Yorgos Lanthimos is an acquired taste. A key figure in the "Greek Weird Wave," he shares Wes Anderson's fondness for deadpan acting, artificial dialogue, and general oddities. However, the worlds and people in Lanthimos' films aren't just quirky, they're often aggressively unpleasant. More than that, they tend to be governed by twisted and bizarre "rules" and social norms. For example, in "The Lobster," all adults are required to have a romantic partner or find one within a short amount of time. Those who fail to do so are turned into an animal of their choice. Likewise, in "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," a surgeon is tormented by a teenager with unnatural abilities in retaliation for failing to save the boy's father on the operating table.
It's easy to intellectually appreciate the point Lanthimos is making with his work -- that the "rules" we follow in our own lives...
It's easy to intellectually appreciate the point Lanthimos is making with his work -- that the "rules" we follow in our own lives...
- 1/30/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Al Jaffee, the longtime cartoonist for Mad Magazine who created one of the satirical publication’s most beloved and enduring features — the back-cover “Fold-In” illustration — died Monday in a New York City hospital of organ failure. He was 102.
New of his death was shared today by Tom Heintjes, editor of Hogan’s Ally, a magazine and website that chronicles the cartoon arts. Jaffee’s granddaughter Fani Thomson confirmed his passing and the cause of death to the New York Times.
“I’m very sad to report that the great Al Jaffee has died,” Heintjes tweeted. “He had celebrated his 102nd birthday just last month. An incredible legend. Rip to a giant of cartooning.”
Born in Savannah, Ga, Jaffee launched his comics career in the 1940s, contributing artwork for such publications as Joke Comics, Atlas Comics and Timely Comics, among others. During World War II he worked as an artist for the military.
New of his death was shared today by Tom Heintjes, editor of Hogan’s Ally, a magazine and website that chronicles the cartoon arts. Jaffee’s granddaughter Fani Thomson confirmed his passing and the cause of death to the New York Times.
“I’m very sad to report that the great Al Jaffee has died,” Heintjes tweeted. “He had celebrated his 102nd birthday just last month. An incredible legend. Rip to a giant of cartooning.”
Born in Savannah, Ga, Jaffee launched his comics career in the 1940s, contributing artwork for such publications as Joke Comics, Atlas Comics and Timely Comics, among others. During World War II he worked as an artist for the military.
- 4/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“I’m convinced if it hadn’t been for Martha, there’d have been no Watergate,” says Richard Nixon in an archive interview clip at the start of this documentary.
She came from New York yet sported big Southern-style hair, painstakingly sculpted, and those oversized, pointy-edged glasses worn by women in Gary Larson cartoons. She married politiical counsel John Newton Mitchell, who would go on to manage two Nixon election campaigns and, in between, spend three fateful years as US Attorney General. They lived together in Watergate Apartments and socialised with some of the most influential people in the world. But where other women accepted that, in that age, their role was to smile and support their husbands, Martha had opinions of her own, and she didn’t care who knew it.
As directors Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy observe, Tricky Dicky just didn’t know how to handle women like that.
She came from New York yet sported big Southern-style hair, painstakingly sculpted, and those oversized, pointy-edged glasses worn by women in Gary Larson cartoons. She married politiical counsel John Newton Mitchell, who would go on to manage two Nixon election campaigns and, in between, spend three fateful years as US Attorney General. They lived together in Watergate Apartments and socialised with some of the most influential people in the world. But where other women accepted that, in that age, their role was to smile and support their husbands, Martha had opinions of her own, and she didn’t care who knew it.
As directors Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy observe, Tricky Dicky just didn’t know how to handle women like that.
- 1/1/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"We keep our clothes on when we're on holiday!" Time for something a bit strange and wild. Wildebeest is an animation + live-action short film from Belgium by filmmakers Nicolas Keppens and Matthias Phlips. Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness. With the voices of Chris Boni and Sam Louwyck as Linda and Troyer. "Both are based on a type of citizen we often met in the streets of our hometown near Ghent, Belgium. They could have been neighbors," the filmmakers explain. This is extra kooky and funny but there's a sweet side to it that makes it all worthwhile by the end. I dig the Gary Larson-esque character designs, they're a perfect fit for the savanna. To turn on subtitles - click the [Cc] button in the right corner.
