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13 articles from 2009
All Hail The 50th Anniversary Of Alfred Hitchcock's 'North By Northwest'
5 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
I spend far too much of my day reading about silly movie projects – this absurd remake, that insulting franchise extension. Sometimes I forget how good film can be – how good it has been. A couple days ago, I sat down to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" – a picture I'd seen several times before but never in its newly restored and remastered DVD form – and came away wishing, surely fruitlessly, that 2009 could deliver a thriller that even approached the twisty coolness of this 1959 masterpiece.
Even at the time of its original release, "Northwest" was ahead if its time, as co-star Martin Landau made clear in an interview with MTV News coinciding with the film's 50th anniversary. The actor played Leonard, a henchman assisting with his boss' criminal enterprise and attempting to eliminate a perceived threat from Madison Avenue exec Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant).
"I chose to play him as a gay character, »
- Eric Ditzian
Marsha Thomason on Lee Strasberg and the theory of acting
20 July 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Marsha Thomason, star of Las Vegas and Lost, talks exclusively to t5m about the theory behind acting and her recent studies of the 'craft'. Looking particularly at the work of Lee Strasberg and Stanislavski, Marsha describes the process of achieving a state of total calm and relaxation, where one can then channel the emotions and experiences of the past as a way of aiding acting and becoming realistic and believable. Proving that there is far more to acting than turning up and reciting lines, Marsha gets in depth and intellectual with t5m as we discover the academics behind drama, theatre and acting. »
- t5m
Bringing Lee Strasberg to India
14 July 2009 12:38 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
The famed Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute has arrived in India and the people responsible for taking this giant step are Rahul Rawail and Ahmed Ahsan. With so many institutes in India, what actually prompted Rawail to tie up with the reputed brand in the first place? "A lot of people I know, including Ranbir Kapoor, went to the U.S. to get trained in acting at Lee Strasberg. Besides getting the visa and admission in the institute, you need to be financially sound to realize your dreams. I was discussing this with Ahmed and that triggered off everything. Ahmed got in touch with them [Strasberg], one thing led to another and we shook hands within a very short period," Rawail reveals. To start with, Lee Strasberg will start operating in Mumbai and Hyderabad in its first phase. Mumbai also happens to be the place where Bollywood is based. Hyderabad, because »
- Taran Adarsh
Bringing Lee Strasberg to India
14 July 2009 12:38 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
The famed Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute has arrived in India and the people responsible for taking this giant step are Rahul Rawail and Ahmed Ahsan. With so many institutes in India, what actually prompted Rawail to tie up with the reputed brand in the first place? "A lot of people I know, including Ranbir Kapoor, went to the U.S. to get trained in acting at Lee Strasberg. Besides getting the visa and admission in the institute, you need to be financially sound to realize your dreams. I was discussing this with Ahmed and that triggered off everything. Ahmed got in touch with them [Strasberg], one thing led to another and we shook hands within a very short period," Rawail reveals. To start with, Lee Strasberg will start operating in Mumbai and Hyderabad in its first phase. Mumbai also happens to be the place where Bollywood is based. Hyderabad, because »
- Taran Adarsh
Karl Malden Dies At 97 On Eve Of Massive Comeback Tour
1 July 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
We honestly don't know how much more of this we can take -- everyone stop dying until after the long weekend. Academy Award winner Karl Malden has passed away today in his Los Angeles home at the age of 97. A member of Lee Strasberg's Group Theater in the '30s, the bulb-nosed, Czech/Serbian actor forged a professional friendship with Elia Kazan there, who would later cast him in 1951's A Streetcar Named Desire (for which he won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar playing Stanley Kowalski's best friend, Mitch) and 1954's On the Waterfront (also nominated, but didn't win). In the '70s, he'd star with Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco (best title sequence ever), and became the foreboding face of your worst European-vacation-theft nightmares as the American Express Travelers Cheques pitchman. »
Mark Rydell Remembers Killing John Wayne...And Bette Midler!
17 June 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Mark Rydell directing John Wayne in The Cowboys, above.)
By Jon Zelazny
(Note: This interview is also appearing at Eight Million Stories.)
June 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of screen legend John Wayne. Most of the directors who made his classic films are of course long gone as well, so I was very pleased to sit down with Mark Rydell, director of The Cowboys (1972), the epic cattle drive saga most Western fans regard as Wayne’s last great starring role.
Rydell began directing theater in New York City in the early sixties, and went on to television and movies, including hits like The Rose (1979) and On Golden Pond (1981). We met at The Actors Studio in West Hollywood, where he and co-director Martin Landau continue to moderate acting classes.
Jon: When did you first join The Actors Studio?
Mark Rydell: The fifties. I went through the Neighborhood »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Shah Rukh Khan had stepped in to help Jackky
15 June 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
By Joginder Tuteja
Not many may be aware that it was none less than Shah Rukh Khan who recommended newcomer Jackky Bhagnani for acting. It was his referral letter to Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute that allowed the ‘Kal Kissne Dekha’ debutant to enroll himself in the school for honing up his acting skills.
