Jessica Alba revealed that she is stepping down as The Honest Company’s chief creative officer.
The actress and businesswoman shared the news on Instagram on Tuesday, more than a decade after she co-founded the company, which sells baby, skin-care, bath and beauty products.
“It is with a grateful heart that twelve years after founding The Honest Company, I am stepping down from my leadership role as Chief Creative Officer,” she wrote. “However, I will continue to provide strategic advice through my role on the board. While there would never have been an easy time to make this decision, I know we have a leadership team in place with Carla Vernón at the helm to advance our founding vision and strengthen Honest’s legacy as an industry change-maker.”
Since co-founding The Honest Company in 2012, Alba has served as the chief creative officer. Then in May 2021, the company officially went public.
The actress and businesswoman shared the news on Instagram on Tuesday, more than a decade after she co-founded the company, which sells baby, skin-care, bath and beauty products.
“It is with a grateful heart that twelve years after founding The Honest Company, I am stepping down from my leadership role as Chief Creative Officer,” she wrote. “However, I will continue to provide strategic advice through my role on the board. While there would never have been an easy time to make this decision, I know we have a leadership team in place with Carla Vernón at the helm to advance our founding vision and strengthen Honest’s legacy as an industry change-maker.”
Since co-founding The Honest Company in 2012, Alba has served as the chief creative officer. Then in May 2021, the company officially went public.
- 4/10/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Her uncanny portrayals of famous women have brought her legions of fans. Now, as she prepares to play Emily Maitlis in the pivotal Prince Andrew interview, the actor talks to Eva Wiseman about acting, soft drinks and ‘side hustles’
“I have a tendency to be cast as those types of women who have unbelievable brains,” says Gillian Anderson, running her hands through her glamour of blonde hair, “because my resting face is intellectual, as if I’m thinking about Proust or the world order. When in fact it’s usually, actually, dinner.” The next unbelievably brained woman Anderson will play is British journalist Emily Maitlis, in Scoop, a film about the process of securing her 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. This was the interview in which he discussed his friendship with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, his inability to sweat, and the Woking branch of Pizza Express, and, in 50 fast minutes,...
“I have a tendency to be cast as those types of women who have unbelievable brains,” says Gillian Anderson, running her hands through her glamour of blonde hair, “because my resting face is intellectual, as if I’m thinking about Proust or the world order. When in fact it’s usually, actually, dinner.” The next unbelievably brained woman Anderson will play is British journalist Emily Maitlis, in Scoop, a film about the process of securing her 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. This was the interview in which he discussed his friendship with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, his inability to sweat, and the Woking branch of Pizza Express, and, in 50 fast minutes,...
- 3/24/2024
- by Eva Wiseman
- The Guardian - Film News
Another royal scandal is getting the Netflix treatment.
After “The Crown” concluded in 2023, the streaming platform is releasing film “Scoop” about the infamous 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview between anchor Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew. “The Crown” alum Gillian Anderson portrays Maitlis in the movie based on the former “Newsnight” editor Sam McAlister’s book “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview.” Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes flurry to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.S. civil case against convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. During the “Newsnight” broadcast, Prince Andrew addressed the allegations made by Epstein and his victims. Prince Andrew alleged that he only knew Epstein through socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted on sex-trafficking charges in December 2021. Maxwell’s story...
After “The Crown” concluded in 2023, the streaming platform is releasing film “Scoop” about the infamous 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview between anchor Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew. “The Crown” alum Gillian Anderson portrays Maitlis in the movie based on the former “Newsnight” editor Sam McAlister’s book “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview.” Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes flurry to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.S. civil case against convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. During the “Newsnight” broadcast, Prince Andrew addressed the allegations made by Epstein and his victims. Prince Andrew alleged that he only knew Epstein through socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted on sex-trafficking charges in December 2021. Maxwell’s story...
- 2/12/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The thing that strikes you first is her voice.
Lady Bird Johnson recorded 123 hours of audio tapes recounting the ins and outs of her husband Lyndon Johnson’s administration. The recordings form the spine of Dawn Porter’s illuminating new documentary, “The Lady Bird Diaries,” but they don’t just give a chronological sequence of events. These recordings are an artistic achievement in their own right, primary-source history executed with insight and wit, and as a kind of diaristic blank verse. It helps that Johnson had worked as a journalist; she has a way with words that’s deceptive because she’s not (overly) flowery, though her vocabulary is immense. Instead, she’s direct, spare in her descriptions, with her Texas drawl giving musicality to her prose. The space between the drama of her saying “I want to know what is going on, even if to know is to suffer...
Lady Bird Johnson recorded 123 hours of audio tapes recounting the ins and outs of her husband Lyndon Johnson’s administration. The recordings form the spine of Dawn Porter’s illuminating new documentary, “The Lady Bird Diaries,” but they don’t just give a chronological sequence of events. These recordings are an artistic achievement in their own right, primary-source history executed with insight and wit, and as a kind of diaristic blank verse. It helps that Johnson had worked as a journalist; she has a way with words that’s deceptive because she’s not (overly) flowery, though her vocabulary is immense. Instead, she’s direct, spare in her descriptions, with her Texas drawl giving musicality to her prose. The space between the drama of her saying “I want to know what is going on, even if to know is to suffer...
- 11/13/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Veteran character actress Elizabeth Hoffman, perhaps best known for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, mother of the titular sisters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips, on NBC’s ’90s drama series Sisters, has died. Hoffman passed away of natural causes on Aug. 21 at her home in Malibu, CA, her son Chris confirmed to Deadline’s sister pub THR. She was 97.
Born in Corvallis, Or, Hoffman made her television debut recurring as Miss Mason on Little House on the Prairie in 1980. The following year she made her feature film debut as the lead in Frank Laloggia’s supernatural horror film Fear No Evil.
Hoffman also is known for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in The Winds of War, the television miniseries directed and produced by Dan Curtis, which spanned the earliest years of World War II, from the Nazi blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939 to the...
Born in Corvallis, Or, Hoffman made her television debut recurring as Miss Mason on Little House on the Prairie in 1980. The following year she made her feature film debut as the lead in Frank Laloggia’s supernatural horror film Fear No Evil.
Hoffman also is known for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in The Winds of War, the television miniseries directed and produced by Dan Curtis, which spanned the earliest years of World War II, from the Nazi blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939 to the...
- 10/23/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Hoffman, best known for starring in NBC‘s Sisters in the ’90s (pictured above), died at the age of 97. The veteran actress passed away on August 21 in her home in Malibu, according to her son Chris (via The Hollywood Reporter). Hoffman was born on February 8, 1926, and started out in theater before her first onscreen role came via Little House of the Prairie; she appeared in three episodes of the series from 1980 to 1981. She also appeared in the film Fear No Evil in 1981. In the years following her episodes of Little House on the Prairie, Hoffman appeared on shows such as The Greatest American Hero, The Winds of War, The A-Team, Blue Thunder, and Hunter. Her other TV roles included L.A. Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Matlock, and thirtysomething, leading up to the aforementioned NBC series. Hoffman played Eleanor Roosevelt in two miniseries, The Winds of War in 1983 and War and Remembrance,...
