It’s hard to think Elvis Presley‘s Graceland home might not be the iconic historical spot it remains today if his father, Vernon Presley, had his say. The Presley family might have settled in California rather than Memphis if the stately home hadn’t appeared on the market at the right time.
Elvis Presley’s home base could have been in California
According to a story published by The Dispatch, Elvis Presley’s father, Vernon Presley, would have liked to settle in California. Elvis worked so much in the Sunshine State that putting permanent roots down there made sense.
The Presley family lived on Audubon Drive in Memphis, but fans regularly besieged the home. The family needed privacy. Vernon reportedly was eyeing a move to the West Coast, as author Peter Guralnick wrote in the biography Last Train to Memphis.
However, a chance meeting changed all that. Virginia Grant,...
Elvis Presley’s home base could have been in California
According to a story published by The Dispatch, Elvis Presley’s father, Vernon Presley, would have liked to settle in California. Elvis worked so much in the Sunshine State that putting permanent roots down there made sense.
The Presley family lived on Audubon Drive in Memphis, but fans regularly besieged the home. The family needed privacy. Vernon reportedly was eyeing a move to the West Coast, as author Peter Guralnick wrote in the biography Last Train to Memphis.
However, a chance meeting changed all that. Virginia Grant,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Unfrosted,” the first movie directed by Jerry Seinfeld (who also stars in it), is an agreeably flaked-out piece of surrealist vaudeville. It’s a comedy about the creation of the Pop-Tart, back in 1963. That makes it sound like part of the new wave of mass-market product biopics — movies like “Flamin’ Hot” (about the creation of spicy Cheetos), “Blackberry” (about the invention of the smart phone), and the one I think of as the “Citizen Kane” of the genre, “The Founder,” with Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who changed the world by taking over and franchising McDonald’s. These films all speak to a time — ours — when consumer products haven’t just taken on a life of their own. They’ve become part of our identities.
“Unfrosted,” however, is not like those other films. While broadly based in reality, the entire movie is a put-on, a wackazoid tall tale, a...
“Unfrosted,” however, is not like those other films. While broadly based in reality, the entire movie is a put-on, a wackazoid tall tale, a...
- 5/3/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Say it once, say it twice — but say it a third time and expect an explosion of chaotic supernatural hilarity. That was the premise of "Beetlejuice," the second feature film from director Tim Burton. Released in 1988, the film focused on newly dead couple Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), whose quaint country house was posthumously sold to Charles and Delia Deetz (Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O'Hara). Adam and Barbara, however, remain in their home, as ghosts, horrified by the bizarre architectural changes being made to their beloved home by its obnoxious new owners. Taking advice from "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased," the Maitlands attempt to haunt their unwanted roommates into leaving — a tactic that proves unsuccessful when the Deetzes remain utterly oblivious to their efforts to scare them out.
The Deetz's death-obsessed teenage daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), can see the Maitlands, and befriends them. Just when all seems hopeless,...
The Deetz's death-obsessed teenage daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), can see the Maitlands, and befriends them. Just when all seems hopeless,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- Slash Film
Michael Keaton, born as Michael John Douglas on September 5, 1951, is an American actor well known for his versatile and compelling performances on both the big and small screens. With a career spanning more than four decades, Keaton has portrayed a variety of characters that have made a lasting impression on audiences worldwide. From his early comedic roles to his more recent dramatic turns, he has proven time and time again that he is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at Michael Keaton’s life, career, and the iconic characters he has brought to life. We’ll also examine his acting style and techniques, his various awards and accolades, and the impact he has had on the film industry as a whole. By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the man behind the masks of...
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at Michael Keaton’s life, career, and the iconic characters he has brought to life. We’ll also examine his acting style and techniques, his various awards and accolades, and the impact he has had on the film industry as a whole. By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the man behind the masks of...
- 4/26/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Exclusive: Lbi Entertainment has signed BAFTA Award-nominated writer, director and producer John Lee Hancock for management, Deadline has learned.
