Happiness: Not so grumpy after all? Sep 2, 2008
Actors Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau captured the condition well in the 1993 movie Grumpy Old Men. But a new study says older guys are happier in later life than older women. (Florida Times-Union)
Jacqueline Bridgeman Aug 22, 2008
" The company's board formally voted to oust Bridgeman after she tendered her resignation, Bridgeman said.The nonprofit company, cofounded in 1990 by Bridgeman and theater director, critic and playwright Charles Marowitz, has seen its share of growing pains during the past 18 years.It took them eight years just to find a theater facility. The board of directors squabbled and changed its makeup. Threats of lawsuits have flown back and forth. Adequate funding has been a perpetual problem, and lack... (Malibu Times, CA)
A comedian with a flair for nuance learns to play big Aug 17, 2008
" His model, he added, was Jack Lemmon, who "even when he was being funny, even when his performance was very, very big, had the ability to invest himself emotionally in what he did, so it was always faithful, and that made it very watchable. " 1 | > Latest News Chang W. Lee/The New York Times The 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record to help Michael Phelps make history. In Opinion: More Headlines Video Lynn Hirschberg interviews the actress, who stars in two new films, "Vicky... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Outdoor flicks a hit Aug 14, 2008
A week earlier, a similar audience of 300 viewed "Some Like it Hot," the Billy Wilder masterpiece featuring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. That crowd reportedly was full of young adults, many of whom may have seen this 1959 film for the first time. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Good moaning, stars shine Aug 11, 2008
It was a spin-off from the successful Grumpy Old Men series, which in turn took its name from the 1993 movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. "I can't claim we invented it," Holder says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Critic's corner Jul 31, 2008
Jack Lemmon (above with Sissy Spacek), as the father, delivers one of his best performances. (R; runs through Aug. 14). (Boston Globe)
Shoot in anger Jul 27, 2008
" Nevertheless, after the extraordinary success of "Z" in 1969 he was overwhelmed by offers from Hollywood. It is said that Costa-Gavras turned down "The Godfather" before it was offered to Francis Ford Coppola. He made four U.S. movies including "Missing" (1982). The story of the kidnapping and death-squad murder of Charles Horman, a liberal American journalist in Chile finally allowed Costa-Gavras to weave his fascination with U.S. political culture into a film. U.S. audiences responded... (CNN -- International)
Larry Haines, 89; soap star won two Daytime Emmys Jul 25, 2008
He also was in the 1962 Broadway comedy "A Thousand Clowns," as the brother of free-spirited Jason Robards; "Twigs," a 1971 program of four one-act plays starring Sada Thompson; and 1978's "Tribute," which starred Jack Lemmon. He appeared as a card player in the 1968 film version of "The Odd Couple" and made guest appearances on the TV series "Maude" and "Kojak," among others. (Boston Globe)
Broadway, soap opera star Larry Haines dies at 89 Jul 24, 2008
He also was in the 1962 Broadway comedy "A Thousand Clowns," as the brother of free-spirited Jason Robards, "Twigs," a 1971 program of four one-act plays starring Sada Thompson; and the 1978 "Tribute," which starred Jack Lemmon. He appeared as a card player in the 1968 film version of "The Odd Couple," and made guest appearances on the TV series "Maude" and "Kojak," among others. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Doris Day: Why She Left Hollywood Jul 15, 2008
Add Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas and Jack Lemmon to the list, too. But Doris Day's reality, like that of that long ago America, was more complex and in some ways darker than the bubbling, everything's coming up roses public image. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Critics' Picks Jul 13, 2008
He's the Jack Lemmon of our time. -- Laura Miller. (Salon)
Is Elvis Mitchell TV's Next Great Film Critic? Jul 8, 2008
She read an introduction to The Apartment that, while thoroughly unpretentious, was still keen enough to note that Jack Lemmon "hit the perfect note of alienated humor" in the lead role. Now TCM gives us Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (Mondays at 8 p.m. ET), a chat show that's warm, insightful, and only about 30 percent too snazzy for its own good. (Slate)
Fire up your remotes Jul 4, 2008
Jack Lemmon will break your heart in this tear-jerker directed by Billy Wilder. The original hard-luck actor plays a meek office worker who lends out his bachelor apartment to his brusque superior (Fred MacMurray) for trysts with the elevator girl (Shirley MacLaine). (Globe and Mail)
2. Tennis More action from Wimbledon. NBC, Noon. Jun 29, 2008
Days of Wine and Roses Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick are brilliant as a young couple who resort to alcohol to keep their fragile marriage together. Directed by Blake Edwards, the 1962 B&W film is both heartbreaking and inspiring and should go near the top of your must-see list. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Live from Los Angeles: Hollywood Stars Jun 19, 2008
The Dodgers and Hollywood have had a great relationship that dates back to their first home game in Southern California on April 18, 1958, when spectators included Edward G. Robinson, Chuck Connors, Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck, Danny Kaye, Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon, Nat King Cole, Danny Thomas, Buddy Rogers, John Ford, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Gene Autry, Groucho Marx, George Jessel, Dennis Morgan, Lauren Bacall, Ray Bolger, Jo Stafford, and Paul Weston. is a Senior Writer for. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)
Movie: Days of Wine and Roses Jun 8, 2008
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick Star in 1962 Alcoholism Film. Oscar nominees Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick play a pair of desperate alcoholics in Blake Edwards' Days of Wine and Roses ... Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick star as Joe and Kirsten Clay, a husband and wife who descend into the depths of alcoholism. (Suite101.com)
Movies that make a man cry May 31, 2008
The movie Dad when Ted Danson carries Jack Lemmon. And Big Fish with Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'The Odd Couple' May 29, 2008
Whether played by Art Carney and Walter Matthau (Broadway), Jack Lemmon and Matthau (film), Tony Randall and Jack Klugman (TV) or two actors at your local straw-hat, fussy Felix and Oscar the slob are known to everyone, even if they've never seen the play, movie or TV show. Pappas also relishes exploring the structure of "a classic three-act Broadway comedy. I find the New York ease of it exciting the way I find 'Guys and Dolls' exciting. ... In the '60s, Simon bridged the divide between TV and... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Summer film series May 27, 2008
Other films will be 1959's "Some Like It Hot" (9:30 p.m. June 17) with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; and 1980's disco-laden "Xanadu" (9:30 p.m. July 22) with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. All shows are $8 and will be hosted by emcee Ruby Redd. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lawrence Roman, 86; wrote 20-plus films and teleplays May 25, 2008
In the film version, Jack Lemmon starred as the landlord who tries to seduce his tenant, played by Carol Lynley, who lives with her fianc. "For the time, the play was very progressive, since it showed an unmarried man and woman living together," said Mr. Roman's daughter, Catherine. (Boston Globe)
Screen gems: UA Film Festival travels through 90 years of classics May 25, 2008
But between the in-drag comedy, the Hotel Del setting and Jack Lemmon at his most brilliant, Some Like It Hot is smokin ... The Apartment (Thursday): A second Billy Wilder offering, this one an Oscar best picture winner about a good-guy clerk (Jack Lemmon) with a duplicitous boss (Fred MacMurray), a girl (Shirley MacLaine) who steals his heart and a New York City apartment with a revolving door. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Movie: Mister Roberts (1955) May 20, 2008
Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney Star in WW II Comedy Film ... With Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell, Ward Bond ... g.) Doug Roberts, with Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell, Ward Bond and Betsy Palmer in seagoing support. (Suite101.com)
Warren Cowan, at 87; wrote the book on promoting stars May 18, 2008
It includes Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Jennifer Jones, Steve McQueen, Jack Lemmon, Danny Kaye, Natalie Wood, Merv Griffin, Clint Eastwood, Audrey Hepburn, Danielle Steele, Peter Ustinov, Michael Jackson, and the Doors. Mr. Cowan was well aware of the peculiar nature of the fame business and relished his role in it. (Boston Globe)
Warren Cowan, 87, a star at promoting stars May 17, 2008
It includes Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Jennifer Jones, Steve McQueen, Jack Lemmon, Danny Kaye, Natalie Wood, Merv Griffin, Clint Eastwood, Audrey Hepburn, Danielle Steele, Peter Ustinov, Michael Jackson and the Doors. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Gilbert Cowan; two stepdaughters, the actresses Melissa and Sara Gilbert, both of Los Angeles; a stepson, Jonathan Gilbert; two daughters from previous marriages, Claudia,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Talk of the Town: These times, they are a’changing... May 14, 2008
The classic film stars Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, and Vivian Vance. Again, the event is free and everyone is welcome. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Still smoldering May 13, 2008
