Meryl Streep impressed others with her talents even before her acting career took off. Many predicted her future success, whereas some felt the exact opposite for star Sigourney Weaver.
Sigourney Weaver once shared how Meryl Streep almost discouraged her from acting Sigourney Weaver | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Related
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Sigourney Weaver once shared how Meryl Streep almost discouraged her from acting
Weaver and Streep were already well acquainted with each other before they became stars. The pair both went to Yale drama school. But the two had widely different paths when entering the film industry. Streep was quickly recognized for her work, earning attention for her performances in theater before moving on to her first feature. Meanwhile, Weaver was having a much rougher time trying to secure work in Hollywood.
“You know, Meryl Streep was at school with me.
Sigourney Weaver once shared how Meryl Streep almost discouraged her from acting Sigourney Weaver | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Related
5 Meryl Streep Movies on Netflix: From a Musical to a Biopic
Sigourney Weaver once shared how Meryl Streep almost discouraged her from acting
Weaver and Streep were already well acquainted with each other before they became stars. The pair both went to Yale drama school. But the two had widely different paths when entering the film industry. Streep was quickly recognized for her work, earning attention for her performances in theater before moving on to her first feature. Meanwhile, Weaver was having a much rougher time trying to secure work in Hollywood.
“You know, Meryl Streep was at school with me.
- 10/21/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ridley Scott's sci-fi slasher-in-space "Alien" recently celebrated its 40th birthday in 2019. The 1979 classic is not only hailed as one of the scariest films of all time, but boasts one of the most impressive casts in a horror movie. A mishmash of personalities and temperaments were necessary to sell the story of an interstellar freight crew that answers a mysterious signal from a nearby moon. The band of white-and-blue-collar pros include Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Warrant Officer Ripley, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, few of whom would make it past the monster promised in the title.
When the time came to cast the crew of the Nostromo, Scott needed an array of non-archetypal performances that departed from the usual sci-fi parameters. He wanted a spectrum of character actors that would reflect a future dominated less by tribalism and more by corporations.
Some actors, like Tom Skerritt,...
When the time came to cast the crew of the Nostromo, Scott needed an array of non-archetypal performances that departed from the usual sci-fi parameters. He wanted a spectrum of character actors that would reflect a future dominated less by tribalism and more by corporations.
Some actors, like Tom Skerritt,...
- 10/1/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
When “My So-Called Life” debuted in 1994, there weren’t many portraits of gay teenagers on television. But Wilson Cruz changed that with his depiction of Rickie, a proudly rebellious high school sophomore who was a key member of Angela Chase’s social circle. As a true confidant to Claire Danes’ Angela, Rickie was both a TV trendsetter and a wonderfully ordinary teen. And Cruz brought an Lgbtq character into living rooms before “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or “Dawson’s Creek” did the same a few years later.
On a recent evening, Danes takes a break from shooting “Homeland” in Morocco to chat with Cruz for Variety’s Pride Issue. It feels like no time has passed between the two co-stars as Danes recalls one of her favorite episodes, set at an AIDS dance-a-thon. “I remember dancing with you to ‘Sweet Dreams,’” Danes tells Cruz. “That was a seminal moment of my life.
On a recent evening, Danes takes a break from shooting “Homeland” in Morocco to chat with Cruz for Variety’s Pride Issue. It feels like no time has passed between the two co-stars as Danes recalls one of her favorite episodes, set at an AIDS dance-a-thon. “I remember dancing with you to ‘Sweet Dreams,’” Danes tells Cruz. “That was a seminal moment of my life.
- 6/20/2019
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming 90th Academy Awards will mark the 25th consecutive year that the Oscars will feature an “In Memoriam” segment. While it had been done on occasion before, the annual tribute to Academy members and other film legends started a regular tradition at the 1994 ceremony hosted by Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg.
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We’ve assembled a list below of people who have died in the past 12 months who might be featured during the “In Memoriam” for the ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 4. Producers have not yet revealed who might be performing during the tribute. Sure to have prominent placements are previous Oscar champ Martin Landau (“Ed Wood,” 1994), honorary Oscar recipient Jerry Lewis and respected actor Bill Paxton (“Titanic,” “Apollo 13”). Paxton actually died on the weekend of last year’s ceremony and was mentioned on the broadcast,...
SEE2018 Oscars: Best Song performers include Mary J. Blige, Common, Andra Day, Keala Settle, Sufjan Stevens
We’ve assembled a list below of people who have died in the past 12 months who might be featured during the “In Memoriam” for the ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 4. Producers have not yet revealed who might be performing during the tribute. Sure to have prominent placements are previous Oscar champ Martin Landau (“Ed Wood,” 1994), honorary Oscar recipient Jerry Lewis and respected actor Bill Paxton (“Titanic,” “Apollo 13”). Paxton actually died on the weekend of last year’s ceremony and was mentioned on the broadcast,...
- 2/26/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Mary Goldberg, whose formidable casting career ranged from New York theater to TV series such as Rhoda and Phyllis, and feature film including Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning Amadeus and Ragtime among many others, has died. Goldberg died September 7 after a short battle with lung cancer at her home in Ojai, California. She was 72. Goldberg’s decades-long entertainment industry career began in the 1970s in the New York theater community, first as an assistant to the New York…...
- 9/11/2017
- Deadline TV
Mary Goldberg, an award-winning casting director who collaborated on plays with Joseph Papp and on films with Milos Forman, Ridley Scott and Mike Nichols, has died. She was 72.
Goldberg died Thursday at her home in Ojai, Calif., after a short battle with lung cancer, publicist Tamara Trione announced.
In 1985, the Casting Society of America presented Goldberg with an award for outstanding feature film casting at the inaugural Artios Awards ceremony for her work on Forman's Amadeus (1984), winner of eight Academy Awards, including best picture. She earlier teamed with Forman on Ragtime (1981), James Cagney's final movie.
Goldberg...
Goldberg died Thursday at her home in Ojai, Calif., after a short battle with lung cancer, publicist Tamara Trione announced.
In 1985, the Casting Society of America presented Goldberg with an award for outstanding feature film casting at the inaugural Artios Awards ceremony for her work on Forman's Amadeus (1984), winner of eight Academy Awards, including best picture. She earlier teamed with Forman on Ragtime (1981), James Cagney's final movie.
Goldberg...
- 9/11/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Monk" star Tony Shalhoub -- and his dog -- were involved in a multi-car accident right outside the Paramount Studios lot Wednesday, TMZ has learned ... and fortunately Both emerged unscathed. We obtained a photo of the crash scene ... showing Tony's electric SUV (the one marked Ev) across from a Mercedes that appears to have suffered damage to the hood. A witness tells us ... Tony was rear-ended and propelled into another vehicle. By the look of things,...
- 10/24/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Bar Paly, Tony Shalhoub join Pain and Gain Cast. Bar Paly, Tony Shalhoub joining Michael Bay‘s Pain and Gain (2013) answers the questions of who will be the female lead (perquisite eye candy) and who will be a potential victim in the film. Its up to you to decide who will play which. Michael Bay is also producing Pain and Gain with Donald De Line and Ian Bryce.
Bar Paly is in
final negotiations to play Sabina Petrescu, an illegal immigrant and former beauty queen who dreams of becoming the next Marilyn Monroe. Bay went back to the modeling pool to cast his Sabina, having previously cast Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the female lead in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”
Paly, who appeared in USA Network’s 2008 miniseries “The Starter Wife,” will next be seen alongside Charlie Sheen in Roman Coppola’s “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.
Bar Paly is in
final negotiations to play Sabina Petrescu, an illegal immigrant and former beauty queen who dreams of becoming the next Marilyn Monroe. Bay went back to the modeling pool to cast his Sabina, having previously cast Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the female lead in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”
Paly, who appeared in USA Network’s 2008 miniseries “The Starter Wife,” will next be seen alongside Charlie Sheen in Roman Coppola’s “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.
- 2/29/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Coming at us from Fries Films is writer-director John Travers' new slasher flick Hardhat, which is currently in pre-production. That hasn't stopped them from delivering a sales trailer though ... one that is filled with boobs and blood!
