In the time since Olivia Colman won the 2019 Best Actress Oscar for appearing in 49 minutes and 48 seconds of “The Favourite,” the academy has consistently given the same award to women with much higher amounts of screen time. All of the category’s last three champions delivered performances that are over 80 minutes in length and rank among the 22 longest ever honored here. Since four of the five current Best Actress nominees hit the 93-minute mark, this trend is practically bound to continue.
Reigning Best Actress victor Jessica Chastain earned the prize for her one hour, 36 minutes, and 42 seconds of work as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which amounts to 76.45% of the film. Hers is the fifth longest of the 97 performances that have won this award, after those of Vivien Leigh (“Gone with the Wind”), Barbra Streisand (“Funny Girl”), Meryl Streep (“Sophie’s Choice”), and Olivia de Havilland (“To Each His Own...
Reigning Best Actress victor Jessica Chastain earned the prize for her one hour, 36 minutes, and 42 seconds of work as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which amounts to 76.45% of the film. Hers is the fifth longest of the 97 performances that have won this award, after those of Vivien Leigh (“Gone with the Wind”), Barbra Streisand (“Funny Girl”), Meryl Streep (“Sophie’s Choice”), and Olivia de Havilland (“To Each His Own...
- 3/8/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: James Scott McKnight, who spent seven years as Chief Creative Officer at J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, overseeing the Harry Potter franchise, is stepping into his own universe.
McKnight has created The Invisible Lights franchise, a fantasy/sci-fi world that is centered around 18 year old Elliott and a number of connected worlds.
While many would start with a book or a series, given McKnight’s experience shepherding the Harry Potter universe, as well as working on brands such Lord of the Rings, Moshi Monsters and Hello Kitty, he is planning a major franchise roll out that will include a TV series, a podcast, a graphic novel and books.
McKnight has signed with UTA, which is working with him to develop the project and he will start pitching this world at the start of June.
“Everyone’s talks about franchises like Marvel. Instead of it being a business organizing principle,...
McKnight has created The Invisible Lights franchise, a fantasy/sci-fi world that is centered around 18 year old Elliott and a number of connected worlds.
While many would start with a book or a series, given McKnight’s experience shepherding the Harry Potter universe, as well as working on brands such Lord of the Rings, Moshi Monsters and Hello Kitty, he is planning a major franchise roll out that will include a TV series, a podcast, a graphic novel and books.
McKnight has signed with UTA, which is working with him to develop the project and he will start pitching this world at the start of June.
“Everyone’s talks about franchises like Marvel. Instead of it being a business organizing principle,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The cast for Netflix‘s upcoming To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spinoff Xo, Kitty continues to expand as nine actors have been added to the upcoming romantic comedy series. Joining as series regulars are Choi Min-yeong (Dream Palace) as Dae, Anthony Keyvan as Q, Peter Thurnwald (Players) as Alex, Regan Aliyah (Club Mickey Mouse) as Juliana, and newcomers Gia Kim and Sang Heon Lee as Yuri and Min Ho, respectively. They will star opposite the previously announced Anna Cathcart, who reprises her role from the movies as Kitty Song Covey. Also joining the cast as recurring characters are Yunjin Kim (Lost) as Jina, Jocelyn Shelfo (The Summer I Turned Pretty) as Madison, and Michael K Lee as Professor Lee. Xo, Kitty follows teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey who moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend. Having previously thought she knew everything there is to know about love,...
- 4/6/2022
- TV Insider
The Glee family has a tiny new member. Becca Tobin, who played Kitty for three years on the hit show, announced Feb. 21 that she and her husband Zach Martin are now parents to a baby boy. "Welcome to the world," the actress wrote on Instagram alongside a photo Zach walking out of the hospital with baby in tow. "Rutherford 'Ford' Thomas Martin is here and life is already so much sweeter. It took him five years to get here, but it's been worth every minute. Thank you to our amazing surrogate for bringing him here safely surrounded by so much love." The couple's sweet announcement comes a little...
- 2/22/2022
- E! Online
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Lana Condor is so much more than To All the Boys' Lara Jean Covey. The actress, at only 24 years old, is one to watch. We know her for her leading role on the hit romantic comedy series, but Lana has also added executive producer to her résumé. She's working on the upcoming Hulu action comedy movie Take Out alongside Randall Park and the upcoming Netflix comedy series Boo, Bitch. On top of that, we'll soon see her in a romantic comedy meets sci-fi HBO Max movie titled Moonshot coming up starring alongside Cole Sprouse, who she describes as "a wonderful guy and an amazing friend and an incredible actor." Lana caught up with Popsugar while promoting her Pink Unwrapped collection. She told us about learning to produce on the spot, whether or not we can expect her in the To All the Boys spinoff Xo, Kitty,...
Lana Condor is so much more than To All the Boys' Lara Jean Covey. The actress, at only 24 years old, is one to watch. We know her for her leading role on the hit romantic comedy series, but Lana has also added executive producer to her résumé. She's working on the upcoming Hulu action comedy movie Take Out alongside Randall Park and the upcoming Netflix comedy series Boo, Bitch. On top of that, we'll soon see her in a romantic comedy meets sci-fi HBO Max movie titled Moonshot coming up starring alongside Cole Sprouse, who she describes as "a wonderful guy and an amazing friend and an incredible actor." Lana caught up with Popsugar while promoting her Pink Unwrapped collection. She told us about learning to produce on the spot, whether or not we can expect her in the To All the Boys spinoff Xo, Kitty,...
- 11/16/2021
- by Naledi Ushe
- Popsugar.com
As the director and producer of both “House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott is poised to score big when the 2022 Oscar nominations are announced three months from now. Reaping double Best Picture or Best Director bids would make the 83-year-old the first to pull off either feat since Steven Soderbergh did so in 2001. Even if he ends up being left out of both lineups, he could still make history if academy voters decide to recognize the work of his two leading ladies. If Jodie Comer (“The Last Duel”) and Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) are both chosen to compete for Best Actress, Scott will become the fifth person to direct female leads from different films to nominations in a single year.
The first of these rare occurrences dates back to the third Oscars ceremony in 1930 when Nancy Carroll (“The Devil’s Holiday”) and Gloria Swanson (“The Trespasser...
The first of these rare occurrences dates back to the third Oscars ceremony in 1930 when Nancy Carroll (“The Devil’s Holiday”) and Gloria Swanson (“The Trespasser...
- 11/9/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Animation
Kids First will collaborate with Amazon Kids Plus on a new original kids’ program set in the Hello Kitty universe titled “Hello Kitty: Super Style!” The new series is being produced with a global audience in mind, and will be made available in major territories around the world, including the U.S. Paris-based Watch Next. Banijay’s Monello will produce with Milan-based Maga Animation Studio. Kids First will handle global distribution outside of Asia, where Japanese company ABC Frontier will represent the series. The new, 3D-animated production will follow Hello Kitty and other members of the Cherry Town community as the titular character uses the power of her magical bow to transform herself to any number of versions of herself, including but not limited to explorer, chef and pop star, as is appropriate in any given episode.
