John Malkovich
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
12/08/1953
Benton, IL |
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TV STUFF: Dave's Special Friends
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2000 -- David Letterman or no, CBS is determined to milk those "Late Show" reruns and famous guest host offers for all they're worth. The network has announced that another week of Letterman reruns is in store for the "Late Night" time slot -- albeit with some special star-power favor. Starting tonight until Friday, famous people -- in the caliber of Jerry Seinfeld, Danny DeVito, Bruce Willis, Bill Cosby, and others -- will recount personal "Late Show" memories and
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ROLE CALL: 'The Insider' Picks a 'Plum'?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2000 -- "The Insider's" Russell Crowe is looking to get the skinny on Claire Danes in the Jodie Foster-directed drama "Flora Plum." The Hollywood Reporter notes that the actor is in negotiations to join Foster and company on the Depression-era romance, which is slated to begin filming in late summer or early fall. The story involves a circus freak played by Crowe who falls for a penniless girl (Danes) after taking her in and helping her become a star. Steven Rodgers
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Freddie Defeats 'Friday'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2000 -- Hollywood was suffering from the box office blahs over the weekend, just as Hollywood insiders anticipated. For the first time since Oct. 22, no films cracked double-digits. Miramax's PG-13-rated teen-appeal romantic comedy "Down To You" managed to top the chart with only an estimated $8.30 million at 1,971 theaters ($4,211 per theater). Written and directed by Kris Isacsson, it stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles. "I think it's great," Miramax Senio
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High Achiever
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 20, 2000 -- The golden envelopes won't open until March 26, but Oscar is already shining for two honorary recipients. Warren Beatty has been named the recipient for the Irving G. Thalberg Award for career achievement in film. The award, named after former MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, who died of pneumonia at age 37, honors outstanding film producers. Beatty is the only person to be nominated for producer, director, writer and actor at the same time twice, fo
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NEWSMAKERS: DGA Announces its Nominees
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2000 -- The morning after the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild of America heated up the awards competition by announcing its nominees for director of the year. This year's DGA nods went to Globe winner Sam Mendes for "American Beauty,"Spike Jonze for "Being John Malkovich," Frank Darabont for "The Green Mile," Michael Mann for "The Insider" and M. Night Shyamalan for "The Sixth Sense."All are first-time feature-film nominees except for Darabont, who was nominated
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NEWSMAKERS: Barrymore Voted Top Funnywoman
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2000 -- She set an extra-terrestrial free, set some houses on fire and set a new trend in Cinderellas. But who knew Drew Barrymore could make people laugh? The National Association of Theater Owners, apparently. The 24-year-old actress, who starred in last spring's hit comedy "Never Been Kissed," has been named ShoWest 2000 Comedy Star of the Year, the first actress to receive the award. The actress, who will be honored at the ShoWest convention March 9, is current
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Robert De Niro: Da Comedian?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- Robert De Niro is bleepin' funny. At least according to comedy performers, who picked Mr. "GoodFellas" as a nominee for the 14th Annual American Comedy Awards, to be presented Feb. 6 in Los Angeles. De Niro is up for funniest lead actor in a film for his turn as a crying mob boss in "Analyze This." He's up against Jim Carrey ("Man on the Moon"), Mike Myers ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me") and Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty"). "Analyze This" is also
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N.Y. film critics name 'Topsy-Turvy year's best
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTIn a surprising move, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, an association of film reviewers from major Manhattan-based newspapers and magazines, selected "Topsy-Turvy" as the Best Picture of 1999.Part biopic, part backstage drama, "Topsy-Turvy" is an opulent motion picture that focuses on the prickly relationship between librettist William Schwenk Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Mike Leigh was selected as Best Director for the same film, which now becomes poised with "American
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For relative unknowns of 'Green Mile' cast, sometimes luck happens
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTAfter the success of "The Shawshank Redemption," an adaptation of the Stephen King story set in a prison that received seven Academy Award nominations in 1994, writer-director Frank Darabont was poised to become the next big thing. But the vagaries of Hollywood took over and, over the course of five years, he reportedly made uncredited contributions to the "Star Wars" prequels and the Omaha Beach opening sequences of "Saving Private Ryan." When he did find that elusive follow-up project, it wa
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National Board of Review names 'American Beauty' 1999's best film
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTThe awards season has officially kicked off, and "American Beauty" has its first trophy on the mantle. The dark satire was named Best Film of the year Dec. 8 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Directed by first-timer Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, "Beauty" was released in September to widespread acclaim and solid box office. Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient," was named Best Director for "The Talented Mr. Ripley," sta
