This article contains light spoilers for The Many Saints of Newark.
Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta have a Goodfellas reunion, of sorts, in The Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. No, the former Tommy DeVito isn’t in the credits, and he doesn’t bring his shine box. He is slipped in like contraband at a federal penitentiary.
Both David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos and co-writer of The Many Saints of Newark, and Alan Taylor, the film’s director, revel in film references. The esteemed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for making small appearances in his own films. For the film Lifeboat, which had a very limited cast and set, he makes his cameo on the page of a newspaper. Pesci shows up on classic vinyl.
The Many Saints of Newark focuses on Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), father of Christopher (Michael Imperioli) in the series. Liotta plays his uncle,...
Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta have a Goodfellas reunion, of sorts, in The Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. No, the former Tommy DeVito isn’t in the credits, and he doesn’t bring his shine box. He is slipped in like contraband at a federal penitentiary.
Both David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos and co-writer of The Many Saints of Newark, and Alan Taylor, the film’s director, revel in film references. The esteemed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for making small appearances in his own films. For the film Lifeboat, which had a very limited cast and set, he makes his cameo on the page of a newspaper. Pesci shows up on classic vinyl.
The Many Saints of Newark focuses on Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), father of Christopher (Michael Imperioli) in the series. Liotta plays his uncle,...
- 10/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Paul Cooper, who served as a senior executive alongside several record industry legends during his 50 years in the business, has died. Cooper passed on March 26 at age 76. No cause of death was revealed Cooper served as a Universal Music Group Vice President, at Atlantic/Warner Records as Senior VP and General Manager, and at A&m Records in its early years. A Los Angeles native, Cooper attended USC, where he began managing music artists. Music executive Doug Morris, who worked with Cooper for many years, issued a statement calling him “a dedicated and a loyal friend. Truly, one-of-a-kind, and I am going to miss him.”
Cooper started in public relations, handling such acts as Trini Loper, Monte Kay and Flip Wilson. He then joined Atlantic Records as a national director of publicity in 1978, becoming the right hand-hand to Morris while becoming the senior vp/West Coast general manager.
From there, he...
Cooper started in public relations, handling such acts as Trini Loper, Monte Kay and Flip Wilson. He then joined Atlantic Records as a national director of publicity in 1978, becoming the right hand-hand to Morris while becoming the senior vp/West Coast general manager.
From there, he...
- 4/16/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Diahann Carroll, who played Dominique Deveraux on the original iteration of Dynasty, died Friday.
She was 84.
The Hollywood Reporter first shared the news, stating the actress passed away following a long battle with cancer.
Carroll appeared on multiple episodes of Dynasty, as well as the spinoff series, The Colbys in the 1980s.
Her character was the half-sister of John Forsythe's Blake Carrington.
The actress was also well known for her role in Julia, a 1970s comedy that focused on a widowed nurse raising her young son.
The role gave Carroll much prominence. It lasted three seasons on NBC.
It was praised for featuring an African American in the title role.
Her first TV role was on The Red Skelton Show.
Carroll was also a prolific singer and Broadway star.
She made her Broadway debut at 19 years old in the musical "House of Flowers," from Harold Arlen.
Carroll was married four times,...
She was 84.
The Hollywood Reporter first shared the news, stating the actress passed away following a long battle with cancer.
Carroll appeared on multiple episodes of Dynasty, as well as the spinoff series, The Colbys in the 1980s.
Her character was the half-sister of John Forsythe's Blake Carrington.
The actress was also well known for her role in Julia, a 1970s comedy that focused on a widowed nurse raising her young son.
The role gave Carroll much prominence. It lasted three seasons on NBC.
It was praised for featuring an African American in the title role.
Her first TV role was on The Red Skelton Show.
Carroll was also a prolific singer and Broadway star.
She made her Broadway debut at 19 years old in the musical "House of Flowers," from Harold Arlen.
Carroll was married four times,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Emmy- and Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Diahann Carroll has died at the age of 84.
Susan Kay, Carroll’s daughter, told The Associated Press her mother passed away from cancer on Friday. Originally diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer in 1997, Carroll frequently spoke out about the importance of early cancer detection, free screening for those who couldn’t afford mammograms, and the need for more money to be invested in research.
Born “Carol Diahann Johnson” in the Bronx, at 10 years old the musically-gifted Carroll received a scholarship from the Metropolitan Opera to study at New York’s High School of Music and Art. She went with the stage name “Diahann Carroll” at a friend’s suggestion to sound more exotic during auditioning for a spot on the “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” TV show. A spot she won—which also allowed her to perform on the daily radio show.
