On Friday, Macaulay Culkin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and had a reunion with Catherine O’Hara, who played his mom in the Home Alone movies.
She delivered a speech at the podium while standing next to the star.
“Home Alone was, is and always will be, a beloved global sensation … the reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin,” she told the audience.
The Canadian-American actress told Culkin that his performance in the 1990 film was perfect.
“I know you worked really hard, I know you did, but you made acting look like the most natural thing in the world to do,” she said to him.
O’Hara went on to compliment Culkin for his charming and sadistic sense of humor that he had since childhood.
“It’s a sign...
She delivered a speech at the podium while standing next to the star.
“Home Alone was, is and always will be, a beloved global sensation … the reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin,” she told the audience.
The Canadian-American actress told Culkin that his performance in the 1990 film was perfect.
“I know you worked really hard, I know you did, but you made acting look like the most natural thing in the world to do,” she said to him.
O’Hara went on to compliment Culkin for his charming and sadistic sense of humor that he had since childhood.
“It’s a sign...
- 12/4/2023
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The ‘Club Kid’ killer Michael Alig died from “acute intoxication” from a cocktail of drugs the Office of Chief Medical Examiner ruled Monday. His autopsy found fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine in his system. Alig was found dead in his Washington Heights, New York apartment on Christmas Eve. He ex-boyfriend told investigators that he had […]
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- 5/5/2021
- by Sarah Huffman
- Uinterview
New details have emerged about convicted killer Michael Alig's death. E! News confirmed in late December that the former club promoter, who served 17 years in prison, had died at the age of 54. Now, New York's Office of Chief Medical Examiner has shared more insight on Alig's passing, citing acute intoxication by fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine as his cause of death. Alig's manner of death was ruled an accident. The New York Police Department previously shared that law enforcement responded to a 911 call on West 159th Street on Christmas Day, where they found Alig unconscious and unresponsive. According to the police report, Ems arrived...
- 5/3/2021
- E! Online
Convicted killer Michael Alig has died at the age of 54, E! News can confirm. According to the New York Police Department, law enforcement responded to a 9-1-1 call on West 159th on Dec. 25, where they found Alig unconscious and unresponsive. Ems arrived shortly after, and pronounced Alig dead, per the police report. Although it's unclear what caused his death, NBC New York states he passed away due to a suspected overdose. Per authorities, a cause of death has yet to be determined and the investigation is still ongoing. In the '90s, Alig, a promoter, co-founded the "Club Kids," a group of partygoers who became notorious in the New York City nightclub scene. He became a tabloid...
- 12/27/2020
- E! Online
Michael Alig, the flamboyantly costumed “King of the Club Kids” in late 1980s and early ’90s Manhattan whose involvement in the sordid murder and dismemberment of his drug dealer was chronicled in the 2003 feature film Party Monster, died early this morning of a suspected heroin overdose. He was 54.
Alig was found unconscious at his Washington Heights apartment in Upper Manhattan by a friend shortly before 3 a.m. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The death was first reported by the New York Daily News.
Alig, who reigned over the Manhattan club scene as a party promoter for Peter Gatien’s immensely popular Limelight and Palladium dance clubs, was already infamous outside the city’s lushly attired demimonde even before the murder, having made frequent designed-to-shock Club Kid appearances on daytime talk shows such as The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo.
The seemingly all-for-fun facade of the Club Kid scene...
Alig was found unconscious at his Washington Heights apartment in Upper Manhattan by a friend shortly before 3 a.m. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The death was first reported by the New York Daily News.
Alig, who reigned over the Manhattan club scene as a party promoter for Peter Gatien’s immensely popular Limelight and Palladium dance clubs, was already infamous outside the city’s lushly attired demimonde even before the murder, having made frequent designed-to-shock Club Kid appearances on daytime talk shows such as The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo.
The seemingly all-for-fun facade of the Club Kid scene...
- 12/25/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Alig — the infamous nightlife legend, “King of the Club Kids,” and murderer — has died by apparent overdose in his Upper Manhattan home on Christmas Day, the New York Daily News reports from official sources. He was 54.
According to reports, Alig was doing heroin shortly before he lost consciousness around 3 a.m., his boyfriend told police, and medics found him dead at the scene.
In the Nineties, Alig was a notorious impresario of Peter Gatien’s nightclub empire (which included Limelight, the Palladium, and the Tunnel) and a “Pied Piper to young clubbies,...
