For 11 years, Internet users looking for delicious, fuss-free recipes with a side of stunning food photography have been flocking to Smitten Kitchen. Praised for what The New York Times calls its “confessional voice,” the blog has become a darling of the culinary world, counting lifestyle perfectionist Gwyneth Paltrow among its legions of devoted followers.
As it turns out, Deb Perelman, the 41-year-old New Yorker behind the site, stumbled onto her career accidentally. “It started because I’m really picky, honestly,” she says. “I would see a recipe online that had hundreds of positive reviews, then I’d make it, and...
As it turns out, Deb Perelman, the 41-year-old New Yorker behind the site, stumbled onto her career accidentally. “It started because I’m really picky, honestly,” she says. “I would see a recipe online that had hundreds of positive reviews, then I’d make it, and...
- 10/26/2017
- by Shay Spence
- PEOPLE.com
Chris Hemsworth says he wouldn’t be the leading man he is today without sacrifices made by his wife, Elsa Pataky. In a new interview with GQ Australia, the “Thor: Ragnarok” star says his wife of six years made sacrifices so he could pursue his Hollywood dreams. As his career skyrocketed after his first Marvel outing, he […]...
- 10/3/2017
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
Much has been made about the dearth of strong female roles in contemporary cinema, and the problematic depictions of women in many recent movies, but the past two decades have provided plenty of counterexamples. While the onus is on writers and directors to craft strong female characters, the actresses themselves bring these figures to life, and they’re often the main reason we keep being drawn back to these works.
In no particular order, our favorite — and we’d like to think the best — female performances of the 21st century.
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” begins with a laugh that catches in your throat: A wide-eyed cat looks off-screen to the screams of a man and woman in apparent orgiastic bliss. Then comes the cutaway, which reveals a far more nefarious incident: Middle-aged Michéle (Isabelle Huppert), in the process of getting raped by a masked assailant on the floor of her home.
In no particular order, our favorite — and we’d like to think the best — female performances of the 21st century.
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” begins with a laugh that catches in your throat: A wide-eyed cat looks off-screen to the screams of a man and woman in apparent orgiastic bliss. Then comes the cutaway, which reveals a far more nefarious incident: Middle-aged Michéle (Isabelle Huppert), in the process of getting raped by a masked assailant on the floor of her home.
- 9/22/2017
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Michael Nordine, Jude Dry, Jamie Righetti and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Tommy Wiseau turns his Hollywood dreams into a catastrophic reality in the hilarious new trailer for James Franco's The Disaster Artist. The film stars Franco as cult film legend Tommy Wiseau and chronicles the making of Wiseau's infamous movie, The Room, as well as Wiseau's friendship with the movie's co-star Greg Sestero (Dave Franco).
The clip opens with Wiseau and Sestero bonding over their shared Hollywood dreams, yet floundering in their pursuit. Sestero admits he's in awe of Wiseau's fearlessness, even though it doesn't pay off, like when he...
The clip opens with Wiseau and Sestero bonding over their shared Hollywood dreams, yet floundering in their pursuit. Sestero admits he's in awe of Wiseau's fearlessness, even though it doesn't pay off, like when he...
- 9/12/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Mix the insane violence and weaving vignettes of “Pulp Fiction” with the seedy underbelly of “Breaking Bad,” and you have Ryan Prows’ directorial debut, “Lowlife,” a messy but ultimately interesting look a a group of downtrodden individuals who get mixed up in an organ harvesting scheme.
“Lowlife” is broken into four interweaving vignettes that move back and forth through time, slowly revealing different sides to each character, coloring in the story, and tangling them up even tighter into a web of blackmail, deception, kidnapping, and revenge. And the film’s title can certainly be applied to every character in their own right, as each vignette reveals more about their character and the mess they all have found themselves in.
The film opens with an Ice agent pulling off a sketchy, solo raid of a cheap motel at night. Crystal (Nicki Micheaux), the motel owner, tries to step in and save...
“Lowlife” is broken into four interweaving vignettes that move back and forth through time, slowly revealing different sides to each character, coloring in the story, and tangling them up even tighter into a web of blackmail, deception, kidnapping, and revenge. And the film’s title can certainly be applied to every character in their own right, as each vignette reveals more about their character and the mess they all have found themselves in.
The film opens with an Ice agent pulling off a sketchy, solo raid of a cheap motel at night. Crystal (Nicki Micheaux), the motel owner, tries to step in and save...
