Milos Forman

Twyla Tharp to receive lifetime achievement award at Tribeca festival

2013-04-03 08:05:00

Choreographer Twyla Tharp, whose work spans ballet, modern dance, jazz and Broadway, is to receive a lifetime achievement honor during this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Tharp is scheduled to receive the honor at the annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation...

Film Independent at LACMA celebrates Black History Month

2013-01-31 06:00:00

Film Independent at LACMA kicks off Black History Month on Friday at the Leo S. Bing Theater with a rare screening of Michael Roemer's 1964 drama "Nothing But a Man. " Penned by Roemer and Robert M. Young, the acclaimed drama stars Ivan Dixon, Abbey...

Steven Spielberg's James Bond ... and other near-misses

2012-11-29 07:00:00

During a recent interview with England's Daily Mail newspaper, Steven Spielberg revealed his one-time desire to direct a James Bond movie. "I went to [Bond producer] Cubby Broccoli and asked if I could do one and he said: 'No,'" Spielberg told the...

Milos Forman to receive Directors Guild's highest tribute

2012-11-28 12:17:00

Milos Forman, 80, will receive the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction at the 65th annual DGA Awards on Feb. 2. The ceremony will be held at Hollywood & Highland's Ray Dolby...

Saturday’s Highlights: 'Tanked: Unfiltered' on Animal Planet

2012-04-06 21:37:48

Saturday's Highlights: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' on TCM

2011-02-25 21:35:07

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'One Nation, Overweight' on CNBC

2010-05-18 16:35:30

Doris Eaton Travis dies at 106; last of the Ziegfeld Follies chorus girls

2010-05-13 00:00:00

Doris Eaton Travis, the last of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies chorus girls who wore elaborate costumes for the series of lavish Broadway theatrical productions in the early 1900s, died Tuesday. She was 106. New York public relations firm Boneau/Bryan-...

David L. Wolper dies at 82; producer of 'Roots,' 1984 L.A. Olympics opening ceremonies

2010-08-12 00:00:00

David L. Wolper, the award-winning television documentary producer best known for the blockbuster TV miniseries "Roots" and for the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies he created for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, has died. He was 82....

Shocking DGA Award win for 'The Hurt Locker's' Kathryn Bigelow

2010-01-31 16:33:12

Claude Berri, French filmmaker and actor, dies at 74

2009-01-13 00:00:00

Claude Berri, the French filmmaker who was a fixture in his country's film industry for more than 50 years and is perhaps best known for directing "Jean de Florette," which earned him international acclaim, died Monday. He was 74. Berri, whose short film...

TV this week Oct. 7 - Oct. 13

2007-04-13 14:54:07

MICHAEL APTED'S "49 Up" (airing as part of the documentary series "P.O.V."), the seventh installment in a documentary series that began in 1964, comes to American television this week. What had originally been a "glimpse of Britain's future" as embodied...

Natalie Portman Movies: "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace"; "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones"; "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" Character: Padme, who becomes Queen Amidala -- the wife of Anakin Skywalker and the mother of Luke and Princess Leia.

2012-10-30 14:05:00

Lead actor 1985, "Amadeus" After his break-out role as the scheming Salieri in Milos Forman 's classic Mozart biopic, one would expect an actor with the rich stage-acting chops of Abraham to capture the film world like Paul Giamatti or Dustin Hoffman did. Oddly, Abraham focused on his theatrical

2009-10-07 13:18:46

"One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, 1975, directed by Milos Forman I would play Billy Bibbit myself.

2008-02-22 12:23:04