- 3/4/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s difficult to believe that it’s been 25 years since Gary Larson graced us with his artwork and his strange sense of humor, isn’t it? Well believe this, he’s on his way back to entertain us again since after finding out about digital artwork he’s been invigorated to produce new content and new images for us to enjoy and laugh at, much as we did when he was still hard at work. Unfortunately, as it sounds in the past the supposedly introverted Larson was feeling the pressure of deadlines and felt the need to simply go away for a while.
Gary Larson Brings Back Far Side Comic For First Time in Over 25 Years...
Gary Larson Brings Back Far Side Comic For First Time in Over 25 Years...
- 7/15/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Seven months after Gary Larson teased the return of The Far Side, the cartoonist has delivered his first new comics in 25 years.
Earlier this week, a section called “New Stuff” appeared on Larson’s recently relaunched website, the New York Times reported. Contained within were three new single-panel comics from Larson, his first Far Side comics since retiring from the long-running syndicated series on December 31st, 1994.
Larson also wrote a letter to fans detailing how a “clogged pen” resulted in his first comics in 25 years; when his website relaunched in December,...
Earlier this week, a section called “New Stuff” appeared on Larson’s recently relaunched website, the New York Times reported. Contained within were three new single-panel comics from Larson, his first Far Side comics since retiring from the long-running syndicated series on December 31st, 1994.
Larson also wrote a letter to fans detailing how a “clogged pen” resulted in his first comics in 25 years; when his website relaunched in December,...
- 7/9/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Comic strip illustrator Gary Larson has come back after his retirement of 25 years. The Far Side’s Larson has created four new strips up on his website thefarside.com under the “New Stuff.” Larson’s most famous work, The Far Side was published daily from 1979 to 1995 and appeared in over 1,900 newspapers. Even though Larson […]
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- 7/8/2020
- by Kate Reynolds
- Uinterview
After a 25-year hibernation, the beloved comic strip The Far Side returned Tuesday with a revamped website, unseen sketches and the promise of new comics in the future.
In September, cartoonist Gary Larson hinted on the long-dormant Far Side website that the comic would reappear in 2019 in some capacity; “Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming,” the previously barren website hinted.
In addition to the updated website — which for now features a “daily dose” of previously published works and a curated collection...
In September, cartoonist Gary Larson hinted on the long-dormant Far Side website that the comic would reappear in 2019 in some capacity; “Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming,” the previously barren website hinted.
In addition to the updated website — which for now features a “daily dose” of previously published works and a curated collection...
- 12/18/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been 25 years since Gary Larson knocked out one of his offbeat, single-panel Far Side comic strips, but the sardonic collection of cows, dogs, and nerds he first debuted in 1980 remain a touchstone for comedy fans of a certain era. It’s with absolute joy, then, that we report that The Far Side has, for the first…...
- 12/18/2019
- by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Documentary Now! is back with more biting documentary parodies that are just as sharp as before, but now feature an all-star cast.
“Art is not supposed to be safe. It’s supposed to be radical.”
Documentaries are powerful tools that aim to illuminate individuals, topics, or causes as the style of film immerses the audience into this new world and prepares them for the narrative that they're about to be sold.
Documentaries can turn ordinary people into heroes, educate you about persistent problems that you never even knew existed, or simply shine a light on something that it's long overdue to shine a light on. All of this magic of non-fiction filmmaking is present in Documentary Now!, it just also expertly figures out how to use the language of documentaries to deliver huge laughs. Three seasons in, this team has mastered this formula and delivers what might be their strongest season yet.
“Art is not supposed to be safe. It’s supposed to be radical.”
Documentaries are powerful tools that aim to illuminate individuals, topics, or causes as the style of film immerses the audience into this new world and prepares them for the narrative that they're about to be sold.
