Robert Crutchfield, who served as a top publicity executive in television for Mtm Enterprises, Lorimar and Universal, has died. He was 85.
Crutchfield died April 7 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long illness, a family spokesperson announced.
A onetime Houston radio deejay and 20th Century Fox contract player, Crutchfield in 1974 began an eight-year stint as vp marketing and publicity for Mtm Enterprises, where he handled such acclaimed series as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Wkrp in Cincinnati, The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, Phyllis, Rhoda and The White Shadow.
He joined Lorimar as senior vp publicity in 1982 and orchestrated the landmark “Who Shot J.R.?” campaign for Dallas while overseeing other shows including The Waltons, Knots Landing, Eight Is Enough and Falcon Crest, which starred his longtime friend, Jane Wyman. (He also was pals with actor Ed Asner.)
Crutchfield was on the job in 1986 when the parents...
Crutchfield died April 7 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long illness, a family spokesperson announced.
A onetime Houston radio deejay and 20th Century Fox contract player, Crutchfield in 1974 began an eight-year stint as vp marketing and publicity for Mtm Enterprises, where he handled such acclaimed series as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Wkrp in Cincinnati, The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, Phyllis, Rhoda and The White Shadow.
He joined Lorimar as senior vp publicity in 1982 and orchestrated the landmark “Who Shot J.R.?” campaign for Dallas while overseeing other shows including The Waltons, Knots Landing, Eight Is Enough and Falcon Crest, which starred his longtime friend, Jane Wyman. (He also was pals with actor Ed Asner.)
Crutchfield was on the job in 1986 when the parents...
- 4/24/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mr. Belvedere was an ABC sitcom that aired from 1985-1990. The series centered around an English butler who takes a job working for an American family in suburban Pittsburgh.
The TV show was based on the 1947 novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport. The novel was turned into a film in 1948, Sitting Pretty, and its two sequels, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) and Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951).
The series was never a huge hit but did well enough to last five seasons.
What was ‘Mr. Belvedere’ about?
1of2: Calling all Mr. Belvedere fans: My tv fam was set to travel east this month to take part in a meet and greet event. We did one earlier this year in L.A. It was great and v humbling to meet so many people who enjoyed our show. pic.twitter.com/Sp2ISBUUuA
— Rob Stone (@robstonetennis) May 9, 2020
The show’s dad, George Owens,...
The TV show was based on the 1947 novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport. The novel was turned into a film in 1948, Sitting Pretty, and its two sequels, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) and Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951).
The series was never a huge hit but did well enough to last five seasons.
What was ‘Mr. Belvedere’ about?
1of2: Calling all Mr. Belvedere fans: My tv fam was set to travel east this month to take part in a meet and greet event. We did one earlier this year in L.A. It was great and v humbling to meet so many people who enjoyed our show. pic.twitter.com/Sp2ISBUUuA
— Rob Stone (@robstonetennis) May 9, 2020
The show’s dad, George Owens,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Stacy Feintuch
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Margie Duncan, a dancer and actress who stood in for her dear friend Debbie Reynolds in films including The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Second Time Around and The Singing Nun, has died. She was 92.
Duncan died Jan. 3 after a brief illness at her Porter Ranch home in Los Angeles, her family announced.
Duncan worked with choreographers in the movies to learn Reynolds’ routines, “dancing in” during blocking and rehearsals until the numbers were set. She would then teach the routines to her friend.
In the musical comedy The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), for which Reynolds received her lone Oscar nomination, Duncan rehearsed the number “Ain’t Down Yet,” which took place in the barnyard of Molly’s (Reynolds) country home, with choreographer Peter Gennaro.
Duncan jumped on the top of a shed to sing the last verse while walking backward down its thatched roof and then back up, finishing at the front of the roof.
Duncan died Jan. 3 after a brief illness at her Porter Ranch home in Los Angeles, her family announced.
Duncan worked with choreographers in the movies to learn Reynolds’ routines, “dancing in” during blocking and rehearsals until the numbers were set. She would then teach the routines to her friend.
In the musical comedy The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), for which Reynolds received her lone Oscar nomination, Duncan rehearsed the number “Ain’t Down Yet,” which took place in the barnyard of Molly’s (Reynolds) country home, with choreographer Peter Gennaro.
Duncan jumped on the top of a shed to sing the last verse while walking backward down its thatched roof and then back up, finishing at the front of the roof.
- 1/25/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards honoring the best in New York theater were announced Saturday night, with The Inheritance being named Outstanding Play and A Strange Loop taking the trophy for Outstanding Musical.
The remote ceremony was hosted by Frank Dilella. Normally, the awards are announced at a gathering of theater artists and critics in New York City. But this year, the gathering was replaced by a pre-recorded ceremony because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards show had initially been scheduled to air May 31, but was postponed due to the Black Lives Matter protests in New York City.
Tonight’s ceremony aired on NY1 and streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com. The Drama Desk Awards recipients were decided by theater critics, journalists, editors and publishers covering theater. Read the complete list of winners below.
65th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners:
Outstanding Play
Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Yee,...
The remote ceremony was hosted by Frank Dilella. Normally, the awards are announced at a gathering of theater artists and critics in New York City. But this year, the gathering was replaced by a pre-recorded ceremony because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards show had initially been scheduled to air May 31, but was postponed due to the Black Lives Matter protests in New York City.
Tonight’s ceremony aired on NY1 and streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com. The Drama Desk Awards recipients were decided by theater critics, journalists, editors and publishers covering theater. Read the complete list of winners below.
65th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners:
Outstanding Play
Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Yee,...
- 6/14/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Grand Horizons, Mary-Louise Parker and Jonathan Groff are among this year’s Outer Critics Circle Awards recipients, a collection of Broadway and Off Broadway recipients that make up the organization’s first-ever slate of multiple honorees.
With the Tony Awards remaining a mere possibility this year, the 70th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards took an unusual approach to an unusual, pandemic-shortened theater season: In lieu of selecting traditional nominees with one winner from each category, the Occ named five honorees in each of its technical categories and up to six honorees in acting categories. Four artists received the annual John Gassner Award this season, commemorating works by new American playwrights.
Recalibrated to celebrate “widespread excellence in New York theater this season,” the Occ Awards – chosen by the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national...
