Tact, The Actors Company Theatre has announced that Jennifer Ehle Oslo -Tony nomination, The Coast of Utopia - Tony Award, Design for Living, The Real Thing - Tony, Theatre World awards, Kristine Nielsen Present Laughter You Can't Take It With You Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -Tony Outer Critics Circle Award, Peter Bartlett She Loves Me Something's Rotten Rodgers Hammerstein's Cinderella, Reed Birney 1984 The Humans - Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination Gemini Picnic Casa Valentina - Drama Desk, Tony nomination, Cynthia Harris Mad About You The Tribute Artist Bad Habits Company Any Wednesday, Lorenzo Pisoni Equus, Humor Abuse, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Last Dance, and Simon Jones The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Party Monster The Thomas Crown Affair 12 Monkeys, Waiting in the Wings Private Lives The Real Inspector HoundHamlet Benefactors The Real Thing will star along with Hanna Cheek,...
- 11/7/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tact, The Actors Company Theatre has announced that Jennifer Ehle Oslo -Tony nomination, The Coast of Utopia - Tony Award, Design for Living, The Real Thing - Tony, Theatre World awards, Kristine Nielsen Present Laughter You Can't Take It With You Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -Tony Outer Critics Circle Award, Peter Bartlett She Loves Me Something's Rotten Rodgers Hammerstein's Cinderella, Reed Birney 1984 The Humans - Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination Gemini Picnic Casa Valentina - Drama Desk, Tony nomination, Cynthia Harris 'Mad About You' The Tribute Artist Bad Habits Company Any Wednesday, Lorenzo Pisoni Equus, Humor Abuse, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Last Dance, and Simon Jones The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Party Monster The Thomas Crown Affair 12 Monkeys, Waiting in the Wings Private Lives The Real Inspector HoundHamlet Benefactors The Real Thing will star along with Hanna Cheek,...
- 10/18/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
When you have a canvas that's as large as the entire mutant universe associated with the X-Men, it can be pretty tough to decide which characters to use in your films. That's the conundrum that has faced previous directors like Bryan Singer, Brett Ratner. Matthew Vaughn, Gavin Hood, James Mangold, and Tim Miller, who have all made films in the X-Men Cinematic Universe (Xcu). Some have succeeded, while others have failed.
In the early years, when Singer was the sole captain of the X-ship, restraint was the name of the game. The director was very adamant about only including characters that served the story, and not merely just throwing a ton of fan service at the screen. Then that philosophy seemingly went out the window when he left the franchise. The two films that followed his departure, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, both featured far more mutants yet yielded far less results.
In the early years, when Singer was the sole captain of the X-ship, restraint was the name of the game. The director was very adamant about only including characters that served the story, and not merely just throwing a ton of fan service at the screen. Then that philosophy seemingly went out the window when he left the franchise. The two films that followed his departure, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, both featured far more mutants yet yielded far less results.
- 2/13/2017
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Following the critically and commercially successful "Creed" last year, any boxing drama feature set to come out faces an uphill challenge. Two films plan to face it this year though, the first and most high-profile being the Robert DeNiro and Edgar Ramirez-led "Hands of Stone".
Waiting in the wings though is "Bleed for This," a quieter little indie drama starring Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza, a promising light middleweight boxer who suffered a broken neck in a car accident. Overcoming the odds, he managed to get back to full health so he could box again. Check out the new trailer for the film which premiered today.
Waiting in the wings though is "Bleed for This," a quieter little indie drama starring Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza, a promising light middleweight boxer who suffered a broken neck in a car accident. Overcoming the odds, he managed to get back to full health so he could box again. Check out the new trailer for the film which premiered today.
- 6/29/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
At the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of “Gone Girl,” Twentieth Century Fox Film Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos seemed visibly relieved to have Stacey Snider finally join the studio, after months of speculation that this capable executive would join him from DreamWorks. Now, almost two years later —and after a 25-year career at Fox —the studio has confirmed that Gianopulos’ contract will not be renewed after it expires on June 30, 2017, when he will graduate “upstairs” into an executive role at parent company 21st Century Fox.
This follows a transition for Snider that has not been smooth. While the veteran exec has the right mix of skills to run a studio (and did so at Universal with Ron Meyer), knows how to manage a team of executives, and how to develop, produce, and release movies that are smart and four-quadrant friendly, entering the Fox landscape proved to be a challenge.
This follows a transition for Snider that has not been smooth. While the veteran exec has the right mix of skills to run a studio (and did so at Universal with Ron Meyer), knows how to manage a team of executives, and how to develop, produce, and release movies that are smart and four-quadrant friendly, entering the Fox landscape proved to be a challenge.
