'Shane' earns top honors as Western Writers of America pick top 100 movies Jun 14, 2008
Modern Scottsdale was the backdrop as the Western Writers of America announced their picks for the 100 greatest Western movies of all time. "Shane," a 1953 classic about a gunfighter caught up in a land war between Wyoming ranchers and farmers, took top honors. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Eliot Asinof, 88, author of 'Eight Men Out' Jun 13, 2008
He ran into trouble while working on a Western movie. He wrote a scene that required John Wayne to punch a horse in the nose - his son noted that Mr. Asinof had never been on a horse himself - and the scene offended Warner Bros. (Boston Globe)
Seven years to earn a buck’ Jun 13, 2008
Seven years later time spent getting to know her subject thoroughly, researching rodeo history, listening to compelling stories of life on the rodeo circuit, watching old Western movies and reading Western contemporary fiction Kahn finally has the last laugh: Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith was published last month (University of Oklahoma Press, 194 pp. 24. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Zaetta's Bollywood career could take $1m dive: agent May 23, 2008
" Much has been written about the industry's conservative depiction of sexuality, compared with western movies. Despite most Bollywood films revolving around themes of romance, overt physical contact and kissing between co-stars remains rare. In 2006, a lawyer filed a lawsuit against two of the industry's megastars - Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan - for kissing in a movie. In her Indian Express interview, Zaetta said: "Sex sells. But when youre a foreigner trying to make it in Bollywood, don't... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Tania Zaetta's Bollywood career in doubt May 23, 2008
Much has been written about the industry's conservative depiction of sexuality, compared with western movies. Despite most Bollywood films revolving around themes of romance, overt physical contact and kissing between co-stars remains rare. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Gant receives Henry Award May 22, 2008
Councilwoman Henson set a lively pace as announcer and spiced the evening up with theme songs from old Western movies and television shows. The delicious meal of shrimp, steak, chicken and vegetable medleys was catered by Caf/ Azure Culinary Visions Greg Calloway. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
American Idol Final Performances: A Tale of Two Davids May 21, 2008
I felt chills, and I'm pretty much the jaded grizzled prospector from a Western movie, at this point. So that says something. (The Palm Beach Post)
Come out and meet the stars at CBS Studio Center this weekend May 17, 2008
Home to the western movie, western TV shows and active still today, it is now the new home of Mickey Sinardi's Showstopper Stars Spectacular Celebrity Event, featuring the "All Star Western Round-Up," a two-day event open to the public and designed to pay tribute to the stars we love both past and present day. Fans will be able to walk down the street where their favorite shows were filmed, shop for treasures, enjoy a BBQ lunch and meet their favorite stars. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Last Old West movie at Pavilion Friday May 15, 2008
The Desert Caballeros Western Museum presents the last film in a series of classic western movies being featured in the Museum s new Charles T. Klein Pavilion. The last in the lineup of Museum After Dark Great Western Movies is the original 1957 3:10 To Yuma starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Keeping Up With Jones May 15, 2008
May 15, 2008 -- DANIEL Selznick is tickled that a weeklong retrospective devoted to his stepmother, Oscar winner Jennifer Jones, will include her screen debut, "New Frontier," a 1939 B- movie Western she made when she was known as Phyllis Isley. "My father" - that would be legendary "Gone With the Wind" producer David O. Selznick, who guided Jones' career when he was her second husband - "tried to have all the prints burned. He wanted the world to think she made her debut in 'The Song of... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Audrey Elaine Schilling May 14, 2008
She was fond of puzzles, reading and Western movies. Survivors include daughter, Jackie, and her husband, Brian Green; sister, Alberta Burt; brother, Tom and his wife, Ria Else; five grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Goodbye, capitalism? May 12, 2008
Western movies such as Risky Business and Pretty Woman have a significant influence in convincing Slavic women that prostitution is a glamorous career path. Gang members "look at life in a fashion similar to Chinese culture: Nothing is permanent and everything is immediate, the present is the only existential dimension of the individual.". (USA Today -- Money)
Ellen Marie Del Grosso May 11, 2008
Ellen was anavid fan of General Hospital, and loved watching western movies and situation comedies. Music, dancing and singing were an important part of her life. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Allen Joseph Jones Jr. May 5, 2008
Mr. Jones loved watching western movies and wrestling, gardening and working around the house. Most of all he enjoyed being with his family and playing with his grandchildren. (New Iberia, LA)
U.S. Rancher in Bolivia Showdown May 4, 2008
In his native Montana, Ronald Larsen's current legal straits might be the stuff of an old-fashioned Western movie: A cattle rancher who believes the government and its allies are unfairly trying to seize his land, and picks up a rifle to signal his displeasure. But in contemporary Bolivia, where Larsen makes his home, his recent clash with the authorities is but another instance of rising tension over land-ownership between, on the one hand, and his supporters among Bolivia's indigenous... (Time.com)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly May 3, 2008
