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2023 Oscars Predictions:
Best Live Action Short
Weekly Commentary: Many pundits regard the best live action short category as Wes Anderson’s to lose, thanks to his 40-minute Netflix short film, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Interestingly, the final Oscar ballots do not display the director’s names. Although...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Oscars Predictions:
Best Live Action Short
Weekly Commentary: Many pundits regard the best live action short category as Wes Anderson’s to lose, thanks to his 40-minute Netflix short film, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Interestingly, the final Oscar ballots do not display the director’s names. Although...
- 3/5/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
About an hour into the brief and dazzling Bushman, the central character announces, “I need a hamburger,” and then the screen goes black for a few seconds. When the movie resumes, it’s no longer a drama enlivened by a streetwise documentary sensibility, but a work of straight-up nonfiction. Relying on stills in this last stretch but maintaining the visual fluency of the preceding story, the final 10 minutes recount why director David Schickele stopped filming for a year: He was working instead on securing a release from prison for his wrongfully imprisoned leading man.
There are strong parallels between Gabriel, the onscreen outsider, and Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, the man who plays him. Both grew up in a Nigerian village. Like Gabriel, Okpokam was a graduate student at San Francisco State College. Schickele’s screenplay was to have ended with Gabriel being deported after falling into trouble with the law.
There are strong parallels between Gabriel, the onscreen outsider, and Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, the man who plays him. Both grew up in a Nigerian village. Like Gabriel, Okpokam was a graduate student at San Francisco State College. Schickele’s screenplay was to have ended with Gabriel being deported after falling into trouble with the law.
- 1/31/2024
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards. 15 films from each of the categories below were shortlisted. There were no surprises when it came to most of the big film Oscar nominations like ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Barbie’, ‘Poor Things’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. India’s Oscar entry ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ did not make the cut in a strong International feature film lineup. There were some surprises as well with Chilean film ‘The Settlers’, Argentinian film ‘The Delinquents’ and Turkish film ‘About Dry Grasses’ being snubbed.
Documentary Feature Film
“American Symphony”
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
“Beyond Utopia”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“In the Rearview”
“Stamped from the Beginning”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“A Still Small Voice...
Documentary Feature Film
“American Symphony”
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
“Beyond Utopia”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“In the Rearview”
“Stamped from the Beginning”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“A Still Small Voice...
- 12/21/2023
- by Prem
- Talking Films
Just in time for the holiday season, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has gifted a slew of films the honor of being included on the 2024 Oscars shortlists in a range of categories.
The annual shortlists for International Feature Film, Documentary, Sound, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Live-Action Short Film, Documentary Short Subject, and Animated Short Film were unveiled December 21, almost one month exactly before the complete Oscar nominations will be announced.
Anticipated inclusions for Oscar frontrunners like “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” and “Maestro” made the cut in a variety of categories. Ukrainian documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” and Tunisian Isis saga “Four Daughters” are both pulling double duty with shortlist inclusions in the International Feature and Documentary Feature categories.
Academy Award nomination voting runs from January 11 – 16, with the official nominations announced on January 23. Final voting will then run from February 22 – 27, with the 96th annual...
The annual shortlists for International Feature Film, Documentary, Sound, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Live-Action Short Film, Documentary Short Subject, and Animated Short Film were unveiled December 21, almost one month exactly before the complete Oscar nominations will be announced.
Anticipated inclusions for Oscar frontrunners like “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” and “Maestro” made the cut in a variety of categories. Ukrainian documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” and Tunisian Isis saga “Four Daughters” are both pulling double duty with shortlist inclusions in the International Feature and Documentary Feature categories.
Academy Award nomination voting runs from January 11 – 16, with the official nominations announced on January 23. Final voting will then run from February 22 – 27, with the 96th annual...
