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Puerto Rican baseball legend Orlando Cepeda has died at the age of 86.
Known as "The Baby Bull," Cepeda hit 379 home runs and had 1,365 RBIs during his 17-year career with teams including the Giants and Cardinals.
He was the 1967 Nl Mvp and a 1999 Hall of Fame inductee. Cepeda's wife announced he passed away peacefully at home. Tributes poured in from fans, teams, and politicians honoring his legacy and contributions to the game.
The death of Orlando Cepeda comes just ten days after fellow Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away.
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Cepeda, the celebrated baseball icon from Puerto Rico, has reportedly passed away. The news of his passing was shared by the San Francisco Giants, with whom Cepeda spent the first nine seasons of his illustrious 17-year career starting in 1958.
To honor his memory, the Giants observed a moment of silence before...
Puerto Rican baseball legend Orlando Cepeda has died at the age of 86.
Known as "The Baby Bull," Cepeda hit 379 home runs and had 1,365 RBIs during his 17-year career with teams including the Giants and Cardinals.
He was the 1967 Nl Mvp and a 1999 Hall of Fame inductee. Cepeda's wife announced he passed away peacefully at home. Tributes poured in from fans, teams, and politicians honoring his legacy and contributions to the game.
The death of Orlando Cepeda comes just ten days after fellow Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away.
Puerto Rican Baseball Legend Orlando Cepeda Dies At 86 Mega
Cepeda, the celebrated baseball icon from Puerto Rico, has reportedly passed away. The news of his passing was shared by the San Francisco Giants, with whom Cepeda spent the first nine seasons of his illustrious 17-year career starting in 1958.
To honor his memory, the Giants observed a moment of silence before...
- 6/29/2024
- by Favour Adegoke
- The Blast
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The past several years haven’t been too great for Martin Short’s celebrity-interviewing alter-ego Jiminy Glick. After popping up in the canceled variety series Maya & Marty, Jiminy arguably hit an all-time low when he interviewed “Donald Trump,” as played by Jimmy Fallon, on The Tonight Show.
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But the Glick character rebounded in a big way this week, first with a lukewarm roast of Bill Maher, followed by an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where the portly character hilariously questioned Bill Hader about the death of Willie Mays and life at Diddy’s pool house.
According to Short, he didn’t originally create Glick to parody bad journalists, but rather, to satirize “morons with power.” And to further immerse himself in the character, he donned an understandably controversial fat suit, inspired by a scene in the 1991 comedy Pure Luck, in which his character gets stung by a bee and swells up.
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But the Glick character rebounded in a big way this week, first with a lukewarm roast of Bill Maher, followed by an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where the portly character hilariously questioned Bill Hader about the death of Willie Mays and life at Diddy’s pool house.
According to Short, he didn’t originally create Glick to parody bad journalists, but rather, to satirize “morons with power.” And to further immerse himself in the character, he donned an understandably controversial fat suit, inspired by a scene in the 1991 comedy Pure Luck, in which his character gets stung by a bee and swells up.
- 6/26/2024
- Cracked
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It's no secret that TikTok is a social media giant, and there's at least one entire generation that has opted to watch short clips of video on their phone rather than spend time watching streaming shows or feature-length films, whether they're in theaters or even at home. Hell, some of the youths are probably watching TikTok videos while a forgettable streaming movie is playing in the background. Others are just watching them in small chunks, because they're being pirated on TikTok too.
Unfortunately, TikTok has become so pervasive in our entertainment culture that studios have been using popular influencers with millions of followers on the social media behemoth to help build publicity for upcoming movies and TV shows that TikTok users might not see in the trailers, commercials, and billboards that their screen-hungry eyes would otherwise never gaze upon. That includes inviting them to red carpet premieres, where they execute...
Unfortunately, TikTok has become so pervasive in our entertainment culture that studios have been using popular influencers with millions of followers on the social media behemoth to help build publicity for upcoming movies and TV shows that TikTok users might not see in the trailers, commercials, and billboards that their screen-hungry eyes would otherwise never gaze upon. That includes inviting them to red carpet premieres, where they execute...
- 6/25/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
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Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel’s summer vacation, Jiminy Glick is back behind the question sheet talking to celebrities he neither knows nor likes — I wonder what he thinks about Jimmy Kimmel.
As part of Kimmel’s annual relaxation ritual, the summer of guest hosts has started at Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Martin Short graciously manning the desk while the title star is away. Last night’s episode featured an obligatory guest appearance and monologue-crashing from Short’s perennial creative partner Steve Martin as well as a good-sported agreement from Bill Hader to bear the brunt of a certain acid-tongued entertainment reporter’s return to TV.
Glick just finished up flaming the only professional interviewer more annoying and ill-informed than he is on this past weekend’s Real Time with Bill Maher, and during Short’s first evening guest hosting the ABC late-night show, Glick stepped up to take over Jimmy Kimmel Live!
As part of Kimmel’s annual relaxation ritual, the summer of guest hosts has started at Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Martin Short graciously manning the desk while the title star is away. Last night’s episode featured an obligatory guest appearance and monologue-crashing from Short’s perennial creative partner Steve Martin as well as a good-sported agreement from Bill Hader to bear the brunt of a certain acid-tongued entertainment reporter’s return to TV.
Glick just finished up flaming the only professional interviewer more annoying and ill-informed than he is on this past weekend’s Real Time with Bill Maher, and during Short’s first evening guest hosting the ABC late-night show, Glick stepped up to take over Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- 6/25/2024
- Cracked
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Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson appeared at Thursday’s Fox Sports televised MLB game between San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, which took place at the historic Rickwood Field to honor the late, great Willie Mays, who died this week at the age of 93. Being at the Birmingham, Alabama, ballpark, which was the home of the Birmingham Black Barons where Mays began his career, brought back some tough memories for him. Jackson shared those thoughts in a poignant and must-watch moment of television. When asked by Alex Rodriguez about his emotional experience of returning to the field and being a trailblazer for other Black athletes, Jackson said frankly, “Coming back here is not easy. The racism that I played here when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled… Fortunately, I had a manager, and I had players on the team that helped me get through it,...
