Triumph over adversity is drama defined, and Oscar nominations often go to actors whose characters find victory over physical or mental afflictions. The earliest example goes back to 1947; that was the year that non-pro Harold Russell won Best Supporting Actor and a special award for “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Russell was a WWII veteran who lost both of his hands while making a training film. Of note: Of the 59, 27 of these nominations went on to a win. This year’s roster of stars playing afflicted characters includes Jake Gyllenhaal as bombing victim Jeff Baumer in “Stronger,” Andrew Garfield as polio survivor Robin Cavendish in “Breathe,” Bryan Cranston as a millionaire quadriplegic in “The Upside,” and Sally Hawkins in two roles, as an arthritic painter in “Maudie” and a mute lab worker in “The Shape of Water.”
Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
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Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
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- 9/25/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Donald Trump’s “wing man” is flying the coop.
Keith Schiller, the president’s former personal bodyguard turned director of Oval Office operations, is leaving his White House job to return to the private security business, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, noting that Trump is “crushed” by the planned departure.
That’s because Schiller is more than just another White House aide — he’s reportedly one of Trump’s closest confidants outside his family, and has been described by West Wing insiders as the president’s “protector, gate-keeper and wing man” as well as his “emotional anchor.”
“He’s a confidant and friend,...
Keith Schiller, the president’s former personal bodyguard turned director of Oval Office operations, is leaving his White House job to return to the private security business, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, noting that Trump is “crushed” by the planned departure.
That’s because Schiller is more than just another White House aide — he’s reportedly one of Trump’s closest confidants outside his family, and has been described by West Wing insiders as the president’s “protector, gate-keeper and wing man” as well as his “emotional anchor.”
“He’s a confidant and friend,...
- 9/5/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Steve Bannon‘s White House exit was partially orchestrated by First Daughter and Presidential Advisor Ivanka Trump and her husband, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, a source with knowledge of the situation tells People.
“Jared and Ivanka helped push him out,” the source tells People, adding, “Bannon being removed changes everything.”
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that Bannon would no longer serve as chief strategist in a statement, saying, “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for...
“Jared and Ivanka helped push him out,” the source tells People, adding, “Bannon being removed changes everything.”
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that Bannon would no longer serve as chief strategist in a statement, saying, “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for...
- 8/18/2017
- by Sara Nathan and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Steve Bannon is out at the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a statement on Friday.
“White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day,” the statement said. “We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”
Reporting the breaking news on-air, CNN‘s John King said: “Steve Bannon, out. White House in crisis. The question is, where do we go from here?”
The former Breitbart News chairman served as the White House Chief Strategist from the early days of the Trump administration. His...
“White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day,” the statement said. “We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”
Reporting the breaking news on-air, CNN‘s John King said: “Steve Bannon, out. White House in crisis. The question is, where do we go from here?”
The former Breitbart News chairman served as the White House Chief Strategist from the early days of the Trump administration. His...
- 8/18/2017
- by Diana Pearl and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump insists his 17-day getaway to his Bedminster golf club is “not a vacation” — but a new photo and video of the president on the green prove the trip is not all work and no play.
The president stopped by a couple’s wedding at his New Jersey club over the weekend, according to a video posted on Instagram and obtained by ABC News before it was removed from the social media site.
In the video, the president, dressed in casual attire and a red Make America Great Again hat, steps out of his golf cart to greet a...
The president stopped by a couple’s wedding at his New Jersey club over the weekend, according to a video posted on Instagram and obtained by ABC News before it was removed from the social media site.
In the video, the president, dressed in casual attire and a red Make America Great Again hat, steps out of his golf cart to greet a...
- 8/7/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
As a private citizen, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized President Barack Obama throughout his eight years in office for taking too many vacations, indulging in too many rounds of golf and playing fast and loose with taxpayer dollars during his downtime.
Since his inauguration, however, President Trump has made a habit of costly weekend getaways to his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and is already on pace in his first year in office to surpass Obama’s spending on travel for his entire eight years, according to an April report from CNN.
Now, the man who once asked “What’s the point?...
Since his inauguration, however, President Trump has made a habit of costly weekend getaways to his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and is already on pace in his first year in office to surpass Obama’s spending on travel for his entire eight years, according to an April report from CNN.