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary celebration at the Brattle Theatre tonight, you can see Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot," the movie that features Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in pantyhose. It's being shown as a double feature with "The Apartment," another Wilder film starring Lemmon, sans pantyhose. (Boston Globe)
Downtown outdoor film series is back May 2, 2008
May 22 The Odd Couple (1968), starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. May 29 Elmer Gantry (1960), starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons. (FOX 11, AZ)
1958: Fox focuses on Marilyn May 2, 2008
She miscarried but finished the film, one of her best and a classic for Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Joe E. Brown. Two years later, Marilyn starred in Miller's "Misfits" with Clark Gable and directed by John Huston. (Variety)
Broadway in the Hills, of Woodbury, to Fight Cancer Apr 18, 2008
Broadway in the Hills will feature actor and writer Chris Lemmon, the son of actor Jack Lemmon, as a special guest. Mr. Lemmon will be giving a personal tribute to his father, who died of cancer, along with talking about his book, "A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father." "I am not sure people know what to expect from it, it's really a reception, it's not like a gala," Ms. Matthews said. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Weekend Calendar Apr 18, 2008
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon don wigs and dresses and join an. . (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Go Chuck, go Apr 14, 2008
A Lemmon twist Chris Lemmon, the unmistakable progeny of Oscar-winner Jack Lemmon, regaled the crowd of the American Cancer Society's fund-raiser on Saturday with stories of his dad and of the days when his grandmother held court at the old Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The actor and author of "A Twist of Lemmon" also paid tribute to his father, who died of cancer, at the swanky soiree at the Fairmont Copley Plaza that raised $500,000. (Boston Globe)
A bitter comedy gets lost in 'Chaos' Apr 11, 2008
There are the pieces of a remarkably bitter and clear-eyed comedy here, something I can imagine Elaine May directing Jack Lemmon in a few movie generations back. Taplitz and director Marcos Siega aren't up to that level. (Boston Globe)
Chaos Theory Apr 11, 2008
The premise feels quaint, like some Jack Lemmon or Tony Curtis studio vehicle from around 1960, though that isn't necessarily a bad thing. How many Judd Apatow boner jokes can you take in one movie year. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
San Jac Central stages 'The Odd Couple,' male and female Apr 11, 2008
The success on Broadway led to an equally successful movie in 1968 starring Jack Lemmon as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar. The success of the film was the basis for the 1970-75 ABC television series, starring Tony Randall as Felix and Jack Klugman as Oscar. (North Channel Sun, TX)
Charlton Heston never lost his trademark bearing Apr 7, 2008
"All the good modern parts go to Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant," he complained mildly. "When you see Jack Lemmon at the beginning of a picture walking down the halls of a big office building," he said, "you immediately believe him as a junior executive of a corporation. When you see me on horseback in chain mail, they seem to believe that I belong there.". (AZCentral -- News)
As If It Were Yesterday Apr 6, 2008
Q: Jack Lemmon plays the guy at the bottom of the ladder who is trying to work his way up by lending the key to his apartment to his higher-ups for their trysts. What was Lemmon like to work with. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Schwimmer behind the camera Mar 27, 2008
The New Yorker, who calls Jack Lemmon his greatest influence, likes acting too much. But he also enjoys being the guiding hand on a production. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fest Traveler: AFI Dallas Mar 26, 2008
The audience of boots and furs will also watch the fest dole out AFI Dallas Star Awards to Charlize Theron, Jack Lemmon (to be presented to his widow, actress Felicia Farr), Mickey Rooney and Dallas-based 2929 Prods. Todd Wagner. (Variety)
David Schwimmer won't slack off as a director Mar 23, 2008
"I was probably influenced as much by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, as I was by Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Lewis, Jack Lemmon. Jack Lemmon, to me, is one of the all-time great comic actors just because he's such a truthful actor. Everything was so grounded, coming out of emotion and character and truth, and revealing a ridiculously, incredibly talented technical, physical comedian.". In casting "Run Fat Boy Run," Schwimmer looked for actors with a strong sense of physical comedy. (Boston Globe)
Plants in films are almost as scary as the real things Mar 20, 2008
