Tributes have been pouring in for Suzanne Shepherd, the Goodfellas and Sopranos actress who passed away on Friday, November 17, at the age of 89. Shepherd’s death was announced on Facebook by actor Tom Titone, who revealed that Shepherd “passed away peacefully” early Friday Morning. According to The U.S. Sun, the death was later confirmed by her granddaughter Isabelle. A cause of death was not specified. “I studied with Suzanne as a young actor. She saw in me what I could not yet see in myself,” Titone wrote. “She introduced me to my husband. She was the officiant to our marriage under a beautiful gazebo in Central Park with a gathering of family and friends. For this, I will always be grateful. She was a huge presence. A Big personality. She roared with life and at it. May she rest now.” Best known for her “mob mom” roles, Shepherd played...
- 11/20/2023
- TV Insider
We're sad to report that actress Suzanne Shepherd has passed away at the age of 89, as confirmed by her agent and her daughter Kate Shepherd. A character actress who had roles in movies and TV stretching back to the 1980s, two of Shepherd's parts were practically the same role.
In "Goodfellas," Shepherd played the mother of Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco). She has a short but memorable scene where she scolds her daughter for letting Henry (Ray Liotta) stay out so late and for marrying a Gentile man in the first place. When Henry finally comes home at the crack of dawn, she snaps at him and he walks off. This leads to the scene's comedic capstone, in which Tommy (Joe Pesci) mocks Karen's mother by nagging Henry in the same voice.
Many "Goodfellas" alums later showed up on "The Sopranos," including Bracco and Shepherd. Bracco, wanting to play a...
In "Goodfellas," Shepherd played the mother of Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco). She has a short but memorable scene where she scolds her daughter for letting Henry (Ray Liotta) stay out so late and for marrying a Gentile man in the first place. When Henry finally comes home at the crack of dawn, she snaps at him and he walks off. This leads to the scene's comedic capstone, in which Tommy (Joe Pesci) mocks Karen's mother by nagging Henry in the same voice.
Many "Goodfellas" alums later showed up on "The Sopranos," including Bracco and Shepherd. Bracco, wanting to play a...
- 11/19/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Suzanne Shepherd, an actress known for playing mothers to key characters in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, has died. She was 89.
Shepherd died peacefully in her home in New York City early Friday morning, her agent told The Hollywood Reporter.
Shepherd appeared in 20 episodes of The Sopranos as Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Edie Falco’s Carmela Soprano, and played the mother of Lorraine Bracco’s Karen Hill in Goodfellas.
Sopranos actor Ray Abruzzo remembered Shepherd on Instagram, calling her “a force of nature.”
Her other credits include roles in movies like Mystic Pizza, Uncle Buck, Lolita, Requiem for a Dream, Living Out Loud and Working Girl and guest appearances in TV shows like Ed, Blue Bloods, Law & Order and Third Watch.
Shepherd’s last onscreen role was in 2023’s The Performance as Tess.
Born Oct. 31, 1934, Shepherd graduated from Bennington College and studied with Larry Arrick, Herbert Berghoff and Sanford Meisner...
Shepherd died peacefully in her home in New York City early Friday morning, her agent told The Hollywood Reporter.
Shepherd appeared in 20 episodes of The Sopranos as Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Edie Falco’s Carmela Soprano, and played the mother of Lorraine Bracco’s Karen Hill in Goodfellas.
Sopranos actor Ray Abruzzo remembered Shepherd on Instagram, calling her “a force of nature.”
Her other credits include roles in movies like Mystic Pizza, Uncle Buck, Lolita, Requiem for a Dream, Living Out Loud and Working Girl and guest appearances in TV shows like Ed, Blue Bloods, Law & Order and Third Watch.
Shepherd’s last onscreen role was in 2023’s The Performance as Tess.
Born Oct. 31, 1934, Shepherd graduated from Bennington College and studied with Larry Arrick, Herbert Berghoff and Sanford Meisner...
- 11/19/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Suzanne Shepherd, best known for her roles in The Sopranos and Goodfellas, has died. She was 89.
The actress passed away Friday morning in her New York City home, her agent confirmed to our sister site Variety.
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Shepherd played Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Edie Falco’s Carmela Soprano, on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos between 2000 and 2007. Ray Abruzzo,...
The actress passed away Friday morning in her New York City home, her agent confirmed to our sister site Variety.
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Shepherd played Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Edie Falco’s Carmela Soprano, on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos between 2000 and 2007. Ray Abruzzo,...
- 11/19/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Suzanne Shepherd, who was best known for her roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos,” has died at the age of 89.
Shepherd’s death was announced by her friend Tom Titone, who wrote on Facebook, “Suzanne Shepherd passed away peacefully very early yesterday morning. She was 89 years old.”
Titone, who shared photos of Shepherd alongside his words, continued, “I took these photos a couple of years ago at her home on the Uws. Always the actress.
“I studied with Suzanne as a young actor. She saw in me what I could not yet see in myself. She introduced me to my husband. She was the officiant to our marriage under a beautiful gazebo in Central Park with a gathering of family and friends. For this, I will always be grateful.”
He finished, “She was a huge presence. A Big personality. She roared with life and at it. May she rest now.
Shepherd’s death was announced by her friend Tom Titone, who wrote on Facebook, “Suzanne Shepherd passed away peacefully very early yesterday morning. She was 89 years old.”
