Barbara Eden is still turning heads! The 92-year-old star of I Dream of Jeannie looked stunning in a cherry red blazer while leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on May 23, 2024. Draped in an elegant white top and black trousers, Eden accessorized her outfit with black-and-tan wedge sandals and a chic black purse. Eden’s sleek gold choker necklace and matching earrings added a touch of glamor to her ensemble. She also sported her signature bouncy blonde locks styled into a fashionable half-up do, proving that age is just a number when it comes to style. A Role That Shaped...
- 5/29/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Don’t miss a special episode of “On the Red Carpet Icons” featuring the legendary Barbara Eden, airing this Sunday at 3:30 Am on ABC. Host George Pennacchio sits down with the iconic actress to delve into her illustrious Hollywood career.
In this exclusive interview, Barbara Eden opens up about her iconic role as Jeannie in the beloved TV series “I Dream of Jeannie.” Viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show and hear firsthand stories from Eden about her experiences on set.
But the conversation doesn’t stop there. Eden also shares her thoughts on other Hollywood legends, including Elvis Presley and Taylor Swift, providing insight into her interactions with these iconic figures over the years.
Join “On the Red Carpet Icons” as they celebrate the remarkable career of Barbara Eden, a true Hollywood icon. Tune in this Sunday, May 5th, 2024, at 3:30 Am on...
In this exclusive interview, Barbara Eden opens up about her iconic role as Jeannie in the beloved TV series “I Dream of Jeannie.” Viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show and hear firsthand stories from Eden about her experiences on set.
But the conversation doesn’t stop there. Eden also shares her thoughts on other Hollywood legends, including Elvis Presley and Taylor Swift, providing insight into her interactions with these iconic figures over the years.
Join “On the Red Carpet Icons” as they celebrate the remarkable career of Barbara Eden, a true Hollywood icon. Tune in this Sunday, May 5th, 2024, at 3:30 Am on...
- 4/28/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Growing up with Nick at Nite, there was one classic series that I adored above all others: "I Dream of Jeannie." Comparisons to that other '60s rom-com fantasy about a supernatural lady causing mayhem in the suburbs be damned, Sidney Sheldon's sitcom was just the blast of silliness that I craved as a kiddo.
As an adult, I've also come to appreciate that easily-rattled U.S. Air Force pilot Anthony "Tony" Nelson (Larry Hagman), his amiable buddy and co-worker Roger Healey (Bill Daily), and Barbara Eden's trouble-making, wish-granting genie ... Jeannie were clearly in a throuple but had to play coy about it to avoid ruffling their neighbors' feathers. Not that they were all that careful about maintaining their cover, what with Roger constantly strolling into Tony and Jeannie's humble abode uninvited with the casualness of someone who definitely doesn't secretly live there. Y'all ain't as slick as you think you are!
As an adult, I've also come to appreciate that easily-rattled U.S. Air Force pilot Anthony "Tony" Nelson (Larry Hagman), his amiable buddy and co-worker Roger Healey (Bill Daily), and Barbara Eden's trouble-making, wish-granting genie ... Jeannie were clearly in a throuple but had to play coy about it to avoid ruffling their neighbors' feathers. Not that they were all that careful about maintaining their cover, what with Roger constantly strolling into Tony and Jeannie's humble abode uninvited with the casualness of someone who definitely doesn't secretly live there. Y'all ain't as slick as you think you are!
- 3/10/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Rita McKenzie, known for staging the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history, died Feb. 17 in Los Angeles days before her 77th birthday. She succumbed to what her family described as a long-term illness.
A powerhouse stage voice and theatrical personality, McKenzie’s 1988 off-Broadway one-woman show, Ethel Merman’s Broadway, became the longest-running one- woman show in theatrical history.
McKenzie had a wide theatrical resume. She played Lita Encore in the Los Angeles premiere of Ruthless! The Musical and reprised the role in the recent New York revival of the show.
She also performed a wide range of stage roles throughout the U..S , including Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes!, appeared in the 50th Anniversary tour of Annie Get Your Gun, played Rose in Gypsy, and starred in a three-year U.S. tour of Neil Simon’s The Female Odd Couple, co-starring with Barbara Eden.
Additionally, she was the opening act...
A powerhouse stage voice and theatrical personality, McKenzie’s 1988 off-Broadway one-woman show, Ethel Merman’s Broadway, became the longest-running one- woman show in theatrical history.
McKenzie had a wide theatrical resume. She played Lita Encore in the Los Angeles premiere of Ruthless! The Musical and reprised the role in the recent New York revival of the show.
She also performed a wide range of stage roles throughout the U..S , including Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes!, appeared in the 50th Anniversary tour of Annie Get Your Gun, played Rose in Gypsy, and starred in a three-year U.S. tour of Neil Simon’s The Female Odd Couple, co-starring with Barbara Eden.
Additionally, she was the opening act...
- 2/18/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rita McKenzie, the actress and singer best known for her boisterous performances in the one-woman show Ethel Merman’s Broadway, died Saturday in Los Angeles after a long illness, her husband, talent agent Scott Stander, announced. She was 76.
McKenzie first starred on stage as the powerful Merman — star of such iconic Broadway hits as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy and Hello, Dolly! — in New York in 1988.
Belting out tunes like “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “I Got Rhythm” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” McKenzie toured throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia in what many consider the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history.
She also starred in parts that Merman made famous: Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes!, the gunslinger in a 50th anniversary tour of Annie Get Your Gun and Rose in Gypsy.
Watch her perform here.
A native of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, McKenzie starred...
McKenzie first starred on stage as the powerful Merman — star of such iconic Broadway hits as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy and Hello, Dolly! — in New York in 1988.
Belting out tunes like “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “I Got Rhythm” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” McKenzie toured throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia in what many consider the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history.
She also starred in parts that Merman made famous: Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes!, the gunslinger in a 50th anniversary tour of Annie Get Your Gun and Rose in Gypsy.
Watch her perform here.
A native of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, McKenzie starred...
- 2/18/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before he started filling up the nation's drug store book racks with tawdry tales of romance and suspense, Sidney Sheldon was one of Hollywood and Broadway's most prolific writers. He could write comedies, musicals, musical-comedies, mysteries, dramas, thrillers ... just about everything short of slasher flicks (though he probably would've knocked out one of those had they been a thing during his 1940s - '60s heyday). Clearly, he had an ear for what worked, and he wasn't just knocking out quickie programmers. He won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the Cary Grant-Myrna Loy-Shirley Temple screwball hit "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," and earned a Best Musical Tony for the Gwen Verdon-led Broadway smash "Redhead."
And when television came calling, rather than turn up his nose as many of his established film and theater colleagues did during the medium's early days, he enthusiastically picked up the phone.
Sheldon...
