Country-rock stalwarts Alabama have enlisted Old Dominion, Shenandoah, and more for June Jam Xviii, taking place June 1 at the Vfw Fairgrounds in Fort Payne, Alabama.
Alabama will close out the day, which will also feature performances from Lee Greenwood, Montgomery Gentry (featuring Eddie Montgomery), Mark Willis, Exile, John Berry, Taylor Hicks, the Malpass Brothers, and the Castellows. A special surprise guest — described only as a “hitmaking singer-songwriter” in a press release — will take the stage, too, though obviously no further details were given.
The June Jam Festival returned last year after a 26-year hiatus.
Alabama will close out the day, which will also feature performances from Lee Greenwood, Montgomery Gentry (featuring Eddie Montgomery), Mark Willis, Exile, John Berry, Taylor Hicks, the Malpass Brothers, and the Castellows. A special surprise guest — described only as a “hitmaking singer-songwriter” in a press release — will take the stage, too, though obviously no further details were given.
The June Jam Festival returned last year after a 26-year hiatus.
- 4/2/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Update: John Leguizamo and his wife Justine were given choice spots at the White House State Dinner: At the president’s table, seated with figures including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Earlier, Leguizamo told a reporter that he “definitely” would be hitting the campaign trail for Joe Biden in 2024.
Asked about Biden’s outreach to Latino voters, Leguizamo said, “I think he’s doing the right things, which is getting Latin consulatns and talking to Latin experts who tell him how to address us, and make the effort. If you make the effort, we will be there, but you have to make the effort. I think he’s doing all that — him and Kamala Harris as well.”
Previously: The guest list for tonight’s White House State Dinner for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon includes a number of names from entertainment and media.
Earlier, Leguizamo told a reporter that he “definitely” would be hitting the campaign trail for Joe Biden in 2024.
Asked about Biden’s outreach to Latino voters, Leguizamo said, “I think he’s doing the right things, which is getting Latin consulatns and talking to Latin experts who tell him how to address us, and make the effort. If you make the effort, we will be there, but you have to make the effort. I think he’s doing all that — him and Kamala Harris as well.”
Previously: The guest list for tonight’s White House State Dinner for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon includes a number of names from entertainment and media.
- 10/25/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Right from the get-go, composers Tyler Bates and Timothy Williams both knew that they wanted to be a part of the Netflix show, “Agent Elvis.” In addition to the concept of the show itself, Williams found several other reasons to be involved. “The whole concept of it was really interesting. Plus the era that it’s set in is late ‘60s, early ‘70s, which is one of my favorite periods of music. Just so much incredible stuff came out of that period of time,” he tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). Bates adds that they had a green light to basically do whatever they wanted. “Everyone involved really prompted Tim and I to enjoy being quite zany with our approach.”
“Agent Elvis,” which can currently be streamed on Netflix, is an animated show that imagines an alternate version of Elvis Presley that moonlights...
“Agent Elvis,” which can currently be streamed on Netflix, is an animated show that imagines an alternate version of Elvis Presley that moonlights...
- 4/18/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The legendary RZA joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite movies.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)
Cut Throat City (2020)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Cooley High (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Car Wash (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Grease (1978)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s best of 2020
The Devil You Know (2022)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Porky’s (1981)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Carmen Jones (1954)
An American In Paris (1951)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Is That Black Enough for You?!?...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)
Cut Throat City (2020)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Cooley High (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Car Wash (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Grease (1978)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s best of 2020
The Devil You Know (2022)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Porky’s (1981)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Carmen Jones (1954)
An American In Paris (1951)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Is That Black Enough for You?!?...
- 2/14/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The men of Outlander — Sam Heughan, John Berry and Duncan Lacroix — took center stage at New York Comic Con Sunday but it was author Diana Gabaldon who delivered some of the best zingers at the panel.
When reflecting on the drama’s beginnings on Starz, Gabaldon recalled sitting with Heughan and Caitriona Balfe and talking about the people who love her books. “I have never had a bad fan experience,” she remembered telling the duo. “They are wonderful, intelligent and kind. Bear in mind, though, that people with real, mental derangements don’t have the intelligence to read one of the books. TV is a different thing.”
Gabaldon also brought the house down when explaining how she can track the mood on set by watching the dailies from each episode. “I can judge by how things are going by the number of times Sam or Caitriona says f–.”
When Heughan...
When reflecting on the drama’s beginnings on Starz, Gabaldon recalled sitting with Heughan and Caitriona Balfe and talking about the people who love her books. “I have never had a bad fan experience,” she remembered telling the duo. “They are wonderful, intelligent and kind. Bear in mind, though, that people with real, mental derangements don’t have the intelligence to read one of the books. TV is a different thing.”
Gabaldon also brought the house down when explaining how she can track the mood on set by watching the dailies from each episode. “I can judge by how things are going by the number of times Sam or Caitriona says f–.”
When Heughan...
- 10/9/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinematography retrospectives are the way to go—more than a thorough display of talent, it exposes the vast expanse a Dp will travel, like an education in form and business all the same. Accordingly I’m happy to see the Criterion Channel give a 25-film tribute to James Wong Howe, whose career spanned silent cinema to the ’70s, populated with work by Howard Hawks, Michael Curtz, Samuel Fuller, Alexander Mackendrick, Sydney Pollack, John Frankenheimer, and Raoul Walsh.