With the Tony Awards remaining a mere possibility this year, the 70th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards took an unusual approach to an unusual, pandemic-shortened theater season: In lieu of selecting traditional nominees with one winner from each category, the Occ named five honorees in each of its technical categories and up to six honorees in acting categories. Four artists received the annual John Gassner Award this season, commemorating works by new American playwrights.
Recalibrated to celebrate “widespread excellence in New York theater this season,” the Occ Awards – chosen by the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national...
- 5/11/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Debbie Reynolds had one of the longest and most varied careers in show business and was the true definition of a survivor. Discovered by Hollywood at a young age when she won the Miss Burbank pageant, she would quickly be cast in starring roles in movies. As fortunate as she was in her acting career, she had quite disastrous luck when it came to her personal life. Her first husband Eddie Fisher left her for Elizabeth Taylor causing an international scandal. The marriage did last long enough to produce two children one of whom, Carrie Fisher, would go on to intergalactic success as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies. Both of Reynolds subsequent marriages caused her great financial stress while one husband embezzled vast sums of money from her and another compulsively gambled a lot of it away. Carrie later joked in her usual caustic way that who would...
- 3/31/2020
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Wme has enlisted Tony Award-winning director Kathleen Marshall for representation in all areas.
Marshall has a busy slate of upcoming projects on tap. She will helm the film adaptation of pop music star Tommy James’ best-selling autobiographical story, Me, the Mob and the Music. Award-winning film producer Barbara DeFina and Tommy James are developing the project from a screenplay by Matthew Stone.
Marshall will also direct Ed Lucas, a film based on a true story written by Academy Award-nominated writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and produced by Elliot Abbott. And Marshall will direct and choreograph Sideways: The Musical, a musical adaptation of Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel, that became an award-winning movie directed by Alexander Payne.
Marshall has been nominated for nine Tony Awards and won three for her work on Anything Goes, Pajama Game and Wonderful Town. She has also received three...
Marshall has a busy slate of upcoming projects on tap. She will helm the film adaptation of pop music star Tommy James’ best-selling autobiographical story, Me, the Mob and the Music. Award-winning film producer Barbara DeFina and Tommy James are developing the project from a screenplay by Matthew Stone.
Marshall will also direct Ed Lucas, a film based on a true story written by Academy Award-nominated writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and produced by Elliot Abbott. And Marshall will direct and choreograph Sideways: The Musical, a musical adaptation of Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel, that became an award-winning movie directed by Alexander Payne.
Marshall has been nominated for nine Tony Awards and won three for her work on Anything Goes, Pajama Game and Wonderful Town. She has also received three...
- 2/21/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
When Kathy Bates smashed that sledgehammer into James Caan’s ankles 30 years ago in Misery, the world may have collectively cringed, but it made Bates an unforgettable force in Hollywood history.
The then 42-year-old actress wasn’t a household name when she took on that role of homicidal nurse Annie Wilkes. She’d had theatrical successes before, and appeared in a few smaller films and television shows like St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law. And yet, that year, she took home an Oscar, proving the game wasn’t up for women over 35. Not by a long shot.
This year, Bates is enjoying her fourth Oscar nomination, this time for Richard Jewell, the Clint Eastwood-directed true tale of a heroic security guard falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, although he actually found the device and saved many lives.
Despite the Academy recognition, it’s only very recently,...
The then 42-year-old actress wasn’t a household name when she took on that role of homicidal nurse Annie Wilkes. She’d had theatrical successes before, and appeared in a few smaller films and television shows like St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law. And yet, that year, she took home an Oscar, proving the game wasn’t up for women over 35. Not by a long shot.
This year, Bates is enjoying her fourth Oscar nomination, this time for Richard Jewell, the Clint Eastwood-directed true tale of a heroic security guard falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, although he actually found the device and saved many lives.
Despite the Academy recognition, it’s only very recently,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Rehearsals are now underway for Transport Group's The Unsinkable Molly Brown, which begins performances on Saturday, February 8 at 22 at Abrons Arts Center. The show stars Tony Award nominee Beth Malone Fun Home as Molly Brown, David Aron Damane The Book of Mormon, Big River, The Life as JJ, Whitney Bashor The Bridges of Madison County as Julia, Omar Lopez-Cepero On Your Feet as Vincenzo, Alex Gibson SpongeBob SquarePants Natasha, Pierre the Great Comet of 1812 as Erich, and Paolo Montalban Pacific Overtures, The King and I as Arthur. Rounding out the cast are Kaitlyn Davidson Tyrone Davis, Jr. Gregg Goodbrod Michael Halling Karl Josef Ko Nikka Graff Lanzarone Kate Marilley Shina Ann Morris Keven Quillon and Coco Smith.
- 1/29/2020
- by TV - Press Previews
- BroadwayWorld.com
Rehearsals are now underway for Transport Group's The Unsinkable Molly Brown, which begins performances on Saturday, February 8 at 22 at Abrons Arts Center. The show stars Tony Award nominee Beth Malone Fun Home as Molly Brown, David Aron Damane The Book of Mormon, Big River, The Life as JJ, Whitney Bashor The Bridges of Madison County as Julia, Omar Lopez-Cepero On Your Feet as Vincenzo, Alex Gibson SpongeBob SquarePants Natasha, Pierre the Great Comet of 1812 as Erich, and Paolo Montalban Pacific Overtures, The King and I as Arthur. Rounding out the cast are Kaitlyn Davidson Tyrone Davis, Jr. Gregg Goodbrod Michael Halling Karl Josef Ko Nikka Graff Lanzarone Kate Marilley Shina Ann Morris Keven Quillon and Coco Smith.
- 1/29/2020
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Group has announced casting for The Unsinkable Molly Brown, its second mainstage production of the 2019-20 season. Joining Tony Award nominee Beth Malone Fun Home who will play Molly Brown are David Aron Damane The Book of Mormon, Big River, The Life as JJ, Whitney Bashor The Bridges of Madison County as Julia, Omar Lopez-Cepero On Your Feet as Vincenzo, Alex Gibson SpongeBob SquarePants Natasha, Pierre the Great Comet of 1812 as Erich, and Paolo Montalban Pacific Overtures, The King and I as Arthur. Rounding out the cast are Kaitlyn Davidson Tyrone Davis, Jr. Gregg Goodbrod Michael Halling Karl Josef Ko Nikka Graff Lanzarone Kate Marilley Shina Ann Morris Keven Quillon and Coco Smith.
