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A new biography, JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli, reveals that Jackie Kennedy was more concerned about her husband’s rumored affair with Marilyn Monroe than people previously thought. The author revealed to People Magazine, Jackie once said to JFK,

‘This one’s different Jack. This one worries me.’ That’s from somebody who was right there in the White House who overheard that conversation

The remark came before JFK’s 45th birthday celebration on May 19, 1962, at Madison Square Garden, where Monroe famously sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” Jackie didn’t attend the event. Instead, she spent the evening with her mother and stepfather, choosing to distance herself from the spectacle.

Taraborrelli notes that Jackie didn’t have concrete proof of an affair but had a strong feeling that something was going on. Her decision to skip the event was reportedly a silent protest, showing she didn’t...

Every holiday season, we give thanks for Rankin/Bass, the team behind Christmas TV specials “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” The production company formed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass gave us both iconic stop-motion and traditional animated tales, becoming a pop culture touchstone for generations of kids.

Not all the specials, especially some of the lesser-known entries, are streaming this Christmas. But several are available to rent alone, and many more are being shown as part of Freeform’s “25 Days of Christmas.” Here’s where you can revisit these childhood favorites:

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Credit: Rankin/Bass)

The first and most beloved Rankin/Bass special is chock full of terrific songs, including “A Holly Jolly Christmas” and “We’re a Couple of Misfits,” and the cutest misfits of all time, including red-nosed Rudolph, and Hermey the elf,...

Seth MacFarlane's long-lived animated sitcom "Family Guy" has always been known for its flippant, non-sequitur pop culture references and its deliberately tasteless humor. "Family Guy" is often described as being a show for fratboys, as it taps into crass, low impulses. Almost all the characters on the show are ignorant, impulsive, crass, and often prejudiced. One might be tempted to take offense if the show weren't also so pointedly adolescent; it's clear that the writers of "Family Guy" are instructed to go for the quickest, funniest gag, and are not instructed to espouse any kind of irresponsible ethos. The writers are all smart people. They simply love dumb jokes.

Many jokes are made at the expense of celebrities, and many real-life actors and performers are lampooned openly on the show. Case in point: William Shatner (as played by MacFarlane) is often depicted as posing, vamping, and vogue-ing in his performances,...

In a major shift of holiday programming, NBC has gained the rights to broadcast two beloved animated Christmas specials starting this season. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman will return to NBC after long runs on CBS. Rudolph, which first aired on NBC in 1964, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a broadcast on December 6. Frosty the Snowman will make its NBC debut on December 5.

Rudolph is the story of a young reindeer bullied for his glowing nose. Narrated by Burl Ives, it follows Rudolph as he journeys with outcasts Hermey the elf and prospector Yukon Cornelius. They encounter dangers like the Abominable Snow Monster but also find the Island of Misfit Toys. Rudolph proves his worth guiding Santa’s sleigh through a storm. For 52 years it aired on CBS, but NBC will now show the 75-minute Rankin/Bass production on its anniversary date.

Frosty the Snowman is a...

A holiday TV staple is switching channels this year from the first time in half a century: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will air on NBC this December after airing on CBS every year since 1972, NBC announced on Friday.

A special 75-minute edition of Rudolph will air Friday, Dec. 6 at 8/7c on NBC to mark its 60th anniversary. The stop-motion animated classic based on the beloved Christmas carol is closely associated with CBS, but it actually debuted on NBC back in 1964, airing there until it moved to CBS eight years later.

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New fan art shows Batman: Caped Crusader's Oswalda Cobblepot in a style reminiscent of classic Batman comics. This iteration of the Penguin is unusual in that she's female. Otherwise, she and her comic counterpart have a lot in common both aesthetically and personality-wise. They are both business people on the surface but crime bosses underneath. Though Oswalda's version of the Iceberg Lounge is a missile-launching yacht, and she is a singer, so she might be just a bit cooler. Voiced by Minnie Driver, this version of the Penguin first appeared in the Batman: Caped Crusader episode, "In Treacherous Waters."

@ritzy_biscuitThis is the best redesign of a Batman villain. #batmancapedcrusader #thepenguin #oswaldacobblepot #dccomics #batman Fun fact. The song Oswalda sings is an actual song called "Bill Bailey won't you please come home", written at the start of the 20th century and has been sung by various artists like Jimmy Durante,...