- 12/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“I did not know that we were going to do that,” admits Joseph Gordon-Levitt about his unconventional first day in Ireland to film “Flora and Son.” For our recent webchat he explains, “So I showed up in Ireland and we’re scheduled to start shooting, but a couple days before, we had some recording studio time booked. I show up at the recording studio, and this is exciting, I’m an actor, I don’t usually get to go to a recording studio,” he recalls. “‘What are we recording today?’ And [director] John’s like, ‘I don’t know, we’re going to figure that out.’ That day, Eve and John, and John’s musical partner Gary, the four of us, made a song together in a day.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Films music-infused dramedy, Eve Hewson...
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Films music-infused dramedy, Eve Hewson...
- 11/28/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Sally Kellerman, who was Oscar nominated for her supporting role as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s “Mash” feature film, died Thursday in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 84.
Her publicist Alan Eichler confirmed her death, and her daughter Claire added that she had been suffering from dementia for the past five years.
Among her other roles were a cameo in Altman’s “The Player,” a professor in Rodney Dangerfield’s “Back to School” and a Starfleet officer in the “Star Trek” episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”
The willowy blonde actress with the characteristically throaty voice appeared in two Altman films in 1970; the other was the more experimental “Brewster McCloud,” in which she starred with Bud Cort and Michael Murphy. In this film, which did not have a conventional narrative, Kellerman played Louise, the mother of Cort’s bewinged character, Brewster.
She next starred opposite Alan Arkin...
Her publicist Alan Eichler confirmed her death, and her daughter Claire added that she had been suffering from dementia for the past five years.
Among her other roles were a cameo in Altman’s “The Player,” a professor in Rodney Dangerfield’s “Back to School” and a Starfleet officer in the “Star Trek” episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”
The willowy blonde actress with the characteristically throaty voice appeared in two Altman films in 1970; the other was the more experimental “Brewster McCloud,” in which she starred with Bud Cort and Michael Murphy. In this film, which did not have a conventional narrative, Kellerman played Louise, the mother of Cort’s bewinged character, Brewster.
She next starred opposite Alan Arkin...
- 2/24/2022
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
It's a Wednesday in early September, and LeBron James — newly minted Los Angeles Laker, $1 billion Nike endorsement juggernaut, noted Trump repudiator — is folded into a golf cart whirring across the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. Shouts of "LaaaaaBraaaan" and "Welcome to L.A.!" pierce the air.
Here, where star sightings are routine and treated with studied indifference, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James is a different story. Strangers ask for selfies, tell him how thrilled they are that he's in town and divulge their hopes that he'll revive what was once the NBA'...
Here, where star sightings are routine and treated with studied indifference, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James is a different story. Strangers ask for selfies, tell him how thrilled they are that he's in town and divulge their hopes that he'll revive what was once the NBA'...
- 9/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's a Wednesday in early September, and LeBron James — newly minted Los Angeles Laker, $1 billion Nike endorsement juggernaut, noted Trump repudiator — is folded into a golf cart whirring across the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. Shouts of "LaaaaaBraaaan" and "Welcome to L.A.!" pierce the air.
Here, where star sightings are routine and treated with studied indifference, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James is a different story. Strangers ask for selfies, tell him how thrilled they are that he's in town and divulge their hopes that he'll revive what was once the NBA'...
Here, where star sightings are routine and treated with studied indifference, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James is a different story. Strangers ask for selfies, tell him how thrilled they are that he's in town and divulge their hopes that he'll revive what was once the NBA'...
- 9/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Oldenburg Film Festival will honor character actor Keith Carradine with a career retrospective at its 2018 event.
Carradine, 68, has carved out an impressive career in television and film, most recently with recurring roles in series including Fargo, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory and Madame Secretary.
But true to Oldenburg's indie film roots, the festival will be mainly celebrating Carradine's film career, particularly the 1970s, when he appeared in such classics as Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. (1976), Pretty Baby (1978) from Louis Malle and Ridley Scott's debut, The Duelists. Oldenburg will screen Nashville, The Duelists and ...
