Olivia Benson to the rescue! Mariska Hargitay isn’t a real-life cop, but that didn’t stop her from stepping into protector mode when a little girl needed help. The Law & Order: Svu star was filming an episode of the popular NBC drama in a New York City park when a child who’d been separated from her mother mistook her for an actual police officer.
Hargitay apparently didn’t miss a beat when the girl approached her, according to reports. She swiftly paused filming to help the child find her mom, with whom she was soon reunited.
Mariska Hargitay is seen taking a break from filming ‘Law and Order: Svu’ help a child at the Fort Tryon Playground on April 10, 2024 in New York City | Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/Gc Images
Hargitay, 60, was filming a scene for Law & Order: Svu Season 25 in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Playground on April...
Hargitay apparently didn’t miss a beat when the girl approached her, according to reports. She swiftly paused filming to help the child find her mom, with whom she was soon reunited.
Mariska Hargitay is seen taking a break from filming ‘Law and Order: Svu’ help a child at the Fort Tryon Playground on April 10, 2024 in New York City | Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/Gc Images
Hargitay, 60, was filming a scene for Law & Order: Svu Season 25 in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Playground on April...
- 4/17/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The 1970s– an era of “unrest and mistrust, fear and violence,” says the opening minutes of Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ Late Night with the Devil, accurately reflecting the viewpoint of the burgeoning moral panic of the time. Fear mongering-ish as that sounds, after a decade of Christianity in crisis mode– including a 1966 Times cover asking, “Is God Dead?”– and the “Satanic” cult murders by the Manson Family in 1969, the ’70s were a time of peak (at least until then) obsession with all things occult, planting the seeds and ultimately leading to what would be known as the full-blown Satanic Panic in the decade to follow. The devil was believed to be real, and he was to be feared, expelled, and/or worshiped– in real life and reflected in dozens and dozens of horror films and countless categories of other media within that era.
Late Night with the Devil toys with all this,...
Late Night with the Devil toys with all this,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Julieann Stipidis
- bloody-disgusting.com
Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay lost her mother Jayne Mansfield in a car accident when she was just three-years-old. But it wasn’t until much later on in life that she started truly processing her grief.
How Mariska Hargitay learned she was grieving her mother at a later age Mariska Hargitay | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
It took some time for Hargitay to learn how to properly deal with the loss of her mother. It wasn’t an overnight process, and required trial and error for the actor to address her feelings.
“The way I’ve lived with loss is to lean into it,” Hargitay once told People. “As the saying goes, the only way out is through. In my life, certainly I’ve tried to avoid pain, loss, feeling things. But I’ve learned instead to really lean into it, because sooner or later you have to pay the piper.
How Mariska Hargitay learned she was grieving her mother at a later age Mariska Hargitay | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
It took some time for Hargitay to learn how to properly deal with the loss of her mother. It wasn’t an overnight process, and required trial and error for the actor to address her feelings.
“The way I’ve lived with loss is to lean into it,” Hargitay once told People. “As the saying goes, the only way out is through. In my life, certainly I’ve tried to avoid pain, loss, feeling things. But I’ve learned instead to really lean into it, because sooner or later you have to pay the piper.
- 4/16/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Actor Mariska Hargitay made a name for herself portraying the iconic Olivia Benson in Law & Order Svu. But in the beginning of her career, she was picky regarding the film roles she played. She asserted she once even intentionally avoided doing more sexual roles thanks to her late mother.
Mariska Hargitay stayed away from sexual roles Jayne Mansfield | John Springer / Getty Images
Hargitay’s mother Jayne Mansfield wasn’t just an actor, but a sex symbol in the 1950s and 60s. Before she made her mark in the film industry, she’d gotten attention by winning beauty pageants. Afterwards, she studied acting professionally, combining her looks and abilities to build her portfolio. She enjoyed a decade-long acting career before she died of a car accident in June 29, 1967.
Hargitay stepped into her mother’s footsteps, carving her own legacy as an actor. But it didn’t start out that way. Despite her mother’s career,...
Mariska Hargitay stayed away from sexual roles Jayne Mansfield | John Springer / Getty Images
Hargitay’s mother Jayne Mansfield wasn’t just an actor, but a sex symbol in the 1950s and 60s. Before she made her mark in the film industry, she’d gotten attention by winning beauty pageants. Afterwards, she studied acting professionally, combining her looks and abilities to build her portfolio. She enjoyed a decade-long acting career before she died of a car accident in June 29, 1967.
Hargitay stepped into her mother’s footsteps, carving her own legacy as an actor. But it didn’t start out that way. Despite her mother’s career,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Los Angeles, Feb 7 (Ians) Actress Sofía Vergara revealed that she keeps a nude photograph of herself from when she was ‘young and fresh’ in her closet.
While giving a tour of her luxurious walk-in closet, Vergara in an accompanying video, the actress invites viewers into her home, which houses racks of clothing and handbags, and several walls of shoes.
“This is where I actually really live — in my closet,” she said.
“This is where I spend most of my time. This is like a girl’s girl’s dream.”
Vergara shares that the objects on the room’s large marble-topped center island hold particular significance.
“All this stuff on the counter is very special for me,” she says, showing off an antique find from a shop in Paris and a treasured photo of her late brother and late cousin, reports people.com.
Then Vergara holds up a framed black-and-white, nude boudoir-style photo of herself,...
While giving a tour of her luxurious walk-in closet, Vergara in an accompanying video, the actress invites viewers into her home, which houses racks of clothing and handbags, and several walls of shoes.
“This is where I actually really live — in my closet,” she said.
“This is where I spend most of my time. This is like a girl’s girl’s dream.”
Vergara shares that the objects on the room’s large marble-topped center island hold particular significance.
“All this stuff on the counter is very special for me,” she says, showing off an antique find from a shop in Paris and a treasured photo of her late brother and late cousin, reports people.com.
Then Vergara holds up a framed black-and-white, nude boudoir-style photo of herself,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Chicago – Cindy Morgan: So the first time you saw ‘Caddyshack’ did you ever imagine that one day you’d be wrangling my boobs for a photo?
Joe Arce: Constantly
Cindy: (Laughing) Okay, Cowboy. Welcome to Fantasy Island! Wrangle away!
Joe: Are you sure?
Cindy: Christ!, do I have to buy you dinner first? Yup, get that double sided tape ready and give me the full ‘Jayne Mansfield’ table shot treatment!
Joe: God,I love my job
Cindy: Consider yourself tipped.
Cindy Morgan
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
During that first shoot I remember sharing the story of seeing “Tron” for the first time at a suburban drive in with my college girlfriend. That girlfriend got huffy as the movie progressed, till she literally tapped me on the shoulder saying, “You know you’d get a lot luckier with the hot blond here in...
