The remake of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece by Wit Studio has ignited the desires of another fandom, who are now also demanding an anime remake of their favorite series. The series in discussion is Bleach by Tite Kubo. After the announcement of the One Piece remake, Bleach fans are also hoping for an anime remake of Bleach.
Bleach, Ichigo Kurosaki
However, the fans are not the only ones who have been demanding a Bleach remake. Recently, it was revealed that the manga creator, Kubo, would also love to see a new anime adaptation of his magnum opus. Fans believe that the new technology will bring out a better Bleach world than what was shown in the previous anime series by Studio Pierrot.
Many even believe that Studio Pierrot’s anime adaptation was not justifiable to the brilliant storyline of Bleach manga and could have gone through certain improvements that...
Bleach, Ichigo Kurosaki
However, the fans are not the only ones who have been demanding a Bleach remake. Recently, it was revealed that the manga creator, Kubo, would also love to see a new anime adaptation of his magnum opus. Fans believe that the new technology will bring out a better Bleach world than what was shown in the previous anime series by Studio Pierrot.
Many even believe that Studio Pierrot’s anime adaptation was not justifiable to the brilliant storyline of Bleach manga and could have gone through certain improvements that...
- 5/10/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
There are so many directions that a Spy x Family could pursue. The ongoing anime has a deeply versatile story structure that allows it to indulge in diverse missions so that the series always feels fresh. Accordingly, it’s seriously surprising to see Code: White function as a covert cooking anime movie.
It’s the type of story that audiences would expect to see in a Food Wars! or Toriko feature film, but not Spy x Family. It’s also an ambitious approach to Spy x Family’s first movie that hedges its bets and is too cautious to disrupt the status quo. Code: White is still rich in classic Spy x Family elements, even if it amounts to an empty meal.
Loid Forger has previously thwarted international incidents, avoided assassination, and pulled off precision exchanges. Spy x Family has repeatedly proven that he’s an expert spy who can...
It’s the type of story that audiences would expect to see in a Food Wars! or Toriko feature film, but not Spy x Family. It’s also an ambitious approach to Spy x Family’s first movie that hedges its bets and is too cautious to disrupt the status quo. Code: White is still rich in classic Spy x Family elements, even if it amounts to an empty meal.
Loid Forger has previously thwarted international incidents, avoided assassination, and pulled off precision exchanges. Spy x Family has repeatedly proven that he’s an expert spy who can...
- 4/12/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Hugh Laurie is a man of many talents. He first rose to fame during the 1980s as one half of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie. After gaining further popularity in the British sitcom "Blackadder," Laurie achieved even greater recognition with leading roles in "House," "Veep," and "Avenue 5." Most recently, he's starring in the Netflix series "All the Light We Cannot See" alongside Aria Mia Loberti and Mark Ruffalo.
Outside of acting, Laurie is a devoted husband and father. According to The Sun, Laurie met his wife Jo Greene before he was famous. After falling in love, Laurie and Greene welcomed their first child together - a son named Charlie - in 1988. The following year, the couple officially tied the knot in June 1989. Laurie and Greene then welcomed their second son, Bill, in 1991, and their daughter Rebecca in 1992.
Over thirty years later, Laurie and Greene are still happily married.
Outside of acting, Laurie is a devoted husband and father. According to The Sun, Laurie met his wife Jo Greene before he was famous. After falling in love, Laurie and Greene welcomed their first child together - a son named Charlie - in 1988. The following year, the couple officially tied the knot in June 1989. Laurie and Greene then welcomed their second son, Bill, in 1991, and their daughter Rebecca in 1992.
Over thirty years later, Laurie and Greene are still happily married.
- 11/2/2023
- by Michele Mendez
- Popsugar.com
eOne and Crime Story Media have partnered with LAist 89.3, Los Angeles’ number one NPR station and podcast company Acast to present the original podcast series, Night Raid. Night Raid tells the story of a chaotic 2014 Swat raid on a home in San Gabriel that resulted in the death of Pomona Police Officer Shaun Diamond and the incarceration of David Martinez.
While the critical moments in the operation occurred in a matter of seconds, the story spans decades - from a contentious relationship between the Atf and a motorcycle club in the the 70’s to two explosive murder trials in 2019 and 2022.
Each week, the series unpacks aspects of that story using interviews, testimony reenactments, and jailhouse and police recordings.
The series is hosted by Molly Miller, who wrote the CrimeStory.com series, “Mongol – The Trial of David Martinez,” upon which the podcast is based. Crime Story Media’s Publisher and Editor,...
While the critical moments in the operation occurred in a matter of seconds, the story spans decades - from a contentious relationship between the Atf and a motorcycle club in the the 70’s to two explosive murder trials in 2019 and 2022.
Each week, the series unpacks aspects of that story using interviews, testimony reenactments, and jailhouse and police recordings.
The series is hosted by Molly Miller, who wrote the CrimeStory.com series, “Mongol – The Trial of David Martinez,” upon which the podcast is based. Crime Story Media’s Publisher and Editor,...
- 5/4/2023
- Podnews.net
Hot on the heels of his busy summer schedule, multi-Platinum artist Bleu partners with rap royalty Nicki Minaj for emotive new single, “Love In The Way”. Showcasing Bleu’s eclectic production skills, “Love In The Way” channels Amapiano-inflected drums which are layered with profound synths that evoke the sadness and heartache that both Bleu and Nicki Minaj express throughout the song. Topped with an infectious vocal sample of Sam Tompkins’ track “Whole”, all elements of the record create a powerful escapism that will transport the listener to a world of its own.
As the first single ahead of his album, “Love In The Way” gives an insight into Bleu’s journey as an artist thus far; from his early beginnings as Yung Bleu, to his fresh elevated sound as Bleu. The track kickstarts this new chapter for the versatile talent, who is also a Grammy-nominated songwriter, boasting production and writing...
As the first single ahead of his album, “Love In The Way” gives an insight into Bleu’s journey as an artist thus far; from his early beginnings as Yung Bleu, to his fresh elevated sound as Bleu. The track kickstarts this new chapter for the versatile talent, who is also a Grammy-nominated songwriter, boasting production and writing...
- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Your local Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, may be back in business.
On Wednesday night, Kenan Thompson appeared on “The Tonight Show”, and host Jimmy Fallon brought up a recent post in which the comic celebrated the 25th anniversary of “Good Burger”.
Read More: Jonas Brothers And Kel Mitchell Sing Good Burger’s ‘We’re All Dudes’ Song In ‘All That’ Reboot Sneak Peek
In the caption of the post, Thompson added, “Sup wit that Part 2!”
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“Are you saying that ‘Good Burger 2’ is happening?” Fallon asked.
“I would like it to!” Thompson responded.
