Carrie Robbins, whose more than 30 years as a Broadway costume designer saw her involvement in 1972’s Grease, for which she contributed the production’s signature poodle skirts, and the nuns’ habits of 1983’s Agnes of God, died following a brief illness with Covid on Friday, April 12, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. She was 81.
Her death was announced by her friend Daniel Neiden.
Robbin’s Broadway career began somewhat inauspiciously with Leda and the Little Swan, a play that closed on Broadway before its scheduled opening at the Cort Theatre in 1968. Written by Amber Gascoigne and dealing with sex between generations of one family, Leda was called by William Goldman in his classic theater book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway “the hardest show of the season to sit through.”
Robbins rebounded quickly on Broadway with a revival of You Can’t Take It With You the following year, and,...
Her death was announced by her friend Daniel Neiden.
Robbin’s Broadway career began somewhat inauspiciously with Leda and the Little Swan, a play that closed on Broadway before its scheduled opening at the Cort Theatre in 1968. Written by Amber Gascoigne and dealing with sex between generations of one family, Leda was called by William Goldman in his classic theater book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway “the hardest show of the season to sit through.”
Robbins rebounded quickly on Broadway with a revival of You Can’t Take It With You the following year, and,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ron Thompson, a veteran character actor best known for his role in Ralph Bakshi’s rotoscope film American Pop and his 1970s TV series portrayal of Detective Nopke in Baretta, died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 83. No cause was given by his friend Professor Rel Dowdell of Hampton University, who confirmed the death.
Thompson had a brief career as a rock singer in the 1960s and wrote and recorded a number of singles as Ronnie Thompson.
He also originated the role of Shanty Mulligan in the Pulitzer Prize winning play No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone. He also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his 1973 lead performance in the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1941, Ron, his older brother, and parents moved to Miami, Florida in ’45. Ron began to show talents as a singer/performer at an early age,...
Thompson had a brief career as a rock singer in the 1960s and wrote and recorded a number of singles as Ronnie Thompson.
He also originated the role of Shanty Mulligan in the Pulitzer Prize winning play No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone. He also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his 1973 lead performance in the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1941, Ron, his older brother, and parents moved to Miami, Florida in ’45. Ron began to show talents as a singer/performer at an early age,...
- 4/14/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
David Schramm, a veteran character best known for his work on the ’90s NBC sitcom “Wings,” has died at age 73.
His death was announced Sunday by Margot Harley, co-founder of the New York-based theater troupe the Acting Company, of which Schramm was a founding member. The exact date and cause of death were not disclosed.
Schramm, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, came to New York City as a member of the first graduating class of Juilliard School. He appeared in dozens of theater productions on and off Broadway, including a 2009-10 Broadway revival of the musical “Finian’s Rainbow.” [
But he is best known for his supporting role on all eight seasons of “Wings,” as Roy Biggins, the owner of a rival Nantucket-based airline competing with an outfit run by brothers played by Tim Daly and Steven Weber. He appeared in all 172 episodes between...
His death was announced Sunday by Margot Harley, co-founder of the New York-based theater troupe the Acting Company, of which Schramm was a founding member. The exact date and cause of death were not disclosed.
Schramm, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, came to New York City as a member of the first graduating class of Juilliard School. He appeared in dozens of theater productions on and off Broadway, including a 2009-10 Broadway revival of the musical “Finian’s Rainbow.” [
But he is best known for his supporting role on all eight seasons of “Wings,” as Roy Biggins, the owner of a rival Nantucket-based airline competing with an outfit run by brothers played by Tim Daly and Steven Weber. He appeared in all 172 episodes between...
- 3/29/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Alias #1 (2001)
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Gaydos
Colors by Matt Hollingsworth
Letters by Richard Starkings and Oscar Gongora
Published by Marvel Comics
In 2001, Brian Michael Bendis, the writer of Marvel’s probably most kid friendly title Ultimate Spider-Man, was tasked with penning the title that launched Marvel’s mature readers’ imprint, or Max. This was the equivalent of the Vertigo imprint for DC Comics and ended up encompassing many other titles, including Garth Ennis’ critically acclaimed runs on The Punisher and Fury and Rawhide Kid, the first Marvel book to feature a gay lead. He was joined by interior artist Michael Gaydos, who was coming off a short run on the Image Comics incarnation of the cult vigilante The Crow, prolific colorist of dark and gritty comics Matt Hollingsworth (Preacher, Death: The Time of Your Life), and talented cover multimedia artist David Mack (Kabuki). Gaydos has the...
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Michael Gaydos
Colors by Matt Hollingsworth
Letters by Richard Starkings and Oscar Gongora
Published by Marvel Comics
In 2001, Brian Michael Bendis, the writer of Marvel’s probably most kid friendly title Ultimate Spider-Man, was tasked with penning the title that launched Marvel’s mature readers’ imprint, or Max. This was the equivalent of the Vertigo imprint for DC Comics and ended up encompassing many other titles, including Garth Ennis’ critically acclaimed runs on The Punisher and Fury and Rawhide Kid, the first Marvel book to feature a gay lead. He was joined by interior artist Michael Gaydos, who was coming off a short run on the Image Comics incarnation of the cult vigilante The Crow, prolific colorist of dark and gritty comics Matt Hollingsworth (Preacher, Death: The Time of Your Life), and talented cover multimedia artist David Mack (Kabuki). Gaydos has the...
- 10/19/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Robin Thicke’s new album, “Paula,” comes with a built-in “ick” factor. The whole album is allegedly an effort to woo back his wife, Paula Patton, who dumped him earlier this year for what looks like a whole laundry list of reasons, but primarily for being a douche. Since then, he’s been on a public campaign that rivals that of politicians on the stump, declaring on award show after award show and at concert after concert that he wants her back. Note to Thicke: If you’re going to make a confessional album, it should be to confess your own sins, not to highlight also the frailties of the person you’re trying to win back. Though his blue-eyed soul voice is as on point as always here, too often his efforts come across as self serving and terribly un-self aware and narcissistic, as opposed to sincere. Much of the album is just creepy.
- 7/1/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Monster Weekend | Future Cinema Presents Dirty Dancing | Otway: The Movie & Q&A | Open Air Screenings |
Monster Weekend, London
The BFI's ambitious season Gothic: The Dark Heart Of Film casts a celebratory shadow of gloom over the next four months. Proceedings begin this weekend, as the forecourt of the British Museum hosts screenings of such monstrous classics as Jacques Tourneur's occult mystery Night Of The Demon, and Terence Fisher's definitive Hammer reworkings of Dracula and The Mummy. There's horror-themed music beforehand, and fancy dress is encouraged, though using the Ancient Egypt galleries as a prop store is forbidden.
British Museum, WC2, Thu to 31 Aug, bfi.org.uk
Future Cinema Presents Dirty Dancing, London
Somehow, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's star-cross'd, 1960s-by-way-of-the-1980s fairytale has become the definitive summer outdoor movie, to the extent you'd have thought everyone in the country had seen it outside the comfort of a cinema by now.
Monster Weekend, London
The BFI's ambitious season Gothic: The Dark Heart Of Film casts a celebratory shadow of gloom over the next four months. Proceedings begin this weekend, as the forecourt of the British Museum hosts screenings of such monstrous classics as Jacques Tourneur's occult mystery Night Of The Demon, and Terence Fisher's definitive Hammer reworkings of Dracula and The Mummy. There's horror-themed music beforehand, and fancy dress is encouraged, though using the Ancient Egypt galleries as a prop store is forbidden.
British Museum, WC2, Thu to 31 Aug, bfi.org.uk
Future Cinema Presents Dirty Dancing, London
Somehow, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's star-cross'd, 1960s-by-way-of-the-1980s fairytale has become the definitive summer outdoor movie, to the extent you'd have thought everyone in the country had seen it outside the comfort of a cinema by now.
- 8/24/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
I'm not one to gloat or say such things as "I told you so," but I must take this moment to run a victory lap. I had many of naysayers, but in the end, my non-scientific way of collecting data (i.e. my gut instinct) predicted a Cassadee Pope win weeks ago! I mean, I respect Terry McDermott and Nicholas David as much as the next person, but this show was Cassadee's to win. Here were my favorite performances from the finale week:
The Voice Cast, Hallelujah
In wake of the devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, the entire Voice cast (Christina Milian and Carson Daly included) sang a moving tribute. Standing behind a row of candles, each cast member held a placard with the name and age of each victim. It was emotional, haunting and beautiful.
Cassadee Pope, Cry
Ending the live performance show, Cassadee tackled a Faith Hill classic. I have to...
The Voice Cast, Hallelujah
In wake of the devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, the entire Voice cast (Christina Milian and Carson Daly included) sang a moving tribute. Standing behind a row of candles, each cast member held a placard with the name and age of each victim. It was emotional, haunting and beautiful.
Cassadee Pope, Cry
Ending the live performance show, Cassadee tackled a Faith Hill classic. I have to...
- 12/19/2012
- TheInsider.com
Celeste Holm, one of the grande dame character actresses of Broadway and Hollywood in the 1940s and ’50s, died yesterday at the age of 95. Holm started out in the theater, playing opposite the young Gene Kelly in the 1940 Broadway revival of The Time Of Your Life before creating the role of Ado Annie and singing “I Cain’t Say No” in the smash Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! Holm made her movie debut in 1946's Three Little Girls In Blue, then won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress the next year for Elia Kazan’s Gentleman ...
- 7/16/2012
- avclub.com
Sophisticated and witty actor who triumphed on Broadway and won an Oscar
Celeste Holm, who has died aged 95, was the original Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! which opened on Broadway in 1943. In I Cain't Say No, she sang: "I cain't be prissy and quaint / I ain't the type that can faint." Annie was a none-too-bright farm girl, but Holm was a smart, witty and sophisticated actor, whom everybody seemed to like. Many years later, during the interval of a Broadway show, she came out on stage and made a plea for her mental-health charity. It was done with such sincerity and passion that the audience could not fail to pay up.
On screen, Holm was the first woman to sing the Cole Porter song Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, sharing the delightful duet with Frank Sinatra in High Society (1956). Holm and Sinatra...
Celeste Holm, who has died aged 95, was the original Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! which opened on Broadway in 1943. In I Cain't Say No, she sang: "I cain't be prissy and quaint / I ain't the type that can faint." Annie was a none-too-bright farm girl, but Holm was a smart, witty and sophisticated actor, whom everybody seemed to like. Many years later, during the interval of a Broadway show, she came out on stage and made a plea for her mental-health charity. It was done with such sincerity and passion that the audience could not fail to pay up.
On screen, Holm was the first woman to sing the Cole Porter song Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, sharing the delightful duet with Frank Sinatra in High Society (1956). Holm and Sinatra...
- 7/16/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Winner of an Oscar in 1947, actress's last years were consumed by a bitter family feud that wiped out her fortune
Celeste Holm, a versatile actress who soared to Broadway fame in Oklahoma! and won an Oscar in Gentleman's Agreement but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire in actor Robert De Niro's apartment in the same Manhattan building.
She had asked on Friday to be taken home, and she spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.
Holm died around 3.30am at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here,...
Celeste Holm, a versatile actress who soared to Broadway fame in Oklahoma! and won an Oscar in Gentleman's Agreement but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire in actor Robert De Niro's apartment in the same Manhattan building.
She had asked on Friday to be taken home, and she spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.
Holm died around 3.30am at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here,...
