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Chita Rivera, the legendary Broadway performer, has passed away at the age of 91.

The celebrated entertainer, winner of multiple Tony Awards, had a highly successful theater career that spanned almost seven decades.

Known for her iconic roles, such as Anita in West Side Story, Velma in Chicago, and Rose in Bye Bye Birdie, Rivera began her Broadway journey in the 1950s, securing roles in productions like Can-Can and Mr. Wonderful.

Joining the original cast of West Side Story in 1957 marked a pivotal moment in her career, propelling her to Broadway stardom. Shortly afterward, she earned a Tony Award nomination for the musical Bye Bye Birdie alongside Dick Van Dyke.

Rivera’s longtime publicist, Merle Frimark, confirmed her passing to CNN, stating that she died peacefully in New York on Tuesday after a brief illness.

With a remarkable 10 Tony Award nominations and wins for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman,...

Chita Rivera, the sultry singer, dancer and actress who commanded the Broadway stage for more than a half-century, has died. She was 91.

Rivera died peacefully in New York on Tuesday, following a brief illness, her daughter, Lisa Mordente, shared in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

Known for her long, sleek legs, smoldering green eyes and lusty singing voice, the two-time Tony Award winner originated some of musical theater’s most iconic characters.

When West Side Story bowed in 1957, it was Rivera singing about life in America as the fiery Puerto Rican transplant Anita. As Rose Grant, the long-suffering girlfriend of songwriter Albert Peterson, Rivera received top billing over Dick Van Dyke in 1960’s Bye Bye Birdie. In 1975, she made the stage sizzle with “All That Jazz” as Velma Kelly in Chicago. And the 1993 musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman put her in the spotlight as the sexy Spider Woman.

The legendary RZA joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite movies.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)

Cut Throat City (2020)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

Cooley High (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Car Wash (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Grease (1978)

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s best of 2020

The Devil You Know (2022)

The Last American Virgin (1982)

The Beastmaster (1982)

Porky’s (1981)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Carmen Jones (1954)

An American In Paris (1951)

Singin’ In The Rain (1952) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary

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You don’t have to be obsessed with nostalgia to appreciate the aesthetic of a vintage movie poster — but it definitely helps. Vintage movie posters are multi-functional as far as gift giving goes. They’re perfect for movie lovers, they’re collectible, and they add a bit of character to any room. Whether you’re shopping for a gift for your home or office, or buying a present for someone else, we gathered up a short list of Old Hollywood movie posters to purchase online.

The round up of posters feature Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Ed Begley Sr., and other unforgettable faces from Hollywood’s Golden Age. High quality...

This story about “Fosse/Verdon” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.

Sparked by remarkable performances by Sam Rockwell as dancer-choreographer-director Bob Fosse and Michelle Williams as dancer-choreographer Gwen Verdon, FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” danced its way to 17 Emmy nominations last month , the most for any limited series except “Chernobyl.” The eight-part series mixes their work with a portrait of the stormy marriage and volatile professional and personal relationship between a driven man who transformed the world of dance on stage and on screen, and the woman who served as a vital collaborator despite often not getting her due.

The show comes at a pivotal moment in our culture, and one that casts its central figures in an often harsh light. Fosse was a difficult, demanding man who did not always treat the women around him well — and we live in a time in which...

Thank you, Gwen Verdon. If Michelle Williams finally wins her first industry peer-group award for her heart-tugging turn in FX’s “Fosse/Verdon,” it will be thanks to her portrayal of that sassy, high-kicking Broadway legend who bagged multiple Tony Awards for her stage roles in “Damn Yankees,” “Can-Can” and more.

Williams won a Golden Globe for portraying a fragile Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn,” but that was bestowed by the Hollywood foreign press, not her peers. Now she’s the frontrunner to seize an Emmy, according to 10 out of the 19 Experts making predictions at Gold Derby, including me, plus Jen Chaney (Vulture), Ben Travers (IndieWire), Matt Webb Mitovich (TVLine), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Ken Tucker (Yahoo), Glenn Whipp (L.A. Times) and Gold Derby’s Susan Wloszczyna and Joyce Eng.

