Bill Lomas, who produced the Hollywood Christmas Parade for 42 years, died Friday of cancer at his home in Lakewood, California, publicist Steve Moyer announced. He was 88.
Nicknamed “The Parade King,” Lomas headed Pageantry Productions and produced thousands of parades locally and throughout the state of California beginning in 1966. He also organized Irish fairs and Celtic music festivals around the Southland as well as events in Hawaii and Arizona.
Lomas guided the Hollywood Christmas Parade through 2023; he was ill but determined to work last year’s event, Moyer said. The parade, first held in 1928, runs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving over a three-mile route and is televised.
He and his late second wife, Ronnie, “live and breathe parades,” director Larry Harman told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “They are a unique couple. Whatever you want, they’ll get it, whether it is a camel, an elephant, anything. They’re your one-stop shopping for parades.
Nicknamed “The Parade King,” Lomas headed Pageantry Productions and produced thousands of parades locally and throughout the state of California beginning in 1966. He also organized Irish fairs and Celtic music festivals around the Southland as well as events in Hawaii and Arizona.
Lomas guided the Hollywood Christmas Parade through 2023; he was ill but determined to work last year’s event, Moyer said. The parade, first held in 1928, runs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving over a three-mile route and is televised.
He and his late second wife, Ronnie, “live and breathe parades,” director Larry Harman told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “They are a unique couple. Whatever you want, they’ll get it, whether it is a camel, an elephant, anything. They’re your one-stop shopping for parades.
- 3/25/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Los Angeles Dodgers have officially announced that Shohei Ohtani has been signed to a 10-year contract with the team.
The beloved baseball player, who has been compared to the legendary Babe Ruth, signed a historic $700 million contract with the team, which marks the biggest payday in baseball history.
Salary details were left out of the official press release, but we just learned that Ohtani will be deferring most of his salary, earning just $2 million a year while he’s playing for the team. We have more details on when he’ll get the rest of his money!
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Dodgers Sign Two-time Mvp Shohei Ohtani
Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed two-time American League Most Valuable Player Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract.
Ohtani joins the Dodgers after spending six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.
The beloved baseball player, who has been compared to the legendary Babe Ruth, signed a historic $700 million contract with the team, which marks the biggest payday in baseball history.
Salary details were left out of the official press release, but we just learned that Ohtani will be deferring most of his salary, earning just $2 million a year while he’s playing for the team. We have more details on when he’ll get the rest of his money!
Want to read the full press release?
Keep reading to find out more…
Dodgers Sign Two-time Mvp Shohei Ohtani
Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed two-time American League Most Valuable Player Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract.
Ohtani joins the Dodgers after spending six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.
- 12/12/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
One of the greatest pitchers in Los Angeles Dodgers history was honored Friday night at Dodger Stadium before the game.
The Dodgers retired Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 jersey, the culminating event in the city council declaration of “Fernando Valenzuela Day.”
In a pregame moment, the 62-year-old Valenzuela admitted, “It’s very emotional” to a crowded room of English and Spanish-language media hours before the ceremony. “I never expected it.”
A drone show honoring Valenzuela is expected after the game against the Colorado Rockies. On Saturday, the team is giving away his bobblehead, and on Sunday, the giveaway is a replica of Valenzuela’s 1981 World Series ring.
Valenzuela broke in with the Dodgers in a huge way in 1981. Besides winning the World Series, he won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award, the first player to do so in the same year.
He was named the Opening Day starter...
The Dodgers retired Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 jersey, the culminating event in the city council declaration of “Fernando Valenzuela Day.”
In a pregame moment, the 62-year-old Valenzuela admitted, “It’s very emotional” to a crowded room of English and Spanish-language media hours before the ceremony. “I never expected it.”
A drone show honoring Valenzuela is expected after the game against the Colorado Rockies. On Saturday, the team is giving away his bobblehead, and on Sunday, the giveaway is a replica of Valenzuela’s 1981 World Series ring.
Valenzuela broke in with the Dodgers in a huge way in 1981. Besides winning the World Series, he won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award, the first player to do so in the same year.
He was named the Opening Day starter...
- 8/12/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A brilliant negotiator, Lew Wasserman was the ex-agent who presided over the vast McA Universal media empire from his black tower. He favored black suits and austere offices and seemed to convey stress as he strolled about his kingdom.
Wasserman seemed always in a state of negotiation: He not only hammered out deals for new projects but also union and guild agreements for the entire industry and antitrust deals governing acquisitions like Decca Records. He even helped negotiate divorce settlements for the stars he once represented like Clark Gable and Myrna Loy.
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Wasserman likely would have relished this Hollywood moment,...
Wasserman seemed always in a state of negotiation: He not only hammered out deals for new projects but also union and guild agreements for the entire industry and antitrust deals governing acquisitions like Decca Records. He even helped negotiate divorce settlements for the stars he once represented like Clark Gable and Myrna Loy.
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Wasserman likely would have relished this Hollywood moment,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday. He was 94.
The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.
“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw. Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers — and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles.”
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2022
Also for years a national announcer of baseball for NBC, football and golf for CBS and baseball for CBS Radio, Scully endeared himself to fans through 67 seasons with the Dodgers, a record for one broadcaster with one team in any sport. In 2010, the American Sportscasters Assn. named...
The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.
“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw. Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers — and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles.”
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2022
Also for years a national announcer of baseball for NBC, football and golf for CBS and baseball for CBS Radio, Scully endeared himself to fans through 67 seasons with the Dodgers, a record for one broadcaster with one team in any sport. In 2010, the American Sportscasters Assn. named...
- 8/3/2022
- by Jon Weisman
- Variety Film + TV
Vin Scully, the velvet-tongued sports broadcaster known to generations of baseball fans as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 94.
Scully’s mark on Los Angeles, baseball and broadcasting history will never be matched. To say he was beloved is a colossal understatement — while most baseball fans could scarcely name a close rival’s play-by-play man, every decent baseball fan gets wistful at the mere mention of Scully.
“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.”
