"Gee, Pee-wee, do you think you asked for enough?" There's not many new updates at this time of the year (the grey zone between Christmas & New Years) but this is a fun video to feature. Actor / comedian Paul Reubens passed away earlier in 2023 at the age of 70. In remembrance of his work, the Pee-wee Herman Yt channel uploaded a pristine, 4K quality copy of his iconic Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special that aired on CBS in 1988. If you're not familiar with this X-Mas special, wondering why it's being brought up again, there's an entire Vulture article discussing its legacy within entertainment. "One of the strangest, most glorious, most improbable, most confident pieces of entertainment to appear on [TV]." Special guests include Frankie Avalon, Charo, The Del Rubio Triplets, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Whoopi Goldberg, Magic Johnson, Grace Jones, Little Richard, Joan Rivers, Dinah Shore, & Oprah Winfrey. Enjoy the laughs. // Continue...
- 12/26/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Revered and reviled U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger, whose death at 100 on Nov. 29 was met with the widespread view that his realpolitik was responsible for some of this country’s worst global war crimes, loved American celebrity — both his own, an expression of state power, as well as that of others, especially performers. He was “the ultimate starfucker,” noted Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at the Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, in an appraisal published earlier this year on the occasion of Kissinger’s centennial.
Prior to meeting President Richard Nixon in 1967, Kissinger made frequent trips to Santa Monica to consult with the Rand Corporation, a global policy think tank. But after being appointed as national security adviser by the newly elected president in 1969, his profile skyrocketed — and the glitz of Hollywood was within reach. Fascinated since childhood with American popular culture, Kissinger pursued the...
Prior to meeting President Richard Nixon in 1967, Kissinger made frequent trips to Santa Monica to consult with the Rand Corporation, a global policy think tank. But after being appointed as national security adviser by the newly elected president in 1969, his profile skyrocketed — and the glitz of Hollywood was within reach. Fascinated since childhood with American popular culture, Kissinger pursued the...
- 11/30/2023
- by Gary Baum and Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Cerina Vincent, Tom Savini, Robert Donavan, Monique Parent, Frédéric von Anhalt, Sarah French, Gigi Gustin, Adam Bucci, Ben Kaplan, Steve J. Owens, Brandon Patricio, Sarah Polednak, Dave Sheridan, Jed Rowen | Written by Joe Knetter, Robert L. Lucas | Directed by Marcel Walz
That’s a Wrap begins with a double cameo as Alexis the victim in That’s a Wrap’s pre-title segment takes a call from her manager before making a bloody exit at the hands, and blade, of a killer dressed as The Mistress, the masked killer from the giallo That’s a Wrap.
Confused? Don’t be, That’s a Wrap is an exercise in meta filmmaking set at the wrap party for director Mason Maestro’s latest film, That’s a Wrap. Mason, his wife Lily, and the film’s producer played by Frédéric von Anhalt, best known for being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor will all be there.
That’s a Wrap begins with a double cameo as Alexis the victim in That’s a Wrap’s pre-title segment takes a call from her manager before making a bloody exit at the hands, and blade, of a killer dressed as The Mistress, the masked killer from the giallo That’s a Wrap.
Confused? Don’t be, That’s a Wrap is an exercise in meta filmmaking set at the wrap party for director Mason Maestro’s latest film, That’s a Wrap. Mason, his wife Lily, and the film’s producer played by Frédéric von Anhalt, best known for being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor will all be there.
- 8/22/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Quentin Tarantino has helmed many popular movies over the past three decades, but his 1994 crime drama Pulp Fiction is possibly the most beloved. The film not only put Tarantino on the map as Hollywood’s newest hitmaker, but it also revived John Travolta’s career, proving that he could headline a major movie, even after a lengthy gap in his resume.
There are a number of memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction, but the dance sequence between Travolta’s Vincent Vega and Uma Thurman’s Mia Wallace is the most iconic. Interestingly enough, Tarantino was inspired by a Disney animated classic when coming up with the concept for the sequence.
‘Pulp Fiction’ became a major critical and commercial success
Tarantino was new on the scene when he wrote and directed Pulp Fiction. While his first movie, Reservoir Dogs, was critically praised, Pulp Fiction made him a star.
The plot, which occurs out of chronological order,...
There are a number of memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction, but the dance sequence between Travolta’s Vincent Vega and Uma Thurman’s Mia Wallace is the most iconic. Interestingly enough, Tarantino was inspired by a Disney animated classic when coming up with the concept for the sequence.
‘Pulp Fiction’ became a major critical and commercial success
Tarantino was new on the scene when he wrote and directed Pulp Fiction. While his first movie, Reservoir Dogs, was critically praised, Pulp Fiction made him a star.
The plot, which occurs out of chronological order,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul Reubens, the creator of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” who starred in several projects as the goofy, child-like Pee-wee Herman including 1985’s “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” has died at age 70, his estate said Monday.
“Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted generations of children and adults with his positivity, whimsy and belief in the importance of kindness,” his estate posted to Facebook.
“Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit. A gifted and prolific talent, he will forever live in the comedy pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured friend and man of remarkable character and generosity of spirit,” the post continued.
The actor wrote a posthumous statement explaining why he chose not to disclose his cancer diagnosis. “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years.
“Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted generations of children and adults with his positivity, whimsy and belief in the importance of kindness,” his estate posted to Facebook.
“Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit. A gifted and prolific talent, he will forever live in the comedy pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured friend and man of remarkable character and generosity of spirit,” the post continued.
The actor wrote a posthumous statement explaining why he chose not to disclose his cancer diagnosis. “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years.
- 7/31/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Creating stylish yet relaxed private environments in which to connect with clients is a rage in the luxury world, whether it be Gucci’s new appointment-only store on Melrose Avenue or the fact that Chanel devotes two out of four floors of its just-opened Rodeo Drive flagship to VIP suites.
Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin has arrived in West Hollywood with another lure: Suite 1755, an appointment-only hotel suite-turned-shopping experience that just opened inside the West Hollywood Edition hotel on the Sunset Strip.
The suite — which is open through early July while Vacheron Constantin renovates its Rodeo Drive boutique — invites clients to not only look at and try on seductive timepieces but also encourages them to hang a while. Near the entrance there’s a foosball table and a record player along with a collection of vinyl, plus an electric guitar from L.A.’s Norman’s Rare Guitars. Outside is a large...
Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin has arrived in West Hollywood with another lure: Suite 1755, an appointment-only hotel suite-turned-shopping experience that just opened inside the West Hollywood Edition hotel on the Sunset Strip.
The suite — which is open through early July while Vacheron Constantin renovates its Rodeo Drive boutique — invites clients to not only look at and try on seductive timepieces but also encourages them to hang a while. Near the entrance there’s a foosball table and a record player along with a collection of vinyl, plus an electric guitar from L.A.’s Norman’s Rare Guitars. Outside is a large...
- 5/17/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson quoted Bible verses to support her condemnation of her city’s local Gay Pride Parade.
Footage of the 63-year-old comedian speaking at Franklin City Hall in Tennessee was streamed on the city’s YouTube channel during Tuesday’s (11 April) meeting.
In the video, Jackson – who featured on the longrunning US sketch show from 1986 to 1992 – introduces herself by name at the podium, before announcing that “God hates sodomy”.
“He hates homosexuality – he said it’s an abomination. And God hates sexual immorality, all kinds,” she says.
“And God hates pride. Like, one of the most things he hates is pride,” she adds, before reading Proverbs 11:12.
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace but with humility comes wisdom. The Lord detests all the proud of heart.”
Jackson continues to cite the story of the legendary biblical cities Sodom and Gomorrah, arguing their downfall “proves...
Footage of the 63-year-old comedian speaking at Franklin City Hall in Tennessee was streamed on the city’s YouTube channel during Tuesday’s (11 April) meeting.
In the video, Jackson – who featured on the longrunning US sketch show from 1986 to 1992 – introduces herself by name at the podium, before announcing that “God hates sodomy”.
“He hates homosexuality – he said it’s an abomination. And God hates sexual immorality, all kinds,” she says.
“And God hates pride. Like, one of the most things he hates is pride,” she adds, before reading Proverbs 11:12.
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace but with humility comes wisdom. The Lord detests all the proud of heart.”
Jackson continues to cite the story of the legendary biblical cities Sodom and Gomorrah, arguing their downfall “proves...
- 4/12/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
The B-movie world has lost one of its most iconic filmmakers, as The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Bert I. Gordon – often referred to as “Mr. B.I.G.” by his fans – has passed away at the age of 100. Gordon produced and directed more than twenty films over the course of a career that lasted sixty-one years, from 1954 to 2015. He also wrote most of his movies. His most popular titles include The Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, Attack of the Puppet People, and Beginning of the End.
Born on September 24, 1922 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gordon fell in love with filmmaking at a young age, being given his first camera when he was just 9 years old. He started making TV commercials after he graduated from college, then produced the horror adventure film Serpent Island in 1954. He was also the cinematographer on that movie,...
Born on September 24, 1922 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gordon fell in love with filmmaking at a young age, being given his first camera when he was just 9 years old. He started making TV commercials after he graduated from college, then produced the horror adventure film Serpent Island in 1954. He was also the cinematographer on that movie,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Bert I. Gordon, the sci-fi director who aimed to terrify drive-in denizens of the 1950s and ’60s with low-budget films featuring colossal creatures, shrinking humans and radioactive monsters, has died. He was 100.
Gordon died Wednesday in Los Angeles of complications from a fall in his Beverly Hills home, his daughter Patricia Gordon told The Hollywood Reporter.
Highlights (lowlights?) on his B-movie résumé include The Cyclops (1957), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Beginning of the End (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Tormented (1960), The Boy and the Pirates (1960) and Picture Mommy Dead (1966).
In the ’70s, Gordon directed Vince Edwards and Chuck Connors in The Police Connection (1973) and wrote and directed How to Succeed With Sex (1970), Necromancy (1972), The Food of the Gods (1976) and, starring Joan Collins in the muck, Empire of the Ants (1977).
Perhaps as a way to keep costs down, Gordon’s films often were family affairs: His late wife,...
Gordon died Wednesday in Los Angeles of complications from a fall in his Beverly Hills home, his daughter Patricia Gordon told The Hollywood Reporter.
Highlights (lowlights?) on his B-movie résumé include The Cyclops (1957), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Beginning of the End (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Tormented (1960), The Boy and the Pirates (1960) and Picture Mommy Dead (1966).
In the ’70s, Gordon directed Vince Edwards and Chuck Connors in The Police Connection (1973) and wrote and directed How to Succeed With Sex (1970), Necromancy (1972), The Food of the Gods (1976) and, starring Joan Collins in the muck, Empire of the Ants (1977).
Perhaps as a way to keep costs down, Gordon’s films often were family affairs: His late wife,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Rhett Bartlett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bert I. Gordon, who was given the nickname “Mr. B.I.G.” by Famous Monsters of Filmland editor Forrest J. Ackerman not just because it matched his initials but also because it matched the director’s favorite big-screen subject — giant monsters — died today. He was 100. His daughter Patricia Gordon confirmed the filmmaker’s death to the New York Times.
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Gordon often produced, directed, wrote and created the special effects for his movies, which were shot on ultra-low...
Related Story MGM Relaunches American International Pictures And Makes Tate Taylor's 'Breaking News In Yuba County' The Company's First Acquisition Related Story Breaking Baz: 'Ted Lasso' Striker Phil Dunster Transfers To Season 2 Of Apple TV+ Thriller 'Surface'; 'All Quiet On The Western Front's Edward Berger And Robert Pattinson Have A Coffee Related Story Dominion And Fox News Offer Dueling Views Of Defamation Law In Latest Court Filings
Gordon often produced, directed, wrote and created the special effects for his movies, which were shot on ultra-low...
- 3/9/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Jules Dassin’s powerful picture was a hit in Europe but remained mostly obscure here, despite featuring the great Melina Mercouri and a score of Continental stars. Adapted by two blacklistees in exile it doesn’t try to hide its revolutionary aims — Nikos Kazantzakis’s uncompromised storyline places The Church as a main obstruction to social progress, justice, and life & liberty. It’s no wonder it wasn’t ‘movie of the week’ in 1957. It’s been beautifully remastered at its original CinemaScope width, uncut.
He Who Must Die
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1957 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 128 122 min. / Street Date September 6, 2022 / Celui qui doit mourir / Available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe, René Lefèvre, Lucien Raimbourg, Melina Mercouri, Roger Hanin, Pierre Vaneck, Nicole Berger, Maurice Ronet, Fernand Ledoux.
Cinematography: Gilbert Chain, Jacques Natteau
Production Designer: Max Douy
Film Editors: Roger Dwyre, Pierre Gillette
Original Music: Georges Auric
Written by Ben Barzman,...
He Who Must Die
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1957 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 128 122 min. / Street Date September 6, 2022 / Celui qui doit mourir / Available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe, René Lefèvre, Lucien Raimbourg, Melina Mercouri, Roger Hanin, Pierre Vaneck, Nicole Berger, Maurice Ronet, Fernand Ledoux.
Cinematography: Gilbert Chain, Jacques Natteau
Production Designer: Max Douy
Film Editors: Roger Dwyre, Pierre Gillette
Original Music: Georges Auric
Written by Ben Barzman,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A new episode of our Real Slashers video series has just been released through the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel, and in this one we’re looking back at one of the most popular slasher sequels ever made: 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (watch it Here)! To find out what we had to say about this one, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay that was initially written by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner – and then given a substantial rewrite by Russell and Frank Darabont – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors has the following synopsis:
During a hallucinatory incident, young Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends Kristen to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens. One of the doctors there is Nancy Thompson,...
Directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay that was initially written by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner – and then given a substantial rewrite by Russell and Frank Darabont – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors has the following synopsis:
During a hallucinatory incident, young Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends Kristen to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens. One of the doctors there is Nancy Thompson,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Margaret Keane, who went to court to prove that her popular paintings of children with large, sad eyes were indeed hers and not her husband’s, a tale that was told in the Tim Burton film Big Eyes, has died. She was 94.
Keane died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Napa, California, her daughter, Jane Swigert, told The New York Times.
Amy Adams portrayed Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014) alongside Christoph Waltz as her realtor husband, Walter Keane.
For years starting in the 1950s, Walter Keane persuaded his wife to paint for up to 16 hours a day while promoting her work as his own. Stars including Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Liberace commissioned Keane portraits, and Joan Crawford used one of her for the cover of her 1962 autobiography.
After Margaret and Walter divorced in 1955, she finally revealed in 1970 that she...
Margaret Keane, who went to court to prove that her popular paintings of children with large, sad eyes were indeed hers and not her husband’s, a tale that was told in the Tim Burton film Big Eyes, has died. She was 94.
Keane died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Napa, California, her daughter, Jane Swigert, told The New York Times.
Amy Adams portrayed Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014) alongside Christoph Waltz as her realtor husband, Walter Keane.
For years starting in the 1950s, Walter Keane persuaded his wife to paint for up to 16 hours a day while promoting her work as his own. Stars including Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Liberace commissioned Keane portraits, and Joan Crawford used one of her for the cover of her 1962 autobiography.
After Margaret and Walter divorced in 1955, she finally revealed in 1970 that she...
- 6/29/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Margaret Keane, whose wildly popular paintings of big-eyed, melancholy children (and later celebrities with deep pockets) became one of the most widely recognized signature artistic styles of the late 20th Century – and whose long battle with her husband over his fraudulent and lucrative claims of authorship inspired the 2014 Tim Burton film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams – died Sunday at home in Napa, California. She was 94.
Her death was reported on her official Facebook page today: “We’re sad to announce that Margaret Keane, ‘The Mother of Big Eyes, our Queen, a Modern Master and Legend’ peacefully passed away Sunday morning at her home in Napa, CA, she was 94.”
Her daughter Jane Swigert told The New York Times that the cause of death was heart failure.
Keane’s instantly recognizable paintings of children, typically portrayed and described as waifs with huge, sad and dinner-plate-sized eyes, became massively popular in the 1950s and ’60s,...
Her death was reported on her official Facebook page today: “We’re sad to announce that Margaret Keane, ‘The Mother of Big Eyes, our Queen, a Modern Master and Legend’ peacefully passed away Sunday morning at her home in Napa, CA, she was 94.”
Her daughter Jane Swigert told The New York Times that the cause of death was heart failure.
Keane’s instantly recognizable paintings of children, typically portrayed and described as waifs with huge, sad and dinner-plate-sized eyes, became massively popular in the 1950s and ’60s,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Thanks to gossip columnists, movie goers needed just one look at the title to know who starred in Death of a Scoundrel. George Sanders’s scandalous reputation was perfect fodder for this cheeky melodrama about a murdered gigolo and his long line of jilted lovers, and it’s helped by a beautiful line up of suspects including Zsa Zsa Gabor (Sanders’ real-life ex-wife) and Yvonne de Carlo. Director Charles Martin also wrote and produced the film and had the good taste to hire the brilliant James Wong Howe as his cinematographer.
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- 6/6/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
A few days before the premiere of Peter Budinský’s animated film “Yourland,” Nohavmede has launched the game “Yourland: Bowlers Run” to underscore the environmental themes of the film, in the latest example of movie-games convergence, according to Film New Europe.
The development of the game took almost two years, during which the creators worked closely with the film’s producers.
“Yourland” was produced by Slovakia’s Bfilm in coproduction with Slovakia’s Plutoon, The Pack in Belgium, Bfilm.cz in Czech Republic, and Radio and Television Slovakia. It was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Media Programme, the Bratislava region, the Czech Film Fund and Screen.brussels. The development of the game was supported by Art Support Fund.
“Yourland: Bowlers Run” is an atmospheric action game set in the fantasy world of “Yourland.” It is designed for children from the...
The development of the game took almost two years, during which the creators worked closely with the film’s producers.
“Yourland” was produced by Slovakia’s Bfilm in coproduction with Slovakia’s Plutoon, The Pack in Belgium, Bfilm.cz in Czech Republic, and Radio and Television Slovakia. It was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Media Programme, the Bratislava region, the Czech Film Fund and Screen.brussels. The development of the game was supported by Art Support Fund.
“Yourland: Bowlers Run” is an atmospheric action game set in the fantasy world of “Yourland.” It is designed for children from the...
