Even though Elsbeth has been officially renewed for a second season, and all fans of the quirky and chaotic investigator will see her again, that doesn't mean there won't be a long hiatus. Now, back to the normal television schedule, the second season of the show will premiere in the fall, at the beginning of the new 2024/25 season.
If you don't remember seeing Carrie Preston before, or your knowledge is limited by The Good Wife and The Good Fight, which were Elsbeth's predecessors, here's the list of movies and TV shows to fill in the blanks and watch before season 2 arrives.
And Then I Go (2017)
Even though Carrie Preston's role in this movie is very small, that doesn't make it any worse. And Then I Go has been praised by critics not only for its intriguing and exciting plot, but also for its strong social commentary on the problem...
If you don't remember seeing Carrie Preston before, or your knowledge is limited by The Good Wife and The Good Fight, which were Elsbeth's predecessors, here's the list of movies and TV shows to fill in the blanks and watch before season 2 arrives.
And Then I Go (2017)
Even though Carrie Preston's role in this movie is very small, that doesn't make it any worse. And Then I Go has been praised by critics not only for its intriguing and exciting plot, but also for its strong social commentary on the problem...
- 5/23/2024
- by virginia-singh@startefacts.com (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
Carrie Preston is an acclaimed actress, producer, and director. She has a long list of roles and projects but is most known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO drama True Blood and Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS drama The Good Wife.
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.
After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.
Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.
It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!
Early Career
Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.
After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.
Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.
It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!
Early Career
Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...
- 5/17/2024
- by Eve Pierpont
- TVfanatic
Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins are set to share the screen in the upcoming post-apocalyptic series Fallout. However, beyond their on-screen talents lies a curiosity about their real-world standings, particularly regarding wealth and who reigns supreme in the wealth stakes among the leading stars of the series.
Fallout
Hailing from the visionary minds behind Westworld, Lisa Joy, and Jonathan Nolan, the series unfolds in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear exchange in an alternate history. It follows Lucy MacLean’s journey as she ventures into the perilous wasteland of a decimated Los Angeles, over two centuries after the cataclysmic event.
Based on the beloved game franchise of the same name, it has garnered rave reviews from critics, who have applauded the series for its thrilling action sequences and an array of surprising twists, all unfolding within the backdrop of a dystopian future.
What is the Fallout Star Ella Purnell’s Net Worth?...
Fallout
Hailing from the visionary minds behind Westworld, Lisa Joy, and Jonathan Nolan, the series unfolds in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear exchange in an alternate history. It follows Lucy MacLean’s journey as she ventures into the perilous wasteland of a decimated Los Angeles, over two centuries after the cataclysmic event.
Based on the beloved game franchise of the same name, it has garnered rave reviews from critics, who have applauded the series for its thrilling action sequences and an array of surprising twists, all unfolding within the backdrop of a dystopian future.
What is the Fallout Star Ella Purnell’s Net Worth?...
- 4/10/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Hal Holbrook, the five-time Emmy-winning actor who was famed for portraying Mark Twain, has died at 95. Holbrook died on January 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, his assistant told The New York Times.
Born on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, he went on to have a highly decorated screen and stage career that spanned more than six decades.
Holbrook perhaps was best known for playing Mark Twain in his one-man stage show Mark Twain Tonight!, which first played on Broadway in 1966 and earned Holbrook a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. A television showing of the stage show secured him an Emmy nomination a year later, he reprised the role on the Main Stem in 1977 and again in 2005.
Holbrook played former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on television in Carl Sandburg’s 1974 mini-series Lincoln, which earned him one of five Emmy statuettes. His four other...
Born on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, he went on to have a highly decorated screen and stage career that spanned more than six decades.
Holbrook perhaps was best known for playing Mark Twain in his one-man stage show Mark Twain Tonight!, which first played on Broadway in 1966 and earned Holbrook a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. A television showing of the stage show secured him an Emmy nomination a year later, he reprised the role on the Main Stem in 1977 and again in 2005.
Holbrook played former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on television in Carl Sandburg’s 1974 mini-series Lincoln, which earned him one of five Emmy statuettes. His four other...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s the kind of West Texas town you’ve seen in a thousand movies — not just tranquil but barren, stock-still, a real desolation row, like a postcard that may or may not contain living things. Michael Shannon, as a local police chief, explains that it’s the sort of small town that people once thought of as quaint: one bank, one pizza place, and so on. Except that Why is it that only five people seem to live there, and that they happen to be the only five characters in the movie? “The Quarry” is so diagrammed that it uses its undernourished dark-side-of-the-heartland atmosphere to excuse the fact that nothing of note is really taking place.
Shea Whigham, who can be a zesty character actor, here hollows himself into a walking existential husk to play a man who is never named: some vague criminal on the run, who at...
Shea Whigham, who can be a zesty character actor, here hollows himself into a walking existential husk to play a man who is never named: some vague criminal on the run, who at...
- 4/18/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
This time last year, audiences were buying tickets to see “Avengers: Endgame.” Now, pretty much the biggest new release — bypassing theaters and going straight to streaming, amid the turmoil caused by the coronavirus — is a movie called “Butt Boy.”
But don’t worry. Governmental leaders are starting to share plans about a reopening of movie theaters, and there are still lots of quality new releases making themselves available by streaming. So, while no new studio movies bowed this week, you can find treasures from festivals such as Sundance and Cannes, plus fresh fare for Amazon Prime and Netflix subscribers.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
A White, White Day (Hlynur Palmason) Critic’S Pick
Distributor: Film Movement
Where to Find It: Choose a virtual cinema to support
A muscular study of toxic masculinity...
But don’t worry. Governmental leaders are starting to share plans about a reopening of movie theaters, and there are still lots of quality new releases making themselves available by streaming. So, while no new studio movies bowed this week, you can find treasures from festivals such as Sundance and Cannes, plus fresh fare for Amazon Prime and Netflix subscribers.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
A White, White Day (Hlynur Palmason) Critic’S Pick
Distributor: Film Movement
Where to Find It: Choose a virtual cinema to support
A muscular study of toxic masculinity...