- 6/21/2024
- TV Insider
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The baseball world mourns the loss of Willie Mays, whose illustrious career and immense impact on the game make him one of the sport’s most celebrated figures. Passing away at 93, Mays leaves behind a legacy that will be honored in a fitting tribute at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, the place where his professional journey began. Mays’ Early Days at Rickwood Field On June 20, 2024, Rickwood Field will serve as the venue for a special game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. This event, planned around Juneteenth, is a tribute to the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays.
- 6/20/2024
- by Steve Delickson
- TVovermind.com
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MLB legend Willie Mays, affectionately known as the “Say Hey Kid,” passed away this Tuesday, as confirmed by the San Francisco Giants. Mays, aged 93, was widely regarded as one of baseball’s greatest players. My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood, said his son Michael Mays. Mays’ illustrious career began at the age of 20 with the New York Giants in 1951. He rose from playing in...
- 6/20/2024
- by Steve Delickson
- TVovermind.com
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All 15 Major League Baseball games today will begin with a moment of silence to honor the late, iconic player Willie Mays, who died yesterday at the age of 93.
“There will be a moment of silence in memory of the great Willie Mays before each game today,” the MLB said in a statement on social media. The announcement included a schedule of MLB games set for today, June 19.
Mays, known as “The Say Hey Kid,” was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He won two MVPs, was a 24-time All-Star and made one of the greatest catches in the game’s history – an over-the-shoulder basket catch in the 1955 World Series.
Mays’ death was announced yesterday by the San Francisco Giants.
Yesterday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said, “All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and...
“There will be a moment of silence in memory of the great Willie Mays before each game today,” the MLB said in a statement on social media. The announcement included a schedule of MLB games set for today, June 19.
Mays, known as “The Say Hey Kid,” was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He won two MVPs, was a 24-time All-Star and made one of the greatest catches in the game’s history – an over-the-shoulder basket catch in the 1955 World Series.
Mays’ death was announced yesterday by the San Francisco Giants.
Yesterday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said, “All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and...
- 6/19/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Hall of Fame baseball star Willie Mays, who is considered one of sport’s greatest players of all time, has died. He was 93. His passing was announced on Tuesday (June 18) by the San Francisco Giants and later confirmed by Mays’ son, Michael, who told the Associated Press that his father died surrounded by his family and wished to thank his fans for their years of support. “My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years,” Michael said. “You have been his life’s blood.” Born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama, Mays would go on to become one of the most celebrated players in baseball history. He played as a center fielder and served 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most of them with the Giants,...
- 6/19/2024
- TV Insider
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Willie Mays, Baseball Hall of Fame legend has died at the age of 93. Mays, nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid” was one of the world’s greatest baseball players and got his start in the Negro Leagues.
His former team, the San Francisco Giants, announced his passing today on X, on behalf of Mays’ family: “It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93.”
In a separate statement, Michael Mays, Willie Mays’ son wrote: “My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”
Giants Chairman Greg Johnson issued this statement: “Today we have lost a true legend” Johnson’s statement read.
His former team, the San Francisco Giants, announced his passing today on X, on behalf of Mays’ family: “It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93.”
In a separate statement, Michael Mays, Willie Mays’ son wrote: “My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”
Giants Chairman Greg Johnson issued this statement: “Today we have lost a true legend” Johnson’s statement read.
- 6/19/2024
- by Tanya Clark
- Celebrating The Soaps
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Baseball legend Willie Mays, a Hall of Famer considered one of the greatest to ever play the game, has died at the age of 93.
Major League Baseball released a statement confirming the news: “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the most exciting all-around players in the history of our sport. Mays was a two-time Mvp, 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In commemoration of ‘The Catch’ as perhaps the most famous play in the history of the Fall Classic, the...
Major League Baseball released a statement confirming the news: “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the most exciting all-around players in the history of our sport. Mays was a two-time Mvp, 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In commemoration of ‘The Catch’ as perhaps the most famous play in the history of the Fall Classic, the...
- 6/19/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
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Willie Mays, “The Say Hey Kid,” who was among the greatest baseball players of all time, won two MVPs, was a 24-time All-Star and made one of the greatest catches in the game’s history, died Tuesday afternoon at 93, the San Francisco Giants announced.
The epitome of the five-tool player — hitting for average, hitting for power, base running, fielding, and throwing — Mays would be on any Mount Rushmore of Major League Baseball. After a few seasons in the Negro Leagues, he broke in with the New York Giants in 1951 before the club relocated to the Bay Area for the 1958 season. He then played there for most of the next 15 seasons. He finished his singular career with the New York Mets in 1973.
He only won the World Series once, in 1954, but made an everlasting mark on the sports in Game 1 of that series. With the score tied in the eighth inning...
The epitome of the five-tool player — hitting for average, hitting for power, base running, fielding, and throwing — Mays would be on any Mount Rushmore of Major League Baseball. After a few seasons in the Negro Leagues, he broke in with the New York Giants in 1951 before the club relocated to the Bay Area for the 1958 season. He then played there for most of the next 15 seasons. He finished his singular career with the New York Mets in 1973.
He only won the World Series once, in 1954, but made an everlasting mark on the sports in Game 1 of that series. With the score tied in the eighth inning...
- 6/19/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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Willie Mays, the iconic center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants whose extraordinary power and brilliance on the field won him two MVPs and the 1954 World Series, has died at the age of 93.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93,” the San Francisco Giants shared on its official X account on Tuesday.
“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” Mays son, Michael Mays,...
“It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93,” the San Francisco Giants shared on its official X account on Tuesday.
“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” Mays son, Michael Mays,...
- 6/19/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
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Willie Mays, the baseball legend who played center fielder for the San Francisco Giants, died Tuesday of heart failure, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He was 93.
“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” Mays son Michael told the outlet. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”
Giants chairman Greg Johnson also commented on the baseball great. “Today we have lost a true legend. In the pantheon of baseball greats, Willie Mays’ combination of tremendous talent, keen intellect, showmanship, and boundless joy set him apart. A 24-time All-Star, the Say Hey Kid is the ultimate Forever Giant. He had a profound influence not only on the game of baseball, but on the fabric of America. He was an inspiration and a hero who will...
“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” Mays son Michael told the outlet. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”
Giants chairman Greg Johnson also commented on the baseball great. “Today we have lost a true legend. In the pantheon of baseball greats, Willie Mays’ combination of tremendous talent, keen intellect, showmanship, and boundless joy set him apart. A 24-time All-Star, the Say Hey Kid is the ultimate Forever Giant. He had a profound influence not only on the game of baseball, but on the fabric of America. He was an inspiration and a hero who will...