- 12/13/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Debbie Reynolds had one of the longest and most varied careers in show business and was the true definition of a survivor. Discovered by Hollywood at a young age when she won the Miss Burbank pageant, she would quickly be cast in starring roles in movies. As fortunate as she was in her acting career, she had quite disastrous luck when it came to her personal life. Her first husband Eddie Fisher left her for Elizabeth Taylor causing an international scandal. The marriage did last long enough to produce two children one of whom, Carrie Fisher, would go on to intergalactic success as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies. Both of Reynolds subsequent marriages caused her great financial stress while one husband embezzled vast sums of money from her and another compulsively gambled a lot of it away. Carrie later joked in her usual caustic way that who would...
- 4/1/2019
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Joseph A. Sirola, who was dubbed the “King of Voice-Overs” for his extensive work in commercials, died Sunday in New York. He was 89 years old.
His rep confirmed that he died from complications of respiratory failure.
He was best known for his deep, resonant voice that appeared in advertisements for companies like Ford, Ge, Wendy’s, Mobil, Nyquil, and more. Sirola’s voice also highlighted the “I Love New York” campaign and, for over 20 years, the Empire State Building tour. His voice-over work won him 25 Clio Awards, which recognizes creative excellence in advertising, and the Wall Street Journal even dubbed Sirola the “King of the Voice-Overs” in a front-page story in 1970.
Besides stage and TV, Sirola acted in film as well, opposite stars like Rock Hudson in “Strange Bedfellows,” Clint Eastwood in “Hang ‘Em High,” and Max von Sydow in 1965’s “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”
Sirola also made over 600 TV appearances,...
His rep confirmed that he died from complications of respiratory failure.
He was best known for his deep, resonant voice that appeared in advertisements for companies like Ford, Ge, Wendy’s, Mobil, Nyquil, and more. Sirola’s voice also highlighted the “I Love New York” campaign and, for over 20 years, the Empire State Building tour. His voice-over work won him 25 Clio Awards, which recognizes creative excellence in advertising, and the Wall Street Journal even dubbed Sirola the “King of the Voice-Overs” in a front-page story in 1970.
Besides stage and TV, Sirola acted in film as well, opposite stars like Rock Hudson in “Strange Bedfellows,” Clint Eastwood in “Hang ‘Em High,” and Max von Sydow in 1965’s “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”
Sirola also made over 600 TV appearances,...
- 2/11/2019
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
With lyrics and music by Meredith Willson, additional lyrics and book by Dick Scanlan, based on the original book by Richard Morris, The Unsinkable Molly Brown will run at The Muny from July 21 to 27, 2017.
- 7/22/2017
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Our Favourite Mother/Daughter Acting DuosOur Favourite Mother/Daughter Acting DuosZachary Dent5/12/2017 3:40:00 Pm
To celebrate Mother's Day we're taking a look at our 5 favourite mother/daughter acting duos who've made a name for themselves in Hollywood.
Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis
Not only are these two mother and daughter but they've had some of the most iconic female roles in horror movie history. Janet Leigh was a bonafide scream queen from the late 1950's up until the early 1980's. She starred in Touch of Evil, The Fog, and of course Psycho for which she received an Oscar nomination. Jamie Lee Curtis first gained mainstream attention with her portrayal of Laurie in John Carpenter's Halloween which sparked a multi-decade franchise. She has since solidified herself among Hollywood greats with Freaky Friday, True Lies, and A Fish Called Wanda.
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
Here's another pairing with...
To celebrate Mother's Day we're taking a look at our 5 favourite mother/daughter acting duos who've made a name for themselves in Hollywood.
Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis
Not only are these two mother and daughter but they've had some of the most iconic female roles in horror movie history. Janet Leigh was a bonafide scream queen from the late 1950's up until the early 1980's. She starred in Touch of Evil, The Fog, and of course Psycho for which she received an Oscar nomination. Jamie Lee Curtis first gained mainstream attention with her portrayal of Laurie in John Carpenter's Halloween which sparked a multi-decade franchise. She has since solidified herself among Hollywood greats with Freaky Friday, True Lies, and A Fish Called Wanda.
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
Here's another pairing with...
- 5/12/2017
- by Zachary Dent
- Cineplex
The Muny announced today 21 principal cast members for its 99th season. Full company casting will be announced throughout April. The 2017 Muny season opens with Jesus Christ Superstar followed by Disney's The Little Mermaid and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The season continues with the premiere of All Shook Up and a newly re- envisioned The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Season 99 closes with A Chorus Line and the much- anticipated Muny debut of Newsies.
- 3/30/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
2016 saw the unexpected and untimely deaths of a slew of beloved icons and screen legends, which means viewers can expect one monumental In Memoriam segment at the 89th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday.
It was announced on Thursday that Sara Bareilles will be performing during the emotional tribute. "Sara’s unique artistry will honor those we’ve lost in our community including familiar faces and those behind the scenes who have enriched the art of moviemaking," producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd said in a statement.
The tribute will no doubt have everyone in tears, especially when you consider just how many icons have passed away since last year's awards show.
Photos: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Looking back over the past year, here are just a few of the late stars who will likely be honored at this year's Oscars ceremony.
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Comedian and actor Garry Shandling, who died on...
It was announced on Thursday that Sara Bareilles will be performing during the emotional tribute. "Sara’s unique artistry will honor those we’ve lost in our community including familiar faces and those behind the scenes who have enriched the art of moviemaking," producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd said in a statement.
The tribute will no doubt have everyone in tears, especially when you consider just how many icons have passed away since last year's awards show.
Photos: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Looking back over the past year, here are just a few of the late stars who will likely be honored at this year's Oscars ceremony.
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Comedian and actor Garry Shandling, who died on...
- 2/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
At tonight's St. Louis's annual Arts amp Education Council Awards dinner, Broadway artist Beth Malone announced that she will star in the title role of The Muny's 2017 production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. The production will run from July 21-27, and will be directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. The Unsinkable Molly Brown has music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, with additional lyrics and book by Dick Scanlan, based on the original book by Richard Morris. Music adaptation is by Michael Rafter.
- 1/24/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
2016 claimed a long list of entertainers, but the grim reaper’s most unexpected one-two punch came between the final two holidays with the death of movie icons Carrie Fisher on December 12 and her mother Debbie Reynolds a mere 36 hours later. With the premiere of the documentary about the pair, “Bright Lights” on HBO this weekend, we at the Geeks site thought we should take a look at their considerable contributions to film.
