Betty White's got nothing on Mary Beth Peil, TV’s beloved grandmother from Dawson’s Creek and The Good Wife, who is busier than ever after wrapping up seven seasons on the latter as the ever-watchful and prudish Jackie Florrick and now doing double duty on stage with back-to-back Broadway productions.
“It's thrilling, especially at my age,” Peil tells Et by phone. “There is no way to even dream -- as I get older, life gets better, as far as my professional life is concerned.”
“I am now closer to the age of Grams than I was 20 years ago,” the actress, now 76, says of playing the beloved grandmother to Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) on Dawson’s Creek. “People recognize me as Grams more now than they did then.”
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Last fall, the Tony Award nominee appeared in the Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Liev Schreiber. The play closed...
“It's thrilling, especially at my age,” Peil tells Et by phone. “There is no way to even dream -- as I get older, life gets better, as far as my professional life is concerned.”
“I am now closer to the age of Grams than I was 20 years ago,” the actress, now 76, says of playing the beloved grandmother to Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) on Dawson’s Creek. “People recognize me as Grams more now than they did then.”
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Last fall, the Tony Award nominee appeared in the Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Liev Schreiber. The play closed...
- 2/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Between his high profile marriages to Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda, director Roger Vadim engaged in a notable liaison with Catherine Deneuve, just prior to her ascension to international stardom in 1964’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Having brought Bardot to fame with his most notable title, his 1956 debut And God Created Woman, their working relationship would continue across several more titles, even as he married another actress, Annette Stroyberg, who starred in his 1959 version of Dangerous Liaisons and the erotic vampire flick Blood & Roses. Between these flurry of romances, Vadim would return to black and white cinematography (which he seemed to prefer for evoking period) with 1963’s Vice and Virtue a loose adaptation of the Marquis De Sade’s controversial erotic novel Justine for WWII era occupied France, resulting in his only collaboration with Deneuve as the virtuous member of a pair of beautiful sisters surviving on opposite ends of the oppressive Nazi spectrum.
- 3/18/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Subject: Colin Firth, 50-year old English actor
Date of Assessment: March 30, 2011
Positive Buzzwords: Underrated, mainstream
Negative Buzzwords: Stiff, posh, bore
The Case: The good news, as accurately declared by Colin Firth in his recent (Best Actor) Oscar acceptance speech, is that his career really has just peaked. The bad news, however, is that in the event of a career peak, a downward slide might be inevitable. In the best case scenario, it is entirely possible Firth could parlay his Oscar win into more exposure for the sorts of roles that he's played before and for which he hasn't yet received proper recognition.
Most of us know Firth as the quintessential Englishman and for good reason. He's quite notorious for his straight-out-of-the-novel portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the six-episode miniseries Pride and Prejudice, in which he performed the classic Regency version of a one-man wet t-shirt contest. Indeed, there's something strange...
Date of Assessment: March 30, 2011
Positive Buzzwords: Underrated, mainstream
Negative Buzzwords: Stiff, posh, bore
The Case: The good news, as accurately declared by Colin Firth in his recent (Best Actor) Oscar acceptance speech, is that his career really has just peaked. The bad news, however, is that in the event of a career peak, a downward slide might be inevitable. In the best case scenario, it is entirely possible Firth could parlay his Oscar win into more exposure for the sorts of roles that he's played before and for which he hasn't yet received proper recognition.
Most of us know Firth as the quintessential Englishman and for good reason. He's quite notorious for his straight-out-of-the-novel portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the six-episode miniseries Pride and Prejudice, in which he performed the classic Regency version of a one-man wet t-shirt contest. Indeed, there's something strange...
- 3/30/2011
- by Agent Bedhead
This is the Pure Movies review of Easy A, starring Emma Stone, Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson, Malcolm McDowell, Thomas Hayden Church, Stanley Tucci, Alyson Michalka, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes and Dan Byrd, directed by Will Gluck. Surprisingly perhaps, the modern American teen movie has become rather well-acquainted with classic literature. Cruel Intentions spent some quality time with ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ in New York; 10 Things I hate About You and Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ were hardly complete strangers; and now Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 19th century novel ‘The Scarlet Letter’ finds its plot being (loosely) played out at a modern high school in Ojai, California.
