Larry Dalrymple is no more. The frequent regular of Moe’s Tavern was killed off in a recent episode of The Simpsons and fans are quite upset with the death of the long-time character.
While speaking with Variety, The Simpsons co-executive producer Tim Long apologizes for the death of Larry but offers an explanation for why they did it. “I’m sorry if some fans are upset, but we really wanted to use Larry’s death as a way to show that even the most peripheral people in our lives have dignity and worth, and that we really shouldn’t take anyone for granted,” Long said. “To paraphrase Shakespeare, nothing became Larry’s life like the way he left it: drunk, lonely, and with a butt full of sapphires.“
Long continued, “To me, it’s sort of fitting that some fans are taking Larry’s demise as hard as Homer and his friends do.
While speaking with Variety, The Simpsons co-executive producer Tim Long apologizes for the death of Larry but offers an explanation for why they did it. “I’m sorry if some fans are upset, but we really wanted to use Larry’s death as a way to show that even the most peripheral people in our lives have dignity and worth, and that we really shouldn’t take anyone for granted,” Long said. “To paraphrase Shakespeare, nothing became Larry’s life like the way he left it: drunk, lonely, and with a butt full of sapphires.“
Long continued, “To me, it’s sort of fitting that some fans are taking Larry’s demise as hard as Homer and his friends do.
- 4/26/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
“The Simpsons” fans are still reacting to the surprise death of Moe’s Tavern regular Larry Dalrymple — aka Larry the Barfly — on Sunday’s episode, “Cremains of the Day.” And “The Simpsons” co-executive producer Tim Long has the explanation for why the show did it.
“I’m sorry if some fans are upset, but we really wanted to use Larry’s death as a way to show that even the most peripheral people in our lives have dignity and worth, and that we really shouldn’t take anyone for granted,” Long wrote in an email shared with Variety. “To paraphrase Shakespeare, nothing became Larry’s life like the way he left it: drunk, lonely, and with a butt full of sapphires.”
In the episode, Moe discovers Larry dead in the bar. Per the episode’s logline: “When someone in Homer’s life passes away, he and guys from Moe’s...
“I’m sorry if some fans are upset, but we really wanted to use Larry’s death as a way to show that even the most peripheral people in our lives have dignity and worth, and that we really shouldn’t take anyone for granted,” Long wrote in an email shared with Variety. “To paraphrase Shakespeare, nothing became Larry’s life like the way he left it: drunk, lonely, and with a butt full of sapphires.”
In the episode, Moe discovers Larry dead in the bar. Per the episode’s logline: “When someone in Homer’s life passes away, he and guys from Moe’s...
- 4/26/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced The Simpsons: The Complete Seasons 1-20 Limited Edition. The collection, containing every episode from the series’ first twenty seasons, will be available on December 3, 2019.
Journey to Springfield to witness the adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie from their humble and heartwarming beginnings in “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” and through all of the wild adventures of their first twenty seasons, featuring iconic episodes such as “Marge vs. The Monorail,” “Bart the General,” “You Only Move Twice” and the legendary two-parter, “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” The beloved series won 34 Emmys® and introduced the world to several celebrated guest appearances by fan favorites including Kelsey Grammer as the criminal mastermind, Sideshow Bob, Glenn Close who brilliantly played Homer’s loving and sweet mother, Mona Simpson and Albert Brooks as the evil genius, Hank Scorpio.
In total, 1,000 copies of The Simpsons: The Complete...
Journey to Springfield to witness the adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie from their humble and heartwarming beginnings in “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” and through all of the wild adventures of their first twenty seasons, featuring iconic episodes such as “Marge vs. The Monorail,” “Bart the General,” “You Only Move Twice” and the legendary two-parter, “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” The beloved series won 34 Emmys® and introduced the world to several celebrated guest appearances by fan favorites including Kelsey Grammer as the criminal mastermind, Sideshow Bob, Glenn Close who brilliantly played Homer’s loving and sweet mother, Mona Simpson and Albert Brooks as the evil genius, Hank Scorpio.
In total, 1,000 copies of The Simpsons: The Complete...
- 10/10/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment proudly presents The Simpsons
The Complete Nineteenth Season – bringing the citizens of Springfield, (state currently unknown) to DVD December 3. This release features numerous classics and comes loaded with bonus features including full audio commentary accompanying every episode, providing a peek behind the curtain to learn more about the residents of 742 Evergreen Terrace.