Let’s start with Carrie, who was born in Hollywood, USA on October 21, 1956, the daughter of Debbie and singer/actor Eddie Fisher. She appeared on stage with her mother throughout the late 60’s and early 70’s, even getting her first small screen credit in the 1969 TV movie “Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children”. It wasn’t until 1975, when she would make her big screen debut opposite Warren Beatty (quite an arrival) in Hal Ashby’s hit Shampoo.
Let’s start with Carrie, who was born in Hollywood, USA on October 21, 1956, the daughter of Debbie and singer/actor Eddie Fisher. She appeared on stage with her mother throughout the late 60’s and early 70’s, even getting her first small screen credit in the 1969 TV movie “Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children”. It wasn’t until 1975, when she would make her big screen debut opposite Warren Beatty (quite an arrival) in Hal Ashby’s hit Shampoo.
- 1/8/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, the highly anticipated documentary about the relationship between the late Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, debuted on HBO Saturday.
Billed as “an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity,” the 95-minute film documented nearly a year of the Hollywood icon’s lives, — leading up to Reynolds 2015 acceptance of her Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, which Fisher presented.
It was an emotional project to watch, especially after the recent deaths of both women. Fisher, 60, died on Dec. 27 after suffering a heart attack during an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles four days prior.
Billed as “an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity,” the 95-minute film documented nearly a year of the Hollywood icon’s lives, — leading up to Reynolds 2015 acceptance of her Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, which Fisher presented.
It was an emotional project to watch, especially after the recent deaths of both women. Fisher, 60, died on Dec. 27 after suffering a heart attack during an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles four days prior.
- 1/8/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
After a seemingly non-stop barrage of celebrity deaths in 2016, the world suffered through two more just before the dawn of the new year: the death of actress Carrie Fisher, best known as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” films, and then a day later, the death of her mother actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
Read More: Cannes Review: ‘Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ Is a Touching Mother-Daughter Documentary
In 2014 and 2015, directors Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom filmed a documentary about the relationship between Fisher and Reynolds entitled “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.” It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews and was initially set to premiere on HBO in March, but due to the untimely nature of both Fisher and Reynolds’ deaths, HBO decided to move up the premiere date to this Saturday. Watch a trailer for the film below.
Read More: Cannes Review: ‘Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ Is a Touching Mother-Daughter Documentary
In 2014 and 2015, directors Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom filmed a documentary about the relationship between Fisher and Reynolds entitled “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.” It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews and was initially set to premiere on HBO in March, but due to the untimely nature of both Fisher and Reynolds’ deaths, HBO decided to move up the premiere date to this Saturday. Watch a trailer for the film below.
- 1/4/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Near the end of Bright Lights, the rare Hollywood documentary that allows you to get a sense of the actual forest for all the tinsel and trees, a frail Debbie Reynolds is being escorted by daughter Carrie Fisher to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she’ll receive a Life Achievement Award. (It’s January 2015.) In the limousine ride to the event, Reynolds is close to incoherent. Now, having arrived, she begins gathering together the sequins, strands and threads that make up her bravest, late-life approximation of legendary movie star Debbie Reynolds. “Don’t look like you’re holding me up,...
- 1/4/2017
- by tgliatto
- PEOPLE.com
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more beloved mother/daughter duo than Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, who tragically passed away within a day of each other this week: Fisher at the age of 60 on December 27, Reynolds at 84 on the 28th. A bevy of tributes to the two will air over the course of the next month.
Read More: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: HBO Mourns With Emotional Emails, While Finding Release Date for Their Mother-Daughter Documentary
Reaction to the painfully sad news was so swift, in fact, that two networks have already honored the departed stars: ABC played an hour-long “20/20” special called “Debbie and Carrie: A Hollywood Love Story” last night, while Logo began its tribute with a “Will & Grace” marathon last night. Reynolds earned an Emmy nomination for playing Debra Messing’s mother on the sitcom, which is currently playing on the channel for three more...
Read More: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: HBO Mourns With Emotional Emails, While Finding Release Date for Their Mother-Daughter Documentary
Reaction to the painfully sad news was so swift, in fact, that two networks have already honored the departed stars: ABC played an hour-long “20/20” special called “Debbie and Carrie: A Hollywood Love Story” last night, while Logo began its tribute with a “Will & Grace” marathon last night. Reynolds earned an Emmy nomination for playing Debra Messing’s mother on the sitcom, which is currently playing on the channel for three more...
- 12/31/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.Hector BabencoArgentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.
Hector Babenco
Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.
He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned a best director Oscar nominee and William Hurt earned an Oscar win for best actor.
Babenco went on to direct Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in Ironweed (1987) and Tom Berenger and John Lithgow in At Play In The Fields Of The Lord (1991).
After undergoing cancer treatment in the 1990s, he returned to the director’s chair for films including Brazilian prison...
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.
Hector Babenco
Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.
He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned a best director Oscar nominee and William Hurt earned an Oscar win for best actor.
Babenco went on to direct Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in Ironweed (1987) and Tom Berenger and John Lithgow in At Play In The Fields Of The Lord (1991).
After undergoing cancer treatment in the 1990s, he returned to the director’s chair for films including Brazilian prison...
- 12/31/2016
- ScreenDaily
Update with Own and TCM plans: Turner Classic Movies has scheduled a 24-hour film tribute to the late Debbie Reynolds for Friday, January 27, starting at 6 Am Et. Reynolds, who died Wednesday, one day after the death of daughter Carrie Fisher, became a sensation starring with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in the MGM musical Singin' In The Rain (1952) and received her only Oscar nomination for the title role in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). Those films will air at 6…...
- 12/30/2016
- Deadline TV
As hoped, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) will pay tribute to the late, great Debbie Reynolds with a marathon of her finest performances, including her Oscar-nominated turn as The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
RelatedDebbie Reynolds Dead at 84, Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher’s Passing
Previously, Logo put together a two-day marathon of Reynolds-centric fare (starting today and including her entire Will & Grace run), while HBO has fast-tracked Bright Lights, a docu about Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher, to premiere this Sunday.
Reynolds passed away on Dec. 28, after suffering a stroke in the wake of Fisher’s own death the day prior.
RelatedDebbie Reynolds Dead at 84, Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher’s Passing
Previously, Logo put together a two-day marathon of Reynolds-centric fare (starting today and including her entire Will & Grace run), while HBO has fast-tracked Bright Lights, a docu about Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher, to premiere this Sunday.
