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☆ Alan Arkin Could Do It All. In ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ He Did.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Moss and Levene push back against his generalizations, accusations and abuse; Aaronow does not. The bullish Moss baits the hook and reels the weaker man in, planting the idea and prompting further inquiry. And then watch the way he registers that, merely by listening, he has become an accessory to the crime. Mamet’s hyper-stylized dialogue isn’t easy to act; if the rhythm is off, it can feel unbearably phony, “written” rather than spoken. But Arkin more than holds his own against Harris here, and in later duets with Pacino, a similarly heavyweight dramatic actor.

Persons: Moss, Levene, ” Blake thunders, he’s, “ Glengarry Glen, ”, Lemmon’s Levene, Harris’s Moss, “, Blake, moans, Arkin, Harris, Pacino, He’s Locations: “ Glengarry, “ Glengarry Glen Ross, Glengarry

☆ Versatile Oscar-winning American actor Alan Arkin dies at 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Actor Alan Arkin poses during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada April 23, 2015. Alan Arkin was honored with the CinemaCon Lifetime Achievement Award. His first major movie role also earned him an Oscar nomination - best actor for playing a Soviet sailor in the 1966 Cold War comedy "The Russians Are Coming! He appeared as a deaf-mute in the adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" in 1968, drawing his second Academy Award nomination for best actor. "Did ANYONE have the range Alan Arkin had?

Persons: Alan Arkin, CinemaCon, Steve, Oscar, Adam, Matthew, Anthony, Arkin, Carl Reiner's, Sunshine, Audrey Hepburn, terrorizes Hepburn, Carson McCullers, Joseph Heller's, Ben Affleck's, Michael Douglas, Patton Oswalt, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen, Alan Wolf Arkin, Harry Belafonte, Suzanne, Will Dunham, Danielle Broadway, Bill Trott, Diane Craft, Nick Zieminski, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Caesars, National Association of Theatre Owners, REUTERS, Little, Oscar, Variety, The New York Times, CIA, New, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Carlsbad , California, Soviet, Iran, Glengarry Glen Ross, Beverly Hills, New York City, Brooklyn, Los Angeles

☆ Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber to Lead Broadway ‘Doubt’ Revival
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber will star in a revival of “Doubt: A Parable” on Broadway this season. The play, by John Patrick Shanley, is about a nun who suspects a priest has sexually abused a student at a Catholic school. (All Broadway theaters are planning to dim the lights of their marquees for one minute at 6:45 p.m. tonight in Haimes’s memory.) Daly, who will play the nun who serves as the school principal, and Schreiber, who will play the parish priest, are both Tony winners. “Doubt” will be one of three plays staged by Roundabout on Broadway this season.

Persons: Tyne Daly, Liev Schreiber, John Patrick Shanley, Scott Ellis, Todd Haimes, Daly, Schreiber, Tony, “ Cagney, Lacey, ”, ” Schreiber, “ Ray Donovan, Glengarry Glen, Theresa Rebeck, Danny DeVito, Lucy, Kenny Leon, Williams Organizations: Broadway, Roundabout Theater Company, American Airlines Theater Locations: Glengarry Glen Ross

☆ Things are pretty grim in real estate, but that could be a good thing for proptech startups in the long run
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, we've got stories on Deutsche Bank's tumbling shares, some bad news for Block, and why Gen Z might be in trouble. Of the many casualties of 2022, startups focusing on the real-estate market were some of the biggest. As the real-estate market dried up, thanks to rising interest rates, these companies that were meant to upend the industry through tech and innovation suddenly took a backseat. And while current conditions aren't ideal for proptech startups, that could actually benefit them in the long run. Click here to check out 26 of the hottest proptech startups set to take off in 2023.

☆ ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: Billy Crudup Sells Crater-Front Property
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The dark comedy and shiny retrofuturism of “Hello Tomorrow!” may suggest a few alternative titles—“Mrs. Maisel in Space” or “The Jetsons Like Ike” or “Glengarry Glen Ross on Ketamine,” none of which would be wrong, exactly. Billy Crudup gives a genuinely remarkable performance as Jack Billings , a man who is mostly façade, which helps his mission—selling real estate on the moon. He’s a master at his craft and Mr. Crudup gives Jack sufficient self-awareness to make him charming, even when both he and a client know he’s playing a part and pushing a scheme. But even as the shilling for lunar time-shares plays out in a universe seemingly caught between eras, the production design is a constant wonder and curiosity, if not a positive distraction.

Oscar-nominated actor Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western movie “Rust,” prosecutors said Thursday. "Rust" first assistant director, David Halls, has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon, according to Carmack-Altwies' office. Baldwin was rehearsing with a pistol for a scene set inside a church when the gun went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza. Jae C. Hong / AP fileIn early October, Hutchins’ husband reached a settlement in his wrongful death lawsuit against the producers of “Rust,” including Baldwin. Souza is expected to return as the director when filming picks back up this month.

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