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
Brian Dennehy, the winner of two Tonys in a career that also spanned films including “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon,” and television roles including “Dynasty” and “Death of a Salesman,” died on Wednesday night in New Haven, Conn. He was 81.
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and grandfather, he will be missed by his wife, Jennifer, family and many friends,” his daughter, actress Elizabeth Dennehy, tweeted on Thursday.
His agency ICM also confirmed the news.
In the 1995 comedy “Tommy Boy,” Dennehy was Big Tom, the father of Chris Farley’s character Tom, who takes over the family’s auto parts business with David Spade after his father dies. In Ron Howard’s 1985 hit “Cocoon,” Dennehy played the leader of the alien Antareans who...
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and grandfather, he will be missed by his wife, Jennifer, family and many friends,” his daughter, actress Elizabeth Dennehy, tweeted on Thursday.
His agency ICM also confirmed the news.
In the 1995 comedy “Tommy Boy,” Dennehy was Big Tom, the father of Chris Farley’s character Tom, who takes over the family’s auto parts business with David Spade after his father dies. In Ron Howard’s 1985 hit “Cocoon,” Dennehy played the leader of the alien Antareans who...
- 4/16/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
With more than a combined 100 years in the business, Cicely Tyson and Glynn Turman have endured plenty; they launched their careers in an America that was still governed by Jim Crow laws, and have worked consistently since, both on stage and screen. And they certainly have a lifetime of fascinating stories to tell, having starred opposite screen legends including Sidney Poitier, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte and more. They’ve worked together on several occasions, first in a 1974 staging of Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under The Elms,” to playing mother and son in the film “The River Niger” (1976), and co-starring in “A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich” (1978). The beloved pair now find themselves in contention for Best Drama Guest Actress and Actor Emmy consideration for their roles in ABC’s Shondaland legal series “How to Get Away with Murder.”
Created by Peter Nowalk, the drama stars Viola Davis as Annalise Keating,...
Created by Peter Nowalk, the drama stars Viola Davis as Annalise Keating,...
- 8/27/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Tony Sokol Jul 10, 2019
Rip Torn, who played characters from Judas Iscariot to the producer on The Larry Sanders Show, dies at 88.
Respected and versatile character actor Rip Torn died Tuesday in Lakeville, Conn., according to Variety. Publicist Rick Miramontez did not release a cause of death, but said Torn was with his wife, Amy Wright, and two daughters, Katie and Angelica. He was 88.
Torn believed actors should “play drama as comedy and comedy as drama,” according to the statement, and the actor was equally at home both. He starred in comedies like Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life and the Men in Black films, as well as TV comedies 30 Rock, playing General Electric CEO Don Geiss, mentor to Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Torn won an Emmy for his part in HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, and was nominated for a Tony award in...
Rip Torn, who played characters from Judas Iscariot to the producer on The Larry Sanders Show, dies at 88.
Respected and versatile character actor Rip Torn died Tuesday in Lakeville, Conn., according to Variety. Publicist Rick Miramontez did not release a cause of death, but said Torn was with his wife, Amy Wright, and two daughters, Katie and Angelica. He was 88.
Torn believed actors should “play drama as comedy and comedy as drama,” according to the statement, and the actor was equally at home both. He starred in comedies like Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life and the Men in Black films, as well as TV comedies 30 Rock, playing General Electric CEO Don Geiss, mentor to Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Torn won an Emmy for his part in HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, and was nominated for a Tony award in...
- 7/10/2019
- Den of Geek
Rip Torn, who played Garry Shandling’s profane, fiercely loyal producer on HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show, co-starred in the original Men in Black films and was a major star of Broadway and Off Broadway during a seven-decade career, died today surrounded by family at his home in Lakeville, Ct. He was 88.
The prolific Torn played the unstoppable and unflappable Artie on Larry Sanders, which aired from 1992-98 and followed the behind-the-scenes and onstage antics of a successful late-night network talk show. Along with scoring a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy in 1996, he was nominated for each of the show’s six seasons.
