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James Marsden wants to star in a Frank Sinatra biopic.The 51-year-old actor has expressed his interest in playing the ‘My Way’ icon in a film similar to Jamie Foxx’s 2004 Ray Charles biopic ‘Ray’, and has stressed he'd like to sing live if such a project were to go ahead.In an interview with The Post, Marsden said: "To do a biopic like what Jamie Foxx did with Ray. I would love to. And you’re actually using your singing voice, as well."‘The Notebook’ star added he has always "loved emulating some of the old crooners", and believes there are plenty of "interesting stories" within Sinatra’s life that would translate well to the silver screen.He said: "I’ve always loved emulating some of the old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin."I always thought there were so many interesting stories of Frank...

James Marsden is open to playing Frank Sinatra in a biopic, like Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown or Jamie Foxx’s portrayal of Ray Charles in 2004’s Ray.

In a new interview, the Paradise actor expressed his interest in playing the singer known as “The Voice” and “The Chairman of the Board.”

“I’ve always loved emulating some of the old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin,” the actor said in an interview with The Post. “I always thought there were so many interesting stories of Frank Sinatra’s life that could be played. And for whatever reason, you’ve never really seen a movie about him.”

He continued, “I just think there’s so many stories that could be told about that man — some of the really tortured and darker stories, and some uplifting ones as well. What he did,...

Start spreading the news – James Marsden wants to play Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. So, would Marsden have the world of a string in the role or would he get under our skin?

Speaking with The Post, Marsden said the inspiration he gets from the ring-a-ding-ding era of singers has drawn him to such a project. “I’ve always loved emulating some of the old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. I always thought there were so many interesting stories of Frank Sinatra’s life that could be played. And for whatever reason, you’ve never really seen a movie about him.”

That’s not entirely accurate, as Frank Sinatra has been portrayed on screens both small and big a handful of times. First there was Philip Casnoff in 1992’s TV movie Sinatra (earning a Golden Globe nomination), which seems like a risky movie considering...

The first 40-odd minutes of Paradise episode 7 were probably the most nerve-wracking buildup that you’ve witnessed in any show or movie in recent times. What made this episode even more entertaining was the use of real-life events (the Cuban Missile Crisis) to symbolize certain things and to provide motivation to various characters.

At the end of the previous episode, we saw that Xavier Collins, together with Robinson, had broken into the secret armory of the underground world, stolen the weapons, and taken all the politicians and diplomats (apart from Sinatra) captive. It was Torabi’s presence of mind that helped Sinatra make the right move, not following the cavalry into the government’s safe house. Sinatra realized that it was about time she used her wildcard. She made a call to Jane and asked her to take Presley, Xavier’s daughter, into custody. Nobody had a clue that Jane...

Dan Fogelman’s drama series Paradise is not all that it seems on the surface, as suggested by the show’s summary.

The show has a few more episodes ahead of its sure-to-be-twisty finale, so for the Paradise release schedule and other details, read on.

When did Paradise premiere on Hulu?

The show was advertised to premiere Jan. 28, but the first episode was released two days earlier on Jan. 26 as a surprise. The next two episodes came out Jan. 28, as the first three total were originally set for that date on Hulu.

How many episodes are in Paradise on Hulu?

There are eight episodes in the first season of the drama series.

When do new episodes of Paradise come out on Hulu?

Each new episode lands Tuesdays weekly. The full Paradise episode release schedule can be seen below:

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[This story contains major spoilers from the sixth episode of Paradise, “You Asked for Miracles.”]

Sarah Shahi has been a big Dan Fogelman fan ever since This Is Us.

When Fogelman debuted his beloved NBC family drama back in 2016, he received an email from a fan. Shahi wrote the showrunner to say that she would do any role on the series, she’d even warm up coffee. She was later cast on his short-lived Fox baseball drama Pitch, but they never met. She would go on to other roles on Chicago Fire and The Rookie, lead Netflix’s Sex/Life, and star in films Black Adam and Red White & Royal Blue. It wasn’t until her audition for Paradise, Fogelman’s next mystery series, that they would finally meet.

“He took one look at me and he remembered. He said, ‘Sarah Shahi, you wrote me the kindest email and I’ve been wanting to meet you ever since,'” she recalls now to The Hollywood Reporter.