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Scully’s longevity is almost hard to process. He began calling Dodgers games in 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn.
Scully’s mark on Los Angeles, baseball and broadcasting history will never be matched. To say he was beloved is a colossal understatement — while most baseball fans could scarcely name a close rival’s play-by-play man, every decent baseball fan gets wistful at the mere mention of Scully.
“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.”
Also Read:
Vin Scully Celebrated by Hollywood, Sports World: ‘Nobody Ever Told the Story of Baseball Better’
Scully’s longevity is almost hard to process. He began calling Dodgers games in 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn.
- 8/3/2022
- by Josh Dickey and Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Click here to read the full article.
Vin Scully, the gentlemanly, yarn-spinning play-by-play man whose mellifluous voice provided the soundtrack to Dodger baseball from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for a jaw-dropping 67 seasons, has died. He was 94.
Scully, a member of the Dodgers organization from 1950 until his retirement following the 2016 regular season, died Tuesday at his home in Hidden Hills, the Dodgers announced.
When he bid farewell to the broadcast booth, he had called nearly half of the games for a franchise that was born in 1890.
Always even-tempered and an easy listen, Scully was credited with turning Los Angeles into a “transistor town” — his broadcasts were pumped throughout the L.A. Coliseum (the team’s first home out west) and then Dodger Stadium and wafted from traffic jams and street-side venues throughout the sprawling city.
“When a game is on the air, the physical presence of his voice is overwhelming,” wrote...
Vin Scully, the gentlemanly, yarn-spinning play-by-play man whose mellifluous voice provided the soundtrack to Dodger baseball from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for a jaw-dropping 67 seasons, has died. He was 94.
Scully, a member of the Dodgers organization from 1950 until his retirement following the 2016 regular season, died Tuesday at his home in Hidden Hills, the Dodgers announced.
When he bid farewell to the broadcast booth, he had called nearly half of the games for a franchise that was born in 1890.
Always even-tempered and an easy listen, Scully was credited with turning Los Angeles into a “transistor town” — his broadcasts were pumped throughout the L.A. Coliseum (the team’s first home out west) and then Dodger Stadium and wafted from traffic jams and street-side venues throughout the sprawling city.
“When a game is on the air, the physical presence of his voice is overwhelming,” wrote...
- 8/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Winter State Entertainment has wrapped production on Kitty to Cooperstown—a new feature doc on MLB great Jim “Kitty” Kaat, who just this past Sunday was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame.
The film will explore the 83-year-old’s life via exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage, examining his legacy in light of his 25 years as a pro baseball player, as well as his 35 years as a seven-time Emmy-winning commentator.
Kaat’s story can be connected from the beginning of baseball to the present day, accompanied by baseball lore and legend at every turn. From his 1950s pitching with the Washington Senators against Yankee greats like Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, to facing off with Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers in the 1965 World Series as a Minnesota Twin, to winning the 1982 World Series Championship with the St. Louis Cardinals and teammates Ozzie Smith and Keith Hernandez.
In his...
The film will explore the 83-year-old’s life via exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage, examining his legacy in light of his 25 years as a pro baseball player, as well as his 35 years as a seven-time Emmy-winning commentator.
Kaat’s story can be connected from the beginning of baseball to the present day, accompanied by baseball lore and legend at every turn. From his 1950s pitching with the Washington Senators against Yankee greats like Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, to facing off with Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers in the 1965 World Series as a Minnesota Twin, to winning the 1982 World Series Championship with the St. Louis Cardinals and teammates Ozzie Smith and Keith Hernandez.
In his...
- 7/26/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
I’m a Red Sox fan of three-plus decades.
The context feels necessary before I admit that Sean Mullin’s documentary It Ain’t Over, focusing on Yankee great Lawrence “Yogi” Berra, actually made me a little bit teary by the end of its 98-minute running time.
Does the doc, premiering to what will presumably be an affectionate hometown audience at the Tribeca Film Festival, have flaws of structure and focus? Heavens yes.
But does it play convincingly, even to a specifically Yankees-hostile critic? Indeed, it does.
Mullin’s central thesis is that Yogi Berra has gone from one of the most adored and acclaimed athletes of his generation to a figure whose actual on-field prowess has maybe been lost to time — usurped in part by the pilfering animated bear who shares much of his name, his baseball achievements obscured by his famous...
I’m a Red Sox fan of three-plus decades.
The context feels necessary before I admit that Sean Mullin’s documentary It Ain’t Over, focusing on Yankee great Lawrence “Yogi” Berra, actually made me a little bit teary by the end of its 98-minute running time.
Does the doc, premiering to what will presumably be an affectionate hometown audience at the Tribeca Film Festival, have flaws of structure and focus? Heavens yes.
But does it play convincingly, even to a specifically Yankees-hostile critic? Indeed, it does.
Mullin’s central thesis is that Yogi Berra has gone from one of the most adored and acclaimed athletes of his generation to a figure whose actual on-field prowess has maybe been lost to time — usurped in part by the pilfering animated bear who shares much of his name, his baseball achievements obscured by his famous...
- 6/13/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first James Bond film, ‘Dr. No,” starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord and Joseph Wiseman, opened in England on Oct. 2, 1962. But the 007 classic didn’t open in New York and Los Angeles until May 29, 1963. Let’s travel back almost six decades to look at the top events, movie, TV series, books and other cultural events of that year in James Bond history, which was punctuated by the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22.
35th Annual Academy Awards
Best Picture: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Best Director: David Lean, “Lawrence of Arabia”
Best Actor: Gregory Peck, “To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft, “The Miracle Worker”
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley, “Sweet Bird of Youth”
Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke, “The Miracle Worker”
Top 10 highest grossing films
“Cleopatra”
“How the West Was Won”
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
“Tom Jones”
“Irma La Douce...
35th Annual Academy Awards
Best Picture: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Best Director: David Lean, “Lawrence of Arabia”
Best Actor: Gregory Peck, “To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft, “The Miracle Worker”
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley, “Sweet Bird of Youth”
Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke, “The Miracle Worker”
Top 10 highest grossing films
“Cleopatra”
“How the West Was Won”
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
“Tom Jones”
“Irma La Douce...
