On April 28, 2023, the sports and entertainment worlds lit up with joy at the sight of Jack Nicholson taking his courtside seat at Crypto.com Arena for the Los Angeles Lakers' semifinals-clinching game against the Memphis Grizzlies. This was the 86-year-old star's first appearance at a game since the home opener of the 2021-22 season, and it dispelled rumors of ill-health that had flitted about due to his absence from the public eye.
Ever since his career took off in the late 1960s, Nicholson exemplified Hollywood stardom. He played the celebrity game with devilish glee, donning his Ray-Ban sunglasses and strutting down red carpets to the delight of shutterbugs and fans. He was a near-constant presence at the Academy Awards, where he typically sat in the front row because, well, he's Jack. And no Lakers home game felt official without him sitting just to the right of the visiting team's bench...
Ever since his career took off in the late 1960s, Nicholson exemplified Hollywood stardom. He played the celebrity game with devilish glee, donning his Ray-Ban sunglasses and strutting down red carpets to the delight of shutterbugs and fans. He was a near-constant presence at the Academy Awards, where he typically sat in the front row because, well, he's Jack. And no Lakers home game felt official without him sitting just to the right of the visiting team's bench...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
"Easy Rider" changed everything. The 1969 classic -- filmed on a 360,000 budget -- tore up the box office and made movie stars of its lead actors and co-writers, Peter Fonda (who also produced) and Dennis Hopper (who also directed). It also gave Jack Nicholson his breakout role: George Hanson, a southern lawyer with a drinking problem who finds his mind blown by the drugs and freewheeling lifestyle of his biker buddies. Nicholson wasn't the original choice.
George was meant for the tough, volatile character actor Rip Torn, whose career would explode in the '90s in "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black." According to Lee Hill's "A...
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George was meant for the tough, volatile character actor Rip Torn, whose career would explode in the '90s in "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black." According to Lee Hill's "A...
The post Why Rip Torn Sued Dennis Hopper Over Easy Rider appeared first on /Film.
- 4/20/2022
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
He sparred with Dennis Hopper, hit Norman Mailer with a hammer, and got himself on the Hollywood blacklist... welcome to the world of hell-raising actor Rip Torn
It wasn't until The Larry Sanders Show became a cult hit on British television that people here started to get an idea of who Rip Torn was. We'd seen him in films like The Man Who Fell To Earth, the country-music drama Payday from 1973, and well-regarded arthouse pictures like Heartland, but his well-deserved American reputation as "an actors' actor" -- to say nothing of his only partly deserved reputation as an off-the-reservation wild man -- hadn't penetrated the British consciousness. Perhaps this was because his work was spread across movies, TV and the Broadway stage, and his image was diffused by his reluctance to repeat himself or be typecast.
Speaking to the gruff, genial Torn, it's apparent that he has something of Woody Allen...
It wasn't until The Larry Sanders Show became a cult hit on British television that people here started to get an idea of who Rip Torn was. We'd seen him in films like The Man Who Fell To Earth, the country-music drama Payday from 1973, and well-regarded arthouse pictures like Heartland, but his well-deserved American reputation as "an actors' actor" -- to say nothing of his only partly deserved reputation as an off-the-reservation wild man -- hadn't penetrated the British consciousness. Perhaps this was because his work was spread across movies, TV and the Broadway stage, and his image was diffused by his reluctance to repeat himself or be typecast.
Speaking to the gruff, genial Torn, it's apparent that he has something of Woody Allen...
- 1/30/1999
- by By John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
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