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Mitch Albom is known to millions as the author of Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life's Greatest Lesson , a sportswriter's recounting of time spent with a former professor facing his final illness.
Players get tangled up in 'Leading Ladies'
Get ready for some laughs when the Richland Players present their latest comedy, Leading Ladies .
Legendary film actor Tony Curtis appears at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre Friday Nov. 6, 2009
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women in the movie "Some Like it Hot." Photo: Filmreference.com Legendary film actor Tony Curtis, now 84 years old, will be appearing at the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, NY on Friday November 6, 2009 to sign copies of his new book "The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and The ...
Actionless 'Two Jews' merely amusing at Florida Stage
Accomplished actors Gordon McConnell, front, and Avi Hoffman are the last two surviving Jews in Kabul and worst enemies.
TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save the Tiger" , which starred Jack Lemmon in a tale of mobsters and reality in the.... TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save ...
Around The World In 80 Days With Zero Emissions
There was a farce comedy movie back in the 60s called "The Great Race". It starred Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, just about anybody who was farcical comedies back then.
Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Make room for a ghost
CORONADO, Calif. a ' For more than 120 years, it has stood like a heavenly vision along the white sandy beach just a few miles from downtown San Diego.
Rating : * * * * Verdict : Fast and furious French farce. Prolific French comic writer/director Veber, whose slim and nimble entertainments are often remade in Hollywood, gets the last word here.
Leicestershire am drams round-up
If you're quick, there's still time to catch a classic Neil Simon comedy, writes Lynda Smart .
Scarlett Johansson - Broadway Bound?
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.
All-time funniest comedy still hot as classic favorite
Some Like It Hot was nominated for six Academy Awards in 1959 but won just one gold statue -- for costume design.
Dir. Billy Wilder . Two jazz musicians- Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon -witness a gangster massacre, escaping Chicago disguised as members of an all-female band whose featured performer is Marilyn Monroe .
I haven't seen my generation's contribution to the cinema of alcoholism but have seen Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream and would put Days of Wine and Roses in a similar class.
NORM: Curtis joins cast of 'Other Guys'
Unstoppable Tony Curtis is returning to the big screen. The legendary 84-year-old actor, who recently had a health scare while visiting New York City, showed up in a wheelchair Wednesday at the Chaine des Rotisseurs dinner at Rao's with his wife Jill .
a Mister Robertsa is a solid drama that needs more waves
The shortcomings of "Mister Roberts'' were easy to overlook in the 1955 film version because of the performances by Henry Fonda, William Powell, a snarling, hissing James Cagney, and especially a brilliant young actor named Jack Lemmon.
'Mass Appeal' to be presented by First Congregational Church in B.C.
'Mass Appeal,' a play written by Bill C. Davis, will be performed in the sanctuary of First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Battle Creek.on September 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and September 20 at 3:00 p.m. It was a Tony Award nominee for both Best Actor and Best Play and wascelebrated asone of the highlights of the 1981 season.
Larry Gelbart, 'MASH' comedy writer
Larry Gelbart, the award-winning comedy writer best known for developing the landmark TV series "MASH," co-writing the book for the hit Broadway musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and co-writing the classic movie comedy "Tootsie," died Friday.
Terry Teachout: Things I miss. I remember William Windom as James...
TERRY TEACHOUT: Things I miss. I remember William Windom as James Thurber - both in the show, and in a movie.
Casting director Caro Jones dies
Caro Jones, a casting director for television, film and theater for more than four decades, died Sept.
Picturesque Italian blonde who appeared in a number of melodramas and costume extravaganzas before evolving into a glamorous international lead in the 1960s.
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