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Rob Reiner is an unabashed Stephen King fan. He third movie was Stand by Me, based on the King story "The Body." Shortly after the release of that film, he formed his own production company, Castle Rock Entertainment, named after a fictional Maine town that serves as the setting for many a King tale. Over the years, Castle Rock has churned out several adaptations of the horror master's works, including The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, The Green Mile, Needful Things, Dolores Claiborne, Hearts in Atlantis, and Dreamcatcher — but, ironically, not the King-adjacent series Castle Rock, which was produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.

During a weekend appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, Reiner shared some behind-the-scenes anecdotes of his two acclaimed King features, Stand by Me (1986) and Misery (1990), which earned a Best Actress Oscar for Kathy Bates — the only film based on the novelist's work to win an Academy Award.

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Kathryn Grayson's gown from Lovely to Look At (1952), designed by Adrian. Image courtesy of Gail Borden Public Library.

Appearing for the first time in the Chicago area is a uniquely curated tribute to the timeless glamour of Hollywood’s golden age — and the wardrobes that defined it. With screen-worn costumes that span classic and contemporary film history from 1939 to 2005, Glitz, Glamour, Gorgeous: A Tribute to Hollywood Movie Costumes at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illinois, offers an up-close look at the fashion that helped shape some of cinema’s iconic moments.

From Elizabeth Taylor’s regal ensemble in Cleopatra to Bette Davis’ off-the-shoulder gown in All About Eve and pieces worn by former Film Review contributors Doris Day, Gregory Peck, Lana Turner and Betty Grable, Glitz, Glamour, Gorgeous showcases 33 screen-worn costumes representing important designers like Adrian, Edith Head, Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose,...

Thank you for the party, but Sly could never stay. Sly Stone was always the ultimate mystery man of American music, a visionary genius who transformed the world with some of the most innovative sounds of the Sixties and Seventies. With Sly and the Family Stone, he fused funk, soul, and acid rock into his own utopian sound, in hits like “Family Affair” and “Everyday People.” Yet he remained an elusive figure, all but disappearing in the 1970s. When he died on Monday, it seemed strange he was “only” 82, because...

Exclusive: Production is underway on a documentary about entertainer Doris Day, one of the greatest stars in Hollywood history.

With Love, Doris!, from director-producer C.J. Wallis, producer Jim Dunlap and producer Mallory Kennedy, is built around never-before-heard audio tapes of Day responding to letters from fans. Day dictated her responses over the phone to her longtime assistant, Judy Ruby; Ruby then transcribed the tapes and sent them back to the star for revision and signature before the letters were mailed to fans. Ruby shared the recordings with Dunlap after Doris Day’s passing in 2019 at the age of 97.

“What an honor to be the keeper of this precious piece of Hollywood history,” said Dunlap. “I’m thrilled to finally get to share a side of Doris that few people knew,...

Alfred Hitchcock began making movies in the early 1920s, half a decade before the advent of the talking feature film. Fifty years later, he was still at it. During his long career, he not only moved from silents to talkies – he also moved from his native England to Hollywood. It was a shift in working conditions that would have a major influence on his output.

Beginning on June 1, Netflix will be featuring six films from the latter part of Hitchcock’s career, along with several other interesting companion pieces. This is by no means a complete compendium of the director’s final years. The newly available titles represent about half of the movies he made over his final 20 years.

However, except for two, as of June 1, you will be able to watch most of Hitch’s best films from this final stage. Some of them ranked right up there with...

You love thrillers and suspense films, right? Maybe sometimes they even tease into horror, but do not go all-in. If those are the movies you love, you'll adore the Alfred Hitchcock collection arriving on Netflix June 1.

There will be six films total. You won't see Psycho, but you will see Rear Window. Hitchcock made a lot of movies, and he made a lot of great films. Almost all are worth watching.

To help with the ranking below, we used Rotten Tomatoes score system of critical reviews. All were well-liked. All are worth watching.

Ranking all of the Alfred Hitchcock films arriving on Netflix on June 16. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Bernard Miles and Ralph Truman

Plot: Dr. Ben McKenna (Stewart) and his wife (Day) and son are vacationing in Morocco when a stranger is killed in front of them. Before he dies, he reveals...

Kathleen Hughes, the statuesque 1950s starlet who unleashed a terrifying scream in connection with her role in the 3D sci-fi classic It Came From Outer Space, has died. She was 96.