- 7/21/2017
- by Jamie Righetti
- Indiewire
Escapes isn’t the only Michael Almereyda film showing at BAMcinemaFest this year. In fact, it’s not even Almereyda’s only festival entry dealing with memory (the other is melancholic sci-fi tale Marjorie Prime), but it’s certainly the one in which he best approaches how we remember. The documentary (executive produced by Wes Anderson) centers on the life of B-list actor Hampton Fancher, who achieved moderate success largely in part to a lanky handsomeness that made him the right type to play brooding cowboys, con men, and an assortment of supporting characters in TV shows and obscure European films. But what Fancher lacked in prestigious roles he more than made up for in outlandish life experiences, which ranged from becoming a flamenco dancer at age 15 to being picked up in the street and put in a film. Perhaps his most remarkable achievement, and the reason why Almereyda even made a whole film about him, is that he wrote the screenplay for Blade Runner after an unusual encounter with Philip K. Dick.
But reading about Fancher’s life doesn’t compare to hearing him narrate it, and Almereyda makes the most of this Dickensian hero’s qualities by having him share some of his most unique anecdotes. Narration is juxtaposed with cleverly selected and edited shots from TV and film appearances — as well as those of other celebrities mentioned, e.g. his friend Brian Kelly of Flipper fame, and his former romantic partners Teri Garr, Sue Lyon, and Barbara Hershey — that give Escapes the shape of a collage or a Russian doll, depending on how Fancher is telling the story.
In allowing him to speak his mind, Almereyda turns Fancher into an unreliable narrator who isn’t always totally likable. He speaks ill of women and calls Mexican immigrants “wetbacks,” like the racist relative who claims he just never learned the right terms for non-white people. Since his stories are so self-centered and full of terms that make one squirm, it’s easy to wonder if he’s telling the truth. Are his anecdotes based in reality or simply an actor’s attempt to make his life sound more grandiose than it was? When he tells of a time the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. was opened only for him, we can envy the privilege, but also wonder if it wasn’t just a case of him showing up earlier, at an hour when it would’ve seemed he was all by himself.
Fancher seduces the ear and imagination by relentlessly spitting names and dates, giving us no time to breathe and question his remarks. But if you look past his occasionally unpleasant way of telling stories, he proves to be an anachronistic figure, a man trapped in the amber of Hollywood dreams. Perhaps all of his tales are true — but were that the case, the film’s title would seem odd. Who would want to escape a life of such adventure? Almereyda uses a title card in which Tinseltown is referred to as the “land of make believe,” and if that’s true, Fancher could very well crown himself a prince of pretense — a man born to be in the movies.
Escapes screened at BAMcinemaFest and opens on July 26.
But reading about Fancher’s life doesn’t compare to hearing him narrate it, and Almereyda makes the most of this Dickensian hero’s qualities by having him share some of his most unique anecdotes. Narration is juxtaposed with cleverly selected and edited shots from TV and film appearances — as well as those of other celebrities mentioned, e.g. his friend Brian Kelly of Flipper fame, and his former romantic partners Teri Garr, Sue Lyon, and Barbara Hershey — that give Escapes the shape of a collage or a Russian doll, depending on how Fancher is telling the story.
In allowing him to speak his mind, Almereyda turns Fancher into an unreliable narrator who isn’t always totally likable. He speaks ill of women and calls Mexican immigrants “wetbacks,” like the racist relative who claims he just never learned the right terms for non-white people. Since his stories are so self-centered and full of terms that make one squirm, it’s easy to wonder if he’s telling the truth. Are his anecdotes based in reality or simply an actor’s attempt to make his life sound more grandiose than it was? When he tells of a time the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. was opened only for him, we can envy the privilege, but also wonder if it wasn’t just a case of him showing up earlier, at an hour when it would’ve seemed he was all by himself.
Fancher seduces the ear and imagination by relentlessly spitting names and dates, giving us no time to breathe and question his remarks. But if you look past his occasionally unpleasant way of telling stories, he proves to be an anachronistic figure, a man trapped in the amber of Hollywood dreams. Perhaps all of his tales are true — but were that the case, the film’s title would seem odd. Who would want to escape a life of such adventure? Almereyda uses a title card in which Tinseltown is referred to as the “land of make believe,” and if that’s true, Fancher could very well crown himself a prince of pretense — a man born to be in the movies.