Joe Arce: Constantly
Cindy: (Laughing) Okay, Cowboy. Welcome to Fantasy Island! Wrangle away!
Joe: Are you sure?
Cindy: Christ!, do I have to buy you dinner first? Yup, get that double sided tape ready and give me the full ‘Jayne Mansfield’ table shot treatment!
Joe: God,I love my job
Cindy: Consider yourself tipped.
Cindy Morgan
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
During that first shoot I remember sharing the story of seeing “Tron” for the first time at a suburban drive in with my college girlfriend. That girlfriend got huffy as the movie progressed, till she literally tapped me on the shoulder saying, “You know you’d get a lot luckier with the hot blond here in...
- 1/30/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The days of Quentin Tarantino being tied to a Star Trek movie go back to 2017, with the project in development for a handful of years before being scrapped. And although it wouldn’t have been written by him — an out of character move for the auteur — it still would have had those Qt touches…like violence. So would we have gotten the surely iconic line, “Ah man, I shot Spock in the face!”?
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith recalled meeting with Tarantino at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, pitching an idea that felt authentically Qt. Smith would play a key role in writing the script, with Tarantino of course bringing his voice to it. As Smith put it, “I think his vision was just to go hard. It was a hard R. It was going to be some Pulp Fiction violence. Not a lot of the language, we saved a...
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith recalled meeting with Tarantino at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, pitching an idea that felt authentically Qt. Smith would play a key role in writing the script, with Tarantino of course bringing his voice to it. As Smith put it, “I think his vision was just to go hard. It was a hard R. It was going to be some Pulp Fiction violence. Not a lot of the language, we saved a...
- 12/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn Birkhead recently turned 17 and her father Larry wished her a happy birthday through throwback photos of when she was a baby. But he didn’t have newborn photos alongside Dannielynn because he only gained custody of her after Anna died.
Dannielynn was five months old when Anna suddenly died in a Florida hotel. Custody of who would raise the baby came into question because Anna originally said that boyfriend Howard K. Stern was Dannielynn’s father. But Larry insisted he was Dannielynn’s father and a wild court case ensued. Anna and Larry had a romantic fling that lasted for several months. She broke off the relationship but was pregnant.
After several weeks, a DNA test proved that Larry was the father. At that point, Dannielynn was seven months old.
Larry Birkhead was awarded custody of 7-month-old Dannielynn
Despite the court battle,...
Dannielynn was five months old when Anna suddenly died in a Florida hotel. Custody of who would raise the baby came into question because Anna originally said that boyfriend Howard K. Stern was Dannielynn’s father. But Larry insisted he was Dannielynn’s father and a wild court case ensued. Anna and Larry had a romantic fling that lasted for several months. She broke off the relationship but was pregnant.
After several weeks, a DNA test proved that Larry was the father. At that point, Dannielynn was seven months old.
Larry Birkhead was awarded custody of 7-month-old Dannielynn
Despite the court battle,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On the surface, David Cronenberg’s 1996 adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel Crash is a drama about an unlikely group of people who come together over their shared fascination with car crashes.
The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of Ballard’s proxy, James Ballard. He’s a successful film producer in an open marriage to wife Catherine; both partners routinely engage in casual sex with co-workers and strangers alike, seemingly in pursuit of upending their relationship ennui.
The sex, which is captured by Ballard in incredibly specific and laborious prose, is cold, dispassionate, and almost clinical. The novel is often described as a work of science-fiction; despite containing virtually none of the tropes of the genre, Crash reads like a warning of a dystopian future in which citizens have become so desensitized that they will be pushed to pursue more and more extreme...
The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of Ballard’s proxy, James Ballard. He’s a successful film producer in an open marriage to wife Catherine; both partners routinely engage in casual sex with co-workers and strangers alike, seemingly in pursuit of upending their relationship ennui.
The sex, which is captured by Ballard in incredibly specific and laborious prose, is cold, dispassionate, and almost clinical. The novel is often described as a work of science-fiction; despite containing virtually none of the tropes of the genre, Crash reads like a warning of a dystopian future in which citizens have become so desensitized that they will be pushed to pursue more and more extreme...
- 6/27/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
The role of retired CIA operative Luke Brunner in Netflix’s Fubar is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “first TV role ever” in the same way that this is my first McVitie’s Milk Chocolate Hobnob of the day – it absolutely isn’t but if it makes us all happier to lie to ourselves then why not?
Early press for action-comedy series Fubar has made much of the coup of Netflix bagging Schwarzenegger for television. At last! The Governator is “set to make his TV series debut” says The Hollywood Reporter. This marks the action icon’s “first ever television series”, says Collider. Science has finally figured out how to make TV screens wide enough to accommodate the Hollywood star’s mighty girth, and now we’ve got him. Never mind that Arnie’s been muscling around on television since 1974.
Granted, Fubar marks Schwarzenegger’s first lead role in a scripted and...
Early press for action-comedy series Fubar has made much of the coup of Netflix bagging Schwarzenegger for television. At last! The Governator is “set to make his TV series debut” says The Hollywood Reporter. This marks the action icon’s “first ever television series”, says Collider. Science has finally figured out how to make TV screens wide enough to accommodate the Hollywood star’s mighty girth, and now we’ve got him. Never mind that Arnie’s been muscling around on television since 1974.
Granted, Fubar marks Schwarzenegger’s first lead role in a scripted and...
- 5/25/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
According to a report in Variety, pioneering experimental queer filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the director of seminal shorts like "Fireworks," "Rabbit's Moon," "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome," and "Scorpio Rising," has died at the age of 96.
The news was announced on Anger's website by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, the managers of Anger's art galleries. He had passed away on May 11, 2023, and the news was only just announced today.
Anger was a firebrand, an artistic rebel who aggressively and provocatively eschewed convention to present the world a new, cohesive type of underground, ultra-queer aesthetic that informs media and culture to this day. His shorts "Fireworks" and "Scorpio Rising" in particular blended traditionally ultra-masculine imagery -- Naval officers, leather-clad bikers -- with unapologetic gay lust, revealing the desire that exists so naturally in those worlds. Anger also blended images of queerness with religious iconography, tearing down conventional Christian morality, and introducing...
The news was announced on Anger's website by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, the managers of Anger's art galleries. He had passed away on May 11, 2023, and the news was only just announced today.
Anger was a firebrand, an artistic rebel who aggressively and provocatively eschewed convention to present the world a new, cohesive type of underground, ultra-queer aesthetic that informs media and culture to this day. His shorts "Fireworks" and "Scorpio Rising" in particular blended traditionally ultra-masculine imagery -- Naval officers, leather-clad bikers -- with unapologetic gay lust, revealing the desire that exists so naturally in those worlds. Anger also blended images of queerness with religious iconography, tearing down conventional Christian morality, and introducing...
- 5/24/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Before Rihanna, before Madonna, before even Cher, there was Ann-Margret.
