Editor's Picks
There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
-
But what is often missed in imitations is Monroe's twinkle of humor and mischief (a huge part of her appeal, perhaps the most important part). The humor let us know that Monroe was in on the joke. It made her silly, and it made her a good comedienne. ...
-
Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the “Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard” section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...
-
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Franklin, Chair of UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Barbara Boyle and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer... View Photo »
-
I was reading the stage directions. And the stage directions in Billy Wilder’s scripts are just off the charts. I remember he refers to the first girl you see on a date in the apartment. He describes her as ‘a real first baseman of a dame.’ I don’t even know what it means and I love it!
– Jason Reitman SOURCE: Indie Wire -
But with Alex de la Iglesia at the unsteady wheel, this intermittently entertaining film – which either pays homage to or steals from Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole – never quite settles on a tone. Since being discovered by the Almodovar brothers, who...
-
Remarkably topical, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Charles Tatum, a conniving newspaper reporter who ends up at a small New Mexico rag after getting fired from too many big-city publications. Tatum's hoping for that one story which will take him back...
-
Frank DeCaro spent years hunting for stars' recipes for 'The Dead Celebrity Cookbook'
Belleville News-Democrat
Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the "Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard" section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...
-
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Framklin and producer Albert Berger attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California. View Photo »
-
His television was in a field of its own, it was absolutely extraordinary. Then he graduated to movies... He was also a very nice person. He was very cheerful and very well-meaning. He had a very good run even though his style of picture-making became obsolete, but that happened to everyone, Billy Wilde...
SOURCE: MSN Entertainment -
-
Arthur Freed, who hired Previn to write lyrics for MGM. It was there she met composer Andre Previn, whom she married in 1959. With her husband, Previn wrote the song "Faraway Part of Town," which was sung by Judy Garland in Pepe (1960). They followed...
-
‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ Will Give Us A Mind-Blowing Glimpse Into The Greatest Sci-Fi Film Never Made
Geeks of Doom
Made, Tales from Development Hell, and Chris Gore’s The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made. And every time I read about how we could have had a Spider-Man movie written and directed by James Cameron or a Marx Brothers comedy that would have paired the...
About Billy Wilder
Wikipedia
Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 – 27 March 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age.[citation needed] Full Article
Related Photos
-
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Franklin, Chair of UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Barbara Boyle and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood,...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Framklin and producer Albert Berger attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producer Bonnie Arnold and Dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film, TeleviisionTeri Schwartz and animator Chuck Sheetz attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Chair of UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Barbara Boyle, producer Bonnie Arnold and Dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film and TeleviisionTeri Schwartz attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Student producers Michael Acosta, Aisha Summers and Ryan Slattery attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Franklin, producer Bonnie Arnold and producer Albert Berger attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producer Tom Nunan hosts the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producers Guild President Hawk Koch, Chair of UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Barbara Boyle and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producers Guild President Hawk Koch, Dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Teri Schwartz and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producers Guild President Hawk Koch and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Producers Guild President Hawk Koch attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood, California.
View Photo »
Getty Images
WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 07: Director Carl Franklin, Chair of UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Barbara Boyle and producer Lawrence Bender attend the 2011 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work-Producers Maket at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on June 7, 2011 in Westwood,...
View Photo »
