UK production company Randan, Scottish slang for ’raucous partying’, is launching in Cannes with a slate of productions and backing from the UK Global Screen Fund.
It has been formed by Scotland-based producers Reece Cargan, founder of Bombito, and James Heath, managing director of commrcials outfit Mtp, where he will remain as exec producer for commercials work.
Three projects are in post-production: Rada Leonora’s In The Morning Light, about the life of surrealist artist Leonard Carrington. Mtp had been co-producing the film alongside Lena Vurma’s Dragonfly Films, Meli Melo Cultura & Piano (Mx), Digital Cube (Ro), and Skye Film; Polly Findlay’s Midwinter Break,...
It has been formed by Scotland-based producers Reece Cargan, founder of Bombito, and James Heath, managing director of commrcials outfit Mtp, where he will remain as exec producer for commercials work.
Three projects are in post-production: Rada Leonora’s In The Morning Light, about the life of surrealist artist Leonard Carrington. Mtp had been co-producing the film alongside Lena Vurma’s Dragonfly Films, Meli Melo Cultura & Piano (Mx), Digital Cube (Ro), and Skye Film; Polly Findlay’s Midwinter Break,...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans has honored the late Treat Williams with a touching tribute.
The card, which read “In Memory of Treat Williams 1951-2023”, appeared at the end of last night’s episode of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series. You can see it below.
Williams portrayed former CBS head and media tycoon Bill Paley in the series, an adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. The series chronicles the literary scandal that sparked a fallout between writer Truman Capote and a high-society group of women, known as his “Swans.”
Feud was Williams’ final role. The veteran actor had wrapped production shortly before he died in a tragic motorcycle accident on June 12, 2023 in Dorset, Vt. He was 71.
Williams was best known for playing Dr. Andy Brown on Greg Berlanti’s Everwood during his nearly half-century career,...
The card, which read “In Memory of Treat Williams 1951-2023”, appeared at the end of last night’s episode of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series. You can see it below.
Williams portrayed former CBS head and media tycoon Bill Paley in the series, an adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. The series chronicles the literary scandal that sparked a fallout between writer Truman Capote and a high-society group of women, known as his “Swans.”
Feud was Williams’ final role. The veteran actor had wrapped production shortly before he died in a tragic motorcycle accident on June 12, 2023 in Dorset, Vt. He was 71.
Williams was best known for playing Dr. Andy Brown on Greg Berlanti’s Everwood during his nearly half-century career,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Garner shared a sweet photo this weekend with two of her Alias co-stars!
The 51-year-old actress reunited with Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin while in New York City, and she was sure to meet up with her longtime friends.
If you forgot, Jennifer and Victor played daughter/father Sydney and Jack Bristow, while Ron played Arvin Sloane, across all five seasons of the series.
Keep reading to find out more…
“NYC doesn’t happen if I don’t get a moment with my best guys, Ron and Victor. ♥️,” Jennifer captioned a sweet photo of them, which you can see below.
Last fall, Jennifer met up with Victor as she attended a performance of Love Letters in NYC, which Victor was starring in.
Back in November, she celebrated another Alias co-star’s birthday on social media, sharing a throwback photo from the show.
Find out if Jennifer would be down for an Alias reboot!
The 51-year-old actress reunited with Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin while in New York City, and she was sure to meet up with her longtime friends.
If you forgot, Jennifer and Victor played daughter/father Sydney and Jack Bristow, while Ron played Arvin Sloane, across all five seasons of the series.
Keep reading to find out more…
“NYC doesn’t happen if I don’t get a moment with my best guys, Ron and Victor. ♥️,” Jennifer captioned a sweet photo of them, which you can see below.
Last fall, Jennifer met up with Victor as she attended a performance of Love Letters in NYC, which Victor was starring in.
Back in November, she celebrated another Alias co-star’s birthday on social media, sharing a throwback photo from the show.
Find out if Jennifer would be down for an Alias reboot!
- 1/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Actress Jennifer Garner has posted a picture of herself smiling with two of her former co-stars Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin from ‘Alias’. “New York City doesn’t happen if I don’t get a moment with my best guys, Ron and Victor”, the actress, 51, captioned the photo shared on Instagram, reports People magazine.
The three bundled up against the winter cold, posed outside together with big smiles. Rifkin, 84, stood out in the middle, wearing a bright yellow jacket and an orange scarf.
As per People, Garner wore a black jacket on his left, while Garber, 74, stood on his other side, grinning in a dark blue jacket. ‘Alias’ ran for five seasons from 2001 to 2006.
Garner regularly reunites with the two men, and recently visited Garber at the final performance of his off-Broadway play, Love Letters, which closed at New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre in September.
“If you are my...
The three bundled up against the winter cold, posed outside together with big smiles. Rifkin, 84, stood out in the middle, wearing a bright yellow jacket and an orange scarf.
As per People, Garner wore a black jacket on his left, while Garber, 74, stood on his other side, grinning in a dark blue jacket. ‘Alias’ ran for five seasons from 2001 to 2006.
Garner regularly reunites with the two men, and recently visited Garber at the final performance of his off-Broadway play, Love Letters, which closed at New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre in September.
“If you are my...
- 1/28/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
There’s no IP more innately suited for adaptation as a pure two-hander than the tale of Adam and Eve, a story in which, initially at least, there are no other characters, excepting the creator of the universe, who quickly gets relegated to a supporting role in the wake of more fleshed-out human leads. Legendary television scenarist Ed. Weinberger has finally done the obvious and turned it into a two-person play in the style of “Love Letters,” read aloud from scripts, like A.R. Gurney’s highly portable, bare-bones model. Weinberger’s take on the world’s favorite creation myth, “The Journals of Adam and Eve,” premiered over the weekend with a very limited run at L.A.’s 110-seat Garry Marshall Theatre, where a total of six audiences saw that it was… good.
How good? That might be a little tricky to exactly figure out, or at least take another...
How good? That might be a little tricky to exactly figure out, or at least take another...
- 1/25/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Ryan O’Neal has died. The Love Story star was 82. His son, sportscaster Patrick O’Neal, shared the sad news on Instagram.
“My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” he wrote.
“My father Ryan O’Neal has always been my hero,” he added. “I looked up to him and he was always bigger than life.”
Keep scrolling to revisit O’Neal’s life in photos.
