While making Do Revenge for Netflix, Camila Mendes felt like she was working on a theatrical, not a made-for-tv movie.
Related: ‘Hocus Pocus 2’, ‘Prey’, ‘Fire Island’ & ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Rally Straight-To-Streaming Movies At Emmy Noms
“There was more of a priority in the art of it, you know?” says Mendes (Riverdale) of the campy film that follows a pair of high schoolers who go after each other’s bullies. Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and co-starring Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke and Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner, the clever film penned by Robinson and Celeste Ballard had a “bigger budget than a lot of high school movies do.”
“There was more priority being placed in putting together these beautiful cinematic shots and making the costumes look really vibrant and character specific,” recalls Mendes. “I do think this movie is something that could have been in a theater, and...
Related: ‘Hocus Pocus 2’, ‘Prey’, ‘Fire Island’ & ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Rally Straight-To-Streaming Movies At Emmy Noms
“There was more of a priority in the art of it, you know?” says Mendes (Riverdale) of the campy film that follows a pair of high schoolers who go after each other’s bullies. Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and co-starring Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke and Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner, the clever film penned by Robinson and Celeste Ballard had a “bigger budget than a lot of high school movies do.”
“There was more priority being placed in putting together these beautiful cinematic shots and making the costumes look really vibrant and character specific,” recalls Mendes. “I do think this movie is something that could have been in a theater, and...
- 6/15/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Stalked By My Doctor.Recently I was flipping through the seasonal calendar at a Boston-area repertory cinema, and a program dedicated to the enterprising feminist filmmaker Joyce Chopra caught my eye. I wondered how Chopra’s six-decade career, spanning everything from short-form documentaries and TV movies to Sundance-winning features and stage plays televised for PBS, would be condensed into a curated selection of screenings. In fact it would only be two: Smooth Talk (1985), one of Chopra’s two theatrically-released features, and Joyce at 34 (1972), a short documentary that she co-directed with Claudia Weill early in her career.I’m not ignorant of the creative merits or historical importance of these films, nor the rights/access issues resolved by Criterion’s recent physical release of a 4K restoration of Smooth Talk, which includes Joyce at 34 as a special feature. But as I look at rep theater programs across the country and see...
- 6/7/2023
- MUBI
Charlie’s Angels and its cast was a phenomenon in the 1970s. The TV series ran for five seasons from 1976-1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling, who also created hits such as The Love Boat, Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, and Melrose Place.
The show was immensely popular with viewers but got mixed reviews from critics. Some called it “Jiggle TV” because it emphasized the sex appeal of its female cast.
Which Charlie’s Angels cast members are still alive?
What was ‘Charlie’s Angels’?
“Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy; and they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me. My name is Charlie!”
This was the opening of Charlie’s Angels.
Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe), Jaclyn Smith (Kelly Garrett), and Kate Jackson (Sabrina Duncan) played the Angels. They worked as...
The show was immensely popular with viewers but got mixed reviews from critics. Some called it “Jiggle TV” because it emphasized the sex appeal of its female cast.
Which Charlie’s Angels cast members are still alive?
What was ‘Charlie’s Angels’?
“Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy; and they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me. My name is Charlie!”
This was the opening of Charlie’s Angels.
Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe), Jaclyn Smith (Kelly Garrett), and Kate Jackson (Sabrina Duncan) played the Angels. They worked as...
- 4/12/2023
- by Stacy Feintuch
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Isidore “Izzy” Mankofsky, who shot The Muppet Movie, Somewhere in Time and dozens of telefilms including the Farrah Fawcett-starring The Burning Bed, died Thursday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced. He was 89.
He also was the Dp on Richard Fleischer’s The Jazz Singer (1980) and two movies directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack: Better Off Dead … (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986).
A three-time Emmy nominee, Mankofsky got his start at Encyclopedia Britannica Films, then made his feature debut on the Aip sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), starring William Marshall.
In a 2009 interview, Mankofsky said in enjoyed working with Jim Henson and ...
He also was the Dp on Richard Fleischer’s The Jazz Singer (1980) and two movies directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack: Better Off Dead … (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986).
A three-time Emmy nominee, Mankofsky got his start at Encyclopedia Britannica Films, then made his feature debut on the Aip sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), starring William Marshall.
In a 2009 interview, Mankofsky said in enjoyed working with Jim Henson and ...
- 3/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Isidore “Izzy” Mankofsky, who shot The Muppet Movie, Somewhere in Time and dozens of telefilms including the Farrah Fawcett-starring The Burning Bed, died Thursday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced. He was 89.
He also was the Dp on Richard Fleischer’s The Jazz Singer (1980) and two movies directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack: Better Off Dead … (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986).
A three-time Emmy nominee, Mankofsky got his start at Encyclopedia Britannica Films, then made his feature debut on the Aip sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), starring William Marshall.
In a 2009 interview, Mankofsky said in enjoyed working with Jim Henson and ...
He also was the Dp on Richard Fleischer’s The Jazz Singer (1980) and two movies directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack: Better Off Dead … (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986).
A three-time Emmy nominee, Mankofsky got his start at Encyclopedia Britannica Films, then made his feature debut on the Aip sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), starring William Marshall.
In a 2009 interview, Mankofsky said in enjoyed working with Jim Henson and ...
- 3/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Joan Barnett, the Emmy-nominated producer of the television movie Adam, died in Boston at age 74 after a prolonged illness.
Barnett was an executive producer for Adam, a 1983 film about the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh and the attempt by his parents (including later reality crime drama host John Walsh) to pass national child protection laws in its wake.