- 5/31/2022
- by Zuzana Točíková Vojteková
- Variety Film + TV
Well, one couldn’t expect a woman of Zsa Zsa Gabor’s status to just fade away into the twilight without having some sort of final trip that would see her, or rather the urn with her ashes inside, accompanied by her ninth and final husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, make the trip to London, Germany, and finally, Budapest, where she would be laid to her final rest. This location was special to Gabor as her father was laid to rest here as well, and it was in her will that this would be her final resting place. There are bound to
Why It Took Five Years To Finally Lay Zsa Zsa Gabor To Rest...
Why It Took Five Years To Finally Lay Zsa Zsa Gabor To Rest...
- 8/14/2021
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
Five years after her death, the Hungarian star’s funeral has taken place, following a first-class journey from Los Angeles to Budapest for her remains
The ashes of Hungarian-born female actor Zsa Zsa Gabor, renowned for her diamond-studded glamour, witty quips and nine marriages, were buried in Budapest on Tuesday almost five years after her death.
Gabor’s ashes were laid to rest in a prominent cemetery in the capital city alongside other famous Hungarian actors, writers and poets, in a ceremony where a gypsy band played and her favourite yellow and pink roses were on display.
The ashes of Hungarian-born female actor Zsa Zsa Gabor, renowned for her diamond-studded glamour, witty quips and nine marriages, were buried in Budapest on Tuesday almost five years after her death.
Gabor’s ashes were laid to rest in a prominent cemetery in the capital city alongside other famous Hungarian actors, writers and poets, in a ceremony where a gypsy band played and her favourite yellow and pink roses were on display.
- 7/13/2021
- by Reuters
- The Guardian - Film News
The 78th annual Golden Globes take place virtually Sunday night on NBC with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey returning as hosts. “Mank,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The Crown,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Ted Lasso” are among the top nominees in the feature film and TV categories.
Also in contention is a movie called “Music” that was shot in 2017 and marks the directorial debut of the singer Sia. While it merits a mere 11% at Rotten Tomatoes, it reaped nominations for Best Musical/Comedy and star Kate Hudson. These bids harken back to 1982 when Pia Zadora won New Star of the Year for the well-stuffed turkey “Butterfly.” She also won the Razzie Award for the film which also starred Orson Welles.
And just who was Zadora’s competition for New Star of the Year? Elizabeth McGovern and Howard Rollins Jr. for “Ragtime”; Kathleen Turner for “Body Heat” Rachel Ward for...
Also in contention is a movie called “Music” that was shot in 2017 and marks the directorial debut of the singer Sia. While it merits a mere 11% at Rotten Tomatoes, it reaped nominations for Best Musical/Comedy and star Kate Hudson. These bids harken back to 1982 when Pia Zadora won New Star of the Year for the well-stuffed turkey “Butterfly.” She also won the Razzie Award for the film which also starred Orson Welles.
And just who was Zadora’s competition for New Star of the Year? Elizabeth McGovern and Howard Rollins Jr. for “Ragtime”; Kathleen Turner for “Body Heat” Rachel Ward for...
- 2/27/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Amazon Women on the Moon
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1987 / 85 Min. / 1:85
Starring Lots of Actors
Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
Directed by Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
Mark Twain said “If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.” That applies just as well to 1987’s Amazon Women on the Moon, John Landis’s unofficial sequel to Kentucky Fried Movie and the bastard child of Joe Dante and Jon Davison’s The Movie Orgy. Like those back-handed tributes to the disreputable entertainments of our youth, Amazon Women is a smorgasbord of comedy skits, some served up just right and others pretty half-baked—but a judicious use of the remote control and patience rewards; overall the result is a good-natured vacation for the mind with three or four laugh-out-loud vaudeville sequences and a couple of bona-fide short-form classics. The...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1987 / 85 Min. / 1:85
Starring Lots of Actors
Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
Directed by Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
Mark Twain said “If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.” That applies just as well to 1987’s Amazon Women on the Moon, John Landis’s unofficial sequel to Kentucky Fried Movie and the bastard child of Joe Dante and Jon Davison’s The Movie Orgy. Like those back-handed tributes to the disreputable entertainments of our youth, Amazon Women is a smorgasbord of comedy skits, some served up just right and others pretty half-baked—but a judicious use of the remote control and patience rewards; overall the result is a good-natured vacation for the mind with three or four laugh-out-loud vaudeville sequences and a couple of bona-fide short-form classics. The...
- 11/10/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Perhaps it's fitting how much Dannielynn Birkhead loves rollercoasters when you consider the tedious climbs and sharp descents that marked her first year of life. There was the untimely passing of half-brother Daniel Smith, who overdosed while visiting mom Anna Nicole Smith and her newborn daughter in a Bahamian hospital, and the eerily similar death of the larger-than-life former Playboy model just months later. And, of course, the custody circus that ensued with freelance photographer Larry Birkhead, Smith's attorney Howard K. Stern and even Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt staking their claim for the 5-month-old. The...
- 9/7/2020
- E! Online
John Huston’s 1952 bio-pic of tortured artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec avoids most of the “tortured-artist” cliches by surrounding star Jose Ferrer with beautiful recreations of Lautrec’s world and even more beautiful women including a (believe it or not) completely charming Zsa Zsa Gabor as the flighty but sweet can-can dancer Jane Avril. Plus a moving score from Georges Auric and ravishing Technicolor cinematography by Oswald Morris. Look for bit parts from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
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- 7/31/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
There is a reason that Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino — the married co-creators of Amazon Prime’s smash hit “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — have twice won a record eight Emmys for the first and second seasons of the comedy hit. (Season 2 also just earned 4 SAG award nominations — the most for a comedy series — and a fourth season is in the works). The couple known for their fast-paced rat-a-tat-tat banter know how to put on a lavish show within a show that is all about entertainment and the sacrifices and benefits that is inherent in such a lifestyle.
Besides the fabulous period production designs, gorgeous period costumes — oy, the hats you will see — there are priceless inside-y looks at characters who echo real-life individuals whose marks on our culture can still be felt — from Jane Lynch‘s Phyllis Diller-like hick comedian to Luke Kirby‘s soulfully acerbic Lenny Bruce, both...