Best known for such his gift for guiding big-name stars like Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton toward major critical and commercial success with films like The Blindside, Saving Mr. Banks and The Founder, Hancock’s titles as a director have collectively grossed nearly $600M worldwide.
A sports drama written and directed by Hancock, which brought Bullock her first Oscar, The Blind Side adapted Michael Lewis’ 2006 book of the same name, which told the story of Michael Oher, a homeless youth who rose to NFL glory with the help of the caring family that took him in as their own.
The Hancock-helmed The Founder starred Keaton as ruthless McDonald’s empire builder Ray Kroc, while the director’s Disney drama Saving Mr. Banks told the story of author P.L.
Best known for such his gift for guiding big-name stars like Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton toward major critical and commercial success with films like The Blindside, Saving Mr. Banks and The Founder, Hancock’s titles as a director have collectively grossed nearly $600M worldwide.
A sports drama written and directed by Hancock, which brought Bullock her first Oscar, The Blind Side adapted Michael Lewis’ 2006 book of the same name, which told the story of Michael Oher, a homeless youth who rose to NFL glory with the help of the caring family that took him in as their own.
The Hancock-helmed The Founder starred Keaton as ruthless McDonald’s empire builder Ray Kroc, while the director’s Disney drama Saving Mr. Banks told the story of author P.L.
- 4/19/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Murray Bartlett, who starred as Armond in HBO’s “The White Lotus,” will star as producer-choreographer Nick De Noia in “Immigrant,” Hulu’s upcoming limited series about Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee.
Written, executive produced and co-showrun by Robert Siegel, the series follows Banerjee’s (Kumail Nanjiani) darkly comedic, crime-ridden journey as an Indian-American immigrant creating what became a wildly popular male revue show.
Nick De Noia is described as a charming, fast-talking New Yorker who sees himself as God’s gift to entertainment. While regularly indulging in his loves of drinking, drugs, women and men, he helped Banerjee take the Chippendales from a seedy West LA venture to the global popularity it eventually reached.
Along with leading “The White Lotus,” Bartlett has starred as Dominic Basaluzzo in HBO’s “Looking” and Michael “Mouse” Tolliver in Netflix’s “Tales of the City.” He is repped by Anonymous Content, Paradigm Talent Agency,...
Written, executive produced and co-showrun by Robert Siegel, the series follows Banerjee’s (Kumail Nanjiani) darkly comedic, crime-ridden journey as an Indian-American immigrant creating what became a wildly popular male revue show.
Nick De Noia is described as a charming, fast-talking New Yorker who sees himself as God’s gift to entertainment. While regularly indulging in his loves of drinking, drugs, women and men, he helped Banerjee take the Chippendales from a seedy West LA venture to the global popularity it eventually reached.
Along with leading “The White Lotus,” Bartlett has starred as Dominic Basaluzzo in HBO’s “Looking” and Michael “Mouse” Tolliver in Netflix’s “Tales of the City.” He is repped by Anonymous Content, Paradigm Talent Agency,...
- 1/13/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Over the past few years, Michael Keaton’s taken a lot of projects based on people’s real-life stories, including playing McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc in The Founder, lawyer Ramsey Clark in The Trial of the Chicago 7, a CIA operative in The Company, another lawyer in Worth, and now a doctor in the TV dramatization of […]
The post What Michael Keaton’s Gotten From Keeping It Real appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post What Michael Keaton’s Gotten From Keeping It Real appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 10/28/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill has big goals.
“I set out upon this journey to become the LeBron James of swimming – to just become the greatest that I can be, but also the most recognized swimmer in the world,” Hill tells Den of Geek.
Hill was just 10 years old when he first experienced total paralysis and was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) – a hereditary neurological condition that can result in loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation. Over the years, however, Hill not only gradually regained his mobility but became an elite swimmer. The Los Angeles-native is now ranked #1 in the US Paralympic 50m Freestyle and is currently in Tokyo representing his country in the 2020 Paralympics.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games began on Aug. 24, just over three weeks after the Olympics’ closing ceremonies and are set to run through Sept. 5. The Paralympic Games have a bit of a marketing problem in comparison to its older cousin,...