Further retrospectives are granted to Romy Schneider (recent repertory sensation La piscine among them), Carlos Saura (finally a chance to see Peppermint frappe!), the British New Wave, and groundbreaking distributor Cinema 5, who brought to U.S. shores everything from The Man Who Fell to Earth and Putney Swope to Pumping Iron and Scenes from a Marriage.
September also yields streaming premieres for the recently restored Bronco Bullfrog, Ang Lee’s Pushing Hands,...
Further retrospectives are granted to Romy Schneider (recent repertory sensation La piscine among them), Carlos Saura (finally a chance to see Peppermint frappe!), the British New Wave, and groundbreaking distributor Cinema 5, who brought to U.S. shores everything from The Man Who Fell to Earth and Putney Swope to Pumping Iron and Scenes from a Marriage.
September also yields streaming premieres for the recently restored Bronco Bullfrog, Ang Lee’s Pushing Hands,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Growing up, 1978's "Game of Death" was my favorite Bruce Lee movie. Mainly because of the flawless John Berry-produced soundtrack; not to mention the iconic movie line "You lose, Carl Miller." But more importantly, "Game of Death" was the only Bruce Lee movie I had actually watched from beginning to end. It wasn't until I got older and discovered Wikipedia and YouTube did I realize how comically disastrous of a film Bruce Lee's final movie truly is.
The martial arts legend died while making "Game of Death," so the filmmakers decided to rework the...
The post A Lot Of Cheeseburgers Went Into Chuck Norris And Bruce Lee's Way Of The Dragon Showdown appeared first on /Film.
The martial arts legend died while making "Game of Death," so the filmmakers decided to rework the...
The post A Lot Of Cheeseburgers Went Into Chuck Norris And Bruce Lee's Way Of The Dragon Showdown appeared first on /Film.
- 6/26/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
There are not as many new films being made and some completed films are holding out until 2021 to make their festival premiere, but there’s no shortage of new restorations coming to film festivals soon. Cannes recently revealed their Classics lineup of titles screening this fall and hopefully coming to discs in the near future, and now it is Venice’s turn.
They’ve revealed the new restorations that will first screen at Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy on August 25-31, followed by screenings at Venice Film Festival soon after. New restorations include work by Martin Scorsese, Souleymane Cissé, Michelangelo Antonioni, Shôhei Imamura, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov, and more. Some of these films already have forthcoming disc releases announced, including Claudine, coming to Criterion this fall.
Check out the lineup below (via Deadline) as well as the Venice Critics’ Week slate, which includes the Terrence Malick...
They’ve revealed the new restorations that will first screen at Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy on August 25-31, followed by screenings at Venice Film Festival soon after. New restorations include work by Martin Scorsese, Souleymane Cissé, Michelangelo Antonioni, Shôhei Imamura, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov, and more. Some of these films already have forthcoming disc releases announced, including Claudine, coming to Criterion this fall.
Check out the lineup below (via Deadline) as well as the Venice Critics’ Week slate, which includes the Terrence Malick...
- 7/22/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Restoration strand to take place outside of the city this year.
Films by Michelangelo Antonioni, Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet are among the lineup of the Venice Classics section at the 77th Venice Film Festival.
The 13 titles include Scorsese gangster drama Goodfellas, which has been restored by Warner Bros. and received its world premiere at Venice in 1990.
Others include Antonioni’s 1950 drama Chronicle Of A Love, which as been restored by Cineteca di Bologna; Sidney Lumet’s 1973 neo-noir thriller Serpico, restored by Studiocanal; and Souleymane Cissé’s 1975 Malian film The Young Girl, restored by Cinémathèque Française.
The strand, which comprises restored versions of classic films,...
Films by Michelangelo Antonioni, Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet are among the lineup of the Venice Classics section at the 77th Venice Film Festival.
The 13 titles include Scorsese gangster drama Goodfellas, which has been restored by Warner Bros. and received its world premiere at Venice in 1990.
Others include Antonioni’s 1950 drama Chronicle Of A Love, which as been restored by Cineteca di Bologna; Sidney Lumet’s 1973 neo-noir thriller Serpico, restored by Studiocanal; and Souleymane Cissé’s 1975 Malian film The Young Girl, restored by Cinémathèque Française.
The strand, which comprises restored versions of classic films,...
- 7/22/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The full lineup for the 77th Venice Film Festival will be announced on July 28. In the meantime, organizers have set the roster of restored titles that will make up the Venice Classics section which, unconventionally this year, will be hosted as part of the Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy from August 25-31 in a show of solidarity between the events. The selection, which includes works by Michelangelo Antonioni, Shôhei Imamura, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov and Martin Scorsese will then be screened in Venice in the following months.
The Venice Film Festival, the first major international film event to take place since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held from September 2-12 on the Lido. Certain changes owing to sanitary protocols imposed by the Covid-19 crisis were announced earlier this month, including the shifting of venues for the Classics section. The overall number of...