Perhaps I'm stretching the definition of plant a little here, but this is a great paranoid thriller with powerful performances by Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda. Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for another allergy pill. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Philip French's Screen legends Mar 15, 2008
Her great decade was the Fifties, her most successful the Sixties, when she appeared in a succession of bland Universal comedies opposite Rock Hudson (the best of them), Cary Grant, James Garner and Jack Lemmon, invariably playing professional women shocked by the schemes of deceitful men. She bowed out in 1968 after turning down the role of Mrs Robinson in The Graduate and became a TV star, nostalgic in performance, presence and presentation, widely loved and steadily evolving into an... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
'She Found Me' opens AFI Dallas Mar 6, 2008
A posthumous tribute will be given to Jack Lemmon before a screening of Some Like It Hot. . (Variety)
'It's just fun' Mar 6, 2008
In the 1993 movie Grumpy Old Men, set in Minnesota, characters played by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have an argument while ice fishing that ends with one of them using his car to shove an ice house through thin ice. "Sitting outside in the freezing cold, building a little nest for yourself is the ultimate expression of the strange Midwestern ethic," says James Kaplan, co-author of Guys on Ice, a play set in a Wisconsin ice house that's been performed nationwide. (USA Today)
The Fortune Cookie Mar 2, 2008
The Origins Of ThisTasty Treat. Fortune cookies are not an ancient Chinese tradition, but are either a North American invention or a Japanese treat. (Suite101.com)
Call The Bluff, Omaha: Another Option in the College World Series Debate Feb 26, 2008
Ever seen Billy Wilder's "The Apartment?" It's got Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, back when she was a cuter, cleverer version of Renee Zellweger. Like a lot Wilder's work, it's a razor-sharp analysis of human nature. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Oscars 2008: First time at bat can be the right time Feb 25, 2008
Jack Lemmon 8 (two wins) ... Jack Lemmon, supporting actor, Mister Roberts. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Oscar makes a mess of things here too Feb 21, 2008
The Odd Couple began life as a hit Broadway play in 1965, then cemented its status as a pop culture colossus when Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon brought it to the big screen three years later. Since, there has been a television series, an African-American remake, a female rewrite, a Hollywood sequel and even a cartoon about cat and dog roommates. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Fresno State grad works Oscar magic Feb 21, 2008
And it hasn't mattered to the graduate of California State University, Fresno, whether it has been Jack Lemmon or George Clooney on stage. Christopher says he has attacked each design with the same energy and excitement. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Rebirth of a dark genius Feb 17, 2008
To imply that, far from pursuing the approved dream, executives in corporations didn't really do much work, was something not even Jack Lemmon could have conveyed to the American public in Yates's heyday. In Disturbing the Peace, written in 1975, Yates ventured on to the taboo subject of madness through a thinly fictionalised account of his own terrifying incarceration. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
TCM prepares for Oscar marathon Feb 10, 2008
"Don't be surprised if the audience is somewhat younger" than the usual old timers who dote on pictures starring Jack Lemmon, Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen and Stan. Links posted in this story. (Variety)
Leo Frank exhibit Feb 9, 2008
Titles include "Murder in Harlem" (1936) by pioneer black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux; "They Won't Forget" (1937) with Claude Rains as the Frank prosecutor and a tight-sweatered Lana Turner as the teenage victim; and "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (1988), a TV movie with Jack Lemmon as Gov. John Slaton and Kevin Spacey as a fictional reporter. RELATED LINK. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Tootsie' had all the ingredients Feb 9, 2008
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 Tony Curtis being the standard bearers. Sony Pictures Dustin Hoffman, with then-little-known actress Geena Davis, on the set of "Tootsie.". (San Diego Union-Tribune)
DVD watch: Movies of the same name Feb 5, 2008
The better known Fire put Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon in Trinidad (Columbia, available online). It was a tandem 1957 release with Mitchum's album Calypso Is Like So. (USA Today -- Life)
David meets Goliath in the shadow of Iraq Jan 28, 2008