- 2/26/2011
- by Michael Holder
- Pure Movies
Best Actress nominee Annette Bening, who picked up a fourth Oscar nomination for her turn in "The Kids Are All Right," has been giving stellar performances her entire career, from "The Grifters" to "Bugsy" to "American Beauty." But did you know her first feature was the broad comedy "The Great Outdoors," playing Dan Aykroyd's wife?
Find out more about this talented actress!
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Annette BeningThe School Years
Bening graduated from San...
Find out more about this talented actress!
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Annette BeningThe School Years
Bening graduated from San...
- 2/23/2011
- Extra
Bui Thac Chuyen's film explores female sexuality and desire in the torpor of a Vietnamese monsoon
After being imposed for many years by the Communist regime, censorship is gradually loosening its grip in Vietnam. Witness Choi Voi (Adrift), a film by the young director Bui Thac Chuyen, which was previewed at the Venice film festival in 2009 and explores topics such as homosexuality, which used to upset the authorities.
Adrift centres on the amicable complicity linking two young women. Without realising that Cam is in love with her, Duyen marries a stolid taxi driver. Their wedding night is a disaster, the blind drunk husband falling unconscious. Watched over by an omnipresent mother-in-law, days then weeks pass without her man laying a finger on her. Apparently devoid of any urges, he sleeps.
Cam is a novelist and must have read Choderlos de Laclos (author of Les Liaisons Dangereuses). Out of jealousy and...
After being imposed for many years by the Communist regime, censorship is gradually loosening its grip in Vietnam. Witness Choi Voi (Adrift), a film by the young director Bui Thac Chuyen, which was previewed at the Venice film festival in 2009 and explores topics such as homosexuality, which used to upset the authorities.
Adrift centres on the amicable complicity linking two young women. Without realising that Cam is in love with her, Duyen marries a stolid taxi driver. Their wedding night is a disaster, the blind drunk husband falling unconscious. Watched over by an omnipresent mother-in-law, days then weeks pass without her man laying a finger on her. Apparently devoid of any urges, he sleeps.
Cam is a novelist and must have read Choderlos de Laclos (author of Les Liaisons Dangereuses). Out of jealousy and...
- 2/22/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
With the release of Easy A, an adaptation of The Scarlet Letter, Stuart Heritage digs out some further reading for the makers of teen movies
This week's Easy A might look like your standard issue Hollywood teen romcom – full of webcam confessionals, cliquey rich girls and wildly unrealistic house parties full of whooping O-Town wannabes – but it's actually an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This means it isn't just a teen movie, but a teen movie based on Important Literature; just like Cruel Intentions (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Clueless (Emma), and Ten Things I Hate About You (The Taming Of The Shrew). However, several works of literature remain unadapted for this vital demographic. Here's what should be next …
The Twanterbury Twales
(Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales)
During a 45-minute limo ride to new La mall The Cathedral, a group of wealthy young teens (Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus...
This week's Easy A might look like your standard issue Hollywood teen romcom – full of webcam confessionals, cliquey rich girls and wildly unrealistic house parties full of whooping O-Town wannabes – but it's actually an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This means it isn't just a teen movie, but a teen movie based on Important Literature; just like Cruel Intentions (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Clueless (Emma), and Ten Things I Hate About You (The Taming Of The Shrew). However, several works of literature remain unadapted for this vital demographic. Here's what should be next …
The Twanterbury Twales
(Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales)
During a 45-minute limo ride to new La mall The Cathedral, a group of wealthy young teens (Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus...
- 10/15/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Die Hard actor Alan Rickman is swapping the bright lights of Broadway and the West End for a stint on stage in Ireland.
