Her iconic character Dorothy set out to find happiness “Over the Rainbow” in The Wizard of Oz. But off-screen, Judy Garland‘s quest for peace was plagued by insecurity, depression and drug abuse.
By her side throughout the young star’s life were her five husbands, who each witnessed her struggle with her inner demons.
Sadly, love couldn’t save Garland, who died in 1969 from a barbiturate overdose. She was 47.
Here, the stories behind her marriages and the men in Garland’s life.
David Rose (1941–1944)
David Rose was already a successful composer and orchestra leader when he first met Garland...
By her side throughout the young star’s life were her five husbands, who each witnessed her struggle with her inner demons.
Sadly, love couldn’t save Garland, who died in 1969 from a barbiturate overdose. She was 47.
Here, the stories behind her marriages and the men in Garland’s life.
David Rose (1941–1944)
David Rose was already a successful composer and orchestra leader when he first met Garland...
- 1/28/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Judy Garland was just 16 when she starred in her breakout role, 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. At just 4 feet, 11½ inches, Garland had a cute, girl-next-door charm helped set her apart from her glamorous contemporaries like Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner. But with success would come the need to maintain her youthful looks and thin frame — pressures from Hollywood studio MGM that would fuel the legendary songstress’ drug abuse and eventually lead to her death.
Now, more than four decades after an accidental drug overdose took her life at age 47, a new memoir about the late star pulls back the curtain on Garland’s demons.
Now, more than four decades after an accidental drug overdose took her life at age 47, a new memoir about the late star pulls back the curtain on Garland’s demons.
- 1/27/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Judy Garland is returning to Hollywood … well, sort of.
People has learned Garland’s remains have been removed from her burial place in New York and are currently en route to John F. Kennedy Airport to be flown to Los Angeles where she will be re-interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
The move is being made because her previous burial place did not have room for plots for her children (including Liza Minnelli) and grandchildren to be buried with her, People confirms.
The Wizard of Oz icon died tragically from an accidental barbiturate overdose in London in 1969 at age 47.
Among those...
People has learned Garland’s remains have been removed from her burial place in New York and are currently en route to John F. Kennedy Airport to be flown to Los Angeles where she will be re-interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
The move is being made because her previous burial place did not have room for plots for her children (including Liza Minnelli) and grandchildren to be buried with her, People confirms.
The Wizard of Oz icon died tragically from an accidental barbiturate overdose in London in 1969 at age 47.
Among those...
- 1/27/2017
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Judy Garland’s tumultuous 15-year romance with Sid Lift, a former boxer and test pilot, was marked by both career highs and a dark descent into drugs and rumors of abuse.
Only four short years after ending her marriage to Luft, the Wizard of Oz icon died tragically from an accidental barbiturate overdose in 1969 at age 47.
In a new memoir, Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland – crafted from notes left unfinished before his own 2005 death, and excerpted in this week’s issue of People – Luft details Garland’s painful decline of self destruction.
“My dad loved her,” their son Joey Luft,...
Only four short years after ending her marriage to Luft, the Wizard of Oz icon died tragically from an accidental barbiturate overdose in 1969 at age 47.
In a new memoir, Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland – crafted from notes left unfinished before his own 2005 death, and excerpted in this week’s issue of People – Luft details Garland’s painful decline of self destruction.
“My dad loved her,” their son Joey Luft,...
- 1/25/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Move over Fuller House and Gilmore Girls, there’s a new reboot heading to Netflix: One Day at a Time!
Based on the 1975 CBS sitcom of the same name, which ran for nine seasons, the streaming service’s new One Day at a Time has been re-imagined with a Latino cast — including Rita Moreno.
People and People En Español have an exclusive first look at the trailer for the series, which centers on a war veteran (Justina Machado) who is raising a teenage daughter and son as a single mom with the help of her own mother (Moreno). Moreno will play the grandmother.
Based on the 1975 CBS sitcom of the same name, which ran for nine seasons, the streaming service’s new One Day at a Time has been re-imagined with a Latino cast — including Rita Moreno.
People and People En Español have an exclusive first look at the trailer for the series, which centers on a war veteran (Justina Machado) who is raising a teenage daughter and son as a single mom with the help of her own mother (Moreno). Moreno will play the grandmother.
- 12/7/2016
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
[CUSTOM_PLAYER_BRIGHTCOVE "4842493958001"] David Gest - who was 61 when he was found dead Tuesday in London - had a history in showbiz long before his marriage to Liza Minnelli crumbled into tabloid fodder and he found fame in reality TV. A Los Angeles native, Gest was born on May 11, 1953. Growing up, he was a close friend of Michael Jackson and his brother Tito. Working in the entertainment industry, the producer achieved his biggest career feat in 2001, producing the highest-rating musical television special in history: Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, about his longtime childhood friend. While the Jackson special amped his acclaim, he also...
- 4/12/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Growing up as a member of the famed Vanderbilt family, Anderson Cooper didn't exactly have the white picket fence upbringing of his peers.
While other moms stayed home baking cookies, Gloria Vanderbilt designed jeans that enraptured a nation while sneaking her sons into Studio 54 and hosting dinner parties with guests who would make your jaws drop.
Looking back, Anderson has few regrets about his formative years, and credits his mother and late father – author Wyatt Cooper – with helping him realize the "possibilities of one's imagination."
"If famous people were coming over to the house, like Charlie Chaplin or Truman Capote,...
While other moms stayed home baking cookies, Gloria Vanderbilt designed jeans that enraptured a nation while sneaking her sons into Studio 54 and hosting dinner parties with guests who would make your jaws drop.
Looking back, Anderson has few regrets about his formative years, and credits his mother and late father – author Wyatt Cooper – with helping him realize the "possibilities of one's imagination."
