Jeopardy! has been on the air since 1984. When you’ve been challenging contestants and viewers for that long, the game inevitably changes and evolves. The show avoided staying stuck in the ‘80s by paying attention to those sorts of changes. Head researcher Suzanne Stone explained in a recent interview how the Jeopardy! pays attention when clues become obsolete.
L-r: Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings | Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Stone was a guest on the June 29 episode of the Hollywood and Levine podcast. Discussing her decades on the show before she retired in 2021, Stone explained how the show knows when to move on from certain topics.
‘Jeopardy!’ has people analyzing every show
Viewers watch Jeopardy! for 30 minutes a night, but each episode takes much longer to come to air. Besides writing all the clues and answers, sometimes tapings stop for up to an hour over one question. It was...
L-r: Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings | Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Stone was a guest on the June 29 episode of the Hollywood and Levine podcast. Discussing her decades on the show before she retired in 2021, Stone explained how the show knows when to move on from certain topics.
‘Jeopardy!’ has people analyzing every show
Viewers watch Jeopardy! for 30 minutes a night, but each episode takes much longer to come to air. Besides writing all the clues and answers, sometimes tapings stop for up to an hour over one question. It was...
- 3/3/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeopardy! is still on the air holding trivia competitions every night, but it has been vintage TV since 1984. Back in the day, the show used to receive angry phone calls from patrons in bars watching the show on the bar’s TV. It was Jeopardy! head researcher Suzanne Stone’s job to answer those calls.
Alex Trebek | Ben Hider/Getty Images
Stone appeared on the Hollywood and Levine podcast on June 29 to discuss her time at Jeopardy! She retired in 2021 after Alex Trebek’s death, but she has some juicy stories about her time on the quiz show.
Bar and bowling alley patrons found the ‘Jeopardy!’ phone number
Before there was Google, before there were even smart phones or internet, people had no way to double check Jeopardy! answers. Yet, somehow they found the number for the show’s Los Angeles offices, even if they were watching on the east coast.
Alex Trebek | Ben Hider/Getty Images
Stone appeared on the Hollywood and Levine podcast on June 29 to discuss her time at Jeopardy! She retired in 2021 after Alex Trebek’s death, but she has some juicy stories about her time on the quiz show.
Bar and bowling alley patrons found the ‘Jeopardy!’ phone number
Before there was Google, before there were even smart phones or internet, people had no way to double check Jeopardy! answers. Yet, somehow they found the number for the show’s Los Angeles offices, even if they were watching on the east coast.
- 2/24/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeopardy! has been a well-oiled gameshow machine since its debut in 1984. There’s a process to filling out each category, which includes backup questions. A former head researcher explained that they also use a color coding process to make the board up of categories.
Alex Trebek | Ben Hider/Getty Images
Suzanne Stone retired from Jeopardy! in 2021, but shared her experience on the show on the Hollywood & Levine podcast on June 29, 2022. Here’s how color coding helps Jeopardy! create a game board for every show.
‘Jeopardy!’ categories each have their own color
Jeopardy! covers a myriad of categories. The show wants to ensure that each game has a healthy variety, so they assign each genre of clues a color. Then they make sure the board has one of each color.
“So History, U.S. Presidents, that’s like a blue, the academics,” Stone said on Hollywood & Levine. “Wordplay would be yellow...
Alex Trebek | Ben Hider/Getty Images
Suzanne Stone retired from Jeopardy! in 2021, but shared her experience on the show on the Hollywood & Levine podcast on June 29, 2022. Here’s how color coding helps Jeopardy! create a game board for every show.
‘Jeopardy!’ categories each have their own color
Jeopardy! covers a myriad of categories. The show wants to ensure that each game has a healthy variety, so they assign each genre of clues a color. Then they make sure the board has one of each color.
“So History, U.S. Presidents, that’s like a blue, the academics,” Stone said on Hollywood & Levine. “Wordplay would be yellow...
