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Dance Tribute For Tragic Swayze
5 November 2009 4:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Dancers in New York City paid tribute to late actor Patrick Swayze on Monday night - awarding him a posthumous honour for his contribution to the industry.
The star, who lost his battle with cancer earlier this year (Sept09), trained as a ballet dancer before he began his career on Broadway with roles in hit musicals Grease and Chicago. His fancy footwork helped land him his breakthrough film role in 1987 movie Dirty Dancing.
Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, attended the annual fundraiser for Career Transition for Dancers, a charity which helps dancers whose careers have been cut short by injury.
She took to the stage to collect the Rolex Dance Award, and in a tearful acceptance speech she told the crowd her husband is now "dancing with the angels."
Swayze died from pancreatic cancer in September at the age of 57. »
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! »
'This is It': 'I'm happy for Michael' says director Ortega
3 November 2009 1:29 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
This is It director Kenny Ortega told an audience at an Entertainment Weekly event in Los Angeles Monday night that he's "happy for Michael" that the film, which opened to $101 million worldwide last weekend, is now the highest grossing concert film in history. "Michael had filmmaking in his future,” Oretga said at EW's tribute to the legendary director and choreographer at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "So I’m just glad that this film—even though he didn’t get to have that experience—has in fact made him a movie star." Ortega, who choreographed Dirty Dancing and directed all three High School Musical movies, »
- Paige Parker
Wait, Now Heath Ledger Has a DirecTV Commercial?
2 November 2009 1:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
If you've been watching playoff baseball these past few weeks, you've probably come across the Tommy Boy DirecTV commercial about, say, 176,000 times. About a week after it began airing, the satellite television company came under fire for a second time for airing parody commercials featuring actors or actresses who died tragically at a young age. The first was a commercial featuring Poltergeist actress Heather O'Rourke, and now folks are really pissed DirecTV is using Chris Farley in a commercial that stars David Spade (who reprises his character from Tommy Boy in a parody of the "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" scene).
If you want my personal opinion, I think DirecTV does this sort of stuff on purpose -- claiming to be "celebrating" the life of a dead celebrity, though what they're really hoping for is that people like us (and several other sites) will give them a bunch of »
- Erik Davis
October 30: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
30 October 2009 2:44 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re still working on putting together your Michael Jackson costume for Halloween; sewing all those sequins onto that glove is taking forever. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see This Is It this weekend?” you can reply, “No, I eased on, eased on down the road instead.” Instead Of: Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the pseudo concert film/documentary/slash public memorial service that salvages what is basically home video footage of rehearsal’s for what would have been Jackson’s final tour into something not quite fit for public consumption... Watch: 1978’s The Wiz, and see the then-teenaged Jackson as the Scarecrow; though the film was a critical and box office flop when it was released, »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Swayze's Widow: 'I Was Afraid to Leave his Side'
30 October 2009 11:47 AM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Lisa Niemi is sitting down with Oprah Winfrey for a candid and heartbreaking interview about Patrick Swayze's final days.
"I was afraid to leave his side," she admits.
Swayze was 57 when he died on Sept. 14 after a brave battle against pancreatic cancer. "His heart is so strong," Niemi says during Friday's "Oprah." "But it was only so long that his heart was going to keep going."
Take a look at Patrick Swayze's life in photos. »
Patrick Swayze's Wife: I Feel Like He Hasn't Left
30 October 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi, whose marriage began in their 20s and lasted for 34 years, led one of Hollywood's storied love affairs - but the Dirty Dancing actor's widow reveals that there were times when their union teetered to the brink of breakup. Six years ago, Niemi tells Oprah Winfrey in her first interview since Swayze's death, her husband descended into a period of heavy drinking and "very dark thoughts. "He was imploding pretty badly," she said during Friday's show, so much so that in 2003, Niemi left Swayze for a year. "I didn't think he was going to live through »
- Hilary Shenfeld
Exclusive Interview: Silent Cinema’s Damian Barr
28 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
On Friday night in Old London Town, fans of fear are in for a terrorising treat. A certain East London cemetery is playing slumbering host to Orange Cinema’s Night of Fright. Over recent weeks a series of clues have been left for members of their Facebook Film Club and now the trail has led to the terminus – a once in a lifetime opportunity to see The Exorcist – to see it as they have never seen it before!