- 10/23/2023
- TV Insider
Elizabeth Hoffman, the actress who portrayed Beatrice “Bea” Reed Ventnor in NBC’s ’90s family drama Sisters, died of natural causes at her home in Malibu, Calif. on Aug. 21. She was 97 years old.
The news was confirmed by Hoffman’s son Chris to The Hollywood Reporter.
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On Sisters, the actress played mom to four daughters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips. The...
The news was confirmed by Hoffman’s son Chris to The Hollywood Reporter.
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On Sisters, the actress played mom to four daughters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips. The...
- 10/23/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Elizabeth Hoffman, who portrayed Beatrice Reed Ventnor, the mother of the daughters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips during the entire six-season run of the NBC drama Sisters, has died. She was 97.
Hoffman died Aug. 21 of natural causes at her home in Malibu, her son Chris told The Hollywood Reporter.
Hoffman stood out as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1983 and 1988-89 Herman Wouk miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Robert Mitchum.
She also portrayed Meryl Streep’s mom in Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild (1994) and the elderly Ruth, the mother-in-law of Linda Hamilton’s character who lives in a cabin at the base of the volcano, in Roger Donaldson’s Dante’s Peak (1997).
Hoffman’s depressed Bea sets Sisters in motion when her four daughters reunite to care for her after she turns to alcohol to deal...
Hoffman died Aug. 21 of natural causes at her home in Malibu, her son Chris told The Hollywood Reporter.
Hoffman stood out as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1983 and 1988-89 Herman Wouk miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Robert Mitchum.
She also portrayed Meryl Streep’s mom in Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild (1994) and the elderly Ruth, the mother-in-law of Linda Hamilton’s character who lives in a cabin at the base of the volcano, in Roger Donaldson’s Dante’s Peak (1997).
Hoffman’s depressed Bea sets Sisters in motion when her four daughters reunite to care for her after she turns to alcohol to deal...
- 10/23/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cardi B is in the hot seat.
After fans clamoured for years to see the rapper on “Hot Ones”, this week she finally appears on the show to test her will with spicy wings and even tougher questions.
Read More: Watch Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion’s Video For New Song ‘Bongos’
“I’m setting myself up to have diarrhea,” she jokes off the top.
During the interview, Cardi talks about why she tries to keep pain and negativity out of her music as much as possible.
“A lot of people tell me that I should put my pain, my struggle in my music. A lot of my pains and a lot of my struggles or whatever the crap is going on, I feel like the masses might not be able to relate,” Cardi says.
“You know what I’m saying? Like, the masses might not be able to relate.
After fans clamoured for years to see the rapper on “Hot Ones”, this week she finally appears on the show to test her will with spicy wings and even tougher questions.
Read More: Watch Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion’s Video For New Song ‘Bongos’
“I’m setting myself up to have diarrhea,” she jokes off the top.
During the interview, Cardi talks about why she tries to keep pain and negativity out of her music as much as possible.
“A lot of people tell me that I should put my pain, my struggle in my music. A lot of my pains and a lot of my struggles or whatever the crap is going on, I feel like the masses might not be able to relate,” Cardi says.
“You know what I’m saying? Like, the masses might not be able to relate.
- 9/28/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Netflix’s “Sex Education” is in session for one last season. Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa) and more return for the fourth and final installment of the heartwarming and intimate dramedy series. The Moordale Secondary School crew face a whole new school year at Cavendish College, where most of them have transferred after the shut-down of their previous stomping grounds, run into the ground by Jemima Kirke’s Headmistress Hope Haddon.
While Otis, Eric, Viv, Jackson, Ruby, Aimee, Isaac and more have to navigate a new social scene at Cavendish, Maeve is across the pond in America taking a fancy writing seminar class. Adam Groff (Connor Swindells) has left school completely. Unfortunately, some staple characters from previous seasons such as Anwar Bakshi (Chaneil Kular) and Olivia Hanan (Simone Ashley) or Ola Nyman (Patricia Allison) and Lily Iglehart (Tanya Reynolds) won’t return this season,...
While Otis, Eric, Viv, Jackson, Ruby, Aimee, Isaac and more have to navigate a new social scene at Cavendish, Maeve is across the pond in America taking a fancy writing seminar class. Adam Groff (Connor Swindells) has left school completely. Unfortunately, some staple characters from previous seasons such as Anwar Bakshi (Chaneil Kular) and Olivia Hanan (Simone Ashley) or Ola Nyman (Patricia Allison) and Lily Iglehart (Tanya Reynolds) won’t return this season,...
- 9/22/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The History® Channel brings history-shaping presidential legacies to life when The Presidential Legacy Collection: Theodore Roosevelt & Fdr arrives on DVD October 17 from Lionsgate. Executive producer and esteemed author Doris Kearns Goodwin brings her astute and thorough knowledge of the lives of two epochal presidents to bear on these acclaimed miniseries, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper. Starring Rufus Jones (TV’s “W1A”) as Theodore Roosevelt in both series, with Christian McKay portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Alice Bounsall (The Lehman Trilogy) as Eleanor Roosevelt in the “Fdr” miniseries, The Presidential Legacy Collection: Theodore Roosevelt & Fdr will be available for the suggested retail prices of $14.98 for DVD.
Official Synopsis
Executive produced by world-renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin along with Leonardo DiCaprio (the Theodore Roosevelt series) and Bradley Cooper (the Franklin Delano Roosevelt series), these acclaimed History® Channel miniseries explore the era-defining, indelible impact of two of America’s most iconic presidents.
Official Synopsis
Executive produced by world-renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin along with Leonardo DiCaprio (the Theodore Roosevelt series) and Bradley Cooper (the Franklin Delano Roosevelt series), these acclaimed History® Channel miniseries explore the era-defining, indelible impact of two of America’s most iconic presidents.
- 9/10/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
James Fitzgerald, a Hollywood publicist and manager who represented his wives Jane Powell and Erin O’Brien as well as Rock Hudson, Louella Parsons, Chuck Connors and Howard Keel, has died. He was 91.
Fitzgerald died Sunday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Canoga Park, his son Greg Fitzgerald told The Hollywood Reporter.
Fitzgerald also assisted the careers of John Raitt, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jimmy Van Heusen and The Burgundy Street Singers, among others. And when he was promoting the Sammy Cahn song “High Hopes” — a big hit for Frank Sinatra that won an Oscar in 1960 — he got to meet Eleanor Roosevelt, who performed the lyrics during an interview with him, as she did here.
Fitzgerald was married to singer-actress O’Brien (77 Sunset Strip, Onionhead) from 1951 until their 1963 divorce and to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers standout Powell from 1965 until their 1975 divorce (he was the third...
