"Wkrp in Cincinnati" may not be easy to find on streaming these days, but it's still a highlight in sitcom history. The show about a failing radio station run by a groovy and eccentric team was a hit in the '70s, garnering 10 Emmy nominations and the coveted Humanitas Prize before signing off after four seasons. Unfortunately, the show's heavy emphasis on popular music has made it a rare quantity today: according to MTV, the show didn't make it to DVD until 2007 in part because it was tricky to secure the rights to all of the songs featured in its original run. It's currently only available digitally if you buy it on Apple TV, and versions of the show available today are still reportedly missing some songs, with stock music added in their place.
Still, the ultra-'70s show is worth seeking out for comedy fans and music fans alike,...
Still, the ultra-'70s show is worth seeking out for comedy fans and music fans alike,...
- 6/24/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Several top stars put their careers on hold and their lives on the line to serve during World War II including Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, Robert Taylor, Alan Ladd, William Holden, Robert Ryan and Robert Montgomery. And numerous young men who weren’t yet actors during the global conflict including Lee Marvin and Charles Durning saw action and suffered severe injuries.
With the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which was the largest amphibious invasion in military history with five naval assault divisions invading the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, let’s look at some actors who participated in the massive operation.
Charles Durning
The versatile character actor, who earned supporting actor Oscar nominations for 1982’s “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and 1983’s “To Be or Not to Be” and nine Emmy nominations, was just 21 when he was one of the first group of soldiers to land and...
With the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which was the largest amphibious invasion in military history with five naval assault divisions invading the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, let’s look at some actors who participated in the massive operation.
Charles Durning
The versatile character actor, who earned supporting actor Oscar nominations for 1982’s “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and 1983’s “To Be or Not to Be” and nine Emmy nominations, was just 21 when he was one of the first group of soldiers to land and...
- 6/5/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Dolly Parton’s husband has weathered his fair share of affair rumors over the years. She has described herself as the “Queen of the Tabloids,” with stories about her alleged affairs frequently making headlines. Her husband, Carl Dean, grew so used to it that he joked about it with her. After rumors swirled about an affair between Parton and Burt Reynolds, her husband said he wanted to send a photo of their “baby” to the media.
Dolly Parton’s husband joked about her relationship with Burt Reynolds
Parton and Reynolds starred in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas together in 1982. Rumors began to circulate that the two were having an affair, which Parton publicly squashed.
“There were the inevitable rumors that Burt and I were romantically involved, and one day, in an interview, somebody asked me if it was true,” Parton wrote in her book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business.
Dolly Parton’s husband joked about her relationship with Burt Reynolds
Parton and Reynolds starred in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas together in 1982. Rumors began to circulate that the two were having an affair, which Parton publicly squashed.
“There were the inevitable rumors that Burt and I were romantically involved, and one day, in an interview, somebody asked me if it was true,” Parton wrote in her book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business.
- 4/1/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When it comes to lone acting Oscar nominations, the category with the fewest examples is Best Supporting Actor. After two consecutive years of there being no new additions to that subgroup, Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”) became its 54th member in 2023 after having been largely ignored by other awards bodies over the preceding weeks. He directly followed Tom Hanks, who is the only other entrant from the last five years.
Within the last decade, this club has only grown by seven, with those who preceded Hanks and Henry being Robert Duvall, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, and Christopher Plummer. 2018 marked the fifth instance of two men accomplishing the feat at once, thus tying the category’s record for most bids of this kind in a single year. Contextually, the corresponding Best Supporting Actress record is three, while that of both lead categories is four.
As it happens, the Best Supporting...
Within the last decade, this club has only grown by seven, with those who preceded Hanks and Henry being Robert Duvall, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, and Christopher Plummer. 2018 marked the fifth instance of two men accomplishing the feat at once, thus tying the category’s record for most bids of this kind in a single year. Contextually, the corresponding Best Supporting Actress record is three, while that of both lead categories is four.
As it happens, the Best Supporting...
- 1/22/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Dolly Parton wanted to put as much dedication and passion in her film career as she did in making music. But the award-winning artist noticed that most of the roles she was playing hit too close to home.
Dolly Parton wanted more variety in her movie career Dolly Parton | Katherine Bomboy/Getty Images
Parton had always been interested in dabbling in movies. At the height of her career, she confided that she was offered many roles. But she rejected them due to a lack of experience.
“I had been asked a lot of times to be in the movies, and I didn’t think I was ready quite yet,” Parton said in an interview with Taste of Country. “I also thought, ‘Well, if the right thing came along, I might be willing to do it.’ Because I was still building my music career at the time.”
Parton felt she was...
Dolly Parton wanted more variety in her movie career Dolly Parton | Katherine Bomboy/Getty Images
Parton had always been interested in dabbling in movies. At the height of her career, she confided that she was offered many roles. But she rejected them due to a lack of experience.
“I had been asked a lot of times to be in the movies, and I didn’t think I was ready quite yet,” Parton said in an interview with Taste of Country. “I also thought, ‘Well, if the right thing came along, I might be willing to do it.’ Because I was still building my music career at the time.”
Parton felt she was...
- 1/16/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
April Ferry, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning costume designer known for her work on Big Trouble in Little China, Maverick, Rome and Game of Thrones, died Thursday, the Costume Designers Guild announced. She was 91.
Ferry, who graduated to costume designer on Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill (1983), collaborated with John Hughes on Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), She’s Having a Baby (1988) and Flubber (1997) and with Jonathan Mostow on U-571 (2000), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Surrogates (2009).
She received her Academy Award nom for Richard Donner’s reimagining of Maverick (1994) — she lost out to Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on Oscar night — and won her Emmy in 2006 for HBO’s Rome.
Her résumé also included Made in Heaven (1987), Child’s Play (1988), The Babe (1992), Donner’s Radio Flyer (1992), Unlawful Entry (1992), Free Willy (1993), Beethoven’s 2nd (1993), Little Giants (1994), Donnie Darko (2001), Elysium (2013), RoboCop (2014) and Jurassic World (2015).
In 2014, she...
Ferry, who graduated to costume designer on Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill (1983), collaborated with John Hughes on Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), She’s Having a Baby (1988) and Flubber (1997) and with Jonathan Mostow on U-571 (2000), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Surrogates (2009).
She received her Academy Award nom for Richard Donner’s reimagining of Maverick (1994) — she lost out to Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on Oscar night — and won her Emmy in 2006 for HBO’s Rome.
Her résumé also included Made in Heaven (1987), Child’s Play (1988), The Babe (1992), Donner’s Radio Flyer (1992), Unlawful Entry (1992), Free Willy (1993), Beethoven’s 2nd (1993), Little Giants (1994), Donnie Darko (2001), Elysium (2013), RoboCop (2014) and Jurassic World (2015).