State of the art wireless headphones, fog and wind effects will offer the audience the ultimate sensory experience while the eerie open-air setting provides a unique aesthetic for the quintessential scary classic. Orange promise that the immersive viewing experience will be like no other and HeyUGuys cannot help but agree. In fact we were so impressed we set out to discover how this extraordinary idea came about.
Hattie Magee, Head of Brand Partnerships for Orange UK, »
- Emily Breen
Kenny Ortega on exiting 'Footloose' remake: 'It was not planned'
28 October 2009 4:51 PM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
Speaking exclusively to EW.com, Kenny Ortega said he pulled out of the Footloose remake that's set to star Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) and Julianne Hough (Dancing with the Stars) because he was "exhausted" from directing This Is It and "wanted to take a few deep breaths and relax before I resurface." "It was not planned," Ortega told EW.com while attending the world premiere of the Michael Jackson movie on Tuesday. "None of this was happening when I started working on Footloose with Paramount. I honestly love the team I was working with on it — Craig Zadan, Brad Weston, »
- Lynette Rice
Swayze widow: "I will see him again"
28 October 2009 9:32 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Patrick Swayze’s widow has described her grieving process for the first time since the actor's death in September. Lisa Niemi, who was married to the late Dirty Dancing star for 34 years, spoke at a roundtable discussion as part of the Women's Conference 2009. During her talk on 'Grief, Healing and Resilience', the 54-year-old explained that the loss "is like an animal all of its own", People reports. "When the grief takes you, it's like your body is not your own. I'm just going with the (more) »
- By Tim Parks
Swayze's Widow: Moving On Felt Like 'A Betrayal'
27 October 2009 3:39 PM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Lisa Niemi is breaking her silence on losing husband Patrick Swayze to cancer -- and admits that after his death, going on felt like a "betrayal" of the actor.Niemi, 54, spoke about the loss of her husband at Maria Shriver's 2009 Women's Conference today -- where she revealed that dealing with loss is very new to her. "I thought during the 22 months of my husband's illness that it gave me all this time to get used to the idea of losing him. I found for myself that when I actually got to this point I said, 'No no no'... it wasn't the same at all." »
Swayze's Widow To Talk To Oprah
27 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi is to give her first indepth interview since the death of the actor to Oprah Winfrey.
The dancer will appear on Friday's Oprah in America for a one-to-one about her late husband, who lost his battle with cancer in September.
Niemi, who was married to Swayze for 34 years, co-wrote biography The Time of My Life with Swayze before his death.
She made her first public appearance since the Dirty Dancing star's death on Tuesday at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California. »
Whittle 'would love Dirty Dancing role'
26 October 2009 6:26 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Hollyoaks star Ricky Whittle has revealed that he would love to star in a remake of 1987 romantic movie Dirty Dancing. The actor, who is favourite to win this year's Strictly Come Dancing, said that he would be willing to wear a "dodgy wig" to replace the late Patrick Swayze in a sequel. "Antonio Banderas is getting on and sadly Patrick Swayze has gone, so I could be the lead in Dirty Dancing 4. I'd love to do Patrick," (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Kenny Ortega Drops Footloose
25 October 2009 11:58 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
In another blow for Paramount’s troubled musical remake, “High School Musical” and Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” director, Kenny Ortega, has left the Footloose production citing differences in “tone and budget”.
Footloose, the remake of the classic 1984 musical starring Kevin Bacon, has been touch and go since it was announced last year. Originally the project was to star Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron, however the film lost it’s leading man when Efron dropped out in order to move away from his musical career path and pursue other avenues.
Ortega’s departure comes just days before his latest film, the Michael Jackson tribute This It Is gets it’s limited theatrical release. Film hits theatres on Wednesday. Paramount is now searching for a new director to take on the project which is set to begin shooting in March. The film now stars Chase Crawford and Julianne Hough. Variety have »
- Craig Sharp
Footloose Remake Loses Its Director
25 October 2009 11:21 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Director/choreographer Kenny Ortega has left Paramount Pictures’ Footloose over creative and budgetary reasons. The remake is tentatively scheduled for June 2010 starring Chace Crawford and “Dancing with the Stars” perpetual partner Julianne Hough.
