Mumbai, April 11 (Ians) On the occasion of Eid on Thursday, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has announced his new film ‘Sikandar’ directed by A.R. Murugadoss.
The actor also announced the movie’s release date, confirming that it will hit theaters on Eid 2025.
Taking to Twitter, Salman shared a glimpse, which had “Salman Khan in and as Sikandar”. The film is presented by Sajid Nadiadwala.
Salman captioned the announcement: “Iss Eid ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ aur ‘Maidaan’ ko dekho aur agli Eid Sikandar se aa kar milo… Wish you all Eid Mubarak! #SajidNadiadwala Presents #Sikandar Directed by @ARMurugadoss @NGEMovies @WardaNadiadwala #SikandarEid2025”
This is not the first time Salman is working with A.R. Murugadoss.
The two have previously worked together in ‘Jai Ho’, where he was the writer.
Murugadoss has worked on films such as ‘Kaththi’, ‘Dheena’ and ‘Stalin’, among many others.
His first Bollywood film was the 2008 Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Ghajini’, a...
The actor also announced the movie’s release date, confirming that it will hit theaters on Eid 2025.
Taking to Twitter, Salman shared a glimpse, which had “Salman Khan in and as Sikandar”. The film is presented by Sajid Nadiadwala.
Salman captioned the announcement: “Iss Eid ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ aur ‘Maidaan’ ko dekho aur agli Eid Sikandar se aa kar milo… Wish you all Eid Mubarak! #SajidNadiadwala Presents #Sikandar Directed by @ARMurugadoss @NGEMovies @WardaNadiadwala #SikandarEid2025”
This is not the first time Salman is working with A.R. Murugadoss.
The two have previously worked together in ‘Jai Ho’, where he was the writer.
Murugadoss has worked on films such as ‘Kaththi’, ‘Dheena’ and ‘Stalin’, among many others.
His first Bollywood film was the 2008 Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Ghajini’, a...
- 4/11/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Oscar-winner Robert Duvall has starred in dozens of films spanning a 60+ year career, racking up six additional nominations in the process, but how many of those titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Duvall made his big screen debut with the small but memorable role of Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), released when he was 31-years-old. His first Oscar nomination came just 10 years later: Best Supporting Actor for Francis Ford Coppola‘s mob classic “The Godfather” (1972).
It would take 11 years before Duvall finally clinched that elusive Best Actor Oscar for “Tender Mercies” (1983), a small-scale drama about a drunken country-western singer working towards redemption. He would compete five additional times: lead for “The Great Santini” (1980) and “The Apostle” (1997); supporting for “Apocalypse Now” (1979), “A Civil Action” (1998), and “The Judge” (2014).
Duvall has found success on the small screen as well,...
Duvall made his big screen debut with the small but memorable role of Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), released when he was 31-years-old. His first Oscar nomination came just 10 years later: Best Supporting Actor for Francis Ford Coppola‘s mob classic “The Godfather” (1972).
It would take 11 years before Duvall finally clinched that elusive Best Actor Oscar for “Tender Mercies” (1983), a small-scale drama about a drunken country-western singer working towards redemption. He would compete five additional times: lead for “The Great Santini” (1980) and “The Apostle” (1997); supporting for “Apocalypse Now” (1979), “A Civil Action” (1998), and “The Judge” (2014).
Duvall has found success on the small screen as well,...
- 12/30/2023
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Telugu megastar Chiranejeevi, who is known for films such as ‘Stalin’, ‘Raakshasudu’, ‘Mutamestri’, ‘Rowdy Alludu’ and others, took to his social media recently and celebrated 40 years of his blockbuster hit ‘Khaidi’.
Sharing the poster of the film, Chiranjeevi wrote a heartfelt note, expressing his gratitude towards the creative team and ensemble.
He wrote, “A great turning point in my life…That picture! The audience response to the film is unforgettable. Once on the 40th anniversary of the release of the Khaidi, Remembering those memories, The film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, produced by Samyukta Movies Team, and written by the Paruchuri brothers.”
He further mentioned in his note, “Congratulating my co-stars Sumalatha and Madhavi and the entire team, my heartfelt thanks to all the Telugu audience for such a great success #Khaidi@40 #gratefulforever,” wrote Chiranjeevi.
'ఖైదీ' చిత్రం నిజంగానే అభిమానుల...
Sharing the poster of the film, Chiranjeevi wrote a heartfelt note, expressing his gratitude towards the creative team and ensemble.
He wrote, “A great turning point in my life…That picture! The audience response to the film is unforgettable. Once on the 40th anniversary of the release of the Khaidi, Remembering those memories, The film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, produced by Samyukta Movies Team, and written by the Paruchuri brothers.”
He further mentioned in his note, “Congratulating my co-stars Sumalatha and Madhavi and the entire team, my heartfelt thanks to all the Telugu audience for such a great success #Khaidi@40 #gratefulforever,” wrote Chiranjeevi.
'ఖైదీ' చిత్రం నిజంగానే అభిమానుల...
- 10/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Telugu megastar Chiranejeevi, who is known for films such as ‘Stalin’, ‘Raakshasudu’, ‘Mutamestri’, ‘Rowdy Alludu’ and others, took to his social media recently and celebrated 40 years of his blockbuster hit ‘Khaidi’.
Sharing the poster of the film, Chiranjeevi wrote a heartfelt note, expressing his gratitude towards the creative team and ensemble.
He wrote, “A great turning point in my life…That picture! The audience response to the film is unforgettable. Once on the 40th anniversary of the release of the Khaidi, Remembering those memories, The film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, produced by Samyukta Movies Team, and written by the Paruchuri brothers.”
He further mentioned in his note, “Congratulating my co-stars Sumalatha and Madhavi and the entire team, my heartfelt thanks to all the Telugu audience for such a great success #Khaidi@40 #gratefulforever,” wrote Chiranjeevi.
'ఖైదీ' చిత్రం నిజంగానే అభిమానుల...
Sharing the poster of the film, Chiranjeevi wrote a heartfelt note, expressing his gratitude towards the creative team and ensemble.
He wrote, “A great turning point in my life…That picture! The audience response to the film is unforgettable. Once on the 40th anniversary of the release of the Khaidi, Remembering those memories, The film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, produced by Samyukta Movies Team, and written by the Paruchuri brothers.”
He further mentioned in his note, “Congratulating my co-stars Sumalatha and Madhavi and the entire team, my heartfelt thanks to all the Telugu audience for such a great success #Khaidi@40 #gratefulforever,” wrote Chiranjeevi.
'ఖైదీ' చిత్రం నిజంగానే అభిమానుల...
- 10/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
According to 85% of Gold Derby’s 2024 Golden Globes predictors, former Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress champion Emma Stone (2016’s “La La Land”) is practically assured a repeat victory thanks to her work in the fantasy epic “Poor Things.” Assuming this decisive opinion is truly reflective of those of Golden Globes voters, it would only make sense for her to leverage that love into a same-year Best TV Comedy Actress notice for her performance on the buzzy new Showtime series “The Curse.”