The Venice Film Festival, the first major international film event to take place since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held from September 2-12 on the Lido. Certain changes owing to sanitary protocols imposed by the Covid-19 crisis were announced earlier this month, including the shifting of venues for the Classics section. The overall number of...
- 7/22/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Fo’ shizzle? First Snoop D-o-double-g is besties with Martha Stewart, and he’s now hosting the revival of a 1970s TV game show? At some point, when we weren’t looking, Snoop became mom-friendly.
Snoop Dogg has signed on to host a revival of “The Jokers Wild,” a half-hour game show inspired by casino slot machines. Snoop Dogg will executive produce with Michael Strahan, the “Good Morning America” anchor who also hosts a revived “The $100,000 Pyramid” for ABC. “Jokers Wild,” like “Pyramid,” comes from Sony Pictures Television. (Turner’s Studio T is also producing.)
Read More: ‘Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party’: TV’s Oddest Couple Talk Fried Chicken, Fat Doobies and Funyuns
“I’m a huge fan of game shows and The Joker’s Wild was my favorite show growing up,” Snoop Dogg said in TBS’s press release. “It always matched the flavor and personality of Snoop Dogg!
Snoop Dogg has signed on to host a revival of “The Jokers Wild,” a half-hour game show inspired by casino slot machines. Snoop Dogg will executive produce with Michael Strahan, the “Good Morning America” anchor who also hosts a revived “The $100,000 Pyramid” for ABC. “Jokers Wild,” like “Pyramid,” comes from Sony Pictures Television. (Turner’s Studio T is also producing.)
Read More: ‘Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party’: TV’s Oddest Couple Talk Fried Chicken, Fat Doobies and Funyuns
“I’m a huge fan of game shows and The Joker’s Wild was my favorite show growing up,” Snoop Dogg said in TBS’s press release. “It always matched the flavor and personality of Snoop Dogg!
- 5/17/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Horton Foote, Lillian Hellman and Arthur Penn's All-Star vision of an Ugly America found few friends in 1965; now its overstated scenes of social injustice and violence are daily events. Marlon Brando leads a terrific cast -- Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall! -- to endure the worst Saturday ever to hit one cursed Texas township. The Chase (1966) Blu-ray Twilight Time 1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / Street Date October 11, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95 Starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Clifton James, Steve Ihnat Cinematography Joseph Lashelle Production Designer Richard Day Art Direction Robert Luthardt Film Editor Gene Milford Original Music John Barry Written by Lillian Hellman from the novel by Horton Foote Produced by Sam Spiegel Directed by Arthur Penn
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
- 10/29/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Remember Charlie Chaplin's 'The Killer with a Heart?' You too will be frustrated by this well-produced story of a slum kid who commits an unpardonable crime... except that a do-gooder priest wants to pardon him. Dana Andrews and Farley Granger star but the good work is in the smaller roles of this urban tragedy. Edge of Doom DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1950 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 97 min. / Street Date February 9, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 18.59 Starring Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith, Paul Stewart, Mala Powers, Adele Jergens, Harold Vermilyea, John Ridgely, Douglas Fowley, Mabel Paige, Howland Chamberlain, Houseley Stevenson Sr., Jean Inness, Ellen Corby, Ray Teal. Cinematography Harry Stradling Film Editor Daniel Mandell Original Music Hugo Friedhofer Written by Philip Yordan Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Directed by Mark Robson
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's the most hopeless, depressing, feel-bad film noir on the charts? How about Detour,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's the most hopeless, depressing, feel-bad film noir on the charts? How about Detour,...
- 5/16/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A prototype of what would come to be familiarly known as the home invasion thriller, 1951’s He Ran All the Way is also an important artifact from the Huac witch hunt during Joseph McCarthy’s pillaging of the entertainment industry. Director John Berry would go uncredited for this and his next several features due to his reputation as a Communist sympathizer, eventually leading him to France for the remainder of the decade.
The film was based on a novel by a more famous blacklisted alumnus, Dalton Trumbo, writing under the pseudonym Sam Ross, also adapting the screenplay. Sadly, the film is also the last performance from 40’s icon John Garfield, who died in 1952 from coronary thrombosis, his health woes credited to his blacklisting following his refusal to name names while testifying in front of Huac, a tragedy co-star Shelley Winters vocalized bitterly for years to come. Though these intense tidbits...
The film was based on a novel by a more famous blacklisted alumnus, Dalton Trumbo, writing under the pseudonym Sam Ross, also adapting the screenplay. Sadly, the film is also the last performance from 40’s icon John Garfield, who died in 1952 from coronary thrombosis, his health woes credited to his blacklisting following his refusal to name names while testifying in front of Huac, a tragedy co-star Shelley Winters vocalized bitterly for years to come. Though these intense tidbits...
- 8/4/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Eight celebrities. Eight border collies. Gaby Logan. What could go wrong?
A lot, it seems - judging by Twitter's reaction to ITV's Flockstars, the show that challenges celebrities to train and work with border collies to herd sheep.