Ryan O’Neal starred in ‘Peyton Place’ [L-r] Ryan O’Neal in the TV show ‘Empire’ in 1962; Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal in ‘Peyton Place’ | NBC Television/Archive Photos/Getty Images; Bettmann / Contributor
O’Neal was born in 1941 to screenwriter Charles O’Neal and actor Patricia Callaghan O’Neal. He began acting in the early 1960s with roles in shows such as Leave It to Beaver and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
“My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” he wrote.
“My father Ryan O’Neal has always been my hero,” he added. “I looked up to him and he was always bigger than life.”
Keep scrolling to revisit O’Neal’s life in photos.
Ryan O’Neal starred in ‘Peyton Place’ [L-r] Ryan O’Neal in the TV show ‘Empire’ in 1962; Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal in ‘Peyton Place’ | NBC Television/Archive Photos/Getty Images; Bettmann / Contributor
O’Neal was born in 1941 to screenwriter Charles O’Neal and actor Patricia Callaghan O’Neal. He began acting in the early 1960s with roles in shows such as Leave It to Beaver and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
- 12/9/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As October turns to November, it is a great time to be a subscriber to Peacock as not only is the NBCUniversal streaming service able to bring audiences a ton of titles perfect to watch in preparation for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s, but it also is the streaming home to some of the best football action at both the college and NFL levels. When you throw in new movies and series that are original and exclusive to Peacock and from across the NBCU family of networks, it is a good time to sign up for either a Peacock Premium ($5.99) or Peacock Premium Plus ($11.99) plan.
So, we here at The Streamable have put together a list of the five most exciting things coming to Peacock in November, and down below, you can take a look at everything new coming to the streaming service in the month.
What Are the...
So, we here at The Streamable have put together a list of the five most exciting things coming to Peacock in November, and down below, you can take a look at everything new coming to the streaming service in the month.
What Are the...
- 10/30/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
Bryan Ferry is revisiting his 1994 album Mamouna with a deluxe reissue that drops November 17th. A new vinyl pressing of the LP isn’t all the package has to offer, however: it also comes with a disc of early Sketches of the record’s songs, as well as a second, previously unreleased album from the era.
Cut at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, Disc 1 in the Mamouna reissue offers the original album, mastered by Bob Ludwig. Next is Horoscope, an album of additional songs that Ferry began writing in 1989 on the way to releasing Mamouna. In addition to original solo music from the artist, the eight-track project features a 10-minute version of Roxy Music’s 1973 song “Mother of Pearl.”
Finally, the reissue features Sketches, or early versions of Mamouna songs recorded between 1989 and 1993. The disc features instrumental versions of tracks like “Your Painted Smile,” “NYC/Desdemona,” and “Loop De Li,...
Cut at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, Disc 1 in the Mamouna reissue offers the original album, mastered by Bob Ludwig. Next is Horoscope, an album of additional songs that Ferry began writing in 1989 on the way to releasing Mamouna. In addition to original solo music from the artist, the eight-track project features a 10-minute version of Roxy Music’s 1973 song “Mother of Pearl.”
Finally, the reissue features Sketches, or early versions of Mamouna songs recorded between 1989 and 1993. The disc features instrumental versions of tracks like “Your Painted Smile,” “NYC/Desdemona,” and “Loop De Li,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Actor Treat Williams died in a motorcycle accident near his southern Vermont home on Monday. As per The New York Times, Williams – who was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident – suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at a medical center in Albany, New York, after being airlifted there. The driver of the other vehicle was not hospitalized, and a police investigation is underway. Williams was 71 years old.
The film, television, and theater performer first came to prominence in the original production of “Grease” in the role of Danny Zuko. In 1979, he starred in Milos Forman’s film version of the musical “Hair” and, in 1981, he played the lead role in Sidney Lumet’s epic NYPD film “Prince of the City,” based on an actual investigation into police corruption. (Both roles landed him Golden Globe nominations.) In 1996, he was nominated for an Emmy for the HBO film “The Late Shift,...
The film, television, and theater performer first came to prominence in the original production of “Grease” in the role of Danny Zuko. In 1979, he starred in Milos Forman’s film version of the musical “Hair” and, in 1981, he played the lead role in Sidney Lumet’s epic NYPD film “Prince of the City,” based on an actual investigation into police corruption. (Both roles landed him Golden Globe nominations.) In 1996, he was nominated for an Emmy for the HBO film “The Late Shift,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Laura Benanti has exited Amazon’s “Cruel Intentions” adaptation due to a scheduling conflict, a representative for Benanti confirmed to TheWrap.
Benanti, who was slated to recur in a guest star role as Caroline’s mother, Claudia, is unable to move forward in production due a “scheduling conflict,” and told Variety, who first reported the news, that she is hopeful the adaptation’s team will find a “wonderful actress to play this role.”
Recently appearing in “Life & Beth,” Benanti stars in the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence film “No Hard Feelings,” and the Tony-winner is currently starring in an off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” alongside Matthew Broderick.
The news comes days after reports that the adaptation of the 1999 cult film, which had been in development at Amazon Freevee since 2021, had set its main cast, which was to include Sarah Catherine Hook as Caroline Merteuil, Claudia’s daughter.
Zac Burgess...
Benanti, who was slated to recur in a guest star role as Caroline’s mother, Claudia, is unable to move forward in production due a “scheduling conflict,” and told Variety, who first reported the news, that she is hopeful the adaptation’s team will find a “wonderful actress to play this role.”
Recently appearing in “Life & Beth,” Benanti stars in the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence film “No Hard Feelings,” and the Tony-winner is currently starring in an off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” alongside Matthew Broderick.
The news comes days after reports that the adaptation of the 1999 cult film, which had been in development at Amazon Freevee since 2021, had set its main cast, which was to include Sarah Catherine Hook as Caroline Merteuil, Claudia’s daughter.
Zac Burgess...
- 6/8/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Laura Benanti has left Amazon’s upcoming TV adaptation of “Cruel Intentions.”
The Tony-winner was set to appear in the recurring guest star role of Caroline’s (Sarah Catherine Hook) mother, Claudia.
“Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict, I’m no longer able to participate in ‘Cruel Intentions,’” Benanti told me Thursday afternoon. “I’m sure they’ll find a wonderful actress to play this role.”
Benanti co-stars in the upcoming “No Hard Feelings,” the raunchy coming-of-age movie headlined by Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman. She’s also currently sharing the stage with Matthew Broderick in an off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters.”
Variety exclusively reported on June 1 that the stars of the “Cruel Intentions” show will be: Hook; Zac Burgess (“Totally Completely Fine”) as Lucien; Khobe Clarke as Scott; Brooke Lena Johnson as Beatrice; Sara Silva as CeCe; Sean Patrick Thomas (the original “Cruel Intentions” film,...
