Robert Osborne

Tcm To Mount 48-hour Tribute To Robert Osborne

... TCM to mount 48-hour tribute to Robert Osborne. Maria Puente , USA TODAY Published 6:37 p.m. ET March 7, 2017 | Updated 11:53 p.m. ET March 7, 2017. Actor Alec Baldwin gives USA TODAY his thoughts on film historian Robert Osborne, who died Monday. USA TODAY. Robert Osborne is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 1, 2006. (Photo: Jesse Grant, Wire Image). 4858 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 4 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Robert Osborne, the late Turner Classic Movies host, will get a sendoff in style from his network: TCM announced Tuesday that it will dedicate 48 hours of programming to honor his legacy. Airing all day March 18 and 19, the two-day tribute, Remembering Robert Osborne, will feature an extensive collection of the long-form interviews Osborne conducted during his 23-year tenure with the network, including. Excerpts from Private Screenings and Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival. A special edition of Private Screenings featuring Alec Baldwin interviewing Osborne on the host's 20 th anniversary at the network. Osborne's first TCM introduction for Gone With the Wind. Fans of Osborne's and of classic movies can revisit his ...

Tcm Pays Tribute To Host Robert Osborne With Weekend Of Interview Highlights

... pen its official history. He updated it a decade later, and then every five years with the most recent version being released in 2013. Dish movies with Hollywood insiders in our notorious forums. Osborne also wrote the “Rambling Reporter” column for The Hollywood Reporter for a quarter century (1984 – 2009). A one-time film critic for Fox 11 in Los Angeles, he served as president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. during the mid 1980 s. He had hosted screenings on The Movie Channel for seven years beginning in 1986 until Ted Turner asked him to be part of his new channel devoted to old movies. Osborne said then that being a host on TCM was his dream job. “I wanted to be apart of it; I just didn’t know where I fit in. I knew I couldn’t sing, I knew I couldn’t dance. I just lived in a small farm town in the Northwest. I didn’t know where I fit in. I was happy that Ted Turner started a channel and I got to be the guy. That ...

Walking Dead,' '60 Minutes,' Charles Manson

... the famine facing victims of the civil war in South Sudan. He examines efforts to help, including United Nations’ World Food Programme, which is dropping food by cargo airplanes. ABC has used chilling footage of Charles Manson to promote “Truth and Lies: The Family Manson” at 9 p.m. Friday. The program explores the nine murders that Manson instructed his cult to commit in 1969 and draws on footage from Manson’s last network TV interview in 1994 with ABC’s Diane Sawyer. The program offers new interviews with law enforcement, first responders and the TV production crew for that Manson interview. “Dateline NBC” offers “Haunting” at 9 p.m. Friday. The report focuses on two double homicides in Nebraska and the fears that a serial killer may be loose. Josh Mankiewicz is the reporter. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , D-R. I., will be interview guests on “Real Time With Bill Maher ” at 10 p.m. Friday on HBO. Former Rep. Barney Frank , D-Mass., and ...

Turner Classic Movies Host Dies At 84

... on classic film and grew to be our cherished colleague and esteemed ambassador for TCM,” she said. “Robert was embraced by devoted fans who saw him as a trusted expert and friend. His calming presence, gentlemanly style, encyclopedic knowledge of film history, fervent support for film preservation and highly personal interviewing style all combined to make him a truly world-class host.”. You May Also Like. ‘Bachelor’ Finalist Vanessa Teases Fans With Wedding Dress Shop Pics. Osborne started off in the late 50 s and early 60 s as an actor and was mentored by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. He appeared in the pilot of the Beverly Hillbillies, the stage play The Desilu Revue and a two-year traveling tour of the play Generation. The cinephile went on to combine his interests in movies and journalism to become the official historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was also a writer for The Hollywood Reporter, and wrote the outlet's Rambling Reporter column from 1983 until 2009. At TCM, he introduced many of the movies that the network aired and provided fun facts and trivia for viewers. He also hosted the TCM Classic Film Festival ...

Tcm Honors Late Host Robert Osborne

... One: A Star Wars Story.”. Most popular. Controversy surrounds ‘Tickled’ documentary. Osborne, who died on March 6 at age 84, became a trusted friend who shared his encyclopedic knowledge of films with his audience, whether it was during introductions to thousands of classic movies or chatting with celebrity guests from Hollywood’s golden age. This weekend, TCM salutes Osborne with a 48-hour marathon from 6 a.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Monday featuring some of his best interviews as well as specials in which the man who became the face of TCM got his moment in the spotlight. The opening act will be Massapequa native Alec Baldwin’s 2014 “Private Screenings” interview with Osborne about Osborne’s career, starting with his days as a Desilu contract player and then as a writer of both film books and a column for The Hollywood Reporter. Best of all are the stories about Osborne’s many famous friends, including his mentor Lucille Ball and Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, ...