Escapes screened at BAMcinemaFest and opens on July 26.
- 6/22/2017
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
So it seems that Twin Peaks is gunning for being the comedy sensation of 2017.
Wild, right? It's funny to think about how just two weeks ago, a mainline dose of co-creator/director David Lynch's most abstract and brutal work in years made the goofball charms of Peaks 1.0 seem a million miles away – for three or so episodes, anyway. But then Dale Cooper reentered the real world in the guise of one Dougie Jones, a Vegas-area insurance agent with bad habits and worse jackets, and hilarity ensued. So now, we...
Wild, right? It's funny to think about how just two weeks ago, a mainline dose of co-creator/director David Lynch's most abstract and brutal work in years made the goofball charms of Peaks 1.0 seem a million miles away – for three or so episodes, anyway. But then Dale Cooper reentered the real world in the guise of one Dougie Jones, a Vegas-area insurance agent with bad habits and worse jackets, and hilarity ensued. So now, we...
- 6/5/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The man behind the biggest action star on the planet is helping to launch one of the baddest fighters in the Ufc into Hollywood superstardom ... TMZ Sports has learned. The agent is Brad Slater -- who reps huge stars like The Rock and Michael Strahan and signed LeBron James to Wme back in 2014. The fighter is Joanna Jedrzejczyk -- the reigning, undefeated women's strawweight champion. [[tmz:video id="0_ga2z18oy"]] Joanna tells TMZ Sports she has big Hollywood dreams and...
- 5/22/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lionsgate Home Entertainment’s La La Land is now available on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. To celebrate its release, We Are Movie Geeks wanted to share these clips from the bonus features with you:
Ryan’s Piano Teacher:
Filming on the Ramp:
Costume Changes:
Iconic L.A.:
City for Dreamers:
Ryan and Emma:
Lionsgate announced today that the dazzling Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-winning music-filled masterpiece La La Land arrives on Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company. Written and directed by Academy Award® winning director Damien Chazelle and starring Oscar® Best Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Oscar® Best Actress winner Emma Stone, La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian,...
Ryan’s Piano Teacher:
Filming on the Ramp:
Costume Changes:
Iconic L.A.:
City for Dreamers:
Ryan and Emma:
Lionsgate announced today that the dazzling Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-winning music-filled masterpiece La La Land arrives on Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company. Written and directed by Academy Award® winning director Damien Chazelle and starring Oscar® Best Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Oscar® Best Actress winner Emma Stone, La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian,...
- 4/25/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Damien Chazelle‘s vibrant ode to musicals past, featuring the unstoppable chemistry between stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, was a shining light for many at the end of a hard year,” we said when we named it one of the best films of 2016. “Exploring the hardships of a creative life, both in paying the bills and fueling the passion, Chazelle pulls from classics (New York, New York comes to mind), while playing with the cynicism of the now. Jazz is dying, film is dying, but, by God, there will be dancing. There will be singing. And there will be wonderfully lensed romantic kisses to composed crescendoes. Maybe we will be all right.”
With the film now arriving on Blu-ray and DVD, we’re pleased to debut an exclusive excerpt from a bonus feature in which Chazelle and company reflect on the chemistry of Gosling and Stone. The director even...
With the film now arriving on Blu-ray and DVD, we’re pleased to debut an exclusive excerpt from a bonus feature in which Chazelle and company reflect on the chemistry of Gosling and Stone. The director even...
- 4/25/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
From Academy Award®-Winning Director Damien Chazelle and Starring Oscar® Best Actor Nominee Ryan Gosling and Oscar® Best Actress Winner Emma Stone, La La Land, Arrives on Digital HD April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-rayTM Combo Pack and DVD on April 25 from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment Label
Lrm is giving away a Blu-ray copy of La La Land to one lucky reader on our site.
To enter this giveaway contest please fill out the form below, for our mobile users please send an e-mail to contest@lrmonline.com with La La Land Giveway in the subject line. Please give your name, address and phone number. Only one winner will be selected and must be a U.S. resident for this contest. Winner will be notified via e-mail. The deadline for entry is Monday, April 24, by 11:59 p.m. Pst. So good luck!
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Lrm is giving away a Blu-ray copy of La La Land to one lucky reader on our site.