As the season following the historic debut of The Simpsons Movie (in 2D!), The Simpsons The Complete Nineteenth Season includes a number of beloved episodes such as the Sideshow Bob focused adventure “Funeral for a Fiend,” the WGA-nominated “Homer of Seville,” and the Emmy-winning “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpsons Mind.” Guest stars from the season include returning fan favorites Kelsey Grammer as the aforementioned Sideshow Bob, David Hyde Pierce as his brother Cecil Terwilliger and Glenn Close as Mona Simpson, as well as Stephen Colbert, Matt Dillon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jack Black, “Weird Al” Yankovic and More!
The Complete Nineteenth Season – bringing the citizens of Springfield, (state currently unknown) to DVD December 3. This release features numerous classics and comes loaded with bonus features including full audio commentary accompanying every episode, providing a peek behind the curtain to learn more about the residents of 742 Evergreen Terrace.
As the season following the historic debut of The Simpsons Movie (in 2D!), The Simpsons The Complete Nineteenth Season includes a number of beloved episodes such as the Sideshow Bob focused adventure “Funeral for a Fiend,” the WGA-nominated “Homer of Seville,” and the Emmy-winning “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpsons Mind.” Guest stars from the season include returning fan favorites Kelsey Grammer as the aforementioned Sideshow Bob, David Hyde Pierce as his brother Cecil Terwilliger and Glenn Close as Mona Simpson, as well as Stephen Colbert, Matt Dillon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jack Black, “Weird Al” Yankovic and More!
- 7/21/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
After 636 episodes, “The Simpsons” fans are still learning more about the origins story of Homer J. Simpson. On Sunday night’s episode — historic for beating “Gunsmoke’s” record as the most episodes ever for a primetime scripted series — Homer recalls the happy memory of baking pies with his mother.
Glenn Close returned to once again voice Mona Simpson, who had her first major appearance in 1995’s Season 7 episode “Mother Simpson.” At the time, it was revealed that Mona went into hiding when Homer was young. Mona has appeared several times since then, including a flashback on this Sunday night’s episode, “Forgive and Regret.” In the episode, it was revealed that before Mona disappeared, she and Homer bonded over baking — and she wrote loving notes to her son on the back of every recipe card. When Mona left, Homer’s angry father Abe tossed out those cards — but lied to Homer about what happened.
Glenn Close returned to once again voice Mona Simpson, who had her first major appearance in 1995’s Season 7 episode “Mother Simpson.” At the time, it was revealed that Mona went into hiding when Homer was young. Mona has appeared several times since then, including a flashback on this Sunday night’s episode, “Forgive and Regret.” In the episode, it was revealed that before Mona disappeared, she and Homer bonded over baking — and she wrote loving notes to her son on the back of every recipe card. When Mona left, Homer’s angry father Abe tossed out those cards — but lied to Homer about what happened.
- 4/30/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Leave it to The Simpsons to blur the line between Valentine’s Day and Halloween.
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Sunday’s very special episode (Fox, 8/7c) finds the residents of the Springfield Retirement Castle suffering from a drug-induced hallucination that causes them to relive their fondest memories — which, on V-Day, pretty much all revolve around lost loves.
Enter Mona Simpson (voiced once again by Academy Award nominee Glenn Close), who returns from beyond the grave Grampa’s memories in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek to remind the ol’ coot of better days gone by.
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Sunday’s very special episode (Fox, 8/7c) finds the residents of the Springfield Retirement Castle suffering from a drug-induced hallucination that causes them to relive their fondest memories — which, on V-Day, pretty much all revolve around lost loves.
Enter Mona Simpson (voiced once again by Academy Award nominee Glenn Close), who returns from beyond the grave Grampa’s memories in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek to remind the ol’ coot of better days gone by.
- 2/12/2016
- TVLine.com
Doctor Who, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, The Simpsons... Juliette talks us through 10 great TV anniversary episodes...
With so many TV shows being cancelled after a season or two, it’s perhaps not surprising that those that keep going long enough to reach a significant milestone often want to mark the occasion in some way. Such celebratory episodes usually feature plenty of nods, in-jokes and references to past episodes and characters (frequently involving special guest stars from the show’s past returning in some form) and tend to be either light, sometimes metafictional comedy episodes, or extremely dramatic game-changers following which the show may never be the same again. If you’re not crying with laughter, you’ll probably be weeping at the emotional trauma inflicted by the story.
With Supernatural’s 200th episode coming up (fans have been promised a meta episode, brought to you by the show...
With so many TV shows being cancelled after a season or two, it’s perhaps not surprising that those that keep going long enough to reach a significant milestone often want to mark the occasion in some way. Such celebratory episodes usually feature plenty of nods, in-jokes and references to past episodes and characters (frequently involving special guest stars from the show’s past returning in some form) and tend to be either light, sometimes metafictional comedy episodes, or extremely dramatic game-changers following which the show may never be the same again. If you’re not crying with laughter, you’ll probably be weeping at the emotional trauma inflicted by the story.
