7 random things that happened on this day, March 11th, in showbiz history
1958 Charles Van Doren loses on the game show "Twenty-One" an event that causes a huge scandal when the public realizes it was a fix. This event is detailed in the 1994 Best Picture nominee Quiz Show with Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren.
1964 The 21st Golden Globes were held honoring the films of 1963...
1958 Charles Van Doren loses on the game show "Twenty-One" an event that causes a huge scandal when the public realizes it was a fix. This event is detailed in the 1994 Best Picture nominee Quiz Show with Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren.
1964 The 21st Golden Globes were held honoring the films of 1963...
- 3/11/2021
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Herbert Stempel, the contestant on NBC’s “Twenty-One” who helped uncover the quiz show rigging scandals of the 1950s, died on April 7 at the age of 93.
His death, which had not been publicly announced, was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne, according to the New York Times. Stempel was portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 drama “Quiz Show,” directed by Robert Redford.
Stempel was born in the Bronx on Dec. 19, 1926, the son of Solomon and Mary Stempel. He was a gifted student with a prodigious memory. As a child, he represented P.S. 6 on the radio show “Americana Quiz,” and remained undefeated for weeks. He attended Bronx High School of Science and scored at genius level on an I.Q. test. Stempel worked for the post office, served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1952 and enrolled at City College under the G.I. Bill.
Stempel was also a fan...
His death, which had not been publicly announced, was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne, according to the New York Times. Stempel was portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 drama “Quiz Show,” directed by Robert Redford.
Stempel was born in the Bronx on Dec. 19, 1926, the son of Solomon and Mary Stempel. He was a gifted student with a prodigious memory. As a child, he represented P.S. 6 on the radio show “Americana Quiz,” and remained undefeated for weeks. He attended Bronx High School of Science and scored at genius level on an I.Q. test. Stempel worked for the post office, served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1952 and enrolled at City College under the G.I. Bill.
Stempel was also a fan...
- 5/31/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times.
Stempel’s story was told in the Robert Redford film “Quiz Show,” which starred John Turturro as Stempel and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Stempel, an Army veteran attending school on the G.I. Bill, applied to be on “Twenty-One” and was handpicked by producer Dan Enright to be the star of the show, portrayed as an American underdog making thousands for his family.
Stempel was given the answers to questions in advance, winning thousands during his run on the show.
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But as ratings began to level off, Enright turned...
Stempel’s story was told in the Robert Redford film “Quiz Show,” which starred John Turturro as Stempel and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Stempel, an Army veteran attending school on the G.I. Bill, applied to be on “Twenty-One” and was handpicked by producer Dan Enright to be the star of the show, portrayed as an American underdog making thousands for his family.
Stempel was given the answers to questions in advance, winning thousands during his run on the show.
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But as ratings began to level off, Enright turned...
- 5/31/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Herb Stempel, whose admission that television game shows were fixed led to a major scandal and congressional investigation, has died. He passed at age 93 on April 7, but his death just recently came to light.
No cause of death was given by his stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
Stempel was a contestant on the game show Twenty-One, and became a nerdy star for seeming to know something about everything. The only problem was that he was supplied with the answers in advance, with the promise of winning $25,000 if he kept quiet. The sum later ballooned to just short of $50,000.
When he finally lost, he deliberately gave the wrong answer to a question on film that he knew well. The winner of the evening’s competition, Charles Van Doren, went on to be a TV Golden Boy.
Stempel later taught social studies in New York high school and worked for the city’s Dept.
No cause of death was given by his stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
Stempel was a contestant on the game show Twenty-One, and became a nerdy star for seeming to know something about everything. The only problem was that he was supplied with the answers in advance, with the promise of winning $25,000 if he kept quiet. The sum later ballooned to just short of $50,000.
When he finally lost, he deliberately gave the wrong answer to a question on film that he knew well. The winner of the evening’s competition, Charles Van Doren, went on to be a TV Golden Boy.
Stempel later taught social studies in New York high school and worked for the city’s Dept.
