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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 424 with guests Joni Bovill, Julian David Stone, Regina Keller Gil and Caroline Sorokoff is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 424 with guests Joni Bovill, Julian David Stone, Regina Keller Gil and Caroline Sorokoff Original Airdates: Oct. 26-29, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes back filmmaker, playwright and author Julian David Stone. Julian’s latest book, No Cameras Allowed: My … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged 9-1-1, 911, Are You Ready, Bishop Carlton Pearson, Bosch, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Buster Keaton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Concussion, CSI: Los Angeles, David Bowie, Dick Clark, Duke Snider Eats Here Free, Ed Sullivan, Elmo Records, Elvis Costello, Elvis Test, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Body and Soul, funkalicious, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, gospel, gospel of inclusin, Harry Bosch, How to Get Away with Murder, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Joan Jett, Joni Bovill, Joyful Joni, Julian David Stone, Julian Stone, Justice Girl, Kirk Bovill, Leo Zahn, LL Cool J, Magical Mystery Tour, Michael Connelly, MTV, music 1980s, My Career as an Outlaw Rock & Roll Photographer, Netflix, No Camera Allowed, Peter Bogdanovich, Phil Gries, Prince, R.E.M., Red Skelton, rock and soul, rock n roll music, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Sinatra in Palm Springs, Sounds of Lost Television, Strange Birth Short Life Sudden Death Justice Girl, Sunnyvale, Survivor’s Remorse, Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Bridge, The Ed Sullivan Show, the Grateful Dead, The Great Buster, The Lord's Prayer, the Police, The Ramones, There is Joy, U2, Viola Davis, Will Jordan, Will Smith, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
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Actor Michael Dante honored last weekend at The Wild Bunch Film Festival in Wilcox, Arizona. The event included a screening of Dante’s classic Western film Winterhawk, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Charlie LeSueur
Our friend Michael Dante was honored last weekend at the third annual Wild Bunch Film Festival in Wilcox, AZ, which included a special screening of his iconic 1975 film, Winterhawk. “The audience enjoyed the film and the question and answer … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star
Tagged 1975, Blackfoot Chief, Charles B. Pierce, Charlie LeSueur, Dawn Wells, Michael Dante, Michael Dante Way, Michael Dante: From Hollywood to Michael Dante Way, Western, Wild Bunch Film Festival, Winterhawk, Winterhawk's Land
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via DGA: The Special Projects Committee of the Directors Guild of America honored actress and filmmaker Ida Lupino by showing two of her most acclaimed films this past Wednesday, Oct. 17 as part of a centenary celebration. The second woman admitted into the Directors Guild of America, Lupino was born Feb. 4, 1918
On October 17, 2018, the DGA Special Projects Committee hosted an evening honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary filmmaker Ida Lupino. The event featured screenings of two of her most acclaimed films — The Hitch-Hiker and The Bigamist — introduced Professor … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star
Tagged Art and Resilience in Times of Transition, Bewitched, DGA Special Projects Committee, Directors Guild of America, film noir, first film noir directed by a woman, Gilligan's Island, Hard Fast and Beautiful, High Sierra, Ida Lupino, Ida Lupino Director, Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera, Jule Grossman, Ladies in Retirement, Le Moyne College, Mary Ann Anderson, Mr. Adams and Eve, National Film Registry, Never Fear, Outrage, The Bigamist, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Hard Way, The Hitch-Hiker, The Making of The Hitch-Hiker Illustrated, The Trouble with Angels, The Twilight Zone, United States Library of Congress
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