- 4/17/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Steeple People: Teems Gets Spiritual in Rough-hewn Sophomore Film
It’s been over a decade since director Scott Teems delivered his warmly received debut, That Evening Sun (2009) an odyssey of Southern dysfunction which featured a stellar Hal Holbrook and took home major prizes at the SXSW Film Festival. Teems was set to return there with his sophomore film The Quarry before the cancellation of the 2020 festival. Perhaps this was a stroke of providence for Teems, whose long-awaited return falters precariously on familiarity and poorly conceived Mexican American composites with this adaptation of a 1995 novel by Damon Galgut.
Teems and co-writer Andrew Brotzman relocate the setting from post-apartheid South Africa to contemporary rural Texas in an effort to universalize Galgut’s specific racial divides.…...
It’s been over a decade since director Scott Teems delivered his warmly received debut, That Evening Sun (2009) an odyssey of Southern dysfunction which featured a stellar Hal Holbrook and took home major prizes at the SXSW Film Festival. Teems was set to return there with his sophomore film The Quarry before the cancellation of the 2020 festival. Perhaps this was a stroke of providence for Teems, whose long-awaited return falters precariously on familiarity and poorly conceived Mexican American composites with this adaptation of a 1995 novel by Damon Galgut.
Teems and co-writer Andrew Brotzman relocate the setting from post-apartheid South Africa to contemporary rural Texas in an effort to universalize Galgut’s specific racial divides.…...
- 4/17/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Writer/director Scott Teems is clearly interested in stories redemption. His feature film debut That Evening Sun focused on a farmer returning home to deal with a family secret. He spent a season on TV's "Rectify" which focuses on the drama of a man putting his life back together after spending nearly 20 years on death row.
For his latest, a thriller titled The Quarry, Teems has adapted Damon Galgut's novel of the same name which tells the story of a drifter whose chance road-side encounter with a troubled preacher changes his life completely and forces the man to come to terms with his actions.
The Quarry is a very introspective film that relies heavily on the actors to provide much of the internalized drama. Thankfully, Teems has Shea Whigham and Michael Sh...
For his latest, a thriller titled The Quarry, Teems has adapted Damon Galgut's novel of the same name which tells the story of a drifter whose chance road-side encounter with a troubled preacher changes his life completely and forces the man to come to terms with his actions.
The Quarry is a very introspective film that relies heavily on the actors to provide much of the internalized drama. Thankfully, Teems has Shea Whigham and Michael Sh...
- 4/17/2020
- QuietEarth.us
Scott Teems’ The Quarry starring Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham has commenced production down in New Orleans, La.
The two actors have worked together numerous times before including the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and Paramount Network’s Waco last year, but also such movies as Take Shelter, Tigerland, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Laura D. Smith and Kristin Mann produced The Quarry in partnership with Rockhill Studios, Metalwork Pictures and Gold Star Films. Film follows Whigham (The Man) who is on the run from his own sins, and finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man’s unorthodox sermons, but so is police Chief Moore (Shannon) who has his suspicions. Scott Teems directs, and co-wrote The Quarry with Andrew Brotzman. Teems, who is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Paradigm, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern,...
The two actors have worked together numerous times before including the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and Paramount Network’s Waco last year, but also such movies as Take Shelter, Tigerland, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Laura D. Smith and Kristin Mann produced The Quarry in partnership with Rockhill Studios, Metalwork Pictures and Gold Star Films. Film follows Whigham (The Man) who is on the run from his own sins, and finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man’s unorthodox sermons, but so is police Chief Moore (Shannon) who has his suspicions. Scott Teems directs, and co-wrote The Quarry with Andrew Brotzman. Teems, who is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Paradigm, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“It was both exciting and daunting at the same time,” admits production designer Mara LePere-Schloop about her work on “The Alienist.” Produced by Cary Joji Fukunaga (“True Detective”), this TNT limited series focuses on a newspaper illustrator (Luke Evans) who teams up with a criminal psychologist (Daniel Brühl) and a headstrong NYPD secretary (Dakota Fanning) to investigate a serial killer in 19th century New York City. On one hand, LePere-Schloop was mesmerized by “this amazing world that we were going to have the potential to build.” But on the other hand, “it was also extremely horrifying because it’s this massive, sprawling story of 1890s New York” and “a showcase of the architecture of the city, both then and now.” Watch our exclusive video interview with LePere-Schloop above.
See Dakota Fanning (‘The Alienist’): ‘I tend to be drawn to darker subject matter’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Historical accuracy was important to LePere-Schloop, and...
See Dakota Fanning (‘The Alienist’): ‘I tend to be drawn to darker subject matter’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Historical accuracy was important to LePere-Schloop, and...
- 5/15/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Daily Dead Editor-in-Chief Jonathan James is attending The Overlook Film Festival in Oregon, where they have announced that a new version of Firestarter is in development.
Following the screening of Akiva Goldsman's new supernatural horror film, Stephanie, Goldsman and Jason Blum stepped on stage for a Q&A, where they announced that Goldsman will direct a new version of Stephen King's 1980 novel, Firestarter.
Goldsman will direct the new take on the story about a girl with pyrokinetic abilities who is hunted by a sinister organization known as The Shop. The new Firestarter movie will be co-written by Goldsman (who also co-wrote The Dark Tower movie, based on King's epic fantasy book series) and Scott Teems (Rectify, That Evening Sun), and Goldsman mentioned that they are looking to the book for inspiration.
Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions will support the new Firestarter film, and Universal is taking part in its development,...
Following the screening of Akiva Goldsman's new supernatural horror film, Stephanie, Goldsman and Jason Blum stepped on stage for a Q&A, where they announced that Goldsman will direct a new version of Stephen King's 1980 novel, Firestarter.
Goldsman will direct the new take on the story about a girl with pyrokinetic abilities who is hunted by a sinister organization known as The Shop. The new Firestarter movie will be co-written by Goldsman (who also co-wrote The Dark Tower movie, based on King's epic fantasy book series) and Scott Teems (Rectify, That Evening Sun), and Goldsman mentioned that they are looking to the book for inspiration.
Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions will support the new Firestarter film, and Universal is taking part in its development,...
- 4/28/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
There's no word that suits Hal Holbrook better than 'legend.' The 89-year-old actor and veteran has a career stretching back sixty years, with a long history of movie roles (most famously playing Deep Throat in "All The President's Men"), and continues to work regularly today, winning an Oscar nomination for his part in "Into The Wild," and currently appearing on acclaimed TV series "Rectify." But perhaps more than anything, he's known for playing the great American writer Mark Twain: he's been playing the "Tom Sawyer" author for sixty years in one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!," winning a Tony and an Emmy for his trouble. And now it's coming to the big screen, with Scott Teems (who directed Holbrook in the underseen and way underrated "That Evening Sun") helming a documentary "Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey" which was snuck in at the Laff last night before premiering officially at AFI Docs on Wednesday.
