Match the celebrity with the gripe Oct 17, 2008
Actor Tony Curtis is back in the spotlight talking about his book "American Prince," in which he complains that Hollywood bosses denied him challenging movie roles in favor of Paul Newman and Marlon Brando. Curtis seems to have had a long, rich career but now, at 83, he says that he deserved more than what the industry gave him. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tony Curtis takes a frank look behind with 'American Prince' Oct 15, 2008
To this day he believes he was denied meaty roles that went to Marlon Brando and Paul Newman. And unlike those actors, he was unable to move into mature roles as he aged. (USA Today -- Life)
Actor Josh Brolin adds a 'W.' to a string of accomplishments Oct 14, 2008
And there's his starry-eyed recollection of meeting Marlon Brando at a dinner years ago, complete with a dead-on impersonation of the legendary actor trying to recall Vivien Leigh's name. He'll even speak in the Bush twang, albeit reluctantly, after a glass of Cabernet. (USA Today)
SoCal sportscasting fixture Gil Stratton dies Oct 13, 2008
He appeared in Stalag 17 with William Holden, The Wild One with Marlon Brando and Monkey Business with Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. He also worked as a radio actor and as an umpire for the Pacific Coast League. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Veteran sportscaster-actor Gil Stratton dead at 86 Oct 13, 2008
He later returned to films, playing the stuttering narrator "Cookie" Cook in Billy Wilder's 1953 war movie "Stalag 17," which starred William Holden, and appearing as an outlaw motorcyclist beside Marlon Brando in "The Wild One.". Stratton also appeared on the 1954 TV sitcom "That's My Boy," a role that caught the attention of executives at KNXT and co-owned KNX radio, leading to a job that year as the stations' daily sportscaster. (Yahoo News)
GARY WALKER: Columbus Day and Italian heritage Oct 11, 2008
Familiar names such as Madonna, Jay Leno, Nancy Pelosi, Rudy Giuliani, Marlon Brando, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joe Dimaggio and Joe Montana are only the beginning of a very long list. Even the whirlpool, a romantic phenomenon if there ever were one, was invented by the Italian-American Jacuzzi family. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Hail to the chief celebrity? Politics and entertainment mix Oct 10, 2008
And that's not all: We've watched Obama doing his Marlon Brando imitation, communing with Oprah and posing for Annie Leibovitz (for yet another cover of Men's Vogue). We've seen McCain grilling ribs with Rachael Ray, snarking with Jon Stewart and squirming on The View. (USA Today -- Life)
When Movie Stars Collide Oct 8, 2008
The Stars: Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando ... Uniting the two Don Corleone's - Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando - was a coup that film fans had been waiting decades for. (IGN FilmForce)
Obituary: Paul Newman Oct 6, 2008
He went on to study acting, first at Yale and then at the Actors' Studio in New York, where his contemporaries included Marlon Brando and James Dean. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in a production of William Inge's play Picnic which ran for nearly 500 performances. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Army Archerd Oct 3, 2008
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Newmans own way of living, acting rang true Oct 3, 2008
While the 1950s are thought of as the decade of Marlon Brando and James Dean, Newman was just as much a product of the Actors Studio and its Stanislavsky-influenced Method acting style. Despite his matinee-idol looks, Newman was drawn to conflicted characters in screen adaptations of Tennessee Williams (Sweet Bird of Youth as well as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, where he had to help the audience make sense of Brick despite the censors removal of all references to the characters... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Paul Newman, a star whose talent was giving us part of himself Oct 3, 2008
The beauty may have been more difficult to navigate, when he was young in the 1950s and still being called the next Marlon Brando, establishing his bona fides at the Actors Studio and on Broadway. Yet Newman, who died Friday of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut, never seemed to resent his good looks, as some men did; instead, he shrugged them off without letting them go. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Critical Mass Oct 3, 2008
"If Marlon Brando and James Dean defined the defiant American male as a sullen rebel, Paul Newman recreated him as a likable renegade, a strikingly handsome figure of animal high spirits and blue-eyed candor whose magnetism was almost impossible to resist," the NYT. Newman acted in more than 65 movies in his 50-year career. (Slate)
The Godfather is the don of Empire's top 500 film poll Sep 25, 2008
Marlon Brando in The Godfather ... Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. (guardian.co.uk)
The Godfather named 'best movie' Sep 25, 2008