In 2014, she...
- 1/12/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dolly Parton, sitcom star? It almost happened in the 1990s. Nearly 30 years ago, the iconic singer/actor was set to star in a comedy series for CBS. But even though Parton taped six episodes of her show, titled Heavens to Betsy, they never made it to air.
Dolly Parton was set to star in a CBS sitcom
Parton rose to fame as a country singer. But by the 1980s she was making waves as an actor thanks to roles in movies such as 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias. Given her comedic chops, it’s not surprising that Parton considered making a move to TV.
In 1993, Touchstone Television announced that Parton would star in a CBS sitcom called Dixie’s Fixins’, about the romantic misadventures and mishaps of a cable cooking show host, the Washington Post reported. That show was scuttled before production began,...
Dolly Parton was set to star in a CBS sitcom
Parton rose to fame as a country singer. But by the 1980s she was making waves as an actor thanks to roles in movies such as 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias. Given her comedic chops, it’s not surprising that Parton considered making a move to TV.
In 1993, Touchstone Television announced that Parton would star in a CBS sitcom called Dixie’s Fixins’, about the romantic misadventures and mishaps of a cable cooking show host, the Washington Post reported. That show was scuttled before production began,...
- 8/12/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton doesn’t consider herself an actor, but she’s starred in a number of films. After her winning performance in 9 to 5, Parton acted in films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these movies placed Parton in a romance alongside another actor. She revealed the person who stood out to her as a good kisser.
Dolly Parton worked on the movie ‘Straight Talk’ with actor James Woods
In 1992, Parton starred in Straight Talk, a film about a radio show host in Chicago. She starred alongside James Woods, who played an investigative journalist looking into her show. Parton said people warned her about him, but she liked him, even though she never spent time with him off the set.
“I love James Woods. People had warned me that he could be difficult to work with, but to me he was a thrill to be around, although I never saw him off the set,...
Dolly Parton worked on the movie ‘Straight Talk’ with actor James Woods
In 1992, Parton starred in Straight Talk, a film about a radio show host in Chicago. She starred alongside James Woods, who played an investigative journalist looking into her show. Parton said people warned her about him, but she liked him, even though she never spent time with him off the set.
“I love James Woods. People had warned me that he could be difficult to work with, but to me he was a thrill to be around, although I never saw him off the set,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Pamela Blair, who originated the role of Valerie Clarke in the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and appeared in several soap operas, has died. She was 73.
The actress died Sunday at her home in Mesa, Arizona, The Washington Post reported. Blair had a lengthy battle with complications related to Clippers disease, a nervous system disorder, her friend Scott Withers told the newspaper.
Born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Bennington, Vermont, Blair, who had a passion for the arts from a young age, moved to New York as a teenager to pursue a career in acting and dancing. She studied drama at the Hb Studio and attended the National Ballet Academy, where she met choreographer Michael Bennett, who would becoming a frequent collaborator.
She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Promises, Promises, where she worked alongside Bennett. A few years later, Blair was in the original company for 1972’s musical Sugar, adapted from...
The actress died Sunday at her home in Mesa, Arizona, The Washington Post reported. Blair had a lengthy battle with complications related to Clippers disease, a nervous system disorder, her friend Scott Withers told the newspaper.
Born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Bennington, Vermont, Blair, who had a passion for the arts from a young age, moved to New York as a teenager to pursue a career in acting and dancing. She studied drama at the Hb Studio and attended the National Ballet Academy, where she met choreographer Michael Bennett, who would becoming a frequent collaborator.
She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Promises, Promises, where she worked alongside Bennett. A few years later, Blair was in the original company for 1972’s musical Sugar, adapted from...
- 7/27/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pamela Blair, an actress and dancer best known for her roles in the original Broadway cast of “A Chorus Line” and in soap opera “All My Children,” has died. She was 73 years old.
Blair died Sunday in her home in Phoenix, per media reports. Her passing came after a “long battle” with an unnamed illness, her representative Dani Green said.
Blair, who made her major stage debut in 1968’s “Promises, Promises” and later starred in productions as varied as “Sugar and Seesaw,” “Of Mice and Men,” “King of Hearts,” “The Nerd” and “A Few Good Men” in addition to “A Chorus Line,” was celebrated online Monday and Tuesday by past costars and collaborators.
“A Chorus Line” costar Baayork Lee posted on Facebook Monday, calling Blair her “Sagittarian sister” nicknaming her “Walt Disney Pammie.”
“We always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day. What a colorful character she was,...
Blair died Sunday in her home in Phoenix, per media reports. Her passing came after a “long battle” with an unnamed illness, her representative Dani Green said.
Blair, who made her major stage debut in 1968’s “Promises, Promises” and later starred in productions as varied as “Sugar and Seesaw,” “Of Mice and Men,” “King of Hearts,” “The Nerd” and “A Few Good Men” in addition to “A Chorus Line,” was celebrated online Monday and Tuesday by past costars and collaborators.
“A Chorus Line” costar Baayork Lee posted on Facebook Monday, calling Blair her “Sagittarian sister” nicknaming her “Walt Disney Pammie.”
“We always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day. What a colorful character she was,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Carlin Glynn, who won a Tony Award in 1979 for originating the role of madam Mona Stangley in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” died July 13 at age 83. Her daughter, “Fried Green Tomatoes” actress Mary Stuart Masterson, announced the news on Instagram.
“On Thursday, July 13, my mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away. I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard,” Masterson wrote on Sunday. She told the New York Times on Thursday that her mother had been battling lung cancer and dementia.
She remembered her mother as “strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate and a deep listener” who was devoted to her late husband, Peter Materson and “the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Masterson shared a photo of Glynn from her 80th birthday party, “before the worst of dementia and cancer took their toll.
“On Thursday, July 13, my mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away. I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard,” Masterson wrote on Sunday. She told the New York Times on Thursday that her mother had been battling lung cancer and dementia.
She remembered her mother as “strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate and a deep listener” who was devoted to her late husband, Peter Materson and “the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Masterson shared a photo of Glynn from her 80th birthday party, “before the worst of dementia and cancer took their toll.
- 7/21/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Carlin Glynn, Tony-winning star of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and mother of Mary Stuart Masterson, died after a bout of dementia and cancer on July 13. She was 83.
Glynn’s daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, confirmed the news in an Instagram post.
“My mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away. I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard,” Masterson wrote. “Death is like birth in the oddest way. From my first breath to her last. This thread is as fragile as it is strong. She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet. Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate and a deep listener. She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Glynn was an accomplished actor and singer, earning a Tony award in 1979 for her Broadway...
