Black List 20th Anniversary Celebration With Founder Franklin Leonard & Panel

Black List 20th Anniversary Celebration With Founder Franklin Leonard & Panel

“I think we celebrate in this industry great scripts after they become great movies through our award system, which is inherently complex and political and commercial anyway,” screenwriter Julia Cox said of the work of […]

Nathaniel Rateliff Conjures Leonard Cohen on “Winter Lady” Cover (Video Premiere)

Nathaniel Rateliff Conjures Leonard Cohen on “Winter Lady” Cover (Video Premiere)

Nathaniel Rateliff Conjures Leonard Cohen on “Winter Lady” Cover (Video Premiere) Hana Gustafson on April 4, 2024 Photo Credit: Danny Clinch Nathaniel Rateliff has conjured the spirit of Leonard Cohen by borrowing a track from […]

Leonard Bernstein Seducing Chevy Chase Somehow Didn’t Make it into ‘Maestro’

Leonard Bernstein Seducing Chevy Chase Somehow Didn’t Make it into ‘Maestro’

Controversial fake rubber noses aside, Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro is one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year, and is currently nominated for seven Academy Awards. But just think of how many more Oscars it […]

Leonard Nimoy Lobbied to Play Lestat in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE in 1977

Leonard Nimoy as Spock in 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture (L) and Tom Cruise as the Vampire Lestat in 1994's Interview with the Vampire (R)

Anne Rice’s seminal Gothic horror novel, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976. Almost immediately, Hollywood optioned the rights, hoping to turn it into a film. However, no studio made it for 18 years […]

Disney’s ‘West Side Story’ Remake Pitch To Leonard Bernstein Failed — Thankfully

Leonard Bernstein with Isaac Stern backstage at Carnegie Hall in an undated photo.

Ex-Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg once tried to sell Leonard Bernstein on a “West Side Story” remake that was, ahem, less than purr-fect, according to a director. It was “West Side Story” with cats! Katzenberg, the […]

Nathaniel Rateliff Shrouds His Soul on Cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat”

Listen: Nathaniel Rateliff Shrouds His Soul on Cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat”

Listen: Nathaniel Rateliff Shrouds His Soul on Cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat” Alex H. Krinsky on August 19, 2022 This morning, Nathaniel Rateliff shared his rendering of Leonard Cohen’s excruciatingly beautiful 1971 song […]