Tracy Morgan can check the Kentucky Derby off of his bucket list.
The 48-year-old comedian has made it to the Bluegrass State, where “the most exciting two minutes in sports” kicks off Saturday from the famed Churchill Downs in Lousiville.
It’s a dream come true for Morgan, who said at the 29th annual Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala on Friday night that he wanted to see a Derby in his lifetime.
“The horses — they’re great athletes. I wanted to see one before I die,” he said — dedicating his trip to his late father.
“I want to do all...
The 48-year-old comedian has made it to the Bluegrass State, where “the most exciting two minutes in sports” kicks off Saturday from the famed Churchill Downs in Lousiville.
It’s a dream come true for Morgan, who said at the 29th annual Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala on Friday night that he wanted to see a Derby in his lifetime.
“The horses — they’re great athletes. I wanted to see one before I die,” he said — dedicating his trip to his late father.
“I want to do all...
- 5/6/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
This article originally appeared on Travel & Leisure.
If you think all theme park snacks are the same, get ready to be blown away. There’s plenty more than nachos, pretzels and popcorn on offer at Orlando’s massive parks — if you know where to look, that is. From the best fried chicken, steak and sundaes you’ll ever eat to in-the-know fan favorites you’ll be hungry to try, these are the best sweets and treats to plan your next visit around:
Tonga Toast
If you haven’t stayed at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, you may have never tried...
If you think all theme park snacks are the same, get ready to be blown away. There’s plenty more than nachos, pretzels and popcorn on offer at Orlando’s massive parks — if you know where to look, that is. From the best fried chicken, steak and sundaes you’ll ever eat to in-the-know fan favorites you’ll be hungry to try, these are the best sweets and treats to plan your next visit around:
Tonga Toast
If you haven’t stayed at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, you may have never tried...
- 1/23/2017
- by Sonal Dutt
- PEOPLE.com
Kate Upton was a gorgeous lady in red at several 2016 Kentucky Derby events Friday. On Friday, the day before the main race, the actress and Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret model attended the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala. She wore a bright, cleavage-baring, empire waist red dress, paired with a white moto jacket worn over her shoulders. She also showcased her massive diamond engagement ring, given to her recently by Justin Verlander. Earlier in the day, Upton served as the First Lady of the Longines Kentucky Oaks, a preliminary race for 3-year old fillies, or young female horses. Wearing her jacket, a white shirt, white and...
- 5/7/2016
- E! Online
7,500 shrimp, 6,500 wood-fired Oscar-shaped flat bread, 3,000 custom Oscar boxes, over 2,700 bottles of Sterling Vineyards Wines and 7,000 mini chocolate Oscars. Just a sampling of the libations and nosh at the 2016 Governors Ball.
Last week a preview of the food, drinks and décor of this year’s Governors Ball, the Academy’s official post-Oscar celebration, was held for members of the media to get inside look at what the 1,500 guests will be dining on after the conclusion of Hollywood’s biggest night.
The Ball, which follows the 88th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 28, includes Oscar winners and nominees, show presenters and other telecast participants.
Inspired by the caricature-filled walls of the iconic Sardi’s and Brown Derby restaurants, the Ball’s décor will feature more than 170 newly commissioned drawings spotlighting filmmaking luminaries past and present, including many who appear in this year’s Oscar-nominated films.
“The theme of this year’s Governors Ball...
Last week a preview of the food, drinks and décor of this year’s Governors Ball, the Academy’s official post-Oscar celebration, was held for members of the media to get inside look at what the 1,500 guests will be dining on after the conclusion of Hollywood’s biggest night.
The Ball, which follows the 88th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 28, includes Oscar winners and nominees, show presenters and other telecast participants.
Inspired by the caricature-filled walls of the iconic Sardi’s and Brown Derby restaurants, the Ball’s décor will feature more than 170 newly commissioned drawings spotlighting filmmaking luminaries past and present, including many who appear in this year’s Oscar-nominated films.
“The theme of this year’s Governors Ball...
