Exclusive: On the heels of her acclaimed directorial debut Passing, Rebecca Hall has found her next filmmaking vehicle in Four Days Like Sunday, a mother-daughter drama inspired by her own history, which she’s written to direct and will star in for See-Saw Films.
Set in the mid 1990s, the film follows 12-year-old Jane as she begins to rebel against her role as proxy-carer for her mother Sylvia (Hall), a recently divorced and ever so slightly fading Broadway diva. During a long weekend break between concert dates, Sylvia hosts Benton, Chris and Rahim, three male dancers from her current tour, at her anachronistically grand country house. She is also expecting the arrival of Dale, her handsome younger boyfriend. As Jane does her best to protect her mother from everything that threatens to disturb her delicate equilibrium, she moves quietly from childhood into something else-wiser, freer, and more alone.
Four Days...
Set in the mid 1990s, the film follows 12-year-old Jane as she begins to rebel against her role as proxy-carer for her mother Sylvia (Hall), a recently divorced and ever so slightly fading Broadway diva. During a long weekend break between concert dates, Sylvia hosts Benton, Chris and Rahim, three male dancers from her current tour, at her anachronistically grand country house. She is also expecting the arrival of Dale, her handsome younger boyfriend. As Jane does her best to protect her mother from everything that threatens to disturb her delicate equilibrium, she moves quietly from childhood into something else-wiser, freer, and more alone.
Four Days...
- 5/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
According to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users as of this writing, two closed shows are expected to receive nominations for Best Musical at this year’s Tony Awards. They are “Days of Wine and Roses,” which is in fifth place with 19/2 odds, and “Here Lies Love,” which is in second with 5/1 odds. Traditionally, however, closed shows tend to struggle getting Best Musical noms.
“Here Lies Love” opened way back in the summer of last year and was well received by critics. Yet it sadly never caught on commercially and ended up closing last November. Meanwhile, “Days of Wine and Roses” had already intended to be a limited run with its final performance planned for April 28 after opening in January to its own critical acclaim. Yet due to lackluster grosses, the run became even more limited, ending early on March 31.
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“Here Lies Love” opened way back in the summer of last year and was well received by critics. Yet it sadly never caught on commercially and ended up closing last November. Meanwhile, “Days of Wine and Roses” had already intended to be a limited run with its final performance planned for April 28 after opening in January to its own critical acclaim. Yet due to lackluster grosses, the run became even more limited, ending early on March 31.
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- 4/17/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Whether you have happy memories of Falkor flying through the skies or life-changingly-devastating memories of that horse dying in the mud, you probably remember The Neverending Story, director Wolfgang Petersen’s movie from 1984. You probably don’t remember the movie’s two sequels from the ’90s, but we’re not here to talk about those today.
Petersen’s movie was of course based on the same-titled 1979 novel from Michael Ende, and multiple brand new adaptations of that source material are now in the works.
Variety reports this morning that Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw Films are joining forces to bring The Neverending Story back to the big screen with “multiple live-action films.”
The website notes, “Variety hears that Ende’s estate had been fielding interest from across the globe over the last few years, including from studios and streamers.”
In the classic tale, “A troubled boy dives into a wondrous...
Petersen’s movie was of course based on the same-titled 1979 novel from Michael Ende, and multiple brand new adaptations of that source material are now in the works.
Variety reports this morning that Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw Films are joining forces to bring The Neverending Story back to the big screen with “multiple live-action films.”
The website notes, “Variety hears that Ende’s estate had been fielding interest from across the globe over the last few years, including from studios and streamers.”
In the classic tale, “A troubled boy dives into a wondrous...
- 3/20/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The 1979 children’s fantasy classic will be getting new life as a rebooted series of films. The new franchise will be coming from Michael Ende Productions and will be based on his source material. The novel saw a live-action adaptation in 1984 with Wolfgang Petersen co-writing and directing the film. Then, in 1990, George Miller (not Furiosa‘s George Miller) would direct a sequel that starred Jonathan Brandis. And finally, a third movie starring Free Willy‘s Jason James Richter would follow in 1994.