- 6/17/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
At the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of “Gone Girl,” Twentieth Century Fox Film Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos seemed visibly relieved to have Stacey Snider finally join the studio, after months of speculation that this capable executive would join him from DreamWorks. Now, almost two years later —and after a 25-year career at Fox —the studio has confirmed that Gianopulos’ contract will not be renewed after it expires on June 30, 2017, when he will graduate “upstairs” into an executive role at parent company 21st Century Fox.
This follows a transition for Snider that has not been smooth. While the veteran exec has the right mix of skills to run a studio (and did so at Universal with Ron Meyer), knows how to manage a team of executives, and how to develop, produce, and release movies that are smart and four-quadrant friendly, entering the Fox landscape proved to be a challenge.
This follows a transition for Snider that has not been smooth. While the veteran exec has the right mix of skills to run a studio (and did so at Universal with Ron Meyer), knows how to manage a team of executives, and how to develop, produce, and release movies that are smart and four-quadrant friendly, entering the Fox landscape proved to be a challenge.
- 6/17/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Universal Pictures had a record year in 2015 with domestic ticket sales topping $2.44 billion on the heels of such successes as Jurassic World ($652M), Furious 7 ($353M) and Minions ($336M). In the process it became the fastest studio to cross $1 billion, doing so in just 165 days. It was a nine day improvement on the previous record set by Paramount in 2008 and, as it turns out, less than a year later it's a record that served as hardly a speed bump. In just over four months, Disney's domestic ticket sales in 2016 crossed $1 billion in a mere 128 days, a 37-day improvement on Universal's record and the studio is showing no signs of slowing down. The record was achieved on May 7, 2016, just as Captain America: Civil War was in the midst of delivering the fifth largest opening weekend of all-time. Combined with Civil War, Disney's animated smash hit Zootopia ($328M and counting) and the...
- 5/10/2016
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Australian writer-director Sue Brooks, whose latest feature Looking For Grace has premiered at the Venice Film Festival, has revealed details of her upcoming projects.
Brooks has two new features in development. One is an adaptation of Alex Miller’s novel, Lovesong. This is the story of a relationship and marriage between a young Australian man and a Tunisian woman.
It is scripted and produced by Alison Tilson (Looking For Grace). Brooks said: “It’s a love story but it is also about place and migration…it is about being displaced.”
The project is currently being financed and cast.
Brooks is also plotting a comedy-musical, Not Quite Waiting In The Wings. Also scripted by Tilson, it is described by Brooks as a story “about the folly of human endeavour.”
It centres on an amateur troupe’s courageous but faltering attempt to mount a Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
Looking For Grace stars Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and upcoming...
Brooks has two new features in development. One is an adaptation of Alex Miller’s novel, Lovesong. This is the story of a relationship and marriage between a young Australian man and a Tunisian woman.
It is scripted and produced by Alison Tilson (Looking For Grace). Brooks said: “It’s a love story but it is also about place and migration…it is about being displaced.”
The project is currently being financed and cast.
Brooks is also plotting a comedy-musical, Not Quite Waiting In The Wings. Also scripted by Tilson, it is described by Brooks as a story “about the folly of human endeavour.”
It centres on an amateur troupe’s courageous but faltering attempt to mount a Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
Looking For Grace stars Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and upcoming...
- 9/7/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
“A lot of people on YouTube and Instagram say ‘Twigs is the queen of voguing.’ But I’m really not, I’m still learning.” It’s the first — and only — time in her nearly two-hour-long show that Fka Twigs takes to speak at length to her audience. Washed out in a cloud of gray fog, she’s winded during this, the second of three nights of her ambitious sold-out Congregata series (the marquee event at this year’s Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York). Waiting in the wings of the Brooklyn Hangar, a boiling warehouse in Sunset Park, for their introduction are a who’s who of dance titans — Benjamin Milan, David Magnifique, Dominant from Wet Wipez, members of Vogue Evolution, to name a few — some of whom had a part in Twigs’ latest visual masterpiece, “Glass & Patron,” and her commercial for Google Glass. But on this night in...
- 5/20/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Ballet adds a surreal, creepy quality to many films and tv shows. Here are 12 of the most unsettling...
Warning - This article contains spoilers for The Cabin In The Woods, The Twilight Zone, Black Swan and The Red Shoes.
Ballet is not natural. Dancers perform exhausting routines with legs and feet turned out to bizarre angles, arms held just to the point where they really start to hurt (that’s when you know you’re doing it right), backs bending to angles of 90° and more, limbs held stock still while balancing on their toes, in bodies mathematically maintained in a state that contains absolutely not an ounce of fat but can sustain two or three hours of jumping and running around.
And then the female dancers add to all this by putting their entire weight on the points of their toes, feet bruising and bleeding, nails cracking, and the male...
