Susan Abigail Tomalin better known as Susan Sarandon, was born in New York City. Her mother, Lenora Marie was a television producer and her father, Phillip Leslie was an advertising executive.
It's officially Halloween season! And just in time to celebrate is the fourth annual October at the Oldtown Horror Festival, a series of vintage horror classics curated by Wichitan filmmaker/promoter Leif Jonker. This year's festival kicks off with "Creepshow," the 1982 horror/comedy classic that's really a collection of several short stories tied together with a pulpy, comic-book feel.
In this Sept. 4, 2014 file photo, actor Robert Downey Jr. and wife producer Susan Downey arrive at the opening night gala premiere of "The Judge" during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto.
Mystery novelist Lawrence Block's world-weary detective Matthew Scudder comes to the silver screen, capably embodied by Liam Neeson in an obvious attempt to start a new film franchise. The prologue, set in 1991, establishes Scudder as a former New York City cop, a recovering alcoholic who gave up booze after a shoot-out went tragically awry.
Moretz sprang to fame in 2010, shocking parents everywhere as the profanity-spouting Hit-Girl in Matthew Vaughn's violent comic-book film Kick-Ass If ever there was a disparity between an actress and her characters, it's to be found in ChloA Grace Moretz. She sprang to fame in 2010, shocking parents everywhere as the profanity-spouting Hit-Girl in Matthew Vaughn's violent comic-book film Kick-Ass .
Cross? Check. Crucifix? Check. Stake? Only if it's extra pointy. Join us as we hunt down the Origin of the most famous bloodsucker of all time, Dracula.
As luck would have it, The Woman in Black - which has been in the West End for 25 years and entertained more than 7 million people - comes to The Orchard Theatre in Dartford from Tuesday to Saturday . Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill, the set up is a lawyer telling a sceptical young actor his frightening tale as things get dark and creepy.
Any thought that the '70s-inspired political thriller genre is dead need look no further than Kill the Messenger , the true story of San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb , who back in the late '80s and '90s was leaked information by an unlikely source revealing that the CIA knew about crack cocaine being imported into the country by druglords, who in turn used the profits to fund Nicaraguan Contras. The story was explosive and Webb won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting, though soon found himself becoming the target of a blacklisting by other reporters and the government itself who tried to debunk the truth in controversy.
In this June 23, 2014 file photo, Steve Martin poses during "The Un-Private Collection: Eric Fischl and Steve Martin," an art talk presented by The Broad museum in Santa Monica, Calif. Martin is being saluted with this year's Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