- 5/31/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Herb Stempel, the contestant on NBC's Twenty-One who helped expose the rigged television quiz shows of the 1950s after he was "defeated" by Charles Van Doren, has died. He was 93.
Stempel, portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 docudrama Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, died April 7, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
As a bespectacled Bronx native with an IQ of 170, Stempel appeared on Twenty-One, hosted by Jack Barry, for six weeks in 1956, winning $49,500. He later said that he was given all the questions and answers in ...
Stempel, portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 docudrama Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, died April 7, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
As a bespectacled Bronx native with an IQ of 170, Stempel appeared on Twenty-One, hosted by Jack Barry, for six weeks in 1956, winning $49,500. He later said that he was given all the questions and answers in ...
- 5/31/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Herb Stempel, the contestant on NBC's Twenty-One who helped expose the rigged television quiz shows of the 1950s after he was "defeated" by Charles Van Doren, has died. He was 93.
Stempel, portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 docudrama Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, died April 7, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
As a bespectacled Bronx native with an Iq of 170, Stempel appeared on Twenty-One, hosted by Jack Barry, for six weeks in 1956, winning $49,500. He later said that he was given all the questions and answers in ...
Stempel, portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 docudrama Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, died April 7, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by a former stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
As a bespectacled Bronx native with an Iq of 170, Stempel appeared on Twenty-One, hosted by Jack Barry, for six weeks in 1956, winning $49,500. He later said that he was given all the questions and answers in ...
- 5/31/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Best Picture nominee Quiz Show (1994) was released 25 years ago. Here's Anna with a look back...
The year is 1958 (it should be 1956; Redford condensed the three-year scandal into one). Households across America tune in to watch Twenty-One. Everyone is fascinated by the wisdom from reigning champion Herb Stempel (John Turturro). Well, almost everyone; producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) as well as the show’s sponsor think it’s high time for some new talent on the show. Enter Columbia University instructor Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), who had auditioned for their other show Tic-Tac-Dough. And this is when Enright tells Herb to take the fall, which he reluctantly does. But how long until keeping the truth becomes too much for Charles?...
The year is 1958 (it should be 1956; Redford condensed the three-year scandal into one). Households across America tune in to watch Twenty-One. Everyone is fascinated by the wisdom from reigning champion Herb Stempel (John Turturro). Well, almost everyone; producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) as well as the show’s sponsor think it’s high time for some new talent on the show. Enter Columbia University instructor Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), who had auditioned for their other show Tic-Tac-Dough. And this is when Enright tells Herb to take the fall, which he reluctantly does. But how long until keeping the truth becomes too much for Charles?...
- 9/16/2019
- by Anna
- FilmExperience
Stars of the stage and screen have paid tribute to actress Georgia Engel, who died last week in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 70.
The Emmy nominee was known for her roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” as well as broadway hit “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
“A light is out, and what can we do but be grateful for what she gave us,” tweeted “Hamilton” and “Mary Poppins Returns” star Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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“Georgia was one of a kind and the absolute best,” Betty White said in a statement. She later posted a photo on Instagram of the pair together snuggling a huge bear with the caption “Friends forever.”
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“Friends Forever” says it all.
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“I am...
The Emmy nominee was known for her roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” as well as broadway hit “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
“A light is out, and what can we do but be grateful for what she gave us,” tweeted “Hamilton” and “Mary Poppins Returns” star Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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“Georgia was one of a kind and the absolute best,” Betty White said in a statement. She later posted a photo on Instagram of the pair together snuggling a huge bear with the caption “Friends forever.”
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“Friends Forever” says it all.
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“I am...
- 4/16/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Charles Van Doren, the man who confessed to cheating on the popular game show Twenty-One in the 1950s, has died. He was 93.
Van Doren’s game show cheating scandal was the subject of the 1994 movie Quiz Show starring Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow, John Turturro and Martin Scorsese. It was directed by Robert Redford.
His son, John Van Doren, told the Associated Press his father died of natural causes on Tuesday at a care center in Canaan, Connecticut.
Van Doren’s funeral services will be private, according to the AP.
