CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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Podtalk: Rebecca Fons & Jack C. Newell on Second ‘Destroy Your Art’ in Chicago, Aug. 10, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 9, 2018 - 10:38pmCHICAGO – The happening is lovelier, the second time around. Chicago film power couple Rebecca Fons and Jack C. Newell bring back “Destroy Your Art,” an event in which a filmmaker creates a film, shows it once to the audience, and then destroys it forever. Destroy Your Art takes place on August 10th, 2018, at Silent Funny Gallery in Chicago. For more information, including tickets, click here.
Slideshow, Audio: Photos & Interviews at Chicago’s ‘a Night with Oscar’ on March 4, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 7, 2018 - 11:11pmCHICAGO – It was super finery and ultimate glam at the Park West in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Academy Awards night, March 4th, 2018, where “a Night with Oscar” took place. The event, which was a benefit for Center on Halsted and presented by Comcast/NBCUniversal, combined food, drink, Red Carpet and Oscar viewing revelry with information about the support that Center on Halsted provides for the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago. The event was co-hosted by variety of local notables, including Lee Ann Trotter, who covers entertainment for the local NBC5 news.
Oscar Week: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 1, 2018 - 9:12amCHICAGO – He has been cleaning up in the preliminary awards so far in 2018, and he’s an odds-on favorite to take the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday, March 4th. Veteran actor Gary Oldman donned make-up and found the right accent to portray Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour” (also nominated for the Best Picture).
Interview: Vito Forlenza on Comcast’s Innovative Winter Olympic XFINITY X1 Viewing Experience
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 7, 2018 - 3:09pmCHICAGO – The 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, South Korea, begin this week, with opening ceremonies on Friday, February 9th. NBCUniversal TV will be the broadcast source for the Games, but their parent company Comcast is upping the ante for their XFINITY X1 TV system subscribers, offering a viewing experience that is a more flexible and user friendly way to see virtually all aspects of the 2018 Winter Games, and Team USA. Vito Forlenza, Executive Director of Business Product Management – who helped developed the strategy for the viewing experience – stopped by in Chicago to promote the multi-platform system.
Interview: Director Jack C. Newell Weighs in on ‘42 Grams’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 23, 2018 - 10:02pmCHICAGO – At this point in our civilization, the food culture is at its peak. “Foodies” devote themselves to TV networks, celebrity chefs and the latest taste sensations. Director Jack C. Newell explores a portion of this culture in his new documentary profile of Chef Jake Bickelhaupt, as he attempts to build the Chicago eatery ’42 Grams.’
Interview: Alexandra Dean of ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 17, 2018 - 9:36amCHICAGO – Hedy Lamarr was tagged as “the world’s most beautiful woman” in movies during her brief run as matinee idol during the 1940s. While taking that on, she was also co-inventing a wireless guidance system during World War II. Director Alexandra Dean contrasts that double life in “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.”
Interview, Audio: Illeana Douglas on Directors & Female Spirit
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 5, 2018 - 10:06am- Allison Anders
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- Entourage
- Ghost World
- GoodFellas
- Grace of My Heart
- HBO
- Helen Gahagan
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived in and Out of the Movies
- Illeana Douglas
- Interview
- Martin Scorsese
- Melvyn Douglas
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Seinfeld
- Six Feet Under
- TCM
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- To Die For
- Trailblazing Women
- Turner Classic Movies
CHICAGO – The acting career of Illeana Douglas began with director Martin Scorsese and flourished in her first lead role for “Grace of My Heart” (1996). She is best known today for hosting the “Trailblazing Women” series on Turner Classic Movies, and in Part Three of a three part interview with HollywoodChicago.com, she talks about feminism, the essence of directors she has worked for, plus her grandmother Helen Gahagan, the third female Congress representative in U.S. history.
Interview, Audio: Illeana Douglas on Acting & the Film ‘Grace of My Heart’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 4, 2018 - 3:25pm- Allison Anders
- Audio
- Entourage
- Ghost World
- GoodFellas
- Grace of My Heart
- HBO
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived in and Out of the Movies
- Illeana Douglas
- Interview
- Martin Scorsese
- Melvyn Douglas
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Seinfeld
- Six Feet Under
- TCM
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- To Die For
- Trailblazing Women
- Turner Classic Movies
CHICAGO – The acting career of Illeana Douglas began with director Martin Scorsese and flourished in her first lead role for “Grace of My Heart” (1996). She is best known today for hosting the “Trailblazing Women” series on Turner Classic Movies, and in Part Two of a three part interview with HollywoodChicago.com, she talks about her approach as an actor and how early influences defined that style.
Interview, Audio: Trailblazing Actress & Film Historian Illeana Douglas
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 3, 2018 - 8:58am- Audio
- Entourage
- Ghost World
- GoodFellas
- Grace of My Heart
- HBO
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived in and Out of the Movies
- Illeana Douglas
- Interview
- Martin Scorsese
- Melvyn Douglas
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Seinfeld
- Six Feet Under
- TCM
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- To Die For
- Trailblazing Women
- Turner Classic Movies
CHICAGO – Long before 2017, the year of notable recognition for women filmmakers, the actress, producer and author Illeana Douglas launched the film series “Trailblazing Women” on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in 2015. Her goal was to achieve recognition for the pioneering efforts of women in early film history and beyond.
Interview, Audio: Michael Stuhlbarg in ‘Call Me By Your Name’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 16, 2017 - 11:20amCHICAGO – The character actor Michael Stuhlbarg is one of the more complete players in today’s show business. His embrace of a role is absolute, and his characters ring with a particular poetry based on his interpretations. His latest role is of an academic and father in the new film, “Call Me By Your Name.”