“I set out upon this journey to become the LeBron James of swimming – to just become the greatest that I can be, but also the most recognized swimmer in the world,” Hill tells Den of Geek.
Hill was just 10 years old when he first experienced total paralysis and was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) – a hereditary neurological condition that can result in loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation. Over the years, however, Hill not only gradually regained his mobility but became an elite swimmer. The Los Angeles-native is now ranked #1 in the US Paralympic 50m Freestyle and is currently in Tokyo representing his country in the 2020 Paralympics.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games began on Aug. 24, just over three weeks after the Olympics’ closing ceremonies and are set to run through Sept. 5. The Paralympic Games have a bit of a marketing problem in comparison to its older cousin,...
- 8/28/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“The Food That Built America” has helped build out History channel’s latest franchise, one delicious junk food at a time.
Beyond the show’s endearing delivery system for historical facts, the reenactment, it’s not difficult to see why viewers are falling for the most delectable “That Built America” series to-date.
“There’s this built-in nostalgia for these products. There are great stories, but the stories matter to you more because the products are so familiar and most people have some kind of an emotional bond with at least some of them,” showrunner Yoshi Stone told TheWrap. “And I think that creates a uniquely easy entry point.”
To this writer, “The Food That Built America” is like a sober version of Derek Waters’ excellent, long-running Comedy Central series “Drunk History,” which ended in 2019 after Covid killed the planned seventh and final season. We proposed that theory to Stone, who...
Beyond the show’s endearing delivery system for historical facts, the reenactment, it’s not difficult to see why viewers are falling for the most delectable “That Built America” series to-date.
“There’s this built-in nostalgia for these products. There are great stories, but the stories matter to you more because the products are so familiar and most people have some kind of an emotional bond with at least some of them,” showrunner Yoshi Stone told TheWrap. “And I think that creates a uniquely easy entry point.”
To this writer, “The Food That Built America” is like a sober version of Derek Waters’ excellent, long-running Comedy Central series “Drunk History,” which ended in 2019 after Covid killed the planned seventh and final season. We proposed that theory to Stone, who...
- 5/31/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Michael Keaton is in early talks to return to portray Batman alongside Ezra Miller in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.”
Keaton first played the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman” and returned to collaborate with Burton in 1992’s “Batman Returns.” He left the role during the development of the third film, “Batman Forever,” with Val Kilmer taking over the Batman role and Joel Schumacher directing.
Andy Muschietti is on board to direct “The Flash,” which has been dated for a June 3, 2022, release. “Birds of Prey” writer Christina Hodson is writing the script. It’s uncertain how big a role Keaton will play in “The Flash,” which has not yet gone into production.
Miller remains attached to play Barry Allen, also known as The Flash in the DC Extended Universe movie. Miller has portrayed The Flash in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Suicide Squad” and “Justice League.” The character originated in the 1950s,...
Keaton first played the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman” and returned to collaborate with Burton in 1992’s “Batman Returns.” He left the role during the development of the third film, “Batman Forever,” with Val Kilmer taking over the Batman role and Joel Schumacher directing.
Andy Muschietti is on board to direct “The Flash,” which has been dated for a June 3, 2022, release. “Birds of Prey” writer Christina Hodson is writing the script. It’s uncertain how big a role Keaton will play in “The Flash,” which has not yet gone into production.
Miller remains attached to play Barry Allen, also known as The Flash in the DC Extended Universe movie. Miller has portrayed The Flash in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Suicide Squad” and “Justice League.” The character originated in the 1950s,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
FX has handed out a pilot order to the anthology series “Platform” from “The Office” alum B.J. Novak, the network said Monday.
Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal, Kaitlyn Dever, Boyd Holbrook, O’Shea Jackson Jr., George Wallace and Ed Asner have signed on to star in the project, which is described as “an anthological television series that uses the boldest issues of our times as a jumping off point to tell singular, character-driven stories about the world we live in today.”