The Tony-winner was set to appear in the recurring guest star role of Caroline’s (Sarah Catherine Hook) mother, Claudia.
“Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict, I’m no longer able to participate in ‘Cruel Intentions,’” Benanti told me Thursday afternoon. “I’m sure they’ll find a wonderful actress to play this role.”
Benanti co-stars in the upcoming “No Hard Feelings,” the raunchy coming-of-age movie headlined by Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman. She’s also currently sharing the stage with Matthew Broderick in an off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters.”
Variety exclusively reported on June 1 that the stars of the “Cruel Intentions” show will be: Hook; Zac Burgess (“Totally Completely Fine”) as Lucien; Khobe Clarke as Scott; Brooke Lena Johnson as Beatrice; Sara Silva as CeCe; Sean Patrick Thomas (the original “Cruel Intentions” film,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier this month, Sydney Sweeney collaborated with Frankies Bikinis to develop her own swimsuit line.
The actress previously wore the brand’s pink cutout one-piece as Cassie Howard in season two of Euphoria.
Frankies Bikinis founder and creative director Francesca Aiello said in a news statement that she knew she had to work with Sweeney when she saw her in the Gemma one-piece.
50 Best Celebrity Bikinis Slideshow!
A year later, the 25-year-old dropped her “Love Letters by Sydney Sweeney” collection. Frankies describes the actresses’ line as “inspired by the girl who follows her heart, with pieces that highlight Sydney’s gorgeous femininity and sweet romantic aura.”
On Thursday, Sweeney released a teaser for the second group of swimsuits. In the shoot, she wore a halter top with floral print bottoms and beaded fringe.
Some of the notable outfits in the collection include ruffled dresses in white fabric and lingerie-inspired satin,...
The actress previously wore the brand’s pink cutout one-piece as Cassie Howard in season two of Euphoria.
Frankies Bikinis founder and creative director Francesca Aiello said in a news statement that she knew she had to work with Sweeney when she saw her in the Gemma one-piece.
50 Best Celebrity Bikinis Slideshow!
A year later, the 25-year-old dropped her “Love Letters by Sydney Sweeney” collection. Frankies describes the actresses’ line as “inspired by the girl who follows her heart, with pieces that highlight Sydney’s gorgeous femininity and sweet romantic aura.”
On Thursday, Sweeney released a teaser for the second group of swimsuits. In the shoot, she wore a halter top with floral print bottoms and beaded fringe.
Some of the notable outfits in the collection include ruffled dresses in white fabric and lingerie-inspired satin,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti will star in an Off Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters for a (very) limited run: The production at the Irish Repertory Theatre will run from May 30 to June 4 for eight performances.
The Gurney play will be the second of two parts of Irish Rep’s The Letters Series, which will kick off with Jerome Kilty & George Bernard Shaw’s Dear Liar starring Melissa Errico and David Staller. That play will start its eight-performance run on April 25 and conclude April 30.
Both productions will be performed on the Irish Rep’s 148-seat Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.
Melissa Errico, David Staller (Courtesy Production)
Love Letters will be directed by Irish Rep producing director Ciarán O’Reilly, and Dear Liar will be directed by the company’s artistic director Charlotte Moore.
Adapted from the correspondence between George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Dear Liar will feature Staller as Shaw and the Tony Award-nominated Errico (Amour)as Campbell.
Broderick last appeared on the New York stage in the hit 2020 Broadway revival of Plaza Suite, co-starring wife Sarah Jessica Parker. Benanti, a Tony winner for Gypsy, was last on Broadway in 2018’s My Fair Lady.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, Love Letters is comprised of letters exchanged between two friends over a lifetime, from childhood through marriages and the ups and downs of adulthood.
The Gurney play will be the second of two parts of Irish Rep’s The Letters Series, which will kick off with Jerome Kilty & George Bernard Shaw’s Dear Liar starring Melissa Errico and David Staller. That play will start its eight-performance run on April 25 and conclude April 30.
Both productions will be performed on the Irish Rep’s 148-seat Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.
Melissa Errico, David Staller (Courtesy Production)
Love Letters will be directed by Irish Rep producing director Ciarán O’Reilly, and Dear Liar will be directed by the company’s artistic director Charlotte Moore.
Adapted from the correspondence between George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Dear Liar will feature Staller as Shaw and the Tony Award-nominated Errico (Amour)as Campbell.
Broderick last appeared on the New York stage in the hit 2020 Broadway revival of Plaza Suite, co-starring wife Sarah Jessica Parker. Benanti, a Tony winner for Gypsy, was last on Broadway in 2018’s My Fair Lady.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, Love Letters is comprised of letters exchanged between two friends over a lifetime, from childhood through marriages and the ups and downs of adulthood.
- 3/28/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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On- and offscreen BFFs Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò aren’t the ones from White Lotus to partner with an underpinnings brand as of late. Season one star Sydney Sweeney has teamed with Frankies Bikinis on a collection of swimwear and ready-to-wear “inspired by the girl who follows her heart.”
The Reality actress’ Love Letters capsule ($70 to $220) is the Los Angeles-based label’s “sexiest collection yet,” per the brand. Available in sizes Xs to Xxl, the 26-piece range is the first of two drops (the next will lands in early April) and comprises bikini tops and bottoms, mini dresses and one-piece cutout swimsuits that call to mind the scene-stealing look worn by Sweeney’s Euphoria character, Cassie Howard. (The star wore the brand’s pink Gemma suit...
On- and offscreen BFFs Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò aren’t the ones from White Lotus to partner with an underpinnings brand as of late. Season one star Sydney Sweeney has teamed with Frankies Bikinis on a collection of swimwear and ready-to-wear “inspired by the girl who follows her heart.”
The Reality actress’ Love Letters capsule ($70 to $220) is the Los Angeles-based label’s “sexiest collection yet,” per the brand. Available in sizes Xs to Xxl, the 26-piece range is the first of two drops (the next will lands in early April) and comprises bikini tops and bottoms, mini dresses and one-piece cutout swimsuits that call to mind the scene-stealing look worn by Sweeney’s Euphoria character, Cassie Howard. (The star wore the brand’s pink Gemma suit...
- 3/15/2023
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Harmon, or special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in a longtime role on CBS’s NCIS series, has signed with Gersh.
