Guillermo del Toro is notoriously inventive, employing a wealth of imagination culled from decades of cinema, art, literature and music that defines the work he delivers to his adoring audiences. Whether or not you're a fan of the Mexican auteur's dark, fantastical offerings, he's a man devoted to the confluence of artistry and craftsmanship and bound by his love for baroque sentimentality and grim depictions of life, love and loss. (Check out @RealGDT's recommendations on Twitter.) Watch: How Cannes and 'Crimson Peak' Changed Guillermo del Toro's Life (Exclusive Video) In a recent interview with The Guardian, Del Toro listed some creative undertakings that helped to shape "Crimson Peak." Among his favored novels, Del Toro lists George Jacobs and William Stadiem's "Mr S: My Life with Frank Sinatra (2003)" as "a ground-level report of almost every conquest, feud or struggle Sinatra went through... You can’t help but feel.
- 11/6/2015
- by Ruben Guevara
- Thompson on Hollywood
From biographies of Sinatra to minimalist piano pieces, the director reveals the key influences on his work
• Del Toro: ‘I make eye-protein, not eye candy’
• Crimson Peak’s visual style
• Kim Newman on gothic cinema
George Jacobs and William Stadiem Mr S: My Life with Frank Sinatra (2003)
I’m currently finishing this, my fifth Sinatra biography, which is at once a love poem and a eulogy from Sinatra’s personal valet. You can feel the pained love and care in every single page, and you’ll get a ground-level report of almost every conquest, feud or struggle Sinatra went through. The rare combination of dishy and tender. You can’t help but feel heartache as the book comes to a close.
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• Del Toro: ‘I make eye-protein, not eye candy’
• Crimson Peak’s visual style
• Kim Newman on gothic cinema
George Jacobs and William Stadiem Mr S: My Life with Frank Sinatra (2003)
I’m currently finishing this, my fifth Sinatra biography, which is at once a love poem and a eulogy from Sinatra’s personal valet. You can feel the pained love and care in every single page, and you’ll get a ground-level report of almost every conquest, feud or struggle Sinatra went through. The rare combination of dishy and tender. You can’t help but feel heartache as the book comes to a close.
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- 10/10/2015
- by Guillermo del Toro
- The Guardian - Film News
New York, Apr . 3: Directors Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer and Graydon Carter are reportedly in talks to team up on an HBO documentary.
According to sources, the project, which is based on the book 'Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra' by the singer's longtime valet George Jacobs, was once slated as a feature for Ratner to direct, starring Chris Tucker, but has now been re-imagined as a TV doc, the New York Post reported.
However, an HBO representative said that no deal has been made with the cable network.
The book by Jacobs and Hollywood biographer William Stadiem was published in 2003 as a behind-the-scenes look at.
According to sources, the project, which is based on the book 'Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra' by the singer's longtime valet George Jacobs, was once slated as a feature for Ratner to direct, starring Chris Tucker, but has now been re-imagined as a TV doc, the New York Post reported.
However, an HBO representative said that no deal has been made with the cable network.
The book by Jacobs and Hollywood biographer William Stadiem was published in 2003 as a behind-the-scenes look at.
- 4/3/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
This story first appeared in the Jan. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. William Stadiem, a sometime screenwriter, best-selling author of a memoir about befriending Frank Sinatra and co-writer of books with Marilyn Monroe’s maid and Hollywood madam Alex Adams, had a great idea, a high-concept pitch if you will: a breezy, gossipy retelling of “Hollywood in its last age of excess” -- the go-go ’80s of hairdresser-turned-producer Jon Peters and the coke-snorting, Ferrari-driving Don Simpson (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop). Certainly, the period has not lacked for chroniclers, including Hit &
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- 1/18/2013
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pentathlon
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Roger E. Mosley, Renée Coleman, Daniel Riordan, Evan James | Written by William Stadiem, Gary T. McDonald, Gary DeVore | Directed by Bruce Malmuth
After winning Olympic Gold in Seoul, East German pentathlete Eric Brogar (Lundgren) takes flight and makes an escape from the demands of his tyrannical coach, Heinrich Mueller (Soul), fleeing to the safety and freedom of the Us with the help of a beautiful American athlete. Several years later, Brogar is “living” in Los Angeles, in an alcohol-fueled stupor, eking out a meagre living working at a grotty diner run by Tc from Magnum P.I., aka actor Roger E. Mosley. Meanwhile his former coach Mueller has turned his dubious talents (not including singing or sliding over the hoods of cars in and around New York, sorry Soul-ites) to neo-Nazi terrorism and a series of attacks on German government officials… Spurred on by his boss,...
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Roger E. Mosley, Renée Coleman, Daniel Riordan, Evan James | Written by William Stadiem, Gary T. McDonald, Gary DeVore | Directed by Bruce Malmuth
After winning Olympic Gold in Seoul, East German pentathlete Eric Brogar (Lundgren) takes flight and makes an escape from the demands of his tyrannical coach, Heinrich Mueller (Soul), fleeing to the safety and freedom of the Us with the help of a beautiful American athlete. Several years later, Brogar is “living” in Los Angeles, in an alcohol-fueled stupor, eking out a meagre living working at a grotty diner run by Tc from Magnum P.I., aka actor Roger E. Mosley. Meanwhile his former coach Mueller has turned his dubious talents (not including singing or sliding over the hoods of cars in and around New York, sorry Soul-ites) to neo-Nazi terrorism and a series of attacks on German government officials… Spurred on by his boss,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Exclusive: The auction for Jon Peters’ controversial autobiography Studio Head will be conducted with NYC publishers within the next two weeks. This time the hairdresser turned movie producer turned Sony Pictures Entertainment mogul turned movie producer has a new agent. Formerly repped by David Vigliano, Peters is now with Trident’s Dan Strone. Peters previously sold his memoir in 2009 to HarperCollins for $700,000. But then I published Peters’ full book proposal – “the rise of Jon Peters from reform school hairdresser to Chairman of Sony-Columbia Pictures is the most audacious and most unlikely success story in the history of the entertainment business” — and Hollywood was reviled. Because it took aim at his many professional and personal relationships, targeting everyone from Barbra Streisand to Peter Guber to one-night stands. As my headline opined at the time: It Should Be Called ‘Dickhead’: Why Jon Peters’ Book Proposal Sets New Low. When Hollywood expressed its revulsion,...