According to reports, Alig was doing heroin shortly before he lost consciousness around 3 a.m., his boyfriend told police, and medics found him dead at the scene.
In the Nineties, Alig was a notorious impresario of Peter Gatien’s nightclub empire (which included Limelight, the Palladium, and the Tunnel) and a “Pied Piper to young clubbies,...
- 12/25/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
In the mid-1990s, Peter Gatien owned four mega clubs in New York CIty: Limelight, Tunnel, Club USA, and Palladium, as photographer Steve Eichner tells Rolling Stone, he worked for the King of Clubland as the house photographer: “Up all night going from club to club, photographing celebrities at play to be published worldwide and garner publicity for his club empire. He believed in throwing the best parties by promoting diversity and nurturing creativity in music, art, sexuality, and design.”
In the new book, In the Limelight, Eichner collects electric...
In the new book, In the Limelight, Eichner collects electric...
- 11/15/2020
- by Griffin Lotz
- Rollingstone.com
Macaulay Culkin is about to make another comeback. The former child star, who quickly became a household name after his performance in 1990’s “Home Alone,” is set to star in the upcoming 10th season of “American Horror Story.” It’s been a fascinating up and down journey in Hollywood for Culkin, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for his “Home Alone” performance and was quickly cast in a multitude of kid-centric films in the early ’90s, becoming one of the most in-demand child actors of the decade. Tour Culkin’s Top 10 movie roles, ranked worst to best, in our photo gallery above.
SEEWe love these fan theories for ‘American Horror Story’ Season 10’s mystery theme: Mermaids? Sirens? Ghost Ship?
In addition to returning to his role as Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Culkin starred in a wide range of films, including “My Girl” (1991), “The Pagemaster...
SEEWe love these fan theories for ‘American Horror Story’ Season 10’s mystery theme: Mermaids? Sirens? Ghost Ship?
In addition to returning to his role as Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Culkin starred in a wide range of films, including “My Girl” (1991), “The Pagemaster...
- 6/14/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the duo behind shows like RuPaul's Drag Race and Million Dollar Listing, have produced documentaries on Carrie Fisher, a group of commercial beekeepers and infamous 1990s club promoter Michael Alig. But for the last few years, they've turned their focus to New York's Statue of Liberty.
At Monday night's premiere of Liberty: Mother of Exiles, the two explained that they actually started working on the documentary before Donald Trump because president.
"Little did we know that everything that would happen in the next three years only makes what Lady Liberty stands for even ...
At Monday night's premiere of Liberty: Mother of Exiles, the two explained that they actually started working on the documentary before Donald Trump because president.
"Little did we know that everything that would happen in the next three years only makes what Lady Liberty stands for even ...
- 10/8/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the duo behind shows like RuPaul's Drag Race and Million Dollar Listing, have produced documentaries on Carrie Fisher, a group of commercial beekeepers and infamous 1990s club promoter Michael Alig. But for the last few years, they've turned their focus to New York's Statue of Liberty.
At Monday night's premiere of Liberty: Mother of Exiles, the two explained that they actually started working on the documentary before Donald Trump because president.
"Little did we know that everything that would happen in the next three years only makes what Lady Liberty stands for even ...
At Monday night's premiere of Liberty: Mother of Exiles, the two explained that they actually started working on the documentary before Donald Trump because president.
"Little did we know that everything that would happen in the next three years only makes what Lady Liberty stands for even ...
- 10/8/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With car dashboards eliminating CD inputs and relying more on smart displays and smartphones, podcasts — both music-related and others — are increasingly becoming big players for a captive mobile audience. In a recent Nielsen Podcasts Insight Report, the number of homes that considered themselves “avid podcast fans” went from 13 million in 2016 to 16 million in November 2017.
With more than 240 music-related podcasts available on iTunes alone, it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, so we’ve done it for you: Below is a subjective selection of 10 of our favorite music podcasts, in no particular order.
“Song Exploder” (iTunes/SoundCloud) — Film and TV composer Hrishikesh Hirway hosts this bi-weekly, 20-minute deep dive into a single song, with musicians from Solange and Lorde to Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent and Phoenix offering both anecdotes and the thought process behind their creations. In an episode spotlighting Lorde’s “Sober,” she tells the story...
With more than 240 music-related podcasts available on iTunes alone, it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, so we’ve done it for you: Below is a subjective selection of 10 of our favorite music podcasts, in no particular order.