She was the original mononymous triple threat, hijacking pop culture from the moment she burst onto the scene in the early 1960s.
Born Ann-Margret Olsson in Sweden in 1941, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1946. A screen test for 20th Century Fox in 1961 led to a seven-year contract and stardom in 1963’s Bye Bye Birdie.
The following year, Ann-Margret was holding her own opposite Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas. (When Presley’s then-girlfriend Priscilla learned the two stars had an affair, she “picked up a flower vase and threw it across the room,” according to her 1985 biography Elvis and Me.)
Now 82, Ann-Margret is nowhere near retiring — she’s appeared in recent years on The Kominsky Method and Ray Donovan and recently released an album of rock covers. On May 23, she will host An Evening With Ann-Margret on TCM,...
She was the original mononymous triple threat, hijacking pop culture from the moment she burst onto the scene in the early 1960s.
Born Ann-Margret Olsson in Sweden in 1941, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1946. A screen test for 20th Century Fox in 1961 led to a seven-year contract and stardom in 1963’s Bye Bye Birdie.
The following year, Ann-Margret was holding her own opposite Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas. (When Presley’s then-girlfriend Priscilla learned the two stars had an affair, she “picked up a flower vase and threw it across the room,” according to her 1985 biography Elvis and Me.)
Now 82, Ann-Margret is nowhere near retiring — she’s appeared in recent years on The Kominsky Method and Ray Donovan and recently released an album of rock covers. On May 23, she will host An Evening With Ann-Margret on TCM,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
Today we go down south to talk about Billy Bob Thornton! To do this, we bring in devoted Billy Bob fan, friend, writer, director, and producer Nicholas Gray of Uncompromised Creative.
We have a super-sized B-Side collection today: (deep breath) Homegrown, Daddy and Them, Waking Up in Reno, The Badge, Levity, Chrystal, and Jayne Mansfield’s Car.
Conor makes the observation that Thornton may be a leading man trapped in a character actor’s body, Nicholas marvels at the nuance of Jayne Mansfield’s Car, and I mention liking movies that start with an original sin of sorts. We talk about how Burt Reynolds helped Billy Bob break into the business, the long cultural legs of his film Sling Blade,...
Today we go down south to talk about Billy Bob Thornton! To do this, we bring in devoted Billy Bob fan, friend, writer, director, and producer Nicholas Gray of Uncompromised Creative.
We have a super-sized B-Side collection today: (deep breath) Homegrown, Daddy and Them, Waking Up in Reno, The Badge, Levity, Chrystal, and Jayne Mansfield’s Car.
Conor makes the observation that Thornton may be a leading man trapped in a character actor’s body, Nicholas marvels at the nuance of Jayne Mansfield’s Car, and I mention liking movies that start with an original sin of sorts. We talk about how Burt Reynolds helped Billy Bob break into the business, the long cultural legs of his film Sling Blade,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me telegraphs its intentions loud and early. The documentary’s subject, the buxom blonde Guess and Playboy model who became a cultural caricature before dying from an accidental drug overdose in 2007 at age 39, was misunderstood. The forces that created her also destroyed her. Shame on us. You could program You Don’t Know Me in a double feature with Pamela: A Love Story, another recent Netflix documentary about a sex symbol laid low by the public that made her famous.
You Don’t Know Me largely adheres to its playbook.
You Don’t Know Me largely adheres to its playbook.
- 5/16/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
Hey readers. Now that the Oscar coverage is wrapping let's return to our great love of Randomness. Let's watch something together and discuss. I want to see something I've never seen before so I looked at the current streaming crop and picked four I should catch up with. Decide which I have to write about by next Thursday March 23rd
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Your choices are Denmark's first Oscar winner and foodie favourite Babette's Feast (1987), the Jayne Mansfield rom-com Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), the sleeper hit action flick John Wick (2014) starring Keanu Reeves, and Robert Altman's infamous Popeye (1980)... and yes, I too, think it's strange that I haven't seen any of these particular films which all have pockets of devout admirers. ...
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Your choices are Denmark's first Oscar winner and foodie favourite Babette's Feast (1987), the Jayne Mansfield rom-com Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), the sleeper hit action flick John Wick (2014) starring Keanu Reeves, and Robert Altman's infamous Popeye (1980)... and yes, I too, think it's strange that I haven't seen any of these particular films which all have pockets of devout admirers. ...
- 3/17/2023
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Law & Order: Svu is supposed to be about sex crimes, so it's understandable if you were confused or disappointed.
Technically, Law & Order: Svu Season 24 Episode 15 involved a rape, but this story was more about the tragic end of a love story, made doubly heartbreaking because of one person's dementia.
This story was so beautiful that we'll forgive them for going off-topic. It definitely wasn't your typical Svu episode!
Pence Humphries' insistence that he killed his wife presented Benson and Carisi with an unusual dilemma: proving the "perp" had given a false confession rather than trying to get one out of a reluctant killer.
Benson and Carisi teaming up on this underscored how big a hole Rollins left when she quit the unit. Carisi and Rollins should have been investigating this together, even if it gave Benson an emotional storyline that was somewhat out of the box for her.
Technically, Law & Order: Svu Season 24 Episode 15 involved a rape, but this story was more about the tragic end of a love story, made doubly heartbreaking because of one person's dementia.
This story was so beautiful that we'll forgive them for going off-topic. It definitely wasn't your typical Svu episode!
Pence Humphries' insistence that he killed his wife presented Benson and Carisi with an unusual dilemma: proving the "perp" had given a false confession rather than trying to get one out of a reluctant killer.
Benson and Carisi teaming up on this underscored how big a hole Rollins left when she quit the unit. Carisi and Rollins should have been investigating this together, even if it gave Benson an emotional storyline that was somewhat out of the box for her.
- 2/24/2023
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Raquel Welch was known not only for her acting talent but also for being a sex symbol. Although the entertainment industry emphasized Welch’s image, she once said she thought sex was “overrated.”
Raquel Welch became a sex symbol after appearing in ‘One Million Years B.C.’ Raquel Welch | Paul Morigi/WireImage
Welch gained attention after her appearance in the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. She says people began to recognize her after photos from the movie were distributed. She recalls arriving at the airport after filming the movie and hearing photographers shout her name.
“I was happy,” Welch tells Access. “I thought, ‘Wow, really? They all know who I am? All because I came here and did this crazy dinosaur movie? And it was the costume. It was ‘Wham, bam, and whoa. It was unforgettable.”
Raquel Welch said sex was ‘overrated’
Although Welch was associated with being sexy, she thought sex was “overrated.
Raquel Welch became a sex symbol after appearing in ‘One Million Years B.C.’ Raquel Welch | Paul Morigi/WireImage
Welch gained attention after her appearance in the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. She says people began to recognize her after photos from the movie were distributed. She recalls arriving at the airport after filming the movie and hearing photographers shout her name.
