Before she became an icon as Princess Leia, the late Carrie Fisher had to audition for the part. In a leaked audition tape, the actress and author can be seen reading for the role in the original 1977 Star Wars movie alongside star Harrison Ford. She was 19.
Ford, who was 33 at the time, was a far more experienced actor with 10 years of acting experience, including a breakout role in American Graffiti. Fisher had only one big-screen credit — a small role in 1975’s Shampoo, filmed when she was just 17 years old.
But in watching the tape, it’s clear Fisher wasn’t at all intimidated.
Ford, who was 33 at the time, was a far more experienced actor with 10 years of acting experience, including a breakout role in American Graffiti. Fisher had only one big-screen credit — a small role in 1975’s Shampoo, filmed when she was just 17 years old.
But in watching the tape, it’s clear Fisher wasn’t at all intimidated.
- 12/27/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Harrison Ford is mourning the loss of his Star Wars costar Carrie Fisher.
“Carrie was one-of-a-kind…brilliant, original,” he said in a statement to People. “Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely…My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her mother Debbie, her brother Todd, and her many friends. We will all miss her.”
Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for a heart attack. She later died in the hospital.
“Carrie was one-of-a-kind…brilliant, original,” he said in a statement to People. “Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely…My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her mother Debbie, her brother Todd, and her many friends. We will all miss her.”
Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for a heart attack. She later died in the hospital.
- 12/27/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
To celebrate the centenary year of Indian Cinema, the National Media Museum in Bradford is holding an exhibition titled Bollywood Icons: 100 Years of Indian Cinema. Running from 8 March to 16 June 2013, the exhibition is showcasing a range of posters dating back to the 1940s. They feature Bollywood’s most revered actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, the Kapoor family and Nargis. In addition, posters from some of Bollywood’s much loved films are part of the exhibition, which includes Mother India (1957), Sholay (1975) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
The aim of the exhibition is not only to mark 100 years since the first moving picture was made, but also to explore the stars’ personas and their relationships, both on-screen and off-screen. Curator Irna Qureshi discusses what the exhibition will convey to visitors. “Bollywood is all about dynasties. We make it our business to know exactly who is married to who and...
The aim of the exhibition is not only to mark 100 years since the first moving picture was made, but also to explore the stars’ personas and their relationships, both on-screen and off-screen. Curator Irna Qureshi discusses what the exhibition will convey to visitors. “Bollywood is all about dynasties. We make it our business to know exactly who is married to who and...
- 3/11/2013
- by Bodrul Chaudhury
- Bollyspice
Western authority on the culture of Japan, his adopted homeland
Donald Richie, who has died aged 88, wrote extensively on Japan, his adopted homeland after his arrival in 1947 with the Us occupation forces. He was best known for his books on cinema, including The Japanese Film: Art and Industry (1959), the first major English-language study of the subject, co-written with Joseph L Anderson; The Films of Akira Kurosawa (1965); Ozu: His Life and Films (1974); and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (2001). Richie played a pivotal role in introducing the director Yasujiro Ozu to foreign audiences and curated, in 1963, the first international Ozu retrospective, at the Berlin film festival. In 1983, he received the first Kawakita award, for individuals or organisations that have contributed to Japanese film culture.
Though recognised as the most important figure in introducing Japanese cinema to the west, Richie saw himself as a writer foremost and a film critic secondarily. His...
Donald Richie, who has died aged 88, wrote extensively on Japan, his adopted homeland after his arrival in 1947 with the Us occupation forces. He was best known for his books on cinema, including The Japanese Film: Art and Industry (1959), the first major English-language study of the subject, co-written with Joseph L Anderson; The Films of Akira Kurosawa (1965); Ozu: His Life and Films (1974); and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (2001). Richie played a pivotal role in introducing the director Yasujiro Ozu to foreign audiences and curated, in 1963, the first international Ozu retrospective, at the Berlin film festival. In 1983, he received the first Kawakita award, for individuals or organisations that have contributed to Japanese film culture.
Though recognised as the most important figure in introducing Japanese cinema to the west, Richie saw himself as a writer foremost and a film critic secondarily. His...
- 2/21/2013
- by Jasper Sharp
- The Guardian - Film News
Mary Evans/Everett Jesus of Nazareth
Is Bible-based investing a good idea? Is Facebook a Monopoly? And what happened at the Oscars when you weren’t looking? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal family of blogs.
Can Bible-based Investing Save You?: Ron Blue believes the Bible holds the answers to most clients’ financial problems. “There are about 2,350 verses in the Bible that deal with money,” he claims. [Financial Adviser]
Reducing the Risks of Hernia Surgery:...
Is Bible-based investing a good idea? Is Facebook a Monopoly? And what happened at the Oscars when you weren’t looking? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal family of blogs.
Can Bible-based Investing Save You?: Ron Blue believes the Bible holds the answers to most clients’ financial problems. “There are about 2,350 verses in the Bible that deal with money,” he claims. [Financial Adviser]
Reducing the Risks of Hernia Surgery:...
- 2/28/2012
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
A Glee Mom for Chord Overstreet – Tanya Clarke!
It didn’t take Glee long to find a suitable actress to jump in as Sam Evan’s (Chord Overstreet) mother after hiring Smallville’s John Schneider to play his dad. So who’s going to be the lovely lady responsible for bringing our trout-mouthed friend into existence? Guiding Light’s Tanya Clarke of course! She’s the perfect blonde to play Mary Evans, and she’s not bad too look at for a mother.
EW first reported Clarke’s casting, while also adding she will make her first appearance in the Dec. 6 episode, the same episode that introduces us to Sam’s dad. It’s really a no brainer they would appear together. Unlike the news of Schneider’s casting, Clarke’s came with the possibility of her character becoming recurring alongside Sam. With Sam’s parents being brought in to the picture,...
It didn’t take Glee long to find a suitable actress to jump in as Sam Evan’s (Chord Overstreet) mother after hiring Smallville’s John Schneider to play his dad. So who’s going to be the lovely lady responsible for bringing our trout-mouthed friend into existence? Guiding Light’s Tanya Clarke of course! She’s the perfect blonde to play Mary Evans, and she’s not bad too look at for a mother.
EW first reported Clarke’s casting, while also adding she will make her first appearance in the Dec. 6 episode, the same episode that introduces us to Sam’s dad. It’s really a no brainer they would appear together. Unlike the news of Schneider’s casting, Clarke’s came with the possibility of her character becoming recurring alongside Sam. With Sam’s parents being brought in to the picture,...
- 11/10/2011
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
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