Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Nov 18, 2008
Lonesome Jim 1/18 - (Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place) ... Lonesome Jim 1/18 - (Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Savannah Film Festival Honors Suzanne de Passe with Lifetime Achievement Award Nov 2, 2008
They include: Best Documentary: "Who Does She Think She Is?" Director: Pamela Boll Producers: Pamela Boll, Kerthy Fix Best Comedic Short: "Goldfish" Director/writer: Joe Wein Producer: Jana Memel Best Narrative Feature: "War Eagle, Arkansas" Director: Robert Milazzo Writer: Graham Gordy Producers: Luke Grimes, Dan McCabe, Brian Dennehy, Mare Winningham, Mary Kay Place Best Director: Erica Dunton, "The 27 Club" Diane Passage Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Filmmaking: Luke Grimes and... (PR Newswire)
'City of Ember' is solidly entertaining Oct 28, 2008
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Tim Robbins. Rated PG.. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Review: Keep driving past City of Ember Oct 11, 2008
And if you remove the spectacularly vapid Treadaway from the equation, theres an amazing number of gifted actors being misused by this production; in addition to Murray, Jones and Robbins, theres also Mary Kay Place, Marianne Jean-Baptiste (as the only person of color in all of Ember), Mackenzie Crook and Martin Landau wasting their time. While producers Fox Walden continue in their efforts to bring interesting books for youngsters to the big screen, moviegoers are advised to read the... (MSNBC -- Politics)
City of Ember Review Oct 10, 2008
Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Clary, and Mary Kay Place appears as Mrs. Murdo. While the imaginative Kenan deserves kudos for making the leap to live-action after his acclaimed performance-capture family film , City of Ember may have been better suited as a CG-animated tale. (IGN FilmForce)
'City of Ember' burns brightest when young stars lead Oct 10, 2008
City of Ember* * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Marianne Jean-BaptisteDirector: Gil KenanDistributor: 20th Century FoxRating: PG for mild peril and some thematic elementsRunning time: 1 hour, 35 minutesOpens Friday nationwide. By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY City of Ember is at its best when sticking to a classic sci-fi-fantasy format. (USA Today -- Life)
Letts to be memorialized Sep 10, 2008
His name will join those of such Oklahoma movie greats as Jennifer Jones, Alfre Woodard, Ben Johnson, James Garner, Will Rogers, Gene Autry and Mary Kay Place. Although Dennis spent 30 years of his life as a professor of English at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, he always harbored the desire to become an actor. (Durant Daily Democrat, OK)
'Bad Road' cancellation is another sign HBO is going off track Apr 11, 2008
Tomlin and Mary Kay Place, as sisters and partners in a Dallas real estate firm, deploy Bloodworth-Thomason's smart, funny rants with a knowing glint. Tomlin's Amelia prizes propriety, something that's in short supply among her ill-behaved brood, including a daughter-in-law who wants to buy a helicopter for her megachurch's pastor. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'12 Miles of Bad Road' and going nowhere Apr 3, 2008
Others in the stellar cast included Mary Kay Place as Amelia's politely sardonic sister and Leslie Jordan as the sensible (and funny) gay brother. Those three have been around long enough to add gravitas and comedic timing to just about anything. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Scarface,' 'Big Chill,' more: 25 years already? Mar 17, 2008
Big-time cast at the time, with William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum and Mary Kay Place among its members. Kind of like a really, really good TV movie. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Road' ahead unknown for Tomlin Feb 19, 2008
Cast also includes Mary Kay Place and Gary Cole. Meanwhile, HBO is busy pulling out all the scheduling stops to expose more viewers to its critically acclaimed new entry "In Treatment.". (Variety)
Jericho Nuts, We Have An Air Date/L&O Criminal Intent Returns To NBC Dec 5, 2007
Mary Kay Place, who guest stars as the suspect, is a surprise treat. If I had a nit-pik with Saving Grace it's the writers' penchant for the occasional, over-the-top melodrama set in the homicide unit, when a suspect or a perp or a distraught parent blunders in to create havoc. (Multichannel News)
Dixie Chick Urges Donations to Defense Fund for Murderers Dec 4, 2007