With Supernatural’s 200th episode coming up (fans have been promised a meta episode, brought to you by the show...
- 10/3/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature James Peckham 25 Feb 2014 - 07:00
From Mrs Krabappel to Troy McClure, James salutes a selection of Springfield's finest departed citizens...
Contains plot details for The Simpsons seasons one to twenty-five.
During 2014, The Simpsons is celebrating the big quarter of a century benchmark and airing its 25th season. Not half bad for a couple of brief sketches originally airing as part of The Tracy Ullman Show. With such a large ensemble cast and hundreds of characters to animate you don’t last quarter of a century without losing a few along the way. Actors dying, leaving for personal reasons, awkward pay disputes and unknown circumstances are all responsible.
The Simpsons has stuck to a rule of retiring characters after an actor’s death, mainly out of respect but also to ensure the voice acting talent is top notch. After the sad death of Marcia Wallace in 2013, best known as the...
From Mrs Krabappel to Troy McClure, James salutes a selection of Springfield's finest departed citizens...
Contains plot details for The Simpsons seasons one to twenty-five.
During 2014, The Simpsons is celebrating the big quarter of a century benchmark and airing its 25th season. Not half bad for a couple of brief sketches originally airing as part of The Tracy Ullman Show. With such a large ensemble cast and hundreds of characters to animate you don’t last quarter of a century without losing a few along the way. Actors dying, leaving for personal reasons, awkward pay disputes and unknown circumstances are all responsible.
The Simpsons has stuck to a rule of retiring characters after an actor’s death, mainly out of respect but also to ensure the voice acting talent is top notch. After the sad death of Marcia Wallace in 2013, best known as the...
- 2/24/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Simpsons executive producer Al Jean turned a few non-animated heads recently when he mentioned that the long-running comedy is planning to kill off one of its characters. His big clue? He/she is voiced by an actor who won an Emmy for this role. (That seems to limit our victim pool to a character played by Anne Hathaway, Kelsey Grammer, Marcia Wallace, Jackie Mason, or any of the series regulars with the exception of Harry Shearer. Yes, Shearer — the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman and Reverend Lovejoy, among others — has never won an Emmy for his Simpsons work.
- 10/11/2013
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
In the eulogy written by Apple visionary Steve Jobs’ sister Mona Simpson, it was revealed that Steve Jobs’ words were “Oh wow,” according to The Guardian. The eulogy, which was read during Jobs’ funeral service October 16, was allowed to be printed in the New York Times. Simpson describes Jobs’ final moments, saying that Jobs’ seemed like he was preparing for a journey. “His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage was already strapped onto the vehicle, who was already on the beginning of his journey, even as he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to be leaving us,” she wrote. She also wrote that she learned something...
- 11/1/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
The final words of technology pioneer Steve Jobs have been revealed, almost a month after the Apple co-founder passed away at the age of 56. Jobs is said to have uttered "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow", before he died of respiratory failure in early October after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. His sister Mona Simpson revealed the final words in the eulogy she gave to Jobs at his memorial service on October 16, published at the weekend in the New York Times. Simpson, a novelist and English professor, described the final moments of her brother's life after she rushed to his sickbed at his request. "His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage was already strapped on to the vehicle, who was already on the beginning of his journey, even as he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to be leaving us," she wrote. She added: "His (more...
- 11/1/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
After the New York Times published Mona Simpson's moving eulogy to her brother, Steve Jobs, Apple fans grew curious about the woman who didn't meet her famous sibling until her 25th birthday.
Simpson is an acclaimed novelist, best known, perhaps, for her 1986 novel "Anywhere But Here," which was turned into a 1999 film starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon. She is a professor at UCLA and Bard College, and her 2000 novel "Off Keck Road" was a Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize winner.
Simpson's parents were Abdulfattah "John" Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble, though she later took her stepfather's last name when she became estranged from Jandali. Simpson was born in 1957, but two years earlier, her parents had put a child up for adoption: Steve Jobs, who was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
Jobs sought Mona out in 1985 and they became very close. "Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd...
Simpson is an acclaimed novelist, best known, perhaps, for her 1986 novel "Anywhere But Here," which was turned into a 1999 film starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon. She is a professor at UCLA and Bard College, and her 2000 novel "Off Keck Road" was a Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize winner.
Simpson's parents were Abdulfattah "John" Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble, though she later took her stepfather's last name when she became estranged from Jandali. Simpson was born in 1957, but two years earlier, her parents had put a child up for adoption: Steve Jobs, who was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
Jobs sought Mona out in 1985 and they became very close. "Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd...