Warning - This article contains spoilers for The Cabin In The Woods, The Twilight Zone, Black Swan and The Red Shoes.
Ballet is not natural. Dancers perform exhausting routines with legs and feet turned out to bizarre angles, arms held just to the point where they really start to hurt (that’s when you know you’re doing it right), backs bending to angles of 90° and more, limbs held stock still while balancing on their toes, in bodies mathematically maintained in a state that contains absolutely not an ounce of fat but can sustain two or three hours of jumping and running around.
And then the female dancers add to all this by putting their entire weight on the points of their toes, feet bruising and bleeding, nails cracking, and the male...
- 2/23/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Broadway theatres will temporarily dim their lights in tribute to the late Lauren Bacall.
Bacall, who died earlier this week at the age of 89, won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year.
Lauren Bacall: 13 classic photos of Hollywood's Golden Age icon
Bacall also appeared in Waiting in the Wings; Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower.
In memory of the actress, Broadway theatres in New York will dim their lights for one minute at 7.45pm on Friday, August 15.
Broadway League executive director Charlotte St Martin said that Bacall had a "distinct presence on stage and screen".
"Along with her talent and memorable performances, her timeless beauty and witty intelligence will be remembered.
"Our thoughts are with her family, friends and fans," St Martin added.
Barbra Streisand is one of a number of Hollywood celebrities to have paid tribute to the late actress.
Streisand, who worked...
Bacall, who died earlier this week at the age of 89, won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year.
Lauren Bacall: 13 classic photos of Hollywood's Golden Age icon
Bacall also appeared in Waiting in the Wings; Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower.
In memory of the actress, Broadway theatres in New York will dim their lights for one minute at 7.45pm on Friday, August 15.
Broadway League executive director Charlotte St Martin said that Bacall had a "distinct presence on stage and screen".
"Along with her talent and memorable performances, her timeless beauty and witty intelligence will be remembered.
"Our thoughts are with her family, friends and fans," St Martin added.
Barbra Streisand is one of a number of Hollywood celebrities to have paid tribute to the late actress.
Streisand, who worked...
- 8/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Update August 14: Broadway will go dark: The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in memory of Lauren Bacall on Friday, August 15, at exactly 7:45 p.m. for one minute.
One of the leading ladies of Hollywood’s Golden Age died today after a stroke. The sultry, fiery Lauren Bacall was 89. MSNBC’s Thomas Robert broke the news in a tweet, and the Bogart estate has confirmed it. She was famous for starring — onscreeen and off — with Humphrey Bogart in such 1940s classics as The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Dark Passage and Key Largo. In one of Hollywood’s great love stories, they married in 1945 and stayed together until his death in 1957. Four years later she married another acting legend, Jason Robards Jr.; they divorced in 1969.
Related: Reactions to Lauren Bacall’s Death
Bacall worked in films consistently through the mid-1960s and...
One of the leading ladies of Hollywood’s Golden Age died today after a stroke. The sultry, fiery Lauren Bacall was 89. MSNBC’s Thomas Robert broke the news in a tweet, and the Bogart estate has confirmed it. She was famous for starring — onscreeen and off — with Humphrey Bogart in such 1940s classics as The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Dark Passage and Key Largo. In one of Hollywood’s great love stories, they married in 1945 and stayed together until his death in 1957. Four years later she married another acting legend, Jason Robards Jr.; they divorced in 1969.
Related: Reactions to Lauren Bacall’s Death
Bacall worked in films consistently through the mid-1960s and...
- 8/14/2014
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline
To Kill a Mockingbird actress Rosemary Murphy died on Saturday in New York City. She was 89.
Rosemary Murphy Dies
Murphy had recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and passed away in her Upper East Side apartment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, Murphy played neighbor Maudie Atkinson, better known as Miss Maudie. Her character lives across the street from lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) and his two young children – Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford) in the fictional Maycomb, Alabama.
Prior to appearing in To Kill a Mockingbird, Murphy appeared in a number of TV series, including Robert Montgomery Presents, Thriller, Naked City, Wide Country and The Doctors and the Nurses. Following her turn in the Oscar-nominated picture, Murphy continued her TV work.
Murphy earned her first Emmy for playing Sara Delano Roosevelt in 1976 ABC miniseries Eleanor and Franklin.
Rosemary Murphy Dies
Murphy had recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and passed away in her Upper East Side apartment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, Murphy played neighbor Maudie Atkinson, better known as Miss Maudie. Her character lives across the street from lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) and his two young children – Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford) in the fictional Maycomb, Alabama.
Prior to appearing in To Kill a Mockingbird, Murphy appeared in a number of TV series, including Robert Montgomery Presents, Thriller, Naked City, Wide Country and The Doctors and the Nurses. Following her turn in the Oscar-nominated picture, Murphy continued her TV work.