- 2/3/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeopardy! has had all varieties of categories. When you have to think of clues for questions for nearly 40 years, you’re eventually going to cover everything. Eventually the show would hire former contestants to help write clues and questions. In the early days of the show, there was a category about vermin. One clue was about a mouse infestation at Disneyland, which inspired the rest of the category.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Gc Images
Head researcher Suzanne Stone was a guest on the Hollywood & Levine podcast on June 29. Discussing her time on Jeopardy! which recently ended, Stone shared the true story behind the Disneyland mice and vermin category.
A ‘Jeopardy!’ writer called Disneyland in the middle of a mouse infestation
This was an example of art imitating life. Stone remembered the late Jeopardy! writer whose search for a Disneyland gift gave him inspiration for a whole category.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Gc Images
Head researcher Suzanne Stone was a guest on the Hollywood & Levine podcast on June 29. Discussing her time on Jeopardy! which recently ended, Stone shared the true story behind the Disneyland mice and vermin category.
A ‘Jeopardy!’ writer called Disneyland in the middle of a mouse infestation
This was an example of art imitating life. Stone remembered the late Jeopardy! writer whose search for a Disneyland gift gave him inspiration for a whole category.
- 1/31/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Amy Nicholson on Gus Van Sant’s media-saturation satire To Die For.
Three years ago, news anchor Gretchen Carlson asked Fox CEO Roger Ailes why her career had stalled. Her boss offered her a deal: “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time...
Three years ago, news anchor Gretchen Carlson asked Fox CEO Roger Ailes why her career had stalled. Her boss offered her a deal: “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time...
- 1/18/2019
- by Amy Nicholson
- Rollingstone.com
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: In honor of “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” what is Nicole Kidman’s greatest performance?
Vadim Rizov (@VRizov), Filmmaker Magazine
I don’t know about “best” — I haven’t seen an embarrassing chunk of what are considered her most significant roles, and I’m weak on understanding acting — but the performance that sticks most in my mind (quite possibly because I saw it at impressionable high school age) is “Dogville.” Kidman is spookily withdrawn, like an observer alien in a human body dropped into a moral wasteland which she attempts to navigate with understanding and decorum until finally it’s just too much. As in “Birth,...
This week’s question: In honor of “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” what is Nicole Kidman’s greatest performance?
Vadim Rizov (@VRizov), Filmmaker Magazine
I don’t know about “best” — I haven’t seen an embarrassing chunk of what are considered her most significant roles, and I’m weak on understanding acting — but the performance that sticks most in my mind (quite possibly because I saw it at impressionable high school age) is “Dogville.” Kidman is spookily withdrawn, like an observer alien in a human body dropped into a moral wasteland which she attempts to navigate with understanding and decorum until finally it’s just too much. As in “Birth,...
- 10/23/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
By Nathaniel R
Nicole at the Acm Awards this weekAs mentioned in our piece on the finale of Big Little Lies the internet is finally accepting that Nicole Kidman is a genius. Why they haven't noticed that she's been a regularly gripping actor since Dead Calm (1989) with her ascent into intermittent genius happening as early as 1995 (twenty-two years ago!) with her sly breakthrough as fame-obsessed Suzanne Stone in Gus Van Sant's To Die For (Golden Globe win, Best Actress in a Comedy) we will never understand.
But it is what it is. Actresses not named Meryl Streep have to go through this from time to time with people doubting their talent. One imagines if Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant in any of her comeback roles this year we will get a raft of "who knew this 80s sex symbol, Catwoman herself, was also a great actor?!" articles and we will...
Nicole at the Acm Awards this weekAs mentioned in our piece on the finale of Big Little Lies the internet is finally accepting that Nicole Kidman is a genius. Why they haven't noticed that she's been a regularly gripping actor since Dead Calm (1989) with her ascent into intermittent genius happening as early as 1995 (twenty-two years ago!) with her sly breakthrough as fame-obsessed Suzanne Stone in Gus Van Sant's To Die For (Golden Globe win, Best Actress in a Comedy) we will never understand.
