Glenn Close heads all-star cast in revival of ‘A Delicate Balance’

November 21, 2014 0
Cast member Close poses at the premiere of "Guardians of the Galaxy" in Hollywood

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – After a 20-year absence triple-Tony winner Glenn Close returned to Broadway in a revival of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, “A Delicate Balance,” a production that elicited an uneven response from critics who found it both blistering and boring. Close, 67, plays matriarch Agnes opposite Tony winner John Lithgow, 69, (“The Changing Room” and “Sweet Smell of Success”) as her husband in the play that premiered on Broadway in 1966 and opened on Thursday night for a limited run at the John Golden Theatre. …

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Hard to adapt books into movies: Rohan Sippy

November 21, 2014 0

Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) Rohan Sippy is set to direct an adaptation of “Turbulence”, a book penned by Samit Basu and the filmmaker, who also made “Nautanki Saala!” – a remake of French film “Apres Vous”, says adapting books into films is harder than making remakes of movies.

Putting Oscar on the block

November 20, 2014 0
Putting Oscar on the block

But winning isn’t the only way to snag one of the coveted statuettes. Enthusiastic collectors with several hundred thousand to spare can achieve Oscar glory at the right auction house. And they could do …

Hollywood pays tribute to Mike Nichols

November 20, 2014 0
FILE - Director and comedian Mike Nichols is seen in this Sept. 1964 file photo. ABC News confirms Nichols died Wednesday Nov. 19, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo, File)

In a career that spanned over six decades across all entertainment genres, Mike Nichols collaborated with and influenced an array of show business legends. Here, friends and peers remember Nichols, who died Thursday at 83: