James Coburn
James Coburn was an actor whose style allowed him to comfortably embrace drama, action, and comedy roles, and many of his best-known performances found him blending elements of all these styles in rol...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
08/30/1928
Laurel, NE |
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Box Office Analysis: Jan. 6
January 06, 2002 10:39am ESTAn analysis of the weekend's box office results.
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Monsters, Inc. Review
November 02, 2001 7:25am ESTDisney's Pixar has done it again with the delightful Monsters, Inc.--so sit back, bring the whole family and have a wonderful time.
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Martin may take part in upcoming film.
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20, 2001 - Latin pop star Ricky Martin is currently in talks to star in "The Assassination," which is being described as a political thriller, The New York Post reports. Martin will also sing the movie's theme song and contribute to the soundtrack.Filmmaker George A. Romero will be directing "The Assassination" for Los Angeles-based Highland Crest Pictures. The film centers on the 1961 assassination of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. If Martin's negotiations go as pl
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ROLE CALL: The Law of Altman
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4, 2001 -- Director Robert Altman will be bringing his signature brand of filmmaking to Britain, and the country's top-notch actors are apparently the first to rejoice. Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley"), Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") and Kristin Scott Thomas ("The English Patient") are among the ensemble cast that have signed on to Altman's "Gosford Park," Daily Variety reports. And Helen Mirren ("The Passion of Ayn Rand") and Michael Gambon ("Sleepy Hollow") might also
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ROLE CALL: Zeta-Jones Talks 'Trust'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4, 2000 -- Catherine Zeta-Jones knows how important trust is. The new Mrs. Michael Douglas will star in the thriller "Trust," a project that is said by Daily Variety to be in the vein of 1987's "Fatal Attraction." Originally a British miniseries, "Trust" will follow a lawyer living in New York who discovers that her psychiatrist hubby is having an affair with one of his patients. KING OF THE 'CASTLE': "The Legend of Bagger Vance" helmer and actor Robert Redford might return to th
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NEWSMAKERS: Leo's Paradise Lost
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- So he got to shoot on an island off Thailand for months, flying friends in for visits and soaking up an island paradise. But Leonardo DiCaprio, star of "The Beach," has one little quibble. Says Leo to the British magazine The Face, "It truly bothered me ... that [Richard, DiCaprio's character] never had any kind of sexual contact with Francoise," a stunning Frenchwoman played by Virginie Ledoyen, with whom he does a little smooching and frolicking in the su
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ROLE CALL: Bening 'Over The Rainbow?'
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTAnnette Bening SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 26, 2000 -- Ding, ding, ding went Annette? Annette Bening might follow up her self-absorbed "American Beauty" housewife by playing an even more self-absorbed, complex and pathos-ridden woman. Word comes today, via Variety's Army Archerd, that Bening is the No. 1 candidate to play Judy Garland in "Rainbow's End," a biopic in development at Fox Searchlight. The movie, to be based on a new book by another Variety scribe, will be no "Wizard of Oz." I
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The Oscars: Whatever Happened to ...?
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Mar. 24, 2000 -- Does an Oscar win equal prestige? Yes. How about a career jump-start? Gwyneth Paltrow Well, er ... Most of the time. For every, say, Kevin Spacey who escapes indie fringedom to Hollywood stardom after bagging an Oscar (for 1995's "The Usual Suspects"), there's a Marisa Tomei whose film career seems jinxed following a win (for 1992's "My Cousin Vinny"). That said, let's take a look at what the Oscar has done for last year's winners. Or they Marisa Tome