Hughes died Monday, according to her close friend, John Jigen Griffin-Atil.

A onetime contract player at Fox and then Universal, Hughes made for a “dainty dish of poison,” as New York Times critic Bosley Crowther put it, in her turn as an actress having an affair with John Forsythe in the crime drama The Glass Web (1953), starring Edward G. Robinson.

A year earlier, she dyed her dark hair blonde to star as a coed in For Men Only (1952), directed by and starring Paul Henreid.

Hughes gave Rock Hudson perhaps his first onscreen kiss when she acted with him in a 1949 screen test, then appeared with him as Piper Laurie‘s handmaiden in the adventure film The Golden Blade (1953).

She also...

Green Day were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, May 1st. As promised, Matt Pinfield made his first public appearance since suffering a massive stroke in January to serve as emcee.

“What an honor it is to be here today with these three guys that I love. Love their music and love them as people,” said the legendary former MTV host while opening the ceremony. “[Dookie] made so many young people pick up guitars, bass, and drums, and want to sing and write songs.”

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He continued, “That is what punk rock, rock and roll music is all about. That beauty, that love, a passing on of that gift. And that’s the thing that’s so special about Green Day and why it’s such an honor to be here today.”

Outside of leaning on a cane to walk up to the podium,...

One of this week’s new releases stars Steve Coogan and a penguin, so here’s a film quiz about other actors and their animal co-stars.

They say you should never work with children or animals, but that’s not stopped movie stars teaming up with animal co-stars. There are usually mixed results – even the can’t-lose buddy pairing of “Tom Hanks and a French mastiff” definitely didn’t end happily for both of them (spoilery details here). Now in UK cinemas, Peter Cattaneo’s new movie The Penguin Lessons teams up Partridge and penguin, so we’ve got some quiz questions about other live-action animal star vehicles as part of your usual movie-related trivia safari.

Once you’ve completed this week’s film quiz, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun,...

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Kacey Musgraves is 36 years old, and she lives in a country that supposedly values free speech, so she should therefore be able to post pretty much whatever she wants on her social media accounts.

And yet, a post in which Kacey doesn’t call anyone out or make any sort of threat — hell, a post in which she doesn’t even swear or express a political opinion of any kind — has created a minor uproar online.

The tweet in question? Well, if you have fun, funny friends, or if you follow interesting celebrities, then it’s probably the sort of thing you see and chuckle at a dozen times a day.

Kacey Musgraves performs onstage during the Star-Crossed: Unveiled Tour at Madison Square Garden on February 05, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for BT PR)

But for some reason, angry, terminally online, sexually...

Doris Day was the Oscar-nominated actress who passed away in 2019 at the age of 97. She excelled in musicals and romantic comedies, bringing a sense of edge and humor to her squeaky-clean demeanor. Although she made only a handful of movies between 1948 and 1968, several of her titles remain classics. Let's take a look back at 20 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1922, Day got her start as a band singer, making her film debut with the musical comedy "Romance on the High Seas" (1948). He vocal talents benefited her in such films as "Calamity Jane" (1953), "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), and "The Pajama Game" (1957), and she often sang the title tunes to her films.

She is perhaps best remembered for three frothy romantic comedies she made with sly, square-jawed leading man Rock Hudson and sardonic sidekick Tony Randall: "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Lover Come Back" (1961), and "Send Me No Flowers...

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Fans of the Hallmark+ series The Chicken Sisters have taken note of the soundtrack to the show and want to know more.

Now, a soundtrack list has been published on Spotify with the help of music supervisor, Angela Asistio. Read on to find out more about the music from the show and how to access the Spotify page.

Every song you’ll hear in Hallmark+ series The Chicken Sisters

Often, while watching a TV series or movie, the background music grabs your interest, or sparks nostalgia. It turns out the music supervisor of the Hallmark+ series, The Chicken Sisters, realized that and has put together a Spotify list of every song from the show so far.

Among the songs on the soundtrack list are popular songs from Linda Ronstadt, Boygenius, Wild Rivers, The Lumineers and more.

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Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) is a film with an interesting history. The concept started off as a book of short stories by author G.K. Chesterton and morphed into a movie in 1934 directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock. It was a prime example of spy fiction before it was being churned out en masse. Most modern audiences will probably remember Hitchcock's later version starring Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day. In an unconventional move, Hitchcock chose to revisit his own film 22 years after the release of the first.