Were she to prevail on her potential bids for said big screen and small screen projects, she would make history as the youngest individual to simultaneously achieve both types of acting Golden Globe wins.
SEEOscar predictions update: ‘Poor Things’ still rising in all major categories including Best Picture, Best Director …
Based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, “Poor Things” stars Stone as a deceased woman named Bella who,...
Were she to prevail on her potential bids for said big screen and small screen projects, she would make history as the youngest individual to simultaneously achieve both types of acting Golden Globe wins.
SEEOscar predictions update: ‘Poor Things’ still rising in all major categories including Best Picture, Best Director …
Based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, “Poor Things” stars Stone as a deceased woman named Bella who,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
How does one edit “A Black LadySketch Show” when comedic talent such as Issa Rae, Gabrielle Dennis and Robin Thede have gone off-script? “It’s a challenge because everyone is giving you something hilarious,” editor Stephanie Filo says.
Filo is no slouch herself. This year, she achieved something remarkable, landing three Emmy nominations for her editing work on HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and Hulu’s “History of the World, Part II.”
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Filo relished the chance to edit a Coral Reefs gang sequence on the “WeMurk” sketch featuring Rae, Thede and Dennis . “I didn’t get to cut the other iterations, so I got to have a swing at it,” Filo says. This time, Tracee Ellis Ross, who she describes as “hysterical,” was also in the sketch.
Filo was used to having one...
Filo is no slouch herself. This year, she achieved something remarkable, landing three Emmy nominations for her editing work on HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and Hulu’s “History of the World, Part II.”
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Filo relished the chance to edit a Coral Reefs gang sequence on the “WeMurk” sketch featuring Rae, Thede and Dennis . “I didn’t get to cut the other iterations, so I got to have a swing at it,” Filo says. This time, Tracee Ellis Ross, who she describes as “hysterical,” was also in the sketch.
Filo was used to having one...
- 8/13/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Think this year’s outstanding TV movie category is a bit weird? It’s always been a category with an identity problem. Flash back for a moment to 1972, the year that the ABC TV movie “Brian’s Song” won five Emmys. “Brian’s Song” is considered one of the seminal TV movies of all time, a tear-jerker starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams about Chicago Bears player Brian Piccolo (Caan), who discovered he had cancer soon after turning pro.
Nominated for 11 Emmys overall, “Brian’s Song” was so popular, and so successful, that it helped put the ABC “Movie of the Week,” as the franchise was called, front and center — cementing the TV movie as a network staple. The “movie of the week” idea was so groundbreaking that the entire industry continued to call TV movies “MOWs” long after ABC had ditched the name.
But there was no TV movie category then,...
Nominated for 11 Emmys overall, “Brian’s Song” was so popular, and so successful, that it helped put the ABC “Movie of the Week,” as the franchise was called, front and center — cementing the TV movie as a network staple. The “movie of the week” idea was so groundbreaking that the entire industry continued to call TV movies “MOWs” long after ABC had ditched the name.
But there was no TV movie category then,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Ravil Isyanov, a Soviet-born American character actor who appeared in movies including Defiance, K-19: The Widowmaker and Transformers: Dark of the Moon and in numerous TV series, most recently playing Kirkin on CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 59.
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Isyanov was born August 20, 1962 in Voskresensk, Russia (then part of the Ussr). Drawn to performing arts from a young age, he enrolled in Perm Institute of Culture to study directing after graduating from high school in 1980. His studies were interrupted in 1982 when he left to complete a two-year mandatory military service in the Soviet Air Force and was stationed in the Russian Far East.
He then worked at the Khabarovsk Theatre for two seasons, after his caricatures of the theater’s actors caught the eye of its director, before getting into...
Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery
Isyanov was born August 20, 1962 in Voskresensk, Russia (then part of the Ussr). Drawn to performing arts from a young age, he enrolled in Perm Institute of Culture to study directing after graduating from high school in 1980. His studies were interrupted in 1982 when he left to complete a two-year mandatory military service in the Soviet Air Force and was stationed in the Russian Far East.
He then worked at the Khabarovsk Theatre for two seasons, after his caricatures of the theater’s actors caught the eye of its director, before getting into...
- 10/13/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Borat Subseqent Moviefilm” star Sacha Baron Cohen made history at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first actor to win twice for playing the same character in an original film and its sequel.
Cohen took home the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy award for the “Borat” sequel. He previously won in the same category in 2007 for the first “Borat” film. In addition to Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Cohen also accepted the Golden Globe award for Best Musical or Comedy, which “Borat Subseqent Moviefilm” won earlier in the ceremony.
While Cohen is not expected to garner an Academy Award nomination for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” he is a top contender in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars. He was nominated in that category as well on Sunday night, but lost to Daniel Kaluuya for “Judas and the Black Messiah.” The other supporting...
Cohen took home the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy award for the “Borat” sequel. He previously won in the same category in 2007 for the first “Borat” film. In addition to Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Cohen also accepted the Golden Globe award for Best Musical or Comedy, which “Borat Subseqent Moviefilm” won earlier in the ceremony.
While Cohen is not expected to garner an Academy Award nomination for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” he is a top contender in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars. He was nominated in that category as well on Sunday night, but lost to Daniel Kaluuya for “Judas and the Black Messiah.” The other supporting...
- 3/1/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Long live the queen, but not Olivia Colman’s Golden Globes record. The three-time champ suffered her first loss(es) on Sunday night, losing Best TV Drama Actress to Emma Corrin, her co-star on “The Crown,” and Best Film Supporting Actress to Jodie Foster for “The Mauritanian.”
Colman had entered the night with a perfect 3-for-3 record, having garnered Best TV Supporting Actress for “The Night Manager” in 2017, Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress for “The Favourite” in 2019 and Best TV Drama Actress for “The Crown” last year.
Most didn’t expect Colman to maintain her flawless record. She was in second place in the TV drama actress odds, behind Corrin, and in third in the film supporting actress odds, trailing Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”) and Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”), while Foster was in fourth.
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Had Colman won both Globes on Sunday for a 5-for-5 record,...
Colman had entered the night with a perfect 3-for-3 record, having garnered Best TV Supporting Actress for “The Night Manager” in 2017, Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress for “The Favourite” in 2019 and Best TV Drama Actress for “The Crown” last year.
Most didn’t expect Colman to maintain her flawless record. She was in second place in the TV drama actress odds, behind Corrin, and in third in the film supporting actress odds, trailing Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”) and Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”), while Foster was in fourth.
See Full list of Golden Globe winners
Had Colman won both Globes on Sunday for a 5-for-5 record,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
This year’s Golden Globe Awards will be singular in a lot of ways, from its live-virtual hybrid to the fact that virtually all of its movie awards will go to films that premiered on VOD or streaming services. In virtually every category, the movie that wins will be the lowest-grossing movie ever to win in that category. You can thank the Covid-inspired theater closings for that.