According to Deadline, the series of films are set to be produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for their production company See-Saw. Meanwhile, Roman Hocke and Ralph Gassmann will also be on board for Michael Ende Productions. Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw are set to collaborate with Lorenzo De Maio, who will serve as an executive producer on all the films. Wolf-Dieter Von Gronau, See-Saw’s Simon Gillis...
According to Deadline, the series of films are set to be produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for their production company See-Saw. Meanwhile, Roman Hocke and Ralph Gassmann will also be on board for Michael Ende Productions. Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw are set to collaborate with Lorenzo De Maio, who will serve as an executive producer on all the films. Wolf-Dieter Von Gronau, See-Saw’s Simon Gillis...
- 3/20/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Children’s fantasy classic The Neverending Story is headed for a big screen reboot via a series of live-action features to be developed and produced by Michael Ende Productions and Oscar-winning See-Saw Films. The partners were granted the rights to Ende’s enduring novel by the author’s executor, Wolf-Dieter von Gronau.
First published in 1979, The NeverEnding Story was a huge hit in Germany, remaining on the bestseller list for years. It went on to be translated into 45 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide. It also spawned films including the Wolfgang Peterson co-written and directed 1984 cult fantasy, as well as TV series, video games, pop songs, spinoff novels and stage plays. Deadline previously reported that streamers and studios, on both sides of the Atlantic, were chasing screen rights to revive the beloved property.
The Neverending Story begins in an old bookstore, where a young Bastian Balthasar Bux discovers the mysterious eponymous book.
First published in 1979, The NeverEnding Story was a huge hit in Germany, remaining on the bestseller list for years. It went on to be translated into 45 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide. It also spawned films including the Wolfgang Peterson co-written and directed 1984 cult fantasy, as well as TV series, video games, pop songs, spinoff novels and stage plays. Deadline previously reported that streamers and studios, on both sides of the Atlantic, were chasing screen rights to revive the beloved property.
The Neverending Story begins in an old bookstore, where a young Bastian Balthasar Bux discovers the mysterious eponymous book.
- 3/20/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
A new series of films based on The Neverending Story is in the works, which will seek to tackle the fantasy tale in “a fresh way”.
Forty years after Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 fantasy film The Neverending Story traumatised a generation of young movie-goers with its image of a depressed, sinking horse, a new adaptation of the original book has been announced.
See-Saw Films, the production company behind Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning The Power Of The Dog, is partnering with the estate of late German author Michael Ende to make a potential series of films based on the successful book, first published in 1979.
Both the novel and the film told the tale of a shy young boy, Bastian, who retreats into the fantasy world of the titular Neverending Story book.
“The story is both timely and timeless, and really has an opportunity to be told in a fresh way,” producer Iain Canning told Variety.
Forty years after Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 fantasy film The Neverending Story traumatised a generation of young movie-goers with its image of a depressed, sinking horse, a new adaptation of the original book has been announced.
See-Saw Films, the production company behind Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning The Power Of The Dog, is partnering with the estate of late German author Michael Ende to make a potential series of films based on the successful book, first published in 1979.
Both the novel and the film told the tale of a shy young boy, Bastian, who retreats into the fantasy world of the titular Neverending Story book.
“The story is both timely and timeless, and really has an opportunity to be told in a fresh way,” producer Iain Canning told Variety.
- 3/20/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
After several attempts to reboot one of the great fantasy classics of world literature, See-Saw Films, producer of Oscar winners The King’s Speech and The Power of the Dog, has signed a deal to adapt The Neverending Story as a series of live-action feature films.
Michael Ende’s novel, published in German in 1979 and in English in 1983, follows the story of a young boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux, who falls into the world of the titular fantasy book The Neverending Story, entering the magical land of Fantastica. He becomes the hero of the story, tasked with saving Fantastica from destruction.
A global bestseller —it has been translated into 45 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide — The Neverending Story was adapted as a trilogy of films in the 1980s and early 90s, most famously by Wolfgang Petersen in The Neverending Story in 1984. The two sequels, The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter...
Michael Ende’s novel, published in German in 1979 and in English in 1983, follows the story of a young boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux, who falls into the world of the titular fantasy book The Neverending Story, entering the magical land of Fantastica. He becomes the hero of the story, tasked with saving Fantastica from destruction.