The general concept seems to baffle a fair few, with many wondering if a certain Norwich DJ had a hand in its creation:
Looks like @ITV have had Partridge in for TV show ideas. Next week, Monkey Tennis. #Flockstars
— whitty (@whitty_howfen) July 30, 2015
ITV now Flockstars......celebrities herd sheep! Surely an Alan Partridge idea! pic.twitter.com/1dBPysaXBF
— Johnny Walker (@parliamoglesca) July 30, 2015
Monkey tennis, sorry #Flockstars shortly on @officalITV. Yay, lets vote out Z list celebrities
— Simon Ward (@asheshero) July 30, 2015
@ITV who seriously sanctioned this show #flockstars
— John Berry (@JohnBerry6) July 30, 2015
The six celebrity contestants were also in for criticism:
I love that Amanda Lamb is in #flockstars. Ewe couldn't make it up.
A lot, it seems - judging by Twitter's reaction to ITV's Flockstars, the show that challenges celebrities to train and work with border collies to herd sheep.
The general concept seems to baffle a fair few, with many wondering if a certain Norwich DJ had a hand in its creation:
Looks like @ITV have had Partridge in for TV show ideas. Next week, Monkey Tennis. #Flockstars
— whitty (@whitty_howfen) July 30, 2015
ITV now Flockstars......celebrities herd sheep! Surely an Alan Partridge idea! pic.twitter.com/1dBPysaXBF
— Johnny Walker (@parliamoglesca) July 30, 2015
Monkey tennis, sorry #Flockstars shortly on @officalITV. Yay, lets vote out Z list celebrities
— Simon Ward (@asheshero) July 30, 2015
@ITV who seriously sanctioned this show #flockstars
— John Berry (@JohnBerry6) July 30, 2015
The six celebrity contestants were also in for criticism:
I love that Amanda Lamb is in #flockstars. Ewe couldn't make it up.
- 7/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Two new U2 films, a behind-the-scenes documentary and a live concert, will air on HBO this fall. The doc, premiering November 7th, will focus on how the group's current Innocence + Experience tour came together, while the concert film will be shot at the band's Paris gig on November 14th and air the same day. Titles for both films have ye to be revealed.
The documentary will feature interviews with all four members of the group, as well as the people who work backstage and helped conceive the band's current tour.
The documentary will feature interviews with all four members of the group, as well as the people who work backstage and helped conceive the band's current tour.
- 7/30/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Teresa Wright in 'Shadow of a Doubt': Alfred Hitchcock heroine (image: Joseph Cotten about to strangle Teresa Wright in 'Shadow of a Doubt') (See preceding article: "Teresa Wright Movies: Actress Made Oscar History.") After scoring with The Little Foxes, Mrs. Miniver, and The Pride of the Yankees, Teresa Wright was loaned to Universal – once initial choices Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland became unavailable – to play the small-town heroine in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt. (Check out video below: Teresa Wright reminiscing about the making of Shadow of a Doubt.) Co-written by Thornton Wilder, whose Our Town had provided Wright with her first chance on Broadway and who had suggested her to Hitchcock; Meet Me in St. Louis and Junior Miss author Sally Benson; and Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville, Shadow of a Doubt was based on "Uncle Charlie," a story outline by Gordon McDonell – itself based on actual events.
- 3/7/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With so many films released on the run up to Halloween it’s been hard to keep up with reviews, so we’re going to play catch-up with another review round-up looking at some recent releases in brief. This time round we have reviews of Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari, Saints & Soldiers: The Void, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The Pigman Murders.
Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari
Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger | Directed by Robert Weine
Synopsis: At a local carnival in a small German town, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can purportedly predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to enact his evil bidding…
My thoughts: Along with Last Year in Marienbad and The 400 Blows, Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari was one of those “important” films that I,...
Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari
Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger | Directed by Robert Weine
Synopsis: At a local carnival in a small German town, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can purportedly predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to enact his evil bidding…
My thoughts: Along with Last Year in Marienbad and The 400 Blows, Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari was one of those “important” films that I,...
- 10/18/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stylish film noir star known for her role in Lady in the Lake
I was kissed by Audrey Totter. At least, I share that experience with anybody who has seen Lady in the Lake (1947), when Totter plants her lips on the subjective camera, the surrogate for Robert Montgomery as Philip Marlowe. The film, directed by Montgomery, and based on the Raymond Chandler novel, was shot so that the whole story is seen literally through Marlowe's eyes.
The role of the gold-digging tigress magazine editor Adrienne Fromsett, who hires the private eye to find the missing wife of her publisher, was a breakthrough for Totter, who has died aged 95. Previously, she had been in a dozen movies, her hair colour and accent varying so much from film to film that she dubbed herself "the feminine Lon Chaney of the MGM lot".
Montgomery chose Totter for the part because of her versatility as a radio actor.
I was kissed by Audrey Totter. At least, I share that experience with anybody who has seen Lady in the Lake (1947), when Totter plants her lips on the subjective camera, the surrogate for Robert Montgomery as Philip Marlowe. The film, directed by Montgomery, and based on the Raymond Chandler novel, was shot so that the whole story is seen literally through Marlowe's eyes.
The role of the gold-digging tigress magazine editor Adrienne Fromsett, who hires the private eye to find the missing wife of her publisher, was a breakthrough for Totter, who has died aged 95. Previously, she had been in a dozen movies, her hair colour and accent varying so much from film to film that she dubbed herself "the feminine Lon Chaney of the MGM lot".
