Shadows of Russia: Communism on TCM
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (top); Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in The Way We Were (bottom)
From the Romanovs’ last stand to Warren Beatty’s first solo directorial effort: On every Wednesday in January 2010, Turner Classic Movies will present the 20-film festival "Shadows of Russia," a showcase of Hollywood movies portraying Russia (and/or the Soviet Union) and the sociopolitical reverberations of Communism throughout the 20th century.
Among the scheduled films are classics such as Ninotchka, The Manchurian Candidate, and Reds, in addition to lesser-known fare like Counter-Attack, I Was a Communist for the FBI, and The Strawberry Statement. Get ready for some laughs and a few tears — mostly laughs. And mostly of the unintended kind.
I must red-facedly [...]
by Andre Soares | November 4, 2009
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Tags: Barbra Streisand, Classic Movies, Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo, Leo McCarey, Mission to Moscow, My Son John, Ninotchka, Reds, Shadows of Russia, The Way We Were, Turner Classic Movies, Walter Huston, Warren Beatty
Outfest 2009: Panels & Special Screenings
Before Stonewall (top); Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley in Prayers for Bobby (middle); Zach Gilford in Dare (bottom)
Special Events and Panels at Outfest 2009 include q&a’s with the talent and creative teams of HBO’s drama Big Love (July 19 at 5:00pm at DGA 1) and Fox’s musical series Glee. Actors Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, and Jane Lynch, co-creator and writer Ian Brennan, and executive producer Dante Di Loreto will be present for the Glee q&a on Saturday, July 18 at 1:30pm at DGA 1.
Additionally, "Words, Pictures and Music," a panel discussion about musicals on the big screen, will feature Bill Condon (Chicago), [...]
by Andre Soares | July 7, 2009
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Tags: Barbra Streisand, Before Stonewall, Film Festivals, Funny Girl, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Sigourney Weaver
Barbra Streisand, Michel Legrand, Quincy Jones at the Alan and Marilyn Bergman Tribute
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman," on Friday, May 29, 2009.
Pictured above at the reception preceding the event, from left to right: (seated) Alan Bergman, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, (standing) James Newton Howard, Patti Austin, Marilyn Bergman, Sid Ganis and Dave Grusin.
Photos: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. (Legrand/Grusin/Bergman, Streisand), Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. (group photo, the Bergmans)
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Marilyn and Alan Bergman
Michel Legrand, Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman
Barbra Streisand
by Deborah Arthur | June 15, 2009
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Tags: Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Dave Grusin, James Newton Howard, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, Patti Austin, Photos, Quincy Jones
Barbra Streisand, Patti Austin, Melissa Manchester Photos
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman," on Friday, May 29, 2009.
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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James Newton Howard, Melissa Manchester
Michel Legrand, Quincy Jones
Marilyn Bergman, Jennifer Grey
Patti Austin, Melissa Manchester
Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand
by Deborah Arthur | June 15, 2009
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Tags: Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, James Newton Howard, Jennifer Grey, Marilyn Bergman, Melissa Manchester, Michel Legrand, Patti Austin, Photos, Quincy Jones
Alan & Marilyn Bergman Tribute
Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, among whose compositions are "The Way We Were" and the song score for Yentl, will be the recipients of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute on Friday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The evening will be hosted by music producer and composer Quincy Jones, and will feature film clips, personal remembrances from the Bergmans’ colleagues and friends, and live performances of several Oscar-nominated songs. In addition to the honorees, special guests include Dave Grusin, James Newton Howard and Michel Legrand.
The former Marilyn Keith (born in New York City in Nov. 1929) met Alan Bergman (born [...]
by Andre Soares | May 7, 2009
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Tags: A Star Is Born, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Best Friends, Bolero, Classic Movies, Composers, Cy Coleman, Dave Grusin, Film Songs, For the Boys, Henry Mancini, It Might Be You, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Johnny Mandel, La Piscine, Les Uns et les autres, Los Angeles Screenings, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Herrick, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand, Neil Diamond, Ode to Billy Joe, Paris When It Sizzles, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Sabrina, Shirley Valentine, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Way We Were, The Windmills of Your Mind, Tootsie, Yentl, Yes Giorgio
MEET THE FOCKERS – Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Direction: Jay Roach
Screenplay: John Hamburg and James Herzfeld; from an original story by Herzfeld and Marc Hyman
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson
THE DISPLEASURE OF THEIR COMPANY
Four of the six principals in the Meet the Fockers cast — Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Blythe Danner — have among themselves five Academy Awards and an additional ten Oscar nominations for acting, one Tony win and six additional nominations, and numerous other acting awards and nominations from around the world.
What to do with all that honor and prestige? Throw them into the fetid garbage dumpster of a Ben Stiller flick about chopped-off foreskin, babies that say [...]
by Andre Soares | December 20, 2004
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Tags: Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman, Film Reviews, Jay Roach, John Hamburg, Meet the Fockers, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo
