After charting Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to the top of the legal world, the filmmaking team behind “Rbg” is reuniting to tell the story of a different kind of trailblazer: Julia Child, the television chef and cookbook author who taught America how to eat.
Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen will examine Child’s unconventional life, one that saw her seize the spotlight with the 1961 publication of her best-seller “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” when she was nearly 50 years old. She then brought her love of fine food to the masses with Wgbh television program “The French Chef,” which was syndicated nationally by PBS, and later, in appearances on “Good Morning America.”
“She was larger than life, literally,” West told Variety days before flying to France to conduct interviews for the film. “She was 6’2” or 6’3” and kind of clunky in a way, but also totally self-confident and funny and authentic,...
Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen will examine Child’s unconventional life, one that saw her seize the spotlight with the 1961 publication of her best-seller “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” when she was nearly 50 years old. She then brought her love of fine food to the masses with Wgbh television program “The French Chef,” which was syndicated nationally by PBS, and later, in appearances on “Good Morning America.”
“She was larger than life, literally,” West told Variety days before flying to France to conduct interviews for the film. “She was 6’2” or 6’3” and kind of clunky in a way, but also totally self-confident and funny and authentic,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood stars took to social media Friday to pay tribute to Diahann Carroll. The pioneering actress died Friday after a long battle with cancer. She was 84.
With her role as widowed nurse Julia Baker on NBC's Julia, Carroll became the first African American female to star in a nonstereotypical role in her own primetime network series.
The actress was also known for her role as fashionista Dominique Deveraux on three seasons of ABC's Dynasty — the first prominently featured African American character on a primetime soap — and its spinoff, The Colbys.
Carroll's longtime ...
With her role as widowed nurse Julia Baker on NBC's Julia, Carroll became the first African American female to star in a nonstereotypical role in her own primetime network series.
The actress was also known for her role as fashionista Dominique Deveraux on three seasons of ABC's Dynasty — the first prominently featured African American character on a primetime soap — and its spinoff, The Colbys.
Carroll's longtime ...
- 10/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Hollywood stars took to social media Friday to pay tribute to Diahann Carroll. The pioneering actress died Friday after a long battle with cancer. She was 84.
With her role as widowed nurse Julia Baker on NBC's Julia, Carroll became the first African American female to star in a nonstereotypical role in her own primetime network series.
The actress was also known for her role as fashionista Dominique Deveraux on three seasons of ABC's Dynasty — the first prominently featured African American character on a primetime soap — and its spinoff, The Colbys.
Carroll's longtime ...
With her role as widowed nurse Julia Baker on NBC's Julia, Carroll became the first African American female to star in a nonstereotypical role in her own primetime network series.
The actress was also known for her role as fashionista Dominique Deveraux on three seasons of ABC's Dynasty — the first prominently featured African American character on a primetime soap — and its spinoff, The Colbys.
Carroll's longtime ...
- 10/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diahann Carroll, the captivating singer and actress who came from the Bronx to win a Tony Award, receive an Oscar nomination and make television history with her turns on Julia and Dynasty, has died Friday. She was 84.
Carroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll was known as a Las Vegas and nightclub performer and for her performances on Broadway and in the Hollywood musicals Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess when she was approached by an NBC executive to star as Julia Baker, a ...
Carroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll was known as a Las Vegas and nightclub performer and for her performances on Broadway and in the Hollywood musicals Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess when she was approached by an NBC executive to star as Julia Baker, a ...
- 10/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diahann Carroll, the captivating singer and actress who came from the Bronx to win a Tony Award, receive an Oscar nomination and make television history with her turns on Julia and Dynasty, died Friday. She was 84.
Carroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll was known as a Las Vegas and nightclub performer and for her performances on Broadway and in the Hollywood musicals Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess when she was approached by an NBC executive to star as Julia Baker, a widowed ...
Carroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll was known as a Las Vegas and nightclub performer and for her performances on Broadway and in the Hollywood musicals Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess when she was approached by an NBC executive to star as Julia Baker, a widowed ...
- 10/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A-list actors who endured negative public scrutiny
Admit it: You experienced a jolt upon seeing that first billboard for "Edge of Darkness" right after New Year's.
There was that name -- Mel Gibson -- and then the man himself, grim-set face and trenchcoated torso coming toward you in an advertisement for a major studio release. The pitch and the persona were familiar, but it still felt odd, like a good friend you had a falling-out with awhile back who suddenly reappears on your Facebook wall. How do you respond?
Warner Bros. and Gibson's agency, WME, are betting that audiences will respond with a cheery "Welcome back!" and solid opening-weekend attendance when "Darkness" opens Jan. 29. Gibson is returning to the big screen after a seven-year absence -- a century in movie-star years -- and studio marketing is aimed squarely at his old fan base. In TV and print ads, it's Gibson alone -- purposeful,...
Admit it: You experienced a jolt upon seeing that first billboard for "Edge of Darkness" right after New Year's.
There was that name -- Mel Gibson -- and then the man himself, grim-set face and trenchcoated torso coming toward you in an advertisement for a major studio release. The pitch and the persona were familiar, but it still felt odd, like a good friend you had a falling-out with awhile back who suddenly reappears on your Facebook wall. How do you respond?
Warner Bros. and Gibson's agency, WME, are betting that audiences will respond with a cheery "Welcome back!" and solid opening-weekend attendance when "Darkness" opens Jan. 29. Gibson is returning to the big screen after a seven-year absence -- a century in movie-star years -- and studio marketing is aimed squarely at his old fan base. In TV and print ads, it's Gibson alone -- purposeful,...