The 1972 Francis Ford Coppola film, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, headed Empire magazine's top 500 poll. Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back came second and third, with The Shawshank Redemption and Jaws following behind. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Abe Vigoda is still alive, thank you very much Sep 25, 2008
Every day, a car would pick him up at his apartment to take him to the location; at makeup, he'd sit near Marlon Brando. "I found him to be a quiet man. He kept mostly to himself," Vigoda recalls. (CNN -- Showbiz)
The Candidates On Their Favorite Films Sep 24, 2008
It was one of the trilogy of "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "On the Waterfront" and "Viva Zapata." Marlon Brando stars in it ... I think my favorite has to be, the opening scene of the first "Godfather" where, where the caretaker comes in and, you know, Marlon Brando is sitting there and he's saying "you disrespected me." You know "and now you want a favor." It sets the tone for the whole movie. (CBS News)
Star Can't Refuse Restored 'Godfather' Sep 24, 2008
"The Godfather" stars Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, an Italian immigrant who rises to power in 1940s as the head of New York's most powerful crime families ... Paramount Pictures ImageMarlon Brando in "The Godfather." ... "We were all pretty young actors, so we would sneak onto that set to watch Marlon Brando work," Shire said. (Click2Houston, TX)
The Godfather Blu-ray Review Sep 21, 2008
Based on the bestselling book by Mario Puzo, The Godfather is the story of an Italian mafia family run by Don Vito Corleone (infamously portrayed by Marlon Brando). Vito has three sons--Sonny (James Caan), Fredo (John Cazale) and Michael (Al Pacino)--and a daughter, Connie (Talia Shire). (IGN FilmForce)
David Thewlis on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Sep 14, 2008
That was followed by the even more disastrous The Island of Dr Moreau, loosely based on an HG Wells novel and starring the ageing Marlon Brando. When Thewlis arrived on set in Australia, he found that the original director had been fired and the actor first chosen to play his role had left after having a nervous breakdown. (Times Online)
Theater in Delco just keeps getting better Sep 12, 2008
" Believe it or not. "Boyz," which runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 15 requires as much attention to staging as "My Fair Lady" because a director has to keep it sharp and clever. Otherwise, it can seem flimsy and silly. "All Shook Up," due from March 11 to April 5, is pure entertainment. As the title indicates, it uses music made famous by Elvis Presley, but the story "Shook Up" tells is more James Dean or early Marlon Brando. A drifter comes to town, swivels his hips, drives women wild and sheriffs... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Gregory Mcdonald, Globe reporter, creator of 'Fletch' mystery novels; at 71 Sep 11, 2008
The other movies adapted from Mr. Mcdonald's novels were "Running Scared," (1972), "Fletch Lives" (1988), and "The Brave" (1997), starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. A new movie based on "Fletch Won" is in progress (the lead role has not been cast, though Chase will have a cameo), produced by Harvey Weinstein. (Boston Globe)
Bollywood film premiere cancelled Sep 11, 2008
Mr Bachchan is Bollywood's biggest superstar who topped a 1999 BBC News website poll to find the greatest star of the millennium, beating the likes of Marlon Brando and Charlie Chaplin. In a career spanning almost 40 years, he has acted in more than 140 movies. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
For 30 minutes, pure movie heaven Sep 11, 2008
the way Marlon Brando howled for Stella. Newly-minted movie stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, who play lovers in Danny Boyle's warmly received Slumdog Millionaire, bopped around beaming at everyone and everything. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Deflation doesn't have to be a bad thing Sep 10, 2008
O n the Waterfront swept the Academy Awards Best Film, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Actress (Eva Marie Saint), Best Director (Elia Kazan). Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Sept. 7) Sep 7, 2008
Even with Marlon Brando replacing Andrews in the lead role (an impossibility, but one conjured up by the presence here of "On the Waterfront" director Kazan, and costars Lee J. Cobb and Karl Malden), "Boomerang" would have been unlikely to make much of a splash. Kazan's film attempts to conjoin noir existentialism with a cynical view of back-room political chicanery, but both halves of the film feel more studied than genuine. (Boston Globe)
Cartographer of the human heart Sep 3, 2008
Fake southern accents are out, as is any channelling of the memorable 1951 Elia Kazan film, with Vivien Leigh's Oscar-winning performance as a sympathetic Blanche and Marlon Brando as a searing Stanley. She won't be updating to a contemporary setting, either. (The Australian)
TV doyens, Pate and Heinze, die on same day Sep 3, 2008
