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Category Archives: Actors
For Laurence Olivier’s Birthday: “You’ve Got a Fucking Cheek, Haven’t You?”
Happy birthday, Laurence Olivier! Here’s a funny anecdote from Antony Sher’s book Year of the King: An Actor’s Diary and Sketchbook, his diary detailing his process rehearsing (and creating) Richard III at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Sher was daunted by … Continue reading
“Does it all sound depressing to you? Queasy? Well, I’m not ashamed.” – Barbara Payton
No secret that I love Kim Morgan’s writing. No secret either that we are friends. But this piece, on the re-issue of the autobiography of poor messed-up Barbara Payton – actress, drunk/heroin-addict, prostitute, bar-fly, dead at the age of 39 … Continue reading
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Film Society at Lincoln Center: Anna Magnani Retrospective 5/18-6/1
In a recent radio interview about Gena Rowlands, host Jason Di Rosso asked me what other actresses might even enter the foyer of the foyer of what Gena Rowlands does as an actress. I’ve got my Top 4: Gena Rowlands, … Continue reading
I Think We Need a Bigger Bed
Elvis bought Ann-Margret a huge round bed. Why? You figure it out. The bed cost $780.00. Someone do the math. It was an exorbitant amount of money in 1963. The check for said bed is under glass at Graceland. Elvis … Continue reading
AFME: Talking with Wes Studi
One of the highlights of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience (besides the premiere of my own film, that is) was moderating a conversation with actor Wes Studi for an audience in one of the conference halls at the Hotel … Continue reading
“The first time I saw Sidney [Poitier] was in A Warm December, the movie I affectionately refer to as ‘Put Your Damn Shirt Back On, Sidney!'”
If you’re not aware of the ongoing series “Black Man Talk,” between two of my pals, Odie Henderson and Steven Boone, then consider yourself informed. And run, don’t walk, to read the archive. These two powerhouse-intellects and writers don’t pair … Continue reading
In Praise of Sonia Manzano (“Maria” on Sesame Street)
My family watches Christmas Eve on Sesame Street every year (because we all are obsessed with it. That obsession shows no sign of dying out any time soon). It’s the one that ends with Cookie Monster eating Susan and Gordon’s … Continue reading
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AFME Updates: Conversation with Actor Wes Studi
I’m excited to have been asked by Ivan Wiener, executive director of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, to moderate a conversation with wonderful actor Wes Studi on April 23rd, at 11:00 a.m. That’s the same day, incidentally, that my … Continue reading
Marlon Brando’s Wardrobe Test for Streetcar
It’s the shoes that make it. Well, and everything else, too.
R.I.P. Patty Duke
There are so many emotions. Her work meant so much to me growing up, and The Miracle Worker was a game-changer in terms of my child-hood understanding of acting (especially since I wanted to be one myself.) The Patty Duke … Continue reading
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