Montgomery chose Totter for the part because of her versatility as a radio actor.
- 12/16/2013
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Femme fatale Audrey Totter: Film noir actress and MGM leading lady dead at 95 (photo: Audrey Totter ca. 1947) Audrey Totter, film noir femme fatale and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player best remembered for the mystery crime drama Lady in the Lake and, at Rko, the hard-hitting boxing drama The Set-Up, died after suffering a stroke and congestive heart failure on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles County. Reportedly a resident at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, Audrey Totter would have turned 96 on Dec. 20. Born in Joliet, Illinois, Audrey Totter began her show business career on radio. She landed an MGM contract in the mid-’40s, playing bit roles in several of the studio’s productions, e.g., the Clark Gable-Greer Garson pairing Adventure (1945), the Hedy Lamarr-Robert Walker-June Allyson threesome Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945), and, as an adventurous hitchhiker riding with John Garfield,...
- 12/15/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Agreement with Altive Media will include a production from director Terry Gilliam.
English National Opera (Eno) has secured a partnership with alternative content distribution company Altive Media that will screen productions throughout the UK and in cinemas worldwide.
The partnership, dubbed Eno Screen, is set to broadcast the operatic productions in up to 300 cinemas across the UK and Ireland as well as selected cinemas around the world.
The first live screening will be Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes on Feb 23, directed by David Alden.
It will be followed in June by Hector Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, directed by Terry Gilliam, best known for directing films such as 12 Monkeys and Brazil as well as being part of the Monty Python troupe.
The technical and creative team behind the broadcasts will be headed by award-winning MTV director Andy Morahan (Jls: Eyes Wide Open 3D) and producer Dione Orrom (Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary).
Altive Media will oversee...
English National Opera (Eno) has secured a partnership with alternative content distribution company Altive Media that will screen productions throughout the UK and in cinemas worldwide.
The partnership, dubbed Eno Screen, is set to broadcast the operatic productions in up to 300 cinemas across the UK and Ireland as well as selected cinemas around the world.
The first live screening will be Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes on Feb 23, directed by David Alden.
It will be followed in June by Hector Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, directed by Terry Gilliam, best known for directing films such as 12 Monkeys and Brazil as well as being part of the Monty Python troupe.
The technical and creative team behind the broadcasts will be headed by award-winning MTV director Andy Morahan (Jls: Eyes Wide Open 3D) and producer Dione Orrom (Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary).
Altive Media will oversee...
- 12/12/2013
- ScreenDaily
Sexy Sam Mikulak dances through World Championships, Smaug speaks, 50 Cent mentors a transgender teen on Dream School
Adele is rumored to be taking up the role of Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic, which is rumored to have Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga involved.
When I visited Australia, I found it to be one of the most welcoming environments I’ve ever been. Everyone was friendly (some were super-friendly). Ambassador John Berry isn’t getting the same welcome, with Tasmanian politician Peter Madden saying that Berry’s use of spouse in reference to his husband is “a clear and deliberate contravention of Aus law.” He’s calling for Berry’s resignation.
Dartmouth College (my first choice for college, and the only school that I wasn’t accepted to, breaking my heart) has announced plans for a $3.6 million affinity house called the Triangle House, for Lgbtia students to live and host events for the community.
Adele is rumored to be taking up the role of Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic, which is rumored to have Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga involved.
When I visited Australia, I found it to be one of the most welcoming environments I’ve ever been. Everyone was friendly (some were super-friendly). Ambassador John Berry isn’t getting the same welcome, with Tasmanian politician Peter Madden saying that Berry’s use of spouse in reference to his husband is “a clear and deliberate contravention of Aus law.” He’s calling for Berry’s resignation.
Dartmouth College (my first choice for college, and the only school that I wasn’t accepted to, breaking my heart) has announced plans for a $3.6 million affinity house called the Triangle House, for Lgbtia students to live and host events for the community.
- 10/2/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Bryan Fischer wants to talk about sodomy a lot, Andrew Sullivan advocates civil disobedience at Sochi, Sir Elton’s fight scene (that didn’t include Madonna)
Adele is being pursued to make her movie debut as the villainess in the adaptation of Mark Miller’s The Secret Service, which will also feature cameos from Sir Elton John and David Beckham. Sir Elton’s role will reportedly feature him in a violent fight scene.
Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law some of the most sweeping protections for transgender students in the nation, guaranteeing them access to the bathrooms of their identified gender as well as sports teams.
The racial discrimination charges against Paula Deen have been dismissed from the lawsuit, but charges of sexual harassment from her brother in her restaurants still remain.
Billionaire Elon Musk finally revealed his plans for the Hyperloop transportation system, which could make the trip...
Adele is being pursued to make her movie debut as the villainess in the adaptation of Mark Miller’s The Secret Service, which will also feature cameos from Sir Elton John and David Beckham. Sir Elton’s role will reportedly feature him in a violent fight scene.
Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law some of the most sweeping protections for transgender students in the nation, guaranteeing them access to the bathrooms of their identified gender as well as sports teams.
The racial discrimination charges against Paula Deen have been dismissed from the lawsuit, but charges of sexual harassment from her brother in her restaurants still remain.