And when television came calling, rather than turn up his nose as many of his established film and theater colleagues did during the medium's early days, he enthusiastically picked up the phone.
Sheldon...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Don Murray, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance opposite Marilyn Monroe in the 1956 film adaptation of William Inge’s play “Bus Stop,” has died. He was 94.
His son Christopher confirmed his death to the New York Times.
In the 2017 reboot of “Twin Peaks,” he played Bushnell Mullins, the chief executive of Lucky 7 Insurance.
Murray also starred in the fourth entry in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes”; played Brooke Shield’s father in “Endless Love”; and recurred on prime-time soap “Knots Landing” as Sid Fairgate.
Reviewing “Bus Stop,” directed by Joshua Logan, the New York Times said: “With a wondrous new actor named Don Murray playing the stupid, stubborn poke and with the clutter of broncos, blondes and busters beautifully tangled, Mr. Logan has a booming comedy going before he gets to the romance. A great deal is owed to Mr.
His son Christopher confirmed his death to the New York Times.
In the 2017 reboot of “Twin Peaks,” he played Bushnell Mullins, the chief executive of Lucky 7 Insurance.
Murray also starred in the fourth entry in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes”; played Brooke Shield’s father in “Endless Love”; and recurred on prime-time soap “Knots Landing” as Sid Fairgate.
Reviewing “Bus Stop,” directed by Joshua Logan, the New York Times said: “With a wondrous new actor named Don Murray playing the stupid, stubborn poke and with the clutter of broncos, blondes and busters beautifully tangled, Mr. Logan has a booming comedy going before he gets to the romance. A great deal is owed to Mr.
- 2/2/2024
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
The Hollywood Reporter won best entertainment website, Rebecca Keegan was named print journalist of the year and Daniel Fienberg was named best TV critic at the 16th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards on Sunday night.
Overall, THR took home a total of 11 wins at the awards, which are handed out annually by the Los Angeles Press Club. Presenters at the event said this year featured the most submissions ever for the Naej Awards.
Also during the event, the Los Angeles Press Club celebrated several honorees with special awards. They included Ava DuVernay (Visionary Award for humanitarian work), Barbara Eden (Legend Award for lifetime achievements and contributions to society), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Luminary Award for career achievement), LeVar Burton (Distinguished Storyteller Award, Literacy, for excellence in storytelling outside journalism) and Roger Corman (Distinguished Storyteller Award, Film, for excellence in storytelling outside journalism).
Sunday night’s gala was held at...
Overall, THR took home a total of 11 wins at the awards, which are handed out annually by the Los Angeles Press Club. Presenters at the event said this year featured the most submissions ever for the Naej Awards.
Also during the event, the Los Angeles Press Club celebrated several honorees with special awards. They included Ava DuVernay (Visionary Award for humanitarian work), Barbara Eden (Legend Award for lifetime achievements and contributions to society), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Luminary Award for career achievement), LeVar Burton (Distinguished Storyteller Award, Literacy, for excellence in storytelling outside journalism) and Roger Corman (Distinguished Storyteller Award, Film, for excellence in storytelling outside journalism).
Sunday night’s gala was held at...
- 12/4/2023
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Genies, at least in pop culture, have long been comic foils. Way back in 1940, in “The Thief of Bagdad,” Rex Ingram played Djinn, the movie’s larger-than-life genie — 100 feet tall in his ponytail and red diaper — as a sly, laughing soul man of lighthearted effrontery. The surrealist ’60s sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie” featured Barbara Eden, in diaphanous harem silks, as a magical servant/housewife, blinking her eyes to teleport her clueless “master” out of trouble. And Robin Williams’ vocal performance as the Genie in “Aladdin” may have come closer than any of his other film performances to channeling Williams the free-associational joke geyser.
So in “Genie,” when Melissa McCarthy pops out of a jewel box and reveals herself to be an ancient granter of wishes named Flora, it’s hardly a surprise that 1) the character is a complete lark, and 2) the whole joke is that Flora, though she hasn...
So in “Genie,” when Melissa McCarthy pops out of a jewel box and reveals herself to be an ancient granter of wishes named Flora, it’s hardly a surprise that 1) the character is a complete lark, and 2) the whole joke is that Flora, though she hasn...
- 11/22/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In the fifth episode of Dark Winds, we saw Leaphorn capture Colton, trying to force him to reveal the truth about his employer. But Colton cunningly evaded justice and managed to escape while he was being transferred to the Feds. Gordo Sena was severely injured in the process, and in this final episode, we saw him end up at the hospital. The truth about the person responsible for the Drumco Oil explosion is finally revealed in the endgame of Dark Winds season 2, which was quite predictable because the series made it very evident from the beginning. However, the season’s conclusion was not all about the satisfying ending of a murder mystery; it was rather about how white justice looked for the people of the Navajo. Their form of justice differed from “white justice”, since white people never truly cared about the Native Americans.
Spoilers Ahead
How did Colton Wolf die?...
Spoilers Ahead
How did Colton Wolf die?...
- 8/31/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
The Oscars’ animated feature category turns voting age this year, which means none of the genre’s masterpieces dating back to the 1930s ever competed for the coveted prize. And that means one of this year’s competitors for the prize, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” represents something of a fresh chance for a story that worked so well for Walt Disney back in 1940 that it still garnered two Oscars — for song and score — and the kind of praise filmmakers of all genres and stripes can only dream of.
Variety’s review of Walt Disney’s masterpiece was typical of the ecstatic mood that greeted the film’s release back in early 1940: “Technically an improvement on ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ and in many ways quite as captivating in imaginative fantasy, Walt Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ (Pin-oak-io) is the finest piece of feature length animation yet created.
“ ‘Pinocchio’ has...
Variety’s review of Walt Disney’s masterpiece was typical of the ecstatic mood that greeted the film’s release back in early 1940: “Technically an improvement on ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ and in many ways quite as captivating in imaginative fantasy, Walt Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ (Pin-oak-io) is the finest piece of feature length animation yet created.
“ ‘Pinocchio’ has...
- 2/23/2023
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Baz Luhrmann’s movie Elvis became a smash hit. Despite this, it wasn’t the first or only movie with a similar style or subject matter. Here are a few films you might want to watch if you loved the movie.
Elvis Presley | Gab Archive / Contributor 5. ‘The King’
Luhrmann’s Elvis is celebratory in many ways. It also portrays the subject of Elvis and race in the most positive light possible. That’s to be expected given that the film was produced by Priscilla Presley.
The King is a documentary that looks at Elvis and race from a more critical perspective. It uses the “Can’t Help Falling in Love” singer’s legacy as a metaphor for the history of the United States. It features interviews with many notable figures, including Van Jones, Chuck D from Public Enemy, and others. The King didn’t get much attention upon release, but it...