The year Torn won his Emmy, he also had been up for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his turn on CBS’ Chicago Hope. In 2008, he earned his ninth and final Emmy nom, for his recurring role as Don Geiss on NBC’s 30 Rock.
The prolific Torn played the unstoppable and unflappable Artie on Larry Sanders, which aired from 1992-98 and followed the behind-the-scenes and onstage antics of a successful late-night network talk show. Along with scoring a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy in 1996, he was nominated for each of the show’s six seasons.
The year Torn won his Emmy, he also had been up for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his turn on CBS’ Chicago Hope. In 2008, he earned his ninth and final Emmy nom, for his recurring role as Don Geiss on NBC’s 30 Rock.
- 7/10/2019
- by Erik Pedersen and Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Rip Torn, who earned Oscar and Tony nominations as well as an Emmy Award and two Obies, has died Tuesday in Lakeville Conn., his representative confirmed. He was 88.
Torn was equally at home in the comedy of the “Men in Black” film series or TV’s “The Larry Sanders Show” (for which he won his Emmy) and in the drama of “Sweet Bird of Youth” or “Anna Christie,” to name two of the numerous classic works of theater in which he appeared.
The actor was nominated for a supporting-actor Oscar in 1984 for his work as a father who confronts tragedy in Martin Ritt’s “Cross Creek,” one of many rural dramas in which he appeared during his career.
He drew a Tony nomination in 1960 for his first performance on Broadway, as the sadistic son of the town boss in Elia Kazan’s original production of Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth.
Torn was equally at home in the comedy of the “Men in Black” film series or TV’s “The Larry Sanders Show” (for which he won his Emmy) and in the drama of “Sweet Bird of Youth” or “Anna Christie,” to name two of the numerous classic works of theater in which he appeared.
The actor was nominated for a supporting-actor Oscar in 1984 for his work as a father who confronts tragedy in Martin Ritt’s “Cross Creek,” one of many rural dramas in which he appeared during his career.
He drew a Tony nomination in 1960 for his first performance on Broadway, as the sadistic son of the town boss in Elia Kazan’s original production of Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth.
- 7/10/2019
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
On this day (April 21st) in history as it relates to showbiz...
Anthony Quinn
1904 Oscar winning cinematographer Daniel L Fapp (West Side Story and Desire Under the Elms, among many films) born in Kansas City
1914 Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor born in England. Though he was BAFTA nominated Oscar never bit despite high profile films and collaborations with famous directors. Credits include: Repulsion, The Omen, Dr Strangelove, Star Wars, Frenzy, Dracula (1979) and MacBeth
1915 Oscar's all time favorite Mexican actor Anthony Quinn born (Lust for Life, Viva Zapata, Wild is the Wind, Zorba the Greek, La Strada, etcetera)
1918 "The Red Baron," the famous German fighter pilot, shot down in World War I. Snoopy in Peanuts fantasizes about him repeatedly and he's also been a character in many films including Wings, Hell's Angels, and Darling Lili ...
Anthony Quinn
1904 Oscar winning cinematographer Daniel L Fapp (West Side Story and Desire Under the Elms, among many films) born in Kansas City
1914 Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor born in England. Though he was BAFTA nominated Oscar never bit despite high profile films and collaborations with famous directors. Credits include: Repulsion, The Omen, Dr Strangelove, Star Wars, Frenzy, Dracula (1979) and MacBeth
1915 Oscar's all time favorite Mexican actor Anthony Quinn born (Lust for Life, Viva Zapata, Wild is the Wind, Zorba the Greek, La Strada, etcetera)
1918 "The Red Baron," the famous German fighter pilot, shot down in World War I. Snoopy in Peanuts fantasizes about him repeatedly and he's also been a character in many films including Wings, Hell's Angels, and Darling Lili ...
