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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) and Stephen Dorff (True Detective) have entered production in New Jersey on People Not Places, an indie drama from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer). Written by Ellen Brown Furman (The Infiltrator), the filmmaker’s…

A screen legend for over 70 years, Shirley MacLaine boasts a diverse career across Broadway, film, and television. With six Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress win for Terms of Endearment, she continues adding to her impressive filmography. Born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia in 1934,  she…

American Dreamer deserves better than it has gotten. Shot three years ago during the pandemic this delirously black comedy premiered at Tribeca 2022 and got lost in the crowd. The filmmakers including first time feature director Paul Dektor and screenwriter/producer Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures, St. Vinc…

They believe. The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance has added some star power to its ranks, including Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine, actor/podcaster Dave Foley, Communion author Whitley Strieber; actor/journalist Michael Ian Black, and Emmy Award-winning UFO Researcher Linda Moulton Howe…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has set a March 8th day-and-date release for American Dreamer, an indie comedy starring Peter Dinklage and Shirley Maclaine, to which it’s acquired North American rights. First introduced to the world at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, the film marks the directorial debut of Paul…

Outfest on Thursday announced Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine and Transparent breakout Trace Lysette as the recipients of its 2023 Legacy Awards, which will be presented at NeueHouse in Hollywood on Sunday, October 22nd. MacLaine will be bestowed with the James Schamus Ally Award, recognizing…

Writer-producer-director Theodore Melfi has a different take than those who think independent filmmaking is becoming an endangered species; in fact, he tells me right now we are in “a golden age of independent film.” That might be one of the reasons he is bullish about both films he has at this week’s Tribeca Festival…

When possible suspects join the line-up in Season 2 of Hulu‘s hit comedy Only Murders in the Building, could Teddy Dimas be among them? Nathan Lane, who portrays Teddy, isn’t telling but he is confirming the character will return for a handful of episodes. “I come back. I can’t tell you how but I do come back,” Lane…

Only Murders in the Building‘s executive producer and star Martin Short earned his first SAG Award nomination this morning for his turn in Hulu’s hit comedy, revealing while taking a break from production on Season 2 that it will feature appearances by Shirley MacLaine and Amy Schumer, and that Nathan Lane’s Teddy Dima…

Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Danny Pudi and Michelle Mylett joined the cast of American Dreamer, the Paul Dektor-directed dark comedy that has just gotten underway in Vancouver. The actors join Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine and Kim Quinn on the Ted Melfi scripted film. Dinklage, David Ginsberg, Quinn, Melfi and…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine are set to star in American Dreamer, an indie which has been set to begin production March 15 in Vancouver. The film is written by Academy Award nominee Theodore Melfi, and will be directed by award winning commercial director Paul Dektor. American Dreamer is produced by…

Tony Charmoli, a leading television and Broadway choreographer and director who won three Emmy Awards from the 1950s through 1970s and worked with stars from Mitzi Gaynor and Shirley MacLaine to the costumed characters of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Lidsville and, later, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce, died August 7 at his…