- 1/14/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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7:00 You guys. I am a mess. Can't shake this flu... two weeks now of S-i-c-k. I'm not sure how this live-blogging will go. Perhaps I'll only comment should a red carpet moment or acceptance speech rouse me from my feverish stupor? We'll see. As if to add insult to injury, the Boyfriend forced me to watch a whole episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before flipping to the red carpet arrivals. I don't mean to spoil the episode for you but the bad guys all confessed and the libidinous were punished for their evil sex drives! An innocent escort's (he wasn't the perp) face was disfigured by the end of the episode and all was right with the world. My favorite quote from the episode I knew if they had the chance, they would ravage me. I told Gary. It made him wild... an animal!
7:00 You guys. I am a mess. Can't shake this flu... two weeks now of S-i-c-k. I'm not sure how this live-blogging will go. Perhaps I'll only comment should a red carpet moment or acceptance speech rouse me from my feverish stupor? We'll see. As if to add insult to injury, the Boyfriend forced me to watch a whole episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before flipping to the red carpet arrivals. I don't mean to spoil the episode for you but the bad guys all confessed and the libidinous were punished for their evil sex drives! An innocent escort's (he wasn't the perp) face was disfigured by the end of the episode and all was right with the world. My favorite quote from the episode I knew if they had the chance, they would ravage me. I told Gary. It made him wild... an animal!
- 9/21/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Diahann Carroll is best known for her character Julia Baker in the late '60s TV series "Julia." Guess what she looks like now! ...
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- 8/30/2009
- TMZ
There is a spirited debate in the forums about whether Angela Bassett of "ER" should put herself forward in the lead or supporting category at this year's Emmy Awards. The Oscar-nominated actress ("What's Love Got to Do With It") has joined the cast of the NBC medical drama as attending physician Cate Banfield for the final season of its 15-year run. Were she to get a lead nod and then win, Angela Bassett would make Emmy history as the first African American actress to prevail for a regular lead role on a drama series.
"ER" has won 22 of its record 122 Emmy nominations. However, only one of those Emmys went to a series regular — Julianna Margulies as supporting actress for the first season in 1995. And the last series regular to be nominated was Maura Tierney in that same category in 2001. But, as forum moderator Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch points out, "'ER's' buzz has skyrocketed.
"ER" has won 22 of its record 122 Emmy nominations. However, only one of those Emmys went to a series regular — Julianna Margulies as supporting actress for the first season in 1995. And the last series regular to be nominated was Maura Tierney in that same category in 2001. But, as forum moderator Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch points out, "'ER's' buzz has skyrocketed.
- 3/18/2009
- by tomoneil
- Gold Derby
Oscar-winner Sidney Poitier played his most dramatic role off-screen - that of a real-life, married cad who promised his mistress the moon, then cruelly double-crossed her.
In her new memoir, "The Legs Are the Last to Go," Diahann Carroll - the Bronx-born beauty who made history as TV's first black sitcom star in "Julia" - portrays Poitier as a heel who convinced her and first hubby Monte Kay to divorce after confronting Kay, saying he loved Carroll and was splitting...
In her new memoir, "The Legs Are the Last to Go," Diahann Carroll - the Bronx-born beauty who made history as TV's first black sitcom star in "Julia" - portrays Poitier as a heel who convinced her and first hubby Monte Kay to divorce after confronting Kay, saying he loved Carroll and was splitting...
- 9/14/2008
- NYPost.com
- Opening Act Starring: William Whitehurst Born: November, 1967, Maryland Writer / Producer of Mentor (2006) Selected to premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, honoring first-time writer and producer, William Whitehurst, in its Discovery category. Log Line: A thought-provoking drama involving a famous university professor, Sanford Pollard, (Rutger Hauer) and his two favorite students Carter (Matt Davis) and Julia (Dagmara Dominczyk) who cross the line that separates friends from lovers. The initial sexual excitement gradually gives way to a bitter jealousy and the trio must come to grips on their cowardice in regards to sex and love within or without commitment. This realization leads to an ending that feels all too real. Visit: www.mentorthefilm.com On set: Where's my Diet-Coke? Character’s Education: Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York. B.A. History (almost double major due to all of the acting classes completed). Alumnus of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.
- 6/30/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Paul Winfield, the prolific African-American actor who received an Oscar nomination for Sounder and went on to play Martin Luther King Jr. in the highly acclaimed King miniseries, died on Sunday in Los Angeles of a heart attack; he was 62. Coming to prominence in the groundbreaking sitcom Julia, where he played the boyfriend of Diahann Carroll's titular character, Winfield made his feature film debut opposite Sidney Poitier in The Lost Man in 1969. Despite his Best Actor Oscar nomination a few years later for Sounder in 1972, Winfield struggled to find leading man roles, but racked up a huge number of supporting roles in both television and film. From his portrayal of Jim in 1974's Huckleberry Finn to his role as Thurgood Marshall in 1999's Strange Justice, Winfield was a fixture on both the big and small screens, instantly recognizable to audiences; his films included Conrack, Hustle, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator, Presumed Innocent and Mars Attacks, among a host of others. Winfield received Emmy nominations for roles in both King, where he portrayed the civil rights leader opposite his Sounder co-star Cicely Tyson, and Roots: The Next Generation, finally winning an Emmy for his guest role on Picket Fences in 1995. His most recent appearances were on Touched by an Angel, Crossing Jordan and a TV remake of Sounder. --Prepared by IMDb staff...
- 3/9/2004
- WENN
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