A global bestseller —it has been translated into 45 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide — The Neverending Story was adapted as a trilogy of films in the 1980s and early 90s, most famously by Wolfgang Petersen in The Neverending Story in 1984. The two sequels, The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter...
- 3/20/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Falkor flies again!
“The Neverending Story” — the beloved children’s fantasy novel from late German author Michael Ende that was famously adapted into the cult 1984 film — is being revived for the big screen once more, with a new joint-venture partnership between Michael Ende Productions and prestige tastemakers See-Saw Films bringing the world of Fantastica back to cinemas over multiple live-action films.
The news brings to an end the race for one of the hottest fantasy properties yet to be tapped for modern audiences. Variety hears that Ende’s estate had been fielding interest from across the globe over the last few years, including from studios and streamers.
See-Saw — no stranger to adapting well-known literature for screen having been behind features including “Lion” and “The Power of the Dog” and recent TV hits “Heartstopper” and “Slow Horses” — has now teamed with Michael Ende Productions to develop and produce the films. The...
“The Neverending Story” — the beloved children’s fantasy novel from late German author Michael Ende that was famously adapted into the cult 1984 film — is being revived for the big screen once more, with a new joint-venture partnership between Michael Ende Productions and prestige tastemakers See-Saw Films bringing the world of Fantastica back to cinemas over multiple live-action films.
The news brings to an end the race for one of the hottest fantasy properties yet to be tapped for modern audiences. Variety hears that Ende’s estate had been fielding interest from across the globe over the last few years, including from studios and streamers.
See-Saw — no stranger to adapting well-known literature for screen having been behind features including “Lion” and “The Power of the Dog” and recent TV hits “Heartstopper” and “Slow Horses” — has now teamed with Michael Ende Productions to develop and produce the films. The...
- 3/20/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Get ready for a delightful morning of laughter and fun with “Tweedy & Fluff” as Season 1 Episode 29, titled “Seesaw,” airs this Thursday at 7:00 Am on Channel 5. In this charming installment, viewers are treated to another heartwarming adventure starring the lovable duo, Tweedy and Fluff.
As the episode unfolds, Fluff finds himself feeling bored while waiting for Tweedy to play with him. However, his boredom quickly turns to excitement when he discovers a wooden ruler nearby. Inspired by Fluff’s discovery, Tweedy comes up with a brilliant idea for some seesaw fun that they can both enjoy!
With Fluff and Tweedy teaming up for a playful game of seesaw, viewers can expect plenty of laughter, mishaps, and heartwarming moments as the two friends embark on their latest escapade together. As they balance and bounce on the seesaw, their bond grows stronger, showcasing the power of friendship and imagination.
Don...
As the episode unfolds, Fluff finds himself feeling bored while waiting for Tweedy to play with him. However, his boredom quickly turns to excitement when he discovers a wooden ruler nearby. Inspired by Fluff’s discovery, Tweedy comes up with a brilliant idea for some seesaw fun that they can both enjoy!
With Fluff and Tweedy teaming up for a playful game of seesaw, viewers can expect plenty of laughter, mishaps, and heartwarming moments as the two friends embark on their latest escapade together. As they balance and bounce on the seesaw, their bond grows stronger, showcasing the power of friendship and imagination.
Don...
- 3/15/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
The BFI and BAFTA have unveiled the 2024 intake for its 10th BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development program, supporting six emerging Lgbtqia+ creatives working on their debuts in film and TV.
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Doole, the respected British drama exec whose credits included The Young Pope, My Brilliant Friend and Deutschland 83, has died of cancer. She was 63.
The announcement was made by Anton, the Paddington producer-financier that Doole joined last year to run its London-based TV operation. She was previously CEO of It’s a Sin producer Red Production Company and, before that, Director of Global Drama at Fremantle.
Fremantle Group CEO Jennifer Mullin said: “Those who had the pleasure of working with Sarah will know that she was a true creative, and a driving force. Her passion and her energy had no limits. She helped lay the strong foundations of our Global Drama business and was a brilliant leader. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.”
Anton TV head Sangeeta Desai added: “Since her death, tributes have poured in from across the globe and I am overwhelmed...