But it is what it is. Actresses not named Meryl Streep have to go through this from time to time with people doubting their talent. One imagines if Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant in any of her comeback roles this year we will get a raft of "who knew this 80s sex symbol, Catwoman herself, was also a great actor?!" articles and we will...
- 4/4/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
For most people, it would be an honor to be portrayed by Nicole Kidman in a movie. But Pamela Smart doesn't think so - and says that Kidman's performance in the 1996 movie To Die For is embarrassing and inaccurate. In 1990, Smart was a working as a media coordinator at a high school but dreaming of becoming a journalist. But she was later convicted of conspiring with her teenaged lover that year to kill her husband, Gregg Smart. The teen, William "Billy" Flynn, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and testified against Smart. She is serving a life sentence at Bedford...
- 3/19/2016
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- PEOPLE.com
For most people, it would be an honor to be portrayed by Nicole Kidman in a movie. But Pamela Smart doesn't think so - and says that Kidman's performance in the 1996 movie To Die For is embarrassing and inaccurate. In 1990, Smart was a working as a media coordinator at a high school but dreaming of becoming a journalist. But she was later convicted of conspiring with her teenaged lover that year to kill her husband, Gregg Smart. The teen, William "Billy" Flynn, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and testified against Smart. She is serving a life sentence at Bedford...
- 3/19/2016
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- PEOPLE.com
30. Sense and Sensibility
Directed by: Ang Lee
Ang Lee has gone in about eight different directions in terms of genre. His resume includes “The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Hulk,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Life of Pi,” and this delightful Jane Austen adaptation, starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, and young Kate Winslet. “Sense and Sensibility” took home the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay for the story of the Dashwood family, a mother widowed and left in difficult circumstances after her husband has left his fortune to his first wife, instead of his current one. So Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones) and her daughters Fanny, Marianne, and Elinor (Harriet Walter, Winslet, Thompson) have to find a way to survive in a world ruled by men and the rules that seem to create obstacle after obstacle for them. Unfortunately, given the era, they are viewed as “unmarryable,” since they have no fortune and no prospects.
Directed by: Ang Lee
Ang Lee has gone in about eight different directions in terms of genre. His resume includes “The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Hulk,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Life of Pi,” and this delightful Jane Austen adaptation, starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, and young Kate Winslet. “Sense and Sensibility” took home the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay for the story of the Dashwood family, a mother widowed and left in difficult circumstances after her husband has left his fortune to his first wife, instead of his current one. So Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones) and her daughters Fanny, Marianne, and Elinor (Harriet Walter, Winslet, Thompson) have to find a way to survive in a world ruled by men and the rules that seem to create obstacle after obstacle for them. Unfortunately, given the era, they are viewed as “unmarryable,” since they have no fortune and no prospects.
- 1/31/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
At the European press conference for Interstellar earlier this month, Sir Michael Caine named 'Sandy Bullock in Gravity' as his favourite sci-fi character. This connected Matthew McConaughey's Cooper with Bullock's Ryan Stone in our minds and got us thinking… Wouldn't they make a great couple (if they could get the space suits off long enough to snog)?
So join us as we go further down this rabbit hole, and pitch more movie characters who should probably swipe right on Tinder and get into each other's pants the first opportunity they get.
1. Cooper (Interstellar) & Ryan Stone (Gravity)
Why They're A Good Match: They're both space-exploring adventurers who've beaten some pretty big odds in their time. They've both had the opportunity to gaze in wonderment at the stars – now let's set them up on a date so they can remember that we're all made of stars and they should be gawking at each other instead.
So join us as we go further down this rabbit hole, and pitch more movie characters who should probably swipe right on Tinder and get into each other's pants the first opportunity they get.
1. Cooper (Interstellar) & Ryan Stone (Gravity)
Why They're A Good Match: They're both space-exploring adventurers who've beaten some pretty big odds in their time. They've both had the opportunity to gaze in wonderment at the stars – now let's set them up on a date so they can remember that we're all made of stars and they should be gawking at each other instead.