Mary Goldberg produces. Look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
Six teenagers find the perfect spot for a weekend of paintball, sex and partying: an abandoned hospital with a mysterious past. But their fun and games turn deadly when a muscle-bound maniac mutilates and kills them with his power drill, blow torch, nail gun and machete... Hardhat! Now it's up to one man to track down the crazed construction worker before he kills again.
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Mary Goldberg produces. Look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
Six teenagers find the perfect spot for a weekend of paintball, sex and partying: an abandoned hospital with a mysterious past. But their fun and games turn deadly when a muscle-bound maniac mutilates and kills them with his power drill, blow torch, nail gun and machete... Hardhat! Now it's up to one man to track down the crazed construction worker before he kills again.
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Protect your head in the comments section below!
- 11/21/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
From Fries Films, writer-director John Travers is currently in pre-production on the Mary Goldberg-produced slasher Hardhat, which we've now landed a sales trailer for. The footage is pretty cheesy but does rock boobs and plenty of gore! "Six teenagers find the perfect spot for a weekend of paintball, sex and partying: an abandoned hospital with a mysterious past. But their fun and games turn deadly when a muscle-bound maniac mutilates and kills them with his power drill, blow torch, nail gun and machete... Hardhat! Now, it's up to one man to track down the crazed construction worker before he kills again..."...
- 11/21/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Soon, there will be a new killer on the loose known as... Hardhat . Writer-director John Travers is currently in pre-production on this slasher flick produced by Mary Goldberg. No cast details yet, but, here's the synopsis: Six teenagers find the perfect spot for a weekend of paintball, sex and partying: An abandoned hospital with a mysterious past. But their fun and games turn deadly when a muscle-bound maniac mutilates and kills them with his power drill, blow torch, nail gun and machete... Hardhat! Now, it's up to one man to track down the crazed construction worker before he kills again.
- 11/3/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The true treasures of the Charles De Lauzrika Alien franchise documentaries on the new Alien Anthology Blu-ray release prove to be in the offcuts and the additions to the existing versions of the original DVD Anthology docs. There are numerous nuggets for the genuine Alien buff, including an actual look at Richard E. Grant screen-testing on set for the role that Charles Dance won in David Fincher's Alien 3 (with the casting of Paul McGann and Ralph Brown in Alien 3, the producers were only short of Grant and Richard Griffiths for staging Withnail and I in space).
Well, I'll save some of the others for the late review that's coming, but it's interesting also to find out in the offcuts section of the Blu-ray that Meryl Streep was one of only two Broadway actresses that Ridley Scott had been due to see in New York for the role...
Well, I'll save some of the others for the late review that's coming, but it's interesting also to find out in the offcuts section of the Blu-ray that Meryl Streep was one of only two Broadway actresses that Ridley Scott had been due to see in New York for the role...
- 11/2/2010
- Shadowlocked
Tony Shalhoub, who has finished his Emmy-winning eight season run on Monk, will figure out his next move with the help of Icm. He has just signed with the agency. He had been at CAA. Aside from his series run, Shalhoub recently appeared on Broadway in Lend Me A Tenor, directed by Stanley Tucci. He remains repped by longtime manager Mary Goldberg.
- 8/26/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The creative team behind Fox's short-lived but critically praised drama Keen Eddie is reuniting for a new development project at ABC and Paramount Network TV. Keen Eddie star Mark Valley is on board to star in Joe Green and Eugene, a dramedy about a Los Angeles detective whose work is encumbered by his inept brother, Eugene. ABC has given a put pilot commitment to the project, which is described as a dramedy. Keen Eddie creator Joel Wyman will write the pilot script and executive produce alongside Eddie alums Simon West and Warren Littlefield. Eddie, which focused on the travails of a disgraced New York City cop who heads to London in an effort to clear his name, had a brief run on Fox this summer. Wyman and West are repped by CAA. Valley is repped by ICM and Mary Goldberg Management.