“Having a well-known international digital video service and soon to be announced...
Kids First will collaborate with Amazon Kids Plus on a new original kids’ program set in the Hello Kitty universe titled “Hello Kitty: Super Style!” The new series is being produced with a global audience in mind, and will be made available in major territories around the world, including the U.S. Paris-based Watch Next. Banijay’s Monello will produce with Milan-based Maga Animation Studio. Kids First will handle global distribution outside of Asia, where Japanese company ABC Frontier will represent the series. The new, 3D-animated production will follow Hello Kitty and other members of the Cherry Town community as the titular character uses the power of her magical bow to transform herself to any number of versions of herself, including but not limited to explorer, chef and pop star, as is appropriate in any given episode.
“Having a well-known international digital video service and soon to be announced...
- 10/26/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hello, Wisconsin! A spinoff of That ’70s Show — appropriately titled That ’90s Show, as it’s set several decades after the original — is in the works at Netflix.
The new series picks up in 1995, with Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia Forman visiting her grandparents (returning cast members Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp) in Point Place, Wis., where she comes of age with a new generation of kids “under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red,” per the official logline. “Sex, drugs and rock ’n roll never dies, it just changes clothes.”
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The new series picks up in 1995, with Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia Forman visiting her grandparents (returning cast members Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp) in Point Place, Wis., where she comes of age with a new generation of kids “under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red,” per the official logline. “Sex, drugs and rock ’n roll never dies, it just changes clothes.”
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- 10/8/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
“Gunpowder Milkshake” has arrived on Netflix, and Deadpool no longer has the market cornered on hilarious weapons bags. Sam (Karen Gillan) will see Deadpool’s Hello Kitty backpack, and raise you a bright yellow duffel bag, with a simple “I heart kittens” on the side. It was arguably one of the best jokes of the film, but according to “Gunpowder Milkshake” co-writer and director Navot Papushado, that bag was meant to be more than just a gag.
“We spent a lot of time creating a color palette and deciding what colors mean to us,” Papushado tells TheWrap. “What the color blue would mean? Maybe it’s more of The Firm, [the organization Sam works for]. What would the color brown mean? It’s more earthy. What would the color orange mean? It symbolized change. And what would the color yellow mean? And we decided straight from the get-go, the color yellow represents death.”
Indeed, Sam...
“We spent a lot of time creating a color palette and deciding what colors mean to us,” Papushado tells TheWrap. “What the color blue would mean? Maybe it’s more of The Firm, [the organization Sam works for]. What would the color brown mean? It’s more earthy. What would the color orange mean? It symbolized change. And what would the color yellow mean? And we decided straight from the get-go, the color yellow represents death.”
Indeed, Sam...
- 7/18/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Elaine Crombie delivered the second annual Naidoc Week Lecture at Nida this week, drawing attention to training programs and her own experience as a First Nations creative.
Crombie, a Pitjantjatjara, Warrigmal, South Sea and German-descended actor, singer, songwriter and writer from South Australia, discussed the importance of First Nations people standing together in the arts.
A self-described “older woman in this game”, Crombie has noticed upcoming comedic talent “blitzing past”. But she emphasised there is nothing helpful about looking at newcomers with “side eyes and head tilts”.
“Being black and in the arts, we can’t do that. We have to always lead with love and celebrate each other,” she said.
“I purposely love everybody, and champion everybody.”
Crombie acknowledged the work Nida is doing as an educational institution, but also questioned if there is enough Indigenous-controlled spaces to nurture new talent. She particularly highlighted the effect Naisda Dance College...
Crombie, a Pitjantjatjara, Warrigmal, South Sea and German-descended actor, singer, songwriter and writer from South Australia, discussed the importance of First Nations people standing together in the arts.
A self-described “older woman in this game”, Crombie has noticed upcoming comedic talent “blitzing past”. But she emphasised there is nothing helpful about looking at newcomers with “side eyes and head tilts”.
“Being black and in the arts, we can’t do that. We have to always lead with love and celebrate each other,” she said.
“I purposely love everybody, and champion everybody.”
Crombie acknowledged the work Nida is doing as an educational institution, but also questioned if there is enough Indigenous-controlled spaces to nurture new talent. She particularly highlighted the effect Naisda Dance College...
- 7/9/2021
- by Matthew Kappos
- IF.com.au
While the summer movie season will kick off shortly––and we’ll be sharing a comprehensive preview on the arthouse, foreign, indie, and (few) studio films worth checking out––on the streaming side, The Criterion Channel and Mubi have unveiled their May 2021 lineups and there’s a treasure trove of highlights to dive into.
Timed with Satyajit Ray’s centenary, The Criterion Channel will have a retrospective of the Indian master, along with series on Gena Rowlands, Robert Ryan, Mitchell Leisen, Michael Almereyda, Josephine Decker, and more. In terms of recent releases, they’ll also feature Fire Will Come, The Booksellers, and the new restoration of Tom Noonan’s directorial debut What Happened Was….
On Mubi, in anticipation of Undine, they’ll feature two essential early features by Christian Petzold, Jerichow and The State That I Am In, along with his 1990 short documentary Süden. Also amongst the lineup is Sophy Romvari’s Still Processing,...
Timed with Satyajit Ray’s centenary, The Criterion Channel will have a retrospective of the Indian master, along with series on Gena Rowlands, Robert Ryan, Mitchell Leisen, Michael Almereyda, Josephine Decker, and more. In terms of recent releases, they’ll also feature Fire Will Come, The Booksellers, and the new restoration of Tom Noonan’s directorial debut What Happened Was….
On Mubi, in anticipation of Undine, they’ll feature two essential early features by Christian Petzold, Jerichow and The State That I Am In, along with his 1990 short documentary Süden. Also amongst the lineup is Sophy Romvari’s Still Processing,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Sufjan Stevens previewed the next installment of his Convocations project with “Lamentation II,” an ambient instrumental piece featuring muted electronics and chrome-plated synth. He paired the song with a visualizer filled with comet-like streaks of rainbow color.
Convocations is a five-volume series dedicated to Stevens’ biological father, who died in September — two days following the release of his 2020 record, The Ascension. Each installment of the album is themed around a different stage of the mourning process — a statement describes the project as “five sonic cycles exploring loss, isolation and anxiety,...