Murphy earned her first Emmy for playing Sara Delano Roosevelt in 1976 ABC miniseries Eleanor and Franklin.
- 7/10/2014
- Uinterview
Now that Joss Whedon is something of an unofficial "showrunner" for the Marvel cinematic universe, reportedly wielding some degree of influence over all the studio's scripts following the game-changing success of The Avengers, it's hard to remember that there was a time he literally couldn't get a movie off the ground.
But Whedon's had a number of projects that haven't panned out over the years, and while there's nothing uncommon about that in itself, his devoted fan base has meant that his mooted ventures are more widely publicised than most.
To mark Whedon's 50th birthday today (June 23), Digital Spy lists five of his most promising projects that never saw the light of day.
1. Wonder Woman
Still the best known of Whedon's close-but-no-cigar projects is his long, long, long brewing Wonder Woman adaptation, which was officially announced by Warner Bros in 2005. Whedon was set to write and direct, but only got...
But Whedon's had a number of projects that haven't panned out over the years, and while there's nothing uncommon about that in itself, his devoted fan base has meant that his mooted ventures are more widely publicised than most.
To mark Whedon's 50th birthday today (June 23), Digital Spy lists five of his most promising projects that never saw the light of day.
1. Wonder Woman
Still the best known of Whedon's close-but-no-cigar projects is his long, long, long brewing Wonder Woman adaptation, which was officially announced by Warner Bros in 2005. Whedon was set to write and direct, but only got...
- 6/23/2014
- Digital Spy
They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it’s getting harder for the superhero to tell the difference. In the latest installment from Marvel Studios’ interlocked franchise, Chris Evans’ unfrozen genetically-enhanced warrior from the Greatest Generation is still unsure of his place in the world after helping to save it twice: once from the forces of Red Skull in 2011’s original Captain America, and again from an alien invasion in 2012’s The Avengers.
The Winter Soldier features an eponymous new villain — a bioengineered assassin with a mechanical arm—who...
The Winter Soldier features an eponymous new villain — a bioengineered assassin with a mechanical arm—who...
- 4/11/2014
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Pre-Code Hollywood studios spent millions transitioning their medium to sound and other new technologies that brought about major advances in photography, lighting, and set design. But there were still five million unemployed people in the United States and many more just getting by. The studios were losing money, many of them going bankrupt.
By 1930 the breadlines were longer than the ticket lines and people were slow to give up their hard earned money. They wanted to be entertained, they wanted to laugh and forget their troubles for just a while. Comedies, adventure, and musicals quickly became the most popular film genres of the time.
I. Pre-Code Action, Adventure, and Drama
Hollywood took their stories to the far corners of the earth as places like Africa, the South Pacific, and the Far East became exotic settings for movies. An island kingdom somewhere in the Pacific with strange creatures, even stranger natives,...
By 1930 the breadlines were longer than the ticket lines and people were slow to give up their hard earned money. They wanted to be entertained, they wanted to laugh and forget their troubles for just a while. Comedies, adventure, and musicals quickly became the most popular film genres of the time.
I. Pre-Code Action, Adventure, and Drama
Hollywood took their stories to the far corners of the earth as places like Africa, the South Pacific, and the Far East became exotic settings for movies. An island kingdom somewhere in the Pacific with strange creatures, even stranger natives,...
- 1/31/2014
- by Gregory Small
- CinemaNerdz
27 July: the actor relives working with Danny Boyle to help create the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics
I was in Liverpool on a location scout for the film Jack Ryan when I got the call. Danny Boyle rang me and explained that they'd had a great tragedy – Mark Rylance's daughter had passed away and he was pulling out of his role in the opening ceremony. He asked if I would take over. I was standing on a street corner and I was so shocked at Mark's news that I didn't really take in the second part.
A couple of days later I went to see Danny at the Olympic Stadium. It was three weeks before the ceremony and the place was packed with thousands of people all doing things impressively. Danny seemed to know everybody's first name – it was like taking a walk with the Pied Piper. We...
I was in Liverpool on a location scout for the film Jack Ryan when I got the call. Danny Boyle rang me and explained that they'd had a great tragedy – Mark Rylance's daughter had passed away and he was pulling out of his role in the opening ceremony. He asked if I would take over. I was standing on a street corner and I was so shocked at Mark's news that I didn't really take in the second part.
A couple of days later I went to see Danny at the Olympic Stadium. It was three weeks before the ceremony and the place was packed with thousands of people all doing things impressively. Danny seemed to know everybody's first name – it was like taking a walk with the Pied Piper. We...
