Who’s eager to return to the Pynk for greater excitement and inspiring storylines? P-Valley Season 3 is now here!
Katori Hall developed the Starz drama show, which debuted in 2020 and centered on her theatrical work P-Valley. It’s been a year since the season 2 climax premiered in August 2022, and supporters are naturally becoming frustrated with each passing day without fresh episodes.
While we are unaware of when the program will return, we possess some additional information that we want to share with you.
Fans like P-Valley for its sympathetic representation of minority people, which sheds focus on their challenges while also representing overlooked cultures. It seemed inevitable that the Starz series was going to be extended for an additional season.
What is the Release Date of P-Valley Season 3? Elle
As of now, there isn’t a release date for P-Valley Season 3 since production has not yet begun. And there...
Katori Hall developed the Starz drama show, which debuted in 2020 and centered on her theatrical work P-Valley. It’s been a year since the season 2 climax premiered in August 2022, and supporters are naturally becoming frustrated with each passing day without fresh episodes.
While we are unaware of when the program will return, we possess some additional information that we want to share with you.
Fans like P-Valley for its sympathetic representation of minority people, which sheds focus on their challenges while also representing overlooked cultures. It seemed inevitable that the Starz series was going to be extended for an additional season.
What is the Release Date of P-Valley Season 3? Elle
As of now, there isn’t a release date for P-Valley Season 3 since production has not yet begun. And there...
- 7/19/2023
- by Minosha Coutinho
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Francie ‘Gidget’ Lawrence was the main focus of the 1959 movie Gidget and the 1965 TV show of the same name. The famed film and series followed the adventures of a teenage Francie as she traversed the California surfing scene. Do you know exactly how old Gidget was supposed to be in the series? Gidget was not yet 16 when the series premiered
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Francie ‘Gidget’ Lawrence was 15 and a half when the TV show premiered
When Gidget premiered on ABC in 1965, the series followed Francie Lawrence through her surfing adventures in California. In the series, the character, nicknamed Gidget, was 15 and a half. In theory, if the series had continued, Gidget would have aged across several seasons. It wasn’t meant to be, though.
Gidget was canceled after a single season amid middling viewership. While...
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Francie ‘Gidget’ Lawrence was 15 and a half when the TV show premiered
When Gidget premiered on ABC in 1965, the series followed Francie Lawrence through her surfing adventures in California. In the series, the character, nicknamed Gidget, was 15 and a half. In theory, if the series had continued, Gidget would have aged across several seasons. It wasn’t meant to be, though.
Gidget was canceled after a single season amid middling viewership. While...
- 5/24/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Frederick Kohner penned a novel about his young daughter, who was emersed in the growing surfing community as a teen in the 1950s. Her summer experiences inspired the book. Kohner likely never imagined that his book would spawn a cultural phenomenon. It did just that. The book eventually spawned a franchise of films and television projects that brought viewers on Francie ‘Gidget’ Lawrence’s summer adventures. Over the years, several actors have taken on the role of Gidget. Do you remember them all?
Sandra Dee was the first actor to portray the famed character
Sandra Dee was the first actor to take on the role of Gidget. She appeared in the first film adaptation of the bestselling book. By the time Dee landed the role in Gidget, she was a veteran in the entertainment industry. According to The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties, Dee earned the equivalent...
Sandra Dee was the first actor to portray the famed character
Sandra Dee was the first actor to take on the role of Gidget. She appeared in the first film adaptation of the bestselling book. By the time Dee landed the role in Gidget, she was a veteran in the entertainment industry. According to The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties, Dee earned the equivalent...
- 5/20/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There can be no doubt the champagne corks are popping at Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale indie distributor A24 tonight. Not only did it see a record-setting performance at the SAG Awards, where it won all five of the movie categories (other than the non-televised stunt ensemble), but also Saturday night, where it took the top Best Picture award at the Producers Guild. Both often are Oscar-prescient guild awards shows that last year, and in many others, have foretold just exactly what would happen at the Academy Awards — not always but often.
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- 2/27/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Everything Everywhere All at Once won four awards including the marquee Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the 29th annual SAG Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Michelle Yeoh won Female Actor in a Leading Role for A24’s Everything Everywhere, which bolstered its claim as Best Picture front-runner at the Oscars after claiming the top film prize at the Producers Guild Awards last night. Yeoh and Tár‘s Cate Blanchett have been trading lead actress wins on the awards circuit, and tonight’s win could put the former in the driver’s seat as the Movie Academy’s Actors branch is its largest by far.
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Michelle Yeoh won Female Actor in a Leading Role for A24’s Everything Everywhere, which bolstered its claim as Best Picture front-runner at the Oscars after claiming the top film prize at the Producers Guild Awards last night. Yeoh and Tár‘s Cate Blanchett have been trading lead actress wins on the awards circuit, and tonight’s win could put the former in the driver’s seat as the Movie Academy’s Actors branch is its largest by far.
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- 2/27/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once took home best cast, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress Sunday at the 29th Annual SAG Awards.
Lead actress Michelle Yeoh gave co-star James Hong, who recently celebrated his 94th birthday, the opportunity to give a speech on behalf of the ensemble. The actor noted that his first film was made 70 years ago and featured Clark Gable. “Back in those days, [Asian roles] were played by [white] guys with their eyes taped because producers said that Asians were not good enough and they were not ‘box office,'” said Hong. “But look at us now!”
Yeoh noted her long career that led to her first leading role in an American film. “Every one of you know the roller coaster, the ups and downs,” said Yoeh. “This is not just for me, but for all of the little girls like me.… Thank you for...
Lead actress Michelle Yeoh gave co-star James Hong, who recently celebrated his 94th birthday, the opportunity to give a speech on behalf of the ensemble. The actor noted that his first film was made 70 years ago and featured Clark Gable. “Back in those days, [Asian roles] were played by [white] guys with their eyes taped because producers said that Asians were not good enough and they were not ‘box office,'” said Hong. “But look at us now!”
Yeoh noted her long career that led to her first leading role in an American film. “Every one of you know the roller coaster, the ups and downs,” said Yoeh. “This is not just for me, but for all of the little girls like me.… Thank you for...
