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100-655: Regulars at the establishment included Warren Beatty , Woody Allen , Adnan Khashoggi , Ivan Boesky , Michael Milken , and John DeLorean and Cristina Ferrare . The restaurant was awarded four stars by New York Times food critic Marion Burros in 1984 and two additional times by New York Times food critic Bryan Miller. Among the chefs who worked under Wine at the restaurant and then went on to notable careers are Jan Birnbaum, Carmen González , David Kinch and Tom Colicchio . 40°45′40.5″N 73°58′24.5″W  /  40.761250°N 73.973472°W  / 40.761250; -73.973472 Warren Beatty This

200-461: A British Academy Film Award , and Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance. In 1980, MacLaine starred in two other films about adultery, A Change of Seasons alongside Anthony Hopkins and Bo Derek , and Loving Couples with James Coburn and Susan Sarandon . Neither film was a success, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times calling Loving Couples "a dumb remake of

300-415: A fundraiser and organizer for George McGovern 's campaign for president in 1972 . That year, she wrote the book McGovern: The Man and His Beliefs . She appeared at her brother's concerts Four for McGovern and Together for McGovern , and she joined with Sid Bernstein to produce the woman-focused Star-Spangled Women for McGovern–Shriver variety show at Madison Square Garden . So much of her time

400-456: A photojournalist in a short-lived sitcom, Shirley's World (1971–1972). Co-produced by Sheldon Leonard and ITC Entertainment , the series was shot in the United Kingdom. As part of the deal, Lew Grade produced the low-budget drama Desperate Characters (1970). MacLaine put her career on hold as she campaigned for George McGovern during the 1972 presidential election , including

500-464: A sandhog . Beatty started his career making appearances on television shows such as Studio One (1957), Kraft Television Theatre (1957), and Playhouse 90 (1959). He was a semi-regular on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis during its first season (1959–60). His performance in William Inge 's A Loss of Roses on Broadway garnered him a 1960 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in

600-565: A 1987 miniseries based upon her bestselling autobiography, Out on a Limb . In 2001, she appeared in These Old Broads written by Carrie Fisher and co-starring Elizabeth Taylor , Debbie Reynolds, and Joan Collins . In 2009, she starred in Coco Before Chanel , a Lifetime production based on the life of French fashion designer, Coco Chanel , which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award , and Golden Globe Award nominations. She appeared in

700-660: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical nomination. The film was not a financial success. MacLaine was top-billed in Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), in a role written for Elizabeth Taylor, who chose not to appear in the movie. The Western film was a hit, primarily due to her co-star Clint Eastwood , one of the top box office stars in the world at that time. The film's director, Don Siegel , said of her: "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine, and has too much balls. She's very, very hard." She then moved on to television, cast as

800-666: A Play and a 1960 Theatre World Award . It was his sole appearance on Broadway. Beatty enlisted in the California Air National Guard in February 1960 but was discharged the following year due to a physical disability . He remained on inactive duty after that time. Beatty made his film debut in Elia Kazan 's Splendor in the Grass (1961), opposite Natalie Wood . The film was a major critical and box office success and Beatty

900-623: A cameo appearance in the Rat Pack movie Ocean's 11 (1960). MacLaine would become an honorary member of the Rat Pack. In 1960, MacLaine starred in Billy Wilder 's romantic comedy The Apartment (1960). The film is set in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and follows an insurance clerk, C.C. Baxter ( Jack Lemmon ), who allows his co-workers to use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. He

1000-545: A certain degree of wealth and power have been achieved, the ordinary rules of human behavior can be flouted?... Fools and idiots abound, but demonic, systemic evil does not. Mr. Beatty obviously loves Hollywood, which has been good to him. — Stephen Holden , The New York Times In 2010, Beatty directed and reprised his role as Dick Tracy in the 30-minute television special Dick Tracy Special , which premiered on TCM . The metafictional special features an interview with Tracy and film critic and historian Leonard Maltin ,