Titone, who shared photos of Shepherd alongside his words, continued, “I took these photos a couple of years ago at her home on the Uws. Always the actress.
“I studied with Suzanne as a young actor. She saw in me what I could not yet see in myself. She introduced me to my husband. She was the officiant to our marriage under a beautiful gazebo in Central Park with a gathering of family and friends. For this, I will always be grateful.”
He finished, “She was a huge presence. A Big personality. She roared with life and at it. May she rest now.
- 11/19/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Suzanne Shepherd, an actor known for her roles in “The Sopranos” and “Goodfellas,” died Friday morning in her home in New York City, her agent confirmed to Variety. She was 89.
Shepherd portrayed Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco), in HBO’s crime drama series “The Sopranos,” as well as the mother of Lorraine Bracco’s character Karen Hill in 1990’s “Goodfellas.” She also had roles in “Jacob’s Ladder” (1990), “Trees Lounge” (1996), “Lolita” (1997), “American Cuisine” (1998), “Living Out Loud” (1998), “Requiem for a Dream” (2000), “A Dirty Shame” (2004), “Harold” (2008), “The Week Of” (2018) and “The Performance” (2023), among other films.
Shepherd was born on Oct. 31, 1934. She made her acting debut in the 1988 romcom “Mystic Pizza,” starring Julia Roberts, and appeared in such films as “Working Girl,” “Uncle Buck” and “Second Sight” before working on Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas.”
On the television side, she guest-starred in “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Ed,” “Blue Bloods,” “Deadline,...
Shepherd portrayed Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco), in HBO’s crime drama series “The Sopranos,” as well as the mother of Lorraine Bracco’s character Karen Hill in 1990’s “Goodfellas.” She also had roles in “Jacob’s Ladder” (1990), “Trees Lounge” (1996), “Lolita” (1997), “American Cuisine” (1998), “Living Out Loud” (1998), “Requiem for a Dream” (2000), “A Dirty Shame” (2004), “Harold” (2008), “The Week Of” (2018) and “The Performance” (2023), among other films.
Shepherd was born on Oct. 31, 1934. She made her acting debut in the 1988 romcom “Mystic Pizza,” starring Julia Roberts, and appeared in such films as “Working Girl,” “Uncle Buck” and “Second Sight” before working on Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas.”
On the television side, she guest-starred in “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Ed,” “Blue Bloods,” “Deadline,...
- 11/19/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Suzanne Shepherd, who is known for ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Goodfellas’ has died at the age of 89, after decades-long career in the acting industry. The death of the late actress is said to have been confirmed by a relative recently, reports Mirror.co.uk. A cause of death however hasn’t been reported.
Over the course of her career, Suzanne – who’s also credited as a theatre director and acting teacher – starred in numerous films and appeared in some TV shows. Her most recent credit is said to have been ‘The Performance’.
The Sun US reported earlier that Suzanne has died, with the news said to have been shared by her granddaughter Isabelle. The outlet stated that a cause of death was not provided and that the family didn’t detail a further statement.
As per Mirror.co.uk, Suzanne played the mother of Karen Hill (played by Lorraine Bracco...
Over the course of her career, Suzanne – who’s also credited as a theatre director and acting teacher – starred in numerous films and appeared in some TV shows. Her most recent credit is said to have been ‘The Performance’.
The Sun US reported earlier that Suzanne has died, with the news said to have been shared by her granddaughter Isabelle. The outlet stated that a cause of death was not provided and that the family didn’t detail a further statement.
As per Mirror.co.uk, Suzanne played the mother of Karen Hill (played by Lorraine Bracco...
- 11/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actress Suzanne Shepherd, who is known for ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Goodfellas’ has died at the age of 89, after decades-long career in the acting industry. The death of the late actress is said to have been confirmed by a relative recently, reports Mirror.co.uk. A cause of death however hasn’t been reported.
Over the course of her career, Suzanne – who’s also credited as a theatre director and acting teacher – starred in numerous films and appeared in some TV shows. Her most recent credit is said to have been ‘The Performance’.
The Sun US reported earlier that Suzanne has died, with the news said to have been shared by her granddaughter Isabelle. The outlet stated that a cause of death was not provided and that the family didn’t detail a further statement.
As per Mirror.co.uk, Suzanne played the mother of Karen Hill (played by Lorraine Bracco...
Over the course of her career, Suzanne – who’s also credited as a theatre director and acting teacher – starred in numerous films and appeared in some TV shows. Her most recent credit is said to have been ‘The Performance’.
The Sun US reported earlier that Suzanne has died, with the news said to have been shared by her granddaughter Isabelle. The outlet stated that a cause of death was not provided and that the family didn’t detail a further statement.
As per Mirror.co.uk, Suzanne played the mother of Karen Hill (played by Lorraine Bracco...
- 11/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Some films merely offer you a clockwork plot. Others, like Jeff Nichols’ smokin’ cool “The Bikeriders,” whisk you away with a roar of mood and atmosphere.