Fresh off of its record-breaking debut weekend at the box office (during which it shattered the record for biggest domestic opening weekend ever for an R-rated movie), "Deadpool & Wolverine" has moviegoers quoting scads of profane dialogue while recounting its myriad of outrageous surprises. Plot twists! Cameos! A Jimmy Durante needle-drop! There's so much going on in Deadpool's latest adventure that Marvel die-hards will be lining up repeat viewings throughout the rest of the summer and, considering that solid "A" Cinemascore, well into the fall (though /Film's Chris Evangelista wasn't quite so enthusiastic in his review).

One bit of business Deadpoolers might want to examine is the hero's stunningly deft dance moves to Nsync's "Bye Bye Bye" over the opening credits. Who knew Wade Wilson had moves like Justin Timberlake? Does this mean star Ryan Reynolds can get down like a demon on the dancefloor, too? According to the 47-year-old actor ... no,...

“Deadpool & Wolverine” appears to be playing with time a little bit, with the appearance of the Time Variance Authority, so perhaps it makes sense that the soundtrack for the film is filled with throwbacks.

In theaters now, the film officially brings Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) into the MCU, as the two pair up — begrudgingly, in the case of Wolverine — to save Wade’s world.

Surprisingly, there’s no Wham! on this soundtrack, but it does get pretty meta, bringing in a song from one of Hugh Jackman’s musicals. And, before you get excited, no, that’s not Taylor Swift on the soundtrack confirming any rumors she might be in the film.

Her song is called “You Belong With Me,” not “You Belong to Me.” This one is a classic though.

Here are all the songs in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

“Only You (And You...

Like its predecessors, Deadpool & Wolverine recruited some heavy-hitting songs for its soundtrack, which is fitting for the reunion of Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, who was born James Howlett.

While the trailer teased Madonna’s Like a Prayer, other anthems by groups like *Nsync and AC/DC or even the Goo Goo Dolls back action-packed and heartfelt moments in the film. Avril Lavigne has a banger in there as well, and of course, some of Hugh Jackman’s past projects creep in.

Here are all the songs in Deadpool & Wolverine:

“Only You (And You Alone) (Re-Recorded)” by The Platters “Bye Bye Bye” by *Nsync “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan “What’re We Doing Here” by Alexsucks “Like Fresh” by Kid Fresh “The Kid” by Misfit “I Know” by Janine The Machine “Money Life” by B. Stew “Angel of the Morning...

Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack has a range of catchy pop tunes, capturing the levity fans expect from Deadpool's multiversal adventure. The movie's success is evident in record-breaking ticket sales, likely paving the way for a billion-dollar box office hit in 2024. The soundtrack, featuring 18 songs, was released on July 24, and vinyl and CD versions of the soundtrack have also become available.

The official Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack injects plenty of fun into the movie over the course of a range of songs. Deadpool & Wolverine debuts the titular two in the MCU for the first time, bringing them on a multiversal adventure that sees the duo clash with the Tva and encounter myriad variants from Fox's X-Men universe and beyond - including plenty of Deadpool himself. In the same vein as movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, the events of Deadpool & Wolverine play out to the tune of...

Deadpool and Wolverine's Official Ost Features Callback to First Movie's Iconic Theme Song - Main Image

The official Ost for Deadpool and Wolverine not only includes the title song to Hugh Jackman's musical, The Greatest Showman, but it also features a nod to the original Deadpool movie's iconic music: Angel of the Morning.

Check out the full list of songs to expect from the Merc with the Mouth's upcoming threequel here!

Deadpool & Wolverine Ost Brings Back "Angel of the Morning"

Music can make or break a movie's entire vibe, especially when watching it on the big screens for the first time.

In this case, Deadpool and Wolverine did their job by including iconic songs from the first film: Angel of the Morning by Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts, the opening song we hear from the 2016 Deadpool movie as the Merc's introduction unfolded.

Marvel unveiled the 18 official ost on Deadpool and Wolverine's roster,...

Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool relishes breaking the fourth wall with viewers, so it should be no surprise that the soundtrack for Deadpool & Wolverine will break the fourth wall with listeners. The film, which also stars Hugh Jackman, is the third entry in the Deadpool film series, which prides itself in featuring odd musical choices for its films. The soundtrack, which releases on July 24, has revealed its tracklist of songs, including a tune swiped from another Jackman film, the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman.

The official Deadpool social media account has now released the tracklist for the MCU outing, and it features a hodgepodge of artists and musical genres reaching back as far as the 1950s. In the album's playlist are a number of recognizable hits from the past, with one song that stands out from the rest: "The Greatest Show" from The Greatest Showman soundtrack. It looks like the film will use...

