You can breathe a sigh of relief, Popeye Doyle fans: Gene Hackman is okay after getting hit by a car while riding his bike in the Florida Keys. His rep told People, "He's suffered minor bumps and bruises and is already on his way home."
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Gene Hackman Not Wearing Helmet While Cycling And Getting Hit By Car
Gene Hackman Airlifted To Hospital After Getting Hit By Car While Riding Bike
Gene Hackman was airlifted to a Miami hospital earlier today after getting hit by a car while riding his bicycle in the Florida Keys. The Florida Highway Patrol tells TMZ that The Royal Tenenbaums star suffered injuries to his head and body. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, and at press time it remained unclear whether Hackman was faking his injuries as part of an elaborate plan to get back together with his estranged wife and precocious children.
The Royal Tenenbaums' Summer Home Was In The Bronx
Did you know that the Tenenbaum family summered in the Bronx? Their home on Eagle's Island was, in real life, at 21 Tier Street on City Island. That's right, just about 12 miles from their home on 339 Convent Avenue is where little Chazzy got that BB lodged in between his knuckles.
Royal Tenenbaums Cast Reuniting At NY Film Fest For 10th Anniversary
Gentlemen, don your finest Adidas sweatsuits and ladies, start drawing on that black eyeliner, because Wes Anderson's charming film The Royal Tenenbaums is turning 10 this year, and you can celebrate (or mourn how old you suddenly feel) with the cast this fall at the New York Film Festival.
Video: Dropping By The Royal Tenenbaums House In Harlem
The Onion AV Club has a sweet video segment for fans of Wes Anderson's third feature The Royal Tenebaums. Shot on location in NYC and released just months after the 9/11 attacks, the detached family comedy at first seemed a little too twee and fussy for that particular historical moment. But over time, we've fallen hard for the Royal T's subtle humor and nuanced ensemble performances—and while you may not catch it at first glance, to quote Paul Rudd, there's a lot of pain behind those eyes (it's just delicately understated). Anyway, that gorgeous house! It's still there, tucked away on a residential block in Harlem, and the AV Club recently dropped by with one of the location scouts to talk about how they found it and Anderson's vision:
NYC's 100 ________ Movies
Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Daily News has created, what they call, a list of NYC's 100 Most Romantic Movies. Movies that capture what it is like to "live and love here". One problem: the list needs to be edited.
Pencil This In
DISCUSSION: Noam Chomsky will be taking questions on US foreign policy tonight, following a screening of Harold Pinter's 2005 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Get your questions ready, smartypants. You can watch the video of Pinter's speech here, too.
Wes Anderson Directs Humans As Animal Testimonials
As everyone gets their bracket on and settles in for March Madness, the new Wes Anderson-directed Dasani commercials will start to air. Ernest Lupinacci, a partner in Anomaly, the upstart advertising agency that won the Dasani business from red cell/Berlin Cameron, spoke to the Observer about the ads that feature humans dressed up as animals:
"The idea behind the spots was that if you found someone who only drank water, and if they drank this water, it would be so much better. It dawned on me: My dog only drinks water. Animals are the perfect spokespersons for bottle water. Playfully, it’s like the classic testimonials. We liked the idea of being in your face. Except if we just had a person talking about the product, that would be a drag."Hmm. Gothamist isn't so sure about animals as spokes, um, spokesbeings, as we've seen dogs drink water from the toilet, not to mention eat other dog poop. And hamsters (one of the other animals) - don't they sometimes eat their young? But we do like people dressed as animals. And we like water. But we're not that into Dasani's bottling, which are just blue Coke bottles - Gothamist understands factory efficiencies, but please humor us.