Harmon originated his Gibbs character with a guest appearance on Jag before being spun off to lead NCIS, a role he played on the CBS procedural for nearly two decades before signing off from his final case in 2021. Going into the ninth season, he was promoted to executive producer on NCIS and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In the 11th season, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Harmon worked closely with showrunner Gary Glasberg on a special two-episode arc that reunited the Gibbs character with an old comrade working a case in New Orleans. Those episodes became the pilot for NCIS: Nola, also known as NCIS: New Orleans, with Harmon serving as executive producer on the spinoff.
Harmon also developed, executive produced and starred in Certain Prey,...
Harmon originated his Gibbs character with a guest appearance on Jag before being spun off to lead NCIS, a role he played on the CBS procedural for nearly two decades before signing off from his final case in 2021. Going into the ninth season, he was promoted to executive producer on NCIS and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In the 11th season, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Harmon worked closely with showrunner Gary Glasberg on a special two-episode arc that reunited the Gibbs character with an old comrade working a case in New Orleans. Those episodes became the pilot for NCIS: Nola, also known as NCIS: New Orleans, with Harmon serving as executive producer on the spinoff.
Harmon also developed, executive produced and starred in Certain Prey,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve got another big summer week with movies, docuseries, reboots, and more padding the landscape of your regularly-scheduled broadcasting.
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin signs off in a big way on Lifetime, while Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head makes a splash on Paramount+.
Ron Howard’s latest film, Thirteen Lives, premieres on Prime Video, and there’s an interesting examination of Woodstock ‘99, which put pox on the Woodstock name.
Saturday, July 30
8/7c Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime)
During part four of the limited series, Olivia becomes the most terrifying, notorious version of herself.
The loss of her children has driven her to a breaking point.
However, her newfound religious beliefs she developed from her cousin pushes her over the edge.
Our leading ladies answers some of your questions before the premiere of Part Four of #FlowersInTheAtticTheOrigin. @TShanWilliams @CaptainPooper @hannahfkdodd pic.twitter.com/jkK3drvk48
— Lifetime (@lifetimetv) July 28, 2022 Sunday,...
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin signs off in a big way on Lifetime, while Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head makes a splash on Paramount+.
Ron Howard’s latest film, Thirteen Lives, premieres on Prime Video, and there’s an interesting examination of Woodstock ‘99, which put pox on the Woodstock name.
Saturday, July 30
8/7c Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime)
During part four of the limited series, Olivia becomes the most terrifying, notorious version of herself.
The loss of her children has driven her to a breaking point.
However, her newfound religious beliefs she developed from her cousin pushes her over the edge.
Our leading ladies answers some of your questions before the premiere of Part Four of #FlowersInTheAtticTheOrigin. @TShanWilliams @CaptainPooper @hannahfkdodd pic.twitter.com/jkK3drvk48
— Lifetime (@lifetimetv) July 28, 2022 Sunday,...
- 7/30/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
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Whether you’re “Lost in Love” or just lost for ideas this Valentine’s Day, Air Supply is here to help. The beloved Aussie rockers have teamed up with Edible (formerly Edible Arrangements) on a new collection of Valentine’s Day bundles, which pair one of Edible’s popular gift sets with an exclusive download of Air Supply’s unreleased new album, Love Letters. Your recipient also gets...
Whether you’re “Lost in Love” or just lost for ideas this Valentine’s Day, Air Supply is here to help. The beloved Aussie rockers have teamed up with Edible (formerly Edible Arrangements) on a new collection of Valentine’s Day bundles, which pair one of Edible’s popular gift sets with an exclusive download of Air Supply’s unreleased new album, Love Letters. Your recipient also gets...
- 2/7/2022
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch ‘Trying’: Apple TV+
Maybe it’s trite to call couples a “team,” but if there’s one current TV couple that really earns such a description, it’s Jason Ross and Nikki Newman from the Apple TV+ series “Trying.” It makes sense, given how much of the show so far is based around the two making an attempt (few series sport a title as thesaurus-prompting as this one) to grow their family.
After finding out they can’t conceive on their own, Nikki and Jason begin the lengthy adoption process. Even against the stream of encounters with exes and roller-coaster news updates from their adoption liaison, “Trying” has its moorings in two people who keep finding ways back to each other. Rafe Spall and Esther Smith have such a playful onscreen chemistry that, along with the direction from Jim O’Hanlon...
Where to Watch ‘Trying’: Apple TV+
Maybe it’s trite to call couples a “team,” but if there’s one current TV couple that really earns such a description, it’s Jason Ross and Nikki Newman from the Apple TV+ series “Trying.” It makes sense, given how much of the show so far is based around the two making an attempt (few series sport a title as thesaurus-prompting as this one) to grow their family.
After finding out they can’t conceive on their own, Nikki and Jason begin the lengthy adoption process. Even against the stream of encounters with exes and roller-coaster news updates from their adoption liaison, “Trying” has its moorings in two people who keep finding ways back to each other. Rafe Spall and Esther Smith have such a playful onscreen chemistry that, along with the direction from Jim O’Hanlon...
- 10/17/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Four-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard is the latest to join the cast of Blair Underwood’s upcoming psychological thriller “Viral.”
Production on the project — directed, produced by and starring Underwood — is currently underway in New York, after filming was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The casting news also marks a reunion for Woodward and Underwood, who previously teamed up for the Netflix drama “Juanita,” Showtime’s “The Wishing Tree” and the stage show “Love Letters.” The pair of entertainers have had an equally long history offscreen. In 1989, Woodard and Underwood co-founded Artists for a New South Africa (Ansa), an organization to support the mission to end apartheid, alongside fellow actors like Danny Glover, Mary Steenburgen and Cch Pounder.
Woodard is set to play Dr. Johnetta, a psychiatrist specializing in deep trauma, in the thriller, which follows Underwood’s character Andrew as he falls into paranoia after his wife Jules goes missing.
Production on the project — directed, produced by and starring Underwood — is currently underway in New York, after filming was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The casting news also marks a reunion for Woodward and Underwood, who previously teamed up for the Netflix drama “Juanita,” Showtime’s “The Wishing Tree” and the stage show “Love Letters.” The pair of entertainers have had an equally long history offscreen. In 1989, Woodard and Underwood co-founded Artists for a New South Africa (Ansa), an organization to support the mission to end apartheid, alongside fellow actors like Danny Glover, Mary Steenburgen and Cch Pounder.