“Song Exploder” (iTunes/SoundCloud) — Film and TV composer Hrishikesh Hirway hosts this bi-weekly, 20-minute deep dive into a single song, with musicians from Solange and Lorde to Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent and Phoenix offering both anecdotes and the thought process behind their creations. In an episode spotlighting Lorde’s “Sober,” she tells the story...
- 4/17/2018
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has set Alfonso Gomez-Rejon to direct Limelight, a feature being written by Nick Pileggi & J.J. Sacha about the reign and fall of Peter Gatien, the 1990s king of Gotham nightlife who owned the hip clubs Limelight and The Tunnel.
Jen Gatien (his daughter) will produce through Deerjen with Christopher Donnelly of Lbi. Gatien, a dashing Canadian with an eye patch to cover a youthful hockey accident that gave him seed money for his first club, worked his way into the nightclub world opening Limelight clubs in Florida, Atlanta and finally New York. The New York version of Limelight — housed a converted Episcopalian church — was the hottest club in town, where Shirley MacLaine’s 50th birthday was held, where notorious Party Monster club kid Michael Alig was arrested and later convicted of dismembering a fellow club kid, and where a scene from Basic Instinct was filmed. Gatien became...
Jen Gatien (his daughter) will produce through Deerjen with Christopher Donnelly of Lbi. Gatien, a dashing Canadian with an eye patch to cover a youthful hockey accident that gave him seed money for his first club, worked his way into the nightclub world opening Limelight clubs in Florida, Atlanta and finally New York. The New York version of Limelight — housed a converted Episcopalian church — was the hottest club in town, where Shirley MacLaine’s 50th birthday was held, where notorious Party Monster club kid Michael Alig was arrested and later convicted of dismembering a fellow club kid, and where a scene from Basic Instinct was filmed. Gatien became...
- 4/12/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Notorious club kid James St. James was canonized in the 2003 film “Party Monster,” which saw an adult Macaulay Culkin return to the screen for the first time since 1994’s “Richie Rich.” In his controversial comeback, based on St. James’ memoir and directed by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” producers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, Culkin played a drug-addled party promoter who becomes embroiled in a murder. Fifteen years later comes “Freak Show,” which is based on the eponymous novel by St. James. “Freak Show” has a lighter take on a similar character, although not one without his demons.
From first-time feature director Trudie Styler, “Freak Show” releases its flashy first trailer today.
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Alex Lawther (“The Imitation Game”) plays Billy Bloom, a teenaged version of Culkin’s Michael Alig. The...
From first-time feature director Trudie Styler, “Freak Show” releases its flashy first trailer today.
Read More:Beanie Feldstein’s Family Values: The ‘Lady Bird’ Breakout on Lessons from ‘Big Sister’ Greta Gerwig and Brother Jonah Hill
Alex Lawther (“The Imitation Game”) plays Billy Bloom, a teenaged version of Culkin’s Michael Alig. The...
- 12/22/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Next month, Netflix has a wide variety of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners to romantic comedies — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch once they’re made available on the streaming service. Enjoy.
Read More: 7 Films New to Netflix to Watch In November 2016, Including ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Jungle Book’
1. “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (available December 1)
John Landis’ 1978 classic college comedy follows the rowdy Delta Tau Chi fraternity’s battle to remain on campus after they provoked the ire of the conniving Dean of the college. Features John Belushi in his most anarchic performance, toga parties, and sing-a-longs to “Louie Louie” and “Shout!”
2. “Waking Life” (available December 1)
Richard Linklater’s 2001 film “Waking Life” examines a bevy of philosophical issues — the nature of dreams, the limitations of consciousness and the meaning of life — in a surreal, rotoscoped dreamscape that demands the viewer’s mind to take flight.
Read More: 7 Films New to Netflix to Watch In November 2016, Including ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Jungle Book’
1. “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (available December 1)
John Landis’ 1978 classic college comedy follows the rowdy Delta Tau Chi fraternity’s battle to remain on campus after they provoked the ire of the conniving Dean of the college. Features John Belushi in his most anarchic performance, toga parties, and sing-a-longs to “Louie Louie” and “Shout!”
2. “Waking Life” (available December 1)
Richard Linklater’s 2001 film “Waking Life” examines a bevy of philosophical issues — the nature of dreams, the limitations of consciousness and the meaning of life — in a surreal, rotoscoped dreamscape that demands the viewer’s mind to take flight.