Convocations is a five-volume series dedicated to Stevens’ biological father, who died in September — two days following the release of his 2020 record, The Ascension. Each installment of the album is themed around a different stage of the mourning process — a statement describes the project as “five sonic cycles exploring loss, isolation and anxiety,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
It’s never easy to say goodbye to a beloved character. But the festive funeral in Part 3 of Netflix’s Family Reunion certainly helped soften the blow.
Arguably the most touching of the eight new installments when the sitcom returned Monday, Episode 7 (titled “Remember When the Glass Passed?”) focuses on the sudden and unexpected death of Principal Glass (guest star Mark Curry) and how it impacts each of the McKellan kids.
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Arguably the most touching of the eight new installments when the sitcom returned Monday, Episode 7 (titled “Remember When the Glass Passed?”) focuses on the sudden and unexpected death of Principal Glass (guest star Mark Curry) and how it impacts each of the McKellan kids.
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- 4/9/2021
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
Sufjan Stevens has announced Convocations, a five-volume album that follows on the heels of last year’s The Ascension.
The instrumental LP will be in tribute to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after the release of The Ascension. Each volume from Convocations is meant to reflect a different stage of the mourning process; a tweet from Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty, described it as “a 49-track reflection on a year of anxiety, uncertainty, isolation, and loss.”
On Tuesday, Stevens released the first single from the collection, “Meditation V.
The instrumental LP will be in tribute to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after the release of The Ascension. Each volume from Convocations is meant to reflect a different stage of the mourning process; a tweet from Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty, described it as “a 49-track reflection on a year of anxiety, uncertainty, isolation, and loss.”
On Tuesday, Stevens released the first single from the collection, “Meditation V.
- 4/6/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix’s Family Reunion is staging its own… family reunion! Real-life siblings Tia and Tahj Mowry will once again share the small screen — and TVLine has your exclusive first look.
In the sneak peek, Cocoa (played by Tia Mowry) is surprised at the costly enrollment fees for the prestigious robotics program run by Mr. Dean (guest star Tahj Mowry). She attempts to secure a discount for her son Shaka, but to no avail.
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In the sneak peek, Cocoa (played by Tia Mowry) is surprised at the costly enrollment fees for the prestigious robotics program run by Mr. Dean (guest star Tahj Mowry). She attempts to secure a discount for her son Shaka, but to no avail.
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- 4/2/2021
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Who cares about boys when you’ve got Kitty Song Covey? Lara Jean’s snarky younger sister, played by Anna Cathcart in all three To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies, was the impetus for the romantic-comedy films and a scene-stealer in her own right, always ready with a zinger and a snazzy outfit. And she might […]
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- 4/1/2021
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Violet, Justine Bateman’s often sharp commentary on a certain side of the movie business, suggests what might have happened if a protagonist of Kitty Green’s The Assistant decided to stay in her toxic work environment for the rest of her career. Stuck in a different kind of development hell, Violet (Olivia Munn) is a production executive working for an independent producer Tom (Dennis Boutsikaris) who expects her to leverage all manner of her personal life to get the job done. Living with life-long friend Red (Luke Bracey), a screenwriter blacklisted by Tom, she has been guided by a menacing conversation in her head she calls “the committee” (voiced by Justin Theroux) who serves as a gatekeeper between her reality and true happiness. The voice casts self doubt which is sometimes, but not always, contradicted by hand-written notes that appear over the image on screen.
Demystifying the backroom deals of film financing,...
Demystifying the backroom deals of film financing,...
- 3/20/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
We recently did an Oscars flashback 70 years to the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony, and now we go back a decade more to the 13th ceremony, which was held on February 27, 1941, and would be the last ceremony before the United States’ entry into WWII. It was a year of many firsts that remain part of the ceremonies, a year of historic firsts in the competitive categories and a year that recognized many icons of cinema, although it’s astounding to learn that some of these individuals never won a competitive Oscar.
This was the inaugural year for sealed envelopes, with the identity of the winners kept secret until their names were called, prompting the now famous phrase, “May I have the envelope, please?” This was also the first time in Academy history that a producer won the top prize back to back.
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This was the inaugural year for sealed envelopes, with the identity of the winners kept secret until their names were called, prompting the now famous phrase, “May I have the envelope, please?” This was also the first time in Academy history that a producer won the top prize back to back.
SEEOscars flashback 60 years to 1961: Academy chooses Elizabeth Taylor,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
ReviewThe film traverses age groups and socio-economic strata to tell the story of four women and a girl who are each going through their own journeys.Saraswati DatarScreengrabFemale ensembles and female driven narratives are Alankrita Shrivastava’s strong suit. Whether it was Lipstick Under My Burkha or Dolly, Kitty aur woh Chamakte Sitare, women, their aspirations, their repressed or unfulfilled sexual desires and their fundamental desire to be treated with dignity, are recurring themes in Alankrita’s work. Bombay Begums, now streaming on Netflix, traverses age groups and socio-economic strata to tell the story of four women and a girl who are each going through their own journeys of love, pain, sexual exploration, and discovering a true sense of self. Rani Singh Irani (Pooja Bhatt) is the CEO of the Royal Bank of Mumbai, a position that the male dominated boardroom is trying to take away from her. Her second...
- 3/10/2021
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
Live-action/CGI hybrid movies are definitely on the rise and it was only a matter of time before Hello Kitty was bound to come along and be given her own movie. It’s not too surprising actually since Hello Kitty has been such a big part of pop culture throughout the world for a while now and has been one of the best-sellers as well. She’s also had animated appearances that have been geared towards kids over the years, spreading messages of inclusion and acceptance in a very positive way that has been able to reach many people. It’s a great idea
A Hello Kitty Live-Action Animation Hybrid if Officially On...
A Hello Kitty Live-Action Animation Hybrid if Officially On...
- 3/6/2021
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: New Line is scratching at a start date on Hello Kitty. The studio, which set the rights to make a film based on the global brand in 2019, has set Jennifer Coyle and Leo Matsuda to direct what will be an animated/live-action hybrid effort.
Plot details surrounding the trendsetting Japanese pop icon are under wraps, but the intention is for it to be catnip for the global consumer audience. Known Universe’s Lindsey Beer wrote the script.
Beau Flynn and his FlynnPictureCo. will produce the film and pursued the Hello Kitty rights for over five years with New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. The film will mark the first time a studio has ever brought Hello Kitty to the big screen. Chanel Bowling will oversee the project for FlynnPictureCo. Known Universe is executive producer and New Line executives Richard Brener, Celia Khong and Paulina Sussman will oversee for the studio.
Plot details surrounding the trendsetting Japanese pop icon are under wraps, but the intention is for it to be catnip for the global consumer audience. Known Universe’s Lindsey Beer wrote the script.