The son of a prominent literary family, and a writer and editor himself,...
Van Doren’s game show cheating scandal was the subject of the 1994 movie Quiz Show starring Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow, John Turturro and Martin Scorsese. It was directed by Robert Redford.
His son, John Van Doren, told the Associated Press his father died of natural causes on Tuesday at a care center in Canaan, Connecticut.
Van Doren’s funeral services will be private, according to the AP.
The son of a prominent literary family, and a writer and editor himself,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Charles Van Doren, the 1950s quiz show contestant who infamously cheated his way to stardom by using answers he received in advance, has died at the age of 93. His son John told The New York Times that Van Doren died from natural causes at a retirement community in Cornwall, Connecticut, where he lived for several years.
Van Doren was born February 12th, 1925 in New York City, the son of Pulitzer Prize-awarded poet/critic Mark Van Doren and novelist Dorothy Van Doren. He attended both Cambridge University and Columbia University; he...
Van Doren was born February 12th, 1925 in New York City, the son of Pulitzer Prize-awarded poet/critic Mark Van Doren and novelist Dorothy Van Doren. He attended both Cambridge University and Columbia University; he...
- 4/10/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Charles Van Doren, the 1950s rigged-quiz show winner and one of TV’s early examples of instant fame and the lightning-round failure that can follow, died Tuesday at a Connecticut retirement community. He was 93.
His death at Geer Village, Canaan, Conn., was announced to The New York Times by his son John Van Doren.
The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and noted Columbia University professor of English Mark Van Doren and novelist Dorothy Van Doren, the handsome 31-year-old Charles Van Doren was all too credible in his 14-week, $129,000 winning streak on the NBC quiz show Twenty-One in 1956-57.
But with rumors circulating about network rigging of the extremely popular prime time quiz shows, a congressional investigation ensued. On Nov. 2, 1959, Van Doren confessed that he had been given answers in advance.
The quiz show scandal, which engulfed other programs and contestants, was chronicled in the 1994 movie Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford...
His death at Geer Village, Canaan, Conn., was announced to The New York Times by his son John Van Doren.
The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and noted Columbia University professor of English Mark Van Doren and novelist Dorothy Van Doren, the handsome 31-year-old Charles Van Doren was all too credible in his 14-week, $129,000 winning streak on the NBC quiz show Twenty-One in 1956-57.
But with rumors circulating about network rigging of the extremely popular prime time quiz shows, a congressional investigation ensued. On Nov. 2, 1959, Van Doren confessed that he had been given answers in advance.
The quiz show scandal, which engulfed other programs and contestants, was chronicled in the 1994 movie Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford...
- 4/10/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Charles Van Doren, the disgraced ’50s-era quiz show contestant who was found to have received the answers in advance, has died. He was 93.
His son John told the New York Times that Van Doren died at a retirement community in Geer Village, Connecticut, where he had lived for several years.
Van Doren was an English instructor at Columbia University and the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic Mark Van Doren and novelist and writer Dorothy Van Doren.
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In the 1950s, Van Doren was involved in a quiz show scandal in which he testified before Congress that he had been given the answers in advance to “Twenty-One” and that it was rigged. Van Doren’s story was the subject of Robert Redford’s film “Quiz Show,” in which he was portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.
Van Doren rose to...
His son John told the New York Times that Van Doren died at a retirement community in Geer Village, Connecticut, where he had lived for several years.
Van Doren was an English instructor at Columbia University and the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic Mark Van Doren and novelist and writer Dorothy Van Doren.
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In the 1950s, Van Doren was involved in a quiz show scandal in which he testified before Congress that he had been given the answers in advance to “Twenty-One” and that it was rigged. Van Doren’s story was the subject of Robert Redford’s film “Quiz Show,” in which he was portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.
Van Doren rose to...
- 4/10/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Charles Van Doren, perhaps the most infamous TV game show contestant ever -- and the subject of an Oscar-nominated movie -- died Tuesday at his Connecticut retirement home ... according to his family. Charles famously admitted cheating on the NBC game show, "Twenty-One," back in the 1950s. He actually testified before Congressional investigators and said the games were rigged. It was a huge scandal because prime time game shows were enormously popular back then ... drawing up to 50 million viewers.