He then revealed that, in fact, a sequel to the classic comedy co-starring Kel Mitchell might actually be in the works already.
“We are working harder on it than ever, so it’s about meeting the numbers, letting them numbers match up. ‘Cause I need them numbers,...
On Wednesday night, Kenan Thompson appeared on “The Tonight Show”, and host Jimmy Fallon brought up a recent post in which the comic celebrated the 25th anniversary of “Good Burger”.
Read More: Jonas Brothers And Kel Mitchell Sing Good Burger’s ‘We’re All Dudes’ Song In ‘All That’ Reboot Sneak Peek
In the caption of the post, Thompson added, “Sup wit that Part 2!”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Kenan Thompson (@kenanthompson)
“Are you saying that ‘Good Burger 2’ is happening?” Fallon asked.
“I would like it to!” Thompson responded.
He then revealed that, in fact, a sequel to the classic comedy co-starring Kel Mitchell might actually be in the works already.
“We are working harder on it than ever, so it’s about meeting the numbers, letting them numbers match up. ‘Cause I need them numbers,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Considering the quality of series Wit Studio has produced during the last few years, with “Attack on Titan”, “Vinland Saga” and “Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song” being among the best we have seen lately, the new movie they produced was bound to garner attention before its release, even more so since the producers decided to premiere it in Berlin before they screen it on Netflix, ahead of its theatrical opening in Japan this May. Let us see how they fared.
Borrowing from “The Little Mermaid”, parkour, and the dystopian aspect so frequently presented in anime, the story takes place in a Tokyo that is almost completely uninhabitable, after the world was overcome by bubbles that came from the sky and eventually exploded, causing mass destruction. The only people who still live there, despite the law that forbids them, are children who were orphaned by the tragedy, who now survive by scavenging...
Borrowing from “The Little Mermaid”, parkour, and the dystopian aspect so frequently presented in anime, the story takes place in a Tokyo that is almost completely uninhabitable, after the world was overcome by bubbles that came from the sky and eventually exploded, causing mass destruction. The only people who still live there, despite the law that forbids them, are children who were orphaned by the tragedy, who now survive by scavenging...
- 5/19/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Best known is its early decades as a sports broker, services provider and producer of auteur films, from Woody Allen and Roman Polanski to Spain’s Isabel Coixet and Fernando Aranoa, few companies have powered so fast and bullishly into high-end drama series production than Spain’s Mediapro.
That drive has seen The Mediapro Studio launch in 2919 as one of Spain’s preeminent production forces, and then build even more with new titles set up with Paramount Plus, Disney Plus (“Siempre Fui Yo”), Amazon, Warner Media (“Las Bravas”) and Netflix (“Magic For Humans Spain”).
Yet Tms is eager to own IP, still with relations with lineal players and completed 52 productions between March 2020 and January 2021, despite pandemic. So it runs a powerful and ever-growing sales operation, The Mediapro Studio Distribution. Variety chatted to Marta Ezpeleta, its first director appointed in 2019:
1.Selling a Gamut of Shows from A-z
Tmsd’s top...
That drive has seen The Mediapro Studio launch in 2919 as one of Spain’s preeminent production forces, and then build even more with new titles set up with Paramount Plus, Disney Plus (“Siempre Fui Yo”), Amazon, Warner Media (“Las Bravas”) and Netflix (“Magic For Humans Spain”).
Yet Tms is eager to own IP, still with relations with lineal players and completed 52 productions between March 2020 and January 2021, despite pandemic. So it runs a powerful and ever-growing sales operation, The Mediapro Studio Distribution. Variety chatted to Marta Ezpeleta, its first director appointed in 2019:
1.Selling a Gamut of Shows from A-z
Tmsd’s top...
- 4/13/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
At this year’s MipTV, The Wit hosted its first-ever presentation for a Fresh TV Lab, hosted by CEO and co-founder Virginia Mouseler and focused on Esports, podcasts and brands.
“Esports is a growing entertainment option, not only for younger people but with a wider and wider audience. Of course, Esports is primarily about online gaming and streaming platforms, but it’s not generating its own game show formats. Are they imitating TV, or should TV imitate them?” Mouseler asked.
Starting in Spain, the presentation kicked off with “Top Gamers Academy,” from “Operación Triunfo” producers Gestmusic, an Endemol Shine Iberia company. An early transmedia phenomenon, the show is broadcast on linear network Neox, streaming websites Twitch, YouTube and digital streaming platform Atresplayer, with Banijay handling distribution. Similar to one of Spain’s most popular reality formats of the last decade, “Operación Triunfo,” contestants on the program live together, train together...
“Esports is a growing entertainment option, not only for younger people but with a wider and wider audience. Of course, Esports is primarily about online gaming and streaming platforms, but it’s not generating its own game show formats. Are they imitating TV, or should TV imitate them?” Mouseler asked.
Starting in Spain, the presentation kicked off with “Top Gamers Academy,” from “Operación Triunfo” producers Gestmusic, an Endemol Shine Iberia company. An early transmedia phenomenon, the show is broadcast on linear network Neox, streaming websites Twitch, YouTube and digital streaming platform Atresplayer, with Banijay handling distribution. Similar to one of Spain’s most popular reality formats of the last decade, “Operación Triunfo,” contestants on the program live together, train together...
- 4/11/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Production designer Stuart Wurtzel–best known for his work on Hannah and Her Sisters and Angels in America–will receive the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Adg Awards, which will be presented during a virtual ceremony on April 10.
Wurtzel received an Oscar nomination for his work on Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters, following his design of Allen’s Purple Rose of Cairo. He was the production designer on three Peter Yates films: Suspect, The House on Carroll Street and An Innocent Man. For HBO, he worked on titles include Mike Nichols’ Wit, starring Emma Thompson, and Angels ...
Wurtzel received an Oscar nomination for his work on Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters, following his design of Allen’s Purple Rose of Cairo. He was the production designer on three Peter Yates films: Suspect, The House on Carroll Street and An Innocent Man. For HBO, he worked on titles include Mike Nichols’ Wit, starring Emma Thompson, and Angels ...
- 3/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production designer Stuart Wurtzel–best known for his work on Hannah and Her Sisters and Angels in America–will receive the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Adg Awards, which will be presented during a virtual ceremony on April 10.
Wurtzel received an Oscar nomination for his work on Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters, following his design of Allen’s Purple Rose of Cairo. He was the production designer on three Peter Yates films: Suspect, The House on Carroll Street and An Innocent Man. For HBO, he worked on titles include Mike Nichols’ Wit, starring Emma Thompson, and Angels ...
Wurtzel received an Oscar nomination for his work on Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters, following his design of Allen’s Purple Rose of Cairo. He was the production designer on three Peter Yates films: Suspect, The House on Carroll Street and An Innocent Man. For HBO, he worked on titles include Mike Nichols’ Wit, starring Emma Thompson, and Angels ...