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach & Lee Van Cleef Star in 1966 Western. With Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef. (Suite101.com)
Cowboy movie wraps in Boerne May 2, 2008
Our biggest stars are Roy Clark and Mel Tillis, and in that world (of western movies) they re very big. For television, especially for country music fans. (Boerne Star, TX)
Golf transforms a blighted neighborhood Apr 22, 2008
It was just like you was in a Western movie. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Business)
Dutch 'CinemAsia' film festival bridges cultural divide Apr 19, 2008
"Kala is superb, and demonstrates that Indonesia's movies have the potential to compete with Western movies," movie enthusiast Matthias Fischer said. Quickie Express, which is about a male escort service company, made audiences laugh at every turn. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Amid human rights protests, a look at China's record Apr 10, 2008
Western movies and books were banned. Today, all that has changed. (Christian Science Monitor)
Islamic Revolution Fervor Kept Alive for Iran's Youth Apr 7, 2008
Shops are packed with bootleg DVDs of Western movies and music, and many women now shirk the chadors required in the revolution's early years instead wearing tight jackets and headscarves that cover only a small part of their hair. Many among the millions of Iranians born since 1979 just want to put the revolution and its Islamic clerical rule behind them. (Fox News)
What Would Bismarck Do? Apr 1, 2008
Americans soon perceived their favorite narrative, the B-grade Western movie where the good and the bad are easy to recognize by the color of their hats. The Serbian narrative, too, was coming into focus. (The American Conservative)
TEMPO: The Mediocre Seven ride again ... kind of Mar 27, 2008
Some may consider it sacrilegious to create a comic version of a great western movie but the Tombstone Repertory Company has done it again. It wasn t enough that they desecrated the movies Shane, High Noon and, more recently, Stage Coach, now they re about to do the same to The Magnificent Seven. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative: Looking Back a Quarter of a Century Later Mar 21, 2008
Ronald Reagan described the MAD concept in terms of a western movie plot of which he was of course, as an actor, most familiar: "It was like have two westerners standing in a saloon aiming their guns at each other's head-permanently. There had to be a better way.". But the hand-wringers in the our own Congress and in the bureaucratic levels of the State Department, the intellectuals who abhorred any move that didn't placate Russia, that did not adhere to "keeping the peace" the old fashioned... (Human Events Online)
Three Overlooked Films of the 90s Mar 20, 2008
The plot seems to be a distorted homage to the classic gun-toting Western movie, but the delivery by extremely talented actors makes it utterly enjoyable. There are amazing performances by all of the actors (including Depp, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, and Robert Mitchum in what would be his last role), and the plot is morbid, but totally unique. (Suite101.com)
Searchers find possible graves at... Mar 18, 2008
The killings that launched the cult onto national newspapers had been orchestrated from Spahn Ranch, a former Western movie set that served as backdrop to episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Lone Ranger.". It was to Spahn that the killers initially retreated after the 1969 murders of Gary Hinman on July 31; Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, Abigail Folger and Steven Parent on August 9; Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on August 10. (CNN -- Law)
Bible Lands Music Mar 17, 2008
The text itself is quite short, just a five-syllable phrase which, when paired with some of the melodic options, sounds vaguely like Native American chanting, such as one might find in a 1950s Western movie. The tablet and its interpretations are remarkable, because "the actual music is something quite mysterious," says assistant curator Moshe Piamenta, who has a background in both archeology and music theory. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Traveling to the Southwest for a little sunPosted 4 hours, 0 minutes ago. Mar 16, 2008
This was like entering a set for a Western movie where gunslingers walk the streets. The famous battle is reenacted every day. (Lima News, OH)
Jake Thomas in his first Western Mar 7, 2008
"Cory in the House" co-star Jake Thomas rides high in the saddle with his first Western movie, "Aces N' Eights" (9 p.m. EDT Saturday, ION, the network formerly known as PAX). "I got to do all the Western kind of stuff," says the 18-year-old. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Former movie stuntman leads Bisbee walking tour Mar 5, 2008
(AP) -- Michael London used to be a Western movie stuntman. And though it's been a long time since he fell off of a movie set building or was dragged behind a horse, he still likes Western ways and old days and likes to tell a story, or two, about the early days of the rough and tumble mining town known as Bisbee. (FOX 11, AZ)
Bisbee walking tour: Former movie stuntman shares citys tales Mar 3, 2008
BISBEE Michael London used to be a Western movie stuntman. And though it s been a long time since he fell off of a movie set building or was dragged behind a horse, he still likes Western ways and old days and likes to tell a story, or two, about the early days of the rough and tumble mining town known as Bisbee. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Jim Muir: Sit, speak, roll over, reboot Mar 1, 2008
