Buster Keaton was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the silent era, comparable only to his contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Unlike Lloyd with his distinctive spectacles or Chaplin with his signature stache, Keaton was identified by the emotionless expression he wore while enduring some of the most painful, dangerous, and hilarious bits of physical comedy the world has ever seen.
The filmmaker grew up as a vaudeville actor and took the stage as early as age four, where he first honed his slapstick skills in an act with his father. He was always known for taking hard falls without so much as a wince, which is how he earned his nickname, Buster, as an infant. As Keaton told it, legendary illusionist Harry Houdini gave him the nickname after an infant Keaton fell down a full flight of stairs without crying (a "buster" was a slang term for...
The filmmaker grew up as a vaudeville actor and took the stage as early as age four, where he first honed his slapstick skills in an act with his father. He was always known for taking hard falls without so much as a wince, which is how he earned his nickname, Buster, as an infant. As Keaton told it, legendary illusionist Harry Houdini gave him the nickname after an infant Keaton fell down a full flight of stairs without crying (a "buster" was a slang term for...
- 2/11/2024
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
Clockwise from upper left: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Paramount), Ben-Hur (MGM), Police Story (Golden Harvest), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (United Artists)Graphic: AVClub
When it comes to the art of motion picture making, stunt work is one of the industry’s most important yet unsung crafts. Indeed, stunt people have been...
When it comes to the art of motion picture making, stunt work is one of the industry’s most important yet unsung crafts. Indeed, stunt people have been...
- 7/12/2023
- by Richard Newby
- avclub.com
The Bold and the Beautiful has been keeping audiences coming back for more since 1987. The show is a spinoff of The Young and the Restless, and both shows are among the only remaining daytime soap operas still on television. Now two key actors on The Bold and the Beautiful, Don Diamont and Scott Clifton, have reportedly renewed their contracts on the show.
Don Diamont and Scott Clifton joined ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ around the same time (L-r) Actors Don Diamont and Scott Clifton attend the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards CBS After Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. | Allen Berezovsky/WireImage
Prior to joining The Bold and the Beautiful, Diamont played Brad Carlton on The Young and the Restless. He appeared on the show from 1985 to 1996 and then, after a brief hiatus, 1998 until 2009. Diamont even popped up as Brad Carlton on The Bold and the Beautiful...
Don Diamont and Scott Clifton joined ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ around the same time (L-r) Actors Don Diamont and Scott Clifton attend the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards CBS After Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. | Allen Berezovsky/WireImage
Prior to joining The Bold and the Beautiful, Diamont played Brad Carlton on The Young and the Restless. He appeared on the show from 1985 to 1996 and then, after a brief hiatus, 1998 until 2009. Diamont even popped up as Brad Carlton on The Bold and the Beautiful...
- 3/20/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Deadline hears that Warner Bros. Television is developing a limited series about Buster Keaton that has Oscar and Emmy winner Rami Malek playing the vaudeville-turned-silent comedy movie star.
Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions, Malek and David Weddle are producing, and we understand that The Batman director is set to helm. Three-time Emmy winner Ted Cohen is in negotiations to write and serve as an executive producer on the project. James Curtis’ Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life is being eyed as the source material for the series, with negotiations underway by the studio to secure the book.
Daniel Pipski and Rafi Crohn from 6th & Idaho are also EPs.
The project is being primed to be shopped to streamers and networks; 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal at Warner Bros, as Deadline first told you. Reeves is also working on his Batman HBO Max spinoff series at Warners,...
Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions, Malek and David Weddle are producing, and we understand that The Batman director is set to helm. Three-time Emmy winner Ted Cohen is in negotiations to write and serve as an executive producer on the project. James Curtis’ Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life is being eyed as the source material for the series, with negotiations underway by the studio to secure the book.
Daniel Pipski and Rafi Crohn from 6th & Idaho are also EPs.
The project is being primed to be shopped to streamers and networks; 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal at Warner Bros, as Deadline first told you. Reeves is also working on his Batman HBO Max spinoff series at Warners,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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