Beau Flynn and his FlynnPictureCo. will produce the film and pursued the Hello Kitty rights for over five years with New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. The film will mark the first time a studio has ever brought Hello Kitty to the big screen. Chanel Bowling will oversee the project for FlynnPictureCo. Known Universe is executive producer and New Line executives Richard Brener, Celia Khong and Paulina Sussman will oversee for the studio.
- 3/2/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Finally, it’s starting to feel like an actual awards season.
It’s been a protracted and distracted season so far, with every film festival going virtual and every awards show moving its dates back in the hopes that in-person gatherings will be safe at some point. In that context, the awards race has been an afterthought of sorts — something to get to once the social, medical and political madness died down.
Of course none of that has really died down, but an awards picture that felt beside the point in November and December and into January has grabbed our attention in February.
Tuesday brought a small aperitif, the Producers Guild’s documentary nominations. Wednesday, the Golden Globe nominations got Hollywood up bright and early, followed a couple of hours later by the Writers Guild’s TV noms. On Thursday morning, attention briefly turned to London, where the British Academy,...
It’s been a protracted and distracted season so far, with every film festival going virtual and every awards show moving its dates back in the hopes that in-person gatherings will be safe at some point. In that context, the awards race has been an afterthought of sorts — something to get to once the social, medical and political madness died down.
Of course none of that has really died down, but an awards picture that felt beside the point in November and December and into January has grabbed our attention in February.
Tuesday brought a small aperitif, the Producers Guild’s documentary nominations. Wednesday, the Golden Globe nominations got Hollywood up bright and early, followed a couple of hours later by the Writers Guild’s TV noms. On Thursday morning, attention briefly turned to London, where the British Academy,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Cinema'Maha Samudram' is a bi-lingual that will hit screens in both Telugu and Tamil.Digital NativeActor Siddharth, who was last seen in the Telugu film Jabardasth in a full-length role seven years ago, is all set for a comeback to the industry with Rx 100 fame director Ajay Bhupathi upcoming Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Mahasamudram, which also stars Sharwanand as one of the leads. The romantic thriller will hit worldwide theaters on August 19, 2021. Maha Samudram is a bi-lingual that will hit screens in both Telugu and Tamil. Announcing the film's release date the production house tweeted,"Our Sail ️in Theatres Begins this August 19th #MahaSamudram Join this Voyage to witness an Epic tale of #ImmeasurableLove#MahaSamduramOnAug19th @ImSharwanand @Actor_Siddharth @aditiraohydari @ItsAnuEmmanuel @DirAjayBhupathi @AnilSunkara1 @kishore_Atv @AKentsOfficial" Our Sail in Theatres Begins this August 19th #MahaSamudram Join this Voyage to witness an Epic tale of #ImmeasurableLove#MahaSamduramOnAug19th@ImSharwanand @Actor_Siddharth @aditiraohydari...
- 2/2/2021
- by Sreedevi
- The News Minute
Bollywood‘Mission Majnu’ marks Rashmika Mandanna’s Bollywood debut. Digital NativeActor Rashmika Mandanna has commenced shooting in Mumbai for her Bollywood debut film titled Mission Majnu starring Sidharth Malhotra. Talking about her first Hindi film, Rashmika told Dt Next, “It is always the story of the film that I connect with, and the language of the film is never a barrier for me. I am super excited to be part of a team that has so much passion. We are all working together to make it even more amazing. I am super excited to start my journey in Hindi cinema and to reach out to newer audiences.” Bankrolled by RSVP and Guilty By Association, Mission Majnu is reportedly inspired by real events that took place in the 1970s, and is the story of an Indian intelligence mission in Pakistan. The thriller stars Sidharth Malhotra as a Raw (Research and Analysis...
- 1/23/2021
- by AditiKumar
- The News Minute
ENTERTAINMENTThe actor is currently shooting for the same in Chandigarh. Digital NativeDigital NativeSouth Indian actor Rashmika Mandanna will be seen in a music video in rapper Badshah’s upcoming album. The actor is currently shooting for the same in Chandigarh. Badshah, who used to work with fellow rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, has had a solo career since 2012. Along with his independent albums, he has made music for several Bollywood films as well. His most recent success is the song ‘Garmi’ from the movie Street Dancer 3D, after also making music for the movies Good Newwz and Dabangg 3. Badshah is also known for his work in south India, including the famous ‘Aaluma Doluma’ from Ajith Kumar’s Vedhalam, as well as Prabhas’s Saaho. After her debut with the Kannada movie Kirik Party in 2016, Rashmika Mandanna has also been an active figure in the Telugu film industry. Notably, she...
- 12/15/2020
- by AditiKumar
- The News Minute
They’re Animaniacs, and they’re rebooting to the max.
In the first big musical number of the long-awaited reboot to the beloved ‘90s animated series, the three deranged siblings who live in the Warner Bros. water tower — Yakko, Wakko and Dot — get caught up on the last 22 years since Steven Spielberg and Tom Ruegger’s original “Animaniacs” went off the air. Hanging chads, YouTube, climate change, all of it.
That comes with the in-sketch caveat that, given the long lead time on animation production, the show’s writers are penning script in 2018, and therefore don’t know the results of this year’s presidential election. But little did the show’s revivers know that the election would actually be the most predictable event scheduled for 2020.
“We were like, ‘Ok, what’s gonna happen? What are the big events coming up? Let’s write to those,’” “Animaniacs” executive producer and...
In the first big musical number of the long-awaited reboot to the beloved ‘90s animated series, the three deranged siblings who live in the Warner Bros. water tower — Yakko, Wakko and Dot — get caught up on the last 22 years since Steven Spielberg and Tom Ruegger’s original “Animaniacs” went off the air. Hanging chads, YouTube, climate change, all of it.
That comes with the in-sketch caveat that, given the long lead time on animation production, the show’s writers are penning script in 2018, and therefore don’t know the results of this year’s presidential election. But little did the show’s revivers know that the election would actually be the most predictable event scheduled for 2020.
“We were like, ‘Ok, what’s gonna happen? What are the big events coming up? Let’s write to those,’” “Animaniacs” executive producer and...
- 11/20/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
The verdict is in. If you want to have success in awards’ season go to court. Over the decades, a caseload of legal movies have been judged to be Oscar worthy. And for good reason. The genre is rich with emotions, betrayals, manipulations, love, hate, violence and redemption. Who doesn’t remember Humphrey Bogart’s brilliant Oscar-nominated turn as Captain Queeg slowly losing his mind on the stand as he recounts his obsession with missing strawberries in 1954’s “The Caine Mutiny”?
“A Free Soul” (1931)
Lionel Barrymore won his only Academy Award for for his delicious over-the-top turn as a wily alcoholic attorney who gets a ruthless gangster (Clark Gable) off for murder in this juicy pre-code melodrama. Though his free-spirited daughter (Norma Shearer), who wears the slinkiest of gowns, has a boyfriend (a staid Leslie Howard), she soon realizes she loves bad boys and leaves Howard for Gable. It’s a big mistake.