The remake of The Man That Knew Too Much shares few similarities with its predecessor. Much in the same way,...

Sherri Shepherd recently received an unexpected visit from a group of first responders, but she wasn’t complaining.

The 57-year-old talk show host shared the details of her unforeseen circumstances with her audience during a recent episode of Sherri.

Sherri’s account of the situation was posted to her show’s Instagram feed in a Reel captioned, “Sherri separates the fantasy from reality when firemen showed up unannounced at her door!”

Sherri’s Reel opened with a photo of a shirtless firefighter with a caption underneath reading, “City Workers Come Knocking.”

“I had a bunch of sexy firemen in my house,” Sherri began, as her crowd oohed and aahed at the photo of the hunky firefighter in the photo.

“It didn’t look like this at all,” Sherri joked. “I wish it did!”

Firefighters came to Sherri’s door to investigate a gas leak

Sherri Shepherd revealed a gas leak in her New York neighborhood,...

This year, for the first time in a while, a movie gave me the boost of serotonin that only hits my brain when I’m watching a great rom-com. It happened near the end of the Netflix film Hit Man, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona. Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer. At this point, Gary has fallen in love with Arjona’s Madison, whom...

If you’re an awards watcher, you might have noticed that this year’s Oscar season discourse feels a bit more…rabid than usual. Stan accounts on Twitter getting involved, online back-and-forth about actresses’ work before their films have even been released, a general air of slavish devotion to projects that feels more than slightly cultish. What’s going on? Well, this is just what happens nowadays when two of the biggest pop stars on the planet are in the Oscars conversation. We can only imagine the response IndieWire will get for this list of the 10 best film performances by pop stars.

This November saw the release on Netflix of “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard’s extremely divisive modern musical about a Mexican cartel boss who pursues her dream to transition and live as a woman. This week, after a relentless marketing campaign, Jon Chu’s adaptation of the popular “Wizard...

Hallmark+’s The Chicken Sisters follows two warring mom and pop friend chicken restaurants: Mimi’s and Frannie’s. The feud between the restaurants arose long ago when the founders of each had a falling out.

In present-day fictional Merinac, modeled after the setting of Kj Dell’Anotnia’s book of the same name, complications have further arisen between the two single women who continue to run the restaurants, passed down to them from their ancestors. A reality food network-like show comes to town to capture the dueling dynasties, and secrets are unearthed as tensions arise.

The series contains several recognizable artists and a whole bunch of songs that fit the atmosphere of the show. Find a complete soundtrack list — put together by music supervisor Angela Asistio — including songs from Boygenius, Linda Ronstadt, The Lumineers, Wild Rivers and more.

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Bubble, boil, steam, and burn, it’s time to watch those film reels turn. That’s right, it’s October, which means it’s almost Halloween, but the minute the clock struck midnight on the 1st, we here at IndieWire were already decked in black and frightening our office mates at Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. While carving pumpkins, eating candy, and donning elaborate costumes may be how most ring in this special time of year, we believe there’s no better celebration of spooky season than entering a dark theater and sharing a few collective screams with strangers.

This month, repertory theaters in New York and Los Angeles have plenty of offerings to get those lungs expanding and heart beating. From black-and-white classics like Don Siegel’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) to modern monster favorites such as “The Mummy” (1999) starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, don’t miss...

Lady in the Lake features great music choices from the 1960s era, creating an immersive atmosphere in each episode. The series stars Natalie Portman in her first leading television role, alongside an exceptional cast that brings the story to life. With positive reviews and a 77% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Lady in the Lake is a captivating murder mystery with noir elements.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Lady in the Lake.

There are some great music choices in the soundtrack of Apple's new limited series Lady in the Lake. Based on the 2019 bestselling novel by Laura Lippman, Lady in the Lake stars Oscar winner Natalie Portman in her first-ever leading role in a television series. Portman leads an exceptional cast in Lady in the Lake which also includes rising star actress Moses Ingram, future Superman David Corenswet, and Mikey Madison, the star of this year's Palme d'Or winner Anora by Sean Baker.

In the history of American movies, and, arguably, of movies in general, there has never been a partnership between a husband and wife as consequential as that of director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands.

