New Year's Eve (2011)

A Holiday from Holiday Movies: A Q&A with Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall, veteran Hollywood producer, director, and writer of film, television, and theater, stopped by Word and Film to talk about his happy days in Hollywood. Word & Film: How did you get your first big break? Garry Marshall: Comedian Joey Bishop gave my partner, Fred Freeman, and me a writing job on Jack Paar’s “Tonight Show.” W&F: How did you almost kill Lucille Ball? GM: My next writing partner, Jerry Belson, and I wrote her a script in which she wore roller skates. As part of the plot, we had her feet swell up so she couldn’t get the roller skates off in time to attend a fancy party. She had to wear a ball gown over her roller skates. At the party, she lost her balance and crashed into a waiter.  She was a little shaken up but continued on and loved the script. W&F: What was your favorite television show that you produced? GM: For sophisticated comedy, “The Odd Couple” and “ (Read More)

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Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In 'Jobs'

Indie film about Apple co-founder will shoot during 'Two and a Half Men' hiatus. By Gil Kaufman Ashton Kutcher Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/ AFP/ Getty Images Floppy hair? Check. Internet savvy? Check. Less than a year after his death, the life of technology guru and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs will be honored in an upcoming independent biopic entitled "Jobs" starring Ashton Kutcher. The TV and movie actor, who bears a striking resemblance to a young Jobs, is slated to begin filming the movie in May during his hiatus from "Two and a Half Men." The plan is to begin production before a rival film, based on writer Walter Isaacson's lauded Jobs biography, gets off the ground. Jobs died on October 5, 2011 . "Jobs" will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote") and will chronicle Jobs' rise from a Northern California hippie upbringing to the co-founding of (Read More)

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