Pate appeared with John Wayne, Marlon Brando and David Niven in Hollywood films and played character roles in TV classics such as Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Mission: Impossible and Wagon Train. Heinze was the original Jamie Durie, helping Australians get the most out of their gardens. (The Australian)
Australian film, TV actor Michael Pate dies at 88 Sep 2, 2008
ABC quoted an earlier interview with Pate in which he said he had worked with "some marvelous people," including Marlon Brando, David Niven, John Wayne and Randolph Scott. Pate told ABC he had a reputation in Hollywood for playing Indians in Western movies. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Olson: Think twice before casting deceased legends in new films Aug 22, 2008
But Advanced Micro Devices announcement that they can now make a brand-new movie starring deceased legend Marlon Brando is the first definite confirmation that this is the direction of film technology development ... All actors, but especially great actors like Marlon Brando, Spencer Tracy, and the other names being thrown about for this new technology, do something that really isn t that easy: they interpret ... What would Marlon Brando s Don Corleone have been without his cotton-in-the-cheeks... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Rage, rage against the dying light Aug 16, 2008
" So says Robert De Niro's character in A Bronx Tale (1993), the first film the actor also directed. The phrase is repeated at the film's end, as if it had special relevance for De Niro. In many people's view, it has. Tomorrow De Niro reaches 65, which used to be retirement age. And his current work can feel like something of a letdown, at least by the extraordinarily high standards he set in the 1970s and early '80s. His business enterprises - running restaurants and film festivals, producing... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bovver boy strikes again Aug 16, 2008
" Despite his pedigree, Berkoff remains something of an outsider in Britain's cultural establishment. His friend, Sir Ian McKellen, has cultivated contacts and gained a level of respectability that appears to have eluded the robust, unapologetic Berkoff. Producers still slam doors in his face. Recently he proposed a stage version of the classic 1954 Hollywood film, On The Waterfront, to one of Britain's flagship theatre companies. The project was turned down even though its potential was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Film mocks Hollywood racial profiling Aug 14, 2008
Marlon Brando lobbied hard to play the Japanese character Sakini in the adaptation of the Broadway play, and he even received top billing. Brandos work is certainly a step above Rooneys, but its not a performance that has aged well, for obvious reasons. (MSNBC -- News)
After 71 years, 'On the Waterfront' shows signs of mellowing Aug 14, 2008
Currently playing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the 1954 drama about corruption on the docks in Red Hook, Brooklyn, portrays its hero, Terry Malloy, the boxer from Palookaville made famous by Marlon Brando, getting beaten up for testifying against organized crime before rising to his feet and winning the respect of his fellow longshoremen. "Realistically, I thought he should die," Schulberg, 94, said in a recent interview after a sold-out performance. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Action 'war' film makes fun of Hollywood Aug 11, 2008
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From The New York Times Magazine: Exploring the return of repression in Britain Aug 10, 2008
He grew up reading Balzac, Beckett and Kafka, he said, but also watching classic British low comedy of the 1960s and '70s like the "Carry On" films, and admiring James Dean, Marlon Brando and the Beatles. This embrace of pop culture came through loud and clear in "The Buddha of Suburbia," Kureishi's semiautobiographical first novel, published in 1990. (International Herald Tribune)
A rocket blast from the past Aug 8, 2008
Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star in the classic drama of an Italian-American family's rise through the underworld. Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning movie of 1972 so defined popular images of the mob that the mafiosos in The Sopranos used to amuse each other with imitations of its best scenes. (Globe and Mail)
LaBeouf lawyers: Left hand 'crushed' in wreck Aug 4, 2008
Steven Spielberg was a producer on the first "Transformers" (and is again for the sequel), and he cast LaBeouf as Harrison Ford's son in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" _ a sought-after role in which LaBeouf evoked the look and attitude of a young Marlon Brando. LaBeouf can next be seen in the thriller "Eagle Eye," due next month. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The Fives: Pop goes the rise (and fall) of biker culture Aug 4, 2008
Released about 15 years after the birth of the Sturgis motorcycle rally and races, this classic Marlon Brando flick brought the underground biker culture to the masses in a way few others could have. A mix of drunken brawling, racing and general mischief dominate the themes of the godfather of all biker flicks that featured the classic lines: "What are you rebelling against?" to which Brando replied defiantly "Wadda you got?". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Character building Aug 3, 2008