At the end of each broadcast of the film, missing children’s photographs and descriptions were displayed along with a telephone number for tips on their whereabouts. Some 37 children were found as a result. President Ronald Reagan provided a voiceover on the photographs segment for the 1985 airing.
Barnett began her career as an associate producer and general manager for Alexander H. Cohen in New York, working on television specials, films and Broadway shows. In 1974, she moved to California and opened a casting company with Linda Otto.
Otto/Barnett Associates cast more than 100 network pilots,...
Barnett was an executive producer for Adam, a 1983 film about the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh and the attempt by his parents (including later reality crime drama host John Walsh) to pass national child protection laws in its wake.
At the end of each broadcast of the film, missing children’s photographs and descriptions were displayed along with a telephone number for tips on their whereabouts. Some 37 children were found as a result. President Ronald Reagan provided a voiceover on the photographs segment for the 1985 airing.
Barnett began her career as an associate producer and general manager for Alexander H. Cohen in New York, working on television specials, films and Broadway shows. In 1974, she moved to California and opened a casting company with Linda Otto.
Otto/Barnett Associates cast more than 100 network pilots,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
There is always news in the world of television, and today is especially fruitful.
EW did an interview with George R.R. Martin about what to expect from the Game of Thrones prequel, so we have those details here for you, as well as a trailer for Light as a Feather Season 2, and news of The Society renewal, among other things.
Check out bits and bobs from the world of television below!
If you haven't watched The Society on Netflix, get on that.
The Society follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents. Their newfound freedom will be fun... but it will also be very dangerous.
As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive.
And...
EW did an interview with George R.R. Martin about what to expect from the Game of Thrones prequel, so we have those details here for you, as well as a trailer for Light as a Feather Season 2, and news of The Society renewal, among other things.
Check out bits and bobs from the world of television below!
If you haven't watched The Society on Netflix, get on that.
The Society follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents. Their newfound freedom will be fun... but it will also be very dangerous.
As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive.
And...
- 7/9/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Lawyer, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson took the stage at CAA Amplify to talk about the Warner Bros. film based on his book. But before he was joined by the film’s stars Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx and director and writer Destin Daniel Cretton, he talked about what he hopes Just Mercy does and how it reflects his work with the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit that provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, prisoners without effective representation, and those who may have been denied a fair trial.
Stevenson captivated the audience as he spoke on narrative influence on social change, unpacking our flawed justice system and how often people of color — particularly black and brown men — are wrongly imprisoned. We oftentimes talk about these issues surrounding incarceration and what many consider modern-day slavery,...
Stevenson captivated the audience as he spoke on narrative influence on social change, unpacking our flawed justice system and how often people of color — particularly black and brown men — are wrongly imprisoned. We oftentimes talk about these issues surrounding incarceration and what many consider modern-day slavery,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Former SAG president Richard Masur will be this year’s recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s President’s Award, which “celebrates a member who has given meritorious service to the union and its membership.” The award will be presented Saturday at the union’s national board meeting.
“It is an honor and privilege for me to recognize Richard’s many contributions with this award,” said SAG-aftra president Gabrielle Carteris. “For decades, he has worked to enrich the lives of performers; from volunteering on committees, serving on local and national boards, to ultimately two terms as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. Richard embodies the true meaning of leadership and service.”
In 1989, at a friend’s suggestion, Masur ran and was elected to a SAG board seat, and was elected SAG president in 1995, serving two terms until 1999. Seven years later, he returned to the national board and played a key role...
“It is an honor and privilege for me to recognize Richard’s many contributions with this award,” said SAG-aftra president Gabrielle Carteris. “For decades, he has worked to enrich the lives of performers; from volunteering on committees, serving on local and national boards, to ultimately two terms as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. Richard embodies the true meaning of leadership and service.”
In 1989, at a friend’s suggestion, Masur ran and was elected to a SAG board seat, and was elected SAG president in 1995, serving two terms until 1999. Seven years later, he returned to the national board and played a key role...
- 10/16/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
SAG-AFTRA has selected Richard Masur as the recipient of its President’s Award.
The honor will be presented on Oct. 20 during the SAG-aftra National Board plenary. Introduced at last year’s SAG-aftra convention, the President’s Award celebrates a member who has given meritorious service to the union and its membership.
Masur served as SAG president for two terms between 1995 and 1999. He has an extensive acting resume of more than 60 credits that includes an Emmy nomination for “The Burning Bed,” an Oscar nod for writing and directing the short subject “Love Struck,” and a memorable role as a Yale University recruiter in Tom Cruise’s “Risky Business.”
“It is an honor and privilege for me to recognize Richard’s many contributions with this award,” said SAG-aftra President Gabrielle Carteris. “For decades, he has worked to enrich the lives of performers; from volunteering on committees, serving on local and national boards,...
The honor will be presented on Oct. 20 during the SAG-aftra National Board plenary. Introduced at last year’s SAG-aftra convention, the President’s Award celebrates a member who has given meritorious service to the union and its membership.
Masur served as SAG president for two terms between 1995 and 1999. He has an extensive acting resume of more than 60 credits that includes an Emmy nomination for “The Burning Bed,” an Oscar nod for writing and directing the short subject “Love Struck,” and a memorable role as a Yale University recruiter in Tom Cruise’s “Risky Business.”
