Fame's Honor Roll Sep 20, 2009
Besides the Friends star, other big-name grads of LaGuardia (or its predecessors) include Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Liza Minnelli, Dom DeLuise and Sarah Michelle Gellar ... Besides the Friends star, other big-name grads of LaGuardia (or its predecessors) include Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Liza Minnelli, Dom DeLuise and Sarah Michelle Gellar. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
USA TODAY Hollywood Hero Award Honors Ashley Judd for Her Work with Global Health Organization PSI Sep 17, 2009
An accomplished film, television and Broadway actress, Judd has starred in such diverse box-office successes as "Kiss the Girls" and "High Crimes" with Morgan Freeman; Bruce Beresford's "Double Jeopardy;" "Someone Like You" opposite Hugh Jackman; "A Time to Kill" with Samuel L. Jackson; "Heat" with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino; William Friedkin's "Bug," winner of the Cannes International Press Award in 2007; and "Simon Birch," based on the John Irving best-seller A Prayer for Owen Meaney. She has... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Daily television listings Sep 12, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Movies about radicals have not always had a radical effect on viewers Sep 6, 2009
When Al Pacino s bank robber gets the crowds on his side by shouting Attica. Attica. (Boston Globe)
'Ninja Assassin' Star Rain Answers Your Questions Sep 5, 2009
Pop star/ actor reveals his dream collaborator: 'Al Pacino is my hero ... Al Pacino is my hero. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Tony Barnhart's blog Sep 4, 2009
I think the Dawgs need an Al Pacino speech to get them fired up for the big game in Stillwater. P.S. Great Posts Fletch. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Gloucester Stage presents ‘Sins of the Mother’ Sep 2, 2009
There s a reason his early plays helped launch the likes of Al Pacino, John Cazale, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Dreyfuss, and Scott Glenn. Horovitz reliably offers his actors a feast of elliptical, vaguely menacing dialogue, plots that are booby-trapped with surprises and twisty turnabouts, action that is both physical and psychological, and sometimes, as in Sins of the Mother, a chance to try out their Boston accents. (Boston Globe)
GERALDO APPLAUDS US LATINOS Aug 31, 2009
After finishing the Jack Kevorkian biopic "You Don't Know Jack" with Al Pacino, she plays Shia LaBeouf's mama in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps". And R. Redford will direct "The Conspirator." It's about Mary Surratt, who was convicted of abetting Lincoln's assassination. (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Cold Souls' Aug 28, 2009
A mix-up brings him together with Nina on a trip to Russia to reclaim his soul, which is currently residing in a soap-opera actress (Katheryn Winnick), who's convinced that she has gotten the soul of Al Pacino. (Giamatti's reaction to the actors on her wish list is hysterical. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Celebrity crime writer Dominick Dunne dies of bladder cancer at 83 Aug 27, 2009
He edged into the movie business and formed a production company with his brother and sister-in-law that made several films, including "The Boys in the Band" (1970), "The Panic in Needle Park" (1971), starring Al Pacino as a drug addict, and "Play It as It Lays" (1972), which was based on a novel by Didion. If Dunne failed to reach the top tier of movie producers, he became known for his first-class parties, populated by such Hollywood luminaries as Paul Newman, Natalie Wood and Lauren Bacall. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Peter Chianca: Kids disassemble the darndest things Aug 22, 2009
The DVD player can also have adverse effects on younger children, who may subsequently have trouble readapting to regular videotapes; in particular, they ll greet the need to actually rewind with a display that recalls Al Pacino s freakout at the end of Scarface. 2) Don t resist the Spider-Man pajamas. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Strange Turn-ons Aug 22, 2009
Watching a dance scene in a movie, i.e., Richard Gere in Shall We Dance, Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer, Al Pacino in The Scent of a Woman. Listening to Trace Adkins sing a couple of his bedroom songs that they certainly don t play on the radio. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Woman Says She Feared Pitino's Wrath Aug 16, 2009