- 4/21/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Carla Gugino uBio on ‘How I Became An Actor… by Uinterview Carla Gugino is an American actress. She is known for roles like, Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, and Lucille in Sin City. She has also stared in multiple theater shows such as Desire Under the Elms and an off-Broadway production of Suddenly Last Summer. This Carla Gugino […]
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- 2/26/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Rob Hinderliter and Dominick Laruffa, Jr. of RampD Theatricals All the Way, On The Town, An American In Paris announced today that Carla Gugino Desire Under the Elms, Watchmen and Tony nominee Will Swenson Hair, Les Miserables complete the casting for an invitation-only reading of Wonderful - A New Play on February 26. Directed by Andy Sandberg Application Pending, The Last Smoker in America, Wonderful is written by playwrights Craig Ricks and John Olson.
- 2/23/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are talking to a spectacularly talented stage and screen star who has appeared in countless film and TV properties over the years as well as in many remarkable theatrical productions all about her major role on the USA special miniseries event Political Animals, which concludes this Sunday at 9 Pm - Carla Gugino. In her many film roles - including Son In Law, Michael, Snake Eyes, the Spy Kids trilogy, Sin City, Night At The Museum, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Mr. Poppers Penguins and New Years Eve, to name but a few - as well as in her string of stage successes - Arthur Millers After The Fall, Tennessee Williamss Suddenly, Last Summer, Eugene ONeills Desire Under The Elms, and, most recently, treading the boards with Rosemary Harris and Jim Dale in The Road To Mecca - Gugino has displayed a considerable commitment to her craft and a striking sensitivity...
- 8/18/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
There are many lovely aspects about "The Road to Mecca," yet the first must be to acknowledge its leading lady.
Rosemary Harris made her Broadway debut 60 years ago, an astounding milestone, even more so because she turns in a brilliant performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Athol Fugard's play at American Airlines Theatre.
The limited engagement through March 4 focuses on two women coming to terms with their lives. Harris plays Miss Helen, an artist who lives in the remote outpost of New Bethesda, South Africa, a tiny village in the Karoo.
Carla Gugino ("Desire Under the Elms" on Broadway and "Karen Sisco" on TV) is wonderful as Helen's 31-year-old friend, Elsa. A teacher with a strong sense of justice and outrage, Elsa drives 12 hours straight from Cape Town, worried desperately about Helen, whose last letter hinted at suicide.
Helen lives alone with her art, in what is the most magnificent set.
Rosemary Harris made her Broadway debut 60 years ago, an astounding milestone, even more so because she turns in a brilliant performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Athol Fugard's play at American Airlines Theatre.
The limited engagement through March 4 focuses on two women coming to terms with their lives. Harris plays Miss Helen, an artist who lives in the remote outpost of New Bethesda, South Africa, a tiny village in the Karoo.
Carla Gugino ("Desire Under the Elms" on Broadway and "Karen Sisco" on TV) is wonderful as Helen's 31-year-old friend, Elsa. A teacher with a strong sense of justice and outrage, Elsa drives 12 hours straight from Cape Town, worried desperately about Helen, whose last letter hinted at suicide.
Helen lives alone with her art, in what is the most magnificent set.
- 1/23/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
HollywoodNews.com: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, and Frances Fisher star in the poignant period drama Any Day Now, written, produced and directed by filmmaker Travis Fine (The Space Between). The film recently completed principal photography in Los Angeles and is currently in post-production. Produced by Kristine Hostetter Fine (The Space Between) and Chip Hourihan (Frozen River), the film is executive produced by Anne O’Shea (The Kids Are Alright) and Maxine Makover (The Space Between.
Set in the 1970s and inspired by a true story, the film chronicles a gay couple who take in a teenage boy with Down Syndrome who has been abandoned by his drug addicted mother. As the teen discovers the strong bonds of family for the first time in his life, disapproving authorities step in to tear the boy from the only stable environment he has ever known. As the gay men fight to adopt this extraordinary special needs child,...