“I was happy,” Welch tells Access. “I thought, ‘Wow, really? They all know who I am? All because I came here and did this crazy dinosaur movie? And it was the costume. It was ‘Wham, bam, and whoa. It was unforgettable.”
Raquel Welch said sex was ‘overrated’
Although Welch was associated with being sexy, she thought sex was “overrated.
- 2/21/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ice-t received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Feb. 17, and among those on hand to pay tribute was his long-time “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” co-star Mariska Hargitay.
“I am just so beyond, beyond, beyond, thrilled to be here for my friend,” said Hargitay in her speech. The Hollywood Walk of Fame means so many things to so many people. It’s a place to visit, it’s a place to celebrate, a place to remember, and of course, a place to take millions and millions and millions of selfies. But I hold the Hollywood Walk of Fame so deeply and dearly in my heart for another reason. Because here I am and, forever will be, right next to my mother. Our stars shine side-by-side, and that makes this place unspeakably sacred to me,” Hargitay said, referring to her mother, late actress Jayne Mansfield.
“I am just so beyond, beyond, beyond, thrilled to be here for my friend,” said Hargitay in her speech. The Hollywood Walk of Fame means so many things to so many people. It’s a place to visit, it’s a place to celebrate, a place to remember, and of course, a place to take millions and millions and millions of selfies. But I hold the Hollywood Walk of Fame so deeply and dearly in my heart for another reason. Because here I am and, forever will be, right next to my mother. Our stars shine side-by-side, and that makes this place unspeakably sacred to me,” Hargitay said, referring to her mother, late actress Jayne Mansfield.
- 2/18/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
When I say hello to Marlene Parker, my neighbor of more than 20 years, I usually say, “Good to see you,” and she’ll reply with a smile and a laugh, “It’s good to be seen.”
She has lived on the same corner in West Hollywood for more than 40 years, even before the LGBTQ-friendly Los Angeles enclave officially became its own city. She’s hard to miss, with a boisterous energy that belies her 92 years and an insistence on dressing to the nines — jewelry, makeup, and fabulous hair, of course — even if it’s to walk the dog or go to the store. If she comes to a city meeting, she arrives fashionably late enough to make a grand entrance, apologizing in her distinctly throaty, German-accented voice.
Even if you know Marlene, you don’t know her whole story, which she was never willing to tell publicly. She’s turned...
She has lived on the same corner in West Hollywood for more than 40 years, even before the LGBTQ-friendly Los Angeles enclave officially became its own city. She’s hard to miss, with a boisterous energy that belies her 92 years and an insistence on dressing to the nines — jewelry, makeup, and fabulous hair, of course — even if it’s to walk the dog or go to the store. If she comes to a city meeting, she arrives fashionably late enough to make a grand entrance, apologizing in her distinctly throaty, German-accented voice.
Even if you know Marlene, you don’t know her whole story, which she was never willing to tell publicly. She’s turned...
- 1/6/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
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Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
- 11/6/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Robinson, a talent agent and manager who represented stars like Carol Burnett, Robert Duvall, Maggie Smith, and Audrey Hepburn, has died. He was 92.
His family shared he died on August 6 in his Malibu home after a long illness.
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“I knew Bill for many, many years…since 1959. We met while I was doing the Gary Moore Show. Later on, he became my manager when I was doing my show. But not just my manager. He was one of my closest friends in the world. I loved him very much… and I will miss him,” Burnett said in a statement.
Throughout his career, Robinson also represented the likes of Judith Anderson, Alan Arkin, Tony Bill, Peter Falk, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings and Jayne Mansfield, among many more.
It was Robinson that gave Mike Medavoy his first job as an agent and the...
His family shared he died on August 6 in his Malibu home after a long illness.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
“I knew Bill for many, many years…since 1959. We met while I was doing the Gary Moore Show. Later on, he became my manager when I was doing my show. But not just my manager. He was one of my closest friends in the world. I loved him very much… and I will miss him,” Burnett said in a statement.
Throughout his career, Robinson also represented the likes of Judith Anderson, Alan Arkin, Tony Bill, Peter Falk, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings and Jayne Mansfield, among many more.
It was Robinson that gave Mike Medavoy his first job as an agent and the...
- 8/15/2022
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Robinson, a veteran talent agent who represented the likes of Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin and Carol Burnett, died on Aug. 6 in Malibu after a long illness, his family announced. He was 93 years old.
“I knew Bill for many, many years…since 1959,” Burnett said. “We met while I was doing the ‘Gary Moore Show.’ Later on, he became my manager when I was doing my show. But not just my manager. He was one of my closest friends in the world. I loved him very much… and I will miss him.”
Over the years, Robinson has represented Judith Anderson, Tony Bill, Peter Falk, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Jayne Mansfield and Maggie Smith, among others. He also gave Mike Medavoy, currently the chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures as well as former chairman of Tri-Star Pictures, his first job as an agent.
Robinson got his start as an agent in the McA mail room,...
“I knew Bill for many, many years…since 1959,” Burnett said. “We met while I was doing the ‘Gary Moore Show.’ Later on, he became my manager when I was doing my show. But not just my manager. He was one of my closest friends in the world. I loved him very much… and I will miss him.”
Over the years, Robinson has represented Judith Anderson, Tony Bill, Peter Falk, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Jayne Mansfield and Maggie Smith, among others. He also gave Mike Medavoy, currently the chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures as well as former chairman of Tri-Star Pictures, his first job as an agent.
Robinson got his start as an agent in the McA mail room,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
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Bill Robinson, the well-liked talent agent and manager who represented the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, James Garner and Robert Duvall during his long career, has died. He was 92.
Robinson died Aug. 6 at his home in Malibu after a long illness, his family announced.
Robinson’s clients also included Judith Anderson, Tony Bill, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Jayne Mansfield and Maggie Smith, and he gave Mike Medavoy (real first name: Morris) his first job as an agent.
“‘You’re gonna have a hard time in this business as a Morris,’ Bill Robinson told me when he hired me … at his agency,” Medavoy, the producer and studio executive, wrote in his 2002 book, You’re Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot.
“‘You got a middle name?’ ‘Mike,’ I told him.
Bill Robinson, the well-liked talent agent and manager who represented the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, James Garner and Robert Duvall during his long career, has died. He was 92.
Robinson died Aug. 6 at his home in Malibu after a long illness, his family announced.
Robinson’s clients also included Judith Anderson, Tony Bill, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Jayne Mansfield and Maggie Smith, and he gave Mike Medavoy (real first name: Morris) his first job as an agent.
“‘You’re gonna have a hard time in this business as a Morris,’ Bill Robinson told me when he hired me … at his agency,” Medavoy, the producer and studio executive, wrote in his 2002 book, You’re Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot.