“It is an honor and privilege for me to recognize Richard’s many contributions with this award,” said SAG-aftra President Gabrielle Carteris. “For decades, he has worked to enrich the lives of performers; from volunteering on committees, serving on local and national boards,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Charlie's Angels icon, Farrah Fawcett, lost her battle to cancer in 2009, and her family says they are still keeping her legacy alive through memories nine years later. Farrah achieved worldwide mega-fame on Charlie’s Angels, but in real life, close friends and family say she couldn’t have been more down-to-earth. “I loved going to her beach house and spending the weekend with her getting manicures and massages and reading fashion magazines,” her best friend, Alana Stewart, told Closer Weekly. “It was like having a slumber party.” View this post on Instagram I've been going through my old scrapbooks and finding all these photos which bring back such wonderful memories. I miss my friend.
- 10/11/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
Melbourne, Dec. 16: Farrah Fawcett's personal items have been auctioned off for 200,000 dollars at Heritage Auctions in Dallas in Texas on Thursday.
The items on sale, included the iconic red swimsuit the actress donned for an Esquire magazine shoot, her passport, a script from her 1984 TV film 'The Burning Bed,' and a People's Choice Award, News.com.au reported.
Margaret Barrett, the director of entertainment and music auctions for Heritage, said that the intense competition for Fawcett's items in the auction speaks to how popular she continues to be with collectors. (Ani)...
The items on sale, included the iconic red swimsuit the actress donned for an Esquire magazine shoot, her passport, a script from her 1984 TV film 'The Burning Bed,' and a People's Choice Award, News.com.au reported.
Margaret Barrett, the director of entertainment and music auctions for Heritage, said that the intense competition for Fawcett's items in the auction speaks to how popular she continues to be with collectors. (Ani)...
- 12/16/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Jennifer Garner and Alfred Molina star in Serena, a short film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, a co-founder of Wigs along with Jon Avnet and Jake Avnet. Garner plays Serena, a woman who makes a series of shocking confessions to her Priest (Molina).
“Serena,” the first Wigs short film, is premiering now on youtube.com/wigs.
“Jennifer and Alfred were perfect,” remarked Rodrigo Garcia. “They elevated the script and found feeling and laughter where I had not seen it. I wish everything was this easy and fun.”
“Serena” is the first of 10 short films planned for Wigs, and comes on the heels of the channel’s first series, “Jan.” The first six episodes of “Jan,” which stars Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen, and Stephen Moyer, are available on youtube.com/wigs.
Over the coming weeks and months, Wigs will continue to release content produced with a renowned group of writers and filmmakers,...
“Serena,” the first Wigs short film, is premiering now on youtube.com/wigs.
“Jennifer and Alfred were perfect,” remarked Rodrigo Garcia. “They elevated the script and found feeling and laughter where I had not seen it. I wish everything was this easy and fun.”
“Serena” is the first of 10 short films planned for Wigs, and comes on the heels of the channel’s first series, “Jan.” The first six episodes of “Jan,” which stars Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen, and Stephen Moyer, are available on youtube.com/wigs.
Over the coming weeks and months, Wigs will continue to release content produced with a renowned group of writers and filmmakers,...
- 5/23/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today, Vulture launches its latest column, Seitz Asks, which aims to tackle both grand questions about the medium and small ones about individual shows or episodes. Every week, TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz will propose a question, give his own answer, and then engage with readers and commenters about their own personal experiences. As an American boy in the seventies, I saw plenty on TV that scared, disturbed, or upset me: the bigotry and brutality of Roots; naked prisoners being led into a gas chamber on Holocaust; Farrah Fawcett's torment in The Burning Bed. But I didn't realize commercial TV could be art, or even aspire to artfulness, until I started watching Hill Street Blues.In many ways the godfather of today's melancholy, morally ambiguous cable dramas, the Steven Bochco series imported seventies movie values to NBC. There were content restrictions, some of them jarring (the cops never used...
- 4/25/2012
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Hamsterdam, MD - News at 4:20. As part of the celebration for the upcoming season of Weeds, Glick University polled over 4,000 Americans about what TV News personalities they wanted to see get high during a broadcast.
Naturally there were ground rules including the disqualifications of news organizations that contain notorious on air potheads. This meant no votes were collected for the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Fox and Friends. You think Steve Doocey is sober? Hard to think that any of those folks have eyes that aren’t pied 24-7.
10, Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) had a lot of folks who reacted that it’d be like, “Dude, I’m getting high with dad.” Of course this initial elation is cut down with the horrifying fact of “Dude, I’m getting high with dad and it’s just not someone I need to party with.”
Rick Sanchez...
Naturally there were ground rules including the disqualifications of news organizations that contain notorious on air potheads. This meant no votes were collected for the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Fox and Friends. You think Steve Doocey is sober? Hard to think that any of those folks have eyes that aren’t pied 24-7.
10, Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) had a lot of folks who reacted that it’d be like, “Dude, I’m getting high with dad.” Of course this initial elation is cut down with the horrifying fact of “Dude, I’m getting high with dad and it’s just not someone I need to party with.”
Rick Sanchez...
- 7/23/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
By Roger Friedman
HollywoodNews.com: Everyone is going ga-ga over the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death on Friday.
But today also marks the first year since the passing of Farrah Fawcett. Her death was a little overshadowed by Jackson’s last year.
Farrah was first and f0remost The Sex Symbol of the 1970s. But she went on to prove herself a dynamic actress who wasn’t afraid to take on challenges. As she got older, she allowed herself to be funny, goofy and mischievous. As good as she was in TV movies like “The Burning Bed” and “A Murder in Texas,” she was also hilarious in her short lived sitcom with Ryan O’Neal, “Good Sports.”