- 12/23/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m a huge fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer…
Wow, I must’ve thrown you off guard there for a moment. I say that first statement because my love of that show led me into my subsequent love of Angel. I wouldn’t have given it a fair shake but because I’ve been proven wrong before, I popped on the series premiere and I liked it but I felt it needed improving. So, I watched the entire series run of Angel, sometimes four or five episodes at a time. And man, there were some absolute standouts among them all. I really didn’t see any great episodes from the beginning but the episodes started to pick up after the season two premiere and just went on from there. I handpicked my top five and here we go:
And obviously, spoilers lie beyond here.
5. “Waiting in the Wings,” episode...
Wow, I must’ve thrown you off guard there for a moment. I say that first statement because my love of that show led me into my subsequent love of Angel. I wouldn’t have given it a fair shake but because I’ve been proven wrong before, I popped on the series premiere and I liked it but I felt it needed improving. So, I watched the entire series run of Angel, sometimes four or five episodes at a time. And man, there were some absolute standouts among them all. I really didn’t see any great episodes from the beginning but the episodes started to pick up after the season two premiere and just went on from there. I handpicked my top five and here we go:
And obviously, spoilers lie beyond here.
5. “Waiting in the Wings,” episode...
- 10/24/2012
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Angela Lansbury leaves "Gore Vidal's The Best Man": "Broadway favorite and Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury sheds her role of an influential women's advocate in the Broadway production of Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man' on July 22. Waiting in the wings is Elizabeth Ashley, who takes on the role of Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge starting July 24. For her work in the Michael Wilson-directed revival of the political drama, octagenarian Lansbury was nominated for featured actress awards by the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama Desk." Playbill Question about taxpayer funding rankles PBS boss: "Why do taxpayers continue to have to support public broadcasting in the U.S. through their taxes, the questioner asked, when PBS is merely duplicating what cable channels like Discovery, BBC America, Animal Planet and children-oriented Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite are already doing. [Paula Kerger], who has been PBS's chief executive since 2006 and started ...
- 7/24/2012
- Gold Derby
With the star-studded dust of Wrestlemania season resting firmly behind us, wrestling fans move on to one of the few designated lulls in WWE’s tumultuous calendar. Spring time for the global entertainment giant is usually relatively quiet – recycled Wrestlemania matches line the cards of the Pay-Per-Views to follow and most, if not all of the star power that graced us with their presence for the Showcase of the Immortals have moved onto bigger and brighter things.
Spring 2012 is no exception. The Rock quickly delivered his swan song (at least for now) the night after Wrestlemania, and Brock Lesnar’s short lived run has WWE scrambling to carbe their path into summer.
The result is the third annual Over the Limit. It’s light on star power, but heavy on potentially memorable matches. A show that, if executed properly, could undoubtedly be a sleeper hit of the year.
For months now,...
Spring 2012 is no exception. The Rock quickly delivered his swan song (at least for now) the night after Wrestlemania, and Brock Lesnar’s short lived run has WWE scrambling to carbe their path into summer.
The result is the third annual Over the Limit. It’s light on star power, but heavy on potentially memorable matches. A show that, if executed properly, could undoubtedly be a sleeper hit of the year.
For months now,...
- 5/20/2012
- by Brandon LeClair
- Obsessed with Film
With the broadcast networks done shoring up their fall schedule, let’s take a look at what genre fans (and the gays) have to look forward to:
ABC offers two genre themed show’s next season, one drama the other a comedy. 666 Park Avenue returns Lost alumni and bad-ass actor Terry O’Quinn to the small screen. Everyone has needs, desires and ambition, and for the residents of The Drake, these will all be met, courtesy of the building’s mysterious owner. But every Faustian contract comes with a price. When Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable), an idealistic young couple from the Midwest, are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, they not only fall prey to the machinations of Doran and his mysterious wife, Olivia (Vanessa Williams), but unwittingly begin to experience the shadowy, supernatural forces within the building that imprison and endanger...
ABC offers two genre themed show’s next season, one drama the other a comedy. 666 Park Avenue returns Lost alumni and bad-ass actor Terry O’Quinn to the small screen. Everyone has needs, desires and ambition, and for the residents of The Drake, these will all be met, courtesy of the building’s mysterious owner. But every Faustian contract comes with a price. When Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable), an idealistic young couple from the Midwest, are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, they not only fall prey to the machinations of Doran and his mysterious wife, Olivia (Vanessa Williams), but unwittingly begin to experience the shadowy, supernatural forces within the building that imprison and endanger...
- 5/17/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
With the broadcast networks done shoring up their fall schedule, let’s take a look at what genre fans (and the gays) have to look forward to:
While the global conspiracy themed series have fared poorly over the last few years, it’s not stopped the networks from trying them again and again. The problem for most of them is the ability to maintain the quality of the pilot. Expensive series like this sometimes suffer when the week-to-week production kicks in as well as the cost cutting. Still, NBC will give it try again, and hope everyone does not remember The Event from 2010.