- 11/16/2014
- Digital Spy
Nightcrawler review: A black-hearted thriller
Jake Gyllenhaal returns to the big screen this week in the brilliant Nightcrawler, an La-set thriller about a cameraman who films grisly crime scenes and traffic accidents to make a fast buck from sensationalist TV news stations.
Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom is the latest in a long line of movie characters you love to hate, antiheroes infused with a near-sociopathic drive to succeed and make their mark. Here are 5 movies you need to see to get yourself ready for Nightcrawler's plummet into the moral abyss.
Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy (1983)
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's jet-black comedy is one of the pair's overlooked collaborations, but in our humble opinion it's one of their best. Exploring similar territory to the duo's masterpiece Taxi Driver, this film casts De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, a terrible stand-up comic with an intense desire to become famous.
Jake Gyllenhaal returns to the big screen this week in the brilliant Nightcrawler, an La-set thriller about a cameraman who films grisly crime scenes and traffic accidents to make a fast buck from sensationalist TV news stations.
Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom is the latest in a long line of movie characters you love to hate, antiheroes infused with a near-sociopathic drive to succeed and make their mark. Here are 5 movies you need to see to get yourself ready for Nightcrawler's plummet into the moral abyss.
Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy (1983)
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's jet-black comedy is one of the pair's overlooked collaborations, but in our humble opinion it's one of their best. Exploring similar territory to the duo's masterpiece Taxi Driver, this film casts De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, a terrible stand-up comic with an intense desire to become famous.
- 10/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Give it up for Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts, who publicly thanked “my family, my longtime girlfriend Amber, and my friends” on Facebook after going through a bone marrow transplant. Congrats to the Espn vet for coming out to fans and the Facebook-savvy public! To celebrate, let’s discuss our favorite female news-reporting characters from TV and film. I’ve squeezed in a print journalist for the sake of her glamor. Please forgive that.
1. Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox): Scream‘s curt correspondent with the poison pen
As much as I love Scream, Gale Weathers elevates the franchise from “quippy horror romp” to “fabulously quippy horror romp.” She writes callously about the Woodsboro murders, brags to Sidney Prescott about the sales of her book (which is about Sidney’s mother’s death), and even totes a gun. “Guess I didn’t forget the safety that time, you bastard,” she deadpans.
1. Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox): Scream‘s curt correspondent with the poison pen
As much as I love Scream, Gale Weathers elevates the franchise from “quippy horror romp” to “fabulously quippy horror romp.” She writes callously about the Woodsboro murders, brags to Sidney Prescott about the sales of her book (which is about Sidney’s mother’s death), and even totes a gun. “Guess I didn’t forget the safety that time, you bastard,” she deadpans.
- 12/30/2013
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
Viola Davis is sad because her daughter when missing. I'm sad because Hollywood keeps underusing her!Cinema Blend on the giving-too-much-away promotion of crime thriller Prisoners. I must add that one thing they're not giving away is Viola Davis. She's barely in the trailers, despite the fact that her daughter -- not just Hugh Jackman's -- also goes missing!
The Dissolve on racial profiling at screenings of Lee Daniels' The Butler
eOnline Jennifer Lawrence & Hugh Jackman & other assorted X-Men go to see The Butler together with Hugh leading the way (also: since when is JLaw back with Nicholas Hoult? I somehow missed that)
blog buddies
Joe & Nick talking about Supporting Actor (thus far this year) with notes on the men of The Place Beyond the Pines (have you heard they're all going supporting in Oscar campaigns?) and James Franco in Spring Breaker
Joe & Nick talking about Supporting Actress...
The Dissolve on racial profiling at screenings of Lee Daniels' The Butler
eOnline Jennifer Lawrence & Hugh Jackman & other assorted X-Men go to see The Butler together with Hugh leading the way (also: since when is JLaw back with Nicholas Hoult? I somehow missed that)
blog buddies
Joe & Nick talking about Supporting Actor (thus far this year) with notes on the men of The Place Beyond the Pines (have you heard they're all going supporting in Oscar campaigns?) and James Franco in Spring Breaker
Joe & Nick talking about Supporting Actress...