- 6/16/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Jeff Nichols’ ‘Mud’ is ‘no ordinary movie’ (photo: Matthew McConaughey in ‘Mud’) Ostensibly, writer-director Jeff Nichols’ Mud is about the titular character, played by Matthew McConaughey, who’s on the run from the law and the family of a man he killed for love of a woman, Juniper, played by a bedraggled Reese Witherspoon. That’s a fine, if ordinary, foundation for a thriller — though this is no ordinary movie by any stretch. In fact, Mud isn’t even about the character Mud; instead, it’s a coming-of-age story that’s part mystery, fable, and thriller. Beneath it all lies a love story — indeed, several love stories, all tied together through the heart of a young boy called Ellis (The Tree of Life‘s Tye Sheridan in an accomplished performance): a witness to the death of love in his family, Ellis feels it in his heart and is willing to do anything,...
- 4/28/2013
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Though Ray McKinnon won an Oscar for his 2001 short "The Accountant" and went to Sundance with his 2004 film "Chrystal," starring his late wife Lisa Blount and Billy Bob Thornton, he's best known for his work as an actor. He's a familiar face from features like "That Evening Sun" and the upcoming "Mud," and shows like "Sons of Anarchy" and "Deadwood," in which he played a pivotal first season role as the kind-hearted but slowly deteriorating Reverend Smith. Sundance Channel's meditative, lovely new series "Rectify," which is created, written and executive produced by McKinnon, seems clearly shaped by those experiences on both sides of the camera. A drama about a man named Daniel Holden (Aden Young) who's released from death row after 19 years when DNA evidence leads to his sentence being vacated (without clearing him of the crime), the six-episode show is emphatically intimate, closing in on the first week in Daniel's life back home,...
- 4/22/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Walton Goggins just has one of those faces that audiences remember. From his work on television shows like The Shield and Justified to his big screen supporting roles in films like The Apostle, Predators, and That Evening Sun, he has long been recognized as one of Hollywood's finest character actors. In 2012, he had notable roles in both Lincoln and Django Unchained, joining casts that included James Spader, Tommy Lee Jones, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jamie Foxx, and Leonardo DiCaprio (just to name a few). Both films are sure to be Oscar contenders, and both feature Goggins in very different roles. In Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, he plays a conflicted Congressman who casts one of the deciding votes in support of the passage of the the 13th amendment. In Django Unchained, he plays the terrifying villain Billy Crash who embodies of the cruelty of racism. One of Crash's more gut-wrenching atrocities is reminiscent...
- 12/20/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
After Sinister made a solid $18 million haul in its first weekend, Blumhouse Productions is understandably pleased with director Scott Derrickson and his efforts. So pleased, in fact, that Deadline reports the company is teaming with Derrickson for a new project, a film adaptation of Stephen King's short story The Breathing Method. It follows a young woman, determined to give birth to her illegitimate child in the 1930s, who comes to a doctor that wrote a book about breathing methods for childbirth. But the eerie part comes when the woman refuses to give up the method, even after enduring a terrifying accident. Read on! Scott Teems will write the screenplay, and he has experience adapting other people's work since his one produced feature That Evening Sun was an adaptation of William Gay's short story, "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down." Financing isn't in place yet for this one,...
- 10/16/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
Dry-Eyed Narrative: Jared Moshe’s Western Exercise An Intriguing Effort
Producer Jared Moshe’s directorial debut, Dead Man’s Burden, is a mostly winsome procedure as an homage to the bare bones Western efforts of yore. While drawing easy comparisons to the output of John Ford, there’s definitely a touch of Anthony Mann in Moshe’s work, employing a slim film noir framework with a femme fatale that proves hell hath no fury like a dusty, blue-eyed lady whose lamps are fixated on greener pastures.
Set in 1870 New Mexico, immediately after the end of the Civil War, a young woman named Martha (Claire Bowen) blasts a man in the face with a rifle, who had been in the midst of fleeing on horseback. We come to learn that this man was her father when her prodigal brother, Wade (Barlow Jacobs), returns home, leery of facing the parent that vowed...
Producer Jared Moshe’s directorial debut, Dead Man’s Burden, is a mostly winsome procedure as an homage to the bare bones Western efforts of yore. While drawing easy comparisons to the output of John Ford, there’s definitely a touch of Anthony Mann in Moshe’s work, employing a slim film noir framework with a femme fatale that proves hell hath no fury like a dusty, blue-eyed lady whose lamps are fixated on greener pastures.
Set in 1870 New Mexico, immediately after the end of the Civil War, a young woman named Martha (Claire Bowen) blasts a man in the face with a rifle, who had been in the midst of fleeing on horseback. We come to learn that this man was her father when her prodigal brother, Wade (Barlow Jacobs), returns home, leery of facing the parent that vowed...
- 6/20/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Although he’s just wrapped Steven Stpielberg‘s Lincoln and is very, very old, Hal Holbrook has set his sights on an upcoming Gus Van Sant drama as his next project. Variety has reported that the seasoned actor is in negotiations to join Promised Land, which is written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski.
Originally, this project was meant to be Damon‘s directorial debut, but has since stepped down to the starring role, being that of a rival corporate executive to Krasinski‘s character, “whose life is thrown into disarray after he arrives in a small town.” Frances McDormand is also set to star as Damon‘s sales partner, “who prefers to follow the rules as opposed to breaking protocol.” Rosemarie DeWitt will also play “a schoolteacher caught between Damon and Krasinski‘s characters.”
Holbrook would join them as “an engineer who lives in the town and opposes a...
Originally, this project was meant to be Damon‘s directorial debut, but has since stepped down to the starring role, being that of a rival corporate executive to Krasinski‘s character, “whose life is thrown into disarray after he arrives in a small town.” Frances McDormand is also set to star as Damon‘s sales partner, “who prefers to follow the rules as opposed to breaking protocol.” Rosemarie DeWitt will also play “a schoolteacher caught between Damon and Krasinski‘s characters.”