Besides the fabulous period production designs, gorgeous period costumes — oy, the hats you will see — there are priceless inside-y looks at characters who echo real-life individuals whose marks on our culture can still be felt — from Jane Lynch‘s Phyllis Diller-like hick comedian to Luke Kirby‘s soulfully acerbic Lenny Bruce, both...
- 12/13/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Picture Zsa Zsa Gabor lying dead on the floor of a room as it goes up in flames. Picture her daughter singing a creepy nursery rhyme as she watches. Picture that girl being sent away to a mental facility due to a breakdown, and her subsequent return home to her father and her new stepmom. Picture the teenage girl hearing voices and seeing her dead mother appear throughout the manor. Now I need you to Picture Mommy Dead (1966), Bert I. Gordon (that’s Mr. B.I.G. to you)’s high strung, gothic chiller with a surprising amount to say about family dynamics, psychotic lineage, and their fragile nature.
Released by Embassy Pictures in early November, Picture Mommy Dead (aka Color Mommy Dead) cost a million to make and cruised through the theatres and drive-ins second billed as befitting a B.I.G. release. This just seemed another potboiler designed...
Released by Embassy Pictures in early November, Picture Mommy Dead (aka Color Mommy Dead) cost a million to make and cruised through the theatres and drive-ins second billed as befitting a B.I.G. release. This just seemed another potboiler designed...
- 12/7/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
It was probably for the best that Baz Luhrmann gave Moulin Rouge! an exclamation point. It differentiated his 2001 film from John Huston's Moulin Rouge, the 1952 drama that served as Zsa Zsa Gabor's big break.
"I think it gets the exclamation point because it's the nature of that world," says Luhrmann. "It's 'The Moulin Rouge!' Nothing is flat; everything is over the top."
The director's $50 million Fox production ($72 million today) starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor was predicted to flop and opened at No. 4 behind Pearl ...
"I think it gets the exclamation point because it's the nature of that world," says Luhrmann. "It's 'The Moulin Rouge!' Nothing is flat; everything is over the top."
The director's $50 million Fox production ($72 million today) starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor was predicted to flop and opened at No. 4 behind Pearl ...
It was probably for the best that Baz Luhrmann gave Moulin Rouge! an exclamation point. It differentiated his 2001 film from John Huston's Moulin Rouge, the 1952 drama that served as Zsa Zsa Gabor's big break.
"I think it gets the exclamation point because it's the nature of that world," says Luhrmann. "It's 'The Moulin Rouge!' Nothing is flat; everything is over the top."
The director's $50 million Fox production ($72 million today) starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor was predicted to flop and opened at No. 4 behind Pearl ...
"I think it gets the exclamation point because it's the nature of that world," says Luhrmann. "It's 'The Moulin Rouge!' Nothing is flat; everything is over the top."
The director's $50 million Fox production ($72 million today) starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor was predicted to flop and opened at No. 4 behind Pearl ...
In Hollywood, Zsa Zsa Gabor is considered one of the first celebrities who was famous for being famous. But a new biography about the late Hungarian-born socialite and her famous family, Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors Behind the Legend by Sam Staggs, argues that there was more to Zsa Zsa than her numerous husbands, diamonds and sassy quips.
Staggs, a Hollywood biographer and family friend of the Gabor’s, delves into Zsa Zsa’s private life and gives an inside look at some of her most headline-worthy scandals, from the implosion of her marriage to hotelier Conrad Hilton, to her stint in a sanitarium.
Staggs, a Hollywood biographer and family friend of the Gabor’s, delves into Zsa Zsa’s private life and gives an inside look at some of her most headline-worthy scandals, from the implosion of her marriage to hotelier Conrad Hilton, to her stint in a sanitarium.
- 7/30/2019
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
In the spring of 1968, weeks before the start of her final year of life, Judy Garland met with a biographer to discuss collaborating on her memoir. The author, Gerold Frank, was a journalist well-known for ghostwriting the life stories of celebrity women, including Zsa Zsa Gabor. The meeting, arranged through Sid Luft, Judy’s manager and third ex-husband, was set for 10 p.m. at New York’s St. Moritz Hotel. But at the appointed hour, Frank and Luft, who were dining at the Plaza nearby, got word that the superstar needed more time.
- 6/25/2019
- by Nathaniel Frank
- Rollingstone.com
Frankenstein 1970
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1958 / 2:35:1 / 83 Min. / Street Date – April 9, 2019
Starring Boris Karloff, Don Barry, Jana Lund
Written by Richard H. Landau
Cinematography by Carl E. Guthrie
Directed by Howard Koch
Color TVs, swimming pools and cars (especially cars). American culture of the 50s was fueled by desire for the newest status symbol – even the title of the latest monster movie was pitched to the upwardly mobile – get behind the wheel of the atomic powered Frankenstein 1970.
Take a look under the hood though and apart from a few modernistic bells and whistles (most notably its CinemaScope framing) director Howard Koch’s movie is doggedly retrograde. The swooning ingenues, skeptical villagers and dank dungeons – all would have fit comfortably in a Universal horror film of the 30’s.
The movie’s real attraction is a more than welcome blast from the past – Boris Karloff returns to Mary Shelley’s monsterverse...
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1958 / 2:35:1 / 83 Min. / Street Date – April 9, 2019
Starring Boris Karloff, Don Barry, Jana Lund
Written by Richard H. Landau
Cinematography by Carl E. Guthrie
Directed by Howard Koch
Color TVs, swimming pools and cars (especially cars). American culture of the 50s was fueled by desire for the newest status symbol – even the title of the latest monster movie was pitched to the upwardly mobile – get behind the wheel of the atomic powered Frankenstein 1970.
Take a look under the hood though and apart from a few modernistic bells and whistles (most notably its CinemaScope framing) director Howard Koch’s movie is doggedly retrograde. The swooning ingenues, skeptical villagers and dank dungeons – all would have fit comfortably in a Universal horror film of the 30’s.
The movie’s real attraction is a more than welcome blast from the past – Boris Karloff returns to Mary Shelley’s monsterverse...
- 4/13/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Slash's divorce from his longtime wife Perla got so nasty, she threw a Divorce Party to celebrate the death of their marriage ... complete with an anti-Slash cake!! It all went down at Perla's L.A. home on Saturday night -- where everyone was encouraged to dress up as their favorite divorcee ... and the guests came through strong! Perla dressed up like Zsa Zsa Gabor. One guest dressed like Gwen Stefani. Perla and Slash's son,...
