Tootsie News

Reporting from New York - There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double shot of vodka in the film "Tootsie." Paul McCartney once strolled solo through the revolving door, sat at the shiny bar and ordered a margarita in a martini glass.

She's best known for her roles in Hollywood, but Teri Garr is also a leading lady in raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis.

Gelbart died last month after a battle with cancer but in an interview conducted a year before his passing, he blamed the actor for declaring it was his pal Murray Schisgal who conceived of the 1982 comedy, about an entertainer who dresses as a woman to find work.

It struck me as odd. Actress Jessica Lange, among the most photographed women in history, winced as a newspaper photographer took her portrait Friday afternoon.

The most sizzling event at Saturday's Capital One's Art For Arts' Sake will certainly be the opening of an exhibit of photos by actress and photographer Jessica Lange at A Gallery For Fine Photography, 241 Chartres St., 504.568.1313, in the French Quarter.

Coming off an exciting win at the recent Emmys for her portrayal of "Big" Edith Bouvier Beale in the TV movie "Grey Gardens," Jessica Lange will speak at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Sun.

" Grey Gardens " was a shoo-in to win best TV movie at the Emmy Awards . After all, it tied the record for most nominations for a TV movie and HBO has won this race 14 of the last 16 years, including the most recent five in a row.

Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' the films 'Tootsie' and 'Oh, God!' and television's 'M*A*S*H,' is dead.

A Funny Thing Happened... When I was a kid, my mom used to complain that there was nothing on TV half as funny as Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" used to be.

Michael Grossberg, the Dispatch theater critic, has covered theater and written widely about the arts in Columbus and across the country since 1985 for the newspaper.

He was one of the people who made television great when television WAS great. Yes, there was a time when it was.

Larry Gelbart, one of the most admired comedy writers in television history, died Friday of cancer at the age of 81, the Los Angeles Times reported.

As if we needed more proof than the chill in the air that summer is almost over: Dustin Hoffman, starring in his cross-dressing role in "Tootsie," will wrap up this year's Chicago Outdoor Movie Festival on Tuesday.

Entered film as an apprentice film editor at MGM in 1951, cut his first film, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", in 1960 and began a productive collaboration with Sydney Pollack in 1969 with "They Shoot Horses, Don't.... Entered film as an apprentice film editor at MGM in 1951, cut his first film, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", in 1960 ...

Jessica Lange talks gays, marriage, Big Edie, and parading around with Drew Barrymore like a happy lesbian couple while promoting Grey Gardens .

Despite her conventional good looks, Leslie Mann has gravitated toward some very unconventional characters, and her latest role is no exception.

Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying a new generation of antiheroes in "The Graduate" , "Midnight Cowboy" , and "All The President's Men".... Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying a new generation of antiheroes ...

The George Eastman House - with its collection of more than 400,000 photographs and negatives dating from the invention of photography to the present day and with a motion picture archive that hold more than 25,000 film titles - is always a great place to visit.

The movie Humpday concerns two straight male friends who get drunk, dare each other to have sex on camera, sober up, and still decide to go through with it.

Jessica Lange , Mexico. Gelatin Silver Print, 1992-2008. ROCHESTER, NY.- George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film celebrates Oscar -winning actress Jessica Lange this summer, with a photography exhibition of her work, a film series, and the awarding of the George Eastman House Honors.