“‘You got a middle name?’ ‘Mike,’ I told him.
- 8/15/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Angelyne’: Emmy Rossum Says Title Character Made Her Believe You ‘Can Make the Impossible Possible’
Emmy Rossum’s transformation into L.A. icon Angelyne is extraordinary. From the big, blonde wig to the extensive prosthetic work, the “Shameless” star completely inhabits the title character in Peacock’s latest. But for Rossum, it was important to give 100 percent to both the performance and the series itself, where she not only stars but acts as an executive producer. The series had a tough hill to climb because of its focus on a subject who is little-known to anyone outside of Los Angeles, but Rossum wants to prove this isn’t a “niche L.A. story.” It’s a tale about identity and the ways people can reinvent themselves.
Rossum talked to IndieWire via phone about tackling a story that took four years to come to fruition and playing a character who is larger than life. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Indiewire: What drew you to Angelyne?...
Rossum talked to IndieWire via phone about tackling a story that took four years to come to fruition and playing a character who is larger than life. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Indiewire: What drew you to Angelyne?...
- 5/20/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
If you live in Los Angeles, it’s a rite of passage to see the bright pink convertible driven by Angelyne. A B-movie actress of few credits (“Earth Girls Are Easy”) and largely regarded as famous for being famous, her ubiquitous billboards became shorthand for ’80s Los Angeles. In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter published an expose that claimed to reveal her life, although Angelyne disputed the story.
With so much still unknown about Angelyne and anyone outside LA understandably hard-pressed to know who she is, star Emmy Rossum and creator Nancy Oliver have their work cut out for them. “Angelyne” is a hot pink, rapid-fire series focused on the nature of identity and the way our memory informs who we are. With a fun, unique structure, and producer-star Rossum slathering herself in prosthetics and body-hugging costumes, “Angelyne” becomes a highly entertaining and heartfelt look at a Los Angeles icon.
From the first moments of its pilot,...
With so much still unknown about Angelyne and anyone outside LA understandably hard-pressed to know who she is, star Emmy Rossum and creator Nancy Oliver have their work cut out for them. “Angelyne” is a hot pink, rapid-fire series focused on the nature of identity and the way our memory informs who we are. With a fun, unique structure, and producer-star Rossum slathering herself in prosthetics and body-hugging costumes, “Angelyne” becomes a highly entertaining and heartfelt look at a Los Angeles icon.
From the first moments of its pilot,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
The Girl Can’t Help It
Blu ray
Criterion
1957 / 2.35:1 / 98 Min.
Starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien
Written by Frank Tashlin
Directed by Frank Tashlin
In 1957 it was commonplace for burlesque comedians to share the bill with a musical act or two, but in New York’s theater district one of those revues stood out from the rest—it opened on February 8th at The Roxy, a magnificent theater dubbed “The Cathedral of the Motion Picture.” But that cathedral had never held a service like Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It—for 98 minutes the congregation was cajoled, regaled, and set free by a parade of clownish mobsters, gyrating showgirls and hyperventilating rockers raising the roof in 4 track stereo—the only thing missing was 3D—and who needed that with Jayne Mansfield center screen and busting out all over. William Castle introduced the gimmicky Emergo for House on Haunted Hill...
Blu ray
Criterion
1957 / 2.35:1 / 98 Min.
Starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien
Written by Frank Tashlin
Directed by Frank Tashlin
In 1957 it was commonplace for burlesque comedians to share the bill with a musical act or two, but in New York’s theater district one of those revues stood out from the rest—it opened on February 8th at The Roxy, a magnificent theater dubbed “The Cathedral of the Motion Picture.” But that cathedral had never held a service like Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It—for 98 minutes the congregation was cajoled, regaled, and set free by a parade of clownish mobsters, gyrating showgirls and hyperventilating rockers raising the roof in 4 track stereo—the only thing missing was 3D—and who needed that with Jayne Mansfield center screen and busting out all over. William Castle introduced the gimmicky Emergo for House on Haunted Hill...
- 4/23/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Paul Wendkos directed this 1957 noir from the screenplay (and book) by David Goodis, the writer responsible for Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player. Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield are a duo of unlikely jewel thieves and Martha Vickers, the problem child of Bogart’s The Big Sleep, is still a beautiful fly in the ointment.
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- 4/4/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Contemporary critics point to Rock Hunter as the apex of Tashlin’s filmmaking style and the movie that set the stage for Godard’s brightly colored blend of pop culture and political grandstanding. It’s a reasonable case; in true Godardian fashion, Rock Hunter eschews the traditional title sequence and instead opens with a series of faux-commercials skewering both mindless consumerism and the advertising age. Star Jayne Mansfield epitomizes her director’s fun-house mirror sensibility and Tony Randall is the ultimate button-down ad man.
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- 2/2/2022
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Orven Schanzer, a film editor whose career in the entertainment industry spanned 45 years, died in Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2022 of respiratory arrest. He was 97 years old.
Born Oct. 13, 1924 in Kansas City, Kan., Schanzer served in World War II before beginning a career in film on the post-production side at 20th Century Fox in Jan. 1947.
Schanzer broke out of the Fox mailroom by working for three years as Fox studio chief Darryl Zanuck’s “errand boy,” leading him to his career in editing. Schanzer helped cut Marilyn Monroe vehicles like “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire” and “The Seven-Year Itch.”
“It was a love affair with Fox, it was so wonderful. I’d wake up in the morning and really couldn’t wait ’till I got to the studio,” Schanzer recalled in a 2019 interview.
Schanzer also cut Jayne Mansfield films and the TV series “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Born Oct. 13, 1924 in Kansas City, Kan., Schanzer served in World War II before beginning a career in film on the post-production side at 20th Century Fox in Jan. 1947.
Schanzer broke out of the Fox mailroom by working for three years as Fox studio chief Darryl Zanuck’s “errand boy,” leading him to his career in editing. Schanzer helped cut Marilyn Monroe vehicles like “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire” and “The Seven-Year Itch.”
“It was a love affair with Fox, it was so wonderful. I’d wake up in the morning and really couldn’t wait ’till I got to the studio,” Schanzer recalled in a 2019 interview.
Schanzer also cut Jayne Mansfield films and the TV series “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
- 1/29/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
George Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle, and sometimes also wanted to be invisible.
“Beatle George Harrison, above, is due in court here today to answer assault charges,” John Lennon reads from a newspaper in a scene in Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back. “Harrison is accused of assaulting a photographer last May as he and Beatle Ringo Starr left a nightclub.”
The accused looks fairly bewildered, as did much of the audience. The story intermittently creeps back into the documentary, making its presence known while Harrison largely ignores it and moves on.