1100-1139: A delight in the social life and no apparently strong feelings about his craft. This image has now been strikingly shattered with his emergence as a vividly individual actor and as a highly imaginative producer in the gangster ballad, Bonnie and Clyde  ... At 28 [ sic ], the image of Warren Beatty, fun-loving playboy, is dead. Warren Beatty, a man of the cinema, is born. —Gerald Garrett, syndicated movie columnist Beatty followed his initial film with Tennessee Williams ' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), with Vivien Leigh and Lotte Lenya , directed by Jose Quintero ; All Fall Down (1962), with Angela Lansbury , Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint , directed by John Frankenheimer ; Lilith (1963), with Jean Seberg and Peter Fonda , directed by Robert Rossen ; Promise Her Anything (1964), with Leslie Caron , Bob Cummings and Keenan Wynn , directed by Arthur Hiller ; Mickey One (1965), with Alexandra Stewart and Hurd Hatfield , directed by Arthur Penn ; and Kaleidoscope (1966), with Susannah York and Clive Revill , directed by Jack Smight . In 1965, he formed

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1200-471: A film, it's a marvelous view of America in the 1912–19 era, and Beatty brought some superior performances from a large cast. —Joe Pollack, syndicated columnist Beatty's next film was Reds (1981), a historical epic about American Communist journalist John Reed who observed the Russian October Revolution – a project Beatty had begun researching and filming for as far back as 1970. It

1300-518: A lawsuit. MacLaine next starred in seven roles as seven different women in Vittorio DeSica 's episodic film Woman Times Seven (1967), a collection of seven stories of love and adultery set against a Paris backdrop. She followed that film with another comedy, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom in 1968. Both films were box office flops. In 1969, MacLaine starred in the film version of the musical Sweet Charity , directed by Bob Fosse , and based on

1400-565: A matinee and urged film producer Hal B. Wallis to attend the evening performance with him, hoping to cast her in Artists and Models . Wallis signed her to work for Paramount Pictures . MacLaine began her career and quickly rose to fame during the final years of the Golden Age of Hollywood when she made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock 's The Trouble with Harry (1955), for which she won

1500-504: A memoir titled Don’t Fall off the Mountain , the first of her numerous books. She devoted some pages to a 1963 incident in which she had marched into the Los Angeles office of The Hollywood Reporter and punched columnist Mike Connolly in the mouth. She was angered by what he had said in his column about her ongoing contractual dispute with producer Hal Wallis , who had introduced her to

1600-792: A number of international awards: in 1992, he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (France); in 1998, he was nominated for a Golden Lion for Best Film ( Bulworth ), and received a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival ; in 2001, he received the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Sebastián International Film Festival ; in 2002, he received the British Academy Fellowship from BAFTA; and in 2011, he

1700-742: A political cause on a scale previously unseen, creating a new power dynamic. Beatty appeared in the films The Parallax View (1974), directed by Alan Pakula ; and The Fortune (1975), directed by Mike Nichols . Taking greater control, Beatty produced, co-wrote and acted in Shampoo (1975), directed by Hal Ashby , which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay , as well as five Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor. In 1978, Beatty directed, produced, wrote and acted in Heaven Can Wait (1978) (sharing co-directing credit with Buck Henry ). The film

1800-489: A position at Arlington's Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in 1945. During the 1950s the family resided in the Dominion Hills section of Arlington. Beatty's older sister is actress, dancer and writer Shirley MacLaine . His uncle by marriage was Canadian politician A.A. MacLeod . Beatty became interested in movies as a child, often accompanying his sister to theaters. One film that had an important early influence on him

1900-493: A production company, Tatira, which he named for Kathlyn (whose nickname was "Tat") and Ira. At age 29, Beatty produced and acted in Bonnie and Clyde , released in 1967. He assembled a team that included the writers Robert Benton and David Newman , and the director, Arthur Penn . Beatty selected most of the cast, including Faye Dunaway , Gene Hackman , Estelle Parsons , Gene Wilder and Michael J. Pollard . Beatty also oversaw