The announcement was made by Anton, the Paddington producer-financier that Doole joined last year to run its London-based TV operation. She was previously CEO of It’s a Sin producer Red Production Company and, before that, Director of Global Drama at Fremantle.
Fremantle Group CEO Jennifer Mullin said: “Those who had the pleasure of working with Sarah will know that she was a true creative, and a driving force. Her passion and her energy had no limits. She helped lay the strong foundations of our Global Drama business and was a brilliant leader. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.”
Anton TV head Sangeeta Desai added: “Since her death, tributes have poured in from across the globe and I am overwhelmed...
- 2/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea.
See-Saw Films has handed Heartstopper executive producer Patrick Walters his own label.
Fanboy aims to focus on high-end drama that explores worlds and genres that are fresh and original, celebrating unique and underdog perspectives. Its TV output will be overseen by Walters, alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea, which is based on Cj Skuse’s 2017 novel and was first announced three years ago.
Yellowjackets’ Ella Purnell stars as Rhiannon Lewis, who is stuck in a dead relationship,...
See-Saw Films has handed Heartstopper executive producer Patrick Walters his own label.
Fanboy aims to focus on high-end drama that explores worlds and genres that are fresh and original, celebrating unique and underdog perspectives. Its TV output will be overseen by Walters, alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea, which is based on Cj Skuse’s 2017 novel and was first announced three years ago.
Yellowjackets’ Ella Purnell stars as Rhiannon Lewis, who is stuck in a dead relationship,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Marian McHugh Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Heartstopper EP Patrick Walters has launched a label within See-Saw Films and landed its debut commission, Sky Atlantic’s Sweetpea.
Walters’ fanboy label will make high-end drama and “celebrate unique, underdog perspectives,” according to Power of the Dog producer See-Saw. Fanboy’s TV output will be executive produced by Walters alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.
Walters has worked for See-Saw for a decade, producing a number of shows including Netflix smash Heartstopper and Apple TV+’s The Essex Serpent.
“Over the last 10 years at See-Saw, I’ve been lucky enough to develop a variety of stories to screen as limited or returning television series,” he said.
“The constant between these projects has always been the passion, creativity and mutual obsession of their creative teams.”
Fanboy’s first project Sweetpea is adapted by Kirstie Swain from the darkly comic YA novel by Cj Skuse. It...
Walters’ fanboy label will make high-end drama and “celebrate unique, underdog perspectives,” according to Power of the Dog producer See-Saw. Fanboy’s TV output will be executive produced by Walters alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.
Walters has worked for See-Saw for a decade, producing a number of shows including Netflix smash Heartstopper and Apple TV+’s The Essex Serpent.
“Over the last 10 years at See-Saw, I’ve been lucky enough to develop a variety of stories to screen as limited or returning television series,” he said.
“The constant between these projects has always been the passion, creativity and mutual obsession of their creative teams.”
Fanboy’s first project Sweetpea is adapted by Kirstie Swain from the darkly comic YA novel by Cj Skuse. It...
- 11/29/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
On Friday, October 6, 2023, at 9:30 Am, PBS will premiere Season 15, Episode 1 of “Curious George” titled “George Gets Slimed; Seesaw Saturday.”
In this episode, curious little George embarks on two exciting adventures. First, he decides to make homemade slime, much like a slug. The slimy experiment leads to all sorts of fun and mess.
Then, George and his friend Allie head to the Renkins’ farm, where they discover something intriguing—a tippy thing! This mysterious object sparks their curiosity, and they soon learn valuable lessons about balance and weight by experimenting with a seesaw. But what makes this adventure even more entertaining is that they use goats and flying chickens to explore the concept of balance.
“Curious George” continues to engage young viewers in fun and educational escapades. Don’t miss this episode as George’s adventures inspire young minds to explore and learn. Tune in to PBS and join in on the fun!
In this episode, curious little George embarks on two exciting adventures. First, he decides to make homemade slime, much like a slug. The slimy experiment leads to all sorts of fun and mess.
Then, George and his friend Allie head to the Renkins’ farm, where they discover something intriguing—a tippy thing! This mysterious object sparks their curiosity, and they soon learn valuable lessons about balance and weight by experimenting with a seesaw. But what makes this adventure even more entertaining is that they use goats and flying chickens to explore the concept of balance.