- 3/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Hong Kong Arts Centre has long sought to complement this industry by delivering a diverse range of alternative and non-mainstream cinema, thereby promoting appreciation of the richness and range of the moving image practice to the public through presentation. With an in-house cinema, it organises thematic screening programmes ranging from film classics, cutting edge works, short film, documentary to the best in foreign and independent cinema. As a film and media arts hub in Asia, it also serves as an incubator for artists who work with the moving image.
Here are the programmes and screenings scheduled for the months of March and April:
Bangkok Nites
New Cinema Collective: The Emerging Power Of Asian Cinema
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 2021.03.14 – 2021.03.25
Organised by New Cinema Collective, The Emerging Power of Asian Cinema aims to bring Hong Kong young filmmakers new inspiration and insight. Through case studies of Asian...
Here are the programmes and screenings scheduled for the months of March and April:
Bangkok Nites
New Cinema Collective: The Emerging Power Of Asian Cinema
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 2021.03.14 – 2021.03.25
Organised by New Cinema Collective, The Emerging Power of Asian Cinema aims to bring Hong Kong young filmmakers new inspiration and insight. Through case studies of Asian...
- 3/10/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Ch Media, the parent of CollegeHumor, has signed a multi-faceted partnership with Rooster Teeth’s podcast network, The Roost, which will henceforth provide ad sales, merchandise, and podcast distribution services for the legacy sketch comedy brand.
All told, The Roost reps 70 video-centric series that garner 290 million monthly impressions, it says. Going forward, it will work to expand podcast distribution and ad sales support for four of CollegeHumor's brands, including eponymous flagship vertical CollegeHumor, gaming-focused Dorkly, nerd and fandom-focused game show Um, Actually, and Dimension 20 (pictured above). The Roost will also launch a new merch storefront for CollegeHumor.
All told, CollegeHumor says it has over 25 million subscribers and reaches over 10 million unique monthly viewers on YouTube.
“This partnership brings together two of the most innovative and entrepreneurial legacy internet brands, Rooster Teeth and CollegeHumor,” A.J. Felciano, Rooster Teeth’s newly-tapped head of The Roost, said in a statement. “What...
All told, The Roost reps 70 video-centric series that garner 290 million monthly impressions, it says. Going forward, it will work to expand podcast distribution and ad sales support for four of CollegeHumor's brands, including eponymous flagship vertical CollegeHumor, gaming-focused Dorkly, nerd and fandom-focused game show Um, Actually, and Dimension 20 (pictured above). The Roost will also launch a new merch storefront for CollegeHumor.
All told, CollegeHumor says it has over 25 million subscribers and reaches over 10 million unique monthly viewers on YouTube.
“This partnership brings together two of the most innovative and entrepreneurial legacy internet brands, Rooster Teeth and CollegeHumor,” A.J. Felciano, Rooster Teeth’s newly-tapped head of The Roost, said in a statement. “What...
- 9/3/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
“Black Mirror’s” loss could be HBO’s gain. After three straight Best TV Movie Emmy victories for various episodes and not meeting the new 75-minute runtime requirement, “Black Mirror” is forced to compete in drama this year, paving the way for HBO to claim its record-extending 22 win in the category with “Bad Education.”
It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.
Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...
It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.
Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...
- 6/9/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Damien Chazelle made history when he won Best Director at the Oscars for the modern movie musical “La La Land” (2016). He was 32 when he collected that trophy, which made him that category’s youngest winner in history. Just a few years later the wunderkind could follow that with a trophy or two for his work on the small screen. He’s a director and executive producer of the Netflix limited series “The Eddy.”
SEEAndre Holland (‘The Eddy’): It was ‘scary’ to act in French for the first time [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-episode musical premiered on May 8 and it’s about — surprise, surprise — jazz, not unlike Chazelle’s “La La Land” and “Whiplash” (2014) were. This time the story follows Andre Holland as the owner of a French jazz club whose daughter (Amandla Stenberg) comes to visit. Chazelle directed the first two episodes, and he’s not the only pedigreed artist behind the camera.
SEEAndre Holland (‘The Eddy’): It was ‘scary’ to act in French for the first time [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-episode musical premiered on May 8 and it’s about — surprise, surprise — jazz, not unlike Chazelle’s “La La Land” and “Whiplash” (2014) were. This time the story follows Andre Holland as the owner of a French jazz club whose daughter (Amandla Stenberg) comes to visit. Chazelle directed the first two episodes, and he’s not the only pedigreed artist behind the camera.
- 5/14/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Italy’s Lux Vide, the production company behind “Medici” and financial thriller “Devils,” is in talks for a U.S. adaptation of their local medical drama “Doc” after its recent bow to record ratings on pubcaster Rai. The show is also set to be showcased by The Wit’s Virginia Mouselier during MipTV Online Plus.
Praised by Italian media as a mix of “Doctor House” and “The Good Doctor,” albeit with a distinctive flair, Lux’s “Doc” turns on a prominent physician who following a head injury suffers a permanent partial memory loss but still finds a new way to practice his profession.
The medical procedural, starring Luca Argentero (“Eat Pray Love”) and directed by Jan Michelini (“Devils”), bowed March 26 on Rai-1 drawing more than 7 million primetime viewers and a 26% audience share, marking the best debut of a new show in Italy this year. Though the country being on coronavirus...
Praised by Italian media as a mix of “Doctor House” and “The Good Doctor,” albeit with a distinctive flair, Lux’s “Doc” turns on a prominent physician who following a head injury suffers a permanent partial memory loss but still finds a new way to practice his profession.
The medical procedural, starring Luca Argentero (“Eat Pray Love”) and directed by Jan Michelini (“Devils”), bowed March 26 on Rai-1 drawing more than 7 million primetime viewers and a 26% audience share, marking the best debut of a new show in Italy this year. Though the country being on coronavirus...
- 3/30/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC and Tvnz’s adaptation of Man Booker Prize winning novel “The Luminaries,” starring Eva Green, is among the scripted TV projects that will feature in this year’s Berlinale Series Market and Conference program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Set during the 1860s gold rush in New Zealand, the Working Title and Southern Light Films-produced “The Luminaries” is based on Eleanor Catton’s prize-winning novel of the same name. FremantleMedia handles international sales.
“The Luminaries” is one of several ‘strong’ Australian and New Zealand series screening at the market, according to Berlinale Series Market and Conference co-ordinator Katharina Böndel.
Böndel added that the line-up has a focus this year on shows with strong female leads or that are about minority groups or indigenous characters.
They include the second series of atmospheric outback crime drama “Mystery Road,” sold by All3Media International, which will also world premiere at the festival itself.
Set during the 1860s gold rush in New Zealand, the Working Title and Southern Light Films-produced “The Luminaries” is based on Eleanor Catton’s prize-winning novel of the same name. FremantleMedia handles international sales.
“The Luminaries” is one of several ‘strong’ Australian and New Zealand series screening at the market, according to Berlinale Series Market and Conference co-ordinator Katharina Böndel.
Böndel added that the line-up has a focus this year on shows with strong female leads or that are about minority groups or indigenous characters.
They include the second series of atmospheric outback crime drama “Mystery Road,” sold by All3Media International, which will also world premiere at the festival itself.
- 1/28/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Beat-makers dream of instant success. But the first time the producer Paul Couture sent instrumentals to the veteran rapper Max B, the feedback he received was tepid. “Max didn’t like anything, none of it,” Couture says. At the time, “I was working on a reggae album, a pop album, and it was like, ‘hey if you have some beats for Max, send ’em.’ I just sent what I had without thinking about it.” The rapper’s reaction: “You know, Paul, that just ain’t it.”
Couture asked for a second chance.
Couture asked for a second chance.
- 12/6/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
The Gold Derby TV Decade Awards were announced on Monday, November 4, and “Breaking Bad” was the Best Drama Series from 2010-2019 according to more than 1,500 registered Gold Derby users who cast their votes in October. Elsewhere, “Veep” claimed Best Comedy Series, while Ryan Murphy pulled a Mike Nichols-like sweep in the long form races. Scroll down to see the complete list of winners.
“Breaking Bad” premiered in 2008, but it gradually grew from an underdog drama overshadowed by its AMC sister show “Mad Men” to a full-blown pop cultural phenomenon by the time it ended in 2013. Now, more than six years later, it has been remembered as the best dramatic achievement of the decade. Not only did it claim Best Drama, Bryan Cranston also won Best Drama Actor, Aaron Paul claimed Best Drama Supporting Actor, Anna Gunn was the runner-up for Best Drama Supporting Actress, and the show’s final-season...
“Breaking Bad” premiered in 2008, but it gradually grew from an underdog drama overshadowed by its AMC sister show “Mad Men” to a full-blown pop cultural phenomenon by the time it ended in 2013. Now, more than six years later, it has been remembered as the best dramatic achievement of the decade. Not only did it claim Best Drama, Bryan Cranston also won Best Drama Actor, Aaron Paul claimed Best Drama Supporting Actor, Anna Gunn was the runner-up for Best Drama Supporting Actress, and the show’s final-season...
- 11/4/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Joyce Eng, Marcus James Dixon, Paul Sheehan and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
As of this writing 1,300 Gold Derby users have voted for the Gold Derby TV Decade Awards to decide the best TV programs and performances from 2010-2019. If you haven’t cast your ballot yet, you’ve only got a few days left, so visit our predictions center here and do it now. You need to be signed up for a free Gold Derby account to vote; if you haven’t yet, you can do so here using a Facebook, Twitter, Google or email account. The deadline is Halloween: Thursday, October 31. And even if you have already voted, you can come back to edit your votes as often as you like until the last day. None of your votes are final until the polls officially close.
Our decade nominations (see the complete list here) were decided by our users from lists of hundreds of shows and actors who competed at the Emmys,...
Our decade nominations (see the complete list here) were decided by our users from lists of hundreds of shows and actors who competed at the Emmys,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
We’re wrapping up another Emmy season, but we’re not quite done with television awards yet. Today is the day for you to vote on the Gold Derby TV Decade Awards nominations for 2010 through 2019! Jump into our event now, where you can make your selections in 30 categories. You can come back as often as you like to edit your ballot until nominations voting closes on Sunday, October 13. Pick up to 5 contenders per category and rank them from 1st to 5th place in order of preference. Your first place choice gets 5 points. Second place gets 4 points. And so on until your 5th place choice gets 1 point.
SEEGold Derby TV Awards winners 2019
Every single TV show and performer from the past decade couldn’t become options on the ballot, so here is how it works. Any nominee at the Emmy Awards or our own Gold Derby TV Awards for each of these years is eligible.
SEEGold Derby TV Awards winners 2019
Every single TV show and performer from the past decade couldn’t become options on the ballot, so here is how it works. Any nominee at the Emmy Awards or our own Gold Derby TV Awards for each of these years is eligible.
- 9/20/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Kendrick Sampson (How To Get Away with Murder) and Carra Patterson (Straight Outta Compton) are set as the leads in Showtime’s How to Make Love to a Black Woman (Who May Be Working Through Some Sh*t) pilot, a comedy anthology from The Chi creator/executive producer Lena Waithe and the series’ writer Cathy Kisakye. Production is underway.
Created by Kisakye, How To Make Love to a Black Woman will be a collection of multi-part episodes which will include new characters in an authentic world, telling stories about connection and rejection that explore our most harrowing – and harrowingly comic – sexual secrets.
Sampson and Patterson will play married couple Edwin and Nora. Edwin is the earnest and devoted husband of Nora, a free-spirited wife longing for more excitement in her marriage.
Waithe executive produces along with Rishi Rajan and Kisakye, who wrote the pilot.
Following a breakout role as Jesse on The Vampire Diaries,...
Created by Kisakye, How To Make Love to a Black Woman will be a collection of multi-part episodes which will include new characters in an authentic world, telling stories about connection and rejection that explore our most harrowing – and harrowingly comic – sexual secrets.
Sampson and Patterson will play married couple Edwin and Nora. Edwin is the earnest and devoted husband of Nora, a free-spirited wife longing for more excitement in her marriage.
Waithe executive produces along with Rishi Rajan and Kisakye, who wrote the pilot.
Following a breakout role as Jesse on The Vampire Diaries,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Thompson has seven Emmy nominations and one win. That single victory came for her guest appearance on “Ellen” in 1998, and now, 21 years later, she could win that same category again and be just the eighth person to do so.
Thompson, who missed on a bid for “King Lear,” is up in Best Comedy Guest Actress for her hosting stint on “Saturday Night Live.” No one has won this category more than twice. The seven two-time champs are Colleen Dewhurst, Tina Fey, Kathryn Joosten, Cloris Leachman, Jean Smart, Tracey Ullman and Betty White.
Should Thompson prevail, she’d join an even more exclusive club with Dewhurst, Smart and Ullman as the only people with a perfect 2-for-2 record in the category. Dewhurst won for “Murphy Brown” in 1989 and ’91; Smart for “Frasier” in 2000-01; and Ullman for “Love & War” in 1993 and “Ally McBeal” in 1999.
See Emma Thompson’s 15 greatest movies...
Thompson, who missed on a bid for “King Lear,” is up in Best Comedy Guest Actress for her hosting stint on “Saturday Night Live.” No one has won this category more than twice. The seven two-time champs are Colleen Dewhurst, Tina Fey, Kathryn Joosten, Cloris Leachman, Jean Smart, Tracey Ullman and Betty White.
Should Thompson prevail, she’d join an even more exclusive club with Dewhurst, Smart and Ullman as the only people with a perfect 2-for-2 record in the category. Dewhurst won for “Murphy Brown” in 1989 and ’91; Smart for “Frasier” in 2000-01; and Ullman for “Love & War” in 1993 and “Ally McBeal” in 1999.
See Emma Thompson’s 15 greatest movies...
- 8/9/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
EtherAs he approaches his 80th birthday, distinguished Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi shows little sign of letting up. Although his reputation in wider cinephile culture has diminished somewhat since a remarkably febrile period in the 1970s and 80s (several films from which were seen in last year’s retrospective on Mubi), Zanussi remains an ambassador for his nation’s cinema internationally, in an esteemed triumvirate alongside dearly departed colleagues Krzysztof Kieslowśki and Andrzej Wajda.Zanussi’s latest film, pre-First World War drama Ether, premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October and continues the director’s recent interest in examining the structures of power and our relationship to religion. In something of a warping of the stereotypical “Zanussoid” protagonists for which he originally became famous—young, scientifically-inclined men searching for meaning, often in a hostile world—Ether follows a doctor using morally questionable means to pursue his studies into the oppressive potential of the eponymous chemical.
- 4/18/2019
- MUBI
Sean Kleier (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Greg Keller (The Last O.G.) are set as series regulars opposite Erin Darke in YouTube Premium’s dramedy pilot It’s a Man’s World (working title), from Smash creator Theresa Rebeck, Christina Wayne’s Assembly Entertainment and ITV Studios America.
Written by Rebeck and directed by Romeo Tirone, the story centers around Emma (Darke), a successful video game design executive and the sole breadwinner for her family, who is used to dodging the landmines that come with being a woman in a male-dominated field. When she gets fired without explanation and finds that she’s being blacklisted by everyone in her industry, Emma decides to dress as a man to get a new job and to continue supporting her family. As strange and politically incorrect as Emma’s new life may be, she starts to enjoy the newfound ease of access and...
Written by Rebeck and directed by Romeo Tirone, the story centers around Emma (Darke), a successful video game design executive and the sole breadwinner for her family, who is used to dodging the landmines that come with being a woman in a male-dominated field. When she gets fired without explanation and finds that she’s being blacklisted by everyone in her industry, Emma decides to dress as a man to get a new job and to continue supporting her family. As strange and politically incorrect as Emma’s new life may be, she starts to enjoy the newfound ease of access and...
- 3/5/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Nichols would’ve celebrated his 87th birthday on November 6, 2018. One of the few people to complete the Egot, the acclaimed director excelled in film, television and theater until his death in 2014. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at all 18 of his movies, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany, Nichols got his start as one half of the comedic improvisational act Nichols and May, working alongside Elaine May. In 1960, the two opened the Broadway show “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May,” winning a Grammy in 1962 for the LP version. Their partnership ended just a year later, though they would collaborate several times thereafter, including on “The Birdcage” (1996) and “Primary Colors” (1998).
Nichols began his directing career on Broadway, gaining fame for his productions of such Neil Simon classics as “Barefoot in the Park” (1964) and “The Odd Couple” (1965). Both would bring him...
Born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany, Nichols got his start as one half of the comedic improvisational act Nichols and May, working alongside Elaine May. In 1960, the two opened the Broadway show “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May,” winning a Grammy in 1962 for the LP version. Their partnership ended just a year later, though they would collaborate several times thereafter, including on “The Birdcage” (1996) and “Primary Colors” (1998).
Nichols began his directing career on Broadway, gaining fame for his productions of such Neil Simon classics as “Barefoot in the Park” (1964) and “The Odd Couple” (1965). Both would bring him...
- 11/6/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Mike Nichols would’ve celebrated his 87th birthday on November 6, 2018. One of the few people to complete the Egot, the acclaimed director excelled in film, television and theater until his death in 2014. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at all 18 of his movies, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany, Nichols got his start as one half of the comedic improvisational act Nichols and May, working alongside Elaine May. In 1960, the two opened the Broadway show “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May,” winning a Grammy in 1962 for the LP version. Their partnership ended just a year later, though they would collaborate several times thereafter, including on “The Birdcage” (1996) and “Primary Colors” (1998).
Nichols began his directing career on Broadway, gaining fame for his productions of such Neil Simon classics as “Barefoot in the Park” (1964) and “The Odd Couple” (1965). Both would bring him...
Born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany, Nichols got his start as one half of the comedic improvisational act Nichols and May, working alongside Elaine May. In 1960, the two opened the Broadway show “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May,” winning a Grammy in 1962 for the LP version. Their partnership ended just a year later, though they would collaborate several times thereafter, including on “The Birdcage” (1996) and “Primary Colors” (1998).
Nichols began his directing career on Broadway, gaining fame for his productions of such Neil Simon classics as “Barefoot in the Park” (1964) and “The Odd Couple” (1965). Both would bring him...
- 11/6/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The television movie category at the Emmys, through the years, has honored such landmark projects as ABC’s “Brian’s Song,” NBC’s “Roe v. Wade,” as well as HBO’s “And the Band Played On,” “Wit” and “The Normal Heart.” It’s probably time that the category be retired.
This year’s category is historically weak. Several of the nominees fall short of the bar of Emmy-worthiness. And it follows two years in which episodes of TV series that snuck their way into the race — PBS’ “Sherlock” in 2016, Netflix’s “Black Mirror” in 2017 — claimed the top prize over insubstantial competition.
It wasn’t always this way. The last time the movie category fell away, it was due to the weakness of an entirely different field; the category merged with limited series at the 2011 Emmys thanks to a dearth of miniseries. But the limited-series form was only just beginning its...
This year’s category is historically weak. Several of the nominees fall short of the bar of Emmy-worthiness. And it follows two years in which episodes of TV series that snuck their way into the race — PBS’ “Sherlock” in 2016, Netflix’s “Black Mirror” in 2017 — claimed the top prize over insubstantial competition.
It wasn’t always this way. The last time the movie category fell away, it was due to the weakness of an entirely different field; the category merged with limited series at the 2011 Emmys thanks to a dearth of miniseries. But the limited-series form was only just beginning its...
- 8/15/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Cynthia Nixon is continuing to run a campaign for governor of New York that defies convention by granting her first television sit-down interview to Wendy Williams, Variety has learned.
The former “Sex and the City” actress turned political star will be a guest on “The Wendy Williams Show” on Wednesday, April 4.
The syndicated daytime talk show isn’t usually known for landing big political gets. Instead, Williams focuses on dishy celebrity news and pop culture developments in her “Hot Topics” segments.
The draw to Nixon’s campaign is that “The Wendy Williams Show” is very popular, averaging up to 2 million viewers a day. Williams hosts one of the most-watched programs throughout the state, including in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
“We win by getting her in front of voters, because we actually want them to see the real Cynthia,” Nixon’s campaign spokesperson Rebecca Katz told Variety.
The former “Sex and the City” actress turned political star will be a guest on “The Wendy Williams Show” on Wednesday, April 4.
The syndicated daytime talk show isn’t usually known for landing big political gets. Instead, Williams focuses on dishy celebrity news and pop culture developments in her “Hot Topics” segments.
The draw to Nixon’s campaign is that “The Wendy Williams Show” is very popular, averaging up to 2 million viewers a day. Williams hosts one of the most-watched programs throughout the state, including in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
“We win by getting her in front of voters, because we actually want them to see the real Cynthia,” Nixon’s campaign spokesperson Rebecca Katz told Variety.
- 4/1/2018
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
After 26 years off the air the groundbreaking 1990-1991 drama series “Twin Peaks” was revived by Showtime in 2017 for a special 18-episode limited series, “Twin Peaks: The Return.” Series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch wrote every episode, and Lynch directed every episode. That could give the series a crucial advantage in both the writing and directing races at the Emmys, provided the TV academy allows the revival to compete as a limited series and not as a drama series as it was previously classified.
The Emmys work differently if you’re a limited series. In the drama categories writers and directors submit individual episodes for consideration. The same is true in the movie/limited series categories — unless you’re credited with the entire series. That means Lynch and Frost could submit all 18 episodes as a whole for writing, and Lynch could submit all 18 for directing, which could boost their Emmy chances for a few reasons.
The Emmys work differently if you’re a limited series. In the drama categories writers and directors submit individual episodes for consideration. The same is true in the movie/limited series categories — unless you’re credited with the entire series. That means Lynch and Frost could submit all 18 episodes as a whole for writing, and Lynch could submit all 18 for directing, which could boost their Emmy chances for a few reasons.
- 3/17/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
On this day (August 24th) in showbiz-related history...
1890 "Father of modern surfing" and part time movie actor Duke Kahanamoku born in Hawaii. We've written about him before. Where's his biopic?
1967 The Whisperers premieres in London. It's about an old poor woman living in solitude who is beginning to lose her grip on reality. Dame Edith Evans sterling work was instantly lauded - she won Best Actress at Berlinale and from such disparate groups as the Nyfcc, Nbr and the Golden Globes. She landed her third and final Oscar nomination in the Best Actress lineup (sadly only the winner, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner's Hepburn, was less than superb in that shortlist!). At the time Evans was the oldest Oscar nominee of all time in any acting category having just turned 80 years old. That record has since been undone but she's still the third oldest lead actress nominee after Jessica Tandy...
1890 "Father of modern surfing" and part time movie actor Duke Kahanamoku born in Hawaii. We've written about him before. Where's his biopic?
1967 The Whisperers premieres in London. It's about an old poor woman living in solitude who is beginning to lose her grip on reality. Dame Edith Evans sterling work was instantly lauded - she won Best Actress at Berlinale and from such disparate groups as the Nyfcc, Nbr and the Golden Globes. She landed her third and final Oscar nomination in the Best Actress lineup (sadly only the winner, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner's Hepburn, was less than superb in that shortlist!). At the time Evans was the oldest Oscar nominee of all time in any acting category having just turned 80 years old. That record has since been undone but she's still the third oldest lead actress nominee after Jessica Tandy...
- 8/24/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The deal covers film and television projects through Mockingbird Pictures banner.
Skydance has entered into a multi-year overall deal for feature films and television with producers Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures.
The company has several projects in development with Curtis (pictured) and Lynn, including the upcoming AMC television series Dietland.
Curtis and Lynn first partnered at Mockingbird Pictures after producing Albert Nobbs in 2012. The pair have produced seven films together, including Arie Posin’s The Face Of Love, Victor Levin’s 5 To 7, and Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days In The Desert.
This year the duo has released Life, The Sweet Life, and Wakefield. Next on their slate is Marti Noxon’s To The Bone, which will premiere on Netflix in July.
Curtis’ industry start was as Steven Spielberg’s assistant; the beginning of a 15-year professional relationship with the director. After working on Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List, Curtis transitioned...
Skydance has entered into a multi-year overall deal for feature films and television with producers Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures.
The company has several projects in development with Curtis (pictured) and Lynn, including the upcoming AMC television series Dietland.
Curtis and Lynn first partnered at Mockingbird Pictures after producing Albert Nobbs in 2012. The pair have produced seven films together, including Arie Posin’s The Face Of Love, Victor Levin’s 5 To 7, and Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days In The Desert.
This year the duo has released Life, The Sweet Life, and Wakefield. Next on their slate is Marti Noxon’s To The Bone, which will premiere on Netflix in July.
Curtis’ industry start was as Steven Spielberg’s assistant; the beginning of a 15-year professional relationship with the director. After working on Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List, Curtis transitioned...
- 6/7/2017
- ScreenDaily
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premier nonprofit professional regional theatre, just announced full casting for their eagerly anticipated production of Margaret Edson's Wit. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be led by Broadway's Judy McLane Vivan Bearing, Ph.D and feature Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N.. The thought-provoking story will run in the Aj Fletcher Opera Theater at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, April 29-May 8, 2016.
- 3/18/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The second documentary by Douglas McGrath (best known for his narrative films Emma and Nicholas Nickleby), Becoming Mike Nichols explores the early career of Nichols through three specific phases: his early life as a German immigrant living in New York, his early collaborations during and after college with Elaine May, and his early directing career on stage and eventually on screen. Playing as a cross between a biography and directing master class, Becoming Mike Nichols is an engaging study of the filmmaker’s early career. We spoke with McGrath at the Sundance Film Festival, where his film had its world premiere, about what would be the director’s final performance, so to speak, as discussed in the interview.
The Film Stage: Can you tell us a little about how you approached these interviews?
Douglas McGrath: I think of the film as a sort of film version of what his...
The Film Stage: Can you tell us a little about how you approached these interviews?
Douglas McGrath: I think of the film as a sort of film version of what his...
