Last week, I selected ten top picks for a major headliner to star as Norma Desmond in a potential future stage andor screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's Tony Award-winning Best Musical Sunset Boulevard in honor of both the show's anniversary of its West End opening and recent news that Glenn Close is considering a return to her Tony-winning role in an upcoming revival. As a result of that column, BroadwayWorld readers took the title of this column to heart and sounded off on some of their ideal choices for a leading lady with major star quality to tackle the unforgettable role in a future production - and, what fabulous choices they are Among the reader submissions, Ilene Argento posited, 'If not Patti Lupone, maybe Meryl Streep with some more singing lessons, but it should be Patti although Patti plus Alw will probably never happen again.
- 7/20/2015
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Includes screening, talk and masterclass with Les Mis actor Eddie Redmayne in a bid to develop UK-Asia cultural exchange.
BAFTA has announced its first series of events in Hong Kong and established an advisory board with leading industry figures from Hong Kong and the UK as it looks to expand its activity abroad.
The events kick off on Sunday (Dec 1) with a screening of BAFTA Shorts 2013, a selection of BAFTA-nominated short films and animations from the Film Awards earlier this year, at the Clockenflap Festival.
The first meeting of the new BAFTA Hong Kong Advisory Board takes place on Monday (Dec 2).
On Tuesday (Dec 3), Les Miserables actor Eddie Redmayne will participate in an intimate ‘Academy Circle’ event, hosted by Hong Kong actress and presenter Lisa S, at The Peninsula Hong Kong for local supporters of BAFTA’s mission in Asia.
The following day, the actor, who also starred opposite Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn, will...
BAFTA has announced its first series of events in Hong Kong and established an advisory board with leading industry figures from Hong Kong and the UK as it looks to expand its activity abroad.
The events kick off on Sunday (Dec 1) with a screening of BAFTA Shorts 2013, a selection of BAFTA-nominated short films and animations from the Film Awards earlier this year, at the Clockenflap Festival.
The first meeting of the new BAFTA Hong Kong Advisory Board takes place on Monday (Dec 2).
On Tuesday (Dec 3), Les Miserables actor Eddie Redmayne will participate in an intimate ‘Academy Circle’ event, hosted by Hong Kong actress and presenter Lisa S, at The Peninsula Hong Kong for local supporters of BAFTA’s mission in Asia.
The following day, the actor, who also starred opposite Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn, will...
- 11/28/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Daily Mail editor-in-chief to appear before Leveson inquiry on Thursday to explain statement about Grant's evidence
Paul Dacre, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail, is to be recalled to the Leveson inquiry to answer further questions about the decision to accuse Hugh Grant of spreading "mendacious smears" about his papers.
Lord Justice Leveson said on Tuesday that he wanted to see Dacre before the inquiry again this week. "That's not negotiable," Leveson added.
In a tense opening to the inquiry, Leveson delayed testimony from the first witness to say he was "extremely unhappy" with the way an "obvious conflict" between Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers and Grant had spilled over into his inquiry.
"Before we start, I want to say that I am extremely unhappy about the way in which yesterday afternoon did what I perceived to be damage to the appropriate flow of this inquiry," he told court 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Paul Dacre, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail, is to be recalled to the Leveson inquiry to answer further questions about the decision to accuse Hugh Grant of spreading "mendacious smears" about his papers.
Lord Justice Leveson said on Tuesday that he wanted to see Dacre before the inquiry again this week. "That's not negotiable," Leveson added.
In a tense opening to the inquiry, Leveson delayed testimony from the first witness to say he was "extremely unhappy" with the way an "obvious conflict" between Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers and Grant had spilled over into his inquiry.
"Before we start, I want to say that I am extremely unhappy about the way in which yesterday afternoon did what I perceived to be damage to the appropriate flow of this inquiry," he told court 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
- 2/7/2012
- by Lisa O'Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
From the 'toothlessness' of the Pcc to Hugh Grant's middle name, we round up what 10 days of testimony has taught us
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
- 12/1/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor reveals himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind
It may be just as well that Hugh Grant fervently believes a film succeeds on its qualities, not on publicity about its stars, because he did his tabloid reputation as a heartless, feather-brained Lothario immense harm in the process of delivering damning testimony on phone-hacking to the Leveson inquiry on Monday.
He was still the diffident, self-deprecating Grant who has won audiences around the world as a light comic actor – not a particularly good one, as he occasionally says himself, though his ad libs in the high court were better than many of his scripts. But he also revealed himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind. No longer the foppish stereotype Brit, more high-minded Gary Cooper in Mr Deeds Goes to Town. How...
It may be just as well that Hugh Grant fervently believes a film succeeds on its qualities, not on publicity about its stars, because he did his tabloid reputation as a heartless, feather-brained Lothario immense harm in the process of delivering damning testimony on phone-hacking to the Leveson inquiry on Monday.
He was still the diffident, self-deprecating Grant who has won audiences around the world as a light comic actor – not a particularly good one, as he occasionally says himself, though his ad libs in the high court were better than many of his scripts. But he also revealed himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind. No longer the foppish stereotype Brit, more high-minded Gary Cooper in Mr Deeds Goes to Town. How...
- 11/22/2011
- by Michael White
- The Guardian - Film News
A stellar line-up of celebrities and world leaders are to judge a short film competition for a special foundation that aims to promote respect and understanding about the world’s major religions and show how faith is a powerful force for good in the world.
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has announced a judging panel that consists of Tony Blair, Jet Li, Natalie Portman, Nik Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jonathan Caplan, Amr Khaled, Wendi Murdoch, June Sarpong and Deepak Verma for the the competition.
The competition asks entrants “How does your faith inspire you?”, and the winning entries will be premiered at the BAFTAs. There are separate categories depending on whether you are a filmmaker with access to film making equipment or you just have a great story and want to send a pitch in for the chance to win a portable video camera to make your film.
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The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has announced a judging panel that consists of Tony Blair, Jet Li, Natalie Portman, Nik Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jonathan Caplan, Amr Khaled, Wendi Murdoch, June Sarpong and Deepak Verma for the the competition.
The competition asks entrants “How does your faith inspire you?”, and the winning entries will be premiered at the BAFTAs. There are separate categories depending on whether you are a filmmaker with access to film making equipment or you just have a great story and want to send a pitch in for the chance to win a portable video camera to make your film.
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- 3/24/2010
- Look to the Stars
Monty Python funnyman John Cleese has been awarded $21,000 damages against a London newspaper that branded his move to American a "humiliated failure." The decision by a London High Court judge followed a hearing during which Cleese, 63, gave evidence against the Evening Standard via a video link from his California home. Jonathan Caplan QC, representing Cleese, told the court that the article published in April last year had "struck at the core of his lifetime achievement." At the time Cleese said, "I found in the past that when there is a nasty attack like this, one's first reaction is to feel bewildered and disorientated and, to a certain extent, scared. It may seem a rather childlike response but that's certainly what happens with me." The comedy actor initially rejected an offer of $15,000 from the newspaper because he felt an apology it had published was not sufficient.
- 2/7/2003
- WENN
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