Documentaries can turn ordinary people into heroes, educate you about persistent problems that you never even knew existed, or simply shine a light on something that it's long overdue to shine a light on. All of this magic of non-fiction filmmaking is present in Documentary Now!, it just also expertly figures out how to use the language of documentaries to deliver huge laughs. Three seasons in, this team has mastered this formula and delivers what might be their strongest season yet.
- 2/6/2019
- Den of Geek
Bill Frisell, a member of John Zorn’s Naked City and the man who provided the music for the TV version of Gary Larson’s The Far Side, talks Fender Mustang guitars and The Astronauts in this exclusive clip of doc Carmine Street Guitars, which premieres next week in Venice.
The doc, which has its world premiere in Venice on September 3 before airing in Toronto and New York, was instigated by filmmaker and guitarist Jim Jarmusch and tells the story of the fabled Greenwich Village guitar shop.
Directed by Ron Mann (Altman), it follows custom guitar-maker Rick Kelly and his apprentice Cindy Hulej, who build handcrafted guitars out of salvaged wood from historic New York buildings. Fans have included Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and Jarmusch.
The doc, which is exec produced by Gimme Shelter’s Carter Logan with music from The Sadies, feature Frisell, Nels Cline (Wilco), Kirk Douglas (The Roots), Eleanor Friedberger,...
The doc, which has its world premiere in Venice on September 3 before airing in Toronto and New York, was instigated by filmmaker and guitarist Jim Jarmusch and tells the story of the fabled Greenwich Village guitar shop.
Directed by Ron Mann (Altman), it follows custom guitar-maker Rick Kelly and his apprentice Cindy Hulej, who build handcrafted guitars out of salvaged wood from historic New York buildings. Fans have included Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and Jarmusch.
The doc, which is exec produced by Gimme Shelter’s Carter Logan with music from The Sadies, feature Frisell, Nels Cline (Wilco), Kirk Douglas (The Roots), Eleanor Friedberger,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
This is part 2 of our birthday tribute to Prince’s humor. Check out part 1 right here.
Morris Hayes
He’d call my hotel room pretending to be housekeeping. One time I was kind of in a hurry and the phone rings and [high, accented voice] “Housekeeping — I have your iron.” I’m a real easygoing cat, so I’m like “No m’am, I have my own iron, I’m okay, thank you.” Hang up, rings again. “Housekeeping! You ordered an iron?” “No, I’m fine, I gotta go.” Now I’m really in a hurry trying to get out of the place — to get to his show! It rings again and I said “Are you f—ing kidding me?!” and he says [deep Prince voice], “I knew I could get you to cuss.”
Dez Dickerson
He was in the studio with The Time trying to think of a phone number that rhymed for a song,...
Morris Hayes
He’d call my hotel room pretending to be housekeeping. One time I was kind of in a hurry and the phone rings and [high, accented voice] “Housekeeping — I have your iron.” I’m a real easygoing cat, so I’m like “No m’am, I have my own iron, I’m okay, thank you.” Hang up, rings again. “Housekeeping! You ordered an iron?” “No, I’m fine, I gotta go.” Now I’m really in a hurry trying to get out of the place — to get to his show! It rings again and I said “Are you f—ing kidding me?!” and he says [deep Prince voice], “I knew I could get you to cuss.”
Dez Dickerson
He was in the studio with The Time trying to think of a phone number that rhymed for a song,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
I don't know about you guys, but Gary Larson's Far Side was a large part of my upbringing. I owned two of his collections growing up, and would often bring them to school to read during my free-time. I'm not really sure if Larson's work is considered "geeky," but I feel like geeks definitely know of his work much more often than other types of people. Anyway, Bruton Stroube Studios (via Geekologie) made some live-action animations of two of Larson's classic panels, and I definitely want to see more after this short video! Can someone just make a YouTube channel of these?!
- 5/21/2018
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
It’s official: With too many shows to watch and too little time on my hands, a few on-my-personal-bubble series’ are going to get the whole “I’m just not that into you” speech. My DVR is filling up faster than a sinking rowboat, and I’m bailing with a spoon. So what have I been watching over the past few days… and which shows will not be continuing on in the hopes of being named Richard’s Next Top Favorite Show? Read on!