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To read more go to Showbiz411.com.
HollywoodNews.com: Everyone is going ga-ga over the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death on Friday.
But today also marks the first year since the passing of Farrah Fawcett. Her death was a little overshadowed by Jackson’s last year.
Farrah was first and f0remost The Sex Symbol of the 1970s. But she went on to prove herself a dynamic actress who wasn’t afraid to take on challenges. As she got older, she allowed herself to be funny, goofy and mischievous. As good as she was in TV movies like “The Burning Bed” and “A Murder in Texas,” she was also hilarious in her short lived sitcom with Ryan O’Neal, “Good Sports.”
Awards News, Breaking News, Entertainment News, Movie News, Music News, Hollywood News
To read more go to Showbiz411.com.
- 6/25/2010
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
DVD Giveaway - Laffapalooza With Tracey Morgan
I just loved Comic Strip Live with John Mulrooney when I was a kid.
I would tape that show relentlessly every weekend, this being before TiVo and having to get the timing exactly right or else risking taping a completely different show 12 hours earlier/later than you wanted to or, God forbid, someone tuned it to a different channel after you physically set the recorder, and every weekend I was exposed to a few great comedians.
Tracey Morgan’s Laffapalooza was...
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
DVD Giveaway - Laffapalooza With Tracey Morgan
I just loved Comic Strip Live with John Mulrooney when I was a kid.
I would tape that show relentlessly every weekend, this being before TiVo and having to get the timing exactly right or else risking taping a completely different show 12 hours earlier/later than you wanted to or, God forbid, someone tuned it to a different channel after you physically set the recorder, and every weekend I was exposed to a few great comedians.
Tracey Morgan’s Laffapalooza was...
- 3/12/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
This may or may not be a story you've seen, and it may even be something you missed during last night's Oscar telecast, but during the annual retrospective where the awards show honors its fallen comrades, two notable personalities were left off the list: Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur.
Twitter picked up the oversight right away on Sunday night, with people wondering why the telecast had left Farrah Fawcett out of the "in memoriam" portion of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards broadcast.
According to film commentator Roger Ebert, shortly thereafter, the answer was yes. On his Twitter account, Ebert said, "No Farrah Fawcett in the tribute? Major fail."
Farrah Fawcett died last year of cancer at age 62, the same day as Michael Jackson, in fact, who was included in the "in memoriam" montage. Fawcett was known primarily for her TV work, including in the movie The Burning Bed and the series Charlie's Angels,...
Twitter picked up the oversight right away on Sunday night, with people wondering why the telecast had left Farrah Fawcett out of the "in memoriam" portion of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards broadcast.
According to film commentator Roger Ebert, shortly thereafter, the answer was yes. On his Twitter account, Ebert said, "No Farrah Fawcett in the tribute? Major fail."
Farrah Fawcett died last year of cancer at age 62, the same day as Michael Jackson, in fact, who was included in the "in memoriam" montage. Fawcett was known primarily for her TV work, including in the movie The Burning Bed and the series Charlie's Angels,...
- 3/8/2010
- CinemaSpy
Sure, there are lots of great '70s TV stars, but to us the greatest of them all was Farrah Fawcett. The "Charlie's Angels" star wasn't the best actress, but she cornered the market on '70s style - what girl didn't want to have that long, blonde feathered hair? - and she could flawlessly perform "hazardous duties" while wielding a gun in a bathing suit and high heels.
There were lots of lows in Farrah's professional and personal life. But Farrah certainly had some highs as well. No one should forget her triumphant return to television in the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," which earned her the first of her four Emmy nominations. The last nod came just last year, for the documentary "Farrah's Story," the graphic and tragic tale of her long battle with cancer.
And still, when Farrah finally passed away, the news was instantly overshadowed by...
There were lots of lows in Farrah's professional and personal life. But Farrah certainly had some highs as well. No one should forget her triumphant return to television in the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," which earned her the first of her four Emmy nominations. The last nod came just last year, for the documentary "Farrah's Story," the graphic and tragic tale of her long battle with cancer.
And still, when Farrah finally passed away, the news was instantly overshadowed by...
- 12/3/2009
- by AmyandNancy
- Getback - TV
One of my favorite pastimes, especially when I should be doing something else, is moseying around the blogs of my readers. You may have noticed that when the name of a poster is displayed in blue, that means it's a link -- usually to the author's blog, although you might be surprised. Assembled here is a distinctive readership of interesting people, not least because I am vigilant about never posting idiotic or perfunctory comments. A certain civil tone is (usually) maintained, avoiding the plague of flame wars.
More than a year ago, when the blog was somewhat new to me, I wrote: "Your comments have provided me with the best idea of my readers that I have ever had, and you are the readers I have dreamed of. I was writing to you before I was sure you were there. You are thoughtful, engaged, fair, and often the authors of eloquent prose.
More than a year ago, when the blog was somewhat new to me, I wrote: "Your comments have provided me with the best idea of my readers that I have ever had, and you are the readers I have dreamed of. I was writing to you before I was sure you were there. You are thoughtful, engaged, fair, and often the authors of eloquent prose.
- 10/5/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Farrah Fawcett has received a posthumous Emmy nomination, it has been reported. The late actress was recognised for her role as executive producer on documentary Farrah's Story, according to People. The TV movie chronicled Fawcett's three-year battle with anal cancer, which she succumbed to on June 25. The Charlie’s Angels star was previously nominated for her work on The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). "For the Television Academy to recognise (more)...