The latest political thriller, Paradise, has captivated audiences with its intricate plot and compelling characters. Created by Dan Fogelman, known for This Is Us, the series delves into a high-stakes investigation following a national tragedy. Starring Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, and James Marsden, Paradise is shaping up to be one of the most talked-about shows of the year.

Release Date & Schedule of Paradise Episodes:

Season 1 of Paradise comprises eight episodes, with the first three episodes released simultaneously, followed by weekly releases. The series premiered on January 26, 2025, and continues with new episodes every Tuesday.

Full Release Timeline: Episode 1 – “Wildcat is Down” – Sunday, January 26, 2025 Episode 2 – “Sinatra” – Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Episode 3 – “The Architect of Social Well-Being” – Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Episode 4 – “Agent Billy Page” – Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Episode 5 – “In the Palaces of Crowned Kings” – Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Episode 6 – “You Asked for Miracles” – Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Episode 7 – “The Day” – Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Episode 8 – Title Tba – Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Plot Overview:

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Get ready for political intrigue, high-stakes murder mystery, and twists that you will never see coming in Hulu’s new series Paradise. Created by Dan Fogelman, the Hulu series is set in an idyllic community where some of the world’s most prominent live. We follow the story of Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins, who is the protection detail of the President, but when the President is killed in suspicious circumstances, he must find the culprit.

Paradise – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Hulu

Paradise consists of eight episodes in total. The political conspiracy thriller series premiered on Hulu with its first three episodes on January 28, with the rest of the episodes coming out weekly every Tuesday. Check out the full episode guide of Paradise below:

Episode 1 “Wildcat is Down” – January 28, 2025 Episode 2 “Sinatra” – January...

Two of the most important people in Paradise are at the center of its second and third episodes, respectively — and hold onto your vegan cheese fries, because there’s a Lot to take in.

Tragic child death! Insight into the town’s selection process! Wii Tennis! Shower sex! Truly something for everyone in Episodes 2 and 3, so read on for the highlights of “Sinatra” and “The Architect of Social Well-Being.”

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Martin Scorsese’s schedule has been uncertain of late. When we talked to Rodrigo Prieto in November he revealed they were supposed to be at work on a new project––not Home or Life of Jesus, which had both generated much heat in the last year, but Sinatra, a project many thought dead. Par for the course, then, if he goes back to the well. Per Deadline, Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are looking to reunite for The Devil in the White City, an adaptation of Erik Larson’s non-fiction sensation with which they were involved some ten years ago and which is being revived at 20th Century Studios.

But for a filmmaker who stressed there’s no time left, this is a curiously soft prospect: no script yet exists, despite decade-old word that Billy Ray would be adapting. Assuming the project happens at all, I wouldn’t be surprised if...

Martin Scorsese is far from even thinking about retiring.

The auteur seemingly addressed rumors of him slowing down following the Variety report that his two previously announced projects, “The Life of Jesus” and a Frank Sinatra biopic, have both been shelved.

Scorsese instead unveiled a new documentary about marine archaeology during the 2024 Turin Film Festival, via The Hollywood Reporter, and said that he will still be a tentpole of cinema for as long as he is on this earth.

“I’m not saying goodbye to cinema at all,” Scorsese said. “I still have more films to make, and I hope God gives me the strength to make them.”

“The Life of Jesus” was confirmed in January 2024, with Scorsese telling The Los Angeles Times that he co-wrote the adaptation of “Silence” author Shūsaku Endō’s novel with critic and filmmaker Kent Jones. At the time, the project was set to film...

Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind some of cinema’s most iconic works, had planned to begin shooting two highly anticipated films back-to-back this year. One was a biblical epic, “The Life of Jesus,” based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 novel, and the other was a biopic about legendary singer Frank Sinatra. However, Variety has learned that both projects have been postponed, and neither will be filmed this year.

Scorsese’s “The Life of Jesus” was expected to be the first of the two projects to go into production. Although no official cast has been announced, one source with direct knowledge tells Variety the film is still in development. Scorsese is committed to making the movie about the Christian leader, which he is reportedly financing independently. He took a similar approach to his 2016 epic drama “Silence,” also adapted from an Endō novel. The filmmaker hoped to shoot in Israel, Italy, and Egypt,...

The Paris Olympics concluded the 2024 Games out with a show-stopping closing ceremony, led by Hollywood stuntman Tom Cruise as French representatives handed off the Olympics flag to reps of the Summer Games’ 2028 home: Los Angeles. In true Hollywood fashion, the event became a star-studded affair, with appearances from Cruise, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and more.