Ortega was behind the camera and plotting the dances steps for all three High School Musical movies and was the choreographer on the classic Dirty Dancing. He recently completed the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It, which is poised to be a record-breaking hit this weekend. He’s pictured here with Manley, his rescue dog that he apparently brings to premieres…
According to Variety, the studio wanted a more modest budget ($25 million or less) and an edgier dramatic tone for Footloose. Ortega, of course, wanted an “elaborately-staged” musical ($30M) full of song and dance numbers.
Zac Efron was also supposed to be a part of the remake, but left because he didn’t want to be typecast as a twinkle-toed singer. »
- Jeff Leins
Ortega Backs Out of Footloose
25 October 2009 6:32 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
After much disagreement regarding budget and tone, director Kenny Ortega has split from the Paramount Pictures remake of Footloose.
Ortega, who directed all three of the High School Musical movies, had been involved with the Footloose project since its conception, back when HSM star Zac Efron was still on board as the movie’s lead. From the outset, though, Ortega faced conflict with Paramount.
The first issue between the director and the studio was a matter of artistic differences. Paramount was hoping for an edgy drama, while Ortega’s vision saw a film full of choreographed musical numbers. While this matter was one in which a compromise could have been found fairly easily, the second issue was a problem of budgetary difference.
Ortega demanded a budget of $30 million, while Paramount’s production chief was more inclined towards a budget around $25 million. Paramount has now said the actual budget will be less than $25 million. »
- Carly
Swayze widow 'preparing to break silence'
23 October 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Patrick Swayze's widow is preparing to break her silence following his death from pancreatic cancer last month, reports People. Lisa Niemi, who was married to the Dirty Dancing star for 34 years, is reportedly scheduled to speak at a roundtable discussion as part of the Women's Conference 2009 next Tuesday. The topic of the discussion is 'Grief, Healing and Resilience'. (more) »
- By Lara Martin
Citizen Kane? Of course I’ve seen it!
23 October 2009 2:50 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
In a recent survey commissioned by Orange, in association with Orange Wednesday, it was revealed that - shock! horror! - people sometimes lie about the films they have seen….especially if someone from Orange collars them in the street and asks them what films they’ve lied about seeing. Dirty Dancing, Taxi Driver and Gone With The Wind are all in the top ten, while 1 in 5 people have apparently lied about seeing the 1972 masterpiece The Godfather. The reason for doing so is unclear (Dirty Dancing?) but it got me thinking about those films that I probably should have seen, possibly never will never see, but if someone asked me…well, I might just say I have. Why? Because I’m just so, so ashamed! Discounting all the world cinema that has so far slipped through the net, here are my top ten movie blanks: Ben Hur Casablanca High Noon The Magnificent Ambersons »
- Nick Clarke
Sci-Fi Novel Series ‘The Culture’ to be Movietized
22 October 2009 11:05 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
/Film shouted from the rooftops that an adaptation of the short story “A Gift From The Culture” - from the popular sci-fi novel series The Culture, penned by Iain M. Banks - will be coming to a theater near you. The film will be directed by the man who helmed White Lightnin’, Dominic Murphy. The novel-to-script adaptation will be handled by Murphy and Shane Smith, another member of the Lightnin’ team.
What is The Culture? Well, it’s a post-scarcity society. No one wants for anything. As you probably guessed, this was brought about by unbelievable advancements in technology, including the existence of a group of artificially intelligent beings who’s intellectual capacity is light years beyond humanity’s greatest thinkers. Incredibly, these beings don’t want to destroy or enslave humanity, but to care for us and make sure we’re havin’ fun.
The science of The Culture has »
- Scott Miller
'The Boondock Saints II': A cult hit gets a second shot
22 October 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
As writer-director Troy Duffy recalls it, the cast and crew of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day were more than a tad nervous when they began work on their Boston-set, vigilante-action sequel. “Everybody was terrified to be the guy that screwed it up,” he says of the Toronto shoot for his movie, which is released October 30. “They knew the fans would find out where they lived and burn their f—-ing house to the ground." If you've never heard of Troy Duffy or his films you’re not alone. The Boondock Saints, a violent slice of Tarantino-esque Irishsploitation, was »
- Clark Collis
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