"If famous people were coming over to the house, like Charlie Chaplin or Truman Capote,...
- 3/30/2016
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- People.com - TV Watch
Growing up as a member of the famed Vanderbilt family, Anderson Cooper didn't exactly have the white picket fence upbringing of his peers. While other moms stayed home baking cookies, Gloria Vanderbilt designed jeans that enraptured a nation while sneaking her sons into Studio 54 and hosting dinner parties with guests who would make your jaws drop. Looking back, Anderson has few regrets about his formative years, and credits his mother and late father - author Wyatt Cooper - with helping him realize the "possibilities of one's imagination." "If famous people were coming over to the house, like Charlie Chaplin or Truman Capote,...
- 3/30/2016
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Growing up as a member of the famed Vanderbilt family, Anderson Cooper didn't exactly have the white picket fence upbringing of his peers. While other moms stayed home baking cookies, Gloria Vanderbilt designed jeans that enraptured a nation while sneaking her sons into Studio 54 and hosting dinner parties with guests who would make your jaws drop. Looking back, Anderson has few regrets about his formative years, and credits his mother and late father - author Wyatt Cooper - with helping him realize the "possibilities of one's imagination." "If famous people were coming over to the house, like Charlie Chaplin or Truman Capote,...
- 3/30/2016
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Actor Pat Harrington Jr. died Wednesday at in Los Angeles after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his daughter Tresa announced. He was 86.
"Dear Friends, it is with the most unimaginable pain and sadness, that I tell you my father, Pat Harrington, Jr. passed away at 11:09 Pm this evening," Tresa wrote in a Facebook post. "We were all with him today and tonight: crying, laughing and loving him. This is the single most heart wrenching and physically painful thing, I've ever had to endure."
Harrington was hospitalized after a fall in November, when his daughter posted an update on his health,...
"Dear Friends, it is with the most unimaginable pain and sadness, that I tell you my father, Pat Harrington, Jr. passed away at 11:09 Pm this evening," Tresa wrote in a Facebook post. "We were all with him today and tonight: crying, laughing and loving him. This is the single most heart wrenching and physically painful thing, I've ever had to endure."
Harrington was hospitalized after a fall in November, when his daughter posted an update on his health,...
- 1/7/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- People.com - TV Watch
Actor Pat Harrington Jr. died Wednesday at in Los Angeles after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his daughter Tresa announced. He was 86. "Dear Friends, it is with the most unimaginable pain and sadness, that I tell you my father, Pat Harrington, Jr. passed away at 11:09 Pm this evening," Tresa wrote in a Facebook post. "We were all with him today and tonight: crying, laughing and loving him. This is the single most heart wrenching and physically painful thing, I've ever had to endure." Harrington was hospitalized after a fall in November, when his daughter posted an update on his health,...
- 1/7/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- PEOPLE.com
Actor Pat Harrington Jr. died Wednesday at in Los Angeles after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his daughter Tresa announced. He was 86. "Dear Friends, it is with the most unimaginable pain and sadness, that I tell you my father, Pat Harrington, Jr. passed away at 11:09 Pm this evening," Tresa wrote in a Facebook post. "We were all with him today and tonight: crying, laughing and loving him. This is the single most heart wrenching and physically painful thing, I've ever had to endure." Harrington was hospitalized after a fall in November, when his daughter posted an update on his health,...
- 1/7/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- PEOPLE.com
Carol Burnett – comedic trailblazer, actor, singer, dancer, producer and author – has been named the 52nd recipient of SAG-aftra’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Burnett will be presented the performers union’s top accolade at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at 8 p.m. (Et), 7 p.m. (Ct), 6 p.m. (Mt) and 5 p.m. (Pt). Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the SAG Life Achievement Award will join Burnett’s exceptional catalog of preeminent industry and public honors, which includes multiple Emmys, a special Tony, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and both a Kennedy Center Honor and its Mark Twain Prize for Humor.
In making today’s announcement, SAG-aftra President Ken Howard said, “Carol Burnett is a creative dynamo and a comedic genius.
In making today’s announcement, SAG-aftra President Ken Howard said, “Carol Burnett is a creative dynamo and a comedic genius.
- 7/20/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Producer Robert Evans, circa 1970s, in the documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture.
Robert Evans: The Kid Is Alright
By
Alex Simon
I interviewed legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans in 2002 for Venice Magazine, in conjunction with the release of the documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture," adapted from his iconic autobiography and audiobook. Our chat took place at Woodland, Evans' storied estate in Beverly Hills, in his equally famous screening room, which mysteriously burned down a couple years later. Evans was still physically frail, having recently survived a series of strokes, but his mind, his wit and his charm were sharp as ever, with near total recall for people, places and stories. Many, many stories. Here are a few of them.
It’s a widely-held belief that the years 1967-76 represent the “golden age” of American cinema. Just look at a few of these titles: Rosemary’s Baby,...
Robert Evans: The Kid Is Alright
By
Alex Simon
I interviewed legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans in 2002 for Venice Magazine, in conjunction with the release of the documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture," adapted from his iconic autobiography and audiobook. Our chat took place at Woodland, Evans' storied estate in Beverly Hills, in his equally famous screening room, which mysteriously burned down a couple years later. Evans was still physically frail, having recently survived a series of strokes, but his mind, his wit and his charm were sharp as ever, with near total recall for people, places and stories. Many, many stories. Here are a few of them.
It’s a widely-held belief that the years 1967-76 represent the “golden age” of American cinema. Just look at a few of these titles: Rosemary’s Baby,...