The British actor has been a regular on the theatre circuit throughout his career, appearing in both London and New York, and recently stepped behind-the-scenes to direct a production of Strindberg's Creditors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Rickman is now heading to Ireland to star in a new production of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman.
The show at Dublin's Abbey Theatre will reunite Rickman with Lindsay Duncan, who has shared the stage with the star in several previous productions including Les Liaisons Dangereuses in the 1980s and a 2002 revival of Private Lives.
The production of John Gabriel Borkman will open in Dublin before transferring to the U.S. in January 2011, according to Variety.com.
The British actor has been a regular on the theatre circuit throughout his career, appearing in both London and New York, and recently stepped behind-the-scenes to direct a production of Strindberg's Creditors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Rickman is now heading to Ireland to star in a new production of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman.
The show at Dublin's Abbey Theatre will reunite Rickman with Lindsay Duncan, who has shared the stage with the star in several previous productions including Les Liaisons Dangereuses in the 1980s and a 2002 revival of Private Lives.
The production of John Gabriel Borkman will open in Dublin before transferring to the U.S. in January 2011, according to Variety.com.
- 7/6/2010
- WENN
The big news is that Torchwood will return for a fourth series! Cue the angry shouts about Ianto being killed and how you’ll never watch again. Then get over it, because it’s still made by Russell T Davies, one of the best gay writers around.
You’ve got to feel for the makers of Torchwoo as they never seem to know whether the series will return, and when it finally does it’s in a different format! The series began in October 2006 as a Doctor Who spin off broadcast on BBC 3. It returned on BBC 2 in January 2008, then moved to BBC 1 for a five night special in July 2009.
Russell T Davies
Now it has been confirmed that John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return for a ten episode fourth series, which will be co-produced by BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and Starz Entertainment. So, a British/American...
You’ve got to feel for the makers of Torchwoo as they never seem to know whether the series will return, and when it finally does it’s in a different format! The series began in October 2006 as a Doctor Who spin off broadcast on BBC 3. It returned on BBC 2 in January 2008, then moved to BBC 1 for a five night special in July 2009.
Russell T Davies
Now it has been confirmed that John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return for a ten episode fourth series, which will be co-produced by BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and Starz Entertainment. So, a British/American...
- 6/21/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
His Bafta triumph has been a very long time coming, and could be as career changing as both his Mr Darcys
Colin Firth proved a popular winner last night, and perhaps this very public recognition will prompt him to get over his grumpiness with the whole Mr Darcy/Bridget Jones thing. Up there on the podium, Firth – by some process of thespian stealth – seemed suddenly in possession of genuine gravitas: is this a man, you wonder, who is about to step into the shoes vacated some time ago by Anthony Hopkins, and become the Great British Actor of our time?
If so, it's been a long time coming. Firth had his first major role back in 1984, alongside Rupert Everett in the public school spy drama Another Country. Winning the lead role in Valmont in 1989 wasn't the one-way ticket to stardom everyone expected – it was the "other" Dangerous Liaisons, the one that lost.
Colin Firth proved a popular winner last night, and perhaps this very public recognition will prompt him to get over his grumpiness with the whole Mr Darcy/Bridget Jones thing. Up there on the podium, Firth – by some process of thespian stealth – seemed suddenly in possession of genuine gravitas: is this a man, you wonder, who is about to step into the shoes vacated some time ago by Anthony Hopkins, and become the Great British Actor of our time?
If so, it's been a long time coming. Firth had his first major role back in 1984, alongside Rupert Everett in the public school spy drama Another Country. Winning the lead role in Valmont in 1989 wasn't the one-way ticket to stardom everyone expected – it was the "other" Dangerous Liaisons, the one that lost.
- 2/22/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor's fame was assured in a clinging wet shirt in Pride and Prejudice and now he has an Oscar nomination for his starring role in A Single Man. His true passion, however, is far removed from the trappings of stardom
The idea of being a minority taste appealed to Colin Firth. It was a comfortable place to be. There would be fans around, of course, but not banks of adoring hoi polloi lining the pavement when he went out for a stroll.
