Actress Suzanne Pleshette, who underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006, died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home at the age of 70.
Pleshette, the pretty husky-voiced film and theater star was perhaps best known for her role as Bob Newhart’s wife on television’s long-running “The Bob Newhart Show,”.
Pleshette born Jan. 31, 1937, in New York City, began her career as a stage actress after attending the city’s High School of the Performing Arts and studying at its Neighborhood Playhouse. She was often picked for roles because of her beauty and husky voice.
Among her other Broadway include “The Miracle Worker,” the 1959 drama about Helen Keller, in New York and on the road.
Her film career began with Jerry Lewis in 1958 in “The Geisha Boy.” She went on to appear in numerous television shows, including “Have Gun, Will Travel,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Playhouse 90″ and “Naked City.”
By the early 1960s, Pleshette attracted a teenage following with her youthful roles in such films as “Rome Adventure,” “Fate Is the Hunter,” “Youngblood Hawke” and “A Distant Trumpet.”
She married fellow teen favorite Troy Donahue, her co-star in “Rome Adventure,” in 1964 but the union lasted less than a year. She was married to Texas oilman Tim Gallagher from 1968 until his death in 2000.
Pleshette’s roles matured in such films as Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and the Disney comedies “The Ugly Dachshund,” “Blackbeard’s Ghost” and “The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin.” Over the years, she also had a busy career in TV movies, including playing the title role in 1990’s “Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean.”
More recently, she appeared in several episodes of the TV sitcoms “Will & Grace” and “8 Simple Rules … For Dating My Teenage Daughter.”
She met her last husband, Tom Poston, when they appeared together in the 1959 Broadway comedy “The Golden Fleecing,”. Although the two had a brief fling at the time, they went on to marry others. 40 years later in 2000 both were widowed and they got back together, marrying the following year.
“He was such a wonderful man. He had fun every day of his life,” Pleshette said after Poston died in April 2007.
Poston, the tall, pasty-faced and deadpan comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as “Newhart” and “Mork and Mindy,” was 85 when he died.
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Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to join Johnny Depp in director Michael Mann’s Depression-era crime drama, “Public Enemies,”.
The Batman Begins hunk would take on the role of Melvin Purvis, who led the FBI’s manhunt for Dillinger and captured more public enemies than any other agent in FBI history. It was Purvis who uttered, “Stick ‘em up, Johnny” when he confronted Dillinger outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre in 1934, moments before the gangster was shot dead by FBI agents. Ben Johnson played Purvis in the 1973 movie “Dillinger.”
The Universal Pictures project follows the government’s attempt to capture notorious criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. Depp is set to play Dillinger of course. The script is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43.”
Production is scheduled to begin later this winter in Chicago and other Midwest locales.
Both Depp and Bale have had an excellent run in the last few years. After last summer’s Pirates threequel, Johnny Depp can be seen and heard singing in Tim Burton’s much hyped Sweeney Todd, co-starring with Helena Bonham Carter, while Bale has recently had two major releases: western remake 3:10 to Yuma, opposite Russell Crowe, and Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There. Bale is currently set to play John Connor in the fourth “Terminator movie, “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,” which will follow “Enemies.” Bale will next appear in theatres this summer’s Batman movie, “The Dark Knight.”
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Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award nominations differ quite a bitÂ
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“Into the Wild,” Sean Penn’s harrowing drama about Christopher McCandless, a young man who traveled the country after graduating from college only to perish in Alaska, lead the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominations announced this morning.
The film was nominated for four SAG awards — best actor, Emile Hirsch; supporting male actor, Hal Holbrook; supporting female actor, Catherine Keener; and best ensemble.
The gripping legal thriller “Michael Clayton” and the dark contemporary western “No Country for Old Men” each received three nominations.
Apparently the criteria between the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award organizations are very different. The actors in “Into the Wild” were shut out in the Golden Globe nominations a week ago. Meanwhile the casts of ‘Atonement’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’ that did so well at the Golden Globe nominations are shut out of SAG awards.