Fitzgerald died Sunday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Canoga Park, his son Greg Fitzgerald told The Hollywood Reporter.
Fitzgerald also assisted the careers of John Raitt, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jimmy Van Heusen and The Burgundy Street Singers, among others. And when he was promoting the Sammy Cahn song “High Hopes” — a big hit for Frank Sinatra that won an Oscar in 1960 — he got to meet Eleanor Roosevelt, who performed the lyrics during an interview with him, as she did here.
Fitzgerald was married to singer-actress O’Brien (77 Sunset Strip, Onionhead) from 1951 until their 1963 divorce and to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers standout Powell from 1965 until their 1975 divorce (he was the third...
- 8/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jerome Coopersmith, who received a Tony nomination for writing a 1965 Sherlock Holmes musical and penned more than two dozen episodes of the original Hawaii Five-o during the series’ first nine seasons, has died. He was 97.
Coopersmith died peacefully Friday in Rochester, New York, his family announced.
After earning a Purple Heart for his service during World War II, Coopersmith broke into television writing for quiz shows and historical programs. In the early 1950s, he and Horton Foote worked on the kids-focused Gabby Hayes Show and Johnny Jupiter, and the future Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winner behind To Kill a Mockingbird would become his mentor.
Coopersmith wrote 30 regular installments and two feature-length episodes of CBS’ Hawaii Five-o from 1968-76. Among those was the notable 1975 eighth-season installment Retire in Sunny Hawaii … Forever, which featured Helen Hayes in an Emmy-nominated guest-starring stint as the aunt of her real-life son, James MacArthur.
He then...
Coopersmith died peacefully Friday in Rochester, New York, his family announced.
After earning a Purple Heart for his service during World War II, Coopersmith broke into television writing for quiz shows and historical programs. In the early 1950s, he and Horton Foote worked on the kids-focused Gabby Hayes Show and Johnny Jupiter, and the future Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winner behind To Kill a Mockingbird would become his mentor.
Coopersmith wrote 30 regular installments and two feature-length episodes of CBS’ Hawaii Five-o from 1968-76. Among those was the notable 1975 eighth-season installment Retire in Sunny Hawaii … Forever, which featured Helen Hayes in an Emmy-nominated guest-starring stint as the aunt of her real-life son, James MacArthur.
He then...
- 7/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed “Oppenheimer,” which revolves around J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist considered the father of the atomic bomb, is one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer. Actually of the year. Over the decades there have been several films dealing with the Manhattan Project that culminated with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki thus ending World War II on Sept. 2, 1945.
Soon after the global conflict ended MGM, Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox were rushing to be the first studio to greenlight a movie dealing with the birth of the atomic bomb that ushered in the Cold War. MGM quickly put a project in motion hiring Robert Considine to write a story . The studio was circling the likes of its “A’ stars Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Van Johnson. Meanwhile over at Paramount, producer Hal Wallis was preparing a $1.5 million atomic bomb film called “Top Secret.
Soon after the global conflict ended MGM, Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox were rushing to be the first studio to greenlight a movie dealing with the birth of the atomic bomb that ushered in the Cold War. MGM quickly put a project in motion hiring Robert Considine to write a story . The studio was circling the likes of its “A’ stars Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Van Johnson. Meanwhile over at Paramount, producer Hal Wallis was preparing a $1.5 million atomic bomb film called “Top Secret.
- 7/21/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Judith James, a film, TV and Broadway producer who was Richard Dreyfuss’ producing partner for many years and worked on such projects as Quiz Show, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Eleanor: In Her Own Words, has died July 14 of cancer in Santa Barbara, CA. She was 86.
Her son, Jackson James, revealed the news.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum [in Los Angeles], I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” The Goodbye Girl Oscar winner Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each others’ approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”
Born Judith Rutherford, James moved to New York after college to pursue a career in theater. She...
Her son, Jackson James, revealed the news.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum [in Los Angeles], I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” The Goodbye Girl Oscar winner Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each others’ approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”
Born Judith Rutherford, James moved to New York after college to pursue a career in theater. She...
- 7/17/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Judith James, the longtime producing partner of Richard Dreyfuss who worked with the Oscar winner on films including Mr. Holland’s Opus, Quiz Show and Mad Dog Time, has died. She was 86.
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
- 7/17/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gillian Anderson has been cast in Netflix’s Western drama series “The Abandons” from creator Kurt Sutter.
Anderson will play Constance, the matriarch of the wealthy Van Ness family who doubled the mining fortune she inherited from her husband. Her wealth, charm and power allowed her to forge relationships with political allies despite their town’s patriarchal bias.
The official Netflix logline for the show reads, “As a group of diverse, outlier families pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, ‘justice’ is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law. ‘The Abandons’ will explore that fine line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets,...
Anderson will play Constance, the matriarch of the wealthy Van Ness family who doubled the mining fortune she inherited from her husband. Her wealth, charm and power allowed her to forge relationships with political allies despite their town’s patriarchal bias.
The official Netflix logline for the show reads, “As a group of diverse, outlier families pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, ‘justice’ is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law. ‘The Abandons’ will explore that fine line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Gillian Anderson will star in Netflix’s The Abandons, the action drama series set in the West from Kurt Sutter via his SutterInk banner. The X-Files alum was cast in the role prior to the start of the writers strike.
Anderson will play Constance, the matriarch of the wealthy Van Ness family who inherited her husband’s mining fortune, then doubled it. Despite the town’s inherent bias against women, her money, charm and ruthlessness created a network of political allies. For her, power, wealth and lineage trump all.
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Game of Thrones alumna Lena Headey also stars in The Abandons, which follows a group of diverse outlier families as they pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon while a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls,...
Anderson will play Constance, the matriarch of the wealthy Van Ness family who inherited her husband’s mining fortune, then doubled it. Despite the town’s inherent bias against women, her money, charm and ruthlessness created a network of political allies. For her, power, wealth and lineage trump all.
Related: 2022-23 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders
Game of Thrones alumna Lena Headey also stars in The Abandons, which follows a group of diverse outlier families as they pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon while a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is developing a docuseries about pioneering Black basketball players including Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton.
The NBA legend has teamed up with Cineflix Productions, the company behind Nancy Buirski’s recent feature doc Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, and his longtime business partner Deborah Morales, who runs Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment, on The Pioneers.
The four-part series, which is out to broadcasters and streamers, will tell the story of the players who paved the way toward integrating the sport.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Dan Winters)
It will tell the complete off-the-court story behind basketball’s racial integration, beginning with the Boston Celtics’ surprising second-round selection of Cooper during the 1950 NBA draft. Breaking the color barrier, Cooper’s pick was met with severe pushback during a harsh racial climate, but it would also open doors for other Black players to make the league,...
