TOP TEN: Robert Bianco picks the best TV movies Oct 17, 2008
And anything with Dabney Coleman in it must be a hit. I also love the runtime on this fine film 74 minutes. (USA Today)
David Archuleta gets a manager Oct 8, 2008
Hollywood Insider Blog. David Archuleta has signed with Azoff Management, the career-launching (and often sustaining) music powerhouse that counts The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Neil Diamond, and, most recently, among its clients. (CNN -- Showbiz)
SLIDE SHOWWhat Dolly Parton can still teach us about sexism in the workplace. Sep 24, 2008
Longtime office manager Violet Newstead (Tomlin) is competence personified, but when she presses boss Franklin Hart Jr.played by Dabney Coleman and his hipsfor a long-overdue promotion, she's told to shush. Doralee Rhodes is Hart's secretary, played by first-time actress Parton. (Slate)
More of this story Aug 30, 2008
Parton starred in the bubbly subversive 1980 movie with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dabney Coleman. For the stage version, she has Dolly-ized some of the film's songs (including its title ditty) and written new ones. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
New DVDs: 'Pleasure Factory,' 'War Games: 25th Anniversary Edition' Jul 23, 2008
Dabney Coleman plays the arrogant programmer, who can't believe an underachieving kid has acted alone, and meets resistance from Barry Corbin as the skeptical general whose worst fears of the WOPR come true. There's a defining scene in the war room in which director John Badham gets a close-up of John Wood's penetrating eyes that elicits the awe and disquietude of his creation -- a creation that, even today one needs to remember, is just a machine in a world that still needs human compassion and... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Dolly Parton, in town for 'American Idol,' works '9 to 5' Apr 4, 2008
You're probably not yet aware that it'll star Allison Janney in the Tomlin role; Megan Hilty (currently doing a great Glinda in the L.A. cast of Wicked) in the Parton part; Stephanie J. Block (currently Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway) in the Fonda role; and one of the theater's best-liked actors, Mark Kudisch, in the slot that was occupied by Dabney Coleman in the movie. The book is by Patricia Resnick, the frequent Robert Altman collaborator, who also wrote the 9 to 5 screenplay three decades... (Yahoo News -- American Idol)
What's new on video Feb 19, 2008
The journey to the happy ending is made extra pleasant by well-cast co-stars, including Parker Posey as Joe's neurotic book editor fiancee, Patricia; Greg Kinnear as Kathleen's dispassionate journalist fiance, Frank; Dabney Coleman as Joe's many-times-divorced dad, Nelson; and Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn and Heather Burns as Kathleen's co-workers at the bookshop. Forget Ryan's ridiculous "going to the mattresses" faux boxing scene, in which Kathleen prepares to battle back, and there's little to... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
'Tootsie' had all the ingredients Feb 9, 2008
Tootsie, which was directed by Sydney Pollack (who also played Hoffman's exasperated agent in the movie) and co-starred Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray and Dabney Coleman, was lavished with 10 Oscar nominations, though it won only one statuette: Lange, for best supporting actress. More significantly, it thrust the man who previously had portrayed Ratso Rizzo into the elite pantheon of actors who'd successfully pulled off cross-dressing roles on screen: Some Like It Hot's Jack Lemmon and... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The week's best films Feb 2, 2008
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton are an unlikely trio of office workers out to punish their smarmy, sexist boss, the hilarious Dabney Coleman. Serious equal-ops points are made without slowing the pace of some jolly farce: first they think they've poisoned him; later he's chained up and force-fed TV soap-operas. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
You'll feel shortchanged by Mad Money Jan 21, 2008
Although in that movie the trio were getting back at their sexist, bigoted, egotistical boss -- thegreat Dabney Coleman. The difference with Mad Money, based on a British made-for-TV movie about a true-life incident, is that the robbery is a victimless crime as the worn-out currency the three women steal is scheduled for destruction, so there is no huge reason to root for Keaton, Latifah and Holmes other than to see them beat the system. (Edmonton Sun)
New medical drama 'Heartland' needs a dose of originality Jun 18, 2007
But neither character brings much distinction to the show, nor does Dabney Coleman as Grant's ailing mentor or Morena Baccarin as Grant's lover ... Starring: Treat Williams, Kari Matchett, Morena Baccarin, Dabney Coleman, Chris William Martin. (Boston Globe)
TVs 'Closer' returns, with focus on family Jun 18, 2007
And anything with Dabney Coleman as a recurring "special guest star" deserves a second look. "Saving Grace," premiering July 18, resembles "The Closer" in that it's also about a woman cop. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New TV series comes from the heart of local medicine Jun 17, 2007
Dr. Grant has a new girlfriend in nurse Jessica Kivala (Morena Baccarin, "Firefly") and an ailing mentor, Dr. Bart Jacobs (Dabney Coleman, one of Hollander's "Guardian" stars). "This is a totally different head space to write from," Hollander said of the new series. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Kyra Sedgwick's chutzpah Jun 17, 2007
Cast: Treat Williams, Kari Matchett, Rockmond Dunbar, Chris William Martin, Dabney Coleman ... At work, Nate interviews for a promotion at the transplant center in Pittsburgh and receives thoughtful advice from his mentor (Dabney Coleman, who is wonderful). (Orlando Sentinel)
Battle for 99 Apr 11, 2007
It starred Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr and Charles Grodin. Bakersfield: "Bakersfield P.D." (1993), a quirky cop drama in which a D.C. policeman joins the Bakersfield police department populated by weirdos and imbeciles. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
A look at post-Monica workplace Mar 31, 2007
His mentor is played by one of Weisman's favorite actors in the world, Dabney Coleman. The production company took over an abandoned hospital of which, unfortunately, there are many now. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
On President's Day, TV offers few hails to the chief Feb 19, 2007
Disney recycles "My Date with the President's Daughter" (8 p.m., TV-PG), a 1998 comedy about the daughter (Elisabeth Harnois) of the fictional president (Dabney Coleman) evading Secret Service protection to see her boyfriend (Will Friedle). Hardly the stuff of history. (The Standard-Times, MA)
TV shows get a second chance on DVD Jan 28, 2007
Ingram singles out as an example the three-disc release of the complete "Buffalo Bill," a critically praised series starring the grumpy character actor Dabney Coleman. Approximately 18. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Bob Dylan threatens defamation lawsuit Jan 3, 2007
Birthdays: Record producer Sir George Martin (81), actor Robert Loggia (77), actor Dabney Coleman (75), journalist-author Betty Rollin (71), Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull (68), singer-songwriter-producer Van Dyke Parks (64), musician Stephen Stills (62), rock musician John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (61), actress Victoria Principal (57), actor-director Mel Gibson (51), actress Shannon Sturges (39), jazz musician James Carter (38), contemporary Christian singer Nichole Nordeman (35), actor... (Contra Costa Times)
Whitney Houston items up for auction Jan 3, 2007
Actor Dabney Coleman is 75. Singer Stephen Stills is 62. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