Glynn’s daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, confirmed the news in an Instagram post.
“My mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away. I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard,” Masterson wrote. “Death is like birth in the oddest way. From my first breath to her last. This thread is as fragile as it is strong. She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet. Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate and a deep listener. She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Glynn was an accomplished actor and singer, earning a Tony award in 1979 for her Broadway...
- 7/20/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
In 1982, Dolly Parton starred in the musical film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. While the film was a success — Parton even picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her acting — she did not enjoy her on-set experience. Parton struggled behind the scenes and dealt with problems in her personal life. When reflecting on her work in the film, she felt she needed to apologize for any pain she’d caused anyone on set.
Dolly Parton felt she might have caused pain on the set of ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’
After thoroughly enjoying her experience acting in 9 to 5, Parton felt let down by The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. While things weren’t perfect on set, she noted that her personal life was the root of much of her dissatisfaction.
“Without meaning to, I added to the hurt feelings and confusion surrounding Best Little Whorehouse,” she wrote in...
Dolly Parton felt she might have caused pain on the set of ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’
After thoroughly enjoying her experience acting in 9 to 5, Parton felt let down by The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. While things weren’t perfect on set, she noted that her personal life was the root of much of her dissatisfaction.
“Without meaning to, I added to the hurt feelings and confusion surrounding Best Little Whorehouse,” she wrote in...
- 7/7/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Frameline, the arts nonprofit that hosts San Francisco’s International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, announced a new partnership with the Colin Higgins Foundation entitled the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative centered on providing young LGBTQ+ filmmakers with financial support to continue their work.
Eligible applicants must identify as LGBTQ+ filmmakers, be under the age of 25 and currently reside in the U.S. The recipients for this year have been chosen and are being announced today.
Three young American filmmakers, Daisy Friedman, Karina Dandashi and Emilio Subia, have been selected as the recipients of the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant, and will each receive $15,000 to support their future film projects, for a total of $45,000 awarded to these filmmakers. In addition, the winners’ short films will be showcased at the Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, taking place June 14-24, 2023. Each filmmaker will be in attendance for their screening.
Eligible applicants must identify as LGBTQ+ filmmakers, be under the age of 25 and currently reside in the U.S. The recipients for this year have been chosen and are being announced today.
Three young American filmmakers, Daisy Friedman, Karina Dandashi and Emilio Subia, have been selected as the recipients of the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant, and will each receive $15,000 to support their future film projects, for a total of $45,000 awarded to these filmmakers. In addition, the winners’ short films will be showcased at the Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, taking place June 14-24, 2023. Each filmmaker will be in attendance for their screening.
- 5/12/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Twenty years ago, musician-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie combined two types of horror films that he loved — Universal monster movies and the down-and-dirty ’70s provocations of Tobe Hooper and Wes Craven — to create “House of 1000 Corpses,” a film disowned by its original studio that went on to become a cult classic. The tale of two young couples who stumble across a demented backwoods family that engages in torture, cannibalism, and satanic rituals, it’s darkly hilarious and genuinely horrifying, packed with the kind of outrageous nightmare-inducing imagery that would characterize later Zombie works like “The Devil’s Rejects,” “The Lords of Salem,” and “3 From Hell.”
For fans of the film, the jarring juxtaposition of tones is a strength, but according to Zombie, it was less a grand plan than a byproduct of his inexperience as a director. “For a lot of years I was dissatisfied with it because you go in...
For fans of the film, the jarring juxtaposition of tones is a strength, but according to Zombie, it was less a grand plan than a byproduct of his inexperience as a director. “For a lot of years I was dissatisfied with it because you go in...
- 4/11/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
By just about any metric, Dolly Parton is a living legend. The singer-songwriter has been killing it in country music ever since she made her 1967 debut album. And she’s continued to make a cultural impact ever since. However, one of the things Parton’s fans love most about her is her openness and honesty. For instance, she recently revealed a secret about her custom wigs.
Dolly Parton is known for being a fashion icon
In addition to her music career, Parton has spread her wings into a variety of other fields. She has appeared in several hit movies, including 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias. She has become a successful businesswoman too, mostly through The Dollywood Company, though she also produces projects such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Parton has also become known as a fashion icon. Her large wigs and skin-tight clothing...
Dolly Parton is known for being a fashion icon
In addition to her music career, Parton has spread her wings into a variety of other fields. She has appeared in several hit movies, including 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias. She has become a successful businesswoman too, mostly through The Dollywood Company, though she also produces projects such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Parton has also become known as a fashion icon. Her large wigs and skin-tight clothing...
- 3/25/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton co-starred with Burt Reynolds in the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and she once had some choice words to say about the actor. Here’s why Parton called Reynolds an “old, dreadful, unsexy thing,” and what else she had to say about her former castmate.
Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds | NBC/NBCUniversal; Bob Riha Jr/Archive Photos Dolly Parton starred in ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ movie with Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton co-starred in the 1982 film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, an adaption of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name.
The Colin Higgins-directed movie and its stars received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. It was the top-grossing live-action musical film of 1982 and the fourth highest-grossing of the decade.
Parton played a madam who had an affair with Reynolds’ sheriff. Their on-screen chemistry was so strong fans were convinced...
Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds | NBC/NBCUniversal; Bob Riha Jr/Archive Photos Dolly Parton starred in ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ movie with Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton co-starred in the 1982 film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, an adaption of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name.
The Colin Higgins-directed movie and its stars received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. It was the top-grossing live-action musical film of 1982 and the fourth highest-grossing of the decade.
Parton played a madam who had an affair with Reynolds’ sheriff. Their on-screen chemistry was so strong fans were convinced...
- 3/19/2023
- by Grace Turney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton is one of America’s favorite singer-songwriters. For decades, she has made waves with her sassy sense of humor, her heartfelt ballads, and her many charitable ventures. Parton is active on social media, where she frequently records and shares video messages of inspiration and encouragement for her fans.
Dolly Parton | Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Recently, in anticipation of the release of the brand-new music biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Parton took to Instagram to share what happened when she first heard Houston’s version of her hit song “I Will Always Love You.”
What did Dolly Parton say about almost wrecking her car when she heard ‘I Will Always Love You’?
Top notch performance. #NaomiAckie is Whitney Elizabeth Houston in #IWannaDanceWithSomebody
.#IWannaDanceMovie is #NowShowing in our Cinemas Nationwide
.#FilmhouseCinemas pic.twitter.com/UBfMJk5DdK
— Filmhouse Cinemas Ng (@FilmhouseCinema) January 8, 2023
While Parton originally wrote “I Will...