- 2/27/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sally Field was honored with the 2023 Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award, marking decades in the film and television industry. Field, 76, accepted the honor during the award ceremony on Feb. 26 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
During the show, Field was introduced by her The Amazing Spider-Man franchise costar Andrew Garfield - who playfully heaped praise on the iconic actor - before a montage of her illustrious career highlights played and she took the stage to deliver a heartfelt and humble speech. Getting candid about her career, Field said of acting, "It has never been about a need to hide myself behind the characters of other people . . . [It] has always been about finding those few precious moments where I feel utterly . . . sometimes dangerously alive."
Speaking of her journey from her early career in lighter roles like "Gidget," Field acknowledged that while her path wasn't easy, she knows others have had it harder.
During the show, Field was introduced by her The Amazing Spider-Man franchise costar Andrew Garfield - who playfully heaped praise on the iconic actor - before a montage of her illustrious career highlights played and she took the stage to deliver a heartfelt and humble speech. Getting candid about her career, Field said of acting, "It has never been about a need to hide myself behind the characters of other people . . . [It] has always been about finding those few precious moments where I feel utterly . . . sometimes dangerously alive."
Speaking of her journey from her early career in lighter roles like "Gidget," Field acknowledged that while her path wasn't easy, she knows others have had it harder.
- 2/27/2023
- by Lindsay Kimble
- Popsugar.com
Sally Field received the lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
Andrew Garfield presented Field with her award. He called Field “one of the greatest actors to have ever lived.”
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Garfield praised Field calling her a “North star” and urged “people under 30” to watch Field’s first television series, Gidget. He commended her for playing complex women...
Andrew Garfield presented Field with her award. He called Field “one of the greatest actors to have ever lived.”
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Garfield praised Field calling her a “North star” and urged “people under 30” to watch Field’s first television series, Gidget. He commended her for playing complex women...
- 2/27/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Tom Brady might have retired (again) at age 45, but the cast of the new movie 80 for Brady is still going strong. Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin star in the film about a quartet of friends who are determined to see the legendary quarterback play in the 2017 Super Bowl. The movie is inspired by a real-life “Over 80 for Brady” fan club, but how old are the actors who play the main characters? All but one has hit her 80th birthday.
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Puerto Rican actor and Egot winner Rita Moreno has been working in Hollywood since the 1950s. She’s had roles in movie musicals such as Singin’ In the Rain, The King and I, and both the 1961 and 2021 versions of West Side Story. She won an Oscar for playing Anita in the 1961 West Side Story, a...
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Puerto Rican actor and Egot winner Rita Moreno has been working in Hollywood since the 1950s. She’s had roles in movie musicals such as Singin’ In the Rain, The King and I, and both the 1961 and 2021 versions of West Side Story. She won an Oscar for playing Anita in the 1961 West Side Story, a...
- 2/4/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kevin O’Neal, the younger brother of Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O’Neal and a regular on the 1960s ABC comedy No Time for Sergeants, has died. He was 77.
O’Neal died Saturday in his sleep of natural causes in Thousand Oaks, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
O’Neal also appeared as the character Yale in one of Elvis Presley’s final films, The Trouble with Girls (1969).
O’Neal portrayed Private Ben Whitledge on No Time for Sergeants, which lasted one season. The 1964-65 comedy was produced by George Burns’ production company and Warner Bros.
Based on a novel by Mac Hyman, No Time for Sergeants premiered on Broadway in 1954 and was adapted a year later for an ABC U.S. Steel Hour production and then for a 1958 feature. All three starred Andy Griffith.
Geoffrey Garrett O’Neal was born in Los Angeles on March 26, 1945. His parents were novelist-screenwriter Charles “Blackie” O...
O’Neal died Saturday in his sleep of natural causes in Thousand Oaks, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
O’Neal also appeared as the character Yale in one of Elvis Presley’s final films, The Trouble with Girls (1969).
O’Neal portrayed Private Ben Whitledge on No Time for Sergeants, which lasted one season. The 1964-65 comedy was produced by George Burns’ production company and Warner Bros.
Based on a novel by Mac Hyman, No Time for Sergeants premiered on Broadway in 1954 and was adapted a year later for an ABC U.S. Steel Hour production and then for a 1958 feature. All three starred Andy Griffith.
Geoffrey Garrett O’Neal was born in Los Angeles on March 26, 1945. His parents were novelist-screenwriter Charles “Blackie” O...
- 1/31/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cindy Williams, the energetic actress who appeared in a pair of Oscar best picture nominees before starring as the idealistic Shirley Feeney on the beloved ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died. She was 75.
Williams died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released Monday.
“The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,” the statement said. “Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved.”
After popping up as a pot-smoking hippie in the Maggie Smith-starring Travels With My Aunt (1972), one of the last films directed by George Cukor, Williams took her first big turn in the spotlight when she portrayed Laurie,...
Williams died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released Monday.
“The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,” the statement said. “Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved.”
After popping up as a pot-smoking hippie in the Maggie Smith-starring Travels With My Aunt (1972), one of the last films directed by George Cukor, Williams took her first big turn in the spotlight when she portrayed Laurie,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sally Field is so happy to be reunited with Dashiell Hammett.
The two-time Oscar-winning actor had been missing her cuddly Cavapoo — who’s nicknamed Dash — all morning while she was away rehearsing for “80 for Brady,” a road-trip movie she stars in with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno about four best friends who travel to the 2017 Super Bowl to see New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in action.
When Field arrives at our Variety studio, she is joined by her furry companion (brought to her by her assistant), who winds up sharing some screen time with the actor for our cover shoot and video interview. The two had bonded during the pandemic.
“When I got him, I think it really saved my life because my focus was on this little dog,” Field recalls.
Field says that Covid presented a unique set of challenges, but the actor is no stranger to struggle.
The two-time Oscar-winning actor had been missing her cuddly Cavapoo — who’s nicknamed Dash — all morning while she was away rehearsing for “80 for Brady,” a road-trip movie she stars in with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno about four best friends who travel to the 2017 Super Bowl to see New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in action.