- 7/16/2009
- by By Tim Parks
- Digital Spy
Three times nominated for her acting, though never a winner, Farrah Fawcett received her fourth Emmy nod posthumously on Thursday, as an executive producer of Farrah's Story, the May 15 NBC special that tracked the three-year cancer battle that eventually claimed her life on June 25. Fawcett, 62, was best known for her portrayal of Jill Munroe on Charlie's Angels, though she only remained with the show its first season, 1976-77. Her acting nominations were for roles in The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). In a statement Thursday, Fawcett's longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal said, "For the Television Academy to recognize Farrah's Story...
- 7/16/2009
- PEOPLE.com
Farrah Fawcett never won an Emmy during her lifetime, though she was nominated three different times. Her acting nominations were for roles in The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). But this morning, Farrah received a posthumous Emmy nomination for her executive producing of her documentary Farrah’s Story. Farrah’s longtime best friend Alana Stewart said of her Emmy nod, “It's very bittersweet. Farrah passed away three weeks ago today. I know that she would be so, so happy. This was so important to her, this project. She's been nominated before, and I...
- 7/16/2009
- Hollyscoop.com
Late actress Farrah Fawcett will continue her charity work even after her tragic death - the star set aside part of her fortune to help victims of domestic abuse, according to reports.
The Charlie's Angels actress passed away on Thursday after losing her three-year battle with cancer at the age of 62.
Fawcett, who starred as an abused woman in 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed, remained dedicated to helping victims of domestic abuse right up until her death - and has provided money for her favourite charities in her will, according to Radar Online.
The website reports Fawcett's estate will donate thousands of dollars to U.S. shelters for abused women.
The Charlie's Angels actress passed away on Thursday after losing her three-year battle with cancer at the age of 62.
Fawcett, who starred as an abused woman in 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed, remained dedicated to helping victims of domestic abuse right up until her death - and has provided money for her favourite charities in her will, according to Radar Online.
The website reports Fawcett's estate will donate thousands of dollars to U.S. shelters for abused women.
- 6/28/2009
- WENN
Farrah Fawcett died today of cancer at St. Johns’ Health Center in California. She was 62. The Texan actress and sex symbol whose who shot to fame on “Charlie’s Angels” and later on the critically-acclaimed TV film “The Burning Bed,” was diagnosed with colon cancer in September of 2006. She also gained acclaim for a score of other TV, film, and stage credits through the years, downplaying her “sex symbol” status from the 1970’s. We here at Shockya.com extend our deepest condolences to her friends and family. By Costa Koutsoutis...
- 6/26/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
By Amanda Reyes
Farrah Fawcett is an icon. As part of the original trio of ridiculously beautiful and refined detectives known as Charlie’s Angels, the actress soared to untold heights of fame. She played Jill Monroe, the fun, furtively smart girl with golden tresses and a smile that could stop a missile en route. She only played Jill for one season, but left an impact on anyone who caught the show during its original run. Fawcett passed away at the age of 62 after a long and very public battle with anal cancer. She might not ever be synonymous with horror, but her resume is overflowing with plenty of incredible genre work on the big and small screen...
Before she was an Angel Fawcett worked mostly in commercials and in character roles on television. Appearing in everything from I Dream of Jeannie to McCloud, Fawcett was also honing her skills...
Farrah Fawcett is an icon. As part of the original trio of ridiculously beautiful and refined detectives known as Charlie’s Angels, the actress soared to untold heights of fame. She played Jill Monroe, the fun, furtively smart girl with golden tresses and a smile that could stop a missile en route. She only played Jill for one season, but left an impact on anyone who caught the show during its original run. Fawcett passed away at the age of 62 after a long and very public battle with anal cancer. She might not ever be synonymous with horror, but her resume is overflowing with plenty of incredible genre work on the big and small screen...
Before she was an Angel Fawcett worked mostly in commercials and in character roles on television. Appearing in everything from I Dream of Jeannie to McCloud, Fawcett was also honing her skills...
- 6/26/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Farrah Fawcett proved more than once that she was far more than a mega watt smile and an impressive mane of hair. She will of course be remembered for “Charlie’s Angels” even though she spent only one season as one of the trio of female detectives who took orders from a disembodied voice, but that first season of “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instantly recognizable phenomenon who sold millions of copies of her swimsuit poster. The actress wanted more and left the show to pursue a film career. The film that was supposed to make that a reality was called Somebody Killed her Husband and instead it nearly killed her budding career. Instead of slinking away she reinvented herself as a serious actress taking on the unglamorous and difficult role of a battered wife in “The Burning Bed”. If “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instant icon, “The Burning Bed” made her a respected actress...
- 6/25/2009
- by Robin Ruinsky
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The director Farrah Fawcett hired to help her make acclaimed 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed has paid tribute to his star, calling her a "fearless" risk taker.
Robert Greenwald worked closely with Fawcett on the harrowing movie, in which the actress played a domestic abuse victim who sets her husband on fire, and still thinks of the 25-year-old film as one of his best pieces.
He puts that down to Fawcett's willingness to turn her back on her pin-up status and work hard to become a desperate housewife.
He says, "She knew that her beauty and her skills had got her an opportunity through Charlie's Angels and, rather than do Charlie's Angels: The Sequel and The Prequel and the after life, she used that opportunity and went out and fought like a demon to get The Burning Bed made.
"I remember sitting in a meeting with her and she said, 'We need this to look almost like a documentary...' It was a really terrific partnership and collaboration and I loved working with her.