Now, the man who once asked “What’s the point?...
- 8/4/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
In a turnaround even quicker than his tumultuous and historically short time as White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci has already canceled his Friday press conference — just hours after it was announced.
Scaramucci tweeted on Thursday afternoon that there would be “no press event tomorrow,” writing, “Focusing on Family, My Work in The Private Sector. #MovingForward Stay Tuned!”
No Press Event Tomorrow: Focusing on Family, My Work in The Private Sector. #MovingForward Stay Tuned!
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 3, 2017
The ousted communications director originally told CNN on Wednesday evening that he would appear live on multiple online platforms Friday with the...
Scaramucci tweeted on Thursday afternoon that there would be “no press event tomorrow,” writing, “Focusing on Family, My Work in The Private Sector. #MovingForward Stay Tuned!”
No Press Event Tomorrow: Focusing on Family, My Work in The Private Sector. #MovingForward Stay Tuned!
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 3, 2017
The ousted communications director originally told CNN on Wednesday evening that he would appear live on multiple online platforms Friday with the...
- 8/3/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Anthony, and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 10 days.
Despite what the latest edition of the Harvard Law alumni directory may say, Anthony Scaramucci is still alive and well – and unemployed.
Amid news that Scaramucci had been removed as White House communications director just 10 days into the job, the Washington Post reports that the 53-year-old was accidentally listed as deceased in the new edition of the directory, which alumni started receiving last week.
According to the Post, Scaramucci – who graduated in 1989 – has an asterisk next to his name meant to indicate he died in the time since the last...
Despite what the latest edition of the Harvard Law alumni directory may say, Anthony Scaramucci is still alive and well – and unemployed.
Amid news that Scaramucci had been removed as White House communications director just 10 days into the job, the Washington Post reports that the 53-year-old was accidentally listed as deceased in the new edition of the directory, which alumni started receiving last week.
According to the Post, Scaramucci – who graduated in 1989 – has an asterisk next to his name meant to indicate he died in the time since the last...
- 7/31/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
It’s been just over a week since Anthony Scaramucci began his role as Trump’s new White House communications director, and his tenure has already been capped.
The 53-year-old has been removed from the position, and though Scaramucci’s White House reign was short, he left his mark with a jaw-dropping interview and some personal drama.
As usual, social media users had a lot to say about the short-lived “Mooch” era, quickly sharing jokes and memes to commemorate Scaramucci’s removal.
Joked Scandal star Josh Malina, “@Scaramucci Chin up! You accomplished a lot in your first 100 seconds.”
.@Scaramucci Chin up!
The 53-year-old has been removed from the position, and though Scaramucci’s White House reign was short, he left his mark with a jaw-dropping interview and some personal drama.
As usual, social media users had a lot to say about the short-lived “Mooch” era, quickly sharing jokes and memes to commemorate Scaramucci’s removal.
Joked Scandal star Josh Malina, “@Scaramucci Chin up! You accomplished a lot in your first 100 seconds.”
.@Scaramucci Chin up!
- 7/31/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"Philomena"
What's It About? Judi Dench stars as an Irish woman who wants to find the son she gave birth to as a teen sent to live in a convent; Steve Coogan co-stars as the posh journalist who wants to write a story about her journey.
Why We're In: Based on a true story about Philomena Lee's travels to find her long-lost son, this is a sweet drama with moments of levity, thanks to the chemistry between Coogan and Dench.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Breaking the Waves"
What's It About? Ah, yes. Another tale by Lars von Trier about tormented love, sex, and religion! Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson play newlyweds who are forced into some rather extreme circumstances after he's paralyzed while working on an oil rig.
Why We're In: This tragic tale gets the full Criterion treatment, including select...
"Philomena"
What's It About? Judi Dench stars as an Irish woman who wants to find the son she gave birth to as a teen sent to live in a convent; Steve Coogan co-stars as the posh journalist who wants to write a story about her journey.
Why We're In: Based on a true story about Philomena Lee's travels to find her long-lost son, this is a sweet drama with moments of levity, thanks to the chemistry between Coogan and Dench.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Breaking the Waves"
What's It About? Ah, yes. Another tale by Lars von Trier about tormented love, sex, and religion! Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson play newlyweds who are forced into some rather extreme circumstances after he's paralyzed while working on an oil rig.