Reynolds passed away on Dec. 28, after suffering a stroke in the wake of Fisher’s own death the day prior.
- 12/30/2016
- TVLine.com
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds had one of the most envied mother-daughter relationships in Hollywood.
Their quirky and magnetic bond was well documented over the years, proving that despite any differences, their deep love for one another carried their relationship until the very end.
Related: Debra Messing Remembers Her 'Will & Grace' Mom Debbie Reynolds: 'I Loved Her Dearly'
In 1997, Reynolds received her second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for her work in films like Singin' in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, This Happy Feeling, The Mating Game and It Started With a Kiss, to name a few. During the ceremony, Fisher was there to lend her support and offer a few loving words to her mother.
"I couldn't be prouder," Fisher said. "If I have to live in anyone's shadow, it should be yours."
"You're the best Hollywood memorabilia," she continued. "It's always interesting following your footsteps. I love you...
Their quirky and magnetic bond was well documented over the years, proving that despite any differences, their deep love for one another carried their relationship until the very end.
Related: Debra Messing Remembers Her 'Will & Grace' Mom Debbie Reynolds: 'I Loved Her Dearly'
In 1997, Reynolds received her second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for her work in films like Singin' in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, This Happy Feeling, The Mating Game and It Started With a Kiss, to name a few. During the ceremony, Fisher was there to lend her support and offer a few loving words to her mother.
"I couldn't be prouder," Fisher said. "If I have to live in anyone's shadow, it should be yours."
"You're the best Hollywood memorabilia," she continued. "It's always interesting following your footsteps. I love you...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Debbie Reynolds' movies are back on top again in the wake of her death ... and numbers don't lie. Debbie's biggest films have jumped in the ranks on platforms like Amazon and iTunes, with her best known flick, "Singin' in the Rain," sitting pretty at #1 on Amazon's best sellers list as of Thursday. The same movie was nowhere near that position as of Wednesday night. Other Debbie movies have climbed the ladder as well --...
- 12/29/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In 1981, Et was just starting out but Debbie Reynolds was already a legend.
"I would never not work," Reynolds said in her first interview with Et. "This is my 34th year in the business and all those years you do learn something."
Read: Debra Messing Remembers Her 'Will & Grace' Mom Debbie Reynolds
While her first big break came in 1952's Singin' in the Rain, prior to that, Reynolds was accustomed to a meager lifestyle.
"We were a poor family," recalled Reynolds, who was born in El Paso, Texas. "My dreams kind of came through when I went to see the cinema."
At the age of 16, Reynolds was put under contract at Warner Bros. after winning a beauty contest in Burbank, California, where her family had relocated. Her fortunes changed for good after starring opposite Gene Kelly in the classic musical.
"What Gene taught me was tremendous discipline and never give up and you're never good enough," Reynolds...
"I would never not work," Reynolds said in her first interview with Et. "This is my 34th year in the business and all those years you do learn something."
Read: Debra Messing Remembers Her 'Will & Grace' Mom Debbie Reynolds
While her first big break came in 1952's Singin' in the Rain, prior to that, Reynolds was accustomed to a meager lifestyle.
"We were a poor family," recalled Reynolds, who was born in El Paso, Texas. "My dreams kind of came through when I went to see the cinema."
At the age of 16, Reynolds was put under contract at Warner Bros. after winning a beauty contest in Burbank, California, where her family had relocated. Her fortunes changed for good after starring opposite Gene Kelly in the classic musical.
"What Gene taught me was tremendous discipline and never give up and you're never good enough," Reynolds...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Los Angeles – The shocking news of the passing of Debbie Reynolds, hours after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away, is still resonating in the 2016 atmosphere. Ms. Reynolds died of a massive stroke on December 28th, at her son’s home near Los Angeles, while making funeral arrangements for her daughter. She was 84.
Debbie Reynolds is a true movie star, straddling the era between the studio system of the 1940s through co-starring in a film by Albert Brooks (“Mother”). She was the old fashioned “quadruple threat,” adept at song, dance, drama and comedy. Her daughter Carrie was the prodigy of her marriage to singer Eddie Fisher – they were the All-American couple of the 1950s – but they were destined to have a messy and public divorce two years after Carrie was born, when Eddie revealed an affair with Elizabeth Taylor. Through it all, Reynolds maintained her movie star status, from her first...
Debbie Reynolds is a true movie star, straddling the era between the studio system of the 1940s through co-starring in a film by Albert Brooks (“Mother”). She was the old fashioned “quadruple threat,” adept at song, dance, drama and comedy. Her daughter Carrie was the prodigy of her marriage to singer Eddie Fisher – they were the All-American couple of the 1950s – but they were destined to have a messy and public divorce two years after Carrie was born, when Eddie revealed an affair with Elizabeth Taylor. Through it all, Reynolds maintained her movie star status, from her first...
- 12/29/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
They died within a day of one another — but that’s not the only parallel in the lives of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.
The mother-daughter duo’s Hollywood careers were filled with coincidences. From their signature movies to their troubled marriages, here are a few instances where their lives lined up.
Both had breakout roles at 19
Reynolds had one of those classic Hollywood discovery stories. As a contestant in the Miss Burbank beauty pageant when she was 16, a talent scout from Warner Bros. discovered her and signed her to a contract with the powerhouse studio.
She made five films...
The mother-daughter duo’s Hollywood careers were filled with coincidences. From their signature movies to their troubled marriages, here are a few instances where their lives lined up.
Both had breakout roles at 19
Reynolds had one of those classic Hollywood discovery stories. As a contestant in the Miss Burbank beauty pageant when she was 16, a talent scout from Warner Bros. discovered her and signed her to a contract with the powerhouse studio.
She made five films...
- 12/29/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
One day after the death of her mother, Carrie Fisher, Billie Lourd's grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, died as well.
While the 24-year-old actress is undoubtedly going through a difficult time right now, just a few weeks ago she was in much better spirits, even demonstrating her close bond with Reynolds during a Dec. 12 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Watch: Taylor Lautner, Ariana Grande & More 'Scream Queens' Stars Send Billie Lourd Love After Carrie Fisher's Death
The actress is receiving an outpouring of love following her mother’s death on Tuesday.