Costumes hung from the ceiling along with a wig once worn by Marlon Brando - so much krypton-crazy paraphernalia it was difficult to find anywhere to sit down. Chris himself is a dead-ringer for Christopher Reeve - down to the square jaw, steely stare and cowlick - but he harbours the ambition of making it as a leading man even though he currently does not have an agent. (BBC News)
O'Brien's blog Aug 2, 2008
You can still be Marlon Brando ... You can still be Marlon Brando. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The villains we love to hate Aug 1, 2008
Critic, author and TV personality Leonard Maltin thinks the shift may have begun in the 1950s with Marlon Brando and James Dean ... When 1972's "The Godfather" won multiple Oscars, including one for Marlon Brando's depiction of mob master Vito Corleone (two years later Robert De Niro won an Oscar for playing the same character as a young man in "The Godfather Part II"), it broke a tradition of giving the industry's highest honor to virtuous characters. (Juneau Empire)
Whats wrong with Heigl speaking out? Jul 31, 2008
Newmans awards-hating colleagues included Marlon Brando and George C. Scott, who refused an Oscar for his grandiose performance in 1970s Patton. Brando sent a Native American surrogate to turn down his statuette when he won best actor in 1972 for The Godfather. (MSNBC -- News)
The Dark Knight Jul 28, 2008
He's a cross between the leering, crudely charming young Marlon Brando, a Stanley Kowalski gone around the bend, and the young, less sentimental Jack Lemmon in his truculent, brow-wrinkling, petulant mode. When he disguises himself as a nurse to visit the disfigured Harvey Dent in hospital and blow the place to pieces, he brings to mind Lemmon's Daphne in Some Like it Hot. (guardian.co.uk)
How many superheroes does it take to tire a genre? Jul 24, 2008
These movies wear their allegorical hearts on their cartoon sleeves, dressing up their stories with intimations of topicality overt, like the Afghan kidnappers in "Iron Man," and indirect, like the ruminations on due process and torture in "The Dark Knight." They are also stuffed with first-rate actors who, rather than slumming for a paycheck as Marlon Brando did in 1978 in "Superman," at least attempt real, fleshed-out performances. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Rocky's girl is still married to the Mob Jul 23, 2008
But auditioning anyway alongside Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and half of Hollywood's A-list, Shire was cast as Connie, the daughter of Marlon Brando's Don Vito Corleone ... It is a surprise to learn from Shire that even Marlon Brando had to audition for what turned into one of his greatest roles, with Ernest Borgnine and Jimmy Cagney among the candidates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fresh face of a Family man Jul 22, 2008
Bonasera looks like the death he makes his living from; and he has come to ask Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) for two more deaths - the men who tried to rape his daughter ... You can almost see the pores in Marlon Brando's face in The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration, this latest remarketing of The Godfather series, available from August 7 as a five-disc set (RRP $65). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Here comes Jordin Sparks Jul 22, 2008
Anna I read a review that said if Heath Ledger had lived, he would have been the next Great American Actor along with the likes of Marlon Brando. By flats. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
REACTIONS: What you had to say about 'Dark Knight' Jul 21, 2008
"If Mr. Ledger does not win an Oscar, I'll eat my shorts. With all of the hype, I thought I'd be disappointed. (But) his performance was one of the best acting performances I have ever witnessed and I am a 43-year-old movie nut. I actually cannot remember another acting performance that captivating; perhaps Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood comes close. Comparing this performance to Marlon Brando is realistic, not hype." Jack Sodak, Lancaster, Pa. "Absolutely incredible, mind-searing,... (USA Today)
Open Court: Great talent stopped short Jul 20, 2008
Entertainment Weekly s Owen Gleiberman even threw out a Marlon Brando comparison. It seems as if the sadness that surrounds the puzzling circumstances of his death has allowed people s imaginations to run wild. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Like cappuccinos for movie viewers Jul 18, 2008
Bernardo Bertolucci had a woman gruesomely shot dead in The Conformist; he followed it up with Marlon Brando calling his dead wife "a goddamn pig-f---ing liar" in Last Tango In Paris. Francis Ford Coppola thought nothing of chopping up a bullock on camera at the climax of Apocalypse Now. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ledger's 'Dark' Joker looks to be an Oscar wild card Jul 18, 2008