That’s no surprise coming from the versatile director of “Mud,” “Loving” and “Midnight Special,” all seemingly different (but equally wondrous) films with one common denominator: a precise, wistful sense of place and tone. As soon as we spot Austin Butler on a bar stool sporting a badass Vandals Chicago jacket on his back, that exacting disposition is evident here, too. With appealingly greased and molded hair, Butler looks like he just stepped away from the “Elvis” set for a swift cigarette break, wearing the invincible aura of a movie star like it’s his second skin. Vandals is the name of the motorbike clique Butler’s terse Benny is a part of. And to get him to take that jacket off—like a...
That’s no surprise coming from the versatile director of “Mud,” “Loving” and “Midnight Special,” all seemingly different (but equally wondrous) films with one common denominator: a precise, wistful sense of place and tone. As soon as we spot Austin Butler on a bar stool sporting a badass Vandals Chicago jacket on his back, that exacting disposition is evident here, too. With appealingly greased and molded hair, Butler looks like he just stepped away from the “Elvis” set for a swift cigarette break, wearing the invincible aura of a movie star like it’s his second skin. Vandals is the name of the motorbike clique Butler’s terse Benny is a part of. And to get him to take that jacket off—like a...
- 9/6/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Filmmaker Jeff Nichols seemed positively thrilled while introducing his new film “The Bikeriders” to the Telluride Film Festival patrons on Thursday afternoon, and it is easy to see why. The project, Nichols’ first as a director since 2016’s “Loving,” is about an American biker gang in the 1960s, and the propulsive and entertaining drama owes as much to films like “Goodfellas” and “A Bronx Tale” as it does to the Danny Lyon book of photographs and interviews that inspired Nichols to write the script.
“I’ve always tried to find a universal theme in my films,” Nichols said in a director’s statement. “The idea being that if you have a universal thought at the core of your story, it is possible to make a very personal, regionally specific film that feels totally unique to a specific time and place that still resonates with a broad and diverse audience. ‘The...
“I’ve always tried to find a universal theme in my films,” Nichols said in a director’s statement. “The idea being that if you have a universal thought at the core of your story, it is possible to make a very personal, regionally specific film that feels totally unique to a specific time and place that still resonates with a broad and diverse audience. ‘The...
- 9/1/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." A shot at the mob life was Henry Hill's dream, but once was enough for Ray Liotta.
Enough "Goodfellas" alums show up on "The Sopranos" that you can make a drinking game out of it. Obviously, Lorraine "Karen Hill" Bracco and Michael "Spider" Imperioli are in the main cast as Dr. Melfi and Christopher Moltisanti. Frank "Billy Batts" Vincent also appears during the final two seasons as New York boss Phil Leotardo. Still there are four glaring absences: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, and Ray Liotta.
De Niro was who Chase first had in mind for Tony Soprano, but the actor has never even watched the series. Joe Pesci was also semi-retired from acting during the show's run, while Sorvino felt the series was "defamatory" towards Italians. Liotta was the only one explicitly offered a part,...
Enough "Goodfellas" alums show up on "The Sopranos" that you can make a drinking game out of it. Obviously, Lorraine "Karen Hill" Bracco and Michael "Spider" Imperioli are in the main cast as Dr. Melfi and Christopher Moltisanti. Frank "Billy Batts" Vincent also appears during the final two seasons as New York boss Phil Leotardo. Still there are four glaring absences: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, and Ray Liotta.
De Niro was who Chase first had in mind for Tony Soprano, but the actor has never even watched the series. Joe Pesci was also semi-retired from acting during the show's run, while Sorvino felt the series was "defamatory" towards Italians. Liotta was the only one explicitly offered a part,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
The actor Paul Herman, who had memorably roles in “Goodfellas,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” and “The Irishman” and starred on the HBO hit series “The Sopranos” died this week at the age of 76.
Herman’s death was confirmed by his management company, in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are deeply saddened at the loss of our beloved Paul Herman. A true character on and off-screen. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, and we will always remember the sound of his laughter and bold spirit. We ask that you respect the privacy of the family at this time,” the statement read.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Herman worked for years as an actor – and often appeared in movies with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Early credits included “Easy Money” (with Pesci and Rodney Dangerfield) and “Once Upon a Time in America...
Herman’s death was confirmed by his management company, in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are deeply saddened at the loss of our beloved Paul Herman. A true character on and off-screen. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, and we will always remember the sound of his laughter and bold spirit. We ask that you respect the privacy of the family at this time,” the statement read.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Herman worked for years as an actor – and often appeared in movies with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Early credits included “Easy Money” (with Pesci and Rodney Dangerfield) and “Once Upon a Time in America...
- 3/31/2022
- by Christopher Rosen and Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
Here is a film in which double anal is a major plot point. Yes, double anal, that rite of ‘passage’ for many young porn starlets. It is also a film that opens with Linnea (Sofia Kappel), our protagonist, shaving her pubic hair with frantic strokes of a cheap razor. This is the explicit sensibility of Pleasure, Ninja Thyberg’s genuinely transgressive debut feature. Some will find it terribly vulgar, like the chap who made a swift exit from our screening at Sundance London. But Pleasure depicts its world exactly as it should, warts and all. And it does so as part of a smartly observed realist drama about values, ambition and friendship.
In other words, Pleasure is Wall Street in stilettos, and in Bud Fox’s role is the aforementioned Linnea, a 19-year-old Swede who has moved stateside to become Bella Cherry, her porn star nom de guerre. Kappel is a natural,...