Not only did the two make several masterpieces together, among them Faces, A Woman Under the Influence and Opening Night. They managed to create a whole body of deeply personal features — shot completely outside of the studio system and often inside their own family home in the Hollywood Hills — that would usher in the era of what we now call “independent film.”

Surely, there had been some memorable director-actress duos before them, mostly in Europe: Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman, Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina, Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina, Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti. But in those cases, which definitely yielded their share of masterpieces as well, the director was the auteur and the actress his muse.

Kaley Cuoco might have earned millions playing the lovable Penny on The Big Bang Theory, but there’s one lesson she learned that’s worth even more. Reflecting on her time with the iconic sitcom, Cuoco revealed a nugget of wisdom she’ll carry into every future project. It wasn’t just about the laughs or the paychecks; it was about the responsibility that comes with being part of something so beloved.

Kaley Cuoco as Penny Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: Warner Bros. Television

Cuoco clarifies that she doesn’t take that lightly, and it’s clear this experience shaped her approach to acting and her career. As she moves on to new roles and challenges, the lessons from her Big Bang days are still guiding her every step.

Kaley Cuoco’s Next Big Moves—Why She’s Not Hitting Pause Anytime Soon Kaley Cuoco as Penny Hofstadter...

On Friday July 12 2024, ABC broadcasts Live with Kelly and Mark!

Summer Skin Week; Foodfluencer Friday: Trending Summer Food Faves Season 2 Episode 221 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark” on ABC, viewers are in for a treat with a lineup that promises to be both informative and entertaining. The episode, titled “Summer Skin Week; Foodfluencer Friday: Trending Summer Food Faves,” features a diverse range of segments that cater to different interests.

The show will kick off with a spotlight on Rita Ora, known for her role in “The Descendants: The Rise of Red.” Following that, viewers can look forward to insights from Dr. Doris Day as she delves into the effects of aging on the skin, providing valuable tips and information for the audience. Additionally, the hosts, Kelly and Mark, will take the show outdoors as they join five-time world barbecue champion Myron Mixon for a grilling session,...

On Friday 12 July 2024, Talk broadcasts Live with Kelly and Mark!

Season 2 Episode 221 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark,” viewers are in for a treat with a lineup of exciting guests and segments. Rita Ora, known for her role in “The Descendants: The Rise of Red,” will be joining the hosts for a lively chat. Dr. Doris Day will also be on the show to shed light on the effects of aging on the skin, offering valuable insights and tips for viewers.

One of the highlights of this episode is when the hosts, Kelly and Mark, step outside for a fun grilling session with five-time world barbecue champion Myron Mixon. Viewers can look forward to some mouth-watering dishes and entertaining moments as the hosts try their hand at grilling under the guidance of a seasoned expert.

With such a diverse and engaging lineup, this episode of...

Norman Jewison was the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who has tackled a number of controversial topics and social issues in his work, crafting mainstream entertainments with a political point of view. But how many of his titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1926 in Toronto, Jewison cut his teeth in television before moving into directing with a number of light farces, including the Doris Day vehicles “The Thrill of It All” (1963) and “Send Me No Flowers” (1964), her last collaboration with Rock Hudson. His career took a turning point with his first drama, “The Cincinnati Kid” (1965), which also kicked off his collaborations with film editor Hal Ashby, himself a future director. His next film, the darkly comedic “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” (1966), earned him his first Oscar nomination in Best Picture.

He hit the Oscar jackpot the...

America is in crisis. It’s the late 1960s, and President John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade has yet to be fulfilled. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA, for short — has experienced a major setback when a launch rehearsal test for the Apollo 1 goes awry and all three crew members perish. The Russkies appear to have the lead in the Space Race, the public interest in conquering the stars is waning, and the organization’s funding is on the chopping block.

Exclusive: At the height of Peak TV, Greg Berlanti’s career took off like a rocket. His Berlanti Productions had a record-breaking 15 shows on the air simultaneously, from DC properties like The Flash, Supergirl and Arrow to Riverdale and Blindspot. Berlanti will have six shows on air this fall, which gave him time to launch Fly Me to the Moon, starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano. The rom-com pairs Johansson as a gifted but shady sales person trying to outrun her past, and Tatum as a fighter pilot-turned-NASA leader trying to help beat the Russians to the moon. She comes to Cape Canaveral at the behest of a Nixon fixer (Harrelson), hired to stage the moon landing for a telecast to run on global TV if things go awry. It’s the first film Berlanti has directed since 2018’s Love, Simon, a crowd pleasing theatrical release.