Carradine, 68, has carved out an impressive career in television and film, most recently with recurring roles in series including Fargo, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory and Madame Secretary.
But true to Oldenburg's indie film roots, the festival will be mainly celebrating Carradine's film career, particularly the 1970s, when he appeared in such classics as Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. (1976), Pretty Baby (1978) from Louis Malle and Ridley Scott's debut, The Duelists. Oldenburg will screen Nashville, The Duelists and ...
- 8/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Oldenburg Film Festival will honor character actor Keith Carradine with a career retrospective at its 2018 event.
Carradine, 68, has carved out an impressive career in television and film, most recently with recurring roles in series including Fargo, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory and Madame Secretary.
But true to Oldenburg's indie film roots, the festival will be mainly celebrating Carradine's film career, particularly the 1970s, when he appeared in such classics as Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. (1976), Pretty Baby (1978) from Louis Malle and Ridley Scott's debut, The Duelists. Oldenburg will screen Nashville, The Duelists and ...
Carradine, 68, has carved out an impressive career in television and film, most recently with recurring roles in series including Fargo, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory and Madame Secretary.
But true to Oldenburg's indie film roots, the festival will be mainly celebrating Carradine's film career, particularly the 1970s, when he appeared in such classics as Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. (1976), Pretty Baby (1978) from Louis Malle and Ridley Scott's debut, The Duelists. Oldenburg will screen Nashville, The Duelists and ...
- 8/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The La Film Festival will hold the world premiere of holiday-season comedy “The Oath,” starring Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz, on Sept. 25 at the ArcLight Hollywood.
“The Oath,” Barinholtz’s directorial debut, centers on a couple whose Thanksgiving takes a turn for the worse when two federal agents wind up being held captive in their living room. Barinholtz also wrote the script. The film also stars John Cho, Carrie Brownstein, Billy Magnussen, Meredith Hagner, Barinholtz’s brother Jon Barinholtz, Nora Dunn, and Chris Ellis.
Roadside Attractions will open “The Oath” on Oct. 12. The movie was one of four gala screenings unveiled Wednesday by the festival, which also announced it will hold the West Coast premiere of Eva Vives’ “All About Nina” on Sept. 23 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts; the Los Angeles premiere of Rupert Everett’s “The Happy Prince” on Sept. 25 at the Annenberg; and the...
“The Oath,” Barinholtz’s directorial debut, centers on a couple whose Thanksgiving takes a turn for the worse when two federal agents wind up being held captive in their living room. Barinholtz also wrote the script. The film also stars John Cho, Carrie Brownstein, Billy Magnussen, Meredith Hagner, Barinholtz’s brother Jon Barinholtz, Nora Dunn, and Chris Ellis.
Roadside Attractions will open “The Oath” on Oct. 12. The movie was one of four gala screenings unveiled Wednesday by the festival, which also announced it will hold the West Coast premiere of Eva Vives’ “All About Nina” on Sept. 23 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts; the Los Angeles premiere of Rupert Everett’s “The Happy Prince” on Sept. 25 at the Annenberg; and the...
- 8/22/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
I already had a headache from fretting about the ballot measure to split California. Who gets the water? What happens to Prop 13? Where’s Yosemite? Can we still repeal the gas tax? Are the prisons in one state, the criminals in another? What about the bullet train? How do we divvy up Jerry Brown’s legacy?
Then I came up against a bigger worry: Who gets the movies?
I don’t mean the studios, such as they are in the 21st century. Those are mostly in Los Angeles, so they would be in the rump “California,” not in the newly named “Southern California,” which would include some inland counties and everything south of L.A. (including San Diego Comic-Con), nor “Northern California,” which gets all that stuff above a line that runs roughly from Monterey to Fresno.
And there’s no point quibbling about the tab for film incentives. It’s just a renegotiation.
Then I came up against a bigger worry: Who gets the movies?