“Curious George” continues to engage young viewers in fun and educational escapades. Don’t miss this episode as George’s adventures inspire young minds to explore and learn. Tune in to PBS and join in on the fun!
- 9/30/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
The British drama The King’s Speech won best picture, best lead actor, best director and best original screenplay honors at the 83rd Academy Awards, which was impressive for See-Saw Films co-founder Iain Canning, as the British drama was his company’s first movie out of the gates.
“That was my first producing credit,” Canning told a Toronto Film Festival panel Saturday before, despite the success of the British drama, recounting the sweat and toil for the startup production company to get the film made.
For starters, the exchange rate went against See-Saw during the development of The King’s Speech. Period dramas were out of fashion among film buyers at the time, apparently, and a key financier pulled out of the project at the eleventh hour.
The King’s Speech
“I remember phoning [See-Saw co-founder] Emile [Sherman] and saying you may have to fly to London as this is really getting complicated,...
“That was my first producing credit,” Canning told a Toronto Film Festival panel Saturday before, despite the success of the British drama, recounting the sweat and toil for the startup production company to get the film made.
For starters, the exchange rate went against See-Saw during the development of The King’s Speech. Period dramas were out of fashion among film buyers at the time, apparently, and a key financier pulled out of the project at the eleventh hour.
The King’s Speech
“I remember phoning [See-Saw co-founder] Emile [Sherman] and saying you may have to fly to London as this is really getting complicated,...
- 9/10/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pamela Blair, who originated the role of Valerie Clarke in the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and appeared in several soap operas, has died. She was 73.
The actress died Sunday at her home in Mesa, Arizona, The Washington Post reported. Blair had a lengthy battle with complications related to Clippers disease, a nervous system disorder, her friend Scott Withers told the newspaper.
Born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Bennington, Vermont, Blair, who had a passion for the arts from a young age, moved to New York as a teenager to pursue a career in acting and dancing. She studied drama at the Hb Studio and attended the National Ballet Academy, where she met choreographer Michael Bennett, who would becoming a frequent collaborator.
She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Promises, Promises, where she worked alongside Bennett. A few years later, Blair was in the original company for 1972’s musical Sugar, adapted from...
The actress died Sunday at her home in Mesa, Arizona, The Washington Post reported. Blair had a lengthy battle with complications related to Clippers disease, a nervous system disorder, her friend Scott Withers told the newspaper.
Born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Bennington, Vermont, Blair, who had a passion for the arts from a young age, moved to New York as a teenager to pursue a career in acting and dancing. She studied drama at the Hb Studio and attended the National Ballet Academy, where she met choreographer Michael Bennett, who would becoming a frequent collaborator.
She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Promises, Promises, where she worked alongside Bennett. A few years later, Blair was in the original company for 1972’s musical Sugar, adapted from...
- 7/27/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pamela Blair, who originated the role of the surgically enhanced Valerie Clark in the Broadway smash A Chorus Line, died Sunday at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, following a lengthy illness. She was 73.
Her death was reported by friends on social media, including her A Chorus Line co-star Baayork Lee. “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [A Chorus Line] colleagues among the clouds,” wrote Lee in a Facebook post. Sharing a Dec. 5 birthday, the two actors “always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day,” Lee said, recalling how Blair ” brought the house down every night” with the showstopping performance of “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three.”
“You are free now Pammie so dance, dance, dance among the stars,” Lee wrote.
Blair’s signature song, a paean to the show-biz benefits of plastic surgery, is perhaps more commonly known as “T&a,...
Her death was reported by friends on social media, including her A Chorus Line co-star Baayork Lee. “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [A Chorus Line] colleagues among the clouds,” wrote Lee in a Facebook post. Sharing a Dec. 5 birthday, the two actors “always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day,” Lee said, recalling how Blair ” brought the house down every night” with the showstopping performance of “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three.”
“You are free now Pammie so dance, dance, dance among the stars,” Lee wrote.
Blair’s signature song, a paean to the show-biz benefits of plastic surgery, is perhaps more commonly known as “T&a,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
David Gilmour and Roger Waters helped guide Pink Floyd to classic rock superstardom, but they rarely agreed on anything. They settled their conflict over “Comfortably Numb” by combining their ideas, which might have been their last compromise as the group began splintering around that time. Years before making that song, though, Waters and Gilmour hated the results of the epic Pink Floyd song “Atom Heart Mother.”