"I took her to meet abused women, we went to women's shelters, we read all kinds of books and she stripped away everything... there was not a minute of pseudo-vanity.
"We created this intimate relationship, where she was able to give a devastating performance - because she was fearless."
Greenwald and Fawcett, who died on Thursday morning, remained close, and the director was one of the first people the actress' longtime partner Ryan O'Neal called to tell him she had passed away.
Robert Greenwald worked closely with Fawcett on the harrowing movie, in which the actress played a domestic abuse victim who sets her husband on fire, and still thinks of the 25-year-old film as one of his best pieces.
He puts that down to Fawcett's willingness to turn her back on her pin-up status and work hard to become a desperate housewife.
He says, "She knew that her beauty and her skills had got her an opportunity through Charlie's Angels and, rather than do Charlie's Angels: The Sequel and The Prequel and the after life, she used that opportunity and went out and fought like a demon to get The Burning Bed made.
"I remember sitting in a meeting with her and she said, 'We need this to look almost like a documentary...' It was a really terrific partnership and collaboration and I loved working with her.
"I took her to meet abused women, we went to women's shelters, we read all kinds of books and she stripped away everything... there was not a minute of pseudo-vanity.
"We created this intimate relationship, where she was able to give a devastating performance - because she was fearless."
Greenwald and Fawcett, who died on Thursday morning, remained close, and the director was one of the first people the actress' longtime partner Ryan O'Neal called to tell him she had passed away.
- 6/25/2009
- WENN
Farrah Fawcett passed away this morning at age 62 in a Los Angeles hospital after a long, arduous battle with cancer. Millions will remember her exactly as she was on the posters for Charlie’s Angels, the action-packed 1970s TV show that propelled her to fame: flaunting her luxuriant, golden hair, her blinding smile, and that tight-fitting red bikini. Those posters went on to sell a record 12 million copies and her image is no doubt seared in the retinas of several generations of men, even though she was only on the show for one season. Fetishized as she was for her feathered, bottle-blonde locks, Fawcett took her profession seriously, earning three Emmy nominations — in 1984 for The Burning Bed, in 1989 for Small Sacrificies, and in 2001 for The Guardian. But even later in life, it was her statuesque physique that kept setting records: her topless shoot for Playboy in 1995, when she was 48, sold four million copies,...
- 6/25/2009
- Vanity Fair
Somewhere you can hear Charlie's disembodied voice weeping for an Angel passing. I mean that in the kindest non-snarkiest way in case anyone misreads. If you lived through the 70s or 80s you will undoubtedly have at least a small place in your heart for the seminal Charlie's Angels cast and probably Farrah Fawcett in particular. She got the most mileage from the show, career wise, probably by exiting it so very quickly. Smart girl. I preferred Jaclyn Smith as a child and then Cheryl Ladd but now in retrospect I'm totally a Kate Jackson man. Yet through it all, personal preferences aside, it was Farrah who emerged as the true superstar among them.
She died this morning at 62, losing her long battle with cancer.
Farrah provided me with my first fully conscious ideas about the divide between TV stars and Movie Stars: TV stars were part of the fabric of every day life,...
She died this morning at 62, losing her long battle with cancer.
Farrah provided me with my first fully conscious ideas about the divide between TV stars and Movie Stars: TV stars were part of the fabric of every day life,...
- 6/25/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Farrah Fawcett, one of the original Charlie's Angels cast members and the best-selling pinup girl in history, died this morning in Santa Monica, Calif, three years after being diagnosed with cancer. Actor Ryan O'Neal, with whom she'd had an on-again/off-again relationship for nearly 30 years, was at her side. Fawcett was 62.
The Corpus Christi native and University of Texas at Austin alumnus had become relatively famous in the early 1970s doing modeling and guest spots on various TV shows, but it was her role as one of the three sexy crime fighters in Charlie's Angels, in 1976, that made her a superstar. The iconic poster of her in a red swimsuit sold 12 million copies -- the most ever for a poster -- and adorned teenage boys' bedrooms all across America. When she appeared mostly nude in Playboy in 1995, at age 48, it became the magazine's bestselling issue of the 1990s.
She left...
The Corpus Christi native and University of Texas at Austin alumnus had become relatively famous in the early 1970s doing modeling and guest spots on various TV shows, but it was her role as one of the three sexy crime fighters in Charlie's Angels, in 1976, that made her a superstar. The iconic poster of her in a red swimsuit sold 12 million copies -- the most ever for a poster -- and adorned teenage boys' bedrooms all across America. When she appeared mostly nude in Playboy in 1995, at age 48, it became the magazine's bestselling issue of the 1990s.
She left...
- 6/25/2009
- by Eric D. Snider
- Cinematical
I know we usually blog on casting news and the latest happenings in movies, but it's sad to hear that Farrah Fawcett, who's been battling cancer for the last three years, died this morning at a Santa Monica hospital at age 62.Although the golden-haired beauty who came to fame in the '70s as the star of "Charlie's Angels" was never able to quite break through on the big screen, anyone who watched her in the '80s as the abused characters at the heart of projects like Extremities and "The Burning Bed" know that any missed movie opportunities were in no way due to a lack of talent.While she had been mainly appearing in smaller TV projects throughout the '90s and early 2000's, Fawcett did have a notable co-starring role in Robert...