- 2/22/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
From the late 1920s through the late 1940s, virtually all major motion pictures that ever reached the American public were made in Hollywood. Over the decades since, several factors — the advent of lighter equipment, the rise of independent cinema and appealing tax incentives — have increasingly lured film production off of studio lots and out of town.
But this year, many of the most buzzed-about Oscar hopefuls were actually shot, in whole or in large part, in Hollywood — among them American Sniper, Cake, Chef, The Gambler, Inherent Vice and Nightcrawler— an encouraging fact that will be celebrated at the fourth annual Made-in-Hollywood Honors on Feb. 2 at the site of the old Hollywood Brown Derby at 1600 Vine.
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The Hollywood Reporter
From the late 1920s through the late 1940s, virtually all major motion pictures that ever reached the American public were made in Hollywood. Over the decades since, several factors — the advent of lighter equipment, the rise of independent cinema and appealing tax incentives — have increasingly lured film production off of studio lots and out of town.
But this year, many of the most buzzed-about Oscar hopefuls were actually shot, in whole or in large part, in Hollywood — among them American Sniper, Cake, Chef, The Gambler, Inherent Vice and Nightcrawler— an encouraging fact that will be celebrated at the fourth annual Made-in-Hollywood Honors on Feb. 2 at the site of the old Hollywood Brown Derby at 1600 Vine.
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- 1/9/2015
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Seventy-five years after the premiere of "Gone With the Wind" (on December 15, 1939), it seems that nothing -- not the passage of time, not the movie's controversial racial politics, not the film's daunting length, and not even the release of certain James Cameron global blockbusters -- can diminish the romantic Civil War drama's stature as the most popular movie of all time.
The film is certainly a formidable artistic achievement, a cornerstone of movie history, and a highlight of a year so full of landmark films that 1939 has often been called the greatest year in the history of Hollywood filmmaking. Each viewing of the four-hour epic seems to reveal new details. Still, even longtime "Gwtw" fans may not know the behind-the-scenes story of the film, one as lengthy and tumultuous as the on-screen romance between Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). Producer David O. Selznick spent fortunes, hired...
The film is certainly a formidable artistic achievement, a cornerstone of movie history, and a highlight of a year so full of landmark films that 1939 has often been called the greatest year in the history of Hollywood filmmaking. Each viewing of the four-hour epic seems to reveal new details. Still, even longtime "Gwtw" fans may not know the behind-the-scenes story of the film, one as lengthy and tumultuous as the on-screen romance between Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). Producer David O. Selznick spent fortunes, hired...
- 12/16/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Since the development of the moving picture camera in the late 19th century, the world, especially Americans, has been fascinated by the silver screen. For a time, people shut out the cold reality of the Great Depression with Shirley Temple's iconic curls, and legends such as Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck, and Katherine Hepburn roamed Hollywood lots and ordered Cobb salads at the Brown Derby. For awhile it seemed that our infatuation with Hollywood would never end, but the most recent decade has seen both its revenue and cultural significance decline, and many industry experts are scrambling to understand how movies have slipped from the spotlight. Internal changes show that studios have reinvested quite a bit of their resources into television production, and although Hollywood has been a television oriented town since the late -1950s, it had never stepped on film profits until fairly recently.
Since the true golden...
- 10/29/2014
- by Brandon Engel
- www.culturecatch.com
Leah Cevoli has covered events for us in the past, such as Eli Roth’s Goretorium, and brought us new details on The Night Visitor last week. She’s currently helping out on Blood Kiss, and put together an exclusive Q&A with the team behind the project.
The movie is a vampire love story set in 1940′s Los Angeles, was written by Michael Reaves, and will star Neil Gaiman, Amber Benson, Christina Moses. Continue reading to learn more about Neil Gaiman’s acting debut, how everyone got together for this project, and what we can expect:
“Emmy Award winning writer Michael Reaves is creating a new film, Blood Kiss, and new genre, Vamp Noir. He’s discovered a fresh acting talent to co-star, superstar writer Neil Gaiman. Also starring Amber Benson from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Blood Kiss revolves around detective Joe Belicek, who must solve the murder of...