When Field arrives at our Variety studio, she is joined by her furry companion (brought to her by her assistant), who winds up sharing some screen time with the actor for our cover shoot and video interview. The two had bonded during the pandemic.
“When I got him, I think it really saved my life because my focus was on this little dog,” Field recalls.
Field says that Covid presented a unique set of challenges, but the actor is no stranger to struggle.
- 3/23/2022
- by Claudia Eller and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Okay, who’s ready for “family time” at the movies? Now I’m not talking about the standard “family flick” that’s usually the big animated musical fable that many use as a weekend afternoon “out of the house” excursion. And lots of you may feel a tad skittish about trotting all the kids over to the multiplex (soon we hope). This week we’ve got a real “family” film dealing with lots of adult themes that are aimed at the “grown-ups”. Oh, and it’s focused on a rare “family dynamic”: the father-daughter relationship. Often we see dynamic clashes between mother and daughter (2017’s Snatched comes to mind) or brittle reunions of fathers and sons as when Indy and his pop went on that “last crusade”. On TV this pairing has been a staple from “My Little Margie” to “Gidget” leading up to the recent, sublime duo of...
- 10/1/2020
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Washington, D.C. — Political chatter was kept to a minimum Sunday night as the Kennedy Center Honors presented elaborate tributes to “Sesame Street” — made more poignant by the death of legendary puppeteer Caroll Spinney earlier in the day — as well as Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Earth, Wind and Fire and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
The gala, in its 42nd year, once again capped a weekend of festivities that included a banquet on Saturday night at the U.S. State Department. Excluded for the third straight year was any participation by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, either as hosts of a traditional Sunday afternoon reception at the White House or attendees at the gala. It’s a workable arrangement for all given the president’s unpopularity within the arts and entertainment communities.
In their fifth year as producers of the Honors, White Cherry Entertainment’s Ricky Kirshner and...
The gala, in its 42nd year, once again capped a weekend of festivities that included a banquet on Saturday night at the U.S. State Department. Excluded for the third straight year was any participation by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, either as hosts of a traditional Sunday afternoon reception at the White House or attendees at the gala. It’s a workable arrangement for all given the president’s unpopularity within the arts and entertainment communities.
In their fifth year as producers of the Honors, White Cherry Entertainment’s Ricky Kirshner and...
- 12/9/2019
- by Paul Harris
- Variety Film + TV
Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Tilson Thomas and Sesame Street were honored Sunday night at the Kennedy Center Honors, but what was all the more apparent was the tone of the show: A holiday season respite at one of D.C.’s most polarized moments. As the impeachment of President Donald Trump moves forward, among those attending were some of its most visible figures, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose decision to open an inquiry led to this moment, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is among the administration figures defying congressional subpoenas. Also present: Chief Justice John Roberts, who would preside over a Senate trial.
A couple of times during the ceremony, host LL Cool J made oblique references to political divisions. He told the crowd of lawmakers, Trump administration cabinet secretaries, Hollywood figures and D.C. lobbyists that the honorees use their artistic talents...
A couple of times during the ceremony, host LL Cool J made oblique references to political divisions. He told the crowd of lawmakers, Trump administration cabinet secretaries, Hollywood figures and D.C. lobbyists that the honorees use their artistic talents...
- 12/9/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Jenny Slate has been set as host of the 23rd annual Webby Awards, which honor the year’s best of the Internet from websites and video to advertising, media and public relations, apps, mobile, voice, social, podcasts and games. The ceremony is May 13 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Nominees for this year’s edition will be revealed April 2, which will open voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards.
Last year’s Webbys, hosted by Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin, featured winners including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rise Up for public service & activism, and Lady Gaga for her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two.
Slate, a Saturday Night Live alum, most recently toplined the Sundance pic The Sunlit Night. Her TV credits include Big Mouth, Parks & Recreation, Bob’s Burgers, Married and Kroll Show, as well as films Obvious Child,...
Nominees for this year’s edition will be revealed April 2, which will open voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards.
Last year’s Webbys, hosted by Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin, featured winners including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rise Up for public service & activism, and Lady Gaga for her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two.
Slate, a Saturday Night Live alum, most recently toplined the Sundance pic The Sunlit Night. Her TV credits include Big Mouth, Parks & Recreation, Bob’s Burgers, Married and Kroll Show, as well as films Obvious Child,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
If you've used up all the available Douglas Sirk melodramas, why not try The Restless Years (1958), directed by Helmut Kautner (pronounced "Koit-ner")? It's a small town tale, focusing mainly on the teenage populace, but spreading out to follow their interaction with parents and teachers."This is a dirty, little, gossipy small town. And I ought to know because I was born here. People here are jut like a herd of sharks that turn on a crippled one and kill it." So says salesman James Whitmore to his son, a fresh-faced John Saxon, and he appears to be right, giving the film the social criticism dimension that Sirk's films likewise weave beneath their emotionally turbulent tales.The producer is the flamboyant Ross Hunter, who needs to be considered a kind of co-auteur of many Sirkian tales, only he should be credited for the dumber, soapier elements, his writers and directors for the irony and subtext,...
- 12/20/2018
- MUBI
Casting director Eddie Foy III, whose credits include “Happy Days” and the Emmy Awards, died after a fall on Nov. 3, his publicist confirmed. He was 83.
Foy had been a casting director for more than 42 years. He worked with Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems, 20th Century Fox, and Dick Clark Productions. He served as director of casting for ABC and vice president of casting for NBC. Some of his credits include “Gidget,” “The Donna Reed Show,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Mork and Mindy,” “The Monkees,” “Happy Days,” the first two “Roots” installments, and the Emmy Awards.
He completed his career as a longstanding independent casting director and talent executive for the Jerry Lewis Mda Labor Day Telethon. Foy’s most recent honor was his unanimous selection by the Academy of Television Arts and Science, Archives Division, as the most influential casting director in TV the last 42 years and for...
Foy had been a casting director for more than 42 years. He worked with Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems, 20th Century Fox, and Dick Clark Productions. He served as director of casting for ABC and vice president of casting for NBC. Some of his credits include “Gidget,” “The Donna Reed Show,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Mork and Mindy,” “The Monkees,” “Happy Days,” the first two “Roots” installments, and the Emmy Awards.
