The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: "Eccentric of a Nightingale" and "Summer and Smoke" v. 2 (Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol. II)
The Vault (Free subscription) | yesterday
Carrie Preston has made the most of every role—first bit parts in films like Transamerica and The Stepford Wives, then guest spots on TV shows like Arrested Development and Sex and the City and, more recently, as Arlene Fowler on True Blood. In her latest film, That Evening Sun, she steals scene after scene as Ludie [...]
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Lenny Henry wins the 'Outstanding Newcomer' prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
WITH THE US Senate’s approval of a motion to proceed on Saturday, US president Barack Obama’s chief domestic priority passed what the president’s office called “a critical milestone” on the road to healthcare reform.
El Campeador's Weblog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Washington Post via Drudge… Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase. On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the 60 votes needed to keep the legislation alive. The wavering lawmaker was offered a sweetener: at least [...]
FilmmakerIQ.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
by Kate Wright Working with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jason Miller and the legendary Tennessee Williams offered me a tremendous entrée into the magical world of storytelling. As American icons, their extraordinary talent inspired the world; and as screenwriters, their remarkable ability to work through the visceral process of storytelling taught me [...]
Beyond Search (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I find “desired repositories” quite enticing. I was going to call this write up “A Repository Named Desire” but I was fearful that some lawyer responsible for the Tennessee Williams’ play would object. Most of the Sergey-and-Larry-eat-pizza Google pundits follow the red herrings dragged by the Googlers toward the end of each week. Not me. [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
If there is one book that sums up the maelstrom of superficiality, white-hot ambition and old-world/new-wave glamour of Andy Warhol's New York years it is former Interview editor Bob Colacello's awesome Holy Terror:
Another Passport Stamp (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I love wacky old people, I truly do. Perhaps because I am pretty sure that is my future I have a soft spot for them. I had a humongous soft spot for an 82 year old passenger that was traveling with her little dog Tipper, on my last flight. Tipper was traveling in style in a soft sided duffel bag carrier, so she could fit under the seat for take off and landing. She had the sweetest little blanket and...
Smartcine.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner [...]
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The poster and trailer for the upcoming drama “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” have appeared online. “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” is based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams (”A Streetcar Named Desire”, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”). Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release [...]...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Paladin just sent over the poster art for The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, a long-forgotten Tennessee Williams screenplay starring Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis debutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies [...]
Styledash (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Filed under: Fashion , News , Celebrity Style Cate Blanchett gold and glowing in Donna Karan on Vogue's December cover. Photo: Annie Leibovitz For the December issue of Vogue , Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett plays cover girl, but instead of flaunting her edgy fashion prowess, the Aussie star takes a more theatrical approach in the Annie Leibovitz -shot cover and fashion spread. Going hand-in-hand...
Open Source (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
We’re in the “living labyrinth” of Harold Bloom’s astonishing memory here. Click to listen to Chris’s conversation with Harold Bloom (32 minutes, 15 mb mp3). The great sage of New Haven is walking us through the dark, dense maze of his first and favorite poet, Hart Crane (1899 – 1932). Take this as a [...]
Lesley Jenike (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Right back atcha, Gretchen: Top Ten Things to learn more about in the relatively near future 1. jazz 2. jazz 3. jazz 4. eighteenth century horticulture 5. Dante 6. Tennessee Williams (what did he like to eat for breakfast, for example?) 7. Rousseau 8. Tristram Shandy 9. miniatures 10. Johnny Mercer (sort-of see #s 1-3)
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
cate blanchett can do any role well. she recently portrayed 'blanche dubois' (tennessee williams' favorite character from his 'a streetcar named desire'). i would love for that to be made into a film.
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