- 11/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
One minute, you’re the king of New York City’s nightlife, enlivening and shocking the lives of others, and the next minute, you’re in prison for ten years on a drug-related manslaughter charge for almost 20 years. Such is the fate of Michael Alig, a prominent member of New York City’s infamous “Club Kids,” a group of drug-taking club-going provocateurs who ruled New York City nightlife during the late ’80s and early ’90s.
Read More: There’s a Party Monster On The Loose!
The new documentary “Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig” traces the rise and fall of Alig, from when he moves to New York and slowly becomes a fixture in the city to when he murdered fellow Club Kid and drug dealer Andre “Angel” Melendez. The doc tries to get to the heart of a man who has been described as a “fame-hungry...
Read More: There’s a Party Monster On The Loose!
The new documentary “Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig” traces the rise and fall of Alig, from when he moves to New York and slowly becomes a fixture in the city to when he murdered fellow Club Kid and drug dealer Andre “Angel” Melendez. The doc tries to get to the heart of a man who has been described as a “fame-hungry...
- 7/26/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Michael Alig, the subject of Party Monster who murdered his roommate Angel Melendez in 1996, was one of the last people that former Limelight owner Peter Gatien would have imagined killing and butchering someone.
Peter Gatien On Michael Alig
“When I heard about it, if someone came up to me and was like listen Peter one of your staff killed somebody in their apartment last night, who do you think it is? Michael Alig might have been the 995th person on my list,” Gatien, who employed about 1000 people at the time, told uInterview exclusively in 2011. “I mean he was small, non violent. It's not like he carried a knife or a gun, or ever gotten into a fight.”
When Alig killed Melendez, who had been hitting him up for drug debts, with the help of fellow scenester Robert “Freeze” Riggs, he was at the height of his drug use. By his own account,...
Peter Gatien On Michael Alig
“When I heard about it, if someone came up to me and was like listen Peter one of your staff killed somebody in their apartment last night, who do you think it is? Michael Alig might have been the 995th person on my list,” Gatien, who employed about 1000 people at the time, told uInterview exclusively in 2011. “I mean he was small, non violent. It's not like he carried a knife or a gun, or ever gotten into a fight.”
When Alig killed Melendez, who had been hitting him up for drug debts, with the help of fellow scenester Robert “Freeze” Riggs, he was at the height of his drug use. By his own account,...
- 5/14/2014
- Uinterview
Party monster Michael Alig's release from prison on May 5 outraged many of his detractors. And a video that hit the Internet showing him celebrating at dinner with former club kids didn't win him any fans. "The dinner was probably not a good way to gauge my sense of remorse," he told People at an Ihop in New York on Thursday, three days after becoming a free man. "It was the first time I could really be myself again and be who I really am in front of my friends. I may have gone a little bit overboard with my exhilaration.
- 5/12/2014
- by Carlos Greer
- PEOPLE.com
Notorious "club kid" killer Michael Alig has been released from prison after serving 17 years for killing his roommate over a drug debt. Alig was released from the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y., on Monday. Alig, 48, was part of a decadent 1990s party scene characterized by wild costumes and rampant drug use. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1997 for killing Andre "Angel" Melendez. Story: 'Party Monster' Michael Alig to Be Released From Jail Alig admitted that he and co-defendant Robert "Freeze" Riggs killed Melendez, cut the body up and dumped the parts in the Hudson
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- 5/6/2014
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Alig, the infamous Club Kids killer, was released from prison on Monday, May 5, after serving 17 years behind bars for manslaughter.
Michael Alig Released From Prison After 17 Years
Alig, 47, plead guilty to the manslaughter of Andre “Angel” Melendez in 1997. Angel had been a regular at Alig’s famous New York City parties – Alig worked as a party promoter for nightclubs, attracting thousands to the New York City nightlife. His drug fueled lifestyle made him a legend. Alig was convicted of Melendez’s murder alongside Robert Riggs, who was released from prison in 2010, and the two of them admitted to killing Melendez during an argument and then chopping up the body and throwing it into the Hudson River.
Alig was sentenced to 10-20 years in prison and has reportedly been up for parole since 2007. During his time in prison, Alig kept up his cultural presence with a blog and an active...
