Shirley Maclaine

'Why Should I Be Happy About Being A Grandmother?!'

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Shirley MacLaine, Goldie Hawn, Grandparenting, Terms of Endearment, Parenting, Grandpa, Madmen, Beauty Pageants, Parents, Grandma, Aging, Iris Apfel, Step-Grandparents, Step-Children, Granny Beauty Pageant, Family Dynmaics, Middle Age, Step-Mothers, Midlife, Family, Glam-Ma, Fifty News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Today, for millions of women who are reaching that stage of life, is about more than just vanity. It raises other complicated feelings less common among women from previous generations. For better or for worse, grandmas are just not what they used to be.

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Cousin Isobel: Shirley MacLaine Is 'Marvelous' On 'Downton Abbey'

Posted 05.04.2012

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"Downton Abbey" star Penelope Wilton had kind words for her new co-star Shirley MacLaine. While speaking to Vulture, Wilton had nothing but praise for...

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Interview: Director Richard Linklater and Bernie

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Bernie, Jack Black, Marshall Fine, Shirley MacLaine, Tape, Waking Life, Matthew McConaughey, Bernhardt Tiede, Richard Linklater Interview, Slacker, Richard Linklater, School of Rock, Bad News Bears, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Bernie, based on a true-crime story from a small Texas town, is a film Linklater knew he wanted to make when he first read the Texas Monthly story about the case in 1998.

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Shirley MacLaine Gets Her Mean On in Bernie

Alex Simon | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Jack Black, Bernie, Robert-Harling, Shirley MacLaine, Dame Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, Richard Linklater, Julian Fellowes, Shirley Maclaine Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith, Steel Magnolias, Video, Entertainment News
Alex Simon

Shirley MacLaine sat down recently to discuss her latest cinematic outing, as well as a host of other subjects befitting one of Hollywood's great eclectic personalities. Here's what transpired.

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ReThink Review: Bernie -- Murder on Ice

Jonathan Kim | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Texas, Jack Black, Bernie, Movie Reviews, Rethink Reviews, Shirley MacLaine, Jonathan Kim, Matthew McConaughey, Bernie Tiede, Death Penalty, Richard Linklater, Video, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Why would a small town in East Texas claim that one of its residents, an assumedly gay man, should be given a lenient sentence for shooting an old woman in the back? That's a question that's only partially answered by Richard Linklater's dark comedy, Bernie.

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What You Might Not Know About Shirley MacLaine (For One, She's 78 This Week!)

ThirdAge.com | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Downton Abbey, Shirley MacLaine, Fifty News

The singing, dancing, acting dynamo turned 78 this week, and she’s as pixie-ish as ever. Over the years, she’s made her mark in movies from “Swe...

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Movie review: Bernie

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Jack Black, Bernie, Bernie Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Richard Linklater, Carthage, Bernie Jack Black, Jack Black Movies, Bernie Review, Richard Linklater Movie Review, Bernie Movie, New Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Based on a true story about events and people in a small Texas town in the mid-1990s, Bernie is a dark joke with a straight face -- and the surprising deadpan in this movie belongs to Jack Black.

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On His 75th Birthday, The Best Jack Nicholson Movies of All Time

John Farr | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Keanu Reeves, Peter Fonda, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Greg Kinnear, Demi Moore, Faye Dunaway, Diane Keaton, Best Movies by Farr, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jules Feiffer, Candice Bergen, Bob Rafelson, Jeff Daniels, Milos Forman, Hope Davis, Hal Ashby, Helen Hunt, The Academy Awards, Best Movies on DVD, Randy Quaid, Dennis Hopper, Best Movies, Danny Devito, Thirteen/WNET, John Huston, Dermot Mulroney, Rip Torn, Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Shelley Duvall, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, James L. Brooks, Entertainment News
John Farr

It does not seem quite possible that Jack Nicholson could be turning 75 today. He seems ageless, particularly when you revisit his best films. And that's just what we should all do to mark the occasion.

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A 'Downton' Wedding AND Death!?

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Shirley MacLaine, Downton Abbey Season 3 Spoilers, Downton Abbey, Shirley Maclaine Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey Season 3, TV Spoilers, Reality-Free, TV News

If you're like millions of Americans, you're currently going through "Downton Abbey" withdrawal. The show wrapped up its smash hit second season on PB...

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15 TV Stars Who've Won Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Pbs, Oscars 2012, Tnt, Jeremy Irons, Academy Awards, Fx, Mary Steenburgen, Downton Abbey, Treme, Academy Awards 2012, NCIS LA, Cbs, Leverage, American Horror Story, Marlee Matlin, Outlaw Country, True Blood, Anna Paquin, Video, Anjelica Houston Smash, Abc, Nbc, NCIS Los Angeles, Dustin Hoffman, Luck, Switched at Birth, Cloris Leachman FOX, Academy Award Winners, Oscar Winners, Hbo, Linda Hunt, Masterpiece, The View, Maggie Smith, Jessica Lange, Tv, Bored to Death, Whoopi Goldberg, TV Canada, Shirley MacLaine, 30 Rock, Kathy Bates, ABC Family, Oscars, Harry's Law, Raising Hope, Melissa Leo, Timothy Hutton, The Borgias, TV News

The Oscars will crown a new crop of Hollywood royalty when the winners are announced during the Sun., Feb. 26 ceremony (8 p.m. EST on ABC); but many p...

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Inside Shirley MacLaine's 'Downton' Visit

Zap2It | Posted 02.23.2012

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"Downton Abbey," the British drama that has become a hit for PBS Masterpiece in the United States, has just started filming its third season. Veteran ...

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Oscar Winner Joins 'Downton Abbey' Cast

Posted 01.30.2012

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Lady Grantham is in for a pleasant surprise on "Downton Abbey" next season when her mother comes to Downton. Joining the British drama for Season 3 is...

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Why We Need Shirley MacLaine, and Billy Wilder's The Apartment More Now than Ever

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Shirley MacLaine, Legion D'honneur, Mensch, Frederic Mitterrand, Mistress, The Apartment, Jack Lemmon, Deauville American Film Festival, Film, Billy Wilder, Corporate Culture, Entertainment News
Vivian Norris

Perhaps this morality tale will cheer up a few folks who are out of work in the big city...things could be worse, you could still be working for some schmuck, dating some jerk, serving the corporate beast.

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10 Black & White Movies for People Who Won't Watch Black & White Movies

John Farr | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Fred MacMurray, ?€œthe Best Years of Our Lives?, The Grapes of Wrath, Academy Awards, Harper Lee, All About Eve, Fredric March, The Apartment, Best Movies by Farr, Rod Steiger, Citizen Kane, Walter Huston, Robert Duvall, Pulitzer Prize, Marilyn Monroe, Black and White, Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin, Jack Lemmon, Duck Soup, Gregory Peck, On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, American Film Institute, Humphrey Bogart, John Steinbeck, Movie Recommendations, Orson Welles, Movie Suggestions, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies, Casablanca, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, John Huston, Schindler's List, Shirley MacLaine, Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men, William Wyler, The Marx Brothers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Myrna Loy, Marlon Brando, To Kill a Mockingbird, Bette Davis, Culture News
John Farr

If I could get all those black and white haters out there to watch just ten titles -- movies that constituted absolutely essential viewing -- which would they be?

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What Makes for a Great Memoir?

Arielle Ford | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Ben Yagoda, Memoirs, Writing a Memoir, Great Memoirs, Shirley MacLaine, Arielle Ford, Books News, Nancy Cook DeHerrera, Laura Munson, Rampuri, Books News
Arielle Ford

Are memoirs fact, fiction, or a combination of both? It depends on how seriously you want to take them.

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They Belong in Every Home: The Ten Best Holiday Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alastair Sim, Frank Capra, James Stewart, Billy Wilder, A Christmas Carol, Best Movies on DVD, Scrooge, Best Movies by Farr, Cary Grant, Natalie Wood, Shirley MacLaine, Patricia Neal, David Niven, Christmas, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Jason Robards, Bing Crosby, Slidepollajax, Holiday Films, Top Holiday Movies, Holiday Movies, Top Holiday Films, Entertainment News
John Farr

The values and emotions imparted in these timeless films are sure to stoke the spirit of "Peace On Earth, Good Will Towards Men" (and women). Happy viewing!

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Movie review: Valentine's Day

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Queen Latifah, Ron Howard, Emma Roberts, Penny Marshall, Pulp Fiction, Jamie Foxx, Pretty Woman, This Is Spinal Tap, Happy Days, Hector Elizondo, Anne Hathaway, Marshall Fine Movie Review, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Patrick Dempsey, Charlie Chaplin, Kathy Bates, Jessica Alba, Topher Grace, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Valentine's Day Movie Review, Love Actually, Larry Miller, Garry Marshall, Rob Reiner, Jessica Biel, City Lights, Ashton Kutcher, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Valentine's Day wants to do for that Hallmark holiday what Love Actually did for Christmas: exploit it to make a romantic comedy. Just one problem: it's not funny.

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Julia Roberts' Hot Dates: Shirley MacLaine & Niece Emma (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emma Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Film, Valentine's Day Movie, Julia Roberts, Entertainment News

Julia Roberts' husband stayed home but she had two hand-holding dates on the red carpet for the 'Valentines Day' premiere in Los Angeles Monday. Ju...

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Ten Films For The Coming Weeks

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Graduate, Fred MacMurray, Woody Allen, Thanksgiving, Paul Simon, The Thin Man, The Apartment, Animal House, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Father of the Bride Movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Grant, Burt Reynolds, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Stanwyck, Blake Edwards, Boogie Nights, Grace Kelly, Julianne Moore, Matthew McConaughey, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack Lemmon, Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Preston Sturges, Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Taylor, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, William Powell, John C. Reilly, It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Season Commentary, To Catch a Thief, Billy Wilder, Mark Wahlberg, A Christmas Carol, Dazed and Confused, Jon Voight, Parties, Henry Fonda, Mad Men, Midnight Cowboy, Shirley MacLaine, P.T. Anderson, Annie Hall, Richard Linklater, Myrna Loy, Heather Graham, The Love Boat, Entertainment News
John Farr

Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.

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"Valentine's Day" Trailer! New Look At Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Alba, Ashton, Bradley, Two Taylors & More (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emma Roberts, Film, Video, Shirley MacLaine, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Poll, Topher Grace, Jennifer Garner, Julia Roberts, Valentine's Day, Bradley Cooper, Taylor Lautner, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Trailers, Movie Trailer, Entertainment News

Below is the new trailer for the star-packed February 2010 release "Valentine's Day," starring, among others Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift, Taylor Laut...

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In a World Starved For Great Comedy, Why Not Revisit Some Stellar Sellers?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Mason, George C. Scott, Angela Lansbury, Spike Milligan, Stanley Kubrick, George Roy Hill, Sterling Hayden, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Blake Edwards, Shirley MacLaine, The Goons, David Niven, Hal Ashby, Richard Attenborough, Geoffrey Rush, Terry-Thomas, Entertainment News
John Farr

Peter Sellers, best known to the world as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the "Pink Panther" series, would have turned 84 this month. Wouldn't life be brighter if this comic genius hadn't left us so soon?

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'Valentine's Day' Trailer! Julia & Emma Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper & More (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH THE TRAILER*** There are still a couple of seasons before Valentine's Day--when the star-studded movie of the same name comes...

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edward G. Robinson, The English Patient, The Exorcist, Tom Hanks, History of the Academy Awards, Julie Andrews, Milk, Fred MacMurray, John Wayne, The Wrestler Stanley Kubrick, As Good as It Gets, Capote, The Great Ziegfeld, Traffic, L.A. Confidential, Driving Miss Daisy, Dr. Strangelove, Fargo, High Noon, Million Dollar Baby, Joan Allen, My Left Foot, Around the World in Eighty Days, Slumdog Millionaire, The Academy Awards, The Sting, Rocky Balboa, Letters From Iwo Jima, Double Indemnity, Shirley MacLaine, Rex Harrison, Little Miss Sunshine, Ed Harris, Life Is Beautiful, Peter Finch, Shakespeare in Love, Charles Chaplin, James Dean, Giant, Crash, My Man Godfrey, Barbara Stanwyck, The Contender, Network, Imelda Staunton, Academy Awards, Titanic, Louis B. Mayer; Daryl Zanuck; Samuel L Goldwyn, Hotel Rwanda, The Apartment, The Departed, Peter Sellers, Pulp Fiction, Burt Lancaster, Gladiator, Vera Drake, Sean Penn, Modern Times, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago, Field of Dreams, Billy Wilder, Pollock, Al Jolson, Forrest Gump, William Powell, John Travolta, Carole Lombard, Singin' in the Rain, Taxi Driver, Cecil B. DeMille, My Fair Lady, Jack Lemmon, The Searchers, The Hours, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News
John Farr

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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Shirley MacLaine On Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, And Her Own "Sloppy" Style

Los Angeles Times | Monica Corcoran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirley MacLaine stars in "Coco Chanel," which airs this Saturday on Lifetime. On what interested her about Coco Chanel: Her contradictions. Her con...

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Warren Beatty Honored With Lifetime Achievement At At Star-Studded Gala

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Shirley MacLaine, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Bill Clinton was among those saluting Warren Beatty as the Oscar-winning actor-director received a lifetime achievement award from...

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