- 11/1/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
San Francisco - The sister of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs says he remained vibrant and engaged until just before his death and that the last words he uttered were 'Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.' Novelist Mona Simpson shared the same biological parents as Jobs but unlike him was not given up at birth for adoption. She said that he called her from his death bed a day before he died and that she rushed to northern California to Los Angeles to be at his side. Simpson posted the eulogy she gave her brother in The New York Times, two weeks after her address at a private memorial service for the iconic tech visionary. She related how a lawyer...
- 10/31/2011
- Monsters and Critics
Steve Jobs’ sister, Mona Simpson, delivered a beautiful eulogy at Jobs’ funeral recently and the New York Times has published her words. They were a touching tribute to Jobs, giving a window into his private life that not many saw. Simpson talked about how Jobs was a dreamer who loved his work and constantly strove for excellence. These are qualities that come to mind when thinking about Jobs, but his sister also discussed the lesser-known facts about how he lived, and even how he died.
She paid tribute to his memory as a father and husband, revealing that his passion for life extended to those closest to him. Simpson discussed how he related to his wife and kids and the hopes and dreams he held for them as well. She also talked about his last months and days, saying that “death didn’t happen to Steve, he achieved it.” She said what,...
She paid tribute to his memory as a father and husband, revealing that his passion for life extended to those closest to him. Simpson discussed how he related to his wife and kids and the hopes and dreams he held for them as well. She also talked about his last months and days, saying that “death didn’t happen to Steve, he achieved it.” She said what,...
- 10/31/2011
- by AlexisJ
- SnarkFood.com
Among those surrounding Steve Jobs before he passed away was his younger sister, Mona Simpson.
In an emotional eulogy at his memorial service, Simpson described her brother's final moments, saying he gazed at his wife and children and uttered three times, "Oh, wow."
Mona revealed, "Before embarking, he'd looked at his [other] sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them, before saying his final words.
In an emotional eulogy at his memorial service, Simpson described her brother's final moments, saying he gazed at his wife and children and uttered three times, "Oh, wow."
Mona revealed, "Before embarking, he'd looked at his [other] sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them, before saying his final words.
- 10/31/2011
- Extra
At a memorial service earlier this month, novelist Mona Simpson delivered a touching eulogy for her late brother, Apple CEO and tech-entrepreneur rock god Steve Jobs, which has now been reprinted in its entirety by the New York Times. The eulogy discussed her relationship to her brother in depth. Since Jobs was given up for adoption after he was born, Simpson didn’t even know that she had a brother until she was 25, and her portrait of their friendship is often unbearably moving. Still, undoubtedly the most intriguing part of Simpson’s memoriam is her description of the final hours of Jobs’ life.
- 10/31/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Steve Jobs passed away Oct. 5 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His sister Mona Simpson, a novelist and a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, delivered a beautiful eulogy for him at his Oct. 16 memorial service at Stanford. It was printed in Sunday's New York Times (Oct. 30).
Among the things she talks about are his final moments, where Jobs had been lying in bed, fairly non-responsive for a day or so. Simpson writes:
Before embarking, he'd looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life's partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
Steve's final words were:
Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.
We wonder just what it is he was experiencing at that moment. You can read the entire eulogy at the Nyt website.
Among the things she talks about are his final moments, where Jobs had been lying in bed, fairly non-responsive for a day or so. Simpson writes:
Before embarking, he'd looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life's partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
Steve's final words were:
Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.
We wonder just what it is he was experiencing at that moment. You can read the entire eulogy at the Nyt website.
- 10/31/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Even at the end, Steve found a creative and positive way to embrace death -- how touching! Steve Jobs always found a way to think differently, and that attitude held to the final moments on his deathbed. Steve, who passed away in October at age 56, died with a unique grace and dignity, his sister Mona Simpson wrote in a eulogy for The New York Times. "Death didn't happen to Steve, he achieved it," she wrote. "Steve’s final words were: Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow." What beautiful words from a gifted man! -- William Earl [flv width="600" height="500"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc/flv] More Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs, Apple Founder and Ex-ceo, Dies at 56 Justin Bieber & More Celebrities Tweet About Steve Jobs’ Death Steve Jobs Halloween Costume: Commemorate The Apple Genius From Our BFFs At Ranker! Celebs Caught In The Act! Stars Who've Turned Down Playboy! Famous Sexy Tattoos!
- 10/31/2011
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
Did you ever wonder why Sue Sylvester hate the glee club so much? Yeah, me either. I always just felt it was part of her basic makeup. But thanks to a flashback episode we'll find out that it was a personal trauma that inspired her ire. They even cast 19-year-old Colby Minifie as a young Sue.