The search for a son is a classic plot and one is immediately reminded of two other thrillers, decent but not as good as this: The Whistle Blower, where ex-soldier Michael Caine comes into conflict with the British intelligence establishment while investigating the death of his son, and Missing, in which middle-class businessman Jack Lemmon discovers dark secrets of American foreign policy when he goes to Chile after his son has disappeared during Pinochet's coup. As in those films, In the... (The Observer)
Death of an innocent? Jan 26, 2008
Dying at the peak of your fame is not unusual: Belushi was lined up to follow successes in "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" with a starring role in "Ghostbusters"; Monroe was planning to star alongside Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon and Frank Sinatra in future projects; and River Phoenix was following up his own Oscar nomination with roles in hard-hitting, mature films such as "The Basketball Diaries.". The Screening Room. (CNN -- International)
Egyptian to light up big screen Jan 26, 2008
The film stars the late Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Other movies at the Egyptian include. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Oscar Best Pictures - 1950s/1960s Jan 20, 2008
The 1960 winner was Billy Wilder's social commentary, The Apartment, starring Jack Lemmon and a young Shirley MacLaine. A story of a man caught in office politics, it was the last best picture to be filmed fully in black and white [Schindler's List (1993) was 90% b & w. (Suite101.com)
A movie lover whose dreams came true Jan 20, 2008
" on it sat next to me. He smelled like cigars and was a combination of director Cecil B. DeMille and movie mogul Jack Warner. When Julie Andrews and Jack Lemmon were brought down the aisle to be introduced to the capacity crowd, the man with the cowboy hat gave them a big hug and then quickly left. The movie was called That's Life, and when I asked the usher about the cowboy, he smiled and said: "That's Dusty. " Three years later, I took a job at an advertising agency that shared office space... (Globe and Mail)
With no ceremony, we must make do with these oh-so-Golden memories Jan 13, 2008
EMOTIONAL DISPLACEMENT: A sobbing Ving Rhames walked the line between sweetness and creepiness in 1998, when he won a best-actor prize for "Don King: Only in America." Rather than accept the award, he insisted on calling competitor Jack Lemmon to the stage and presenting it to him. SENIOR MOMENTS: In 2001, a disoriented Elizabeth Taylor couldn't understand that she had to read the nominees before announcing the best-drama winner, "Gladiator." Audiences around the world squirmed. (Boston Globe)
Newspapers have always headlined Hollywood's best works Jan 6, 2008
The Front Page (1974) In this re-conceptualization of His Girl Friday (see below), Jack Lemmon is a disenchanted reporter ready to turn in his typewriter. Walter Matthau's scheming editor tempts him to write one last story about a murderer's pending execution. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Golden Globe History & Trivia Jan 4, 2008
The record for most individual nominations is held by Jack Lemmon (22) and Meryl Streep (19). The most individual winners are Jack Nicholson with six and Shirley MacLaine, Rosalind Russell, Oliver Stone, and Francis Ford Coppola with five each. (Suite101.com)
Artists, entertainers who died in 2007 include Deborah Kerr, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Goulet Dec 20, 2007
Celebrity publicist; clients included Linda Ronstadt, Bob Dylan, Jack Lemmon. Nov. 18. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Oscar moments that left Gil Cates speechless Dec 19, 2007
Jack Lemmon was in Moscow, Mel Gibson was in London, and Charlton Heston was lined up to present a prize from Argentina. One problem: "In Argentina, about two hours before the show was going to air, I got a call from the producer down there, Al Schwartz, saying that a bunch of thugs had gotten hold of him and told him that if we didn't pay them $10,000, they were going to cut the line from the (satellite) truck right before the show was to go on. "At that time, the president of Argentina was... (USA Today -- Life)
He was a Quiet Man Dec 9, 2007
Slater is very good as the creepy nebbish (there are hints that the director is thinking about Jack Lemmon and The Apartment), and the title refers to the usual reply given to TV interviewers when they ask the neighbours of a random killer what he was like. The film has some original music, which struck me as inappropriate for a director called Frank A Cappello. (The Observer)
Auditions nearing for ‘The Odd Couple’ Dec 7, 2007
The story will look familiar to those who have seen the movie with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, but with the gender roles reversed, some new twists and turns are to be expected. Director Christine Haskell said "Everyone is familiar withThe Odd Couple, but I'm not too sure many people are familiar with the female version. It shall be a challenge for the actors and myself to present a twist on a play that is so recognizable and a favorite with audiences. Hopefully, the audience will leave the... (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