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- 6/25/2009
- by Fandango
- Fandango
I know we usually blog on casting news and the latest happenings in movies, but it's sad to hear that Farrah Fawcett, who's been battling cancer for the last three years, died this morning at a Santa Monica hospital at age 62.Although the golden-haired beauty who came to fame in the '70s as the star of "Charlie's Angels" was never able to quite break through on the big screen, anyone who watched her in the '80s as the abused characters at the heart of projects like Extremities and "The Burning Bed" know that any missed movie opportunities were in no way due to a lack of talent.While she had been mainly appearing in smaller TV projects throughout the '90s and early 2000's, Fawcett did have a notable co-starring role in Robert...
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- 6/25/2009
- by Fandango
- Fandango
I know we usually blog on casting news and the latest happenings in movies, but it's sad to hear that Farrah Fawcett, who's been battling cancer for the last three years, died this morning at a Santa Monica hospital at age 62.Although the golden-haired beauty who came to fame in the '70s as the star of "Charlie's Angels" was never able to quite break through on the big screen, anyone who watched her in the '80s as the abused characters at the heart of projects like Extremities and "The Burning Bed" know that any missed movie opportunities were in no way due to a lack of talent.While she had been mainly appearing in smaller TV projects throughout the '90s and early 2000's, Fawcett did have a notable co-starring role in Robert...
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- 6/25/2009
- by Fandango
- Fandango
In sad but expected news, Farrah Fawcett has passed away at age sixty-two after a long and valiant fight with cancer. She was one of the most iconic sex symbols of all time, as well as a sadly underrated actress.
Most people will name the camp TV classic Charlie's Angels as her biggest claim to fame, but she was only on the show for one season (as well as a few guest appearances). Because of her enormous sex appeal, it was difficult for her to be taken seriously as an actress, but that changed in 1984 with a performance that would redefine her career.
Small Sacrifices/The Burning Bed
Like Cher in her Oscar-nominated dramatic turn in Silkwood, Farrah shocked the world with her gritty, Emmy-nominated performance as a battered wife in The Burning Bed. She would appear in a string of dramatic roles through the eighties, including Extremities, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story,...
Most people will name the camp TV classic Charlie's Angels as her biggest claim to fame, but she was only on the show for one season (as well as a few guest appearances). Because of her enormous sex appeal, it was difficult for her to be taken seriously as an actress, but that changed in 1984 with a performance that would redefine her career.
Small Sacrifices/The Burning Bed
Like Cher in her Oscar-nominated dramatic turn in Silkwood, Farrah shocked the world with her gritty, Emmy-nominated performance as a battered wife in The Burning Bed. She would appear in a string of dramatic roles through the eighties, including Extremities, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story,...
- 6/25/2009
- by snicks
- The Backlot
After a long battle with cancer, Farrah Fawcett died at the age of 62. Another one of my pop culture icons has passed away :sad
Although the actress never excelled in the movie industry, she was certainly a major TV star! She was my favorite angel in "Charlie's Angels" next to Kate Jackson's Sabrina! And she had shown some acting depth in various TV movies such as "The Burning Bed."
And yes, I had her famous poster on my wall!
For more on Miss Farrah's life, click here.
Here's a special look back at the life and times of Farrah Fawcett. Good bye Miss Farrah, and our heartfelt condolences to Ryan O'Neal and the rest of Fawcett's family :sad...
Although the actress never excelled in the movie industry, she was certainly a major TV star! She was my favorite angel in "Charlie's Angels" next to Kate Jackson's Sabrina! And she had shown some acting depth in various TV movies such as "The Burning Bed."
And yes, I had her famous poster on my wall!
For more on Miss Farrah's life, click here.
Here's a special look back at the life and times of Farrah Fawcett. Good bye Miss Farrah, and our heartfelt condolences to Ryan O'Neal and the rest of Fawcett's family :sad...
- 6/25/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Farrah Fawcett lost her very public battle with anal cancer at age 62. "Ms. Fawcett won praise for her serious acting later in her career, typically as a victimized woman and notably in the television movie “The Burning Bed.” But she remained best known for the hit 1970s television show “Charlie’s Angels,” in which she played Jill Munroe, one of three beautiful female private detectives employed by an unseen male boss who (in the voice of John Forsythe) issued directives and patronizing praise over a speaker phone." Read her Nyt obituary here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/television/26fawcett.html?_r=1&hp [1] Praise goes out to her family, especially her longtime partner Ryan O'Neal (18 years) who she had just announced her intention to marry. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/television/26fawcett.html?_r=1&hp...
- 6/25/2009
- by Drew Williamson
- SoundOnSight
Charlie's Angels actress Farrah Fawcett has died. She was 62. The five-time Golden Globe-nominated star passed away on Thursday morning at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.
- 6/25/2009
- WENN
Farrah and Ryan came to visit me about a month ago. Her spirit and passion and intelligence were as sharp as ever. The deep connection between Farrah and Ryan stronger then ever, with the teasing and humor in full throttle. But her body was being destroyed by the cancer. And it showed. Painfully. Farrah is an amazing fighter and she was in full fight mode. With Ryan right beside her. And I remember so well the months we spent together as we prepared for The Burning Bed. I was directing her for the first time and her fearless commitment to going to the darkest places emotionally never wavered. She never hesitated when I took her to battered women's shelters. To interview women with painful stories. And she never flinched when I described how we needed to take away her wonderful beauty and life force to...
