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Live from Old Hollywood… It’s Bill Hader!

Richard Horgan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:00:11 +0000

The number of cool events taking place this weekend in Hollywood at the 2013 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Film Festival is head-spinning.

Saturday alone, there’s Jane Fonda getting her hand and footprints done at the Chinese Theatre; Ms. Fonda making an appearance at the screening of On Golden Pond; and more. For example, two hours before SNL usually cold-opens on the east coast, there is also this 6:30 p.m. PT event: a screening of the classic Western Shane introduced by Bill Hader.

Hader is getting ready to host his third season of Essentials Jr. in June and also jumped in last fall as a TCM guest programmer. The four movies he picked for viewers in September included efforts by Billy Wilder and Akiro Kurosawa.

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Day Two of IMDb Trial Full of Juicy Tidbits

Richard Horgan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:00:45 +0000

It will never be as memorable as A Civil Action, The Verdict or My Cousin Vinny. But there’s no denying that by suing IMDb, 41-year-old actress Huong Huang (a.k.a. Junie Hoang) has cleverly cast herself in the best lead role of her career.

Per a THR Esq. report by guest contributor (and attorney) Venkat Balasubramani, all sorts of fun testimony transpired Tuesday in the Pacific Northwest courtesy of Huang, her agent and IMDb’s customer service manager. And… if folks at a certain other I-acronym organization are paying attention, more real-life drama may be in the plaintiff’s future:

Hoang emphasized that her income decreased following IMDb’s display of her true birthdate. She testified that she amended her tax returns and that the amounts of money disclosed in tax filings did not present the full extent of her income.

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Morgan Freeman to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

Matthew Fleischer — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:32:52 +0000

Morgan Freeman will be honored with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globe ceremony. The DeMille Award is given to “talented individuals who have made an incredible impact on the world of entertainment.” Robert De Niro won the award last year. Past winners include Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, James Stewart and Anthony Hopkins.

Winners are chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Ass. board of directors, composed of foreign journalists who cover Hollywood. Freeman has been nominated for five Oscars, picking up the win for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for his role in Million Dollar Baby.

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LAFF Panelist Recalls Dog Day Turnaround

Richard Horgan — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:00:53 +0000

Last night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan hosted a panel discussion about the late director Sidney Lumet. Joining him at the front of LA Live’s Regal Cinemas Theater 12 were actor Andy Garcia, composer Quincy Jones, and writer-producer Frank Pierson, who won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award in 1975 for the Lumet drama Dog Day Afternoon.

That movie was originally intended to be more comedic. In fact, in the Columbia Pictures executive suite, it was dismissively nicknamed The Boys in the Bank. But everything changed one day when Pierson and Lumet were confronted by the sight of star Al Pacino, trying to make his point very dramatically by walking around on all fours and barking like a dog. “True story,” Pierson reminded.

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LA Set for Double Dose of Kevorkian

Richard Horgan — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:30:14 +0000

This is the kind of coincidence that really only happens in Los Angeles, city of angels real, imagined and for-hire.

On Saturday, January 15th, “An Evening with Dr. Jack Kevorkian” at UCLA’s Royce Hall will feature the man himself addressing, among other topics, the fact that his parents survived the Armenian genocide. The event is being presented by the university’s Armenian Students Association and will be moderated by Armenia’s Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian.

The following night, at the nearby Beverly Hilton Hotel, the 2010 Golden Globes will determine whether or not Al Pacino has been deemed Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for his portrayal of Kevorkian in HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack. Pacino has a very good chance of winning, with arguably only Edgar Ramirez (Carlos) having a shot at taking away his HFPA hoo-hah. (You Don’t Know Jack is also up for Best Miniseries or TV Movie.)

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Kevin Spacey is a Talented Dude

Tina Dupuy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:23:04 +0000

This was just on Reddit. It’s a clip from Inside the Actor’s Studio from, we think 2000. James Lipton prompts Kevin Spacey to do a bunch of impersonations including Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Clint Eastwood and Jack Lemmon.

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Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup

Pandora Young — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:33:00 +0000

Double X irritates Jezebel- WebNewser

Al Pacino may star in film adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell‘s “Blink”- GalleyCat

Newsweek editor profiled in advance of relaunch- FishbowlNY

Cell phones interrupt already contentious White House briefing- TVNewser

IMAX’s mis-branded theatres- AgencySpy

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Will CAA Drop Every Client Over 35? Industry Nexus Has the Scoop

Kate — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:19:48 +0000

Industry Nexus has a real treasure in Mali Perl. Pearl has somehow found out what other aging clients are getting the axe, ala Ed Limato and his stable of geriatrics. The juice:

From: Bryan Lourd and Rick Nicita
To: All CAA Staff
Re: New Direction

In light of the change that’s sweeping the industry, CAA, as always, takes the lead. We embrace the generational shift taking place and will be moving away from older clients to focus on a younger client base that reflects the tastes of today’s audience. We are amicably parting ways with several longtime clients including Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Sally Field, Annette Bening, Robin Williams, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, and Robert De Niro. We are proud of the role CAA has played in helping these great stars of yesterday pave the way for great stars of tomorrow like Mischa Barton, Jessica Simpson, Rachel Bilson, Zach Braff, Zac Efron, and Sanjaya. We wish them all the best during their golden years and hope to visit them soon at the Motion Picture Home.

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