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The legendary Walter Mirisch got his start producing low-budget features for the more famous of the "Poverty Row" studios, Monogram, and served as executive producer with its subsidiary, Allied Artists, before forming.... The legendary Walter Mirisch got his start producing low-budget features for the more famous of the "Poverty Row" studios, ...

Shades of AMC's watercooler hit series Mad Men , Emmy Award-winners Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth are set to star in Promises, Promises, a revival of the 1968 Broadway musical about extramarital romance set against the backdrop of a Manhattan insurance firm.

Remakes from Hollywood, revivals on Broadway. I guess movies and plays are just so expensive that relying on old standbys is easier than trying something risky, bold and new.

Forget "Mad Men." The '60s will live again on Broadway next spring in a revival "Promises, Promises," the musical based on the Academy Award-winning movie "The Apartment." The musical will star Sean Hayes as an ambitious insurance company employee who lends his apartment to company executives for romantic flings and Kristin Chenoweth as his love ...

When I was passing Leinster House last week, there was a noisy protest led by a couple of guys carrying lovely, big red flags emblazoned with the words 'Socialist Worker'. There was a rousing crowd chant and an impressive bit of street theatre -- including hooting horns encouraging the aggrieved proletariat working themselves up to storm the ...

Kristin Chenoweth may star in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Promises, Promises .

Exciting news being reported by the NY Post this morning. Kristin Chenoweth who just won an Emmy for her performance in PUSHING DAISIES will star in the revival on Broadway of one of my favorite musicals, PROMISES, PROMISES! It is based on Billy Wilder's Academy Award winning film THE APARTMENT that starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine.

Last week, comedian David Letterman revealed that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt based on his office trysts with subordinates.

"I'm the only one with Chanel couture. Let them kiss my buttons." -Patsy Stone, Absolutely Fabulous How does an ingnue capitalize on her first movie's success -- the one that makes her a household name, and a star? You must have the following materials in stock : the actress must be savvy enough to know what her strengths and limitations are; the ...

Scarlett Johansson is heading to Broadway, according to reports. The screen beauty, 24, is set to star opposite Will & Grace star Sean Hayes in the Neil Simon musical, Promises, Promises.

Sherawat and MacLaine gab and grab some grub in LA; they discussed reincarnation too! Mallika Sherawat is on a Hollywood-meets-Bollywood spree in Los Angeles to promote and create awareness for her next release Hisss directed by Jennifer Lynch.

Over the course of their 40-year partnership, Arthur Ferrante, left, and Lou Teicher recorded 150 albums, racking up 22 gold and platinum records and selling 90 million records worldwide, and performed 5,200 concerts before retiring in 1989.

The two great films chronicling the transition from silent movies to talkies are "Singin' in the Rain" and Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard." The first is an innocent, light-hearted send-up about a handful of actors who had to adjust to the changes in the medium.

Cynicism and sentiment have melded magically in movies by some of the best American directors, from Preston Sturges and Billy Wilder to Alexander Payne.

Ministers of America railed against "Elmer Gantry" when it debuted on Sept. 1, 1960.

The Austin Film Society is doing something keen. As usual. Its upcoming Essential Cinema Series focusses on Billy Wilder comedies, with a twist: Instead of the usual fare - "Some Like It Hot," "The Apartment," etc.

Some Like it Hot is 22nd on the AFI top 100 list. It is yet another Billy Wilder film.

1898 : Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist . 1906 : Billy Wilder, film director .

Billy Wilder arrived in Hollywood in 1934 with $11 in his pocket, making his rise to fame as a producer, director and screenwriter of Hollywood's golden age all the more like a fairy tale.

This is the second film in the 2007 AFI top 100 list that I had never seen nor heard of before.