Williams just took over the lead in this Limited Series Actress category yesterday.

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Fosse/Verdon” Episode 4, “Glory.”]

Lest you doubt the musical theater credentials of the producers behind “Fosse/Verdon,” the FX limited series devoted to one of Broadway’s most infamous collaborations, know that in the writers’ room, there was a lot of singing — especially during the writing of Episode 4.

“I mean, a lot of singing, to the point where the assistants would look up from their desks, and then they’d look down and just shake their heads,” executive producer Joel Fields told IndieWire. “That entire final act wasn’t really written as much as it was sung into the draft.”

“Fosse/Verdon” Episode 4, “Glory,” tracks director Bob Fosse’s awards success after the release of “Cabaret” and his subsequent work on the Broadway musical “Pippin,” and leans heavily on that musical for its storytelling, especially in the final scenes, as Fosse’s suicidal fantasies intermingle with some of its key numbers.

Previously Ep 1 - "Life is a Cabaret"

No, no, I know who he is. The one with the hats.

by Nathaniel R

The premiere episode of Fosse/Verdon took place (mostly) in 1971 when Fosse was rehearsing Cabaret but linear storytelling isnt remotely 'on trend' in TV miniseries right now, so we're hopping backward for Episode 2 to 1955 when Gwen Verdon was flush from her breakout Tony-winning turn in "Can-Can" and cast in "Damn Yankees". At a lunch meeting Hal Prince (Evan Handler) tries to sell Broadway it girl Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams) on his choice of choreographer. Gwen isn't sold, wiggling her hand dismissively for Fosse's most famous recurring choreographic accessory, the hat. It's but one of many fine gestural moments from a truly inspired Michelle Williams. Though it's too soon to know, she may well be giving us the performance of her career...

FX's buzzy new miniseries Fosse/Verdon tells the story of one of the most famous pairs in showbiz history: choreographer and director Bob Fosse and his wife, dancer and choreographer Gwen Verdon. While it's Fosse's work that has been held up as the groundbreaking gold standard of modern Broadway dance, Verdon was iconic in her own right.

Verdon was a dancer from the age of 6, but her breakout performance came in 1953, when she turned a featured dancing role in the Cole Porter musical Can-Can into a showstopper that won her audience adoration and her first Tony Award. Her next musical, Damn Yankees, would prove to be one of her life-defining roles, in more ways than one. Her role as seductive, morally complicated Lola became one of her most iconic performances (earning her another Tony Award) - and it was on this show that she met Fosse, who she married five years later.

On April 9, FX debuts “Fosse/Verdon,” about two people who may not be household names, but are certainly in the Pantheon to those who love musicals.

In the Jan. 25, 1950, issue, Variety reviewer Hobe Morrison lamented the stage revue “Alive and Kicking,” but gave one of the few positive mentions to newcomer Gwen Verdon. (Among others in the cast: Carl Reiner.) Variety’s first story about Bob Fosse ran on July 24, 1952, when he signed as a performer with MGM. The two met in 1955, when she starred in Broadway’s “Damn Yankees,” which he choreographed. In the May 6, 1955, review, Morrison had problems with the show, but high praise for both of them. For the 1958 film, they reprised those duties and he also appeared in the “Who’s Got the Pain” mambo number.

The teaming of director-choreographer Fosse and star Verdon was unbeatable for years with such Broadway shows as “Redhead” (1960), “Sweet Charity” (1966) and...

When we first meet the main characters of FX’s new limited series Fosse/Verdon, stage and screen director-choreographer Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) assumes such control over his wife, the dancer Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams), that he moves her body into the position he wants. She tries it his way, then moments later does her own version. “Yours is better,” he admits.

That scene, along with the use of both their names in the title, suggests that while Fosse/Verdon will depict the triumphs, tragedies and bad behavior of the legendary Fosse,...

Emmy-winning writer-producer Joel Fields (The Americans) has joined the writing team and will serve as an executive producer on FX’s untitled Fosse/Verdon eight-episode limited series starring Oscar winner Sam Rockwell and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams. Fields joins Tony award-winning producers Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson and Lin-Manuel Miranda in the series which begins production this month in New York City. It’s slated for premiere on FX in 2019.

“It has been a true joy to have Joel join us in telling the story of these two complicated and fascinating people,” said Levenson. “Joel is not only a brilliant writer and producer, but someone who shares our passion for the singular work that Bob and Gwen created and the incredible legacy they left behind. We feel immensely lucky to have him as a partner.”

Added Kail, “Who would’ve thought that a driving force behind one of our favorite TV shows,...

NBC has put in development Exes In Law, a half-hour comedy from Speechless writer-producer Niki Schwartz-Wright and Sean Hayes & Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills.

Written by Schwartz-Wright, Exes In Law is inspired by a real-life relationship she had. When Tess and Alex have an explosive break-up and vow never to see each other again, they’re horrified to discover that their younger siblings (and best friends) have been secretly dating and will soon be wed. Now, not only do they have to see each other again, they’re about to be family.

Schwartz-Wright executive produces alongside Hayes and Milliner. Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based, is the studio.

Schwartz-Wright is currently co-executive producer on the upcoming NBC/Uni TV comedy series Abby’s. She previously worked on the ABC comedy series Speechless and also did stints on Fox’s The Grinder, ABC’s The Goldbergs, NBC’s The Office and MTV’s Awkward.

Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera and prolific Broadway composer-producer Andrew Lloyd Webber have been selected to receive Special Tony Awards at this year’s ceremony. The honors will recognize their lifetime achievement in the theater. The Tony Awards Administration Committee unveiled the news today and the pair will be honored during the 72nd annual Tony Awards, hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, on June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.

Rivera, a trained ballerina, broke out as Anita in West Side Story and has 10 Tony noms overall, including the wins for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman. She’s starred in the likes of Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago and the original Broadway casts of Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. She recently starred on Broadway in The Visit and the revivals of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Nine.

Webber last year tied Rodgers...

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', 'Well, Did You Evah' and 'I've Got You Under My Skin'. 1948's Kiss Me Kate was his most successful show, running for 1,077 performances in its original Broadway run. The production won the Tony Award for best musical the first Tony awarded in that category, and Porter won for best composer and lyricist.

Los Angeles, Calif. (October 2, 2015) – In 1915 William Fox founded Fox Film Corporation and forever changed the course of cinema. Over the next century the studio would develop some of the most innovative and ground-breaking advancements in the history of cinema; the introduction of Movietone, the implementation of color in partnership with Eastman Kodak, the development of the wide format in 70mm and many more. Now in honor of the 100th anniversary of the studio, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will celebrate by releasing some of their most iconic films that represent a decade of innovation.

Starting today, five classic films from the studio will be made available digitally for the first time ever – Sunrise (1927), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Man Hunt (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Throughout the rest of the year a total of 100 digital releases will follow from Fox’s extensive catalog, including 10 films...

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', 'Well, Did You Evah' and 'I've Got You Under My Skin'. 1948's Kiss Me Kate was his most successful show, running for 1,077 performances in its original Broadway run. The production won the Tony Award for best musical the first Tony awarded in that category, and Porter won for best composer and lyricist.

Maurice Chevalier’s rendition of Thank Heaven for Little Girls may be the best known tune from the Best Picture Oscar-winner Gigi from 1958, but it was the romantic lead of the film, Louis Jourdan, who crooned the title song. It was Jourdan’s best-known role, but the French actor had a long, distinguished career, which began in Europe in the late 1930s. During World War II he joined the French underground and his film career came to a halt when he refused to act in Nazi propaganda films. He came to Hollywood where some of his notable film roles included Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case (1947), Three Coins In A Fountain (1954), and Can-can (1960). He played the 007 villain Kamal in Octopussy in 1983 and I remember him starring in a terrific adaption of Dracula that was filmed for the BBC in 1977. Louis Jourdan died on Valentine’s Day at his home in Beverly Hills,...