- 6/19/2024
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
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Willie Mays, the incandescent center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants whose unmatched blend of speed and power made him a cultural icon and one of the finest players in the history of baseball, died Tuesday. He was 93.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93,” the San Francisco Giants shared on its official X (formerly Twitter) account.
A day before his death, Mays said that he would not be in attendance when the Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Alabama on Thursday in a game honoring him and the Negro Leagues (he began his baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues).
“I’m not able to get to Birmingham this year but will follow the game back here in the Bay Area,...
“It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93,” the San Francisco Giants shared on its official X (formerly Twitter) account.
A day before his death, Mays said that he would not be in attendance when the Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Alabama on Thursday in a game honoring him and the Negro Leagues (he began his baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues).
“I’m not able to get to Birmingham this year but will follow the game back here in the Bay Area,...
- 6/19/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Baseball history has now changed forever, as Major League Baseball has officially incorporated Negro Leagues statistics into its record book.
An estimated 2,300 players who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 were integrated into MLB’s database as of Wednesday. To incorporate the stats, a review was conducted for the long project.
Exhibition games (called barnstorming) were not counted. It’s estimated that the league had access to about 75% of of box scores from Negro League games during that timespan, per The Athletic.
Fabled catcher Josh Gibson is the big winner of the new statistics. He’s now the lifetime career batting average, slugging percentage, and Ops (on base plus slugging) leader, and holds the single season batting average record, among other stats.
The move comes 3½ years after MLB said it would consider the Negro Leagues as major leagues. The assorted Negro leagues were formed before MLB was integrated.
Several...
An estimated 2,300 players who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 were integrated into MLB’s database as of Wednesday. To incorporate the stats, a review was conducted for the long project.
Exhibition games (called barnstorming) were not counted. It’s estimated that the league had access to about 75% of of box scores from Negro League games during that timespan, per The Athletic.
Fabled catcher Josh Gibson is the big winner of the new statistics. He’s now the lifetime career batting average, slugging percentage, and Ops (on base plus slugging) leader, and holds the single season batting average record, among other stats.
The move comes 3½ years after MLB said it would consider the Negro Leagues as major leagues. The assorted Negro leagues were formed before MLB was integrated.
Several...
- 5/30/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Negro Leagues statistics will become part of the official Major League historical record today, May 29. More than 2,300 players who played in the seven iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will be integrated into MLB’s database, a move that comes several years after MLB first announced it would elevate the Negro Leagues.
Black players were barred from MLB until Jackie Robinson broke the league’s color barrier in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
“We are proud that the official historical record now includes the players of the Negro Leagues,...
Black players were barred from MLB until Jackie Robinson broke the league’s color barrier in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
“We are proud that the official historical record now includes the players of the Negro Leagues,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
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Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson, the football star turned actor who became the center of one of the highest-profile trials in U.S. history when he was accused of murdering his ex-wife and another man, died Wednesday at the age of 76.
Simpson’s children announced his death Thursday, saying that their father died following a private cancer battle. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” his family said in a statement. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition,...
Simpson’s children announced his death Thursday, saying that their father died following a private cancer battle. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” his family said in a statement. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Daniel Kreps and Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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It’s possible to define the greatness of Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente with numbers.
Precisely 3,000 hits. Twelve Gold Gloves. Two World Series titles with a franchise that hadn’t won one in the 30 years before Clemente’s arrival. One World Series Mvp and one National League Mvp. The first Latino player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The numbers for Roberto Clemente are fairly phenomenal.
But they’re inadequate.
Roberto Clemente is in a pantheon of sports figures because of the trail he blazed for Latino and specifically Caribbean players. He’s revered because his commitment to humanitarian causes was so all-encompassing that his death, at the age of 38, came while transporting supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He’s iconic because the things he did on the field that couldn’t always be measured statistically — his throwing arm, his on-field intensity — bordered on Bunyanesque.
Precisely 3,000 hits. Twelve Gold Gloves. Two World Series titles with a franchise that hadn’t won one in the 30 years before Clemente’s arrival. One World Series Mvp and one National League Mvp. The first Latino player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The numbers for Roberto Clemente are fairly phenomenal.
But they’re inadequate.
Roberto Clemente is in a pantheon of sports figures because of the trail he blazed for Latino and specifically Caribbean players. He’s revered because his commitment to humanitarian causes was so all-encompassing that his death, at the age of 38, came while transporting supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He’s iconic because the things he did on the field that couldn’t always be measured statistically — his throwing arm, his on-field intensity — bordered on Bunyanesque.
- 3/12/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Hello again, everybody. JoBlo.com here bidding you a big Wahoo welcome to Wtf Happened to This Movie?! That’s right, the Cleveland Indians are well on their way to clinching the Al East – which means the 1989 sports comedy Major League is well on its way to becoming a classic of the genre.
But how did Major League reach this status? How did it become one of the most quotable comedies of the decade? How did the cast pull off pitching, swinging and winning like a professional baseball team? How did it go on to represent Cleveland even though it wasn’t even shot there? And why did they have to make those sequels? Well, let’s go juuuuuust a bit outside to find out: Wtf Happened to this Movie?!
You might be surprised to know that Major League comes courtesy of the same guy who won an Oscar for writing The Sting.
But how did Major League reach this status? How did it become one of the most quotable comedies of the decade? How did the cast pull off pitching, swinging and winning like a professional baseball team? How did it go on to represent Cleveland even though it wasn’t even shot there? And why did they have to make those sequels? Well, let’s go juuuuuust a bit outside to find out: Wtf Happened to this Movie?!
You might be surprised to know that Major League comes courtesy of the same guy who won an Oscar for writing The Sting.
- 2/28/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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Though Huluween is almost officially over, Hulu is not slowing down at all as the new month approaches! The streamer will head into November with plenty of new additions to un-spook yourself and keep warm, including the new Awkwafina and Sandra Oh-led “Quiz Lady”; Christmas classics like “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” and “The Polar Express,” and much more.
