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Fifteen authors of books that were recently chosen for The Hollywood Reporter’s list of “The 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time” will convene on a panel — which is being advertised as “the greatest gathering of its kind ever” — this Saturday afternoon in Hollywood as part of AFI Fest.
The event, which will take place inside the historic Tcl Chinese Theater and will run from 4 p.m. -5:30p.m., is open to members of the public free of charge provided they reserve their tickets in advance via Fest.AFI.com/GreatestFilmBooks.
Participating in a discussion about the origins and impact of their books will be A. Scott Berg (Goldwyn: A Biography), Cameron Crowe (Conversations with Wilder), Nancy Griffin (Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood), Aljean Harmetz (The Making of The Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power...
The event, which will take place inside the historic Tcl Chinese Theater and will run from 4 p.m. -5:30p.m., is open to members of the public free of charge provided they reserve their tickets in advance via Fest.AFI.com/GreatestFilmBooks.
Participating in a discussion about the origins and impact of their books will be A. Scott Berg (Goldwyn: A Biography), Cameron Crowe (Conversations with Wilder), Nancy Griffin (Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood), Aljean Harmetz (The Making of The Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power...
- 10/27/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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We haven't heard from Jack Nicholson in a while, which is a shame because it feels like he might be the last of a kind. The three-time Oscar winner has defied categorization throughout his 60-plus-year career, shifting through various public images much like the varied characters he so deftly portrayed. As author Dennis McDougal described him in his book "Five Easy Decades," Nicholson is "a cipher who appears absolutely frank and open for all the world to see, yet remains soberly resolute, brooding, cagily reflective, and manipulative." In other words, a bit of a contradiction.
However, one thing that's plain is the actor's commitment to his craft. In 1986 when the New York Times' Ron Rosenbaum visited him at his Hollywood home, Nicholson was in the midst of a Strasbergian exercise, singing to "diagnose his instrument." This was something learned from what Rosenbaum termed his years spent, "Devotedly go[ing] from acting...
However, one thing that's plain is the actor's commitment to his craft. In 1986 when the New York Times' Ron Rosenbaum visited him at his Hollywood home, Nicholson was in the midst of a Strasbergian exercise, singing to "diagnose his instrument." This was something learned from what Rosenbaum termed his years spent, "Devotedly go[ing] from acting...
- 1/12/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Irv Letofsky, a television critic for The Hollywood Reporter and a former editor of the Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar section, died Sunday of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Known in later years for his lively and succinct television reviews for The Reporter, Letofsky had been assistant city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune until 1976, when he joined the Times.
There he assembled a covey of investigative reporters who, as one recalled later, "ripped the face off the entertainment industry" with stories involving such things as profit withholding at major studios and the hiring of psychics to predict the future of television pilots.
Among them were Peter J. Boyer, who became a staff writer for the New Yorker and the New York Times and the author of several books; Dale Pollack, who produced "The Mighty Quinn" and "Mrs. Winterbourne"; Michael London, producer of "Sideways"; Bill Knoedelseder, executive producer with Letofsky of "All the Presidents' Movies"; Dennis McDougal, author of "Five Easy Decades", the Jack Nicholson biography; and Debra Caulfield, author of "Smoked: The Inside Story of the Minnesota Tobacco Trial."
Letofsky left the Times in 1991 to join The Reporter as a television critic.
Known in later years for his lively and succinct television reviews for The Reporter, Letofsky had been assistant city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune until 1976, when he joined the Times.
There he assembled a covey of investigative reporters who, as one recalled later, "ripped the face off the entertainment industry" with stories involving such things as profit withholding at major studios and the hiring of psychics to predict the future of television pilots.
Among them were Peter J. Boyer, who became a staff writer for the New Yorker and the New York Times and the author of several books; Dale Pollack, who produced "The Mighty Quinn" and "Mrs. Winterbourne"; Michael London, producer of "Sideways"; Bill Knoedelseder, executive producer with Letofsky of "All the Presidents' Movies"; Dennis McDougal, author of "Five Easy Decades", the Jack Nicholson biography; and Debra Caulfield, author of "Smoked: The Inside Story of the Minnesota Tobacco Trial."
Letofsky left the Times in 1991 to join The Reporter as a television critic.
- 12/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A tribute to Irv Letofsky
CORRECTED 11:40 a.m. PT Dec. 26
Irv Letofsky, a television critic for The Hollywood Reporter and a former editor of the Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar section, died Sunday of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Known in later years for his lively and succinct television reviews for The Reporter, Letofsky had been assistant city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune until 1976, when he joined the Times.
There he assembled a covey of investigative reporters who, as one recalled later, "ripped the face off the entertainment industry" with stories involving such things as profit withholding at major studios and the hiring of psychics to predict the future of television pilots.
Among them were Peter J. Boyer, who became a staff writer for the New Yorker and the New York Times and the author of several books; Dale Pollock, who produced "The Mighty Quinn" and "Mrs. Winterbourne"; Michael London, producer of "Sideways"; Bill Knoedelseder, executive producer with Letofsky of "All the Presidents' Movies"; Dennis McDougal, author of "Five Easy Decades", the Jack Nicholson biography; and Deborah Caulfield, author of "Smoked: The Inside Story of the Minnesota Tobacco Trial."
Letofsky left the Times in 1991 to join The Reporter as a television critic.
CORRECTED 11:40 a.m. PT Dec. 26
Irv Letofsky, a television critic for The Hollywood Reporter and a former editor of the Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar section, died Sunday of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Known in later years for his lively and succinct television reviews for The Reporter, Letofsky had been assistant city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune until 1976, when he joined the Times.
There he assembled a covey of investigative reporters who, as one recalled later, "ripped the face off the entertainment industry" with stories involving such things as profit withholding at major studios and the hiring of psychics to predict the future of television pilots.
Among them were Peter J. Boyer, who became a staff writer for the New Yorker and the New York Times and the author of several books; Dale Pollock, who produced "The Mighty Quinn" and "Mrs. Winterbourne"; Michael London, producer of "Sideways"; Bill Knoedelseder, executive producer with Letofsky of "All the Presidents' Movies"; Dennis McDougal, author of "Five Easy Decades", the Jack Nicholson biography; and Deborah Caulfield, author of "Smoked: The Inside Story of the Minnesota Tobacco Trial."
Letofsky left the Times in 1991 to join The Reporter as a television critic.
- 12/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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