Tony Award-winning actress, singer, dancer and cabaret star Liliane Montevecchi has died in New York City. She was 85 and passed away from colon cancer.
Born in Paris in 1932, Montevecchi was best known for her performance in the musical ‘Nine,’ which won her a Tony Award.
Montevecchi started her career as a ballerina in the company of Roland Petit. She moved to Hollywood in the 1950s, where she worked as an MGM contract player. She had small roles in such films as The Glass Slipper with Michael Wilding, Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire, and The Sad Sack with Jerry Lewis.
In 1958, she made her Broadway debut in the musical revue La Plume de Ma Tante. After that, she had a starring role in the Folies Bergere, appearing throughout the 1970s in a touring company.
Her biggest success came in 1982, when she appeared on Broadway in Nine, a musical based on...
Born in Paris in 1932, Montevecchi was best known for her performance in the musical ‘Nine,’ which won her a Tony Award.
Montevecchi started her career as a ballerina in the company of Roland Petit. She moved to Hollywood in the 1950s, where she worked as an MGM contract player. She had small roles in such films as The Glass Slipper with Michael Wilding, Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire, and The Sad Sack with Jerry Lewis.
In 1958, she made her Broadway debut in the musical revue La Plume de Ma Tante. After that, she had a starring role in the Folies Bergere, appearing throughout the 1970s in a touring company.
Her biggest success came in 1982, when she appeared on Broadway in Nine, a musical based on...
- 7/1/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A friend of mine told me this story about her memories of Debbie Reynolds, and I was so touched that I am writing it here:
Of course I saw “Singing in the Rain”, Debbie Reynolds’ first film. I don’t think anyone could ever forget that movie. And I loved “Tammy and the Bachelor” and can still sing “Tammy’s in Love” by heart. But the one that I loved the most was the one I most identified with when I was 10 and saw “Susan Slept Here”. I was struggling with my own pre-teen “jv” secret wishes. Growing up in what was a pretty anti-semitic Culver City neighborhood, I really wanted to be a “pachuca.” And with my own lack of a father-figure since my father died when I was eight, I fell in love with Dick Powell. And I fell in love with the green dress Tammy wore as...
Of course I saw “Singing in the Rain”, Debbie Reynolds’ first film. I don’t think anyone could ever forget that movie. And I loved “Tammy and the Bachelor” and can still sing “Tammy’s in Love” by heart. But the one that I loved the most was the one I most identified with when I was 10 and saw “Susan Slept Here”. I was struggling with my own pre-teen “jv” secret wishes. Growing up in what was a pretty anti-semitic Culver City neighborhood, I really wanted to be a “pachuca.” And with my own lack of a father-figure since my father died when I was eight, I fell in love with Dick Powell. And I fell in love with the green dress Tammy wore as...
- 1/17/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cinderella is one of the most beloved tales in Disney's long history, and now, with the live-action adaptation of the classic story hitting screens, a whole new generation will get to enjoy the enchantment and wonder of this timeless princess tale.
One of the most spectacular and fantastical elements in the film is Cinderella's wish-granting fairy godmother -- played by Helena Bonham Carter -- and when all the stars turned out for the film's world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, they knew exactly to wish for if they had their own fairy godmother.
Video: The Glass Slipper Is Broken in New Cinderella Trailer
"I would ask for my family to be well, and healthy and happy for the rest of their lives," said star Richard Madden, who plays Prince Charming. "And an Aston Martin as well, maybe."
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer had a similar idea of how to really make good use of a wish...
One of the most spectacular and fantastical elements in the film is Cinderella's wish-granting fairy godmother -- played by Helena Bonham Carter -- and when all the stars turned out for the film's world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, they knew exactly to wish for if they had their own fairy godmother.
Video: The Glass Slipper Is Broken in New Cinderella Trailer
"I would ask for my family to be well, and healthy and happy for the rest of their lives," said star Richard Madden, who plays Prince Charming. "And an Aston Martin as well, maybe."
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer had a similar idea of how to really make good use of a wish...
- 3/2/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
The 2014 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. featured many amazing, floral-covered floats on New Year's Day. From space aliens to travel destinations to gay marriage, the floats were all impressive. Check out the full winners' list below.
Past Presidents' award
Most creative design and use of both floral and non-floral materials
Western Asset Management Co. -- "So Close, Yet Safari Away"
Governor's award
Best depiction of life in California
City of Glendale -- "Let's Be Neighbors"
Sweepstakes award
Most beautiful entry in parade with outstanding floral presentation and design
Dole Packaged Foods -- "Sunrise at the Oasis"
Theme award
Excellence in presenting parade theme
Donate Life -- "Light Up the World"
Mayor's award
Most outstanding city entry -- national or international
Sierra Madre Rose Float Association -- "Catching the Big One"
Extraordinaire award
Most spectacular float
Singpoli Group -- "Connecting Cultures, Delivering Dreams"
Bob Hope Humor award
La Canada Flintridge Tournament...