Sometimes, there’s nothing like giving an ex another chance. Last season, I bailed on The Vampire Diaries. It was a show I enjoyed, but the dense mythology had started to turn me off. This season, I dove back in. And while I can’t say I fully understand some of what’s going on, I’m glad to be hangin’ with the Mystic Falls crew.
Sometimes, there’s nothing like giving an ex another chance. Last season, I bailed on The Vampire Diaries. It was a show I enjoyed, but the dense mythology had started to turn me off. This season, I dove back in. And while I can’t say I fully understand some of what’s going on, I’m glad to be hangin’ with the Mystic Falls crew.
- 10/17/2013
- by Richard M. Simms
- The TV Addict
Dean Tavoularis was the production designer on the one and only film I worked on, Farewell My Lovely. Aside from Dean, the entire crew from The Godfather was on this film, produced by Elliott Kastner (stepfather of Cassian Elwes and his illustrious brothers), associate produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with a cameo of the new upcoming heartthrob Sylvester Stallone, and starring truly stellar actors Charlotte Rampling and Robert Mitchum. It's hard to believe that 1975 was 37 years ago!
And now, the 40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve Ltd., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend to present his poster design to the public and hold a poster signing for festival guests.
As a student, Dean Tavoularis studied painting and architecture at different art schools and went on to work at Disney Studios as an in-betweener in the animation department where he worked on the 1955 film Lady and the Tramp. He then transitioned to the live-action department where he worked on the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. His career as a production designer began in 1967 when filmmaker Arthur Penn asked him to lead the artistic direction for Bonny And Clyde. Three years later, he and Penn teamed up again on Little Big Man. He began working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather, which was the beginning of much collaboration including the latter two films in The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
Tavoularis has spent the last ten years focusing on his work as a painter. His return to film came in 2012 when he was the production designer on Roman Polanski’s Carnage. He has worked on over thirty films spanning four decades, landing five Academy-Award nominations and one win for The Godfather Part II. Tavoularis lives in Paris and Los Angeles with his wife, actress Aurore Clément.
“We are thrilled Dean agreed to do the poster art for the 40th anniversary,” said Executive Director Julie Huntsinger. “The 40th edition will be a remarkable celebration of Tff’s past and present, and Dean’s work with Telluride is a wonderful parallel. He was a part of Telluride in its very early years when he designed a poster for a Tff celebration called the ‘Spirit of Zoetrope.’ We are excited to have him back and to present his vision for this special year. ”
Tavoularis remarks, “When I was asked by Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger if I would design the poster for the 40th Telluride Film Festival, I was first flattered and then thoughtful of being part of the Telluride film history. In my own way I pondered Telluride’s past and in fact all film festivals. Like the word implies, a festival is a fair; people gathering to show their films. It just as well could be their tomatoes. It’s an exchange. I wanted a poster that was simple and joyful, that looked homemade with pure colors in shapes that symbolize a 1:85 screen and an audience. One cannot exist without the other. I am very happy to be a small part of Telluride’s history.”
Dean Tavoularis joins a prestigious list of artists who have shared their talents with Telluride Film Festival. Past poster artists include Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd, John Canemaker, Mark Stock, Laurie Anderson, William Wegman, Ralph Eggleston, Maira Kalman and Dave Eggers.
To view and download the 40th Telluride Film Festival poster art, visit: here.
40th Telluride Film Festival posters will be available for purchase throughout the five-day Festival or by visiting the Tff website at www.telluridefilmfestival.org.
40th Telluride Film Festival passes are now available here.
40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival is celebrating its 40th Anniversary August 29 – September 2, 2013. To commemorate this special occasion an additional day has been added to the usual four-day Festival, making room for a five-day bounty of special programming and festivities. Passes are now available for purchase here.