Then again, Pitino is playing the part of Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate. Heck, he even looks like Pacino. (CBS News)
Giamatti sells spoof about a black market for souls Aug 14, 2009
And the movie has several wonderful scenes with Katheryn Winnick as a Russian starlet desperate for the soul of Al Pacino. Still, I did wonder whether Barthes put calls in to Zac Efron or Megan Fox. (Boston Globe)
Mamet to write Anne Frank movie Aug 13, 2009
It was turned into an acclaimed film, starring Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino, in 1992. His other film credits include scripts for The Untouchables, Hannibal and Wag The Dog. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cold Souls is a clever look at identity Aug 13, 2009
Katheryn Winnick is also very good as the soul merchants trophy wife, a no-talent soap-opera star who wants the soul of an American actor (preferably Al Pacino, George Clooney or Sean Penn) to help her improve her craft. These are all very surreal, inventive ideas, heightened by the dreamlike cinematography from Barthes partner, Andrij Parekh; the scenes shot in St. Petersburg, for example, are simultaneously gauzy and bleak. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Brilliant brains Aug 11, 2009
In "Scent of a Woman" Al Pacino plays a blind veteran whose sense of smell is greatly enhanced so that he can tell what perfume any woman is wearing. "Daredevil" has Ben Affleck's blind superhero able to use his advanced sense of hearing almost as sonar that gives him the ability to "see" his surroundings. (BBC News)
'Cold Souls': Import Only, By Kurt Loder Aug 8, 2009
Nina, just back from New York, brings her the soul of Al Pacino or so she says. Actually, it's the stolen soul of Paul Giamatti, not that the talent-challenged Sveta will notice the difference. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 8, 2009
Righteous Kill 11:40 p.m. (STARZ) Veteran NYPD detectives (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino) investigate a clever serial killer. R (2008). (Boston Globe)
Braves have big four-gamer in L.A. Aug 7, 2009
Braves fans are a little like Al Pacino in Godfather III (not a terrible movie, just terrible compared to the first two masterpieces of the trilogy). Each time he got out, they pulled him back in. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
THE SPIRIT IS CHILLING Aug 7, 2009
The couple believes it was actually sucked from Al Pacino, one of several Americans on a wish list that did not include Giamatti. Allen at his peak probably would have brought this premise in at well under 90 minutes; Barthes lets it drag on for more than 100, including far too many pretentious "atmospheric" shots actually made in St. Petersburg. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Sweet sounds Aug 4, 2009
Because I don t mind talking to anybody, but when you have to have an agenda, like say Britney Spears is in the news and it s a hot topic and then you see Al Pacino coming down the red carpet and they want you to ask him about Britney Spears. It just makes your insides twist and tangle, and I wasn t good enough to do it, and I refused to do it. (Boston Globe)
Anthony Lane: “Cold Souls” and “Not Quite Hollywood.” Aug 3, 2009
She demands Johnny Depp s or Sean Penn s, and she thinks she has Al Pacino s; but all she gets is Paul s, and the roll of his eyes, in that sad-sack face, when he learns of her wish list is the funniest thing in the film. He, in turn, still needing help with his Chekhov, asks to be implanted with the soul of a Russian poet. (New Yorker)
More compassion would improve socie... Aug 2, 2009
" What s troubling about this (as Maher pointed out) is the estate tax doesn t affect them. The estate tax is applicable to someone worth at least $3.5 million dollars when they die. If people don t want an estate taxed upon death, die with a net worth under $3.5 million. This shouldn t be difficult since the overwhelming majority of Americans don't meet this criterion. In politics, items such as the estate tax were described as tactics of class warfare. Help the People Who are in Need This... (Suite101.com)
53 arrested in massive operation inspired by officer's murder Aug 1, 2009
North Miami Beach Police Chief Rafael Hernandez, Jr. believes the suspects were inspired by the lifestyle of a ruthless fictional criminal actor Al Pacino portrayed on the big screen in 1983. "As the S.W.A.T. team walked in, the first thing they came in contact with was with a [Tony Montana] picture on the wall from Scarface," said the chief, describing the search of a residence connected to gang activity. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