- 10/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julianne Nicholson has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jonathan Cake in "Marriage", Steven Bochco's drama series for HBO set to debut next year, while Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh is set to join the project in a recurring role. "Marriage" -- created, written and executive produced by Bochco and Alison Cross -- is described as an intimate look at the life of a husband and wife (Cake, Nicholson) five years into their marriage. The show, which has an eight-episode order, is set entirely in the couple's apartment. Clayburgh will play Nicholson's mother in the series produced by Steven Bochco Prods. and HBO. Nicholson co-starred in CBS' medical drama "Presidio Med" earlier this season. She also spent a year on Fox's dramedy "Ally McBeal". The actress, who recently wrapped Pariah's feature "Seeing Other People", is repped by CAA and manager Courtney Kivowitz. Clayburgh received lead actress Oscar nominations in 1979 and '80 for "An Unmarried Woman" and "Starting Over". She most recently co-starred on NBC's comedy series "Leap of Faith". She is repped by ICM and manager Mary Goldberg.
- 5/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fitting for an election-month release, "The Siege" is a cautionary political actioner that not only touches close to home, it strikes right in the center at a time when political/religious terrorism may be our most serious invasion threat.
Starring Denzel Washington as head of a joint FBI/NYPD terrorism task force and featuring a steely supporting turn from Bruce Willis, "The Siege" should lay claim to sizable November boxoffice bounty.
As expected from a Lynda Obst production, "The Siege"'s scenario is brainy and richly compressed, at once a think piece on civil liberties and a taut, headline-culled actioner. In this tightly packed entertainment, Brooklyn has been assaulted by a campaign of terror. Arab zealots have blown up a busload of innocent passengers in a suicidal mission to coerce the United States into releasing a sheik they believe the U.S. kidnapped as a suspected terrorist mastermind.
New York, in the wake of the World Trade Center incursion and reeling from memories of Oklahoma City, is thrown into civic panic. A second explosion destroys a full-house Broadway theater, virtually emptying Manhattan -- parents keep children from school, Madison Square Garden cancels events, etc.
On the counterterrorism hot seat is a diligent civil servant, Frank Hubbard (Washington), whose tenacious resolve is matched only by his cool aplomb. Unfortunately for Hubbard, he has more help than he needs: He finds the CIA is running a clandestine operation against what it deems Arab terrorist cells operating out of Brooklyn. And "government intelligence," Hubbard soon finds, is the oxymoron he suspects.
Worse, the military is on more than standby alert, as embodied by a "visit" from the Army's chief poobah, Gen. William Devereaux (Willis). While "Siege" charges forward as a harrowing actioner, its most intriguing moments are in its delineation of FBI and CIA anti-terrorist procedures. The story's cloak-and-gadgets aspects are captivating as Hubbard and his cohorts, including a mysterious CIA female op (Annette Bening), race against time and mounting public hysteria to ferret out terrorist cells.
Lifting "Siege" above the general-issue action piece is its intelligently layered treatise on civil liberties, namely a subplot involving a presidential decree for martial law that, we see through the filmmakers' wise lens, is a subversion of our way of life. Evenhanded and equanimous, "Siege" is not anti-Arab or anti any other ethnic group; it is, more accurately, anti-fascist. As such, print commendation letters to the screenwriters (Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick) for their entertaining, enlightened treatment of incendiary subject matter.
In the lead role, Washington is perfectly cast as a decent, dedicated public servant. His demeanor and actions are the perfect embodiment of a man of purpose and valor. And give a special salute to Willis for his smart turn as a smarmy general whose hypocritical public utterances mask a man whose ego transcends his call of duty.
Bening's gritty performance as a CIA operative with a personal burden to carry is smartly realized, while Tony Shalhoub is empathetic as a man caught between ethnic pride and professionalism.
Zwick's well-crafted, intelligent direction is largely responsible for the film's excellence. His technical contributors excel in their respective arenas: Roger Deakins' somber tones and tight compositions ignite the story line, while Graeme Revell's haunting score brings to the fore our compassions and fears.