Hollywood Records has announced that the Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack, featuring 18 songs, will be released on July 24. The soundtrack will also be available on CD and a 12″ 2-lp vinyl on July 26.

The Deadpool & Wolverine Original Score digital album, with music by composer Rob Simonsen, will also be available in Atmos on July 24, along with the digital deluxe edition soundtrack, which includes both songs and the score.

Deadpool & Wolverine Soundtrack The Deadpool & Wolverine Soundtrack Tracklist

“Only You (And You Alone)” – Performed by The Platters

“Bye Bye Bye” – Performed by *Nsync

“Angel of The Morning” – Performed by Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts

“Slash” – Performed by Stray Kids

“Glamorous” – Performed by Fergie

“Iris” – Performed by The Goo Goo Dolls

“The Power Of Love” – Performed by Huey Lewis & The News

“I’m a Ramblin’ Man” – Performed by Waylon Jennings

“You Belong To Me” – Performed by Patsy Cline (Featuring – The Jordanaires)

The digital deluxe...

Constructing a soundtrack album is a gentle -- and perhaps lost -- art. This author is old enough to remember the 1990s heyday of movie soundtracks, when film producers would regularly license charting pop hits, obscure deep cuts, upcoming rappers, and underappreciated indie bands to construct carefully curated and meticulously produced albums that lived happily in your friends' cars all summer. There was a time when an unsuccessful film could recoup a lot of its theatrical losses with overwhelming soundtrack record sales. See: "Dead Man on Campus."

As the music industry collapsed in the early 2000s, however, soundtrack records fell out of favor. Movie songs became mere playlists, neither arranged on a CD in any cogent order nor lending themselves toward a general thematic thrust. We '90s teens can now whine (as is our wont) that soundtrack albums are, in the '20s, rarely more than "pile of neat songs.

It’s probably safe to say that Your Monster is the only film ever to score a sex scene to Jimmy Durante’s raspy voice singing, “I could turn the gray skies to blue, if I only had you.” Caroline Lindy’s first feature (based on her short) is a singing, dancing, skewed comic take on rom-coms, heartbreak, rebounds and revenge. Full of affection for big Broadway-style tunes, with a heroine whose dream man is soft-hearted but also not human, it is a sharp, witty confection.

Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), a would-be actress, is in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery when her boyfriend breaks up by text. As we see in the opening sequence, she howls and weeps, but even as she’s being wheeled out of the hospital, we hear Dick Van Dyke cheerfully singing “Put on a Happy Face” from the original Broadway cast album of Bye Bye Birdie.

Lola Dee, whose 1951 hit “Pretty Eyed Baby” under the name Lola Ameche rose to No. 21 on the Billboard singles chart, has died at 95. She died of natural causes in a Hinsdale, Il, nursing facility, her publicist said.

The singer had her name changed in the 1960s to better appeal to the burgeoning youth market.

Dee toured with Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Johnnie Ray, and was signed to the Columbia and Mercury labels in the ’50s. In her heyday, she recorded more than 20 songs, including “Hitsity Hotsity,” “Dance Me Loose,” “Old Man Mose,” “Down Yonder,” “Take Two to Tango” and “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes.”

In the 1960s, the now blonde singer recorded the songs “Padre” and “Dig That Crazy Santa Claus.” Under Mercury’s subsidiary label, Wing Records, her cover of the Platters’ “Only You (And You Alone)” sold close to one million copies.

Dee...

Pop singer Lola Dee, who recorded for the Columbia and Mercury labels in the 1950s and toured around the world with the likes of Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Johnnie Ray, has died. She was 95.

Dee died Thursday of natural causes at a nursing facility in Hinsdale, Illinois, her publicist and CD producer, Alan Eichler, announced.

After signing a five-year contract with Chicago-based Mercury Records, a recently formed company that had Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Patti Page on its roster, the singer, then billed as Lola Ameche, teamed with the Al Trace Orchestra for 1951’s “Pretty Eyed Baby,” which reached No. 21 on the Billboard charts.

She and Trace followed that year with another hit, “Hitsity Hotsity,” and she recorded more than two dozen songs over the next three years, including swinging versions of “Dance Me Loose,” “Old Man Mose,” “Down Yonder,” “Take Two to Tango” and “Don’t Let...