Billionaire Elon Musk finally revealed his plans for the Hyperloop transportation system, which could make the trip...
- 8/13/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Jennifer Lopez close to Idol return, lost Legend of Zelda movie, Behind the Candelabra picks up TCA Award.
Congratulations to Ben Whishaw, the star of many indie movies and as Q in Skyfall, who released a statement confirming that he’s gay, and entered a civil partnership in 2012 with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in Sydney. Whishaw has been subject to a great deal of speculation about his sexuality in the past, particularly following a vague Out interview, but generally has kept his personal life, not just his love life, very private.
Game of Thrones writer (there seems to be some conflict about that title) Dave Hill and Hanna screenwriter David Farr are working on a script for a new take on the Authurian legend.
San Diego County Clerk Earnest Dronenburg has withdrawn his court challenge as to the constitutionality or Prop 8 being struck down statewide in California. He doesn’t agree that it has,...
Congratulations to Ben Whishaw, the star of many indie movies and as Q in Skyfall, who released a statement confirming that he’s gay, and entered a civil partnership in 2012 with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in Sydney. Whishaw has been subject to a great deal of speculation about his sexuality in the past, particularly following a vague Out interview, but generally has kept his personal life, not just his love life, very private.
Game of Thrones writer (there seems to be some conflict about that title) Dave Hill and Hanna screenwriter David Farr are working on a script for a new take on the Authurian legend.
San Diego County Clerk Earnest Dronenburg has withdrawn his court challenge as to the constitutionality or Prop 8 being struck down statewide in California. He doesn’t agree that it has,...
- 8/5/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Paris Barclay elected president of DGA, Florence Welch covers Icona Pop, National Organization for Marriage vows revenge on Senator Murkowski
Out director Paris Barclay has been elected president of the Director’s Guild of America. Barclay is one of the most prolific directors of television, with credits including Glee, Smash, House, The Good Wife, and more. It’s great to see an out man of color rise to lead one of the guilds.
Allyson Robinson has been ousted as the head of OutServe-sldn, the leading advocate group of Glbt military personnel. The board voted for her removal, leading to resignations from several board members and senior staffers. No one is saying what happened, but it’s a shame that the only transgender person to head a major non-transgender Glbt organization was ousted after only nine months in the position. I heard Robinson speak in February, and she had a great...
Out director Paris Barclay has been elected president of the Director’s Guild of America. Barclay is one of the most prolific directors of television, with credits including Glee, Smash, House, The Good Wife, and more. It’s great to see an out man of color rise to lead one of the guilds.
Allyson Robinson has been ousted as the head of OutServe-sldn, the leading advocate group of Glbt military personnel. The board voted for her removal, leading to resignations from several board members and senior staffers. No one is saying what happened, but it’s a shame that the only transgender person to head a major non-transgender Glbt organization was ousted after only nine months in the position. I heard Robinson speak in February, and she had a great...
- 6/24/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Betty Hutton movies (photo: Betty Hutton in The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, with Eddie Bracken) [See previous post: "Betty Hutton Bio: The Blonde Bombshell."] Buddy DeSylva did as promised. Betty Hutton was given a key supporting role in Victor Schertzinger’s 1942 musical comedy The Fleet’s In, starring Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, and Eddie Bracken. “Her facial grimaces, body twists and man-pummeling gymnastics take wonderfully to the screen,” enthused Pm magazine. (Hutton would have a cameo, as Hetty Button, in the 1952 remake Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Corinne Calvet.) The following year, Betty Hutton landed the second female lead in Happy Go Lucky (1943), singing Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser’s "Murder, He Says," and stealing the show from fellow Broadway import Mary Martin and former Warner Bros. crooner Dick Powell. She also got co-star billing opposite Bob Hope in Sidney Lanfield’s musical comedy Let’s Face It. Additionally, Paramount’s hugely successful all-star war-effort...
- 6/9/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Tina Fey may have told Taylor Swift to stay away from Sam Fox, Michael J. Fox's son, but Michael himself is a bit bewildered. "No. No ... Just back off. I don’t keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career." So what if Swift showed up for dinner at the Fox household? I wouldn’t even know who she was." Shade thrown.
Blabbeando has the details about a new anti-homophobia campaign sweeping Jamaica, which has a strong history of being anti-gay, but that may all be changing.
Lifebeat, Music Fights AIDS has teamed up with MTV to allow Twitter users to send messages of hope to to young people infected with HIV to two Viacom Jumbotrons in Time's Square, plus be displayed on a tickertape at the Arches of Hope installation at The Out NYC Hotel.
Blabbeando has the details about a new anti-homophobia campaign sweeping Jamaica, which has a strong history of being anti-gay, but that may all be changing.
Lifebeat, Music Fights AIDS has teamed up with MTV to allow Twitter users to send messages of hope to to young people infected with HIV to two Viacom Jumbotrons in Time's Square, plus be displayed on a tickertape at the Arches of Hope installation at The Out NYC Hotel.
- 1/18/2013
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
The newest Disney musical probably isn’t for children.