Woodard is set to play Dr. Johnetta, a psychiatrist specializing in deep trauma, in the thriller, which follows Underwood’s character Andrew as he falls into paranoia after his wife Jules goes missing.
- 6/3/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Gilliland, an actor known for his role on “Designing Women,” has died. He was 71.
The actor died on March 18 in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was slated to work alongside his wife, Jean Smart, this summer in a movie directed by Tate Taylor.
The couple first met while on the set of CBS sitcom “Designing Women,” in which Smart played Charlene Frazier, the office manager of Atlanta interior design firm Sugarbaker & Associates, and Gilliland portrayed J.D. Shackelford, boyfriend of the firm’s head designer, Mary Jo Shively. Married for nearly 34 years, they acted together in a number of productions, including “It Had to Be You,” “Love Letters,” “24,” “Just My Imagination” and “Audrey’s Rain.”
Gilliland was born Jan. 23, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas. Before moving to Los Angeles, he attended the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University and played Jesus in a year-long run of...
The actor died on March 18 in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was slated to work alongside his wife, Jean Smart, this summer in a movie directed by Tate Taylor.
The couple first met while on the set of CBS sitcom “Designing Women,” in which Smart played Charlene Frazier, the office manager of Atlanta interior design firm Sugarbaker & Associates, and Gilliland portrayed J.D. Shackelford, boyfriend of the firm’s head designer, Mary Jo Shively. Married for nearly 34 years, they acted together in a number of productions, including “It Had to Be You,” “Love Letters,” “24,” “Just My Imagination” and “Audrey’s Rain.”
Gilliland was born Jan. 23, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas. Before moving to Los Angeles, he attended the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University and played Jesus in a year-long run of...
- 3/27/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Gilliland, a veteran character actor known for his work in “Designing Women” and “Airplane II: The Sequel,” and the husband to actress Jean Smart, has died. He was 71.
Gilliland died on March 18 in Los Angeles following a brief illness, his publicist told TheWrap.
The actor spent five years on the ’80s sitcom “Designing Women,” playing J.D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts’ character, Mary Jo Shively. Gilliland and Smart met on the show and got married in 1987. The two also shared the screen in a season of “24” in 2006.
Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland in 2020/Getty Images
He and Smart also worked together in stage productions of “It Had to Be You” and “Love Letters,” as well as the telefilms “Just My Imagination” and “Audrey’s Rain.”
Gilliland has over 90 acting credits in film and TV dating back to the 1970s, including dozens of guest appearances on shows such as “Criminal Minds,...
Gilliland died on March 18 in Los Angeles following a brief illness, his publicist told TheWrap.
The actor spent five years on the ’80s sitcom “Designing Women,” playing J.D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts’ character, Mary Jo Shively. Gilliland and Smart met on the show and got married in 1987. The two also shared the screen in a season of “24” in 2006.
Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland in 2020/Getty Images
He and Smart also worked together in stage productions of “It Had to Be You” and “Love Letters,” as well as the telefilms “Just My Imagination” and “Audrey’s Rain.”
Gilliland has over 90 acting credits in film and TV dating back to the 1970s, including dozens of guest appearances on shows such as “Criminal Minds,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Two distinctly Australian stories have taken out the top prizes at the inaugural Aidc Awards, with Daniel Gordon’s The Australian Dream and Southern Pictures’ Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian awarded Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary/Factual Series, respectively.
Held as a conclusion to this year’s Aidc, the awards ceremony crowned winners across six categories and distributed more than $200,000 of development funding and prizes.
The event was was broadcast live from Acmi in Melbourne to six cities around Australia.
It caps of this year’s online conference, which comprised more than 40 sessions across four days, and came with contributions from a diverse range of speakers and decision-makers.
The winners of the inaugural Aidc Awards are:
Best Feature Documentary
The Australian Dream
Daniel Gordon, Good Thing Productions & Passion Pictures.
Jury Statement: “In collaboration with Stan Grant, what Gordon finds in the story of Adam Goodes’ disgraceful public discrimination is potent,...
Held as a conclusion to this year’s Aidc, the awards ceremony crowned winners across six categories and distributed more than $200,000 of development funding and prizes.
The event was was broadcast live from Acmi in Melbourne to six cities around Australia.
It caps of this year’s online conference, which comprised more than 40 sessions across four days, and came with contributions from a diverse range of speakers and decision-makers.
The winners of the inaugural Aidc Awards are:
Best Feature Documentary
The Australian Dream
Daniel Gordon, Good Thing Productions & Passion Pictures.
Jury Statement: “In collaboration with Stan Grant, what Gordon finds in the story of Adam Goodes’ disgraceful public discrimination is potent,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Natalie Morales makes her feature directing debut with Language Lessons which will have its world premiere in the Specials section of the Berlin Film Festival next week. Written by Morales and Mark Duplass, the darkly comic drama is an exploration of platonic love. Duplass is also an exec producer along with his brother Jay Duplass. Check out an exclusive clip from the movie above.
In the film, Duplass stars as Adam, whose husband surprises him with a gift of weekly Spanish lessons. But when tragedy strikes, his Spanish teacher, Cariño (Morales), becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed and the two develop an unexpected and complicated emotional bond.
The clip above features Duplass’ character sending a video to his teacher to both cheer her up and to show off his grasp of verb conjugations.
Morales and Duplass have previously worked together on the HBO series Room 104.
In the film, Duplass stars as Adam, whose husband surprises him with a gift of weekly Spanish lessons. But when tragedy strikes, his Spanish teacher, Cariño (Morales), becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed and the two develop an unexpected and complicated emotional bond.
The clip above features Duplass’ character sending a video to his teacher to both cheer her up and to show off his grasp of verb conjugations.
Morales and Duplass have previously worked together on the HBO series Room 104.
- 2/26/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1970, Ali MacGraw, then a relatively unknown model-turned-actress fresh off her debut role in “Goodbye, Columbus,” sat on the front steps of a Cambridge, Mass., duplex in deep winter, sobbing and shivering and blubbering the line, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
It was the non-apology heard ’round the world.
While MacGraw, around 30 years old at the time, didn’t exactly agree with its sentiment, or even her delivery — “I had no acting training, I had no idea what I was doing,” she says now — the tearjerker drama containing said catchphrase, Arthur Hiller’s “Love Story,” became a global-wide phenomenon.
The film earned seven Oscar nominations (netting a win for Francis Lai’s musical score), rescued Paramount’s finances and propelled its writer, Erich Segal, to international literary fame.
