Editor's Notebook: It took 40 years, but they're together at last Oct 23, 2009
The tale of Deborah Rae and Ray J. Wilkes, Lexington High School sweethearts who graduated in 1968, is not ... Ray, meanwhile, entered graduate school and began his career in the computer industry ... Debbie s more of a movie maven, and says their story played out like The Graduate, except Ray should have been banging on the church window like Dustin Hoffman s character. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
San Francisco Film Society sets festival Oct 18, 2009
Nichols, whose films include "The Graduate," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Working Girl" and "Silkwood," will receive the honor at a ceremony next summer. The 77-year-old Nichols joins past AFI award recipients such as "Virginia Woolf" star Elizabeth Taylor, "Silkwood" star Meryl Streep and "Graduate" star Dustin Hoffman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Curtain Time: Dinner in the Canyons (27) Oct 15, 2009
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kramer also is a talented composer and lyricist and has recorded two CDs. She will be accompanied by pianist Ron Snyder. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Filmmaker Nichols earns AFI lifetime honor Oct 12, 2009
Honoree is best known for The Graduate, Virginia Woolf ... Nichols, whose films include "The Graduate," "Working Girl," "Silkwood" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", will receive the AFI honor at a ceremony next summer ... The 77-year-old Nichols joins past AFI award recipients such as "Virginia Woolf" star Elizabeth Taylor, "Silkwood" star Meryl Streep and "Graduate" star Dustin Hoffman. (MSNBC -- News)
Director Mike Nichols graduates to American Film Institute life-achievement honor Oct 12, 2009
Nichols, whose films include "The Graduate," ''Working Girl," ''Silkwood" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", will receive the AFI honor at a ceremony next summer. The 77-year-old Nichols joins past AFI award recipients such as "Virginia Woolf" star Elizabeth Taylor, "Silkwood" star Meryl Streep and "Graduate" star Dustin Hoffman. (FOX61, CT)
A test of their metal Sep 11, 2009
"Knowing how hilarious Lips and Rob are, as well as being exceptional people who defy the stereotypes somewhat, I had an idea that if we got their lives in the film, people would laugh at the beginning and then be genuinely involved as the layers were peeled away," says Gervasi, a King's College history graduate and journalist who reinvented himself as a successful Hollywood screenwriter when he penned The Terminal for director Steven Spielberg in 2004 (he was also recently an uncredited... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
School's out forever Aug 21, 2009
Stills from "Reality Bites" and "The Graduate" ... As a recession-cursed class of 2009 college graduate, I hoped to turn to the wisdom of the movies to figure out where my life was headed, the same way I looked to rising freshman Mitch Kramer in "Dazed and Confused" when entering high school or the scandalous "Rules of Attraction" before traveling abroad ... So you can imagine my disappointment when a movie custom-made for my age group -- "Post Grad," about the travails of a career-less college... (Salon)
Hundreds of Alfa Romeos expected for Vancouver car show Jul 17, 2009
Dustin Hoffman drove an Alfa Romeo for his iconic role in 1967's "The Graduate.". Although James Bond prefers Aston Martins, Roger Moore stole an Alfa Romeo for a brief chase scene during 1983's "Octopussy.". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Amesbury grad gets $10 grand from first-ever Donovan scholarship Jun 16, 2009
Donovan, an AHS graduate who now stars in the television show Burn Notice, created the $100,000 scholarship, and pledged to donate the money over 10 years giving a $10,000 scholarship each year ... Donovan graduated AHS in 1986, received his undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst and his master s degree from New York University s Graduate Acting Program. (Amesbury News, MA)
The songs, they are a-changing May 10, 2009
" When McLean mentions numbers, he's referring to technology and its effect on arts and culture. With the Internet and portable listening devices, access to music is easier than ever. And the availability of new songs is beyond instantaneous - albums are routinely leaked before scheduled release dates. But the outlets for pop music are so diffuse now that it's difficult for one song to dominate the sprawling mainstream. "We're in this celebrity culture where the potential for reaching a large... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Amesbury-born actor returns home for award May 9, 2009
Donovan graduated AHS in 1986, received his undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst and his master s degree from New York University s Graduate Acting Program. He went on to break into television with appearances on Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street and then at the age of 22 landed a role in Sleepers directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Bacon. (Amesbury News, MA)
Old enough to be his mum? Must be the movies Apr 12, 2009
Rewind to The Graduate. Unfortunately, that ultimate older woman, Anne Bancroft, was older than Dustin Hoffman by a mere five years. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
Hub designer does show for charity Mar 26, 2009
The 28-year-old Castillo, who calls LA home these days, is a graduate of Endicott College. She recently published "Confidence Is Queen: The Four Keys to Ultimate Beauty Through Positive Thinking," and has a role in the upcoming indie film "The Heartbreaker." "Susie is a wonderful role model for all of our students," said Northern Essex president David Hartleb, pointing out that 23 percent of the school's students are Latino. (Boston Globe)
Letters to Sunday Datebook Mar 16, 2009
I attribute it to what has often happened when a movie captures the fancy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beyond what it should; perhaps the academy was "rewarding" Dustin Hoffman for 1967's "The Graduate" by giving him the best actor Oscar for "Kramer vs. Kramer" in 1980. That's typical of what the academy has done many times. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Existential anxiety Mar 5, 2009
"The Graduate" is directed by Charles Corritore, with Susan Lechner, Nick Giles, Amanda Hurd, Don E. Kirsch, Elizabeth Crandell ... With this startling accusation, a young Dustin Hoffman first secured his place in movie history as Benjamin Braddock, a disenchanted college graduate lured into an affair with the wife of his father's best friend before genuinely falling for her daughter ... Forty years later, the coming-of-age angst of "The Graduate," now showing at the Erie Playhouse directed by... (Erie Times-News, PA)