Dolly Parton | Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Recently, in anticipation of the release of the brand-new music biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Parton took to Instagram to share what happened when she first heard Houston’s version of her hit song “I Will Always Love You.”
What did Dolly Parton say about almost wrecking her car when she heard ‘I Will Always Love You’?
Top notch performance. #NaomiAckie is Whitney Elizabeth Houston in #IWannaDanceWithSomebody
.#IWannaDanceMovie is #NowShowing in our Cinemas Nationwide
.#FilmhouseCinemas pic.twitter.com/UBfMJk5DdK
— Filmhouse Cinemas Ng (@FilmhouseCinema) January 8, 2023
While Parton originally wrote “I Will...
- 1/25/2023
- by Christina Nunn
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Despite any longevity and adaptability they may have, every artist is inevitably forever associated with a particular time. In terms of movie directors, there exists an association between, for instance, Jean-Luc Godard and the 1960s, or Steven Spielberg and the 1980s, and so on.
In that way, Quentin Tarantino is inexorably tied to the 1990s, with his films "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" impacting pop culture on a seismic level. As these things usually happen, this was entirely by chance and not design; one of the joys of Tarantino's work as a filmmaker is that his numerous references to other films, TV shows and music are purely based around his own likes rather than some attempt to be hip and up-to-the-minute.
That wasn't always the case, however. One of the two screenplays the struggling young writer first wrote was "True Romance," a script that featured as many character quirks...
In that way, Quentin Tarantino is inexorably tied to the 1990s, with his films "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" impacting pop culture on a seismic level. As these things usually happen, this was entirely by chance and not design; one of the joys of Tarantino's work as a filmmaker is that his numerous references to other films, TV shows and music are purely based around his own likes rather than some attempt to be hip and up-to-the-minute.
That wasn't always the case, however. One of the two screenplays the struggling young writer first wrote was "True Romance," a script that featured as many character quirks...
- 12/28/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Dolly Parton will return to the big screen in an upcoming feature film adaption of “Run, Rose, Run.” The movie is based on a novel that Parton co-wrote with James Patterson. The pair will produce the feature film for Hello Sunshine. Its founder Reese Witherspoon will also produce the movie along with Hello Sunshine’s President of Film and Television Lauren Neustadter.
“Run, Rose, Run” was published this month and topped The New York Times bestseller list. Parton also released a chart-topping companion album of the same name through her label, Butterfly Records.
“Run, Rose, Run” follows a young woman who comes to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a country music star. However, her songs hinge on a secret she has wants desperately to hide. It’s one that if revealed could threaten her future.
“Growing up in Nashville, I’ve loved Dolly since the moment I heard...
“Run, Rose, Run” was published this month and topped The New York Times bestseller list. Parton also released a chart-topping companion album of the same name through her label, Butterfly Records.
“Run, Rose, Run” follows a young woman who comes to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a country music star. However, her songs hinge on a secret she has wants desperately to hide. It’s one that if revealed could threaten her future.
“Growing up in Nashville, I’ve loved Dolly since the moment I heard...
- 3/21/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Even before they revved themselves up into synth-boosted MTV hitmakers in the Eighties, Zz Top were never an ordinary blues-rock band. After Cream and Jimi Hendrix warped electric blues into psychedelia, Zz Top pulled it back to the dusty ground of Texas, but they weren’t as straight-ahead as they seemed: The rhythm section of drummer Frank Beard and late bassist (and sometime vocalist) Dusty Hill could groove so uncannily hard that a song like “Jesus Just Left Chicago” could feel otherworldly — and then the interdimensional squall of Billy Gibbons’ lead guitar would arrive.
- 7/28/2021
- by David Browne, Kory Grow, Brian Hiatt, Joseph Hudak, Angie Martoccio and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Since 1972, Ben Johnson has held the record for shortest Oscar-winning performance in the Best Supporting Actor category. His screen time in “The Last Picture Show” falls just under 10 minutes, and his is the only performance to win the award without hitting that mark. Yet, there are 16 other supporting males who have been nominated for even shorter roles, and Johnson has placed outside of the list of 10 shortest nominees since 1986. Here is a look at the current roster, which has been in place for just two years (and here are the 10 shortest winners):
10. Sam Elliott (“A Star Is Born”)
8 minutes, 45 seconds (6.45% of the film)
When Mahershala Ali won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2019, his one-hour, six-minute, and 38-second performance in “Green Book” became the longest to ever win in the category. Some of his competitors also made history, with the year marking the first time that two actors with...
10. Sam Elliott (“A Star Is Born”)
8 minutes, 45 seconds (6.45% of the film)
When Mahershala Ali won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2019, his one-hour, six-minute, and 38-second performance in “Green Book” became the longest to ever win in the category. Some of his competitors also made history, with the year marking the first time that two actors with...
- 1/29/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Dolly Parton is a true American icon. For her 75th birthday, Be Reel revisits the country superstar and Egot nominee’s three most significant film roles in “9 to 5” (1980), “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1982), and “Steel Magnolias” (1989).
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In each, Parton embodies a heightened yet traditional definition of America: she’s outspoken, loyal, gun-toting, capitalist to the core, but with an underdog spirit and a sense of freewheeling entrepreneurship.
Continue reading The Essential Dolly Parton Films [Be Reel Podcast] at The Playlist.
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In each, Parton embodies a heightened yet traditional definition of America: she’s outspoken, loyal, gun-toting, capitalist to the core, but with an underdog spirit and a sense of freewheeling entrepreneurship.
Continue reading The Essential Dolly Parton Films [Be Reel Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 1/19/2021
- by Chance Solem-Pfeifer
- The Playlist
Paul Phillips, whose long career as a Broadway stage manager included work on such notable productions as Sweet Charity, Mame, Chicago and, in 1967, the now historic Judy Garland at Home at the Palace, died Dec. 5 of natural causes in Naples, Florida. He was 95.
His death was announced by publicist Harlan Boll.
Born in Pleasantville New York, Phillips enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and was deployed to fight in the South Pacific during WWII. After the war he moved to Hollywood for an acting career, but soon returned to New York, where he would shift from acting to Broadway stage management, beginning in 1959 with director George Abbott’s Fiorella.
Abbott brought Phillips over to stage manage his next play, 1961’s Take Her, She’s Mine starring Art Carney.
Phillips’ next show was producer David Merrick’s short-lived production of The Rehearsal, and a 1965 City Center Revival of Guys and Dolls.
His death was announced by publicist Harlan Boll.
Born in Pleasantville New York, Phillips enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and was deployed to fight in the South Pacific during WWII. After the war he moved to Hollywood for an acting career, but soon returned to New York, where he would shift from acting to Broadway stage management, beginning in 1959 with director George Abbott’s Fiorella.