Holbrook would join them as “an engineer who lives in the town and opposes a...
- 3/29/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
While Hal Holbrook hasn't lacked for work in his career on both the big and small screen reaching back to the '60s, his late-stage jobs have earned him the most notice. He nabbed an Academy Award nomination in 2007 for "Into The Wild" and since then, did an arc on "Sons Of Anarchy," led the critically acclaimed but somewhat overlooked "That Evening Sun" and recently wrapped "Lincoln" with Steven Spielberg. Now he's going to spend his spring with another acclaimed director, Gus Van Sant, and his casting has also led to some plot details finally emerging.
Holbrook has come on board "Promised Land," the project from writers and stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, that also features Rosemarie DeWitt and Frances McDormand. Initially birthed from an idea by Dave Eggers, Variety reveals that the story will center on two rival executives, with Damon arriving in a small town and having...
Holbrook has come on board "Promised Land," the project from writers and stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, that also features Rosemarie DeWitt and Frances McDormand. Initially birthed from an idea by Dave Eggers, Variety reveals that the story will center on two rival executives, with Damon arriving in a small town and having...
- 3/29/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Noted Southern writer and occasional Paste contributor William Gay was reportedly found dead last night at the age of 68, reports The Nashville Scene. Suspected cause of death is heart failure. Gay, a naval veteran of the Vietnam War, didn’t publish his first novel until 1999, when The Long Home won a James A. Michener Memorial Prize and started a bidding war among publishers for the follow-up, Provinces of Night. His 2002 novel I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down was adapted by director Scott Teems. That Evening Sun was one of Paste’s best movies of 2009. In...
- 2/24/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Turning a novel into a movie is challenge enough, but when that novel happens to be more than 600 pages long, you've got a real uphill climb — which is why Susanne Bier, who directed the 2011 Best Foreign Language Oscar winner, "In A Better World," has her work cut out for her as the recently appointed director of the film adaptation of "Cutting for Stone."
The best-selling tale, penned by Abraham Verghese, has sold more than a million copies worldwide and has the powers-that-be in Hollywood licking their chops. (Hey, those suits know a sure thing when they see it.)
The story follows twin brothers, the product of a forbidden relationship between an Indian nun and British surgeon, who are born in an Ethiopian mission hospital. Orphaned after the death of their mother, both boys follow in their father's footsteps and become doctors as well — continuing to work at the mission hospital...
The best-selling tale, penned by Abraham Verghese, has sold more than a million copies worldwide and has the powers-that-be in Hollywood licking their chops. (Hey, those suits know a sure thing when they see it.)
The story follows twin brothers, the product of a forbidden relationship between an Indian nun and British surgeon, who are born in an Ethiopian mission hospital. Orphaned after the death of their mother, both boys follow in their father's footsteps and become doctors as well — continuing to work at the mission hospital...
- 2/10/2012
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Susanne Bier ("In a Better World") has been set to direct the feature adaptation of Abraham Verghese's novel "Cutting for Stone" for Anonymous Content says Variety.
The story centers on twin brothers born of a forbidden union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon in an Ethiopian mission hospital.
Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, and bound together by a preternatural connection as well as a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of the modern world.
Scott Teems ("That Evening Sun") penned the script while Rosalie Swedlin and Steve Golin will produce. Bier's recent romantic drama "All You Need Is Love" is currently being shopped around at Berlinale where deals have already been closed for over three dozen territories.
The story centers on twin brothers born of a forbidden union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon in an Ethiopian mission hospital.
Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, and bound together by a preternatural connection as well as a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of the modern world.
Scott Teems ("That Evening Sun") penned the script while Rosalie Swedlin and Steve Golin will produce. Bier's recent romantic drama "All You Need Is Love" is currently being shopped around at Berlinale where deals have already been closed for over three dozen territories.
- 2/10/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Danish director Susanne Bier – whose In A Better World won last year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar – will direct an adaption of Abraham Verghese‘s best-seller Cutting For Stone for Anonymous Content. [Variety]
The film, scripted by That Evening Sun writer-director Scott Teems, will be “a riveting saga of twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a tragic union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.” Synopsis courtesy of the novel’s website. This Sunday marks the novel’s impressive 105th consecutive New York Times’ trade paperback bestseller list, indicating a high level of public interest in this story.
Bier...
The film, scripted by That Evening Sun writer-director Scott Teems, will be “a riveting saga of twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a tragic union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.” Synopsis courtesy of the novel’s website. This Sunday marks the novel’s impressive 105th consecutive New York Times’ trade paperback bestseller list, indicating a high level of public interest in this story.
Bier...
- 2/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sarah Palin cutout, filmmaker Nick Broomfield, Sarah Palin – You Betcha! Anna Faris-Chris Evans-Zachary Quinto/What's Your Number?: One of Worst Box-Office Openings Ever Sarah Palin – You Betcha! is the second Sarah Palin movie to bomb this year. Directed by sometime collaborators Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill, Palin's You Betcha! movie collected an estimated $7,400 at 6 locations in North America this weekend, averaging a disastrous $1,233 per theater. Back in July, Stephen K. Bannon's strong 2012 Razzie contender The Undefeated earned $65,132 at 10 theaters, averaging $6,513 per site. Even though that wasn't too bad for starters — thanks to some strong Tea Party marketing — Palin's The Undefeated movie went on to cume at a dismal $116,381 domestically. Needless to say, outside the United States no one gives a damn about the widely derided hagiography. In sum, Sarah Palin is what back in the days of the studio system, exhibitors would have called Box-Office Poison.
- 10/3/2011
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
One of the actors to really start to break from TV into consistent film acting in the past couple years is Walton Goggins. His work on The Shield lead to a handful of notable film roles. (He was fun in Predators and had a good, if brief turn in the excellent and under-seen That Evening Sun.) His more recent gig on Justified and body of work in general has led to Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. Being cast in G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation may not seem like as big a deal as being in Lincoln, but it might ensure that Goggins is in front of a few people who won't see Lincoln. Variety [1] announces that he'll play Warden Nigel James in Jon Chu's sequel to the 2007 screen outing for the Joes. All told, Chu has lined up Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock, Ray Stevenson as Firefly, RZA as Blind Master, and Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Chicago – According to IMDb, there are over 20 film and TV versions of the Charlotte Bronte novel, “Jane Eyre.” Director Cary Fukunaga (”Sin Nombre”) and lead actress Mia Wasikowska (”Alice in Wonderland”) take on the latest remake of the literary legend.