Here are some other records that might be broken Sunday night:
• If “Nomadland” or “Promising Young Woman” wins Best Motion Picture – Drama, it would be the first movie directed by a woman to win in the category, and the second to win in either of the best-picture categories.
• If Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) or Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) wins best director, it’ll be the second time that award has gone to a woman, after Streisand for “Yentl.
Here are some other records that might be broken Sunday night:
• If “Nomadland” or “Promising Young Woman” wins Best Motion Picture – Drama, it would be the first movie directed by a woman to win in the category, and the second to win in either of the best-picture categories.
• If Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) or Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) wins best director, it’ll be the second time that award has gone to a woman, after Streisand for “Yentl.
- 2/28/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actor In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actor In A Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday morning by Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson, and history could be made when the awards are eventually handed out later this month. Anya Taylor-Joy,Olivia Colman and Sacha Baron Cohen are poised to potentially join an elite group of performers who’ve won two acting awards in the same year.
After Taylor-Joy broke out as the lead in Netflix’s limited series adaptation of “The Queen’s Gambit,” a Best Movie/Limited Series Actress nomination for the young actress seemed like a foregone conclusion. She’s up against Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”), Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”), Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) and Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”).
Taylor-Joy was leading the race heading into the nominations announcement on Wednesday, and she had been for a while. It’s exactly the kind of role the Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves, so if...
After Taylor-Joy broke out as the lead in Netflix’s limited series adaptation of “The Queen’s Gambit,” a Best Movie/Limited Series Actress nomination for the young actress seemed like a foregone conclusion. She’s up against Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”), Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”), Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) and Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”).
Taylor-Joy was leading the race heading into the nominations announcement on Wednesday, and she had been for a while. It’s exactly the kind of role the Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves, so if...
- 2/3/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Jude Law received his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination and first for television three years ago in the Best TV Movie/Limited Actor category for his eponymous role in “The Young Pope” on HBO. He reprised his role as Pius Xiii this year for a second season titled “The New Pope,” with John Malkovich joining the cast in the new title role as John Paul III. With Law downgrading to a supporting part in the Vatican drama, he contends for a repeat nomination now in the Best TV Supporting Actor race.
But Law can still be nominated in Best TV Movie/Limited Actor again, for more recently appearing on HBO in another European co-production. Law starred this fall in “The Third Day” as Sam, a grieving father on a mysterious island. This interactive miniseries was originally scheduled and promoted for a spring debut, but along with “The Undoing” was held...
But Law can still be nominated in Best TV Movie/Limited Actor again, for more recently appearing on HBO in another European co-production. Law starred this fall in “The Third Day” as Sam, a grieving father on a mysterious island. This interactive miniseries was originally scheduled and promoted for a spring debut, but along with “The Undoing” was held...
- 12/30/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Olivia Colman has a perfect record at the Golden Globes, going 3-0, and she can improve on that tally in a huge way in February. The Oscar winner is the favorite in two races, which would make her the fifth performer to snag two Globes in one night.
Colman is comfortably out front in our Best TV Drama Actress odds for “The Crown” at 10/3. As the defending champ, she’d be the first person to go back to back in the category since Claire Danes did it in 2012 and ’13 for “Homeland.” Colman would also join a short list of multiple winners in the category — only three other people have won twice, while Danes has prevailed three times, and Angela Lansbury holds the record with four.
She’s in a much tighter spot in on the film side in Best Supporting Actress, where she competes for “The Father.” Though she shares...
Colman is comfortably out front in our Best TV Drama Actress odds for “The Crown” at 10/3. As the defending champ, she’d be the first person to go back to back in the category since Claire Danes did it in 2012 and ’13 for “Homeland.” Colman would also join a short list of multiple winners in the category — only three other people have won twice, while Danes has prevailed three times, and Angela Lansbury holds the record with four.
She’s in a much tighter spot in on the film side in Best Supporting Actress, where she competes for “The Father.” Though she shares...
- 12/1/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror’s” loss could be HBO’s gain. After three straight Best TV Movie Emmy victories for various episodes and not meeting the new 75-minute runtime requirement, “Black Mirror” is forced to compete in drama this year, paving the way for HBO to claim its record-extending 22 win in the category with “Bad Education.”
It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.
Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...
It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.
Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...
- 6/9/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Mubi and Sony Pictures Television have struck a content deal that will see the streamer get access to 100 Sony-owned feature films in India.
Titles in the deal include Django Unchained, Dr Strangelove, Taxi Driver, Stand By Me, Big Fish, Volver, The Anderson Tapes, Punch-Drunk Love and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
More from DeadlineOscar Hopeful Live Action Short 'Little Hands', Exec Produced By Wim Wenders, Gets Global DealSergei Loznitsa's Stalin Doc 'State Funeral' Lands U.S. & UK DealJuliette Binoche Joins Macao Talent Roster; Mubi Launches In India; Bifa Craft Award Winners - Global Briefs
Mubi moved into India back in November, launching two channels, Mubi India (focusing on local content) and Mubi World (focusing on world cinema). The streamer has a patented model, adding and removing one film to its service per day so that it has a constantly rotating crop of 30 titles (in India it is one film per...
Titles in the deal include Django Unchained, Dr Strangelove, Taxi Driver, Stand By Me, Big Fish, Volver, The Anderson Tapes, Punch-Drunk Love and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
More from DeadlineOscar Hopeful Live Action Short 'Little Hands', Exec Produced By Wim Wenders, Gets Global DealSergei Loznitsa's Stalin Doc 'State Funeral' Lands U.S. & UK DealJuliette Binoche Joins Macao Talent Roster; Mubi Launches In India; Bifa Craft Award Winners - Global Briefs
Mubi moved into India back in November, launching two channels, Mubi India (focusing on local content) and Mubi World (focusing on world cinema). The streamer has a patented model, adding and removing one film to its service per day so that it has a constantly rotating crop of 30 titles (in India it is one film per...
- 3/16/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Ivan Passer, a leading figure of the Czech new wave who directed films including “Cutter’s Way,” died Thursday of pulmonary complications in Reno, Nevada, an associate of the family confirmed. He was 86.
Passer was a close friend and collaborator of the late Czech filmmaker Milos Forman. Passer met Forman at a boarding school for delinquents or children who had lost their parents during the war (other students included Vaclav Havel and Jerzy Skolimowski). They reunited at film school in Prague, where he began collaborating on Forman’s films including “Loves of a Blonde” and “The Firemen’s Ball.” Passer’s first feature was the 1965 film “Intimate Lighting.”
Passer and Forman escaped Prague in 1969 as Russian tanks were advancing, when they pretended to be visiting Austria for the weekend. Though they lacked exit visas, a border guard who was a fan of Forman’s let them cross to safety, Passer told Variety...
