Before we begin this exercise in nostalgia gone awry, two things of note. I only watched The Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time, and am writing this review, as a stretch goal for The George Lucas Talk Show‘s fundraiser for Feeding America. And this review will contain spoilers for the Mandalorian Season Two finale, which I wrote about here.
I saw two phony Luke Skywalkers this month, even if both were kind of the real thing.
The first imposter Luke was in the Mandalorian finale, where he...
I saw two phony Luke Skywalkers this month, even if both were kind of the real thing.
The first imposter Luke was in the Mandalorian finale, where he...
- 12/30/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
In the award show/live event genre, there really aren’t superstar director names like Spielberg, Tarantino, Coppola or others. It just doesn’t work like that… with the exception of my friend, Walter C. Miller, who passed at the age of 94 on Friday at home with his family around him. He was not only one of a handful of directors — Dwight Hemion and Marty Pasetta also come to mind — who wrote the book about multi-camera coverage of live events, an art form and mathematical logistics nightmare all its own. He also became the first man in the chair to have spread those talents across both country and pop music, directing and ultimately producing both the CMA Awards and the Grammys as well as the Tonys, the Emmys, Comic Relief and dozens of other live events whose degree of difficulty left numerous other directors sitting in puddles beneath their chairs.
- 11/15/2020
- by Ken Ehrlich
- Variety Film + TV
Barbra Streisand‘s new Netflix variety special “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!” captured the final night of her 2016 tour and is a strong Emmy contender this summer. It’s only fitting that this commemoration of her status as the only artist to score #1 albums in six consecutive decades could set an Emmy Awards record. She’s already headlined two Emmy-winning variety specials (as did Bob Hope) and would set a new benchmark with another victory.
Streisand took home Emmys for her work in front of the camera for both of those TV academy picks as the best of the year — “My Name is Barbra” (1965) and “Barbra: The Concert” (1995) — and a third for “Timeless: Live in Concert” in 2001. While the TV academy scrapped that variety performance award in 2008, she’ll be contending in several other Emmy categories for “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!.” She is...
Streisand took home Emmys for her work in front of the camera for both of those TV academy picks as the best of the year — “My Name is Barbra” (1965) and “Barbra: The Concert” (1995) — and a third for “Timeless: Live in Concert” in 2001. While the TV academy scrapped that variety performance award in 2008, she’ll be contending in several other Emmy categories for “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!.” She is...
- 6/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Did you like my dog film, my little dog film?” Barbra Streisand asked when I began our interview about Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic! — her latest TV project and Emmy contender in the Variety categories.
This is the nearly two-hour show that came at the end of what she indicated at the time likely was her last concert tour, and the poignant film tribute (added to the close of the special) to her late dog Sammie, who always traveled with her on the tours, features a graphic over his smiling face sweetly saying, “Our last concert together.” But is it also her last concert?
“I vowed I’m never going to do another one, but I never say never,” she now says. “Every time I finish doing some concerts, I say, ‘Never again … when can I stop doing this,’ and then, years later, I go, ‘Well, maybe...
This is the nearly two-hour show that came at the end of what she indicated at the time likely was her last concert tour, and the poignant film tribute (added to the close of the special) to her late dog Sammie, who always traveled with her on the tours, features a graphic over his smiling face sweetly saying, “Our last concert together.” But is it also her last concert?
“I vowed I’m never going to do another one, but I never say never,” she now says. “Every time I finish doing some concerts, I say, ‘Never again … when can I stop doing this,’ and then, years later, I go, ‘Well, maybe...
- 6/12/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Hector Ramirez, the most nominated individual in Emmy history, didn't have time to dwell on earning five more noms Thursday to bring his total to 60. He was rushing off to start work on yet another series, NBC's "America's Got Talent."
The veteran cameraman, who has won 15 times, is constantly in demand -- doing the Academy Awards, the Grammys, "American Idol" and dozens of others series and specials -- all without an agent or manager.
"You provide a service to the directors," Ramirez said, "and they keep calling. In this business, everything is word-of-mouth. You build up a reputation that carries you through day after day, year after year."
He got his first Primetime Emmy nom in 1978 and his first trophy, for a Neil Diamond special, in 1986.
Once on a show, Ramirez tends to stick. He has been on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" since it began, earning Emmy noms five...
The veteran cameraman, who has won 15 times, is constantly in demand -- doing the Academy Awards, the Grammys, "American Idol" and dozens of others series and specials -- all without an agent or manager.
"You provide a service to the directors," Ramirez said, "and they keep calling. In this business, everything is word-of-mouth. You build up a reputation that carries you through day after day, year after year."
He got his first Primetime Emmy nom in 1978 and his first trophy, for a Neil Diamond special, in 1986.
Once on a show, Ramirez tends to stick. He has been on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" since it began, earning Emmy noms five...
- 7/8/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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