Norman Lear, who died today at 101, had been in the TV business for more than 70 years. Along the way, he’d written and created some of the most iconic and groundbreaking shows in television history and worked with some of the biggest of Hollywood’s stars.

After World War II, where he was decorated for his service in a B-52 bomber, Lear broke into show biz in 1950 as a writer on All Star Revue, where he worked with such legendary comedians as Jimmy Durante, Danny Thomas, Martha Raye and George Jessel. He followed that by working on the Colgate Comedy Hour with the likes of Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello and Eddie Cantor.

Those gigs led to Lear working on The Martha Raye Show, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, Henry Fonda and Family and the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s.

But it was the ’70s...

To briefly remind readers of the saga:

Back in June of 2023, it was announced that the leadership behind Turner Classic Movies, a long-beloved curator of cinema from Hollywood's Golden Age and beyond, would be laid off. VP of enterprises and strategic partnerships Genevieve McGillicuddy, senior VP of programming and content strategy Charles Tabesh, executive vice president and general manager Pola Changnon, marketing VP Dexter Fedor, and VP of studio production Anne Wilson all lost their jobs. The future of TCM was suddenly up in the air. This not only outraged fans of classic cinema but threw some of Hollywood's most beloved filmmakers into a panic. Was David Zaslav, the CEO of the beleaguered Warner Bros. Discovery nixing the entire TCM brand the same way he did with so much of the films and TV shows on HBO Max? Perhaps Zaslav, having already accrued a horrendous reputation for a long series of consumer-hostile business decisions,...

The Nineties are in full swing on the soundtrack to the recent second season of Yellowjackets.

Yellowjackets Season 2 Official Soundtrack: Music from The Original Series, set for release Sept. 1, will include tracks from Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Garbage, Elliott Smith, Veruca Salt, the Cranberries, and Pulp. It also features an original track, “Just a Girl,” by Florence + the Machine, as well as Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” in a nod to a memorable moment from the show.

Morissette’s contribution is a cover of the Showtime series’ theme song, “No Return,...

John Cameron Mitchell is in the midst of his 60th-birthday festival — yes, festival — when I call him to discuss his latest cameo: a singing, dancing parrot on the latest episode of Yellowjackets. “I love 60,” he says. “It’s the new 40.” And if his role as a cigar-chomping, silk-robe-wearing African grey is any indication, it’s also another glorious decade in Mitchell’s long career of being up for anything.

Mitchell appears in Episode Seven of the second season of the Showtime hit, which follows a group of Nineties teen soccer...

“Fair to middling” is how Angie Dickinson is feeling this morning as she talks about “Rio Bravo,” the 1959 film that made her a star. “Somebody who says they’re great at 90, you can figure out that they lie a lot.” It’s a line that could have come straight from Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett’s script for the film — and a reminder that Dickinson’s gift for delivery isn’t dependent on working with a brilliant director, though she has many times in her seven-decade career.

Dickinson has more then 350 screen credits — an enormous body of work that includes “Ocean’s Eleven” (the 1960 original), “Point Blank” and “Dressed to Kill.” She’s set to appear April 13 at the TCM Film Festival to introduce a 4K restoration of Howard Hawks’ classic Western, whose boys’ club cast of John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan she breaks up with that same brisk humor.

As Jimmy Durante once noted, “Everybody wants to get into the act!”

That was evidenced by disturbances at Manchester, UK’s Palace Theater Friday night, where unruly patrons wouldn’t stop singing along with the musical “The Bodyguard,” according to a report by Sky News.

Police were called to the theater, resulting in the show being stopped 10 minutes before the end. Some audience members were reportedly “singing over the lead during the final song.”

Two people were removed from the venue, Greater Manchester Police said, and charges are being decided.

“Officers were called to the Palace Theatre last night after staff reported a number of people in the audience causing a disturbance,” a spokesperson said. “Two people removed by security staff were spoken to by police and a decision about any further action will be made once the evidence has been reviewed.”

The removal at the end was the second such incident on the night.

NBC’s landmark “Your Show of Shows” won its second consecutive best variety program statuette at the primetime Emmy Awards held Feb. 5, 1953 at the old Hotel Statler hosted by Art Linkletter. The 90-minute live program had strong competition- “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” (CBS); “The Colgate Comedy Hour” (NBC); “The Jackie Gleason Show” (CBS) and “The Toast of the Town” (CBS).

