Peter Sellers Articles

Julie Andrews, Victor Victoria (top); Peter Sellers, The Pink Panther (middle); Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses (bottom) I saw Blake Edwards at a book signing for his wife Julie Andrews at the soon-to-be defunct Borders in Westwood in the spring of 2008. I noticed Edwards looked quite frail and wondered how much longer he would be around. He died of pneumonia [...]

Peter Sellers in Lolita. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies. Peter Sellers will have his "Summer Under the Stars" day on Saturday, Aug. 29. Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen Peter Sellers vehicles, including two TCM premieres, John Guillermin's Waltz of the Toreadors and Robert Day's Two-Way Stretch. First of all, I must admit that I'm not that familiar with Sellers' film career. Among the [...]

Marki Bey, Beau Bridges in The Landlord Hal Ashby Tribute The schedule/synopses below are from the Academy's press release: Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater The Landlord (1970) Ashby made his directorial debut with this poignant comedy in which a wealthy young man buys a Brooklyn apartment building and plans to displace the mostly black tenants, before personal relationships cause him [...]

Brigitte Bardot (top); Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! (bottom) The photo exhibition "Freeze Frame: 5 Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland," opens today in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free. "Freeze Frame" features more than 125 color and black-and-white images of old and new motion picture celebrities, including Anne Bancroft, Antonio Banderas, Brigitte Bardot, [...]