This 'dog' Finally Has His Day Jul 29, 2009
"I learned more about acting from him than anybody," says Al Pacino in "I Knew It Was You," a 40-minute HBO documentary about the actor (it will air next year) that precedes tonight's showing of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation," in which Cazale plays Gene Hackman's assistant. In Richard Shepard's documentary, director Sidney Lumet says it was Pacino's insistence that overcame his reluctance to cast Cazale as Pacino's hair-trigger bank-robbing partner in "Dog Day Afternoon.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Coppola wife on 'Apocalypse' Jul 24, 2009
TSR: Francis is known to fight for his actors, like when he insisted on having young unknown Al Pacino in "The Godfather" against the studio's wishes. EC: I think his vision is extremely clear. (CNN -- International)
Charges Dropped against Top Black Scholar Jul 22, 2009
Cases in point, Bernie Madoff & AL Pacino. by Berkeley_Skirt_Lifter July 21, 2009 3:58 PM EDT. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Toyota Becomes First Exclusive Auto Sponsor on EBay Jul 19, 2009
" Nissan worked directly with eBay last year, using print ads to urge consumers to visit eBay Motors and check out a make-believe auction for a ride in a Nissan Altima. Those who followed through found the fake auction, as well as links to real Nissan dealers and to Nissan-brand collectible items being sold on the site. MOST POPULAR - BUSINESS Al Pacino Autographed 8 x 10 Photo Inside NYTimes.com Readers consider the roots and proper uses of outrage. What a lot of shut-eye species on a... (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)
New York Sightseeing Tours Jul 19, 2009
Rounding Columbus Circle, the riders learned that Bruce Willis, Usher, Janet Jackson and Al Pacino live close by in multi-million-dollar apartments. It wasn't possible, however, to visit any filming studio but if a film was being shot on the street, the bus would stop nearby. (Suite101.com)
The Hidden Side of the NYPD Jul 17, 2009
You say Frank Serpico, the corruption-fighting officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1973 movie, is the only pure whistleblower you've seen. In my experience he was the only person who did this out of genuinely altruistic motives. (Time.com)
Dustin Kerns Checks In Jul 16, 2009
Heat with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro is one that I can always watch again and again. SCU: Who is your favorite athlete. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Daily TV guide Jul 10, 2009
Al Pacino directed and stars in this documentary about a rehearsal for Richard III. PG-13 (1996) ... Righteous Kill 9 p.m. (STARZ) Veteran NYPD detectives (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino) investigate a clever serial killer. (Boston Globe)
Public Enemies review: Who is John Dillinger? No idea Jul 4, 2009
Heat, arguably Michael Manns best work (Ill always be true to The Insider), famously included a climactic sit down between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, also as men on opposite sides of the law. Depp and Bale have a brief meeting and its remarkable only for being unremarkable. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Public Enemies Jul 3, 2009
The all-too abbreviated exchange is reminiscent of the single delicious sit-down in a restaurant between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Mann's "Heat." The nature of the new movie keeps the pair -- "public enemy No. 1" and the G-man charged with tracking him down -- apart for most of the story. Public Enemies. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Featured Filmmaker: Michael Mann Jul 3, 2009
Heat is most notable for being the first time that acting icons Robert De Niro and Al Pacino shared the screen together (they were both in The Godfather, Part II but had no scenes together). Mann followed Heat with the 1999 fact-based drama , which starred Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. (IGN FilmForce)
Actor, Comedian Bellamy Pays Visit To Samford Jul 2, 2009
Bellamy has appeared in many films including Any Given Sunday in a cast that included Al Pacino, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx and Dennis Quaid. Bellamy has also appeared in The Brothers, Love Stinks and many other motion pictures. (Samfordsports.com)
As Dillinger, Johnny Depp takes on a role and a legend Jun 28, 2009
Some of them Mann created himself (Crockett and Tubbs, in Miami Vice, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro s cat-and-mouse cop and crook, in Heat ). At least one created himself ( Ali ). (Boston Globe)