He completed his career as a longstanding independent casting director and talent executive for the Jerry Lewis Mda Labor Day Telethon. Foy’s most recent honor was his unanimous selection by the Academy of Television Arts and Science, Archives Division, as the most influential casting director in TV the last 42 years and for...
- 11/8/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
Eddie Foy III, a casting director who worked on such classic series as Happy Days, Cheers, M*A*S*H and The Monkees, and was a third-generation member of the legendary Foy show business clan, died November 3 in a fall at his home in Denison, Ia. He was 83.
The son of actor Eddie Foy Jr., he grew up around celebrities in New York City and did some acting in films and TV before segueing to casting in the 1970s. His grandfather, Eddie Foy Sr., headed the famed family vaudeville act Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys, which included Eddie Foy Jr., who continued a successful acting career into adulthood.
The vaudeville family’s story was told in the 1955 movie The Seven Little Foys starring Bob Hope and James Cagney.
Eddie Foy III followed family tradition into acting – early credits included roles on 1950s-60s TV series like Highway Patrol...
The son of actor Eddie Foy Jr., he grew up around celebrities in New York City and did some acting in films and TV before segueing to casting in the 1970s. His grandfather, Eddie Foy Sr., headed the famed family vaudeville act Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys, which included Eddie Foy Jr., who continued a successful acting career into adulthood.
The vaudeville family’s story was told in the 1955 movie The Seven Little Foys starring Bob Hope and James Cagney.
Eddie Foy III followed family tradition into acting – early credits included roles on 1950s-60s TV series like Highway Patrol...
- 11/7/2018
- by Greg Evans and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Eddie Foy III, a veteran casting director for television who helped bring Barbara Eden to I Dream of Jeannie and Sally Field to Gidget, has died. He was 83.
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
- 11/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eddie Foy III, a veteran casting director for television who helped bring Barbara Eden to I Dream of Jeannie and Sally Field to Gidget, has died. He was 83.
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
- 11/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sally Field opened up about some of her life’s darkest moments in an interview Tuesday with the New York Times.
The article arrives just a week before the Sept. 18 release of her memoir “In Pieces,” which details her life as a celebrity and her role as a mother to three sons during two different marriages. Read some of the biggest revelations from her interview below.
1. She experienced sexual abuse from her stepfather.
Field begins the interview with the story behind her 2012 speech at the Omega Institute’s Women and Power conference. During the speech, she shared how she told her mother about the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of her stepfather. Field said she was often summoned to his bedroom alone until the abuse stopped when she turned 14.
“I was shaking all over to do it,” she said of her 2012 speech. “But I felt strengthened by that faceless mass of unknown people.
The article arrives just a week before the Sept. 18 release of her memoir “In Pieces,” which details her life as a celebrity and her role as a mother to three sons during two different marriages. Read some of the biggest revelations from her interview below.
1. She experienced sexual abuse from her stepfather.
Field begins the interview with the story behind her 2012 speech at the Omega Institute’s Women and Power conference. During the speech, she shared how she told her mother about the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of her stepfather. Field said she was often summoned to his bedroom alone until the abuse stopped when she turned 14.
“I was shaking all over to do it,” she said of her 2012 speech. “But I felt strengthened by that faceless mass of unknown people.
- 9/11/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Don't let any of the smiling images fool you: Sally Field was not happy portraying Sister Bertrille for three seasons on The Flying Nun, no matter how many people watched and loved the show. In fact, she felt coerced into doing it by producer Harry Ackerman and her stepfather, a former Hollywood stuntman turned TV performer. "I was now turning 19," she reflected to the Television Academy Foundation, "and I didn't want to be a nun. I did not want to do this; I'd started to see these other dreams of what I really wanted to be. I felt I needed to have faith, have courage and go after something nebulous, because I had no clear vision of how you went towards these things." (Photo Credit: Getty Images) In the end, after people were warning her that an actor never really knew where the next job would come from, she signed...
- 8/7/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
From Places in the Heart and Steel Magnolias to Lincoln, two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field has wowed audiences with her striking range as an actor. But she’s been protective of the details of her private life — until now.
In an exclusive with People, Field shared the cover of her first memoir In Pieces, out Sept. 18, in which she reflects on her “complicated” childhood and her difficult relationship with her mother. According to her publisher Grand Central, the book will also reveal details about the rise of her career since her debut as a 17-year-old actress and her relationship with ex-boyfriend Burt Reynolds.
In an exclusive with People, Field shared the cover of her first memoir In Pieces, out Sept. 18, in which she reflects on her “complicated” childhood and her difficult relationship with her mother. According to her publisher Grand Central, the book will also reveal details about the rise of her career since her debut as a 17-year-old actress and her relationship with ex-boyfriend Burt Reynolds.
- 3/28/2018
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
The actor, who is on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, talks about being typecast and struggling to find roles while balancing life as a parent
Last fall, Sally Field turned 70. Her celebration of choice? A starring role in the most controversial play of the season. In the director Sam Gold’s production of Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie, Field plays Amanda Wingfield, a role she’s taken on before, though never quite like this. On a recent afternoon, Field, who progressed from teen sitcoms (Gidget, The Flying Nun) to serious films (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart) and recently to theater, sat in a backstage room to discuss her career.
Related: The Glass Menagerie review – Sally Field returns to Broadway in style
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Last fall, Sally Field turned 70. Her celebration of choice? A starring role in the most controversial play of the season. In the director Sam Gold’s production of Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie, Field plays Amanda Wingfield, a role she’s taken on before, though never quite like this. On a recent afternoon, Field, who progressed from teen sitcoms (Gidget, The Flying Nun) to serious films (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart) and recently to theater, sat in a backstage room to discuss her career.