- 10/16/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Laurie Mitchell, who portrayed the villainess who faces off against Zsa Zsa Gabor on the planet Venus in the campy 1958 sci-fi classic Queen of Outer Space, has died. She was 90.
Mitchell died Thursday of natural causes at a long-term care facility in Perris, California, author and horror/sci-fi movie aficionado Tom Weaver reported.
In Allied Artists Pictures' low-budget Queen of Outer Space, based on an idea from two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Ben Hecht, four men from Earth on the way to a space station crash on Venus in the year 1985, when the "age of space travel begins."
The crew are ...
Mitchell died Thursday of natural causes at a long-term care facility in Perris, California, author and horror/sci-fi movie aficionado Tom Weaver reported.
In Allied Artists Pictures' low-budget Queen of Outer Space, based on an idea from two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Ben Hecht, four men from Earth on the way to a space station crash on Venus in the year 1985, when the "age of space travel begins."
The crew are ...
- 9/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Laurie Mitchell, who portrayed the villainess who faces off against Zsa Zsa Gabor on the planet Venus in the campy 1958 sci-fi classic Queen of Outer Space, has died. She was 90.
Mitchell died Thursday of natural causes at a long-term care facility in Perris, California, author and horror/sci-fi movie aficionado Tom Weaver reported.
In Allied Artists Pictures' low-budget Queen of Outer Space, based on an idea from two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Ben Hecht, four men from Earth on the way to a space station crash on Venus in the year 1985, when the "age of space travel begins."
The crew are ...
Mitchell died Thursday of natural causes at a long-term care facility in Perris, California, author and horror/sci-fi movie aficionado Tom Weaver reported.
In Allied Artists Pictures' low-budget Queen of Outer Space, based on an idea from two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Ben Hecht, four men from Earth on the way to a space station crash on Venus in the year 1985, when the "age of space travel begins."
The crew are ...
- 9/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I hate her! I hate dat qveen!” Despite being one of the most maladroit sci-fiers of the ’50s, color and ‘scope and Zsa Za Gabor’s hilarious accent make this Allied Artists offering a must-see head scratcher. Bad taste! Tacky art direction! Infantile sexist humor! The word on the street is that the Me Too movement has this embarrassing howler on their kill list.
Queen of Outer Space
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date September 25, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie Mitchell, Dave Willock, Paul Birch, Lisa Davis, Patrick Waltz, Barbara Darrow, Joi Lansing, Marilyn Buferd, Mary Ford, Marya Stevens, Laura Mason, Lynn Cartwright, Kathy Marlowe, Coleen Drake, Tania Velia, Norma Young, Marjorie Durant, Gerry Gaylor, Brandy Bryan, Ruth Lewis, June McCall.
Cinematography: William P. Whitley
Film Editor: William Austin
Sam Gordon and Ted Mossman: Props
Visual Effects: Jack Cosgrove...
Queen of Outer Space
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date September 25, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie Mitchell, Dave Willock, Paul Birch, Lisa Davis, Patrick Waltz, Barbara Darrow, Joi Lansing, Marilyn Buferd, Mary Ford, Marya Stevens, Laura Mason, Lynn Cartwright, Kathy Marlowe, Coleen Drake, Tania Velia, Norma Young, Marjorie Durant, Gerry Gaylor, Brandy Bryan, Ruth Lewis, June McCall.
Cinematography: William P. Whitley
Film Editor: William Austin
Sam Gordon and Ted Mossman: Props
Visual Effects: Jack Cosgrove...
- 9/11/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
What a good girl! Zsa Zsa, a 9-year-old English bulldog, won the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest on Saturday at the Sonoma Marin Fairgrounds and Event Center in Petaluma, California. The dog, whose tongue hangs down from her mouth almost to the ground, beat 13 other pooches at the completion. Zsa Zsa had spent five years in one of the state of Missouri's numerous puppy mills before the group Underdog Rescue purchased her at a dog auction. A Minnesota woman named Megan Brainard adopted Zsa Zsa four years ago and named her after Hollywood glamour star Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died in 2016 at age 99. Competitors included a Chinese Crested-Dachshund mix...
- 6/24/2018
- E! Online
“Howdya like to drag that one to the High School Prom?” leers a horny astronaut while ogling the shapely acolytes of Queen Yllana, leader of the all-girl Venusian population. “I hate zat qveen”, grumbles Chief Scientist Zsa Zsa Gabor, who doesn’t appear to be in on the joke. Silly, spoofy and cheerfully chauvinistic, this one has many fans, some of them straight.
- 4/18/2018
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Zsa Zsa Gabor fans are dropping some major dough on over 450 of her personal belongings -- from the most glamorous to the most ordinary ... and there's still time to spend more. The late Hungarian beauty's property is being auctioned off at her Beverly Hills home Saturday, and a few of the featured big-ticket items have already raked in big bucks. So far, a diamond and 14-karat gold necklace with her iconic "Dah-ling" catchphrase has fetched...
- 4/14/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Zsa Zsa Gabor fans now have a chance to get their hands on some of the late star's cherished personal items from her Bel-Air mansion ... but it ain't gonna be cheap. The Hungarian beauty -- who died last December of a heart attack just shy of 100 years old -- will have property from her estate auctioned off at her California home. Heritage Auctions tells TMZ ... Gabor's home furnishings and memorabilia from her career will be up for grabs,...
- 12/17/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The latest issue of Playboy is a love letter to the magazine's founder.
A young Hugh Hefner graces the cover of Playboy's November/December 2017 Collector's edition, just weeks after his death on Sept. 27. According to a press release on Wednesday, Hefner died two days before the issue was going to press.
The magazine's latest issue now features a black-and-white photo of Hefner, shot by Larry Gordon in 1965, and the first six pages will pay tribute to the Playboy founder's life. The rest of the magazine includes interviews with Chelsea Handler, James Corden and a piece by Hefner's son, Cooper.
Hefner will also be honored in a forthcoming 100-plus page special tribute.