Abbott brought Phillips over to stage manage his next play, 1961’s Take Her, She’s Mine starring Art Carney.
Phillips’ next show was producer David Merrick’s short-lived production of The Rehearsal, and a 1965 City Center Revival of Guys and Dolls.
- 12/8/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Two Normal Rockwell paintings owned by legendary television producer Robert Boyett are going up for auction in December.
The two paintings are part of Boyett’s collection with Thomas Miller, his late partner in business and in life who passed away in April. Boyett and Miller were instrumental in the creation of “Happy Days,” “Mork & Mindy,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “Bosom Buddies,” “Family Matters” and “Full House.” On the film side, they produced “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” following by Broadway’s “War Horse” and the musical adaptation of “Tootsie.”
Rockwell’s “An Audience of One,” created as an illustration for the December 1938 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, is estimated to be worth $2.5-3.5 million, according to Phillips, the auction house handling the sale of both works.
“The Peephole,” originally commissioned for a 1958 issue of “The Saturday Evening Post,” is estimated at $1-1.5 million.
“Tom and I spent many...
The two paintings are part of Boyett’s collection with Thomas Miller, his late partner in business and in life who passed away in April. Boyett and Miller were instrumental in the creation of “Happy Days,” “Mork & Mindy,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “Bosom Buddies,” “Family Matters” and “Full House.” On the film side, they produced “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” following by Broadway’s “War Horse” and the musical adaptation of “Tootsie.”
Rockwell’s “An Audience of One,” created as an illustration for the December 1938 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, is estimated to be worth $2.5-3.5 million, according to Phillips, the auction house handling the sale of both works.
“The Peephole,” originally commissioned for a 1958 issue of “The Saturday Evening Post,” is estimated at $1-1.5 million.
“Tom and I spent many...
- 11/9/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Leanza Cornett, the American TV personality and former Miss America winner, has died at the age of 49 after suffering a head injury earlier this month.
The Miss America Organization and her former husband Mark Steines both confirmed the death in separate social media posts. Reports said she suffered the head injury on October 12 and had been in hospital in Jacksonville since.
Cornett won the Miss America pageant in 1993 after winning the Florida title the year before. She was the first beauty queen in the role to adopt AIDS awareness and prevention as her platform for her year of service.
Her varied acting roles included hosting television shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?, while she appeared in episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Weeds. She also served as a reporter for Animal Planet’s coverage of the Eukanuba Akc National Dog Show programs and...
The Miss America Organization and her former husband Mark Steines both confirmed the death in separate social media posts. Reports said she suffered the head injury on October 12 and had been in hospital in Jacksonville since.
Cornett won the Miss America pageant in 1993 after winning the Florida title the year before. She was the first beauty queen in the role to adopt AIDS awareness and prevention as her platform for her year of service.
Her varied acting roles included hosting television shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?, while she appeared in episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Weeds. She also served as a reporter for Animal Planet’s coverage of the Eukanuba Akc National Dog Show programs and...
- 10/29/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Thomas L. Miller, who produced several hit TV comedies over seven decades in the business, died April 5 of complications from heart disease in Salisbury, Ct. He was 79.
Through the years, Miller produced Full House, Bosom Buddies, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers and Step by Step as co-founder of Miller/Boyett Productions, Miller/Boyett/Warren Productions and Miller-Milkis Productions.
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“Thomas Miller was born to entertain, infused with irrepressible passion and love for bringing joy to others through his life’s work,” Warner Bros Television Group said in a statement. “And what a skill set he possessed. He was at once a thoughtful and tasteful executive,...
Through the years, Miller produced Full House, Bosom Buddies, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers and Step by Step as co-founder of Miller/Boyett Productions, Miller/Boyett/Warren Productions and Miller-Milkis Productions.
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“Thomas Miller was born to entertain, infused with irrepressible passion and love for bringing joy to others through his life’s work,” Warner Bros Television Group said in a statement. “And what a skill set he possessed. He was at once a thoughtful and tasteful executive,...
- 4/8/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Country stars Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert are among the recipients for the Academy of Country Music’s 13th Annual Acm Honors, which will be presented Wednesday, August 21st, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
Recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards, these honors include previously announced Songwriter of the Year Award winner Shane McAnally (earning the award for a second time), as well as several recently announced Industry and Studio Recording Awards winners.
Multi-award-winning duo Brooks & Dunn...
Recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards, these honors include previously announced Songwriter of the Year Award winner Shane McAnally (earning the award for a second time), as well as several recently announced Industry and Studio Recording Awards winners.
Multi-award-winning duo Brooks & Dunn...
- 5/28/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome to Jennyville. Population: …It’s complicated. On a spring morning in Nashville, though, it’s four: the town’s titular Jenny Tolman, producer Dave Brainard, Tolman’s publicist and me. We’re seated in Brainard and Tolman’s home studio, discussing the origins of Tolman’s forthcoming album There Goes the Neighborhood, and its fascinating, funny and fictional setting.
A loose concept album, the entire record takes place within “Jennyville,” a Willy Wonka-like burg full of eccentric characters that Tolman created as a way to “take a microscope to the really small town.
A loose concept album, the entire record takes place within “Jennyville,” a Willy Wonka-like burg full of eccentric characters that Tolman created as a way to “take a microscope to the really small town.
- 5/23/2019
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
Peter Masterson, whose long career spanned writing, acting and directing on Broadway and in film and television, has died. He passed Wednesday at his home in Kinderhook, N.Y. after a fall, according to his family. He was 84 and suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
Masterson appeared in such films as The Exorcist and The Stepford Wives, but the Houston native is best known for turning a regional story about a chicken ranch bordello in La Grange into the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a hit Broadway show that later became a feature film.
Born Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. in 1934 in Houston, Masterson studied history at Rice University and moved to New York City in the 1950s to study acting.
He landed several small roles in film and TV before making his big breakthough in 1967’s In the Heat of the Night. He went on to have a prominent...
Masterson appeared in such films as The Exorcist and The Stepford Wives, but the Houston native is best known for turning a regional story about a chicken ranch bordello in La Grange into the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a hit Broadway show that later became a feature film.
Born Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. in 1934 in Houston, Masterson studied history at Rice University and moved to New York City in the 1950s to study acting.
He landed several small roles in film and TV before making his big breakthough in 1967’s In the Heat of the Night. He went on to have a prominent...
- 12/22/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Masterson, director of the movie “A Trip to Bountiful” and co-writer of the musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” died Tuesday at his home in Kinderhook, N.Y. He was 84.
