The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Charles Joffe was a high-powered agent and manager, and co-producer of most of Woody Allen's films, winning an Oscar for Annie Hall (1977) and a Bafta award for Manhattan (1979).
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Charles Joffe co-produced Woody Allen's movies and managed the budding careers of high-profile comedians like Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and David Letterman.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Charles H. Joffe, a legendary manager of comic talent who helped guide the careers of Dick Cavett, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Woody Allen and co-produced nearly all of Allen's films Joffe's prowess as a negotiator helped Allen gain total artistic control over his movies. Joffe died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 78...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
A few pages into “The Film Club,” the smart, new memoir by Canadian film critic David Gilmour, it becomes clear that if he ever saw any of MGM's squeaky-clean “Andy Hardy” movies while growing up, they left little impression on him.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Film News: Production designer worked with 'PeeWee,' Farrellys -- Production designer Sidney J. Bartholomew Jr., who started out on "PeeWee's Playouse" and went on to work on "Dumb and Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary," died June 15 in Los Angeles. He was 54.
smays.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
As the days dwindle down to a precious few, Bill Clinton is bringing back fond memories of those early American Idol try-outs. You know the ones I mean. A large woman (seems like it was usually a woman) comes storming out of the audition room, pushing past Ryan Seacrest screaming, "Fuck Simon! Fuck him!" At least that's what I assume she was screaming. Idol producers bleeped the audio and covered her...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Paul Sills, the legendary improvisational director and teacher who co-founded the Compass Players in Chicago and was the founding director of Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy cabaret, died Monday.He was 80.Sills died of complications of pneumonia at his home in Baileys Harbor, Wis., said documentary filmmaker Vince Waldron, a family friend."Paul was the founding father of American improvisational...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Fresh from a narrow election win, Buckeye's soon-to-be mayor will take the oath of office at the Town Council meeting Tuesday.
Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
I’m home from a very quick trip up to Yuba City for our niece’s graduation last night. On the flight down from Sacramento to Burbank this morning, I got a chance to chat with the former Pasadena City College president, Jack Scott. Jack’s now a state senator and soon to be the chancellor [...]
The Pop View (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
It’s really sad to hear about the passing of Sydney Pollack. I’m not sure he was a great director, not with films like The Electric Horseman and Havana. But he was a good craftsman and I consider Three Days of the Condor to be one of the best political thrillers ever made. I thought [...]
Rubicon3 (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
...make the movie "A New Leaf" (1971), starring Walter Matthau and Elaine May, available on DVD. It is a very funny movie - Matthau at his best as an old fashioned playboy who runs out of money and decides to...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Question: Could you give me some information on "That Was the Week That Was" and "Hullabaloo?"
Alt Search Engines (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Hi AltSearchEngines readers, Don't have anything picked out for Mother’s Day? I thought I would share some tasty playlists that we created for Mom's of all musical taste. All you have to do is click the link, and turn up your volume. -LA for SeeqPod Moms and grandmas Jan Arden - Good Mother Alela Diane - Oh! Mama Il Divo- Mama Spice Girls [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, and LitePoint Corporation, a provider of wireless test system solutions, announced their collaborative solution to LTE product development. LitePoint
Gawker (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
So Tina Fey's new movie Baby Mama comes out today! It's a very important movie because it will once and for all decide if she is the funniest woman in America or absolutely no one. Yes indeed. And...