Hollywood has had many quintessential young Englishmen, but from the late 1940s through the early '60s, there was only one quintessential young Frenchman: Louis Jourdan. The star of the 1958 Best Picture Oscar winner, Gigi, whose film roles also included those in Madame Bovary, Three Coins in the Fountain, The Swan, The V.I.P.S and Can-Can, Jourdan died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills, reports Variety. He was 93. As was told in a 1985 People profile, Jourdan - real name Gendre - and his two brothers grew up in the South of France, where their parents managed hotels in Cannes, Nice and Marseilles.

Paper Mill Playhouse just opened its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee Frasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans and David Lee. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night curtain call...

Paper Mill Playhouse opens its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee Frasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans and David Lee. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from production...

Paper Mill Playhouse opens its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee Frasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans and David Lee. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee Frasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans and David Lee. Can-Can's score features some of Cole Porter's timeless classics including 'I Love Paris,' 'C'est Magnifique,' 'It's All Right With Me' and more. Paper Mill Playhouse is launching this Broadway-bound production of Cole Porter's classic musical with producing partner Jonathan Burrows. Can-Can will play the Millburn, New Jersey, theater from October 1 through October 26, 2014.The company just met the press to...

Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David LeeFrasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans and David Lee. The company just met the press to preview the new production and you can check out photos from inside the special preview event below...

Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee Frasier, Cheers and choreography by Patti Colombo Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show features a book by Abe Burrows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields Ugly Betty, The Americans andDavid Lee. Can-Can's score features some of Cole Porter's timeless classics including 'I Love Paris,' 'C'est Magnifique,' 'It's All Right With Me' and more. Paper Mill Playhouse is launching this Broadway-bound production of Cole Porter's classic musical with producing partner Jonathan Burrows. Can-Can will play the Millburn, New Jersey, theater from October 1 through October 26, 2014. The company just met the press to preview...

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', 'Well, Did You Evah' and 'I've Got You Under My Skin'. 1948's Kiss Me Kate was his most successful show, running for 1,077 performances in its original Broadway run. The production won the Tony Award for best musical the first Tony awarded in that category, and Porter won for best composer and lyricist.

"Congratulations! You're pregnant."

That bombshell -- as it were -- ended the next-to-last episode of NBC's "Smash," and it sends Broadway star Ivy Lynn into Sunday's (May 26) two-hour finale with very conflicted emotions. As played by actual Great White Way veteran Megan Hilty, Ivy has become the toast of New York as Marilyn Monroe in the musical "Bombshell," but the unexpected news from her doctor is among the things she must deal with before the series' final curtain comes down.

"I'll be in Hawaii" watching the finale's broadcast, a cheerful Hilty tells Zap2it. "I'm going to go to the bar with my boyfriend and all my friends, and we'll watch it at the resort." That will follow the stint Hilty had Thursday (May 23) and Friday (May 24) with the Boston Pops at the city's Symphony Hall, certainly including show tunes in the program.

Hilty says she had fair warning about Ivy's surprising doctor's phone call,...

With news coming late this week of a revised and reworked edition of the Cole PorterAbe Burrows Golden Age musical Can-can aiming for a reading in October and the possibility of a potential major production thereafter, now seems like a tres bien moment in time to glance back at the underappreciated charms of this alluring, Paris-set show. Plus, from Gwen Verdon, Patti LuPone, Eartha Kitt, Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Kelly Clarkson, Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and many more, this clip collection has more than just an errant bright bulb or two to add to the already magnificent and romantic sights of the city of lights.

