Today, Mariska Hargitay plays TV’s longest-running character, the crusading Lieutenant Olivia Benson, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — but even she’s experienced a few setbacks in her career.
During an appearance on Monday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, the actress recalled a time when she got fired from the 1995 movie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She told the story after host Seth Meyers congratulated her on the fact that Law & Order: Svu secured its spot as the longest-running primetime live-action series in history earlier this year when NBC renewed the highly-acclaimed drama for a 21st season.
“I...
During an appearance on Monday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, the actress recalled a time when she got fired from the 1995 movie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She told the story after host Seth Meyers congratulated her on the fact that Law & Order: Svu secured its spot as the longest-running primetime live-action series in history earlier this year when NBC renewed the highly-acclaimed drama for a 21st season.
“I...
- 10/22/2019
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited in the bell tower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor. Read "Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret Storm'" here.
After 20 years, CBS canceled the show with the final episode...
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited in the bell tower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor. Read "Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret Storm'" here.
After 20 years, CBS canceled the show with the final episode...
- 2/1/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor.
- 2/2/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
The spirits of silent comedy kings Buster, Charlie and Harold come to the rescue of current superstar Jackie in New Line's thrilling, hilarious "Mr. Nice Guy".
One of several new dishes on a crowded opening-weekend menu, the English-language Golden Harvest production is a savory cinematic meal for youthful audiences but will last no longer than an In-N-Out Burger given the current appetite of the marketplace.
On a roll in recent years and now a regular attraction on the domestic front, kung fu master Jackie Chan is an amazing performer of stunts and an inventive showman with few peers, with memorable facial expressions to go with his always-impressive feats of climbing, leaping, dodging, running and holding on.
With so much violence that it gets a bit numbing, plus a "Monster Truck" finale that is a letdown, "Mr. Nice Guy" is not one of Chan's best films, but it's still an almost-nonstop extravaganza of fights and chases, ambushes and showdowns. Longtime fans and recent converts should not be disappointed.
In a wild scenario that commences with TV chef Jackie (Chan) helping an athletic newswoman, Diana (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick), escape from the thugs of a local druglord (Richard Norton), "Mr. Nice Guy" is not long on character development, particularly the major villains. While Diana is a formidable woman, Jackie's less-conditioned girlfriend Miki (Miki Lee) and assistant (Karen McLymont) are mostly served up for screwball comedy entr'actes.
Major sequences include: Jackie crash-landing on a huge cake amid a big group wedding of Harley-riding guys and gals; Jackie and Miki barely surviving a hair-raising chase through the city that includes an out-of-control carriage and horses; and Jackie facing the usual uneven odds at a construction site filled with unusual fighting tools.
Director Samo Hung makes a memorable cameo appearance, while Vince Poletto and Barry Otto are effective as Jackie's allies. Besides the primary bad guys, who dress well, there are grungier dudes also after an incriminating videotape Jackie supposedly has in his possession. In shot after shot, the eye-popping spills and smashes by the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Team are alone worth the price of admission.
Mr. Nice GUY
New Line
A Raymond Chow/Golden Harvest production
Director:Samo Hung
Screenwriters:Edward Tang, Fibe Ma
Producer:Chua Lam
Executive producer:Leonard Ho
Director of photography:Raymond Lam
Production designer:Horace Ma
Editor:Peter Cheung
Music:J. Peter Robinson
Costume designer:Lui Fung Shan
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jackie:Jackie Chan
Giancarlo:Richard Norton
Miki:Miki Lee
Lakeisha:Karen McLymont
Diana:Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
Romeo:Vince Poletto
Baggio:Barry Otto
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
One of several new dishes on a crowded opening-weekend menu, the English-language Golden Harvest production is a savory cinematic meal for youthful audiences but will last no longer than an In-N-Out Burger given the current appetite of the marketplace.
On a roll in recent years and now a regular attraction on the domestic front, kung fu master Jackie Chan is an amazing performer of stunts and an inventive showman with few peers, with memorable facial expressions to go with his always-impressive feats of climbing, leaping, dodging, running and holding on.
With so much violence that it gets a bit numbing, plus a "Monster Truck" finale that is a letdown, "Mr. Nice Guy" is not one of Chan's best films, but it's still an almost-nonstop extravaganza of fights and chases, ambushes and showdowns. Longtime fans and recent converts should not be disappointed.
In a wild scenario that commences with TV chef Jackie (Chan) helping an athletic newswoman, Diana (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick), escape from the thugs of a local druglord (Richard Norton), "Mr. Nice Guy" is not long on character development, particularly the major villains. While Diana is a formidable woman, Jackie's less-conditioned girlfriend Miki (Miki Lee) and assistant (Karen McLymont) are mostly served up for screwball comedy entr'actes.
Major sequences include: Jackie crash-landing on a huge cake amid a big group wedding of Harley-riding guys and gals; Jackie and Miki barely surviving a hair-raising chase through the city that includes an out-of-control carriage and horses; and Jackie facing the usual uneven odds at a construction site filled with unusual fighting tools.
Director Samo Hung makes a memorable cameo appearance, while Vince Poletto and Barry Otto are effective as Jackie's allies. Besides the primary bad guys, who dress well, there are grungier dudes also after an incriminating videotape Jackie supposedly has in his possession. In shot after shot, the eye-popping spills and smashes by the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Team are alone worth the price of admission.