"There are some actors who, wherever they go, people show up because they think they are fantastic," he once mused. "Then there are slightly marginalised people who are like somebody's secret. I feel like a Second Division football team that has this following who are more into it for the fellowship of each other."
An Oscar nomination for his lead role in Tom Ford's debut feature, A Single Man,...
The idea of being a minority taste appealed to Colin Firth. It was a comfortable place to be. There would be fans around, of course, but not banks of adoring hoi polloi lining the pavement when he went out for a stroll.
"There are some actors who, wherever they go, people show up because they think they are fantastic," he once mused. "Then there are slightly marginalised people who are like somebody's secret. I feel like a Second Division football team that has this following who are more into it for the fellowship of each other."
An Oscar nomination for his lead role in Tom Ford's debut feature, A Single Man,...
- 2/7/2010
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Arena Stage presents Stick Fly, a thought-provoking comedy that explores the role of race and privilege in the African-American social aristocracy. Director of the 2004 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Kenny Leon returns to Arena Stage to direct this witty and insightful comedy. Stick Fly is written by playwright Lydia R. Diamond, whose plays include The Bluest Eye and The Gift Horse, among others. Stick Fly is being produced in collaboration with the Huntington Theatre Company. Stick Fly runs January 1 - February 7, 2010 at Arena Stage in Crystal City. The press opening performance is Thursday, January 7, 2010.
"I love Lydia's play, and to have Kenny direct it is a dream," said Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith. "Lydia is a great storyteller who has an uncanny ear for dialogue. She says what she thinks, feels and wants through her plays. Kenny is a renaissance man. He understands the psychology of human beings.
"I love Lydia's play, and to have Kenny direct it is a dream," said Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith. "Lydia is a great storyteller who has an uncanny ear for dialogue. She says what she thinks, feels and wants through her plays. Kenny is a renaissance man. He understands the psychology of human beings.
- 12/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Meryl Streep's daughter is engaged. Actress Mamie Gummer has confirmed she is to marry actor Ben Walker after he proposed over the weekend. She said: "He proposed a couple of days ago. He did it on one knee!" Ben presented Mamie, 26, with a custom-made ring, and she admits the proposal came as a complete "surprise". Mamie added her mother - who has four children with her sculptor husband Don Gummer - is delighted with the news. She explained: "My mom loves him! We're all very happy." Mamie and Ben have been dating for around 18 months. They met while working on a film together, and went on to star alongside each other in Broadway play 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'...
- 10/20/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Meryl Streep's daughter is engaged. Actress Mamie Gummer has confirmed she is to marry actor Ben Walker after he proposed over the weekend. She said: "He proposed a couple of days ago. He did it on one knee!" Ben presented Mamie, 26, with a custom-made ring, and she admits the proposal came as a complete "surprise". Mamie added her mother - who has four children with her sculptor husband Don Gummer - is delighted with the news. She explained: "My mom loves him! We're all very happy." Mamie and Ben have been dating for around 18 months. They met while working on a film together, and went on to star alongside each other in Broadway play 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' in...
- 10/20/2009
- Monsters and Critics
In 1988, director Stephen Frears and playwright Christopher Hampton teamed to bring Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" to English-speaking audiences as Dangerous Liaisons . It featured a breakout performance by then 30-year-old Michelle Pfeiffer, who was nominated for her first Oscar, and the movie itself went on to win three Oscars, including one for Hampton's adapted screenplay. Over twenty years later, the trio have reteamed for another film set in historic France, Chéri , based on the works of French novelist Collette, this time with Pfeiffer playing retired courtesan Léa de Lonval, who is asked by her rival Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates) to show her fragile 19-year-old son, affectionately known as Cheri (Rupert Friend), the ways of the...
- 6/22/2009
- Comingsoon.net
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