Roy Scheider News

A World War II revenge drama has hit the screens with hopes of awards. No, it's not "Inglourious Basterds," which recently moved into its DVD window, but "Iron Cross," which played for an Academy-qualifying run in late December in West Hollywood, and at industry screenings.

There's a moment in Sherlock Holmes when the great detective's love interest, chestnut-haired Irene Adler, emerges from a chase in the sewers and passages under Parliament and Whitehall into the construction site of Tower Bridge, built over the Thames in the years between 1886 and 1894.

Hope your hangover isn't too bad. Hope this year is better than the movie. Nothing against John Lithgow and Roy Scheider, but I don't think our solar system needs a second star.

A scene from "All That Jazz" . The film was directed by Bob Fosse and written by Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur.

Daniel Day-Lewis, left, as Guido in "Nine;" Marcello Mastroianni as Guido in "8 1/2." Who is more debauched, who's existential crisis is more pressing? While watching Rob Marshall's Nine , his movie based on the 1982 Broadway musical itself based on the 1963 Federico Fellini semiautobiograpy 8 1/2, I thought of the other movies that owed a debt to ...

There's a great scene in the movie 'Jaws,' when Roy Scheider's character first lays eyes on the great white shark and says in shock, 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.' By about 10 a.m. during Saturday's Blanket Day here at the Tallahassee Democrat, the thought occurred to us: 'We're gonna need a bigger van.' Despite early rain and a cold, nasty ...

Scheider was twice nominated for an Academy Award during his life, and Newton is determined to do what he can to make sure his late star lands a third nod.

Today's birthday list doesn't make me feel celebratory so much as oscarighteously furious.

"We are fast entering a world where mass-market mobile devices consume thousands of megabytes each month," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski warned at CTIA Wireless yesterday.

South O' the Highway Since he's split with Katie Lee Joel, Billy Joel has decided to sell his two adjacent properties in Sagaponack.

Many moons ago, I remember the thrill of going to Wal-Mart to hunt for DVDs in the $5 bin.

Written by Long Island Press on Aug 24th, 2009 and filed under Arts & Living , Gossip: Loose Lips .

STUNT CASTING CONTESTANTS SWOON Cable's Lifetime network says Nicole Kidman will make a cameo on a special edition of the "Project Runway" franchise, "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge." She will help set up a design contest for eight top contestants from past seasons.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Billy Joel is selling a pair of adjacent homes in the Hamptons for $35 million after a split from third wife Katie Lee Joel.

"Blue Thunder" is another one of the those movies that you end up asking yourself, "why did the studio choose to release this obscure title on Blu-ray?" The film is not as bad as Sony's earlier released, "No Way Back." However, the film gets pretty close.

Russell Buskirk Charleston Artist Guild Gallery 6 N. Atlantic Wharf On view through Aug.

Back to the drawing board 'cause Wolfie thought it would be cute to put in a Kathy Bates clip..not so much.

Back to the drawing board 'cause Wolfie thought it would be cute to put in a Kathy Bates clip..not so much.

Back to the drawing board 'cause Wolfie thought it would be cute to put in a Kathy Bates clip..not so much.

The flick that made some people think twice about jumping in the ocean, even on an unbearable, hot summer day.