On the TV side, Hulu will have the exclusive two-episode premiere of FX’s limited murder mystery series “A Murder at the End of the World” starring Emma Corrin. “Fargo” fans can also catch the next-day streaming premiere of Season/Year 5, which will star Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Plus, in comes more of the debut season of “Spellbound,” a serialized re-cut of Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia,” and several original series premieres, including “Black Cake” on Nov. 1.
Find out everything coming to Hulu in November, and check out The...
On the TV side, Hulu will have the exclusive two-episode premiere of FX’s limited murder mystery series “A Murder at the End of the World” starring Emma Corrin. “Fargo” fans can also catch the next-day streaming premiere of Season/Year 5, which will star Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Plus, in comes more of the debut season of “Spellbound,” a serialized re-cut of Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia,” and several original series premieres, including “Black Cake” on Nov. 1.
Find out everything coming to Hulu in November, and check out The...
- 10/31/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
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It’s Thanksgiving time, so give thanks to Hulu if you’re a fan of sports documentaries because the streaming service is stuffing its library with them. Black Ice is about institutional racism in professional hockey,...
It’s Thanksgiving time, so give thanks to Hulu if you’re a fan of sports documentaries because the streaming service is stuffing its library with them. Black Ice is about institutional racism in professional hockey,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
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Chicago – Sam Pollard has established himself as a top director of documentaries, to add to his stellar career as a film editor … including for Spike Lee. His latest doc is a deep dive into the 20th Century curiosity of the Negro League. With interviews, archival photos/footage and comprehensive storytelling, the doc is entitled “The League.”
The Negro Leagues were born because of Major League Baseball’s segregation in the first half of the 20th Century, as the owners colluded to keep blacks off their teams. It took black entrepreneur Rube Foster to organize the rag-tag “negro” teams of the era into a collective in 1920. At the League’s peak they forged their own top players, introduced a more modern speed-oriented game and produced many future stars … including Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Barely surviving the Depression, the barnstorming league changed teams and areas of the country with impunity,...
The Negro Leagues were born because of Major League Baseball’s segregation in the first half of the 20th Century, as the owners colluded to keep blacks off their teams. It took black entrepreneur Rube Foster to organize the rag-tag “negro” teams of the era into a collective in 1920. At the League’s peak they forged their own top players, introduced a more modern speed-oriented game and produced many future stars … including Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Barely surviving the Depression, the barnstorming league changed teams and areas of the country with impunity,...
- 7/15/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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If you didn’t grow up in Pittsburgh (which boasted rival baseball greats the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords) or watch Episode 5 of the 1994 Ken Burns docu-series “Baseball,” you may not know much about the Negro Leagues. That’s about to change.
Sam Pollard’s “The League” is an eye-opening slice of American baseball’s 154-year history. In fact, the recent rule changes imposed on the Majors by Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred were inspired in part by the practices of the Negro Leagues: while Babe Ruth focused on home runs (like many players today), these extraordinary Black athletes favored a fast, hit-and-run, base-stealing game.
“If you watch footage of Jackie Robinson from the ’40s and the ’50s, his style of play, his aggressiveness, all came from the Negro Leagues,” Oscar-nominated documentary director Pollard told IndieWire during a recent interview. “If you watch the players who integrated Major League Baseball,...
Sam Pollard’s “The League” is an eye-opening slice of American baseball’s 154-year history. In fact, the recent rule changes imposed on the Majors by Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred were inspired in part by the practices of the Negro Leagues: while Babe Ruth focused on home runs (like many players today), these extraordinary Black athletes favored a fast, hit-and-run, base-stealing game.
“If you watch footage of Jackie Robinson from the ’40s and the ’50s, his style of play, his aggressiveness, all came from the Negro Leagues,” Oscar-nominated documentary director Pollard told IndieWire during a recent interview. “If you watch the players who integrated Major League Baseball,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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A sci-fi comedy by Mel Eslyn and a literary noir by Alice Troughton – who are, respectively, the longtime producer for the Duplass brothers and an award-winning UK television director — debut in limited release this weekend, alongside Adele Lim’s Joy Ride, a Lionsgate wide-release – marking first-time feature film debuts by three women.
(Noting that Chelsea Peretti’s recent Tribeca-premiering film First Time Female Director sort of re-coined that phrase.)
Troughton called it “really reassuring” to see female helmers opening films. In the UK “we are below 20% of the directing force and … directorial women’s roles are dropping, as are roles for people of color. So the diversity is sort of slacking off a bit after a really good push. So it felt really important as somebody who had the privilege to be in the position to go and make a film, to go and do it.
(Noting that Chelsea Peretti’s recent Tribeca-premiering film First Time Female Director sort of re-coined that phrase.)
Troughton called it “really reassuring” to see female helmers opening films. In the UK “we are below 20% of the directing force and … directorial women’s roles are dropping, as are roles for people of color. So the diversity is sort of slacking off a bit after a really good push. So it felt really important as somebody who had the privilege to be in the position to go and make a film, to go and do it.
- 7/7/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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Sam Pollard’s “The League” Is Not Your Typical Baseball Doc.
The documentary filmmaker grew up in the 1960s watching the St. Louis Cardinals, whose roster of players included Black or Latino players including Bill White, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda and Lou Brock, but did not know much about the Negro Leagues that existed when the sport was still segregated.
“I knew who Jackie Robinson was and that it was because of him Blacks had integrated the Major Leagues in 1947,” says Pollard. “But what I did not know much about in 1964 at the age of 14 was that he had come out of the Negro Leagues and that the Negro Leagues had been home to Black and Latino ballplayers who had to play segregated baseball during the height of the Jim Crow era.”
While some segregation in the sport always existed, the color line in baseball was not rigidly enforced until...
The documentary filmmaker grew up in the 1960s watching the St. Louis Cardinals, whose roster of players included Black or Latino players including Bill White, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda and Lou Brock, but did not know much about the Negro Leagues that existed when the sport was still segregated.
“I knew who Jackie Robinson was and that it was because of him Blacks had integrated the Major Leagues in 1947,” says Pollard. “But what I did not know much about in 1964 at the age of 14 was that he had come out of the Negro Leagues and that the Negro Leagues had been home to Black and Latino ballplayers who had to play segregated baseball during the height of the Jim Crow era.”
While some segregation in the sport always existed, the color line in baseball was not rigidly enforced until...