Michael Alig Released From Prison After 17 Years
Alig, 47, plead guilty to the manslaughter of Andre “Angel” Melendez in 1997. Angel had been a regular at Alig’s famous New York City parties – Alig worked as a party promoter for nightclubs, attracting thousands to the New York City nightlife. His drug fueled lifestyle made him a legend. Alig was convicted of Melendez’s murder alongside Robert Riggs, who was released from prison in 2010, and the two of them admitted to killing Melendez during an argument and then chopping up the body and throwing it into the Hudson River.
Alig was sentenced to 10-20 years in prison and has reportedly been up for parole since 2007. During his time in prison, Alig kept up his cultural presence with a blog and an active...
- 5/6/2014
- Uinterview
Birthday shoutouts go to Sean Bean (above), who is 55, Liz Phair is 47, Jennifer Garner is 42, and Victoria Beckham is 40.
Lawyer who defended Proposition 8 at Supreme Court says his views on gay marriage evolving. Because he learned one of his own kids is gay.
Openly Gay College Athletes Explain What It’s Like To Come Out To Their Team (warning – annoying auto play)
‘Party Monster’ Michael Alig Is Getting Released From Prison
James Franco’s Interior.Leather.Bar is now available on Vimeo for rent or purchase.
Caleb Landry Jones (who you may remember from X-Men First Class and Friday Night Lights) will be joining the cast of Stonewall as “an eccentric gay street hustler named Orphan Annie.”
Did we need a sequel to Mrs. Doubtfire? Well, we’re getting one. Mara Wilson is not impressed.
For the record, no, I do not have anything to do with the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel,...
Lawyer who defended Proposition 8 at Supreme Court says his views on gay marriage evolving. Because he learned one of his own kids is gay.
Openly Gay College Athletes Explain What It’s Like To Come Out To Their Team (warning – annoying auto play)
‘Party Monster’ Michael Alig Is Getting Released From Prison
James Franco’s Interior.Leather.Bar is now available on Vimeo for rent or purchase.
Caleb Landry Jones (who you may remember from X-Men First Class and Friday Night Lights) will be joining the cast of Stonewall as “an eccentric gay street hustler named Orphan Annie.”
Did we need a sequel to Mrs. Doubtfire? Well, we’re getting one. Mara Wilson is not impressed.
For the record, no, I do not have anything to do with the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel,...
- 4/17/2014
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Former child star Macaulay Culkin surprised concertgoers at an Adam Green show in Bristol, England earlier this week, when he joined the singer in a duet cover of the Beach Boys' 1988 hit "Kokomo."
In video footage of the duet that was uploaded to YouTube on April 11, the 32-year-old "Home Alone" star is seen taking the stage while wearing sunglasses and a small ponytail, and it appeared as though he had a pretty good time singing along.
Culkin and the former Moldy Peaches frontman are good friends, and it's not the first time they've worked together either. Zap2It notes that Culkin appeared in Green's experimental iPhone movie "The Wrong Ferrari," and the pair also performed a cover of Scorpion’s "Wind of Change," at the Berlin Festival in 2010.
After hitting it big with the "Home Alone" franchise in the '90s, Culkin took a nine year break from show...
In video footage of the duet that was uploaded to YouTube on April 11, the 32-year-old "Home Alone" star is seen taking the stage while wearing sunglasses and a small ponytail, and it appeared as though he had a pretty good time singing along.
Culkin and the former Moldy Peaches frontman are good friends, and it's not the first time they've worked together either. Zap2It notes that Culkin appeared in Green's experimental iPhone movie "The Wrong Ferrari," and the pair also performed a cover of Scorpion’s "Wind of Change," at the Berlin Festival in 2010.
After hitting it big with the "Home Alone" franchise in the '90s, Culkin took a nine year break from show...
- 4/13/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
This week's gonzo teen nightmare Spring Breakers is trumpeting the fact that two of its leads - Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez - traditionally play "good girls". But the whole "teen idol gone bad" strategy is a longstanding Hollywood tradition aimed to help transition pigeonholed teen stars into "serious" actors.
Here are a few fellas who tried the tactic, to varying degrees of success.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Speedway Junky
The squeaky-clean kid from Home Improvement took a step toward tarnishing his image by playing an evil, bisexual hooker in this gritty drama, giving a whole new meaning to "Tool Time"!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin
Jgl also went the hustler route for his breakout from small-screen teen stardom - only the 3rd Rock star went "the full gay" in this unsettling and excellent indie drama.