Novak will serve as writer, director and executive producer. Production on the pilot began on Monday.
Also Read: Jeff Bridges to Star in FX Drama 'The Old Man' Based on Thomas Perry Novel
Novak has previously juggled multiple roles on one project, having served as writer, director, executive producer and actor on both “The Office” and Mindy Kaling’s follow-up series “The Mindy Project.” As an actor, he...
Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal, Kaitlyn Dever, Boyd Holbrook, O’Shea Jackson Jr., George Wallace and Ed Asner have signed on to star in the project, which is described as “an anthological television series that uses the boldest issues of our times as a jumping off point to tell singular, character-driven stories about the world we live in today.”
Novak will serve as writer, director and executive producer. Production on the pilot began on Monday.
Also Read: Jeff Bridges to Star in FX Drama 'The Old Man' Based on Thomas Perry Novel
Novak has previously juggled multiple roles on one project, having served as writer, director, executive producer and actor on both “The Office” and Mindy Kaling’s follow-up series “The Mindy Project.” As an actor, he...
- 7/29/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The sketches on “Last Week Tonight” can double as a handy roundup of the HBO show’s weekly topic, with recognizable actors coming in to summarize what host John Oliver has spent the last 20 minutes explaining in greater detail. But every once in a while, the show uses its network’s talent pool to illustrate something deeper.
This week, while revisiting the topic of the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, “Last Week Tonight” looked at recently revealed testimony from Richard Sackler, former chairman of Purdue Pharma. The company he used to guide has been widely blamed for stoking — if not starting — the American opioid crisis as a means for increasing profits. As the episode explains, Sackler is notoriously press-averse and video of the testimony is not yet public.
But working off of the transcript, “Last Week Tonight” hired a quartet of actors — Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Michael K. Williams, and...
This week, while revisiting the topic of the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, “Last Week Tonight” looked at recently revealed testimony from Richard Sackler, former chairman of Purdue Pharma. The company he used to guide has been widely blamed for stoking — if not starting — the American opioid crisis as a means for increasing profits. As the episode explains, Sackler is notoriously press-averse and video of the testimony is not yet public.
But working off of the transcript, “Last Week Tonight” hired a quartet of actors — Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Michael K. Williams, and...
- 4/15/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Seth Rogen and Michael Keaton are set to team up on the comedy biopic ‘King of the Jungle’ based on the life of anti-virus tech magnate John McAfee.
The feature is based on Joshua Davis Wired magazine article ‘John McAfee’s Last Stand and will see Keaton will play McAfee, creator of the McAfee Antivirus software. McAfee cashed in his fortune, left civilization, and moved to the jungle in Belize, where he set up a compound of guns, sex, and madness.
Rogen will play the role of Wired magazine investigator Ari Furman, who accepts what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill assignment to interview McAfee, but once he arrives in Belize, he finds himself pulled into McAfee’s escalating paranoia, slippery reality, and murder.
Also in the news – Alexander Skarsgard in talks to join ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’
‘I Love You Phillip Morris, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are at the...
The feature is based on Joshua Davis Wired magazine article ‘John McAfee’s Last Stand and will see Keaton will play McAfee, creator of the McAfee Antivirus software. McAfee cashed in his fortune, left civilization, and moved to the jungle in Belize, where he set up a compound of guns, sex, and madness.
Rogen will play the role of Wired magazine investigator Ari Furman, who accepts what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill assignment to interview McAfee, but once he arrives in Belize, he finds himself pulled into McAfee’s escalating paranoia, slippery reality, and murder.
Also in the news – Alexander Skarsgard in talks to join ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’
‘I Love You Phillip Morris, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are at the...
- 10/29/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Ploughing similar territory to Michael Keaton’s The Founder, Viacom’s Channel 5 is to tell the history of McDonald’s in a one-off special.
The UK broadcaster has commissioned McDonalds: The Billion Dollar Burger (w/t) from its own in-house production division Elephant House Studios.