About Telluride Film Festival
The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics. Tff is considered a major launching ground for the fall season’s most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is a four-day international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival’s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until Opening Day, consists of over two dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, three major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
About Our Sponsors
Telluride Film Festival is supported by Land Rover North America, Turner Classic Movies, Ernst & Young, Film Finances, Audible.com, Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, Universal Studios, Meyer Sound, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Américas Film Conservancy, Telluride Foundation, Pine Ridge Vineyards, The London Hotel Group, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Dolby, Telluride Alpine Lodging, Crumpler, ShopKeep Pos, The Hollywood Reporter, Boston Light and Sound, among others.
And now, the 40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve Ltd., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend to present his poster design to the public and hold a poster signing for festival guests.
As a student, Dean Tavoularis studied painting and architecture at different art schools and went on to work at Disney Studios as an in-betweener in the animation department where he worked on the 1955 film Lady and the Tramp. He then transitioned to the live-action department where he worked on the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. His career as a production designer began in 1967 when filmmaker Arthur Penn asked him to lead the artistic direction for Bonny And Clyde. Three years later, he and Penn teamed up again on Little Big Man. He began working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather, which was the beginning of much collaboration including the latter two films in The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
Tavoularis has spent the last ten years focusing on his work as a painter. His return to film came in 2012 when he was the production designer on Roman Polanski’s Carnage. He has worked on over thirty films spanning four decades, landing five Academy-Award nominations and one win for The Godfather Part II. Tavoularis lives in Paris and Los Angeles with his wife, actress Aurore Clément.
“We are thrilled Dean agreed to do the poster art for the 40th anniversary,” said Executive Director Julie Huntsinger. “The 40th edition will be a remarkable celebration of Tff’s past and present, and Dean’s work with Telluride is a wonderful parallel. He was a part of Telluride in its very early years when he designed a poster for a Tff celebration called the ‘Spirit of Zoetrope.’ We are excited to have him back and to present his vision for this special year. ”
Tavoularis remarks, “When I was asked by Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger if I would design the poster for the 40th Telluride Film Festival, I was first flattered and then thoughtful of being part of the Telluride film history. In my own way I pondered Telluride’s past and in fact all film festivals. Like the word implies, a festival is a fair; people gathering to show their films. It just as well could be their tomatoes. It’s an exchange. I wanted a poster that was simple and joyful, that looked homemade with pure colors in shapes that symbolize a 1:85 screen and an audience. One cannot exist without the other. I am very happy to be a small part of Telluride’s history.”
Dean Tavoularis joins a prestigious list of artists who have shared their talents with Telluride Film Festival. Past poster artists include Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd, John Canemaker, Mark Stock, Laurie Anderson, William Wegman, Ralph Eggleston, Maira Kalman and Dave Eggers.
To view and download the 40th Telluride Film Festival poster art, visit: here.
40th Telluride Film Festival posters will be available for purchase throughout the five-day Festival or by visiting the Tff website at www.telluridefilmfestival.org.
40th Telluride Film Festival passes are now available here.
40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival is celebrating its 40th Anniversary August 29 – September 2, 2013. To commemorate this special occasion an additional day has been added to the usual four-day Festival, making room for a five-day bounty of special programming and festivities. Passes are now available for purchase here.
About Telluride Film Festival
The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics. Tff is considered a major launching ground for the fall season’s most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is a four-day international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival’s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until Opening Day, consists of over two dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, three major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
About Our Sponsors
Telluride Film Festival is supported by Land Rover North America, Turner Classic Movies, Ernst & Young, Film Finances, Audible.com, Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, Universal Studios, Meyer Sound, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Américas Film Conservancy, Telluride Foundation, Pine Ridge Vineyards, The London Hotel Group, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Dolby, Telluride Alpine Lodging, Crumpler, ShopKeep Pos, The Hollywood Reporter, Boston Light and Sound, among others.