Perhaps most significantly, “Love Story” rocketed its two young leads, MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, as “conceited Radcliffe bitch...
It was the non-apology heard ’round the world.
While MacGraw, around 30 years old at the time, didn’t exactly agree with its sentiment, or even her delivery — “I had no acting training, I had no idea what I was doing,” she says now — the tearjerker drama containing said catchphrase, Arthur Hiller’s “Love Story,” became a global-wide phenomenon.
The film earned seven Oscar nominations (netting a win for Francis Lai’s musical score), rescued Paramount’s finances and propelled its writer, Erich Segal, to international literary fame.
Perhaps most significantly, “Love Story” rocketed its two young leads, MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, as “conceited Radcliffe bitch...
- 2/11/2021
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
New Delhi, Dec 1 (Ians) Amid all the noise about snubs and transparency, there are a few Indian tunes that have struck the right note at the Grammy Award nominations this year.
This is not the first time that Indian classical music has got recognition by the Recording Academy. A peek into the past would highlight that music rooted deep in Indian culture and ethos did win accolades in the oast -- Zakir Hussain, Ricky Kej and Ravi Shankar being shining examples.
This year, sitar player Anoushka Shankar's album "Love Letters" has been nominated in the Best Global Music Album category. Singer Shilpa Rao has collaborated with Anoushka for the musical chapter.
"Anoushka Shankar, what should I say, thank you for all the love and hard work you have put into this album and thank you so much for this beautiful collaboration. Big love to everyone who is part of this album.
This is not the first time that Indian classical music has got recognition by the Recording Academy. A peek into the past would highlight that music rooted deep in Indian culture and ethos did win accolades in the oast -- Zakir Hussain, Ricky Kej and Ravi Shankar being shining examples.
This year, sitar player Anoushka Shankar's album "Love Letters" has been nominated in the Best Global Music Album category. Singer Shilpa Rao has collaborated with Anoushka for the musical chapter.
"Anoushka Shankar, what should I say, thank you for all the love and hard work you have put into this album and thank you so much for this beautiful collaboration. Big love to everyone who is part of this album.
- 12/1/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Morgan Freeman, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Vanessa Williams, David Alan Grier, Elizabeth Ashley, Matthew Broderick, Lucas Hedges and Paul Mescal are among the actors who’ll take part in a benefit series of new, livestreamed stage reading productions of works by such major playwrights as Gore Vidal, David Mamet, Kenneth Lonergan and Donald Margulies.
Producer Jeffrey Richards announced the new line-up of the weekly Spotlight On Plays, a web series at the recently launched Broadway’s Best Shows website. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund, with the livestreamed events available for a strictly limited amount of time.
Productions are all-new and performed remotely, with directors including Mamet, Phylicia Rashad and Daniel Sullivan given leeway in how to present their shows. (Watch a trailer for the series above.)
The series, which follows last May’s production of Love Letters with Bryan Cranston and Sally Field,...
Producer Jeffrey Richards announced the new line-up of the weekly Spotlight On Plays, a web series at the recently launched Broadway’s Best Shows website. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund, with the livestreamed events available for a strictly limited amount of time.
Productions are all-new and performed remotely, with directors including Mamet, Phylicia Rashad and Daniel Sullivan given leeway in how to present their shows. (Watch a trailer for the series above.)
The series, which follows last May’s production of Love Letters with Bryan Cranston and Sally Field,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Grammy-nominated sitarist, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar feels it is important to call out inappropriate behaviour, and says there is a need to amplify the voices of women at all levels of the music industry.
Recently, Anoushka used social media to call out abusive and sexually inappropriate comments that she received during a live session.
"In this instance I suppose I dealt with it by calling it out and refusing to accept it. I think it's important for us to consistently call out inappropriate behaviour, especially when that behaviour has been normalized, as it takes so much active work to change the status quo," Anoushka told Ians, recalling the incident.
Anoushka feels there are a lot of things that fuel hatred that women, and not just female artistes, receive in the virtual world.
"Sexism? Inequality? Misogyny? The question is not about female artistes but about women and inequality overall," she...
Recently, Anoushka used social media to call out abusive and sexually inappropriate comments that she received during a live session.
"In this instance I suppose I dealt with it by calling it out and refusing to accept it. I think it's important for us to consistently call out inappropriate behaviour, especially when that behaviour has been normalized, as it takes so much active work to change the status quo," Anoushka told Ians, recalling the incident.
Anoushka feels there are a lot of things that fuel hatred that women, and not just female artistes, receive in the virtual world.
"Sexism? Inequality? Misogyny? The question is not about female artistes but about women and inequality overall," she...
- 9/18/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
In June 1970, Elvis Presley made the trip east from his Graceland home in Memphis to Nashville, where he holed up in RCA Studio B on Music Row for five days of recording. Presley, who was in the midst of his Las Vegas comeback at the International Hotel, was joined by Music City sessions players like Charlie McCoy and Norbert Putnam — the legendary “Nashville Cats.” The result came to be known among fans as the “marathon sessions.”
Now, a new four-disc compilation assembles the masters from those halcyon days and captures Presley at his energetic best.
Now, a new four-disc compilation assembles the masters from those halcyon days and captures Presley at his energetic best.
- 8/7/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
A reading of David Mamet’s play November, starring John Malkovich, Patti LuPone, Dylan Baker, Ethan Phillips and Michael Nichols, will kick off a new weekly livestream series of readings Thursday to benefit The Actors Fund, with subsequent presentations to feature Bryan Cranston, Sally Field and To Kill A Mockingbird‘s Gideon Glick.
The Spotlight on Plays series will be featured on Broadway’s Best Shows, a new YouTube and Facebook channel for Broadway-related content. The play series kicks off Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Et with November, written and directed by Mamet. The comedy, which opened on Broadway in 2007, follows a fictional U.S. president in the days leading up to his second election.
November is executive produced by Jeffrey Richards and produced by Broadway’s Best Shows, Jim Glaub and Jacob Soroken Porter.
Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed Significant Other, about a young man standing by as his friends pair off and settle down,...
The Spotlight on Plays series will be featured on Broadway’s Best Shows, a new YouTube and Facebook channel for Broadway-related content. The play series kicks off Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Et with November, written and directed by Mamet. The comedy, which opened on Broadway in 2007, follows a fictional U.S. president in the days leading up to his second election.
November is executive produced by Jeffrey Richards and produced by Broadway’s Best Shows, Jim Glaub and Jacob Soroken Porter.
Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed Significant Other, about a young man standing by as his friends pair off and settle down,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“Cyrano de Bergerac” sure gets around. Ever since Edmond Rostand’s play about the 17th-century French dramatist became boffo box office in 1897, the story has been adapted countless times in countless ways. Ayn Rand used it as inspiration for the 1945 movie “Love Letters,” which was set in World War II; “Electric Dreams” gave it a 1984 sci-fi spin; Steve Martin’s “Roxanne” transplanted it to a Washington firehouse; “Futurama” and “Bob’s Burgers” both used it as inspiration for animated TV episodes; and Netflix borrowed from the story for “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,” a teen comedy that aired in September 2018.
Those projects only scratch the surface of Cyrano spinoffs, and there’s still life in the old guy. In fact, Netflix is back on the Bergerac beat with Alice Wu’s “The Half of It,” which premieres on the service on Friday. That’s only two days after the film won...
Those projects only scratch the surface of Cyrano spinoffs, and there’s still life in the old guy. In fact, Netflix is back on the Bergerac beat with Alice Wu’s “The Half of It,” which premieres on the service on Friday. That’s only two days after the film won...
- 5/1/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After news broke on Thursday that Tony-winning actor Brian Dennehy had died, tributes from those who had worked with and admired him began to pour in on social media.
Dennehy, who was 81, starred in “Death of a Salesman” on both Broadway and television, as well as films such as “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon.”
Sylvester Stallone, who performed alongside Dennehy in “First Blood,” shared a photo from the film on Instagram with the caption, “He simply was a brilliant performer… He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo.”
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The great actor Brian Dennehy has passed away. He simply was A brilliant performer … He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo The world has lost a great artist. #First Blood
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Dennehy, who was 81, starred in “Death of a Salesman” on both Broadway and television, as well as films such as “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon.”
Sylvester Stallone, who performed alongside Dennehy in “First Blood,” shared a photo from the film on Instagram with the caption, “He simply was a brilliant performer… He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo.”
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The great actor Brian Dennehy has passed away. He simply was A brilliant performer … He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo The world has lost a great artist. #First Blood
A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Apr...
- 4/16/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
After Brian Dennehy, the Golden Globe- and Tony Award-winning actor who appeared in big-screen hits like “Rambo” and “Tommy Boy,” died late Wednesday at the age of 81, he was remembered by his colleagues in the entertainment industry as “a colossus” and “a tremendous actor.”
Sylvester Stallone, who starred with Dennehy in “Rambo,” honored the actor for helping him create the title character that became such an icon.
The great actor Brian Dennehy has passed away. He simply was a great actor … He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo The world has lost a great artist. #First Blood https://t.co/knL4rROymL
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) April 16, 2020
“Was lucky enough to see Brian Dennehy twice on stage, masterful in Love Letters, and monumentally heartbreaking in Death Of A Salesman. A colossus. What a loss,” tweeted playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Was lucky...
Sylvester Stallone, who starred with Dennehy in “Rambo,” honored the actor for helping him create the title character that became such an icon.
The great actor Brian Dennehy has passed away. He simply was a great actor … He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo The world has lost a great artist. #First Blood https://t.co/knL4rROymL
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) April 16, 2020
“Was lucky enough to see Brian Dennehy twice on stage, masterful in Love Letters, and monumentally heartbreaking in Death Of A Salesman. A colossus. What a loss,” tweeted playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Was lucky...
- 4/16/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal all six episodes being submitted to Emmy Awards voters by each 2019 nominee for Best Comedy Series. Each of the following series must offer these episodes for voters to view on the official Television Academy portal. The category winner will be presented on the Primetime Emmys ceremony slated for Fox on September 22. Last year’s champ was “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” but it did not compete against the previous winner “Veep” in 2018.
See 2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
“Barry” was nominated in this category last year. The six episodes are “The Show Must Go On,” “What?!,” “ronny/lily,” “The Truth Has a Ring to It,” “The Audition,” “berkman>block.”
“Fleabag” was eligible before, but this marks the first time in this category. The six episodes are “Episode 2.1,” “Episode 2.2,” “Episode 2.3,” “Episode 2.4,” “Episode 2.5,” “Episode 2.6.”
“The Good Place was eligible before, but...
See 2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
“Barry” was nominated in this category last year. The six episodes are “The Show Must Go On,” “What?!,” “ronny/lily,” “The Truth Has a Ring to It,” “The Audition,” “berkman>block.”
“Fleabag” was eligible before, but this marks the first time in this category. The six episodes are “Episode 2.1,” “Episode 2.2,” “Episode 2.3,” “Episode 2.4,” “Episode 2.5,” “Episode 2.6.”
“The Good Place was eligible before, but...
- 8/2/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Many of the late, great director’s films remain unavailable to watch online, but that still leaves plenty of gems
Phrases like “end of an era” are routinely thrown about when a luminary in their field dies at a ripe old age, but for film lovers, the sentiment hit harder than usual with the passing of Stanley Donen last month. At 94, 20 years on from his final, made-for-tv film (Love Letters), the director of Singin’ in the Rain truly seemed about the last of the golden age masters. As artful a craftsman as ever existed of pure, candy-bright Hollywood entertainment, he outlived almost all the stars whose images he fixed most gorgeously on celluloid.
Did the flurry of Donen obituaries prompt a spike in searches for Singin’ in the Rain across digital viewing platforms, among people nostalgic to revisit the preeminent showbiz musical’s watertight joys? I should hope so: streaming...
Phrases like “end of an era” are routinely thrown about when a luminary in their field dies at a ripe old age, but for film lovers, the sentiment hit harder than usual with the passing of Stanley Donen last month. At 94, 20 years on from his final, made-for-tv film (Love Letters), the director of Singin’ in the Rain truly seemed about the last of the golden age masters. As artful a craftsman as ever existed of pure, candy-bright Hollywood entertainment, he outlived almost all the stars whose images he fixed most gorgeously on celluloid.
Did the flurry of Donen obituaries prompt a spike in searches for Singin’ in the Rain across digital viewing platforms, among people nostalgic to revisit the preeminent showbiz musical’s watertight joys? I should hope so: streaming...
- 3/11/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Faye Dunaway is coming back to Broadway. And she’ll be playing Katharine Hepburn.
In a brief and surprise announcement, producer Ben Feldman dropped the news that Dunaway, after an absence of more than 35 years from the Broadway stage, will play Hepburn in the Broadway premiere next summer of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s one-woman-play Tea at Five. The play, in a new version by Lombardo written for this production, will be directed by the Tony-nominated John Tillinger.
