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Michael Mann, Kathy Bates React to James Caan’s Death – Variety
By Carson Burton, July 7, 2022 Michael Mann and Kathy Bates have both shared tributes to “The Godfather” and “Misery” star James Caan, who died on Wednesday at 82 years old. “What a terrible and tragic loss,” Mann wrote in a statement to Variety. “Jimmy was not just a great actor with total commitment and…
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William Shatner to Unveil Documentary About Himself at SDCC 2022 – Variety
By J. Kim Murphy, June 30, 2022 William Shatner has offered his stamp of approval on a new documentary about his life from Legion M and Exhibit A Pictures. The pair of production companies announced the documentary Thursday. “For years I’ve had people approaching me to do a documentary about my life, but I turned…
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‘Top Chef’ producers dish up Quickfire Challenge secrets – Variety
By Carole Horst, June 30, 2022 For 19 seasons, the gifted contestants on Bravo’s Emmy-winning “Top Chef” have been thrown into the reality competition show deep end with the show’s signature Quickfire Challenge. While the Quickfire Challenge is not as diabolical as, say, “Chopped’s” baskets, it’s fast-moving, and constructed around themes or local ingredients or…
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Robert Duvall, James Caan on 50th Anniversary of ‘The Godfather’ – Variety
By Brent Lang, Mar 22, 2022 9:49am PT It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s”The Godfather” made moviegoers an offer they couldn’t refuse. The film was a sensation when it debuted in March 24, 1972, setting box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando, launching the likes of…
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William Hurt Remembered by Director Lawrence Kasdan – Variety
By Lawrence Kasdan, Mar 15, 2022 9:30am PT Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, a four-time Oscar nominee, worked with Oscar winner William Hurt, who died March 13 at age 71, on “Body Heat” (1981), “The Big Chill” (1983), “The Accidental Tourist” (1988) and “I Love You to Death” (1990). William Hurt and I came into the movies…
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Remembering William Hurt: An Actor Who Wore His Feeling on the Outside – Variety
By Owen Gleiberman, Mar 13, 2022 7:33pm PT William Hurt, who died Sunday at 71, had a look and an aura that appeared, at first, to fit all too snugly into Hollywood’s conception of what a movie star should be. Tall and broad-shouldered, with a silky shock of wheat-colored hair, his handsome features set off…
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Bobby Flay Sets New Deal With Food Network After Stalled Negotiations – Variety
By Cynthia Littleton, Nov 22, 2021 4:00am PT Bobby Flay and Discovery’s Food Network have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, a deal that comes about six weeks after negotiations stalled because the sides were too far apart on financial terms. The celebrity chef, restaurateur and author has set an exclusive pact that…
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Naomi Watts Pushed Her Body to the Limit for Grueling ‘Lakewood’ – Variety
By Brent Lang, Sep 14, 2021 6:54am PT It was an acting challenge that Naomi Watts couldn’t pass up. In “Lakewood,” the Oscar-nominated star of such grueling exercises in cinematic heroics as “The Impossible” and “King Kong,” spends the bulk of the movie running through the forest, struggling with spotty cellphone reception while trying to…
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Television Networks Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 – Variety
By Selome Hailu, https://variety.com/author/smhailu1/ Sep 3, 2021 4:41pm PT https://anchor.fm/drweb/embed/episodes/Television-Networks-Commemorate-the-20th-Anniversary-of-911–Variety-e170a73/a-a1ptln 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The nation has continued to process the terrorist event over the past two decades in many ways, including through television specials, documentaries and dramatized retellings. On and before the anniversary, networks will air content unpacking…
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‘9/11: One Day in America’ Team on the ‘Best and Worst of Humanity’ – Variety
By Danielle Turchiano Twenty years after the tragic events of 9/11, it’s hard to imagine anyone doesn’t have the images of the Twin Towers, whether on fire or collapsing, permanently etched in their brains. But there were other events of the day — from the crash at the Pentagon, to the hole United Airlines Flight…
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‘Citizen Kane’ to Rejoin the Criterion Collection in 4K Ultra HD – Variety
By Anna Tingley, Aug 11, 2021 1:15pm PT You’ll finally be able to watch your favorite classics in 4K HD. The Criterion Collection announced today that they will come out with their first-ever 4K Ultra HD titles in November, made up of a six-film slate that includes Orson Welles’ seminal “Citizen Kane,” widely regarded as…
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‘Last Man Standing’: Tim Allen, More Discuss The End of the Series – Variety
By Antonio Ferme After nine seasons and 194 episodes, the long-running sitcom “Last Man Standing” is ending on May 20. The series follows Mike Baxter (Tim Allen), a happily married father of three daughters who finds himself the odd man out as he tries to maintain his manliness in a home surrounded by women. In…