I don’t mean the studios, such as they are in the 21st century. Those are mostly in Los Angeles, so they would be in the rump “California,” not in the newly named “Southern California,” which would include some inland counties and everything south of L.A. (including San Diego Comic-Con), nor “Northern California,” which gets all that stuff above a line that runs roughly from Monterey to Fresno.
And there’s no point quibbling about the tab for film incentives. It’s just a renegotiation.
- 6/18/2018
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
You're looking at the most black people ever on the set of "Friends" ... courtesy of the L.A. Rams! The Rams' rookie class hit up the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA on Monday for a spectacular VIP tour of the backlot ... which included Central Perk. Serious question ... these guys are in their early 20s. Do you think any of them have ever seen a full episode of "Friends"? Doesn't matter ... the guys had a...
- 6/20/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Need to catch up? Check out our previous Fargo recap here.
Ewan McGregor, take the week off! Wednesday’s Fargo was a Carrie Coon solo showcase, as Gloria traveled to sunny L.A. to dig into her stepdad Ennis’ murky Hollywood past.
First, a super ’70s flashback to the younger days of Ennis, aka sci-fi author Thaddeus Mobley: He’s approached by sleazy film producer Howard Zimmerman, who wants to put his latest book on the big screen. Soon, Thad is caught up in the Hollywood lifestyle, sniffing coke and hooking up with a young actress named Vivian — and handing...
Ewan McGregor, take the week off! Wednesday’s Fargo was a Carrie Coon solo showcase, as Gloria traveled to sunny L.A. to dig into her stepdad Ennis’ murky Hollywood past.
First, a super ’70s flashback to the younger days of Ennis, aka sci-fi author Thaddeus Mobley: He’s approached by sleazy film producer Howard Zimmerman, who wants to put his latest book on the big screen. Soon, Thad is caught up in the Hollywood lifestyle, sniffing coke and hooking up with a young actress named Vivian — and handing...
- 5/4/2017
- TVLine.com
Filming is officially underway on the set of Jurassic World 2, but Universal’s monstrous sequel has still found room in its ranks for one more addition: Geraldine Chaplin.
Known for her award-winning performances across Doctor Zhivago, Welcome to L.A. and Roseland, Chaplin is one of the many daughters of legendary silent film actor Charlie Chaplin, and has since become something of a good-luck charm for writer-director Juan Antonio Bayona in recent times. To date, the prolific actress has appeared in all three of Bayona’s feature films – namely The Orphanage, The Impossible, A Monster Calls – and now, Jurassic World 2 will take that streak to four. Little is known about Chaplin’s actual role in the 2018 sequel, but with production underway, expect more details to emerge online sooner rather than later.
Indeed there’s a similar veil of secrecy currently clouding Jurassic World 2‘s actual storyline. Early reports claim co-writers Colin Trevorrow...
Known for her award-winning performances across Doctor Zhivago, Welcome to L.A. and Roseland, Chaplin is one of the many daughters of legendary silent film actor Charlie Chaplin, and has since become something of a good-luck charm for writer-director Juan Antonio Bayona in recent times. To date, the prolific actress has appeared in all three of Bayona’s feature films – namely The Orphanage, The Impossible, A Monster Calls – and now, Jurassic World 2 will take that streak to four. Little is known about Chaplin’s actual role in the 2018 sequel, but with production underway, expect more details to emerge online sooner rather than later.
Indeed there’s a similar veil of secrecy currently clouding Jurassic World 2‘s actual storyline. Early reports claim co-writers Colin Trevorrow...
- 3/6/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen classics of film history.
“I’ve been to plenty of cities, and they ain’t nothin’ but trouble.”
—Trouble In Mind
Alan Rudolph’s 1986 film Trouble In Mind is set in a retro-dystopian, new-wave-meets-noir metropolis called Rain City—an alternate-reality Seattle of mist and mystery, intersecting destinies and paramilitary oppression. Like quite a few of its underappreciated director’s best films (Welcome To L.A., Choose Me, The Moderns), it holds to the credo that every city is a dream. It lures its inhabitants and keeps them captive in the promise of a fantasy. And Rain City is the perfect city of loneliness, which can be as much of a romantic fantasy as true love. Its architecture is alienated, half museum of nostalgia, half dark tomorrow land. It is very like a ...