- 10/8/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Bernard Madoff, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose long-term, multi-billion-dollar financial manipulations ruined clients and rattled financial markets, has died.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the death of Madoff, 82, at Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C. The bureau told Deadline in a statement that it resulted from natural causes and not Covid-19.
About a year ago, Madoff’s attorney had requested his release, citing chronic kidney failure and saying he had just 18 months to live as of that time.
Madoff pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced in 2011 to the maximum jail term of 150 years. Eventually, authorities managed to return $12 billion to investors, but that was just a fraction of the nearly $65 billion entrusted to Madoff.
Adopting the classic Ponzi model, Madoff used incoming investments to pay returns to other investors instead of...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the death of Madoff, 82, at Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C. The bureau told Deadline in a statement that it resulted from natural causes and not Covid-19.
About a year ago, Madoff’s attorney had requested his release, citing chronic kidney failure and saying he had just 18 months to live as of that time.
Madoff pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced in 2011 to the maximum jail term of 150 years. Eventually, authorities managed to return $12 billion to investors, but that was just a fraction of the nearly $65 billion entrusted to Madoff.
Adopting the classic Ponzi model, Madoff used incoming investments to pay returns to other investors instead of...
- 4/14/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Don Sutton, the Hall of Fame pitcher who is one of only 10 Los Angeles Dodgers players to have his number retired, died Monday night in his sleep, his son said. He was 75.
“He worked as hard as anyone I’ve ever known and he treated those he encountered with great respect…and he took me to work a lot,” Daron Sutton wrote. “For all these things, I am very grateful. Rest In Peace.”
Don Sutton won 324 games and started his career with the Dodgers in 1966 in a rotation of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Claude Osteen. The right-hander went on to play in Houston, Milwaukee, Oakland and the California/Anaheim Angels before returning to finish his career with the Dodgers, helping them win the 1988 World Series.
Sutton is the all-time Dodgers leader in wins with 233.
Known for his durability, Sutton’s all-time stats of 5,282.3 innings pitched and 3,574 strikeouts are both...
“He worked as hard as anyone I’ve ever known and he treated those he encountered with great respect…and he took me to work a lot,” Daron Sutton wrote. “For all these things, I am very grateful. Rest In Peace.”
Don Sutton won 324 games and started his career with the Dodgers in 1966 in a rotation of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Claude Osteen. The right-hander went on to play in Houston, Milwaukee, Oakland and the California/Anaheim Angels before returning to finish his career with the Dodgers, helping them win the 1988 World Series.
Sutton is the all-time Dodgers leader in wins with 233.
Known for his durability, Sutton’s all-time stats of 5,282.3 innings pitched and 3,574 strikeouts are both...
- 1/19/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep.
A four-time All-Star, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an Era of 3.26 while pitching for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, California ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep.
A four-time All-Star, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an Era of 3.26 while pitching for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, California ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep.
A four-time All-Star, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an Era of 3.26 while pitching for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, California ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep.
A four-time All-Star, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an Era of 3.26 while pitching for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, California ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two Los Angeles Dodgers greats who helped lead the team to World Series wins in the 1960s have died.
Ron Perranoski, the lefthanded weapon of the Dodgers’ bullpen who helped them win a pair of World Series championships in the 1960s, died Friday night in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 84 and had a long but unspecified illness, his sister said.
Perranoski played in the major leagues from 1961-73 for the Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and California Angels. He had a career record of 79-74 with 178 saves and a 2.79 Era.
Earlier, former Dodger outfielder “Sweet Lou” Johnson, who helped the team win the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins with a key home run, died on Thursday. He was 86 years old.
Johnson most recently worked as a front office employee with the team’s community relations department, according to the team announcement on his death. No cause was given.
Johnson...
Ron Perranoski, the lefthanded weapon of the Dodgers’ bullpen who helped them win a pair of World Series championships in the 1960s, died Friday night in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 84 and had a long but unspecified illness, his sister said.
Perranoski played in the major leagues from 1961-73 for the Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and California Angels. He had a career record of 79-74 with 178 saves and a 2.79 Era.
Earlier, former Dodger outfielder “Sweet Lou” Johnson, who helped the team win the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins with a key home run, died on Thursday. He was 86 years old.
Johnson most recently worked as a front office employee with the team’s community relations department, according to the team announcement on his death. No cause was given.
Johnson...
- 10/4/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney CEO Bob Iger sees ESPN eventually becoming “far more of a direct-to-consumer product” as the streaming eruption continues to alter the entertainment landscape.
The executive shared that outlook and touched on topics like the launch of Disney+, sports rights negotiations and Kobe Bryant’s death, during a podcast conversation with Bill Simmons, who spent 16 years at ESPN. The discussion was posted overnight Sunday on Simmons’ Bs Podcast on The Ringer, his upstart media outfit that announced last week it is being acquired by Spotify.
Iger touched on his memoir, which was published last fall, and summed up his strategic view of running a media company in a turbulent era. “If you’re running a business in a dynamic world … and you try to maintain any kind of status quo, you will become irrelevant,” he said.
Case in point: ESPN, which has lost about one-quarter of its traditional subscribers over the past few years.
The executive shared that outlook and touched on topics like the launch of Disney+, sports rights negotiations and Kobe Bryant’s death, during a podcast conversation with Bill Simmons, who spent 16 years at ESPN. The discussion was posted overnight Sunday on Simmons’ Bs Podcast on The Ringer, his upstart media outfit that announced last week it is being acquired by Spotify.
Iger touched on his memoir, which was published last fall, and summed up his strategic view of running a media company in a turbulent era. “If you’re running a business in a dynamic world … and you try to maintain any kind of status quo, you will become irrelevant,” he said.
Case in point: ESPN, which has lost about one-quarter of its traditional subscribers over the past few years.