The NBA legend has teamed up with Cineflix Productions, the company behind Nancy Buirski’s recent feature doc Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, and his longtime business partner Deborah Morales, who runs Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment, on The Pioneers.
The four-part series, which is out to broadcasters and streamers, will tell the story of the players who paved the way toward integrating the sport.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Dan Winters)
It will tell the complete off-the-court story behind basketball’s racial integration, beginning with the Boston Celtics’ surprising second-round selection of Cooper during the 1950 NBA draft. Breaking the color barrier, Cooper’s pick was met with severe pushback during a harsh racial climate, but it would also open doors for other Black players to make the league,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Harry Belafonte, the actor, producer, singer and activist who made calypso music a national phenomenon with “Day-o” (The Banana Boat Song) and used his considerable stardom to draw attention to Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights issues and injustices around the world, has died. He was 96.
Belafonte, recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home on the Upper West Side with his wife, Pamela, by his side, longtime spokesman Ken Sunshine told The Hollywood Reporter.
A master at blending pop, jazz and traditional West Indian rhythms, the Caribbean-American Belafonte released more than 30 albums during his career and received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy from the Recording Academy in 2000.
Calypso, which featured “Day-o” and another hit, “Jamaica Farewell,” topped the Billboard pop album list for an incredible 31 weeks in 1956 and is credited as...
Belafonte, recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home on the Upper West Side with his wife, Pamela, by his side, longtime spokesman Ken Sunshine told The Hollywood Reporter.
A master at blending pop, jazz and traditional West Indian rhythms, the Caribbean-American Belafonte released more than 30 albums during his career and received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy from the Recording Academy in 2000.
Calypso, which featured “Day-o” and another hit, “Jamaica Farewell,” topped the Billboard pop album list for an incredible 31 weeks in 1956 and is credited as...
- 4/25/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The eighth episode of “Survivor 44” aired Wednesday night and concluded with Brandon Cottom getting his torch snuffed out by host Jeff Probst. The 30-year old from Newton, Pennsylvania was the latest castaway to go home at this exciting stage of the competition. Did the tribe make the right decision? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of the eighth episode?
See Brandon Cottom (‘Survivor 44’ exit interview): ‘They were going for the big fish and tonight they got him’
Below, read our “Survivor 44” Episode 8 Top 4 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’ reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.
See ‘Survivor’ deaths: Remembering Keith Nale and 13 other castaways we’ve lost
Top 4 Moments of “Survivor 44” Episode 8:
1. Well,...
See Brandon Cottom (‘Survivor 44’ exit interview): ‘They were going for the big fish and tonight they got him’
Below, read our “Survivor 44” Episode 8 Top 4 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’ reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.
See ‘Survivor’ deaths: Remembering Keith Nale and 13 other castaways we’ve lost
Top 4 Moments of “Survivor 44” Episode 8:
1. Well,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
To many, Cynthia Nixon may best be known as Sex and the City’s hard-charging lawyer Miranda Hobbs. But the actor has had a long and distinguished career that includes film, television, and stage performances. She’s also long been civically engaged, even once mounting a run for governor of New York. Cynthia Nixon and her wife share this passion, having even worked on an education initiative together.
More than just Miranda
The ladies of #SexAndTheCity are back. Here is the official first look at Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis in HBO Max's "And Just Like That…" limited series. Production is now underway in New York City. https://t.co/fwydUNNltH pic.twitter.com/UKcQyIo5Ct
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) July 9, 2021
Though Miranda Hobbs is arguably Nixon’s most well-known and beloved role, her professional acting career began well before the show was conceived.
Her first screen appearance was...
More than just Miranda
The ladies of #SexAndTheCity are back. Here is the official first look at Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis in HBO Max's "And Just Like That…" limited series. Production is now underway in New York City. https://t.co/fwydUNNltH pic.twitter.com/UKcQyIo5Ct
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Though Miranda Hobbs is arguably Nixon’s most well-known and beloved role, her professional acting career began well before the show was conceived.
Her first screen appearance was...
- 4/8/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article contains spoilers for Transatlantic.
Netflix’s new period drama Transatlantic tells the story of Journalist Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith), and American expatriate and heiress Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs) who founded the Emergency Rescue Committee (Erc) that helped over 2,000 people flee the Nazis during World War II, without government support.
The series, created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, is a fictional representation of true events in which people did whatever was necessary to save those in danger. So how much of Transatlantic is the real story and what did the creators leave out?
The Inspiration Behind Netflix’s Transatlantic
In both the series and real life, Gold and Fry helped prominent European figures such as political philosopher Hannah Arendt, painter Max Ernst and German novelist Heinrich Mann escape to the United States, away from the Nazis persecuting Jews across Europe.
While the real story inspired Transatlantic,...
Netflix’s new period drama Transatlantic tells the story of Journalist Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith), and American expatriate and heiress Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs) who founded the Emergency Rescue Committee (Erc) that helped over 2,000 people flee the Nazis during World War II, without government support.
The series, created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, is a fictional representation of true events in which people did whatever was necessary to save those in danger. So how much of Transatlantic is the real story and what did the creators leave out?
The Inspiration Behind Netflix’s Transatlantic
In both the series and real life, Gold and Fry helped prominent European figures such as political philosopher Hannah Arendt, painter Max Ernst and German novelist Heinrich Mann escape to the United States, away from the Nazis persecuting Jews across Europe.
While the real story inspired Transatlantic,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
While it may not be the norm nowadays, marriage between family members was a common practice among the royals in the past. And it still happens to some extent even today. From King Charles III and Princess Diana to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, here’s a breakdown of some of the most famous related royal couples, along with some insight into why the British royal family continues to marry distant family members.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II | Tim Graham/Getty Images The practice of royals marrying within the family has been around for centuries
Centuries ago, the practice of marrying close relatives was widespread among the royal (and wealthy) families in Europe, as well as in other parts of the world. It was a way for reigning families to maintain power and protect their dynasties. The practice also helped well-to-do households preserve their wealth and property.
Today, the practice is much less common,...
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II | Tim Graham/Getty Images The practice of royals marrying within the family has been around for centuries
Centuries ago, the practice of marrying close relatives was widespread among the royal (and wealthy) families in Europe, as well as in other parts of the world. It was a way for reigning families to maintain power and protect their dynasties. The practice also helped well-to-do households preserve their wealth and property.
Today, the practice is much less common,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Mishal Ali Zafar
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The families of historical figures including Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. are taking part in a new docuseries from “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” outfit Cineflix Productions.
Titled “The Descendants,” the new series has exclusive access to the families of Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill and King, who will share private collections of archival materials and intimate, untold stories.
The four-part premium documentary anthology will explore what it’s like “to honor and uphold” the legacies of global icons through the perspectives of their direct descendants.
Executive producers include J.C. Mills for Cineflix Productions as well as Valerie LoCascio and Anne Kenny. Gandhi also will serve as an executive producer.