- 6/3/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
I am not gifted with a photographic memory, barely able to recreate some point-specific day-in-the-life anecdote with impressive deftness. That, or I just don’t know how to create a believable lie about my life as a kid. What my mind has accrued from my childhood, both in memories and in trivial knowledge, revolves around, fittingly enough, movies. I’ve managed, over my 28 years and change of existence, to, in one instant, impress and confuse people when I show off my encyclopedic mind related to modern movies. I teeter on the edge of being awkwardly ashamed of all this pop-culture detritus sticking with me, not important information that matters in the average life. Still, bear with me when I tell you that two of the dates burned into my brain from that childhood are June 6, 1993 and June 11, 1993.
The latter date is more memorable to people of my generation: the release...
The latter date is more memorable to people of my generation: the release...
- 4/5/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Hollywood can be a big, weird, lonely place. Sometimes, for better or worse, that's going to make you want to get with Cher. And as Woody Allen once said, in defending his controversial relationship with his adopted daughter, the heart wants what the heart wants.
It's not for us to judge.
Just kidding! Of course it is. Here are 10 of the most bizarre Hollywood couples ever, past and present.
Tom Cruise and Cher
Tom Cruise and Cher got together in the mid-1980s, and while we weren't there at the time or anything, it certainly feels like it was more of a "Hey, you're internationally famous? Crazy, I'm internationally famous too! Let's bone!" type of relationship than one based on love. Depressingly for all of us, somewhere in an alternate universe, their firstborn is debuting his/her/its bestselling tell-all book, "Cher-ry Maguire: My Life with Tom and Cher" right now on Dr. Phil.
It's not for us to judge.
Just kidding! Of course it is. Here are 10 of the most bizarre Hollywood couples ever, past and present.
Tom Cruise and Cher
Tom Cruise and Cher got together in the mid-1980s, and while we weren't there at the time or anything, it certainly feels like it was more of a "Hey, you're internationally famous? Crazy, I'm internationally famous too! Let's bone!" type of relationship than one based on love. Depressingly for all of us, somewhere in an alternate universe, their firstborn is debuting his/her/its bestselling tell-all book, "Cher-ry Maguire: My Life with Tom and Cher" right now on Dr. Phil.
- 2/13/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
Bang-bang-bang, spatter-spatter-spatter goes Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. At least no horses were harmed
One of my favourite Gary Larson cartoons shows an audience of ketchup bottles sitting in a cinema watching a film that, naturally, stars bottles of ketchup. It seems to be a violent kind of film. On screen, one bottle lies smashed and bleeding red pulp all over the street, while another looks on, numb with horror. "Don't worry, Jimmy," a big ketchup bottle in the audience is telling a smaller one, possibly his son, "they're just actors – and that's not real ketchup."
The original version of this advice is worth heeding if, as a human being, you are watching other human beings in a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. Bullets rip into flesh, which flies out in messy chunks as blood spatters walls and falls like crimson rain on nicely arranged white flowers – on and on it goes,...
One of my favourite Gary Larson cartoons shows an audience of ketchup bottles sitting in a cinema watching a film that, naturally, stars bottles of ketchup. It seems to be a violent kind of film. On screen, one bottle lies smashed and bleeding red pulp all over the street, while another looks on, numb with horror. "Don't worry, Jimmy," a big ketchup bottle in the audience is telling a smaller one, possibly his son, "they're just actors – and that's not real ketchup."
The original version of this advice is worth heeding if, as a human being, you are watching other human beings in a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. Bullets rip into flesh, which flies out in messy chunks as blood spatters walls and falls like crimson rain on nicely arranged white flowers – on and on it goes,...
- 1/26/2013
- by Ian Jack
- The Guardian - Film News
Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 73. Actress Jennifer Warren is 71. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 63. Singer Kid Creole is 62. Actor Sam J. Jones ("Flash Gordon") is 58. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 58. Actor Bruce Greenwood ("Thirteen Days") is 56. Country singer Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad) is 56. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 51. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot is 49. Actor Peter Krause is 47. Actor Michael Ian Black ("Ed") is 41. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 41. Actor Casey Affleck is 37. Actress Maggie Lawson ("Psych") is 32. Actress Imani Hakim ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 19.