Confirms Vashu Bhagnani, the proud father and producer of ‘Kal Kissne Dekha’ which hit the screens over the Friday gone by, "It was Jackky who informed me that a letter of reference was a must for an admission to Lee Strasberg.. »
- realbollywood
One less Golden Girl, R.I.P. Bea Arthur
25 April 2009 4:21 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sad news today for Americans who grew up with "Maude," actress Beatrice Arthur who was cast as Maude Findlay in Norman Lear's sitcom died today. She was 86.. She was also the tough cookie Dorothy Zbornak on the long-running "The Golden Girls" with Estelle Getty (who played Dorothy's mother), Betty White and Rue McClanahan that was based in Miami. Bea Arthur was a successful Broadway theater actor before her work in television. In 1966, Arthur took the Tony award for her performance as Angela Lansbury's sidekick, Vera Charles, in the original production of "Mame" on Broadway. In 1999, Arthur memorably credited three people for influencing her career: "Sid Caesar taught me the outrageous; [method acting guru] Lee Strasberg »
- April MacIntyre
"They're the stars of tomorrow" - Vivek Sharma
2 February 2009 11:24 PM, PST | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Flashback 1998. A soothsayer walks up to Vashu Bhagnani and his wife Puja and makes some startling predictions... The soothsayer predicts: [i] Vashu will face tough times after two years, [ii] Vashu will return to his construction business and [iii] Vashu's son Jackky will pursue acting as his career. Vashu laughs and secretly mocks at the soothsayer's bhavishya-vaani. His Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya has just opened to a thumping response, while Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Biwi No. 1, both biggies, are slated for release in the coming months. How can things go wrong, he questions himself. Getting into construction is also out of question, since Vashu is enjoying his [then] current status as 'Producer No. 1'. As for Jackky turning actor, Vashu feels it's a false siren, since Jackky is an obese child, he is grossly over-weight, a far cry from the 6-pack abs that is a must for all actors today. 'Is he bluffing? »
- Taran Adarsh
New School For Drama Presents 4th Random Acts Festival
27 January 2009 1:29 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The New School For Drama Presents Fourth Annual Random Acts! One-act Play Festival With Works By John M. Synge, Thorton Wilder, And Many More February 19, through April 25, 2009, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor For five weeks this spring, the Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival invites audiences toexperience the best of The New School for Drama's up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free to the public, the festival features the work of 24 actors, 8 directors, and 6new playwrights in 15 presentations of plays drawn from classic and contemporary repertories-including 6 original works by Drama's playwrights featured in the final two weeks! February 19, through April 25, 2009 Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. Where:The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd FloorWHAT: A full schedule is attached. Please note: productions, performers, and directors are subject to change. Ticket Info: Free. Reservations recommended for general admission. »
Discuss: Surprising Oscar Nominees
26 January 2009 10:02 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
As the dust settles on the 2008 Oscar nominations, I thought it was time for a look back at some of the eyebrow raising choices the Academy has made in its 81 years of handing out shiny prizes. Actually, that's kind of a lie -- I was bored on Saturday night and decided to watch Thunderbolt and Lightfoot on Hulu. I have this dorky habit of looking up film trivia on IMDb whenever I've watched a movie -- and there I was amazed to learn that a baby-faced Jeff Bridges had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1974 for this offbeat film. That knowledge kind of blew me away. He was good, certainly, but Oscar worthy? It must have been a weak year or something.
Er, no. 1974 gave us Chinatown, The Godfather Part II, Murder on the Orient Express, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, The Great Gatsby, and much, much more. Thus, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Katrina Kaif's sister set to emulate Ranbir! - News
14 January 2009 10:30 AM, PST | GlamSham | See recent GlamSham news »
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute New York may have produced numerous acting talents in Hollywood, but it came to be known in Bollywood, when the scion of Kapoor family, the handsome Ranbir Kapoor, made a scintillating debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Sawaariya. Although the film did not do too well, Ranbir's superb acting and tremendous screen presence was noticed and appreciated by one and all and naturally the name of the institute, which prepared him was splashed all over the tinsel town, as Ranbir grabbed almost all the best male debut awards.... »
Interview: Chazz Palminteri on "Yonkers Joe"
7 January 2009 7:52 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
By Aaron Hillis
If New York-born actor (and sometime writer/director) Chazz Palminteri were just a decade older, he probably would've been an Italian-American staple in the '70s films of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Instead, during that time he studied at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, then made his way to off-Broadway and TV shows in the '80s before writing the 1988 play "A Bronx Tale" that would eventually be adapted for the screen as Robert De Niro's directorial debut and offer him his breakout movie role. Now one of the most prominent Italian-American actors working today, Palminteri currently stars as the titular Vegas shark in "Yonkers Joe," an entertaining drama about a con man whose seedy world of palming dice, cheating casinos, and conning any poor sucker is uprooted when he's forced to look after his adult son with Down's syndrome. I took a »
- Aaron Hillis
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13 articles from 2009
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