“I’ve been to plenty of cities, and they ain’t nothin’ but trouble.”
—Trouble In Mind
Alan Rudolph’s 1986 film Trouble In Mind is set in a retro-dystopian, new-wave-meets-noir metropolis called Rain City—an alternate-reality Seattle of mist and mystery, intersecting destinies and paramilitary oppression. Like quite a few of its underappreciated director’s best films (Welcome To L.A., Choose Me, The Moderns), it holds to the credo that every city is a dream. It lures its inhabitants and keeps them captive in the promise of a fantasy. And Rain City is the perfect city of loneliness, which can be as much of a romantic fantasy as true love. Its architecture is alienated, half museum of nostalgia, half dark tomorrow land. It is very like a ...
- 2/14/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Being a Blood or a Crip is now a legitimate qualification for employment, because a new show is actively seeking real-life bangers who want to be TV stars. Central Casting is staffing up for the upcoming CBS adaptation of the movie "Training Day." Specifically, they're looking for "gang member types" of actors to portray members of L.A. area street gangs during a Wednesday shoot. Cc would not elaborate on what it considers "gang member types.
- 7/27/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the month of December 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.
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Downhill Racer Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1 Fort Massacre...
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Follow-Up Black Friday / Holiday Disc Purchases Mystery Science Theater Kickstarter Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD Beaver Blu-ray and DVD of the Year: 2015 News CES: Ultra HD Blu-ray News Disney: Snow White Signature Collection Warner Archive Blu-ray releases January 2016: The Ice Pirates, The Wrong Man, A Mighty Wind, Flicker Alley: L’inhumaine Thunderbean: Yuletide Flickers Arrow Video: Waking Life, Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion Twilight Time: March/April titles. January pre-orders Olive Films: March Titles Disney Movie Club: Blackbeard’s Ghost Milestone: Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, Volume 1 Episode Links & Notes
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Downhill Racer Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1 Fort Massacre...
- 1/6/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
As an supplement to our Recommended Discs weekly feature, Peter Labuza regularly highlights notable recent home video releases with expanded reviews. See this week’s selections below.
Welcome to L.A. (Kino Lorber)
Alan Rudolph’s first major feature under the tutelage of his mentor and frequent collaborator Robert Altman demonstrates the filmmaker’s penchant for grooving interweaving narratives into intoxicating tones. Altman turned the City of Angels into a crashing melodramatic kaleidoscope in 1993’s Short Cuts, but Rudolph prefers jarring effects to come through more organic moments of minor gestures. Take the film’s opening shot: after establishing its cast of characters over the soulful tunes of Keith Carradine’s title song, Rudolph cuts to a shot looking up from the back of a cab, the palm trees barely visible over the cab’s leather seating. The camera pans over to Geraldine Chaplin’s ponderous face until she suddenly turns...
Welcome to L.A. (Kino Lorber)
Alan Rudolph’s first major feature under the tutelage of his mentor and frequent collaborator Robert Altman demonstrates the filmmaker’s penchant for grooving interweaving narratives into intoxicating tones. Altman turned the City of Angels into a crashing melodramatic kaleidoscope in 1993’s Short Cuts, but Rudolph prefers jarring effects to come through more organic moments of minor gestures. Take the film’s opening shot: after establishing its cast of characters over the soulful tunes of Keith Carradine’s title song, Rudolph cuts to a shot looking up from the back of a cab, the palm trees barely visible over the cab’s leather seating. The camera pans over to Geraldine Chaplin’s ponderous face until she suddenly turns...
- 12/22/2015
- by Peter Labuza
- The Film Stage
Director Robert Altman.
Robert Altman: Eclectic Maverick
By
Alex Simon
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 1999 issue of Venice Magazine.