In other words, Pleasure is Wall Street in stilettos, and in Bud Fox’s role is the aforementioned Linnea, a 19-year-old Swede who has moved stateside to become Bella Cherry, her porn star nom de guerre. Kappel is a natural,...
- 8/3/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It’s time for the punks to meet the godfathers. The creators of SopranosCon merged with MobMovieCon for a family celebration. From July 23 to July 25, Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City will house the boardwalk’s biggest gangster gathering since Nucky Johnson hosted the mob’s Atlantic City Conference in 1929.
“Al Capone will not be coming though,” VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota tells Den of Geek. “Those were the mobsters. I would say this would be the biggest gathering of mobster wannabes.” The Sopranos fan convention has come a long way since it was dreamed up by three gangster movie aficionados from New York, Maryland, and Rhode Island. The 2019 SopranosCon drew thousands of fans from as far as The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. A planned expansion to MobMovieCon had to be pushed back because of the pandemic, but the organizers introduced VirtualCons...
“Al Capone will not be coming though,” VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota tells Den of Geek. “Those were the mobsters. I would say this would be the biggest gathering of mobster wannabes.” The Sopranos fan convention has come a long way since it was dreamed up by three gangster movie aficionados from New York, Maryland, and Rhode Island. The 2019 SopranosCon drew thousands of fans from as far as The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. A planned expansion to MobMovieCon had to be pushed back because of the pandemic, but the organizers introduced VirtualCons...
- 7/22/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A shortened version of this interview appeared as part of Den of Geek magazine’s The Suicide Squad cover feature.
Margot Robbie is not only a breakout star of the DC Extended Universe, but broader Hollywood. The Australian actress moves seamlessly between the blockbuster superhero franchise world and Academy Award-nominated indies like I, Tonya, while also taking greater creative control behind the scenes through her film and TV production company LuckyChap Entertainment. As Robbie prepares for the August release of DC’s R-rated war movie epic The Suicide Squad, Den of Geek talks to the actress about working with director James Gunn, what it’s like to film with pyrotechnics, and why she’s still having fun playing charismatically chaotic antihero Harley Quinn.
Den of Geek: You’ve said before in interviews that you have to like the character to be able to play them. What do you like about Harley Quinn?...
Margot Robbie is not only a breakout star of the DC Extended Universe, but broader Hollywood. The Australian actress moves seamlessly between the blockbuster superhero franchise world and Academy Award-nominated indies like I, Tonya, while also taking greater creative control behind the scenes through her film and TV production company LuckyChap Entertainment. As Robbie prepares for the August release of DC’s R-rated war movie epic The Suicide Squad, Den of Geek talks to the actress about working with director James Gunn, what it’s like to film with pyrotechnics, and why she’s still having fun playing charismatically chaotic antihero Harley Quinn.
Den of Geek: You’ve said before in interviews that you have to like the character to be able to play them. What do you like about Harley Quinn?...
- 4/27/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
As far back as I could remember, no film has had such a grand cultural impact than Goodfellas. At my high school in Cape Cod, Massachusetts–a far cry from Scorsese’s mean streets of New York––almost every locker had at least one picture of Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta staring with steel-gazed coolness at my fellow students as they gathered their books and rolled up copies of Playboy for Study Hall. When I was commuting to college in New Hampshire, The Rolling Stones’ “Let it Bleed” album blared from my 85’ Cutlass Supreme as I imagined hearing the thumping of Frank Vincent’s body in the trunk rather than the pulsating sounds of “Gimme Shelter” or “Monkey Man.” During late-night sessions with my friends and family, as soon as one of us called each other funny, it was only a matter of time before one of us replied,...
- 9/8/2020
- by David Stewart
- The Film Stage
Focus Features’ Harriet landed one of the prized slots of award season — a screening on Capitol Hill.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and the Congressional Black Caucus co-hosted a showing of the movie, a biopic of Harriet Tubman, at the theater in the Capitol Visitors Center.
The cast was not at the screening, which was private and open to members of Congress and their staffs.
Naturally, the screening was followed by a Q&a, with part of the focus on the status of efforts to put Tubman on the $20 bill.
After the Obama administration announced plans to put Tubman on the front of the currency, replacing Andrew Jackson, the Trump administration has delayed those plans. In May, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the redesign will be delayed — perhaps until 2028.
The next month, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Oh) introduced legislation to...
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and the Congressional Black Caucus co-hosted a showing of the movie, a biopic of Harriet Tubman, at the theater in the Capitol Visitors Center.
The cast was not at the screening, which was private and open to members of Congress and their staffs.
Naturally, the screening was followed by a Q&a, with part of the focus on the status of efforts to put Tubman on the $20 bill.
After the Obama administration announced plans to put Tubman on the front of the currency, replacing Andrew Jackson, the Trump administration has delayed those plans. In May, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the redesign will be delayed — perhaps until 2028.
The next month, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Oh) introduced legislation to...
- 11/15/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Spencer Mullen Nov 11, 2019
The Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj, Watchmen HBO Theories, Uber CEO, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
The latest episode of HBO's Watchmen fuels a bizarre theory about Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias.
"In a show full of weird characters, the weirdest part of HBO’s Watchmen is easily Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias. Theories abound, including the idea that Irons isn’t playing Veidt at all, but the most convincing theory so far picks up on some very subtle clues to argue that the Ozymandias plot could be happening in a totally separate timeline."