A Talk With Director Wes Anderson
A Talk With Wes Anderson
New York Film Festival 2004 Line-Up
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the lineup for the New York Film Festival 2004, and it looks like NY will again benefit from being, arguably, the world's last major film festival by getting films that have played at other festivals by the time the NYFF starts October 1. Opening the festival will be Agnes Jaoui's Look At Me (premiered at Cannes); Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education (also at Cannes) is the centerpiece, as well there being a Pedro retrospective (Viva Pedro!); and Alexander Payne's Sideways will close the festival. Indiewire has a good article about the festival's lineup, and we've taken their lineup list and reproduced it here (after the jump).
Terminal Cases
5:40: Bored by the paper, I sidle up to the Howes, an Australian couple on their way to France. I ask Mr. Howe if I can borrow his book. He says, "When I saw you walk out here, I told my wife, 'What's this nutter doing?' But you seem like a nice guy." Emboldened, I ask to borrow $10. He hands me a $20.
6:12: I move closer to the boarding area, where Joy Mistele, 49, offers me a piece of her Nature Bar. I tell her I'm on standby. "That's good," she says, "because I thought you'd lost your mind. Either that or you were on your way to L.A."
6:50: I line up for my flight, but the ticket-taker informs me there's no room. Otherwise, he's unfazed by my appearance. (Security ... ha!) Gothamist likes how the Post makes its reporters act like like a crime family boss. It's all well and good, but let's face it, no one really expects to live in an airport, let alone be there for 24 hours. Whenever Gothamist sees the people stranded at the airport because of snowstorms, it doesn't look so fun.
6:12: I move closer to the boarding area, where Joy Mistele, 49, offers me a piece of her Nature Bar. I tell her I'm on standby. "That's good," she says, "because I thought you'd lost your mind. Either that or you were on your way to L.A."
6:50: I line up for my flight, but the ticket-taker informs me there's no room. Otherwise, he's unfazed by my appearance. (Security ... ha!) Gothamist likes how the Post makes its reporters act like like a crime family boss. It's all well and good, but let's face it, no one really expects to live in an airport, let alone be there for 24 hours. Whenever Gothamist sees the people stranded at the airport because of snowstorms, it doesn't look so fun.
Monk Casting News
The new season of Monk begins on January 16 on USA; Turturro's episode will air on January 23. Gothamist also saw Turturro and Shalhoub share the stage in the Classic Stage Company's Waiting for Godot; Turturro's son Amedeo had a bit part in it but is better known as the young Richie Tenebaum in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Mark Mothersbaugh's Art
Acting on a hot tip from Mindy, Gothamist went to check out former Devo musician-turned-composer for film and TV Mark Mothersbaugh's newest venture at the Fuse Gallery/Lit Lounge on Second Avenue and East 5th Street. Mothersbaugh's pieces, "Homefront Invasion," can be seen in the Fuse Gallery, and quite a few are available for sale. In fact, Gothamist's friend was so taken with one piece (at right) that he decided to buy it. Gothamist wonders if we deserve a commission - we should consult with Choire.
Movies at Alice Tully Hall
Movies at Alice Tully Hall Alice Tully Hall is where many New York Film Festival films are screened, and for the first year, where New Directors/New Films is taking place. My fondness of Alice Tully Hall also stems from the fact that by now, I know the optimal seats for movie viewing as well as talk participation.
Romances of the Young and Famous
I'm pretty much over Jimmy Fallon, like many others. He's funny, but not funnier than, say, Rachel Dratch. He's been riding the cute coattails a little too long in my book. Anyway, it doesn't mean I didn't know he was dating Tara Subkoff, sometime actress, designer of Imitation of Christ which is "Original of Crap" in my book. So I was intrigued when the Observer implied she's dating Wes Anderson(second item) and dissing Jimmy. Then I focused on Wes Anderson, wunderkind director. I thought he was dating Jennifer Wachtell, an executive at Miramax. She even played Rachel Tenenbaum, the deceased wife of Ben Stiller's Chas Tenenbaum, in The Royal Tenenbaums. Hmm, stay tuned. It could just be people's publicists baiting their clients' exes in public. If that's the case, bait on!
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