The Perfect American, a new opera by Philip Glass premiering in Spain this month, tells the story of Walt Disney — but without the help of his most famous fictional creations. According to the U.K. Guardian, the show “concentrates on the last years of Disney’s life, when he lay dying of lung cancer while planning to have his body frozen. It portrays Disney as a megalomaniac with McCarthyite, racist, and misogynist tendencies, so it is clear why the global entertainment corporation has denied rights .” (A rep for The Walt Disney...
The Perfect American, a new opera by Philip Glass premiering in Spain this month, tells the story of Walt Disney — but without the help of his most famous fictional creations. According to the U.K. Guardian, the show “concentrates on the last years of Disney’s life, when he lay dying of lung cancer while planning to have his body frozen. It portrays Disney as a megalomaniac with McCarthyite, racist, and misogynist tendencies, so it is clear why the global entertainment corporation has denied rights .” (A rep for The Walt Disney...
- 1/7/2013
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Damon Albarn and Terry Gilliam launch Eno's new audience expansion scheme to attract younger audience to art form that many consider 'too stuffy, too posh, too expensive'
In 1998, Sir Colin Southgate, the former Royal Opera House chairman, infamously gave his verdict on what to wear to the opera. "I don't want to sit next to somebody in a singlet, a pair of shorts and a smelly pair of trainers".
But the English National Opera was today making an effort to be a little more relaxed at the launch of an initiative to attract younger audiences. "Come in shorts, armour, jeans, pumps, anything!" said artistic director John Berry.
The scheme, Undress for the Opera, was inspired by the success of Damon Albarn's Doctor Dee which played at the Coliseum in the summer and where 60% of the ticket buyers were new to Eno. Berry and Albarn were joined at the launch...
In 1998, Sir Colin Southgate, the former Royal Opera House chairman, infamously gave his verdict on what to wear to the opera. "I don't want to sit next to somebody in a singlet, a pair of shorts and a smelly pair of trainers".
But the English National Opera was today making an effort to be a little more relaxed at the launch of an initiative to attract younger audiences. "Come in shorts, armour, jeans, pumps, anything!" said artistic director John Berry.
The scheme, Undress for the Opera, was inspired by the success of Damon Albarn's Doctor Dee which played at the Coliseum in the summer and where 60% of the ticket buyers were new to Eno. Berry and Albarn were joined at the launch...
- 10/3/2012
- by Imogen Tilden
- The Guardian - Film News
Oak Park, Ill. -- The suburban Chicago house where Ernest Hemingway is believed to have written some of his earliest works will be converted back into a single-family home, but fans of the novelist are welcome to visit, the new owners said.
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation put the Oak Park property on the market in February and Kurt and Mary Jane Neumann closed a $525,000 deal on the home on Tuesday.
The foundation bought the house in 2001 in hopes of turning it into a cultural center but couldn't make the finances work, according to John Berry, the group's chairman. The home has been divided into three apartments since the 1930s.
Kurt Neumann says his family plans to make their new home available to visits by scholars and other Hemingway fans.
"We don't want anyone to feel like we're going to shutter it up or minimize the historical significance" he said. "We appreciate curiosity in the home.
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation put the Oak Park property on the market in February and Kurt and Mary Jane Neumann closed a $525,000 deal on the home on Tuesday.
The foundation bought the house in 2001 in hopes of turning it into a cultural center but couldn't make the finances work, according to John Berry, the group's chairman. The home has been divided into three apartments since the 1930s.
Kurt Neumann says his family plans to make their new home available to visits by scholars and other Hemingway fans.
"We don't want anyone to feel like we're going to shutter it up or minimize the historical significance" he said. "We appreciate curiosity in the home.
- 6/13/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Eno artistic director John Berry says the 'obsession' about relaying performances is a distraction and does not create new audiences
English National Opera's artistic director has hit out against broadcasting live performance into cinemas, bucking the trend of major arts organisations who are experimenting with new digital broadcasts.
John Berry told the Stage: "This obsession about putting work out into the cinema can distract from making amazing quality work." He continued: "It is of no interest to me. It is not our priority. It doesn't create new audiences either."
Berry's comments will no doubt cause surprise in other parts of the performing arts establishment, where live broadcasts are growing in popularity and acclaim around the world. Proponents argue that it can act as a gateway for new audiences and greatly expand the number of people that can see a particular production, albeit not from within the same room as the actors.
English National Opera's artistic director has hit out against broadcasting live performance into cinemas, bucking the trend of major arts organisations who are experimenting with new digital broadcasts.
John Berry told the Stage: "This obsession about putting work out into the cinema can distract from making amazing quality work." He continued: "It is of no interest to me. It is not our priority. It doesn't create new audiences either."
Berry's comments will no doubt cause surprise in other parts of the performing arts establishment, where live broadcasts are growing in popularity and acclaim around the world. Proponents argue that it can act as a gateway for new audiences and greatly expand the number of people that can see a particular production, albeit not from within the same room as the actors.
- 5/10/2012
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
Well, time to get our plane tickets in order: next year, according to the Independent, London’s English National Opera is set to stage an opera by super genius composer Philip Glass about the fictionalized last days of Walt Disney. They’re also debuting an experimental new work by “Cloud Atlas” author David Mitchell.
