherit particularly if theyre from England. Not that hes done little to dispel »
Playing it Straight
7 April 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
While Sean Penn’s recent Best Actor Oscar win for Milk helped bring Harvey Milk’s message to a wide audience — both from the increased visibility of the film and from Penn’s moving acceptance speech — the occasion marked another instance of a Hollywood tradition: a gay character played by a heterosexual actor.
Penn, like Tom Hanks (Philadelphia [1993]) and William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman [1985]) before him, was praised for his “bravery” for taking on the role and even — eek! — kissing another man.
Gay actors, on the other hand, get no such credit for playing gay roles; let’s not forget the year that Rupert Everett’s hilarious supporting turn in My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) was ignored by the Academy, with the implication that queer thespians need merely show up to play queer characters, with no actual acting involved. (To add insult to injury, that same year saw »
- dennis
Western Actor Hale Dies
31 March 2009 12:26 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
American actor Monte Hale has died. He was 89.
The star lost his battle with ill health at his Los Angeles home on Sunday, according to family members.
Hale shot to fame in a string of westerns films in the 1940s, including Home on the Range in 1946, and starred alongside James Dean in 1956 movie Giant.
He appeared in various television shows and was also featured in a popular comic book series - as a singing cowboy.
Hale's wife of 31 years, Joanne, said in a statement, "My husband was the most wonderful, generous, giving and loving man I have ever known. He was a gentleman to all. He brought laughter, adventure and joy into my life and into everyone's life that he touched." »
Is Hollywood Unfair to Actresses Over 35?
26 March 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Last weekend, actress Hope Davis admitted that she was somewhat "peeved" when she was offered a role playing the mother of Johnny Depp's character, since she is nine months younger than him. Now, The Guardian has put together a list of actresses who played mothers to actors about the same age as them. "It is all too easy for a female actor to find herself cast as the mother of someone who once played her boyfriend as soon as she blows out the candles on her 35th birthday cake," said the paper. * Forrest Gump: Sally Field plays Tom Hank's mother (age difference: ten years) * Hamlet: Glenn Close plays Mel Gibson's mother (age difference: nine years) * Giant: Elizabeth Taylor plays Dennis Hopper's mother (age difference: four years) * Alexander: Angelina Jolie plays Colin Farrell's mother (age difference: one year) * Back to the Future: Lea Thompson »
Should Hollywood Keep Aging Actresses?
25 March 2009 8:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Why do so many women get stuck playing characters older than they are? While watching Duplicity, for example, I was thinking, "Wow, Julia Roberts really looks her age." (She's 41.) I don't mean that in a negative way -- she's still a fine-looking woman -- but it's rare to see an actress in her 40s or 50s playing a character who's in her 40s or 50s.
More often than that, we see younger women playing older characters, as Hadley Freeman points out in The Guardian: "It is all too easy for a female actor to find herself cast as the mother of someone who once played her boyfriend as soon as she blows out the candles on her 35th birthday cake." She cites various examples:
Sally Field as Tom Hanks' mother in Forrest Gump. Age difference: ten years. Glenn Close as Mel Gibson's mother in Hamlet. Age difference: nine years. »
- Peter Martin
77 Appropriate Ways to Celebrate Elizabeth Taylor's Birthday
27 February 2009 10:07 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Be great. Be beautiful. Ride a horse. Get married. Get divorced. Act like a total diva. Wear something spectacularly sexy, preferrably white. Make people want more.
Befriend Michael Jackson. Watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? again. Watch National Velvet. Watch A Place in the Sun. Be highly quotable. Get married. Flaunt every piece of jewelry you own. Donate to an AIDS charity. Nurse a sick friend. Get divorced. Show everyone your wicked sense of humor. Fall in love with Montgomery Clift in glorious black and white (any of his movies will do). Ask your best friend to refer to you as "Bessie Mae" for the rest of the day. Get married. Scream "I was the slut of all time!" at the top of your lungs. Survive the loss of someone you loved no matter how hard that is to do. Pretend you've won an Oscar. And another. Drink people under the table. »
- NATHANIEL R
Not Even Jimmy Dean is Sacred: 'East of Eden' Gets its Crew
14 January 2009 2:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
There was just something about James Dean. As a young girl, well before I was able to get my hands on tapes of Giant, East of Eden, and Rebel Without a Cause, I became enamored with him -- not so much in a crushing way, but an intensely curious one. There was just something about him. Obviously, I'm not the only one who thought so -- he's one of Hollywood's biggest icons, even if he did only make three films.
And now one of them is making its way to the screen once again. Variety reports that Universal Pictures has whipped up a crew for a new telling of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Now, to be fair, this is not a remake of the film, but another adaptation of the novel. However, it's still the same source material, and I find it interesting that Variety doesn't even note the »
- Monika Bartyzel
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13 articles from 2009
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