2000-471: A real estate agent. Her Canadian mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a drama teacher from Wolfville, Nova Scotia . MacLaine's younger brother is the actor, writer, and director Warren Beatty , who changed the spelling of his surname for his career. Both were raised by their parents as Baptists . Her mother's brother-in-law was A. A. MacLeod , a Communist member of the Ontario provincial legislature in

2100-411: A screenplay by William Peter Blatty , and then co-starred with Michael Caine in the crime thriller Gambit (1966). In the mid-1960s, Twentieth Century-Fox offered her a salary of $ 750,000 on a "pay or play" basis to appear in a movie adaptation of the musical Bloomer Girl , a fee equivalent to the paydays enjoyed by top box office stars of the time. However, the project was canceled, triggering

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2200-641: A screenplay by Reynolds's daughter, Carrie Fisher . Fisher wrote the screenplay based on her book. MacLaine received another Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance. MacLaine continued to act in films such as Used People (1992), with Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates ; Guarding Tess (1994), with Nicolas Cage ; Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), with Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser ; The Evening Star (1996); Rumor Has It... (2005) with Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston ; In Her Shoes (also 2005), with Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette ; and Closing

2300-434: A second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1989, she released her VHS, Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout: A Program for Relaxation and Stress Reduction through Meditation , a companion to her 1989 book, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation . MacLaine continued to star in films, such as the family southern drama Steel Magnolias (1989) directed by Herbert Ross . The film focuses on

2400-547: A series of benefit concerts to help with publicity and fundraising in the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign . Beatty first put together Four for McGovern at The Forum in the Los Angeles area, convincing Barbra Streisand , Carole King and James Taylor to perform. Streisand brought Quincy Jones and his Orchestra, and recorded the album Live Concert at the Forum . Two weeks later, Beatty mounted another concert at

2500-561: A strong interest in spirituality and metaphysics, which are the central themes of some of her best-selling books, including Out on a Limb and Dancing in the Light . Her spiritual explorations include walking the Way of St. James , working with Chris Griscom, and practicing Transcendental Meditation . The topic of New Age spirituality has also found its way into several of her films. In Albert Brooks 's romantic comedy Defending Your Life (1991),

2600-426: A very old idea that has been done so much better so many times before, that this version is wretchedly unnecessary ... the whole project smells like high-gloss sitcom." MacLaine and Hopkins did not get along on A Change of Seasons and the film was not a success; critics faulted the screenplay. MacLaine, however, did receive positive notices from critics. Vincent Canby wrote in his The New York Times review that

2700-672: Is a movie I always wanted to make." He remade Love Affair in 1994, starring alongside his wife Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn. Among his favorite TV shows in the 1950s was the Texaco Star Theatre , and he began to mimic one of its regular host comedians, Milton Berle . Beatty learned to do a "superb imitation of Berle and his routine", said a friend, and often used Berle-type humor at home. His sister's memories of her brother include seeing him reading books by Eugene O'Neill or singing along to Al Jolson records. In Rules Don't Apply (2016), Beatty plays Howard Hughes , who

2800-634: Is an accepted version of this page Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty ; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards . He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1999, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2007, and

2900-451: Is attracted to the insurance company's elevator operator (MacLaine), who is already having an affair with Baxter's boss ( Fred MacMurray ). The film received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office. It received ten Academy Award nominations, winning Best Picture , Best Director , Best Original Screenplay , Best Art Direction (Black and White) and Best Film Editing . MacLaine's performance in

3000-486: Is shown talking about and singing Jolson songs while flying his plane. MacLaine noted — on what made her brother want to become a filmmaker, sometimes writing, producing, directing and starring in his films: "That's why he's more comfortable behind the camera ... He's in the total-control aspect. He has to have control over everything." Beatty doesn't deny that need; in speaking about his earliest parts, he said "When I acted in films I used to come with suggestions about