From the fertile imaginations of J.J. Abrams comes Revolution. Our entire way of life depends on electricity. So what would happen if it just stopped working? Well, one day, like a switch turned off, the world is suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Planes fall from the sky,...
While the global conspiracy themed series have fared poorly over the last few years, it’s not stopped the networks from trying them again and again. The problem for most of them is the ability to maintain the quality of the pilot. Expensive series like this sometimes suffer when the week-to-week production kicks in as well as the cost cutting. Still, NBC will give it try again, and hope everyone does not remember The Event from 2010.
From the fertile imaginations of J.J. Abrams comes Revolution. Our entire way of life depends on electricity. So what would happen if it just stopped working? Well, one day, like a switch turned off, the world is suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Planes fall from the sky,...
- 5/17/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
The star of Serenity, Firefly and numerous other genre films and shows, Summer Glau seldom gets the attention she deserves. Here’s Caroline’s celebration of her work...
We all know that Joss Whedon has a knack for discovering actresses with that incommunicable ability to convey great strength and resilience, from Sarah Michelle Gellar’s genre-altering Buffy Summers, to the various roles he provides for Eliza Dushku or Amy Acker.
With Summer Glau, though, he found something truly special, and that’s a sentiment shared by anyone who’s ever seen her on-screen. Making her move into internet television with The Human Preservation Project, it’s mighty revealing to look at her slow, yet meteoric in retrospect, rise to becoming the geek-favourite and enigmatic performer we know and love today.
Sure, she can act most of her co-stars off the screen when required, but she does so with a grace...
We all know that Joss Whedon has a knack for discovering actresses with that incommunicable ability to convey great strength and resilience, from Sarah Michelle Gellar’s genre-altering Buffy Summers, to the various roles he provides for Eliza Dushku or Amy Acker.
With Summer Glau, though, he found something truly special, and that’s a sentiment shared by anyone who’s ever seen her on-screen. Making her move into internet television with The Human Preservation Project, it’s mighty revealing to look at her slow, yet meteoric in retrospect, rise to becoming the geek-favourite and enigmatic performer we know and love today.
Sure, she can act most of her co-stars off the screen when required, but she does so with a grace...
- 11/23/2011
- Den of Geek
Throughout history, cinema has always pit foe against foe. Freddy vs. Jason. Alien vs. Predator. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Jesse T. Cook has a flick that will put them all to shame: Monster Brawl. Set up like a pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting match, the world's most infamous monsters are brought into the ring to fight. In this corner we have Frankenstein! In this corner, Cyclops! Waiting in the wings is Lady Vampire, Werewolf, Witchbitch, The Mummy, and many more. Okay, enough talk. Hit the jump to check out the wicked trailer. For more info, visit MonsterBrawlMovie.com...
- 6/10/2011
- FEARnet
Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86. The actress passed away on Tuesday, March 22 at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show "Da" in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play "Waiting in the Wings". She also starred in Hugh Leonard's "A Life" in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country" (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000. She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series "Little House on the Prairie" and soap opera "One Life to Live".
Her last Broadway stint came in "The Crucible" in 2002, when she took the...
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show "Da" in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play "Waiting in the Wings". She also starred in Hugh Leonard's "A Life" in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country" (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000. She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series "Little House on the Prairie" and soap opera "One Life to Live".
Her last Broadway stint came in "The Crucible" in 2002, when she took the...
- 3/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86.
The actress passed away on Tuesday at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show Da in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play Waiting in the Wings. She also starred in Hugh Leonard's A Life in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honours at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000.
She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series Little House on the Prairie and soap opera One Life to Live.
Her last Broadway stint came in The Crucible in 2002, when she took the stage with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
She also played Sister Teresa in 2008's Doubt - her final film role.
Stenborg is survived by a son and daughter. Hughes died in 2006.
The actress passed away on Tuesday at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show Da in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play Waiting in the Wings. She also starred in Hugh Leonard's A Life in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honours at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000.
She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series Little House on the Prairie and soap opera One Life to Live.
Her last Broadway stint came in The Crucible in 2002, when she took the stage with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
She also played Sister Teresa in 2008's Doubt - her final film role.
Stenborg is survived by a son and daughter. Hughes died in 2006.
- 3/23/2011
- WENN
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"The past is never dead. In fact, it's not even past." Novelist William Faulkner wrote these words about the American South. But they could just as easily apply to the crumbling seaside kingdom of 'Boardwalk Empire' (Sun., 9Pm Et on HBO). The show's season finale is ironically titled "A Return to Normalcy" -- but in the end ... nothing really ends.