Each episode will be guided by a relative of the featured icon:
• Gandhi: Great-granddaughter Amrita Gandhi, author and TV host, will introduce viewers to Gandhi’s family members, including grandsons Gopalkrishna...
Titled “The Descendants,” the new series has exclusive access to the families of Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill and King, who will share private collections of archival materials and intimate, untold stories.
The four-part premium documentary anthology will explore what it’s like “to honor and uphold” the legacies of global icons through the perspectives of their direct descendants.
Executive producers include J.C. Mills for Cineflix Productions as well as Valerie LoCascio and Anne Kenny. Gandhi also will serve as an executive producer.
Each episode will be guided by a relative of the featured icon:
• Gandhi: Great-granddaughter Amrita Gandhi, author and TV host, will introduce viewers to Gandhi’s family members, including grandsons Gopalkrishna...
- 12/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for The First Lady, The Flight Attendant, Severance and Magic Johnson doc They Call Me Magic.
Severance finale event
Stars Patricia Arquette, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Dichen Lachman, Yul Vazquez, Jen Tullock and Michael Chernus, director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson celebrated the finale of their Apple TV+ series on April 8 at Los Angeles’ DGA Theater. At the event, which co-star Adam Scott missed after testing positive for Covid-19, the team broke down the show’s first season, which revolves around a company that surgically divides its staff’s work and personal lives, and its buzzy finale, which sees the separation between the two worlds starting to fade.
Outfest Fusion Opening Night Gala
On...
Severance finale event
Stars Patricia Arquette, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Dichen Lachman, Yul Vazquez, Jen Tullock and Michael Chernus, director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson celebrated the finale of their Apple TV+ series on April 8 at Los Angeles’ DGA Theater. At the event, which co-star Adam Scott missed after testing positive for Covid-19, the team broke down the show’s first season, which revolves around a company that surgically divides its staff’s work and personal lives, and its buzzy finale, which sees the separation between the two worlds starting to fade.
Outfest Fusion Opening Night Gala
On...
- 4/15/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – He was all Chicago, from his birth on the West Side to his passing on the North Side, blocks from Wrigley Field and his beloved Chicago Cubs. Howard Fagenholz’s family owned the Marigold Bowl near the corner of Grace and Broadway from 1941 through 2004. He was a lifelong entertainer at the bowling alley, combining his bellicose and sentimental virtues as a bartender and counter worker there, which earned him the nickname “Uncle Howard.” Fagenholz died in his sleep of natural causes on June 30th, 2017. He was 88.
Howard Fagenholz of Marigold Bowl, Chicago
Photo credit: Fagenholz Family
He was born to lawyer Fred Fagenholz and the former Myrtle Arkin in 1928. His mother’s family was close to the George Halas family, so Howard was used to having Chicago Bears football players like Sid Luckman hanging around – he was at old Comiskey Park watching the Bears vs. the Chicago Cardinals when...
Howard Fagenholz of Marigold Bowl, Chicago
Photo credit: Fagenholz Family
He was born to lawyer Fred Fagenholz and the former Myrtle Arkin in 1928. His mother’s family was close to the George Halas family, so Howard was used to having Chicago Bears football players like Sid Luckman hanging around – he was at old Comiskey Park watching the Bears vs. the Chicago Cardinals when...
- 7/7/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The feminist bookstore seen in “Portlandia” may have cut ties with the comedy series, but now Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are focused on men’s rights in a new video for Season 7. Released by IFC in anticipation of the upcoming season, the stars of the show portray two men who are upset that none of the new movements are about them.
“What is our movement?” ask Armisen as he rides his bike next to a male Brownstein wearing a short wig and a plaid shirt. “I’m telling you, that’s why men need safe spaces too,” she says, adding that Reddit is one of the places they can speak freely.
As the two mention that they sometimes feel like the new minority, the clip transitions to the duo singing their new anthem, “What About Men?”
Read More: ‘Portlandia’: Real Life Feminist Bookstore Angrily Cuts Ties With the...
“What is our movement?” ask Armisen as he rides his bike next to a male Brownstein wearing a short wig and a plaid shirt. “I’m telling you, that’s why men need safe spaces too,” she says, adding that Reddit is one of the places they can speak freely.
As the two mention that they sometimes feel like the new minority, the clip transitions to the duo singing their new anthem, “What About Men?”
Read More: ‘Portlandia’: Real Life Feminist Bookstore Angrily Cuts Ties With the...
- 10/6/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Edward Herrmann, an Emmy-winning character actor best known for his seven-season run on Gilmore Girls and his long run as the voice of the History Channel, died today at a New York hospital where he was being treated for brain cancer. He was 71. The actor’s manager, Robbie Kass, told Deadline Herrmann died a year after being diagnosed with a Stage 4 glioblastoma brain tumor. “Besides being an accomplished actor, Ed was also a true gentleman and a scholar, as well as being an incredibly kind and decent man,” Kass said. “He will be sorely missed.”
Herrmann worked in TV and films for more than 40 years, racking up more than 120 credits. He began his career on the big screen in such movies as The Paper Chase, The Great Gatsby and The Great Waldo Pepper before landing the role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1976 ABC telefilm Eleanor And Franklin, playing the...
Herrmann worked in TV and films for more than 40 years, racking up more than 120 credits. He began his career on the big screen in such movies as The Paper Chase, The Great Gatsby and The Great Waldo Pepper before landing the role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1976 ABC telefilm Eleanor And Franklin, playing the...
- 12/31/2014
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline
Ken Burns’ latest historical documentary (and certainly not the last; he said at a recent press conference that he is working on seven other films right now) is, according to Burns and collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward, the first project to intertwine the stories of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt into one family history. The 14-hour film spans the years from 1858 (Teddy Roosevelt’s birth) to 1962 (Eleanor Roosevelt’s death), and airs seven consecutive nights. “Half [our] films have touched upon the Roosevelts, and for as long as we’ve worked together,” Burns told reporters, about how he and … Continue reading →
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- 9/11/2014
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
Claire van der Boom. Photo credit: David Cook..
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When Claire van der Boom auditioned for the role of a younger version of Diane Keaton.s character in the Us movie Life Itself, the director told her she was the only one who didn.t try to impersonate Keaton as Annie Hall in the classic Woody Allen movie.
That was the clincher and the Los Angeles-based Australian actress started shooting the film directed by Englishman Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, My One and Only) in New York last week.
Adapted from Jill Ciment.s novel Heroic Measures, the film stars Keaton and Morgan Freeman as Ruth and Alex, a couple whose life is disrupted when the East Village apartment where they lived for 40 years is put up for sale, a bidding war ensues and Manhattan falls under a terrorism threat.
Claire plays Ruth as she meets Alex, an artist, when she models for his paintings.
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When Claire van der Boom auditioned for the role of a younger version of Diane Keaton.s character in the Us movie Life Itself, the director told her she was the only one who didn.t try to impersonate Keaton as Annie Hall in the classic Woody Allen movie.