It's the Fall of 1977 and I'm a bored and rebellious ten year old in search of a new movie to occupy my underworked and creativity-starved brain, feeling far too mature for previous favorites Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and wanting something more up-to-date and edgy than Chaplin's City Lights (1931). I needed a movie to call my favorite that would be symbolic of my own new-found manhood (and something that would really piss off my parents and teachers). Mom and Dad were going out for the evening, leaving me with whatever unfortunate baby-sitter happened to need the $10 badly enough to play mother hen to an obnoxiously precocious only child like myself. I scanned the TV Guide for what...
Robert Altman: Eclectic Maverick
By
Alex Simon
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 1999 issue of Venice Magazine.
It's the Fall of 1977 and I'm a bored and rebellious ten year old in search of a new movie to occupy my underworked and creativity-starved brain, feeling far too mature for previous favorites Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and wanting something more up-to-date and edgy than Chaplin's City Lights (1931). I needed a movie to call my favorite that would be symbolic of my own new-found manhood (and something that would really piss off my parents and teachers). Mom and Dad were going out for the evening, leaving me with whatever unfortunate baby-sitter happened to need the $10 badly enough to play mother hen to an obnoxiously precocious only child like myself. I scanned the TV Guide for what...
- 2/15/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
No one is more excited about the blockbuster Lakers deal than Dwight Howard -- who was sporting a megawatt smile on his way out of a Beverly Hills hotel moments ago ... telling TMZ, "I'm just happy."Howard pulled out of the hotel in a gleaming white Bentley, and it was obvious the big man is pumped to play for the Lake Show.We asked Howard why he finally decided on L.A. -- and he...
- 8/10/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Smog, traffic, attitude...
Welcome to L.A.
The capital of apportioned opportunities, shattered record deal dreams and home of the notorious 15 minutes of fame.
The center of hipsters, wannabes, cool kids and dropouts.
The city of good-looking waiters, pseudo-celebrities, the overly rich and the excessively poor.
I have been a resident of Los Angeles for the majority of my life. As an Iranian-American, I migrated here at the age of 3 and am currently going on 25 years in this busy, boisterous, and bawdy city.
Often referred to as "Tehrangeles," Los Angeles gets a heavy rap with its weighty population of Iranians...
Iranian-Americans are often referred to as a conceited and snotty bunch, who are so consumed with their alluring lifestyles that they refuse to believe there is a world outside of Beverly Hills. The truth of the matter is, Los Angeles is full of some of the most talented, impressive, and awe-inspiring...
Welcome to L.A.
The capital of apportioned opportunities, shattered record deal dreams and home of the notorious 15 minutes of fame.
The center of hipsters, wannabes, cool kids and dropouts.
The city of good-looking waiters, pseudo-celebrities, the overly rich and the excessively poor.
I have been a resident of Los Angeles for the majority of my life. As an Iranian-American, I migrated here at the age of 3 and am currently going on 25 years in this busy, boisterous, and bawdy city.
Often referred to as "Tehrangeles," Los Angeles gets a heavy rap with its weighty population of Iranians...
Iranian-Americans are often referred to as a conceited and snotty bunch, who are so consumed with their alluring lifestyles that they refuse to believe there is a world outside of Beverly Hills. The truth of the matter is, Los Angeles is full of some of the most talented, impressive, and awe-inspiring...
- 4/10/2012
- by Shekardaneh Barkhordar
- Aol TV.
Over the last two weeks I’ve taken more taxis than I did in all of 2010. I hate taking cabs. They’re expensive, and it frustrates me to sit in traffic watching the meter click. It makes me feel like Geraldine Chaplin in Welcome to L.A. I much prefer the subway, smells and all, because it’s cheap and fast.
I took the expensive cabs because I needed them. If we didn’t need the cabs, we would have been quite content to walk or take mass transit. The person with whom I was traveling couldn’t walk to a bus stop much less climb the stairs to the subway, and it was imperative that we get where we were going. Luckily, I can afford to do this when necessary.