Sunday’s closing ceremony saw Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pass the Olympic flag to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics coming Stateside for the first time since the Atlanta Games in 1996. H.E.R performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” following the flag pass.

In Paris, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accepts the Olympics flag.

The Olympics are now in the hands of Los Angeles.

The 2028 Olympics are in 1,433 days. pic.twitter.com/m54hN9jRbN

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2024

“Mission: Impossible” star Cruise, who had been rumored to make a stunt-filled appearance,...

Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden has been selected as this year’s recipient of the North Fork TV Festival’s Canopy Award.

An accolade for a member of the New York television community whose “persistence and integrity, bound by the twin spirits of independence and collaboration, stoke the creative ambitions of diverse people who have important stories to tell,” the Canopy Award will be presented to Harden on Aug. 28 during this year’s North Fork TV Festival at a formal ceremony at The Halyard at the Sound View Greenport in Greenport, New York.

The ceremony will feature a conversation between Harden and Variety’s Senior Business Writer, TV and Video Games Jennifer Maas, with an audience Q&a to follow.

Known for her roles in films including “Sinatra,” “Pollock” (for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), “Mystic River” (for which she was Oscar-nominated in the...

Coming off the massive critical success of “Killers of The Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese is reexamining his next potential options. While it briefly seemed like Scorsese’s next movie would be an adaptation of the high seas pic “The Wager” with current muse Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) attached to star, a long-developing project from years ago seems to have circled back to his main interest.

Continue reading Martin Scorsese’s Long-Gestating ‘Sinatra’ Film With Leonardo DiCaprio Adds Jennifer Lawrence at The Playlist.

Amidst the acclaim that The Godfather received from all fronts, there was one influential critic of the movie — Frank Sinatra. The beef between Sinatra and the film began even before the start of filming. The singer and actor believed that one character in Mario Puzo’s novel, that of Johnny Fontaine, was modeled after him. On one occasion, Sinatra had a heated confrontation about this with Puzo where he threatened the author.

Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather

However, his threats on another occasion did not seem to bother singer Al Martino, who played the brief role of Johnny Fontaine in the film. In the end, all the efforts of Frank Sinatra to ruin The Godfather became futile as the movie became the biggest hit in Hollywood upon release.

Frank Sinatra Failed To Threaten One Actor Away From The Godfather Role

Guys and Dolls actor Frank Sinatra failed...

When Peter Capaldi flickers into view on the Zoom call, I half expect him to tell me to “F** Off!”

For TV viewers of a certain age, the 65-year-old Scottish actor will forever be Malcolm Tucker, the supremely sweary spin doctor in Armando Iannucci’s pre-Veep Brit political satire The Thick of It.

“It’s The Thick of It and Doctor Who,” says a charming (and clean-mouthed) Capaldi, about the roles he’s most recognized for (he played the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the cult sci-fi series from 2013 to 2017). “Surprisingly, The Thick of It is still incredibly popular [the series wrapped in 2012]. People, generally very cool, smart young people, recognize me from that a lot. They generally just ask me to swear at them.”

Of course, there’s a lot more to Capaldi than Tucker and the Doctor. His scores of film and TV appearances include playing alongside Burt Lancaster in Bill Forsyth’s 1983 classic Local Hero,...

Mark Tremonti is best known as the guitarist for Alter Bridge and Creed, but he’s also proven himself to be quite the crooner.

The veteran rocker is set to release a collection of holiday and Christmas standards titled Christmas Classics New & Old on October 27th, and he’s now shared the opening track, a rendition of “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

Tremonti sings a graceful version of the ubiquitous holiday-season anthem alongside a jovial horn section, proving why he has become a renowned Frank Sinatra interpreter in his downtime from Alter Bridge.

Last year’s covers album, Mark Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra, received acclaim for its faithful and accomplished renderings of Sinatra staples and even led to a series of “Tremonti Sings Sinatra” concerts, including three that are set for January 2024: January 5th; January 6th; and January 13th.

A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for the New...

SAG-AFTRA’s interunion solidarity rally on Tuesday was highlighted by a reunion of the cast of “The West Wing,” and Martin Sheen went into full President Bartlett mode to give a rousing speech to the thousands of Hollywood union members who had joined to march outside of the Disney lot in Burbank.