That was the clincher and the Los Angeles-based Australian actress started shooting the film directed by Englishman Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, My One and Only) in New York last week.
Adapted from Jill Ciment.s novel Heroic Measures, the film stars Keaton and Morgan Freeman as Ruth and Alex, a couple whose life is disrupted when the East Village apartment where they lived for 40 years is put up for sale, a bidding war ensues and Manhattan falls under a terrorism threat.
Claire plays Ruth as she meets Alex, an artist, when she models for his paintings.
- 10/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jean Stapleton will forever be known to TV viewers as Edith Bunker on "All in the Family." The veteran actress died at the age of 90 on Friday, May 31 and she leaves behind a legacy of stage, screen and TV roles.
Stapleton won two Golden Globes and three Emmys for "All in the Family." Her character, Edith Bunker, appeared in the "All in the Family" continuation series "Archie Bunker's Place," but died off screen. The Season 2 premiere of the series saw Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) deal with Edith's death.
In 1976, at the height of "All in the Family," Stapleton made a memorable appearance on "The Muppet Show." There she performed in several sketches, singing with the Muppets.
In 1982, Stapleton was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy for her TV film "Eleanor, First Lady of the World." She eventually took the role to the stage and starred in a one-woman show as Eleanor Roosevelt.
Stapleton won two Golden Globes and three Emmys for "All in the Family." Her character, Edith Bunker, appeared in the "All in the Family" continuation series "Archie Bunker's Place," but died off screen. The Season 2 premiere of the series saw Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) deal with Edith's death.
In 1976, at the height of "All in the Family," Stapleton made a memorable appearance on "The Muppet Show." There she performed in several sketches, singing with the Muppets.
In 1982, Stapleton was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy for her TV film "Eleanor, First Lady of the World." She eventually took the role to the stage and starred in a one-woman show as Eleanor Roosevelt.
- 6/2/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Jean Stapleton, known to millions of viewers as the lovable Edith Bunker on the classic CBS sitcom "All In the Family," died Friday of natural causes at her home in New York City. She was 90. Stapleton won three Emmy Awards out of eight nominations for her role as the wife of bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor). She received Emmy nominations for two other performances: as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS telefilm "Eleanor, First Lady of the World" and for a guest appearance on the ABC series "Grace Under Fire." "Being the children of a beloved Mother on Television means sharing the spirit of who Jean Stapleton was with her friends and fans," said her two children. "It is with great love and heavy hearts that we say farewell to our collective Mother. Her devotion to her craft and her family taught us all great life lessons."...
- 6/2/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
The actress who quite possibly defined women in television in the 70s tragically passed away from natural causes on May 31. She brought so much joy to her craft and life, here are some pictures of Jean that capture that feeling.
The entertainment world was saddened to learn that one of its brightest stars had passed away on June 1. Jean Stapleton, known best for her iconic role as Edith Bunker on All in the Family passed away at the age of 90 in New York City on May 31, her family and agent confirmed. Read on to see some of the best pictures of the iconic actress.
Jean Stapleton Dies At Age 90
As Edith, Archie Bunker’s suffering wife who he often endearingly referred to as “dingbat,” Jean subtly stole All in the Family, one of the most popular sitcoms in the 1970s and now regarded as one of the most iconic series in television history.
The entertainment world was saddened to learn that one of its brightest stars had passed away on June 1. Jean Stapleton, known best for her iconic role as Edith Bunker on All in the Family passed away at the age of 90 in New York City on May 31, her family and agent confirmed. Read on to see some of the best pictures of the iconic actress.
Jean Stapleton Dies At Age 90
As Edith, Archie Bunker’s suffering wife who he often endearingly referred to as “dingbat,” Jean subtly stole All in the Family, one of the most popular sitcoms in the 1970s and now regarded as one of the most iconic series in television history.
- 6/1/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Archie Bunker's wife Edith on All in the Family, died Friday in her New York City home of natural causes her family announced today.
She was 90 years old.
Pics: Star Sightings
Stapleton won three Emmys for her role as Edith on the long-running CBS sitcom, which aired from 1971 to 1979. She was a veteran of the stage, film and television, and was also nominated for Emmys for her roles as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS television film Eleanor, First Lady of the World and for a guest appearance on the ABC series Grace Under Fire.
Stapleton is survived by her children, television producer Pamela Putch and film and television director John Putch.
She was 90 years old.
Pics: Star Sightings
Stapleton won three Emmys for her role as Edith on the long-running CBS sitcom, which aired from 1971 to 1979. She was a veteran of the stage, film and television, and was also nominated for Emmys for her roles as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS television film Eleanor, First Lady of the World and for a guest appearance on the ABC series Grace Under Fire.
Stapleton is survived by her children, television producer Pamela Putch and film and television director John Putch.
- 6/1/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's wife Edith in the TV series "All in the Family," died yesterday (May 31) in New York. She was 90.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Stapleton's family announced she had died of natural causes.
Stapleton won three Emmys for her work on "All in the Family," reports TMZ. She was nominated for two additional Emmy awards, adds The Hollywood Reporter, for portraying Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS telefilm "Eleanor, First Lady of the World," and as Aunt Vivian on the ABC series "Grace Under Fire." Stapleton was last seen on screen in the 1998 movie "You've Got Mail" (as Meg Ryan's co-worker).
Stapleton is survived by her children -- TV producer Pamela Putch and film and TV director John Putch, notes the L.A. Times.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Stapleton's family announced she had died of natural causes.
Stapleton won three Emmys for her work on "All in the Family," reports TMZ. She was nominated for two additional Emmy awards, adds The Hollywood Reporter, for portraying Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS telefilm "Eleanor, First Lady of the World," and as Aunt Vivian on the ABC series "Grace Under Fire." Stapleton was last seen on screen in the 1998 movie "You've Got Mail" (as Meg Ryan's co-worker).
Stapleton is survived by her children -- TV producer Pamela Putch and film and TV director John Putch, notes the L.A. Times.
- 6/1/2013
- by Liat Kornowski
- Huffington Post
Jean Stapleton, the versatile actress who will forever be remembered for her long-running role as the dim-witted but deep-hearted Edith Bunker on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family, died Friday at her home in New York City, her family confirms. Stapleton, who was 90, succumbed to natural causes. Having already established a career during the 1950s and early '60s for playing nosy neighbor roles in such Broadway smashes as Damn Yankees, Funny Girl and Bells Are Ringing, in which she played the owner of the titular answering service, Stapleton entered the TV pantheon with her high-pitched comic voice...
- 6/1/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Stage, film, and television actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Archie Bunker’s devoted wife Edith on All in the Family, died on June 1 at her home in New York City. She was 90.
As originally envisioned by All in the Family creator Norman Lear, Edith Bunker was a tart voice of truth meant to put her bigoted husband Archie in his place. Even in the January 1971 pilot episode of the immediately controversial series, Edith gives it right back to her husband, like every sitcom wife from Alice Kramden in the past to Peg Bundy in the future.