Tea at Five will play a strictly limited engagement in the summer of 2019. Additional information, including the complete creative team, dates, and theater will be announced early next year.
The announcement comes on the very day that director Ivo van Hove’s Broadway production of Network is set to open. The 1976 film version won Dunaway an Oscar.
Dunaway’s last appearance on Broadway was in 1982’s The Curse of an Aching Heart, a...
In a brief and surprise announcement, producer Ben Feldman dropped the news that Dunaway, after an absence of more than 35 years from the Broadway stage, will play Hepburn in the Broadway premiere next summer of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s one-woman-play Tea at Five. The play, in a new version by Lombardo written for this production, will be directed by the Tony-nominated John Tillinger.
Tea at Five will play a strictly limited engagement in the summer of 2019. Additional information, including the complete creative team, dates, and theater will be announced early next year.
The announcement comes on the very day that director Ivo van Hove’s Broadway production of Network is set to open. The 1976 film version won Dunaway an Oscar.
Dunaway’s last appearance on Broadway was in 1982’s The Curse of an Aching Heart, a...
- 12/6/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As the star of Family Ties for its 1982 to 1989 run, Michael Gross became a member of a rare club: one of TV’s favorite dads. And fans will be happy to know that he’s still close with his on-screen wife and one of TV’s favorite moms, Meredith Baxter. "We’re both 71 now and met when we were [around] 35, so we’ve known each other half our lives," Michael exclusively marveled to Closer Weekly in the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands now. "We’ve maintained a good relationship and never lost touch." Now audiences can witness their chemistry in person as they star in the A. R. Gurney play Love Letters, currently touring select cities around the country. Michael is also back on TV this holiday season playing a loving father in the Lifetime movie Christmas Pen Pals. We caught up with the actor on the set of his new...
- 9/23/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
Texas native Sandy Duncan has had a can-do attitude her whole life. And her mindset got a boost after she won over legendary choreographer Agnes de Mille for a 1966 NYC revival of Carousel. "I didn’t think I could do it and I did it," she exclusively told Closer Weekly in the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands now. "It gave me confidence that if I worked hard enough I could do something [great]." Since then, Sandy's career has spanned films, TV sitcoms, and Broadway, where she memorably played Peter Pan. Sandy and her husband, Don Correia. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Amazingly, most of that was accomplished after a brain tumor operation left her blind in one eye at age 24. But that health scare helped make her a "better person," she has said. "It gives you an attitude of strength and hope. I considered myself a lucky girl in how I survived.
- 9/15/2018
- by Joyann Jeffrey
- Closer Weekly
Actor Roger Perry died on July 12 at his home in Indian Wells. California, after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 85.
Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage credits during a long career that began when he was discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with Pat O'Brien in the 1960 ABC series Harrigan and Son, and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara in the 90-minute drama Arrest & Trial.
Perry was a guest star on the Star Trek TV series in a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher. He appeared on Love, American Style, Ironside, The F.B.I., Hawaii Five-0, Barnaby Jones, The Bob Newhart Show, Quincy, CHiPs, The Fall Guy, and many more. He also recurred on programs such as The Facts of Life (as Charles Parker) and Falcon Crest (as John Costello from 1982-...
Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage credits during a long career that began when he was discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with Pat O'Brien in the 1960 ABC series Harrigan and Son, and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara in the 90-minute drama Arrest & Trial.
Perry was a guest star on the Star Trek TV series in a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher. He appeared on Love, American Style, Ironside, The F.B.I., Hawaii Five-0, Barnaby Jones, The Bob Newhart Show, Quincy, CHiPs, The Fall Guy, and many more. He also recurred on programs such as The Facts of Life (as Charles Parker) and Falcon Crest (as John Costello from 1982-...
- 7/30/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Actor Roger Perry died Thursday at his home in Indian Wells. Calif., after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 85.
Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage credits during a long career that began when he was discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with Pat O’Brien in the 1960 ABC series “Harrigan and Son,” and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara in the 90-minute drama “Arrest & Trial” (1963-64).
Perry was a guest star on the “Star Trek” TV series in a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher. He appeared on “Love, American Style,” “Ironside,” “The F.B.I.,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Barnaby Jones,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Quincy,” “CHiPs,” “The Fall Guy,” and many more before becoming a regular on programs such as “The Facts of Life” and “Falcon Crest.”
His movie credits included “Follow the Boys” (1963) with Connie Francis,...
Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage credits during a long career that began when he was discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with Pat O’Brien in the 1960 ABC series “Harrigan and Son,” and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara in the 90-minute drama “Arrest & Trial” (1963-64).
Perry was a guest star on the “Star Trek” TV series in a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher. He appeared on “Love, American Style,” “Ironside,” “The F.B.I.,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Barnaby Jones,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Quincy,” “CHiPs,” “The Fall Guy,” and many more before becoming a regular on programs such as “The Facts of Life” and “Falcon Crest.”
His movie credits included “Follow the Boys” (1963) with Connie Francis,...
- 7/13/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Alec Baldwin and Kelli O'Hara starred in Westport Country Playhouse's Spring Gala performance of A. R. Gurney's play, Love Letters, on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. The one-night-only fundraising event honored the memory of playwright A. R. Pete Gurney, who was a consistent contributor to the Playhouse stage, with 21 works produced there from 1980 through 2016. Gurney died last June at age 86.
- 4/13/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This Is Us is rolling out the welcome mat to TV legends Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria. The duo will appear in the season two finale as the parents of Toby (Chris Sullivan). Malick is known for her work in Just Shoot Me, Hot in Cleveland and Dream On. Lauria has more than 180 acting credits to his name, notably The Wonder Years and recently Pitch and Fly. The duo appeared together in Pitch and have appeared together on stage, including performances of Love Letters. The casting announcement was made at This Is Us' SXSW panel. Ahead of the finale, Sullivan and costar Susan Kelechi Watson praised the casting choices. "I love the casting of your parents," Watson said. "Yeah, my...
- 3/13/2018
- E! Online
Alec Baldwin and Kelli O'Hara will star in Westport Country Playhouse's Spring Gala performance of A. R. Gurney's play, 'Love Letters,' on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. The one-night-only, 250 per ticket fundraising event will honor the memory of playwright A. R. 'Pete' Gurney, who was a consistent contributor to the Playhouse stage, with 21 works produced there from 1980 through 2016. Gurney died last June at age 86.
- 2/14/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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