THE SIEGE
20th Century Fox
A Lynda Obst production
An Edward Zwick film
Producers: Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick
Director: Edward Zwick
Screenwriters: Lawrence Wright,
Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick
Executive producer: Peter Schindler
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Lilly Kilvert
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Music: Graeme Revell
Costume designer: Ann Roth
Associate producer: Robin Budd
Casting: Mary Goldberg, Mary Colquhoun
Sound mixer: Allan Byer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Anthony Hubbard: Denzel Washington
Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger: Annette Bening
Gen. William Devereaux: Bruce Willis
Frank Haddad: Tony Shalhoub
Samir Nazhde: Sami Bouajila
Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal: Ahmed Ben Larby
Muezzin: Mosleh Mohamed
Tina Osu: Lianna Pai
Mike Johanssen: Mark Valley
Fred Darius: Jack Gwaltney
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Starring Denzel Washington as head of a joint FBI/NYPD terrorism task force and featuring a steely supporting turn from Bruce Willis, "The Siege" should lay claim to sizable November boxoffice bounty.
As expected from a Lynda Obst production, "The Siege"'s scenario is brainy and richly compressed, at once a think piece on civil liberties and a taut, headline-culled actioner. In this tightly packed entertainment, Brooklyn has been assaulted by a campaign of terror. Arab zealots have blown up a busload of innocent passengers in a suicidal mission to coerce the United States into releasing a sheik they believe the U.S. kidnapped as a suspected terrorist mastermind.
New York, in the wake of the World Trade Center incursion and reeling from memories of Oklahoma City, is thrown into civic panic. A second explosion destroys a full-house Broadway theater, virtually emptying Manhattan -- parents keep children from school, Madison Square Garden cancels events, etc.
On the counterterrorism hot seat is a diligent civil servant, Frank Hubbard (Washington), whose tenacious resolve is matched only by his cool aplomb. Unfortunately for Hubbard, he has more help than he needs: He finds the CIA is running a clandestine operation against what it deems Arab terrorist cells operating out of Brooklyn. And "government intelligence," Hubbard soon finds, is the oxymoron he suspects.
Worse, the military is on more than standby alert, as embodied by a "visit" from the Army's chief poobah, Gen. William Devereaux (Willis). While "Siege" charges forward as a harrowing actioner, its most intriguing moments are in its delineation of FBI and CIA anti-terrorist procedures. The story's cloak-and-gadgets aspects are captivating as Hubbard and his cohorts, including a mysterious CIA female op (Annette Bening), race against time and mounting public hysteria to ferret out terrorist cells.
Lifting "Siege" above the general-issue action piece is its intelligently layered treatise on civil liberties, namely a subplot involving a presidential decree for martial law that, we see through the filmmakers' wise lens, is a subversion of our way of life. Evenhanded and equanimous, "Siege" is not anti-Arab or anti any other ethnic group; it is, more accurately, anti-fascist. As such, print commendation letters to the screenwriters (Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick) for their entertaining, enlightened treatment of incendiary subject matter.
In the lead role, Washington is perfectly cast as a decent, dedicated public servant. His demeanor and actions are the perfect embodiment of a man of purpose and valor. And give a special salute to Willis for his smart turn as a smarmy general whose hypocritical public utterances mask a man whose ego transcends his call of duty.
Bening's gritty performance as a CIA operative with a personal burden to carry is smartly realized, while Tony Shalhoub is empathetic as a man caught between ethnic pride and professionalism.
Zwick's well-crafted, intelligent direction is largely responsible for the film's excellence. His technical contributors excel in their respective arenas: Roger Deakins' somber tones and tight compositions ignite the story line, while Graeme Revell's haunting score brings to the fore our compassions and fears.
THE SIEGE
20th Century Fox
A Lynda Obst production
An Edward Zwick film
Producers: Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick
Director: Edward Zwick
Screenwriters: Lawrence Wright,
Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick
Executive producer: Peter Schindler
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Lilly Kilvert
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Music: Graeme Revell
Costume designer: Ann Roth
Associate producer: Robin Budd
Casting: Mary Goldberg, Mary Colquhoun
Sound mixer: Allan Byer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Anthony Hubbard: Denzel Washington
Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger: Annette Bening
Gen. William Devereaux: Bruce Willis
Frank Haddad: Tony Shalhoub
Samir Nazhde: Sami Bouajila
Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal: Ahmed Ben Larby
Muezzin: Mosleh Mohamed
Tina Osu: Lianna Pai
Mike Johanssen: Mark Valley
Fred Darius: Jack Gwaltney
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 11/2/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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