David Gilmour and Roger Waters hated the Pink Floyd song ‘Atom Heart Mother’
When Pink Floyd lost the creative genius of Syd Barrett (possibly to a combination of an existing mental condition and heavy use of psychoactive drugs), the band struggled to find its way.
They stayed on the psychedelic path (A Saucerful of Secrets). They cranked out a smorgasbord of a film soundtrack (More). And Floyd released a double album that included an LP’s worth of songs the four members played and...
David Gilmour and Roger Waters hated the Pink Floyd song ‘Atom Heart Mother’
When Pink Floyd lost the creative genius of Syd Barrett (possibly to a combination of an existing mental condition and heavy use of psychoactive drugs), the band struggled to find its way.
They stayed on the psychedelic path (A Saucerful of Secrets). They cranked out a smorgasbord of a film soundtrack (More). And Floyd released a double album that included an LP’s worth of songs the four members played and...
- 7/22/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Several Pink Floyd songs became classic rock staples. But not right away. How the band developed led to some trying times. Keyboard player Rick Wright never listened to his two embarrassing Pink Floyd songs after the band recorded them.
Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright said two of his songs were ‘sort of an embarrassment’
Pink Floyd parted ways with founding member, guitarist, and principal songwriter Syd Barrett in early 1968. His declining mental state made life hard on his bandmates. In concert, Barrett changed arrangements to songs on the fly, played the wrong chords (or none at all), and sang the wrong lyrics. So the rest of Pink Floyd — Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour — decided to move on without him.
The only trouble was they sacked Barrett before finishing their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets.
So the remaining quartet picked up the slack and penned six of...
Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright said two of his songs were ‘sort of an embarrassment’
Pink Floyd parted ways with founding member, guitarist, and principal songwriter Syd Barrett in early 1968. His declining mental state made life hard on his bandmates. In concert, Barrett changed arrangements to songs on the fly, played the wrong chords (or none at all), and sang the wrong lyrics. So the rest of Pink Floyd — Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour — decided to move on without him.
The only trouble was they sacked Barrett before finishing their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets.
So the remaining quartet picked up the slack and penned six of...
- 7/17/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nicolas Coster, the soap opera stalwart who starred on Another World, Santa Barbara and All My Children and appeared in such films as All the President’s Men, Reds and Stir Crazy, has died. He was 89.
Coster died Monday in a hospital in Florida, his daughter Dinneen Coster announced on Facebook.
“Please remember him as a great artist,” she wrote. “He was an actor’s actor! I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father!!
A familiar character actor who often portrayed officious types, Coster played chief of detectives J.E. Carson on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo and later recurred as the millionaire father of Lisa Whelchel’s Blair Warner on another 1980’s NBC sitcom, The Facts of Life.
He appeared often on Broadway, and in his 1961 debut, he understudied for Lawrence Olivier as Henry II in Becket. Two decades later,...
Coster died Monday in a hospital in Florida, his daughter Dinneen Coster announced on Facebook.
“Please remember him as a great artist,” she wrote. “He was an actor’s actor! I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father!!
A familiar character actor who often portrayed officious types, Coster played chief of detectives J.E. Carson on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo and later recurred as the millionaire father of Lisa Whelchel’s Blair Warner on another 1980’s NBC sitcom, The Facts of Life.
He appeared often on Broadway, and in his 1961 debut, he understudied for Lawrence Olivier as Henry II in Becket. Two decades later,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Dopesick and Hacks are among the television series set to be honored at the 2022 Sentinel Awards.
The gala event will celebrate 12 series from broadcast, cable and streaming that tackled powerful and timely topics including racism, mental health and abortion. Hollywood, Health & Society (Hh&s), a program from the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, will present the awards live and in-person on Oct. 25.
FX’s Reservation Dogs, co-created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, will be honored with the Culture of Health Award for its first season. The Culture of Health Award recognizes TV’s transformative power to impact audiences with visionary storytelling that addresses critical and complex issues of health, well-being and equity across a diverse society. The first season featured humorous storylines about subjects including health care, economic disparities, aging, caregiving, mental health and racism.