"First of all, she gets really upset when I get called 'Carrie Fisher's daughter.' She wants people to call me 'Debbie Reynolds' granddaughter.' It's very offensive to her," Lourd joked to Meyers of her grandmother. "She does not like to be cut out -- not at all. She started it. It's her fault [that I'm an actress.]"
Though Lourd's family has since...
While the 24-year-old actress is undoubtedly going through a difficult time right now, just a few weeks ago she was in much better spirits, even demonstrating her close bond with Reynolds during a Dec. 12 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Watch: Taylor Lautner, Ariana Grande & More 'Scream Queens' Stars Send Billie Lourd Love After Carrie Fisher's Death
The actress is receiving an outpouring of love following her mother’s death on Tuesday.
"First of all, she gets really upset when I get called 'Carrie Fisher's daughter.' She wants people to call me 'Debbie Reynolds' granddaughter.' It's very offensive to her," Lourd joked to Meyers of her grandmother. "She does not like to be cut out -- not at all. She started it. It's her fault [that I'm an actress.]"
Though Lourd's family has since...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
When Debbie Reynolds died on Wednesday at the age of 84, she had been famous for more than 65 years. A multi-talented star who fixed her place in the Hollywood firmaments when she was just 19 years old (the same age that her daughter, the late Carrie Fisher, was introduced to the world as Princess Leia), Reynolds’ life was the stuff of Tinseltown legend, and she never seemed to grow tired of the spotlight. On the contrary, she was a force of nature until the bitter end, brightening almost every corner of showbiz at one point or another during her decades on stage and screen.
Read More: Debbie Reynolds’ Co-Stars and More Celebrities Mourn Her Passing on Twitter
A hit recording artist, an Oscar (and Tony)-nominated leading lady, a Las Vegas lounge sensation, and a dedicated collector of movie memorabilia (some of her most heroic efforts were dedicated to the preservation of...
Read More: Debbie Reynolds’ Co-Stars and More Celebrities Mourn Her Passing on Twitter
A hit recording artist, an Oscar (and Tony)-nominated leading lady, a Las Vegas lounge sensation, and a dedicated collector of movie memorabilia (some of her most heroic efforts were dedicated to the preservation of...
- 12/29/2016
- by Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Kate Erbland, Liz Shannon Miller and William Earl
- Indiewire
Last night, Debbie Reynolds died at the age of 84 after suffering a stroke, just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher death. “She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher told Variety.
Read More: Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Actress and Carrie Fisher’s Mother, Dies at 84
Reynolds is best known as one of MGM’s principal stars of the 1950s and ’60s in such films as the musicals “Singin’ in the Rain” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She starred in her own TV show “The Debbie Reynolds Show,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, she was nominated for the Tony Award for the Broadway revival of “Irene,” and was also nominated for an Emmy Award for playing Grace’s mother Bobbi on “Will & Grace.”
Read More: Carrie Fisher: From ‘Star Wars’ to Her Own Stories,...
Read More: Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Actress and Carrie Fisher’s Mother, Dies at 84
Reynolds is best known as one of MGM’s principal stars of the 1950s and ’60s in such films as the musicals “Singin’ in the Rain” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She starred in her own TV show “The Debbie Reynolds Show,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, she was nominated for the Tony Award for the Broadway revival of “Irene,” and was also nominated for an Emmy Award for playing Grace’s mother Bobbi on “Will & Grace.”
Read More: Carrie Fisher: From ‘Star Wars’ to Her Own Stories,...
- 12/29/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Debbie Reynolds, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, was one of the last icons of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Throughout her nearly seven decade career, Reynolds made a name for herself as a triple-threat singer, dancer, and actor — with roles in big-screen MGM musicals and Broadway shows. She was also chart-topping recording artist and dynamic live performer, who toured the country for years as a night club entertainer.
Music was an inescapable part of Reynolds career. Here are 11 of her best musical moments.
“Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1950)
Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan’s “Aba Daba Honeymoon” was first recorded...
Throughout her nearly seven decade career, Reynolds made a name for herself as a triple-threat singer, dancer, and actor — with roles in big-screen MGM musicals and Broadway shows. She was also chart-topping recording artist and dynamic live performer, who toured the country for years as a night club entertainer.
Music was an inescapable part of Reynolds career. Here are 11 of her best musical moments.
“Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1950)
Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan’s “Aba Daba Honeymoon” was first recorded...
- 12/29/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Hearts grow heavier with more sad news being reported today, as screen legend Debbie Reynolds has passed away at the age of 84.
Numerous sources, including The New York Times, report the news of Debbie's passing, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away. According to The New York Times (via the TV station ABC 7 Los Angeles), Debbie suffered a stroke on Wednesday after the unexpected passing of Carrie earlier this week. She later passed away at a hospital in Los Angeles.
Debbie Reynolds appeared in many influential films throughout her prolific career, playing Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain, Tammy in Tammy and the Bachelor, Lilith Prescott in How the West Was Won, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Horror fans of all ages—especially those who grew up in the ’90s—may...
Numerous sources, including The New York Times, report the news of Debbie's passing, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away. According to The New York Times (via the TV station ABC 7 Los Angeles), Debbie suffered a stroke on Wednesday after the unexpected passing of Carrie earlier this week. She later passed away at a hospital in Los Angeles.
Debbie Reynolds appeared in many influential films throughout her prolific career, playing Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain, Tammy in Tammy and the Bachelor, Lilith Prescott in How the West Was Won, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Horror fans of all ages—especially those who grew up in the ’90s—may...
- 12/29/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Screen icon Debbie Reynolds died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a stroke. Her death came one day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, died at age 60 after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles last week.
The celebrated song and dance legend's storied career was defined by her entertaining, energetic and thoughtful performances that gave the world some of the most enjoyable and enduring films ever.
In celebration of Reynolds' incomparable life and legacy, Et is taking a look back at some of the star's greatest roles.
Watch: Celebrities React to Debbie Reynolds' Death
1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Reynolds got her first leading role when she was 19 years old and she was cast opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in the beloved musical Singin' in the Rain. Reynolds stars as aspiring Hollywood starlet Kathy Sheldon who meets and falls in love with silent movie star Don Lockwood (Kelly...
The celebrated song and dance legend's storied career was defined by her entertaining, energetic and thoughtful performances that gave the world some of the most enjoyable and enduring films ever.
In celebration of Reynolds' incomparable life and legacy, Et is taking a look back at some of the star's greatest roles.