Related: The Glass Menagerie review – Sally Field returns to Broadway in style
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- 4/4/2017
- by Alexis Soloski in New York
- The Guardian - Film News
Sally Field (Courtesy: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Vital Voices)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“Nothing has ever been easy for me,” says the actress Sally Field as we sit down in the kitchen of her Pacific Palisades home to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. “Not one moment of my career except Gidget — ‘Hey, be Gidget,'” the 70-year-old adds in reference to her first professional role, which made her a star when she was just 17. “Everything else has been a struggle. Nothing ever fell in my lap. When I won an Emmy for Sybil, when I won an Oscar for Norma Rae, when I won an Oscar for Places in the Heart, whatever it was, it didn’t mean, ‘Open the doors, the scripts are falling in!’ It never, ever happened for me like that. I don’t know if it was me,...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“Nothing has ever been easy for me,” says the actress Sally Field as we sit down in the kitchen of her Pacific Palisades home to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. “Not one moment of my career except Gidget — ‘Hey, be Gidget,'” the 70-year-old adds in reference to her first professional role, which made her a star when she was just 17. “Everything else has been a struggle. Nothing ever fell in my lap. When I won an Emmy for Sybil, when I won an Oscar for Norma Rae, when I won an Oscar for Places in the Heart, whatever it was, it didn’t mean, ‘Open the doors, the scripts are falling in!’ It never, ever happened for me like that. I don’t know if it was me,...
- 11/27/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
"Nothing has ever been easy for me," says actress Sally Field as we sit down in the kitchen of her Pacific Palisades home to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. "Not one moment of my career, except Gidget — 'Hey, be Gidget,'" the 70-year-old adds in reference to her first professional role, which made her a star when she was just 17. "Everything else has been a struggle. Nothing ever fell in my lap. When I won an Emmy for Sybil, when I won an Oscar for Norma Rae, when I won an Oscar for Places...
- 11/27/2016
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
M'lynn. Gidget. Norma Rae. The Flying Nun. Sybil. Edna Spalding. Mary Todd Lincoln. Mrs Gump. We know her by many names but the one we'll always love best is "Sally Field," perfectly stage-name appropriate for instant recall and audience adoration... and also her real name since birth.
Though she's been famous for literally half a century (!) she hasn't always been properly appreciated... a common fate for stars whose work looks effortless and who excel in "light" genres like dramedies and romantic comedies. But we like her. We really really like her. Don't you?
Her biggest hits: Forrest Gump, Mrs Doubtfire, Hooper, Lincoln, Steel Magnolias, and literally every film she made with Burt Reynolds from 1977-1980 -- audiences couldn't get enough of them together back then. Most frequent co-stars: Burt Reynolds (4), Jeff Bridges, Michael Caine, Dom de Luise, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, and Tommy Lee Jones (2). Awards haul: 3 Emmys, 2 Oscars, 1 SAG,...
Though she's been famous for literally half a century (!) she hasn't always been properly appreciated... a common fate for stars whose work looks effortless and who excel in "light" genres like dramedies and romantic comedies. But we like her. We really really like her. Don't you?
Her biggest hits: Forrest Gump, Mrs Doubtfire, Hooper, Lincoln, Steel Magnolias, and literally every film she made with Burt Reynolds from 1977-1980 -- audiences couldn't get enough of them together back then. Most frequent co-stars: Burt Reynolds (4), Jeff Bridges, Michael Caine, Dom de Luise, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, and Tommy Lee Jones (2). Awards haul: 3 Emmys, 2 Oscars, 1 SAG,...
- 3/11/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
I loved it.
Melissa Benoist, whom I first saw on Glee, packed up her beautiful singing voice to play Kara Danvers, nee Kara Zor-el, bears no blame for the general snorrrrre that is the hallmark of the show. Neither do any of the following: Chyler Leigh as kick-ass secret government agent-who-also-happens-to-be-Kara’s-Earth born sister, Alex; Mehcad Brooks as no-longer-cub-reporter-now-Pulitzer-Prize-winning photographer Jimmy Olsen, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw-Director-of-same-secret-government-agency-which-makes-him Alex’s boss-and-who-also-happens-to-be-j’on J’onzz the Martian Manhunter; Jeremy Jordan as lovelorn-for-Kara-and-not-yet-revealed-to-be-son-of-supervillain-The Toyman techie Winslow “Winn” Scholl, Jr., or Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal-all-growed-up-and-head-of-her-own-media-empire Catherine (Cat) Grant.
No, the cast is fine. Especially Flockhart, whose Grant started out as a total caricature of Miranda Priestly (who herself was a caricature, albeit a sophisticated one, of Vogue’s Anna Wintour), but now is the only one demonstrating any of that all important ingredient for a successful television series recipe: character growth. But...
Melissa Benoist, whom I first saw on Glee, packed up her beautiful singing voice to play Kara Danvers, nee Kara Zor-el, bears no blame for the general snorrrrre that is the hallmark of the show. Neither do any of the following: Chyler Leigh as kick-ass secret government agent-who-also-happens-to-be-Kara’s-Earth born sister, Alex; Mehcad Brooks as no-longer-cub-reporter-now-Pulitzer-Prize-winning photographer Jimmy Olsen, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw-Director-of-same-secret-government-agency-which-makes-him Alex’s boss-and-who-also-happens-to-be-j’on J’onzz the Martian Manhunter; Jeremy Jordan as lovelorn-for-Kara-and-not-yet-revealed-to-be-son-of-supervillain-The Toyman techie Winslow “Winn” Scholl, Jr., or Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal-all-growed-up-and-head-of-her-own-media-empire Catherine (Cat) Grant.
No, the cast is fine. Especially Flockhart, whose Grant started out as a total caricature of Miranda Priestly (who herself was a caricature, albeit a sophisticated one, of Vogue’s Anna Wintour), but now is the only one demonstrating any of that all important ingredient for a successful television series recipe: character growth. But...
- 12/21/2015
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
British actress Judy Carne, who perhaps was best known to American audiences for her role as the “Sock it to me!” girl on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, died on Sept. 3 after a reported battle with pneumonia. She was 76.
After starting her career in England, Carne made her Stateside TV debut on the 1962 CBS sitcom Fair Exchange, playing an exchange student. She went on to guest-star on such series as Bonanza, The Baileys of Balboa, Gidget, Love on a Rooftop and Big Valley. During this time, she also had a two-year marriage to Burt Reynolds.
As part of the Laugh-In ensemble...