Chemistry has always been Hollywood’s secret sauce, and, for rom-coms at least, the high-water mark remains the pairing of Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Most cineastes can name their first collaboration (Pillow Talk in 1959), but the others — Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964) — don’t come to mind so quickly. As a brand, though, these two have more than endured in pop culture, and writers and directors have had to work harder and harder to find a way to recapture that magic, since we now know very well that it requires a great deal more than just putting a couple of good-looking famous people together.

Peyton Reed came close in 2003’s with his stylish, early-’60s period pastiche Down with Love, casting Renee Zellweger alongside Ewan McGregor, and Olivia Wilde certainly did not with 2022’s Don’t Worry Darling, lumbering Florence Pugh with Harry Styles in a risible ’50s-themed sci-fi.

The Cruella soundtrack is a mix of classic and modern songs that match the 1970s setting of the film. The music enhances Cruella's character transformation from a rebellious young girl to a powerful fashion icon. The soundtrack features various genres and artists, contributing to the movie's fun and engaging atmosphere.

The Cruella soundtrack is a memorable one compiling hits from the 1960s and '70s, but the officially released Cruella soundtrack doesn't include all the music that's in the movie. Emma Stone's hugely entertaining performance as Cruella is perfectly accompanied by a compelling blend of rock, R&b, pop, and punk music. Cruella achieves a lot through the selection of music that soundtracks it, as more than 30 songs released throughout the 1960s and '70s feature in the movie. They range from classic funk to feminist power ballads, and the soundtrack is able to create a strong sense of time and place.

Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cute at best, when in fact it’s quite clever: a smarter-than-it-sounds, space-age sparring match of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day variety, in which the honest-to-a-fault NASA launch director responsible for sending Apollo 11 into orbit (a straight-faced Channing Tatum) goes head-to-head with a mendacious Madison Avenue spin doctor. Set during the first half of 1969, director Greg Berlanti’s high-concept screwball comedy values chemistry over history, bending the facts to suggest a fresh set of stakes for the operation, where romance fuels a rocket to the moon.

For decades, questions have dogged the Apollo 11 project. Who really won the space race? Did NASA fake the moon landing? Story credit goes to Keenan Flynn and Bill Kirstein, as screenwriter Rose Gilroy takes these doubts and extrapolates them into what the film itself might call an “alternative version” of events — one that puts authenticity itself on the line.

Al Schultz, who worked as a makeup artist for some of the top TV shows of the 1960s and ’70s and was married to Vicki Lawrence for five decades, has died. He was 82.

Schultz died June 19 at his home in Long Beach, California, according to his publicist. A cause of death was not given.

Schultz started his career in makeup in the mid-1960s. He was mentored by Harry Maret, who worked with the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Donna Reed and Doris Day. He began at NBC on shows like Hollywood Squares and Laugh-In and segued to a job at The Dean Martin Show, where he worked with the dancers known as the Golddiggers.

His big break came in 1968 when the Makeup Artists Union sent him to CBS Television City. There, he was noticed by Carol Burnett as he was walking by her dressing room, sparking a partnership that lasted for a decade.

Anthea Sylbert, the two-time Oscar-nominated costume designer who worked on Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Shampoo and Julia before becoming a studio executive and producer, has died. She was 84.

Sylbert died Tuesday in Skiathos, Greece, director Sakis Lalas told The Hollywood Reporter. Lalas just finished a documentary about Sylbert titled, My Life in 3 Acts.

Sylbert partnered with two-time Oscar-winning production Richard Sylbert on eight films and with his twin brother, Paul Sylbert — her first husband and another Oscar-winning production designer — on another three.

“Paul is the more bitter, more angry of the two,” she told Peter Biskind in 1993. “Someone once put it this way: Dick is more of a diplomat. He will put the ice pick somewhere in your back, you’re not quite sure, and you sort of feel tickled; Paul, while facing you, sticks it in your gut. I always used to think that if you put them together,...

Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect and a cult following, which includes American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore themes of friendship, fate and the changing face of Hong Kong society. Sometimes described as “multifaceted and chameleonic” due to his ability to switch tones and genres between movies, To is nonetheless seen as having a consistent style, which involves mixing subdued realism and social observation with highly stylised visual and acting elements. To has cited King Hu as the director who has influenced his work the most. To heads...

Netflix is bringing Pride to the big screen with a special curated Egyptian Theater program.

IndieWire can exclusively announce Netflix’s “Hollywood Pride: Queer Lives on the Silver Screen” event, taking place from June 25 through 27 in Los Angeles. The film series is co-programmed by critic and author Alonso Duralde, who will be in attendance to promote his book “Hollywood Pride” that influenced the title of the program.

With classics such as “All About Eve” and “Pillow Talk” coupled with “The Old Dark House” and “Suddenly, Last Summer,” the Netflix theatrical event spans nearly a century of queer representation onscreen.

Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s “Bound” also lands a theatrical premiere of its 4K restoration, with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly playing onscreen lovers with mob ties.

The program concludes with “Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution” featuring LGBTQ stand-up legends and modern trailblazers like Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes; the film recently...

Calamity Jane has premiered on Tubi and is now streaming for free. The new Western reunites CW's Arrow co-stars Emily Bett Rickards and Stephen Amell.

Rickards stars as the titular character in Calamity Jane, which makes its AVOD premiere as a Tubi original. Rickard's Calamity Jane embarks on a revenge mission to kill Crooked Nose Jack after he murders her husband-to-be, Wild Bill Hickok, portrayed by Amell. Rickards and Amell famously played Felicity Smoak and Oliver Queen, respectively, in the fan-favorite DC show Arrow. The pair reunited again to play lovers in the Samuel Goldwyn Films-produced Western, which also stars Tim Rozon, Priscilla Faia, Gage Marsh, Garrett Black, Christian Sloan, Troy Mundle, and Spencer Borgeson. Terry Miles directed the film.

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A true entertainer, Frank Sinatra did more than just sing throughout his career. In the early thirties, Sinatra was destined to become a movie star. Frank was a true performer. He could do anything from dry comedies to the rigid character studies of drama and crime films. Starting early in musicals, he slowly made his way to be a more prominent star. A legendary entertainer that all of us know even if we aren’t aware! Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. ‘On the Town’ Frank began his acting...

Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101.

Her friend Stuart Lambert told The Associated Press about Paige’s death.

During her long career, Paige toured with Bob Hope and danced onscreen with Fred Astaire, along with originating the Babe Williams role in The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954. That same year she headlined It’s Always Jan, a CBS sitcom about the problems of single-parenthood during which she usually sang a song. It lasted a single season.

Born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Wa, she began singing in talent shows at a tender age and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school.

Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in the mystery comedy Remains to Be Seen but...

Janis Paige, best known for her roles in Silk Stockings and Romance on the High Seas, has died. The actress died of natural causes in her Los Angeles home at the age of 101 on June 2, according to her friend Stuart Lampert (via The Hollywood Reporter). Paige was born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922 in Tacoma, Washington. The singer and actress’ career started after a talent scout discovered her performing at the Hollywood Canteen. Her film debut followed in the Esther Williams vehicle Bathing Beauty in 1944. Her early roles included the musicals, while a contract player for Warner Brothers, Hollywood Canteen (1944), The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946), and Romance on the High Seas (1948). Paige moved over to Broadway in the 1950s after her movie career stalled, with parts in the comedy Remains to be Seen (1951-52) and as union spitfire Babe Williams in The Pajama Game (1954-56). When the latter was made into a movie,...

Janis Paige, the ebullient redhead who starred in the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game and in such Hollywood musicals as Silk Stockings and Romance on the High Seas, has died. She was 101.

Paige, who was discovered in the 1940s while performing at the legendary Hollywood Canteen, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Stuart Lampert announced.

Paige starred on her own network sitcom, playing a widowed nightclub singer struggling to raise her 10-year-old daughter, on the 1955-56 CBS series It’s Always Jan, and she had recurring roles as Dick van Patten’s free-spirited sister on ABC’s Eight Is Enough and as a hospital administrator on CBS’ Trapper John, M.D.

The actress also turned in two memorable guest-starring stints in 1976, playing an attractive diner waitress named Denise who tempts Archie (Carroll O’Connor) to cheat on Edith (Jean Stapleton) on All in the Family...