“The Irish tell a story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in and St. Peter says ‘Of course, just show us your scars’. The man says, ‘I have no scars’. St. Peter says ‘What a pity, was there nothing worth fighting for,'” Sheen said in the speech, video of which you can watch above.

“Clearly this union has found something worth fighting for and it is very costly. If this were not so, we would be left to question its value. Now we are called to support the...

Sinatra, The Musical has cast Tony Award-winning actor-singer Matt Doyle as Frank Sinatra in the world premiere production of the musical bearing Ol’ Blue Eyes’ name, to be staged at Birmingham Rep in Birmingham, England, from September 23 through October 28.

The musical, first reported exclusively by Deadline last year, features a book by Memphis and Diana writer Joe Dipietro and direction and choreography by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall. Sinatra, The Musical is presented by Birmingham Rep in association with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff and Scott Landis for Universal Music Group Theatrical and and Tina Sinatra and Charles Pignone on behalf of Frank Sinatra Enterprises.

The musical includes more than 25 songs popularized by Sinatra, with 20 actors and 17 musicians taking part.

And leading the company will be Doyle, who won a 2022 Tony Award for his performance in Broadway’s Company revival directed by Marianne Elliott. Other Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon,...

Exclusive: Shaniqua McClendon, who is political director at Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, has signed with ICM Partners.

McClendon, who also hosted Crooked Media’s Rigging North Carolina podcast, which chronicled voter suppression and election fraud in the state, has signed with the Hollywood agency to expand her career across broadcast and lectures.

She regularly appears across the company’s slate of podcasts including Hysteria, What A Day and Lovett or Leave It, and also led the creation of the company’s voter engagement program Vote Save America and volunteer engagement program Adopt a State.

McClendon has spent the past decade in politics; prior to Crooked Media, she served as a policy advisor to Sen. Kay R. Hagan and legislative director to Rep. Alma S. Adams, where she spearheaded the creation of the first-ever Congressional Bipartisan Hbcu Caucus. McClendon began her career as a White House Intern for President Barack Obama.

Actor and singer who started out in westerns, moved on to TV soaps and then became a star of Broadway musicals

The diverse show-business career of Anne Jeffreys, who has died aged 94, can be divided into three distinct domains. In the 1940s she was the spirited heroine of low-budget westerns and B- picture thrillers; from the 50s onwards she appeared on television in soap operas and sitcoms, including the supernatural comedy series Topper (1953-55), in which she was known as the “ghostess with the mostest”, and the long-running General Hospital; and she was a singing star in Broadway musicals, notably as Lilli Vanessi in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate (1950-51).

During the first period, Jeffreys starred opposite Robert Mitchum in Nevada (1944) and Frank Sinatra in Step Lively (1944). In the former, she played a saloon singer who seduces the hero and is later fatally wounded by gunfire while protecting him; in the latter,...

[[tmz:video id="0_iuhmi9c8"]] The song for Donald Trump's first dance as President of the United States will be to "My Way" ... and since Sinatra is no longer available, it will take 3 to fill his shoes. Trump and Melania will dance to the song, performed by Erin Boheme, Nickie Conley and Jason Eskridge ... all singers out of Nashville. As TMZ reported, Paul Anka, who wrote the song for Frank Sinatra was also asked to perform the epic tune...

Martin Scorsese has exited a long-promised Frank Sinatra biopic. Field of Dreams screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson and Hunger Games screenwriter Billy Ray had been working on scripts for the film at various times, with The Toronto Sun reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star.

"We can't do it," Scorsese told The Toronto Sun. "I think it is finally over. [Sinatra's estate] won't agree to it. Open it up again and I'm there."

Scorsese, whose new movie Silence is out now, said he had hoped to make an unfettered portrait of both the singer's highs and lows.

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The 1962 classic The Manchurian Candidate was missing from cinema screens from 1963 to 1987. But why?

Richard Condon’s political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate, has twice been turned into a feature film. In truth, as much as its internet law to slam remakes, Jonathan Demme’s 2004 take on the material – starring Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington – is worth a look. But it’s the 1962 original film, directed by the late John Frankenheimer, that’s rightly regarded as one of the finest American thrillers in cinema history.

The movie stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh, and couldn’t have been released at a more testing time. Its release date of October 24th 1962 found an America in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, that took the world to the brink of nuclear war. In that climate came the story of a Communist covert plot to kill the President of the United States.