What does this have to do with comic books?
DC Comics recently announced a price hike on some of their books.
I took the expensive cabs because I needed them. If we didn’t need the cabs, we would have been quite content to walk or take mass transit. The person with whom I was traveling couldn’t walk to a bus stop much less climb the stairs to the subway, and it was imperative that we get where we were going. Luckily, I can afford to do this when necessary.
What does this have to do with comic books?
DC Comics recently announced a price hike on some of their books.
- 1/13/2012
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
DVD Playhouse—December 2011
By Allen Gardner
The Rules Of The Game (Criterion) Jean Renoir’s classic from 1939 was met with a riot at its premiere and was severely cut by its distributor, available only in truncated form for two decades until it was restored to the grandeur for which it is celebrated today. A biting comedy of manners set in the upstairs and downstairs of a French country estate, the film bitterly vivisects the bourgeoisie with a gentle ferocity that will tickle the laughter in your throat. Renoir co-stars as Octave. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Introduction to the film by Renoir; Commentary written by scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by Peter Bogdanovich; Comparison of the film’s two endings; Selected scene analysis by Renoir scholar Chris Faulkner; Featurettes and vintage film clips; Part one of David Thomson’s “Jean Renoir” BBC documentary; Video essay; Interviews with Renoir, crew members,...
By Allen Gardner
The Rules Of The Game (Criterion) Jean Renoir’s classic from 1939 was met with a riot at its premiere and was severely cut by its distributor, available only in truncated form for two decades until it was restored to the grandeur for which it is celebrated today. A biting comedy of manners set in the upstairs and downstairs of a French country estate, the film bitterly vivisects the bourgeoisie with a gentle ferocity that will tickle the laughter in your throat. Renoir co-stars as Octave. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Introduction to the film by Renoir; Commentary written by scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by Peter Bogdanovich; Comparison of the film’s two endings; Selected scene analysis by Renoir scholar Chris Faulkner; Featurettes and vintage film clips; Part one of David Thomson’s “Jean Renoir” BBC documentary; Video essay; Interviews with Renoir, crew members,...
- 12/12/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
As a lead up to next April's TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, Turner Classic Movies and the Film Society of Lincoln Center are teaming up to present "Style and Motion: The Art of the Movie Poster," an exhibit to highlight the personal collection of poster designer and producer Mike Kaplan. Kaplan (The Whales of August, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead) collaborated with several poster artists during his lifetime, including portrait artist Don Bachary (A Bigger Splash), graphic artist and psychedelic record jacket designer John Van Hamersveld (Welcome to L.A.) and British airbrush artist Philip Castle, who created the unforgettable poster for A Clockwork Orange. Featured in the exhibit are some of the poster gems of the past half century, among them an original French ...
- 11/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Welcome to L.A., city of sunshine, grime, disease, degenerates and psychopaths. Which is captured in all its frenetic glory in Alessandro Cima‘s gritty whirlwind of a short film, Detective City Angel. Go undercover with a black-clad paranoid as he navigates the concrete and asphalt jungle.
Los Angeles is such a massive, sprawling metropolis that it’s difficult to get a solid grasp of the city’s full personality in a single film. Cima, though, does an incredible job specifically picking up on one aspect of it: The low-rent, crazies-filled, decaying urban side of it.
While I don’t personally know of any studies proving that L.A. has a higher concentration of crazies than the rest of the U.S., there are times when it definitely feels like it. As a city filled with a billion broken dreams, paranoid delusions run rampant among our citizenry. Cima’s “detective” is...
Los Angeles is such a massive, sprawling metropolis that it’s difficult to get a solid grasp of the city’s full personality in a single film. Cima, though, does an incredible job specifically picking up on one aspect of it: The low-rent, crazies-filled, decaying urban side of it.