- 7/7/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
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Baseball may be America’s most enduring professional sport, often referred to as a national pastime. And in his latest documentary, “MLK/FBI” director Sam Pollard examines an often overlooked chapter in baseball’s history: the Negro League.
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“The League,” ready for its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month, celebrates the all-black league in all of its facets: from the entrepreneurs that created it to the legendary players like Satchel Paige, Buck O’Neil, as well as Hall of Famers like Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, who made it what it was.
Continue reading ‘The League’ Trailer: Sam Pollard’s Documentary About Negro League Baseball Premieres At Tribeca On June 12 at The Playlist.
Read More: Tribeca 2023 Festival: 20 Films To Watch
“The League,” ready for its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month, celebrates the all-black league in all of its facets: from the entrepreneurs that created it to the legendary players like Satchel Paige, Buck O’Neil, as well as Hall of Famers like Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, who made it what it was.
Continue reading ‘The League’ Trailer: Sam Pollard’s Documentary About Negro League Baseball Premieres At Tribeca On June 12 at The Playlist.
- 6/8/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
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Exclusive: HBO and Words + Pictures have launched production on a documentary about Barry Bonds, one of baseball’s greatest players – and one of the most polarizing figures in all professional sport.
The untitled Bonds film is being directed by Keith McQuirter (By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem) and executive produced by Oscar winner Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America) and Connor Schell and Libby Geist, creators of the Emmy-winning series 30 for 30 and EPs of the megahit docuseries The Last Dance.
“The untitled HBO Sports Documentary will tell the story of Barry Bonds, baseball’s single-season and all-time home run king, from his beginnings as the son of All-Star Bobby Bonds, and godson of the iconic Willie Mays, all the way up to his meteoric rise in the 1990s and 2000s,” notes a release about the project. “Using archival footage and original interviews, the film will...
The untitled Bonds film is being directed by Keith McQuirter (By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem) and executive produced by Oscar winner Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America) and Connor Schell and Libby Geist, creators of the Emmy-winning series 30 for 30 and EPs of the megahit docuseries The Last Dance.
“The untitled HBO Sports Documentary will tell the story of Barry Bonds, baseball’s single-season and all-time home run king, from his beginnings as the son of All-Star Bobby Bonds, and godson of the iconic Willie Mays, all the way up to his meteoric rise in the 1990s and 2000s,” notes a release about the project. “Using archival footage and original interviews, the film will...
- 5/31/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: The attempt by Atlanta Braves slugger Henry Aaron to break Babe Ruth’s hallowed record of 714 career home runs, and the armed guard from the Atlanta police department assigned to keep him safe 24/7 amidst racist hate mail and death threats, will be turned into a feature film.
715! is the working title of a film that will be written by Oscar-winning Precious scribe Geoffrey Fletcher. It will be produced by Mike Tollin and his Mandalay Sports Media, and Richard Saperstein through Bluestone, which will finance.
Tollin’s producing credits include the Chicago Bulls miniseries The Last Dance, as well as the films Coach Carter and Radio, and Saperstein’s credits include Se7en, John Q and Hancock. Tollin also wrote and directed Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, the Oscar-nominated and Peabody-winning 1995 documentary that created the relationship with Aaron, his wife Billye and his estate, which makes this film possible.
They...
715! is the working title of a film that will be written by Oscar-winning Precious scribe Geoffrey Fletcher. It will be produced by Mike Tollin and his Mandalay Sports Media, and Richard Saperstein through Bluestone, which will finance.
Tollin’s producing credits include the Chicago Bulls miniseries The Last Dance, as well as the films Coach Carter and Radio, and Saperstein’s credits include Se7en, John Q and Hancock. Tollin also wrote and directed Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, the Oscar-nominated and Peabody-winning 1995 documentary that created the relationship with Aaron, his wife Billye and his estate, which makes this film possible.
They...
- 11/2/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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Production is underway on an official documentary about Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the biggest selling album of all time.
The Michael Jackson estate and Sony Music Entertainment are joining forces for the untitled film, which is being directed by Nelson George, the noted music historian, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Thriller has sold 34 million copies in the U.S. alone and 100 million copies worldwide, won eight Grammy Awards and yielded seven top 10 singles. It was released 40 years ago this November.
The film “takes fans back in time to the making of the record-breaking album and release of revolutionary short films that redefined the music video format and captivated audiences globally,” according to a release about the documentary. “’Billie Jean’ remains the most streamed Michael Jackson song and ‘Thriller’ is the only music video that has been inducted onto the elite National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.”
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The Michael Jackson estate and Sony Music Entertainment are joining forces for the untitled film, which is being directed by Nelson George, the noted music historian, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Thriller has sold 34 million copies in the U.S. alone and 100 million copies worldwide, won eight Grammy Awards and yielded seven top 10 singles. It was released 40 years ago this November.
The film “takes fans back in time to the making of the record-breaking album and release of revolutionary short films that redefined the music video format and captivated audiences globally,” according to a release about the documentary. “’Billie Jean’ remains the most streamed Michael Jackson song and ‘Thriller’ is the only music video that has been inducted onto the elite National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.”
Director Nelson George...
- 10/4/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!, the Nelson George documentary that explores the life and career of Major League Baseball icon Willie Mays, will debut Wed., Nov. 8 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO and HBO Max.
Directed by George, the HBO Sports doc includes exclusive interviews with Mays and his family. The film will have its world premiere at the 2022 UrbanWorld Film Festival on October 27.
“Over the years,” Mays said in a statement, “the fans have given me so much joy, and I am excited to express my thanks again through this wonderful documentary and its telling of the story of my career and life. I have worked hard and been fortunate to do many amazing things over the course of my life, and I am excited and proud that the people who see this film, including younger fans who never saw me play, will have the chance to relive this...
Directed by George, the HBO Sports doc includes exclusive interviews with Mays and his family. The film will have its world premiere at the 2022 UrbanWorld Film Festival on October 27.
“Over the years,” Mays said in a statement, “the fans have given me so much joy, and I am excited to express my thanks again through this wonderful documentary and its telling of the story of my career and life. I have worked hard and been fortunate to do many amazing things over the course of my life, and I am excited and proud that the people who see this film, including younger fans who never saw me play, will have the chance to relive this...
- 9/29/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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One of baseball’s greatest players will be the subject of an HBO documentary debuting in November.