- 7/5/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The rapper says he has no ties to the mysterious organization - Et Kim Richards opens up about her arrest on Dr. Phil - Us Weekly John Travolta says Scientology "works well" - HuffPost Celebrity This Gossip Girl alum attends The Age of Adaline premiere - Gossip Girl Chris Soules and Whitney Bischoff talk about having kids - Ok! Jared Leto sports a shocking new look on the Suicide Squad set - Lainey Gossip How well do you know your Britney Spears music videos? - BuzzFeed Liza Minnelli steps out in La after completing rehab - People 6 insider facts about the show Jeopardy - Cracked...
- 4/21/2015
- by Marina-Liao
- Popsugar.com
Following the news that Liza Minnelli entered rehab for substance abuse, her friends say she'll make it through, just like she has before. "Liza is a survivor," says a longtime friend of the legendary singer, 69. "She is a champ. She has struggled with addiction and gone through [experiences] that would kill an elephant. She is incredibly brave." The Cabaret star has sought treatment for substance abuse in the past. "It's no secret she has dealt with this for years," her spokesperson Scott Gorenstein tells People. "And when she felt the need to seek help again, she did." Once she is out...
- 3/20/2015
- by Liz McNeil, @lizmcneil
- PEOPLE.com
Liza Minnelli has been admitted to a treatment facility for substance abuse, People has confirmed. The actress, 69, has already checked into the facility, the name of which is not being disclosed, says Scott Gorenstein, a spokesperson for Minnelli. "Considering she's doing so well, we expect that she'll be released shortly," Gorenstein tells People of the Cabaret star. Minnelli has battled substance abuse over the years and has sought out treatment in the past. In 1984, the actor-singer was treated for addiction to alcohol and prescription drug use after the death of her mother Judy Garland, who overdosed on sleeping pills in...
- 3/19/2015
- by Jacqueline Andriakos, @jandriakos
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood and Broadway star Joel Grey, best known for “Cabaret,” has come out as a gay man.
“I don’t like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I’m a gay man,” Grey told People. “All the people close to me have known for years who I am, [yet] it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was.”
See photos: 13 Hollywood Lgbt Stars Who Play Superheroes or Villains
Grey, who won an Oscar for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies alongside Liza Minnelli in “Cabaret,” was married to actress Jo Wilder for 24 years,...
“I don’t like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I’m a gay man,” Grey told People. “All the people close to me have known for years who I am, [yet] it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was.”
See photos: 13 Hollywood Lgbt Stars Who Play Superheroes or Villains
Grey, who won an Oscar for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies alongside Liza Minnelli in “Cabaret,” was married to actress Jo Wilder for 24 years,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
He reached the heights of stage and screen, was married for 24 years and proudly raised two children. But for decades, Joel Grey kept one aspect of himself decidedly out of the spotlight. Now, at 82, the Cabaret Oscar winner talks for the first time in People's new issue about his sexuality. "I don't like labels," says Grey, "but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man." While it's not a secret to his friends and family, the entertainer's never spoken about it publicly before. "All the people close to me have known for years who I am,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Liz McNeil, @lizmcneil
- PEOPLE.com
He reached the heights of stage and screen, was married for 24 years and proudly raised two children. But for decades, Joel Grey kept one aspect of himself decidedly out of the spotlight. Now, at 82, the Cabaret Oscar winner talks for the first time in People's new issue about his sexuality. "I don't like labels," says Grey, "but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man." While it's not a secret to his friends and family, the entertainer's never spoken about it publicly before. "All the people close to me have known for years who I am,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Liz McNeil, @lizmcneil
- PEOPLE.com
For the past nine years, retired attorney Tamara Green has stayed fairly quiet about her claims that Bill Cosby drugged and groped her back in 1970. But she thinks it's "fabulous" Cosby is once again under fire for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting 14 women - including former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. "He is in fact a sexual predator," Green, 58, tells People exclusively. "I don't dispute the fact the man has done much good, but he is a flawed man." "He's not the fictional Dr. Huxtable or the Jell-o salesman," she says. "This is Bill Cosby who for years felt entitled...
- 11/16/2014
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan, @nweisenseeegan
- PEOPLE.com
Week Six saw The X Factor contestants pay tribute to Big Band music with an eclectic group of performances.
Digital Spy rounds up what Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B and Louis Walsh had to say about Saturday night's (November 15) acts - and if you missed the show, you can catch up with all the performances below, too:
1. Andrea Faustini: 'Summertime' by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Cheryl: "You absolutely brought that to life. One word. Amazeballs."
Simon: "It lacked that gritty passion which you need with that song. I thought it was going to go somewhere and it didn't. And you're pulling these terrible faces, like you're in pain."
2. Lauren Platt: 'Smile' by Nat King Cole
Louis: "It's just so effortless like you're born to do this. You're always note-perfect."
Mel B: "You look absolutely stunning. Your technique vocally is flawless.
Digital Spy rounds up what Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B and Louis Walsh had to say about Saturday night's (November 15) acts - and if you missed the show, you can catch up with all the performances below, too:
1. Andrea Faustini: 'Summertime' by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Cheryl: "You absolutely brought that to life. One word. Amazeballs."
Simon: "It lacked that gritty passion which you need with that song. I thought it was going to go somewhere and it didn't. And you're pulling these terrible faces, like you're in pain."
2. Lauren Platt: 'Smile' by Nat King Cole
Louis: "It's just so effortless like you're born to do this. You're always note-perfect."
Mel B: "You look absolutely stunning. Your technique vocally is flawless.
- 11/15/2014
- Digital Spy
It was the eighth - and final - trip she would ever make down the aisle. And now, for the first time, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation has released photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky's lavish 1991 wedding at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch exclusively to People. This inside look commemorates People's Oct. 21, 1991, cover story on the biggest and most media-saturated wedding in Hollywood history. (Remember, this was in the days before weddings like George and Amal Clooney's and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's.) In the photos, the blushing, bronzed bride is dressed in a pale yellow...