- 4/10/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Charles Van Doren, who became a nationwide celebrity in 1956 as a contestant on the NBC quiz show Twenty One only to be shamed two years later when a congressional investigation revealed the contest had been rigged, has died. He was 93.
Van Doren died Tuesday in a retirement community in Canaan, Connecticut, his son, John, told The New York Times.
The son of Mark Van Doren, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and literary critic/teacher, and novelist/writer Dorothy Van Doren, Charles also was the nephew of Pulitzer-winning biographer Carl Van Doren. With a master's degree in astrophysics and PhD in English from Columbia ...
Van Doren died Tuesday in a retirement community in Canaan, Connecticut, his son, John, told The New York Times.
The son of Mark Van Doren, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and literary critic/teacher, and novelist/writer Dorothy Van Doren, Charles also was the nephew of Pulitzer-winning biographer Carl Van Doren. With a master's degree in astrophysics and PhD in English from Columbia ...
- 4/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Patty Duke, best known as Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and for headlining her own sitcom, has died, She was 69. In 1985, just ahead of her 40th birthday, the actress sat down with People to discuss love, career and her troubled past. Read the profile below:
"Little Patty Duke is gonna be 40 next year? Wow! How can that be? I'd swear she was 18 just a minute ago!"
Little Patty Duke – and at an even five feet she still Is little – giggles at her self-parody. "That's exactly how I feel about it," she says, "like someone who's been watching...
"Little Patty Duke is gonna be 40 next year? Wow! How can that be? I'd swear she was 18 just a minute ago!"
Little Patty Duke – and at an even five feet she still Is little – giggles at her self-parody. "That's exactly how I feel about it," she says, "like someone who's been watching...
- 3/29/2016
- People.com - TV Watch
Patty Duke, best known as Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and for headlining her own sitcom, has died, She was 69. In 1985, just ahead of her 40th birthday, the actress sat down with People to discuss love, career and her troubled past. Read the profile below:"Little Patty Duke is gonna be 40 next year? Wow! How can that be? I'd swear she was 18 just a minute ago!" Little Patty Duke - and at an even five feet she still Is little - giggles at her self-parody. "That's exactly how I feel about it," she says, "like someone who's...
- 3/29/2016
- PEOPLE.com
Patty Duke, best known as Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and for headlining her own sitcom, has died, She was 69. In 1985, just ahead of her 40th birthday, the actress sat down with People to discuss love, career and her troubled past. Read the profile below:"Little Patty Duke is gonna be 40 next year? Wow! How can that be? I'd swear she was 18 just a minute ago!" Little Patty Duke - and at an even five feet she still Is little - giggles at her self-parody. "That's exactly how I feel about it," she says, "like someone who's...
- 3/29/2016
- PEOPLE.com
We’re less than two weeks away from the Oscars, and that means it’s once again time for my favorite activity: griping about the past!
One of my biggest Oscar pet peeves is when actors who portray real-life roles garner more attention — for no good reason — than actors who portray fictional characters. The Academy has long been too pleased with big-named thespians who prove they can imitate recognizable figures. Sometimes the attention is justified (Sean Penn in Milk and Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose come to mind), but often real-life roles become filler nominees in the supporting categories. Here are nine examples of Oscar-nominated performances that caught fire with the academy simply for being based on a known personality.
1. Jason Robards as Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a movie that teaches you to appreciate its examination of a Utah man’s humdrum lower-middle-class existence,...
One of my biggest Oscar pet peeves is when actors who portray real-life roles garner more attention — for no good reason — than actors who portray fictional characters. The Academy has long been too pleased with big-named thespians who prove they can imitate recognizable figures. Sometimes the attention is justified (Sean Penn in Milk and Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose come to mind), but often real-life roles become filler nominees in the supporting categories. Here are nine examples of Oscar-nominated performances that caught fire with the academy simply for being based on a known personality.
