Let those jazz hands start clapping as TV critics mostly applaud FX’s new miniseries ‘Fosse/Verndon’
It’s showtime again, folks!
It is no secret that Bob Fosse, who won a directing Oscar for his 1972 film version of the musical “Cabaret” that collected a total of eight trophies but lost best picture to “The Godfather,” was a master choreographer, a creator of snappy yet cynical musicals for stage and screen, an ambitious though hugely difficult genius, a world-class womanizer and an prolific abuser of cigarettes, prescription drugs and alcohol.
He knew his flaws so well that he created a semi-autobiographical ode to his distinctly masculine faults in 1979’s “All That Jazz.” His ego was so enlarged, Fosse actually staged his own death scene after a heart attack during the movie’s finale (complete with Ben Vereen dancing and singing to “Bye-Bye Love”).
It would morbidly forecast what would actually happen eight years later after he fell into the arms of his spouse Gwen Verdon, the sensational...
It is no secret that Bob Fosse, who won a directing Oscar for his 1972 film version of the musical “Cabaret” that collected a total of eight trophies but lost best picture to “The Godfather,” was a master choreographer, a creator of snappy yet cynical musicals for stage and screen, an ambitious though hugely difficult genius, a world-class womanizer and an prolific abuser of cigarettes, prescription drugs and alcohol.
He knew his flaws so well that he created a semi-autobiographical ode to his distinctly masculine faults in 1979’s “All That Jazz.” His ego was so enlarged, Fosse actually staged his own death scene after a heart attack during the movie’s finale (complete with Ben Vereen dancing and singing to “Bye-Bye Love”).
It would morbidly forecast what would actually happen eight years later after he fell into the arms of his spouse Gwen Verdon, the sensational...
- 4/10/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Expect to see the Starz program “Howards End” reap a Best Limited Series Emmy nom on July 12, along with nominations across the board for its actors and below-the-line talent. The series debuted stateside in May, 26 years after the acclaimed 1992 film adaptation that garnered nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Director (James Ivory) and won three including Best Actress for Emma Thompson.
Based on the acclaimed 1910 novel by E.M. Forster, this new spin on the timeless classic was adapted by Oscar champ Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”). It stars Hayley Atwell and Philippa Coulthard as the independent and unconventional Schlegel sisters navigating their way through turn-of-the-century England, whose lives become intertwined with the wealthy Wilcox family and the working-class Bast family. The series also stars Emmy winners Julia Ormond and Tracey Ullman, alongside Matthew Macfadyen, Joseph Quinn and Alex Lawther.
See Emmys 2018 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Counterpart,...
Based on the acclaimed 1910 novel by E.M. Forster, this new spin on the timeless classic was adapted by Oscar champ Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”). It stars Hayley Atwell and Philippa Coulthard as the independent and unconventional Schlegel sisters navigating their way through turn-of-the-century England, whose lives become intertwined with the wealthy Wilcox family and the working-class Bast family. The series also stars Emmy winners Julia Ormond and Tracey Ullman, alongside Matthew Macfadyen, Joseph Quinn and Alex Lawther.
See Emmys 2018 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Counterpart,...
- 6/16/2018
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Al Pacino is the king of HBO, winning Emmys for “You Don’t Know Jack” in 2010 and “Angels in America” in 2004. Both of these trophies came for playing real-life characters, so might his latest performance in “Paterno” as disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno seal the deal for Emmy #3?
Television critics, as you’d expect, are raving about Pacino’s latest performance in the HBO telefilm. See some of their reviews below about the 1992 Oscar winner (“Scent of a Woman”), and then be sure to give us your Emmy predictions for Best Movie/Mini Actor.
SEEAl Pacino movies: 25 greatest films ranked from worst to best, including ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ ‘Scent of a Woman’
“Al Pacino is at his best,” praises Robert Lloyd (La Times). “Pacino’s performance is interesting in its smallest gestures and unusually interior and contained. And contained Pacino is the best Pacino, your love of ‘Scarface’ notwithstanding.
Television critics, as you’d expect, are raving about Pacino’s latest performance in the HBO telefilm. See some of their reviews below about the 1992 Oscar winner (“Scent of a Woman”), and then be sure to give us your Emmy predictions for Best Movie/Mini Actor.
SEEAl Pacino movies: 25 greatest films ranked from worst to best, including ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ ‘Scent of a Woman’
“Al Pacino is at his best,” praises Robert Lloyd (La Times). “Pacino’s performance is interesting in its smallest gestures and unusually interior and contained. And contained Pacino is the best Pacino, your love of ‘Scarface’ notwithstanding.
- 4/11/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
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