To enter this giveaway contest please fill out the form below, for our mobile users please send an e-mail to contest@lrmonline.com with La La Land Giveway in the subject line. Please give your name, address and phone number. Only one winner will be selected and must be a U.S. resident for this contest. Winner will be notified via e-mail. The deadline for entry is Monday, April 24, by 11:59 p.m. Pst. So good luck!
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- 4/23/2017
- by Michael Connally
- LRMonline.com
The “Lawrence of Arabia” of half-assed Adam Sandler comedies, “Sandy Wexler” is an epic period piece that spans 10 years and 131 minutes of mildly amusing mediocrity before climaxing with a Rob Schneider cameo where he plays a Middle Eastern man in full brownface — it’s awful, and yet it’s almost objectively Sandler’s best movie since “Funny People.”
Of course, quality has never been a very useful metric for measuring Sandler’s work, and that’s especially true now that we’re knee-deep in an eight-picture Netflix deal which guarantees that, for the foreseeable future, we can expect new Sandler films to arrive with all the predictably of seasonal allergies. Once upon a time, he was a cottage industry — now, he’s an assembly line.
But if “Sandy Wexler” is only the slightest bit funnier than “The Do-Over” or “The Ridiculous Six,” the third of Sandler’s streaming offerings is...
Of course, quality has never been a very useful metric for measuring Sandler’s work, and that’s especially true now that we’re knee-deep in an eight-picture Netflix deal which guarantees that, for the foreseeable future, we can expect new Sandler films to arrive with all the predictably of seasonal allergies. Once upon a time, he was a cottage industry — now, he’s an assembly line.
But if “Sandy Wexler” is only the slightest bit funnier than “The Do-Over” or “The Ridiculous Six,” the third of Sandler’s streaming offerings is...
- 4/14/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“You’re a barista? I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there.”
The Golden Globe and Academy Award winning La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will be dancing its way onto Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company.
Now you can own the movie that The St. Louis Film Critics Association called “The Best Film of the Year!” We Are Movie Geeks has two copies of the La La Land Blu-ray to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Ryan Gosling? (mine is Drive!). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident.
The Golden Globe and Academy Award winning La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will be dancing its way onto Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company.
Now you can own the movie that The St. Louis Film Critics Association called “The Best Film of the Year!” We Are Movie Geeks has two copies of the La La Land Blu-ray to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Ryan Gosling? (mine is Drive!). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident.
- 4/12/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New York, New York - April 3, 2017 - In a world full of smartphones and viral sensations, the opportunity for the everyman to claim their 15 minutes of fame is now more attainable than ever. This was not always the case for independent filmmaker Bob Farkas, who has been on a 30 year journey that ultimately led him to write & produce Crazy Famous. Screening this week at the New York City International Film Festival (Nyciff), Crazy Famous takes a light-hearted look at how far one man is willing to go for fame. Farkas has had Hollywood dreams for years. Barriers to entry into the field of screenwriting seemed insurmountable. Farkas said, “since my early 20s, I wanted to be a screenwriter and...
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- 4/5/2017
- Screen Anarchy
“I think you should call it Seb’s because no one will come to a place called Chicken on a Stick.”
The Golden Globe and Academy Award winning La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will be dancing its way onto Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company.
Soon, you can own the movie that The St. Louis Film Critics Association called “The Best Film of the Year!” The new La La Land DVD, Blu-ray and 4k release comes with all new special features, including this clip:
Lionsgate announced today that the dazzling Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning music-filled masterpiece La La Land arrives on Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus...
The Golden Globe and Academy Award winning La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will be dancing its way onto Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand April 25 from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate Company.
Soon, you can own the movie that The St. Louis Film Critics Association called “The Best Film of the Year!” The new La La Land DVD, Blu-ray and 4k release comes with all new special features, including this clip:
Lionsgate announced today that the dazzling Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning music-filled masterpiece La La Land arrives on Digital HD on April 11 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus...
- 3/13/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, are the two desi girls who are conquering the West with their sheer talent and beauty. While Deepika has already made an electrifying debut with xXx: Return Of Xander Cage opposite Vin Diesel, Priyanka, on the other hand, has become the most desirable TV star with her Quantico series. She is also gearing up for the release of her upcoming Hollywood debut film Baywatch opposite Dwayne Johnson. Hollywood Dreams Deepika and Priyanka, both have spent quite a long time in Hollywood while shooting for their respective projects. Recently, they mesmerized everyone with their stunning looks at the 89th Academy Awards. They have also appeared in popular chat shows where they both stole the limelight with their wit and humour. They have also made it to the Forbes list of Highest Paid Actresses/TV Actresses last year. But, foreign media is still pretty much confused and...
