Serious Eats: Talk (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, I was watching the movie "Wall Street" the other day... yeah, the one with Michael Douglas. At one point Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah are making sushi for dinner in Sheen's totally awesome 80's decorated hi-rise apartment and they...
Cinema Viewfinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a brief acknowledgement of Karl Malden's death on Wednesday since I am not as familiar with the man as I wish I was. Early in my life, he made a personal impact on me as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on TV's The Streets of San Francisco (1972-77), where he exhibited some wonderful chemistry with a young Michael Douglas. And of course he was even better known to my generation for his stint in the...
pHinnWeb (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) On The Waterfront (1954) The Streets of San Francisco (1973) The Old Potato Nose is gone: American actor Karl Malden has died at the honourable age of 97. Malden, born as Mladen George Sekulovich, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and was also nominated for On The Waterfront (1954), another Marlon Brando movie. Malden...
David Drake (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
He didn't have the matinee idol looks that many of his contemporaries had. He didn't have a great or unique voice that many of his contemporaries had. He didn't make the headlines for causing controversy the way many of his contemporaries did. But he could act. Boy, could he act. He could act circles around other actors. Karl Malden died at the age of 97 . LA Times : Karl Malden, a versatile Oscar-winning...
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Karl Malden and Michael Douglas in "The Streets of San Francisco" Starting today, the Paley Center will be showing rare and vintage footage of Michael Jackson from TV shows dating back to 1971. We're talking episodes of "The Tonight Show", "The Flip Wilson Show", and the Jackson Five's own show "The Jacksons". Check out the Paley website for dates and times....
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The Great White Way will dim its lights tonight at exactly 8 p.m. in memory of stage and screen actor Karl Malden , who died yesterday at the age of 97. "Karl Malden's performances in some of Broadway's most legendary original productions in the 1930s, '40s and '50s showcased his talent and set a standard for excellence on stage," says Charlotte St. Martin , Executive Director of The Broadway...
MovingPictureBlog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
As Robert Berkvist of the New York Times astutely notes, Karl Malden "was perhaps the ideal Everyman. He realized early on that he lacked the physical attributes of a leading man; he often joked about his blunt features, particularly his crooked, bulbous nose, which he had broken several times while playing basketball in school. But he was, he once said, determined 'to be No. 1 in the No. 2 parts...
Entropical Paradise (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
I'm feeling a trace of relief along with my sadness as I note the passing of Karl Malden . Karl was ninety-seven years young when he died. I had begun to feel the icy fingers of the reaper on my neck as Michael "The King of Pop" Jackson and Billy "The King of Infomercials " Mays went to their final reward last week. They were both fifty. Fifty is what I am currently pushing, as...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The American actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, died yesterday at the age of 97. In a career spanning seven decades, Malden made his mark portraying plain-spoken men of gruff manners, though he was noted for bringing an understated, natural dignity to many of his roles. Malden won a supporting actor Oscar in 1951 for his role...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
VETERAN actor Karl Malden has died at the age of 97, it has been confirmed. Malden, a respected actor of stage and screen, was perhaps most famous for his long-running role as Detective Mike Stone in hit ’70s series The Streets of San Francisco alongside Michael Douglas. But he also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1951, for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire , and was nominated...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Veteran actor had one of the longest careers in Hollywood and also one of the most enduring marriages, having recently celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
One of the weirdest things in the very odd Mark Sanford story was Sanford's strange quoting of the Bible in emails to his "soul-mate," Maria...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Karl Malden , an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, died of natural causes today in Los Angeles at the age of 97. His long life and successful career were virtually free of scandal or controversy, and as an actor he was by all accounts a consummate professional. He and his wife, Mona, who survives him, were married for 70 years,...
CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Many of us grew up remembering him as Lieutenant Mike Stone of the San Francisco police department, the tough but kind-hearted detective who mentored the young Steven Keller — played by an equally young Michael Douglas — on the ABC series The Streets of San Francisco between 1972 and 1977. An older generation recall his tremendous performance as Father Barry opposite Marlon Brando in the...
Saber Point (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Karl Malden has died at the age of 97, his family announced Wednesday in Los Angeles. After starting his career in the theater, he acted in several dozenfils, including "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront," "The Conquest of the West" and "The Kid from Cincinnatti." Awarded an Oscar for his role of Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1951,...
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