Julia Articles

Hal Kanter (see photo), creator of the groundbreaking television series Julia, starring Diahann Carroll (photo) as a nurse, died Sunday, Nov. 6, of complications from pneumonia at Encino Hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino. Kanter was 92. Julia (1968-71) marked the first time a black actress had an important role in an American television series playing something other than a maid (e.g., Ethel [...]

Vanessa Redgrave Academy Salute: From Pariah to Honoree [Photo: Vanessa Redgrave, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Natasha Richardson, as ballerina Isadora Duncan in Isadora.] Later on, at the behest of producer Daniel Melnick (Straw Dogs, Making Love) screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky (The Goddess, Network) prefaced his announcement of the Best Screenwriting Oscar with the following (also via Inside Oscar): Before I get on to the writing [...]

Vanessa Redgrave, 1978 Oscar ceremony (© AMPAS) Vanessa Redgrave, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for Julia, will be the recipient of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences salute on Sunday, November 13, in London. "An Academy Salute to Vanessa Redgrave" is billed as the Academy's "first-ever European tribute to an actor." Two-time Oscar nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader), will host the [...]

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) SUMMER HOURS Best Film of 2009 – indieWIRE Poll Top choices in the indieWIRE annual poll's other categories include Kathryn Bigelow as best director, the Coen brothers' A Serious Man screenplay, Tilda Swinton as best performer in a leading role for Erick Zonca’s Julia and, unsurprisingly, Christoph Waltz as best performer in a supporting [...]