Take a Depp in the Caribbean Jun 26, 2009
Depp had a great run from 1990, beginning with the wholly original Tim Burton flick "Edward Scissorhands," through 1997, when he paired up with Al Pacino in the true undercover mob drama "Donnie Brasco.". In between those movies, he scored with "Ed Wood," playing what many Hollywood types believe was the worst director of all-time; "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," a touching story about a dysfunctional family; "Don Juan DeMarco," in which Depp got to act alongside his idol, Marlon Brando; and... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Venice film festival shows the strain Jun 25, 2009
The latest problem arose at the screening of the film version of the Merchant of Venice, in which Al Pacino plays Shylock: A computer error meant that there was no seat for Pacino, and although one was eventually found for him, the show started more than an hour late. Other films have started so late that the audience began slow handclapping in frustration. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Why Should So Many Americans Feel Threatened by Business? Jun 25, 2009
In Norma Rae (1979), Sally Field stands up against a corrupt, rapacious, union-busting textile mill; in The Verdict (1982), Paul Newman stands up against the corrupt, rapacious health care industry; in Silkwood (1983) Meryl Streep stands up against a corrupt, rapacious nuclear power company; in A Civil Action John Travolta stands up against corrupt, rapacious conglomerates associated with a polluting Massachusetts tannery; in American Beauty (1999) Kevin Spacey... (Townhall.com)
Tap 'er Light: Must not-see TV Jun 23, 2009
Brett Favre appeared on Joe Buck's new HBO show last week, marking the first time that the world's two most annoying men shared the same stage since Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino starred in the The Devil's Advocate 12 years ago. Favre is the person who just won't go away, while Buck is the guy who is clearly working on TV only because his dad was a great baseball announcer. (Montana Standard, MT)
People magazine loses mind on Hottest Bachelors; here's a better list Jun 22, 2009
MIST Monday June 22, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Studio Hopes Hispanics Find 'Nacho' Tasty Jun 22, 2009
A case in point: Marisa Tomei (an American of Italian descent) playing a Cuban refugee in the 1995 movie "The Perez Family." Or even Al Pacino (of Sicilian descent) playing Cuban immigrant Tony Montana in "Scarface.". Other than Jack Black, most of the cast is Mexican. (Yahoo News -- Latinos & Hispanics)
Police to increase presence at Shoreline concert Jun 19, 2009
However let some of these people become victims of a trouble maker and (like in the movie "Sea of Love" starring Al Pacino) then all of a sudden the police become their "daddy." I thank the police officers for being there in the nick of time. They were awesome. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Stand Clear of the Cinema Doors Jun 16, 2009
Panic In Needle Park (Al Pacino is the patron saint of New York Hassle movies. . (Slate)
Obama beats Brad Pitt as most stylish man: poll Jun 16, 2009
James Bond star, actor Daniel Craig, was voted fourth in the list, followed by U.S. actor Al Pacino. Rounding out the top 10 were actors George Clooney, Bill Nighy, Clint Eastwood and Will Smith as well as painter and filmmaker Andy Warhol. (Yahoo News)
Hugh Hudson recuts maligned 'Revolution' Jun 1, 2009
But fortune stopped smiling in 1985 when he made "Revolution," a drama about America's war of independence, with Al Pacino as a fur trader dragged into the conflict after his son is drafted by the British ... Some of the criticism was ridiculous, of Al Pacino and his clothes and his accent, and Donald Sutherland's accent. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Movie on DVD, soup, cake take flight May 29, 2009
The movie: While aging acting legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro continue to disappoint with one bad movie after another, one of their few contemporaries, Dustin Hoffman, is still going strong. The 72-year-old two-time Academy Award winner delivers a strong yet sweet performance in "Last Chance Harvey," playing a divorced, phased-out jingle writer who travels to London to attend his estranged daughter's wedding. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Glengarry Glen Ross May 29, 2009
Main Actors: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon. Critical Appeal: 98. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Moving out of slums? May 28, 2009
Al Pacino is in negotiations to play Dr. Jack Kevorkian in "You Don't Know Jack," a movie about the so-called Dr. Death, who allegedly assisted in more than 150 suicides before being convicted of murder in 1999. Barry Levinson will direct the HBO Films movie, which is loosely based on Neal Nicol's book "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia." (The Hollywood Reporter). (Boston Globe)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (May 24) May 24, 2009
Al Pacino (right) and director Hugh Hudson stick to their guns (muskets. in insisting that their failed epic about an apolitical fur trader pulled into the American Revolution was a film that deserved better. (Boston Globe)
Sidney Lumet honored at Oscars May 21, 2009
Gary Hershorn / ReutersDirector Sidney Lumet (R) accepts an award from presenter Al Pacino at the 77th Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 27, 2005 ... Introducing him, Al Pacino, who starred in Lumets Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico, said, If you prayed to inhabit a character Sidney was the priest who listened to your prayers, helped make them come true. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Hangin with Oscars writers May 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Surrounded by stand-ins accepting plaster Oscar statuettes at the Kodak Theatre, the Academy Awards writing team surveyed cardboard versions of Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Renee Zellweger and other stars. On Sunday night, these joke writers hope the flesh-and-blood versions will get laughs with the words theyve written. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Best actor belongs to Jamie Foxx May 21, 2009
He lost out to Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, but that film did bring him Oscars for best director and best picture. Academy voters could reward the 74-year-old Eastwood with an Oscar for best actor to observe his body of work and admit that his talents as a thespian extend far beyond macho guys with guns. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Hey, Chris Rock: Shut the [bleep] up May 21, 2009
Whoops, we havent given anything to Al Pacino yet. Here you go, Al. (Whew. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Producer Gil Cates is Oscars ringmaster May 21, 2009
Yet hell let someone go on, like Al Pacino did one year, if the remarks are compelling. My goal is an emotional show, he says. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
TIME TO READ ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF A... May 19, 2009
Your opinion of Al Pacino. Don't know him. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Does theater need to play it safe? May 16, 2009
But when Al Pacino came to town Monday to pick up an Elliot Norton Award for the late Paul Benedict, his friend and former colleague at TCB, it proved that all the talk about the company was more than empty nostalgia. Amazing things happened on Theatre Company stages that provided a lifetime of memories for audiences and actors alike. (Boston Globe)
Jesse James Hollywood called coward at trial May 16, 2009
Blatt said Hollywood is "no angel" but was unfairly demonized in "Alpha Dog" and by prosecutors who have painted him as a modern-day "Scarface," the gun-toting gangster glamorized in the film starring Al Pacino. "Let's forget the labels," Blatt said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Global art star May 14, 2009
Starring such big names as Twilight's heartthrob vampire Robert Pattinson, Antonio Banderas and maybe even Al Pacino. Somewhere, the publicity-loving Dal. (USA Today)
Pacino's leading lady May 13, 2009
Al Pacino and his girlfriend, Argentine actress Lucila Sol, at the Elliot Norton Awards in Cambridge on Monday ... Who was the young woman with Al Pacino at the Elliot Norton Awards Monday. (Boston Globe)
That timeless look May 7, 2009
Al Pacino rocked one in Scarface. The character of Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld wore them. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rental Pick: Heat May 1, 2009
Main Actors: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd ... Al Pacino and go mano a mano for the first time ever in Michael Mann s epic cops-and-robbers standoff Heat. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Rome film fest to honour Streep May 1, 2009
Last year's event saw Al Pacino receive the festival's top prize. Inaugurated in 2006, the event is a relatively new addition to the congested festival calendar. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