The premium cabler has set a Nov. 8 airdate for Say Hey, Willie Mays!, a feature documentary tracing Mays’ life and Hall of Fame career. The film, directed by author and filmmaker Nelson George (The Announcement, A Ballerina’s Tale), will have its world premiere Oct. 27 at the UrbanWorld Film Festival in New York — a day before the 2022 World Series begins.
HBO’s announcement of the premiere date coincides with the 68th anniversary of perhaps Mays’ most famous moment on the diamond: The Catch, an astounding, over-the-shoulder chasedown of a deep fly ball in game one of the 1954 World Series.
“Over the years, the fans have given me so much joy, and I am excited to express my thanks again through this wonderful documentary and its telling...
One of baseball’s greatest players will be the subject of an HBO documentary debuting in November.
The premium cabler has set a Nov. 8 airdate for Say Hey, Willie Mays!, a feature documentary tracing Mays’ life and Hall of Fame career. The film, directed by author and filmmaker Nelson George (The Announcement, A Ballerina’s Tale), will have its world premiere Oct. 27 at the UrbanWorld Film Festival in New York — a day before the 2022 World Series begins.
HBO’s announcement of the premiere date coincides with the 68th anniversary of perhaps Mays’ most famous moment on the diamond: The Catch, an astounding, over-the-shoulder chasedown of a deep fly ball in game one of the 1954 World Series.
“Over the years, the fans have given me so much joy, and I am excited to express my thanks again through this wonderful documentary and its telling...
- 9/29/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The former head of the ACLU discusses some of the movies – and sports legends – that made him.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mighty Ira (2020)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
42 (2013)
Shane (1953)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Last Year At Marienbad (1962)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
La Strada (1954)
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Virgin Spring (1960) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Last House On The Left (1972) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary
A Walk In The Sun (1945) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Paths Of Glory (1957) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, John Landis’s trailer commentary
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
12 Angry Men (1957)
Inherit The Wind (1960)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Verdict (1982)
Twelve Angry Men teleplay (1954)
The Front (1976)
Judgment At Nuremberg teleplay...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mighty Ira (2020)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
42 (2013)
Shane (1953)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Last Year At Marienbad (1962)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
La Strada (1954)
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Virgin Spring (1960) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Last House On The Left (1972) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary
A Walk In The Sun (1945) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Paths Of Glory (1957) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, John Landis’s trailer commentary
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
12 Angry Men (1957)
Inherit The Wind (1960)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Verdict (1982)
Twelve Angry Men teleplay (1954)
The Front (1976)
Judgment At Nuremberg teleplay...
- 10/19/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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Exclusive: Baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer has had a record-breaking career, made that fabled Catch and picked up a Presidential Medal of Freedom, among other honors, over his life. Now the legendary Willie Mays is going to be the subject of a HBO documentary.
“Some say that throughout my life I have inspired others, but the truth is that so many have done this for me,” Mays told Deadline today, his 90th birthday “My teammates, my friends, and of course the fans mean so much to me. And so I hope this documentary can give back to all of them something enjoyable and inspiring in return.”
Deadline can report that production has already started on the film on the New York/San Francisco Giants icon. Brooklyn Boheme co-director and The Hippest Trip in America author Nelson George is helming the untitled feature.
“Willie Mays is an American icon,...
“Some say that throughout my life I have inspired others, but the truth is that so many have done this for me,” Mays told Deadline today, his 90th birthday “My teammates, my friends, and of course the fans mean so much to me. And so I hope this documentary can give back to all of them something enjoyable and inspiring in return.”
Deadline can report that production has already started on the film on the New York/San Francisco Giants icon. Brooklyn Boheme co-director and The Hippest Trip in America author Nelson George is helming the untitled feature.
“Willie Mays is an American icon,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: Sam Pollard has been tapped to direct The League, a documentary centered on the tumultuous journey of Negro league baseball. Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots is serving as executive producer along with Jon Kamen, Dave Sirulnick and Jen Isaacson of RadicalMedia.
Told through the personal experience of notable Negro League umpire Bob Motley, the pic explores Black baseball as a stage for some of the world’s best athletes, an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and the unintended consequences of MLB integration. The rise and fall of the Negro Leagues follows the arc of race history in the United States.
Featuring interviews from Negro League players like Buck O’Neil and Hall of Fame Inductees Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron, The League celebrates some of the 20th century’s best athletes and entrepreneurs while grappling with America’s difficult march toward equality, including a discussion...
Told through the personal experience of notable Negro League umpire Bob Motley, the pic explores Black baseball as a stage for some of the world’s best athletes, an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and the unintended consequences of MLB integration. The rise and fall of the Negro Leagues follows the arc of race history in the United States.
Featuring interviews from Negro League players like Buck O’Neil and Hall of Fame Inductees Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron, The League celebrates some of the 20th century’s best athletes and entrepreneurs while grappling with America’s difficult march toward equality, including a discussion...
- 11/23/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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This story appears in the Den of Geek x eBay special edition trading card magazine.
Sophia Chang realized interest in her work on Topps Project 2020 was skyrocketing when her street art-inspired Jackie Robinson card was auctioned on eBay for $4,500. To the artist, it was a green flag. “I was like, ‘Whoa, something is happening here and I need to pay attention to this.’”
Chang was not alone. The notoriety and financial boon of Topps Project 2020 took even the trading card company by surprise. Inspired by sneaker culture and streetwear, Topps embarked on a year-long event series that features 20 contemporary artists reimagining 20 iconic baseball rookie cards for a complete set of 400 cards. Using a print-on-demand model, each card is released on the company’s website for a 48-hour window, with single cards selling for a premium price point of $19.99. Great art, even at 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, comes at a cost.
This story appears in the Den of Geek x eBay special edition trading card magazine.
Sophia Chang realized interest in her work on Topps Project 2020 was skyrocketing when her street art-inspired Jackie Robinson card was auctioned on eBay for $4,500. To the artist, it was a green flag. “I was like, ‘Whoa, something is happening here and I need to pay attention to this.’”
Chang was not alone. The notoriety and financial boon of Topps Project 2020 took even the trading card company by surprise. Inspired by sneaker culture and streetwear, Topps embarked on a year-long event series that features 20 contemporary artists reimagining 20 iconic baseball rookie cards for a complete set of 400 cards. Using a print-on-demand model, each card is released on the company’s website for a 48-hour window, with single cards selling for a premium price point of $19.99. Great art, even at 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, comes at a cost.
