Forster was a versatile character actor whose career was unexpectedly rescued by his Oscar-nominated role in Quentin Tarantino’s cult thriller
•Peter Bradshaw on Robert Forster: a coolly charismatic character actor with an intensely sympathetic air
Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, died on Friday. He was 78.
Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.
•Peter Bradshaw on Robert Forster: a coolly charismatic character actor with an intensely sympathetic air
Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, died on Friday. He was 78.
Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.
- 10/12/2019
- by Associated Press
- The Guardian - Film News
With multiple recent events celebrating United Artists’ centennial, and anticipation growing for the release of the next James Bond film in 2020, industry folk and fans alike are being reminded of UA’s scope and impact.
“UA’s primary legacy is that it never left its core mission, allowing visionary artists to control the filmmaking process,” says Jonathan Glickman, president of parent company MGM’s motion picture group. “There is no accident why so many of the essential filmmakers of the past 100 years were drawn to make their films here and it’s their work that has kept the name alive.”
In honor of UA’s landmark anniversary, this year’s Venice Film Festival featured a screening of a new 35mm print (courtesy of MGM) of Martin Scorsese’s “New York, New York.” The new copy of the 1977 pic was presented by producer Irwin Winkler, whose other UA credits include “Raging Bull,...
“UA’s primary legacy is that it never left its core mission, allowing visionary artists to control the filmmaking process,” says Jonathan Glickman, president of parent company MGM’s motion picture group. “There is no accident why so many of the essential filmmakers of the past 100 years were drawn to make their films here and it’s their work that has kept the name alive.”
In honor of UA’s landmark anniversary, this year’s Venice Film Festival featured a screening of a new 35mm print (courtesy of MGM) of Martin Scorsese’s “New York, New York.” The new copy of the 1977 pic was presented by producer Irwin Winkler, whose other UA credits include “Raging Bull,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Paul Plunkett
- Variety Film + TV
David V. Picker, who served as the head of United Artists, Paramount and Columbia over more than a half-century in the film business, died Saturday night after succumbing to colon cancer at his home in New York, his longtime friend and former UA colleague Kathie Berlin told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 87.
Picker was born in New York on May 14, 1931 — and into the movie business. His grandfather, also named David V. Picker, ran a small chain of theaters that he eventually sold to Loews, the company for which his father, Eugene Picker, then got a job booking ...
Picker was born in New York on May 14, 1931 — and into the movie business. His grandfather, also named David V. Picker, ran a small chain of theaters that he eventually sold to Loews, the company for which his father, Eugene Picker, then got a job booking ...
- 4/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David V. Picker, who served as the head of United Artists, Paramount and Columbia over more than a half-century in the film business, died Saturday night after succumbing to colon cancer at his home in New York, his longtime friend and former UA colleague Kathie Berlin told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 87.
Picker was born in New York on May 14, 1931 — and into the movie business. His grandfather, also named David V. Picker, ran a small chain of theaters that he eventually sold to Loews, the company for which his father, Eugene Picker, then got a job booking ...
Picker was born in New York on May 14, 1931 — and into the movie business. His grandfather, also named David V. Picker, ran a small chain of theaters that he eventually sold to Loews, the company for which his father, Eugene Picker, then got a job booking ...
- 4/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Former “NBC Nightly News” correspondent Richard “Dick” Valeriani died early Monday at his home in New York City. He was 85.
Valeriani began his news career in the late 1950s at the Associated Press, when he was dispatched to Cuba to report on the Bay of Pigs in 1961. He was hired by NBC News while in Cuba and was the last American journalist ousted from the country following Fidel Castro’s revolution. At NBC, he served for years as an on-air correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” and co-anchored “Today” from the Washington, D.C. bureau.
Valeriani earned recognition for his coverage of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He was assigned as NBC Senior White House Correspondent during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, a role that landed him on President Nixon’s famous “enemies list.” He also covered the State Department and wrote about his time with Secretary of State...
Valeriani began his news career in the late 1950s at the Associated Press, when he was dispatched to Cuba to report on the Bay of Pigs in 1961. He was hired by NBC News while in Cuba and was the last American journalist ousted from the country following Fidel Castro’s revolution. At NBC, he served for years as an on-air correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” and co-anchored “Today” from the Washington, D.C. bureau.
Valeriani earned recognition for his coverage of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He was assigned as NBC Senior White House Correspondent during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, a role that landed him on President Nixon’s famous “enemies list.” He also covered the State Department and wrote about his time with Secretary of State...
- 6/18/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Valeriani, a longtime NBC News correspondent who covered the civil rights movement and the Johnson and Nixon administrations from the network’s Washington D.C., bureau, died today. He was 85.
He would spend 31 years as an on-air correspondent for NBC Nightly News and often appeared on Today. Colleagues would say Valeriani was “always the first” journalist to get to the scene to report a story, which is how they knew it was significant.
A native of Camden, NJ, who spoke five languages, Valeriani began his news career with the Associated Press in the late 1950s, when he was transplanted to Cuba to live and report on the Bay of Pigs. While in Cuba, he was hired by NBC and was the last American journalist ousted from the communist country.
He went on to cover the Civil Rights movement, for which he won many awards and brought wider national attention to the cause.
He would spend 31 years as an on-air correspondent for NBC Nightly News and often appeared on Today. Colleagues would say Valeriani was “always the first” journalist to get to the scene to report a story, which is how they knew it was significant.
A native of Camden, NJ, who spoke five languages, Valeriani began his news career with the Associated Press in the late 1950s, when he was transplanted to Cuba to live and report on the Bay of Pigs. While in Cuba, he was hired by NBC and was the last American journalist ousted from the communist country.
He went on to cover the Civil Rights movement, for which he won many awards and brought wider national attention to the cause.
- 6/18/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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