“A Free Soul” (1931)
Lionel Barrymore won his only Academy Award for for his delicious over-the-top turn as a wily alcoholic attorney who gets a ruthless gangster (Clark Gable) off for murder in this juicy pre-code melodrama. Though his free-spirited daughter (Norma Shearer), who wears the slinkiest of gowns, has a boyfriend (a staid Leslie Howard), she soon realizes she loves bad boys and leaves Howard for Gable. It’s a big mistake.
- 11/18/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
‘Nomadland’ and ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ secure two nominations each.
Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow leads the nominations for the 30th IFP Gotham Awards, in which the nods for best feature are all directed by women.
Period drama First Cow, first seen at Telluride 2019 and released by A24, secured four nominations for best feature, screenplay and actor, for John Magaro, as well as breakthrough actor, for Orion Lee.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Titles that scored two nominations included Chloe Zhao’s Venice Golden Lion winner Nomadland, for best feature and actress Frances McDormand; and Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always,...
Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow leads the nominations for the 30th IFP Gotham Awards, in which the nods for best feature are all directed by women.
Period drama First Cow, first seen at Telluride 2019 and released by A24, secured four nominations for best feature, screenplay and actor, for John Magaro, as well as breakthrough actor, for Orion Lee.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Titles that scored two nominations included Chloe Zhao’s Venice Golden Lion winner Nomadland, for best feature and actress Frances McDormand; and Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Kitty Flanagan.
Production is underway on Kitty Flanagan’s six-part comedy Fisk (previously Entitled) for the ABC in Melbourne.
Flanagan stars as Helen Tudor-Fisk, a contract lawyer who is forced to take a job at a shabby suburban law firm specialising in wills and probate. The “fast-paced workplace sitcom” will also star Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, Aaron Chen and Glenn Butcher, diving in to the everyday world of inheritances and squabbling relatives.
One of Porchlight Films’ final productions, the series is produced by Vincent Sheehan and co-directed and written by Flanagan with Penny Flanagan. Tom Peterson also directs. EPs are Greg Sitch, Liz Watts and Anita Sheehan, with ABC head of comedy Todd Abbott and Brett Sleigh.
Flanagan says: “This is the dream. My own show with all my favourite people both in front of the camera and behind it too. I’m thrilled to be making this in Melbourne for the ABC.
Production is underway on Kitty Flanagan’s six-part comedy Fisk (previously Entitled) for the ABC in Melbourne.
Flanagan stars as Helen Tudor-Fisk, a contract lawyer who is forced to take a job at a shabby suburban law firm specialising in wills and probate. The “fast-paced workplace sitcom” will also star Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, Aaron Chen and Glenn Butcher, diving in to the everyday world of inheritances and squabbling relatives.
One of Porchlight Films’ final productions, the series is produced by Vincent Sheehan and co-directed and written by Flanagan with Penny Flanagan. Tom Peterson also directs. EPs are Greg Sitch, Liz Watts and Anita Sheehan, with ABC head of comedy Todd Abbott and Brett Sleigh.
Flanagan says: “This is the dream. My own show with all my favourite people both in front of the camera and behind it too. I’m thrilled to be making this in Melbourne for the ABC.
- 10/27/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
TollywoodSiddharth’s last Telugu outing was 'Jabardasth' (2013), co-starring Samantha Akkineni.Digital NativeActor Siddharth, who was last seen in Telugu film Jabardasth seven years ago, is all set for a comeback to the industry where he’s delivered some of the biggest hits of his career. On Friday, it was announced Siddharth will return to Tollywood with Rx 100 fame director Ajay Bhupathi in upcoming Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Mahasamudram, which also stars Sharwanand as one of the leads. The announcement was made via a statement. After the massive blockbuster Sarileru Neekevvaru with Superstar Mahesh Babu, Ak Entertainments will be bankrolling Mahasamudram. Tipped to be an intense love and action drama, Sunkara Ramabrahmam will bankroll this project which will take off soon. Not long ago, a Deccan Chronicle report stated that Siddharth is likely to be seen as the antagonist in this project. “Siddharth would be an ideal choice for one of the...
- 9/19/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
The Turtle is the frontrunner to win season 3 of “The Masked Singer.” He is one of the strongest contenders in the quarterfinal on May 6. He earned his spot in the final five based on his powerhouse performance of “Stay” by Alessia Cara last week. That was just the latest of his outstanding turns in the spotlight that won praise from the four judges four judges.
We’ve been wondering who the Turtle is since he made his debut on the show in week 1 with his cover of “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal. He followed that up with “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” by Shawn Mendes; “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood; “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur; and “Let It Go” by James Bay.
To figure out who the Turtle really is, we’ve watched all of his performances again as well as his clues videos.
We’ve been wondering who the Turtle is since he made his debut on the show in week 1 with his cover of “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal. He followed that up with “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” by Shawn Mendes; “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood; “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur; and “Let It Go” by James Bay.
To figure out who the Turtle really is, we’ve watched all of his performances again as well as his clues videos.
- 5/6/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
This week on “The Masked Singer,” it was “a smackdown between two mammals, one amphibian and an appealing fruit” … sue me, I quoted from the open. Nick Cannon sparkled, literally, in a glitter tux as he introduced guest panelist Sharon Osbourne. She even noticed his shiny duds, I just wish his clothes fit better, but I digress. It was the Frog vs. the Kitty up first, but who is that kitty cat? Below, we analyze the clues.
See Bret Michaels (‘The Masked Singer’ Banana) unmasked interview: ‘I’ve never had such a great time’ and ‘Banana fans are awesome!’
Kitty claimed she has the strategy of kindness — and that she’s about to show her true colors tonight! Well she did sing Cyndi Lauper’s signature tune “True Colors.” The kitty commanded the stage with a lovely alto and an amazing stage presence in that cat ballroom costume. She’s...
See Bret Michaels (‘The Masked Singer’ Banana) unmasked interview: ‘I’ve never had such a great time’ and ‘Banana fans are awesome!’
Kitty claimed she has the strategy of kindness — and that she’s about to show her true colors tonight! Well she did sing Cyndi Lauper’s signature tune “True Colors.” The kitty commanded the stage with a lovely alto and an amazing stage presence in that cat ballroom costume. She’s...
- 4/25/2020
- by Lisa DiGiovine
- Gold Derby
On Wednesday’s episode of “The Masked Singer,” four of the remaining seven finalists will compete in another high-octane face-off: The Banana, The Rhino, The Frog and The Kitty. According to Gold Derby predictions, the costumed celebrity most likely to “take it off” at the end of the night will be Banana. This grinning yellow fruit has a leading 27/10 odds to be eliminated, followed by Rhino in second place at 20/1 odds. Do you agree or disagree with our readers’ predictions? There’s still time to make your picks before Wednesday, April 22.