Past Presidents' award
Most creative design and use of both floral and non-floral materials
Western Asset Management Co. -- "So Close, Yet Safari Away"
Governor's award
Best depiction of life in California
City of Glendale -- "Let's Be Neighbors"
Sweepstakes award
Most beautiful entry in parade with outstanding floral presentation and design
Dole Packaged Foods -- "Sunrise at the Oasis"
Theme award
Excellence in presenting parade theme
Donate Life -- "Light Up the World"
Mayor's award
Most outstanding city entry -- national or international
Sierra Madre Rose Float Association -- "Catching the Big One"
Extraordinaire award
Most spectacular float
Singpoli Group -- "Connecting Cultures, Delivering Dreams"
Bob Hope Humor award
La Canada Flintridge Tournament...
- 1/1/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Holly Robinson Peete gets in on in her minivan, she tells Access Hollywood. “We sometimes have to sneak out in our minivan” Peete agrees that making time to maintain intimacy with your partner is important. Peete was guest co-host on Access Hollywood Live on Tuesday where she admitted that she and her husband Rodney have been known to use their minivan for some romantic trysts. Guest Gabrielle Reece who was on promoting her new book, “My Foot is Too Big for The Glass Slipper” says she and her husband Laird Hamilton have a 48-hour rule, to maintain intimacy. “We sometimes have to sneak out in our minivan, I’m not even lying,” Holly said. Adding, “When the minivan’s a rockin’...
- 7/30/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Richard Madden: Game of Thrones’ King of the North to play Prince Charming in Cinderella Richard Madden, Game of Thrones‘ King of the North Robb Stark, has been cast as Prince Charming in Disney’s live-action retelling of the Cinderella fairy-tale. A few days ago, Lily James (Wrath of the Titans, Downton Abbey) was announced as the actress to try on Cinderella’s tiny glass slippers. The other major Cinderella cast member announced so far is Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator), who’ll play the evil Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother — perhaps with shades of Queen Elizabeth I? Cinderella follows in the (sizable) footsteps of other fairy-tales that have reached the world’s screens in recent years: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010), starring Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, grossed $1.02 billion worldwide. Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror...
- 5/8/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The beach's tannest and most enviable couple -- pro-volleyball player Gabrielle Reece and surfing superstar Laird Hamilton -- have been married for 17 years. They have two daughters together and one teenage daughter from Laird's first marriage. Reece recently wrote a memoir titled "My Foot Is Too Big For The Glass Slipper," about her marriage, the couple's misses and failures, as well as their most cherished lessons on living happily together and how it make it all work. But one statement in the book set off a firestorm of media reaction last month. Reece wrote, “to truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and –- look out, here it comes –- submissive.”
HuffPost La spoke with Reece on the phone from her home in Kauai, Hawaii, to find out if she still stands by her submissiveness statement, how she got into a scuffle with Katie Couric and why fairy tales aren't meant to come true.
HuffPost La spoke with Reece on the phone from her home in Kauai, Hawaii, to find out if she still stands by her submissiveness statement, how she got into a scuffle with Katie Couric and why fairy tales aren't meant to come true.
- 5/4/2013
- by Sasha Bronner
- Huffington Post
Bridesmaids of the World Unite — September 20 is Your Day!
[yellow tail] wines creates the First Annual National Bridesmaid.s Day.
Pippa Middleton was one. Julia Roberts played one, and so did Patrick Dempsey. For centuries Bridesmaids have been relegated to a supporting role complete with puffy sleeves and dyed shoes. but those days are over. [yellow tail] wines announced today it is partnering with Universal Studios Home Entertainment and NBCUniversal Digital Distribution to declare September 20, 2011 National Bridesmaid.s Day in celebration of the Blu-ray., DVD and On Demand release of Universal Pictures. breakout comedy, Bridesmaids.
According to the Us Census, for the past 20 years the pace of weddings has remained constant; an average of 2.25 . 2.5 million weddings taking place each year. Moreover, according to The Knot.com, each wedding has an average of four bridesmaids; meaning each year, some 10 million young women step up to embrace the role of Bridesmaid.
.When you think about it,...
[yellow tail] wines creates the First Annual National Bridesmaid.s Day.
Pippa Middleton was one. Julia Roberts played one, and so did Patrick Dempsey. For centuries Bridesmaids have been relegated to a supporting role complete with puffy sleeves and dyed shoes. but those days are over. [yellow tail] wines announced today it is partnering with Universal Studios Home Entertainment and NBCUniversal Digital Distribution to declare September 20, 2011 National Bridesmaid.s Day in celebration of the Blu-ray., DVD and On Demand release of Universal Pictures. breakout comedy, Bridesmaids.