There is a nice twist in this one, as it is told in flashback from a point deep in the original novel. The screenplay by Moira Buffini gives director Cary Fukunaga ample room to create a reflective Jane Eyre, led by the performance of the by Mia Waskiowska as title character. The film has terrific performances and an unexpected scope that fleshes out the conflicts of the famous character.
The Arrival: Mia Wasikowska in ‘Jane Eyre’
Photo credit: Laurie Sparham for Focus Features
HollywoodChicago.com got the opportunity to speak with both Mia Wasikowska and Cary Fununaga when they were in Chicago promoting the film.
Mia Wasikowska, the Title Character...
There is a nice twist in this one, as it is told in flashback from a point deep in the original novel. The screenplay by Moira Buffini gives director Cary Fukunaga ample room to create a reflective Jane Eyre, led by the performance of the by Mia Waskiowska as title character. The film has terrific performances and an unexpected scope that fleshes out the conflicts of the famous character.
The Arrival: Mia Wasikowska in ‘Jane Eyre’
Photo credit: Laurie Sparham for Focus Features
HollywoodChicago.com got the opportunity to speak with both Mia Wasikowska and Cary Fununaga when they were in Chicago promoting the film.
Mia Wasikowska, the Title Character...
- 3/17/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hal Holbrook recently spoke with Paste about Mark Twain when we named the great American author our 2010 Man of the Year in Nonfiction. Holbrook, of course, has portayed Twain in the one man show Mark Twain Tonight! for over half a century, and currently, That Evening Sun director Scott Teems is in production on a documentary, Holbrook/Twain, that explores the cultural touchstone. At one point, the conversation turned to Holbrook’s late wife, actress Dixie Carter. His reminiscences were so sweet that we pulled them out for a short Valentine’s Day special....
- 2/14/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
Oregon looks like a beautiful place...the trees, the lakes and rivers, gorgeous coastline and open spaces. I imagine it's the kind of place you just stand, looking at your surroundings and breathing in nature. Peaceful.
Then I watched this freakyass, Lynchian trailer for Calvin Reeder's (The Rambler) first feature, The Oregonian and I'm thinking, thank Godtopus I'm not a country girl. Set to premiere at Sundance 2011, the film invites us to "spend some time with a woman from Oregon (Lindsay Pulsipher, "True Blood") who is lost on the road and running away from her past. The woman survives a bad car accident, but after seeing this thing, I'm not convinced that's a good thing.
And if that wasn't enough to mess with your mind, Bloody Disgusting has a few very strange photos - here's just one:
The Oregonian also stars Robert Longstreet (Pineapple Express), Barlow Jacobs (That Evening Sun...
Then I watched this freakyass, Lynchian trailer for Calvin Reeder's (The Rambler) first feature, The Oregonian and I'm thinking, thank Godtopus I'm not a country girl. Set to premiere at Sundance 2011, the film invites us to "spend some time with a woman from Oregon (Lindsay Pulsipher, "True Blood") who is lost on the road and running away from her past. The woman survives a bad car accident, but after seeing this thing, I'm not convinced that's a good thing.
And if that wasn't enough to mess with your mind, Bloody Disgusting has a few very strange photos - here's just one:
The Oregonian also stars Robert Longstreet (Pineapple Express), Barlow Jacobs (That Evening Sun...
- 12/30/2010
- by Cindy Davis
MacGruber: "It's been ten years since the release of the last film based on a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, and a lot has changed since the era of The Ladies' Man. It's not that the show's humor has become less fratty since the 1990s, the decade of Adam Sandler and Chris Farley; it's that the type of fratty-ness has changed, evolving from a beer-bong chugfest into something much sillier and more absurd. But the biggest change between then and now, and the one that makes MacGruber both better than expected and more fleeting, is the rise of the SNL Digital Short. The brief films spearheaded by cast member Andy Samberg have grown from cheaply shot goofs to videos like "I'm On a Boat" that make the most of their budget and create something that looks high-quality but still has the lurking feel of a production thrown together in an afternoon.
- 9/7/2010
- by Intern Rusty
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A Scanner Darkly / Thx 1138 / Lost in Space / Mars Attacks! / Matrix Reloaded / Forbidden Planet We'll begin with a very cool group of films Warner Home Video is releasing on Blu-ray today. The only one of these six I have not seen is Lost in Space and that's primarily thanks to the fact I haven't heard anything good about it. Additionally, A Scanner Darkly and George Lucas's Thx 1138 did nothing for me when I first saw them, though with this Blu-ray I am certainly going to give Thx 1138 a second chance.
Despite the negativity it often receives, I personally really like Matrix Reloaded, but I am assuming most of the people that agree with me on that have already bought the complete Matrix trilogy on Blu-ray. Or, perhaps you're not a fan of Revolutions (and let's be honest,...
A Scanner Darkly / Thx 1138 / Lost in Space / Mars Attacks! / Matrix Reloaded / Forbidden Planet We'll begin with a very cool group of films Warner Home Video is releasing on Blu-ray today. The only one of these six I have not seen is Lost in Space and that's primarily thanks to the fact I haven't heard anything good about it. Additionally, A Scanner Darkly and George Lucas's Thx 1138 did nothing for me when I first saw them, though with this Blu-ray I am certainly going to give Thx 1138 a second chance.
Despite the negativity it often receives, I personally really like Matrix Reloaded, but I am assuming most of the people that agree with me on that have already bought the complete Matrix trilogy on Blu-ray. Or, perhaps you're not a fan of Revolutions (and let's be honest,...
- 9/7/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Now that September is here, the summer movies are slowly starting to trickle out on DVD... starting with the ones that didn't do so well in theatres, naturally. This week we get the SNL MacGruber movie and Killers starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, and not a heck of a lot else. Festival sleeper Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas and Jesse Eisenberg also hits stores today, along with a new Special Edition of Wall Street and Blood Into Wine, a documentary about Maynard James Keenan's journey to becoming a winemaker. If you're a fan of Norm McDonald, the gem of the week is definitely The Norm Show: The Complete Series. Also out this week on DVD and Blu-ray: new seasons of The Office, Supernatural, and Smallville. What will you be buying or renting this week? MacGruber [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Killers [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Solitary Man [5] (+ Blu-ray [6]) That Evening Sun [7] (+ Blu-ray [8]) The Exploding Girl...