- 3/7/2017
- FilmiPop
Actress Karen Black.
I grew up hearing about Karen Black as far back as I can remember. She would pop up on television and my mother would point her out as a compatriot from their college days at Northwestern University, a mixture of pride and wistfulness in her voice as the memories came back. When I finally got the opportunity to sit down with Karen during the summer of 2007, the venerable actress had turned playwright, with a well-received L.A. production of "The Missouri Waltz," a musical for which she penned the book. Black was alternately eccentric, passionate, grounded and fascinating during our chat, her obvious intelligence shining through the entire proceedings.
“Black brings to all her roles a freewheeling combination of raunch and winsomeness,” Time magazine wrote about her in 1975. “Sometimes she is kittenish. At other times she has an overripe quality that makes her look like the kind...
I grew up hearing about Karen Black as far back as I can remember. She would pop up on television and my mother would point her out as a compatriot from their college days at Northwestern University, a mixture of pride and wistfulness in her voice as the memories came back. When I finally got the opportunity to sit down with Karen during the summer of 2007, the venerable actress had turned playwright, with a well-received L.A. production of "The Missouri Waltz," a musical for which she penned the book. Black was alternately eccentric, passionate, grounded and fascinating during our chat, her obvious intelligence shining through the entire proceedings.
“Black brings to all her roles a freewheeling combination of raunch and winsomeness,” Time magazine wrote about her in 1975. “Sometimes she is kittenish. At other times she has an overripe quality that makes her look like the kind...
- 8/9/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
By Beck/Smith
HollywoodNews.com: Times have So changed from that “very special episode” of “The Waltons,” when Mama was acting a mite peculiar on account of the change of life. Production has just wrapped on Henry Jaglom’s feature dramedy “The M Word” — and star Tanna Frederick says, “It will be like our first step on the moon of menopause stories. It deals with everything having to do with our ovaries and then some. M is for menopause, menses and men.”
Frances Fisher plays her mother who moves in with her after her mate (Gregory Harrison) is caught cheating. Two aunts (Mary Crosby, Eliza Fisher) move into Tanna’s character’s two-bedroom apartment as well
“Henry is not commenting on menopause, he’s taking you along for a ride,” she says of the director with whom she made “Hollywood Dreams” and other films, who is known for his improvisational work with actors.
HollywoodNews.com: Times have So changed from that “very special episode” of “The Waltons,” when Mama was acting a mite peculiar on account of the change of life. Production has just wrapped on Henry Jaglom’s feature dramedy “The M Word” — and star Tanna Frederick says, “It will be like our first step on the moon of menopause stories. It deals with everything having to do with our ovaries and then some. M is for menopause, menses and men.”
Frances Fisher plays her mother who moves in with her after her mate (Gregory Harrison) is caught cheating. Two aunts (Mary Crosby, Eliza Fisher) move into Tanna’s character’s two-bedroom apartment as well
“Henry is not commenting on menopause, he’s taking you along for a ride,” she says of the director with whom she made “Hollywood Dreams” and other films, who is known for his improvisational work with actors.
- 12/25/2011
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
Henry Jaglom makes movies about women for women. Certain kinds of women. Women who suffer from "Eating" issues and have "Babyfever" and enjoy "Going Shopping." Women who gather by the pool and drink cocktails and talk talk talk, baring their most intimate thoughts and feelings to each other and to us while his camera, listening in, pans their faces, zooming in and out.
In the latest addition to his 18-title oeuvre, the writer-director-usually editor (though not this time)-independent distributor profiles a familiar femme: the Midwestern ingénue who arrives in Los Angeles, according to Hollywood mythology, on a Greyhound bus and hangs out at sidewalk cafes hoping to get discovered, like, legend (inaccurately) has it, Lana Turner at the Schwab's soda counter.
That's the rough sketch of 2006's "Hollywood Dreams," entwined with a tragic love story. "Queen of the Lot," Jaglom says, is "a further exploration of themes" and "an...
In the latest addition to his 18-title oeuvre, the writer-director-usually editor (though not this time)-independent distributor profiles a familiar femme: the Midwestern ingénue who arrives in Los Angeles, according to Hollywood mythology, on a Greyhound bus and hangs out at sidewalk cafes hoping to get discovered, like, legend (inaccurately) has it, Lana Turner at the Schwab's soda counter.