Resident Alien,...
Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Dopesick and Hacks are among the television series set to be honored at the 2022 Sentinel Awards.
The gala event will celebrate 12 series from broadcast, cable and streaming that tackled powerful and timely topics including racism, mental health and abortion. Hollywood, Health & Society (Hh&s), a program from the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, will present the awards live and in-person on Oct. 25.
FX’s Reservation Dogs, co-created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, will be honored with the Culture of Health Award for its first season. The Culture of Health Award recognizes TV’s transformative power to impact audiences with visionary storytelling that addresses critical and complex issues of health, well-being and equity across a diverse society. The first season featured humorous storylines about subjects including health care, economic disparities, aging, caregiving, mental health and racism.
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- 9/16/2022
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Francisco, Sep 15 (Ians) Hackers broke into a popular school messaging app being used by 10 million teachers, students and family members, and posted nude images in private chats.
According to NBC News, the app, known as Seesaw, for parents and teachers was hacked and some parents said they received messages with an explicit photo that is infamous on the internet.
“School districts in Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas all said that the photo was sent through the app, Seesaw, to parents and teachers in private chats,” the report mentioned.
Seesaw, however, declined to comment on how many users were affected.
The platform said in a statement that “specific user accounts were compromised by an outside actor” and that “we are taking this extremely seriously”.
“Our team continues to monitor the situation to ensure we prevent further spread of these images from being sent or seen by any Seesaw users,...
According to NBC News, the app, known as Seesaw, for parents and teachers was hacked and some parents said they received messages with an explicit photo that is infamous on the internet.
“School districts in Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas all said that the photo was sent through the app, Seesaw, to parents and teachers in private chats,” the report mentioned.
Seesaw, however, declined to comment on how many users were affected.
The platform said in a statement that “specific user accounts were compromised by an outside actor” and that “we are taking this extremely seriously”.
“Our team continues to monitor the situation to ensure we prevent further spread of these images from being sent or seen by any Seesaw users,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Film FestivalThe Malayalam short, screened at the Idsffk, shows the magic that conversation between two strangers could produce.CrisPoster of KootuprathiIn her interview to the Tnm at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (Idsffk), editor and documentary maker Reena Mohan said she was surprised to learn about the number of short films and documentaries that get made in Kerala every year. For someone in the state, following the scene, it wouldn’t be so astonishing. There are so many short films that you, unknowingly, form a prejudice against them – after all everything can’t be so great. But then you come across a short fiction film that, by being so simple and straightforward, knocks you off your feet. Kootuprathi or Partner In Crime, screened at the Idsffk, is one such. There is no heavy drama, no cinematic tricks. Just good old conversation, between a very unlikely pair:...
- 9/6/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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Tom Urich, an actor on Broadway and soap operas who also showed up on TV shows opposite his younger brother, the late Robert Urich, has died. He was 87.
Urich died July 17 of complications from a stroke and diabetes at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his wife of 56 years, Judy, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Urich was a regular on the 1997 ABC miniseries Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer and guest-starred on shows including Kate & Allie, Jake and the Fatman, Matlock, In Living Color, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills, 90210, Jag and The Practice.
He appeared on Broadway in Applause, Seesaw, Musical Chairs and, as Georges, in La Cage Aux Folles and on such soap operas as The Doctors, The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, Another Life and Passions.
Alongside his brother, he worked on two episodes of ABC’s Vega in...
Tom Urich, an actor on Broadway and soap operas who also showed up on TV shows opposite his younger brother, the late Robert Urich, has died. He was 87.
Urich died July 17 of complications from a stroke and diabetes at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his wife of 56 years, Judy, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Urich was a regular on the 1997 ABC miniseries Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer and guest-starred on shows including Kate & Allie, Jake and the Fatman, Matlock, In Living Color, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills, 90210, Jag and The Practice.
He appeared on Broadway in Applause, Seesaw, Musical Chairs and, as Georges, in La Cage Aux Folles and on such soap operas as The Doctors, The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, Another Life and Passions.
Alongside his brother, he worked on two episodes of ABC’s Vega in...
- 8/8/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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