After starting her career in England, Carne made her Stateside TV debut on the 1962 CBS sitcom Fair Exchange, playing an exchange student. She went on to guest-star on such series as Bonanza, The Baileys of Balboa, Gidget, Love on a Rooftop and Big Valley. During this time, she also had a two-year marriage to Burt Reynolds.
As part of the Laugh-In ensemble...
- 9/8/2015
- TVLine.com
She may be an Oscar winner, but it was no easy path to success for Sally Field, who was told by her own management that she was "not pretty enough" to be a film star. In the early days of her career, when she was known for roles like Gidget and The Flying Nun, Field's attempts to transition into the movie industry were met with intense rejection - even from her own agent. "When I decided I needed to back out of TV altogether, I told him, 'I'm not going do any more TV' and he said, 'Well that's ridiculous.
- 4/3/2015
- by Megan Johnson
- PEOPLE.com
I'm one of those "glass half-full "critics when it comes to Taylor Lautner. Film after film I hope he'll pull a Sally Field, who went from The Flying Nun and Gidget to Sybil and Norma Rae. Would Abduction or Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 reveal the young man's inner Laurence Olivier? No, sadly. The lumbering hunk remains just a lumbering hunk in those two. Prize-winning pecs and abs plus a cute smile were what the glamor boy's fans had to settle for.
"Well, maybe Tracers will be his Wuthering Heights," I was murmuring as I scooted onto the subway last night, heading for a midtown screening room. I should have known better. I should have checked out the director's CV before hoping for the best.
The Barcelona-born Daniel Benmayor had previously helmed a Schweppes commercial with Hugh Laurie and two deodorant ads, which would make you think he could avoid creating malodorous art.
"Well, maybe Tracers will be his Wuthering Heights," I was murmuring as I scooted onto the subway last night, heading for a midtown screening room. I should have known better. I should have checked out the director's CV before hoping for the best.
The Barcelona-born Daniel Benmayor had previously helmed a Schweppes commercial with Hugh Laurie and two deodorant ads, which would make you think he could avoid creating malodorous art.
- 3/17/2015
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
In the new 10-part docuseries The Sixties, CNN quite literally isn’t sparing any color commentary.
The debut installment, “Television Comes of Age,” examines the origins of the small screen — including the transition from black-and-white to color TV – through the eyes of the era’s biggest stars: Dick Cavett, Diahann Caroll, The Smothers Brothers, and Carol Burnett, among others.
The Sixties also calls on today’s luminaries to discuss how the era’s advances influenced their lives and changed the world. In an exclusive sneak peek of tonight’s opener, the series’ executive producer Tom Hanks (who also played a...
The debut installment, “Television Comes of Age,” examines the origins of the small screen — including the transition from black-and-white to color TV – through the eyes of the era’s biggest stars: Dick Cavett, Diahann Caroll, The Smothers Brothers, and Carol Burnett, among others.
The Sixties also calls on today’s luminaries to discuss how the era’s advances influenced their lives and changed the world. In an exclusive sneak peek of tonight’s opener, the series’ executive producer Tom Hanks (who also played a...
- 5/29/2014
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside TV
Exclusive: Sally Field will star in the indie comedy Hello, My Name Is Doris, opposite New Girl’s Max Greenfield and 2 Broke Girls’ Beth Behrs. Michael Showalter will direct a script he wrote with Laura Terruso. Jack Antonoff is also part of the ensemble. Field will play an isolated 60-year old woman who is motivated by a self-help seminar to romantically pursue a younger coworker. This causes her to stumble into the spotlight of the local hipster social scene. The film is a co-production between Haven Entertainment and Red Crown, with Haven’s Jordana Mollick and Kevin Mann producing with Red Crown’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, and Daniel Crown executive producer. Haven and Red Crown teamed on Life Partners, which premiered at Tribeca. Field is coming off The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and if Greenfield and Behrs have their eyes on feature careers after they wrap their series turns,...
- 5/28/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Here’s the first official entry to “Summertime with the super heroes 2014″(Cap’s return last month would be considered Spring, one supposes). And it’s an old familiar masked face who got a major overhaul (re-boot, re-imagining, etc.) just two Summers ago. 2012′s The Amazing Spider-man proved to click with audiences, so the director and principal actors are back for number two (no bathroom jokes, please!). They’ve gotten the revamped origin story out-of-the-way, so it’s on to new challenges, and a new super villain. Well, things need to be ramped-up, so it’s three, count em’, three super villains from the classic comic book rogues’ gallery: Electro, the Rhino, and, returning to the big screen from the original Sam Raimi-directed trilogy, the Green Goblin. Will they triple the excitement factor from the first flick, or will they cancel out the charm factor, mainly being the romance of Peter and Gwen?...
- 5/1/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Long before roses were being handed out on "The Bachelorette," ABC brought us "The Dating Game," where a cute bachelor or bachelorette would interview three eligible suitors without being able to see them and then pick one to go on a date.
Jim Lange was the original host of the show, appearing from 1965 to 1980. He passed away this week at the age of 81 after suffering a heart attack, his wife Nancy tells the Associated Press. In honor of Mr. Lange, here are some of the famous faces who appeared on "The Dating Game."
Some were on because they were famous, like a young Sally Field, who was starring on "Gidget" in 1966. But the funniest ones are the pre-fame celebrities, like Farrah Fawcett, Bob Saget, John Ritter and Phil Hartman. Enjoy!
Jim Lange was the original host of the show, appearing from 1965 to 1980. He passed away this week at the age of 81 after suffering a heart attack, his wife Nancy tells the Associated Press. In honor of Mr. Lange, here are some of the famous faces who appeared on "The Dating Game."
Some were on because they were famous, like a young Sally Field, who was starring on "Gidget" in 1966. But the funniest ones are the pre-fame celebrities, like Farrah Fawcett, Bob Saget, John Ritter and Phil Hartman. Enjoy!
- 2/27/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
If you need to escape the sun, your third cheeseburger or embarrassing childhood stories this Fourth of July weekend, TVLine has you covered. We’ve gathered the best of the holiday weekend’s marathons and specials, including old-school classics (Beverly Hills, 90210), catch-ups on current faves and some guilty pleasures (Pregnant & Dating, anyone?) Enjoy!