SEETurtle and Night Angel are viewers’ favorites to win ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 3 — Do You agree? [Poll Results]
So far in Season 3, Banana has performed four songs on “The Masked Singer” stage: “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley (Kickoffs), “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus (Playoffs), “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers (Championships) and “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd...
SEETurtle and Night Angel are viewers’ favorites to win ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 3 — Do You agree? [Poll Results]
So far in Season 3, Banana has performed four songs on “The Masked Singer” stage: “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley (Kickoffs), “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus (Playoffs), “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers (Championships) and “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd...
- 4/21/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The Kitty won’t be competing on “The Masked Singer” again until quarterfinal 2 on April 22. But the special sing-along episode on April 15 gives us a chance to revisit one of her stand-out performances from earlier in season 3. The Kitty made it this far based on her stunning cover of the Celine Dion power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” on the April 1 show.
The Kitty was purr-fection, earning a standing ovation from the studio audience and four judges. This was the latest of her powerhouse performances following versions of “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande, “Mercy” by Brett Young, and “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert.
We are sure that who is hiding inside the Kitty costume. Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Kitty.
See ‘The Masked Singer’ spoilers: The Astronaut is …
We are convinced that the Kitty is Jackie Evancho,...
The Kitty was purr-fection, earning a standing ovation from the studio audience and four judges. This was the latest of her powerhouse performances following versions of “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande, “Mercy” by Brett Young, and “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert.
We are sure that who is hiding inside the Kitty costume. Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Kitty.
See ‘The Masked Singer’ spoilers: The Astronaut is …
We are convinced that the Kitty is Jackie Evancho,...
- 4/15/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
In today's horror highlights: The teaser trailer for Cannibal Comedian, release details for The Voices, Itsy Bitsy is now on Amazon Prime, and a tease of Pixel Elixir's upcoming Terror Kitties 2 release:
Teaser Trailer for Cannibal Comedian: "A psychopathic cannibal, fed up with his lack of ambition, tries his hand at stand-up comedy in an attempt to satisfy his appetite for normalcy."
Cast & Crew:
Charlie Cannibal Comedian - Aaron Prager Austin Judd - Chrystal Robert Dunne - Carrey Keith Kollinicos - Eleanor David Vega - Sheriff Weaver D’Shae Beasley - Vic Eric Alegria - Juan Sean Haitz – writer, director, producer Yoko Haitz - Producer Jacob Geimer - Director of Photography Gregory Lastra - 1st Assistant Director Siena Eyrich - 2nd Assistant Director Andrea Davoren – SFX / Hair/ Makeup/ Props/set dressing Skibz Lucero - SFX assistant Chris Young - Assistant Camera/grip Dan Frederick Pitts - Sound Mixer
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The...
Teaser Trailer for Cannibal Comedian: "A psychopathic cannibal, fed up with his lack of ambition, tries his hand at stand-up comedy in an attempt to satisfy his appetite for normalcy."
Cast & Crew:
Charlie Cannibal Comedian - Aaron Prager Austin Judd - Chrystal Robert Dunne - Carrey Keith Kollinicos - Eleanor David Vega - Sheriff Weaver D’Shae Beasley - Vic Eric Alegria - Juan Sean Haitz – writer, director, producer Yoko Haitz - Producer Jacob Geimer - Director of Photography Gregory Lastra - 1st Assistant Director Siena Eyrich - 2nd Assistant Director Andrea Davoren – SFX / Hair/ Makeup/ Props/set dressing Skibz Lucero - SFX assistant Chris Young - Assistant Camera/grip Dan Frederick Pitts - Sound Mixer
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The...
- 4/14/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Last week on “The Masked Singer” the nine remaining celebrity contestants competed together on the same stage, but this week they were once again divided into groups. Up first on April 8 were Kangaroo, Turtle, Astronaut and Night Angel. The other four — Banana, Frog, Kitty and Rhino — will compete on April 22. At the end of Wednesday’s all-new hour, did panelists Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong or guest judge Yvette Nicole Brown correctly guess this week’s secret identity? What about You at home?
SEEAre ‘The Masked Singer’ celebrity contestants lip-syncing or singing live?
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 11, titled “The Mother Of All Final Face Offs, Part 1,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs on Fox’s reality TV show,...
SEEAre ‘The Masked Singer’ celebrity contestants lip-syncing or singing live?
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 11, titled “The Mother Of All Final Face Offs, Part 1,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs on Fox’s reality TV show,...
- 4/8/2020
- by Denton Davidson and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Tove Lo announced a North American summer tour. The brief trek launches May 6th in Orlando, Florida and wraps June 25th in Cleveland, Ohio.
The electro-pop singer’s live schedule also includes slots at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 15th; the Firefly Festival on June 21st in Dover, Delaware; and the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada on August 1st. Bookending her North American tour are separate runs in the U.K. and Europe; her first date is March 9th in Glasgow, and her last scheduled date...
The electro-pop singer’s live schedule also includes slots at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 15th; the Firefly Festival on June 21st in Dover, Delaware; and the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada on August 1st. Bookending her North American tour are separate runs in the U.K. and Europe; her first date is March 9th in Glasgow, and her last scheduled date...
- 3/3/2020
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
“Sure he was great, but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did. . . backwards and in high heels.”
This quote from a 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon sums up one of the greatest dance duos in film history, the debonair Fred Astaire and the tenacious Ginger Rogers. For July 16, we celebrate the spunky Ms. Rogers on what would have been her 109th birthday.
She was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she moved to Texas with her mother. She never saw her birth father again, and when her mother remarried, she adopted her stepfather’s surname of Rogers. A young cousin had trouble saying “Virginia”, so she became “Ginger”. Her mother was a career woman, involved in show business, as a scriptwriter among other things, and was a huge influence on Rogers for all her life. She got her own...
This quote from a 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon sums up one of the greatest dance duos in film history, the debonair Fred Astaire and the tenacious Ginger Rogers. For July 16, we celebrate the spunky Ms. Rogers on what would have been her 109th birthday.
She was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she moved to Texas with her mother. She never saw her birth father again, and when her mother remarried, she adopted her stepfather’s surname of Rogers. A young cousin had trouble saying “Virginia”, so she became “Ginger”. Her mother was a career woman, involved in show business, as a scriptwriter among other things, and was a huge influence on Rogers for all her life. She got her own...
- 7/16/2019
- by Susan Pennington, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Sure he was great, but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did. . . backwards and in high heels.”