As originally envisioned by All in the Family creator Norman Lear, Edith Bunker was a tart voice of truth meant to put her bigoted husband Archie in his place. Even in the January 1971 pilot episode of the immediately controversial series, Edith gives it right back to her husband, like every sitcom wife from Alice Kramden in the past to Peg Bundy in the future.
- 6/1/2013
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Beloved, multi-talented, and awardwinning TV, movie, and stage actress Jean Stapleton died Friday of natural causes at her NYC home, her family announced today. She was 90. Whether playing blue collar Archie Bunker’s dingbat wife Edith on All In the Family or patrician President Franklin D Roosevelt’s First Lady Eleanor, Stapleton brought authenticity, grace, dignity, and humor to every varied role. Even more interestingly, she was middle-aged when she hit her professional stride. Born Jeanne Murray in 1923, she received 3 Emmys for her portrayal as Bunker’s wife in Norman Lear’s groundbreaking 1970s sitcom but asked to be written out of the first season of the spinoff Archie Bunker’s Place. Reuniting with Carroll O’Connor in 2000 for Donny and Marie Osmond’s talk show, Stapleton declined the hosts’ request to ‘do’ Edith Bunker. Stapleton later told the Archive of American Television that she felt replicating in casual settings...
- 6/1/2013
- by NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
- Deadline TV
Jean Stapleton, known to millions of viewers as the lovable Edith Bunker on the classic CBS sitcom All in the Family, died Friday of natural causes at her home in New York City, her family announced. She was 90. Stapleton won three Emmy Awards out of eight nominations for her role as the "dingbat" wife of blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor). She received Emmy noms for two other performances: as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS telefilm Eleanor, First Lady of the World and for a guest appearance on the ABC series Grace Under Fire. Despite a lifetime career in
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- 6/1/2013
- by Duane Byrge , Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's wife, Edith, in All In the Family passed away from natural causes on Friday, May 31. She was 90. Her son, John Putch, told the Associated Press that she died in New York City, surrounded by her friends and family. According to the AP, Stapleton received eight Emmy nominations and won three times during her eight-year tenure with the popular 1970s comedy. She also earned Emmy nominations for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 film Eleanor, First Lady of the World and [...]...
- 6/1/2013
- Us Weekly
Hyde Park on Hudson; The Sessions; Planet of Snail; I Wish; Gangster Squad; The Last Stand
After the success of The King's Speech and the embarrassment of W.E., Albert and Elizabeth Windsor return to our screens once again in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012, Universal, 12). Samuel West and Olivia Colman fill the roles previously inhabited by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, here endeavouring to overcome their royal disdain for vulgarity and enjoy a hot-dog in order to cement the "special relationship" with America. The real draw, however, is Bill Murray as Roosevelt, courted by the Brits in the looming shadow of the second world war. Obsessed in equal measure by stamps and women, this Fdr is a contradictory figure, seen through the eyes of his distant cousin Daisy (Laura Linney), whose company he craves and physical attentions he demands in darkly comic fashion. It's a peculiar film, notable for...
After the success of The King's Speech and the embarrassment of W.E., Albert and Elizabeth Windsor return to our screens once again in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012, Universal, 12). Samuel West and Olivia Colman fill the roles previously inhabited by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, here endeavouring to overcome their royal disdain for vulgarity and enjoy a hot-dog in order to cement the "special relationship" with America. The real draw, however, is Bill Murray as Roosevelt, courted by the Brits in the looming shadow of the second world war. Obsessed in equal measure by stamps and women, this Fdr is a contradictory figure, seen through the eyes of his distant cousin Daisy (Laura Linney), whose company he craves and physical attentions he demands in darkly comic fashion. It's a peculiar film, notable for...
- 5/25/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Isabelle Fuhrman cast in Dear Eleanor. The casting of Isabelle Fuhrman in Dear Eleanor (2014) answers the question of who will play the lead role in Kevin Connolly directed film. Dear Eleanor‘s plot synopsis: “a coming-of-age story about two teenage girls who travel across the U.S. in 1962 during the chaos of [...]
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- 5/24/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
She.s best known as Clove from the initial Hunger Games movie, or for her disturbing turn as the adopted Esther in Jaume Collet-Serra.s Orphan. But Isabelle Fuhrman is branching off and building up her career, adding a starring role in the period road-trip movie Dear Eleanor to her expanding resume. The picture, according to Deadline, is a coming-of-age drama set in 1962, when the United States was dealing with the political tensions and social fears generated by the Cuban Missile Crisis. Fuhrman will play one of two teenage girls who embark on a cross-country journey in search of Eleanor Roosevelt. The trade doesn.t elaborate on what they are hoping to accomplish if and when they find the former First Lady. That.s one of the many twists that await us once Dear Eleanor makes its way to theaters. Here.s what we do know. Dear Eleanor will be...
- 5/24/2013
- cinemablend.com
Hunger Games actress Isabelle Fuhrman has been added to the cast of Kevin Connolly's Dear Eleanor.
The movie stars Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four) and Joel Courtney (Super 8).
Dear Eleanor is described as a coming-of-age story following two young girls and their road trip in search of Eleanor Roosevelt, Deadline reports.
The film will play out against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis.
Entourage's Kevin Connolly will direct the feature, which will be produced through Leonardo DiCaprio's company Appian Way.
Amy Garcia and Cecillia Contreras wrote the script, while Chuck Pacheco, Hillary Sherman and Caleb Applegate will serve as producers on the film.
Shooting on Dear Eleanor began last week in Colorado.
Fuhrman is also known for her recent roles in Orphan and The Between, and will soon be seen in Will and Jaden Smith's After Earth.
Watch a trailer for After Earth below:...
The movie stars Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four) and Joel Courtney (Super 8).
Dear Eleanor is described as a coming-of-age story following two young girls and their road trip in search of Eleanor Roosevelt, Deadline reports.
The film will play out against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis.
Entourage's Kevin Connolly will direct the feature, which will be produced through Leonardo DiCaprio's company Appian Way.
Amy Garcia and Cecillia Contreras wrote the script, while Chuck Pacheco, Hillary Sherman and Caleb Applegate will serve as producers on the film.
Shooting on Dear Eleanor began last week in Colorado.
Fuhrman is also known for her recent roles in Orphan and The Between, and will soon be seen in Will and Jaden Smith's After Earth.
Watch a trailer for After Earth below:...
- 5/24/2013
- Digital Spy
Sons of Anarchy
Cch Pounder has scored a role in the sixth season of FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" which premieres on September 10th.
Pounder plays Tyne Patterson, a San Joaquin district attorney who gets involved with bike gang Samcro. [Source: Digital Spy]
Child 44
Paddy Considine ("Hot Fuzz") and Fares Fares ("Zero Dark Thirty") have joined the cast of "Child 44". Considine's role is unknown, Fares will play one of the trusted associates of the lead character.