- 2/10/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Major League Baseball said they would stop running promotions for Roger Waters’ upcoming North American tour following criticism from Jewish advocacy groups.
As part of an ad buy by Aeg/Concerts West, advertisements for tickets to Waters’ This Is Not a Drill trek were shown on Mlb platforms. This drew the ire of Jewish organizations like B’nai B’rith, which has been critical of Waters for his support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (Bds) movement.
A representative for Waters declined to comment on the matter. Aeg did not immediately...
As part of an ad buy by Aeg/Concerts West, advertisements for tickets to Waters’ This Is Not a Drill trek were shown on Mlb platforms. This drew the ire of Jewish organizations like B’nai B’rith, which has been critical of Waters for his support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (Bds) movement.
A representative for Waters declined to comment on the matter. Aeg did not immediately...
- 2/8/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In Washington, D.C., we are blissfully recovering from Monday night’s game when the Nationals beat the Dodgers to tie up the playoff series 2-2. We are hoarse from yelling and need serious manicures from all the nail biting innings.
East Coast Jewish fans are religiously thrilled our match-up will begin on Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. Et because the start time comes after sundown of our holiest Day of Atonement. We are supposed to observe the holiday by praying in synagogue, not eating or drinking, and not watching baseball.
It’s not fair to those Jewish fans living on the West Coast as the game starts there at 5:30 p.m., which is before sundown. Although I want my home team Nats to win, I do feel empathy for those Jewish Dodgers fans who are confronting religious dilemmas about watching the game during Yom Kippur.
It’s...
East Coast Jewish fans are religiously thrilled our match-up will begin on Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. Et because the start time comes after sundown of our holiest Day of Atonement. We are supposed to observe the holiday by praying in synagogue, not eating or drinking, and not watching baseball.
It’s not fair to those Jewish fans living on the West Coast as the game starts there at 5:30 p.m., which is before sundown. Although I want my home team Nats to win, I do feel empathy for those Jewish Dodgers fans who are confronting religious dilemmas about watching the game during Yom Kippur.
It’s...
- 10/9/2019
- by Aviva Kempner
- The Wrap
Stuart Witt, CBS News Executive and talent agent, died December 6 after complications from Parkinson’s disease, Deadline has confirmed. He was 84.
Witt was born and raised in Brooklyn. He graduated from James Madison High School where he played baseball and pitched against Sandy Koufax. He went on to attend Indiana University and then served as a Communications Officer in an Infantry Battalion of the Usmc from 1958 to 1961. He was stationed in Okinawa.
After earning his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, he worked as an entertainment lawyer and for CBS News in London for 10 years. In 1979, his career in entertainment took him to N.S. Bienstock where he was as a talent agent. He was integral to the success of the agency where he was an for broadcast journalists where he worked until his retirement in 2004. His clients included John Blackstone, Arthur Kent, Mike Leonard, Mark Potter, Richard Roth, Sue Herera,...
Witt was born and raised in Brooklyn. He graduated from James Madison High School where he played baseball and pitched against Sandy Koufax. He went on to attend Indiana University and then served as a Communications Officer in an Infantry Battalion of the Usmc from 1958 to 1961. He was stationed in Okinawa.
After earning his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, he worked as an entertainment lawyer and for CBS News in London for 10 years. In 1979, his career in entertainment took him to N.S. Bienstock where he was as a talent agent. He was integral to the success of the agency where he was an for broadcast journalists where he worked until his retirement in 2004. His clients included John Blackstone, Arthur Kent, Mike Leonard, Mark Potter, Richard Roth, Sue Herera,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Sorry, Dodgers fans -- it ain't gonna happen ... the Dodgers will Lose to the Red Sox in the World Series, in part because Clayton Kershaw's no Sandy Koufax ... so says Ben Shapiro. The conservative firebrand is also a die-hard baseball fan -- and even though he's from L.A., the 34-year-old tells us he's rooting for the Red Sox because of his Boston connection. Fun Fact: Shapiro went to law school at Harvard where...
- 10/22/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
After the Dodgers won the first game of the World Series on Tuesday, the excitement in Los Angeles was even hotter on Wednesday when the teams faced off for game two, and even more stars turned out to the iconic s Dodger Stadium to cheer on their boys in blue.
The game attracted some of the biggest names in music, movies and TV as well -- including Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel.
The two wore blue-themed ensembles, featuring a whole lot of denim, in honor of their team, along with some traditional Dodger ball caps.
Photo: Backgrid
The game also attracted "All of Me" singer John Legend, who watched from field level, and chatted with fellow Dodger fans.
Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
News: Celebs and Sports Legends Turn Out to Support the La Dodgers in World Series
Arrested Development alum Jason Bateman made it out to the stadium yet again, after watching the Dodgers...
The game attracted some of the biggest names in music, movies and TV as well -- including Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel.
The two wore blue-themed ensembles, featuring a whole lot of denim, in honor of their team, along with some traditional Dodger ball caps.
Photo: Backgrid
The game also attracted "All of Me" singer John Legend, who watched from field level, and chatted with fellow Dodger fans.
Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
News: Celebs and Sports Legends Turn Out to Support the La Dodgers in World Series
Arrested Development alum Jason Bateman made it out to the stadium yet again, after watching the Dodgers...
- 10/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
After the Dodgers won the first game of the World Series on Tuesday, the excitement in Los Angeles was even hotter on Wednesday when the teams faced off for game two, and even more stars turned out to the iconic s Dodger Stadium to cheer on their boys in blue.
The game attracted some of the biggest names in music, movies and TV as well -- including Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel.
The two wore blue-themed ensembles, featuring a whole lot of denim, in honor of their team, along with some traditional Dodger ball caps.
Photo: Backgrid
The game also attracted "All of Me" singer John Legend, who watched from field level, and chatted with fellow Dodger fans.
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News: Celebs and Sports Legends Turn Out to Support the La Dodgers in World Series
Arrested Development alum Jason Bateman made it out to the stadium yet again, after watching the Dodgers...
The game attracted some of the biggest names in music, movies and TV as well -- including Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel.