This quote from a 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon sums up one of the greatest dance duos in film history, the debonair Fred Astaire and the tenacious Ginger Rogers. For July 16, we celebrate the spunky Ms. Rogers on what would have been her 109th birthday.
SEEFred Astaire movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best
She was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she moved to Texas with her mother. She never saw her birth father again, and when her mother remarried, she adopted her stepfather’s surname of Rogers. A young cousin had trouble saying “Virginia”, so she became “Ginger”. Her mother was a career woman, involved in show business, as a scriptwriter among other things, and was a huge influence on Rogers for all her life.
This quote from a 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon sums up one of the greatest dance duos in film history, the debonair Fred Astaire and the tenacious Ginger Rogers. For July 16, we celebrate the spunky Ms. Rogers on what would have been her 109th birthday.
SEEFred Astaire movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best
She was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she moved to Texas with her mother. She never saw her birth father again, and when her mother remarried, she adopted her stepfather’s surname of Rogers. A young cousin had trouble saying “Virginia”, so she became “Ginger”. Her mother was a career woman, involved in show business, as a scriptwriter among other things, and was a huge influence on Rogers for all her life.
- 7/16/2019
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar often calls when funny ladies get serious on the big screen. This year, it might be Melissa McCarthy’s turn to be recognized for her dramatic change of pace in the truth-based “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” As Lee Israel, a Manhattan-based curmudgeonly author with a drinking problem whose style of celebrity biographies have gone out of fashion by the year 1991, McCarthy drops all pretense of adopting her usual bouncy and brassy comic persona.
Instead, she wallows in disappointment, bitterness and child-like prankish behavior. In order to raise much-needed cash to pay her bills, she stoops to forging letters from long-dead celebrities and selling them to gullible bookstore owners and collectors. I kept waiting for McCarthy to part the clouds that hang over her character and inject a bit of her sunny side. Instead, she is marvelously morose as she performs a committed overcast performance that pays off big time as the movie concludes.
Instead, she wallows in disappointment, bitterness and child-like prankish behavior. In order to raise much-needed cash to pay her bills, she stoops to forging letters from long-dead celebrities and selling them to gullible bookstore owners and collectors. I kept waiting for McCarthy to part the clouds that hang over her character and inject a bit of her sunny side. Instead, she is marvelously morose as she performs a committed overcast performance that pays off big time as the movie concludes.
- 10/16/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
“The Shape of Water” is one of two Best Picture Oscar nominees with three acting nominations — the other being “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — but star Sally Hawkins and supporting players Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins are not predicted to win any of them. If they indeed go 0-3 on Sunday and “The Shape of Water” takes the top prize, the fantasy drama will join eight other Best Picture champs that did not convert any of its three-plus acting nominations into wins.
“Birdman” (2014) was the most recent Best Picture winner not to carry an acting award from at least three nominations, as Michael Keaton, Emma Stone and Edward Norton fell to Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), respectively. Arquette and Simmons were the supporting frontrunners all season, but Keaton was locked in a tight Best Actor race with Redmayne until the SAG Awards...
“Birdman” (2014) was the most recent Best Picture winner not to carry an acting award from at least three nominations, as Michael Keaton, Emma Stone and Edward Norton fell to Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), respectively. Arquette and Simmons were the supporting frontrunners all season, but Keaton was locked in a tight Best Actor race with Redmayne until the SAG Awards...
- 3/3/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”), Saoirse Ronan (“Lady Bird”), Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”), Meryl Streep (“The Post”) and Margot Robbie (“I, Tonya”) have long been our predicted Best Actress Oscar nominees. If they all make the cut, along with their films in Best Picture, they’d join a very exclusive club: It’d be first Best Actress slate in 40 years and just the fifth overall where everyone is in a film nominated for Best Picture.
The only other times this has occurred were for the film years 1934, 1939, 1940 and 1977 — but many of them come with caveats. In 1934, there were still only three acting nominees — winner Claudette Colbert (“It Happened One Night”), Grace Moore (“One Night of Love”) and Norma Shearer (“The Barretts of Wimpole Street”) — and 12 Best Picture nominees, before the academy standardized the categories to five each. This was also the infamous year of the write-in...
The only other times this has occurred were for the film years 1934, 1939, 1940 and 1977 — but many of them come with caveats. In 1934, there were still only three acting nominees — winner Claudette Colbert (“It Happened One Night”), Grace Moore (“One Night of Love”) and Norma Shearer (“The Barretts of Wimpole Street”) — and 12 Best Picture nominees, before the academy standardized the categories to five each. This was also the infamous year of the write-in...
- 1/19/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
In the history of Best Actress at the Oscars, eight previous champs have never received another nomination: Mary Pickford ("Coquette," 1929), Ginger Rogers ("Kitty Foyle," 1940), Judy Holliday ("Born Yesterday," 1950), Shirley Booth ("Come Back Little Sheba," 1952), Louise Fletcher ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975), Marlee Matlin ("Children of a Lesser God," 1986), Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare in Love," 1998) and Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball," 2001). Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Brie Larson ("Room") is the ninth, but her Best Actress victory is just a couple of weeks old, so there's every possibility she'll earn another Oscar bid in the near future. For that matter, you can't rule out a future bid for any of the living champs: Berry, Paltrow and Matlin all work regularly. Even 81-year-ol...'...
- 3/9/2016
- Gold Derby
Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo with Sam Jackson
Following the Trumbo première attended by Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Michael Stuhlbarg and Louis C.K., as well as Dalton Trumbo's daughters Niki Trumbo and Mitzi Trumbo, director Jay Roach mapped out for me the links between birds, Edward G. Robinson's art collection, Otto Preminger, Kirk Douglas and Spartacus; USC, Edward Dmytryk and Lee Grant; Roman Holiday, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and A Guy Named Joe; Kitty Foyle, Ginger Rogers' mother, Hedda Hopper's hats and horse manure; Bertolt Brecht's Hollywood poem and Myrna Loy's radio show.
Trumbo director Jay Roach: "I wanted to buy Bryan Cranston that bird …" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
While Taylor Hackford, Dana Delany, Kathleen Turner, Elle MacPherson, Tony Bennett, Susan Crow, Julie Taymor, Robert Wuhl, Kate Lardner, Ruben Blades, Tim Daly, Trumbo screenwriter John McNamara, producers Michael London, Kevin Kelly Brown,...
Following the Trumbo première attended by Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Michael Stuhlbarg and Louis C.K., as well as Dalton Trumbo's daughters Niki Trumbo and Mitzi Trumbo, director Jay Roach mapped out for me the links between birds, Edward G. Robinson's art collection, Otto Preminger, Kirk Douglas and Spartacus; USC, Edward Dmytryk and Lee Grant; Roman Holiday, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and A Guy Named Joe; Kitty Foyle, Ginger Rogers' mother, Hedda Hopper's hats and horse manure; Bertolt Brecht's Hollywood poem and Myrna Loy's radio show.