While I don’t personally know of any studies proving that L.A. has a higher concentration of crazies than the rest of the U.S., there are times when it definitely feels like it. As a city filled with a billion broken dreams, paranoid delusions run rampant among our citizenry. Cima’s “detective” is...
- 11/3/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Lindsey and Kristy Landers are Official Hot Mess. With their four-piece male band in tow, this dynamic duo is circum-navigating the music world with a young and sassy vibe, and some very catchy songs. Their clever lyrical twists and dance-fused melodies have given them a well-deserved edge over many of their pop/rock contemporaries. Natives of Sarasota Florida, the blond sibs began writing songs at an early age, and were signed to a record deal before they graduated high school. Their music has been featured on hit shows such as Grey's Anatomy (TV), The Hills (TV), Jersey Shore (TV), The City (TV), and Super Sweet 16 (TV), but it was their single "Welcome to L.A." that put them on the map. With it's 'get up and dance' beat and well crafted lyrics, the song takes a playful poke at the eccentricities of living in L.A. The highly acclaimed video went to the No.
- 9/24/2010
- by jmaurer@corp.popstar.com (Jennifer Maurer)
- PopStar
Jimmy Fallon is hosting the Emmys this Sunday, and he gave "Extra" the inside scoop on all the shenanigans he's planned for the show.
The big buzz is over the opening numbers, which includes many of TV's A-listers, including Betty White, who told "Extra," "Jimmy Fallon is doing something at the beginning so we're all doing it together. I have no idea what it is yet."
Fallon confirmed, "I put a call out to as many people.
The big buzz is over the opening numbers, which includes many of TV's A-listers, including Betty White, who told "Extra," "Jimmy Fallon is doing something at the beginning so we're all doing it together. I have no idea what it is yet."
Fallon confirmed, "I put a call out to as many people.
- 8/25/2010
- Extra
New Moca director Jeffrey Deitch might have just accepted the art world's most controversial position, but if there's one thing everyone can agree he's great at, it's throwing a party. And now, he's got a bright, blank new L.A. canvas to work with. We asked artists, curators and critics to provide some guidance for Deitch's new gig.
Time to pitch a Moca reality show to one of the major networks now that you're in L.A. The concept is your life: "Ack! The economy's gone to shit so now I'm a newbie museum director." During this 13-episode series viewers will watch you navigate museum politics, get lost in L.A. and schmooze with celebrities and art glitterati. Show title: Sink or Swim! The prize: Glory--and the USA's best museum stays open.-Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City
Deitch should expand his plans with James Franco and General Hospital and embrace Los Angeles' soap opera scene.
Time to pitch a Moca reality show to one of the major networks now that you're in L.A. The concept is your life: "Ack! The economy's gone to shit so now I'm a newbie museum director." During this 13-episode series viewers will watch you navigate museum politics, get lost in L.A. and schmooze with celebrities and art glitterati. Show title: Sink or Swim! The prize: Glory--and the USA's best museum stays open.-Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City
Deitch should expand his plans with James Franco and General Hospital and embrace Los Angeles' soap opera scene.
- 1/14/2010
- by Alissa Walker
- Fast Company
(S05E13) "What does L.A. have in store for us today?" -- Brenda
Major crimes was back on the job with a case that was gruesome and grim at the same time. How Brenda managed to face the morning crime scene without blanching is proof that she's as tough as nails beneath that smiling, sweet Southern facade. Brenda needed to be when dealing with a triple homicide, gang rape and possible gang war. Welcome to L.A. More on the case and the kitty situation, after the jump.
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Major crimes was back on the job with a case that was gruesome and grim at the same time. How Brenda managed to face the morning crime scene without blanching is proof that she's as tough as nails beneath that smiling, sweet Southern facade. Brenda needed to be when dealing with a triple homicide, gang rape and possible gang war. Welcome to L.A. More on the case and the kitty situation, after the jump.
Continue reading Review: The Closer - The Life (winter premiere)
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- 12/8/2009
- by Allison Waldman
- Aol TV.
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