- 10/21/2014
- by K.C. Baker @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – The irony is, of course, that actress Mackenzie Phillips was in a notable 1970s sitcom called “One Day at a Time,” and that phrase often describes the struggles of living with addiction. Phillips talked to HollywoodChicago.com about living that life at the “Hollywood Show” Chicago.
Mackenzie Phillips was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas singer John Phillips and his first wife, Susan Adams. She was in a band at the age of 12, and was spotted by a casting agent. She auditioned for the breakthrough George Lucas film, “American Graffiti,” and won the role of Carol. Three years later, she won her signature role, that of Julie Cooper on the long-running situation comedy “One Day at a Time,” co-starring Valerie Bertinelli and Bonnie Franklin.
Mackenzie Phillips at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
It was...
Mackenzie Phillips was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas singer John Phillips and his first wife, Susan Adams. She was in a band at the age of 12, and was spotted by a casting agent. She auditioned for the breakthrough George Lucas film, “American Graffiti,” and won the role of Carol. Three years later, she won her signature role, that of Julie Cooper on the long-running situation comedy “One Day at a Time,” co-starring Valerie Bertinelli and Bonnie Franklin.
Mackenzie Phillips at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
It was...
- 7/9/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The clear difficulty of identifying the definitive movie musicals is separating the musical itself from the film version. The Phantom of the Opera is, without a doubt, a top ten definitive stage musical. Movie musical? Not so much. Drawing a clear line between the two is what makes this list a little trickier. For this segment of the list, we have musicals that have no stage version, two Best Picture winners, a Palme d’Or winner, and a few musicals that may stretch the term a bit.
courtesy of writeonnewjersey.com
20. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Signature Song: “Jailhouse Rock” (http://youtu.be/HZJTgYzf9FE)
It brought “The King” to the big screen for the first time in a film about a man in prison who learns to express himself through music, rather than violence (he’s in prison for manslaughter). Vince (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunk in...
courtesy of writeonnewjersey.com
20. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Signature Song: “Jailhouse Rock” (http://youtu.be/HZJTgYzf9FE)
It brought “The King” to the big screen for the first time in a film about a man in prison who learns to express himself through music, rather than violence (he’s in prison for manslaughter). Vince (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunk in...
- 5/19/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
In this wild and wacky season of Archer Vice, Isis matriarch, Malory (Jessica Walter) has endured her role as the plot pusher, but she’s also taken more of a supportive role this season. That doesn’t mean she hasn’t had her set of conflicts to deal with. She is desperately trying to find a way to make money off of the shit-ton of cocaine they have stashed in the Tunt Manor, but it’s dwindling because Pam (Amber Nash) keeps eating it. Now she has been forced her to milk what she can of Cheryl’s (Judy Greer) talents singing country songs as her latest alter ego, Cherlene.
If that’s not enough, Malory has also been dumped by her husband, Ron Cadillac (played by Walter’s real life husband, Ron Leibman), is reminding Lana (Aisha Tyler) of the mistake she has growing in her belly and for...
If that’s not enough, Malory has also been dumped by her husband, Ron Cadillac (played by Walter’s real life husband, Ron Leibman), is reminding Lana (Aisha Tyler) of the mistake she has growing in her belly and for...
- 3/18/2014
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Nudity has long been one of the biggest talking points surrounding HBO's Girls, so it came as no surprise that it took a prominent position in Lena Dunham's debut as host of Saturday Night Live. "There is an old saying: If you're nervous about giving a speech, just imagine the audience naked," the 27-year-old writer/director/actress said during her opening monologue. "Or at least imagine that they haven't seen you naked." The monologue progressed into a series of cringingly intimate sexual disclosures from castmembers and offered Dunham an...
- 3/9/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Well, this should be interesting. Not “Saturday Night Live” itself, which I imagine will rebound quite nicely from last week’s fairly disastrous show. Rather, I mean reaction to Lena Dunham, who inspires more conversation than almost anyone else on television, all of which can be accurately described as “passionate.” Dunham, and her HBO “Girls,” seems to touch a nerve unlike anything else in current popular culture, to the point where any rationale online discussion of either seems as likely as my mother waking up tomorrow and suddenly understanding the concept of cloud computing. We’ll see how much “SNL” leans into this whirlwind surrounding Dunham, and how much both the show and the actress try to move away from Hannah Horvath and into other comedic avenues. Jim Parsons declared he was “Not That Guy” in last week’s monologue, but then deployed a bunch of Sheldon Cooper-lite characters throughout the show.
- 3/9/2014
- by Ryan McGee
- Hitfix
Long before he was a big Oscar winner, and prior to his first real break in Dazed and Confused, Matthew McConaughey starred on the small screen - in a country music video. Yes, that's the future Hollywood superstar playing a sexy hunk in Trisha Yearwood's 1992 video for her hit song, "Walk Away Joe." The future Hollywood superstar played a hunk in Trisha Yearwood's 1992 video for "Walk Away Joe."The video, which also features Don Henley on vocals, shows the boyishly handsome, 23-year-old McConaughey chasing his girlfriend through a field of corn, giving her some bedroom eyes, and even skinny-dipping.
- 3/6/2014
- by Gillian Telling
- PEOPLE.com
Long before he was a big Oscar winner, and prior to his first real break in Dazed and Confused, Matthew McConaughey starred on the small screen - in a country music video. Yes, that's the future Hollywood superstar playing a sexy hunk in Trisha Yearwood's 1992 video for her hit song, "Walk Away Joe." The future Hollywood superstar played a hunk in Trisha Yearwood's 1992 video for "Walk Away Joe."The video, which also features Don Henley on vocals, shows the boyishly handsome, 23-year-old McConaughey chasing his girlfriend through a field of corn, giving her some bedroom eyes, and even skinny-dipping.