Passer was a close friend and collaborator of the late Czech filmmaker Milos Forman. Passer met Forman at a boarding school for delinquents or children who had lost their parents during the war (other students included Vaclav Havel and Jerzy Skolimowski). They reunited at film school in Prague, where he began collaborating on Forman’s films including “Loves of a Blonde” and “The Firemen’s Ball.” Passer’s first feature was the 1965 film “Intimate Lighting.”
Passer and Forman escaped Prague in 1969 as Russian tanks were advancing, when they pretended to be visiting Austria for the weekend. Though they lacked exit visas, a border guard who was a fan of Forman’s let them cross to safety, Passer told Variety...
- 1/10/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
As A-list stars and auteurs made their way to TV this decade, “limited series” orders became a way to sign them up without having to lock in full-season commitments. The format has become such a dominant part of modern TV culture that it’s hard to believe that less than a decade ago there were too few miniseries (as the genre was then dubbed) to even mount its own category.
In 2011, the Television Academy merged TV movie and miniseries into one consolidated program field because the number of miniseries entries had dropped below the threshold needed for at least five nominees. Ironically, that same year both PBS’ “Downton Abbey” and FX’s “American Horror Story” premiered — and the success of those shows swiftly became the template for a whole new kind of “limited series” that now dominates the genre.
The impact of “Downton,” a limited series that then became a regular drama,...
In 2011, the Television Academy merged TV movie and miniseries into one consolidated program field because the number of miniseries entries had dropped below the threshold needed for at least five nominees. Ironically, that same year both PBS’ “Downton Abbey” and FX’s “American Horror Story” premiered — and the success of those shows swiftly became the template for a whole new kind of “limited series” that now dominates the genre.
The impact of “Downton,” a limited series that then became a regular drama,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Duvall celebrates his 88th birthday on January 5, 2019. The Oscar-winning actor has starred in dozens of films spanning a nearly 60 year career, racking up six additional nominations in the process, and is currently in theaters now with “Widows.” But how many of those titles are classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Duvall made his big screen debut with the small but memorable role of Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), released when he was 31-years-old. His first Oscar nomination came just 10 years later: Best Supporting Actor for Francis Ford Coppola‘s mob classic “The Godfather” (1972).
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It would take 11 years before Duvall finally clinched that elusive Best Actor Oscar for “Tender Mercies” (1983), a small-scale drama about a drunken country-western singer working towards redemption. He would...
Duvall made his big screen debut with the small but memorable role of Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), released when he was 31-years-old. His first Oscar nomination came just 10 years later: Best Supporting Actor for Francis Ford Coppola‘s mob classic “The Godfather” (1972).
SEEOscar Best Actor Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Award History
It would take 11 years before Duvall finally clinched that elusive Best Actor Oscar for “Tender Mercies” (1983), a small-scale drama about a drunken country-western singer working towards redemption. He would...
- 1/5/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Amy Adams and Regina King will be Golden Globe winners and losers next month. The double nominees are up against each other in the same two categories — Best Film Supporting Actress and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actress — and our early predictions are forecasting one win for each of them.
King has a commanding lead in the film race for “If Beale Street Could Talk,” boasting 16/5 odds to 39/10 for Adams, who’s nominated for “Vice” and is in second. The critical darling, King has practically swept the critics circuit so far, including victories at the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and has been the “representative win” for “Beale Street.” She’s also fresh off her third Emmy triumph in four years, for “Seven Seconds.”
See Double Golden Globes duel: Amy Adams or Regina King could be 5th performer to win twice in one...
King has a commanding lead in the film race for “If Beale Street Could Talk,” boasting 16/5 odds to 39/10 for Adams, who’s nominated for “Vice” and is in second. The critical darling, King has practically swept the critics circuit so far, including victories at the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and has been the “representative win” for “Beale Street.” She’s also fresh off her third Emmy triumph in four years, for “Seven Seconds.”
See Double Golden Globes duel: Amy Adams or Regina King could be 5th performer to win twice in one...
- 12/12/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Double Golden Globes duel: Amy Adams or Regina King could be 5th performer to win twice in one night
Amy Adams and Regina King will have a double showdown at the Golden Globe Awards. The stars are nominated in two categories, Best Film Supporting Actress and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor. If either goes 2-for-2, she’d be the fifth performer to win two Globes in one night.
Adams’ and King’s bids for “Vice” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” on the film side were widely expected; they were 1-2 in our predictions and are in the same positions in our combined Oscar odds. But their duel on the TV side was a little less secure. Adams was in the No. 1 spot all season for her HBO limited series “Sharp Objects,” while King was in the precarious fifth spot for Netflix’s “Seven Seconds.”
However, King is coming off her third Emmy win in four years, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had only nominated her once during that span,...
Adams’ and King’s bids for “Vice” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” on the film side were widely expected; they were 1-2 in our predictions and are in the same positions in our combined Oscar odds. But their duel on the TV side was a little less secure. Adams was in the No. 1 spot all season for her HBO limited series “Sharp Objects,” while King was in the precarious fifth spot for Netflix’s “Seven Seconds.”
However, King is coming off her third Emmy win in four years, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had only nominated her once during that span,...
- 12/6/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Fresh off her Emmy win for “Seven Seconds” as grieving mother Latrice Butler, Regina King finds herself in the enviable position of earning Oscar buzz for her performance in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Both performances will be eligible at the upcoming Golden Globes where she could very well become just the fifth actor in Golden Globes history to win two awards in one night. The actress has only been nominated once at the Golden Globes before, and considering how much the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) loves rewarding “new” people every year, she’s in a good position to win at least one by the end of the night.
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King earned her third Emmy in September, following two wins for “American Crime.” Each time she has won, she’s...
SEEFirst time lucky? Regina King (‘If Beale Street Could Talk’) could be latest actor to win Oscar on inaugural nomination
King earned her third Emmy in September, following two wins for “American Crime.” Each time she has won, she’s...
- 11/6/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Rt America’s Washington correspondent Sameera Khan has left the network just days after tweeting out praise of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin’s gulags.
In a Twitter thread, Khan said that last Friday was her last day at the Russian state-owned media company and that her departure was planned weeks before her comments about the Soviet prison camps.
“As many of you may already know, I resigned from my position at Rt a couple of weeks ago. Friday was my final day of work,” she said. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my colleagues in DC, London, and Moscow for their consistent support, guidance, and cooperation. It was an absolute privilege to work with such an outstanding group of people.”
“I submitted my resignation on September 30th — a week prior to that hilariously overblown tweet,” she added. “I am sure there will be many questions...
In a Twitter thread, Khan said that last Friday was her last day at the Russian state-owned media company and that her departure was planned weeks before her comments about the Soviet prison camps.
“As many of you may already know, I resigned from my position at Rt a couple of weeks ago. Friday was my final day of work,” she said. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my colleagues in DC, London, and Moscow for their consistent support, guidance, and cooperation. It was an absolute privilege to work with such an outstanding group of people.”