Read more at Inverse.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defended his company's decision to pull an episode of The Patriot Act.
"When someone tells you who they are, believe them. On an episode of The Patriot Act, comedian Hasan Minhaj talked about Saudi Arabia and was critical of its Royal Family. As a result, the...
The Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj, Watchmen HBO Theories, Uber CEO, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
The latest episode of HBO's Watchmen fuels a bizarre theory about Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias.
"In a show full of weird characters, the weirdest part of HBO’s Watchmen is easily Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias. Theories abound, including the idea that Irons isn’t playing Veidt at all, but the most convincing theory so far picks up on some very subtle clues to argue that the Ozymandias plot could be happening in a totally separate timeline."
Read more at Inverse.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defended his company's decision to pull an episode of The Patriot Act.
"When someone tells you who they are, believe them. On an episode of The Patriot Act, comedian Hasan Minhaj talked about Saudi Arabia and was critical of its Royal Family. As a result, the...
- 11/11/2019
- Den of Geek
Alec Bojalad Sep 2, 2016
Elliot lets his imaginary friend in on some secrets and Angela gets in way over her head in this new episode
This review contains spoilers.
2.9 Init5
The days of me rewatching full TV seasons are all but over. Where I could once spend an entire summer watching the same Scrubs and 24 episodes over and over again, there are just too many superb TV shows out there to justify revisiting old favorites on anything other than only the most hungover days.
But man, do I want to binge this entire second season of Mr. Robot once able. Not because it’s necessarily been worthy of a rewatch, though it is quite good. It’s because no other non-bingeable show demands to be binged quite like this one.
Visual entertainment is so fractured across so many mediums and categorized even further within those mediums. Sam Esmail originally viewed Mr. Robot as a movie.
Elliot lets his imaginary friend in on some secrets and Angela gets in way over her head in this new episode
This review contains spoilers.
2.9 Init5
The days of me rewatching full TV seasons are all but over. Where I could once spend an entire summer watching the same Scrubs and 24 episodes over and over again, there are just too many superb TV shows out there to justify revisiting old favorites on anything other than only the most hungover days.
But man, do I want to binge this entire second season of Mr. Robot once able. Not because it’s necessarily been worthy of a rewatch, though it is quite good. It’s because no other non-bingeable show demands to be binged quite like this one.
Visual entertainment is so fractured across so many mediums and categorized even further within those mediums. Sam Esmail originally viewed Mr. Robot as a movie.
- 9/1/2016
- Den of Geek
While David Ayer may have been fairly liberal in making changes to Harley Quinn's physical look in Suicide Squad, there's no denying that her personality, and more importantly, her voice, seem like they've come right off the page. In an interview with USA Today, actress Margot Robbie described how she perfected Harley's iconic voice. Harley Quinn made her debut in 1992's Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Arleen Sorkin, establishing the character's high-pitched, Brooklyn style accent. Robbie admitted to using Sorkin's performance as her starting point, but stopped short of keeping it in every scene. "She’s got a very high-pitched voice, which for the lighthearted stuff, the crazy stuff, works really well [in Suicide Squad], " she said. "But when it’s a pretty raw emotional scene, you lose the gravity when you’re speaking in such a high voice." For the more grounded, dramatic scenes, Robbie looked to Lorraine Bracco, who...
- 8/2/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
"I want people to get infuriated by it," Martin Scorsese said of his initial impulse in making "Goodfellas." "I wanted to seduce everyone into the movie and into the style. And then just take them apart with it."
In fact, some people were appalled and repulsed at the early screenings of "Goodfellas," which opened 25 years ago this week (on Sept. 19, 1990). At one test preview, there were mass walkouts within the first 10 minutes. But Scorsese's angry gesture soon backfired. Viewers did get seduced by the lowlife mobsters (taken from Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 true-crime book "Wiseguy") and the director's own adrenalized filmmaking style. Instead of an assault on the audience, "Goodfellas" became one of the most influential and beloved movies of the past quarter century.
In honor of "Goodfellas" turning 25 this week, here are 25 things you need to know about Scorsese's masterpiece. Don't let that red sauce burn on the stove while you're reading.
In fact, some people were appalled and repulsed at the early screenings of "Goodfellas," which opened 25 years ago this week (on Sept. 19, 1990). At one test preview, there were mass walkouts within the first 10 minutes. But Scorsese's angry gesture soon backfired. Viewers did get seduced by the lowlife mobsters (taken from Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 true-crime book "Wiseguy") and the director's own adrenalized filmmaking style. Instead of an assault on the audience, "Goodfellas" became one of the most influential and beloved movies of the past quarter century.
In honor of "Goodfellas" turning 25 this week, here are 25 things you need to know about Scorsese's masterpiece. Don't let that red sauce burn on the stove while you're reading.
- 9/14/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
The Australian star explains why playing Reggie Kray’s defiant wife Frances in crime biopic Legend makes a happy change from playing the ‘the hot babe’
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As gritty roles for young female actors go, the chance to play Frances Shea, the doomed young bride of Kray twin Reggie, is up there with Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Eady in Heat. In the new Krays biopic Legend, Emily Browning’s Shea is not only pitted against Tom Hardy, who plays both gangsters, but is also the film’s narrator and moral centre. You see the brothers’ brutality through her eyes – and when she suffers, you suffer too.