Other winners that evening included another landmark series, CBS’ “I Love Lucy” which was named best situation comedy with NBC’s “Robert Montgomery Presents” receiving best dramatic program honors. CBS’ “What’s My Line? claimed the title of best audience participation, quiz or panel show. NBC’s “Dragnet” was the recipient of the best mystery, action or adventure program. Ktla’s “Time for Beany” won best children’s program, while Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” (CBS) received the Emmy for public affairs program.

On the acting front, Oscar-winners...

As Joker’s sequel readies itself for a highly-anticipated release, a surprisingly effective scene proved why Joker: Folie à Deux will work. When Joker premiered in 2019, the film radically redefined what a comic book movie could be with its unorthodox storytelling, talented cast, and beautiful cinematography. However, pushing the boundaries and raising the bar further, Joker: Folie à Deux is set to be a musical, a perplexing choice, which calls into question how ambitious the sequel is, along with whether it will undermine the tone set by the original.

Joker was a bizarre piece of cinema when compared to other DC films. Rather than being a typical superhero film like 1989’s Batman or The Dark Knight, Joker distinguished itself as a standalone character study inspired by pieces like director Martin Scorsese’s movies. Featuring Joaquin Phoenix in the unforgettable starring role, its success warranted a musical sequel entitled Joker: Folie à Deux,...

From Sherlock Jr. to The General, the current decade will mark the 100th anniversary of several of Buster Keaton's movies. However, unlike other yesteryear stars, Keaton's filmography is somehow not dated. It has instead been influential to the history of cinema as a whole, particularly in the action and comedy genres. His collective work definitely makes him as significant as other silent comedy stars like Charlie Chaplin — with whom he finally shared the screen in the 1952 drama Limelight. Known for his deadpan facial expressions and exaggerated body language, Keaton and his work are worth revisiting for enthusiasts of silent cinema, physical comedy, and even stunt choreography.

To view Buster Keaton's movies in chronological order, cinephiles can start off with his features from the 1920s, a period considered to be the high point of his career. This was the era of silent film classics like Sherlock Jr., Three Ages, College,...

Jules Bass, who produced and directed a number of classic animated holiday specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, has died at the age of 87, his publicist confirms to our sister site Variety.

Bass is most famous for his collaborations with Arthur Rankin Jr., including the 1964 stop-motion animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which Bass co-produced. The retelling of the famous Christmas carol narrated by Burl Ives became a beloved annual tradition for TV viewers and still runs each year on CBS. Rankin/Bass followed up that success with 1968’s The Little Drummer Boy, 1970’s Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town...

Jules Bass, whose work as a producer and director of stop-motion and animated television specials such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and The Year Without A Santa Claus has become an integral part of the holiday season for generations, died today in Rye, New York, of age-related illnesses. He was 87.

His death was confirmed by publicist Jennifer Fisherman Ruff.

Bass was working in advertising in New York City when, in 1960, he teamed up with an art director at ABC named Arthur Rankin Jr. to form a film production company called Videocraft International. The company was launched with the 1960 series The New Adventures of Pinocchio, utilizing traditional animation, but found its breakthrough success in 1964 with the stop-motion classic Rudolph, featuring the voice of Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman.

Rankin died in 2014 at 89.

Based on the Gene Autry hit song of 1949, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...

Jules Bass, the animator, producer, director and composer whose work included stop-motion holiday television specials like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” died at the age of 87 on Tuesday at an assisted living facility in Rye, New York, publicist Jennifer Fisherman-Ruff confirmed.

The three prominent holiday specials, “Rudolph,” voiced by Burl Ives, “Frosty” starring Jackie Vernon and Jimmy Durante and “Santa Claus,” voiced by Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney, all debuted during the 1960s and 1970s. In the decades since, the specials have become staples of seasonal holiday programming on television.

Bass was known for his longstanding creative partnership with director Arthur Rankin Jr., who died in 2014 at 89. The two pushed many productions through their banner Rankin/Bass Productions, which was known for its laborious cel-animated, stop-motion films that took long periods of time to turn into full-length features.

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Jules Bass, the animator, producer, director and composer who partnered with Arthur Rankin Jr. on the stop-motion holiday TV specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, has died. He was 87.

Bass died Tuesday at an assisted living facility in Rye, New York, publicist Jennifer Fisherman Ruff told The Hollywood Reporter.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the song popularized by Gene Autry and featuring the voice of Burl Ives, debuted in 1964. Frosty the Snowman, starring Jackie Vernon and Jimmy Durante, bowed in 1969, and Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, starring Fred Astaire, premiered in 1970. All three have remained strong television draws through the decades.