- 8/19/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Jose here. The Cannes Film Festival starts today and I think we all can agree that the most important thing about it this year is the fact that Nicole Kidman is on the jury. Right?
This year's Competition Jury, as Nathaniel has already pointed out, might very well be the real life equivalent of The Avengers, with Nicole being reigning Queen of them all I know Spielberg's the President, shut up... so during the next eleven days, we'll cover Nicole sightings, as we watch her fiercefully conquer the world of auteurship and wonder what some of her most beloved characters would think about what she's up to...
The first Nicole sighting took place Tuesday evening as she showed up to the Jury dinner.
Who She Wore: Dior (hmm is she trying to steal the spotlight from the damoiselles de Dior?)
Which Director She's Trying to Lure: When I first saw this,...
This year's Competition Jury, as Nathaniel has already pointed out, might very well be the real life equivalent of The Avengers, with Nicole being reigning Queen of them all I know Spielberg's the President, shut up... so during the next eleven days, we'll cover Nicole sightings, as we watch her fiercefully conquer the world of auteurship and wonder what some of her most beloved characters would think about what she's up to...
The first Nicole sighting took place Tuesday evening as she showed up to the Jury dinner.
Who She Wore: Dior (hmm is she trying to steal the spotlight from the damoiselles de Dior?)
Which Director She's Trying to Lure: When I first saw this,...
- 5/16/2013
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
While other A-List actresses have chased the kind of star vehicles that kill on opening weekend, Nicole Kidman has been quietly becoming Hollywood’s most unlikely rebel—a statuesque leading lady with a snowballing penchant for bold auteur partnerships. It’s hard to pinpoint when, exactly, the gal from Days of Thunder began her metamorphosis into the daring muse currently drawing viewers to The Paperboy (above), but many would likely cite Gus Van Sant’s To Die For as the pivotal work in Kidman’s filmography. The sheer unlikeability of the delusional, cradle-robbing viper Suzanne Stone screams of Tinseltown-bombshell repellant, but Kidman executed the role with brio and darkly comic conviction, declaring that she was more than your average risk-taker. Of course, To Die For was followed by some uncertain moves (namely Batman Forever and The Peacemaker), which slightly muddled a career that remains considerably hard to define. But when...
- 10/16/2012
- by R. Kurt Osenlund
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Few actresses seem to make as diverse an array of choices as Nicole Kidman. The actress has spent the last decade or two as one of the few actresses who can truly call themselves A-list, but swings between incredibly bold, interesting choices with world-class filmmakers, and nearly irredeemable crap ("Bewtiched," "The Stepford Wives," "The Invasion," "Trespass"). She rarely gives a turn that's anything less than totally committed, but one always feels a little nervous settling in for a new Kidman flick.
That being said, one only has to skim her resume to remember that she is, after all, one of our most gifted and interesting movie stars, and has given more great performances than most of her contemporaries. Today is Kidman's 45th birthday, and as such, we thought we'd mark the occasion by picking out five of our favorite performances from the actress. Did we miss out on yours? You...
That being said, one only has to skim her resume to remember that she is, after all, one of our most gifted and interesting movie stars, and has given more great performances than most of her contemporaries. Today is Kidman's 45th birthday, and as such, we thought we'd mark the occasion by picking out five of our favorite performances from the actress. Did we miss out on yours? You...
- 6/20/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
First look at Cannes Film Festival yielding strong word-of-mouth.
A couple months back, natural skepticism found itself locked in a fierce battle against my eye for sheer noir aesthetics when the titillating new teaser poster for Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy came out. The skepticism, of course, was due to the presence of High School Musical graduate Zac Efron’s mug taking up the bulk of the focus of the thing (albeit nicely balanced by Nicole Kidman’s sultry self giving him the Suzanne Stone eyes in the background).