“I submitted my resignation on September 30th — a week prior to that hilariously overblown tweet,” she added. “I am sure there will be many questions...
- 10/16/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The set of “Morning Joe” was especially feisty on Friday, with host Joe Scarborough offering a lengthy denunciation of Fox News and conservatives for their attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller.
“When you start comparing Robert Mueller to Stalin or Hitler, you are not attacking Robert Mueller, you are attacking the United States of America, you are attacking the United States Constitution,” Scarborough said after playing a clip of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Fox News blasting the FBI for using “Stalin” and “Gestapo” tactics.
“You owe Robert Mueller an apology, you owe the men and women of the FBI an apology — and you owe the American people an apology,” said Scarborough in between many dramatic pauses.”
Also Read: Scarborough: Trump Lies Just to Get Ann Coulter to 'Stop Mean-Tweeting About Him'
Gingrich is a Fox News contributor.
“I ask those leading Fox News, I ask Republicans on Capitol Hill, conservatives across America, are you really comfortable attacking law enforcement officers and personnel who were protecting your children against the next Isis terror attack on American soil, comparing those FBI agents to Joseph Stalin, a man who killed between 25 and 40 million of his own people?” said Scarborough.
Comparisons to Stalin — as well as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and many other 20th century dictators — have been routine on the set of “Morning Joe” over the past year when the subject has been Donald Trump.
Also Read: Trump Blasts 'Untruthful Slime Ball' James Comey as Fired FBI Director Releases Tell-All Book
Scarborough himself has often compared Trump to Stalin:
“Of all the things — the shocking things the president has said, and he’s said so many, channeling Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin by calling the media ‘enemy of the people,'” he said in an October 2017 broadcast.
“Saying that First Amendment rights, saying the ability of newspapers to write what they want to write is ‘disgusting’ and someone should look into it, may be the most frightening of all.”
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Demands Fox News Apologize to Robert Mueller: ‘You Are Attacking the United States’ At TheWrap...
“When you start comparing Robert Mueller to Stalin or Hitler, you are not attacking Robert Mueller, you are attacking the United States of America, you are attacking the United States Constitution,” Scarborough said after playing a clip of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Fox News blasting the FBI for using “Stalin” and “Gestapo” tactics.
“You owe Robert Mueller an apology, you owe the men and women of the FBI an apology — and you owe the American people an apology,” said Scarborough in between many dramatic pauses.”
Also Read: Scarborough: Trump Lies Just to Get Ann Coulter to 'Stop Mean-Tweeting About Him'
Gingrich is a Fox News contributor.
“I ask those leading Fox News, I ask Republicans on Capitol Hill, conservatives across America, are you really comfortable attacking law enforcement officers and personnel who were protecting your children against the next Isis terror attack on American soil, comparing those FBI agents to Joseph Stalin, a man who killed between 25 and 40 million of his own people?” said Scarborough.
Comparisons to Stalin — as well as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and many other 20th century dictators — have been routine on the set of “Morning Joe” over the past year when the subject has been Donald Trump.
Also Read: Trump Blasts 'Untruthful Slime Ball' James Comey as Fired FBI Director Releases Tell-All Book
Scarborough himself has often compared Trump to Stalin:
“Of all the things — the shocking things the president has said, and he’s said so many, channeling Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin by calling the media ‘enemy of the people,'” he said in an October 2017 broadcast.
“Saying that First Amendment rights, saying the ability of newspapers to write what they want to write is ‘disgusting’ and someone should look into it, may be the most frightening of all.”
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Demands Fox News Apologize to Robert Mueller: ‘You Are Attacking the United States’ At TheWrap...
- 4/13/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
New blood! “The Death of Stalin” came along just in time to replace the aging awards titles that dominated the specialized world since October. In its initial two-city platform, audiences embraced the unlikely comedy involving a group of famous Soviet figures who plan to kill the Communist despot. Maybe the Oscar hangover won’t be so bad this year.
Two other wider releases — “The Leisure Seeker” and “Thoroughbreds” — had larger grosses, but far lower per-theater averages. Neither suggest much traction.
Opening
The Death of Stalin (IFC) – Metacritic: 88; Festivals include: Toronto 2017, Sundance 2018
$181,308 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $45,307
Armando Iannucci’s early-1950s, Moscow-set comedy that surrounding plotting and maneuvers at the dictator’s demise is the first 2018 platform release to suggest crossover appeal. The $45,000 PTA in four New York/Los Angeles theaters is impressive; it’s just behind “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “While We’re Young,” both in...
Two other wider releases — “The Leisure Seeker” and “Thoroughbreds” — had larger grosses, but far lower per-theater averages. Neither suggest much traction.
Opening
The Death of Stalin (IFC) – Metacritic: 88; Festivals include: Toronto 2017, Sundance 2018
$181,308 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $45,307
Armando Iannucci’s early-1950s, Moscow-set comedy that surrounding plotting and maneuvers at the dictator’s demise is the first 2018 platform release to suggest crossover appeal. The $45,000 PTA in four New York/Los Angeles theaters is impressive; it’s just behind “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “While We’re Young,” both in...
- 3/11/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Many consider Dmitri Shostakovich the greatest composer of the 20th century. Born September 25, 1906, he might not have lived past his teens if he hadn't been talented. During the famines of the Revolutionary period in Russia, Alexander Glazunov, director of the Petrograd (later Leningrad) Conservatory, arranged for the poor and malnourished Shostakovich's food ration to be increased. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, his graduation exercise for Maximilian Steinberg's composition course at the Conservatory, was completed in 1925 at age 19 and was an immediate success worldwide. He was The Party's poster boy; his Second and Third Symphonies unabashedly subtitled, respectively, "To October". (celebrating the Revolution) and "The First of May". (International Workers' Day).
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
- 9/26/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
As I struggled, as every year, to get my end-of-year lists finished in a reasonably timely fashion, it occurred to me that I could publish half of the classical list earlier if I could find a reasonable way to split it into categories. Thus the non-contemporary/contemporary divide this year. The newer composers' work requires more listening; that's the only reason the older repertoire comes first.
1. Ivan Moravec Twelfth Night Recital Prague 1987 (Supraphon) Supposedly this release of a previously unissued concert recording was approved by the pianist shortly before his passing in July 2015. Certainly it's hard to hear anything of significance that he wouldn't have liked about it, because it is a magnificent testament to everything that made him one of the greatest pianists who ever lived: one of the most beautiful piano tones ever heard, allied to liquid phrasing that gave him one of the greatest legato touches ever recorded.
1. Ivan Moravec Twelfth Night Recital Prague 1987 (Supraphon) Supposedly this release of a previously unissued concert recording was approved by the pianist shortly before his passing in July 2015. Certainly it's hard to hear anything of significance that he wouldn't have liked about it, because it is a magnificent testament to everything that made him one of the greatest pianists who ever lived: one of the most beautiful piano tones ever heard, allied to liquid phrasing that gave him one of the greatest legato touches ever recorded.