The Glass piece is based on “The Perfect American,” a novel by Peter Stephan Jungk (translated by Michael Hofmann) that centered on the relationship between Walt Disney and Wilhelm Dantine, a young Danish story artist who worked on “Sleeping Beauty” and who desperately fought for Disney’s attention (as far as we can tell, Dantine is an invention of the author but undoubtedly stands in for many artists in similar situations). It’s through Dantine that you get a glimpse of some of Disney’s late-era obsessions, including the Epcot project in Florida, and focuses on...
The Glass piece is based on “The Perfect American,” a novel by Peter Stephan Jungk (translated by Michael Hofmann) that centered on the relationship between Walt Disney and Wilhelm Dantine, a young Danish story artist who worked on “Sleeping Beauty” and who desperately fought for Disney’s attention (as far as we can tell, Dantine is an invention of the author but undoubtedly stands in for many artists in similar situations). It’s through Dantine that you get a glimpse of some of Disney’s late-era obsessions, including the Epcot project in Florida, and focuses on...
- 4/29/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Fictionalised account of animator's life, one of nine new productions to be staged by the company, will present a 'nightmarish' vision of Walt Disney
A new work by Philip Glass about Walt Disney will have its UK premiere at English National Opera (Eno) in June 2013. Glass's opera – his 24th – is based on Peter Stephan Jungk's 2004 novel The Perfect American, a fictionalised account of the final years of Walt Disney's life, described by Glass as "unimaginable, alarming and truly frightening". The novel, narrated by Wilhelm Dantine, a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for the animator in the 50s, mixes fact and fantasy, including meetings with Andy Warhol and Abraham Lincoln, to discover Disney's delusions of immortality and glimpse into his murky private life. He is controversially depicted as a racist, a misogynist and an antisemite.
La Times reviewer Richard Schickel called the book a "partially successful fiction ... [that asks us to] reflect on fame and...
A new work by Philip Glass about Walt Disney will have its UK premiere at English National Opera (Eno) in June 2013. Glass's opera – his 24th – is based on Peter Stephan Jungk's 2004 novel The Perfect American, a fictionalised account of the final years of Walt Disney's life, described by Glass as "unimaginable, alarming and truly frightening". The novel, narrated by Wilhelm Dantine, a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for the animator in the 50s, mixes fact and fantasy, including meetings with Andy Warhol and Abraham Lincoln, to discover Disney's delusions of immortality and glimpse into his murky private life. He is controversially depicted as a racist, a misogynist and an antisemite.
La Times reviewer Richard Schickel called the book a "partially successful fiction ... [that asks us to] reflect on fame and...
- 4/24/2012
- by Imogen Tilden
- The Guardian - Film News
The 36th Olivier Awards welcomed the United Kingdom's biggest stars tonight, April 15, at the Royal Opera House in London. See photos of Matthew Warchus, Tim Minchin and Bertie Carvel with Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Cleo Demetriou, winners of Best Actress in a Musical for Matilda the Musical, plus Ruth Wilson, Jonny Lee Miller, Zach Braff, Susannah Fielding, Peter Darling, John Berry, Hayley Atwell, Dan Stevens and more in the winners room below...
- 4/15/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tension
Directed by John Berry
Screenplay by Allen Rivkin
U.S.A., 1949
Who is the infamous femme fatale? From what dark depths of humanity was she born and will men ever be able to truly resist her seductive moves? Such queries can spark endless discussions, among them the quality of the actresses who have portrayed them throughout the decades, especially in the early days of the noir genre. What appears to be all showmanship and flash hides the real talents of the actresses interpreting the roles. Not everyone can pull off the task with flying colours. Some actresses simply have the ‘fatale bug.’ Jane Greer was one of the most popular of her contemporaries, her role in Out of the Past being the most celebrated. Another talented, seductive thespian of the time that should not be overlooked is Audrey Totter, who made quite a career for herself with a great many roles in noir films.
Directed by John Berry
Screenplay by Allen Rivkin
U.S.A., 1949
Who is the infamous femme fatale? From what dark depths of humanity was she born and will men ever be able to truly resist her seductive moves? Such queries can spark endless discussions, among them the quality of the actresses who have portrayed them throughout the decades, especially in the early days of the noir genre. What appears to be all showmanship and flash hides the real talents of the actresses interpreting the roles. Not everyone can pull off the task with flying colours. Some actresses simply have the ‘fatale bug.’ Jane Greer was one of the most popular of her contemporaries, her role in Out of the Past being the most celebrated. Another talented, seductive thespian of the time that should not be overlooked is Audrey Totter, who made quite a career for herself with a great many roles in noir films.
- 2/10/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
John Garfield on TCM: Humoresque, Four Daughters, We Were Strangers Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Four Daughters (1938) A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician. Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield. Bw-90 mins. 7:45 Am Blackwell's Island (1939) A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster. Dir: William McGann. Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell. Bw-71 mins. 9:00 Am They Made Me A Criminal (1939) A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring. Dir: Busby Berkeley. Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson. Bw-92 mins. 10:45 Am Dangerously They Live (1942) A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents. Dir: Robert Florey. Cast: John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey. Bw-77 mins. 12:15 Pm Pride Of The Marines (1945) A blinded...
- 8/4/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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