I likened the moment to the old western movies I watched as a kid. Remember when the fort was surrounded by Indians wearing war paint and all the soldiers had run out of ammunition and it appeared the end was near. (West Frankfort Daily American, IL)
Along the Way: Know where you live, what makes it special Feb 29, 2008
John Wayne, the actor who made numerous western movies in this part of the state, was once a newspaper boy. So was Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante and Presidents Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
10 reasons to wear white tonight Feb 26, 2008
8) In old western movies White is the color of the good guys, which Vandy is and UT isn't. 7) More shades of white are available commercially than any other color. (VandyMania.com)
Humans to blame for dusty American West Feb 26, 2008
Those dust-caked frontier towns depicted in Western movies are no exaggeration: The West has become a much dustier place over the past few hundred years. Westward U.S expansion and changes in humans' land use have made the West five times dustier in the past two centuries than it had been in the past 5,000 years, a new study of finds. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Fate rests in jury’s hands Feb 20, 2008
He compared it to a Western movie in which the killer forces his victim to sign over land at the point of a gun. This is what this is all about, he said. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Fann-tastically uncouth Feb 15, 2008
Meanwhile, in a deal announced last October, his Neo Studios company will work with the Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Xians Western Movie Group and Hong Kongs Big Media Group to co-produce movies over the next three years. First up, is a China version of I Not Stupid (2002), which took on the education system in Singapore. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Kalispell filmmaker to get Hollywood release Feb 11, 2008
- If you see only one supernatural Western movie featuring demon gunslingers and cowboy zombies this year, see "Dead Noon.". That's what fans and critics alike are saying, as the raucous comic-horror film shot around Park County by a Kalispell filmmaker who grew up in Cody is generating intense interest in advance of its release later this year. (Missoulian, MT)
News & Notes Feb 11, 2008
It was the first time the filming technique was used in a Western movie. 25 YEARS AGO: The Turlock Guest Home and Las Palmas Estates on Colorado Avenue were shut down by a temporary suspension order of the state Department of Social Services, forcing more than 80 residents to find lodging elsewhere. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Cowboy strikes a historical note Feb 10, 2008
He writes a popular column, "Ask the Marshall," for True West magazine in which he answers questions about everything from Western movies to whether Old West towns had public outhouses. (They did, and they were far from pretty. (AZCentral -- News)
Best Supporting Actor Feb 9, 2008
February 8, 2008 - Born Justus McQueen in 1927, the once and future L.Q. Jones has become an icon playing dusty heroes (and more often, villains) in Western movies and on television for more than 50 years. Jones, who took his theatrical name from the first role he played in 1955's Battle Cry, appeared in numerous films by the great Western director Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch, and worked with Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Martin Scorsese. (IGN FilmForce)
It’s All the Rage Feb 4, 2008
McCain starts calling an opponent ;my friend; , his grin brings to mind an old Western movie when the gunslinger -- hand on his Colt. 45 -- tells the other guy to smile when you say that, pardner. (Human Events Online)
Spark of hope: Despite loss of 5 homes, family vows to stay on Feb 3, 2008
Living atop a hill with a 360-degree view that reached the Pacific on some days, the young family had a city just within reach while surrounded by a quiet, challenging countryside right out of a Western movie. She finally returned in December to see what was left of the 3,700-square-foot manufactured home, which had been customized with a foundation and steps made from stones found on the hillsides. (North County Times)
Ridge honored with Bronze Star Feb 1, 2008
With the river and the sand and abandoned buildings it looks like the wild west that I saw in old western movies. We have to walk and sit around look for insurgents to appear. (The Town Crier, AR)
Read an excerpt from 'The Commoner' Jan 31, 2008
The dog was so handsome that seeing him was like seeing a Western movie star, Cary Grant or Montgomery Clift. By comparison, the doctor's son was short and his eyes were set too close together. (USA Today -- Life)
'High Noon' brings back many memories Jan 29, 2008
Danny Hillier of Sonora said he was in the Cub Scouts in 1951, and when his den leader said the Scouts were going to see a Western movie being made, they were really excited. "Remember, we were Cub Scouts," he said. (The Union Democrat)
Obama wins South Carolina primary Jan 27, 2008
Movie Critic A. O. Scott analyzes what the western movie genre tells us about the American character. Mauricio Macri, a former soccer club president, is making waves as mayor. (International Herald Tribune)
3:10 To Yuma Jan 26, 2008
The 50-year reign of western movies was over but 3. 10 To Yuma was still a considerable achievement - a taut and thoughtful film about the nature of courage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wife of Britney Spears' paparazzo pal files for separation, citing irreconcilable differences Jan 23, 2008