- 1/6/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s 1990 drama Stalin’s Funeral, starring Vanessa Redgrave as an English journalist, will be shown at Vyborg’s “Window on Europe” Film Festival of Russian Cinema (Aug 7-13)
The 83-year-old Russian poet will come to Vyborg – 38km from the border with Finland – and meet with the festival audience to talk about his life’s work as well as to present Stalin’s Funeral (Pokhorony Stalina), which openly attacked the evils of Stalinism and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Co-Production Competition
Bakur Bakuradze’s Russian-Serbian co-production Brother Dejan, which has its world premiere in Locarno’s International Competition this afternoon (Aug 6), is one of ten titles selected for Vyborg’s Co-Production Competition to be judged by actor-producer Alexey Guskov, Two Women producer Natalia Ivanova and the Armenian-born writer Narine Abgarian.
Other titles include Johnny O’Reilly’s Russian-Irish co-production Moscow Never Sleeps, Oleg Taktarov, Alexander Mosin and Valery Ibragimov’s St Petersburg/Las Vegas-set adventure...
The 83-year-old Russian poet will come to Vyborg – 38km from the border with Finland – and meet with the festival audience to talk about his life’s work as well as to present Stalin’s Funeral (Pokhorony Stalina), which openly attacked the evils of Stalinism and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Co-Production Competition
Bakur Bakuradze’s Russian-Serbian co-production Brother Dejan, which has its world premiere in Locarno’s International Competition this afternoon (Aug 6), is one of ten titles selected for Vyborg’s Co-Production Competition to be judged by actor-producer Alexey Guskov, Two Women producer Natalia Ivanova and the Armenian-born writer Narine Abgarian.
Other titles include Johnny O’Reilly’s Russian-Irish co-production Moscow Never Sleeps, Oleg Taktarov, Alexander Mosin and Valery Ibragimov’s St Petersburg/Las Vegas-set adventure...
- 8/6/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos’s 1965 film The Shop on Main Street, which was the first film from Eastern Europe to win an Academy Award, celebrates it’s 50th anniversary this year. The Laemmle Town Center 5 in Encino, CA will be holding a special one-night-only showing of the 128-minute drama on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:30 pm. Scheduled to appear in person are film director Ivan Passer and Michal Sedlacek, Consul General of Czech Republic in Los Angeles.
From the press release:
The Shop On Main Street (1965) was the first film from Eastern Europe ever to win an Academy Award. Fifty years ago this powerful Czech drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. Directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, it was one of the key films in the Czech New Wave that flourished in the 1960s, before the Soviet invasion of 1968 stamped out this vital movement. Josef Kroner...
From the press release:
The Shop On Main Street (1965) was the first film from Eastern Europe ever to win an Academy Award. Fifty years ago this powerful Czech drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. Directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, it was one of the key films in the Czech New Wave that flourished in the 1960s, before the Soviet invasion of 1968 stamped out this vital movement. Josef Kroner...
- 6/6/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Actor and director who brought dark good looks and a commanding presence to his roles
Austrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished actor, director, writer and producer. However, he will be best remembered as an actor, especially for his Oscar-winning performance in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – an early highlight among scores of television and movie appearances. He also directed opera, worked tirelessly in the theatre and made six feature films, including Marlene (1984) - a tantalising portrait of Dietrich, his co-star in Judgment, who is heard being interviewed but not seen, except in movie extracts.
Schell courted controversy and much of his work, including The Pedestrian (1973), dealt with the second world war, its attendant crimes and the notion of collective guilt. In 1990, when he was offered a special award for his contributions to German film, he refused to accept it.
Austrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished actor, director, writer and producer. However, he will be best remembered as an actor, especially for his Oscar-winning performance in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – an early highlight among scores of television and movie appearances. He also directed opera, worked tirelessly in the theatre and made six feature films, including Marlene (1984) - a tantalising portrait of Dietrich, his co-star in Judgment, who is heard being interviewed but not seen, except in movie extracts.
Schell courted controversy and much of his work, including The Pedestrian (1973), dealt with the second world war, its attendant crimes and the notion of collective guilt. In 1990, when he was offered a special award for his contributions to German film, he refused to accept it.
- 2/3/2014
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
Maximilian Schell movie director (photo: Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell) (See previous post: “Maximilian Schell Dies: Best Actor Oscar Winner for ‘Judgment at Nuremberg.’”) Maximilian Schell’s first film as a director was the 1970 (dubbed) German-language release First Love / Erste Liebe, adapted from Igor Turgenev’s novella, and starring Englishman John Moulder-Brown, Frenchwoman Dominique Sanda, and Schell in this tale about a doomed love affair in Czarist Russia. Italian Valentina Cortese and British Marius Goring provided support. Directed by a former Best Actor Oscar winner, First Love, a movie that could just as easily have been dubbed into Swedish or Swahili (or English), ended up nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Three years later, nominated in that same category was Schell’s second feature film as a director, The Pedestrian / Der Fußgänger, in which a car accident forces a German businessman to delve deep into his past.
- 2/2/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Austrian who won best actor Oscar for role in Judgment at Nuremberg died at clinic in Innsbruck after sudden illness
Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy award for his role as a German defence attorney in the acclaimed 1961 courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg, has died aged 83.
The Vienna-born actor died overnight at a clinic in Innsbruck as the result of a "sudden and serious illness", his agent, Patricia Baumbauer, told the Austria Press Agency on Saturday.
One of the best-known foreign actors in Us films, Schell starred on stage and screen on both sides of the Atlantic after growing up in Switzerland, where his family settled to escape the Nazis after Germany's 1938 annexation of Austria.
The brother of actress Maria Schell, he also won a Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle award for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg, which followed a television drama version of the play.
Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy award for his role as a German defence attorney in the acclaimed 1961 courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg, has died aged 83.
The Vienna-born actor died overnight at a clinic in Innsbruck as the result of a "sudden and serious illness", his agent, Patricia Baumbauer, told the Austria Press Agency on Saturday.
One of the best-known foreign actors in Us films, Schell starred on stage and screen on both sides of the Atlantic after growing up in Switzerland, where his family settled to escape the Nazis after Germany's 1938 annexation of Austria.
The brother of actress Maria Schell, he also won a Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle award for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg, which followed a television drama version of the play.
- 2/2/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
The AP is reporting that Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in “Judgment at Nuremberg,” has died. He was 83.
Schell’s agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in the Austrian city of Innsbruck following a “sudden illness.”
It was only his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer’s classic “Judgment at Nuremberg,” that earned him wide international acclaim. Schell’s impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for sentencing innocent victims to death won him the 1961 Academy Award for best actor. Schell had first played Rolfe in a 1959 episode of the television program “Playhouse 90.”
Despite being type-cast for numerous Nazi-era films, Schell’s acting performances in the mid-1970s also won him renewed popular acclaim, earning him...
Schell’s agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in the Austrian city of Innsbruck following a “sudden illness.”