Rankin/Bass Productions’ cel-animated, stop-motion features were farmed out to Japanese animators and were painstaking to make, with thousands of still photos of their characters’ incremental movements put together at 24 frames...

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Pat Carroll, the gregarious Emmy-winning comedienne who was a television mainstay for decades before segueing to a voiceover career that included portraying the villainous sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has died. She was 95.

Carroll died Saturday of pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, her daughter Kerry Karsian told The Hollywood Reporter.

Carroll’s perky personality, screwball wit and impeccable timing made her a great second banana, and Red Buttons, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen and Charley Weaver were among those who called upon her to make their programs funnier. Her antics on Caesar’s Hour earned her an Emmy in 1957, and she was nominated for her work on the classic variety show the following year.

In a 2013 interview with Kliph Nesteroff, Carroll compared Howard Morris, Carl Reiner and Sid Caesar on Caesar’s Hour to the Chicago Cubs’ legendary double-play...

Our first episode back in the studio! Robert Weide discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)

Mother Night (1996)

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989)

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)

Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)

W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Mary Poppins (1964)

The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary

The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary

Patton (1970) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary

Mash (1970)

Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Lenny...

‘Aquaman’ star Jason Momoa has entered into negotiations with Warner Bros. to voice the character of ‘Frosty The Snowman’ in a forthcoming live-action/CG hybrid animation.

David Berenbaum (Elf) will pen the script, Momoa will also produce with Geoff Johns, and Stampede’s Greg Silverman and Jon Berg.

“We know Jason’s a true human being filled with love, compassion and a deep connection to ohana … all of which is the living spirit of Xmas and Frosty,” Silverman said.

“From his role as a count in a land of ice and fire to the oceanic success we all had with ‘Aquaman,’ it felt only right to realize Jason this time in snow,” said Berg, who was an executive producer on “Aquaman.

Also in news – Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar set to reunite (again) for ‘Madres paralelas’

‘Frosty the Snowman’ is a popular Christmas song written by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson,...

Jason Momoa has just accepted his most unusual role yet, as the Aquaman star will star in a live-action remake of the holiday classic Frosty the Snowman. Deadline reports that Momoa will voice the CGI Frosty living in a live-action world for the upcoming project, and though it's a bizarre casting choice, fans of the actor are already on board. "From his role as a fearsome count in a land of ice and fire to the oceanic success we all had with Aquaman, it felt only right to realize Jason this time out of snow," said producer Jon Berg.

"We know Jason's as a true human being filled with love, compassion and a deep connection to ohana - all of which is the living spirit of Xmas and Frosty" Berg's co-producer Greg Silverman added. Alongside Silverman and Momoa, Berg will also produce with Geoff Johns of Madghost. Reportedly, Elf writer...

Jerry Stiller — perhaps best known for playing George’s father Frank Costanza on Seinfeld — has died at the age of 92. His son, actor Ben Stiller, confirmed the news on Monday morning via Twitter.

“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” the younger Stiller wrote. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”

“I remember watching Stiller and [Anne] Meara as a kid on Ed Sullivan, loving them,...

Tom Waits and collaborator and wife Kathleen Brennan penned a tribute to late producer and longtime friend, Hal Willner. Willner died last week at the age of 64. The cause of death has not yet been publicly confirmed, but he was reportedly suffering from symptoms consistent with the coronavirus.

In 1974, the pair met after one of Waits’ shows when he was 24 and Willner was 18. Calling the producer “more than kin and more than kind, more than friend and more than fiendish in his daunting pursuit of the lost and buried,” Waits...

Despite having barely finished its theatrical release – a lengthy one given its jaw-dropping financial success – Joker has already been pencilled in for its home viewing bow. The psychological psycho-drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular clown will be available for Digital and Blu-ray purchase on December 17th, well in time to get it under the tree – should you wish to traumatize your loved ones this Christmas.

The movie’s official Twitter feed, @JokerMovie, made the announcement with a typically unnerving promo, though I confess that Jimmy Durante song is starting to wear thin on me. Try as I might to smile, I think I’ll have more luck without hearing the word worm its way through my mind every time I think I have a moment’s peace. If the marketeer’s aim was to convey how it feels to lose your marbles, go off your rocker, have a screw loosened,...