- 1/11/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Hollywood movie mogul Jon Peters is facing further delays in his plans to release a tell-all autobiography after his ghostwriter quit the project.
The Superman Returns producer has been working on his explosive memoir for months after signing a deal with publishing giant HarperCollins.
The project suffered a setback last May after an early transcript of the book leaked, prompting a string of legal threats from stars mentioned in the tome.
In one chapter of Studio Head, Peters alleges superstar Barbra Streisand enjoyed numerous torrid affairs with her movie co-stars, including Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal and Kris Kristofferson.
Peters subsequently returned the $700,000 (£437,500) advance he received from HarperCollins bosses and vowed to publish to book himself.
But now ghostwriter Bill Stadiem has walked away from the controversial project after Peters reportedly failed to pay him..
In an upcoming issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Stadiem writes, "It seemed to me (Peters) wanted a companion as much as he wanted a book."...
The Superman Returns producer has been working on his explosive memoir for months after signing a deal with publishing giant HarperCollins.
The project suffered a setback last May after an early transcript of the book leaked, prompting a string of legal threats from stars mentioned in the tome.
In one chapter of Studio Head, Peters alleges superstar Barbra Streisand enjoyed numerous torrid affairs with her movie co-stars, including Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal and Kris Kristofferson.
Peters subsequently returned the $700,000 (£437,500) advance he received from HarperCollins bosses and vowed to publish to book himself.
But now ghostwriter Bill Stadiem has walked away from the controversial project after Peters reportedly failed to pay him..
In an upcoming issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Stadiem writes, "It seemed to me (Peters) wanted a companion as much as he wanted a book."...
- 2/3/2010
- WENN
Hollywood, you're not off the hook yet. Producer Jon Peters is still determined to publish his tell-all, according to his ghostwriter Bill Stadiem -- even if Peters has to publish it himself.
Last month, Peters handed back a reported $700,000 advance to HarperCollins for his autobiography, "Studio Hit," after Page Six published details of the book proposal.
In a May 22 letter to HarperCollins, Peters wrote, "I have been besieged by lawsuits and threatened litigation by some of the most important figures in show business."
The proposal included embarrassing anecdotes about Barbra Streisand, Barry Diller, producer Ray Stark and Jack Nicholson.
Last month, Peters handed back a reported $700,000 advance to HarperCollins for his autobiography, "Studio Hit," after Page Six published details of the book proposal.
In a May 22 letter to HarperCollins, Peters wrote, "I have been besieged by lawsuits and threatened litigation by some of the most important figures in show business."
The proposal included embarrassing anecdotes about Barbra Streisand, Barry Diller, producer Ray Stark and Jack Nicholson.
- 6/8/2009
- NYPost.com
Hollywood producer Jon Peters is intent on blowing the lid on Tinseltown's secrets, despite pulling plans for an explosive tome after he was threatened with legal action.
Peters handed back his $700,000 (£462,350) deal with publishing giant Harper-Collins to write his memoirs, Studio Head, after the original transcript was leaked and certain stars featuring in the book threatened to sue if it ever hit shelves.
The book included tell-all extracts about Barbra Streisand, who Peters alleged had a string of torrid affairs with co-stars Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, and Kris Kristofferson.
Peters pulled the tome last month, saying, "I have been besieged by lawsuits and threatened litigation by some of the most important figures in showbusiness."
But the Batman boss' ghostwriter, Bill Stadiem, insists the producer has no plans to quit the project altogether - insisting he isn't fearful of the repercussions.
Stadiem tells New York gossip column Page Six, "Jon is not scared of anything or anybody - and the book will not contain anything defamatory or untrue.
"But that proposal, which I co-wrote, wasn't intended for anyone to read. It should never have been leaked."...
Peters handed back his $700,000 (£462,350) deal with publishing giant Harper-Collins to write his memoirs, Studio Head, after the original transcript was leaked and certain stars featuring in the book threatened to sue if it ever hit shelves.
The book included tell-all extracts about Barbra Streisand, who Peters alleged had a string of torrid affairs with co-stars Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, and Kris Kristofferson.
Peters pulled the tome last month, saying, "I have been besieged by lawsuits and threatened litigation by some of the most important figures in showbusiness."
But the Batman boss' ghostwriter, Bill Stadiem, insists the producer has no plans to quit the project altogether - insisting he isn't fearful of the repercussions.
Stadiem tells New York gossip column Page Six, "Jon is not scared of anything or anybody - and the book will not contain anything defamatory or untrue.
"But that proposal, which I co-wrote, wasn't intended for anyone to read. It should never have been leaked."...
- 6/8/2009
- WENN
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