Masterson’s son, also named Peter, told the Associated Press that his father died from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Masterson, a native of Houston, had a wide-ranging career as an actor, director, and writer. He and Larry L. King wrote the book for “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” which opened on Broadway in 1978. His wife, Carlin Glynn, starred as Mona Stangley in the play and won a Tony Award. Masterson also directed that production with Tommy Tune and was nominated for two Tonys and a Drama Desk Award.
Survivors include his wife and his daughter, actress Mary Stuart Masterson. The Mastersons starred in the 1975 movie “The Stepford Wives” as the Walter Eberhart character and his 8-year-old daughter,...
Masterson’s son, also named Peter, told the Associated Press that his father died from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Masterson, a native of Houston, had a wide-ranging career as an actor, director, and writer. He and Larry L. King wrote the book for “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” which opened on Broadway in 1978. His wife, Carlin Glynn, starred as Mona Stangley in the play and won a Tony Award. Masterson also directed that production with Tommy Tune and was nominated for two Tonys and a Drama Desk Award.
Survivors include his wife and his daughter, actress Mary Stuart Masterson. The Mastersons starred in the 1975 movie “The Stepford Wives” as the Walter Eberhart character and his 8-year-old daughter,...
- 12/20/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Masterson, an actor, director, producer and writer best known for co-writing the Tony-winning play “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” has died. He was 84.
Masterson, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease for 14 years, collapsed at his home in Kinderhook, New York, on Tuesday just before 6 p.m. and could not be revived, his daughter Mary Stuart Masterson told TheWrap.
“The best of me comes from the best of him,” Stuart Masterson told TheWrap. “He was an historian, a thinker, a tough son-of-a-gun (he never complained once about his plight with Parkinson’s), and kinder and funnier with a handful of words than it seemed possible. He was a world class sailor and raced in regatta around the world into his 70s.”
Also Read: Carol Hall, 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Composer, Dies at 82
Masterson acted with his daughter in “The Stepford Wives” in 1975, appearing as father and daughter on screen.
Masterson, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease for 14 years, collapsed at his home in Kinderhook, New York, on Tuesday just before 6 p.m. and could not be revived, his daughter Mary Stuart Masterson told TheWrap.
“The best of me comes from the best of him,” Stuart Masterson told TheWrap. “He was an historian, a thinker, a tough son-of-a-gun (he never complained once about his plight with Parkinson’s), and kinder and funnier with a handful of words than it seemed possible. He was a world class sailor and raced in regatta around the world into his 70s.”
Also Read: Carol Hall, 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Composer, Dies at 82
Masterson acted with his daughter in “The Stepford Wives” in 1975, appearing as father and daughter on screen.
- 12/20/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Reba McEntire played the dual roles of host and performer at the 2018 Cma Country Christmas special, an all-star event that airs on ABC Monday night. In a new video from the two-hour show, McEntire sings a version of “Hard Candy Christmas” that adds a touch of melancholy to the otherwise festive occasion.
The show was originally taped back in September and features performances by Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and many others. Accompanied solely by pianst Catherine Marx, McEntire sings the song...
The show was originally taped back in September and features performances by Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and many others. Accompanied solely by pianst Catherine Marx, McEntire sings the song...
- 12/10/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Carol Hall, the composer and lyricist for Broadway’s long-running The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and one of the musical forces behind Marlo Thomas’ classic 1974 TV special and album Free to Be …You and Me, died Thursday at her home in New York City. She was 82 and had been living with a rare form of dementia for three years.
Her death was announced by publicist Jessica Johnson. Hall had been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia.
Hall also was a longtime contributor to Sesame Street and had written and performed her own songs since the 1970s. Among her memorable Sesame Street songs were the Grammy-winning “True Blue Miracle,” “The Plant in The Window,” “Women Can Be,” and “Big Bird’s Beautiful Birthday Bash.”
For Free to Be …You and Me — the groundbreaking album and subsequent ABC special that challenged stereotypes and promoted gender equality that won Peabody and Emmy...
Her death was announced by publicist Jessica Johnson. Hall had been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia.
Hall also was a longtime contributor to Sesame Street and had written and performed her own songs since the 1970s. Among her memorable Sesame Street songs were the Grammy-winning “True Blue Miracle,” “The Plant in The Window,” “Women Can Be,” and “Big Bird’s Beautiful Birthday Bash.”
For Free to Be …You and Me — the groundbreaking album and subsequent ABC special that challenged stereotypes and promoted gender equality that won Peabody and Emmy...
- 10/12/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Carol Hall, the Texas-born songwriter who earned Drama Desk Awards for the music and lyrics of the 1978 hit Broadway musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” died Thursday at age 82.
According to TheaterMania, she had been suffering from a rare form of dementia for the last few years.
Hall also gained fame for her work with Marlo Thomas, composing multiple songs for Thomas’ Emmy- and Peabody-winning 1974 ABC special “Free to Be…You and Me” and its follow-ups.
Her songs included such favorites as “It’s All Right to Cry” and “Glad to Have a Friend Like You.”
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2018 (Photos)
“Carol is gone but her music and words will live in our hearts forever,” Thomas wrote in tribute on her Twitter account.
After running for four years and 1,584 performances on Broadway, “Best Little Whorehouse” became a 1982 film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton — whose recording of...
According to TheaterMania, she had been suffering from a rare form of dementia for the last few years.
Hall also gained fame for her work with Marlo Thomas, composing multiple songs for Thomas’ Emmy- and Peabody-winning 1974 ABC special “Free to Be…You and Me” and its follow-ups.
Her songs included such favorites as “It’s All Right to Cry” and “Glad to Have a Friend Like You.”
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2018 (Photos)
“Carol is gone but her music and words will live in our hearts forever,” Thomas wrote in tribute on her Twitter account.
After running for four years and 1,584 performances on Broadway, “Best Little Whorehouse” became a 1982 film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton — whose recording of...
- 10/12/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Carol Hall, the singer, songwriter and recording artist best known for writing the music and lyrics for the long-running Broadway hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, has died. She was 82.
Hall died Thursday at her home in New York City surrounded by her husband and children, publicist Jessica Johnson announced. She had been wrestling with logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare form of dementia, for three years.
Hall was a major contributor to Marlo Thomas' Peabody and Emmy-winning 1974 ABC special and gold album Free to Be … You and Me, which saluted individuality and tolerance. She wrote the popular ...
Hall died Thursday at her home in New York City surrounded by her husband and children, publicist Jessica Johnson announced. She had been wrestling with logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare form of dementia, for three years.
Hall was a major contributor to Marlo Thomas' Peabody and Emmy-winning 1974 ABC special and gold album Free to Be … You and Me, which saluted individuality and tolerance. She wrote the popular ...
- 10/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carol Hall, the singer, songwriter and recording artist best known for writing the music and lyrics for the long-running Broadway hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, has died. She was 82.