The two wore blue-themed ensembles, featuring a whole lot of denim, in honor of their team, along with some traditional Dodger ball caps.
Photo: Backgrid
The game also attracted "All of Me" singer John Legend, who watched from field level, and chatted with fellow Dodger fans.
Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
News: Celebs and Sports Legends Turn Out to Support the La Dodgers in World Series
Arrested Development alum Jason Bateman made it out to the stadium yet again, after watching the Dodgers...
- 10/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Jackie Robinson's wife and children are among the special guests committed to attend the statue ceremony at Dodger Stadium this weekend honoring the Mlb legend ... the team says. Rachel Robinson, along with Jackie's daughter, Sharon, and son, David, will be front and center on Saturday ... the 70th anniversary of Robinson breaking Mlb’s color barrier on April 15, 1947.The 10 foot tall bronze statue will be the very first one installed at Dodger Stadium. The...
- 4/12/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Interested in having 84 Ounces of solid gold hanging around your crotch??? You're in luck ... because Ken Stabler's legendary "Hickok Belt" just hit the auction block. The belts were given away to the top U.S. athlete from 1950 to 1976 -- and feature 84 ounces of solid gold with a 3 carat diamond, 3 carat ruby, 3 carat sapphire and 26 diamond chips. Stabler was the Last person to win the belt -- following his spectacular '76 season in which he...
- 7/19/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Alan Young, the actor who played Wilbur on "Mister Ed" ... has died. The character, whom the horse, of course, of course, called "Wilburrrrrrrrrr" ... became one of the most popular on TV from 1961 - 1965. As you know, Mr. Ed would only speak to Wilbur, and they kept their secret throughout the run of the series. As you know, no one can talk to a horse, of course, that is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr.
- 5/20/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Chris Carter, creator and resident keeper of the top-secret mythologies first revealed in the 1990s TV show The X-Files, was talking about “finding yourself suddenly on the cutting edge, which is an exciting but ultimately dangerous place to be.” This is because, as the longtime SoCal surfer told me on the phone from Hollywood, “you know that incredible energy you’re riding can’t last. It is going to disappear and turn up in another place, except you don’t know where.” Where the energy goes is something Carter, the now-58-year-old son of a Bellflower construction worker who grew up idolizing Sandy Koufax and rode his board in a “goofy-footed” stance, thinks about a lot, especially these days, as he awaits the airing of his six-episode “reboot” of The X-Files, which will hit the virtual boards at 10 p.m. on Fox this Sunday night. (Read Matt Zoller Seitz’s review here.
- 1/22/2016
- by Mark Jacobson
- Vulture
Jewish NY Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire says he'll be fasting for Yom Kippur when the sun goes down tonight ... and won't eat all day tomorrow ... despite the fact he's in the middle of NBA training camp. Stoudemire just went to Instagram and posted ... "Day of Atonement !! Sundown tonight - Sundown tomorrow."He added, "This is going to be the hardest one yet. No eating or drinking during camp."It's kind of a big deal, considering...
- 10/3/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitched the first-ever no-hitter of his career – and it might be the best no-hitter ever thrown in the history of Major League Baseball.
Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter
Kershaw’s no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies was the 283rd on record, but the first in which the pitcher had 15 strikeouts and didn’t walk a single batter. While Nolan Ryan struck out 15 batters in three no-hitters, he walked players each time. Kershaw only threw three balls to one batter all night.
“That’s probably the best combination he’s had of his slider and curveball working on the same night,” catcher A.J. Ellis told the Los Angeles Times. “When you got those things going, nights like this are possible.”
Kershaw's fastball was also hot, coming in at 94 to 95 mph.
"You don't really ever think about doing something like that," Kershaw said of his no-hitter, reported the Times.
Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter
Kershaw’s no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies was the 283rd on record, but the first in which the pitcher had 15 strikeouts and didn’t walk a single batter. While Nolan Ryan struck out 15 batters in three no-hitters, he walked players each time. Kershaw only threw three balls to one batter all night.
“That’s probably the best combination he’s had of his slider and curveball working on the same night,” catcher A.J. Ellis told the Los Angeles Times. “When you got those things going, nights like this are possible.”
Kershaw's fastball was also hot, coming in at 94 to 95 mph.
"You don't really ever think about doing something like that," Kershaw said of his no-hitter, reported the Times.
- 6/20/2014
- Uinterview
You Can't blame Dodgers announcer Charley Steiner for jinxing Hyun-jin Ryu's perfect game yesterday ... even though he started talking about it with only 6 outs to go ... so sayeth Vin Scully. Dodgers fans started cringing at the top of the 8th inning when Steiner brought up Sandy Koufax -- and mentioned how Ryu was only 6 outs away from joining the Hall of Fame as the only other Dodger to throw a perfect game. Two pitches later ... it was all over.
- 5/27/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Chicago – Veteran actor Bruce Dern is now up to bat. That is how he describes what is at stake in his role as Woody in director Alexander Payne’s new film, “Nebraska.” But this film icon – with an over 50 year career – also has plenty other stories to offer, regarding Jack Nicholson, his family, his life and performing a “Derns-ser.”
Bruce Dern began his on-screen career in TV beginning in 1960, taking various character parts during that era, with regular cowboy roles in “Wagon Train,” “The Virginian” and “The Big Valley.” He made his film debut in the horror classic “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte” (1964), and created memorable characters in such diverse films as “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They” (1969), “Drive, He Said” (1971), “The Great Gatsby” (1974), “Smile” (1975) and “Family Plot” (1976). Recent films include roles in “Monster” (2003), “The Astronaut Farmer” (2006) and as Frank Harlow in the HBO series “Big Love” (2006-11). He was nominated...
Bruce Dern began his on-screen career in TV beginning in 1960, taking various character parts during that era, with regular cowboy roles in “Wagon Train,” “The Virginian” and “The Big Valley.” He made his film debut in the horror classic “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte” (1964), and created memorable characters in such diverse films as “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They” (1969), “Drive, He Said” (1971), “The Great Gatsby” (1974), “Smile” (1975) and “Family Plot” (1976). Recent films include roles in “Monster” (2003), “The Astronaut Farmer” (2006) and as Frank Harlow in the HBO series “Big Love” (2006-11). He was nominated...