It was only his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer’s classic “Judgment at Nuremberg,” that earned him wide international acclaim. Schell’s impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for sentencing innocent victims to death won him the 1961 Academy Award for best actor. Schell had first played Rolfe in a 1959 episode of the television program “Playhouse 90.”
Despite being type-cast for numerous Nazi-era films, Schell’s acting performances in the mid-1970s also won him renewed popular acclaim, earning him...
- 2/1/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
One of the greats has left us, and we'd be remiss to not mention the passing of Oscar winner Maximilian Schell this morning (Feb. 1, 2014) at the age of 83 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. He didn't dabble in the horror genre often, but when he did, it was memorable.
Per the AP via ABC News, Schell's agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in the Austrian city of Innsbruck following a "sudden illness."
Austrian-born Schell won his Best Actor Oscar in 1962 for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and also appeared in such genre fare as Deep Impact, The Black Hole, John Carpenter's Vampires, The Vampyre Wars, Darkness, House of the Sleeping Beauties, The Eighteenth Angel, and 1983 TV movie "The Phantom of the Opera," in which he played The Phantom opposite Jane Seymour and Michael York.
Despite being type-cast for numerous Nazi-era films, Schell's acting performances in the mid-1970s won him renewed popular acclaim,...
Per the AP via ABC News, Schell's agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in the Austrian city of Innsbruck following a "sudden illness."
Austrian-born Schell won his Best Actor Oscar in 1962 for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and also appeared in such genre fare as Deep Impact, The Black Hole, John Carpenter's Vampires, The Vampyre Wars, Darkness, House of the Sleeping Beauties, The Eighteenth Angel, and 1983 TV movie "The Phantom of the Opera," in which he played The Phantom opposite Jane Seymour and Michael York.
Despite being type-cast for numerous Nazi-era films, Schell's acting performances in the mid-1970s won him renewed popular acclaim,...
- 2/1/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
So sad. The iconic ‘Judgment at Nuremburg’ actor who rubbed shoulders with Jane Fonda and Marlon Brando died on Jan. 31 in Innsbruck, Austria after a sudden and serious illness.
On Jan. 31, we said goodbye to yet another iconic actor. Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy Award in 1961 for his performance in Judgment at Nuremburg, died in a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria after coming down with a sudden illness. He was 83 years old.
Maximilian Schell Dies At 83
The actor’s sad death was confirmed by his agent, Patricia Baumbauer, according to the Associated Press. Maximilian leaves an illustrious life behind him, and not just because of his acting achievements.
The son of a Swiss playwright and an Austrian stage actress, Maximilian grew up in Vienna and lived there until his family was forced to flee when Hitler’s German army wrestled control of the country. After that, he followed in his...
On Jan. 31, we said goodbye to yet another iconic actor. Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy Award in 1961 for his performance in Judgment at Nuremburg, died in a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria after coming down with a sudden illness. He was 83 years old.
Maximilian Schell Dies At 83
The actor’s sad death was confirmed by his agent, Patricia Baumbauer, according to the Associated Press. Maximilian leaves an illustrious life behind him, and not just because of his acting achievements.
The son of a Swiss playwright and an Austrian stage actress, Maximilian grew up in Vienna and lived there until his family was forced to flee when Hitler’s German army wrestled control of the country. After that, he followed in his...
- 2/1/2014
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Maximilian Schell won an Oscar for Judgement At Nuremberg Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell has died at the age of 83.
Schell, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a lawyer in Judgement At Nuremberg, passed away after a "sudden and serious illness", according to his agent.
Schell made his Hollywood debut in 1958 film Young Lions and was working right up until this year - his final film Les brigands is currently in post production. He was also Oscar nominated for his role in The Man In The Glass Booth and received a supporting actor nod for his performance alongside Jane Fonda in Julia.
He won a Golden Globe for his supporting role in HBO miniseries Stalin, playing Lenin alongside Robert Duvall. In addition to carving a long and successful career on screen, he was also a producer, director, concert pianist and conductor.
In documentary My Sister Maria, Schell portrayed his relationship with his acting sister,...
Schell, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a lawyer in Judgement At Nuremberg, passed away after a "sudden and serious illness", according to his agent.
Schell made his Hollywood debut in 1958 film Young Lions and was working right up until this year - his final film Les brigands is currently in post production. He was also Oscar nominated for his role in The Man In The Glass Booth and received a supporting actor nod for his performance alongside Jane Fonda in Julia.
He won a Golden Globe for his supporting role in HBO miniseries Stalin, playing Lenin alongside Robert Duvall. In addition to carving a long and successful career on screen, he was also a producer, director, concert pianist and conductor.
In documentary My Sister Maria, Schell portrayed his relationship with his acting sister,...
- 2/1/2014
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg, has died. He was 83.
Schell’s agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a “sudden and serious illness,” the Austria Press Agency reported.
It was only his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer’s classic Judgment at Nuremberg, that earned him wide international acclaim. Schell’s impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for sentencing innocent...
Schell’s agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a “sudden and serious illness,” the Austria Press Agency reported.
It was only his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer’s classic Judgment at Nuremberg, that earned him wide international acclaim. Schell’s impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for sentencing innocent...
- 2/1/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
When Helen Mirren swept all the precursor prizes on her way to winning an Oscar for "The Queen" in 2006, she also added a second Globe to her mantle for her performance in the telefilm "Elizabeth." However, she was not the first woman to pull off this double act. Another Dame, Joan Plowright, took home the supporting awards for both film ("Enchanted April") and television ("Stalin") back in 1992. This year, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is poised to repeat this feat. While she holds the record for most Emmy nominations by a funny woman (14) and is the only series regular to win Emmys for three different laffers, she has won just one of her four Golden Globes bids: the catch-all supporting category in 1994 for "Seinfeld." After taking home two Emmys in a row for her starring role on the laffer "Veep", Louis-Dreyfus leads the TV Comedy Actress category at the Golden Globes. With six Editors,...
- 11/20/2013
- Gold Derby
An Original Voice
“We didn’t get mad, we got smart,” HBO CEO Michael Fuchs said about hitting The Wall, looking back at HBO stalling in 1984 from the vantage of the early 1990s. Actually, a lot of the rank and file didn’t get mad or smart; we’d seen 125 of our friends and colleagues get shown the door when the company had suddenly flatlined after eight years of phenomenal growth, and what we got was scared.
But it’s to the credit of HBO’s execs that whatever anxieties they may have had, they showed no panic or even nervousness in public. Instead, they poured any concerns into energetically and immediately addressing the question of, “What do we do now?” The world we knew had changed and there was no going back to the Gold Rush days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The company required a humongous...
“We didn’t get mad, we got smart,” HBO CEO Michael Fuchs said about hitting The Wall, looking back at HBO stalling in 1984 from the vantage of the early 1990s. Actually, a lot of the rank and file didn’t get mad or smart; we’d seen 125 of our friends and colleagues get shown the door when the company had suddenly flatlined after eight years of phenomenal growth, and what we got was scared.