Just announced is news that the Cole Porter classic, Can-Can, will kick up its heels in a new production to land on Broadway in Spring 2014. Presented by Jonathan Burrows, nephew of the musical's original book writer Abe Burrows, the new production features a revised book by David Lee Two By Two and Gigi at Reprise, TV's Frasier and Cheers and Joel Fields How I Fell in Love at Abingdon Theatre Company, TV's Ugly Betty' and 'Raising the Bar'. Lee directs the production, featuring choreography byPatti Colombo Peter Pan and musical direction by Tony Award nominee Steve Orich Jersey Boys. Prior to the Broadway production, a workshop will take place in New York in October 2013. Casting has yet to be confirmed.

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include Night and Day, I Get a Kick out of You, Well, Did You Evah and I've Got You Under My Skin. 1948's Kiss Me Kate was his most successful show, running for 1,077 performances in its original Broadway run. The production won the Tony Award for best musical the first Tony awarded in that category, and Porter won for best composer and lyricist.

Today in 1985, Broadway book writer Abe Burrows passed away. Burrows wrote or directed such shows as Make a Wish, Two on the Aisle, Three Wishes for Jamie, Say, Darling, Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Cactus Flower, Four on a Garden, Can-Can, Silk Stockings, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Good News 1974 revival, and many others. With his collaborator Frank Loesser, Burrows won a Pulitzer Prize for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

DVD Playhouse – May 2012

By Allen Gardner

Shame (20th Century Fox) Director Steve McQueen’s harrowing portrait of a Manhattan sex addict (Michael Fassbender, in the year’s most riveting performance) whose psyche goes into overload when his equally-troubled sister (Carey Mulligan) visits unexpectedly. Exquisitely-made on every level, save for the screenplay, which makes its point after about thirty minutes. While it tries hard to be a modern-day Last Tango in Paris, this fatal flaw makes it fall somewhat short. The much- ballyhooed sex scenes and frontal nudity are the least-interesting things about the film, incidentally, which is still a must-see for discriminating adults who seek out challenging material. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

Being John Malkovich (Criterion) Spike Jonze’s madcap film of Charlie Kaufman’s script, regarding a socially-disenfranchised puppeteer (John Cusack) who finds a portal into the mind of actor...

There's very little we can say about the indomitable Ol' Blue Eyes that hasn't already been said, but suffice it to say, Frank Sinatra is one of the most successful entertainers of all time, effortlessly transitioning back and forth between his music and acting careers.

On April 3rd, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the rather impressive "The Frank Sinatra Film Collection" on DVD.

Films include Stanley Kramer's "The Pride and the Passion" co-starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, "Kings Go Forth" with Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, Frank Capra's "A Hole in the Head," "Can-Can," featuring Shirley MacLaine, John Frankenheimer's classic "The Manchurian Candidate," "Von Ryan’s Express," "Cast a Giant Shadow" starring Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner and John Wayne among others, "Tony Rome" (featuring a score by Lee Hazlewood), its sequel, "Lady in Cement" co-starring Raquel Welch, and "The Detective."

The 10-title collection spans 11 years...

From Fred and Ginger to Jennifer and Ashton, romantic comedies used to be one of the safest bets in Hollywood. But it seems that rom is just not into com any more

Is it the end for the romcom? You can imagine the celebrity mag headlines: "Romcom's relationship on the rocks?" "Com: I'm just not that into Rom" "Rom: Com doesn't make me laugh any more."

After all, who says romance and comedy go together like a horse and carriage? It seems to be a chiselled Hollywood commandment that the two shall be forever conjoined in cinematic matrimony, but perhaps it's time they went their separate ways. Sure, they got off to a great start: in those early years it was all fun and games and sparkling repartee, but recently they haven't quite looked the happy couple; the spark just hasn't been there.

They've been stuck in the same repetitive formula: boy meets girl,...

Well, it’s about time. After more than a hundred years of faithful service, 35mm prints seem destined to go the way of the dodo bird, and I for one am glad. Who needs those pesky, perforated pieces of film anyway?Actual 35mm frames from Can-Can with Maurice Chevalier, Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra. Movie studios are pressuring exhibitors large and small to hop on the bandwagon and purchase digital equipment to replace their sturdy 35mm projectors. That will save the studios a lot of money producing and shipping prints. This trend away from film has already put some venerable labs out…...