That's the rough sketch of 2006's "Hollywood Dreams," entwined with a tragic love story. "Queen of the Lot," Jaglom says, is "a further exploration of themes" and "an...
- 11/19/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
HollywoodNews.com: When motivational guru Tony Robbins debuts his powerful new NBC “Breakthrough With Tony Robbins” reality show July 27, viewers will see such astonishing stories as that of a man who broke his neck at his own wedding reception and became a quadriplegic – who discovers he can still have a full life through a string of challenges that includes skydiving over Fiji. He and his wife…well, have the Kleenex ready.
Robbins tells us that there was so much more story to each of the six hour-long shows he’s prepared, “We’re going to do a ‘Breakthrough’ Insider kind of site. These were 30-day journeys, and so much more happened than we can show.”
Indeed. Late legendary basketball coach John Wooden gave his final pep talk to a single athlete — Juaquin Hawkins, once known as the Oldest Rookie in the NBA, who...
HollywoodNews.com: When motivational guru Tony Robbins debuts his powerful new NBC “Breakthrough With Tony Robbins” reality show July 27, viewers will see such astonishing stories as that of a man who broke his neck at his own wedding reception and became a quadriplegic – who discovers he can still have a full life through a string of challenges that includes skydiving over Fiji. He and his wife…well, have the Kleenex ready.
Robbins tells us that there was so much more story to each of the six hour-long shows he’s prepared, “We’re going to do a ‘Breakthrough’ Insider kind of site. These were 30-day journeys, and so much more happened than we can show.”
Indeed. Late legendary basketball coach John Wooden gave his final pep talk to a single athlete — Juaquin Hawkins, once known as the Oldest Rookie in the NBA, who...
- 7/14/2010
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
hollywoodnews.com: “Hollywood Dreams” star Tanna Frederick reports that Gregory Harrison will be among the hard-core surfers riding the waves in the after-midnight hours tonight (6/19) night at Huntington Beach during the Third Annual Project Sos: Surf 24.
Other famous surf-loving dudes and dudettes involved include “True Blood’s” Sam Trammel, “House’s” Jesse Spencer, “24’s” Eric Balfour, Zoe Bell of “Grindhouse,” one-time “Baywatch” hunk David Chokachi, Sean Patrick Flanery, Chad Lowe, and Tanna herself. The flame-tressed beauty tells us the event “has turned into something I never dreamed could possibly happen. This year, in light of the situation in the Gulf, it’s especially inspiring and hopeful.”
Heal the Bay, Inside the Outdoors, and the Surfrider Foundation are beneficiaries of the fundraiser. Frederick says, “We’re going to be announcing our next project, the Save Our Surf Gulf Alert, going down to the Gulf and volunteering – a grassroots,...
hollywoodnews.com: “Hollywood Dreams” star Tanna Frederick reports that Gregory Harrison will be among the hard-core surfers riding the waves in the after-midnight hours tonight (6/19) night at Huntington Beach during the Third Annual Project Sos: Surf 24.
Other famous surf-loving dudes and dudettes involved include “True Blood’s” Sam Trammel, “House’s” Jesse Spencer, “24’s” Eric Balfour, Zoe Bell of “Grindhouse,” one-time “Baywatch” hunk David Chokachi, Sean Patrick Flanery, Chad Lowe, and Tanna herself. The flame-tressed beauty tells us the event “has turned into something I never dreamed could possibly happen. This year, in light of the situation in the Gulf, it’s especially inspiring and hopeful.”
Heal the Bay, Inside the Outdoors, and the Surfrider Foundation are beneficiaries of the fundraiser. Frederick says, “We’re going to be announcing our next project, the Save Our Surf Gulf Alert, going down to the Gulf and volunteering – a grassroots,...
- 6/20/2010
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
(Tanna Frederick in Henry Jaglom's "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway," above, with David Garver.)
By Terry Keefe
The manner in which Iowa native Tanna Frederick received her break as an actress has sort of become a independent filmmaking legend, but it bears repeating, as a lesson in the type of chutzpah required to get anywhere in the film business. After a few years of struggling in the audition trenches of Hollywood, Frederick was told by a fellow actor that filmmaker Henry Jaglom often responded to fan letters. Frederick proceeded to write a copious letter to Jaglom, praising the merits of his 1997 film Deja Vu…which she had never actually seen. Nonetheless, a correspondence between Frederick and Jaglom began, and eventually, Jaglom gave the actress permission to do a stage production of his 1971 film debut, A Safe Place, the cinematic version of which starred Jack Nicholson, Orson Welles, and Tuesday Weld.