Thursday, July 4
6 am – 1:30 pm Cake Boss (TLC) | Buddy Valastro’s masterpieces include cakes inspired by the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore and Radio City Music Hall.
6 am – 12 am Lifetime Movie Network’s “Perfect” Marathon (Lmn) | A two-day marathon of “flawless” movie titles (continuing Friday at 8am...
Thursday, July 4
6 am – 1:30 pm Cake Boss (TLC) | Buddy Valastro’s masterpieces include cakes inspired by the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore and Radio City Music Hall.
6 am – 12 am Lifetime Movie Network’s “Perfect” Marathon (Lmn) | A two-day marathon of “flawless” movie titles (continuing Friday at 8am...
- 7/3/2013
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
My kids constantly bring up a quote they attribute to Benjamin Franklin, which is, roughly, “don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” I continue to be less than dazzled about the casting progress made so far on a relaunch of Star Wars, web reports continue to have me concerned and underwhelmed about the picture that Jj Abrams is putting together over there at Disney. First, we have rumors that Harrison Ford will sign a three-picture deal to return to the new Star Wars films that Jj Abrams is putting together. Now, in a magazine called Palm Beach Illustrated, we have Carrie Fisher confirming on the record that she will bring back Princess Leia. The other thing she does is confirm what we are all thinking when asked what Princess Leia is like today. “Elderly,” she said jokingly. “She’s in an intergalactic old folks’ home.” Fisher long ago...
- 3/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom One Day at a Time, has died.
She died Friday at her home in Los Angeles due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said. She was 69. Her family had announced she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September.
Franklin was a veteran stage and television performer before One Day At a Time made her a star.
Developed by Norman Lear and co-created by Whitney Blake – herself a former sitcom star and single mother raising future...
She died Friday at her home in Los Angeles due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said. She was 69. Her family had announced she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September.
Franklin was a veteran stage and television performer before One Day At a Time made her a star.
Developed by Norman Lear and co-created by Whitney Blake – herself a former sitcom star and single mother raising future...
- 3/1/2013
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
Seth had quite the opening during the Feb. 24 Oscars. Not only did he diss Rihanna, Chris Brown and Kristen Stewart, but he totally made out with Sally Field!
To kick start the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane did everything in his power to be the best host ever! He started with a round of jokes, followed with a musical number about boobs, and finished off by slipping Sally Field his tongue.
As part of the opening skit, Seth, 39, dressed up as a flying nun in light of the hit show that made Sally a star. He approached her in the green room and told her how hot she used to be in Flying Nun and Gidget, another TV show she starred in in the 60s. (Let’s not lie. Sally is still a knockout, and quite hilarious!)
The Brothers & Sisters alum was flattered, but seemed a bit put off.
To kick start the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane did everything in his power to be the best host ever! He started with a round of jokes, followed with a musical number about boobs, and finished off by slipping Sally Field his tongue.
As part of the opening skit, Seth, 39, dressed up as a flying nun in light of the hit show that made Sally a star. He approached her in the green room and told her how hot she used to be in Flying Nun and Gidget, another TV show she starred in in the 60s. (Let’s not lie. Sally is still a knockout, and quite hilarious!)
The Brothers & Sisters alum was flattered, but seemed a bit put off.
- 2/25/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
By Joey Magidson
Film Contributor
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Sometimes, when watching a movie or a television program, you stumble upon an actor or an actress whom you just feel is going places. Maybe they’re new on the scene or a veteran who’s never really been given a chance, but you get the sense that big things are ahead for them. You can almost envision them at the Oscar ceremony, smiling and waiting to hear if their names are called.
Just as often, though, you see people who don’t impress you one bit or happen to be involved in projects that don’t point to an especially bright future. It may not be their fault due to the material, or they may not have come into their own yet, but nothing at that point suggests an Oscar nominee in the making.
Each year, there are numerous potential nominees who have come from rather humble beginnings,...
Film Contributor
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Sometimes, when watching a movie or a television program, you stumble upon an actor or an actress whom you just feel is going places. Maybe they’re new on the scene or a veteran who’s never really been given a chance, but you get the sense that big things are ahead for them. You can almost envision them at the Oscar ceremony, smiling and waiting to hear if their names are called.
Just as often, though, you see people who don’t impress you one bit or happen to be involved in projects that don’t point to an especially bright future. It may not be their fault due to the material, or they may not have come into their own yet, but nothing at that point suggests an Oscar nominee in the making.
Each year, there are numerous potential nominees who have come from rather humble beginnings,...
- 12/14/2012
- by Joey Magidson
- Scott Feinberg
Hollywood may be filled with talented younger actresses, their fresh skin and high cheekbones readymade for lovingly placed close-ups and leggy magazine covers. But this year’s early Oscar race for best actress has the spotlight shining on a handful of older contenders — from Sally Field in Lincoln to Helen Mirren in Hitchcock and Judi Dench in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — their veteran faces etched with experience, beauty, and perhaps a bit of wisdom.
“Older actors, especially women actors, have always been incredibly important to storytelling on the big screen,” Elizabeth Daley, dean of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts,...
“Older actors, especially women actors, have always been incredibly important to storytelling on the big screen,” Elizabeth Daley, dean of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts,...
- 11/21/2012
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
Sally Field knits her brow into those famous migraine furrows, 66 years deep, trying to decide whether to judge a book by its cover. Through tortoiseshell bifocals, she studies a $50 copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy with an unremarkable cover but vivid Gustave Doré illustrations inside. A salesman here at Argosy Books, the midtown mecca of rare editions, is trying to up-sell the two-time Academy Award winner. He doesn’t recognize the intermittent leading lady, the long-ago Gidget and flying nun, and the co-star, with Daniel Day-Lewis, of Steven Spielberg’s new biopic Lincoln. She plays First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln—famously sharp, obstinate, and batty. “It’s pretty, but it’s not antique,” the salesman says of the Dante book. She asks what else he has of The Divine Comedy or another bucket-list read, Don Quixote. He shows her a four-volume set of the latter that blooms in scaly, multicolored paisley—H.