Veteran’s Day is November 11. While we all try to escape from the most exasperating Presidential Campaign in our history let me pay tribute to the Men and Women who have served in the military to insure we keep our electoral process and our freedoms.

Having served in the Navy four years (there he goes again!) I have a keen interest in any movie about the military, especially the sea service. I did serve during peace time so had no experience with combat but still spent most of my tour of duty at sea on an aircraft carrier, the USS Amerca CV66. Among other jobs I ran the ship’s television station for almost two years. Movies have always been important to me and so providing a few hours of entertainment every day when we were at sea was just about the best job I could have had.

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63-year-old James Steven Sadwith makes his feature directorial debut with Coming Through the Rye. Up until this point in his career, Sadwith has mostly worked in television. He directed Sinatra and the Jonathan Rhys Meyers-led Elvis, and he also created the crime anthology series Gun. Sadwith’s first movie for the big screen is based on a chapter of his life, when he, […]

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“I felt like I was reading about someone who understand me. Not Huck Finn, not Tom Sawyer, but Holden Caulfield,” says Alex Wolff’s character Jamie Schwartz in the new trailer for “Coming Through the Rye.”

Written and directed by James Sadwith, who based the film on his own real life experience with J.D. Salinger, the drama is set in 1969 and follows the 16-year-old outcast who finds solace in “The Catcher In The Rye” and deeply identifies with its protagonist. He decides to adapt the book into a play but before moving forward seeks the approval of the author himself, who is portrayed by Chris Cooper.

Read More: ‘Coming Through The Rye’ Exclusive Clip: An Alienated Teen Leaves Boarding School To Find J.D. Salinger

The film made its debut last year at the Austin Film Festival and was recently picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Eammon Films, who will...

Over the next two months, Scream Factory’s releases include five Blu-rays limited to 1,000 units apiece. Each release will highlight an obscure and underseen sci-fi, horror, or fantasy film from the ’70s and ’80s, and the cover artwork and details on each Blu-ray have been revealed.

Deathstalker Double Feature (August 30th): “Deathstalker (1983)

Deathstalker (Richard Hill) is a mighty warrior chosen to battle the evil forces of a medieval kingdom who sets off on a journey to the most challenging tournament in the land. To the winner will go the throne of the evil wizard, the ultimate mystical power and the love of the beautiful Princess Codille (Barbi Benton). But first Deathstalker must prove himself worthy of his legacy . . . and treachery lurks at every turn.

Deathstalker II (1987)

Deathstalker II (John Terlesky) has a mission: to save the kingdom from the wicked grip of the immoral wizard Jerak and his queen Sultana,...

Set in 1969, “Coming Through The Rye” follows 16-year-old Jamie Schwartz (Alex Wolff), an outcast at his new boarding school, and an acolyte of author J.D. Salinger. Schwartz finds comfort and solace in Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” and deeply identifies with protagonist Holden Caulfield. Believing he’s destined to play the character, Schwartz adapts the novel into a play, but wishes to seek Salinger’s approval before staging it. He runs away from his school and picks up Deedee Gorlin (Stefania Owen), a quirky townie, to help him search for the reclusive author, played by Oscar-winner Chris Cooper. Along the way, Schwartz comes of age, and begins a journey of first love, sexual awakening, and discovering the meaning and purpose of one’s own life. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below, ahead of the 65th anniversary of “The Catcher in the Rye” on July 16th.

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"I'm the kind of girl who's tried everything once," Valerine Perrine purrs in Lenny. As Mrs. Bruce in the Bob Fosse film, her claim, let's say, contained slightly off-color elements.

Not so for the chanteuse Arlene Wolff, who can make the same assertion and whose career path followed a similar timeline (the 1960s onward). She, however, always took the high road. Yes, her notable achievements are indisputably aboveboard and even more varied. She opened for Jackie Mason in his early days, toured Europe as a singer of standards, and as Assistant to New York City's Mayor Abraham Beame, Wolff devised the Big Apple's now iconic street fairs. If that were not enough, for you sailor buffs, she organized the arrival of the tall ships in New York Harbor for the Bicentennial. Then because she had some free time on her hands, she married Manhattan's then Chief of Police (Mickey Schwartz...