Lukas Haas in Johns
Yet another teen heartthrob caught a case of gay hustleritis...
Here are a few fellas who tried the tactic, to varying degrees of success.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Speedway Junky
The squeaky-clean kid from Home Improvement took a step toward tarnishing his image by playing an evil, bisexual hooker in this gritty drama, giving a whole new meaning to "Tool Time"!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin
Jgl also went the hustler route for his breakout from small-screen teen stardom - only the 3rd Rock star went "the full gay" in this unsettling and excellent indie drama.
Lukas Haas in Johns
Yet another teen heartthrob caught a case of gay hustleritis...
- 3/15/2013
- by brian
- The Backlot
Peter Gatien, a striking man made slightly more intimidating by an eye patch he sports after losing an eye playing hockey in his youth, is the subject of Billy Corben's (Square Grouper) warts-and-all documentary Limelight, produced in part by Gatien's daughter Jen. Gatien masterminded several famous nightclubs, though the doc takes a look at Limelight, built on the site of a former Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Sold off to a drug rehab program and then to Gatien, Limelight blossomed into one of the hottest spots in town. The founder overlooked the introduction of new musical styles into the mainstream and the rise of the club kids, one whom happened to be Michael Alig. Alig's murder of Andre Melendez cast media attention on the club and certainly aided its final shuttering, one of several attempts to close down the spot in the 1990s.
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- 3/21/2012
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
DVD Release Date: Jan. 24, 2012
Price: DVD $26.98
Studio: Magnolia
New York City nights come alive in Limelight.
The 2011 documentary film Limelight chronicles the career of Peter Gatien, the undisputed king of the 1980s New York club scene and owner of such famed Gotham hotspots as Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.
At the pinnacle of Gatien’s success, thousands of partygoers lined up each night outside the doors of his venues hoping for entry. Influencing such future icons as Madonna, The Beastie Boys and Moby, Gatien’s clubs engendered such influential musical genres as pop, punk, techno and acid house.
But Gatien’s phenomenal success put his venues on the radar of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s infamous crackdown on drugs and crime in the 1990s, and Gatien and his clubs soon became law enforcement’s number one target. Years of legal battles and police pressure spearheaded by Giuliani...
Price: DVD $26.98
Studio: Magnolia
New York City nights come alive in Limelight.
The 2011 documentary film Limelight chronicles the career of Peter Gatien, the undisputed king of the 1980s New York club scene and owner of such famed Gotham hotspots as Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.
At the pinnacle of Gatien’s success, thousands of partygoers lined up each night outside the doors of his venues hoping for entry. Influencing such future icons as Madonna, The Beastie Boys and Moby, Gatien’s clubs engendered such influential musical genres as pop, punk, techno and acid house.
But Gatien’s phenomenal success put his venues on the radar of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s infamous crackdown on drugs and crime in the 1990s, and Gatien and his clubs soon became law enforcement’s number one target. Years of legal battles and police pressure spearheaded by Giuliani...
- 12/7/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Summary: A requiem for the New York nightlife that once was.
Many a time did I walk past the church on 6th Avenue and 20th Street whilst studying at New York University, never giving it a moment's considering. These days, that location is the mighty Limelight Marketplace, a luxury shopping and dining destination... but it wasn't always so. The shame I now feel for my local historical ignorance is profound. How could I have been unaware that not even ten years ago stood perhaps the most infamous and culturally progressive nightclub in New York? Why did no one tell me?
Good thing director Billy Corben cleared that up. Billy is a bit of a badass in the documentary game. In just ten years, the man has produced six films that scour the dark underbelly of the American justice system. Though his topics range from rape to football, Corben clearly has...
Many a time did I walk past the church on 6th Avenue and 20th Street whilst studying at New York University, never giving it a moment's considering. These days, that location is the mighty Limelight Marketplace, a luxury shopping and dining destination... but it wasn't always so. The shame I now feel for my local historical ignorance is profound. How could I have been unaware that not even ten years ago stood perhaps the most infamous and culturally progressive nightclub in New York? Why did no one tell me?
Good thing director Billy Corben cleared that up. Billy is a bit of a badass in the documentary game. In just ten years, the man has produced six films that scour the dark underbelly of the American justice system. Though his topics range from rape to football, Corben clearly has...