The movie is a vampire love story set in 1940′s Los Angeles, was written by Michael Reaves, and will star Neil Gaiman, Amber Benson, Christina Moses. Continue reading to learn more about Neil Gaiman’s acting debut, how everyone got together for this project, and what we can expect:
“Emmy Award winning writer Michael Reaves is creating a new film, Blood Kiss, and new genre, Vamp Noir. He’s discovered a fresh acting talent to co-star, superstar writer Neil Gaiman. Also starring Amber Benson from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Blood Kiss revolves around detective Joe Belicek, who must solve the murder of...
- 5/6/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
There's been a lot of talk about the possible return of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII. There's been all kinds of confirmations, denials, and people just playing coy with it all. We all know it's going to happen, but, according to George Lucas all three of the actors will return in the seventh episode, in fact he said they were already signed on to do it before Disney bought Lucasfilm! Here's what he had to say in an interview about it with Businessweek,
"We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison—or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.’ He pauses. ‘Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them.
"We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison—or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.’ He pauses. ‘Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them.
- 3/7/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Hollywoodland Homeowners Association
Originally erected in 1923 as a billboard to help sell the surrounding property, the Hollywood sign read Hollywoodland. In his newest book, entitled “The Hollywood Sign” Leo Braudy traces the history of the landmark up until its near removal in 2010 when Hugh Hefner donated the final $900,000 to ensure its preservation.
Speakeasy talked with Braudy about the neighborhood, the sign’s iconic status and Hefner’s longstanding relationship with the landmark.
The Wall Street Journal: How did you...
Originally erected in 1923 as a billboard to help sell the surrounding property, the Hollywood sign read Hollywoodland. In his newest book, entitled “The Hollywood Sign” Leo Braudy traces the history of the landmark up until its near removal in 2010 when Hugh Hefner donated the final $900,000 to ensure its preservation.
Speakeasy talked with Braudy about the neighborhood, the sign’s iconic status and Hefner’s longstanding relationship with the landmark.
The Wall Street Journal: How did you...
- 3/14/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Harriett Tendler was 18, the only child of a widowed Jewish farmer, when she enrolled at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Stage, Screen, and Radio in Philadelphia in 1947. It was there she fell in love with Charles Buchinsky, a fellow student eight years her senior. Charles was part of a large Lithuanian family from an impoverished coal mining town in Pennsylvania. He had served in WWII as a tail gunner and was using the GI bill to study art and acting. Harriett and Charles were married in 1949 and two years later, Charles was cast in his first film. In 1953 he changed his last name to Bronson and found work as a solid character actor with a rugged face, muscular physique and everyman ethnicity that kept him busy in supporting roles as indians, convicts, cowboys, boxers, and gangsters. Life was good for the Bronsons and they had a daughter and then a son.
- 1/19/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Roger Friedman
HollywoodNews.com: “Mad Men” episode 3, Season 4: the show makes its first “Bewitched” joke. Harry notices Don has a layover in Los Angeles on his way to Acapulco. He says he should go to the Brown Derby and find “Bill Asher.” Harry says: “He’ll probably cast you.”
Well, William Asher was the producer of “Bewitched” and husband of star Elizabeth Montgomery. Maybe Don could be Darrin’s evil twin? The clip is on the AMC website (and seen below).
Meanwhile, Fancast is now showing a different clip from the same episode, called “The Good News.” Apparently the ‘good news’ is that Joan is still capable of getting pregnant. She visits her ob/gyn and discusses having children with that idiot husband who’s now on his way to Vietnam. Why, Joan, why? Divorce him! Matt, kill him! Whatever. Joan also reveals she’s had two abortions.
HollywoodNews.com: “Mad Men” episode 3, Season 4: the show makes its first “Bewitched” joke. Harry notices Don has a layover in Los Angeles on his way to Acapulco. He says he should go to the Brown Derby and find “Bill Asher.” Harry says: “He’ll probably cast you.”