Elvis Presley | Gab Archive / Contributor 5. ‘The King’
Luhrmann’s Elvis is celebratory in many ways. It also portrays the subject of Elvis and race in the most positive light possible. That’s to be expected given that the film was produced by Priscilla Presley.
The King is a documentary that looks at Elvis and race from a more critical perspective. It uses the “Can’t Help Falling in Love” singer’s legacy as a metaphor for the history of the United States. It features interviews with many notable figures, including Van Jones, Chuck D from Public Enemy, and others. The King didn’t get much attention upon release, but it...
- 2/22/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The legendary RZA joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite movies.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)
Cut Throat City (2020)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Cooley High (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Car Wash (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Grease (1978)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s best of 2020
The Devil You Know (2022)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Porky’s (1981)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Carmen Jones (1954)
An American In Paris (1951)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Is That Black Enough for You?!?...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)
Cut Throat City (2020)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Cooley High (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Car Wash (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Grease (1978)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s best of 2020
The Devil You Know (2022)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Porky’s (1981)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Carmen Jones (1954)
An American In Paris (1951)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Is That Black Enough for You?!?...
- 2/14/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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Ron Masak, the familiar character actor who as Cabot Cove Sheriff Mort Metzger was the beneficiary of Jessica Fletcher’s crime-solving prowess on the last eight seasons of Murder, She Wrote, has died. He was 86.
Masak died Thursday of natural causes at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, his granddaughter Kaylie Defilippis told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Chicago native appeared six times on Police Story, five times on Bewitched and four times on Webster and also showed up on everything from The Flying Nun, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside and The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Magnum, P.I., The Rockford FIles, Columbo, Falcon Crest and Cold Case during his six-decade career.
In February 1960, the everyman actor portrayed a harmonica-playing soldier on “The Purple Testament,” the 19th episode of The Twilight Zone, and had a turn as a nutty Dracula-like count on...
Ron Masak, the familiar character actor who as Cabot Cove Sheriff Mort Metzger was the beneficiary of Jessica Fletcher’s crime-solving prowess on the last eight seasons of Murder, She Wrote, has died. He was 86.
Masak died Thursday of natural causes at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, his granddaughter Kaylie Defilippis told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Chicago native appeared six times on Police Story, five times on Bewitched and four times on Webster and also showed up on everything from The Flying Nun, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside and The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Magnum, P.I., The Rockford FIles, Columbo, Falcon Crest and Cold Case during his six-decade career.
In February 1960, the everyman actor portrayed a harmonica-playing soldier on “The Purple Testament,” the 19th episode of The Twilight Zone, and had a turn as a nutty Dracula-like count on...
- 10/21/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Michael Callan, the actor and dancer who portrayed Riff in the original Broadway production of West Side Story before starring in such films as Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns and Cat Ballou, has died. He was 86.
Callan died Monday night of pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his daughter Rebecca Goodman told The Hollywood Reporter.
A contract player at Columbia Pictures, Callan made about a dozen movies at the studio, starting with They Came to Cordura (1959), a Western starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter.
On the 1966-67 NBC comedy Occasional Wife, Callan starred as a confirmed bachelor who sets up a woman (Patricia Harty) in an upstairs apartment so she can pose as his wife in order to help him advance at the baby food company where he works. (His boss believes...
Michael Callan, the actor and dancer who portrayed Riff in the original Broadway production of West Side Story before starring in such films as Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns and Cat Ballou, has died. He was 86.
Callan died Monday night of pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his daughter Rebecca Goodman told The Hollywood Reporter.
A contract player at Columbia Pictures, Callan made about a dozen movies at the studio, starting with They Came to Cordura (1959), a Western starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter.
On the 1966-67 NBC comedy Occasional Wife, Callan starred as a confirmed bachelor who sets up a woman (Patricia Harty) in an upstairs apartment so she can pose as his wife in order to help him advance at the baby food company where he works. (His boss believes...
- 10/11/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
220413_TTYOL_g011.0437853_RC Idris Elba stars as The Djinn and Tilda Swinton as Alithea Binnie in director George Miller’s film Three Thousand Years Of Longing A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Inc. © 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved
As the seasons march toward Fall, many begin to lapse into the doldrums, since the excitement of exotic getaways is set aside. Perhaps a bit of magic will perk them up, or as with this new film, a whole lot of magic. Well, one of its two central characters is a magical creature of myth, one that’s not unfamiliar to the movie audiences though really a touchstone of the fantasy sitcom “fad” of the 1960s. Now that really began in the “stars” with Ray Walston’s “Uncle Martin” Aka “My Favorite Martian”, followed by Elizabeth Montgomery’s spellcasting Samantha Stevens in “Bewitched”. And then there was Jeannie,...
As the seasons march toward Fall, many begin to lapse into the doldrums, since the excitement of exotic getaways is set aside. Perhaps a bit of magic will perk them up, or as with this new film, a whole lot of magic. Well, one of its two central characters is a magical creature of myth, one that’s not unfamiliar to the movie audiences though really a touchstone of the fantasy sitcom “fad” of the 1960s. Now that really began in the “stars” with Ray Walston’s “Uncle Martin” Aka “My Favorite Martian”, followed by Elizabeth Montgomery’s spellcasting Samantha Stevens in “Bewitched”. And then there was Jeannie,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With the opening of “Elvis,” Aussie director Baz Luhrmann’s opulent and operatic retelling of the life of Elvis Presley, the late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll returns to Hollywood, where his first local stage performance took place 65 years this October, in the form of a grandly ambitious biopic. It’s a movie that “prints the myth” on at least one key count … but so did Variety, back in the day.
If you watch closely, you’ll catch a reference to Elvis’ purported trouble with at least one local police department, supposedly vigilantly monitoring EP’s provocative stage moves in case the King’s 1957 gyrations proved “too much,” as deemed by the self-appointed arbiters of decency and militant opponents of juvenile delinquency.
“L A. Police Order Presley ‘Clean Up’ His Pan-Pac Show” screamed the Variety headline on October 30, 1957, the day after the second of two shows. The prose gets more purple from there.
If you watch closely, you’ll catch a reference to Elvis’ purported trouble with at least one local police department, supposedly vigilantly monitoring EP’s provocative stage moves in case the King’s 1957 gyrations proved “too much,” as deemed by the self-appointed arbiters of decency and militant opponents of juvenile delinquency.
“L A. Police Order Presley ‘Clean Up’ His Pan-Pac Show” screamed the Variety headline on October 30, 1957, the day after the second of two shows. The prose gets more purple from there.
