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*Reese Witherspoon has the 'fever' to play Peggy Lee in biopic! Wow!*
*Nora Ephron at the helm*
Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010
By HitFix Staff
Actress Reese Witherspoon is in talks to sing again on the big screen - in a movie about legendary entertainer Peggy Lee.
Witherspoon showed off her vocals as June Carter in Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005), a role which landed her Oscar gold in 2006.
The star has now bought the rights to the life story of the Fever hitmaker, who rose to fame in the 1940s and went on to record a number of hit albums.
According to trade paper Variety, Witherspoon has enlisted Hollywood filmmaker Nora Ephron to write and direct the biopic, which the actress plans to produce and star.
The project will document Lee's life until her death in 2002, including the late star's singing and acting career.
*Peggy Lee*
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*Unseen photos of Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield discovered in pub*
*A previously unseen photograph of the Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield pulling a pint of beer in an English country pub has emerged after more than 50 years.*
08 Aug 2010
Telegraph.co.uk
*A previously unseen photograph of the Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield pulling a pint of beer in an English country pub has emerged after more than 50 years.*
The blonde bombshell, the first mainstream actress to go nude in a film, is also pictured cuddling one of her favourite chihuahua dogs alongside British actor Anthony Quayle.
The stars were in England in 1958 to film a thriller called "The Challenge" in the UK and "It Takes A Thief" in the US. It was a flop.
They had popped into the pub, The Deers Hut in Liphook, Hants, because filming was taking place at the nearby Longmoor military railway.
The photographs were discovered by the pub landlord Steve Frain when he was doing some renovation work.
They have now been framed and have become a major object of curiosity for drinkers at the hostelry.
Miss Mansfield, whose career was on the wane when the picture was taken despite the allure of her 40 inch chest, was invited behind the bar by landlord Bert Oram.
She pulled a pint which would have cost 1 shilling and fourpence ? about 7p in today's money. Mr Oram died in 1993.
Outside she posed with Quayle and a huge retriever called Gaspard from a nearby farm.
Landlord Steve Frain, 42, said: "The photographs were among a whole heap of black and white pictures we found when we were redecorating.
"They just turned up our of the blue and nobody locally could remember her turning up ? they must have forgotten.
"I think they are lovely and we have had them framed and put up in the bar. Everyone comments on them and wants to know what Jayne Mansfield was doing here."
Miss Mansfield, who had signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, also made a thriller called Too Hot To Handle in England.
While touring Europe on behalf of the studio she met the Queen at the Cannes Film Festival and told her: "You are so beautiful." The Queen allegedly replied: "So are you."
The actress, rumoured to have had a string of affairs including one with US president John Kennedy and his brother Robert, was married three times and divorced twice.
She had five children.
With her second husband Mickey Hargitay she turned a 40 bedroomed Beverly Hills mansion into 'The Pink Palace' with pink lighting, pink furs, a pink heart-shaped bath and a fountain spurting pink champagne.
She died in a car crash in June 1967 as she was being driven to a TV interview in New Orleans.
The Challenge, released in 1960, bombed with the critics. One said: "The only good thing about this film is the performance of Anthony Quayle."
Quayle, who was knighted in 1985, had a far more distinguished career including as a Shakespearean actor on stage with Laurence Olivier and in films such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Guns of Navarone. He died in 1989.
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Kim Stanley ...... She was less active during the remainder of her career; two of her later film successes were as the mother of Frances Farmer in _Frances_ (1982), for which she received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, and as Pancho Barnes in _The Right Stuff_ (1983). _The Right Stuff_ directed by Philip Kaufman!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Philip Kaufman!*
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*still is:*
*Ingrid Bergman wsa in: A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV) directed by Alan Gibson!*
*NEW DIRECTOR: Alan Gibson!*
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golf club ....... Uhhhhhh ..... _Caddyshack_ (1980)
*NEW WORD: Aug 10, 1846: _THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE_ WAS FOUNDED!*
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Ingrid Bergman wsa in: _A Woman Called Golda_ (1982) (TV) directed by Alan Gibson!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Alan Gibson!*
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*Wes _Anderson_* - An American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials. He was nominated for a 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Faye Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in _Network_ (1976) DIRECTED BY Sidney Lumet!
*New director: Sidney Lumet!*
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Robert Evans .... He was spotted by actress Norma Shearer next to the pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel on election day 1956; she successfully touted him for the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg in _Man of a Thousand Faces_ directed by Joseph Pevney!
*NEW STAR: NEW DIRECTOR: Joseph Pevney!*
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*_Vanilla Sky_ (2001)*
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Eve Arden .... Joan Crawford's snappy sidekick in 1945's _Mildred Pierce_ and 1951's _Goodbye My Fancy_.
*NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*
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Beanie ....... _Alice in Wonderland_ (1933)
*NEW WORD: August is known as: National _Picnic_ Month!*
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*Fawcett primps on the set of Charlie?s Angels.*
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Waiting for Superman Reaches 30,000 Pledges to See the Film
August 9th, 2010
Waiting for Superman reaches 30,000 pledges to see the new documentaryParamount Pictures, Participant Media and Walden Media announced today 30,000 people have pledged to see the award-winning documentary film Waiting for Superman when it opens this fall, making it the first goal reached on the campaign's "Pledge Progress Meter." As a result, DonorsChoose.org is fulfilling their commitment and donating $5 gift cards to every person who pledges to see the film by September 15th, 2010.
The gift cards can be used to fulfill requests made by public school teachers from every corner of America who post classroom project needs on DonorsChoose.org. The mission of DonorsChoose.org is to improve public education by empowering every teacher to be a change-maker and enabling any citizen to be a philanthropist.
"Thanks to our generous supporters, DonorsChoose.org is thrilled to provide $5 philanthropic gift codes to people that take the pledge to see Waiting for Superman. Redeeming this code on DonorsChoose.org gives people an immediate and direct way to help students get the resources they need to learn. Making this personal connection to a classroom is an important first step towards greater involvement in education," said Charles Best, DonorsChoose.org Founder and CEO.
Waiting for Superman directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) will be released under the Paramount Vantage banner and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It examines the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories. Designed to start a national conversation, the movie and corresponding "Take the Pledge" campaign aim to inspire everyone to create innovative and long-term solutions to help change the course of our kids' lives for the better. The "Pledge Progress Meter" launched in May as a way for non-profits, foundations and corporations to match individual pledge levels with powerful action items aimed at helping both students and public schools. First Book was the first organization to take the pledge, by agreeing to donate 250,000 new books to schools and programs in low-income communities across the country once the pledge meter reaches 50,000 pledges.
The film opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 24, nationwide in October.
The film is produced by Lesley Chilcott, with Participant Media's Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann serving as executive producers. It is written by Davis Guggenheim & Billy Kimball.
For more information about the movie, or to take the pledge go to WaitingForSuperman.com or text "PLEDGE" to 77177.
To join the conversation visit us on Facebook at Facebook.com/WaitingForSuperman
What does your school need? Tell us by Tweeting #MySchoolNeeds at Twitter.com/WaitingSuperman
Waiting for Superman comes to theaters September 24th, 2010 and stars Anthony Black, Geoffrey Canada, Daisy Esparza, Bianca Hill, George Reeves, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland, Randi Weingarten. The film is directed by Davis Guggenheim.
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*Chester gallery unveils exclusive exhibition of Marilyn Monroe photographs*
Aug 9 2010
CASTLE Galleries in Chester are to unveil a unique exhibition of previously unpublished Marilyn Monroe limited edition art, by world renowned photographer Eve Arnold.
The new photographic art collection, which is published by Washington Green Fine Art Publishing, is simply entitled Marilyn .
It features eight limited edition prints taken from photographs first captured by Eve Arnold when Marilyn Monroe was at the peak of her fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
With numerous accolades, tributes and awards to her name, Eve Arnold was recently honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sony World Photography Awards this spring, just one day after her 98th birthday.
The eight prints portray one of the most famous women of the 20th century with six of the images capturing Monroe?s unguarded moments during the filming of The Misfits in 1960.
During their ten year collaboration Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe on six different occasions including a two month-long session while Monroe was shooting The Misfits.
Proclaimed by Vanity Fair to be the top photographer in the world, Eve Arnold?s career spanned much of the 20th century.
Also available is a beautiful 160 page art book which gives great insight into the career and personality of one of the world?s most beloved and infamous icons of all time.
For opening hours and more information visit www.castlegalleries.com.
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*Never-before-seen Marilyn Monroe images on display in Newcastle*
Aug 9, 2010
by Barbara Hodgson, The Journal
*HOLLYWOOD glamour comes to Newcastle this week in an exhibition of never-before-seen images of Marilyn Monroe.*
City centre-based Castle Galleries is one of a select number of venues in the country to host a display of previously unpublished work by renowned photographer and pioneering photojournalist Eve Arnold.
Called simply Marilyn, the eight limited edition art prints in the exhibition, which opens on Saturday, feature candid images of the late star taken at the peak of her fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
They are actually gicl?e prints, fine art prints taken from Arnold?s original photographs using a process of ink-jet printing.
They capture the actress?s famous mix of beauty and vulnerability in apparently unguarded moments during filming in Nevada of her last completed film The Misfits in 1960. Arnold, who became friends with the glamour icon following a 1952 shoot for Esquire magazine, said of their meeting: ?She was going places but she hadn?t arrived. It became a bond between us.