- 11/19/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Bryan Fischer professes his love for homosexuals, Fox inevitably exploits “What the Fox Said,” Zac Efron reportedly hit rehab five months ago
Monday night Johnny Weir spoke to Queerty and said that he had no intention of toning himself down for the Olympics in Sochi. “If I’m lucky enough to qualify for the Olympics, I will bring the usual Johnny Weir. I’m not going to tone myself down, but I won’t go over the top to make a statement. My statement, whether people feel it’s enough or not, is being there. The fact that I can be proud, strong and an Olympian? That’s a huge statement. And the Olympics are a thing I’ve worked my whole life for, and they’re something I respect so much. For people to really understand all that goes into the Olympics, you have to live it. Which is...
Monday night Johnny Weir spoke to Queerty and said that he had no intention of toning himself down for the Olympics in Sochi. “If I’m lucky enough to qualify for the Olympics, I will bring the usual Johnny Weir. I’m not going to tone myself down, but I won’t go over the top to make a statement. My statement, whether people feel it’s enough or not, is being there. The fact that I can be proud, strong and an Olympian? That’s a huge statement. And the Olympics are a thing I’ve worked my whole life for, and they’re something I respect so much. For people to really understand all that goes into the Olympics, you have to live it. Which is...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Who is Bryan Cranston to you? Walter White? Heisenberg? Hal? Hammond Druthers? Apparently to at least one participant in Tuesday’s Reddit Ama session, the Breaking Bad star is also just some dude who asked to crash his random table of diners when a Culver City restaurant was too full.
But, the session wasn’t all sweet celebrity encounters. Just take a look at Cranston’s takeaway from the restaurant story. He deflected the silly questions with quippy responses (i.e. the softness of Ryan Gosling’s skin), addressed sincere ones with care, and even made a few people kind...
But, the session wasn’t all sweet celebrity encounters. Just take a look at Cranston’s takeaway from the restaurant story. He deflected the silly questions with quippy responses (i.e. the softness of Ryan Gosling’s skin), addressed sincere ones with care, and even made a few people kind...
- 6/18/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW.com - PopWatch
With Major League Baseball officially starting up this week, Indiewire's latest curation of Hulu's Documentaries page turns to films about the national pastime. Watch these films now for free! One of the most acclaimed baseball documentaries of recent years, Aviva Kempner's "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" offers a love letter to the Detroit Tigers' first baseman and to a different era. Appealing not only to fans of the sport, the film depicts American life in the 1930s and '40s, a country's love for the game, and how a Jewish American player who defied prejudice to become a beloved Hall of Famer. Greenberg also figures in Peter Miller's "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story." The film, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, debunks the commonly-held misperception that Jews are non-athletic by examining the rich history of Jewish ballplayers. Looking at the careers of such star players as Greenberg and Sandy Koufax,...
- 4/2/2013
- by Basil Tsiokos
- Indiewire
Here’s a big step toward a (hopefully) long career in film comedy stardom. Two years ago this Summer, Melissa McCarthy exploded on the big screen (after paying her dues on TV and small film comedy bits) in the surprise smash hit Bridesmaids, stealing almost every scene and nabbing a much deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, Since then she’s been toiling away on her day gig starring in TV’s “Mike & Molly”, hosting a superb episode of Saturday Night Live, and destroying her scene-mates in a small role in the recent This Is 40. Now, she’s ready to go for the gold. Identity Thief is her first big movie lead (well sharing the lead with vet Jason Bateman) and The Heat with Oscar winner Sandra Bullock is just around the corner. But can she carry a lead role on her petite shoulders? Sure she killed opposite lady comics like Kristen Wiig,...
- 2/9/2013
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Allen Gardner
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
- 9/4/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
This story first appeared in the Aug. 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Oct. 6, 1963 The Dodgers polish off the New York Yankees, completing a four-game World Series sweep as Sandy Koufax outduels Whitey Ford, 2-1, in the finale. Photos: The Faces of the Dodgers: The New Blood and the Stalwarts Sept. 9, 1965 Koufax throws a perfect game (his fourth no-hitter), striking out 14 Cubs, including three in the ninth. Vin Scully's nail-biting call ("I would think the mound at Dodger Stadium is the loneliest place in the world") would become a classic.
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- 8/8/2012
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Francisco Giants pitcher, the 22nd man to toss a perfect game, got us thinking about musical perfectos.
By James Montgomery
The San Fransisco Giants' Matt Cain
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On Wednesday night, San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain made baseball history — and totally helped my fantasy team — by tossing a perfect game against the Houston Astros.For those who have no idea what that means, Cain faced the minimum of batters — 27 — and didn't allow a single base-runner. That means no walks, no hits, no anything over nine innings (with 14 strikeouts to boot). If that sounds impressive, well, it is: Only 22 pitchers have ever thrown a perfect game in the 143-year history of Major League Baseball, and somewhat surprisingly, the list of those who've accomplished the feat reads less like a who's who of Mlb greats as it does a who's that?For every Hall of Famer (Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter) to reach perfection,...
By James Montgomery
The San Fransisco Giants' Matt Cain
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On Wednesday night, San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain made baseball history — and totally helped my fantasy team — by tossing a perfect game against the Houston Astros.For those who have no idea what that means, Cain faced the minimum of batters — 27 — and didn't allow a single base-runner. That means no walks, no hits, no anything over nine innings (with 14 strikeouts to boot). If that sounds impressive, well, it is: Only 22 pitchers have ever thrown a perfect game in the 143-year history of Major League Baseball, and somewhat surprisingly, the list of those who've accomplished the feat reads less like a who's who of Mlb greats as it does a who's that?For every Hall of Famer (Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter) to reach perfection,...