- 7/31/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
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For the past 20 years, Styx have put their fans in an impossible situation. Anyone who attends one of their shows not only misses out on seeing founder and ex-frontman Dennis DeYoung, but the current lineup doesn’t even play many of the hit songs he wrote and sang, including “Babe” and “The Best of Times.” They only recently gave in to years of pressure and added “Mr. Roboto” into the set.
DeYoung plays everything in the Styx catalog at his solo gigs, but he doesn’t have the name or...
DeYoung plays everything in the Styx catalog at his solo gigs, but he doesn’t have the name or...
- 3/19/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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Lee Mendelson, the prolific Emmy-winning producer of more than 50 animated Peanuts TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas, has died. He was 86.
Mendelson died on Christmas Day in Hillsborough, California, following a protracted battle with lung cancer, his family told the Palo Alto Daily Post.
Mendelson imported comic strip characters Cathy and Garfield to television success but his signature career moment came in December 1965 when he brought Charles Schulz’s legendary Peanuts characters to the small screen in A Charlie Brown Christmas. The half-hour animated special with the $96,000 budget aired originally on CBS and would become a beloved touchstone of the holiday season, yield a bestselling jazz album, and win the Emmy and Peabody awards.
Mendelson also wrote the lyrics to the 1965 special’s ethereal Christmas Time Is Here, with music composed by Vince Guaraldi and performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Mendelson died on Christmas Day in Hillsborough, California, following a protracted battle with lung cancer, his family told the Palo Alto Daily Post.
Mendelson imported comic strip characters Cathy and Garfield to television success but his signature career moment came in December 1965 when he brought Charles Schulz’s legendary Peanuts characters to the small screen in A Charlie Brown Christmas. The half-hour animated special with the $96,000 budget aired originally on CBS and would become a beloved touchstone of the holiday season, yield a bestselling jazz album, and win the Emmy and Peabody awards.
Mendelson also wrote the lyrics to the 1965 special’s ethereal Christmas Time Is Here, with music composed by Vince Guaraldi and performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
- 12/27/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
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Lee Mendelson, the longtime producer of Peanuts TV specials who wrote the lyrics for the yuletide classic “Christmas Time Is Here,” died on Christmas Day at the age of 86.
Mendelson’s sons confirmed the A Charlie Brown Christmas producer’s death following a long battle with lung cancer to the Palo Alto Daily Post. “It wasn’t great for us, but to have him pass on Christmas really ties into his history and legacy,” his sons said.
Mendelson first linked up with Peanuts creator Charles Schulz after the cartoonist saw...
Mendelson’s sons confirmed the A Charlie Brown Christmas producer’s death following a long battle with lung cancer to the Palo Alto Daily Post. “It wasn’t great for us, but to have him pass on Christmas really ties into his history and legacy,” his sons said.
Mendelson first linked up with Peanuts creator Charles Schulz after the cartoonist saw...
- 12/27/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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Lee Mendelson, the producer behind more than 50 animated TV specials featuring Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang, died on Christmas Day at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 86.
Mendelson also wrote the lyrics to “Christmas Time Is Here,” a song featured in “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the 1965 special that turned “Peanuts” into a TV staple. “Charlie Brown Christmas” brought Mendelson the first of his 12 Emmys. The last came in 2015 for “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown.” Mendelson’s work with animator Lee Melendez also brought him four Peabody Awards, an Oscar nomination and two Grammy noms.
A lifelong fan of jazz, Mendelson had the inspiration to hire musician Vince Guaraldi to create original music for “Charlie Brown Christmas,” a touch that helped make the specials stand out with viewers young and old. Over the years Mendelson worked with other notable musicians such as Dave Brubeck,...
Mendelson also wrote the lyrics to “Christmas Time Is Here,” a song featured in “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the 1965 special that turned “Peanuts” into a TV staple. “Charlie Brown Christmas” brought Mendelson the first of his 12 Emmys. The last came in 2015 for “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown.” Mendelson’s work with animator Lee Melendez also brought him four Peabody Awards, an Oscar nomination and two Grammy noms.
A lifelong fan of jazz, Mendelson had the inspiration to hire musician Vince Guaraldi to create original music for “Charlie Brown Christmas,” a touch that helped make the specials stand out with viewers young and old. Over the years Mendelson worked with other notable musicians such as Dave Brubeck,...
- 12/27/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to “TV Take,” Variety’s television podcast. In this week’s episode, Variety’s executive editor of TV, Daniel Holloway, talks with Charley Pride, the subject of the new “American Masters” documentary, “Charley Pride: I Am Just Me,” which premieres Feb. 22 on PBS.
Pride was one of country music’s biggest stars in the ’60s and ’70s, and is the genre’s most famous African-American performer. In a trailblazing move, Pride released his first record “The Snakes Crawl at Night” through RCA in 1966, and went on to become the record company’s best-selling artist since Elvis Presley.
The documentary explores the legendary artist’s career, which kicked off “smack dab” in the middle of the civil rights movement. However, Pride says that the only resistance he ever faced during his career was from promoters and to this day, he has never received a cat-call during a performance because of his race.
Pride was one of country music’s biggest stars in the ’60s and ’70s, and is the genre’s most famous African-American performer. In a trailblazing move, Pride released his first record “The Snakes Crawl at Night” through RCA in 1966, and went on to become the record company’s best-selling artist since Elvis Presley.
The documentary explores the legendary artist’s career, which kicked off “smack dab” in the middle of the civil rights movement. However, Pride says that the only resistance he ever faced during his career was from promoters and to this day, he has never received a cat-call during a performance because of his race.
- 2/22/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
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From toiling in the cotton fields of Mississippi to being enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Charley Pride’s journey out of the segregated South was fraught with adversity. In the upcoming PBS American Masters special, Charley Pride: I’m Just Me, debuting nationwide on Friday, February 22nd, at 9:00 p.m. Et, the country legend’s hardscrabble upbringing, his important role in destroying cultural stereotypes and the impact he would have on future generations of aspiring country artists are explored in depth. Pride and wife Rozene were interviewed for the film,...
