Christina Crawford — yes, the Christina Crawford who wrote the excoriating “Mommie Dearest” memoir about her mother, film star Joan Crawford — has just given her first interview in ten years, timed to the release of an updated version of her infamous tell-all. (This picture … Read more »
Here’s Variety’s review of Steven Soderbergh’s epic about Che Guevara, starring Benicio del Toro (pictured):
No doubt it will be back to the drawings board for “Che,” Steven Soderbergh’s intricately ambitious, defiantly nondramatic four-hour, 18-minute presentation of scenes from the life of revolutionary icon Che … Read more »
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Clint Eastwood’s moment in the French sun (see item below) for his new movie “The Changeling” didn’t last long. Director Spike Lee launched a bitter attack on Eastwood yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival, condemning his failure to include a single African-American soldier in his … Read more »
Based on reviews like this one coming from the Cannes Film Festival, I think it’s fair to say that “The Changeling,” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie (pictured), is the first serious Best Picture contender for next year’s Oscars.
Keira Knightley (pictured) will star in an upcoming movie version of “King Lear” — and, no, she won’t be the monarch. (And, yes, the title role has been played in the past by a woman.) Knightley will play Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the King, … Read more »
Noel Coward (pictured) was one of the great show-biz stories of the 20th century: he was an actor, composer, director, playwright, poet, and novelist. “The Letters of Noel Coward,” which came out last year, was a completely engrossing account of the day-to-day excitement of his … Read more »
LemonWade has learned that Estelle Parsons (pictured), known for everything from playing Rosanne Barr’s mother on television to an Oscar-winning performance in the movie “Bonnie and Clyde,” will be taking over the matriarch role in the Broadway play “August: Osage County.”