But it’s to the credit of HBO’s execs that whatever anxieties they may have had, they showed no panic or even nervousness in public. Instead, they poured any concerns into energetically and immediately addressing the question of, “What do we do now?” The world we knew had changed and there was no going back to the Gold Rush days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The company required a humongous...
- 10/11/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Just got some news that I suspect lotsa folks will be excited and nervous about: Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley Secure Rights to Epic Fantasy “Darkover” Novels Plan to Develop Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Best-Selling Novels Into TV Series February 13, 2012 — Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s renowned “Darkover” novels and are currently developing a fantasy television series around the saga. Kahn Power and Stanley, both award-winning producers of movies and mini-series, are developing the “Darkover” novels into a multi-platform TV series. A gifted and prolific science-fiction and fantasy writer, Bradley, who garnered the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2000, was the author of over 66 books and 105 short stories, who “The Mists of Avalon,” Bradley’s monumental re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1984 and in 2002 was developed into an award-winning miniseries.
- 2/14/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
hollywoodnews.com: Robert Duvall will be honored on Wednesday, January 5 at 11:00 am with a Handprint and Footprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre along the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame to celebrate 50 years of Excellence in film.
This year for his outstanding performance as Felix Bush in Sony Pictures Classics’ ‘Get Low’ Duvall is nominated for a SAG Best Actor Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Critic’s Choice award for ‘Best Actor,’ he has already won ‘The Best Actor Award’ at the Hollywood Film Festival, and recently received a career Tribute by the Gotham Awards and will be honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival in early 2011 with the ‘Career Achievement Award.’
‘Get Low’ is a magical and moving blend of folk tale, fable and real-life legend. ‘Get Low’ is a movie spun in the Southern storytelling tradition about the mysterious 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party,...
This year for his outstanding performance as Felix Bush in Sony Pictures Classics’ ‘Get Low’ Duvall is nominated for a SAG Best Actor Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Critic’s Choice award for ‘Best Actor,’ he has already won ‘The Best Actor Award’ at the Hollywood Film Festival, and recently received a career Tribute by the Gotham Awards and will be honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival in early 2011 with the ‘Career Achievement Award.’
‘Get Low’ is a magical and moving blend of folk tale, fable and real-life legend. ‘Get Low’ is a movie spun in the Southern storytelling tradition about the mysterious 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party,...
- 12/19/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
James Franco admitted he hates a lot of his movies. Robert Duvall questioned David Fincher's shooting style. And Ryan Gosling opened up about getting fired by Peter Jackson. It was an especially candid Hollywood Reporter Roundtable when six of the year's most awards-worthy actors—Franco ("127 Hours"), Duvall ("Get Low"), Gosling ("Blue Valentine"), Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network"), Colin Firth ("The King's Speech"), and Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are All Right")—got together Nov. 5 at Siren Studios in Hollywood for an hourlong discussion. Do you remember the specific moment when you decided to be an actor? Robert Duvall: I come from a military background, and, actually, my parents kind of pushed me into acting, which is the reverse of what it's supposed to be. I tried it on an academic level in a small college in Illinois, and it kind of worked out. Then I went in the Army anyway,...
- 12/15/2010
- backstage.com
Robert Duvall, pictured here in his latest film "Get Low" (he deserves a Best Actor nomination for the flick!), will receive the Career Achievement Award at the Awards Gala of the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by .Entertainment Tonight.s. Mary Hart. Duvall will join previously announced honorees Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, Jennifer Lawrence, Carey Mulligan and Natalie Portman. The Festival runs January 6-17.
Here's the rest of the press release:
.For nearly 50 years, Robert Duvall has transfixed cinematic audiences with his gritty, intuitive performances,. said Film Festival chairman Harold Matzner. .In Get Low, his most recent role, Duvall portrays a backwoodsman who stages his own funeral while still alive. Duvall gives a virtuoso performance, challenging audiences to understand his character who is caught between myth and reality.
The Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by .Entertainment Tonight.s. Mary Hart. Duvall will join previously announced honorees Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, Jennifer Lawrence, Carey Mulligan and Natalie Portman. The Festival runs January 6-17.
Here's the rest of the press release:
.For nearly 50 years, Robert Duvall has transfixed cinematic audiences with his gritty, intuitive performances,. said Film Festival chairman Harold Matzner. .In Get Low, his most recent role, Duvall portrays a backwoodsman who stages his own funeral while still alive. Duvall gives a virtuoso performance, challenging audiences to understand his character who is caught between myth and reality.
- 11/29/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
hollywoodnews.com: The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening will be honored with the “Hollywood Actress Award” and Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall will receive the “Hollywood Actor Award” at the festival’s Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
“It is a privilege to honor and to celebrate Annette Bening’s and Robert Duvall’s extraordinary talent as well as remarkable work and to recognize their outstanding acting achievements,” said Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
The gala ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.
About Annette Bening
Annette Bening has received three Academy Award nominations for her roles in “Being Julia,” “American Beauty, ” and “The Grifters.” She can be seen recently in Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right,” which also stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo,...
“It is a privilege to honor and to celebrate Annette Bening’s and Robert Duvall’s extraordinary talent as well as remarkable work and to recognize their outstanding acting achievements,” said Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
The gala ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.
About Annette Bening
Annette Bening has received three Academy Award nominations for her roles in “Being Julia,” “American Beauty, ” and “The Grifters.” She can be seen recently in Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right,” which also stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo,...
- 9/29/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
DVD Playhouse—August 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
- 8/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Robert Duvall has signed with ICM for representation in all areas. The veteran actor-director, who last month received an Emmy for his performance in AMC's Broken Trail, next appears on the big screen in Columbia's We Own the Night, which also stars Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg. Duvall won an Academy Award for his role in 1983's Tender Mercies. He has been nominated six times for an Oscar and six times for a Golden Globe, winning the Globe for his performances in Stalin, Lonesome Dove, Tender Mercies and Apocalypse Now.
Among other accolades, Duvall won the Independent Spirit Awards for actor and director for 1997's The Apostle. He continues to be repped by manager Rob Carliner and attorney Adam Kaller.
Among other accolades, Duvall won the Independent Spirit Awards for actor and director for 1997's The Apostle. He continues to be repped by manager Rob Carliner and attorney Adam Kaller.
- 10/3/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jason Scott Lee and Jay Hernandez are set to topline the indie historical epic The Nomad, which is being executive produced by Milos Forman and Ram Bergman. Ivan Passer (HBO's Stalin) will direct the film from a script by Rustam Ibragimbekov. Nomad is set in 18th-century Kazakhstan and tells the story of a boy who is destined to one day unite the three warring tribes of the country. Lee will star as a veteran soldier and master of martial arts who spends his life raising and teaching the destined leader Mansur to lead the Kazakhs to victory and independence.
- 8/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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