- 3/6/2014
- by Gillian Telling
- PEOPLE.com
John Travolta has had his good moments in front of a crowd, but his mispronunciation of Idina Menzel‘s name at the Oscars wasn’t his best moment. He gets it and is only too happy to pile on along with everyone else. ”I’ve been beating myself up all day,” Travolta says. “Then I thought…what would Idina Menzel say, She’d say, Let it go, let it go! Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night!” No worry, John. People will have a hard time remembering who won in a couple weeks. At least the memory of you, Idina, and Liza Minnelli, will linger.
- 3/4/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The big winners at last night's 16-hour Oscar ceremony: Dreams. Inspiration. Heroes. So live the impossible, because that’s what Jared Leto's mom would want. Just keep livin', because no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid and your magic is real. Hey, movie stars, we get it — nobody’s against dreams, right? We are all, as Fred Durst would put it, in agreeance here? But like Matthew McConaughey says, "We all need somebody to look up to, somebody to look down on, somebody to chase, somebody to love,...
- 3/3/2014
- Rollingstone.com
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate Sunday night as many a famous face left the Academy Awards with a new prize. But we noticed the Oscars left out a category - Best Dog Ever - so we're going to hand out a belated award on the Academy's behalf. Meet Brie, a 4½-month-old fashion-forward red Boston terrier, who took to Instagram to share some of her favorite moments from Hollywood's biggest night.Pick Your Faves: Make Your Own Best Dressed List This furry fan couldn't resist dressing up like Best Supporting Actress winner Lupita Nyong'o, who stunned in a Prada...
- 3/3/2014
- by Amy Jamieson
- PEOPLE.com
The 86th Annual Academy Awards are Sunday, March 2nd and Rolling Stone has everything you need to know about the Oscars in one handy spot: right here.
Peter Travers on the Oscars:
Oscars 2014: Peter Travers Picks Who Should (And Will) Win
In the tightest race in years, the question is: Can anyone take down the box-office and critical smash that is 'Gravity'?.
See the full list. 'Damn You, Oscars!' Says Peter Travers: Dissecting This Year's Snubs
Snubs are plentiful this year. Watch our critic unleash his rage.
Peter Travers on the Oscars:
Oscars 2014: Peter Travers Picks Who Should (And Will) Win
In the tightest race in years, the question is: Can anyone take down the box-office and critical smash that is 'Gravity'?.
See the full list. 'Damn You, Oscars!' Says Peter Travers: Dissecting This Year's Snubs
Snubs are plentiful this year. Watch our critic unleash his rage.
- 2/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Above: Bill Siegel and Khalilah Camacho-Ali
Unlike other films about the controversial boxer, the recent documentary The Trials of Muhammad Ali makes no pretense of telling Ali’s whole story. It presumes that most of us in the audience already know it and those of us who don’t can easily fill in the gaps with the wealth of other movies, books, and TV specials devoted to his legend. Produced by Chicago-based documentary company Kartemquin Films, Trials focuses on Ali’s conversion to the Nation of Islam and the controversies associated with his religious and political convictions. These subjects are addressed in Michael Mann’s Ali (2001) and referenced in other documentaries about him, but Trials examines them in greater depth, generally neglecting his athletic achievements to better focus on his radicalism.
We took some time to speak with the film’s director, Bill Siegel, whose first film was Kartemquin-produced The Weather Underground...
Unlike other films about the controversial boxer, the recent documentary The Trials of Muhammad Ali makes no pretense of telling Ali’s whole story. It presumes that most of us in the audience already know it and those of us who don’t can easily fill in the gaps with the wealth of other movies, books, and TV specials devoted to his legend. Produced by Chicago-based documentary company Kartemquin Films, Trials focuses on Ali’s conversion to the Nation of Islam and the controversies associated with his religious and political convictions. These subjects are addressed in Michael Mann’s Ali (2001) and referenced in other documentaries about him, but Trials examines them in greater depth, generally neglecting his athletic achievements to better focus on his radicalism.
We took some time to speak with the film’s director, Bill Siegel, whose first film was Kartemquin-produced The Weather Underground...
- 12/17/2013
- by Ben and Kathleen Sachs
- MUBI
The Wasteland:
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
How sad. ‘America’s Mermaid’ peacefully died in her sleep on June 6, her rep reports, after a number of health setbacks over the past few years.
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress, was a huge box-office attraction of the ’40s and ’50s, but she sadly lost her life on June 6 — she was 91 years old.
Esther Williams Dead — Sad Breaking News
Her longtime publicist Harlan Boll said Esther was in a peaceful sleep when she passed away, People reports.
In films such as Easy to Wed, Neptune’s Daughter and Dangerous When Wet, Esther appeared in swimsuit scenes. Her films all seemed to follow the same formula, according to ABC News. They included romance, music, comedy and a plot that provided excuses to get Esther into the water!
Following the ’50s, Esther tried non-swimming roles, but she found little success. And she retired from public life after her 1962 marriage to Fernando Lamas.
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress, was a huge box-office attraction of the ’40s and ’50s, but she sadly lost her life on June 6 — she was 91 years old.
Esther Williams Dead — Sad Breaking News
Her longtime publicist Harlan Boll said Esther was in a peaceful sleep when she passed away, People reports.
In films such as Easy to Wed, Neptune’s Daughter and Dangerous When Wet, Esther appeared in swimsuit scenes. Her films all seemed to follow the same formula, according to ABC News. They included romance, music, comedy and a plot that provided excuses to get Esther into the water!
Following the ’50s, Esther tried non-swimming roles, but she found little success. And she retired from public life after her 1962 marriage to Fernando Lamas.
- 6/6/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
(Source)
All hail Pope Francis I, your flavorful new Argentinian pope of endless power and infallibility. Or not, if you don't believe that popes are magic. Whatever!