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Related: 'The Krays were glamorous guys'
As gritty roles for young female actors go, the chance to play Frances Shea, the doomed young bride of Kray twin Reggie, is up there with Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Eady in Heat. In the new Krays biopic Legend, Emily Browning’s Shea is not only pitted against Tom Hardy, who plays both gangsters, but is also the film’s narrator and moral centre. You see the brothers’ brutality through her eyes – and when she suffers, you suffer too.
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- 9/8/2015
- by Tom Seymour
- The Guardian - Film News
Welcome to Outrage Watch, HitFix's (almost) daily rundown of entertainment-related kerfuffles. Not anxious enough already? Get your fix of righteous indignation below, and stay posted for outrage updates throughout the week. New York Post movie critic Kyle Smith doesn't think women get "Goodfellas." They just can't wrap their silly little brains around it! Here he is claiming that the movie's "core" story-driver -- in his estimation, "ball-busting" ethics -- is entirely unrelatable to the female demographic: "Ball-busting means cheerfully insulting one another, preferably in the presence of lots of drinks and cigars and card games. ...Women (except silent floozies) cannot be present for ball-busting because women are the sensitivity police: They get offended, protest that someone’s not being fair, refuse to laugh at vicious put-downs. In the male fantasy, all of this is unforgivable — too serious, too boring. Deal another hand, pour another drink. ...To a woman, the 'GoodFellas' are lowlifes.
- 6/12/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The Sopranos almost looked very different. Oscar nominee Lorraine Bracco, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony Soprano's (James Gandolfini) psychiatrist on the hit HBO series, was originally offered a very different role: Carmela Soprano. So why did she turn down the role that eventually went to Edie Falco? "Because I did it in Goodfellas," Bracco told Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen Wednesday. "And I didn't think I could do it better. David [Chase] and I agreed with that, so I asked him if I could play Jennifer Melfi." Bracco played Karen Hill opposite Ray Liotta in Goodfellas and received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for the role. "Plus, she wanted to sit," fellow Wwhl...
- 4/9/2015
- E! Online
We write about the film business cynically as a business, but we’re a bunch of film geeks, really. I thought this when I experienced moments ago the closest thing a guy on his couch will face to a “Sophie’s Choice.” On Spike TV, there was the incomparable Roy Scheider slinging chum off the back of a boat, and a giant great white shark surfacing in Jaws, and Scheider telling Robert Shaw, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” And on AMC, at the same time, there’s Goodfellas, nearing its climax, when Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco) is directed by Jimmy (Robert De Niro) to go in a storefront to pick out dresses. This after she sets up a meeting between Jimmy and her recently pinched husband Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), who’s about to go rat on his Lufthansa heist pal. What would have happened had Karen gone...
- 8/20/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Bradley Cooper's curls on the set of David O. Russell's untitled drama about the Abscam sting operation that took place on Hauppauge, Long Island in the late 1970s and early 1980s; or, Bradley Cooper as:
1. Disco Stu.
2. Sean Penn in "Carlito's Way."
3. Justin Timberlake during the N*Sync era.
4. Barbra Streisand.
5. Prince.
Regardless, [mouth agape].
In Russell's new film, which was previously titled "American Bullsh-t," Cooper plays Jimmy Doyle, a federal agent who helped bring down a bunch of corrupt politicians and officials with the help of a con man (played in the film by Christian Bale). Jennifer Lawrence co-stars as Bale's wife. (Amy Adams plays Bale's mistress.)
The film is set for release in the fourth quarter of 2013, but no date has been set yet. Enjoy more pics of Cooper's righteous 'do -- as well as Jennifer Lawrence as Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill? -- below.
1. Disco Stu.
2. Sean Penn in "Carlito's Way."
3. Justin Timberlake during the N*Sync era.
4. Barbra Streisand.
5. Prince.
Regardless, [mouth agape].
In Russell's new film, which was previously titled "American Bullsh-t," Cooper plays Jimmy Doyle, a federal agent who helped bring down a bunch of corrupt politicians and officials with the help of a con man (played in the film by Christian Bale). Jennifer Lawrence co-stars as Bale's wife. (Amy Adams plays Bale's mistress.)
The film is set for release in the fourth quarter of 2013, but no date has been set yet. Enjoy more pics of Cooper's righteous 'do -- as well as Jennifer Lawrence as Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill? -- below.
- 4/2/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Bell Media's "The L.A. Complex," is a six-part hour-long drama about "...the lives of six, sexy young performers pursuing their dreams in Hollywood".
The show is from Toronto-based executive producers Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn of Epitome Pictures ("Degrassi").
"L.A. Complex" debuted on CW April 24, 2012 and premiered in Canada on MuchMusic, January 10, 2012 :
"...'The L.A. Complex' is a dramatic look into the lives of six young performers striving for stardom in Hollywood. Living in an apartment-style motel for displaced dreamers, they now face the challenges and opportunities of a lifetime in the City of Angels.
"For every bona fide starlet, there are countless cocktail waitresses. For every true rock star, there are hundreds of buskers on the pier. For every comedian with a hit sitcom, there are dozens of guys cracking jokes while pouring your coffee. In La your life can change in the blink of an eye.
