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8 articles from 2009
Could Carla Bruni be the next Mia Farrow?
25 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
France's first lady has agreed to be in a Woody Allen film. She's such an obvious choice, we should have predicted it
Why on earth didn't we predict it long ago? France's first lady, Carla Bruni, has revealed that Woody Allen has asked her to be in one of his films, despite her complete lack of acting experience. And she has said yes.
Bruni – of course! She is a quintessential Minor Woody Allen Character: sexy, wealthy, European in that luxury-hotel sense that he adores, liberated in a pre-feminist sort of way, with creative aspirations that are preposterous but which powerful, besotted men might well indulge in the hope of getting inside her exquisitely tailored culottes.
Bruni is the classic unattainable woman from a golden-age Woody Allen picture: the sort who might get a party-scene cameo, towering sexily over him while giving her deadpan opinions on literary or artistic topics – opinions with which he, »
- Peter Bradshaw
Michael Keaton: 'There's a price to pay for making your own choices'
19 November 2009 1:40 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
He used to be Beetlejuice and Batman. Now Michael Keaton is a first-time director and a contented man
Michael Keaton is standing in the middle of his London hotel room, transfixed by the widescreen television before him. He holds out the remote control as if he's offering a gift to the gods. The volume goes up, the volume goes down. The image freezes, then fast-forwards. The urge to wrest the handset from him and take charge is overwhelming, and lasts at least until you remember the fabled Keaton temper. ("I'm a good thrower," he once said. "And kicker.") But his doddery behaviour in the face of technology is endearing. Eventually, he hits on the scene he was hunting for. "Wait, you gotta see this," he says breathlessly. "Listen, you hear that song? Oh, man. That's the one we wanted to use but it was too expensive."
The film that's monopolising »
- Ryan Gilbey
Gordon Willis, Ron Howard, Dana Delany: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 5:16 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Honorary Award recipient Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as Klute, The Godfather films, Serpico, All the President’s Men, Annie Hall, Comes a Horseman, Manhattan, Broadway Danny Rose, and The Purple Rose of Cairo, arrives at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Despite his impressive list of credits, Willis has been nominated for only two Academy Awards: Zelig (1982) and The Godfather Part III (1990) Ron Howard, who won a best director Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind in 2002 Actress Dana Delany of the television series Desperate Housewives Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. »
- Joan Lister
Lauren Bacall, Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 4:13 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Honorary Award recipient Lauren Bacall, the star of classics such as To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, How to Marry a Millionaire, and Designing Woman. Bacall was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996. “A man at last,” the 85-year-old Bacall exclaimed while holding her Honorary Oscar. “I’m here to stay so you better get used to the idea.” Three-time Oscar nominated actress Annette Bening toasts Honorary Award recipient Lauren Bacall during the 2009 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as The Godfather Part II, All the President’s Men, and The Purple Rose of Cairo, receives [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Top 7 Films Directed by Actors Turned Directors
30 October 2009 4:34 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
The old joke is that all actors want to direct. Though it’s maybe not true of all, I still had plenty to choose from in making this list. The directors on this list all started life as actors, some still are, but I’d argue that they’re better known as directors. This month, two well known actresses have tried their hand at direction, Drew Barrymore with Whip It (which was a great movie, I have no idea why it did so badly) and Natalie Portman doing a segment of New York I Love You. Who knows, maybe one (or both) has a second career around the corner.
7. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Directed by John Cassavetes
Recap: A portrait of family in crisis when a woman (Gena Rowlands) goes mad and her husband (Peter Falk) tries to understand it.
Reason: »
- Megan Lehar
Karen Akers Says 'Anything Goes' When Her New Cole Porter Show Comes to The Rrazz Room 10/27-31
27 October 2009 1:30 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Karen Akers, one of America's most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars will brings her Cole Porter show to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, Sf, from Oct 27-Nov 1. Performances are at 8 Pm with the Sunday show at 7 Pm. Tickets are $45-50 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.
Karen Akers' show transforms the Rrazz Room into a sophisticated party scene reminiscent of Cole Porter's legendary soirées in Paris and New York. Her new show, Akers Sings Porter: "Anything Goes"! includes such classics as " I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Love Paris", "Can Can", "Anything Goes", "It's All Right With Me" and "Let's Do It," among others. The show is directed by Eric Michael Gillett, with Don Rebic as musical director.
Her concert performances are just a part of Ms. Akers multi-faceted career, which encompasses theater, television, »
Actress Weddell Dies
6 October 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress and model Mimi Weddell has died, aged 94.
Weddell died at her home in Manhattan on 24 September, her daughter Sarah Dillon has confirmed.
She became well-known for her flamboyant headwear, which was prominently featured in a 2008 documentary about her life, entitled Hats Off.
Her acting credits include small roles in 1980s films including Dracula’s Last Rites, horror spoof Student Bodies, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Heartburn, and more recently, 2005's Hitch. She also enjoyed a cameo role in hit U.S. TV series Sex and the City.
As a fashion model, Weddell appeared advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Nike, Burberry and Juicy Couture. She also appeared in photo spreads for American Vogue and Vanity Fair.
Still charismatic at age 90, she was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful New Yorkers by New York magazine in 2005. »
Don’t Call it a Comeback -- Dellamorte reviews Vicky Christina Barcelona
20 January 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Woody Allen has been making films for forty years now. Forty years, with forty feature length films to his credit if you include What’s Up Tiger Lily? That’s a lot of movies. And it’s understandable that if he makes some bad movies (which he has throughout his career) and then makes a great film (which he’s made a ton of). It’s Woody, so let’s say Sleeper, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Zelig, The Purple Rose of Cario, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives, Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, Match Point. Twelve great films. And that’s not including his merely good films. As a batting average that’s pretty great. So add another one to the fire, because Vicky Cristina Barcelona is one of his great ones. Rebecca Hall plays Vicky, Scarlet Johansson plays Cristina. Vicky is about to »
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8 articles from 2009
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