On Monday night's Last Word on MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell paid tribute to legendary director Sidney Lumet, who died in April and was memorialized at Lincoln Center on Monday afternoon. He did it by playing clips from some of Lumet's most memorable movies, but when the tribute got to a scene of Philip Seymour Hoffman…
Director Sidney Lumet, the man behind Dog Day Afternoon and Network, has died of lymphoma at age 86, according to The New York Times. Lumet began his career as an actor, and directed for stage and television before making 12 Angry Men in 1957. Lumet's last movie was Before the Devil Knows You're Dead; above, a scene…
Chef, restaurateur, author, and cable fixture Anthony Bourdain turns 53 today. Judge (soon-to-be Justice) Sonia Sotomayor is turning 55. Burlap bag promoter and social fixture Lauren Bush is 25. Director Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon) turns 85. Carly Simon is turning 64. Publicist Desiree Gruber is 42.…
Lauren Bush, the niece of the president and girlfriend of fashion scion David Lauren, is 24 today. Hope David got you something nice, hon! Warm birthday wishes to Desiree Gruber, uber-publicist, Project Runway exec producer, wife of Kyle MacLachlan, and dog fanatic. She's 41 today. Television chef Anthony Bourdain is…
Legendary director Sidney Lumet has more than 50 films to his name, including Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network. He passed away in 2011.
Nice appreciation of the Sidney Lumet film (now on DVD!) by Gary Giddins in the Sun. The opening shot—alcoholic attorney Paul Newman playing pinball in a bar—is one of those images that haunts us, and it more than makes up for the fact that the pinball machine shows more range, depth and texture than co-star Charlotte…
