CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
Gilbert Gottfried
SXSW2023: Star Wars Documentary ‘A Disturbance in the Force’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 6, 2023 - 11:27amAUSTIN, TX – The best film I saw at SXSW 2023 was “A Disturbance in the Force,” a new documentary about one of the most infamous TV programs in the medium’s history … “The Star Wars Holiday Special.” In a precise narrative with celebrity commentary, the history and mystery of this CBS-TV holiday event is unspooled.
In Memoriam: Slideshow of Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2022 By Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2023 - 1:25pm- 2022
- Barbara Walters
- Bob Saget
- Exclusive Portrait
- Gilbert Gottfried
- GoodFellas
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- In Memoriam
- Joe Arce
- Kirstie Alley
- Leave it to Beaver
- Louise Fletcher
- Madeleine Albright
- MASH
- Meat Loaf
- Naomi Judd
- Nichelle Nichols
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Sorvino
- Slideshow
- Star Trek
- The Exorcist
- Tony Dow
CHICAGO – The grim reaper spares no one, despite even having a celebrity status. But photographer Joe Arce, who has taken thousands of Exclusive Portraits of famous folks, gives some notables one more memorial image as we say adios to last year. Through his lens, from Barbara Walters at the end of December back to January, below is the Slideshow of Celebrities who passed away in 2022.!—break—>
Tribeca 2018 Slideshow: Opening-Night Red Carpet for ‘Love Gilda’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 20, 2018 - 3:23pmNEW YORK CITY – The 17th Tribeca Film Festival opened on April 18, 2018, opened with New York City centered film, the documentary “Love, Gilda.” Directed by Lisa Dapolito, the film tells the story of Gilda Radner, an original cast member in 1975 on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL). The doc featured past and present members of SNL, relating their stories on the meteoric rise and later battles of Gilda, who almost by accident became famous.
Interview: Roger Ross Williams Creates a ‘Life, Animated’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 20, 2016 - 10:49amCHICAGO – The mystery of the particulars within an autistic mind is a theme in a new documentary, as a man named Owen Suskind is profiled through his personal breakthroughs using the animated films of the Walt Disney Studios. Director Roger Ross Williams introduces the unusual journey in the compelling “Life, Animated.”