Watch: Celebrities React to Debbie Reynolds' Death
1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Reynolds got her first leading role when she was 19 years old and she was cast opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in the beloved musical Singin' in the Rain. Reynolds stars as aspiring Hollywood starlet Kathy Sheldon who meets and falls in love with silent movie star Don Lockwood (Kelly...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
The Oscar-nominated star of such iconic films as Singin’ In The Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown has died in Los Angeles, one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. She was 84.
Reynolds, an enduring and vivacious presence in Hollywood who made her name in MGM musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday after reportedly suffering a stroke. She died later in the day.
Her passing so soon after her daughter’s death on Tuesday following a heart attack on a plane is the latest devastating blow to their family.
Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher confirmed the news to AP, as he had kept the press apprised of his late sister’s progress in hospital several days ago.
“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said, adding that Fisher’s death had taken its toll on his mother. He told reporters...
Reynolds, an enduring and vivacious presence in Hollywood who made her name in MGM musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday after reportedly suffering a stroke. She died later in the day.
Her passing so soon after her daughter’s death on Tuesday following a heart attack on a plane is the latest devastating blow to their family.
Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher confirmed the news to AP, as he had kept the press apprised of his late sister’s progress in hospital several days ago.
“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said, adding that Fisher’s death had taken its toll on his mother. He told reporters...
- 12/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Oscar-nominated star of such iconic films as Singin’ In The Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown has died in Los Angeles, one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.
Reynolds, an enduring and vivacious presence in Hollywood who made her name in MGM musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday after reportedly suffering a stroke. Shed died later in the day.
Her passing so soon after her daughter’s death on Tuesday following a heart attack on a plane is the latest devastating blow to their family.
Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher confirmed the news to AP, as he had kept the press apprised of his late sister’s progress in hospital several days ago.
“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said, adding that Fisher’s death took its toll on his mother.
Reynolds was born...
Reynolds, an enduring and vivacious presence in Hollywood who made her name in MGM musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday after reportedly suffering a stroke. Shed died later in the day.
Her passing so soon after her daughter’s death on Tuesday following a heart attack on a plane is the latest devastating blow to their family.
Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher confirmed the news to AP, as he had kept the press apprised of his late sister’s progress in hospital several days ago.
“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said, adding that Fisher’s death took its toll on his mother.
Reynolds was born...
- 12/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Just one day after Hollywood began mourning the loss of Carrie Fisher, stars are shocked and saddened once again by the news of her mother Debbie Reynolds’ sudden death on Wednesday.
People confirmed Reynolds, 84, was rushed to the hospital from her home in Beverly Hills Wednesday afternoon for treatment of a possible stroke. She died several hours later.
Hollywood mourned the Oscar-nominated star of The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Singin’ in the Rain on social media.
Debra Messing, Reynolds’ TV daughter on Will & Grace, expressed feeling “heartsick” over the news. “So heartsick,” she wrote. “Debbie went to be with Carrie.
People confirmed Reynolds, 84, was rushed to the hospital from her home in Beverly Hills Wednesday afternoon for treatment of a possible stroke. She died several hours later.
Hollywood mourned the Oscar-nominated star of The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Singin’ in the Rain on social media.
Debra Messing, Reynolds’ TV daughter on Will & Grace, expressed feeling “heartsick” over the news. “So heartsick,” she wrote. “Debbie went to be with Carrie.
- 12/29/2016
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
David Crow Dec 29, 2016
Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, star of Singin’ in the Rain and How the West Was Won, has died at the age of 84.
In what is hopefully the final pang of 2016, legendary film actor and stage performer Debbie Reynolds has passed away at the age of 84, just one day after the loss of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Reynolds, one of the last beloved movie stars from the days of “Classic Hollywood,” leaves behind a career that will be cherished, having appeared in films as enduring as Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960).
Reynolds died after being taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital on Wednesday afternoon. She had previously been staying with her son and Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, in his Beverley Hills home when they suspected she had suffered a stroke.
Known in recent years for her close relationship with her daughter Carrie,...
Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, star of Singin’ in the Rain and How the West Was Won, has died at the age of 84.
In what is hopefully the final pang of 2016, legendary film actor and stage performer Debbie Reynolds has passed away at the age of 84, just one day after the loss of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Reynolds, one of the last beloved movie stars from the days of “Classic Hollywood,” leaves behind a career that will be cherished, having appeared in films as enduring as Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960).
Reynolds died after being taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital on Wednesday afternoon. She had previously been staying with her son and Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, in his Beverley Hills home when they suspected she had suffered a stroke.
Known in recent years for her close relationship with her daughter Carrie,...
- 12/29/2016
- Den of Geek
The year in heartbreak continues. Just one day following the passing of Carrie Fisher, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84 after suffering a stroke. Her son, Todd Fisher, told the Associated Press the death of Carrie Fisher “was too much” for Reynolds.
“She wanted to be with Carrie,” he added to Variety.
Her career was launched after she won the Miss Burbank contest at the age of 16, and she went on to make a splash in an early film role that remains one of her best remembered in “Singin’ in The Rain.” Reynolds would go on to be nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress for “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” she’d win the National Board Of Review award for Best Supporting Actress in “The Catered Affair,” and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her guest turn on “Will & Grace.” In...
“She wanted to be with Carrie,” he added to Variety.
Her career was launched after she won the Miss Burbank contest at the age of 16, and she went on to make a splash in an early film role that remains one of her best remembered in “Singin’ in The Rain.” Reynolds would go on to be nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress for “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” she’d win the National Board Of Review award for Best Supporting Actress in “The Catered Affair,” and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her guest turn on “Will & Grace.” In...
- 12/29/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
As it tends to happen in Hollywood, deaths occur in 3's and now we have another one on our hands after George Michael and Carrie Fisher passed away, but this one holds even more significance as the late Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds, has died of a suspected stroke. She was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai hospital from the Beverly Hills home of her son Todd Fisher who told Variety:
She Wanted to be with Carrie.
A child should never die before the parent, and sometimes it can just be too much to handle.
Reynolds and her daughter Fisher had a sometimes tenuous and other times close relationship, but towards the end they seemed to have mended fences. Postcards From The Edge the 1987 novel adapted to film three years later was said to have elements of their relationship, but not fully accurate and more dramatized to create a darker story. In fact,...
She Wanted to be with Carrie.
A child should never die before the parent, and sometimes it can just be too much to handle.
