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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.

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- Megan Lehar

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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, »

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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. »

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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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