The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: "Eccentric of a Nightingale" and "Summer and Smoke" v. 2 (Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol. II)
FilmmakerIQ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
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) | yesterday
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) | yesterday
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.
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) : Baker began her film career in 1953, with a small part in Easy to Love . After appearing in television commercials and training at New York's Actors Studio, she took a role in the Broadway production of All Summer Long . That appearance brought her to the attention of director Elia Kazan, who cast Baker as the title character in his controversial Baby Doll . Her...
Dictionary Quotes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Tennessee Williams said if he got rid of his demons, he would lose his angels. -Williams, Dakin
Jackson Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
My husband and I went to see the famed Tennessee Williams show last Saturday at New Stage. It was excellent, one of the better shows we've seen there and the set was fantastic. It was on a slant and part of it extended into the audience. Hats off to the production crew and everyone else involved!
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
From David Mamet's American Buffalo to Bill Gates' memoir, poker expert James McManus shares five great works where the game plays a major hand. His new book, Cowboys Full, has just been published. Tennessee Williams used poker's old-school tough-guy...
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