" someone shouted from the standing room only floor space. (We were watching from the mezzanine above, where four rows of bench seats were filled, literally, to the rafters with celebrities and music-industry types.) So we heard the story again. James Taylor and Carole King invented the singer-songwriter movement 26 years ago, and returned to reclaim it late last week for a series of rare shows at Los Angeles Troubador. (King, by the way, is only in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a writer,... (Fox News)
Rockettes celebrating 75 years Nov 27, 2007
Her sister in this show is Mary Kay Place and their cousin is Leslie Jordan. The Shakespeares might even resemble the grand King Ranch family. (Variety)
Critic's corner Nov 14, 2007
With Glenn Close and Patricia Clarkson, Dermot Mulroney, and Mary Kay Place. (R; runs through Nov. 29 on Encore) - Wesley Morris. (Boston Globe)
Facial Distortions Sep 21, 2007
" We so love the Cali shout-out, Timberlake, but just don t forget to show some love to NoCal, where you canceled shows in Sacramento and San Jose. Pissy readers wrote in wanting blood, so get your butt back there to perform, pronto. Caught rebel (and outrageous) comic Margaret Cho s show, The Sensuous Woman, here in Hell-Ay before it hits New Yawk shortly. Britney will love it as Cho stands up for the often maligned misfit entertainer s right not to be stick thin, a point on which I certainly... (E! Online)
IGN Discovers The City of Ember : We visit the Belfast set of the new fantasy fi... Sep 17, 2007
City of Ember, which is based on the 2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau and is being produced by Tom Hanks' Playtone production company, stars fresh faces Harry Treadaway and Saoirse Ronan alongside Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Liz Smith, Toby Jones, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, Mary Kay Place, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Mackenzie Crook. Here's just a taste of what we observed over two days of filming. (IGN FilmForce)
The not-so-minor accomplishments of Mary Kay Place Aug 20, 2007
Mary Kay Place (above in "Jackie Woodman") has earned an Emmy as an actress and received a nomination as a writer ... HOLLYWOOD -- Mary Kay Place could have made an entire career of playing country-quirky mothers. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Small moments are fab in indie sendup of LA Aug 4, 2007
Next week, Jackie's mother, played by Mary Kay Place, returns to the show to put a kink in Jackie's career aspirations. The fun of "Jackie Woodman" is in the small moments, as every character exhibits some degree of LA-style narcissism, not least of all Jackie. (Boston Globe)
Lily Tomlin hits LI stage Jun 22, 2007
She starts shooting a new series for HBO, "12 Miles of Bad Road," with Mary Kay Place in August, and expects it will begin airing in January or February. Tomlin plays the matriarch of a wealthy Texas family, and she says that, while the hour-long show is a comedy, it also has "sort of the flavor of 'The West Wing,'" which she appeared on for four years - it's smart and witty, too. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Deadpan humor resides in ... Mar 29, 2007
The show centers on the travails of perpetually bemused working-class Fernwood, Ohio, housewife Mary (Louise Lasser in her signature role), her extended family, neighbors Charlie Haggers (Graham Jarvis) and his young country-star wannabe bride Loretta (a brilliant Mary Kay Place) and, as the series rolled on, a growing cast of eccentric supporting players. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" benefited from an expanded format (four to five episodes per week) that allowed the show and its colorful cast... (Washington Times, DC)
Made in Maryland Mar 23, 2007
Starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor and Mary Kay Place. Pelican Brief (1993)The film version of the third John Grisham novel featuring Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw, a law student whose brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices makes it into the wrong hands. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
The original desperate housewife Mar 18, 2007
Anti-Semitism and Christian fundamentalism showed up, for instance, but through the show's dearest character, country singer Loretta Haggers, played with great humanity by Mary Kay Place. The first time we meet Loretta and her doting husband Charlie (Graham Jarvis), their love and passion are obvious, and Charlie underlines the fact when he tells the curious Tom about the great frequency of their love making. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Tomlin, Byrne get new HBO shows Jan 23, 2007
In the pilot, Mary Kay Place plays Amelias sister and Leslie Jordan plays a cousin. An air date has yet to be set, and HBO didnt indicate how many episodes of the show it had ordered. (MSNBC -- Television)
