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Liz Claiborne Co-Founder Helped Create a Fashion Star
As a co-founder and afterwards main govt of Liz Claiborne Inc., Jerry Chazen served condition a enterprise that supplied the unofficial uniform for hundreds of thousands of gals moving into the workforce. Liz Claiborne revenue and earnings soared in the 1980s as the organization reliably turned out nicely-tailored skirts, jackets, blouses and pants that could be combined and matched. Mr. Chazen persuaded office stores to carve out distinctive sections to highlight Liz items—then a novel concept—rather than jumbling them in with other goods. Mr. Chazen, who died Sunday at the age of 94, also served Liz Claiborne transfer garment creation to Asia and to stamp the manufacturer identify onto purses,…
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Adam Driver to Star in Michael Mann’s Ferrari, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering new titles such as Jak & Daxter, Kraven the Hunter, and The Smurfs. This WEEK’S TOP STORY ADAM DRIVER TO STAR IN MICHAEL MANN’S FERRARI (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) One of the perhaps most understandably confusing things about the 2019 racing drama Ford v Ferrari (Certified Fresh at 92{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}) was that, early on, the title led many writers and fans to presume that actors like Christian Bale and Matt Damon would be playing characters named Ford or Ferrari. Italian automotive company founder Enzo Ferrari does have a small role in that film (mostly glowering from…
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Seth McFarlane Asked Liam Neeson To Star In Naked Gun Reboot Movie
Spectacular star turned motion motion picture hero, Liam Neeson, says that Seth McFarlane has requested him to star in a reboot of slapstick franchise, The Bare Gun. Liam Neeson says Loved ones Guy creator, Seth McFarlane, has requested him to star in a reboot of The Naked Gun. The famed slapstick film franchise, starring comedy icon Leslie Nielsen as law enforcement investigator Lieutenant Frank Drebin, sent 3 movies among 1988 and 1994, originally capitalizing on the achievement of law enforcement drama spoof, Police Squad! With its ridiculous jokes and deadpan shipping from Nielsen, the sequence could generally make audiences smile. Regretably, Nielsen handed absent in 2010, ending any risk of him even creating a…
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‘Color Purple’ Movie to Star Fantasia Taylor, Danielle Brooks
Blitz Bazawule’s “The Coloration Purple” film musical has located its Celie and Sofia in Fantasia Taylor and Danielle Brooks. Both equally actors reprise their respective roles from the phase musical, wherever Taylor manufactured her Broadway debut as Celie in 2007 pursuing her “American Idol” get, and Brooks attained a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in the 2015 revival. Taylor and Brooks’ casting was announced on Thursday as portion of the ABC News special “Soul of a Nation Offers: Display screen Queens Mounting.” For the duration of the broadcast, “ABC News Live Prime” anchor Linsey Davis interviewed the gals about reviving their roles for the film and subsequent…
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Italian movie star Monica Vitti dies at age 90 in Rome | Arts & Entertainment
ROME (AP) — Monica Vitti, the adaptable film star of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’Avventura” and other Italian alienation films of the 1960s, and afterwards a leading comic actress, has died. She was 90. Her demise was declared Wednesday on Twitter by a former lifestyle minister, Walter Veltroni, who reported he experienced been asked to talk her dying by her spouse, the photographer Roberto Russo. Vitti had been out of the general public highlight for years, dwelling quietly in Rome with her husband. She reportedly suffered from dementia. In her glamour days in the 1960s, she was ideal identified for her starring roles in “L’Avventura,” “La Notte,” “Eclisse” (“Eclipse”) and “Red Desert,”…
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Robert Pattinson to Star in Bong Joon-Ho’s Next Sci-Fi Project, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering new titles such as The Aristocats, A Christmas Story 2, and The Meg 2. This WEEK’S TOP STORY ROBERT PATTINSON TO STAR IN BONG JOON-HO’S NEXT FILM (Photo by Dee Cercone/Everett Collection) After 91 years of only awarding Best Picture to English-language films, the 92nd Annual Academy Awards in early 2020 (just before COVID-19 changed everything) finally broke the international drought with Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (Certified Fresh at 98{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), which won four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film). In the two years since, there hasn’t been much…