3100-634: The 1958 film of the same name . The film saw her co-starring with Dean Martin for the second time. For her role as Ginny Moorehead, she earned positive reviews and received her first nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama . She appeared with Dean Martin in Career (1959), the third of their several films. MacLaine appeared with Frank Sinatra in 1960's Can-Can , then made

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3200-661: The 89th Academy Awards , praised MacLaine's performance as "raw, real, and funny", and as making "this black and white movie feel like it's in color". MacLaine starred in The Children's Hour (1961), based on the play by Lillian Hellman , and directed by William Wyler . Reunited with Wilder and Lemmon for Irma la Douce (1963); she received her third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, in addition to winning her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. In 1970, MacLaine published

3300-675: The AFI Life Achievement Award in 2008. Beatty has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards , including four for Best Actor , four for Best Picture , two for Best Director , three for Original Screenplay , and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981). Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting, directing, writing, and producing in the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait (with Buck Henry as codirector) and again for Reds . Beatty made his acting debut in Splendor in

3400-478: The Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), In Her Shoes (2005), Bernie (2011), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Elsa & Fred (2014), and Noelle (2019). MacLaine starred in

3500-1104: The Akira Kurosawa Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 from the San Francisco International Film Festival . He has received the Board of Governors Award from the American Society of Cinematographers , the Distinguished Director Award from the Costume Designers Guild, the Life Achievement Award from the Publicists Guild, and the Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award from the Art Directors Guild. In 2004, he received

3600-492: The Cleveland Arena , in which Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon joined James Taylor. In June 1972, Beatty produced Together for McGovern at Madison Square Garden , reuniting Simon and Garfunkel , Nichols and May , and Peter, Paul and Mary , and featuring Dionne Warwick . With these productions, campaign manager Gary Hart said that Beatty had "invented the political concert". He had mobilized Hollywood celebrities for

3700-505: The Dominion Hills section of Arlington. As a toddler, she had weak ankles and fell over with the slightest misstep, so her mother decided to enroll her in ballet class at the Washington School of Ballet at the age of three. This was the beginning of her interest in performing. Strongly motivated by ballet, she never missed a class. In classical romantic pieces such as Romeo and Juliet and The Sleeping Beauty , she always played

3800-664: The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute in 1995, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014. MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood . Born in Richmond, Virginia , MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Me and Juliet and The Pajama Game . MacLaine's career began during

3900-854: The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights , and the Spirit of Hollywood Award from the Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies. Beatty was a founding board member of the Center for National Policy , a founding member of the Progressive Majority , a member of the Council on Foreign Relations , has served as the Campaign Chair for the Permanent Charities Committee, and has participated in

4000-451: The Golden Globe Award for Best Director . Following Reds , Beatty did not appear in a film for five years until 1987's Ishtar , written and directed by Elaine May . Following severe criticism in press reviews by the new British studio chief David Puttnam just prior to its release, the film received mixed reviews and was unimpressive commercially. Puttnam attacked several other over-budget U.S. films greenlighted by his predecessor and

4100-846: The Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress . The Trouble with Harry was quickly followed by her role in the Martin and Lewis film Artists and Models (also 1955). Soon afterwards, she had the female lead in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture . This was followed by Hot Spell , The Sheepman , and The Matchmaker (1958), all released in 1958. She played Ginny Moorehead, who falls in love with Frank Sinatra 's character, Dave, in Vincente Minelli 's adaptation of James Jones’ novel Some Came Running , in

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4200-1045: The Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., and the Milestone Award from the Producers Guild of America . He was honored with the American Film Institute 's Life Achievement Award in 2008. In March 2013, he was inducted into the California Hall of Fame . In 2016, he was honored by the Museum of the Moving Image and received the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Beatty has received