As the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio addressed his legions of devotees at the Vatican yesterday, noted homosexuals took to Twitter to air their feelings/grievances/puuns. Here are 12 of my favorite gay-invented quips about the new pope, a man I'm calling Jorge Bergoglio Argentina. Because Penelope Cruz won an Oscar for that.
First, a tweet of my own, then 12 of Twitter's gay best.
New pope: "Gay marriage is a machination of the Father of Lies." Ugh, the Father of Lies rejected me on Craigslist too.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 13, 2013
Regarding the pope's blockbuster potential, Chris Schleicher had to wonder...
"I had Francis-cum last night" - Sex and the City 3: Roman Holiday / Rt @pontifex Habemus Papam Franciscum
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) March 13, 2013
The pope...
All hail Pope Francis I, your flavorful new Argentinian pope of endless power and infallibility. Or not, if you don't believe that popes are magic. Whatever!
As the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio addressed his legions of devotees at the Vatican yesterday, noted homosexuals took to Twitter to air their feelings/grievances/puuns. Here are 12 of my favorite gay-invented quips about the new pope, a man I'm calling Jorge Bergoglio Argentina. Because Penelope Cruz won an Oscar for that.
First, a tweet of my own, then 12 of Twitter's gay best.
New pope: "Gay marriage is a machination of the Father of Lies." Ugh, the Father of Lies rejected me on Craigslist too.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 13, 2013
Regarding the pope's blockbuster potential, Chris Schleicher had to wonder...
"I had Francis-cum last night" - Sex and the City 3: Roman Holiday / Rt @pontifex Habemus Papam Franciscum
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) March 13, 2013
The pope...
- 3/14/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
(Source)
Happy 67th birthday to an entertainer who has spent decades proving that she's not only immensely talented, but resilient, refreshingly weird, and one of a kind. Seriously, who compares to Liza Minnelli? Her career has a hit a couple of bumps, but those are interspersed nicely between her (ahem) four Tony wins, thrillingly strange film choices, bizarre marriages, and eleven album releases. Today, on Liza-with-a-z's 67th birthday, enjoy a smattering of clips featuring her talents, outrageousness, and some of the most definitive chutzpah of our time.
(I've arranged them chronologically for your convenience.)
1. Let her enchant you with that mother of hers.
2. Watch as the What's My Line? panel takes approximately 15 seconds to identify that voice.
3. Her first amazing acting scene: the phone call from her first Oscar-nominated role in 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo
4. My favorite musical sequence (from any movie) ever: Cabaret's "Money." Liza and Joel Work for those Oscars.
Happy 67th birthday to an entertainer who has spent decades proving that she's not only immensely talented, but resilient, refreshingly weird, and one of a kind. Seriously, who compares to Liza Minnelli? Her career has a hit a couple of bumps, but those are interspersed nicely between her (ahem) four Tony wins, thrillingly strange film choices, bizarre marriages, and eleven album releases. Today, on Liza-with-a-z's 67th birthday, enjoy a smattering of clips featuring her talents, outrageousness, and some of the most definitive chutzpah of our time.
(I've arranged them chronologically for your convenience.)
1. Let her enchant you with that mother of hers.
2. Watch as the What's My Line? panel takes approximately 15 seconds to identify that voice.
3. Her first amazing acting scene: the phone call from her first Oscar-nominated role in 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo
4. My favorite musical sequence (from any movie) ever: Cabaret's "Money." Liza and Joel Work for those Oscars.
- 3/12/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
No. No. No.
The extremely talented, beloved, and gorgeous Valerie Harper just announced that she has terminal brain cancer, and if you're a human with human insides, this should destroy you.
According to People, she may have only three months to live. This is especially shocking considering Harper was just on a book tour for her memoir I, Rhoda. I'll take this sad story, which comes right on the heels of Bonnie Franklin's death from pancreatic cancer, as an opportunity to revisit her work on only the greatest sitcom of the '70s (take that, Archie!), The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
What's Rhoda Morgenstern's greatest moment, guys?
I'm going obvious here, but I have to pick the episode "Rhoda the Beautiful," where everyone starts complimenting Rhoda on her weight-loss, and she's both uncomfortable and heartened by the attention. Then Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, and her way...
The extremely talented, beloved, and gorgeous Valerie Harper just announced that she has terminal brain cancer, and if you're a human with human insides, this should destroy you.
According to People, she may have only three months to live. This is especially shocking considering Harper was just on a book tour for her memoir I, Rhoda. I'll take this sad story, which comes right on the heels of Bonnie Franklin's death from pancreatic cancer, as an opportunity to revisit her work on only the greatest sitcom of the '70s (take that, Archie!), The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
What's Rhoda Morgenstern's greatest moment, guys?
I'm going obvious here, but I have to pick the episode "Rhoda the Beautiful," where everyone starts complimenting Rhoda on her weight-loss, and she's both uncomfortable and heartened by the attention. Then Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, and her way...
- 3/6/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Today we say goodbye to Bonnie Franklin, the Tony-nominated star of Applause who went on to thrill us for nine years as divorced mother Ann Romano on the kickass series One Day at a Time. Franklin died at 69 of pancreatic cancer.
To this day, the Romanos must be the most gorgeous family ever to live in Indianapolis, but they wouldn't know it because they were too busy suffering at the hands of Schneider and his innuendos about Ms. Romano's radiator. You know a show is great when you can't decide whether its greatest featured actor is Shelley Fabares or Nanette Fabray.
In honor of Ms. Franklin's amazing sitcom (produced by Norman Lear), I ask you: What's Franklin's greatest One Day at a Time episode?
I actually Love Bonnie's last episode on the series, but I'm taking us back to her most quintessential type of moment: telling Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) and...