?Marilyn was very important in my career. I think I was helpful in hers too.?
She added: ?I found myself in the privileged position of photographing somebody who I had first thought had a gift for the camera but who, it turned out, had a genius for it.?
The award-winning photographer, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award this spring, one day after her 98th birthday, is known for her relaxed and natural signature style, avoiding formal studio settings.
Over a 10-year period she photographed Monroe on six occasions, with the session during The Misfits ? the last film either she or co-star Clark Gable completed ? lasting two months.
Monroe died in 1962 at the age of 36.
?She trusted me,? recalled Arnold. ?The bond between us was photography.
?She liked my pictures and was canny enough to realise that they were a fresh approach for presenting her ? a looser, more intimate look than the posed studio portraits she was used to in Hollywood.?
Heralded by Vanity Fair magazine as the top photographer in the world, Arnold became, in 1954, the first female member of the international photographers co-operative Magnum Photos.
Arnold added: ?By seeing her through photographs ? the only way most people ever saw her ? it may be possible to get some idea of how she saw herself and perhaps to glean some insight into the phenomenon that was Marilyn Monroe.?
Marilyn goes on show at Castle Galleries in Monument Mall, Blackett Street. Newcastle, from Saturday. Visit www.castlegalleries.com or call 0191 233 2200.
Call the gallery on 020 8505 6162 to find out more.
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*'Mildred Pierce' in Roster of Upcoming HBO Films.*
August 7, 2010
*Kate Winslet stars in a five-part miniseries of the classic "Mildred Pierce" for HBO that will debut in spring.*
The production, directed by Todd Haynes from the James M. Cain novel of the Depression that also includes Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brian O'Byrne is one of a number of movie projects coming next year from HBO.
Among the others, announced in the final session of the TV Critics Press Tour Sunday is a TV film capturing the making of first reality series "An American Family" - with James Gandolfini, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins.
Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson will star in "The Sunset Limited," based on the play by the same name by Cormac McCarthy. The film, directed by Jones, debuts in HBO on Feb. 2011.
Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen star in "Hemingway & Gellhorn" about the marriage of Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, directed by Phil Kaufman. Filming starts in February for a debut in 2012.
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*Thanks for the memories Patricia Neal!*
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Priscilla Lane was in: _Arsenic and Old Lace_ (1944) directed by Frank Capra!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Frank Capra!*
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*WOW!!! Sad day in Hollywood yesterday! RIP!!! Thanks for the memories!*
*Patricia Neal, from Tony-winning stage actress to Oscar-winning movie star*
August 9, 2010
*Patricia Neal, who died Sunday at age 84, is best known for her role in the movie "Hud," for which she won an Oscar for lead actress in 1964. But the star won another important award early in her career that isn't mentioned nearly as often as her Hollywood victory.*
In 1946, the young Neal was cast in Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest" on Broadway. The playwright had seen Neal perform at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut and wanted her for a supporting role in the drama. Around the same time, Richard Rodgers wanted to cast the actress in the lead of the play "John Loves Mary."
Neal ended up choosing the Hellman play, and it turned out to be the right decision. At the first-ever Tony Awards in 1947, Neal won the award for best featured actress in a play. Her win -- at the ripe age of 21 -- brought her to the attention of Hollywood and she quickly embarked on a film career that included roles in "The Fountainhead," "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and -- ironically enough -- the film adaptation of "John Loves Mary."
As a member of the Tony Awards' "first" class, Neal became de facto Broadway royalty. She also managed to outlive the other Tony-winning actors from that inaugural year, including Ingrid Bergman, Helen Hayes, Frederic March, Jos? Ferrer and David Wayne.
Neal's post-starlet career was marked by great personal difficulty. Her daughter Olivia died after a case of the measles and a series of strokes left the actress unable to walk or speak. But she rebounded, learning to walk and talk again with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl.
Following her recovery, Neal received an Oscar nomination for "The Subject Was Roses" in 1969. Her last major film role was in Robert Altman's "Cookie's Fortune" in 1999.
Neal never forgot her beginnings in the theater. Her other Broadway credits include Hellman's "The Children's Hour" (1952), Edith Sommer's "A Roomful of Roses" (1955) and William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" (1959).
The actress appeared at the Tony Award ceremonies over the years as a presenter and often attended Broadway events. In 2006, Neal received a Tony Award to replace the one that had been stolen from her.
-- David Ng
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-neal.0802-20100809,0,5256670,full.story
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Eddie Anderson's lead role in the all-star black Hollywood musical film, Vincent Minneli's debut film, _Cabin in the Sky_ in his memorable performance as 'Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson '.
DIRECTED BY: Vincente Minnelli .. Busby Berkeley ("Shine" sequence, uncredited)!