The total irony of coupling a new song titled “You’re So Impatient” with a gloomy rendition of “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” — and releasing them as a double A-sided single, giving each sentiment equal weight — might be the most Pixiesest act Pixies have committed in 20 years. The tunes, which will come out as a seven-inch on July 19, are the first recordings since bassist Emma Richardson replaced Paz Lenchantin earlier this year.

Side A, the First, “You’re So Impatient,” is a meditation on anxiousness, squeezed perfectly...

Some directors return to their own movies decades later, remaking them with fresh eyes. Directors often excel at remaking their own films, correcting past mistakes and improving. Plenty of directors remade their old silent films in the sound era, such as William Wyler and Yasujir Ozu.

Remakes are common in Hollywood, but it isn't often that a director has a second attempt at one of their own movies. It's more ordinary that an old movie gets a modern remake for a new era, with an entirely new cast and a new director. In recent years, movies which could have gotten remakes have instead gotten "legacy sequels," which continue the story rather than telling it once more, but remakes are still big business. For example, Disney's live-action remakes of their beloved animated classics have grossed billions of dollars at the box office.

The best movie remakes manage to bring something new...

There’s a story Alfred Hitchcock always liked to tell about how, when he was five years old, his father dropped him off at the local police station near his home in East London. William Hitchcock left a note for the coppers explaining that his son had been misbehaving. A policeman locked young Alfred in a cell for a few minutes and explained, “This is what we do to naughty boys.”

When Hitchcock recounted that story to Dick Cavett he was in his 70s, but the incident continued to leave a profound mark on the director. He said he was still “terrified of the police” because of that and drew a connection from that to the feelings of guilt and wrong-men-on-the-run paranoia that seeps into so many of his films.

The funny thing is, though, father characters are almost entirely absent from Hitchcock’s work. There are a few: Cedric Hardwicke...

From the moment the very first trailer for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Heeramandi” on Netflix arrived, it’s become increasingly difficult to ignore that a certain type of Indian actress has passed into extinction.

Since the dawn of Indian cinema, music and dance have been integral to the movie-going experience, with extra emphasis placed on the “heroine” — a leading lady who could not only carry a whole film as an actor, but also captivate the audience as a graceful, expressive dancer. Think of Hollywood corollaries like Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, Doris Day — but if they were working well into the late 20th and even 21st century. It’s inherently wrapped up in India’s history of folk dance, which is always present at festivals or celebrations; and classical dance, which requires extensive training and was often a precursor to entering beauty pageants and the film industry. Heroines like Sridevi, Waheeda Rehman,...

by Christopher James

Billy Dee Williams was present at a screening of Lady Sings the Blues for a Q&a as part of a tribute to him at the TCM Film Festival.It wouldn’t be a trip to the TCM Film Festival if I didn’t catch some of the great romances of yesteryear.

In particular, the enemies to lovers romantic comedy troupe was alive and well. Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner provides the foundation for this trope. Decades later, Doris Day and Rock Hudson would use this dynamic to great success in many collaborations, including the bonkers comedy Send Me No Flowers. Romance isn’t all fun and games though. The Billie Holliday biopic Lady Sings the Blues borrows less from the biopic genre and focuses more on the troubled relationship between Holliday (Diana Ross) and Louis McKay.

Did all these pairs sell us on their celluloid love?...

Get ready for a nostalgic trip down memory lane with “When 60s TV Goes Horribly Wrong,” airing this Sunday at 9:25 Pm on Channel 5. In this special program, famous faces from the 1960s relive some of the most memorable moments they’d rather forget, showcasing a side of television that’s both cringe-worthy and hilarious.

From wardrobe malfunctions to unexpected mishaps, viewers will be treated to a collection of bloopers that highlight the unpredictable nature of live television. Watch as icons like Doris Day face wardrobe fails and the cast of Star Trek navigate through outtakes that are sure to leave you in stitches.

But the laughs don’t stop there. Tune in to witness the chaos unfold on live discussion shows, where things can quickly spiral out of hand, resulting in unforgettable moments that have become part of television history.

Narrated with wit and charm, “When 60s TV...

by Nathaniel R

Your assignment should you choose to accept it is this:  Choose a few of these fine talents this year and investigate the riches of their filmographies while they're still walking the Earth.  Here's the list...