- 9/23/2011
- by Benny Gammerman
- Filmology
Title: Limelight Directed by: Billy Corben Starring: Peter Gatien, Moby and Michael Alig People’s views and opinions on controversial subjects often are linked to their experiences. This is certainly seen in the new Magnolia Pictures documentary ‘Limelight,’ which tells the story of well-known New York City nightclub owner Peter Gatien. The film’s director, veteran documentary helmer Billy Corben decided not to focus solely on Gatien’s side of why he was ultimately charged with tax evasion; he also featured account of events from witnesses and government officials to explain why the former King of New York Clubs was targeted. ‘Limelight’ chronicles the rise and fall of Gatien, one of the city’s...
- 9/23/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
A version of this review ran as part of our coverage of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.
Billy Corben is the drug documentary kingpin of indie film. He's made two docs about cocaine, one about marijuana, and now "Limelight," about New York City's ecstasy soaked club scene in the 1990s. His particular specialty are films that ape their subject's pharmacological effects: "Cocaine Cowboys" is twitchy and paranoid; "Square Grouper" is mellow and easygoing to a fault. "Limelight" sends us tripping on a relentless 100-minute roll.
The man who leads us on this journey is Peter Gatien, a one-eyed club empresario from Canada who moved to the Us and started opening upscale discos all along the Eastern seaboard. New York, Miami, Atlanta, and then back to New York where he created his crown jewel: Limelight, a massive dance complex housed in a former Episcopal church. The AIDS epidemic of the mid-1980s nearly killed his business,...
Billy Corben is the drug documentary kingpin of indie film. He's made two docs about cocaine, one about marijuana, and now "Limelight," about New York City's ecstasy soaked club scene in the 1990s. His particular specialty are films that ape their subject's pharmacological effects: "Cocaine Cowboys" is twitchy and paranoid; "Square Grouper" is mellow and easygoing to a fault. "Limelight" sends us tripping on a relentless 100-minute roll.
The man who leads us on this journey is Peter Gatien, a one-eyed club empresario from Canada who moved to the Us and started opening upscale discos all along the Eastern seaboard. New York, Miami, Atlanta, and then back to New York where he created his crown jewel: Limelight, a massive dance complex housed in a former Episcopal church. The AIDS epidemic of the mid-1980s nearly killed his business,...
- 9/12/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films being made available by Netflix for instant streaming. Important Note: There may be some films that do not become available on the specified dates. This is merely a report of the most accurate release dates I can find, but is not directly confirmed by Netflix themselves.
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2010)
Streaming Available: 06/29/2011
Synopsis: Since his tragic death from cancer at age 32, comedian Bill Hicks’s legend and stature have only grown, and this unique documentary tells his story, blending live footage, interviews and animation to fill in the details of a life cut short. A comic’s comic and unflagging critic of hypocrisy and cultural emptiness, Hicks was one of a kind, a Lenny Bruce for the late 20th century,...
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2010)
Streaming Available: 06/29/2011
Synopsis: Since his tragic death from cancer at age 32, comedian Bill Hicks’s legend and stature have only grown, and this unique documentary tells his story, blending live footage, interviews and animation to fill in the details of a life cut short. A comic’s comic and unflagging critic of hypocrisy and cultural emptiness, Hicks was one of a kind, a Lenny Bruce for the late 20th century,...
- 6/28/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Billy Corben is the drug documentary kingpin of indie film. He's made two docs about cocaine, one about marijuana, and now "Limelight," about New York City's ecstasy soaked club scene in the 1990s. His particular specialty are films that ape their subject's pharmacological effects: "Cocaine Cowboys" is twitchy and paranoid; "Square Grouper" is mellow and easygoing to a fault. "Limelight" sends us tripping on a relentless 100-minute roll.
The man who leads us on this journey is Peter Gatien, a one-eyed club empresario from Canada who moved to the Us and started opening upscale discos all along the Eastern seaboard. New York, Miami, Atlanta, and then back to New York where he created his crown jewel: Limelight, a massive dance complex housed in a former Episcopal church. The AIDS epidemic of the mid-1980s nearly killed his business, but when a tough guy from Staten Island with the temerity to...
The man who leads us on this journey is Peter Gatien, a one-eyed club empresario from Canada who moved to the Us and started opening upscale discos all along the Eastern seaboard. New York, Miami, Atlanta, and then back to New York where he created his crown jewel: Limelight, a massive dance complex housed in a former Episcopal church. The AIDS epidemic of the mid-1980s nearly killed his business, but when a tough guy from Staten Island with the temerity to...