'Boardwalk Empire' is set during the Roaring Twenties, but its ideas about politics and corruption are as current as today's headlines. Some things never change, after all. In the course of the finale, Crime boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) defeats his foes, securing his position at the top of the Atlantic City criminal empire. "God bless America!" he says, right before his moment of political triumph. (Some things really never change.)
But Nucky's victory might just be an illusion. Waiting in the wings...
"The past is never dead. In fact, it's not even past." Novelist William Faulkner wrote these words about the American South. But they could just as easily apply to the crumbling seaside kingdom of 'Boardwalk Empire' (Sun., 9Pm Et on HBO). The show's season finale is ironically titled "A Return to Normalcy" -- but in the end ... nothing really ends.
'Boardwalk Empire' is set during the Roaring Twenties, but its ideas about politics and corruption are as current as today's headlines. Some things never change, after all. In the course of the finale, Crime boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) defeats his foes, securing his position at the top of the Atlantic City criminal empire. "God bless America!" he says, right before his moment of political triumph. (Some things really never change.)
But Nucky's victory might just be an illusion. Waiting in the wings...
- 12/6/2010
- by Oliver Miller
- Aol TV.
Making their TV debut on tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent, are three brothers hoping they can win that spot on the Royal Variety.
They tell the cameras:
‘I’m Amukheani and I’m 13. I’m Arnold and I’m 19. I’m Anthony and I’m 15. And we are A3. We are all brothers and we’ve been dancing ever since we were born. We live at home in Swansea with our mum. We drive her crazy with always practicing at home in the living room. We love the feeling of expressing ourselves together as brothers, the connection, you feel it there when we dance together.’
Oldest brother Arnold explains: ‘I’m just grateful that they are my brothers, it’s something that I treasure every day. It’s just a privilege to be sharing this experience with them.’
Their dance act starts with Prodigy’s Firestarter, then moves...
They tell the cameras:
‘I’m Amukheani and I’m 13. I’m Arnold and I’m 19. I’m Anthony and I’m 15. And we are A3. We are all brothers and we’ve been dancing ever since we were born. We live at home in Swansea with our mum. We drive her crazy with always practicing at home in the living room. We love the feeling of expressing ourselves together as brothers, the connection, you feel it there when we dance together.’
Oldest brother Arnold explains: ‘I’m just grateful that they are my brothers, it’s something that I treasure every day. It’s just a privilege to be sharing this experience with them.’
Their dance act starts with Prodigy’s Firestarter, then moves...
- 5/29/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Though the economy was still in dire straits, Broadway carried on during the 2009-10 season, with visits from such high-voltage marquee names as Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liev Schreiber, and Scarlett Johansson. A little group called Green Day rocked Broadway's world with the stage adaptation of the band's hit album "American Idiot," Twyla Tharp paid tribute to Frank Sinatra in "Come Fly Away," and Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins formed a "Million Dollar Quartet." "Fela!," Bill T. Jones' combination dance party, concert, and musical biography, transferred to the Main Stem from its Off-Broadway run, as did Geoffrey Nauffts' tender and moving play "Next Fall." "Red" and "Time Stands Still" offered searing portraits of artists coping with crises, while Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" captured the repressive Victorian era. Broadway fare also...
- 5/27/2010
- backstage.com
Directed by Jon Favreau
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
Summer blockbuster season has officially kicked off with one of the most anticipated releases of the year – Iron Man 2. The first Iron Man was a surprise hit of 2008, it resurrected Robert Downey Jr.’s career and even made AC/DC cool again. Taking a different tact to The Dark Knight, it kept the tone light and went down a storm with critics and fans alike. Two years later, we have the sequel.
The story picks up six months after events of the first film; Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is trying adjust after revealing his secret identity to the world. Waiting in the wings, however, is Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) intent on avenging his family after an apparent double-cross with Stark Industries. He has help along the way in the form of Stark’s main competitor Justin...
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
Summer blockbuster season has officially kicked off with one of the most anticipated releases of the year – Iron Man 2. The first Iron Man was a surprise hit of 2008, it resurrected Robert Downey Jr.’s career and even made AC/DC cool again. Taking a different tact to The Dark Knight, it kept the tone light and went down a storm with critics and fans alike. Two years later, we have the sequel.
The story picks up six months after events of the first film; Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is trying adjust after revealing his secret identity to the world. Waiting in the wings, however, is Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) intent on avenging his family after an apparent double-cross with Stark Industries. He has help along the way in the form of Stark’s main competitor Justin...
