Paula Kelly, an actress who earned Emmy nominations for roles on NBC’s 1980s sitcom Night Court and 1989 ABC miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, died February 8 in Whittier, CA, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 77.
Her death was announced by her family and Los Angeles’ Ebony Repertory Theatre.
Kelly, who was also a dancer, choreographer and singer, had her breakthrough role of Helene in Bob Fosse’s 1969 film Sweet Charity, sharing the screen with star Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera in such musical numbers as “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” and the showstopper “Hey, Big Spender.” She’d already played the role in a West End stage production.
Other film credits include The Andromeda Strain (1971), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1995).
Kelly appeared in numerous TV series from the 1970s through the ’90s, including Sanford & Son, Medical Center, The Streets of San Francisco,...
Her death was announced by her family and Los Angeles’ Ebony Repertory Theatre.
Kelly, who was also a dancer, choreographer and singer, had her breakthrough role of Helene in Bob Fosse’s 1969 film Sweet Charity, sharing the screen with star Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera in such musical numbers as “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” and the showstopper “Hey, Big Spender.” She’d already played the role in a West End stage production.
Other film credits include The Andromeda Strain (1971), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1995).
Kelly appeared in numerous TV series from the 1970s through the ’90s, including Sanford & Son, Medical Center, The Streets of San Francisco,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Paula Kelly, the actress, singer and dancer who starred in the film version of Sweet Charity and earned an Emmy nomination for her turn on Night Court, has died. She was 77.
Kelly died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Whittier, California, a publicist for her family and Los Angeles' Ebony Repertory Theatre announced.
Kelly also appeared in such movies as The Andromeda Strain (1971), Cool Breeze (1972), Top of the Heap (1972), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), Soylent Green (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) — as Leggy Peggy — and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986).
After playing the dancer Helene ...
Kelly died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Whittier, California, a publicist for her family and Los Angeles' Ebony Repertory Theatre announced.
Kelly also appeared in such movies as The Andromeda Strain (1971), Cool Breeze (1972), Top of the Heap (1972), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), Soylent Green (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) — as Leggy Peggy — and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986).
After playing the dancer Helene ...
- 2/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paula Kelly, the actress, singer and dancer who starred in the film version of Sweet Charity and earned an Emmy nomination for her turn on Night Court, has died. She was 77.
Kelly died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Whittier, California, a publicist for her family and Los Angeles' Ebony Repertory Theatre announced.
Kelly also appeared in such movies as The Andromeda Strain (1971), Cool Breeze (1972), Top of the Heap (1972), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), Soylent Green (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) — as Leggy Peggy — and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986).
After playing the dancer Helene ...
Kelly died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Whittier, California, a publicist for her family and Los Angeles' Ebony Repertory Theatre announced.
Kelly also appeared in such movies as The Andromeda Strain (1971), Cool Breeze (1972), Top of the Heap (1972), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), Soylent Green (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974) — as Leggy Peggy — and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986).
After playing the dancer Helene ...
- 2/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kevin Hart is in talks to star in Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment’s remake of 1974’s “Uptown Saturday Night,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Sidney Poitier directed the original comedy and also starred in it alongside Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart. (With Richard Pryor in a supporting role.) The film followed two friends as they barely navigate the criminal underworld in order to retrieve a winning lottery ticket stolen during a robbery.
Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment partner James Lassiter are producing the remake, while “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris is penning the most recent draft of the script.
Also Read: Kevin Hart to Host CBS Obstacle Course Game Show 'Tko: Total Knock Out'
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Hart’s most recent credits include “Captain Underpants” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and will star in “Night School,” “The Secret Life of Pets 2” and the “Jumanji” sequel next.
Sidney Poitier directed the original comedy and also starred in it alongside Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart. (With Richard Pryor in a supporting role.) The film followed two friends as they barely navigate the criminal underworld in order to retrieve a winning lottery ticket stolen during a robbery.
Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment partner James Lassiter are producing the remake, while “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris is penning the most recent draft of the script.
Also Read: Kevin Hart to Host CBS Obstacle Course Game Show 'Tko: Total Knock Out'
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Hart’s most recent credits include “Captain Underpants” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and will star in “Night School,” “The Secret Life of Pets 2” and the “Jumanji” sequel next.
- 5/14/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
With "The Equalizer" having just premiered in Toronto, actor Denzel Washington participated in a Reddit Ama session where he touched upon a variety of topics and potential future roles.
Naturally, someone asked him about possibly playing a Marvel superhero to which he said: "Didn't they do the Green Lantern? With Ryan Reynolds! Too late! Green Lantern Returns? Isn't there a comic book, the Black Panther or something?"
Later on, he told Cinema Blend in Toronto: "I'm probably getting too old. They didn't make the Black Panther yet, though, did they? I heard that they have been talking about it. That's cool."
Another topic that came up was that of Adam McKay's in development remake of "Uptown Saturday Night" which, according to Washington, is still in development: "I actually have a script for a remake of 'Uptown Saturday Night' that Will Smith wants to put together, that's been...
Naturally, someone asked him about possibly playing a Marvel superhero to which he said: "Didn't they do the Green Lantern? With Ryan Reynolds! Too late! Green Lantern Returns? Isn't there a comic book, the Black Panther or something?"
Later on, he told Cinema Blend in Toronto: "I'm probably getting too old. They didn't make the Black Panther yet, though, did they? I heard that they have been talking about it. That's cool."
Another topic that came up was that of Adam McKay's in development remake of "Uptown Saturday Night" which, according to Washington, is still in development: "I actually have a script for a remake of 'Uptown Saturday Night' that Will Smith wants to put together, that's been...