Photo: Playboy
Related: Jared Leto to Play Hugh Hefner in Upcoming Biopic
The magazine mogul died peacefully at his home at the age of 91, and was laid to rest in a private ceremony attended by his wife, Crystal, and children at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery...
A young Hugh Hefner graces the cover of Playboy's November/December 2017 Collector's edition, just weeks after his death on Sept. 27. According to a press release on Wednesday, Hefner died two days before the issue was going to press.
The magazine's latest issue now features a black-and-white photo of Hefner, shot by Larry Gordon in 1965, and the first six pages will pay tribute to the Playboy founder's life. The rest of the magazine includes interviews with Chelsea Handler, James Corden and a piece by Hefner's son, Cooper.
Hefner will also be honored in a forthcoming 100-plus page special tribute.
Photo: Playboy
Related: Jared Leto to Play Hugh Hefner in Upcoming Biopic
The magazine mogul died peacefully at his home at the age of 91, and was laid to rest in a private ceremony attended by his wife, Crystal, and children at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery...
- 10/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
David Crow Oct 18, 2019
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reveals Freddy's origins, and might be the best of the franchise.
This article contains spoilers for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
There will never be another Wes Craven. A filmmaker with an eclectic palate, this horror maestro had a special touch for creating terrors that have stood the test of time. Ghostface in Scream, the horrible inbred freaks in The Hills Have Eyes, and just whatever Shocker was supposed to be (okay… not all of them were winners). Yet one beast stands tall above all the rest: He wears a dirty brown hat, has a burnt face, and knives for fingers. His name is Freddy Krueger and in life he was a child murderer. But in death, he became something much worse… a horror icon.
Indeed, A Nightmare on Elm Street remains one of the scariest and...
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reveals Freddy's origins, and might be the best of the franchise.
This article contains spoilers for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
There will never be another Wes Craven. A filmmaker with an eclectic palate, this horror maestro had a special touch for creating terrors that have stood the test of time. Ghostface in Scream, the horrible inbred freaks in The Hills Have Eyes, and just whatever Shocker was supposed to be (okay… not all of them were winners). Yet one beast stands tall above all the rest: He wears a dirty brown hat, has a burnt face, and knives for fingers. His name is Freddy Krueger and in life he was a child murderer. But in death, he became something much worse… a horror icon.
Indeed, A Nightmare on Elm Street remains one of the scariest and...
- 10/17/2017
- Den of Geek
It was a sad weekend for the friends and family of Hugh Hefner.
Just three days after the Playboy founder died peacefully at his home at the age of 91, he was reportedly laid to rest on Saturday afternoon at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
According to TMZ, the ceremony was very private, with only his closest friends and family on site, including his wife, Crystal Harris, and his four children, Cooper, Christie, Marston and David.
Watch: Inside Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison’s Strained Relationship: From 'No. 1 Girl' to Estranged Exes
The outlet reports that some of Hefner's former Playboy staff members were also in attendance.
Back in 1992, Hefner purchased a burial spot directly to the left of Marilyn Monroe's for $75,000. Other celebrities who were laid to rest in the cemetery include Farrah Fawcett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Florence Henderson, Dean Martin, Bettie Page and Playmate Dorothy Stratten.
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Just three days after the Playboy founder died peacefully at his home at the age of 91, he was reportedly laid to rest on Saturday afternoon at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
According to TMZ, the ceremony was very private, with only his closest friends and family on site, including his wife, Crystal Harris, and his four children, Cooper, Christie, Marston and David.
Watch: Inside Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison’s Strained Relationship: From 'No. 1 Girl' to Estranged Exes
The outlet reports that some of Hefner's former Playboy staff members were also in attendance.
Back in 1992, Hefner purchased a burial spot directly to the left of Marilyn Monroe's for $75,000. Other celebrities who were laid to rest in the cemetery include Farrah Fawcett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Florence Henderson, Dean Martin, Bettie Page and Playmate Dorothy Stratten.
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- 10/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
While Hugh Hefner‘s sister-in-law mourns the death of the Playboy founder, she’s taking comfort in knowing that he’s reunited with his younger brother.
Caya Hefner was married to Keith Hefner, who died in December 2016.
“It’s sad that they’re both gone, but I’m happy they’re together,” she tells People.
The model remembers Hugh as a “gentleman” who “was always taking care of us.”
“Hef has been a person who has always been there for me and Keith and the family,” she says. “He is a legend. I have so much respect and love for that man.
Caya Hefner was married to Keith Hefner, who died in December 2016.
“It’s sad that they’re both gone, but I’m happy they’re together,” she tells People.
The model remembers Hugh as a “gentleman” who “was always taking care of us.”
“Hef has been a person who has always been there for me and Keith and the family,” she says. “He is a legend. I have so much respect and love for that man.
- 10/2/2017
- by Aili Nahas
- PEOPLE.com
Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner was laid to rest at a private funeral on Saturday, according to TMZ. It was a small ceremony, attending only by Crystal Harris, 31, key staffers and his four children — Christie, 64, David, 62, Marston, 27, and Cooper, 26.
The polarizing magazine founder was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles next to iconic actress Marilyn Monroe. Hefner, who died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, purchased the plot 25 years ago for $75,000.
Monroe, who passed away in 1962 at the age of 36, was featured on the cover of the first issue of Playboy in December 1953. Hefner was said he scraped...
The polarizing magazine founder was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles next to iconic actress Marilyn Monroe. Hefner, who died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, purchased the plot 25 years ago for $75,000.
Monroe, who passed away in 1962 at the age of 36, was featured on the cover of the first issue of Playboy in December 1953. Hefner was said he scraped...
- 10/1/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Hugh Hefner will be laid to rest next to Playboy‘s very first cover girl.
The magazine founder will be buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles next to iconic actress Marilyn Monroe. Hefner, who died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, purchased the plot 25 years ago for $75,000.
Monroe, who passed away in 1962 at the age of 36, appeared on the first issue of Playboy in December 1953. Hefner was able to scrape together $8,000 to introduce the magazine with the decade’s hottest star on the cover.
The cemetery is the final resting place of some of Hollywood’s biggest names,...
The magazine founder will be buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles next to iconic actress Marilyn Monroe. Hefner, who died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, purchased the plot 25 years ago for $75,000.
