Celebrating Good Times for a Great Cause at Sir Elton John’s Oscar Bash
Even a torrential downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits at the 23rd annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish. In spectacular fashion, the event raised nearly $6 million for AIDS research. With all those funds raised for a good cause, the glitzy celebration marks the grand finale to awards season, beginning with cocktails before the Oscars followed by a festive five-course...
WGA Awards Play The Imitation Game, Check Into Grand Budapest Hotel
Nic Pizzolatto made something very clear during his two trips to the podium at the WGA Awards. The writer of HBO’s “True Detective ”– honored for both outstanding drama series and new series – is still worried about keeping his job. Both of Pizzolatto’s acceptance speeches were part of a thread of self-deprecating humor that ran through the West Coast edition of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards, which honor outstanding achievement...
The Making of ‘American Sniper:’ Screenwriter Jason Hall’s Journey
Writing a screenplay based on an autobiography is challenging enough. But for Jason Hall, the real-life story of “American Sniper” took a tragic and irreversible turn immediately after he finished the script for the Clint Eastwood-directing film, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whom Hall had been collaborating with in bringing his story to the screen, had just been murdered, ostensibly by a fellow Iraq...
This is It–The End of the Road for Sons of Anarchy and Last Chance for Happy Endings
If you’re not among the 6 million people who regularly tune in to “Sons of Anarchy” or its 8.2 million Facebook fans, you may possibly be excused for not knowing that Tuesday night, Dec. 9, 2014, marks the end of its twisting, turning, ultraviolent and dark humor-infused seven-season-long road on FX. Otherwise, you are probably waiting with bated breath for the finale of creator Kurt Sutter’s motorcycle gang saga that stars Charlie...
Katey Sagal Reveals ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Secrets as SAMCRO’s Road Nears the End
As “Sons of Anarchy” hurtles at high speed towards its series dénouement on December 9 after seven adrenalized seasons, the drama and speculation around the fate of one lead character is fiercer than ever. That would be Gemma Teller Morrow, played by Katey Sagal, the sometimes gun-toting, leather-clad and tough-talking matriarch of the motorcycle gang who has gone to extreme lengths to protect her family and in particular, her only...
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