In The Beatles: Get Back, Jackson shows how news items about The Beatles have a tendency to take on lives of their own. Paul McCartney improvises his version of Michael Housego’s article “The End of a Beautiful Friendship,” about Harrison quitting the band, while the rest of the group rolls through old time rock and roll.
“Beatle George Harrison, above, is due in court here today to answer assault charges,” John Lennon reads from a newspaper in a scene in Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back. “Harrison is accused of assaulting a photographer last May as he and Beatle Ringo Starr left a nightclub.”
The accused looks fairly bewildered, as did much of the audience. The story intermittently creeps back into the documentary, making its presence known while Harrison largely ignores it and moves on.
In The Beatles: Get Back, Jackson shows how news items about The Beatles have a tendency to take on lives of their own. Paul McCartney improvises his version of Michael Housego’s article “The End of a Beautiful Friendship,” about Harrison quitting the band, while the rest of the group rolls through old time rock and roll.
- 12/3/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
In a video circulating on social media this week, “Law & Order: Svu” star and executive producer Mariska Hargitay leapt into action to help get a shoot in New York City back on track.
In the video, she respectfully asks a man to stop singing and interrupting a shoot in in Washington Square Park, telling him: “Your singing was beautiful, but we’re just trying to get the shot. Is it okay if you don’t sing when we say ‘action’?”
According to the Twitter user who posted the video, a passerby in the park had been singing loudly to intentionally disrupt the shoot, and refused to stop when asked by members of the “Law & Order: Svu” crew. Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson in the NBC crime drama, then approached him herself.
olivia benson talking to someone trying to disrupt filming pic.twitter.com/wlO5xNprpI
— ale (@mayfielms) November...
In the video, she respectfully asks a man to stop singing and interrupting a shoot in in Washington Square Park, telling him: “Your singing was beautiful, but we’re just trying to get the shot. Is it okay if you don’t sing when we say ‘action’?”
According to the Twitter user who posted the video, a passerby in the park had been singing loudly to intentionally disrupt the shoot, and refused to stop when asked by members of the “Law & Order: Svu” crew. Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson in the NBC crime drama, then approached him herself.
olivia benson talking to someone trying to disrupt filming pic.twitter.com/wlO5xNprpI
— ale (@mayfielms) November...
- 12/1/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Did these filmmakers have any idea how twisted a picture they were making? It doesn’t matter because this Italo torture orgy has has remained a freakout favorite ever since. Mickey Hargitay likely asked, ‘do you really want me to act this nuts?’ and then fully complied with Massimo Pupillo’s request to burn, stab, choke and roast his mostly female victims in orgasmic glee. It’s all still more than a little disturbing — or screamingly funny depending on one’s orientation. Severin’s Blu-ray sources original printing elements, lending incredible video and audio quality to this artless yet stunning exercise in sex & death insanity. We also recall an interpretation given this gem by Brit film critics. Co-starring Walter Brandi & Luisa Barrato, plus eight willing special guest torture victims.
Bloody Pit of Horror
Blu-ray
Severin Films
1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date November 26, 2021 / Il boia scarlatto, The Crimson Executioner / Available...
Bloody Pit of Horror
Blu-ray
Severin Films
1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date November 26, 2021 / Il boia scarlatto, The Crimson Executioner / Available...
- 11/25/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The veteran Russian producer is attending the Venice Film Festival with Vladimir Bitokov’s Mama I’m Home.
Alexander Rodnyansky is Russia’s busiest and most prolific producer, making films for both the international arthouse market and for local Russian audiences including those who run more mainstream in their tastes.
The 60-year-old Kiev-born mogul had two features in official selection in Cannes earlier this summer: Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists, which won the Un Certain Regard prize, and Ari Folman’s animated feature Where is Anne Frank, which screened out of competition.
He has many new films in the pipeline,...
Alexander Rodnyansky is Russia’s busiest and most prolific producer, making films for both the international arthouse market and for local Russian audiences including those who run more mainstream in their tastes.
The 60-year-old Kiev-born mogul had two features in official selection in Cannes earlier this summer: Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists, which won the Un Certain Regard prize, and Ari Folman’s animated feature Where is Anne Frank, which screened out of competition.
He has many new films in the pipeline,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
It is staggering to think that Sophia Loren has been making movies for 70 years, initially appearing uncredited in such films as 1950’s “Tototarzan” and “Quo Vadis” before becoming a full-fledged star in mentor Vittorio De Sica’s 1954 comedy anthology “The Gold of Naples.” And she became the first performer to win an Oscar for a foreign language film for De Sica’s harrowing World War II drama “Two Women,” which opened in the U.S. in 1961. She received two more Oscar nominations for Italian productions: DeSica’s “Marriage Italian Style” and Ettore Scala’s 1977 “A Special Day.”
After a decade’s hiatus from features, Loren has made a triumphant return to film in her son Edoardo Ponti’s poignant “The Life Ahead,” currently streaming on Netflix. The 86-year-old actress has received some of the strongest reviews of her career and loud Oscar buzz for her performance as an aged prostitute...
After a decade’s hiatus from features, Loren has made a triumphant return to film in her son Edoardo Ponti’s poignant “The Life Ahead,” currently streaming on Netflix. The 86-year-old actress has received some of the strongest reviews of her career and loud Oscar buzz for her performance as an aged prostitute...
- 12/4/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
On Nov. 8, Norman Lloyd will celebrate his 106th birthday, which is just one more accomplishment for a man whose nearly-100-year career is filled with amazing milestones. Lloyd worked as an actor, director and/or producer in theater, the early days of radio, film and TV. He wasn’t a household name, but he has always been well known and respected within the industry — not only for his work, but for the people he worked with. That list includes Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Elia Kazan, Jean Renoir, Robin Williams, Martin Scorsese, Denzel Washington, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer.
As his contemporary Karl Malden summed up in 2007, “He is the history of our industry.”
Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter Nov. 8, 1914, in Jersey City, N.J. He took singing and dancing lessons and was a paid professional by the age of 9. He performed with...
As his contemporary Karl Malden summed up in 2007, “He is the history of our industry.”
Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter Nov. 8, 1914, in Jersey City, N.J. He took singing and dancing lessons and was a paid professional by the age of 9. He performed with...
- 11/8/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Even those who consider themselves experts in the subject will find a provocative treasure trove of images and anecdotes in “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies.” Danny Wolf’s documentary is a breezy, open-eyed, and often encyclopedic compendium of all the ways the cinema has celebrated, exploited, and negotiated the power of the naked body. The film opens with a montage of actors and directors recalling the first movie they ever saw that had nudity in it, and that allows the film, in its early moments, to leap through some of Nudity’s Greatest Hits.
As it moves back in time, one of the documentary’s fascinations is the way it’s constantly juxtaposing big Hollywood movies and European art movies and softcore exploitation films and everything in between. That, of course, is just as it should be. Aesthetically, there’s a world of difference between “Vixen” and “The Virgin Spring,...