Trumbo director Jay Roach: "I wanted to buy Bryan Cranston that bird …" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
While Taylor Hackford, Dana Delany, Kathleen Turner, Elle MacPherson, Tony Bennett, Susan Crow, Julie Taymor, Robert Wuhl, Kate Lardner, Ruben Blades, Tim Daly, Trumbo screenwriter John McNamara, producers Michael London, Kevin Kelly Brown,...
- 11/23/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bryan Cranston is Jay Roach's Dalton Trumbo Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Trumbo producer Kevin Kelly Brown confided that they were surprised at Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper's ferociousness and actually had to tone her down, while Helen Mirren at the after party mentioned that she wasn't surprised at all by the gossip queen's viciousness. Bryan Cranston captured Dalton Trumbo's physicality, his real-life daughters Niki Trumbo and Mitzi Trumbo confirmed to me, as they waved to Ring Lardner Jr.'s daughter Kate Lardner, author of Shut Up He Explained: The Memoir Of A Blacklisted Kid.
Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston)
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you re-watch Roman Holiday and Spartacus?
Bryan Cranston: Yeah! You know, it's wonderful. I watched a lot of his [Trumbo's] films again - Roman Holiday, Spartacus, The Brave One. Even, like, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and Kitty Foyle and I re-read his Johnny Got A Gun novel that he...
Trumbo producer Kevin Kelly Brown confided that they were surprised at Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper's ferociousness and actually had to tone her down, while Helen Mirren at the after party mentioned that she wasn't surprised at all by the gossip queen's viciousness. Bryan Cranston captured Dalton Trumbo's physicality, his real-life daughters Niki Trumbo and Mitzi Trumbo confirmed to me, as they waved to Ring Lardner Jr.'s daughter Kate Lardner, author of Shut Up He Explained: The Memoir Of A Blacklisted Kid.
Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston)
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you re-watch Roman Holiday and Spartacus?
Bryan Cranston: Yeah! You know, it's wonderful. I watched a lot of his [Trumbo's] films again - Roman Holiday, Spartacus, The Brave One. Even, like, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and Kitty Foyle and I re-read his Johnny Got A Gun novel that he...
- 11/7/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
'Trumbo' movie: Bryan Cranston as screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and Helen Mirren as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. 'Trumbo' movie review: Highly entertaining 'history lesson' Full disclosure: on the wall in my study hangs a poster – the iconic photograph of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, with black-horned rim glasses, handlebar mustache, a smoke dangling from the end of a dramatic cigarette holder. He's sitting – stark naked – in a tub surrounded by his particular writing apparatus. He's looking directly into the camera of the photographer, his daughter Mitzi. Dalton Trumbo's son, Christopher Trumbo, gave me the poster after my interview with him for the release of Peter Askin's 2007 documentary also titled Trumbo. That film combines archival footage, including family movies and photographs, with performances of the senior Trumbo's letters to his family during their many years of turmoil before and through the blacklist, including his time in prison. The letters are read by,...
- 11/7/2015
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
“Dalton Trumbo was an American patriot, but his defense of our freedom of speech made him a traitor in some people’s eyes,” director Jay Roach says. “One of the great questions that the film asks is how we as a country got to a place where it seemed right to send someone like Trumbo to jail and prevent him from writing.”
In never before seen interviews with Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Nikola Trumbo and Diane Lane, watch the new featurette about the legendary and infamous screenwriter from Trumbo.
In the 1940s, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) is one of the highest paid screenwriters in the world, penning movie classics including the Oscar-nominated Kitty Foyle and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
A fixture on the Hollywood social scene, and a political activist supporting labor unions, equal pay and civil rights, Trumbo and his colleagues are subpoenaed to testify in front of the...
In never before seen interviews with Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Nikola Trumbo and Diane Lane, watch the new featurette about the legendary and infamous screenwriter from Trumbo.
In the 1940s, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) is one of the highest paid screenwriters in the world, penning movie classics including the Oscar-nominated Kitty Foyle and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
A fixture on the Hollywood social scene, and a political activist supporting labor unions, equal pay and civil rights, Trumbo and his colleagues are subpoenaed to testify in front of the...
- 10/21/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Toronto – The damage the House Un-American Activities committee wrought between 1938 and 1975 was unconscionable. As the Cold War heated up thousands of innocent citizens were accused of being members of or sympathetic to the Communist Party and this committee was responsible for much of the hysteria. The witch-hunt hit Hollywood hard and after a number of hearings prompted the infamous blacklist, an unofficial designation that denied work to anyone in the industry with suspected communist ties. There was one man who is credited as bringing the blacklist down, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and his story is chronicled in Jay Roach’s new biopic “Trumbo.” Something tells us if Trumbo were alive today he might pass along some script notes to Roach and writer John McNamara. In theory, “Trumbo” is an incredible true story that should be prime fodder for a great movie. Before the blacklist, Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was one of the...
- 9/17/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Fred Astaire ca. 1935. Fred Astaire movies: Dancing in the dark, on the ceiling on TCM Aug. 5, '15, is Fred Astaire Day on Turner Classic Movies, as TCM continues with its “Summer Under the Stars” series. Just don't expect any rare Astaire movies, as the actor-singer-dancer's star vehicles – mostly Rko or MGM productions – have been TCM staples since the early days of the cable channel in the mid-'90s. True, Fred Astaire was also featured in smaller, lesser-known fare like Byron Chudnow's The Amazing Dobermans (1976) and Yves Boisset's The Purple Taxi / Un taxi mauve (1977), but neither one can be found on the TCM schedule. (See TCM's Fred Astaire movie schedule further below.) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals Some fans never tire of watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing together. With these particular fans in mind, TCM is showing – for the nth time – nine Astaire-Rogers musicals of the '30s,...
- 8/5/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
'The Letter' 1940, with Bette Davis 'The Letter' 1940 movie: Bette Davis superb in masterful studio era production Directed by William Wyler and adapted by Howard Koch from W. Somerset Maugham's 1927 play, The Letter is one of the very best films made during the Golden Age of the Hollywood studios. Wyler's unsparing, tough-as-nails handling of the potentially melodramatic proceedings; Bette Davis' complex portrayal of a passionate woman who also happens to be a self-absorbed, calculating murderess; and Tony Gaudio's atmospheric black-and-white cinematography are only a few of the flawless elements found in this classic tale of deceit. 'The Letter': 'U' for 'Unfaithful' The Letter begins in the dark of night, as a series of gunshots are heard in a Malayan rubber plantation. Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) walks out the door of her house firing shots at (barely seen on camera) local playboy Jeff Hammond, who falls dead on the ground.
- 5/8/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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