In New Jersey, if you poll asking who opposes "gay marriage" 39% of the population is against it. Call it "marriage equality" and the opposition drops to 27%.
I've always avoided calling myself a journalist, simply because when I went to school the fourth estate was held in such regard. Now there is no doubt that the profession is changing (and I have a Nlgja membership), but when a war of words on the subject erupts between a two-time Pulitzer-prize winning reporter like Gene Weingarten and I Can Haz Cheezburger founder Ben Huh and I can't tell who won,...
In New Jersey, if you poll asking who opposes "gay marriage" 39% of the population is against it. Call it "marriage equality" and the opposition drops to 27%.
I've always avoided calling myself a journalist, simply because when I went to school the fourth estate was held in such regard. Now there is no doubt that the profession is changing (and I have a Nlgja membership), but when a war of words on the subject erupts between a two-time Pulitzer-prize winning reporter like Gene Weingarten and I Can Haz Cheezburger founder Ben Huh and I can't tell who won,...
- 10/31/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Reuters Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco June 6, 2011.
“Oh wow.” Two words that can have many meanings.
Steve Jobs’s sister Mona Simpson has a moving tribute in the New York Times detailing some of his final moments and his last words.
According to the article, titled “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs,” Jobs’s last words were “Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.” (The words were rendered in...
“Oh wow.” Two words that can have many meanings.
Steve Jobs’s sister Mona Simpson has a moving tribute in the New York Times detailing some of his final moments and his last words.
According to the article, titled “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs,” Jobs’s last words were “Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.” (The words were rendered in...
- 10/31/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Apple CEO Steve Jobs refused a potentially life-saving surgery after finding out he had pancreatic cancer, according to biographer Walter Isaacson. Jobs later admitted he regretted the decision.
Rather than having the surgical procedure, Jobs tried alternative therapies, explaining he didn't want to have the operation because it was too invasive. Jobs ended up having the surgery nine months later. Isaacson, who will appear on "60 Minutes" on Sunday, said Steve initially attempted to treat the disease with various treatments,...
Rather than having the surgical procedure, Jobs tried alternative therapies, explaining he didn't want to have the operation because it was too invasive. Jobs ended up having the surgery nine months later. Isaacson, who will appear on "60 Minutes" on Sunday, said Steve initially attempted to treat the disease with various treatments,...
- 10/21/2011
- Extra
Apple Co-Founder and CEO Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest October 5, stemming from a pancreatic tumor, according to Bloomberg News.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, California, issued the document Monday, listing respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death, with "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor" as the underlying cause. There was no autopsy performed.
The technology guru had been diagnosed in 2003 with a rare form of pancreatic cancer,...
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, California, issued the document Monday, listing respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death, with "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor" as the underlying cause. There was no autopsy performed.
The technology guru had been diagnosed in 2003 with a rare form of pancreatic cancer,...
- 10/11/2011
- Extra
Apple visionary Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56, reportedly began saying his goodbyes in February, four months before he made his final public appearance.
According to the NY Times, after years of fighting cancer, Jobs learned in February that his condition was terminal. What first began as a few dozen people wanting to say their goodbyes turned into an endless stream of people -- whose calls were mostly handled by his wife,...
According to the NY Times, after years of fighting cancer, Jobs learned in February that his condition was terminal. What first began as a few dozen people wanting to say their goodbyes turned into an endless stream of people -- whose calls were mostly handled by his wife,...
- 10/7/2011
- Extra
As Steve Jobs tells the story, the phone call was made in the middle of the night. An unwed couple had put their child up for adoption. They wanted their baby raised by college graduates, so they arranged for the child to go to a lawyer and his wife. But at the last minute, the potential adoptive couple had a change of heart. They wanted a girl. So the birth parents went to the next names on the waiting list, and dialed the phone. This time, the people on the other end of the line said yes. That's how Steve Jobs...
- 10/7/2011
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
Following the death of Apple genius Steve Jobs this week, Madonna posted a video on her website showing a conversation she had with Jobs when he spoke about iTunes at a 2005 Apple conference. Steve proudly announced Madonna agreed to put all 15 of her albums on the now #1 online music site.
Jobs was able to speak to the pop queen via iChat while she was in London. The Apple CEO said, "Hey I wanna thank you...
Jobs was able to speak to the pop queen via iChat while she was in London. The Apple CEO said, "Hey I wanna thank you...
- 10/7/2011
- Extra
One of the bits of trivia surrounding Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' death Wednesday (Oct. 5) is his connection to the novel "Anywhere But Here" by Mona Simpson. So what's the deal?