Hall died Thursday at her home in New York City surrounded by her husband and children, publicist Jessica Johnson announced. She had been wrestling with logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare form of dementia, for three years.
Hall was a major contributor to Marlo Thomas' Peabody and Emmy-winning 1974 ABC special and gold album Free to Be … You and Me, which saluted individuality and tolerance. She wrote the popular ...
Hall died Thursday at her home in New York City surrounded by her husband and children, publicist Jessica Johnson announced. She had been wrestling with logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare form of dementia, for three years.
Hall was a major contributor to Marlo Thomas' Peabody and Emmy-winning 1974 ABC special and gold album Free to Be … You and Me, which saluted individuality and tolerance. She wrote the popular ...
- 10/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Horton Foote strikes again, with a warm and thoughtful tale of life as it was lived in East Texas in 1950. Geraldine Page won an Oscar for her unguarded portrait of Carrie Watts, a woman who has outlived her peers and been uprooted from an ideal hometown of her youth. Her trip to recover her life becomes a bittersweet acknowledgment that some things just need to be accepted with as much grace as can be mustered.
The Trip to Bountiful
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date September 25, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay.
Cinematography: Fred Murphy
Film Editor: Jay Freund
Original Music: Norman Kasow, J.A.C. Redford
Written by Horton Foote from his play
Produced by Dennis Bishop, Horton Foote, Sam Grogg, Sterling Van Wagenen, George Yaneff
Directed by Peter Masterson
They say ‘you can’t go home...
The Trip to Bountiful
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date September 25, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay.
Cinematography: Fred Murphy
Film Editor: Jay Freund
Original Music: Norman Kasow, J.A.C. Redford
Written by Horton Foote from his play
Produced by Dennis Bishop, Horton Foote, Sam Grogg, Sterling Van Wagenen, George Yaneff
Directed by Peter Masterson
They say ‘you can’t go home...
- 9/22/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This past week Burt Reynolds, perhaps the most self-deprecating movie star to ever cruise to box-office domination, died during a hospital stay in Jupiter, Florida, at the age of 82. “I’m pretty passionate about my work,” he once said, “even though I sometimes have this realization on the second day of shooting that I’m doing a piece of shit. So, I can do one of two things: I can just take the money, or I can try to be passionate. But the name of the boat is still the Titanic.” Yes, on top of being effortlessly likable and undeniably sexy, Reynolds was naturally funny too. And yes, there are a lot of confirmed pieces of shit floating around out there in which he received top billing. But even if the bad ones in his oeuvre outnumber the good ones (and I would argue that this is indeed the case...
- 9/9/2018
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
My wife and I were watching “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” one night in April, 1985 when Burt Reynolds came on as one of Johnny’s guests. I was interested in the banter between them for a couple of reasons.
I liked Reynolds a lot. Though he had of late been starring in cornball chase movies like “Stroker Ace,” “Cannonball Run” and the “Smokey and the Bandit” films, I would be forever grateful for his dramatic performance in the 1972 “Deliverance.” What a movie! He’d also shown his range in Alan J. Pakula’s light romantic comedy “Starting Over.” Plus, he was just a lot of fun.
More urgently, I was interested because he was on the show to promote a new movie adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel “Stick.” He was both the movie’s star and its director and, a few months earlier, I’d been on the...
I liked Reynolds a lot. Though he had of late been starring in cornball chase movies like “Stroker Ace,” “Cannonball Run” and the “Smokey and the Bandit” films, I would be forever grateful for his dramatic performance in the 1972 “Deliverance.” What a movie! He’d also shown his range in Alan J. Pakula’s light romantic comedy “Starting Over.” Plus, he was just a lot of fun.
More urgently, I was interested because he was on the show to promote a new movie adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel “Stick.” He was both the movie’s star and its director and, a few months earlier, I’d been on the...
- 9/8/2018
- by Jack Mathews
- The Wrap
In his heyday in movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Reynolds became a hugely popular star who embodied the twinkly-eyed man’s man with a touch of the rebel
At his peak, Burt Reynolds had the kind of face, the kind of body, the kind of masculinity and appeared in the kind of movie that hasn’t been fashionable in Hollywood for decades. From 1978 to 1982, Burt Reynolds in all his easygoing ruggedness was the undisputed king: the industry’s top grossing star every year in that time for increasingly unfashionable but lucrative pictures. It was a short but legendary reign, after which his awful career moves, calamitous personal investments and matrimonial woes put his star into the descendant. But, like Travolta, he enjoyed a hip and postmodern comeback in the 1990s as the porn movie mogul in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997), a role with a streak of darkness...
At his peak, Burt Reynolds had the kind of face, the kind of body, the kind of masculinity and appeared in the kind of movie that hasn’t been fashionable in Hollywood for decades. From 1978 to 1982, Burt Reynolds in all his easygoing ruggedness was the undisputed king: the industry’s top grossing star every year in that time for increasingly unfashionable but lucrative pictures. It was a short but legendary reign, after which his awful career moves, calamitous personal investments and matrimonial woes put his star into the descendant. But, like Travolta, he enjoyed a hip and postmodern comeback in the 1990s as the porn movie mogul in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997), a role with a streak of darkness...
- 9/7/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Even Burt Reynolds in his black Trans Am, all gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch. No movie star has ever not given a fuck more deeply, more passionately, than the late, great Burt Reynolds. He could give off that Idgaf shrug with every muscle in his body, including the ones in his mustache. He was the Homer of American bad-ass stoicism, with Smokey and the Bandit as his Iliad and Sharky’s Machine as his Odyssey. Both of his eyebrows were finely tuned Stradivarius violins, calibrated to the point...
- 9/7/2018
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Burt Reynolds was a guy’s guy, a ladies’ man, the ruggedly handsome alpha male of the entertainment world, who always seemed to be having a good time – whether cracking jokes on TV talk shows with pals like Dom DeLuise or saucily posing nude as a centerfold in “Cosmopolitan” magazine — except maybe when he broke his leg during that ill-fated canoe outing in 1972’s “Deliverance,” his breakout film role. According to his reps on Thursday, the actor is dead at age 82 in his adopted home of Jupiter, Florida.
With a thicket of hair, a dapper mustache and a twinkle in his eye, he often came across as a good ol’ Southern boy in such films as “Smokey and the Bandit,” “W,W. and the Dixie Dancekings” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” while claiming to be from Georgia. But he was born in Lansing, Michigan, although he would eventually end up in Riviera Beach,...