The poster is a masterwork, in that it appeals simultaneously to pulp nerds like myself, as well as children who text each other from neighboring stalls in the restroom, and the crowd that shops for books and ironic wallets at Urban Outfitters. If you know as much about the complex world of advertising as I do, it’ll be no secret to...
A couple months back, natural skepticism found itself locked in a fierce battle against my eye for sheer noir aesthetics when the titillating new teaser poster for Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy came out. The skepticism, of course, was due to the presence of High School Musical graduate Zac Efron’s mug taking up the bulk of the focus of the thing (albeit nicely balanced by Nicole Kidman’s sultry self giving him the Suzanne Stone eyes in the background).
The poster is a masterwork, in that it appeals simultaneously to pulp nerds like myself, as well as children who text each other from neighboring stalls in the restroom, and the crowd that shops for books and ironic wallets at Urban Outfitters. If you know as much about the complex world of advertising as I do, it’ll be no secret to...
- 5/24/2012
- by Josh Converse
- Boomtron
It’s Ladies’ Night at the Complex.
We’ve covered a pretty broad spectrum of shady characters over the past few months around here, but with Mother’s Day coming up in a few weeks, we felt it entirely appropriate to tip our collective hats to all the wonderful women that keep us under a thin layer of sweat. Presenting the ten meanest, craziest, and most scandalous chicks to ever set the screen on fire.
Alert: Spoilers abound.
10. Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest, 1981)
Mean broads aren’t all fictional. Believe it or not, there are real live firebreathing witches that walk the very terra firma upon which you stand. So tread lightly, my friend.
Joan Crawford’s reputation as a mean old bag was no secret in 1981 when Mommie Dearest hit the screen. However, it took Faye Dunaway channeling her maniacal soul to really get the message across to the movie-going public.
We’ve covered a pretty broad spectrum of shady characters over the past few months around here, but with Mother’s Day coming up in a few weeks, we felt it entirely appropriate to tip our collective hats to all the wonderful women that keep us under a thin layer of sweat. Presenting the ten meanest, craziest, and most scandalous chicks to ever set the screen on fire.
Alert: Spoilers abound.
10. Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest, 1981)
Mean broads aren’t all fictional. Believe it or not, there are real live firebreathing witches that walk the very terra firma upon which you stand. So tread lightly, my friend.
Joan Crawford’s reputation as a mean old bag was no secret in 1981 when Mommie Dearest hit the screen. However, it took Faye Dunaway channeling her maniacal soul to really get the message across to the movie-going public.
- 4/18/2012
- by Josh Converse
- Boomtron
With the release of his latest film, Restless, on DVD and Blu-ray today we’ve got an exclusive clip from the film for you as well a look back on the key relationships in Van Sant’s previous films.
Often blossoming from difficult circumstances the love stories in Van Sant’s films hold to a notion of breaking free from a sense of being trapped, be it be society or addiction, external oppression (literal and imagined) or from a lifestyle the characters find themselves in. What always interests me about his films are the instances of love appearing often without being looked for, sometimes unspoken but always naturally occurring and always, crucially, believable.
From the starkness of his early work with My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy, through the unfulfilling Even Cowgirls Get the Blues to the darkly funny To Die For Van Sant’s exploration of the impact...
Often blossoming from difficult circumstances the love stories in Van Sant’s films hold to a notion of breaking free from a sense of being trapped, be it be society or addiction, external oppression (literal and imagined) or from a lifestyle the characters find themselves in. What always interests me about his films are the instances of love appearing often without being looked for, sometimes unspoken but always naturally occurring and always, crucially, believable.
From the starkness of his early work with My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy, through the unfulfilling Even Cowgirls Get the Blues to the darkly funny To Die For Van Sant’s exploration of the impact...