Why We're In: This tragic tale gets the full Criterion treatment, including select...
- 4/15/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
[Spoiler Alert If You Haven't Watched The Latest American Horror Story: Asylum]
It’s getting down to the final episodes of American Horror Story: Asylum so it’s not surprising that we’re starting to see characters bid adieu. Last night, devil-possessed nun Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe) and former Nazi Dr. Arden (James Cromwell) both bit the dust. Also, within this hour, is a clue to the super-secret season three storyline of American Horror Story as EW reported earlier. Murphy dishes to EW exclusively about more potential deaths as well as some hints as what next year’s Ahs will look like.
Entertainment Weekly: I love the musical number. It’s...
It’s getting down to the final episodes of American Horror Story: Asylum so it’s not surprising that we’re starting to see characters bid adieu. Last night, devil-possessed nun Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe) and former Nazi Dr. Arden (James Cromwell) both bit the dust. Also, within this hour, is a clue to the super-secret season three storyline of American Horror Story as EW reported earlier. Murphy dishes to EW exclusively about more potential deaths as well as some hints as what next year’s Ahs will look like.
Entertainment Weekly: I love the musical number. It’s...
- 1/3/2013
- by Tim Stack
- EW - Inside TV
The classic, quintessential film noir, which set the standard for all future noirs, Double Indemnity is to be released in the UK as part of Eureka’s Masters Of Cinema Series on Blu-ray (Standard and SteelBook editions) on 25 June 2012.
We have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away!
“That’s a honey of an anklet you’re wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson.”
Double Indemnity is the dazzling, quintessential film noir whose enormous popular success and seven Oscar nominations catapulted Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) into the very top tier of Hollywood’s writer-directors. Adapted from a novella by James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye), Double Indemnity remains the hardest-boiled of delectations.
Insurance hawker Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) gets seduced by some other man’s wife: a bored, sex-starved Barbara Stanwyck done up...
We have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away!
“That’s a honey of an anklet you’re wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson.”
Double Indemnity is the dazzling, quintessential film noir whose enormous popular success and seven Oscar nominations catapulted Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) into the very top tier of Hollywood’s writer-directors. Adapted from a novella by James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye), Double Indemnity remains the hardest-boiled of delectations.
Insurance hawker Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) gets seduced by some other man’s wife: a bored, sex-starved Barbara Stanwyck done up...
- 6/19/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Jason Reitman’s popular Live Read series is based on a simple equation: Take a screenplay, hand it to a smattering of actors running the gamut from “high-profile” to “awesome emeritus” to “internet famous,” and watch the sparks fly.
Tomorrow, Reitman expands the franchise to New York with a staged reading of The Apartment, and the cast he announced via Twitter should bring the Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond to life splendidly. Paul Rudd and Emma Stone will take over from Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the lead roles. Even better, James Woods will play Sheldrake, the sleazy exec originally incarnated by Fred MacMurray.
Tomorrow, Reitman expands the franchise to New York with a staged reading of The Apartment, and the cast he announced via Twitter should bring the Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond to life splendidly. Paul Rudd and Emma Stone will take over from Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the lead roles. Even better, James Woods will play Sheldrake, the sleazy exec originally incarnated by Fred MacMurray.
- 4/26/2012
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Exclusive: Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh, whose best-known novel Trainspotting was made into an as-well-known movie directed by Danny Boyle, will write a screen adaptation himself, this time for the small screen. Welsh has been tapped to write a script for a drama series based on the Ian Palmer-directed documentary Knuckle, which is in development at HBO. Described as Fight Club meets Sons of Anarchy, the docu, which was filmed over 12 years, is about two Irish families who settle a longstanding dispute by periodically engaging in bare-knuckle bouts, beating each other to bloody pulps, and focuses on two brothers, James Quinn and Michael McDonagh. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where its remake rights sparked interest from several parties. HBO ultimately landed the project, with Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green's Rough House Pictures, which produces HBO's comedy Eastbound & Down, attached to produce.
- 6/10/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
We take a look back at The Last Man On Earth, the first and most faithful adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel, I Am Legend…
When adapted for the big screen, even the finest novels can suffer decidedly mixed fortunes. Richard Matheson's classic 1954 book, I Am Legend, has been made into a movie no fewer than three times, most recently as a big-budget picture of the same name with Will Smith in the lead, but also in 1971 as The Omega Man, and both of these adaptations took considerable liberties with the novel that inspired them.