- 9/7/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
"Being Michael Madsen" (2010)
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
- 9/7/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Chicago – Get out the shoulder pads and parachute pants, as HollywoodChicago revisits the 1980s through interviews with four top stars of the era, as they made their appearance at the most recent Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show. Theresa Russell, Ernie Hudson, Barry Corbin and Ginger Lynn Allen were there.
HollywoodChicago talked with them all, and Hc ace photographer Joe Arce put them through their poses with his unique point of view.
The Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show is a twice-a-year event where attendees can meet and greet the stars, collect autographs and find cool collectibles at the memorabilia market.
Theresa Russell, “Black Widow” and “Insignificance”
Theresa Russell made a significant debut as a film actor in “The Last Tycoon” [1976], and went on to make several memorable films with then husband and director Nicholas Roeg, including “Bad Timing” [1980], “Eureka” [1983] and the infamous cult film “Insignificance” [1985]. She recently played the wife of Thomas Haden Church...
HollywoodChicago talked with them all, and Hc ace photographer Joe Arce put them through their poses with his unique point of view.
The Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show is a twice-a-year event where attendees can meet and greet the stars, collect autographs and find cool collectibles at the memorabilia market.
Theresa Russell, “Black Widow” and “Insignificance”
Theresa Russell made a significant debut as a film actor in “The Last Tycoon” [1976], and went on to make several memorable films with then husband and director Nicholas Roeg, including “Bad Timing” [1980], “Eureka” [1983] and the infamous cult film “Insignificance” [1985]. She recently played the wife of Thomas Haden Church...
- 7/12/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If standards used in measuring a film festival's success are solely based on the fruition of its films, the Little Rock Film Festival continues to surpass those measurements. In its first three years, pre-distribution screenings like Knocked Up, That Evening Sun, Touching Home, Breaking Upwards and (500) Days of Summer have all gone on to further acclaim. This year is no exception.Having already snatched the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Winter's Bone opened the Little Rock festival and went on to win Best Narrative. Co-writer/director Debra Granik continues the high quality of recent Southern films with her gripping Appalachian tale of Ree, a...
- 6/11/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
Awards Daily has posted a few photos of Christoph Waltz on the set of Francis Lawrence’s (I Am Legend) Water for Elephants. More photos of Waltz can be seen at Accidental Sexiness and Ontd.
The film, which began shooting in Los Angeles on May 22, also stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Hal Holbrook, who recently gave an excellent performance in That Evening Sun. The film will be about a veterinary student who abandons school and joins a traveling circus after his parents are killed.
Do you think this a film to keep an eye on? Have you liked Lawrence’s other films?...
The film, which began shooting in Los Angeles on May 22, also stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Hal Holbrook, who recently gave an excellent performance in That Evening Sun. The film will be about a veterinary student who abandons school and joins a traveling circus after his parents are killed.
Do you think this a film to keep an eye on? Have you liked Lawrence’s other films?...
- 6/9/2010
- by Danny King
- The Film Stage
Chicago – Director Scott Teems has been working the film exhibition circuit hard for the past two years since releasing “That Evening Sun” in 2009. Featuring Hal Holbrook in one of his finest roles, the film has built an audience one city at a time.
The compelling story is about a farmer named Meecham (Holbrook) in the twilight of his life, whose son has placed him in an elder care facility. Determined to reclaim his land, Meecham escapes from the facility, only to find another family living on his farm. He finds out that his son has allowed this, not knowing that the new tenants include a man named Choat (Ray McKinnon), who Meecham despises. His run-ins with Choat comprise the rest of the narrative, with themes of aging, family, friendship, redemption and truth.
In Country: Carrie Preston as Ludie (left), Mia Wasikowska as Pamela and Hal Holbrook as Meecham in...
The compelling story is about a farmer named Meecham (Holbrook) in the twilight of his life, whose son has placed him in an elder care facility. Determined to reclaim his land, Meecham escapes from the facility, only to find another family living on his farm. He finds out that his son has allowed this, not knowing that the new tenants include a man named Choat (Ray McKinnon), who Meecham despises. His run-ins with Choat comprise the rest of the narrative, with themes of aging, family, friendship, redemption and truth.
In Country: Carrie Preston as Ludie (left), Mia Wasikowska as Pamela and Hal Holbrook as Meecham in...
- 6/1/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Scott Teems directed one of my favorite films last year—That Evening Sun, an adaptation of a William Gay short story starring Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon and Carrie Preston. The movie made brilliant use of an original Drive-By Truckers song (which you can watch Patterson Hood play and discuss here). Teems, McKinnon and the Truckers have joined forces once again for the new Drive-By Truckers music video for “Working This Job.” The explicit version is below or you can watch the clean version at YouTube (the only difference is in the on-screen language)....
- 5/26/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
Chicago – There are no epitaphs to be written if life is still coursing through the veins. In the film “That Evening Sun,” Hal Holbrook expresses the life coursing through him, as both a great actor and innate human being.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Holbrook portrays Tennessee farmer Abner Meecham, first seen as an old man stuck in an elder care facility. During an intriguing montage he mostly sits, disinterested in virtually every activity. He seems mentally disconnected, but suddenly in the next sequence he is packing a bag and escaping on foot from the perceived prison. The facility sends a taxi to retrieve him, but he bribes the driver to take him elsewhere.
The destination is his farm. Meecham still owns the land, but discovers some squatters living in his main house. It turns out his son (Walton Goggins) has rented the house to one of the most disliked residents of the community,...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Holbrook portrays Tennessee farmer Abner Meecham, first seen as an old man stuck in an elder care facility. During an intriguing montage he mostly sits, disinterested in virtually every activity. He seems mentally disconnected, but suddenly in the next sequence he is packing a bag and escaping on foot from the perceived prison. The facility sends a taxi to retrieve him, but he bribes the driver to take him elsewhere.
The destination is his farm. Meecham still owns the land, but discovers some squatters living in his main house. It turns out his son (Walton Goggins) has rented the house to one of the most disliked residents of the community,...
- 4/25/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Actress Dixie Carter has died at the age of 70. Carter, best known for her role in hit sitcom "Designing Women", passed away on Saturday, April 10. Her cause of death has not yet been released. Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera "One Life to Live", and later appeared in series such as "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes" before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women".