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*'Back to the Future' to Hit Theaters Again ... But Only in the UK*
Here's news to brighten the moods (if moods actually needed brightening or lightening): Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future trilogy, already scheduled for a feature-rich Blu-Ray set on October 26th, now has an 80s-style trailer to remind fans of the pending release (as if they/we needed any reminders), courtesy of Empire Online. Even better? The Back to the Future trilogy will get a theatrical re-release in early October to coincide with the release of the Blu-Ray set (though apparently only in the UK).
For those not in the know (and how could you be not in the know?), the Back to the Future trilogy is a pop cultural milestone for (late) twenty-, thirty-, and forty-something film geeks. It has everything a film geek could want: time travel, comedy, action, Michael J. Fox in a star-making turn as the lead character (and then some), Marty McFly, a never better Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown, genius inventor of the time machine (a flying DeLorean), Lea Thompson as Marty's future mother, Loraine Baines, and Crispin Glover as his future father, George McFly. Over three films, Marty traveled back to the mid-fifties, the far future (2015), and the Old West.
*Bonus Features*
"Tales from the Future:" 6-part retrospective documentary featuring all-new interviews with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Director Robert Zemeckis, Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton plus Executive Producer Steven Spielberg
"In the Beginning..."
Time to Go
Keeping Time
Time Flies
Third Times the Charm
The Test of Time
The Physics of Back to the Future
16 Deleted Scenes
Michael J. Fox Q&A
Archival Featurettes
The Making of Back to the Future Parts I, II & III
Making The Trilogy: Chapters One, Two & Three
Back to the Future Night
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy
Behind-the-Scenes
Outtakes
Original Makeup Tests
Nuclear Test Side Ending Storyboard Sequence
Outtakes
Production Design
Storyboarding
Designing the DeLeorean
Designing Time Travel
Hoverboard Test
Designing Hill Valley
Designing the Campaign
Photo Galleries Including Production Art, Additional Storyboards, Behind-the-Scenes Photographs, Marketing Materials and Character Portraits Music Videos
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News
"Doubleback" by ZZ Top
Back to the Future: The Ride
Q&A Commentaries with Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale Feature Commentaries with Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton
*Blu-ray Exclusives*
U-Control
Setups & Payoffs: Note key scenes and see how they play out as you watch the movies
Storyboard Comparison: Compare key scenes in the movie with the original storyboards
Trivia Track: Get inside trivia and facts while you watch the movies
Pocket BLU: Experience Blu-ray via apps for iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, Android, and others
BD-Live: Access the BD-Live Center through your Internet-connected player and download even more bonus content, the latest trailers and more
My Scenes: Bookmark your favorite scenes from the movies
Here's the link to the new Blu-Ray set trailer.
We'll relay additional information about the theatrical re-release as it becomes available.
Assuming it's even possible, but has the trailer gotten you more excited for the Blu-Ray release on October 26th? Have you already pre-ordered the Blu-Ray set?
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/08/06/back-to-the-future-coming-back-to-the-cinema/
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*The Rocky Horror Picture Show Comes to Blu-ray October 19th*
August 4th, 2010
You can bring home one of the biggest cult classics of all time in high definition for the first time this October, just in time for Halloween. The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on October 19. This new BD release will be priced at $34.99 SRP and will come packaged with a brand new 24-page book, which you can take a look at below. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Meat Loaf.
divine film adaptation from Richard O'Brien's British musical horror comedy/rock opera, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, The Rocky Horror Picture Show features revered performance by Tim Curry (Clue, Home Alone) as a bizarre and self-proclaimed "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania," and Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, Thelma & Louise) and Barry Bostwick (Spin City), as Brad and Janet, a couple who find themselves lost on a cold, rainy night. The madcap, musical mayhem begins when the couple takes refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter as he is about to unveil his greatest creation - and have a bit of fun with his reluctant guests.
*_Special Features_:*
Restored Picture - Brand New 4K/2K Master From The Original Camera Negatives
The Midnight Experience: The Late Night, Double Feature, Picture-in-Picture Show *, Vintage Callback Track (Unrated), Prop Box, Trivia Track
BD-Live: Live Lookup Powered by IMDb
Rocky-oke *: Sing It!
Don't Dream It, Be It: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast, Part I
An-tic-i-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast, Part II
Mick Rock (A Photographer)
Mick Rock's Picture Show (A Gallery)
Pressbook and Poster Gallery
Audio Commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn
Deleted Musical Scenes and Outtakes
Alternate Credit Ending and Misprint Ending
Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Beacon Theater, New York City
"Time Warp" Music Video
The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released September 26th, 1975 and stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood. The film is directed by Jim Sharman.
The First Film That Comes to Mind...
in Games and Trivia
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commune ..... _Together_ (2000) Tillsammans (original title) (Sweden)
*NEW WORD: August is known as: National _Water Quality_ Month!*