1. Jason Robards as Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a movie that teaches you to appreciate its examination of a Utah man’s humdrum lower-middle-class existence,...
- 2/17/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
In today’s cynical world, we question pretty much everything on television and in the media. Even “reality” TV isn’t truly real, as producers and hosts manipulate real events to create maximum drama and characters. However, back in the 1950s audiences expected things like game shows to be on the up-and-up – which is why the story surrounding the fixing of Twenty One rocked the entertainment industry way back in 1956. The scandal surrounding the outcome of a match between Herbert Stempel and Charles Van Doren provided the source material for Robert Redford’s 1994 film Quiz Show, and now you can watch the entire original episode thanks to the magic of YouTube. The basic gist of the story is that Stempel was forced to lose to Van Doren in the...
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- 3/4/2013
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
While reality television has long been forced into quotations because of its manufactured truths, we as an audience expect more legitimacy from the game show format. Robert Redford's 1994 historical drama “Quiz Show” took this assumption and dismantled it through a focus on one pivotal TV program -- “Twenty One” -- and now the real-life episode where the whole scandal began is available for viewing. Charles Van Doren and Herbert Stempel were two contestants chosen by “Twenty One” producer Dan Enright for the latest series of shows in 1956. By this point, the outcomes of the game -- featuring each player answering questions via microphone in a soundproof booth -- were almost entirely devised and mapped out. Stempel, the more bookish of the two, was forced to take a dive during his championship match with Van Doren due to sagging ratings, and following the ordeal he attempted to whistle-blow on the...
- 3/4/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
A modern-day take on the famous rigging of 50s game show Twenty-One scores big on historical accuracy
Director: Robert Redford
Entertainment grade: A
History grade: B
In 1958, there was a national scandal when the American television quiz show Twenty-One was revealed to have been rigged.
People
The star of NBC's hit game show Twenty-One is Herbert Stempel (John Turturro). His general knowledge is fantastic, and he appeals to the producers as an archetypal underdog. In this context, that means he's Jewish, working-class, and kind of dorky. His winning streak on the show has made him famous. Not everyone gets him, though. "That Stempel is giving me a headache," grumbles Martin Scorsese. You do not want to give Martin Scorsese a headache. Admittedly, the great director is not playing himself: he's supposed to be a pharmaceutical executive who sponsors Twenty-One. The producers tell Stempel to give the wrong answer to an...
Director: Robert Redford
Entertainment grade: A
History grade: B
In 1958, there was a national scandal when the American television quiz show Twenty-One was revealed to have been rigged.
People
The star of NBC's hit game show Twenty-One is Herbert Stempel (John Turturro). His general knowledge is fantastic, and he appeals to the producers as an archetypal underdog. In this context, that means he's Jewish, working-class, and kind of dorky. His winning streak on the show has made him famous. Not everyone gets him, though. "That Stempel is giving me a headache," grumbles Martin Scorsese. You do not want to give Martin Scorsese a headache. Admittedly, the great director is not playing himself: he's supposed to be a pharmaceutical executive who sponsors Twenty-One. The producers tell Stempel to give the wrong answer to an...
- 12/14/2012
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
It's time for November sweeps, which means one thing: Television execs want to make money off your time! Hooray! And what better way to celebrate the money-grubbing, callous-as-hell world of television than with one of the most damning films about the industry, Quiz Show? This week's Best Movie Ever? selection has everything: Mean TV execs, hot TV stars, annoying TV stars, Rob Morrow's mushmouthed New England accent, Martin Scorsese in an acting role, and enough '50s-style morals to drive the Drapers crazy. I also happen to love it, which means it qualifies to be Best Movie Ever. So there.
Quiz Show, the 1994 Best Picture nominee by director Robert Redford (who also helmed our beloved Ordinary People), takes a close look at the game show scandals of the 1950s when contestants like Herb Stempel (John Turturro) and Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes) answered trivia questions for extraordinary sums of money.