- 2/21/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
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Barry Bonds says he's been crying over the death of his good friend and mentor, Willie McCovey -- but says he promises to pass along the wisdom he learned from the Sf Giants legend. Bonds and McCovey formed a very strong bond over the years -- with McCovey recently blasting the Baseball Hall of Fame voters for not inducting Barry. He called it a "sin." So, when Bonds learned McCovey had passed away Wednesday, he was devastated.
- 11/1/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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Playback is a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. New episodes air every Thursday.
For more than three decades, and still going strong, Spike Lee has been an incredibly prolific presence in the world of cinema. Rarely does a year pass without a “Spike Lee joint” hitting screens, and 2018 has brought one of his most acclaimed works yet, the Cannes prizewinner “BlacKkKlansman.” For Lee, the secret to that consistency is baked into the respect and admiration his has for his inspirations, artists like Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Toni Morrison and even sports stars like Michael Jordan and Willie Mays, individuals who left a lasting legacy in the form of a wealth of work.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
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For more than three decades, and still going strong, Spike Lee has been an incredibly prolific presence in the world of cinema. Rarely does a year pass without a “Spike Lee joint” hitting screens, and 2018 has brought one of his most acclaimed works yet, the Cannes prizewinner “BlacKkKlansman.” For Lee, the secret to that consistency is baked into the respect and admiration his has for his inspirations, artists like Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Toni Morrison and even sports stars like Michael Jordan and Willie Mays, individuals who left a lasting legacy in the form of a wealth of work.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
Click here for more episodes of “Playback.”
“From the very beginning the goal...
- 10/25/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
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Need to catch up? Check out the previous This Is Us recap here.
This Is Us goes in country this week to show us what the Vietnam War was like for Jack and his brother, Nicky.
Spoiler alert: War actually is hell… and it’s even worse if you’re the product of an abusive household with a heightened sense of responsibility for your younger sibling.
The entire episode takes place over various flashbacks to Jack’s pre-Rebecca life, including the birth of his heretofore rarely glimpsed brother Nicky and the process by which both of the young men wound up serving in the military.
This Is Us goes in country this week to show us what the Vietnam War was like for Jack and his brother, Nicky.
Spoiler alert: War actually is hell… and it’s even worse if you’re the product of an abusive household with a heightened sense of responsibility for your younger sibling.
The entire episode takes place over various flashbacks to Jack’s pre-Rebecca life, including the birth of his heretofore rarely glimpsed brother Nicky and the process by which both of the young men wound up serving in the military.
- 10/17/2018
- TVLine.com
Google Doodle honors the late Roberto Clemente, who was a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, who was also known for his humanitarian work. The Puerto Rican baseball player died at age 38 in 1972 — raising curiosity about his cause of death. How did Roberto Clemente die? Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron after All-Star game on July 11, 1961. All had hits in the bottom of the 10th inning as Nl won 5-4.https://t.co/e46YntQORm pic.twitter.com/Rde2U9rSd1 — The '60s at 50 (@the_60s_at_50) October 12, 2018 Roberto Clemente’s cause of death was a plane crash. The baseball legend was on a flight to Nicaragua when the plane […]
The post Who was Roberto Clemente? Cause of death, family and legacy appeared first on Monsters and Critics.
The post Who was Roberto Clemente? Cause of death, family and legacy appeared first on Monsters and Critics.
- 10/12/2018
- by Frank Yemi
- Monsters and Critics
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The two-hour finale of “The Amazing Race” airs tonight (Feb. 21) on CBS. Four teams are fighting it out to be first to the final mat and claim the one million prize. They are, in order of their finish on leg 10: Team Indy Car (Alex Rossi and Conor Daly ), Team Big Brother (“Bb” alumni Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson ), Team Extreme (professional skiers Kristi Leskinen and Jen Hudak) and Team Yale (Henry Zhang and Evan Lynyak). One of this foursome will be eliminated in leg 11, which took place in Hong Kong, China on Oct. 23 of last year. And one of the remaining three teams triumphed 24 hours later in San Francisco. Spoilers ahead.
Alex and Conor roared into first on leg 10, edging out Jessica and Cody by just seconds to claim bragging rights and a trip to Curacao. Kristi and Jen crossed the finish line in third, leaving Henry and Evan in the dust.
Alex and Conor roared into first on leg 10, edging out Jessica and Cody by just seconds to claim bragging rights and a trip to Curacao. Kristi and Jen crossed the finish line in third, leaving Henry and Evan in the dust.
- 2/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Vaughn (look-alike)? Check. Dorn (look-alike)? Check. Willie Mays Hayes (look-alike)? Hell yeah. With Spring Training underway, the University of Arizona baseball team decided to have a little fun by recreating the famous Spring Training scene from "Major League" ... and it's pretty good. The only difference, these guys ain't losers -- College Baseball Daily says they're the #7 team in the country. And get this -- the Wildcats play at Hi Corbett Field ... the same location used...
- 2/14/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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Earlier this fall, The Simpsons aired its 600th episode, a staggering number of any era of television, but especially for the era in which it was created, when shows typically produced only 22 episodes a season. (The more recent 13 and even 10-episode seasons of shows shudder at the thought of making that many.) And now the show is about to break a record that seemingly seemed unbreakable: Fox has renewed the animated comedy through its 30th season, which will also bring it to its 669th episode, blowing right past the 635 episodes Gunsmoke produced from 1955-75. The Simpsons had long since eclipsed Gunsmoke in years on the air, but because the classic Western began in the days when shows routinely knocked out 39 episodes a season, its episode total seemed insurmountable. But The Simpsons just keeps going, and going, and going, and now Marshal Dillon can eat Chief Wiggum's dust. (From the Fox press release: "'Take that Gunsmoke!
- 11/4/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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Washington (AP) — President Barack Obama is recognizing 17 Americans with the nation's highest civilian award Tuesday, including giants of the entertainment industry such as Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg, baseball legends Willie Mays and Yogi Berra, and politicians, activists and government innovators. In addition to filmmaker Spielberg and singer and Oscar-winner Streisand, Obama will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to musicians Gloria and Emilio Estefan, singer James Taylor, composer Stephen Sondheim and violinist Itzhak Perlman. Mays was among the first African-American players in Major League Baseball. Berra, who died in September, was a Yankee great at
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- 11/24/2015
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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