- 6/24/2022
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
By Lee Pfeiffer
Kino Lorber has released the 1964 comedy "The Brass Bottle" on Blu-ray. The film appears to have been the inspiration for the hit TV series "I Dream of Jeannie" which starred Barbara Eden as the sultry title character. Some cinephiles argue that the film and TV series have nothing to do with one another, but it seems to me that if you make a movie with Barbara Eden and a genie from a brass bottle, than it's more than a coincidence that a TV series starring Eden featuring a genie and a brass bottle soon appears. It is true that Eden does appear as the female lead in the feature film, but in a very down-to-earth role as Sylvia, the fiancee of aspiring-but-unsuccessful architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall). Sorry, guys, no navel-gazing to be had here.The premise of the plot is as old as the pyramids: Harold...
Kino Lorber has released the 1964 comedy "The Brass Bottle" on Blu-ray. The film appears to have been the inspiration for the hit TV series "I Dream of Jeannie" which starred Barbara Eden as the sultry title character. Some cinephiles argue that the film and TV series have nothing to do with one another, but it seems to me that if you make a movie with Barbara Eden and a genie from a brass bottle, than it's more than a coincidence that a TV series starring Eden featuring a genie and a brass bottle soon appears. It is true that Eden does appear as the female lead in the feature film, but in a very down-to-earth role as Sylvia, the fiancee of aspiring-but-unsuccessful architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall). Sorry, guys, no navel-gazing to be had here.The premise of the plot is as old as the pyramids: Harold...
- 5/8/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The big-scale Cinerama fantasy once thought unrecoverable is back — a terrific restoration brings us George Pal’s ode to fairy tales, filmed on Bavarian locations with an international cast. Laurence Harvey and Karl Boehm are the brothers that compiled the famed tales of princesses, witches, magic spells and fiery dragons. Their idealized biography is interspersed with three full fairy tale stories, about a magic cloak of invisibility, a cobbler’s helpful elves, and a pair of fearless dragon slayers. The show has dancing, beautiful locations, a sequence with Puppetoons and a terrific animated dragon. Featured stars are Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, Martita Hunt, Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus, Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett; a long-form docu goes into fascinating detail explaining how Dave Strohmaier and Tom March accomplished the mind-boggling restoration.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1962 / Color / 2:89 widescreen [Smilebox] widescreen / 140 135 min.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1962 / Color / 2:89 widescreen [Smilebox] widescreen / 140 135 min.
- 3/15/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Brass Bottle
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1964/ Color / 1.85:1 / 89 Minutes
Starring Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden
Directed by Harry Keller
Possessed of a commanding baritone and an even more elegant delivery, Tony Randall was a natural for radio, cutting his teeth as program announcer for Wtag in Worcester before landing the role of a two-fisted detective in the early ’40s with I Love a Mystery. It was a voice—silky but full of import—ideal for Shakespeare in the Park yet the actor’s nervous-nelly demeanor would make him a standard bearer for light comedy. After flaunting his versatility in Broadway’s Inherit the Wind and television’s Mr. Peepers, Randall laid down an actor’s gauntlet with his gender-bending, shape-shifting turn as a mysterious carny barker in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Based on Charles G. Finney’s 1935 satire—a cynical diatribe transformed into a cozy fantasy by George...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1964/ Color / 1.85:1 / 89 Minutes
Starring Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden
Directed by Harry Keller
Possessed of a commanding baritone and an even more elegant delivery, Tony Randall was a natural for radio, cutting his teeth as program announcer for Wtag in Worcester before landing the role of a two-fisted detective in the early ’40s with I Love a Mystery. It was a voice—silky but full of import—ideal for Shakespeare in the Park yet the actor’s nervous-nelly demeanor would make him a standard bearer for light comedy. After flaunting his versatility in Broadway’s Inherit the Wind and television’s Mr. Peepers, Randall laid down an actor’s gauntlet with his gender-bending, shape-shifting turn as a mysterious carny barker in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Based on Charles G. Finney’s 1935 satire—a cynical diatribe transformed into a cozy fantasy by George...
- 1/8/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Who in their life hasn’t hummed I Dream of Jeannie‘s iconic theme? The fantasy sitcom, which ran for five seasons from 1965 to 1970, features the life of a genie, named Jeannie, as she falls in love with astronaut Tony Nelson, as well as the hijinx that you can imagine would result from such an arrangement. NBC aired the show and made the careers of Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, and Larry Hagman, who played Captain Nelson. The show was a hit, and even decades after it aired its last episode, it continues to be referenced in pop culture. Barbara
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- 12/18/2021
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
Bridget Hanley, star of the late ’60s TV western Here Come The Brides, died Wednesday. The 80-year-old actress had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and was living at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills, according to the local paper in Edmunds, Washington, where she grew up.
Hanley played the female lead, Candy Pruitt, on ABC’s Brides from 1968-1970. Her character was the love interest of Jeremy Bolt — teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman. Bolt’s brother on the show was played by David Soul, who would soon find fame on Starsky & Hutch. The show was loosely based on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
The actress married E. W. Swackhamer, Jr. a producer and director on Here Come the Brides, in 1969. They were together until he died in 1994.
Hanley worked throughout the ’70s and ’80s on some of the biggest shows on TV, mostly in guest-starring roles.
Hanley played the female lead, Candy Pruitt, on ABC’s Brides from 1968-1970. Her character was the love interest of Jeremy Bolt — teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman. Bolt’s brother on the show was played by David Soul, who would soon find fame on Starsky & Hutch. The show was loosely based on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
The actress married E. W. Swackhamer, Jr. a producer and director on Here Come the Brides, in 1969. They were together until he died in 1994.
Hanley worked throughout the ’70s and ’80s on some of the biggest shows on TV, mostly in guest-starring roles.
- 12/18/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Bridget Hanley, who was a series regular on Here Come the Brides and later Harper Valley P.T.A., has died. She was 80.
The Edmonds Beacon, a local paper in Washington state, said she died Wednesday of Alzheimer’s disease at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, CA. The paper cited a tweet from L.A.’s Theatre West that announced her death:
With heavy hearts, Theatre West bids farewell to longtime member Bridget Hanley.
She is pictured here with Jim Beaver from “The Lion in Winter” in 2006, one of our most acclaimed productions.
Tw extends its condolences to Bridget’s family and friends. pic.twitter.com/3iszFbyQI9
— Theatre West (@TheatreWest) December 17, 2021
Born on February 3, 1941, in Seattle and began her screen career guesting on such popular mid’-1960s series as Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and Gidget before landing her first regular gig on Here Come the Brides. The...
The Edmonds Beacon, a local paper in Washington state, said she died Wednesday of Alzheimer’s disease at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, CA. The paper cited a tweet from L.A.’s Theatre West that announced her death:
With heavy hearts, Theatre West bids farewell to longtime member Bridget Hanley.
She is pictured here with Jim Beaver from “The Lion in Winter” in 2006, one of our most acclaimed productions.
Tw extends its condolences to Bridget’s family and friends. pic.twitter.com/3iszFbyQI9
— Theatre West (@TheatreWest) December 17, 2021
Born on February 3, 1941, in Seattle and began her screen career guesting on such popular mid’-1960s series as Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and Gidget before landing her first regular gig on Here Come the Brides. The...
- 12/17/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
David H. DePatie, the the animation producer who, along with partner Friz Freleng created one of the most enduring and recognizable cartoon characters of the last century in the Pink Panther, died Sept. 23 of natural causes in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was 91.
His death was announced in a Seattle Times obituary.
In addition to the Pink Panther, which started as part of the main title credits for Blake Edwards’ 1963 heist comedy starring Peter Sellars before spinning off into its own cartoon shorts throughout the ’60s and ’70s, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises generated such instantly identifiable characters as StarKist Tuna’s Charlie Tuna, the cartoon versions of Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman for the opening credits of I Dream of Jeannie, and such children’s staples as The Ant and the Aardvark; Roland and Rattfink and Tijuana Toads, Here Comes the Grump, What’s New Mr. Magoo, Return to the Planet of the Apes,...
His death was announced in a Seattle Times obituary.
In addition to the Pink Panther, which started as part of the main title credits for Blake Edwards’ 1963 heist comedy starring Peter Sellars before spinning off into its own cartoon shorts throughout the ’60s and ’70s, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises generated such instantly identifiable characters as StarKist Tuna’s Charlie Tuna, the cartoon versions of Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman for the opening credits of I Dream of Jeannie, and such children’s staples as The Ant and the Aardvark; Roland and Rattfink and Tijuana Toads, Here Comes the Grump, What’s New Mr. Magoo, Return to the Planet of the Apes,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
After publishing a memoir, 2012’s Jeannie Out of the Bottle, Barbara Eden is setting her sights on a younger demographic with the launch of her first children’s book, Barbara and the Djinn. Ahead of its Aug. 3 debut, the iconic Hollywood star opened up on the inspiration for her new tome, how she spent the Covid-19 pandemic and what she misses most about old Hollywood.
What inspired you to write a children’s book?
I was in Australia in 2013 and Dustin Warburton, who is a writer, was there also and we met up and talked about books. During our conversation, we ...
What inspired you to write a children’s book?
I was in Australia in 2013 and Dustin Warburton, who is a writer, was there also and we met up and talked about books. During our conversation, we ...
- 6/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After publishing a memoir, 2012’s Jeannie Out of the Bottle, Barbara Eden is setting her sights on a younger demographic with the launch of her first children’s book, Barbara and the Djinn. Ahead of its Aug. 3 debut, the iconic Hollywood star opened up on the inspiration for her new tome, how she spent the Covid-19 pandemic and what she misses most about old Hollywood.
What inspired you to write a children’s book?
I was in Australia in 2013 and Dustin Warburton, who is a writer, was there also and we met up and talked about books. During our conversation, we ...
What inspired you to write a children’s book?
I was in Australia in 2013 and Dustin Warburton, who is a writer, was there also and we met up and talked about books. During our conversation, we ...
- 6/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gavin MacLeod, who was the Love Boat captain and played Murray on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, two of the top television shows of the 1970s and 1980s, died today at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. MacLeod was 90 and his death was confirmed by his nephew, Mark See.
No cause of death was revealed, but MacLeod had been in ill health over the last few months.
The affable actor played head writer Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and appeared in all 168 episodes over seven years, ending in 1977. He then pulled off a rarity, moving from one long-running hit show to another.
As Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, he appeared in 249 episodes, and later returned in the role for the TV movie The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage in 1990 and for the “Reunion” episode of the rebooted series Love Boat: The Next Wave in 1998.
MacLeod was...
No cause of death was revealed, but MacLeod had been in ill health over the last few months.
The affable actor played head writer Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and appeared in all 168 episodes over seven years, ending in 1977. He then pulled off a rarity, moving from one long-running hit show to another.
As Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, he appeared in 249 episodes, and later returned in the role for the TV movie The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage in 1990 and for the “Reunion” episode of the rebooted series Love Boat: The Next Wave in 1998.
MacLeod was...
- 5/29/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Gavin MacLeod, a sitcom veteran who played seaman “Happy” Haines on “McHale’s Navy,” Murray on “Mary Tyler Moore” and the very different, vaguely patrician Captain Stubing on “The Love Boat,” has died. He was 90.
MacLeod’s nephew, Mark See, confirmed his death to Variety. MacLeod died in the early morning on May 29. No cause of death was given, but MacLeod’s health had declined in recent months.
MacLeod played a relatively minor character on ABC hit “McHale’s Navy,” starring Ernest Borgnine, but as newswriter Murray Slaughter, he was certainly one of the stars of “Mary Tyler Moore,” appearing in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS. Murray was married to Marie (Joyce Bulifant) but was in love with Moore’s Mary Richards. His desk was right next to Mary’s in the Wjm newsroom, so MacLeod was frequently in the shot during the sitcom,...
MacLeod’s nephew, Mark See, confirmed his death to Variety. MacLeod died in the early morning on May 29. No cause of death was given, but MacLeod’s health had declined in recent months.
MacLeod played a relatively minor character on ABC hit “McHale’s Navy,” starring Ernest Borgnine, but as newswriter Murray Slaughter, he was certainly one of the stars of “Mary Tyler Moore,” appearing in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS. Murray was married to Marie (Joyce Bulifant) but was in love with Moore’s Mary Richards. His desk was right next to Mary’s in the Wjm newsroom, so MacLeod was frequently in the shot during the sitcom,...
- 5/29/2021
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
For four years I followed Larry on the air. He was in L.A. and I was in New York, so we met on television — and we developed a relationship on television. When I was in L.A., or he was in New York, we always got together, and it was actually quite warm. He was an odd character in my life. He was generous, and he was funny, and I liked him a lot.
Our exchanges on air were like walking through an Iraqi village and not knowing where the IEDs were. I was doing a news show, and on any night we could have led with something awful that happened that day — somebody died, a village was blown up. News. Bad stuff. And Larry would just talk. It always seemed to me that he would end up telling me on air that Barbara Eden was really hot, and...
Our exchanges on air were like walking through an Iraqi village and not knowing where the IEDs were. I was doing a news show, and on any night we could have led with something awful that happened that day — somebody died, a village was blown up. News. Bad stuff. And Larry would just talk. It always seemed to me that he would end up telling me on air that Barbara Eden was really hot, and...
- 1/27/2021
- by Aaron Brown
- Variety Film + TV
Larry King, the broadcast legend who died Saturday at the age of 87, deserves more credit than he typically gets for helping to build CNN and realize Ted Turner’s audacious vision for a 24-hour global news network.
In his prime, King’s “Larry King Live” interviews regularly made headlines thanks to his unique questioning style, which could be remarkably incisive about the subject at hand as well as, occasionally, cringe-worthy misinformed. As CNN gained prominence in the late 1980s and ’90s, King’s show became one of the hottest stops on the TV circuit for newsmakers, political leaders, captains of industry, crusading activists and celebrities, ranging from Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli to Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey to Suzanne Somers and Barbara Eden.
The variety of King’s guests and the fact that it went out live every night at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt gave the show extra sizzle.
In his prime, King’s “Larry King Live” interviews regularly made headlines thanks to his unique questioning style, which could be remarkably incisive about the subject at hand as well as, occasionally, cringe-worthy misinformed. As CNN gained prominence in the late 1980s and ’90s, King’s show became one of the hottest stops on the TV circuit for newsmakers, political leaders, captains of industry, crusading activists and celebrities, ranging from Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli to Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey to Suzanne Somers and Barbara Eden.
The variety of King’s guests and the fact that it went out live every night at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt gave the show extra sizzle.
- 1/23/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Lori Nelson, the 1950s starlet who was kidnapped by an amphibious monster in Revenge of the Creature and portrayed Barbara Stanwyck’s younger daughter in Douglas Sirk’s All I Desire, has died. She was 87.
Nelson had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years and died Sunday at her home in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles, her daughter Jennifer Mann said.
In Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) and Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), Nelson played Rosie Kettle, one of the daughters of the characters played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride in the Universal series of films.
Nelson also made her mark in I Died a Thousand Times (1955), a remake of the Humphrey Bogart classic High Sierra in which she portrayed the club-footed love interest of Jack Palance’s crook; Pardners (1956), working opposite Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their penultimate film together...
Nelson had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years and died Sunday at her home in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles, her daughter Jennifer Mann said.
In Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) and Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), Nelson played Rosie Kettle, one of the daughters of the characters played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride in the Universal series of films.
Nelson also made her mark in I Died a Thousand Times (1955), a remake of the Humphrey Bogart classic High Sierra in which she portrayed the club-footed love interest of Jack Palance’s crook; Pardners (1956), working opposite Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their penultimate film together...
- 8/24/2020
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the passing of comedy legend Carl Reiner, tributes have poured in from all over the world. “Modern Family” executive producer Steven Levitan shared with Variety his memories of the landmark television comedy that Reiner created.
Early in the run of Modern Family, I got a call from our show’s publicist asking if I’d be willing to do a Saturday photo shoot for one of the trades. “Saturday?,” I complained. “I try to spend Saturdays with my kids.” She continued, “It would be with Eric Stonestreet, Dick Van Dyke and Carl Reiner.” My eyes went wide. “F— the kids. I’m not even sure they’re mine.”
I grew up in suburban Chicago on a steady diet of Spaghetti-o’s, Grape Nehi and reruns of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (God bless Wgn). Like countless comedy writers today, I do what I do in good part because Carl...
Early in the run of Modern Family, I got a call from our show’s publicist asking if I’d be willing to do a Saturday photo shoot for one of the trades. “Saturday?,” I complained. “I try to spend Saturdays with my kids.” She continued, “It would be with Eric Stonestreet, Dick Van Dyke and Carl Reiner.” My eyes went wide. “F— the kids. I’m not even sure they’re mine.”
I grew up in suburban Chicago on a steady diet of Spaghetti-o’s, Grape Nehi and reruns of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (God bless Wgn). Like countless comedy writers today, I do what I do in good part because Carl...
- 7/4/2020
- by Steven Levitan
- Variety Film + TV
Phil Borack, a founding board member of Regal Cinemas whose career in film distribution spanned a half-century, has died of heart disease at his home in Cincinnati. He was 84. Borack’s colleague Florence Groner confirmed the news to Deadline, but she did not provide the date of his death
In 1971, Borack founded Tri-State Theatre Service in Cincinnati, building it into region’s largest film booker. He ran it as president for more than 40 years before retiring in 1996. But he continued to come into its office weekly, Groner said.
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When Regal Cinemas was founded in 1989, Borack was among its original board of directors. His independent Tri-State Theatre Service provided licenses for...
In 1971, Borack founded Tri-State Theatre Service in Cincinnati, building it into region’s largest film booker. He ran it as president for more than 40 years before retiring in 1996. But he continued to come into its office weekly, Groner said.
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When Regal Cinemas was founded in 1989, Borack was among its original board of directors. His independent Tri-State Theatre Service provided licenses for...
- 4/14/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh off filming Hawaii Five-0‘s series finale, Meaghan Rath already has a new job in her crosshairs — on CBS’ Jury Duty comedy pilot.
Penned by executive producers Dana Klein and Stephanie Darrow (both of CBS’ short-lived 9Jkl), the prospective series follows a group of jurors who are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdict, “and they can’t even agree on lunch.”
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Rath will play Jen,...
Penned by executive producers Dana Klein and Stephanie Darrow (both of CBS’ short-lived 9Jkl), the prospective series follows a group of jurors who are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdict, “and they can’t even agree on lunch.”
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Rath will play Jen,...
- 3/10/2020
- TVLine.com
Wondering what Barbara Eden is up to in 2020? Your wish is Let’s Make a Deal‘s command.
The legendary I Dream of Jeannie star is one of several celebrity guests joining the CBS game show as part of its special “Decades Week” event — which celebrates the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — and TVLine has an exclusive first look at her appearance on Tuesday. And, yes, it even ends with her using those iconic Jeannie powers. (They’re real, Ok? Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.)
More from TVLineAs Five-0 Ends, Meaghan Rath Lands a Lead Role in...
The legendary I Dream of Jeannie star is one of several celebrity guests joining the CBS game show as part of its special “Decades Week” event — which celebrates the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — and TVLine has an exclusive first look at her appearance on Tuesday. And, yes, it even ends with her using those iconic Jeannie powers. (They’re real, Ok? Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.)
More from TVLineAs Five-0 Ends, Meaghan Rath Lands a Lead Role in...
- 3/9/2020
- TVLine.com
Columbia Pictures continues development on a big screen remake of the classic 1960's TV sitcom "I Dream Of Jeannie":
Created by Sidney Sheldon in 1965 to compete against ABC's "Bewitched", "I Dream Of Jeannie" starred actress Barbara Eden, as a 2000-year-old female 'genie' and actor Larry Hagman ("Dallas") as an astronaut who becomes her master (and eventual lover).
In the pilot episode, "The Lady in the Bottle", astronaut 'Captain Tony Nelson, Us Air Force', is on a space flight when his one-man capsule 'Stardust One' lands far from the planned recovery area, near a deserted island in the South Pacific.
On the beach, Tony notices a strange bottle that rolls by itself. When he rubs it after removing the stopper, smoke starts shooting out and a foreign-speaking female genie, wearing an enticing harem costume, suddenly materializes, kissing Tony on the lips with devoted passion.
Tony expresses his wish that 'Jeannie' could speak English,...
Created by Sidney Sheldon in 1965 to compete against ABC's "Bewitched", "I Dream Of Jeannie" starred actress Barbara Eden, as a 2000-year-old female 'genie' and actor Larry Hagman ("Dallas") as an astronaut who becomes her master (and eventual lover).
In the pilot episode, "The Lady in the Bottle", astronaut 'Captain Tony Nelson, Us Air Force', is on a space flight when his one-man capsule 'Stardust One' lands far from the planned recovery area, near a deserted island in the South Pacific.
On the beach, Tony notices a strange bottle that rolls by itself. When he rubs it after removing the stopper, smoke starts shooting out and a foreign-speaking female genie, wearing an enticing harem costume, suddenly materializes, kissing Tony on the lips with devoted passion.
Tony expresses his wish that 'Jeannie' could speak English,...
- 3/6/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Seven new queens entered the workroom on Friday’s Drag Race premiere, which also blessed us with a television moment we never knew we needed: Nicki Minaj rapping about Carson Kressley.
I know some fans aren’t thrilled about it, but I actually prefer the premiere being presented into two parts. Among other things, it gave us more face time with each of the new queens — for better or worse.
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I know some fans aren’t thrilled about it, but I actually prefer the premiere being presented into two parts. Among other things, it gave us more face time with each of the new queens — for better or worse.
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- 2/29/2020
- TVLine.com
Barry Coe, who starred in the 1957 film Peyton Place, was considered as a possible series regular on Bonanza and became familiar to a new generation of TV viewers as the Mr. Goodwrench character in commercials that ran in the 1970s and ’80s, died July 16 in Palm Desert, CA. He was 84.
Coe’s death from the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome was announced by his family.
A resident of Sun Valley, ID, in later life, Coe began his Hollywood career with small, uncredited roles in such mid-1950s fare as How to Be Very, Very Popular, D-Day The Sixth of June and TV’s Cheyenne, moving on to credited roles in the 1956 Elvis Presley hit Love Me Tender and TV’s The 20th Century-Fox Hour.
His breakthrough came in 1957’s Peyton Place, in the role of Rodney Harrington. Although the character would be played by Ryan O’Neal in the subsequent TV adaptation,...
Coe’s death from the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome was announced by his family.
A resident of Sun Valley, ID, in later life, Coe began his Hollywood career with small, uncredited roles in such mid-1950s fare as How to Be Very, Very Popular, D-Day The Sixth of June and TV’s Cheyenne, moving on to credited roles in the 1956 Elvis Presley hit Love Me Tender and TV’s The 20th Century-Fox Hour.
His breakthrough came in 1957’s Peyton Place, in the role of Rodney Harrington. Although the character would be played by Ryan O’Neal in the subsequent TV adaptation,...
- 8/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Barry Coe, who starred in the Peyton Place movie and on the short-lived Hawaii-set ABC adventure series Follow the Sun, has died. He was 84.
A longtime resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, Coe died July 16 in Palm Desert after a battle with the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, his family announced.
A Golden Globe recipient in 1960 for most promising male newcomer — shared with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue and George Hamilton — Coe also appeared with Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956); with Sal Mineo, Terry Moore, Gary Crosby and Barbara Eden in A Private's Affair (1959); and ...
A longtime resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, Coe died July 16 in Palm Desert after a battle with the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, his family announced.
A Golden Globe recipient in 1960 for most promising male newcomer — shared with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue and George Hamilton — Coe also appeared with Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956); with Sal Mineo, Terry Moore, Gary Crosby and Barbara Eden in A Private's Affair (1959); and ...
Barry Coe, who starred in the Peyton Place movie and on the short-lived Hawaii-set ABC adventure series Follow the Sun, has died. He was 84.
A longtime resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, Coe died July 16 in Palm Desert after a battle with the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, his family announced.
A Golden Globe recipient in 1960 for most promising male newcomer — shared with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue and George Hamilton — Coe also appeared with Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956); with Sal Mineo, Terry Moore, Gary Crosby and Barbara Eden in A Private's Affair (1959); and ...
A longtime resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, Coe died July 16 in Palm Desert after a battle with the bone marrow disease myelodysplastic syndrome, his family announced.
A Golden Globe recipient in 1960 for most promising male newcomer — shared with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue and George Hamilton — Coe also appeared with Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956); with Sal Mineo, Terry Moore, Gary Crosby and Barbara Eden in A Private's Affair (1959); and ...
Tribute was paid to one of Southern California’s oldest and most honored service organizations when the Ywca Greater Los Angeles celebrated one and a quarter centuries of meeting the needs of at-risk young people and women over the past dozen decades.
Rita Moreno and Barbara Eden
Highlighting the evening was presentation of honors to actresses and women’s issues-activists Rita Moreno and Barbara Eden. Rita Moreno received the Soromundi Award, and Barbara Eden was awarded the Legacy Film and Television Honor. The evening also saluted four of the top civic defenders of the rights of vulnerable children and women without means.
The glowing lights honored were labor leader Dolores Huerta who received the Angel Award, civil rights lawyer Constance L. “Connie” Rice received the Legacy Award, Deborah Flint Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles World Airports, received the Corporate Visionary Champion Award and COO & Vice President, Education & Community Engagement for PBS SoCal,...
Rita Moreno and Barbara Eden
Highlighting the evening was presentation of honors to actresses and women’s issues-activists Rita Moreno and Barbara Eden. Rita Moreno received the Soromundi Award, and Barbara Eden was awarded the Legacy Film and Television Honor. The evening also saluted four of the top civic defenders of the rights of vulnerable children and women without means.
The glowing lights honored were labor leader Dolores Huerta who received the Angel Award, civil rights lawyer Constance L. “Connie” Rice received the Legacy Award, Deborah Flint Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles World Airports, received the Corporate Visionary Champion Award and COO & Vice President, Education & Community Engagement for PBS SoCal,...
- 11/16/2018
- Look to the Stars
Eddie Foy III, a veteran casting director for television who helped bring Barbara Eden to I Dream of Jeannie and Sally Field to Gidget, has died. He was 83.
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
- 11/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eddie Foy III, a veteran casting director for television who helped bring Barbara Eden to I Dream of Jeannie and Sally Field to Gidget, has died. He was 83.
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
Foy died Saturday at his home in Denison, Iowa, of injuries sustained in a fall, publicist Michael Saltzman announced.
Foy's father was actor Eddie Foy Jr., and his grandfather was Eddie Foy Sr. of the famed vaudeville act The Seven Little Foys. (His dad portrayed his granddad in the 1942 James Cagney classic Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
Foy spent more than four decades in casting, starting out at Screen Gems and 20th Century Fox....