With a thicket of hair, a dapper mustache and a twinkle in his eye, he often came across as a good ol’ Southern boy in such films as “Smokey and the Bandit,” “W,W. and the Dixie Dancekings” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” while claiming to be from Georgia. But he was born in Lansing, Michigan, although he would eventually end up in Riviera Beach,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Dolly Parton remembered her former co-star Burt Reynolds following the beloved movie star’s death on Thursday, posting a photo on Instagram along with her comments.
“Oh how sad I am today along with Burt‘s millions of fans around the world as we mourn one of our favorite leading men,” she wrote. “I know we will always remember his funny laugh, that mischievous sparkle in his eyes, and his quirky sense of humor. You will always be my favorite sheriff, rest in peace my little buddy and I will always love you,...
“Oh how sad I am today along with Burt‘s millions of fans around the world as we mourn one of our favorite leading men,” she wrote. “I know we will always remember his funny laugh, that mischievous sparkle in his eyes, and his quirky sense of humor. You will always be my favorite sheriff, rest in peace my little buddy and I will always love you,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
After launching her movie career in 1980 with 9 to 5 — starring alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin — Dolly Parton returned to the screen in 1982 for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The campy movie featured Burt Reynolds, Hollywood’s most bankable star at the time, who had already starred in Deliverance (1972),The Longest Yard (1974) and, of course, Smokey and the Bandit (1977).
Whorehouse was an adaptation of a 1978 Broadway musical, but Parton — who played Mona Stangley, a madam who runs a brothel called the Chicken Ranch in a small Texas town — insisted on...
Whorehouse was an adaptation of a 1978 Broadway musical, but Parton — who played Mona Stangley, a madam who runs a brothel called the Chicken Ranch in a small Texas town — insisted on...
- 9/6/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
With his passing, one of filmdom's greatest icons is gone, but what an incredible Hollywood success story! The career of Burt Reynolds spanned an incredible 60 years, beginning with guest-starring roles on TV series and a couple of shows of his own. But with an eye always locked towards the big screen, he made that leap and over the course of a decade became one of the most popular movie stars in the world. In the latter part of his life, as leading man roles eluded him, he transitioned over to becoming more of a character actor — and it's an amazing legacy he's left us. Burt is Smokey and the Bandit. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Today's moviegoers may not realize it, but Burt — born Burton Leon Reynolds on Feb. 11, 1936, in Lansing, Mi — starred in some truly amazing movies that really connected with audiences. Among them are the still-disturbing Deliverance, the ultimate...
- 9/6/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Film and television fans alike took to social media to remember Burt Reynolds, who died Thursday in Jupiter, Fla. The “Deliverance” and “Smoky the Bandit” star was 82.
Former governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the first to tweet his remembrance of the star. “Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was a trailblazer. He showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me. He also had a great sense of humor – check out his Tonight Show clips. My thoughts are with his family,” he said.
Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was a trailblazer. He showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me. He also had a great sense of humor – check out his Tonight Show clips. My thoughts are with his family.
Former governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the first to tweet his remembrance of the star. “Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was a trailblazer. He showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me. He also had a great sense of humor – check out his Tonight Show clips. My thoughts are with his family,” he said.
Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was a trailblazer. He showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me. He also had a great sense of humor – check out his Tonight Show clips. My thoughts are with his family.
- 9/6/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Burt Reynolds, the charismatic, mustachioed movie star known for films like Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit and Boogie Nights, died Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 82.
Reynolds died of cardiac arrest. His niece, Nancy Lee Hess, said that the actor “has had health issues, however, this was totally unexpected.”
She continued, “My uncle was not just a movie icon; he was a generous, passionate and sensitive man who was dedicated to his family, friends, fans and acting students… Anyone who breaks their tailbone on a river and finishes the movie is tough.
Reynolds died of cardiac arrest. His niece, Nancy Lee Hess, said that the actor “has had health issues, however, this was totally unexpected.”
She continued, “My uncle was not just a movie icon; he was a generous, passionate and sensitive man who was dedicated to his family, friends, fans and acting students… Anyone who breaks their tailbone on a river and finishes the movie is tough.
- 9/6/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Burt Reynolds, who has starred in films like “The Longest Yard,” “Boogie Nights” and “Deliverance,” died of cardiac arrest on Thursday. He was 82.
Reynolds received an Oscar nomination for his role in 1997’s “Boogie Nights,” and also had major roles in movies like 1982’s “Best Friends,” 1977’s “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Man Who Loved Women” (1983).
He was filming Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” before his death.
Also Read: Burt Reynolds ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Death of “Great Friend’ Jim Nabors
Reynolds was born in 1936 in Lansing, Michigan. Although initially a football player, but quickly became interested in a career in theater. He was cast in “Tea and Sympathy” at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and debuted on Broadway with “Look, We’ve Come Through.”
He also gained prominence by starring in the TV series “Gunsmoke” and made his film debut with 1961’s “Angel Baby.
Reynolds received an Oscar nomination for his role in 1997’s “Boogie Nights,” and also had major roles in movies like 1982’s “Best Friends,” 1977’s “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Man Who Loved Women” (1983).
He was filming Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” before his death.
Also Read: Burt Reynolds ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Death of “Great Friend’ Jim Nabors
Reynolds was born in 1936 in Lansing, Michigan. Although initially a football player, but quickly became interested in a career in theater. He was cast in “Tea and Sympathy” at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and debuted on Broadway with “Look, We’ve Come Through.”
He also gained prominence by starring in the TV series “Gunsmoke” and made his film debut with 1961’s “Angel Baby.
- 9/6/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven and Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Who said the musical is dead? The last 40 years has produced box office hits out of film adaptations of Broadway smashes, original movie musicals and a few, beloved, all-time classics. Hoping to join these ranks is “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” opening this weekend. Here are the Top 20, highest grossing musicals of the last 40 years. (All box office figures courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo)
17. “The Blues Brothers” (1980) - $57.2 million
The production of “The Blues Brothers” was a costly fiasco that spiraled into one of the most expensive comedies of all time. And though it still wound up the 10th highest grossing film of 1980, it wound up behind another far cheaper comedy that came as a surprise just a week later, “Airplane!”
18. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980) – $67.1 million
Sissy Spacek played the legendary country singer Loretta Lynn in Michael Apted’s biopic that went on to be one of the Top 10 box office...
17. “The Blues Brothers” (1980) - $57.2 million
The production of “The Blues Brothers” was a costly fiasco that spiraled into one of the most expensive comedies of all time. And though it still wound up the 10th highest grossing film of 1980, it wound up behind another far cheaper comedy that came as a surprise just a week later, “Airplane!”
18. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980) – $67.1 million
Sissy Spacek played the legendary country singer Loretta Lynn in Michael Apted’s biopic that went on to be one of the Top 10 box office...
- 7/18/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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