- 7/15/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Gentleman's Agreement star Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95. The Oscar-winning actress, who won an Academy Award for her supporting role in Gentleman's Agreement in 1947, passed away Sunday at her home in New York, according to CNN. "She passed peacefully in her home in her own bed with her husband and friends and family nearby," Holm's niece, Amy Phillips, told the network. Holm was also nominated for Oscars for best supporting actress in 1949 and 1950, for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve, respectively. In addition to her film work, the accomplished actress was also a staple in the theater community, making her debut on Broadway in The Time of Your Life....
- 7/15/2012
- E! Online
Just one week after winning 'American Idol' and Phillip's new single has already debuted #2 on the Hot Digital Songs chart! We're so proud of him! Looks like Phillip Phillips may end up being an American Idol success story after all! The Georgia-native is fresh off his big win and he's already topping charts. His new single "Home" debuted number two on the Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 278,000 downloads, according to EW.com. In 2009, Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You," sold 280,000 downloads. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" holds number one. Phillip's sales also topped last season winner David Cook’s “The Time of Your Life,” single which sold 236,000 downloads. We're so proud of Phillip! What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Vote and weigh in below. [EW.com]
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More American Idol News: ‘American Idol’ Results: The Most Shocking Elimination Yet? Phillip Phillips’ Kidney Condition Won’t Kill His Career,...
- 5/31/2012
- by Nicole Karlis
- HollywoodLife
If you’ve hunted around for movie bargains, you’ve probably seen some of Mill Creek Entertainment’s 50-Movie Packs on DVD. Apart from other great releases by Mill Creek, these packs are phenomenal boons to cinephiles looking to collect older titles.
There are three new packs available, and I want to not only let you in on a discount code, but I have one of the packs available for you to win.
I know a lot of people may be quick to overlook these packs, and not every movie included stands out as a major value, but there are some great titles in each of them, and fans of the genres will be pleasantly surprised by what they get out of the deal. I have to admit that there is something about seeing a 50-movie pack, especially when it doesn’t cost a couple of hundred dollars, or more,...
There are three new packs available, and I want to not only let you in on a discount code, but I have one of the packs available for you to win.
I know a lot of people may be quick to overlook these packs, and not every movie included stands out as a major value, but there are some great titles in each of them, and fans of the genres will be pleasantly surprised by what they get out of the deal. I have to admit that there is something about seeing a 50-movie pack, especially when it doesn’t cost a couple of hundred dollars, or more,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Director Allan Dwan, actor George O'Brien, cinematographer George Webber, East Side, West Side Are you a movie lover in Los Angeles, unable to travel either to Venice or Telluride? Don't despair. L.A. has its own glamorous film festival this weekend. It's called Cinecon, now in its 47th year. What's more: unlike the vast majority of movies screening at the more highly publicized Venice and Telluride — which will shortly be made available at theaters, DVD stores, or online streaming services — most Cinecon movies are nearly impossible to be seen anywhere else. In other words, it's September 1-5 at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at Grauman's Egyptian on Hollywood Boulevard or (quite possibly) never. [Cinecon 2011 Schedule.] This year's Cinecon rarities includes the following: The first Los Angeles area screening in eight decades of Allan Dwan's East Side, West Side (1927), a risque silent drama starring Sunrise's George O'Brien and Virginia Valli, the...
- 9/2/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Actor best known as Paddy, the militant shop steward in the BBC's The Rag Trade
The actor Miriam Karlin, who has died of cancer aged 85, became famous in the early 1960s as Paddy, the militant shop steward of a London clothing firm in the BBC television comedy series The Rag Trade. As Paddy, who was always willing to signal a strike with a whistle and her catchphrase "Everybody out!", Karlin was watched by millions, and quoted by millions. But neither that success, nor her more serious roles on stage, removed the gnawing dissatisfaction she felt at not achieving something more serious. She channelled some of that feeling into promoting broadly leftwing causes as a member of the council of the actors' union Equity, and as a campaigner for the Anti-Nazi League, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Soviet Jewry.
She was born Miriam Samuels and brought up in Hampstead, north London,...