An Ode To Robert Osborne

... the excessive, the unnecessary but utterly delicious. Osborne didn’t just dispense endless trivia in his presentations on TCM, he also reached out to stars declared unnecessary by the youth-fixated movie business. “They were cut off like people on a desert island,” he told The Times. “Paulette Goddard, I got to know. Hedy Lamarr, I got to know really well. Nobody gave a damn about Hedy Lamarr back then.”. Both as a presenter and as a writer of film criticism and history, Osborne distinguished himself with his love of small facts and anecdotes, which he prized over and above personal taste. In 2013, he told the Los Angeles Times about a book of film criticism he’d read once. “Whoever wrote it said Singin’ in the Rain was the best movie musical ever made. I thought it’s great, but what if I like The Band Wagon better? I found it insulting.”. Who cares what the canon is? Movies are about that trivial, gay thing: Pleasure. We were just talking about Now, Voyager—the studio refused ...

Tcm Announces Plans To Honor Longtime Host Robert Osborne

... Angeles Times). Turner Classic Movies on Tuesday announced plans to honor longtime host Robert Osborne with a 48-hour tribute featuring a selection of long-form interviews from his 23-year tenure with the channel. Osborne, who served as a host for TCM since its inception in 1994, died Monday. He was 84. The tribute on March 18-19 will include interviews from Osborne's interview series "Private Screenings," including conversations with Liza Minnelli, Peter O'Toole, Debbie Reynolds and Ernest Borgnine. The network will also feature the 2013 installment of "Private Screenings" featuring Alec Baldwin interviewing Osborne. "Robert was embraced by devoted fans who saw him as a trusted expert and friend. His calming presence, gentlemanly style, encyclopedic knowledge of film history, fervent support for film preservation and highly personal interviewing style all combined to make him a truly world-class host," TCM general manager Jennifer Dorian ...

The Good Fight,' Robert Osborne Tribute

... worth watching, and what might not be, in primetime Check out this story on __link__: __link__ m 8 z J 6 H. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. This story is part of the series CRITICS CORNER. Weekend TV: 'The Good Fight,' Robert Osborne tribute. Robert Bianco , USA TODAY 3:02 a.m. ET March 17, 2017. Erica Tazel as Barbara Kolstad, Delroy Lindo as Adrian Boseman, Cush Jumbo as Lucca Quinn in CBS All Access' 'The Good Fight.'. (Photo: Elizabeth Fisher, CBS). 5 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE. TCM Remembers Robert Osborne. Saturday and Sunday, TCM. By so warmly and effectively conveying his love and knowledge of classic movies, Robert Osborne did as much as anyone ever has to revive interest in old films and stars. This weekend, TCM salutes its late host with a two-day marathon of some of his star interviews, including one of his favorites, his sit-down with Betty Hutton (Saturday, 10:30 ET/7:30 PT). The Good Fight. CBS All Access, Sunday. For its sixth outing, this ...

Tv Host, Actor And Film Historian Robert Osborne Dead At 84

... can never be repaid. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time," she continued. (Photo: Facebook / TCM). Osborne lived in New York but shot his TCM appearances at the network's headquarters in Atlanta. TCM is the last movie network to regularly feature hosts who offer information about a movie before it starts. Osborne got his start in showbiz as an actor under contract to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu. He made guest appearances on shows like The Beverly Hillbillies when he was younger, and later, on the hit Netflix series, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Osborne was on the staff of The Hollywood Reporter in 1977 and penned its "Rambling Reporter" column from 1982 to 2009, writing breezy items and reviewing movies and plays. In addition to his TCM-related gigs, Osborne also sponsored an annual classic-film festival, named after him, at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications in Athens, Georgia. ...

Hollywood Historian And Tcm Host, Robert Osborne, Dies At 84

... Awards. MARTIN: Osborne not only loved classic movies, he was in a few of them. As a struggling actor, he had bit parts in "Psycho" and "Spartacus." He even appeared in the pilot episode of TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies.". (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"). OSBORNE: (As Jeff Taylor) I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Drysdale. RAYMOND BAILEY: (As Milburn Drysdale) Well, are we all set to give the Clampetts a red-carpet reception. OSBORNE: (As Jeff Taylor) Well, I'm afraid Mrs. Drysdale still isn't too happy, sir. GREENE: Now, despite being mentored by Lucille Ball, Osborne's acting career did not exactly take off. But his work as a host and historian earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MARTIN: Robert Osborne died yesterday in New York. He was 84 years old. (SOUNDBITE OF CHRIS CLARK'S PLEEN 1930 S). Copyright © 2017 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at __link__ for further ...