- 5/3/2010
- by Ben McCarthy
- Clothes on Film
Cast member and understudy Corinne Melançon, now appearing in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! on Broadway, will be featured on the American Theatre Wing's televised "Working in the Theatre" series in a special panel on the Broadway understudy entitled "Waiting in the Wings" this Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. on Cuny - TV (Channel 75 in the New York metropolitan area).
- 4/28/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
"Listening" is the key to good acting, according to Helen Stenborg. Co-starring Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre in Morris Panych's "Vigil" gives her the chance to exercise that talent. This two-hander centers on the evolving relationship between a misanthropic young man (Malcolm Gets) and his dying, estranged aunt Grace (Stenborg), who barely speaks.While the 84-year-old Minneapolis native has never played a silent character before, her preparation for this part is basically the same as for any other. There is one major difference: She will not share certain elements of Grace's inner life with Gets or the director, Stephen Dimenna. "Sometimes they ask me, 'What are you thinking?' That's my secret. But it's interesting: If I change my thoughts, I'll get a different reaction from Malcolm." She adds she is able to offer variety in her silent responses, by registering his change of mood.At this point in her six-decade career,...
- 11/4/2009
- backstage.com
Following recent performances from Dionne Bromfield, Amy Winehouse and Spandau Ballet, Strictly Come Dancing will be playing host to a number of other well-known musical artists over the next few weeks on BBC One.
Confirmed for this Saturday is Harry Connick Jr., who will be singing ‘The Way You Look Tonight’.
Waiting in the wings are The Bee Gees who will perform their classic disco hit ‘You Should Be Dancing’ on Saturday 31st October. This will be their only TV performance while they are in the country so make sure you don’t miss out!
Confirmed for this Saturday is Harry Connick Jr., who will be singing ‘The Way You Look Tonight’.
Waiting in the wings are The Bee Gees who will perform their classic disco hit ‘You Should Be Dancing’ on Saturday 31st October. This will be their only TV performance while they are in the country so make sure you don’t miss out!
- 10/20/2009
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Tell Lifetime TV Not To Insult Us with Deadbeat Dads the reality show What could possibly be more satisfying than watching Survivor contestants eat rats or cheering on Simon while he decimates the fragile ego of a pop star hopeful? Ah, yes, watching a bounty hunter shake down a deadbeat dad. That's what Fox had hoped would make for great reality television because who among us wouldn't thrill at the idea of humiliating not only a man who is behind on child support but inadvertently shaming his children, who would get to watch him collared on national television? Fox put its tail between its sensationalist legs after Fathers & Families, a national fathers' rights group, led a campaign against the show, originally called Bad Dads. Waiting in the wings was Lifetime TV (sometimes called the 'men suck' network) which picked up the pilot...
- 10/1/2009
- by Tina Traster
- Huffington Post
With Mamma Mia the movie breaking box-office records and even outselling the Titanic DVD, it’s not surprising that the producers are already thinking about a sequel. Meryl Streep has already expressed an interest that she wouldn’t mind returning to the film for a “Grand Mamma Mia” finale.
The end of Mamma Mia left its main characters of Donna (Streep) and her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) separated after the sudden marriage of Streep and Pierce Brosnan’s character Sam, who stay in Greece whilst Sophie embarking on a world-wide journey with the love of her life. A Sequel would surely provide plenty of material for songs about heartbreak, reconciliation, joy and love.
And now Colin Firth has revealed that the Mamma Mia! sequel won’t feature music from Abba.
Speaking to Collider, Firth revealed that songwriter Benny Andersson had “put the kibosh” on using more of the Swedish pop...
The end of Mamma Mia left its main characters of Donna (Streep) and her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) separated after the sudden marriage of Streep and Pierce Brosnan’s character Sam, who stay in Greece whilst Sophie embarking on a world-wide journey with the love of her life. A Sequel would surely provide plenty of material for songs about heartbreak, reconciliation, joy and love.
And now Colin Firth has revealed that the Mamma Mia! sequel won’t feature music from Abba.
Speaking to Collider, Firth revealed that songwriter Benny Andersson had “put the kibosh” on using more of the Swedish pop...
- 9/17/2009
- by Rachael Church
- FilmShaft.com
Although "Stargate: Atlantis" fans are still licking their wounds over the sudden cancellation of their show on SciFi Channel, it seems that the people who brought you "Atlantis" are ready to dive right back in to the next Stargate television product. SciFi Channel could announce the green light to its third series in the franchise, the long-in-development "Stargate: Universe" as early as Friday, according to trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. The news isn't too much of a surprise since executive producer Brad Wright told fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego last month that it seemed almost a certainty that "Universe" was moving forward. At the same time, Darren Sumner from GateWorld told SyFy Radio Wednesday night -- literally less than an hour after the "Atlantis" ...
- 8/22/2008
- GeekNation.com
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