Simpson is Jobs' biological sister, though they didn't know each other until they were adults. His biological parents, Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, were unmarried when he was born in 1955 and gave him up for adoption. They married 10 months later and had Mona (who later took stepfather George Simpson's name) in 1957.
Jobs tracked down his biological mother and sister in the 1980s, and he and Simpson became close. She dedicated "Anywhere But Here," her first novel, to "Joanne, our mother, and my brother Steve."
"Anywhere But Here," published in 1987, (and adapted for a 1999 movie starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman) is the story of Adele August, who leaves her second husband and takes her daughter Ann from Wisconsin...
Simpson is Jobs' biological sister, though they didn't know each other until they were adults. His biological parents, Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, were unmarried when he was born in 1955 and gave him up for adoption. They married 10 months later and had Mona (who later took stepfather George Simpson's name) in 1957.
Jobs tracked down his biological mother and sister in the 1980s, and he and Simpson became close. She dedicated "Anywhere But Here," her first novel, to "Joanne, our mother, and my brother Steve."
"Anywhere But Here," published in 1987, (and adapted for a 1999 movie starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman) is the story of Adele August, who leaves her second husband and takes her daughter Ann from Wisconsin...
- 10/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the man behind the first personal computer, died Wednesday at 56 after a long battle with cancer. The innovative genius revolutionized the technical world with the iMac, iTunes, iPod and iPhone.
"Extra" remembers Jobs and all of his world-changing accomplishments. Here are "10 Interesting Facts About Steve Jobs."
10 Interesting Facts About Steve JobsBorn in San Francisco
Apple guru Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
"Extra" remembers Jobs and all of his world-changing accomplishments. Here are "10 Interesting Facts About Steve Jobs."
10 Interesting Facts About Steve JobsBorn in San Francisco
Apple guru Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
- 10/6/2011
- Extra
Appropriately, millions of those who learnt the news about Steve Jobs's death will have done so via one of the many game-changing products he brought to the world. Tributes from fans, colleagues and world leaders have already started pouring in and are sure to follow in the days and weeks to come. To mark the sad news of his passing, we've gathered ten facts about the man who changed music, telecoms and computing forever. 1. Born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955 to Abdulfattah John Jandali and Joanne Schieble, Steven Paul Jobs was adopted by Mountain View couple Paul and Clara. Jobs only met his biological sister Mona Simpson when he was 27, but the pair became close quickly. "She's one of my best friends in the world," Jobs said. "I call her and talk to her every couple of days.'' Simpsons writer Richard Appel later married Mona (more)...
- 10/6/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
San Francisco — Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's greatest hits factory.
It didn't take long for the people who loved their iPhones, iPods, iPads and Macs to begin gathering to pay their respects to the man who made it all happen.
Scott Robbins, a barber and Apple fan for nearly 20 years, came to Apple's San Francisco store as soon as he heard about Jobs' death Wednesday afternoon.
"To some people, this is like Elvis Presley or John Lennon _it's a change in our times," Robbins, 34, said. "It's the end of an era, of what we've known Apple to be. It's like the end of the innovators."
The world also lost a showman, whose flair for the dramatic – there was always...
It didn't take long for the people who loved their iPhones, iPods, iPads and Macs to begin gathering to pay their respects to the man who made it all happen.
Scott Robbins, a barber and Apple fan for nearly 20 years, came to Apple's San Francisco store as soon as he heard about Jobs' death Wednesday afternoon.
"To some people, this is like Elvis Presley or John Lennon _it's a change in our times," Robbins, 34, said. "It's the end of an era, of what we've known Apple to be. It's like the end of the innovators."
The world also lost a showman, whose flair for the dramatic – there was always...
- 10/6/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
"Something Borrowed" does not go into its opening weekend with a whole lot of goodwill. Fans of the best-selling Emily Giffin novel have not been shy expressing their displeasure with the casting of stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson, and critics have largely panned the movie -- earning it a 35 out of 100 on review aggregate Metacritic and an even more dismal 15% on RottenTomatoes.com.
Film adaptations rarely live up to the books that inspire them, even under the best of circumstances, and few genres seem to highlight this more than the unfortunately named "chick lit."
Since "Borrowed" seems to be headed for straight the genre's Fail bin, we've come up with an alternative viewing list of the female-driven books that ended up besting expectations -- and, for balance's sake, a few stinkers from the undistinguished cannon of chic lit adaptions gone awry.
The highs
"The Devil Wears Prada"
The definitive chick lit success story,...
Film adaptations rarely live up to the books that inspire them, even under the best of circumstances, and few genres seem to highlight this more than the unfortunately named "chick lit."