- 2/23/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The actress endured a firestorm of criticism for being ‘snooty’ and elitist. But she is a great British performer who will always go her own way
Wit is one of those rare English words whose scintillating but slippery side-effects can thrill or enrage in equal measure. In 2001, when the television producers of Wit, a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a professor of 17th-century metaphysical poetry who is dying of ovarian cancer, began casting for the small screen, they instinctively turned to Emma Thompson. “We wanted to mine every bit of humour we possibly could,” they said. “While the subject is inevitably that of a woman dying of cancer, this is a woman who appreciates humour and wit to her last breath. It’s at once a story of a woman dying, but also coming to terms with what it means to live.”
The producers wanted Thompson’s ability to register irony through a sideways glance,...
Wit is one of those rare English words whose scintillating but slippery side-effects can thrill or enrage in equal measure. In 2001, when the television producers of Wit, a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a professor of 17th-century metaphysical poetry who is dying of ovarian cancer, began casting for the small screen, they instinctively turned to Emma Thompson. “We wanted to mine every bit of humour we possibly could,” they said. “While the subject is inevitably that of a woman dying of cancer, this is a woman who appreciates humour and wit to her last breath. It’s at once a story of a woman dying, but also coming to terms with what it means to live.”
The producers wanted Thompson’s ability to register irony through a sideways glance,...
- 2/21/2016
- by Robert McCrum
- The Guardian - Film News
Happy Birthday Audra McDonald The actress earned three Tony Awards by the age of 28 - for her performances in Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime. She was nominated for another Tony Award for her performance in Marie Christine before she won her fourth in 2004 for her role in A Raisin in the Sun. She reprised her Raisin role for a 2008 television adaptation, earning her a second Emmy Award nomination. Her first Emmy nod came in 2001 for her performance in HBOs Wit. Fans of the small screen also recognize McDonald from her work on ABC's Private Practice. She most recently starred on Broadway in Porgy and Bess and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill- she won Tony Awards for both performances.
- 7/3/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Portrait of a Lady: Laxton’s Mannered Version of Victoria Era Repression
There’s well-meaningness to Effie Gray that makes it worthy of discussion, at least for how it attempts to frankly portray the sexual oppression of women in Victorian era England, an aspect often subtly rendered or left altogether untouched. As directed by Richard Laxton, best known for his made-for-television films of varying quality (An Englishman in New York; Burton & Taylor), there’s a sense that the somewhat ambitious emotions existing beneath all those stuffy costumes have been a tad oversimplified. Considering the screenplay was penned by Emma Thompson, who appears in a warmly attenuated supporting role, perhaps expectations are poised a bit high for a tale that’s both representative and also conveniently uncommon (this seems the only possible way for this film to reach a believable yet upbeat solution), as it relates a famous art world scandal...
There’s well-meaningness to Effie Gray that makes it worthy of discussion, at least for how it attempts to frankly portray the sexual oppression of women in Victorian era England, an aspect often subtly rendered or left altogether untouched. As directed by Richard Laxton, best known for his made-for-television films of varying quality (An Englishman in New York; Burton & Taylor), there’s a sense that the somewhat ambitious emotions existing beneath all those stuffy costumes have been a tad oversimplified. Considering the screenplay was penned by Emma Thompson, who appears in a warmly attenuated supporting role, perhaps expectations are poised a bit high for a tale that’s both representative and also conveniently uncommon (this seems the only possible way for this film to reach a believable yet upbeat solution), as it relates a famous art world scandal...
- 4/2/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Amir here. Mike Nichols was a true giant of show business, with a career that lasted more than six decades and sprawled across many different media and genres. Nathaniel's heartfelt eulogy already highlighted the dreamy number of classics he directed and the collaborations with Meryl Streep that resulted in some of her most memorable roles; but Meryl wasn't the only performer whom Nichols guided to career-best work.
Team Experience decided to make a list of ten great performances from Mike Nichols' films; we were truly spoilt for choice. If you want a testament to the man's sheer brilliance and chemistry with his actors, look no further than the missing names from our list. An equally long, equally illustrious alternative list can be made of the likes of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War, Jude Law and Natalie Portman in Closer,...
Team Experience decided to make a list of ten great performances from Mike Nichols' films; we were truly spoilt for choice. If you want a testament to the man's sheer brilliance and chemistry with his actors, look no further than the missing names from our list. An equally long, equally illustrious alternative list can be made of the likes of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War, Jude Law and Natalie Portman in Closer,...
- 11/22/2014
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
When Mike Nichols died yesterday at the age of 83, he left behind an immense legacy of work that will live forever, from his comedy routines with Elaine May to films like The Graduate and plays like The Odd Couple. But if the last 24 hours have proven anything, it's that his true genius lay in his relationships with other people and his ability to make those around him feel special and alive. During his long career, Nichols worked with and mentored the most talented writers and actors of multiple generations, and the outpouring of genuine sadness and fond recollections has been truly stirring.
- 11/21/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
A movie by Mike Nichols is typically an elegant, unruffled ride across a smooth, even chilly surface - the movie's value glints upward from beneath that ice. The director, who died Wednesday at 83, over the years pared down any attempt at visual flourish - The Graduate, his groundbreaking early film that remains his most famous, is probably also one of his flashiest. What fired him up, what he bored down into, was the intellectual germ (or gem) of the story. This meant that he was willing to consider anything for his camera: erotic werewolves (Wolf), World War II (Catch-22), philandering...
- 11/20/2014
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- PEOPLE.com
Mike Nichols, who left us unexpectedly on Thursday at age 83, was that rare great director who excelled at every medium: the stage (he won nine Tonys, including Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing," the recent revival of "Death of a Salesman" and Monty Python's "Spamalot"), television ("Wit," "Angels in America") and Hollywood movies ("The Graduate" and "Silkwood" to name a few). That's the thing. He is a reminder of how far we have come from the days when the studios churned out --routinely--multiple dramas and comedies and many other genres aimed at adults. He started out with some of his best work: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "The Graduate," but kept his quality high within the system, and stars yearned to work him him because he brought out their best with wit and verve. He never lost touch with zeitgeist. That was his gift. (The...
- 11/20/2014
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
By the time Audra McDonald got to work with Mike Nichols she was 31 and had already won three Tony awards, but had done limited work in television or movies. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, Wit starred Emma Thompson as a poetry professor suffering the indignities of her remaining days on a cancer ward. McDonald received an Emmy nomination playing the nurse who administers to the dying woman in what Roger Ebert called one of the best films of 2002, even though it was never theatrically released. “I learned so much being with him and feel
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- 11/20/2014
- by Jordan Riefe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Few directors can be said to have changed the way films are made, but Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday at 83, was one of them. His first film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), ended decades of Hollywood censorship of adult content and freed the movies for mature language and subject matter ever after. His second film, "The Graduate," was the first serious mainstream movie to feature a rock soundtrack (spawning Simon and Garfunkel's hit "Mrs. Robinson") and, through its casting of Dustin Hoffman, expanded Hollywood's notion of what a leading man ought to look and sound like.