To this day, the Romanos must be the most gorgeous family ever to live in Indianapolis, but they wouldn't know it because they were too busy suffering at the hands of Schneider and his innuendos about Ms. Romano's radiator. You know a show is great when you can't decide whether its greatest featured actor is Shelley Fabares or Nanette Fabray.
In honor of Ms. Franklin's amazing sitcom (produced by Norman Lear), I ask you: What's Franklin's greatest One Day at a Time episode?
I actually Love Bonnie's last episode on the series, but I'm taking us back to her most quintessential type of moment: telling Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) and...
- 3/1/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
At the time of its 1972 release, “Cabaret” shattered the saccharine reputation of the movie musical with its edgy take on anti-Semitism, Nazism, abortion and even repressed homosexuality.
But as daring as the material was, actor Michael York says he wasn’t concerned about tackling the role of Brian Roberts, a reserved English academic with a secret fondness for men.
At a press event before a star-studded reunion screening at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater (where “Cabaret” had its original premiere), York recalled, “People did say to me afterward, 'Didn’t you think twice about what [playing a bisexual man] would do to your career?'”
Pointing to the fact that both the stage and film versions of “Cabaret” used gay author Christopher Isherwood’s 1945 book Goodbye To Berlin as their original source material, York added, “The whole reason, of course, that Isherwood was in Berlin was for the sex, which was pretty available … our...
But as daring as the material was, actor Michael York says he wasn’t concerned about tackling the role of Brian Roberts, a reserved English academic with a secret fondness for men.
At a press event before a star-studded reunion screening at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater (where “Cabaret” had its original premiere), York recalled, “People did say to me afterward, 'Didn’t you think twice about what [playing a bisexual man] would do to your career?'”
Pointing to the fact that both the stage and film versions of “Cabaret” used gay author Christopher Isherwood’s 1945 book Goodbye To Berlin as their original source material, York added, “The whole reason, of course, that Isherwood was in Berlin was for the sex, which was pretty available … our...
- 2/6/2013
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
There is either a couple of football fans or Jerry Maguire/Moneyball with this year’s most liked unproduced screenplay. Close to 300 hundred film executives provided with the Black List creators a top ten of their favorite screenplays of the year and the consensus first overall pick (with 65 votes) comes from the recently featured in Variety (10 Screenwriters to Watch 2012) tandem of Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman and their drama which has nothing to do with enlisting in the armed forces. Draft Day – about the day in the life of a fictitious Buffalo Bills Gm appears to currently be in turnaround — which only means I expect to see this greenlight perhaps a little later than sooner – worth noting: top spot almost guarantees that the film will indeed go into production (2006, 2010 and 2011 are the exceptions.) Among the more alluring logline subjects we find on the list, I’d be keen on reading the...
- 12/18/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
He has spent his life creating memorable and menacing characters. The actor tells Sean O'Hagan why he hates horses, loves Hollywood's honesty and won't leave his hotel in London
It was Mickey Rourke who came closest to capturing Christopher Walken's singular aura. "You were always like this strange being from another place," Rourke told Walken when the two came together recently for a feature in Interview magazine. "There was something 'outer space' about you."
Though Walken, now 69, has mellowed somewhat since he first crossed paths with Rourke on Michael Cimino's ill-fated epic, Heaven's Gate, in 1980, that description still seems apt. It's to do with his sense of detachment: the odd mix of preternatural calm and underlying menace that he exudes onscreen. Like the late Dennis Hopper, but in a more understated way, Walken has spent the best part of his career playing extreme characters of one kind or another,...
It was Mickey Rourke who came closest to capturing Christopher Walken's singular aura. "You were always like this strange being from another place," Rourke told Walken when the two came together recently for a feature in Interview magazine. "There was something 'outer space' about you."
Though Walken, now 69, has mellowed somewhat since he first crossed paths with Rourke on Michael Cimino's ill-fated epic, Heaven's Gate, in 1980, that description still seems apt. It's to do with his sense of detachment: the odd mix of preternatural calm and underlying menace that he exudes onscreen. Like the late Dennis Hopper, but in a more understated way, Walken has spent the best part of his career playing extreme characters of one kind or another,...
- 12/2/2012
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
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Hey! Want to see a Class A high school jerk get beat up by a bunch of girls and then test positive for gonorrhea? Want to see a black lesbian call out a straight white girl? Well then, step right on up to this week’s Emily Owens, M.D.
We start off episode number tres with Emily continuing to pine over Will (yawn), and Cassandra and Emily going head to head in a pop quiz created by Dr. Bendari about who knows the most about gallbladders. Nerds. Emily loses because Cassandra psychs her out about her excessive armpit sweat, which is a thing. We’ve been told multiple times that Emily was called “Pits” in high school. I really enjoy this bit though, because if you’ve never been embarrassed by excessive pit sweatage, then you’re probably not human.
We move...
Hey! Want to see a Class A high school jerk get beat up by a bunch of girls and then test positive for gonorrhea? Want to see a black lesbian call out a straight white girl? Well then, step right on up to this week’s Emily Owens, M.D.
We start off episode number tres with Emily continuing to pine over Will (yawn), and Cassandra and Emily going head to head in a pop quiz created by Dr. Bendari about who knows the most about gallbladders. Nerds. Emily loses because Cassandra psychs her out about her excessive armpit sweat, which is a thing. We’ve been told multiple times that Emily was called “Pits” in high school. I really enjoy this bit though, because if you’ve never been embarrassed by excessive pit sweatage, then you’re probably not human.
We move...
