Industry

At one time they were the biggest names in the industry, among the world’s the most popular actors, but whatever happened to…Marie Dressler?  Dressler was a matronly character actress, winner of the Academy Award in 1931. She was the antithesis of Hollywood glamor, but in 1932 and 1933 she was America’s most popular star.

In January 2014, Niki Lauda walked into the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel to rehearse for his presentation at the next day’s Golden Globe Awards. “What a mess”, he muttered in German, looking at cables, wires, unmade tables with paper cups and candy wrappers: “I hope they clean this up.

It wasn’t so much a clash of the titans, it was more like a tribute to them when Bruce Springsteen sat down with Martin Scorsese for a public conversation at Hollywood's Raleigh Studios, organized by Netflix. The pre-Emmy event was held in support of the campaign for Springsteen’s one-man show “Springsteen on Broadway”.

“I (saw) All that Jazz as a teenager, I think I was 15 or 16,” Steven Levenson told HFPA journalists at a recent press conference for Fosse/Verdon, the FX miniseries which revisits the relationship between director and choreographer extraordinaire Bob Fosse and his wife and collaborator – and Broadway superstar in her own right – Gwen Verdon. Levenson is the showrunner for the series starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams; All That Jazz is the 1979 movie directed by Fosse covering some of the same autobiographical ground that the series explores in depth.

In 1991 Frank Price was head of Columbia Pictures before it was known as Sony. Price had risen from the ranks of writer and TV executive to became a very hands-on studio head.

 “Tell me a story”. Is there anything that unites humans of all ages love more than the love of stories?It seems we have been telling stories to each other since the Stone Age, when early humans first drew pictures on the walls of caves art.

It’s been a long time coming…The 25th installment of the most successful and longest running franchise ever is finally on its way. The road to the cameras rolling has been the kind of rollercoaster few movies survive and certainly one of the longest of any of the spy films.

It used to be original stories. Then came book adaptations, remakes, franchises, sequels, prequels, small screen to big and big screen to small.

She started her career with a bang:  she was the first actress to have an orgasm on screen. She was a Hollywood sex symbol who stood up to the mighty Louis B.

CinemaCon, held annually at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a gathering of theater owners and exhibitors (as well as the concessionaires and technology companies whose products undergird their business) from all across the United States and around the world. And so each spring Hollywood movie studios and top film talent alight upon the convention, to talk up their upcoming film slates and get exhibitors excited about their cinematic offerings.