Al Onorato, co-founder of the Casting Society of America and a casting director on such series as “Bewitched,” “Police Story,” “Fame” and “The Patridge Family,” has died. He was 88.
Onorato died April 21 in Los Angeles, his nephew Chris Onorato announced.
Onorato founded the Casting Society of America (then known as the American Society of Casting Directors) with Mike Fenton and Joe Reich in 1982. He and Jerold Franks — his Onorato/Franks Independent Casting partner — won the CSA’s Artios Award for best casting for a comedy film for 1989’s “Bagdad Café.” At the 34th annual Artios Awards in 2019, Onorato received a lifetime achievement award from the organization.
“Casting Society mourns the passing of Al Onorato, whose passion and dedication and love for casting was pivotal in co-founding our organization in 1982 Al helped build what CSA is today — a global organization with over 1200 members and a resource for the entertainment industry worldwide,...
Onorato died April 21 in Los Angeles, his nephew Chris Onorato announced.
Onorato founded the Casting Society of America (then known as the American Society of Casting Directors) with Mike Fenton and Joe Reich in 1982. He and Jerold Franks — his Onorato/Franks Independent Casting partner — won the CSA’s Artios Award for best casting for a comedy film for 1989’s “Bagdad Café.” At the 34th annual Artios Awards in 2019, Onorato received a lifetime achievement award from the organization.
“Casting Society mourns the passing of Al Onorato, whose passion and dedication and love for casting was pivotal in co-founding our organization in 1982 Al helped build what CSA is today — a global organization with over 1200 members and a resource for the entertainment industry worldwide,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Al Onorato, who handled casting for such TV shows as Bewitched, The Partridge Family, Police Story and Fantasy Island and represented Mark Harmon, Kristin Chenoweth and others as a talent manager, has died. He was 88.
Onorato died April 21 in Los Angeles, his nephew Chris Onorato announced.
Onorato founded the Casting Society of America (then known as the American Society of Casting Directors) with Mike Fenton and Joe Reich in 1982, and he received a lifetime achievement award from the organization in 2019.
Onorato won the CSA’s Artios Award for best casting for a comedy film for Bagdad Café (1987), sharing it with Jerold Franks, his partner in Onorato/Franks Independent Casting.
Alfred Louis Onorato was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Nov. 10, 1935. He graduated from Hackensack High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University, then worked as a page at NBC Studios in New York City.
He was a vice president in charge...
Onorato died April 21 in Los Angeles, his nephew Chris Onorato announced.
Onorato founded the Casting Society of America (then known as the American Society of Casting Directors) with Mike Fenton and Joe Reich in 1982, and he received a lifetime achievement award from the organization in 2019.
Onorato won the CSA’s Artios Award for best casting for a comedy film for Bagdad Café (1987), sharing it with Jerold Franks, his partner in Onorato/Franks Independent Casting.
Alfred Louis Onorato was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Nov. 10, 1935. He graduated from Hackensack High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University, then worked as a page at NBC Studios in New York City.
He was a vice president in charge...
- 5/12/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Question: Any new scoops about the new season of Bones? —Sydnee
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Question: Any new scoops about the new season of Bones? —Sydnee
Ausiello: Yes, a have big scoop! The first episode is titled “The Memories in the Shallow Grave.”
Question: Any scoop on Bones now that Booth and Bones are having a baby? —Kristen
Ausiello: Remember that big scoop I promised you, like, five seconds ago? This is actually it: “The first episode will pick up with Brennan moving into the third trimester of...
- 6/22/2011
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
A minor Twit-pocalypse broke out yesterday when LeVar Burton accidentally posted his phone number to his account. It sounds like he had to get his number changed thanks to all of the incoming calls, but luckily for him, his old "Star Trek: The Next Generation" co-stars Wil Wheaton and Brent Spiner were around to lend moral support.
Judging from the Twitter-Wood feed, everyone who wasn't calling LeVar was at the Hollywood Bowl to see Paul McCartney, and a few posted pictures from the event. Click on past the jump and you can see who was there, as well as what Damon Lindelof thought about "Lost" this week, what Tom Hanks looks like during location scouting and what Richard Kelly thinks of the iPad. It's all in Twitter-Wood for March 31st, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
Paul McCartney pt. 1: @JohnStamos http://twitpic.com/1c6gnn - beach boys and macca...
Judging from the Twitter-Wood feed, everyone who wasn't calling LeVar was at the Hollywood Bowl to see Paul McCartney, and a few posted pictures from the event. Click on past the jump and you can see who was there, as well as what Damon Lindelof thought about "Lost" this week, what Tom Hanks looks like during location scouting and what Richard Kelly thinks of the iPad. It's all in Twitter-Wood for March 31st, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
Paul McCartney pt. 1: @JohnStamos http://twitpic.com/1c6gnn - beach boys and macca...
- 3/31/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
James Mangold’s upcoming espionage thriller may not have a title, but its cast is rounding out nicely.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are already on board, and now Maggie Grace is apparently in talks for a supporting role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She would play Diaz’s sister, who is getting married and excited Diaz will be walking her down the aisle in place of their deceased father.
The film, which has tentatively been referred to as "the Wichita project," centers around a single woman (Diaz), whose blind date with a seemingly-harmless man (Cruise) upturns her life when he turns out to be a super spy. Thanks to the Cruise character, she ends up embarking on an action-packed journey to project an infinite power source from some bad guys.
The screenplay — which sounds like a hybrid of Mission: Impossible 3 and Collateral, to borrow from two recent Cruise...
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are already on board, and now Maggie Grace is apparently in talks for a supporting role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She would play Diaz’s sister, who is getting married and excited Diaz will be walking her down the aisle in place of their deceased father.
The film, which has tentatively been referred to as "the Wichita project," centers around a single woman (Diaz), whose blind date with a seemingly-harmless man (Cruise) upturns her life when he turns out to be a super spy. Thanks to the Cruise character, she ends up embarking on an action-packed journey to project an infinite power source from some bad guys.
The screenplay — which sounds like a hybrid of Mission: Impossible 3 and Collateral, to borrow from two recent Cruise...
- 8/28/2009
- CinemaSpy
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