- 11/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Long Island Medium has been airing for a few weeks already. Theresa Caputo has shared some of her major moments with viewers and now, she is going to share even more celebrity readings. In the past, she has done quite well with the Hollywood crowd and the guests this season are some pretty big names. Mindy Cohn, Barbara Eden, and Dorit Kemsley are some of the celebrities who will be getting a reading by Theresa Caputo this season on Long Island Medium. In the supertease, it is clear that there is some healing among the clients and Caputo. While it […]
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- 11/5/2018
- by Tiffany Bailey
- Monsters and Critics
Ywca Greater Los Angeles (Ywca Gla) will be holding its 125th Anniversary Gala on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.
The Gala will celebrate the collective efforts by honoring those among us who make a difference, have a vision and then create that legacy.
Among the honorees will be actresses Barbara Eden and Rita Moreno.
Founded in 1894, Ywca Greater Los Angeles addresses the emerging and ongoing needs of the Greater Los Angeles area. As a women’s membership movement built on the mission of “eliminating racism and empowering women,” the organization celebrates more than 120 years of community service. Ywca Greater Los Angeles core initiatives include: Workforce Development, Child Development, Youth Development, Advocacy, Housing, Senior Engagement Programs, and Sexual Assault Crisis Services.
As a part of the national Ywca mission to advocate for justice and dignity for all people, Ywca Gla is pioneering a model of community center and housing...
The Gala will celebrate the collective efforts by honoring those among us who make a difference, have a vision and then create that legacy.
Among the honorees will be actresses Barbara Eden and Rita Moreno.
Founded in 1894, Ywca Greater Los Angeles addresses the emerging and ongoing needs of the Greater Los Angeles area. As a women’s membership movement built on the mission of “eliminating racism and empowering women,” the organization celebrates more than 120 years of community service. Ywca Greater Los Angeles core initiatives include: Workforce Development, Child Development, Youth Development, Advocacy, Housing, Senior Engagement Programs, and Sexual Assault Crisis Services.
As a part of the national Ywca mission to advocate for justice and dignity for all people, Ywca Gla is pioneering a model of community center and housing...
- 10/30/2018
- Look to the Stars
“The Kids Are Alright” is Tim Doyle’s upcoming sitcom about a family that most definitely is not always alright. The Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz-led comedy premieres Tuesday night this week on ABC, after the Roseanne Barr-less “The Conners” makes its own series debut. It centers around a family of eight boys in the ’70s. And, yes, it’s based on Doyle’s own life, which means he’s prepared plenty of crazy storylines about his childhood for Season 1.
“We’ve written like seven or eight stories now and I think I’m pretty pleased with all of them,” Doyle told TheWrap. “There are things you know — there’s sort of a family legend about my mother’s hysterectomy that I think is really interesting (laughs). In a comedy, yeah! We’ve, I think very skillfully, found a way to have a lot of fun with that.
“We’ve written like seven or eight stories now and I think I’m pretty pleased with all of them,” Doyle told TheWrap. “There are things you know — there’s sort of a family legend about my mother’s hysterectomy that I think is really interesting (laughs). In a comedy, yeah! We’ve, I think very skillfully, found a way to have a lot of fun with that.
- 10/16/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Chicago – He was America’s sidekick in TV’s golden decades of the 1960s and ‘70s, and was a proud Chicago-born-and-bred performer. Bill Daily, better known as Major Roger Healey (“I Dream of Jeannie”) and the wacky neighbor Howard Borden (“The Bob Newhart Show”) died at his New Mexico home at the age of 91 on September 4th, 2018.
Bill Daily’s family moved here in the late 1930’s, and he attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up comedy and music for clubs in the area, as well as attending the Goodman Theatre School and working as a floor manager for Wmaq, a local TV station. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
Bill Daily’s family moved here in the late 1930’s, and he attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up comedy and music for clubs in the area, as well as attending the Goodman Theatre School and working as a floor manager for Wmaq, a local TV station. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
- 9/18/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Long Island Medium is back in action! Today, TLC announced the TV show will return for its 13th season in October.
The reality show follows self-proclaimed medium Theresa Caputo as she tries to "bring closure and a sense of peace to each person she reads." Season 13's guests include Anne Burrell, Annie Potts, Barbara Eden, Cindy Williams, Debbie Gibson, John Schneider, Mindy Cohn, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and more.
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The reality show follows self-proclaimed medium Theresa Caputo as she tries to "bring closure and a sense of peace to each person she reads." Season 13's guests include Anne Burrell, Annie Potts, Barbara Eden, Cindy Williams, Debbie Gibson, John Schneider, Mindy Cohn, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and more.
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- 9/13/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Social media tributes have poured in for Bill Daily, the I Dream of Jeannie and Bob Newhart Show star whose death at age 91 was reported Friday.
Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, tweeted praise of Daily as a “funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. I’m so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal. Until we meet again Billy.”
According to his son, Daily died on September 4 at his ranch in New Mexico. He appeared on all five seasons of Jeannie, a sitcom that resonated for years thanks to its heavy syndication. In addition to The Bob Newhart Show, he also appeared on Bewitched, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Love American Style, Aloha, Paradise and Starting from Scratch.
Newhart, who knew Daily when both were struggling young aspiring comics in Chicago, also offered a tribute on Twitter. On his show, Newhart recalled, “He was our...
Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, tweeted praise of Daily as a “funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. I’m so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal. Until we meet again Billy.”
According to his son, Daily died on September 4 at his ranch in New Mexico. He appeared on all five seasons of Jeannie, a sitcom that resonated for years thanks to its heavy syndication. In addition to The Bob Newhart Show, he also appeared on Bewitched, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Love American Style, Aloha, Paradise and Starting from Scratch.
Newhart, who knew Daily when both were struggling young aspiring comics in Chicago, also offered a tribute on Twitter. On his show, Newhart recalled, “He was our...
- 9/8/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Let's face it, the late Bill Daily — who has passed away at the age of 91 — was never a star. Which is not really as rude a statement as it sounds, because Bill had the much tougher job of being the so-called "second banana" or supporting player who would enter a scene and bring with him an extra jolt of laughter. Never was that more true than when he played Nasa's Major Roger Healey on the '60s classic I Dream of Jeannie, or airline pilot Howard Borden in the '70s hit The Bob Newhart Show. He was born William Edward Daily, Jr. on August 30, 1927 in Sante Fe, New Mexico, and had his entertainment start in stand-up comedy, eventually finding himself on stage in some of the country's bigger comedy clubs. In 1964 he made an appearance on the sitcom Bewitched, which caught the attention of writer/producer Sidney Sheldon,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
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