Set in the 1970s and inspired by a true story, the film chronicles a gay couple who take in a teenage boy with Down Syndrome who has been abandoned by his drug addicted mother. As the teen discovers the strong bonds of family for the first time in his life, disapproving authorities step in to tear the boy from the only stable environment he has ever known. As the gay men fight to adopt this extraordinary special needs child,...
- 9/21/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Pablo Schreiber admits frankly that because he has played wonderfully complex and challenging characters on stage, his expectations for future work have risen. "Now when I look at stage material, it has to provide me with more than the last theater project." Consider the daunting parts he has tackled: the emotionally anguished Ralph in Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing"; the impassioned Eben who's in love with his stepmom in Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms"; and simultaneously similar and different twins brothers in Christopher Shinn's "Dying City." Schreiber is flexing his acting muscles once again, taking on the mentally twisted and accident-prone Doug in Rajiv Joseph's two-hander, "Gruesome Playground Injuries," running Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre. It tells the story of two lost souls—Doug and Kayleen (Jennifer Carpenter)—who come in and out of each other's orbits over 30 years."The most glaringly obvious challenge in playing...
- 2/3/2011
- backstage.com
Anthony Perkins made his film debut in The Actress (1953) in which he received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year and three years later he received an an Academy Award nomination for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). Although Perkins specialized in playing many awkward young men, notably in Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Tin Star (1957), and Desire Under the Elms (1958), he will always be known best for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
The actor also went on to create a critically-acclaimed portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles’ The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka, and in 1968 he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He would later find himself typecast, starring in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he...
The actor also went on to create a critically-acclaimed portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles’ The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka, and in 1968 he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He would later find himself typecast, starring in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he...
- 11/18/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Magnet Releasing will be distributing Brad Anderson's new film Vanishing on 7th Street. I've been looking forward to seeing this movie and I'm happy to see that it finally got distribution. Andreson is a fantastic director that has brought us films such as Session 9, The Machinist, Transsiberian. I've enjoyed every film this guy has made, and this one looks like it's going to be a solid film as well.
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals (Christensen, Leguizamo, Newton) find themselves alone. The entire city’s population has vanished into thin air, leaving behind heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals (Christensen, Leguizamo, Newton) find themselves alone. The entire city’s population has vanished into thin air, leaving behind heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.
- 10/19/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Mark Gordon, a veteran actor on film, TV and stage who was a key figure in the improvisational theater movement, died Aug. 12 of lung cancer in New York. He was 84.
Gordon's credits include the Woody Allen films "Take the Money and Run" (1969), "Don't Drink the Water" (1969) and "Sleeper" (1973), roles on such soap operas as "The Edge of Night" and "As the World Turns" and a one-episode stint on "Mary Tyler Moore" as Chuckles the Clown.
Gordon was workshop director and an actor in the famed Chicago-based Compass Players (which later became Second City), working alongside the likes of Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Barbara Harris and his wife of 52 years, Barbara Glenn Gordon.
With May, he continued in New York at the Premise, whose improvisational company that included Peter Boyle and Louise Lasser. Gordon also appeared in "A New Leaf," a 1971 comedy written and directed by May, and had the lead...
Gordon's credits include the Woody Allen films "Take the Money and Run" (1969), "Don't Drink the Water" (1969) and "Sleeper" (1973), roles on such soap operas as "The Edge of Night" and "As the World Turns" and a one-episode stint on "Mary Tyler Moore" as Chuckles the Clown.
Gordon was workshop director and an actor in the famed Chicago-based Compass Players (which later became Second City), working alongside the likes of Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Barbara Harris and his wife of 52 years, Barbara Glenn Gordon.
With May, he continued in New York at the Premise, whose improvisational company that included Peter Boyle and Louise Lasser. Gordon also appeared in "A New Leaf," a 1971 comedy written and directed by May, and had the lead...