As it moves back in time, one of the documentary’s fascinations is the way it’s constantly juxtaposing big Hollywood movies and European art movies and softcore exploitation films and everything in between. That, of course, is just as it should be. Aesthetically, there’s a world of difference between “Vixen” and “The Virgin Spring,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Team Experience is celebrating the 1991 film year for the next couple of weeks.
by Camila Henriques
1991 was an interesting year, movie-wise, for Madonna. The Queen of Pop had just come off of her Blond Ambition Tour and what was, arguably, her first movie to have a major awards breakthrough, Dick Tracy (with the caveat that Desperately Seeking Susan did get a Golden Globe for Rosanna Arquette). So, with that, she entered the decade with her feet dipping, once more, into the waters of film stardom.
Madonna’s cinematic year started - in the eyes of the audience, at least - on March 25, 1991, with an iconic performance at the 63rd Academy Awards. Dressed in a Bob Mackie gown that gave her an air of Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe. She also made headlines as she arrived at the awards gala. That happens when you’re Madonna and you step on the...
by Camila Henriques
1991 was an interesting year, movie-wise, for Madonna. The Queen of Pop had just come off of her Blond Ambition Tour and what was, arguably, her first movie to have a major awards breakthrough, Dick Tracy (with the caveat that Desperately Seeking Susan did get a Golden Globe for Rosanna Arquette). So, with that, she entered the decade with her feet dipping, once more, into the waters of film stardom.
Madonna’s cinematic year started - in the eyes of the audience, at least - on March 25, 1991, with an iconic performance at the 63rd Academy Awards. Dressed in a Bob Mackie gown that gave her an air of Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe. She also made headlines as she arrived at the awards gala. That happens when you’re Madonna and you step on the...
- 7/15/2020
- by Camila Henriques
- FilmExperience
After last week’s home media offerings were rather meager, this Tuesday’s releases have come back with a vengeance, as we have a ton of fun titles to get excited about that are coming our way tomorrow.
In honor of its 40th anniversary, the original Friday the 13th is getting a Limited Edition Steelbook release this week, and in terms of modern slashers, you’ll definitely want to pick up The Hills Run Red from Scream Factory. The fine fiends at Scream Factory also have the next Universal Horror Collection on tap this Tuesday, and if you happen to dig exploitation movies, you’ll definitely want to check out Horrors of Spider Island from Severin Films.
Other releases for June 16th include Wrestlemassacre, The Marshes, Kill Mode, The Mermaid’s Curse, Deadly Crush, Primal Scream, and Voodoo.
Friday the 13th: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook
Rip into a chilling...
In honor of its 40th anniversary, the original Friday the 13th is getting a Limited Edition Steelbook release this week, and in terms of modern slashers, you’ll definitely want to pick up The Hills Run Red from Scream Factory. The fine fiends at Scream Factory also have the next Universal Horror Collection on tap this Tuesday, and if you happen to dig exploitation movies, you’ll definitely want to check out Horrors of Spider Island from Severin Films.
Other releases for June 16th include Wrestlemassacre, The Marshes, Kill Mode, The Mermaid’s Curse, Deadly Crush, Primal Scream, and Voodoo.
Friday the 13th: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook
Rip into a chilling...
- 6/15/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
John Waters will always remember how an interview he conducted with Little Richard crashed and burned. The Polyester and Hairspray filmmaker had met the Architect of Rock & Roll — Waters’ idol to the point that he modeled his mustache after the singer — in a shockingly normal hotel room where he was living in 1987 for a piece that would run in Playboy. As Waters recounted in The Guardian and his book Role Models, the whole thing went south when Richard, worried about some of the more lascivious things he’d said, demanded...
- 5/10/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Although they only met a few times, the bond between John Fogerty and Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87, was strong. Fogerty grew up on Little Richard’s music and, with Creedence Clearwater Revival, covered “Good Golly Miss Molly.” (Fogerty’s own “Travelin’ Band” was itself a nod to the wild singles Little Richard made early in his career.) In turn, Little Richard remade Fogerty’s “Born on the Bayou” on one of his post-ministry comeback albums in the late Sixties. While hunkered down in southern California, Fogerty discussed the...
- 5/9/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Midway through Dare Me, a new USA drama set in the world of high school cheerleading, we see local cheer coach Colette French (Willa Fitzgerald) watching the classic Forties film noir Double Indemnity, based on the novel by James M. Cain. The scene is less interested in revealing something about the enigmatic Colette than it is in winking at the influences of Megan Abbott, who adapted her own novel for television. Abbott’s specialty has long been recreating the grimy, hopeless, and traditionally male experience of noir in unapologetically female contexts.
- 12/26/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been a decade since R.J. Cutler’s “The September Issue” and Matt Tyrnauer’s “Valentino: The Last Emperor” proved fashion documentaries could be big moneymakers at the box office. The years following brought the release of many glamorous entries into the genre, including “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel,” “Bill Cunningham New York,” “The Gospel According to Andre,” and “McQueen.” Hoping to make a similar splash is “House of Cardin,” an authorized documentary about the legendary Italian-born French designer, Pierre Cardin. IndieWire is premiering this exclusive first-look trailer ahead of the film’s New York debut at Doc NYC.
Known for his geometric shapes and avant-garde styles, Cardin has amassed many celebrity fans over the years, many of whom appear in the film wearing their favorite of his designs. They include Naomi Campbell, Sharon Stone, Jenny Shimizu, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alice Cooper, and even Dionne Warwick, among others.
Known for his geometric shapes and avant-garde styles, Cardin has amassed many celebrity fans over the years, many of whom appear in the film wearing their favorite of his designs. They include Naomi Campbell, Sharon Stone, Jenny Shimizu, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alice Cooper, and even Dionne Warwick, among others.
- 10/31/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Former film critic and current film scholar Karina Longworth’s must-hear podcast “You Must Remember This” dives deep into the forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. Perhaps most notably, she peeled back Charles Manson’s indelible stain on Hollywood across a 12-episode series culminating in the murder of Sharon Tate and its after-effects.
But now, Longworth is hosting an open call for film buffs to participate in the podcast. Though she says “You Must Remember This” will return in the Fall — having just completed a close-reading of Kenneth Anger’s salacious Hollywood tell-all “Hollywood Babylon” — Longworth is now announcing “You Must Remember This Presents.” This spinoff series is your chance to pitch a story in the “You Must Remember This” universe, here tied to the theme of “Make Me Over,” about the intersection of Hollywood and the beauty industry.
Here’s the skinny: Your story must have a connection...