- 6/15/2012
- MTV Music News
In one of the many classic scenes from the 1980 film, an old lady asks the stewardess aboard her Airplane for something "light" to read. She's in turn handed a "leaflet" entitled "Jewish Sports Legends".Cue audience laughter. It's long been a running joke, especially in Hollywood where the studios did much in their first 50 years to diminish explicit Jewish content in their films, that those of this particular race or faith aren't quite as physically capable as their gentile brothers. In actuality, during the early 20th century, many sports, from boxing to football, were littered with famous (and capable!) Jewish athletes. Ever since, the list has diminished dramatically, so that tales of Sandy Koufax skipping the world series for Yom Kippur is seen...
- 3/4/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The producers of The Simpsons invaded Bartroom, excuse me, Ballroom 20 this afternoon to chat about the animated Fox comedy’s upcoming 23rd season and answer all sorts of fan questions. (They also showed an amusing parody of the Dexter opening credits starring Ned Flanders, which will appear in the show’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween episode.) Here are 10 things we learned during the panel — and afterward, when we followed up with executive producer Al Jean.
• Surprise, surprise: There will be at least two more Banksy-eseque gags sprinkled throughout the season. “If you liked Banksy, then you’ll like these two,...
• Surprise, surprise: There will be at least two more Banksy-eseque gags sprinkled throughout the season. “If you liked Banksy, then you’ll like these two,...
- 7/24/2011
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Since its inception, Wake-Up Video has tried hard to deliver interesting bits of music history and insightful looks at the worlds of sports, politics, war and science. But today is different, not because it's an insignificant day (today marks the anniversary of Sandy Koufax's perfect game, commemorates Congress officially re-naming this country "The United States of America" and, in the Jewish faith, kicks off the new year), but simply because I woke up with Alkaline Trio's "We've Had Enough" stuck in my head, and I figured this was the best outlet to deal with said song.
Alkaline Trio have been around in come capacity since 1996. They developed a devoted following on the back of a series of excellent EPs and a pair of savage full-lengths (1998's Goddamnit and 2000's Maybe I'll Catch Fire). They started picking up mainstream success with 2001's From Here to Infirmary, which contained the sorta-hit "Stupid Kid.
Alkaline Trio have been around in come capacity since 1996. They developed a devoted following on the back of a series of excellent EPs and a pair of savage full-lengths (1998's Goddamnit and 2000's Maybe I'll Catch Fire). They started picking up mainstream success with 2001's From Here to Infirmary, which contained the sorta-hit "Stupid Kid.
- 9/9/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Hal Ross, whose career in television as a talent and literary agent spanned nearly 50 years, died July 30 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.
Ross co-founded the Ziegler-Ross Agency, where he was a pioneer in the TV packaging business and one of the first agents to represent a major sports figure when he negotiated Sandy Koufax's blockbuster deal to become an analyst with NBC Sports in 1967. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher had suddenly retired after the 1966 season at the height of his career because of arm injuries.
During that time, Ross also packaged such hits as "Daniel Boone," "Medical Center" and "M*A*S*H." He later joined Wma as a senior vp, where he worked until his retirement in 1997.
Ross also executive produced the 2005 film version of "The Honeymooners" that starred Cedric the Entertainer.
A native Angeleno who attended Fairfax High School and UCLA, Ross served at...
Ross co-founded the Ziegler-Ross Agency, where he was a pioneer in the TV packaging business and one of the first agents to represent a major sports figure when he negotiated Sandy Koufax's blockbuster deal to become an analyst with NBC Sports in 1967. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher had suddenly retired after the 1966 season at the height of his career because of arm injuries.
During that time, Ross also packaged such hits as "Daniel Boone," "Medical Center" and "M*A*S*H." He later joined Wma as a senior vp, where he worked until his retirement in 1997.
Ross also executive produced the 2005 film version of "The Honeymooners" that starred Cedric the Entertainer.
A native Angeleno who attended Fairfax High School and UCLA, Ross served at...
- 8/17/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hal Ross, whose career in television as a talent and literary agent spanned nearly fifty years, died last Friday. He was 86. The native Angeleno co-founded the Ziegler-Ross Agency, where he helped pioneer the television packaging business and was one of the first agents to represent a major athlete when he negotiated Sandy Koufax's blockbuster deal with NBC Sports in 1967. During that time, he packaged such hits as The Daniel Boone Show, Medical Center and M*A*S*H. He later joined the William Morris Agency as Svp where he plied his talents until his retirement in 1997. Even then Hal could not stay away from show business: he found time after his early morning swims in Malibu to produce the motion picture version of The Honeymooners in 2005.
- 8/3/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Just because you're a celebrity doesn't mean you're immune from being ripped off. Witness the jaw-dropping tale of a "Scammer to the Stars" who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme that bilked $30 million from the likes of Uma Thurman, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Al Pacino, playwright Neil Simon, directors Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese and Nora Ephron, illusionist David Blaine, and celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz. And though some of the luckier stars smelled a rat and got their money out in time, on Thursday federal prosecutors arrested so-called financial adviser Kenneth Starr, 66, in his $7.5-million Manhattan condo - where he was hiding in the closet,...
- 5/28/2010
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – The 1957 Little League team from Monterrey, Mexico, was the first non-u.S. team to win that league’s World Series. That is a fact. “The Perfect Game” creates a story based on that fact that is as improbable as a team from Mars winning the big game.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
The story begins in the dusty Mexican town south of the Texas border that looks like it was last used for a Pancho Villa movie. But this is 1957, and the town’s boys are baseball crazy, seemingly knowing every statistic, including that Sandy Koufax is a rookie for the Brooklyn Dodgers. They have passion for the game, but no structure.
In a very strange sequence, a real baseball appears out of nowhere, which replaces the woven rags the boys were using before. If they can only find a coach, their team might be complete. It just so happens that one of...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
The story begins in the dusty Mexican town south of the Texas border that looks like it was last used for a Pancho Villa movie. But this is 1957, and the town’s boys are baseball crazy, seemingly knowing every statistic, including that Sandy Koufax is a rookie for the Brooklyn Dodgers. They have passion for the game, but no structure.