Here are the Theatrical Motion Picture Award Nominees
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
GEORGE CLOONEY / Michael Clayton - “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Daniel Plainview - “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage)
RYAN GOSLING / Lars Lindstrom - “Lars And The Real Girl” (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment)
EMILE HIRSCH / Christopher McCandless- “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
VIGGO MORTENSEN / Nikolai - “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
CATE BLANCHETT / Queen Elizabeth I - “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal Pictures)
JULIE CHRISTIE / Fiona - “Away From Her” (Lionsgate)
MARION COTILLARD / Edith Piaf - “La Vie En Rose” (Picturehouse)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Mariane Pearl - “A Mighty Heart” (Paramount Vantage)
ELLEN PAGE / Juno MacGuff - “Juno” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CASEY AFFLECK / Robert Ford - “The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” (Miramax Films)
HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz - “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell - “No Country For Old Men” (Miramax Films)
TOM WILKINSON / Arthur Edens - “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
CATE BLANCHETT / Jude - “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas - “American Gangster” (Universal Pictures)
CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres - “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
AMY RYAN / Helene McCready - “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax Films)
TILDA SWINTON / Karen Crowder - “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate)
CHRISTIAN BALE / Dan Evans
RUSSELL CROWE / Ben Wade
PETER FONDA / Byron McElroy
GRETCHEN MOL / Alice Evans
DALLAS ROBERTS / Grayson Butterfield
VINESSA SHAW / Emmy Roberts
BEN FOSTER / Charlie Prince
ALAN TUDYK / Doc Potter
LOGAN LERMAN / Will Evans
AMERICAN GANGSTER (Universal Pictures)
ARMAND ASSANTE / Dominic Cattano
JOSH BROLIN / Detective Trupo
RUSSELL CROWE / Richie Roberts
RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Huey Lucas
IDRIS ELBA / Tango
CUBA GOODING, JR. / Nicky Barnes
CARLA GUGINO / Laurie Roberts
JOHN HAWKES / Freddie Spearman
TED LEVINE / Lou Toback
JOE MORTON / Charlie Williams
LYMARI NADAL / Eva
JOHN ORTIZ / Javier J. Rivera
RZA / Moses Jones
YUL VAZQUEZ / Alfonse Abruzzo
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Frank Lucas
HAIRSPRAY (New Line Cinema)
NIKKI BLONSKY / Tracy Turnblad
AMANDA BYNES / Penny Pingleton
PAUL DOOLEY / Mr. Spritzer
ZAC EFRON / Link Larkin
ALLISON JANNEY / Prudy Pingleton
ELIJAH KELLEY / Seaweed
JAMES MARSDEN / Corny Collins
MICHELLE PFEIFFER / Velma Von Tussle
QUEEN LATIFAH / Motormouth Maybelle
BRITTANY SNOW / Amber Von Tussle
JERRY STILLER / Mr. French
JOHN TRAVOLTA / Edna Turnblad
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN / Wilbur Turnblad
INTO THE WILD (Paramount Vantage)
BRIAN DIERKER / Rainey
MARCIA GAY HARDEN / Billie McCandless
EMILE HIRSCH / Chris McCandless
HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz
WILLIAM HURT / Walt McCandless
CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres
JENA MALONE / Carine McCandless
KRISTEN STEWART / Tracy Tatro
VINCE VAUGHN / Wayne Westerberg
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Miramax Films)
JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh
JOSH BROLIN / Llewelyn Moss
GARRET DILLAHUNT / Wendell
TESS HARPER / Loretta Bell
WOODY HARRELSON / Carson Wells
TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell
KELLY MACDONALD / Carla Jean Moss
PHOTO: Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg and actors Terrence Howard and Jeanne Tripplehorn attend the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater on December 20, 2007 in West Hollywood, California.
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The British historical romance film ‘Atonement’ lead the competition in nominations for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards with nods in seven categories.
Keira Knightley has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for the romantic epic and her co-star James McAvoy picked up the same honour in the Best Actor category. Joe Wright has also received a Best Director nod for the critically lauded adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel.
MOVIES
Picture, Drama: American Gangster,Atonement,Eastern Promises,The Great Debaters,Michael Clayton,No Country for Old Men,There Will Be Blood.
Actress, Drama:Â Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age ; Julie Christie, Away From Her ; Jodie Foster, The Brave One ; Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart ; Kiera Knightley, Atonement.
Actor, Drama:Â George Clooney, Michael Clayton ; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood ; James McAvoy, Atonement ; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises ; Denzel Washington, American Gangster.
Picture, Musical or Comedy: Across the Universe,Charlie Wilson’s War,Hairspray,Juno,Sweeney Todd.
Actress, Musical or Comedy:Â Amy Adams, Enchanted ; Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray ; Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd ; Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose ; Ellen Page, Juno.
Actor, Musical or Comedy:Â Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd ; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl ; Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson’s War ; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages ; John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
Supporting Actress:Â Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There ; Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War ; Saoirse Ronan, Atonement ; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone ; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
Supporting Actor:Â Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ; Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men ; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War ; John Travolta, Hairspray ; Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.
Director:Â Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd ; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men ; Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ; Ridley Scott, American Gangster ; Joe Wright, Atonement.
Screenplay:Â Diablo Cody, Juno ; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men ; Christopher Hampton, Atonement ; Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ; Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson’s War.
Foreign Language: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Romania; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, France and U.S.; The Kite Runner, U.S.; Lust, Caution, Taiwan; Persepolis, France.
Animated Film: Bee Movie,Ratatouille,The Simpsons Movie.
Original Score:Â Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Edder, Into the Wild ; Clint Eastwood, Grace Is Gone ; Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner ; Dario Marianelli, Atonement ; Howard Shore, Eastern Promises.
Original Song: Despedida from Love in the Time of Cholera ; Grace Is Gone from Grace Is Gone ; Guaranteed from Into the Wild ; That’s How You Know from Enchanted ; Walk Hard from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
TELEVISION
Series, Drama: Big Love, HBO; Damages, FX Networks; Grey’s Anatomy, ABC; House, Fox; Mad Men, AMC; The Tudors, Showtime.
Actress, Drama:Â Patricia Arquette, Medium ; Glenn Close, Damages ; Minnie Driver, The Riches ; Edie Falco, The Sopranos ; Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters ; Holly Hunter, Saving Grace ; Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer.
Actor, Drama: Michael C. Hall, Dexter ; Jon Hamm, Mad Men ; Hugh Laurie, House ; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors ; Bill Paxton, Big Love.
Series, Musical or Comedy: 30 Rock, NBC; Californication, Showtime; Entourage, HBO; Extras, HBO; Pushing Daisies, ABC.
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? ; America Ferrera, Ugly Betty ; Tina Fey, 30 Rock ; Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies ; Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds.
Actor, Musical or Comedy:Â Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock ; Steve Carell, The Office ; David Duchovny, Californication ; Ricky Gervais, Extras ; Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies.
Miniseries or Movie: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, HBO; The Company, TNT; Five Days, HBO; Longford, HBO; The State Within, BBC America.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie:Â Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like It ; Debra Messing, The Starter Wife ; Queen Latifah, Life Support ; Sissy Spacek, Pictures of Hollis Woods ; Ruth Wilson, Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre).
Actor, Miniseries or Movie:Â Adam Beach, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ; Ernest Borgnine, A Grandpa for Christmas ; Jim Broadbent, Longford ; Jason Isaacs, The State Within ; James Nesbitt, Jekyll.
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie:Â Rose Byrne, Damages ; Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters ; Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy ; Samantha Morton, Longford ; Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ; Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl.
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie:Â Ted Danson, Damages ; Kevin Dillon, Entourage ; Jeremy Piven, Entourage ; Andy Serkis, Longford ; William Shatner, Boston Legal ; Donald Sutherland, Dirty Sexy Money.
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Winners from last night’s 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented on September 16, 2007.
Drama Series: “The Sopranos,” HBO.
Comedy Series: “30 Rock,” NBC.
Miniseries: “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central.
Variety, Music or Comedy Special: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Made-for-TV Movie: “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” HBO.
Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS.
Creative Achievement in Interactive TV: Current.
Actor, Drama Series: James Spader, “Boston Legal,” ABC.
Actor, Comedy Series: Ricky Gervais, “Extras,” HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Robert Duvall, “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC.
Actress, Comedy Series: America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty,” ABC.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Terry O’Quinn, “Lost,” ABC.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Thomas Haden Church, “Broken Trail,” AMC.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl,” NBC.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Judy Davis, “The Starter Wife,” USA.
Individual Performance, Variety or Music Program: Tony Bennett, “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Directing, Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Kennedy and Heidi,” HBO.
Directing, Comedy Series: “Ugly Betty: Pilot,” ABC.
Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS.
Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.
Writing, Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Made in America,” HBO.
Writing, Comedy Series: “The Office: Gay Witch Hunt,” NBC.
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act,” PBS.
Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program: Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC.
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