A delightful discussion of the great performances of the best year in the history of film making. I don't agree with every appraisal (I didn't like most of the American Beauty performances nearly as much as this author did), but he covers most of those which need to be recognized from that year. Though some are missing, like Jessica Lange in Titus.
I was going to try out this new quickie daily birthday feature. Only it's not quickie it's longie. I can't even do filler without breaking my back. Sigh, I'll never be a mega famous blogger. I care too much ! Today's birthdays 11/05 For those prone to celebrating the filmic and famous. 1905 Joel McCrea undervalued 40s star. Read this great piece on his career 1913 Vivien Leigh , more on her soon 1931...
How things can change for the Phillies in one year. Instead of playing like defending champs, Philly whimpers to the finish line with a 7-3 Game 6 loss to the Yanks. Talk about going from champs to chumps, Mike Freeman says.
While we wait with bated breath for Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic to announce their choice to host the 2010 Oscars, we've been devoting some time to thinking about what sort of elements from other awards shows the good people at AMPAS could incorporate into their presentation this year. And of course, our minds immediately flashed back to John Hodgman's hilariously wry work as a color commentator...
The Greenwich Village restaurant-cabaret that inspired MAE WEST 's play " The Drag " has closed. During 2006, there was a glorious exhibition here: " Onstage Outlaws: Mae West and Texas Guinan in a Lawless Decade ." The attendees included Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard, who were thoroughly fascinated by this history-based exhibit. • • Mae West worked on this gay drama-comedy...
Mother wanted me to come out in a kimono, so we had quite a fight. – Little Edith Bouvier Beale This past September, the HBO movie Grey Gardens was nominated for sixteen Emmys. It won six Emmys including, Best Actress Jessica Lange, Best Supporting Actor Ken Howard and Best Television Movie. It deserves it. This movie expands [...]
The original “King Kong” is a classic untouched by time and now antiquated special effects. The 2005 remake by Peter Jackson delivered dizzying visuals but suffered from a serious case of bloat. So where does that leave the 1976 version, the one which gave us a nubile Jessica Lange and the image of a great ape astride [...] Related posts: WWTW Rewind - ‘The Eiger Sanction’ WWTW...
A couple of days ago, I picked up a movie called Masked and Anonymous for about £2. I'd never heard of it, yet it had an incredible cast: Bob Dylan Jeff Bridges John Goodman Penelope Cruz Jessica Lange Plus short appearences from Val Kilmer, Ed Harris, Mickey Rourke I was left sorely dissapointed, the film was muddled and boring, although Dylan himself was a strangely enthralling screen presence....
"In transcribing her letters, I found a woman who was far from a 'staunch character,' as she referred to herself during one scene in Grey Gardens. She now appeared more like a woman who was very much in touch with...
Reviews of Chéri; La Bohème; Telstar; The Beatles: Here, There & Everywhere; Awaydays; Sugar; Frozen River; and Portrait of a Miner: The National Coal Board Collection (Volume 1)
Hey folks. in Chicago here.Drew Barrymore has been starring in movies almost as long as I've been paying attention to them seriously. And it's still difficult for me to grasp that she's only 34 and has been making films (beginning with 1980's ALTERED STATES) for nearly 30 years. As a child, she tended to get cast in genre works, including E.T.: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL, FIRESTARTER, and CAT'S EYE. But...
I've returned to the scene of Frances. Based on how many times I've watched the picture, I'm beginning to believe I harbor some kind of frustration fetish. I've viewed the movie more than necessary, in spite of its flaws and I finally had to concede that, even with Jessica Lange's genius, kick-you-in-the-gut performance, the movie is not going to change through time. I'm never going...
Kent alumnus Ken Howard recently won an Emmy for best supporting actor. "Grey Gardens," an HBO movie, cast Howard alongside Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore.
Why did Jessica Lange look so strange at the Emmys? Could it be too much plastic surgery? Here is a list of what I think she's done: Browlift, Upper and lower blepharoplasty, Canthopexy, Facelift, Cheek Implants, and Botox. She look a whole lot better if she would lay off the Botox a bit. Although Botox is a fantastic treatment to smooth wrinkles, too much can be a bad thing. I like how Jaclyn Smith...
Jessica Lange | Jessica Lange Plastic Surgery (Photos) Her performance in her next film, Frances (1982), in which she portrayed actress Frances Farmer, was highly lauded and earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received two Academy Award nominations that year, the other for Best Supporting Actress in the comedy Tootsie (1982), for which she won. Read More From Orginal
orry about the lack of posting and late posting today, it’s a bit of a crazy day for me. If you didn’t catch The Emmy’s last night, here are some shots backstage in the press area where some of the winners posed with their statute: Jeff Probst, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin , Jessica Lange , Glenn Close, Kristin Chenoweth (how tiny is she, huh? She’s very cute), Michael Emerson, Toni Collette and others....