Patricia Neal News

Monday, October 06, 2008 From the mail bag: Romancing the Tome reader Peter G. needs help casting his fantasy project: an updated "darker" and "grittier" Breakfast at Tiffany's-- one more like the original ...

Paul Newman was my favorite living actor. Until Saturday. Now he's gone and there's nobody on the scene even close.

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of The Day the Earth Stood Still on 2nd December 2008 priced at $34.99 SRP.

What happens when a single gal, looking for a millionaire to marry, meets a young and struggling writer? That was the premise for a nouvella written by Truman Capote and made into a hit movie.

This prescient collaboration between director Elia Kazan and scripter Budd Schulberg presents an at once chilling and bitingly satiric portrait of two-bit country singer Griffith's rise to media-demagogue ...

Fans of Patricia Neal were treated to a question and answer session with the iconic actress Tuesday, Aug.

A Movie A Day: Quint is IN HARM'S WAY All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be somewhere else.

Powerful performances Now in its ninth year, the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival opened at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday in Chicago's Grant Park with the fun show biz behind-the-scenes 1950 film classic "All About Eve" ...

Among the prominent veteran and up-and-coming theater personalities at this year's Last Frontier Theatre Conference: PETER ELLENSTEIN, artistic director of the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, ...

THE POLICE: PUBLIC TELEVISION ROCKS! - Classic concert footage and interviews with the trio.

TOMORROW THE POLICE: PUBLIC TELEVISION ROCKS! - Classic concert footage and interviews with the trio.

“I have to give a little bit more than a stylist like Dean Martin”

Johnny Depp starring in a movie being shot in part in Wisconsin is exciting. So was a movie that was shot in Shawano and filled with established stars and soon-to-be stars. via WisInfo

“Come with me if you want to live”

More... How to spend 24 hours in a movie theater Sir Critic on Cinema Sir Critic on Cinema Sir Critic, alias Eric Robinette, reviews movies - both blockbusters and arty stuff - comments on theaters and opines ... via Dayton Daily News

Actress Patricia Neal is receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from the Nashville Film Festival. via FOX19 Cincinnati

“The Drexel is an important landmark for the historic fabric of Bexley”

The Drexel Theatre has provided entertainment for residents of Bexley and central Ohio for seven decades, and owners Jeff and Kathy Frank are planning a yearlong celebration of that success. via ThisWeek Community Newspapers

“She's at once inexorably drawn and ultimately repulsed by (Griffith's) Lonesome Rhodes. . . . She's completely believable and brilliant.”

Patricia Neal turned 82 in January. At a point in life when most of her peers are either retired or no longer alive, the Academy Award-winning actress is still working. via The Tennessean

Dahl, Sophie. Playing with the Grown-Ups. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Apr. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-385-52461-2. $24. F Verdict: This semi-autobiographical debut novel by the daughter of writer Tessa Dahl and the ... via Library Journal

Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn't exactly known for holding back what's on his mind. via Music City Syndicate

Otto Preminger's Second World War soap opera, opening in Pearl Harbor on the night before the Day of Infamy, cuts a wide swath and hoes a long row , and it gives a good idea, in down-to-earth human terms, of ... via San Diego Reader

Word arrived today that the upcoming Nashville Film Festival will honor Knoxville's own Patricia Neal at this year's event. via The Knoxville News Sentinel