Karl Malden

Tennessee Williams Remembered at the 92nd Street Y

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olympia Dukakis, Tennessee Williams, Caroll Baker, Jessica Lange, Zoe Kazan, Alec Baldwin, Rip Torn, Thomas Keith, Marian Seldes, Geraldine Page, Sylvia Miles, Karl Malden, David Kaplan, Eli Wallach, Elia Kazan, Angelica Torn, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

In the midst of the Oscar season tumult, it is reassuring to think of our most poetic and prolific American playwright Tennessee Williams as the autho...

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Remembering Jennifer Jones and A Perfect Afternoon at the Movies

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jennifer Jones, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Academy Awards, Daniel Selznick, Joesph Cotten, Madame Bovary, Montgomery Clift, New York City, John Huston, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, The Portrait of Jennie, Karl Malden, The Walter Reade Theater, The Song of Bernadette, Vincent-Minnelli, Deborah Kerr, Beat the Devil, Cluny Brown, Ingrid Bergman, Henry King, Ernst Lubitsch, Joan Fontaine, Fred Astaire, David O. Selznick, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Jennifer Jones always defied easy analysis, so much the better for us to simply surrender to her films themselves.

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Dead Folks, 2009: The Missed and the Not Missed

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Budd Schulberg, E. Lynn Harris, Roy E. Disney, James Whitmore, Don Hewitt, Andy Rooney, Gene Barry, Patrick Mcgoohan, Fred Travalena, Farrah Fawcett, Arnold Stang, Ron Silver, Dominick Dunne, Robert Novak, Beatrice Arthur, Soupy Sales, David Lloyd, Frank Mccourt, Jennifer Jones, Ed McMahon, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Robert McNamara, John Updike, Susan Atkins, Dom Deluise, Army Archerd, Brittany Murphy, Larry Gelbart, Ricardo Montalban, Gale Storm, Natasha Richardson, Oral Roberts, Ricardo Montalbán, Doctor Who, Ted Kennedy, John Hughes, George Pal, Herbert G. Klein, Walter Cronkite, Karl Malden, David Carradine, Eastwick, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Patrick Stewart, Henry Gibson, Celebrity Obituraries, Obituaries, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Here's my own brief look at some of the more notable celebrity deaths of 2009. As always, they fall into two categories: "The Good Riddance List" and "The Folks We'll Miss List."

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The Centennial of Elia Kazan

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Dean, Huac, Best Movies by Farr, Tennessee Williams, Natalie Wood, Patricia Neal, Warren Beatty, Jack Palance, Turner Classic Movies, Andy Griffith, Richard Widmark, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire, Zero Mostel, Classic Movies, Eli Wallach, Gregory Peck, On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, Entertainment News
John Farr

Today marks the centennial of director Elia Kazan's birth, and doubtless Hollywood will soon be giving us souped-up special editions of his finest film work, if they haven't already.

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Big Brother 11: Meet the Fockers

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Realty TV, Karl Malden, Cbs, I'm a Celebrity, Big Brother. Television, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

The voyeurism-fest Big Brother has lowered its rock-bottom contestant standards into the lowest depths of Hell in search of ever-more-intellectually-challenged narcissists to fill the Big Brother House.

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Why Read When You Can Watch?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, James Dean, Anderson Cooper, Iran, Farrah Fawcett, Van Gogh, Michael Jackson Neverland, Elvis Presley, Afghanistan War, Conan O'Brien, Marilyn Monroe, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Ed McMahon, Fox News, Karl Malden, Iraq, Health Care, Jon and Kate Plus 8, David Letterman, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

What did I learn from my 3 week media experiment? It's easier to zone out in front of a glowing rectangle than engage in reading.

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Karl Malden Dies At 97 - The Loss Of An Actor

The Guardian | Helen Pidd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Malden, Street Car for Desire, Karl Malden Dies, Home News

The American actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, died yesterday at the age of...

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Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee Williams, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Elia Kazan, Carroll Baker, Entertainment News
Kim Morgan

With the great titan of acting and frequent genius Karl Malden passing, I'm posting about one of my favorite Malden movies and performances -- Baby Doll.

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So Long, Mr. Malden...

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Movies by Farr, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Great Movie Reviews, Great Movies, Elia Kazan, Entertainment News
John Farr

As we celebrate the Fourth, we should think of you, since you represented all the best possibilities of being American : a young immigrant, full of promise, who found identity and success in the new world.

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We All Killed Karl Malden.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Gale Storm, Kris Smith, Adam Lambert, Celebrity Deaths, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, American Idol, Fred Travelena, Michael Douglas, Danny Gokey, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Karl was The Greatest Actor of All Time, The King of Perp. How many of us spent our childhoods watching Karl get his heart broken by Blanche DuBois, and then playing a succession of crusading urban priests and hard-bitten cops?

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Karl Malden Dead At 97

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star d...

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On His Birthday, Taking The Measure Of Brando

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Mason, Martin Sheen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Eva Marie Saint, Al Pacino, Mario Puzo, Joshua Logan, Julius Caesar, Tennessee Williams, Montgomery Clift, Lee J. Cobb, Method Acting, Francis Ford Coppola, Stella Adler, Dean Martin, The Godfather, Red Buttons, Apocalypse Now, The Method, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire, Shakespeare, On the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris, Elia Kazan, James Michener, Entertainment News
John Farr

Brando's filmography provides sufficient proof that the actor's own demons helped stall a career that in its hey-day (the mid-late fifties) seemed limitless in potential.

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"The Streets Of San Francisco" Remake Being Developed By CBS

The Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Malden, Streets of Sf Remake, Michael Douglas, Streets of Sf, Streets of San Fran, Streets of San Francisco, Sheldon Turner, Streets of San Francisco Remake, Robert Port, Entertainment News

Steve Keller and Mike Stone are back on "The Streets of San Francisco." CBS is developing a contemporary remake of the classic 1970s cop series that ...

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"You're About to Witness A Crime."

Max Keiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Chuck Prince, Karl Malden, Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, Calpers, Business News
Max Keiser

Workers and savers end up footing the bill for Wall Street's bonuses and Fed-crimes against the dollar.

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