There must have been some magic in that old silk ratings hat they found, as the annual CBS airing of the animated Frosty the Snowman topped the night’s ratings wars.

The 50th airing of the Rankin-Bass animation special, based on the Walter E. Rollins and Steve Nelson song and featuring the voices of Jimmy Durante, Bille De Wolfe and Jackie Vernon, had an 0.7 rating among the 18-49 set and drew a total audience of 4.04 million in the 8 Pm slot. The numbers were steady with last year’s airing.

CBS doubled down on its Frosty magic with an 8:30 Pm airing of Frosty Returns.The 1992 special, featuring Jonathan Winters as the narrator and John Goodman doing the Frosty voice (with music by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh) had an 0.6 and 3.45 million audience. Repeats of Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods closed out the eye network’s night.

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Hey, "Hawaii Five-0" fans. Unfortunately, we have some bad news for you guys in this brand new article. It turns out that CBS has elected to not air the next, new episode 10 of this current season 10 of Hawaii Five-0 tonight, November 29, 2019. We're guessing this might have to do with the Thanksgiving holiday activities. Who knows? Here's what we do know. You guys can officially expect to see the brand new episode 10 hit the airwaves next Friday night, December 6, 2019 in its same 7 pm central standard time slot on NBC of course. So, be sure to mark down that every important date on your TV show calendars as soon as you possibly can. So, what is CBS airing in place of Hawaii Five-0 tonight? According to the TV Guide listings, CBS will be airing two Frosty The Snowman specials. The first one is, "Frosty The Snowman" in the 7 pm to 7:32 pm central standard time slot.

“Jojo Rabbit” dares to be a slice of Third Reich hipster whimsy about an awkward lad and budding 10-year-old Hitler youth (Roman Griffin Davis), whose faithful imaginary companion is none other than a rather buffoonish iteration of Der Fuhrer himself. As played by the dark satire’s half-Jewish writer/director Taika Waititi in khaki pantaloons and askew mini-mustache, this demented dictator starts out as a goofy father substitute who encourages Jojo to be a good Nazi as he struggles to learn such skills as killing rabbits and throwing a grenade – an act that ends rather badly. But by the end, this alt-world Adolf grows resentful that his reign in the real life has come to an end while Jojo literally gives the hateful being the heave-ho and banishes him from his life forever.

See‘Jojo Rabbit’ is a strong contender in 11 Oscar categories

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Even heavily invested fans of the great director may not have known about this little-seen film from Vittorio De Sica. A multi-storied phantasmagoria about the end of the world (announced from on high in a booming voice) the movie features a psychotronic cast worthy of Irwin Allen’s The Story of Mankind including Anouk Aimee, Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine, Melina Mourcuri and… Jimmy Durante.

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In the spring of 1949, Hank Williams had his first Number One hit with “Lovesick Blues” and made his final appearance on the Louisiana Hayride. He would then join the Grand Ole Opry, where he made his triumphant debut that June, shortly after his son, Hank Jr., was born. In October of that monumental year for the entertainer, Williams began hosting his first syndicated radio program, The Health & Happiness Show. In honor of the show’s upcoming 70th anniversary, BMG will release both a two-cd and three-lp vinyl set containing the...

The Joker is officially back on the big screen, this time with his very own origin movie in which Joaquin Phoenix steps into the role made iconic by Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and others. Joker's trailer is an insanely uncomfortable two minutes that will probably give you nightmares for days. If it felt like a preview for a horror movie, you're definitely not alone in sensing that. Most outlets are already labeling the upcoming movie as a psychological thriller. When you consider the trailer alongside recent cast comments, it's pretty obvious that director Todd Phillips's Joker will be one of the scariest comic book movies ever - but is it a horror movie?

We've known the Joker to be a psychopathic mass murderer throughout his time in pop culture, but he's never been quite as scary or unsettling as he appears to be in the latest trailer.

Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker” broke through the pop culture zeitgeist in a huge way this week thanks to its CinemaCon buzz and the world premiere of its teaser trailer. The latter earned over 13 million views on Youtube alone in its first 24 hours. “Joker” finds Phoenix putting a tragic spin on the iconic Batman villain, and it’s one made all the more terrifying when mashed together with one of Phoenix’s other towering performances, Freddie Quell in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master.”

Courtesy of film and television editor Nelson Carvajal (visit his website Free Cinema Now), the “Joker”/”The Master” mash-up trailer seamlessly brings together the two movies to create one singular experience of Phoenix’s psychological downfall. Both Anderson’s dialogue and Jonny Greenwood’s original score fit perfectly onto images seen in the “Joker” trailer. Greenwood’s discordant melodies in particular make “Joker” feel...