The Associated Press calls the film "an epic that will leave you staggering from the theater." The Arizona Daily Star went so far as to say that examining the brilliance of The Dark Knight "is tantamount to judging the contours of Michelangelo's David." And Entertainment Weekly declares that Ledger "might have lived to be as audacious an actor as Marlon Brando, and maybe as great.". That kind of talk makes the creative forces behind The Dark Knight jumpy. (USA Today)
Gleefully weird, the Joker's the triumph Jul 17, 2008
He incorporates Jack Nicholson's performance in the same role from Tim Burton 1989 film, adds a touch of Marlon Brando, some James Cagney and, at his best moment, the world's scariest nurse. The instability is part of his charm. (Globe and Mail)
Val Kilmer Opens Up About 50 Cent, Batman's Nipples And The Long-Awaited 'Real Genius' Sequel Jul 17, 2008
Did he do a dead-on Marlon Brando impression. in a movie in which the legendary thespian actually starred. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'I'm a do-it-myself kind of broad' Jul 16, 2008
In it, Stritch riffs brilliantly through her extraordinary life - how she understudied for Ethel Merman, became No l Coward's favourite leading lady, and inadvertently turned down an affair with Marlon Brando, with whom she was at theatre school. ("Who knew? 'Oh, very good,' we'd say. 'Oh, that's wonderful, Marlon.' But we didn't know he was going to be one of the great actors of all time.") She has starred in films and TV series - with Donald Sinden, in the 1970s, in Two's Company - but it's as... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
More Actors Who Never Won an Oscar Jul 14, 2008
In six of the years he lost to actors that gave career performances: 1962 (Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird); 1964 (Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady); 1968 (Cliff Robertson, Charlie); 1972 (Marlon Brando, The Godfather); 1980 (Robert De Niro, Raging Bull); and, 1982 (Ben Kingsley, Gandhi). In 1969, he lost to sentimental favorite John Wayne (True Grit) and in 2007 to Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood). (Suite101.com)
A dramatic, modern loft in a 1930s building Jul 8, 2008
His favourite pieces include 10-foot bamboo poles in a planter by the large windows in the living room and a huge movie poster featuring Marlon Brando. A 10-foot, one-way mirror between the kitchen and master suite provides a dramatic backdrop for a porcelain ball. (Globe and Mail)
* [BOOK REVIEW] The chronicler of Americans great and small Jul 6, 2008
Occasionally, as with the insufferably pompous Marlon Brando, it pays spectacular dividends. Perhaps it is out of respect for what it means to be an artist that I do not call myself one, says Brando, unaware that Terkel has handed him a long spool of rope with which to hang himself. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Kidman plans musical birth for baby Jul 1, 2008
Forget Marlon Brando, for the new age avatar of. Hit comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral has. (entertainment.oneindia.in)
Culture Club Jul 1, 2008
There were great stories about Stella Adler, Bob Hope, and Ronald Reagan s facility with a good dirty joke, passionately recalled memories of the old Laurette Taylor and the young Marlon Brando. The large audience ate it up. (The Palm Beach Post)
How much is too much? Jun 28, 2008
Had this been a movie, Hollywood might have cast Marlon Brando or better yet, a younger Peter Fonda somebody brash, maybe even rash, the mysterious figure riding his Harley full-throttle down the American highway. Motorcycles and rocking chairs. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
"La Dolce Vita" in old age Jun 28, 2008
" (I could probably guess who three or four of those are, but it's indecent to speculate about other people's livelihoods.) ? Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, June 21, 2008 07:00 EDT Meet the Japanese Brando Toho Co., LtdTatsuya Nakadai in Kihachi Okamoto's "Sword of Doom" (1966). You have to be deeply into Japanese film to know about the actor Tatsuya Nakadai, subject of a massive at New York's Film Forum that is likely to show up at other venues (at least in part) in coming months. But once you see... (Salon)
David Cook leads 'American Idol' domination of music charts Jun 27, 2008
Or as Bea Steves said, the next Marlon Brando ... I see a great movie career for him if he is interested - Marlon Brando. (Yahoo News -- American Idol)
Eliot Asinof Jun 26, 2008
In Hollywood, he was dating Rita Moreno when one night Marlon Brando and his sister Jocelyn joined them. Brando and Moreno left together, and Asinof wound up marrying Jocelyn. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Appaloosas back in town Jun 25, 2008
Kevin Blakeney, Bay Springs president of the Mississippi Appaloosa Horse Club and event participant, fell in love with them when, as a child, he saw the movie The Appaloosa with Marlon Brando and John Saxon. "The equine lead actor was a black with a white blanket and spots on his rump. I thought he was the finest horse I had ever seen and told myself that one day I would own one just like him," Blakeney said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