Mr. Nice GUY
New Line
A Raymond Chow/Golden Harvest production
Director:Samo Hung
Screenwriters:Edward Tang, Fibe Ma
Producer:Chua Lam
Executive producer:Leonard Ho
Director of photography:Raymond Lam
Production designer:Horace Ma
Editor:Peter Cheung
Music:J. Peter Robinson
Costume designer:Lui Fung Shan
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jackie:Jackie Chan
Giancarlo:Richard Norton
Miki:Miki Lee
Lakeisha:Karen McLymont
Diana:Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
Romeo:Vince Poletto
Baggio:Barry Otto
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 3/19/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Based on two comic-book series, ``Judge Dredd'' and ``Judge Dredd Legends of the Law, '' this formulaic salvo certainly has some relevance in these ``O.J.'' times: Judge Dredd is an icon for firm, swift justice, but, unfortunately, the narrative is a perfunctory amalgam of sci-fi, fantasy and socio-relevance. Basically, it's a revenge yarn, not much more sophisticated than those very late-night TV movies centered around a stern, macho avenging judge.
However, what ``Judge Dredd'' lacks narratively, it tends to entertain on a visual level: credit to director Danny Cannon and production designer Nigel Phelps for the searing look (HR 6/30-7/2).
SPECIES
MGM
After a promising start, MGM's science fiction thriller ``Species'' devolves into a third-rate ``Alien'' redux with all the trappings and shortcomings of the genre. With nothing much new to offer except many opportunities to watch newcomer Natasha Henstridge disrobe, the Roger Donaldson-directed creepshow is one of the summer's naughtier big-budget diversions, but it will unlikely break out in a big way.
While the tense trackdown of half-human/half-alien Sil provides a few thrills and chills, and 20-year-old Henstridge manages to make something interesting out of her woefully underwritten character, the pesky humans are a pack of cliches (HR 6/30-7/2).
MIGHTY MORPHIN
POWER RANGERS:
THE MOVIE
Fox
Destined to do for Fox what those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did for New Line, the high-tech, turbo-charged cinematic sugar rush ``Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' is jam-packed with all the requisite bells and whistles.
The color-coded sextet of teen superheroes are put to the test when the evil Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) is awakened from a 6,000-year slumber and wastes no time in exacting his diabolical plan to destroy the world.
One doesn't have to look far for inspiration here. The story is essentially a thinly veiled reworking of ``The Wizard of Oz'' with a half-dozen Ninja Dorothys, not to mention a powerful wizard (Nicholas Bell as the endangered Zordon), a sexier Glinda (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick as the amazon warrior, Dulcea) and a nasty flock of flying henchmen.
Still, first-time feature director Bryan Spicer and writers Arne Olsen and John Kamps have done a good job keeping the briskly moving story line easy to follow (HR 6/30-7/2).
LIE DOWN WITH DOGS
Miramax
``Lie Down With Dogs'' is fast-paced and often hilarious, overcoming its frequent slips into amateurish self-indulgence with nonstop enthusiasm and a fun-loving attitude.
The feature debut of writer-director-actor Wally White, ``Lie Down With Dogs'' should hit it off big with gay audiences on the select-site circuit.
The low-budget production is well-shot and edited, but it occasionally lags and shows the strain of its episodic nature. Starting with the likable White, the unknown cast is refreshingly off-the-cuff (HR 6/30-7/2).
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
However, what ``Judge Dredd'' lacks narratively, it tends to entertain on a visual level: credit to director Danny Cannon and production designer Nigel Phelps for the searing look (HR 6/30-7/2).
SPECIES
MGM
After a promising start, MGM's science fiction thriller ``Species'' devolves into a third-rate ``Alien'' redux with all the trappings and shortcomings of the genre. With nothing much new to offer except many opportunities to watch newcomer Natasha Henstridge disrobe, the Roger Donaldson-directed creepshow is one of the summer's naughtier big-budget diversions, but it will unlikely break out in a big way.
While the tense trackdown of half-human/half-alien Sil provides a few thrills and chills, and 20-year-old Henstridge manages to make something interesting out of her woefully underwritten character, the pesky humans are a pack of cliches (HR 6/30-7/2).
MIGHTY MORPHIN
POWER RANGERS:
THE MOVIE
Fox
Destined to do for Fox what those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did for New Line, the high-tech, turbo-charged cinematic sugar rush ``Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' is jam-packed with all the requisite bells and whistles.
The color-coded sextet of teen superheroes are put to the test when the evil Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) is awakened from a 6,000-year slumber and wastes no time in exacting his diabolical plan to destroy the world.
One doesn't have to look far for inspiration here. The story is essentially a thinly veiled reworking of ``The Wizard of Oz'' with a half-dozen Ninja Dorothys, not to mention a powerful wizard (Nicholas Bell as the endangered Zordon), a sexier Glinda (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick as the amazon warrior, Dulcea) and a nasty flock of flying henchmen.
Still, first-time feature director Bryan Spicer and writers Arne Olsen and John Kamps have done a good job keeping the briskly moving story line easy to follow (HR 6/30-7/2).
LIE DOWN WITH DOGS
Miramax
``Lie Down With Dogs'' is fast-paced and often hilarious, overcoming its frequent slips into amateurish self-indulgence with nonstop enthusiasm and a fun-loving attitude.
The feature debut of writer-director-actor Wally White, ``Lie Down With Dogs'' should hit it off big with gay audiences on the select-site circuit.
The low-budget production is well-shot and edited, but it occasionally lags and shows the strain of its episodic nature. Starting with the likable White, the unknown cast is refreshingly off-the-cuff (HR 6/30-7/2).
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
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