Reynolds and her daughter Fisher had a sometimes tenuous and other times close relationship, but towards the end they seemed to have mended fences. Postcards From The Edge the 1987 novel adapted to film three years later was said to have elements of their relationship, but not fully accurate and more dramatized to create a darker story. In fact,...
- 12/29/2016
- by Drew Carlton
- LRMonline.com
Following Debbie Reynolds' death on Wednesday, her son, Todd Fisher, spoke to Et about his mother's state of mind during her final hours.
Todd told Et that his mother's last words to him were about how much she missed Carrie, who died one day earlier.
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"She missed her daughter and wanted to very much be with her," Todd says. "She had been very strong the last several days. [There was] enormous stress on her, obviously. And this morning she said those words to me and 15 minutes later she had a stroke and virtually left."
Carrie died Tuesday morning after going into cardiac arrest aboard a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles last week. She was 60.
Reynolds took to Facebook later that day to mourn her "beloved and amazing" daughter.
Read: Debbie Reynolds Dies at 84
"Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter," she wrote. "I...
Todd told Et that his mother's last words to him were about how much she missed Carrie, who died one day earlier.
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"She missed her daughter and wanted to very much be with her," Todd says. "She had been very strong the last several days. [There was] enormous stress on her, obviously. And this morning she said those words to me and 15 minutes later she had a stroke and virtually left."
Carrie died Tuesday morning after going into cardiac arrest aboard a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles last week. She was 60.
Reynolds took to Facebook later that day to mourn her "beloved and amazing" daughter.
Read: Debbie Reynolds Dies at 84
"Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter," she wrote. "I...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Debbie Reynolds, the singer-actress who starred in the 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain and the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died. She was 84.
As Variety reports, the actress was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital following a suspected stroke on Wednesday, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died.
"She wanted to be with Carrie," son Todd Fisher told the magazine.
Reynolds was a Hollywood darling of the 1950s and 1960s, with her all-American looks and charm and oft-sweet onscreen demeanor, she seemed to embody the vibe of that era.
As Variety reports, the actress was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital following a suspected stroke on Wednesday, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died.
"She wanted to be with Carrie," son Todd Fisher told the magazine.
Reynolds was a Hollywood darling of the 1950s and 1960s, with her all-American looks and charm and oft-sweet onscreen demeanor, she seemed to embody the vibe of that era.
- 12/29/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Debbie Reynolds, the film and stage star best known for Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, has passed away at the age of 84. The tragic news comes just one day after the death of her daughter, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher. Our thoughts are with her family. Reynolds’ death was confirmed by her son Todd […]
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- 12/29/2016
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Debbie Reynolds died of a broken heart.
While nothing is official yet, sources report that Reynolds suffered a stroke, one of many she's suffered during 2016, the most recent of which came on the heels of the death of her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher, just days ago.
According to reports, Reynolds admitted she missed her daughter so much she wished she could be with her just 15 minutes prior to the stroke that ended her life.
It's difficult to imagine a more tragic ending to a live that otherwise appeared to joyous.
Reynolds first burst into the movies with an uncredited role in a movie titled June Bride in 1948.
Stardom, though, was only a dance step away, because she got the role of a lifetime when she appeared in Singin' In the Rain with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly in 1952.
By 1969, Reynolds had her own television show, The Debbie Reynolds Show, on...
While nothing is official yet, sources report that Reynolds suffered a stroke, one of many she's suffered during 2016, the most recent of which came on the heels of the death of her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher, just days ago.
According to reports, Reynolds admitted she missed her daughter so much she wished she could be with her just 15 minutes prior to the stroke that ended her life.
It's difficult to imagine a more tragic ending to a live that otherwise appeared to joyous.
Reynolds first burst into the movies with an uncredited role in a movie titled June Bride in 1948.
Stardom, though, was only a dance step away, because she got the role of a lifetime when she appeared in Singin' In the Rain with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly in 1952.
By 1969, Reynolds had her own television show, The Debbie Reynolds Show, on...
- 12/29/2016
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
During the course of her career, Debbie Reynolds never won an Oscar. In fact, she was nominated just once — as best actress for the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors decided to remedy that in 2015 when it voted to award her its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented at the 74th Governors Awards. The Hersholt is awarded to an individual “whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry,” and the Academy cited Reynolds' role as a founding member of The Thalians, the charitable organization founded by entertainers...
But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors decided to remedy that in 2015 when it voted to award her its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented at the 74th Governors Awards. The Hersholt is awarded to an individual “whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry,” and the Academy cited Reynolds' role as a founding member of The Thalians, the charitable organization founded by entertainers...
- 12/29/2016
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Josh Wilding
Just when you thought that 2016 couldn’t get any worse, it’s been confirmed tonight that Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84. Tragically, the news comes just one day after we learned that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher had died following a heart attack last week.
Earlier this evening, TMZ reported that the actress, who became a Hollywood icon in the 1950s and 1960s after starring in the likes of Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, suffered a stroke and was rushed to the hospital. Just hours later, her son Todd Fisher confirmed to Variety that she had passed away, stating: “She wanted to be with Carrie.”.
Apparently, Reynolds and her son were discussing plans for Carrie’s funeral at his home when she took a turn for the worse and losing her beloved daughter whom she saw almost everyday since they...
Just when you thought that 2016 couldn’t get any worse, it’s been confirmed tonight that Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84. Tragically, the news comes just one day after we learned that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher had died following a heart attack last week.
Earlier this evening, TMZ reported that the actress, who became a Hollywood icon in the 1950s and 1960s after starring in the likes of Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, suffered a stroke and was rushed to the hospital. Just hours later, her son Todd Fisher confirmed to Variety that she had passed away, stating: “She wanted to be with Carrie.”.
Apparently, Reynolds and her son were discussing plans for Carrie’s funeral at his home when she took a turn for the worse and losing her beloved daughter whom she saw almost everyday since they...
- 12/29/2016
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oscar-nominated actress Debbie Reynolds died on Wednesday, just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher Debbie Reynolds passed away on Wednesday following a long, accomplished career as the star of such films as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” “Three Little Words” (1950) Reynolds was just 18 when she had a small but notable role in this Fred Astaire musical. “Two Weeks With Love” (1950) Just a year before Reynolds’ character played the French horn in this Ricardo Montalban film, she was playing French horn in her high school band. “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) The now-famous “Good Morning” number took 15 hours.
- 12/29/2016
- by Reid Nakamura and Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
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