The show is from Toronto-based executive producers Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn of Epitome Pictures ("Degrassi").
"L.A. Complex" debuted on CW April 24, 2012 and premiered in Canada on MuchMusic, January 10, 2012 :
"...'The L.A. Complex' is a dramatic look into the lives of six young performers striving for stardom in Hollywood. Living in an apartment-style motel for displaced dreamers, they now face the challenges and opportunities of a lifetime in the City of Angels.
"For every bona fide starlet, there are countless cocktail waitresses. For every true rock star, there are hundreds of buskers on the pier. For every comedian with a hit sitcom, there are dozens of guys cracking jokes while pouring your coffee. In La your life can change in the blink of an eye.
- 4/29/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
By Beck/Smith
HollywoodNews.com: TV viewer appetite for fantasy and horror has to be at an all-time high, considering the massive successes of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time,” Fox’s “American Horror Story” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in 2011 — even NBC’s “Grimm” has been a brighter spot on the beleaguered network’s fall schedule. Add those shows to such ongoing hits as AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” HBO’s “True Blood,” the CW’s “Vampire Diaries” and it’s obvious, other-worldliness is in. With the midseason upon us, there is more supernatural stuff on the way.
Come January 16, there’s the highly-anticipated premiere of J.J. Abrams’ time-travel prison strangeness drama, “Alcatraz” on Fox, complete with “Lost’s” Jorge Garcia as a comic book enthusiast/expert on San Francisco’s notorious island lockup. The same night, Syfy unveils “Lost Girl,” which we’re pretty sure must be...
HollywoodNews.com: TV viewer appetite for fantasy and horror has to be at an all-time high, considering the massive successes of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time,” Fox’s “American Horror Story” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in 2011 — even NBC’s “Grimm” has been a brighter spot on the beleaguered network’s fall schedule. Add those shows to such ongoing hits as AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” HBO’s “True Blood,” the CW’s “Vampire Diaries” and it’s obvious, other-worldliness is in. With the midseason upon us, there is more supernatural stuff on the way.
Come January 16, there’s the highly-anticipated premiere of J.J. Abrams’ time-travel prison strangeness drama, “Alcatraz” on Fox, complete with “Lost’s” Jorge Garcia as a comic book enthusiast/expert on San Francisco’s notorious island lockup. The same night, Syfy unveils “Lost Girl,” which we’re pretty sure must be...
- 1/15/2012
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
TorontoFilm.Net reports that the CW has acquired Bell Media's "The L.A. Complex," described as a six-part hour-long drama about "...the lives of six, sexy young performers pursuing their dreams in Hollywood", from Toronto-based executive producers Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn of Epitome Pictures ("Degrassi").
The show will debut on CW, spring 2012 and premiere in Canada on Bell Media's MuchMusic, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 :
"...'The L.A. Complex' is a dramatic look into the lives of six young performers striving for stardom in Hollywood. Living in an apartment-style motel for displaced dreamers, they now face the challenges and opportunities of a lifetime in the City of Angels. For every bona fide starlet, there are countless cocktail waitresses. For every true rock star, there are hundreds of buskers on the pier. For every comedian with a hit sitcom, there are dozens of guys cracking jokes while pouring your coffee. In La...
The show will debut on CW, spring 2012 and premiere in Canada on Bell Media's MuchMusic, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 :
"...'The L.A. Complex' is a dramatic look into the lives of six young performers striving for stardom in Hollywood. Living in an apartment-style motel for displaced dreamers, they now face the challenges and opportunities of a lifetime in the City of Angels. For every bona fide starlet, there are countless cocktail waitresses. For every true rock star, there are hundreds of buskers on the pier. For every comedian with a hit sitcom, there are dozens of guys cracking jokes while pouring your coffee. In La...
- 1/10/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Filed under: TV Replay
Lorraine Bracco gets to play against type on 'Rizzoli & Isles' as Angela Rizzoli, as the mother of Angie Harmon's Detective Jane Rizzoli. But according to Julie Chen on 'The Talk' (weekdays, syndicated on CBS), Bracco still sometimes has trouble shaking her roots in mobster movies like 'Goodfellas' and TV shows like 'The Sopranos.'
"It's fun," Bracco said of playing Rizzoli. "It's so different for me because she's kind of funny." Funny wasn't exactly the mood of the day when she was playing Karen Hill in 'Goodfellas,' but she has her fans. Chen recounted people coming up to Bracco in a restaurant and "kissing her ring, like she's the Godfather."
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Lorraine Bracco gets to play against type on 'Rizzoli & Isles' as Angela Rizzoli, as the mother of Angie Harmon's Detective Jane Rizzoli. But according to Julie Chen on 'The Talk' (weekdays, syndicated on CBS), Bracco still sometimes has trouble shaking her roots in mobster movies like 'Goodfellas' and TV shows like 'The Sopranos.'
"It's fun," Bracco said of playing Rizzoli. "It's so different for me because she's kind of funny." Funny wasn't exactly the mood of the day when she was playing Karen Hill in 'Goodfellas,' but she has her fans. Chen recounted people coming up to Bracco in a restaurant and "kissing her ring, like she's the Godfather."
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- 9/12/2011
- by Nick Zaino
- Aol TV.
The Academy Awards are defined as “recognizing the excellence of professionals in the film industry, including actors, directors and writers”. Now this may be true, and while most of the films awarded with the prestigious little golden man are indeed excellent, the adjective “best” that goes in front of each award sort of makes you think 'excellent' isn’t always enough.
Here is a list of 10 films, actors, directors and writers that won, they were (mostly) good films, but to deem the “best” that year in their respective categories is a little far-fetched...
10: No Country For Old Men (2008) – Best Adapted Screenplay
The 2008 Academy Awards saw two non-traditional Westerns go head to head: the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2008). Daniel Day Lewis rightly took home the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his role of Daniel Plainview,...
Here is a list of 10 films, actors, directors and writers that won, they were (mostly) good films, but to deem the “best” that year in their respective categories is a little far-fetched...
10: No Country For Old Men (2008) – Best Adapted Screenplay
The 2008 Academy Awards saw two non-traditional Westerns go head to head: the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2008). Daniel Day Lewis rightly took home the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his role of Daniel Plainview,...
- 12/16/2010
- Shadowlocked
Could you imagine Tom Cruise playing Henry Hill, the role Ray Liotta made famous in Goodfellas? How about Madonna instead of Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill or John Malkovich instead of Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway?
According to a new article in GQ, all of those were very real possibilities.
The men's magazine takes a look back at the iconic film in celebration of its 20th anniversary. (Wow, Goodfellas came out 20 years ago - I really am getting old.) Their article offers an oral history from those involved, including director Martin Scorsese, the actors, the writer and the producers of the film. It's a fascinating article that includes quite a few interesting tidbits about the film.
According to a new article in GQ, all of those were very real possibilities.
The men's magazine takes a look back at the iconic film in celebration of its 20th anniversary. (Wow, Goodfellas came out 20 years ago - I really am getting old.) Their article offers an oral history from those involved, including director Martin Scorsese, the actors, the writer and the producers of the film. It's a fascinating article that includes quite a few interesting tidbits about the film.
- 9/23/2010
- by Joel Murphy
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Superstars Tom Cruise and Madonna were movie bosses' first choices for the lead roles in iconic 1990 mafia movie "Goodfellas". Studio chiefs were desperate to cast Cruise in the role of mobster Henry Hill and Madonna was wanted to play his wife - until Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco won over Scorsese and the movie's producers.
Speaking to GQ magazine on "Goodfellas" ' 20th anniversary, producer Irwin Winkler admits, "Tom Cruise was discussed. Marty wanted Ray... Frankly I thought we could do a lot better and then me and my wife were having dinner one night in a restaurant and lo and behold, Ray Liotta came over to me."
"He said, 'Look, I know you don't really want me for it, but... ' And he sold me on the role right that evening. I called Marty the next morning." Bracco beat out Madonna for the role of Karen Hill, despite Scorsese...
Speaking to GQ magazine on "Goodfellas" ' 20th anniversary, producer Irwin Winkler admits, "Tom Cruise was discussed. Marty wanted Ray... Frankly I thought we could do a lot better and then me and my wife were having dinner one night in a restaurant and lo and behold, Ray Liotta came over to me."
"He said, 'Look, I know you don't really want me for it, but... ' And he sold me on the role right that evening. I called Marty the next morning." Bracco beat out Madonna for the role of Karen Hill, despite Scorsese...
- 9/20/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Superstars Tom Cruise and Madonna were movie bosses' first choices for the lead roles in iconic 1990 mafia movie Goodfellas.
Studio chiefs were desperate to cast Cruise in the role of mobster Henry Hill and Madonna was wanted to play his wife - until Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco won over Scorsese and the movie's producers.
Speaking to GQ magazine on Goodfellas' 20th anniversary, producer Irwin Winkler admits, "Tom Cruise was discussed. Marty wanted Ray... Frankly I thought we could do a lot better and then me and my wife were having dinner one night in a restaurant and lo and behold, Ray Liotta came over to me. He said, 'Look, I know you don't really want me for it, but...' And he sold me on the role right that evening. I called Marty the next morning."
Bracco beat out Madonna for the role of Karen Hill, despite Scorsese initially favouring the Material Girl.
Fellow producer Barbara De Fina says, "Madonna seemed to be in the mix. I remember that we went to see her in the play Speed-the-Plow. Marty said hello to her afterwards. Can you imagine? Tom Cruise and Madonna? But Marty can get a performance out of almost anyone."...
Studio chiefs were desperate to cast Cruise in the role of mobster Henry Hill and Madonna was wanted to play his wife - until Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco won over Scorsese and the movie's producers.
Speaking to GQ magazine on Goodfellas' 20th anniversary, producer Irwin Winkler admits, "Tom Cruise was discussed. Marty wanted Ray... Frankly I thought we could do a lot better and then me and my wife were having dinner one night in a restaurant and lo and behold, Ray Liotta came over to me. He said, 'Look, I know you don't really want me for it, but...' And he sold me on the role right that evening. I called Marty the next morning."
Bracco beat out Madonna for the role of Karen Hill, despite Scorsese initially favouring the Material Girl.
Fellow producer Barbara De Fina says, "Madonna seemed to be in the mix. I remember that we went to see her in the play Speed-the-Plow. Marty said hello to her afterwards. Can you imagine? Tom Cruise and Madonna? But Marty can get a performance out of almost anyone."...
- 9/19/2010
- WENN
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