- 2/13/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Anyone remember the 1994 Canadian low-budget thriller "The Paperboy" starring Alexandra Paul from "Baywatch" as a suburban woman being stalked and terrorized by a deranged...um, paperboy? Yeah, it was pretty bad. But no worries - save for the title, the upcoming dramatic thriller of the same name starring Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and John Cusack has no connection to the former film. As proof, a new '70s-inspired one-sheet for the movie has been released that shows Efron and Kidman sitting in a vintage pink pony car - Kidman eyeing the younger man with a subtly seductive, Suzanne Stone-Maretto in...
- 12/30/2011
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The black suit Rachel has on in this scene, is a perfect example of "Broadcast Journalism Lady Fierceness"™
This article comes to us from our friend Will Pulos over at NewNowNext!
Whether they’re trying to balance love and career, reporting and sensationalism, or a stack of papers and a venti coffee (extra black), broadcast journalism movie ladies have brought us fast-paced entertainment for years. These women know what’s important. They’re willing to risk it all for a big story. When that camera is rolling and America is watching, they know it’s go big or pack up those shoulder pads, and go home.
With the DVD release of Morning Glory today, it only seemed appropriate to take a look back at the memorable movie characters who have Served us the news honey over the last 30 years or so. So finish up that chapter in Audition, resolve that lingering tension with your co-anchor,...
This article comes to us from our friend Will Pulos over at NewNowNext!
Whether they’re trying to balance love and career, reporting and sensationalism, or a stack of papers and a venti coffee (extra black), broadcast journalism movie ladies have brought us fast-paced entertainment for years. These women know what’s important. They’re willing to risk it all for a big story. When that camera is rolling and America is watching, they know it’s go big or pack up those shoulder pads, and go home.
With the DVD release of Morning Glory today, it only seemed appropriate to take a look back at the memorable movie characters who have Served us the news honey over the last 30 years or so. So finish up that chapter in Audition, resolve that lingering tension with your co-anchor,...
- 3/9/2011
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
She made her television debut almost 30 years ago, and Nicole Kidman quickly rose to stardom in the 1990s. Today, she is among Hollywood's highest-paid actresses and is no stranger to awards. She won her first Oscar in 2002 for "The Hours."
The actress, spokesmodel, and humanitarian landed an Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her performance as Becca Corbett in "Rabbit Hole."
Find out more about Nicole Kidman!
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Nicole KidmanYoung Nicole
Nicole Mary Kidman...
The actress, spokesmodel, and humanitarian landed an Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her performance as Becca Corbett in "Rabbit Hole."
Find out more about Nicole Kidman!
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Nicole KidmanYoung Nicole
Nicole Mary Kidman...
- 2/22/2011
- Extra
Apropos of the ongoing religious discussion around these parts, I thought this might be a good time to debut a new column. The Pajiba community seems to have a wealth of atheists and agnostics and though there are those who might argue, even the godless among us have our own rules and morals. I think I've mentioned before that mine isn't a religious household, but still, we've struggled with how and what to teach our children about concepts like God or gods. And as people who consider ourselves responsible for teaching our children about the world and how to treat other human beings, we have been reading a book about religions of the world with them. More than that though, we, like any parents, try to teach our children common courtesies, rules of the roads, how to play with others, etc. And beyond the considerations of the Golden Rule, don't...
- 1/9/2011
- by Cindy Davis
Welcome to a new series here on Cinematical where we select an actor or actress and the role we think is their all time best.
There is no doubt about it, Nicole Kidman is a big old movie star. But, what's always struck me as a little odd is that when you ask most people what they think of the actress, more often than not the reactions aren't all that positive. As for box-office, it's not like her numbers are going to blow you away either. But neither of those things have stopped Kidman from joining the ranks of A list actresses. So yeah, her career has spanned two continents and she has become an icon of glamor, but when it comes to her work as an actress, I happen to think that she peaked in 1995 in Gus Van Sant's dark comedy, To Die For. In Van Sant's film,...