Aug. 13: Actor Pat Harrington is 83. Actor Kevin Tighe is 68. Actress Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") is 65. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 53. Actress Dawnn Lewis ("A Different World," "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper") is 51. Actor John Slattery is 50. Actress Debi Mazar is 48. Actress Quinn Cummings ("Family") is 45. Country singer Andy Griggs is 39. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 34. Actress Kathryn Fiore ("Reno 911!") is 33. Singer James Morrison is 28.
Aug.
Aug. 13: Actor Pat Harrington is 83. Actor Kevin Tighe is 68. Actress Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") is 65. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 53. Actress Dawnn Lewis ("A Different World," "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper") is 51. Actor John Slattery is 50. Actress Debi Mazar is 48. Actress Quinn Cummings ("Family") is 45. Country singer Andy Griggs is 39. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 34. Actress Kathryn Fiore ("Reno 911!") is 33. Singer James Morrison is 28.
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- 8/9/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Telluride Film Festival chose Dave Eggers as the poster artist for their 39th edition. Feast your eyes on the goods. The writer-editor-publisher-philanthropist will attend the festival (running August 31-September 3), where a reception will be held in his honor. Eggers says he was thrilled to be asked to design the poster; “I decided to make the poster look a bit like the national parks posters from back in the day, and to go with a light, almost washed-out palette. That’s how I think of Colorado in the summer: sun-drenched and with incredible color combinations. From there, it just seemed appropriate to have a bear filming an elk.” Eggers joins the ranks of past poster artists Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd,...
- 7/9/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
For a comedian with as big a career as his, Demetri Martin has left much to chance. After departing a future as an attorney, Martin found his calling in New York's stand-up clubs before landing work on "The Conan O'Brien Show" and eventually his own TV series. After that, he took on high-profile roles in films by acclaimed directors, and ventured into writing, and he hopes, directing. And in almost every case, he spent little or no time consciously strategizing how to get his hands into other creative areas - and more than that, let the experience of doing it refine how he did it going forward.
IFC caught up with Demetri Martin last week to talk about his constantly-changing career. In addition to discussing how he got his earliest start as a comedian, he talked about his approach to writing comedy and constructing a routine, and examined the strangely...
IFC caught up with Demetri Martin last week to talk about his constantly-changing career. In addition to discussing how he got his earliest start as a comedian, he talked about his approach to writing comedy and constructing a routine, and examined the strangely...
- 11/16/2011
- by IFC
- ifc.com
Phoenix — Bil Keane's "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author thought, because the American public needed the consistency.
Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89 at his longtime home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix. His comic strip is featured in nearly 1,500 newspapers across the country.
Jeff Keane, Keane's son who lives in Laguna Hills, Calif., said that his father died of congestive heart failure with one of his other sons by his side after his conditioned worsened during the last month. All of Keane's five children, nine grandchildren and great-granddaughter were able to visit him last week, Jeff Keane said.
"He said, `I love you' and that's what I said to him, which...
Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89 at his longtime home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix. His comic strip is featured in nearly 1,500 newspapers across the country.
Jeff Keane, Keane's son who lives in Laguna Hills, Calif., said that his father died of congestive heart failure with one of his other sons by his side after his conditioned worsened during the last month. All of Keane's five children, nine grandchildren and great-granddaughter were able to visit him last week, Jeff Keane said.
"He said, `I love you' and that's what I said to him, which...
- 11/9/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Do you remember Max’s story from Where The Wild Things Are? The one about the building-eating vampires? A Town Called Panic not only taps into the imagination, innocence and stream-of-consciousness nature of such children’s stories but the enthusiasm and earnestness with which they are delivered as well.
A Town Called Panic is to the likes of Coraline what South Park was to Disney; a return to crude (but by no means inferior) animation that just goes to show how little photorealism and high-resolution renderings actually matter. While there is, of course, something to be said for Pixar’s innovation and consistent bar-raising, there is something truly liberating about Panic’s retro-shoddiness.
Not that I am belittling Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s animation – it is consistently compelling – but any encounter with the duo’s Cravendale adverts can not quite prepare you for 78 minutes of unadulterated crazy. A Town Called Panic,...