- 6/25/2009
- by Robert Greenwald
- Huffington Post
Actress Farrah Fawcett, perhaps best known for her role as Jill Munroe in Charlie's Angels, died today of cancer at the age of 62. In the 1970s, her role in Charlie's Angels, combined with her marriage to actor Lee Majors and her appearance in an iconic pin-up poster (which sold 12 million copies), made her a celebrity. Fawcett went on to appear in films such as The Cannonball Run, The Apostle, and Logan's Run. She also starred in the TV movies such as The Burning Bed, and more recently, appeared in a documentary about her struggle with cancer, Farrah's Story. That documentary aired on NBC this past May, and followed Fawcett in her attempts to treat her illness. She is survived by her longtime partner, Ryan O'Neal, and their 24-year old son, Raymond. Feel free to leave remembrances and tributes in the comments below.
- 6/25/2009
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
After a struggle with cancer, Farrah Fawcett has died at sixty-two. Perhaps best known for her breakout role in the TV series Charlie's Angels, Fawcett won critical acclaim for her roles in 1984's The Burning Bed and in 1986's Extremities. In this clip, we look back on her career.
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- 6/25/2009
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Farrah Fawcett, who skyrocketed to fame as one of a trio of impossibly glamorous private eyes on TV's Charlie's Angels, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 62. Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST on Thursday at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif. She was with longtime partner Ryan O'Neal, friend Alana Stewart, friend and hairdresser Mela Murphy and her doctor Lawrence Piro. She had recently returned to St. John's for treatment of complications from anal cancer, first diagnosed three years ago. "She's gone. She now belongs to the ages," O'Neal tells People, also confirming...
- 6/25/2009
- by Stephen M. Silverman and Champ Clark
- PEOPLE.com
"The Insider" has the latest... Farrah Fawcett died this morning at 9:28 a.m. at the St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. She was 62. The '70s style icon and "Charlie's Angels" star was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 2, 1947 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She got her first career break in the late 1960s, appearing in TV commercials and then guest-starring on TV shows such as "I Dream of Jeannie," "The Flying Nun" and "The Partridge Family." She also appeared on several episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man," starring husband Lee Majors. The couple married in 1973 but separated in 1979, divorcing in 1982. Afterwards, Farrah began a tempestuous, on-and-off relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal, and the pair had a son, Redmond O'Neal, in 1985. In 1976, Farrah's celebrity status skyrocketed after she posed in a red bathing suit with...
- 6/25/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
The actress known for her part in "Charlies Angels" died at the St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. She was 62 years old. Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006. With over 50 credits to her name in both television and film, Farrah Fawcett will truly be remembered as an icon to many. I mostly remember her from performances in the hysterical "The Canonball Run" (despite being Razzie nominated for Worst Supporting Actress) back in 1981 as well as Golden Globe nominees "The Burning Bed" and "Extremities." Other credits include "Logans Run," "Saturn 3," "The Apostle" and Robert Altman's "Dr. T. and the Women."...
- 6/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The camera loved her. Men drooled over her and women wanted to look like her. She was the pin-up girl of the '70s—the blonde bombshell whose lovely visage hung on the walls of teenage boys across North America in one of the most famous posters of the decade. The classic image of Farrah Fawcett wearing a red swimsuit (pictured at left) sold 12 million copies around the world. But today, the woman who entered our collective consciousness 35 years ago as a lovely television pop idol, is dead at 62 after a fierce and much-publicized battle with cancer.
Fawcett was catapulted to worldwide fame in 1976 when she starred alongside Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith in the Aaron Spelling series Charlie's Angels. Fawcett played Jill Munroe, who, together with Sabrina Duncan (Kate Jackson) and Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith), worked for a detective agency and received their assignments via speaker-phone from an unseen boss,...
Fawcett was catapulted to worldwide fame in 1976 when she starred alongside Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith in the Aaron Spelling series Charlie's Angels. Fawcett played Jill Munroe, who, together with Sabrina Duncan (Kate Jackson) and Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith), worked for a detective agency and received their assignments via speaker-phone from an unseen boss,...
- 6/25/2009
- CinemaSpy
Robert F. "Bobby" Liu and Isidore Mankofsky will be honored at the 23rd annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards.
Liu will receive the Asc Career Achievement in Television Award and Mankofsky will receive the Asc Presidents Award during the Feb. 15 ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Liu earned Emmy nominations for "Lou Grant" in 1982 and "Family Ties" in 1989. His credits include "The Nanny," "The Martin Short Show" and "Hardcastle & McCormick." Born in Shanghai in 1926, Liu started his Hollywood career on the camera crews of such TV classics as "Gunsmoke," "The Rockford Files" and "Columbo."
Mankofsky earned three Emmy and three Asc Award nominations for his work on "Polly," "Afterburn," "Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder" and "Love, Lies and Murder," the latter of which took top honors in the Asc television miniseries competition in 1992. His credits consist of more than 100 films, including "The Muppet Movie," "Somewhere in Time,...
Liu will receive the Asc Career Achievement in Television Award and Mankofsky will receive the Asc Presidents Award during the Feb. 15 ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Liu earned Emmy nominations for "Lou Grant" in 1982 and "Family Ties" in 1989. His credits include "The Nanny," "The Martin Short Show" and "Hardcastle & McCormick." Born in Shanghai in 1926, Liu started his Hollywood career on the camera crews of such TV classics as "Gunsmoke," "The Rockford Files" and "Columbo."
Mankofsky earned three Emmy and three Asc Award nominations for his work on "Polly," "Afterburn," "Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder" and "Love, Lies and Murder," the latter of which took top honors in the Asc television miniseries competition in 1992. His credits consist of more than 100 films, including "The Muppet Movie," "Somewhere in Time,...
- 10/14/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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