- 9/8/2010
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
rish American Writers & Artists, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration of Irish American achievement in the arts, announced today that the recipient of the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010 is veteran film, stage and screen actor Brian Dennehy. “Few actors have had the kind of career Brian Dennehy has had,” said Iaw&A co-founder T.J. English in announcing the award. “For over thirty years, in movies, on television and on stage, he has come to embody an iconic image of a certain type of working-class American. The cop, the priest, the fireman, the soldier – Dennehy has brought nobility and passion to these roles and established himself as the dean of American actors.” In recent years, Dennehy has added luster to an already celebrated career that includes six Emmy Award nominations by taking on the works of Eugene O’Neill. He won a Tony Award as...
- 6/17/2010
- IrishCentral
"Bonanza" and "Trapper John, M.D." star Pernell Roberts has died at his home in California, aged81. The Georgia native, who played Adam Cartwright in "Bonanza", started his acting career onstage in New York.
He moved to Hollywood and kicked off a film career opposite Sophia Loren in "Desire Under The Elms" in 1958. But Roberts really made his name on TV, appearing in hit shows like "The Rockford Files", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Baretta", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Cannon", "Ironside" and "Mission: Impossible".
The actor who also made appearance in "The Wild Wild West" was in "Bonanza" from 1959 to 1965, and he started portraying Dr. 'Trapper' John McIntyre from 1979. His life was marred by tragedy when his only son, Chris, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1989.
He moved to Hollywood and kicked off a film career opposite Sophia Loren in "Desire Under The Elms" in 1958. But Roberts really made his name on TV, appearing in hit shows like "The Rockford Files", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Baretta", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Cannon", "Ironside" and "Mission: Impossible".
The actor who also made appearance in "The Wild Wild West" was in "Bonanza" from 1959 to 1965, and he started portraying Dr. 'Trapper' John McIntyre from 1979. His life was marred by tragedy when his only son, Chris, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1989.
- 1/26/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D. star Pernell Roberts has died at his home in California, aged 81.
The Georgia native, who played Adam Cartwright in Bonanza, started his acting career onstage in New York.
He moved to Hollywood and kicked off a film career opposite Sophia Loren in Desire Under The Elms in 1958.
But Roberts really made his name on TV, appearing in hit shows like The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, The Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Ironside and Mission: Impossible.
He was in Bonanza from 1959 to 1965, and he started portraying Dr. 'Trapper' John McIntyre from 1979.
His life was marred by tragedy when his only son, Chris, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1989.
The Georgia native, who played Adam Cartwright in Bonanza, started his acting career onstage in New York.
He moved to Hollywood and kicked off a film career opposite Sophia Loren in Desire Under The Elms in 1958.
But Roberts really made his name on TV, appearing in hit shows like The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, The Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Ironside and Mission: Impossible.
He was in Bonanza from 1959 to 1965, and he started portraying Dr. 'Trapper' John McIntyre from 1979.
His life was marred by tragedy when his only son, Chris, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1989.
- 1/26/2010
- WENN
Carla Gugino's had great success as an actress -- she's a geek goddess after her Sin City cameo and her turn as Sally Jupiter in Watchmen, and she won raves on Broadway this year for Desire Under the Elms -- but she's thinking of starting a second career as a porn star. Just call her Elektra Luxx, the character she plays in boyfriend Sebastian Gutierrez's new movie Women in Trouble; it's a role that Gugino enjoyed so much that she's hoping to spin Luxx into a series of additional films. A little assertive, the slightest bit daffy, and rocked by news of an impending pregnancy, Luxx is a porn star on the brink -- and that's just where Gugino likes her.
I talked to the 38-year-old actress yesterday about Luxx's appeal, onscreen sex, and her much-anticipated reteaming with Watchmen director Zack Snyder on Sucker Punch, which Gugino was eager to discuss.
I talked to the 38-year-old actress yesterday about Luxx's appeal, onscreen sex, and her much-anticipated reteaming with Watchmen director Zack Snyder on Sucker Punch, which Gugino was eager to discuss.
- 11/10/2009
- Movieline
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