The actor Miriam Karlin, who has died of cancer aged 85, became famous in the early 1960s as Paddy, the militant shop steward of a London clothing firm in the BBC television comedy series The Rag Trade. As Paddy, who was always willing to signal a strike with a whistle and her catchphrase "Everybody out!", Karlin was watched by millions, and quoted by millions. But neither that success, nor her more serious roles on stage, removed the gnawing dissatisfaction she felt at not achieving something more serious. She channelled some of that feeling into promoting broadly leftwing causes as a member of the council of the actors' union Equity, and as a campaigner for the Anti-Nazi League, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Soviet Jewry.
She was born Miriam Samuels and brought up in Hampstead, north London,...
- 6/3/2011
- by Dennis Barker
- The Guardian - Film News
Harry Styles, from boyband One Direction, has admitted that he is having a great time living in the X Factor house in London but revealed that he does miss his mum a little bit.
Speaking on GMTV, from his first ever press conference, Harry told Lorraine Kelly:
“The house is always pretty loud. You have your messy people and your tidy people but it’s really good living with all the boys. I miss my mum a little bit though.”
One Direction was put together by Simon Cowell at bootcamp, after Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zain Malik and Niall Horan all impressed him as solo singers, but not enough to make judges houses alone.
On what it was like to form a band with people he had never met before, Liam admitted:
“It’s been kind of hard to start off with because we were all thrown together,...
Speaking on GMTV, from his first ever press conference, Harry told Lorraine Kelly:
“The house is always pretty loud. You have your messy people and your tidy people but it’s really good living with all the boys. I miss my mum a little bit though.”
One Direction was put together by Simon Cowell at bootcamp, after Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zain Malik and Niall Horan all impressed him as solo singers, but not enough to make judges houses alone.
On what it was like to form a band with people he had never met before, Liam admitted:
“It’s been kind of hard to start off with because we were all thrown together,...
- 10/7/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
In January 2010, Sky1 HD’s spectacular new dance contest Got To Dance shimmied onto the channel to much fanfare. Edinburgh, Manchester and London played host to auditions where competitors took to the stage in front of an expert, contemporary dance panel consisting of Diversity lead choreographer Ashley Banjo, Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, and Coyote Ugly and West End star Adam Garcia. Host Davina McCall was on hand to congratulate or comfort those who managed or failed to make the grade. Now they’re all back for a second series that promises to be bigger, bolder and better than ever before. This time the stakes are higher as the acts compete for the biggest ever talent show prize of £250,000 in front of an even bigger studio audience of 1,200 people.
Davina McCall said, “I’m not sure if it’s legal to enjoy my job so much but Got To Dance is my dream show!
Davina McCall said, “I’m not sure if it’s legal to enjoy my job so much but Got To Dance is my dream show!
- 6/3/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
22 year old Tobias Mead has swapped Living TV’s Dirty Dancing The Time Of Your Life for Britain’s Got Talent and viewers will see him wow the judging panel on this Saturday night’s show.
Speaking to Ant & Dec, the dancer who previously competed on Living’s reality TV show Dirty Dancing The Time Of Your Life, admitted that his father had wanted him to pursue a career in football and his decision to concentrate on his dancing has led to a family split and him losing contact with his brothers. He said:
He says: “When I was younger, I used to play a lot of football and my dad really wanted me to make something out of it.
“I played for my town, my county and had trials for Southampton.
“He had high hopes for me to be a footballer.
“He really wanted me to do something with it.
Speaking to Ant & Dec, the dancer who previously competed on Living’s reality TV show Dirty Dancing The Time Of Your Life, admitted that his father had wanted him to pursue a career in football and his decision to concentrate on his dancing has led to a family split and him losing contact with his brothers. He said:
He says: “When I was younger, I used to play a lot of football and my dad really wanted me to make something out of it.
“I played for my town, my county and had trials for Southampton.
“He had high hopes for me to be a footballer.
“He really wanted me to do something with it.
- 4/16/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
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