- 11/10/2012
- by Boris Kachka
- Vulture
Beverly Hills - You don't get to speak to a legend like Sally Field every day. The 66-year-old actress has been in the public eye for over 45 years first gaining notoriety with her starring roles in the '60s TV series "Gidget" and "The Flying Nun." In the '70s she began to show an unexpected range. Whether it was her acclaimed performance in the TV movie "Sybil" or indulging superstar Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" it was clear Field had more than a smile, she had fire. Beginning in 1979, with her first Oscar for "Norma Rae", Field became a true "actor" among...
- 11/8/2012
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The smart, talented, gorgeous, super liberal, super gay-loving, and above-all-else consistently great Sally Field turns 66 today. Oh, Sally! Mary Todd Lincoln should be playing you! And John Wilkes Booth should be sitting in the balcony, dropping the gun, and weeping at a live screening of Norma Rae.
I found myself actually daunted at the thought of picking Sally Field's greatest moment, so I thought we could do it together. Here are the nominees for Sally Field's most kickass moment in entertainment, ranked.
10. Don't pretend she wasn't the most realistic mom ever in Mrs. Doubtfire.
9. She was still lovable will spouting the worst jokes in history in Punchline.
8. She redefined "manic" in Soapdish.
7. Behold: The only issue of Playboy I'd ever buy.
6. She voiced a cat named Sassy. Twice.
5. I can't deny the fact that we like her. Right now. We like her.
4. Brothers and Sisters, people. Brothers and Sisters.
I found myself actually daunted at the thought of picking Sally Field's greatest moment, so I thought we could do it together. Here are the nominees for Sally Field's most kickass moment in entertainment, ranked.
10. Don't pretend she wasn't the most realistic mom ever in Mrs. Doubtfire.
9. She was still lovable will spouting the worst jokes in history in Punchline.
8. She redefined "manic" in Soapdish.
7. Behold: The only issue of Playboy I'd ever buy.
6. She voiced a cat named Sassy. Twice.
5. I can't deny the fact that we like her. Right now. We like her.
4. Brothers and Sisters, people. Brothers and Sisters.
- 11/6/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Pass the pumpkin ale and fire up the dryer, because New Girl is gonna try and top its Season 1 Thanksgiving instaclassic by using this year’s episode to introduce Jess’ parents. But who will play Mom and Pop Day? Here are our picks:
• Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal: Not only do they look like they could be Zooey Deschanel’s folks, but their casting would serve us the Bobby-and-Pam reunion that Dallas left us craving. (Bonus: Duffy’s such a joker, he can even make his former leading lady laugh. Have you seen the old Dallas bloopers on YouTube?...
• Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal: Not only do they look like they could be Zooey Deschanel’s folks, but their casting would serve us the Bobby-and-Pam reunion that Dallas left us craving. (Bonus: Duffy’s such a joker, he can even make his former leading lady laugh. Have you seen the old Dallas bloopers on YouTube?...
- 8/16/2012
- by Andy Patrick
- TVLine.com
Palm Desert, Calif. — The director and producer behind the television classics "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched" has died. Bill Asher was 90.
His wife, Meredith, says he died Monday at a facility in Palm Desert, Calif., of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Asher was best known for his work on "I Love Lucy," where he directed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for 100 of the show's 181 episodes between 1952 and 1957.
He also produced and directed "The Patty Duke Show" and "Bewitched," which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery and Asher had three children together.
Asher brought Sally Field to TV screens in "Gidget," and took the same sensibility to movies as director of the teen romps "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party," starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
His wife, Meredith, says he died Monday at a facility in Palm Desert, Calif., of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Asher was best known for his work on "I Love Lucy," where he directed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for 100 of the show's 181 episodes between 1952 and 1957.
He also produced and directed "The Patty Duke Show" and "Bewitched," which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery and Asher had three children together.
Asher brought Sally Field to TV screens in "Gidget," and took the same sensibility to movies as director of the teen romps "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party," starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
- 7/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Palm Desert, Calif. — The director and producer behind the television classics "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched" has died. Bill Asher was 90.
His wife, Meredith, says he died Monday at a facility in Palm Desert, Calif., of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Asher was best known for his work on "I Love Lucy," where he directed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for 100 of the show's 181 episodes between 1952 and 1957.
He also produced and directed "The Patty Duke Show" and "Bewitched," which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery and Asher had three children together.
Asher brought Sally Field to TV screens in "Gidget," and took the same sensibility to movies as director of the teen romps "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party," starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
His wife, Meredith, says he died Monday at a facility in Palm Desert, Calif., of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Asher was best known for his work on "I Love Lucy," where he directed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for 100 of the show's 181 episodes between 1952 and 1957.
He also produced and directed "The Patty Duke Show" and "Bewitched," which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery and Asher had three children together.
Asher brought Sally Field to TV screens in "Gidget," and took the same sensibility to movies as director of the teen romps "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party," starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
- 7/17/2012
- by AP
- Aol TV.
William Asher, who helmed and wrote pioneering TV series including I Love Lucy and Bewitched, died today in Florida at age 90. A Palm Springs Life feature dubbed him "the man who invented the sitcom" in 1999, eight years after his retirement. Take an awed scroll across his IMDb page — The Dukes of Hazzard! Gidget! A Twilight Zone episode! — and thank him next time you channel-surf right into some of his unforgettable work.
- 7/17/2012
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
William Asher, the prolific writer-director of such groundbreaking TV sitcoms as I Love Lucy, Bewitched, Gidget and Our Miss Brooks, died today in Palm Springs, according to local reports. He was 90. Asher’s first gig in the beginning days of TV was adapting his short stories for the anthology series Invitation Playhouse, which he also directed. In the early 1950s, CBS asked him to shoot a pilot starring movie actress Eve Arden that became Our Miss Brooks. (When the network came calling for the gig, according to Asher in a later interview, he asked, “What did a television director do”?) He soon was hired to try his hand on another sitcom that was struggling in its first season, I Love Lucy. He went on to direct more than 100 episodes of the series. He eventually worked with pretty much every TV legend-to-be there was from Danny Thomas to Dinah Shore to Sally Field,...
- 7/17/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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