The doc will tell the story of how the original McDonald brothers Richard and Maurice set up a drive-in hamburger restaurant near Pasadena, California in 1940.
By 1948, they realized the restaurant would be more profitable if they increased efficiency by streamlining the menu and preparing food ahead of busy moments including using lamps to keep the fries warm.
Unlike in The Founder, which was distributed by The Weinstein Company and made $24M worldwide, which showed Keaton’s Ray Kroc giving the pair the idea to franchise McDonalds, in truth, they had already franchised a number of restaurants before they met the milkshake salesman. Kroc...
The UK broadcaster has commissioned McDonalds: The Billion Dollar Burger (w/t) from its own in-house production division Elephant House Studios.
The doc will tell the story of how the original McDonald brothers Richard and Maurice set up a drive-in hamburger restaurant near Pasadena, California in 1940.
By 1948, they realized the restaurant would be more profitable if they increased efficiency by streamlining the menu and preparing food ahead of busy moments including using lamps to keep the fries warm.
Unlike in The Founder, which was distributed by The Weinstein Company and made $24M worldwide, which showed Keaton’s Ray Kroc giving the pair the idea to franchise McDonalds, in truth, they had already franchised a number of restaurants before they met the milkshake salesman. Kroc...
- 5/10/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The late Wayne Deforest Anderson and Joan Anderson, now 94 and the oldest person featured in a film at Tribeca, were the couple who brought the original bamboo Hula Hoop to this country from Joan’s native country of Australia. In 1958, there was a handshake deal made with a Wham-o executive who was, at the time, a friend. That “friend” then went on to manufacture and monetize it, giving neither credit nor funds to the Anderson’s.
Sounds like Wham-o had their own version of Ray Kroc, McDonald’s founder who took the brothers Maurice “Mac” and Richard “Dick” McDonald idea and then pushed them aside to start the fast-food franchise across the country (and world).
Hula Girl, produced and directed by the husband/wife team of Amy Hill and Chris Riess is the (up until now) untold story behind one of the biggest fads in modern American history that began in 1958. At 94 years of age,...
Sounds like Wham-o had their own version of Ray Kroc, McDonald’s founder who took the brothers Maurice “Mac” and Richard “Dick” McDonald idea and then pushed them aside to start the fast-food franchise across the country (and world).
Hula Girl, produced and directed by the husband/wife team of Amy Hill and Chris Riess is the (up until now) untold story behind one of the biggest fads in modern American history that began in 1958. At 94 years of age,...
- 4/18/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Networks has scrapped its deal with the Weinstein Co. to air two additional seasons of “Project Runway” in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the distributor revealed in a court filing.
The Weinstein Co. owns “Project Runway” and its spinoffs, “Project Runway All Stars” and “Project Runway: Junior,” all of which run on A+E’s Lifetime channel. In 2016, Lifetime announced that “Project Runway” had been renewed for three additional seasons, of which only one has aired so far.
But the network unilaterally canceled the deal on Jan. 10, according to a filing Tuesday in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy, arguing that Weinstein’s sexual misconduct constituted a breach of the agreement. Specifically, A+E alleged the Weinstein Co. had failed to operate a workplace within the bounds of the law, failed to notify A+E of potential legal claims, and failed to abide by A+E standards and practices.
The Weinstein Co. owns “Project Runway” and its spinoffs, “Project Runway All Stars” and “Project Runway: Junior,” all of which run on A+E’s Lifetime channel. In 2016, Lifetime announced that “Project Runway” had been renewed for three additional seasons, of which only one has aired so far.
But the network unilaterally canceled the deal on Jan. 10, according to a filing Tuesday in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy, arguing that Weinstein’s sexual misconduct constituted a breach of the agreement. Specifically, A+E alleged the Weinstein Co. had failed to operate a workplace within the bounds of the law, failed to notify A+E of potential legal claims, and failed to abide by A+E standards and practices.
- 4/4/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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