Well, William Asher was the producer of “Bewitched” and husband of star Elizabeth Montgomery. Maybe Don could be Darrin’s evil twin? The clip is on the AMC website (and seen below).
Meanwhile, Fancast is now showing a different clip from the same episode, called “The Good News.” Apparently the ‘good news’ is that Joan is still capable of getting pregnant. She visits her ob/gyn and discusses having children with that idiot husband who’s now on his way to Vietnam. Why, Joan, why? Divorce him! Matt, kill him! Whatever. Joan also reveals she’s had two abortions.
- 8/4/2010
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
What's most impressive about Christopher Welles Feder's memoir of her unconventional childhood in the shadow of the Hollywood titan is how gracefully she appears to have emerged from it
In summer 1947, Orson Welles took his 10-year-old daughter to lunch at the Brown Derby in Hollywood. She asked for a hamburger and a vanilla milkshake. "Again?" sighed Welles as he mulled the gazpacho and the lobster bisque. "Why don't you be more adventurous today? How about some oysters?" Dismissing the girl's objections, he ordered a dozen and coached her through the protocol required to knock a couple down the hatch before allowing her to proceed to her burger and shake, lesson learned. "You have to try things in life, Christopher."
Conventionality was hardly an option for Christopher Welles Feder. Even if she hadn't been given a male name – hard not to think of A Boy Named Sue – her father's monstrous fame...
In summer 1947, Orson Welles took his 10-year-old daughter to lunch at the Brown Derby in Hollywood. She asked for a hamburger and a vanilla milkshake. "Again?" sighed Welles as he mulled the gazpacho and the lobster bisque. "Why don't you be more adventurous today? How about some oysters?" Dismissing the girl's objections, he ordered a dozen and coached her through the protocol required to knock a couple down the hatch before allowing her to proceed to her burger and shake, lesson learned. "You have to try things in life, Christopher."
Conventionality was hardly an option for Christopher Welles Feder. Even if she hadn't been given a male name – hard not to think of A Boy Named Sue – her father's monstrous fame...
- 1/29/2010
- by Ben Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
It was the opening day of the Disney-mgm studios in Orlando. The stars were there with their children. There was an official luncheon at the Brown Derby, modeled after the legendary Hollywood eatery. I was beside myself. I was in a booth sitting next to Jack Brickhouse, the voice of the Chicago Cubs. A man walked over and introduced himself. "Bob Elliott." Oh. My. God. Bob, of Bob and Ray.
For me he was the biggest star in the room. Who, after all, compared to even one half of Bob and Ray, was Tom Hanks? Whoopi Goldberg? Art Linkletter? "Gosh all whillikers, Mr. Science!" I said, "What's that long brown object???" Bob didn't miss a beat: "That's known as a board, Roger."
Another man was steaming toward us through the throng. A middle-aged man, well-dressed, tanned, with a pleasant smile. "Hi, Jack!" he said. "Say, I hear Ernie Banks is invited.
For me he was the biggest star in the room. Who, after all, compared to even one half of Bob and Ray, was Tom Hanks? Whoopi Goldberg? Art Linkletter? "Gosh all whillikers, Mr. Science!" I said, "What's that long brown object???" Bob didn't miss a beat: "That's known as a board, Roger."
Another man was steaming toward us through the throng. A middle-aged man, well-dressed, tanned, with a pleasant smile. "Hi, Jack!" he said. "Say, I hear Ernie Banks is invited.
- 11/17/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Socialites and former best friends Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian are both horsing around in Louisville tonight, hosting preparties for the Kentucky Derby. Paris is cohosting the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve bash with boyfriend Doug Reinhardt. The charity gala donates money to benefit diabetes research. Kim is on duty at the Derby Spectacular shindig at Glassworks (hosted last year by Jenny McCarthy). So how much do you have to pony up to get into their parties? Tickets' to Paris' bash are $950 each, and the event is already sold out. Kim's soiree is a bit more affordable, with tickets starting at $125 a pop. Whose party do you think will be better: Paris' or...
- 5/1/2009
- E! Online
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