- 9/8/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Denzel Washington, believe it or not, is a really funny guy. You might not know it due to the fact that he's more known for dispensing rough justice in films like Man On Fire and more recently The Equalizer. But before he was giving criminals a stern talking to, followed by a couple of bullets or blows to the chest, he was making people laugh in movies like Heart Condition and Much Ado About Nothing. Yet despite his mid career renaissance as an action hero with gravitas, he's still eager to make us laugh, and he's ready to do it again. The only problem is Will Smith is dragging his feet on making sure that happens. At least, that's what Washington himself said in his Reddit Ama yesterday afternoon. You see, he too remembers that Adam McKay's remake of Uptown Saturday Night is still in play, and he's eager...
- 9/6/2014
- cinemablend.com
Hopefully he won't immediately regret this decision, but Adam McKay – co-writer and director of Anchorman and its super-sized sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – says he and co-writer/star Will Ferrell will not be expanding their beloved comedy franchise into a trilogy.
Ron Burgundy Uncensored: Will Ferrell on the Cover of Rolling Stone
“It’s done,” says McKay in a new interview with Empire. “I think that’s it. It was great to do it, and it was so fun to work with those guys again, but I think that’s it for Ron Burgundy.
Ron Burgundy Uncensored: Will Ferrell on the Cover of Rolling Stone
“It’s done,” says McKay in a new interview with Empire. “I think that’s it. It was great to do it, and it was so fun to work with those guys again, but I think that’s it for Ron Burgundy.
- 2/28/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Remember that scene in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues where the news team ignorantly quizzes an openly gay co-worker, who they confuse for a vampire? “Do you sleep in a coffin?” asks a befuddled Champ, while his thick-headed pals struggle with the concept of being gay in 1980. The exchange got some of the best laughs in the sequel’s trailer, but if you’ve seen the movie, you know that the scene didn’t actually make the final cut. That will all change on Feb. 28 when Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Super-Sized R-Rated Version begins a one-week run in theaters.
- 2/21/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Just under six months after Columbia grew a pair of cold feet, it would appear that The Boys has found a second Hollywood home. Don’t take my word for it, but that of prospective director Adam McKay, who quietly announced on Twitter that Paramount have taken his comic book film in for themselves. And it’s developing, too.
Sony let this thing go for the exact reason you’d assume ($), so the question of a reduced budget — or anything along those same business lines — will have to remain in the dark as of now. Regardless of that possible issue, I’m fairly glad to hear The Boys could live once again; it sounds far removed from your typical comic book property, nor does it hurt when Simon Pegg and Russell Crowe were circling major roles. If they stick around — or, had ever really considered it in the first place...
Sony let this thing go for the exact reason you’d assume ($), so the question of a reduced budget — or anything along those same business lines — will have to remain in the dark as of now. Regardless of that possible issue, I’m fairly glad to hear The Boys could live once again; it sounds far removed from your typical comic book property, nor does it hurt when Simon Pegg and Russell Crowe were circling major roles. If they stick around — or, had ever really considered it in the first place...
- 8/16/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After a short, but well-deserved break between 2010’s “Unstoppable” and this past February’s “Safe House,” actor Denzel Washington is back with the force you’d expect from a man who once yelled King Kong “ain’t having sh*t on me” during a heated exchange in “Training Day.” Anyways, he has the Robert Zemeckis-directed drama “Flight” set to land this November, he’s currently shooting the action picture “2 Guns” alongside Mark Wahlberg, and we just had word he could star alongside Will Smith in “Anchorman” director Adam McKay’s remake of “Uptown Saturday Night." And now we have further info on a long-developing project with Washington attached. Deadline has the tip that Sony Pictures has set the Washington-starring “The Equalizer” for an April 8 production start in (most likely) Boston. Based on the hit 1980s series "The...
- 7/24/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
Fine. I’ll bite. This kind of sounds amazing.
When rumors of a possible Uptown Saturday Night remake sparked, very little buzz surrounding the project was remotely positive. However, with this new report from Deadline, that’s about to change.
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When rumors of a possible Uptown Saturday Night remake sparked, very little buzz surrounding the project was remotely positive. However, with this new report from Deadline, that’s about to change.
Read more on Adam McKay helming Uptown Saturday Night remake with Will Smith and Denzel Washington...
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- 4/27/2012
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
Exclusive: Adam McKay is in negotiations to develop to direct Uptown Saturday Night, the Warner Bros remake that the studio hopes will star Will Smith and Denzel Washington. Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment has been developing the project. Tim Dowling wrote the most recent draft. The idea is for McKay to helm the film after he completes a sequel to Anchorman, the Will Ferrell-starrer that Paramount has set for an early 2013 start and 2014 release. McKay and Ferrell wrote that script and Judd Apatow is producing. McKay most recently helmed The Other Guys, and before that Talladega Nights. He’s repped by Wme. The 1974 comedy starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier as pals who visit an illegal nightclub, and are forced to hand over their wallets to thieves. Turns out one of them contains a winning lottery ticket, emboldening the duo to bump up against the criminal element to get back the wallet.
- 4/26/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Early last year, there was news that Warner Brothers was remaking 1974s Uptown Saturday Night with Will Smith and Denzel Washington eying the two main roles. Since then, Smith and Washington have remained interested in the project. David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) was once on to direct, but dropped to move on to other things. Adam McKay is now in negotiations to take on the remake. Smith and Washington have been wanting to work with each other for awhile and figure this is the best...
- 4/26/2012
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
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