You don’t have to have a clue about background actors to have heard of Central Casting. “Straight out of Central Casting” — it’s an idiom President Trump has used to […]
Hollywood Flashback: When Robert De Niro’s Creature Captivated the Academy
Frankenstein had lived a long life in popular culture by 1994, but at the multiplex, Kenneth Branagh’s film marked the classic Mary Shelley novel’s first studio adaptation in decades. Expectations […]
Hollywood Flashback: Hollywood’s First War With D.C.
After advocating for Hollywood’s freedom of expression during the McCarthy era, a once-prominent group was recently revived amid renewed concerns of government censorship. In response to the Red Scare, the […]
Hollywood Flashback: 50 Years Later, ‘Rocky Horror’ Does the Time Warp Again
Despite a disappointing start 50 years ago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show found new life among fans looking for a warped night out. Richard O’Brien was a struggling actor when […]
Hollywood Flashback: ‘SNL’’s Epic Emmy Run Began 50 Years Ago
Perhaps Saturday Night Live was ready for primetime after all. The venerable NBC sketch show has earned more Emmys than any TV project, but that wasn’t the path its team […]
Parm to Table: Dan Tana’s Was a Cut Above
For more than six decades, A-listers have flocked to L.A. hotspot Dan Tana’s — and not just for the legendary chicken parm. Dan Tana, who died Aug. 16 at 90, […]
Hollywood Flashback: Won Two Emmys, ‘Star Wars: Clone Wars’ Did
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars was the first Star Wars animated series since the mid-1980s and — much like this year’s Emmy nominee from a galaxy far, far away, Andor — […]