In a very strange sequence, a real baseball appears out of nowhere, which replaces the woven rags the boys were using before. If they can only find a coach, their team might be complete. It just so happens that one of...
- 4/19/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Being John Malkovich doesn't make much difference when you get burned. John Malkovich is asking a federal appeals court for the full $2.2 million he lost at the hands of swindling money man Bernard Madoff. Malkovich, a onetime client of the conman, received a $670,000 award by the trustee in charge of liquidating Madoff's assets. While the courts haven't been sympathetic to Malkovich's requests so far, at least he's in good company. Other celebrities screwed by Madoff include Kevin Bacon, Steven Spielberg, baseball great Sandy Koufax and Ringo Starr's wife, Barbara Bach.
- 4/2/2010
- E! Online
By the Hollywood Reporter
Director Steven Spielberg, singer/actress/director Barbara Streisand and composers Irving Berlin and Leonard Bernstein are among the 18 initial inductees of the Nation Museum of American Jewish History's Hall of Fame, which opens in Philadelphia in November, 2010.
The other honorees from the arts are author Isaac Bashevis Singer and poet Emma Lazarus.
The group also includes Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Mordecai Kaplan, Sandy Koufax, Estee Lauder, Isaac Leeser, Jonas Salk, Rose Schneiderman, Menachem Menel Schneerson, Henrietta Szold and I...
Director Steven Spielberg, singer/actress/director Barbara Streisand and composers Irving Berlin and Leonard Bernstein are among the 18 initial inductees of the Nation Museum of American Jewish History's Hall of Fame, which opens in Philadelphia in November, 2010.
The other honorees from the arts are author Isaac Bashevis Singer and poet Emma Lazarus.
The group also includes Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Mordecai Kaplan, Sandy Koufax, Estee Lauder, Isaac Leeser, Jonas Salk, Rose Schneiderman, Menachem Menel Schneerson, Henrietta Szold and I...
- 9/29/2009
- by Amy Kaufman
- The Wrap
Director Steven Spielberg, singer/actress/director Barbara Streisand and composers Irving Berlin and Leonard Bernstein are among the 18 initial inductees of the Nation Museum of American Jewish History's Hall of Fame, which opens in Philadelphia in November, 2010.
The other honorees from the arts are author Isaac Bashevis Singer and poet Emma Lazarus.
The group also includes Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Mordecai Kaplan, Sandy Koufax, Estee Lauder, Isaac Leeser, Jonas Salk, Rose Schneiderman, Menachem Menel Schneerson, Henrietta Szold and Isaac Mayer Wise.
"The 18 finalists represent a consensus between the public vote and the Museum's historians and curatorial staff. We wanted the public's input on who should be recognized for their accomplishments in a major museum exhibition, and they made excellent choices," the museum's president and CEO Michael Rosenzweig said.
The international public voting was conducted during a one month period this summer during which more than...
The other honorees from the arts are author Isaac Bashevis Singer and poet Emma Lazarus.
The group also includes Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Mordecai Kaplan, Sandy Koufax, Estee Lauder, Isaac Leeser, Jonas Salk, Rose Schneiderman, Menachem Menel Schneerson, Henrietta Szold and Isaac Mayer Wise.
"The 18 finalists represent a consensus between the public vote and the Museum's historians and curatorial staff. We wanted the public's input on who should be recognized for their accomplishments in a major museum exhibition, and they made excellent choices," the museum's president and CEO Michael Rosenzweig said.
The international public voting was conducted during a one month period this summer during which more than...
- 9/29/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The news broke quietly last month in the place that he had identified, at the end of a famous broadcast, as "The City of the Angels." After six decades of expressing the piercing drama of the national game more eloquently and movingly than anyone else ever has, he scheduled his last innings with underspoken, indirect comments to a newspaper columnist. "God willing," he would broadcast Dodger baseball for one more season, after which it "makes sense" that he would retire. That famous game was on September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax pitching in another Dodger-Giant pennant-race. Ninth inning, one out: "I would think that the mound at Dodger Stadium right now is the loneliest place in the world." Then two out, two balls, two strikes on Harvey Kuenn: "Swung on and missed, a perfect game!" We all heard Vin Scully's wonderful voice,...
- 8/19/2009
- by Robert E. Murphy
- Huffington Post
1. Kristin Chenoweth, Harry Connick Jr., and Julia Roberts. 2. Mariah Carey and Prince. 3. Estelle. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Hole-y Rollers What: A Celebration of the Hole in the Wall Camps. Where: Lincoln Center, New York City. Who: Joanne Woodward and family, as well as Bill Clinton, Julia Roberts, Robert Redford, Jerry Seinfeld, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel, Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, and Yo Yo Ma, all of whom took to the stage during the fund-raiser. Sandy Koufax and Brian Williams were among those in the audience. Why: Because friends of the late Paul Newman are devoted to maintaining his commitment to helping ill children. Talking Point: Julia Roberts. The screen queen doesn't just talk the talk: she's volunteered as a counselor at the camps, much to the delight of some lucky campers.
- 6/9/2009
- Vanity Fair
Television and film star Mark Feuerstein (The West Wing, What Women Want) is The Hustler: a grown man with an intense hatred for children. Well, perhaps hatred is a bit strong, and his ill will isn’t only directed at children. The Hustler has got it out for anyone related to former middle school football coach, Bernie Goldman. For Mr. Goldman (Al Brown, aka The Wire’s Mjr. Valchek) is the man responsible for Travis “Hustler” Hustleberg being cheated out of his coveted middle school football touchdown record. Revenge is the order of the day now. The Goldman family must be on guard during bar mitzvahs, birthday parties, and other rights of passage. Even the elderly are not immune, as the participants of the Castle Hill Retirement Community’s tennis tournament will attest. The Hustler is self-consciously ridiculous and very, very self-consciously (and neurotically) Jewish. Given the fixation on revenge and the past,...
- 3/6/2009
- by Alex Crowley
- Tilzy.tv
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