Monroe, who passed away in 1962 at the age of 36, appeared on the first issue of Playboy in December 1953. Hefner was able to scrape together $8,000 to introduce the magazine with the decade’s hottest star on the cover.
The cemetery is the final resting place of some of Hollywood’s biggest names,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Catherine Zeta-Jones is ready to share inside her private life.
“Nobody knows my world in there,” the actress, 47, tells People at a preview for her new home line with QVC. “It’s time for me to open up the door in a way and get it out there.”
The Casa Zeta-Jones collection has been “a baby that’s been growing for a long, long time,” and is now primed to launch September 28. Including bedding, décor, bath accessories, throw blankets and more, the Oscar-winner’s passion project reflects how meaningful her own home is to her.
“My four walls have been where the best times,...
“Nobody knows my world in there,” the actress, 47, tells People at a preview for her new home line with QVC. “It’s time for me to open up the door in a way and get it out there.”
The Casa Zeta-Jones collection has been “a baby that’s been growing for a long, long time,” and is now primed to launch September 28. Including bedding, décor, bath accessories, throw blankets and more, the Oscar-winner’s passion project reflects how meaningful her own home is to her.
“My four walls have been where the best times,...
- 9/22/2017
- by Megan Stein
- PEOPLE.com
Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt will inherit her estate.
The late actress and socialite’s will has been revealed, and according to probate court documents obtained by People, all of her assets have been consolidated into a trust of which von Anhalt, 74, is the sole trustee.
The documents also show the couple signed a prenuptial agreement in 1986, and that her daughter from a previous marriage, Francesca Hilton, who died in 2015, was originally named co-executor of the will, along with von Anhalt.
But the original will “is currently lost or missing,” according to the documents, and the...
The late actress and socialite’s will has been revealed, and according to probate court documents obtained by People, all of her assets have been consolidated into a trust of which von Anhalt, 74, is the sole trustee.
The documents also show the couple signed a prenuptial agreement in 1986, and that her daughter from a previous marriage, Francesca Hilton, who died in 2015, was originally named co-executor of the will, along with von Anhalt.
But the original will “is currently lost or missing,” according to the documents, and the...
- 7/11/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
What's this? Could this be the end for Batman? Rest in peace, Adam West, the one and only Caped Crusader who truly defined the role. There have been so many incarnations of Batman over the years – on the page and on the screen – but Adam West was the one flesh-and-blood actor who ever did justice to the cape, on the Sixties TV series Batman.
West, who died of leukemia Friday at the age of 88, brought deadpan humor and old-school gallantry to the role, week after week; same Bat Time, same Bat Channel.
West, who died of leukemia Friday at the age of 88, brought deadpan humor and old-school gallantry to the role, week after week; same Bat Time, same Bat Channel.
- 6/10/2017
- Rollingstone.com
“This isn’t the real Mexico. You know that. All border towns bring out the worst in a country. I can just imagine your mother’s face if she could see our honeymoon hotel.”
Touch Of Evil screens Wednesday May 10th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.
Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) is a Mexican detective who gets caught up in the strange case of a car being blown up in an America-Mexico border town. Not only does the ethical Vargas have to deal with criminal factions in the area, he must butt heads with the domineering Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), a celebrated police detective. Vargas must prove that Quinlan isn’t the hero that others make him out to be,...
Touch Of Evil screens Wednesday May 10th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.
Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) is a Mexican detective who gets caught up in the strange case of a car being blown up in an America-Mexico border town. Not only does the ethical Vargas have to deal with criminal factions in the area, he must butt heads with the domineering Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), a celebrated police detective. Vargas must prove that Quinlan isn’t the hero that others make him out to be,...
- 5/8/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This Week in Home Video‘They’re Playing With Fire’ Blends Bloody Violence and T&A Thrills to Surprising EffectPlus 13 more new releases to watch at home this week on Blu-ray/DVD.
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Pick of the WeekThey’re Playing With Fire [Kl Studio Classics]
What is it? A sexy college professor seduces her student, and then people start dying horrible deaths.
Why see it? I’ve been a Sybil Danning fan for more years than I care to recall, but somehow this one slipped past me before now. I’m not sure what teen me would have thought, but as an adult I’m in awe of just how off the rails it gets from its very clear T&A origin. From the cover to the copy the film sells itself as just another sex flick, but...
Welcome to this week in home video! Click the title to buy a Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon and help support Fsr in the process!
Pick of the WeekThey’re Playing With Fire [Kl Studio Classics]
What is it? A sexy college professor seduces her student, and then people start dying horrible deaths.
Why see it? I’ve been a Sybil Danning fan for more years than I care to recall, but somehow this one slipped past me before now. I’m not sure what teen me would have thought, but as an adult I’m in awe of just how off the rails it gets from its very clear T&A origin. From the cover to the copy the film sells itself as just another sex flick, but...
- 3/21/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
“Thru the Time Barrier, 552 years Ahead… Roaring To the Far Reaches of Titanic Terror, Crash-Landing Into the Nightmare Future!” … and as Daffy Duck says, “And it’s good, too!” Allied Artists sends CinemaScope and Technicolor on a far-out timewarp to a place where the men are silly and the women are… very female. Hugh Marlowe stars but the picture belongs to hunky Rod Taylor and leggy Nancy Gates.
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
- 3/14/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The actor and socialite has been commemorated as part of the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam montage
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, the iconic Hollywood actor and socialite, has been remembered at the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. A veteran of dozens of films, the Hungarian emigre moved to the Us in 1941.
Her first starring role was in Moulin Rouge (1952), directed by John Huston, which preceded Gabor attaining cult figure status by starring in 1950s B-movies including Queen of Outer Space, in which she played a rebel Venusian who falls in love with four Earthmen whom her man-hating queen wants to destroy.
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Follow this year’s Oscars – live
Zsa Zsa Gabor, the iconic Hollywood actor and socialite, has been remembered at the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. A veteran of dozens of films, the Hungarian emigre moved to the Us in 1941.
Her first starring role was in Moulin Rouge (1952), directed by John Huston, which preceded Gabor attaining cult figure status by starring in 1950s B-movies including Queen of Outer Space, in which she played a rebel Venusian who falls in love with four Earthmen whom her man-hating queen wants to destroy.
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- 2/27/2017
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
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