According to the Us Census, for the past 20 years the pace of weddings has remained constant; an average of 2.25 . 2.5 million weddings taking place each year. Moreover, according to The Knot.com, each wedding has an average of four bridesmaids; meaning each year, some 10 million young women step up to embrace the role of Bridesmaid.
.When you think about it,...
- 9/20/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Choreographer and dancer who created stunning roles for his wife, Zizi Jeanmaire
When Roland Petit's Les Ballets des Champs Elysées opened its first London season in 1946, the company brought to the British dance scene an explosion of chic and excitement which had long been missing. Not only was the standard of male dancing from Petit and his fellow dancer Jean Babilée better than anything for many years, the enthusiasm of the young company was a contrast to the restrained correctness of the Sadler's Wells dancers. Les Forains, a piece about a troupe of strolling entertainers, distinguished by beautiful decors and costumes by Christian Bérard, was the triumph of what the critic Richard Buckle described as "an evening of wonderful surprises".
Petit, who has died from leukaemia aged 87, was capable of tailoring a role so that it perfectly reflected the abilities of the dancer on whom it was made, often...
When Roland Petit's Les Ballets des Champs Elysées opened its first London season in 1946, the company brought to the British dance scene an explosion of chic and excitement which had long been missing. Not only was the standard of male dancing from Petit and his fellow dancer Jean Babilée better than anything for many years, the enthusiasm of the young company was a contrast to the restrained correctness of the Sadler's Wells dancers. Les Forains, a piece about a troupe of strolling entertainers, distinguished by beautiful decors and costumes by Christian Bérard, was the triumph of what the critic Richard Buckle described as "an evening of wonderful surprises".
Petit, who has died from leukaemia aged 87, was capable of tailoring a role so that it perfectly reflected the abilities of the dancer on whom it was made, often...
- 7/11/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
French dancer and choreographer Roland Petit died in Geneva on Sunday. He was 87. Associated with the Paris Opera Ballet and the Ballet de Marseille for a number of years, Petit was credited for creating more than 100 ballets throughout his career. Additionally, he choreographed dance sequences for a handful of movies, notably Samuel Goldwyn's Hans Christian Andersen (1952), a color extravaganza starring Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, and Petit's future wife Zizi Jeanmaire; two 1955 Leslie Caron vehicles, the Cinderella tale The Glass Slipper and Daddy Long Legs, which paired Caron with Fred Astaire; and Henri Decoin's Folies-Bergère (1956), with Jeanmaire, Eddie Constantine, and Nadia Gray. "With his muse Zizi Jeanmaire," whom Petit married in 1954, "he wrote some of the most beautiful pages of contemporary music hall," French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand eulogized. Roland Petit and Zizi Jeanmaire remained married until his death. Mitterrand quote via the BBC.
- 7/11/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
TCM cordially invites film lovers and royal watchers to celebrate next Friday the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton with an evening of romance fit for a king and queen.
Friday, April 29
8 p.m. - Royal Wedding (1951)
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell find love in London
just as Queen Elizabeth II prepares to walk down the aisle.
10 p.m. - Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar® for her performance
as a spritely princess opposite Gregory Peck.
12:15 a.m. - The Glass Slipper (1955)
Leslie Caron stars in this lush adaptation of the Cinderella story
co-starring Michael Wilding and featuring the music of Bronislau Kaper.
2 a.m. - The Swan (1956)
Grace Kelly became a real princess the same year she starred
in this comedy with Louis Jourdan and Alec Guinness.
4 a.m. - The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Ramon Navarro stars in the title role in this silent...
Friday, April 29
8 p.m. - Royal Wedding (1951)
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell find love in London
just as Queen Elizabeth II prepares to walk down the aisle.
10 p.m. - Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar® for her performance
as a spritely princess opposite Gregory Peck.
12:15 a.m. - The Glass Slipper (1955)
Leslie Caron stars in this lush adaptation of the Cinderella story
co-starring Michael Wilding and featuring the music of Bronislau Kaper.
2 a.m. - The Swan (1956)
Grace Kelly became a real princess the same year she starred
in this comedy with Louis Jourdan and Alec Guinness.
4 a.m. - The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Ramon Navarro stars in the title role in this silent...
- 4/20/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Annlee Ellingson
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
- 3/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Annlee Ellingson
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
(March 2011)
Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Cinequest Film Festival has merged film and technology for two decades. The event was an early adopter of digital capture and exhibition as well as distribution across all platforms from the big screen to DVD to TV to the Internet to handheld devices.
The tradition continues in the festival’s 21st edition with a program that includes 3-D programming and panels, including the world premiere of the stereo version of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” two 3-D shorts programs and seminars on the art and science of stereo filmmaking.
Meanwhile, Cinequest is screening 173 films this year from 41 countries — 75 of which are U.S., North American or world premieres. Audiences are expected to near 100,000, with more than 700 artists slated to attend.
This evening’s opening-night film is “Passione,” John Turturro’s musical love poem to the city of Naples.
- 3/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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