Movie Critic A. O. Scott analyzes what the western movie genre tells us about the American character. The historic Chteau du Fe is on the market. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Pentagon weighs top Iraq general as chief of NATO Jan 21, 2008
Published: January 21, 2008. The Pentagon is considering General David Petraeus for the top NATO command later this year, a move that would give the general, the top American commander in Iraq, a high-level post during the next administration but that has raised concerns about the practice of rotating war commanders. (International Herald Tribune)
Suzanne Pleshette, best known as wife in 'Newhart,' dies in Los Angeles at age 70 Jan 20, 2008
The Associated Press Published: January 20, 2008. Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70. (International Herald Tribune)
Last-minute campaigning in Nevada and S. Carolina... Jan 19, 2008
Last-minute campaigning in Nevada and South Carolina - International Herald Tribune. Preparations for Senator Barack Obama in the Nevada presidential caucus, set for Saturday. (The Drudge Report)
U.S. lead in science is at risk, report says Jan 18, 2008
Movie Critic A. O. Scott analyzes what the western movie genre tells us about the American character. Interviews with members of the Writers Guild of America East who are on strike and picketing in front of New Y.. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Acknowledging, finally, the work of women artists Jan 18, 2008
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Female nudes in the exhibition include Lotte Laserstein's "The Morning Wash," 1930. Published: January 18, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The Mighty Wurlitzer Jan 18, 2008
The CIA and the tune of political warfare - International Herald Tribune. This is a book whose content somewhat contradicts its title. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Futurity continues Augusta's history with equine stars Jan 17, 2008
Horses were used in the filming of several silent movies in Augusta, including the early (pre-Shirley Temple) version of The Littlest Rebel, starring Western movie heroes William and Dustin Farnum. The Photoplay Co. of New York in May 1914 filmed the Civil War battle scenes for the film off Stevens Creek Road. (The Augusta Chronicle)
The Media Equation: Elections 2008: With shows like these, forget reruns Jan 15, 2008
Elections 2008: With shows like these, forget reruns - International Herald Tribune. A still from the video released by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign that shows Hillary and Bill Clinton in a spoof of the final scene of the popular series "The Sopranos". (International Herald Tribune)
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR: Walter Bryant Jr. Jan 15, 2008
Favorite movie: Old-fashioned western movies. What do you like to read: The Bible. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
'Nicholas Nickleby' and 'La Cage': Iconic and well refreshed Jan 15, 2008
Nicholas Nickleby' and 'La Cage': Iconic and well refreshed - International Herald Tribune. In "Nicholas Nickleby" at the Gielgud Theatre, from left, Emma Manton as Tilda Price, Zoe Waites as Fanny Squeers and Daniel Weyman as Nicholas Nickleby. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The violinist Daniel Hope mines his family's rich past Jan 15, 2008
The violinist Daniel Hope mines his family's rich past - International Herald Tribune. Ulrike Schamoni Daniel Hope outside Villa im Dol, the house in a Berlin suburb that once belonged to his great-grandparents. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Good, bad and ugly tolerance: Beware of the fine line Jan 12, 2008
Banker and former PT Telkom chief executive officer Arwin Rasyid used to refer to the title of that classic Western movie The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly when he talked about corporate expenses. He would classify them as i) Good Cost -- staff training and development, infrastructure investment, etc. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Bernhard Schlink and Pascal Mercier: Deconstructing destruction, in the cloak of fiction Jan 12, 2008
The most heartbreaking place I've ever visited is the vast, spare, tree-lined cemetery where half a million people who died in the Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, most of them civilians, are buried in gently rising, grass-covered mass graves - long, rectangular and symmetrically arrayed, each plot holding thousands of dead. From loudspeakers, tragic music swells over the grounds, where a statue of the Motherland watches over all. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Review: Copernicus' Secret Jan 12, 2008
Review: Copernicus' Secret - International Herald Tribune. Owen Gingerich, an emeritus professor of astronomy and the history of science at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is the author of "The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Review: Joseph Cornell Jan 12, 2008
Leah Hager Cohen's most recent book is a novel, "House Lights.". Eterniday" (of which Hartigan was a co-author). This book stands out, too, for being utterly unfey, devoid of the poetic eruptions Cornell induces. This is not to say Hartigan's prose is a breath of fresh air, exactly. Her text seems intended not for the Cornell fancier but for the Cornell scholar, and it reads at times like a sendup of driest academia. ("With a multidisciplinary compendium dominated by science, this construction... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Bank of America to buy mortgage lender Countrywide for $4 billion Jan 11, 2008
Movie Critic A. O. Scott analyzes what the western movie genre tells us about the American character. The French president tries to strengthen Franco-American relations and his country's place on the global stage. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