Since "Borrowed" seems to be headed for straight the genre's Fail bin, we've come up with an alternative viewing list of the female-driven books that ended up besting expectations -- and, for balance's sake, a few stinkers from the undistinguished cannon of chic lit adaptions gone awry.
The highs
"The Devil Wears Prada"
The definitive chick lit success story,...
- 5/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Mona Simpson’s latest novel, My Hollywood—a compelling tale told by alternating narrators; a new mother living in Los Angeles and a middle-aged nanny from the Philippines—skillfully explores the complex relationships between parents, children, and caregiver. Have you had any unexpected readers' reactions to My Hollywood? In a way, all readers’ reactions are shocking. I want the book to make people feel strange and deep things, and yet their reactions —positive and negative—seem so intimate and personal. It’s as if somebody is talking about an experience they’ve had that I’ve caused but shouldn’t really know about.
- 8/25/2010
- Vanity Fair
Cleveland Brown is a good-hearted family man, on his second marriage, and madly in love with his wife. In that way and more, the animated character of "Family Guy" and now star of his own program, "The Cleveland Show," shares much in common with Mike Henry, the man who created and voices him. One thing they do not share in common is race; Cleveland is African-American, and Henry is, in his own words, "undoubtedly white." According to Richard Appel, who co-created and executive-produces the show with Henry and Seth MacFarlane, this led to a lot of fun in the audition room when they were casting Cleveland's wife, Donna. "Some of the actresses who came in had never seen 'Family Guy,' but even a lot of 'Family Guy' fans are not aware that Mike does the voice," Appel recalls. "So they would come in and assume Mike was just a producer,...
- 4/28/2010
- backstage.com
Spider-Man 3 villain James Franco hopes to get more than an education from his creative writing studies at Los Angeles university UCLA - he's using the course to write a novel. The studious star went back to university to complete the studies he started before he became an in-demand actor. He says, "I'm working on my honors thesis, which is a creative thesis where I'll be writing a novel. I actually have the first draft. I'll be reworking it until next year under the supervision of my professor, Mona Simpson, who wrote Anywhere But Here. Part of it (novel's plot) is based on a person I knew when I was younger who got in a lot of trouble and a lot of fights and was arrested a lot and was considered a troubled kid and kicked out of high school. Then, later, when I graduated high school he was diagnosed as a schizophrenic so I see his behavior as pre-symptoms to getting the help that he needed."...
- 4/24/2007
- WENN
Delectable performances by Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman put a powerful emotional charge into "Anywhere But Here", Wayne Wang's film version of Mona Simpson's novel about a mother and daughter living in the scruffier flats of Beverly Hills.
Thanks to these gifted actresses, viewers come to know these two people as well as their own family members. You can almost anticipate all their little quirks and maddening-yet-endearing behavior patterns.
This Fox 2000 picture, exquisitely written by veteran screenwriter Alvin Sargent, is a gem. With proper handling, Fox should reach a large female audiences of all ages -- and more than a few men who come along with women and get caught up in the painfully funny relationship.
Remarkably similar in some ways to last year's "The Slums of Beverly Hills", "Anywhere" is a more serious film and funnier because of that. The story takes place during three years, beginning when Adele August (Sarandon) yanks her 14-year-old daughter Ann (Portman) out of her small-town life in Bay City, Wis., to move to Beverly Hills.
Leaving behind her stepdad and friends very much against her will, Ann bitterly resents the move every bit as much as her mom glories in the great opportunities she is certain will come their way in glamorous Beverly Hills.
Adele is thrilled by the wealth on display. She cruises through the town to ogle luxury homes that line its sunny avenues. Meanwhile, she will forget to pay the light bill and has to keep moving herself and Ann from one tacky one-bedroom apartment to another. Her solution to every problem is to get an ice cream.
Resourceful and resilient, Ann manages to adapt and make friends. But she views this world of wealth in more realistic terms than her mother. When a tragedy forces them to return briefly to Bay City, Ann realizes her hometown no longer looks the same. She has become a Southern Californian. But this doesn't keep her from plotting to escape her mother, who is a constant source of embarrassment to her.
Sarandon's character could easily be made to look the fool in such a story. But neither Wang nor Sarandon allow this to happen. The choices Adele ultimately makes turn out for the best -- well, sometimes they do -- and her sunny optimism in contrast to her daughter's moody realism has a life force no one can completely deny.
Both mother and daughter acquire friends and boyfriends. But for better or worse, their richest friendship is with each other. Wang and the two actresses beautifully portray a relationship where love can turn to hate and back to love in a matter of moments, and where the daughter must sometimes be mother to her own mother.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, production designer Donald Graham Burt and costumer Betsy Heimann have created a cocoon of edgy living within the luxurious world of Beverly Hills. There is never enough money in the August household, but Adele continues to dream and Ann to save pennies for college.