- 10/31/2012
- by daffodilly
- AfterEllen.com
Miss Coco Peru, a.k.a. Clinton Leupp, has enjoyed a 20-year career in drag that has yielded unforgettable results, including her signature line in the 1999 movie Trick ("It burns!"), a starring role in Richard Day's gay cinematic classic Girls Will Be Girls, and a number of hilarious and touching live shows, including her "Conversations with Coco" series at Los Angeles' Gay & Lesbian Center, which has featured special guests such as Bea Arthur, Lily Tomlin, Karen Black, and (my girl) Lesley Ann Warren.
Earlier this week she bartended during an episode of Andy Cohen's Bravo talk show Watch What Happens: Live, and on Thursday, she debuted her new show She's Got Balls at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre for a weekend run.
We caught up with Coco to discuss nervous jitters, meeting Andy Cohen, and Bea Arthur's threatening voicemails.
AfterElton: "She's Got Balls" is a pretty commanding title.
Earlier this week she bartended during an episode of Andy Cohen's Bravo talk show Watch What Happens: Live, and on Thursday, she debuted her new show She's Got Balls at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre for a weekend run.
We caught up with Coco to discuss nervous jitters, meeting Andy Cohen, and Bea Arthur's threatening voicemails.
AfterElton: "She's Got Balls" is a pretty commanding title.
- 10/19/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
With a start in independent films like Nights and Weekends with “mumblecore” director Joe Swanberg, actress Greta Gerwig has recently expanded her quirky prowess to larger films, both from the independent and Hollywood scene. Recently, she played Russell Brand’s on-screen love interest in Arthur, playing the part once made famous by Liza Minnelli. Now, she’s in Damsels in Distress, the latest movie from Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco filmmaker Whit Stillman.
In the vibrant comedy Damsels, Gerwig plays a college student named Violet, an eccentric character with an unusual circle of friends. As tap dance-loving Violet falls into a “downward spiral,” her group of friends incorporate a new student (played by Crazy Stupid Love’s Analeigh Tipton) into their deadpan world of boys, suicide prevention centers, and the “Sambola.”
I sat down with Gerwig to talk about her unique character, the difference between working on a...
In the vibrant comedy Damsels, Gerwig plays a college student named Violet, an eccentric character with an unusual circle of friends. As tap dance-loving Violet falls into a “downward spiral,” her group of friends incorporate a new student (played by Crazy Stupid Love’s Analeigh Tipton) into their deadpan world of boys, suicide prevention centers, and the “Sambola.”
I sat down with Gerwig to talk about her unique character, the difference between working on a...
- 4/17/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Feature-length film that explores late actor's fascination with jewels to air on Channel 4 in the spring
Channel 4 is to tell the definitive story of the late actor Elizabeth Taylor in a feature-length documentary – through the history of her extensive jewellery collection.
The broadcaster is to air the documentary, which explores the actor's life story through some of her most precious jewels, later this spring.
The jewels have recently featured in landmark auctions in New York and London and at her death were valued at more than £100m.
Taylor once declared that jewels were one of the three loves of her life, alongside two of her seven husbands – the producer Mike Todd, who died in 1958, and actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice.
"You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines," she once said.
Channel 4 is to tell the definitive story of the late actor Elizabeth Taylor in a feature-length documentary – through the history of her extensive jewellery collection.
The broadcaster is to air the documentary, which explores the actor's life story through some of her most precious jewels, later this spring.
The jewels have recently featured in landmark auctions in New York and London and at her death were valued at more than £100m.
Taylor once declared that jewels were one of the three loves of her life, alongside two of her seven husbands – the producer Mike Todd, who died in 1958, and actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice.
"You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines," she once said.
- 3/1/2012
- by Ben Dowell
- The Guardian - Film News
They've tried everything. One host. Two hosts. Four hosts. 32 hosts. Comic hosts. Serious-thespian hosts. Hollywood-legend hosts. Young hosts. Old hosts. Hip hosts. Square hosts. Singing-and-dancing hosts. Every year, it seems, the Academy Awards goes back to the drawing board to figure out what sort of emcee will keep the show lively, attract viewers (especially younger viewers) and keep them from flipping channels during the slow parts. It's a thankless gig; no wonder Billy Crystal, who's done it eight times, decided to sit out for eight years before agreeing to return to host this year's Academy Awards on Sunday night. The job requires a difficult and rare set of skills: a host must entertain both the Hollywood big-shots in the auditorium and regular folks at home. They can poke fun at the huge egos in the room, but can't deflate them with too much snark, and they can't be too inside-baseball.
- 2/22/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Diane Keaton's autobiography is an endearing ramble that reveals more about her close relationship with her mother than it does about her films
You would not expect a memoir by Diane Keaton to be a conventional "as told to" or ghosted showbusiness autobiography, and indeed she recognises her own eccentricity in a 1969 letter to her mother written after failing an audition for a Broadway comedy. "Too tall and too 'kooky' – a nice way of saying strange," she reports, using a newly fashionable term to describe the ditzy likes of Goldie Hawn, Liza Minnelli and herself. Her rambling, endearing book is not short of glamorous names, nor does it scorn ambition and fame. But she shares the stage with her family and most particularly with her mother, Dorothy Hall, as co-star. On the final page she calls the book "our memoir – your words with my words". In 1968 when she got...
You would not expect a memoir by Diane Keaton to be a conventional "as told to" or ghosted showbusiness autobiography, and indeed she recognises her own eccentricity in a 1969 letter to her mother written after failing an audition for a Broadway comedy. "Too tall and too 'kooky' – a nice way of saying strange," she reports, using a newly fashionable term to describe the ditzy likes of Goldie Hawn, Liza Minnelli and herself. Her rambling, endearing book is not short of glamorous names, nor does it scorn ambition and fame. But she shares the stage with her family and most particularly with her mother, Dorothy Hall, as co-star. On the final page she calls the book "our memoir – your words with my words". In 1968 when she got...
- 11/20/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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