Director Gordon Douglas is one of many prolific filmmakers who seemed to fall short of auteur recognition despite considerable iconic items lodged within a vast filmography. Starting out in Hollywood as a child actor, he was directing shorts throughout the 1930s and began developing a resume of B-grade features, the most notable from this period being the 1954 sci-fi classic Them!, one of several genre items capitalizing on nuclear warfare fears. The 1960s found Douglas evolving freely with the times, churning out some racy Carroll Baker numbers (including in a biopic of Jean Harlow), the James Bond knock-off In Like Flint (1967), and a trio of Frank Sinatra vehicles. In between directing Sinatra in a pair of movies where the crooner plays Miami Pi Tony Rome, Douglas concocted something much more provocative, a seedy, lurid neo-noir titled The Detective (1968). One of several oft-referenced titles detailed in Vito Russo’s The Celluloid Closet,...

Frank Sinatra shines in a story of police corruption that tries to say it like it is -- or like it was in 1968, just before the ratings system came in.  The well-intentioned, suspenseful story is burdened by odd censor choices,  Sinatra's conservative self-image, and rudely retrograde attitudes toward gays. In a sparkling new transfer with Jerry Goldsmith's jazzy score isolated on its own track. The Detective Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 114 min. / Ship Date December 8, 2015 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jacqueline Bisset, William Windom, Al Freeman Jr., Tony Musante, Lloyd Bochner, Robert Duvall, Horace McMahon Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc Art Direction William J. Creber, Jack Martin Smith Film Editor Robert L. Simpson Original Music Jerry Goldsmith Written by Abby Mann from a novel by Roderick Thorpe Produced by Aaron Rosenberg Directed by Gordon Douglas

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New Jersey Performance Arts Center Njpac announces the all the magical, timeless hits by Sinatra songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen -- 'My Kind of Town,' 'All the Way,' 'Call Me Irresponsible' -- performed by Broadway royalty Tony nominees Norm Lewis The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Rebecca Luker Mary Poppins, The Music Man tonight, April 25th at 8Pm.

By Alex Simon

By the mid-1960s, the notorious Hayes Code, the censorship standards begun in the 1930s, had begun to fall away. Films like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bonnie & Clyde, The Graduate and In the Heat of the Night started pushing the envelope in terms of “adult” content portrayed on-screen. With the advent of the MPAA rating system in November, 1968 a new era of freedom was ushered in. Filmmakers could frankly portray sex, violence, profanity and formerly taboo subject matters. While the aforementioned films are all iconic in stature, one of the key films that pushed the rating system into being is now largely forgotten.

Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel The Detective became an instant best-seller, a mammoth (600 pages), unflinching look at Joe Leland, a weary veteran cop who finds his legal and personal mettle tested while investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy, gay department store heir.

Ah, the sweet sound of success! Even more relevant in this movie article is the sweet movement of success. Thus, Shake A Tail Feather: Top Ten Dance Moments in the Movies will highlight some of the top-notch dance steps where moving your feet to the music is essential. Now this does not have to necessary be exclusive to musical-oriented films or dance-related flicks but hey…it could not hurt either, right?

Nevertheless folks, how about we take a free-wheeling look at some of the selections that were memorable (some more than others) spotlighted here in Shake A Tail Feather: Top Ten Dance Moments in the Movies were your finger-snapping, feet-stomping urges overcome you. Perhaps you have your brand of acceptable dance moments not included in this group? Well, let your thoughts be known if you feel compelled to do so. In the meantime, sit back and check out some of...

Everyone knows Woody Allen. At least, everyone thinks they know Woody Allen. His plumage is easily identifiable: horn-rimmed glasses, baggy suit, wispy hair, kvetching demeanor, ironic sense of humor, acute fear of death. As is his habitat: New York City, though recently he has flown as far afield as London, Barcelona, and Paris. His likes are well known: Bergman, Dostoevsky, New Orleans jazz. So too his dislikes: spiders, cars, nature, Wagner records, the entire city of Los Angeles. Whether or not these traits represent the true Allen, who’s to say? It is impossible to tell, with Allen, where cinema ends and life begins, an obfuscation he readily encourages. In the late nineteen-seventies, disillusioned with the comedic success he’d found making such films as Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975), and Annie Hall (1977), he turned for darker territory with Stardust Memories (1980), a film in which, none too surprisingly, he plays a...