The best and most faithful adaptation, though, was undoubtedly the first. Filmed in Italy as L'ultimo Uomo Della Terra and starring Vincent Price, The Last Man On Earth was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow from a script initially adapted by Matheson himself.
Finished in 1961, but not released in the Us until...
When adapted for the big screen, even the finest novels can suffer decidedly mixed fortunes. Richard Matheson's classic 1954 book, I Am Legend, has been made into a movie no fewer than three times, most recently as a big-budget picture of the same name with Will Smith in the lead, but also in 1971 as The Omega Man, and both of these adaptations took considerable liberties with the novel that inspired them.
The best and most faithful adaptation, though, was undoubtedly the first. Filmed in Italy as L'ultimo Uomo Della Terra and starring Vincent Price, The Last Man On Earth was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow from a script initially adapted by Matheson himself.
Finished in 1961, but not released in the Us until...
- 5/19/2011
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Comedy Central has put in development Evil Genius, a high-concept scripted comedy starring actor-comedian Paul F. Tompkins. The show, which Tompkins will write with Tom Scharpling (Monk), stars Tompkins as Professor Tiberius Lynch, an evil genius who has successfully taken over the world, achieving global domination. The only problem is -- what should he do next? Being a genius doesn't make it easier to navigate the everyday situations of office life, especially when that office is responsible for running absolutely everything on Earth. Lynch must contend with the quirks and foibles of his cohorts as well as the demands of the entire population of the planet, trying to pull off the ultimate balancing act. Tompkins and Scharpling are executive producing Evil Genius with Avalon Television's David Martin, John Thoday and Richard Allen Turner. Tompkins, repped by CAA and Avalon Management, hosted VH1's Best Week Ever. Scharpling is with Rothman Brecher.
- 3/11/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Two years after the Natalee Holloway telefilm set ratings records for Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime has greenlit a sequel, Justice for Natalee Holloway, and Vanished with Beth Holloway, a 10-episode reality series starring Natalee Holloway's mom, which examines some of America's most disturbing unsolved cases. Both have started filming and will air on the flagship Lifetime channel. Justice for Natalee Holloway picks up several years after the events in the original movie. It chronicles the ongoing mystery of the 2005 disappearance of the Alabama teenager during her senior class trip to Aruba and her suspected killer Joran van der Sloot's series of conflicting (and so far false) clues about her fate. When van der Sloot demands $250,000 from Beth to reveal the location of Natalee's remains, she and her attorney John Kelly partner with the FBI to build a case against him. But before they can, van der Sloot...
- 2/24/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: HBO is closing a remake rights deal for Knuckle, the Ian Palmer-directed documentary at Sundance about two Irish families that settle a longstanding dispute by periodically engaging in bare knuckle bouts. Rough House Pictures partners Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green are attached, and HBO will turn the concept into a TV series, I hear. Numerous parties circled -- word is they included companies of Gerard Butler, Robert Downey Jr., and Vin Diesel, but Rough House's Matt Reilly came to Sundance and won by knockout. Rough House produces Eastbound & Down at HBO. For two weeks, interest has been high for the remake rights of a film that debuted at Sundance last Friday. After bootlegs of an unfinished version began making the rounds, CAA pressed copies for the interested suitors. In the documentary that was produced by Rise Films' Teddy Leifer, the fighters square off...
- 1/25/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Exclusive: While Hollywood will be in a heavy rotation of Oscar screeners, another in-demand picture for weekend viewing will be Knuckle. That is a documentary that won’t premiere until January 21 in competition at Sundance, but has created a heightened advanced interest for remake rights to a film being described as Fight Club meets Sons of Anarchy. The Ian Palmer-directed doc chronicles an enduring violent feud between two rival families in Ireland that periodically leads to a bare-knuckle bout with a member of each family. The fighters square off and beat each other to bloody pulps, the victor winning family pride and bragging rights. It’s not exactly clear why the families hate each other—hints are it has to do with a dispute over a woman—but the bouts are preceded by taunt-filled videos sent by one family to the other. The film took 12 years to shoot,...
- 1/7/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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