By Terry Keefe
The manner in which Iowa native Tanna Frederick received her break as an actress has sort of become a independent filmmaking legend, but it bears repeating, as a lesson in the type of chutzpah required to get anywhere in the film business. After a few years of struggling in the audition trenches of Hollywood, Frederick was told by a fellow actor that filmmaker Henry Jaglom often responded to fan letters. Frederick proceeded to write a copious letter to Jaglom, praising the merits of his 1997 film Deja Vu…which she had never actually seen. Nonetheless, a correspondence between Frederick and Jaglom began, and eventually, Jaglom gave the actress permission to do a stage production of his 1971 film debut, A Safe Place, the cinematic version of which starred Jack Nicholson, Orson Welles, and Tuesday Weld.
- 3/18/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Henry Jaglom, the iconic writer/director whose films include: Eating, Someone To Love, New Years Day, Hollywood Dreams, and most recently Irene in Time, was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about his life, his art and his new play Just 45 Minutes From Broadway. Joining us was his muse, and very talented actress, Tanna Frederick who stars in Irene in Time, Hollywood Dreams and currently in Henry's new play. I can't think of anyone who makes films like Henry does. He is an artist in the true sense of the word. His lead characters are often women, and I'm not talking Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), but real women who share their deepest thoughts and feelings. Henry told me he gets his understanding of women from his mother. She allowed him to explore...
- 10/31/2009
- by Irene Rubaum-Keller
- Huffington Post
See a Movie Jungle exclusive clip as well as the trailer from Rainbow Film Company's "Irene in Time," starring Tanna Frederick and co-starring Andrea Marcovicci, Victoria Tennant, Karen Black, Lanre Idewu and Jack Maxwell. Henry Jaglom ("Hollywood Dreams," "Going Shopping") directs and writes the drama/romance/comedy produced by Rosemary Marks. Irene In Time is a puzzle about love and time, a mystery in which clues are found and secrets are revealed, Irene in Time is a look at the complex relationships between fathers and daughters and the consequences...
- 9/22/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“There’s freedom within limits.” That’s how Tanna Frederick describes working with independent film guru Henry Jaglom on the new film Irene in Time, a story of a woman trying to come to grips with the problematic relationship with her father. Jaglom, who uses very quick, improvisational techniques in his films, offered Frederick the title role after working with her several times before in both film and theater. “With Henry’s films, you film them so quickly,” Frederick says of Jaglom’s maverick style. “There’s never really any breathing room, so you’re just living this life of this person for three weeks straight, and you’re trying to slam out the scenes and get it done.” This style allowed Frederick to become more vulnerable as a character in the film, in which her character plays a neurotic, chronic dater in the L.A. scene. “It’s a story about fathers and daughters and how...
- 7/4/2009
- by Kevin Carr
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This week in theaters sees more history coming to life while the oceans around us die. Woody Allen fans can start counting backwards from 364 again, while Sandra Bullock makes Ryan Reynolds suffer, which, after "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," has got to be a cause worth supporting.
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Thanks to the mainstream explosion of snarky adult-oriented animation, grown-ups no longer need to dream up creative excuses to spend all day in front of cartoons, which is nice. This latest dose of claymation cleverness comes courtesy of Israeli director Tatia Rosenthal, working from "Jellyfish" writer/director Etgar Keret's book of short stories. Anthony Lapaglia voices Jim, a single dad in urban Australia who, along with his family and neighbors, embarks on a series of surreal adventures after his son Dave (Samuel Johnson) blows the titular sum on...
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Thanks to the mainstream explosion of snarky adult-oriented animation, grown-ups no longer need to dream up creative excuses to spend all day in front of cartoons, which is nice. This latest dose of claymation cleverness comes courtesy of Israeli director Tatia Rosenthal, working from "Jellyfish" writer/director Etgar Keret's book of short stories. Anthony Lapaglia voices Jim, a single dad in urban Australia who, along with his family and neighbors, embarks on a series of surreal adventures after his son Dave (Samuel Johnson) blows the titular sum on...
- 6/15/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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