Set at the height of the first Cold War, Tom Hardy will play a Soviet policeman who becomes the target of his own government's suspicions as he investigates a series of child murders. Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman and Gary Oldman also star. [Source: Digital Spy]
Dear Eleanor
Isabelle Fuhrman ("Orphan") is set to star in Kevin Connolly's coming-of-age story "Dear Eleanor" about two teenage girls who set out on a road trip in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Cch Pounder has scored a role in the sixth season of FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" which premieres on September 10th.
Pounder plays Tyne Patterson, a San Joaquin district attorney who gets involved with bike gang Samcro. [Source: Digital Spy]
Child 44
Paddy Considine ("Hot Fuzz") and Fares Fares ("Zero Dark Thirty") have joined the cast of "Child 44". Considine's role is unknown, Fares will play one of the trusted associates of the lead character.
Set at the height of the first Cold War, Tom Hardy will play a Soviet policeman who becomes the target of his own government's suspicions as he investigates a series of child murders. Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman and Gary Oldman also star. [Source: Digital Spy]
Dear Eleanor
Isabelle Fuhrman ("Orphan") is set to star in Kevin Connolly's coming-of-age story "Dear Eleanor" about two teenage girls who set out on a road trip in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
- 5/24/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Dr. Maya Angelou's mother, Vivian Baxter, had a reputation for being a fierce, independent and energetic woman. As a mother, she wasn't much different, according to her daughter. But Vivian's strength and passion seemed to make her a better parent for a young adult rather than a small child, Dr. Angelou says.
In this clip from Dr. Angelou's appearance on "Super Soul Sunday," the literary icon and renowned poet tells Oprah about how she was parented by her mother -- something she also explores in her latest book, "Mom & Me & Mom." Oprah says to Dr. Angelou, "You say in the book -- and I've heard you say it before -- that she was not a good mother of young children."
"She was terrible," Dr. Angelou says simply. As an example of how her young mother wasn't well-equipped to parent a small child, Dr. Angelou tells a story about when she was just a toddler.
In this clip from Dr. Angelou's appearance on "Super Soul Sunday," the literary icon and renowned poet tells Oprah about how she was parented by her mother -- something she also explores in her latest book, "Mom & Me & Mom." Oprah says to Dr. Angelou, "You say in the book -- and I've heard you say it before -- that she was not a good mother of young children."
"She was terrible," Dr. Angelou says simply. As an example of how her young mother wasn't well-equipped to parent a small child, Dr. Angelou tells a story about when she was just a toddler.
- 5/16/2013
- by Lisa Capretto
- Huffington Post
War? Huh? What is it good for? Now some would say absolutely nothing. I would tend to agree, on the socio-political side of things. Wars are messy, expensive and tear families and countries apart. But, my word, they provide some pretty good anecdotes to tell decades later.
Winning at all costs is the prime directive of armies and generals everywhere. In the eternal words of Ricky Bobby, if you’re not first you’re last. And nowhere is that statement more appropriate than the fields of war. One way to win is to make sure that tactically you are watertight and have the right weaponry to see you through. Warfare gave us machine guns, tanks and atomic bombs in a kind of military-style game on one-upmanship. These weapons decided the outcomes of wars, but there are some weapons once developed that were, how shall we say it, ridiculously idiotic and hilariously nonsensical.
Winning at all costs is the prime directive of armies and generals everywhere. In the eternal words of Ricky Bobby, if you’re not first you’re last. And nowhere is that statement more appropriate than the fields of war. One way to win is to make sure that tactically you are watertight and have the right weaponry to see you through. Warfare gave us machine guns, tanks and atomic bombs in a kind of military-style game on one-upmanship. These weapons decided the outcomes of wars, but there are some weapons once developed that were, how shall we say it, ridiculously idiotic and hilariously nonsensical.
- 5/9/2013
- by Sean Keating
- Obsessed with Film
Everyone seems just as pumped for the Jay-z-produced soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby" as they are for the flick itself. But before we look ahead at what The Hova has in store for what we can only imagine will be the coolest-ever soundtrack to something you were forced to read in high school, let's look back at some of the all-time great movie songs.
Feature by Adam D'Arpino
20. Three 6 Mafia: 'Hard Out Here For a Pimp' ('Hustle & Flow')
Three 6 Mafia took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for this jam that confirmed what we had all already suspected: Pimpin' ain't easy. Terrence Howard and Taryn Manning's performances in "Hustle & Flow" were stellar, but there's little doubt that Three 6 Mafia's Oscar appearance, combined with host Jon Stewart's verbal Oscar tally ("Three 6 Mafia 1, Martin Scorcese 0") is what everyone remembers most about the movie.
Feature by Adam D'Arpino
20. Three 6 Mafia: 'Hard Out Here For a Pimp' ('Hustle & Flow')
Three 6 Mafia took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for this jam that confirmed what we had all already suspected: Pimpin' ain't easy. Terrence Howard and Taryn Manning's performances in "Hustle & Flow" were stellar, but there's little doubt that Three 6 Mafia's Oscar appearance, combined with host Jon Stewart's verbal Oscar tally ("Three 6 Mafia 1, Martin Scorcese 0") is what everyone remembers most about the movie.
- 5/7/2013
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Tags: Cynthia NixonIMDbWarm SpringsLaw & Order: SVULittle DarlingsSex and the CityEleanor RooseveltThe Big Cpeople newscelebritiestelevisionmovies
Cynthia Nixon turns 46 today, and the out actress is worthy of celebration. She's only one Oscar away from having an Egot, with a strong career in theater, television and film that dates back to 1979 at the age of 12. Here are our favorite Cynthia roles.
Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City
As the cynical realist among a group of friends, Cynthia played the level-headed careerwoman-turned-mom with such great prowess, it's almost like she'll never be able to shake the role. Lucky for her, she's been working since she was a preteen and her chameleon-like qualities have allowed her to be one of the hardest-working women in Hollywood.
Sunshine, Little Darlings
In one of her first roles on film, a young Cynthia played a teenage hippie who was at the same camp as Kristy McNichol.
Rebecca, The Big C...
Cynthia Nixon turns 46 today, and the out actress is worthy of celebration. She's only one Oscar away from having an Egot, with a strong career in theater, television and film that dates back to 1979 at the age of 12. Here are our favorite Cynthia roles.
Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City
As the cynical realist among a group of friends, Cynthia played the level-headed careerwoman-turned-mom with such great prowess, it's almost like she'll never be able to shake the role. Lucky for her, she's been working since she was a preteen and her chameleon-like qualities have allowed her to be one of the hardest-working women in Hollywood.
Sunshine, Little Darlings
In one of her first roles on film, a young Cynthia played a teenage hippie who was at the same camp as Kristy McNichol.
Rebecca, The Big C...
- 4/9/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
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