Susan Kay, Carroll’s daughter, told The Associated Press her mother passed away from cancer on Friday. Originally diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer in 1997, Carroll frequently spoke out about the importance of early cancer detection, free screening for those who couldn’t afford mammograms, and the need for more money to be invested in research.
Born “Carol Diahann Johnson” in the Bronx, at 10 years old the musically-gifted Carroll received a scholarship from the Metropolitan Opera to study at New York’s High School of Music and Art. She went with the stage name “Diahann Carroll” at a friend’s suggestion to sound more exotic during auditioning for a spot on the “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” TV show. A spot she won—which also allowed her to perform on the daily radio show.
- 10/4/2019
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Diahann Carroll, who as Dynasty‘s Dominique Deveraux played one of the first major black characters on a primetime soap, died Friday. She was 84.
Carroll passed at home after a long illness with cancer, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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She was featured prominently on the original Dynasty and its offshoot The Colbys in the 1980s, playing the deliciously wicked half-sister of John Forsythe’s Blake Carrington.
Carroll passed at home after a long illness with cancer, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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She was featured prominently on the original Dynasty and its offshoot The Colbys in the 1980s, playing the deliciously wicked half-sister of John Forsythe’s Blake Carrington.
- 10/4/2019
- TVLine.com
Movie legend Sidney Poitier has been exposed as a love cheat by actress Diahann Carroll in her new autobiography.
The respected film icon reportedly promised to wed Carroll after the couple met and fell in love on the set of 1959 musical Porgy + Bess, but when Poitier allegedly locked her out of the New York apartment they were to share as man and wife, she knew the romance was over.
In her new book The Legs Are The Last To Go, the 73-year-old former Dynasty star reveals she even split from her husband Monte Kay so she could marry Poitier - but he refused to leave his first wife Juanita.
She tells America's the Globe, "I was about to move in (with him) when he told me he didn't want me there. He changed the locks so I couldn't get in.
"Then he made me write him a cheque to offset his purchase and decorating costs."
Despite the messy break-up, Carroll reveals she fell for Poitier again on the set of Paris Blues in 1960. Again, the actress dumped her husband, with whom she had reconciled, but the actor would not leave the wife he was cheating on.
Carroll adds, "He loved me, but he also loved his wife, a good Catholic woman who stuck with him through his worst years."
The affair continued until Poitier backed out of plans to divorce his wife a third time. Carroll eventually split from her lover before he finally did leave Juanita.
But, despite all the heartbreak, the actress insists she and Poitier are "now friends," adding, "That's a lovely thing that comes as you age - forgiveness."...
The respected film icon reportedly promised to wed Carroll after the couple met and fell in love on the set of 1959 musical Porgy + Bess, but when Poitier allegedly locked her out of the New York apartment they were to share as man and wife, she knew the romance was over.
In her new book The Legs Are The Last To Go, the 73-year-old former Dynasty star reveals she even split from her husband Monte Kay so she could marry Poitier - but he refused to leave his first wife Juanita.
She tells America's the Globe, "I was about to move in (with him) when he told me he didn't want me there. He changed the locks so I couldn't get in.
"Then he made me write him a cheque to offset his purchase and decorating costs."
Despite the messy break-up, Carroll reveals she fell for Poitier again on the set of Paris Blues in 1960. Again, the actress dumped her husband, with whom she had reconciled, but the actor would not leave the wife he was cheating on.
Carroll adds, "He loved me, but he also loved his wife, a good Catholic woman who stuck with him through his worst years."
The affair continued until Poitier backed out of plans to divorce his wife a third time. Carroll eventually split from her lover before he finally did leave Juanita.
But, despite all the heartbreak, the actress insists she and Poitier are "now friends," adding, "That's a lovely thing that comes as you age - forgiveness."...
- 9/25/2008
- WENN
Oscar-winner Sidney Poitier played his most dramatic role off-screen - that of a real-life, married cad who promised his mistress the moon, then cruelly double-crossed her.
In her new memoir, "The Legs Are the Last to Go," Diahann Carroll - the Bronx-born beauty who made history as TV's first black sitcom star in "Julia" - portrays Poitier as a heel who convinced her and first hubby Monte Kay to divorce after confronting Kay, saying he loved Carroll and was splitting...
In her new memoir, "The Legs Are the Last to Go," Diahann Carroll - the Bronx-born beauty who made history as TV's first black sitcom star in "Julia" - portrays Poitier as a heel who convinced her and first hubby Monte Kay to divorce after confronting Kay, saying he loved Carroll and was splitting...
- 9/14/2008
- NYPost.com
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