Wang, who displayed a talent for finely wrought portraitures of women in films such as "Dim Sum" and "The Joy Luck Club", makes you feel the force of these two distinct personalities. Scenes chart the ebb and flow of emotions as these two females struggle to get a purchase on their lives and a means by which to live with each other.
Although she sometimes acts like one, Adele is no dummy. She eventually comes to realize her dreams cannot be her daughter's. In the end, she does the right thing, not what's emotionally convenient.
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
20th Century Fox
Fox 2000 Pictures presents
a Lawrence Mark production
Producer: Lawrence Mark
Director: Wayne Wang
Writer: Alvin Sargent
Based on the novel by: Mona Simpson
Executive producer: Ginny Nugent
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Donald Graham Burt
Editor: Nicholas C. Smith
Music: Danny Elfman
Costumes: Betsy Heimann
Color/stereo
Cast:
Adele August: Susan Sarandon
Ann August: Natalie Portman
Ted: Ray Baker
Jimmy: John Diehl
Benny: Shawn Hatosy
Carol: Bonnie Bedelia
Peter: Corbin Allred
Josh Spritzer: Hart Bochner
Gail Letterfine: Caroline Aaron
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Thanks to these gifted actresses, viewers come to know these two people as well as their own family members. You can almost anticipate all their little quirks and maddening-yet-endearing behavior patterns.
This Fox 2000 picture, exquisitely written by veteran screenwriter Alvin Sargent, is a gem. With proper handling, Fox should reach a large female audiences of all ages -- and more than a few men who come along with women and get caught up in the painfully funny relationship.
Remarkably similar in some ways to last year's "The Slums of Beverly Hills", "Anywhere" is a more serious film and funnier because of that. The story takes place during three years, beginning when Adele August (Sarandon) yanks her 14-year-old daughter Ann (Portman) out of her small-town life in Bay City, Wis., to move to Beverly Hills.
Leaving behind her stepdad and friends very much against her will, Ann bitterly resents the move every bit as much as her mom glories in the great opportunities she is certain will come their way in glamorous Beverly Hills.
Adele is thrilled by the wealth on display. She cruises through the town to ogle luxury homes that line its sunny avenues. Meanwhile, she will forget to pay the light bill and has to keep moving herself and Ann from one tacky one-bedroom apartment to another. Her solution to every problem is to get an ice cream.
Resourceful and resilient, Ann manages to adapt and make friends. But she views this world of wealth in more realistic terms than her mother. When a tragedy forces them to return briefly to Bay City, Ann realizes her hometown no longer looks the same. She has become a Southern Californian. But this doesn't keep her from plotting to escape her mother, who is a constant source of embarrassment to her.
Sarandon's character could easily be made to look the fool in such a story. But neither Wang nor Sarandon allow this to happen. The choices Adele ultimately makes turn out for the best -- well, sometimes they do -- and her sunny optimism in contrast to her daughter's moody realism has a life force no one can completely deny.
Both mother and daughter acquire friends and boyfriends. But for better or worse, their richest friendship is with each other. Wang and the two actresses beautifully portray a relationship where love can turn to hate and back to love in a matter of moments, and where the daughter must sometimes be mother to her own mother.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, production designer Donald Graham Burt and costumer Betsy Heimann have created a cocoon of edgy living within the luxurious world of Beverly Hills. There is never enough money in the August household, but Adele continues to dream and Ann to save pennies for college.
Wang, who displayed a talent for finely wrought portraitures of women in films such as "Dim Sum" and "The Joy Luck Club", makes you feel the force of these two distinct personalities. Scenes chart the ebb and flow of emotions as these two females struggle to get a purchase on their lives and a means by which to live with each other.
Although she sometimes acts like one, Adele is no dummy. She eventually comes to realize her dreams cannot be her daughter's. In the end, she does the right thing, not what's emotionally convenient.
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
20th Century Fox
Fox 2000 Pictures presents
a Lawrence Mark production
Producer: Lawrence Mark
Director: Wayne Wang
Writer: Alvin Sargent
Based on the novel by: Mona Simpson
Executive producer: Ginny Nugent
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Donald Graham Burt
Editor: Nicholas C. Smith
Music: Danny Elfman
Costumes: Betsy Heimann
Color/stereo
Cast:
Adele August: Susan Sarandon
Ann August: Natalie Portman
Ted: Ray Baker
Jimmy: John Diehl
Benny: Shawn Hatosy
Carol: Bonnie Bedelia
Peter: Corbin Allred
Josh Spritzer: Hart Bochner
Gail Letterfine: Caroline Aaron
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 9/20/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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