- 4/28/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Becoming Chaz review at the Sundance Film Festival 2011: The personal story of Chaz Bono is riveting in 'Becoming Chaz' Chaz Bono shines as a riveting subject in documentary. (3.5 stars out of 5) If other documentary directors find their socio-political subjects from the headlines of The New York Times and The Atlantic, co- directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato pull their stories from Page Six and TMZ. Look at their standout docs, Party Monster (1999), about the murderous eighties club kid Michael Alig, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000), about the resilient televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and her husband Jim Bakker, Inside Deep Throat (2005), about the infamous and highly profitable porn movie and its impact on Hollywood, and it’s clear that Bailey and Barbato are a non-fiction team interested in unique celebrities and touchstone moments in America’s pop cultural and sexual history. The documentary...
- 2/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Becoming Chaz review at the Sundance Film Festival 2011: The personal story of Chaz Bono is riveting in 'Becoming Chaz' Chaz Bono shines as a riveting subject in documentary. (3.5 stars out of 5) If other documentary directors find their socio-political subjects from the headlines of The New York Times and The Atlantic, co- directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato pull their stories from Page Six and TMZ. Look at their standout docs, Party Monster (1999), about the murderous eighties club kid Michael Alig, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000), about the resilient televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and her husband Jim Bakker, Inside Deep Throat (2005), about the infamous and highly profitable porn movie and its impact on Hollywood, and it’s clear that Bailey and Barbato are a non-fiction team interested in unique celebrities and touchstone moments in America’s pop cultural and sexual history. The documentary...
- 2/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
It’s almost two decades since Home Alone 2, so just what did happen to Macaulay Culkin and his brothers’ and sisters' careers?
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A famous actor in his own right, Christopher "Kit" Kilkin, brother of Die Hard actor Bonnie Bedelia, is equally notable for siring an entire dynasty of child movie stars. Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin was the most well known, but his six brothers and sisters, Kieran, Rory, Christian, Shane, Quinn and Dakota, all went on to work in the movie industry in some capacity.
With Home Alone 2 remaining Macaulay Culkin's last high profile role, we find out just what happened to the former child actor and the rest of his siblings...
Macaulay Culkin
Just nine years old when he landed the role of Kevin McCallister in 1990's Home Alone, that comedy's huge success (at the time, it was the highest grossing comedy...
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A famous actor in his own right, Christopher "Kit" Kilkin, brother of Die Hard actor Bonnie Bedelia, is equally notable for siring an entire dynasty of child movie stars. Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin was the most well known, but his six brothers and sisters, Kieran, Rory, Christian, Shane, Quinn and Dakota, all went on to work in the movie industry in some capacity.
With Home Alone 2 remaining Macaulay Culkin's last high profile role, we find out just what happened to the former child actor and the rest of his siblings...
Macaulay Culkin
Just nine years old when he landed the role of Kevin McCallister in 1990's Home Alone, that comedy's huge success (at the time, it was the highest grossing comedy...
- 5/26/2010
- Den of Geek
Sundance fave Party Monster, starring Macauley Culkin and Seth Green, is looking more and more likely to be distributed domestically by Strand Releasing, Variety reports. The first non-nonfiction movie from Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), the tale of club kid-turned-murderer Michael Alig also stars Chloe Sevigny and Natasha Lyonne. A release date has not yet been set.
- 4/25/2003
- IMDbPro News
Actor Macauley Culkin vowed never to appear in a movie again - following his troubled success as a child star. But the Home Alone star, now 22, changed his mind and accepted the role of killer Michael Alig in the film Party Monster, although he's as surprised as anyone to be acting again. He says, "When I stopped, I stopped and I thought I was never going to do it again. I liked the idea of a 14-year-old retiring. But I never had any intention of coming back. Ever. It was over. I just said to everyone, 'I hope everyone made their money, because it's gone. I'm not doing it anymore.' I did not have a publicist or anything to protect me because the press was the last thing I was worried about. They were saying some outrageous things like I was partying and this and that. I didn't even go to a nightclub until I was 20." Culkin insists he's glad to have the money he made in his early years, even though his life was in turmoil for much of that time. He adds, "I didn't know how much money I had until I turned 18. That was really, really great because before that I didn't have much to show for it. I had sacrificed a lot and I had worked hard, so that was the first time I was actually able to see some result, some kind of reward for all of that."...
- 3/31/2003
- WENN
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