Exclusive: To get to Tony Danza’s dressing room at the Nederlander Theatre, where he stars in the new Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas, you walk a corridor that circles the perimeter of the ancient house, where trash cans line one wall, and graffiti scrawled by Rent cast members dominates the other. Climb a set of stairs, and then there is the star’s cold perch, one that would barely provide room for Michael Keaton’s Birdman levitation act.

You imagine how much smaller this must be than the giant trailers where Danza spent most of his adult life in Taxi and Who’s The Boss. And then he emerges, euphoric and still sweaty after two hours of singing, tap dancing, even serenading with a love song while playing the ukulele, and he looks like a small Brooklyn kid whose parents took him to Coney Island. He has just completed...

Despite his religious avoidance of fame's glaring spotlight, American author J.D. Salinger has become an icon of literature and a touchpoint of teendom thanks almost entirely to his classic coming-of-age novel Catcher In the Rye. But with Salinger's passing in 2010, it seems it's open season on biopics about the reclusive writer. And one inventive production has just secured Chris Cooper to take on the tricky role. THR reports out of the American Film Market that Academy Award winner Chris Cooper (Adaptation.) has signed on to star in Coming Through the Rye. The drama will mark the directorial feature debut of Jim Sadwith, who is best-known as a television writer who won an Emmy in 1993 for his biopic Sinatra. (For clarity - it was about Frank Sinatra, not Nancy.) Rather than a straight forward biography about J.D. Salinger's youth, military career, literary successes and/or personal dramas, Jim Sadwith's...

Zephyr Benson just landed a big acting role. The up-and-coming filmmaker was cast alongside Oscar winner Chris Cooper (“Adaptation”) in “Coming Through the Rye,” TheWrap has learned. Benson is set to play Gerry, brother to one of the two teens hellbent on tracking down famed American author J.D. Salinger. Emmy winner Jim Sadwith (“Sinatra”) is writing and directing the film, based upon his life and in production. Alex Wolff (“Hair Brained”) and Stefania Owen (“The Lovely Bones”) star as two teens desperate to find the “Catcher in the Rye” scribe. See photos: Hollywood's New Movie Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain,...

Since his death in 2010, famously reclusive author J.D. Salinger has been the subject of far more scrutiny than he ever would have permitted during his lifetime. He was the topic of the problematic documentary Salinger in 2013, which many agreed did not quite fulfill its promise, and his unpublished works remain tantalizingly out of reach. Now, he is to be the focus of a new fiction film titled Coming Through the Rye, where the author will be portrayed by none other than consummate character actor Chris Cooper.

The film will be directed by Jim Sadwith, from his own semi-autobiographical script. The story is set in 1969 and focuses on two teenagers, Jamie (Alex Wolff) and Deedee (Stefania Owen), as they search for Salinger. Feeling a similar disconnection from the world as Holden Caulfield, Jamie believes that he’s destined to play the part of the boy and writes a play based on The Catcher in the Rye.

Chris Cooper has been cast as J.D. Salinger in “Coming Through the Rye.” Jim Sadwith (“Sinatra”) is writing and directing the film, which is currently in production. The story, based in part on Sadwith's real-life experiences, focuses on teenagers Alex Wolff (“Hair Brained”) and Stefania Owen (“The Lovely Bones”) as they search desperately for Salinger, the famed author of “Catcher in the Rye.” See photos: 15 Best and Worst Summer Movie Posters So Far – From ‘Spider-Man 2' to ‘Sex Tape’ (Photos) Cooper won a Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar for his work alongside Meryl Streep in Spike Jonze‘s 2002 film “Adaptaion.

Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper has signed on to play late author J.D. Salinger in Coming Through the Rye, a coming-of-age story set in 1969. Emmy-winning TV director Jim Sadwith (Sinatra) will helm the movie in his feature film debut. Alex Wolff (A Birder's Guide to Everything) and Stefania Owen (The Carrie Diaries) star in Coming Through The Rye as two teenagers who set out to find the notoriously recluse author. The film is based on Sadwith's own attempt to track down Salinger and his encounters with the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Cooper,

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Grace Kelly is an actress that I haven’t spent nearly enough time with. Thankfully, that will soon change thanks to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Here is a portion of the news release …

On July 29, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Wbhe) will remember one of Hollywood’s most glamorous film stars with the debut of the Grace Kelly Collection. The Collection includes six of the iconic screen legend’s most popular films. She stars with some of Hollywood’s finest leading men, including Clark Gable, Cary Grant, William Holden, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

About the Films

Mogambo (1953)

Kelly received her first Academy Award nomination (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) in this remake of 1932’s Red Dust, in which Gable originally starred with Jean Harlow. He stars here with Kelly and the sizzling Ava Gardner, who was also nominated for her performance. Directed by John Ford, and shot on location in Africa,...