In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on "Desperate Housewives", playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law. She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the "The Killing of Randy Webster", and they married...
Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera "One Life to Live", and later appeared in series such as "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes" before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women".
In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on "Desperate Housewives", playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law. She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the "The Killing of Randy Webster", and they married...
- 4/12/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Broadway and television star Dixie Carter died Saturday morning, according to her publicist Steve Rohr.
Rohr told People magazine that the actress died from complications arising from endometrial cancer.
Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
Carter is best known for playing the wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women.
Rohr told People magazine that the actress died from complications arising from endometrial cancer.
Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
Carter is best known for playing the wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women.
- 4/11/2010
- Extra
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The TV legend passed away the morning of April 10.
“This has been a terrible blow to our family,” Dixie Carter’s husband Hal Holbrook said in a statement April 10. “We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.” Born in McLemoresville, Tenn., 1939, Dixie is best known for playing interior decorator Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women, a role she portrayed from 1986 to 1993. More recently, she received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for her turn as hellish mom Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives.
Her final film, That Evening Sun, premiered at South by Southwest in 2009, and featured Dixie acting alongside husband Hal.
Dixie, thank you for providing us all with so much entertainment over the years, and for constantly being an example of class and professionalism. You will be missed.
BFFs, share you favorite Dixie Carter roles and memories with us below!
The TV legend passed away the morning of April 10.
“This has been a terrible blow to our family,” Dixie Carter’s husband Hal Holbrook said in a statement April 10. “We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.” Born in McLemoresville, Tenn., 1939, Dixie is best known for playing interior decorator Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women, a role she portrayed from 1986 to 1993. More recently, she received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for her turn as hellish mom Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives.
Her final film, That Evening Sun, premiered at South by Southwest in 2009, and featured Dixie acting alongside husband Hal.
Dixie, thank you for providing us all with so much entertainment over the years, and for constantly being an example of class and professionalism. You will be missed.
BFFs, share you favorite Dixie Carter roles and memories with us below!
- 4/11/2010
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
Actress Dixie Carter has died at the age of 70.
Carter, best known for her role in hit sitcom Designing Women, passed away on Saturday. Her cause of death has not yet been released.
Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera One Life to Live, and later appeared in series such as Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women.
In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on Desperate Housewives, playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law.
She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the The Killing of Randy Webster, and they married in 1984.
Holbrook appeared alongside Carter in her final acting project, That Evening Sun, in 2009.
The star is survived by Holbrook and two daughters, Mary Dixie and Ginna.
Carter, best known for her role in hit sitcom Designing Women, passed away on Saturday. Her cause of death has not yet been released.
Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera One Life to Live, and later appeared in series such as Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women.
In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on Desperate Housewives, playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law.
She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the The Killing of Randy Webster, and they married in 1984.
Holbrook appeared alongside Carter in her final acting project, That Evening Sun, in 2009.
The star is survived by Holbrook and two daughters, Mary Dixie and Ginna.
- 4/11/2010
- WENN
Television and Broadway actress Dixie Carter passed away Saturday morning at the age of 70. "This has been a terrible blow to our family," her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said in a statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy." Best known for her role as interior designer Julia Sugarbaker in Designing Women, the Tennessee native earned an Emmy nomination in 2007 for her guest appearance on Desperate Housewives. Her Broadway credits include a stint in Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004. Carter and Holbrook, who married in 1984, appeared together last year in That Evening Sun, an independent film based on a short story by author William Gay. In addition to her husband, Carter is survived by two daughters from a previous marriage.
- 4/11/2010
- by Thailan Pham
- PEOPLE.com
By Roger Friedman
Sad, sad news on Saturday night that Dixie Carter has passed away. The 70 year old actress, famous for starring in “Designing Women,” was elegant, eloquent, and fun. She will be missed.
There’s no word yet on how she died, but it is interesting that there are no pictures of Dixie on WireImage or Getty Images after her appearance at the 2008 Academy Awards. Her husband, Hal Holbrook, was nominated for his role in “Into the Wild.”
Carter and Holbrook recently appeared together in “That Evening Sun,” an independent movie that got nice notices last year. There is scant sign of them having done any publicity for it.
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Dixie Carter On “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
But Carter was very much behind Holbrook when he was nominated for “Into the Wild.” And they told me a great story. When they met in 1981, it was on a film called “The Killing of Randy Webster,...
Sad, sad news on Saturday night that Dixie Carter has passed away. The 70 year old actress, famous for starring in “Designing Women,” was elegant, eloquent, and fun. She will be missed.
There’s no word yet on how she died, but it is interesting that there are no pictures of Dixie on WireImage or Getty Images after her appearance at the 2008 Academy Awards. Her husband, Hal Holbrook, was nominated for his role in “Into the Wild.”
Carter and Holbrook recently appeared together in “That Evening Sun,” an independent movie that got nice notices last year. There is scant sign of them having done any publicity for it.
Rip
Dixie Carter On “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
But Carter was very much behind Holbrook when he was nominated for “Into the Wild.” And they told me a great story. When they met in 1981, it was on a film called “The Killing of Randy Webster,...
- 4/11/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
I know, I know, it's still SXSW but there are other movies out. And one coming out today just played SXSW.
The Bounty Hunter -- Gerard Butler is another fractious rom-com, this time as a bounty hunter after his ex Jennifer Aniston. Yeah. (Wide)
The Cry of the Owl -- Claude Chabrol's latest is a sexual revenge thriller based on a Patricia Highsmith novel. (Arbor)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid -- Haven't seen it, but love the tagline: "I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." Chloe Moretz from Kick-Ass is in it, as is Steve Zahn. That makes it worth catching to me. (wide)
That Evening Sun -- SXSW 2009 selection about a southern man dealing with family betrayals and feuding with a neighbor. Starring Hal Holbrook. (Arbor)
A Prophet -- How do you make a criminal kingpin?...
The Bounty Hunter -- Gerard Butler is another fractious rom-com, this time as a bounty hunter after his ex Jennifer Aniston. Yeah. (Wide)
The Cry of the Owl -- Claude Chabrol's latest is a sexual revenge thriller based on a Patricia Highsmith novel. (Arbor)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid -- Haven't seen it, but love the tagline: "I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." Chloe Moretz from Kick-Ass is in it, as is Steve Zahn. That makes it worth catching to me. (wide)
That Evening Sun -- SXSW 2009 selection about a southern man dealing with family betrayals and feuding with a neighbor. Starring Hal Holbrook. (Arbor)
A Prophet -- How do you make a criminal kingpin?...