A Town Called Panic is to the likes of Coraline what South Park was to Disney; a return to crude (but by no means inferior) animation that just goes to show how little photorealism and high-resolution renderings actually matter. While there is, of course, something to be said for Pixar’s innovation and consistent bar-raising, there is something truly liberating about Panic’s retro-shoddiness.
Not that I am belittling Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s animation – it is consistently compelling – but any encounter with the duo’s Cravendale adverts can not quite prepare you for 78 minutes of unadulterated crazy. A Town Called Panic,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Toy Story 3; A Town Called Panic; The Hammer and Tongs Collection; How to Train Your Dragon
With the arrival of Toy Story 3 (2010, Disney, PG), cinema (and now DVD) arguably has its first note-perfect trilogy. While Coppola lost the plot in The Godfather's third act, Kieslowski fumbled the ball with Three Colours: White and Jackson's The Two Towers (inevitably) sagged a bit in the middle, Pixar's bittersweet final outing with Woody and Buzz has all the poignant beauty of the last chapter of Winnie the Pooh. Remember that strange sensation (loss, elation, befuddlement) you got as Christopher Robin tried to explain to Pooh why he might not be coming back to the Hundred Acre Wood but Pooh would always have Piglet and Eeyore to play with? Well, prepare to shed those same tears again – all the more so if you're a grown-up who has long since put away childish things,...
With the arrival of Toy Story 3 (2010, Disney, PG), cinema (and now DVD) arguably has its first note-perfect trilogy. While Coppola lost the plot in The Godfather's third act, Kieslowski fumbled the ball with Three Colours: White and Jackson's The Two Towers (inevitably) sagged a bit in the middle, Pixar's bittersweet final outing with Woody and Buzz has all the poignant beauty of the last chapter of Winnie the Pooh. Remember that strange sensation (loss, elation, befuddlement) you got as Christopher Robin tried to explain to Pooh why he might not be coming back to the Hundred Acre Wood but Pooh would always have Piglet and Eeyore to play with? Well, prepare to shed those same tears again – all the more so if you're a grown-up who has long since put away childish things,...
- 11/14/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Joining a list of artists that includes Julian Schnabel, William Wegman, and Gary Larson, Pixar artist Ralph Eggleston has lent his talent to the poster for the 37th Telluride Film Festival. Eggleston — who wrote, designed, and directed the Pixar short For the Birds, along with serving as the production designer on Finding Nemo and Wall*E — was inspired by the famous hitchhiking scene from the Clark Gable-Claudette Colbert classic It Happened One Night, though “by way of a trip to the Telluride Film Festival,” said Eggleston. The Pixar vet will create a second poster to be unveiled closer to the festival,...
- 5/11/2010
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW - Inside Movies
Chicago – In the best selling arena that is kid’s books, author Jeff Kinney has won praise and sales for his “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series. The film version of that series is about to be released, with Zachary Gordon as Greg and Robert Capron as Rowley.
The Wimpy Kid series focuses on the middle school tribulations of Greg Heffley, who hasn’t grown as tall as some of his classmates, and whose best friend Rowley is somewhat of a social pariah. But Greg is willing to give it his best shot, and the film focuses on his efforts despite the challenges of being ostracized, practicing an inept social bearing and trying to avoid a big brother who tortures him. Basically Greg is you and me.
Author Jeff Kinney began his kid literature journey as a cartoonist – his simple line drawings are the basic illustrations for Wimpy Kid. Frustrated...
The Wimpy Kid series focuses on the middle school tribulations of Greg Heffley, who hasn’t grown as tall as some of his classmates, and whose best friend Rowley is somewhat of a social pariah. But Greg is willing to give it his best shot, and the film focuses on his efforts despite the challenges of being ostracized, practicing an inept social bearing and trying to avoid a big brother who tortures him. Basically Greg is you and me.
Author Jeff Kinney began his kid literature journey as a cartoonist – his simple line drawings are the basic illustrations for Wimpy Kid. Frustrated...
- 3/17/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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