Quiz Show, the 1994 Best Picture nominee by director Robert Redford (who also helmed our beloved Ordinary People), takes a close look at the game show scandals of the 1950s when contestants like Herb Stempel (John Turturro) and Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes) answered trivia questions for extraordinary sums of money.
- 11/12/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
The legendary, enigmatic, and so, so gorgeous Vivien Leigh would've been 99 years old today, and you know what that means? If she were alive now, she'd be spending her 60th (or so) year knowing she'd given the two most respected performances in cinematic history. As Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, the brazen Ms. Leigh redefined the standard for tour de force portrayals and presented infinitely dimensional characters who are still fun to talk (and theorize) about today. This brings me to a poll question whose answers are revealing in the best possible way: What are your personal favorite movie performances?
The rule is, you have to pick 10. Not 11, not nine. And in a brief description, explain why. Here's my personal tenpack of fabulous movie performances.
1. Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
Part of Vivien Leigh's power in Streetcar...
The rule is, you have to pick 10. Not 11, not nine. And in a brief description, explain why. Here's my personal tenpack of fabulous movie performances.
1. Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
Part of Vivien Leigh's power in Streetcar...
- 11/5/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
There’s more than a touch of irony — and hypocrisy — to the public’s angry reaction to Kim Kardashian’s announcement that she is divorcing Kris Humphries after only 72 days of marriage. Many fans felt duped — Was the dream wedding a sham, a ploy to boost ratings for the Kardashians’ E! reality show? “My wife is invested in this show,” Fox & Friends’ Eric Bolling told Kris Jenner this morning. “She falls in love with your family. She gets involved. When the wedding broke up after 72 days, she was, like, devastated, because people — they watch and they want to believe in you.
- 11/3/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
I haven't read any Stephen King books since the Dark Tower series. After the second book, I just lost interest in his writing. It felt as if he was stretching out his story for too many books and I no longer had the patience to read through it.His new book Under the Dome? Over 1,000 pages in length. Seriously? I don't have time to read through a 1,000 page book. I'd rather get in three or four good 400 page books. Christ, even the longest Harry Potter book wasn't that big. One of my favorite books is A History of Knowledge by Charles Van Doren. Shit's 400 pages. I don't know what the hell King is writing about. Steven Spielberg is looking to adapt his new book into some sort of series. The trades has more:It's a potent combination: Steven + Stephen. Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a limited...
- 11/20/2009
- LRMonline.com
As a celebrity by marriage (to Aaron Spelling, the most-prolific producer in television history), then by motherhood, then by house (yes, my house is the largest in Los Angeles, and it is for sale for $150,000,000), and, finally, because I had my own best-selling book, I've long been a student of "celebrity." The coverage of Janice Min's resignation from Us Weekly was particularly intriguing, because she did so much to change the definition of "celebrity." Janice, after all, realized that Jon and Kate (even without the "8") were far bigger than TV, multiplying the ratings beyond Tlc's wildest dreams. And, we know so much about lots of other reality show runners-up, thanks to Janice. Otherwise, Charles Van Doren and Ken Jennings aside, they might have just been like game-show runners-up (or even winners), part of our consciousness for an hour or two,...
- 7/25/2009
- by Candy Spelling
- Huffington Post
The brainy English teacher who became the central figure in the quiz-show scandals of the late 1950s has broken his silence.
Charles Van Doren, 82, is finally telling his side of the story in a first-person account published in this week's New Yorker magazine, which came out yesterday.
Van Doren - who lives in Connecticut with his wife of 50 years and still teaches college-level English (most recently at the University of Connecticut in Torrington) - said he decided to go public with his version of the "Twenty-One" quiz-show story for the sake of his grandchildren.
Charles Van Doren, 82, is finally telling his side of the story in a first-person account published in this week's New Yorker magazine, which came out yesterday.
Van Doren - who lives in Connecticut with his wife of 50 years and still teaches college-level English (most recently at the University of Connecticut in Torrington) - said he decided to go public with his version of the "Twenty-One" quiz-show story for the sake of his grandchildren.
- 7/22/2008
- by By ADAM BUCKMAN
- NYPost.com
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