200 Oldest Living Screen Stars

101 years old

Janie Paige in "Silk Stockings"

01 Janis Paige (9/16/22)

This singing stage and screen actress made big impressions in Silk Stockings and Please Don't Eat the Daisies in the late 50s early 60s but her breakthrough stage role went to Doris Day on film (The Pajama Game). She later moved to TV soaps where she worked through the early 1990s...

Ryan Gosling is probably one of the best physical comedians of his generation. Writing these words a handful of days after the Oscars where, even though he didn’t take home a prize, Gosling won the night by belting “I’m Just Ken” in Margot Robbie’s ear, is to state the obvious. But it wasn’t that long ago when the actor was mostly renowned for playing remote and aloof characters. Think First Man’s Neil Armstrong, Blade Runner 2049’s K, and Drive’s, um, Driver. It’s thus satisfying to see audiences finally come around to recognizing the star’s stealthily hilarious comic timing.

Well, the cat’s out of the bag now, and with The Fall Guy following Barbie, it’s safe to say Gosling has transitioned to the groovy himbo stage of his career. Long may it last if it inspires movies as frothy and...

Directed by Terry Miles (Dawn Rider), 2024’s Calamity Jane is a far cry from the 1953 movie musical of the same name starring Doris Day. If you’re a cinephile and happened to experience the earlier film about the infamous female gunslinger, you already know that that Jane didn’t go on a killing spree.

That’s not the case in Miles’ version, which is penned by Leon Langford and Collin Watts. This Jane is jonesing for blood. As played by Emily Bett Rickards, Jane wants vengeance. She breaks out of the jail cell Sheriff Mason (Tim Rozon) confined her in and goes on a rampage. Rozon, who’s captured our interest in SurrealEstate, Wynonna Earp, and Schitt’s Creek, smiles when the 1953 film version is brought up.

“I've actually seen it way back in the day,” Rozon said, “but I don't remember too much about it. I got to play Doc Holliday...

1960 marked a seminal moment for the horror genre and world-renowned Alfred Hitchcock, for the director's (arguable) magnum opus Psycho was set loose upon the world to global shock, captivating, and bewilderment. However, the year also saw the release of a smaller-scale but taut shocker in David Miller's delightfully melodramatic Midnight Lace. While the influential Psycho trailblazed through theaters worldwide, scaring and confounding audiences while making a monumental impact on the horror genre and the cinematic landscape at large, Midnight Lace earned quieter appreciation from film-goers on its October 1960 New York City release. In the years since, the film has deservedly eased into semi-cult status, serving as a memorable showcase for London's misty allure and a Golden Globe-nominated Doris Day, who submits an impassioned portrayal of the woman at the heart of the tale. Make no mistake, it is uncanny just how utterly Hitchcockian Miller's thriller is — and we're not...

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by James Cameron-wilson

1960 was a year that sent shockwaves throughout the film industry. Alfred Hitchcock, who was to direct Anna Massey twelve years later in his lurid thriller Frenzy – about a serial killer in central London – opened a movie called Psycho. Psycho was significant in several regards. Hitchcock refused to show the film to critics and barred his two leads, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, from doing any promotional interviews as he wanted total control over the film’s publicity and its content. This was in June of 1960. Two months earlier another celebrated filmmaker had released an equally shocking film called Peeping Tom and whose critical reception ruined both the movie and the reputation of its director, Michael Powell. Hitchcock wanted audiences to judge Psycho for themselves. Most audiences never got a chance to evaluate Peeping Tom.

Both films were about serial killers and both showed the murderer as a self-effacing,...

Monday is always the most packed day of New York Fashion Week, and for anyone who’s been around long enough to remember the convenience of the Bryant Park tents or the similar setups at Lincoln Center or downtown on Washington Street, the industry abandoning that idea has caused some consternation among several editors who now must trek between South Street buildings with spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty to the west side of Midtown and then to the Upper East Side and back again. It is undeniably time-consuming, resulting in shows that must be skipped.

Carolina Herrera, Fall 2024

The second the lights go down and a show begins, of course, all is forgiven (for the moment). This Monday of #Nyfw unspooled a variety of thoroughly beautiful collections for Fall Winter 2024, from designers who not only embrace the tenets of American fashion with a passionate dedication, they also weave outstanding statements in red-carpet fashion.