Warner Bros. has revealed the first trailer (see above) for “Joker,” which is directed by Todd Phillips (the “Hangover” trilogy) and arrives in theaters on October 4. Before you say, hey, that guy makes comedies, consider that Martin Scorsese and Bradley Cooper are part of the producing team. That’s no joke.

It’s an origin story about the clown-faced Batman villain with a scarily rail-thin Joaquin Phoenix donning the grease-paint and a red rubber nose. Phillips, who co-wrote the script with Scott Silver, was inspired by Scorsese’s gloomy urban dramas such as “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.”

We have seen various iterations of one of the Caped Crusader’s greatest foe of all time but this one really digs deep and goes super dark, making you feel sorry for the creepy fellow. “My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face,” says Arthur Fleck before...

Smile… because “Joker” looks pretty good.

On Wednesday, Warner Bros. dropped the teaser trailer (watch above) for its upcoming Joker movie, an origin story of the iconic villain starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips (“The Hangover” trilogy).

Set to Jimmy Durante‘s “Smile,” the teaser follows Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), a struggling comedian who’s literally and figuratively so beaten down that he spirals into Gotham City’s criminal underworld, and thus the Joker is born.

“I used to think that my life was a tragedy,” he says. “But now I realize it’s a comedy.”

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At CinemaCon on Tuesday, where Phillips and Phoenix debuted the teaser, Phillips called the movie a “tragedy.” A standalone film from the DC Extended Universe — aka it has no ties to Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League — “Joker” definitely looks and feels like the darkest DC film yet.

The seriously creepy teaser for Warner Bros’ Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix has landed, and you don’t need to be clown-phobic to get the heebie-jeebies.

The trailer was unveiled Tuesday to eager attendees at CinemaCon, but now the rest of the world can get a first look at the DC standalone pic. Check out the so, so serious teaser to Todd Phillips’ R-rated Joker above.

Set to the strains of Jimmy Durante’s “Smile,” the ultra-dark teaser begins with a voice-over from Phoenix’s Arthur, who says his mother “told me I had a purpose to bring laughter and joy to the world.” Arthur’s street clown is not having such a happy time, though, as he’s attacked by thugs in a Gotham that is “getting crazier out there.” An homage to Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, the teaser is a love letter to ’70s fare.

Warner Bros. just finished its annual presentation at CinemaCon and yada, yada, yada... Joker looks fucking incredible. That's what I tweeted an hour ago, and I'm standing by that insightful assessment. Don't worry, you're all going to be able to watch the Joker trailer tomorrow, so if you want to go in fresh then stop reading right now. Those who dare to continue, spoilers lie ahead. The trailer, set to Jimmy Durante's "Smile," opens on a happy note, with Joaquin Phoenix explaining to a therapist that his mother always told him to "smile and put …...

The Clown Prince of Crime made his Vegas debut.

The crowd of exhibitors at CinemaCon, the annual trade show convention currently unfolding at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, got a first look at footage of Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker.” It looks gritty and very, very, very dark.

The footage shows Phoenix as a failed stand-up slowly losing touch with reality. At one point he stares into a dressing room mirror and slowly pushes his mouth into a macabre grin. While talking to a therapist, Phoenix’s character says “my mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face.” The footage which looks much more grimy than the typical comic book movie, unspooled as Jimmy Durante sang “Smile,” the optimistic lyrics undercutting scenes of an urban hell-scape.

At one point, Phoenix gets assaulted by muggers on a subway, at another he dances in tighty whities in a derelict apartment,...

The Empire State Building finale of “Sleepless in Seattle,” the hit romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 25, has become an indelible scene in pop culture.

It almost didn’t happen — but fortunately, Nora Ephron knew people.

Annie (Ryan), a writer from Baltimore, finally meets Seattle widower (Tom Hanks) and his young son Jonah (Ross Malinger) at the observation deck on the famed landmark on Valentine’s Day.

But producer Gary Foster recalled they weren’t granted permission to shoot there.

So, Foster told Ephron, who co-wrote and directed the film. “And Nora said, ‘I know somebody.’ It was a famous publicist who represented Leona Helmsley, who was in prison at the time. The man said I’m going to see her in a few days and I’ll bring her up.”

The publicist asked the Queen of Mean, who owned the building,...