There once was a time when Paul Anka, sitting somewhere among the streets and cafes of gay Paris, heard a song. A song that would change his life. A song that, according to Anka, was really shitty. “I thought it was a shitty record, but there was something in it,” Anka told The Telegraph in 2007. Harsh, yes, especially if you’re Claude Francois, whose 1967 hit “Comme d’habitude” is the toilet-quality (honestly, it’s not that bad) piece of music in question. But there was something lurking within “Comme d’habitude,” and Anka would eventually scrape that something out of its French pop shell. Years later, Anka would be hanging out with Frank Sinatra, doing those usual Frank Sinatra-adjacent things — dinner, drinks, casual association with members of La Cosa Nostra — when the Chairman of the Board dropped a truth bomb on Anka and the various mobsters present. He was out; he was done; the music biz...

A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I park my white horse outside... "I know I am flawed, but I am offering you more than anyone else ever will." -Bob Benson Five years ago, after a long night at press tour, Matt Weiner and I sat down to discuss the third season premiere of "Mad Men," "Out of Town." It was a sprawling conversation, covering not just the episode, but past decisions about the show and even, near the end, his future hopes for it. As the series has gone on, Weiner has grown more close-mouthed about what's coming next, but this was far away from the hypothetical end of the series that he felt comfortable talking a little about what he envisioned for it: I would like to see them get to the end of this (decade), and that was my original intention when I wrote the pilot.

Happy 80th birthday, Shirley MacLaine!

The legendary, award-winning actress, who was born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Va, started out as a dancer and got her big break on Broadway. She made her first film with Alfred Hitchcock, became a Rat Pack regular, flirted briefly with politics but has never stopped acting as she enters her 7th decade in Hollywood.

She started off as a lovably kooky ingenue, but is known today for her cantankerous matriarch roles in "Downton Abbey," "Bernie," "Steel Magnolias," "Guarding Tess," and, of course, her Oscar-winning role as Aurora Greenway in "Terms of Endearment."

Her next gig is a singing and dancing role on "Glee," of course. Happy Birthday to one of the most talented, most colorful character actresses of all time.

1. She was named after Shirley Temple.

2. She's been performing since age 3, when she began doing ballet.

3. As a girl, she pretended she was Rita Hayworth, since...

Won’t someone save cable news? It’s not just that ratings are down across the board for the Big Three 24-hour networks — although 2013 was unquestionably a bad year for everyone. Far more damaging, I think, is the fact that cable news as an aesthetic — as a compelling method for exploring the important topics of our modern era — has entered what feels like a late-decadent period. The typical news anchor on CNN or MSNBC or Fox News floats across a set built out of touchscreen walls and occasional chat-friendly desks: It’s like all of cable news takes place in...

Martin Scorsese is still working on Sinatra.

The director has revealed that, despite an extended silence regarding the project, the Frank Sinatra biopic is not off the table.

"That project's still going strong," he told Swide.

"I grew up before rock'n'roll. The music in our house was the music that came out of the radio. Bing Crosby, Cole Porter, Frank Sina­tra..."

Scorsese currently has Silence and The Irishman lined up before he gets to the biopic.

His next release will be the Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill-starring The Wolf of Wall Street.

That film will arrive in Us cinemas on December 25 and in the UK on January 17, 2014. Watch a trailer below:

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Throughout the years, I’ve often wondered what exactly makes a song a hit—and wondered even greater why certain songs are hits in the first place. I think I should qualify what I mean by “overrated.” None of the songs on this list are “bad” per se, but I felt they didn’t deserve the lavish praise heaped on them after their recording nor the endless plays on the radio.

In other words, there are plenty of worse songs out there, but none of them “earned” the success or were played to death like these five (in chronological order by decade):

Most Overrated Song Of The ’60s: “My Way” – Frank Sinatra

Right away, this selection is going to turn a lot of people off, simply because it’s so cherished, but that’s precisely my point. This song is not only a “classic,” it’s considered Sinatra’s defining standard,...