But now, Longworth is hosting an open call for film buffs to participate in the podcast. Though she says “You Must Remember This” will return in the Fall — having just completed a close-reading of Kenneth Anger’s salacious Hollywood tell-all “Hollywood Babylon” — Longworth is now announcing “You Must Remember This Presents.” This spinoff series is your chance to pitch a story in the “You Must Remember This” universe, here tied to the theme of “Make Me Over,” about the intersection of Hollywood and the beauty industry.
Here’s the skinny: Your story must have a connection...
- 8/16/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
When we think of cults, we tend to picture charismatic leaders with legions of brainwashed followers, eager to devote their lives to the group’s mission. But in reality, most of us, at some point in our lives, have been seekers — open to discovering new ways of life and paths to enlightenment — and celebrities are no exception. Here are a few examples of some who were, at some point, either members of cults or fringe groups, or have some association with them.
Jayne Mansfield
When 20th Century Fox signed actor...
Jayne Mansfield
When 20th Century Fox signed actor...
- 6/13/2019
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Max Hollein with Camp: Notes On Fashion Co-Chairs Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, and Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele at the press preview Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Susan Sontag's Notes On 'Camp' from 1964, she counts Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble In Paradise and John Huston's The Maltese Falcon as "among the greatest camp movies ever made." Marcel Carné's Drôle De Drame, Greta Garbo, Jean Cocteau, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Russell, Gina Lollobrigida, Victor Mature, Virginia Mayo, Tallulah Bankhead, Jayne Mansfield, Mae West, Edward Everett Horton, and Anita Ekberg's performance in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita are noted by her for their camp appeal.
Andrew Bolton when I asked him "Are dachshunds particularly Camp?": "Oh absolutely!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Baz Luhrmann, Sienna Miller, Lupita Nyong'o, Emily Blunt, Elle Fanning, Emma Stone, Naomi Campbell, Ezra Miller, Cara Delevingne, Celine Dion, Bette Midler,...
In Susan Sontag's Notes On 'Camp' from 1964, she counts Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble In Paradise and John Huston's The Maltese Falcon as "among the greatest camp movies ever made." Marcel Carné's Drôle De Drame, Greta Garbo, Jean Cocteau, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Russell, Gina Lollobrigida, Victor Mature, Virginia Mayo, Tallulah Bankhead, Jayne Mansfield, Mae West, Edward Everett Horton, and Anita Ekberg's performance in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita are noted by her for their camp appeal.
Andrew Bolton when I asked him "Are dachshunds particularly Camp?": "Oh absolutely!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Baz Luhrmann, Sienna Miller, Lupita Nyong'o, Emily Blunt, Elle Fanning, Emma Stone, Naomi Campbell, Ezra Miller, Cara Delevingne, Celine Dion, Bette Midler,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
With his exaggerated visuals, eye-popping color and frantic characterizations, Frank Tashlin has been promoted to a genuine ‘fifties icon. This freewheeling comedy hits on the Top Tashlin fetish subjects: Hollywood glitz, Madison Avenue neurosis, dynamic women, wimpy men and… and… bosoms, dammit. As the bubbly yet calculating sex symbol Rita Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield places career issues way ahead of anything to do with sex. Tony Randall receives his first leading film role as a Mad Man who’ll jump through hoops to keep an account. But the surprise is Betsy Drake, who more than anyone represents the conflicts facing the pre-feminist ’50s woman: she defines success her own way.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1957 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date Feb 19, 2019 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Mickey Hargitay.
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
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- 3/9/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Actor Morgan Woodward, known for playing "The Man with No Eyes" in Cool Hand Luke and a recurring guest role on Dallas, died Friday on February 22 morning at his home in California, the Fielder House Museum in Arlington, Texas. He was 93.
Thomas Morgan Woodward was born in Fort Worth, Texas, September 16, 1925. He was educated in the public schools of Arlington, graduated from high school in 1944, then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Pilot Training Program. This was natural, as he had been flying since the age of sixteen.
Following World War II, Woodward entered Arlington State College, where he majored in music and drama. During this period, Woodward began his professional career with the renowned Margo Jones Repertory Theatre in Dallas. His ultimate goal however, was the Metropolitan Opera. Later, the slow emergence of grand opera in America convinced him that this was not a promising career to pursue.
Thomas Morgan Woodward was born in Fort Worth, Texas, September 16, 1925. He was educated in the public schools of Arlington, graduated from high school in 1944, then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Pilot Training Program. This was natural, as he had been flying since the age of sixteen.
Following World War II, Woodward entered Arlington State College, where he majored in music and drama. During this period, Woodward began his professional career with the renowned Margo Jones Repertory Theatre in Dallas. His ultimate goal however, was the Metropolitan Opera. Later, the slow emergence of grand opera in America convinced him that this was not a promising career to pursue.
- 3/1/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
It’s not too hard to see why but Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe did manage to get confused for one another now and again thanks to their looks and their fame since they were similar from a distance. But upon looking closely it was easy to tell them apart despite the fact that both women were quite beautiful and both of them knew how to attract a crowd. Jayne however was still a rather tragic case that started out great when she hit her stride and was increasingly popular in the 50s. By the 60s however her career was starting
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- 1/8/2019
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in October, including the first installment of the horror anthology “Into the Dark” as well as more of season 1 of the Sean Penn drama “The First.” And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites reality shows from other networks, including various editions of “Little Women” and “The Real Housewives.”
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the Oscar-winning “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Raging Bull.”
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
Available October 1
Television
60 Days In – Complete Season 4
America’s Book of Secrets – Complete Season 1 & 2
American Pickers – Complete Season 18
Ancient Aliens – Complete Season 4
Bob’s Burgers – Season 9 Premiere
El Clon – Complete Season 1
Escaping Polygamy – Complete Season 3
Family Guy – Season 16 Premiere
Hoarders – Complete...
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the Oscar-winning “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Raging Bull.”
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
Available October 1
Television
60 Days In – Complete Season 4
America’s Book of Secrets – Complete Season 1 & 2
American Pickers – Complete Season 18
Ancient Aliens – Complete Season 4
Bob’s Burgers – Season 9 Premiere
El Clon – Complete Season 1
Escaping Polygamy – Complete Season 3
Family Guy – Season 16 Premiere
Hoarders – Complete...
- 10/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
As Law & Order: Svu begins its 20th season on the air, it joins the ranks of only two other live action shows that have lasted as long — the James Arness Western series Gunsmoke (1955-1975), and the original Law & Order (1990-2010). But the exceptional thing about Svu that allows it to stand apart from the others is the fact that, after two decades, it's still going strong. This is not a show limping across any sort of ratings finish line, much to the joy of actress Mariska Hargitay, who has been there since day one. "There are no words for this sort of moment," offers Mariska, who plays Lieutenant Olivia Benson. "And this is an accomplishment that we're still all taking in. I think me the most, and I'm so humbled by the fact that I'm doing this for what seems like a lifetime." Focusing on sex crimes, when the series debuted two decades ago,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
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