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
- 11/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such film, TV and stage hits as The Graduate, "Angels in America" and Monty Python's Spamalot, has died. He was 83.
The death was confirmed by ABC News President James Goldston on Thursday. Nichols died Wednesday evening.
The family will hold a private service this week; a memorial will be held at a later date, Goldston said.
During a career spanning more than 50 years, Nichols, who was married to ABC's Diane Sawyer, managed to be both an insider and outsider, an occasional White House guest and friend to countless celebrities who was as likely to satirize the elite as he was to mingle with them. A former stand-up performer who began his career in a groundbreaking comedy duo with Elaine May and whose work brought him an Academy Award, a Grammy and multiple Tony and Emmy honors,...
The death was confirmed by ABC News President James Goldston on Thursday. Nichols died Wednesday evening.
The family will hold a private service this week; a memorial will be held at a later date, Goldston said.
During a career spanning more than 50 years, Nichols, who was married to ABC's Diane Sawyer, managed to be both an insider and outsider, an occasional White House guest and friend to countless celebrities who was as likely to satirize the elite as he was to mingle with them. A former stand-up performer who began his career in a groundbreaking comedy duo with Elaine May and whose work brought him an Academy Award, a Grammy and multiple Tony and Emmy honors,...
- 11/20/2014
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Elaine May & Mike Nichols in the 50s"The Great Work begins..." that's a line from Angels in America but someone should've said it in the 1950s when one of the greatest figures in modern showbusiness began his career on Chicago stages as a university student. Mike Nichols, who died yesterday at 83, first gained fame as half of a celebrated comic duo "Nichols & May" with actress/director Elaine May but comedy sketches were only the beginning. He'd eventually conquer all realms of showbusiness winning a Grammy with May for a comedy album in 1961, the first of several Tony Awards for directing Barefoot in the Park on Broadway (1964), an Oscar for directing The Graduate (1967) which was only his second film, and in the last decade of his career, two Emmys for television triumphs with Wit and the aforementioned Angels.
Because I came of age in the 1980s, the Nichols collaboration that defined...
Because I came of age in the 1980s, the Nichols collaboration that defined...
- 11/20/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Legendary filmmaker Mike Nichols has died at the age of 83 from a sudden cardiac arrest.
Born in Germany and moving to the U.S. in the late 1930s as a child, Nichols started out as a comedian before segueing into being a director, writer and producer of productions both on stage and on screen.
His first film was 1966's screen adaptation of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" which scored five Oscars, while he personally won an Oscar for his second effort "The Graduate".
Other famed films he directed included "Working Girl," "Postcards from the Edge," "Primary Colors," "The Birdcage," "Regarding Henry," "Biloxi Blues," "Wolf," "Silkwood," "Catch-22," "Carnal Knowledge, "Closer" and his last feature "Charlie Wilson's War".
He also directed the acclaimed TV adaptations of "Angels in America" and "Wit," and helmed a bunch of Broadway productions of various plays and musicals including "Uncle Vanya," Death of a Salesman," ""The Seagull,...
Born in Germany and moving to the U.S. in the late 1930s as a child, Nichols started out as a comedian before segueing into being a director, writer and producer of productions both on stage and on screen.
His first film was 1966's screen adaptation of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" which scored five Oscars, while he personally won an Oscar for his second effort "The Graduate".
Other famed films he directed included "Working Girl," "Postcards from the Edge," "Primary Colors," "The Birdcage," "Regarding Henry," "Biloxi Blues," "Wolf," "Silkwood," "Catch-22," "Carnal Knowledge, "Closer" and his last feature "Charlie Wilson's War".
He also directed the acclaimed TV adaptations of "Angels in America" and "Wit," and helmed a bunch of Broadway productions of various plays and musicals including "Uncle Vanya," Death of a Salesman," ""The Seagull,...
- 11/20/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sad news this Thursday morning as word comes that legendary director Mike Nichols passed away at age 83 on Wednesday night. Reports indicate that the cause of death may have been cardiac arrest. Nichols, one of only a handful of Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winners, was the director of films such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Graduate," "Biloxi Blues," "Regarding Henry," and "The Birdcage." His last film was 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War." Nichols' Oscar came for "The Graduate," while he won Emmys for "Wit" and "Angels in America," and a Grammy for "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May." The director won nine different Tony awards including ones for "Barefoot in the Park," "The Odd Couple," and "Spamalot." ABC News President James Goldston, who announced the death in a statement, said, "In a triumphant career that spanned over six decades, Mike created some of the most iconic works of American film,...
- 11/20/2014
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Legendary director Mike Nichols died suddenly at age 83 on Wednesday, Nov. 19, leaving behind an impressive legacy and body of work, including beloved films like The Graduate, Working Girl, The Remains of the Day, Silkwood, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards. The husband of famed journalist Diane Sawyer, Nichols was one of an elite few Egot winners, having earned two Emmys (for Angels in America and Wit), a Grammy (for his comedy album An Evening With Mike Nichols [...]...
- 11/20/2014
- Us Weekly
Happy Birthday Audra McDonald The actress earned three Tony Awards by the age of 28 - for her performances in Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime. She was nominated for another Tony Award for her performance in Marie Christine before she won her fourth in 2004 for her role in A Raisin in the Sun. She reprised her Raisin role for a 2008 television adaptation, earning her a second Emmy Award nomination. Her first Emmy nod came in 2001 for her performance in HBOs Wit. Fans of the small screen also recognize McDonald from her work on ABC's Private Practice. She most recently starred on Broadway in Porgy and Bess and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill- she won Tony Awards for both performances.
- 7/3/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes premiere details for Preservation and Hungerford, a trailer for the film Discopath, a chance to win your own copy of a new comic that features zombie cows, the first poster from The Drownsman, and more:
Screening Dates Announced for Preservation: “Actor Christopher Denham takes his second turn in the director’s chair with this finely crafted horror-thriller starring Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange is the New Black), Aaron Staton (Mad Men), and Wrenn Schmidt (Boardwalk Empire). Brothers Sean and Mike Neary, along with Mike’s wife Wit, head out on a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. But ignoring the “closed” sign and heading deep into an overgrown nature preserve, they soon find their troubles are only beginning. When all of their gear is stolen,...
Screening Dates Announced for Preservation: “Actor Christopher Denham takes his second turn in the director’s chair with this finely crafted horror-thriller starring Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange is the New Black), Aaron Staton (Mad Men), and Wrenn Schmidt (Boardwalk Empire). Brothers Sean and Mike Neary, along with Mike’s wife Wit, head out on a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. But ignoring the “closed” sign and heading deep into an overgrown nature preserve, they soon find their troubles are only beginning. When all of their gear is stolen,...
- 4/13/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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