- 3/19/2010
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
They all say this show changed a little bit, but we guess it was expected for the 25th annual ceremony from Stapless Center, or if you prefer – the Spirit Awards.
Last week we were all occupied with Oscar, but it’s always the right time to take a look at (maybe) less popular ceremony, but still – the good one! We’re going to remind you of this ceremony highlights.
The Spirits, run by the nonprofit Film Independent, threw in some of its typically enjoyable ironic touches.
One of them was definitely David Spade who presented the best foreign award, starting with:
“You may not know this, but my movies play in other countries. They’re huge in Poland. I can’t set foot in Bulgaria.” Thanks for letting us know Spade!
On the other hand, we had a chance to see Ben Stiller, known for studio comedies more than any boutique film,...
Last week we were all occupied with Oscar, but it’s always the right time to take a look at (maybe) less popular ceremony, but still – the good one! We’re going to remind you of this ceremony highlights.
The Spirits, run by the nonprofit Film Independent, threw in some of its typically enjoyable ironic touches.
One of them was definitely David Spade who presented the best foreign award, starting with:
“You may not know this, but my movies play in other countries. They’re huge in Poland. I can’t set foot in Bulgaria.” Thanks for letting us know Spade!
On the other hand, we had a chance to see Ben Stiller, known for studio comedies more than any boutique film,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
While clearly not as closely followed as the Guild Awards, let alone the Golden Globes, the Independent Spirit Awards casts a much wider net in terms of nominees by accepting any film that is screened at various festivals, even if it's not released in theatres. It does, however, limit the film's budget to $20 million.
Precious won Best Feature and Lee Daniels nabbed the Best Director award. Precious ladies, Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique also won the female acting awards while Jeff Bridges and Woody Harrelson got the male acting gongs.
Here's the full list of the nominess and winners...
Best Feature
Precious
Amreeka
500 Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Last Station
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart
A Single Man
Easier with Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger
Best Director
Lee Daniels - Precious
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
James Gray - Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman...
Precious won Best Feature and Lee Daniels nabbed the Best Director award. Precious ladies, Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique also won the female acting awards while Jeff Bridges and Woody Harrelson got the male acting gongs.
Here's the full list of the nominess and winners...
Best Feature
Precious
Amreeka
500 Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Last Station
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart
A Single Man
Easier with Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger
Best Director
Lee Daniels - Precious
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
James Gray - Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman...
- 3/8/2010
- Screenrush
Last night the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards at La Live's panoramic event deck in downtown Los Angeles and talk about predictable as I nailed 12 of the 13 winners in the categories I predicted, with Precious being the night's biggest winner taking home Best Feature, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress and First Screenplay. The only category I missed was Best First Feature, which I predicted Oren Moverman's The Messenger would take home the award, but instead it went to Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart, which also won for Best Actor, awarding Jeff Bridges on his way to an Oscar win this Sunday.
I have listed all the winners below, see you Sunday for the Oscars.
Best Feature Amreeka (500) Days of Summer The Last Station Precious Sin Nombre Best Director Michael Hoffman, The Last Station Lee Daniels, Precious Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man Cary Fukunaga, Sin Nombre James Gray, Two Lovers Best Actor Jeff Bridges,...
I have listed all the winners below, see you Sunday for the Oscars.
Best Feature Amreeka (500) Days of Summer The Last Station Precious Sin Nombre Best Director Michael Hoffman, The Last Station Lee Daniels, Precious Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man Cary Fukunaga, Sin Nombre James Gray, Two Lovers Best Actor Jeff Bridges,...
- 3/6/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
"Precious" took home five major honors at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards including Gabourey Sidibe's first Best Actress win.
"Precious" won awards for Best Feature, Lee Daniels for Best Director, Geoffrey Fletcher for Best First Screenplay and Sidibe and Mo'Nique took home Best Actress and Best Supporting, respectively.
Best Feature
500 Days of Summer, Producers Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Mason Novick, Steven J. Wolfe
Amreeka, Producers Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin
Precious, Producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Sin Nombre, Producer Amy Kaufman
The Last Station, Producers Chris Curling, Jens Meurer, Boonie Arnold
Best Director
The Coen Brothers for A Serious Man
Lee Daniels for Precious
Cary Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
James Grey for Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman for The Last Station
Best First Feature
A Single Man
Crazy Heart
Easier With Practice
The Messenger
Paranormal Activity
John Cassavetes Award
Big Fan
Humpday
The New Year Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge
Best Screenplay
Alessandro Camon,...
"Precious" won awards for Best Feature, Lee Daniels for Best Director, Geoffrey Fletcher for Best First Screenplay and Sidibe and Mo'Nique took home Best Actress and Best Supporting, respectively.
Best Feature
500 Days of Summer, Producers Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Mason Novick, Steven J. Wolfe
Amreeka, Producers Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin
Precious, Producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Sin Nombre, Producer Amy Kaufman
The Last Station, Producers Chris Curling, Jens Meurer, Boonie Arnold
Best Director
The Coen Brothers for A Serious Man
Lee Daniels for Precious
Cary Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
James Grey for Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman for The Last Station
Best First Feature
A Single Man
Crazy Heart
Easier With Practice
The Messenger
Paranormal Activity
John Cassavetes Award
Big Fan
Humpday
The New Year Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge
Best Screenplay
Alessandro Camon,...
- 3/6/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Spirit Awards are nearly upon us. I will live blog haphazardly tonight whilst cleaning my apartment and fine tuning Oscar Party Plans. In the meantime, while you wait for the festivities to begin, I thought you should hear from a Spirit voter. So I'll let him take it from here. Hello everybody! Michael B here, writing my first (and hopefully not last) guest post. Let me tell you a few things about myself before I begin. I’m 19 years old, from Los Angeles, but reside in New York City during the fall and spring. I attend Nyu and major in Dramatic Writing, or also known as, Film, Play and Television Writing. I’m a huge Oscar buff—I live five blocks away from the Academy Building—and have been an avid reader and “chatty moviegoer” at The Film Experience for over five years. And I do too love the actresses.
- 3/6/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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