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The Actors Rumored to Star in the Beatles Biopics Look Nothing Like Them. Good.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
Unavailable for decades and loathed by the band, this 1970 film is finally getting its due—and paints the Fab Four’s final days in poignant, tense tones.
An interview with George Griffith, writer/director/star of From the Head, which screens on Wednesday, May 31st, as part of David Lynch: A Complete Retrospective at The Texas Theatre in Dallas.
A review of the new series McCartney 3,2,1, premiering on Hulu on July 16.
The first official day of San Diego Comic-con, Thursday, I sat down with the award-winning Broadway producer Vivek J. Tiwary for an interview about his first graphic novel, "The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story," which he is adapting and producing into a feature film.
Marie writes: There's a glorified duck pond at the center of the complex where I live. And since moving in, my apartment has been an object of enduring fascination for Canadian geese - who arrive each Spring like a squadron of jet fighters returning from a mission in France, to run a sweeping aerial recon my little garden aka: playhouse for birds... (click to enlarge)
Marie writes: Having recently seen a stage play, I was reminded again of how much I enjoy them. And the buildings they're often performed in. Which sent me off looking for old ones and hopefully Theatres you never hear about - as then it's like stumbling upon a secret known only to a lucky few. And thus how I found "Minack Theatre Portcurno Cornwall" with a view over-looking the Cornish sea...
"Twists of fate, love and humour, perseverance and, finally, a philosophical outlook- his story has it all." - Sarah Hampson.(click photo to enlarge) From the Globe and Mail article "You couldn't write this script" published July 19, 2010.From the Grand Poobah: "A young lady with excellent taste". (click to enlarge) "Ever since I was a child messing around with a terrible paint set from K-mart, I have been obsessed with controlling pigment suspended in water. Now I paint with divine, hand-made watercolors from Holland along with brushes ranging from high-end to dirt cheap, but the obsession remains..." - from Kelly Eddington's artist statement. To read more and see her truly wonderful watercolors, visit Kelly Eddington's Website and Gallery.
Ah, watercolors.... so easy to master; only takes decades....