There is no doubt about it, Nicole Kidman is a big old movie star. But, what's always struck me as a little odd is that when you ask most people what they think of the actress, more often than not the reactions aren't all that positive. As for box-office, it's not like her numbers are going to blow you away either. But neither of those things have stopped Kidman from joining the ranks of A list actresses. So yeah, her career has spanned two continents and she has become an icon of glamor, but when it comes to her work as an actress, I happen to think that she peaked in 1995 in Gus Van Sant's dark comedy, To Die For. In Van Sant's film,...
- 11/29/2009
- by Jessica Barnes
- Cinematical
This list was inspired by some of the most recent female villains portrayed on the big screen - in particular Mo'Nique, the lazy, vile and selfish mother to Gabby Sidibe's character in Precious and Cate Blanchett who played the brilliant and nasty Irina Spalko out to spoil the adventures of Indiana Jones in the latest sequel of the popular adventure series.
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- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
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- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- 11/17/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
This list was inspired by some of the most recent female villains portrayed on the big screen - in particular Mo'Nique, the lazy, vile and selfish mother to Gabby Sidibe's character in Precious and Cate Blanchett who played the brilliant and nasty Irina Spalko out to spoil the adventures of Indiana Jones in the latest sequel of the popular adventure series.
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- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
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- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- 11/17/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
This list was inspired by some of the most recent female villains portrayed on the big screen - in particular Mo'Nique, the lazy, vile and selfish mother to Gabby Sidibe's character in Precious and Cate Blanchett who played the brilliant and nasty Irina Spalko out to spoil the adventures of Indiana Jones in the latest sequel of the popular adventure series.
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- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- - -
- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- 11/17/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
This list was inspired by some of the most recent female villains portrayed on the big screen - in particular Mo'Nique, the lazy, vile and selfish mother to Gabby Sidibe's character in Precious and Cate Blanchett who played the brilliant and nasty Irina Spalko out to spoil the adventures of Indiana Jones in the latest sequel of the popular adventure series.
- - -
- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- - -
- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- 11/17/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
This list was inspired by some of the most recent female villains portrayed on the big screen - in particular Mo'Nique, the lazy, vile and selfish mother to Gabby Sidibe's character in Precious and Cate Blanchett who played the brilliant and nasty Irina Spalko out to spoil the adventures of Indiana Jones in the latest sequel of the popular adventure series.
- - -
- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
- - -
# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- - -
- - - While some of the most memorable female villains are portrayed as ugly, unfashionable monsters, there are a good number of characters who are evil but also beautiful and fabulous. Some would even rival the female leads in terms of beauty, fashion and style thus we have this list.
Take a closer look right after the jump, I'm pretty sure, you'll agree with the names on the list...
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# 10 - Akasha in The Queen of the Damned played by Aaliyah- Akasha...
- 11/17/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
If you feel like you've seen this week's new slasher flick "The Stepfather" before, you probably have, even if you're not a fan of the 1987 original starring "Lost"'s Terry O'Quinn. That's because the family-bands-together-to-fend-off-the-one-member-who-turns-on-the-rest trope is at the heart of dozens of horror movies.
Need proof? Here's a list of ten different types of immediate and extended family members and a notable cinematic example of each going medieval on their loved ones.
Killer Mom
I'd wager that everybody has said "My parents are crazy!" at least once in their lives. But the filicidal mother in 2008's "Baby Blues" is so far gone into Crazytown that she'll make you want to call your own mom to apologize for ever implying she was nuts. Colleen Porch plays the killer in question, an exhausted mother of four with a truck-driving husband, who snaps one day and begins picking off her own children slasher movie-style; at one point,...
Need proof? Here's a list of ten different types of immediate and extended family members and a notable cinematic example of each going medieval on their loved ones.
Killer Mom
I'd wager that everybody has said "My parents are crazy!" at least once in their lives. But the filicidal mother in 2008's "Baby Blues" is so far gone into Crazytown that she'll make you want to call your own mom to apologize for ever implying she was nuts. Colleen Porch plays the killer in question, an exhausted mother of four with a truck-driving husband, who snaps one day and begins picking off her own children slasher movie-style; at one point,...
- 10/15/2009
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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