4300-652: The World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland . He served on the Board of Trustees at the Scripps Research Institute , and the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation . He was named Honorary Chairman of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in 2004. Director and collaborator Arthur Penn described Beatty as "the perfect producer", adding, "He makes everyone demand

4400-470: The 1940s. While MacLaine was still a child, Ira Beaty moved the family from Richmond to Norfolk , and then to Arlington , then to Waverly , and then back to Arlington, where he worked at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Arlington, in 1945. MacLaine played baseball on a boys team, holding the record for most home runs, which earned her the nickname "Powerhouse". During the 1950s, the family resided in

4500-551: The 1960s, and Australian politician and two-time Liberal leader Andrew Peacock . MacLaine has also gotten into feuds with such co-stars as Anthony Hopkins ( A Change of Seasons ), who said that "she was the most obnoxious actress I have ever worked with", and Debra Winger ( Terms of Endearment ). MacLaine claimed that in a previous life in Atlantis she was the brother of a 35,000-year-old spirit named Ramtha, channeled by mystic teacher and author J. Z. Knight . She has

4600-757: The 2001 television movie These Old Broads , MacLaine's character is a devotee of New Age spirituality. She has an interest in UFOs , and gave numerous interviews on CNN , NBC and Fox news channels on the subject during 2007–08. In her book Sage-ing While Age-ing (2007), she described having alien encounters and witnessing the 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident . On an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in April 2011, MacLaine stated that she and her neighbor had observed numerous UFOs at her New Mexico ranch for extended periods of time. Along with her brother Warren Beatty, MacLaine used her celebrity status in instrumental roles as

4700-493: The Building (2022). MacLaine has written many books regarding the subjects of metaphysics , spirituality , and reincarnation , as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983). Named after child actress Shirley Temple , who was six years old at the time, Shirley MacLean Beaty was born on April 24, 1934, in Richmond, Virginia . Her father, Ira Owens Beaty, was a professor of psychology, public school administrator, and

4800-510: The Democratic primaries. In 1973, her friend, writer and director William Peter Blatty wanted to cast her for the role as the mother in The Exorcist . The role was eventually played by Ellen Burstyn . MacLaine declined the part since she had recently appeared in another film about the supernatural, The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972). MacLaine’s documentary film The Other Half of

4900-449: The Grass (1961) followed by Bonnie and Clyde (1967), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), and Shampoo (1975). He also directed and starred in Heaven Can Wait (1978), Reds (film) (1981) , Dick Tracy (1990), Bugsy (1991), Bulworth (1998), and Rules Don't Apply (2016), all of which he also produced. Beatty received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut in A Loss of Roses (1960). Henry Warren Beaty

5000-723: The Ring (2007), directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Christopher Plummer . She would later reunite with Plummer in the 2014 comedy film Elsa & Fred directed by Michael Radford . In 2000, she made her first (and only) feature-film directorial debut, and starred in Bruno (with Alex D. Linz), which was released to video as The Dress Code . In 2011, MacLaine starred in Richard Linklater 's dark comedy film Bernie alongside Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey . MacLaine has also appeared in numerous television projects, including

5100-463: The Sky: A China Memoir (1975), co-directed with film and television director Claudia Weill , about the first women's delegation to China in 1973, was released theatrically and on PBS, and was nominated for the year's Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film . MacLaine returned to onstage live performances during the 1970s. In 1976, she appeared in a series of concerts at the London Palladium and New York's Palace Theatre . The latter of these

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5200-471: The audience that Kazan "had given him the most important break in his career." Biskind adds that they "were wildly dissimilar—mentor vs. protegé, director vs. actor, immigrant outsider vs. native son. Kazan was armed with the confidence born of age and success, while Beatty was virtually aflame with the arrogance of youth." Kazan recalls his impressions of Beatty: Warren—it was obvious the first time I saw him—wanted it all and wanted it his way. Why not? He had

5300-429: The best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing, and scoring. He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen." The National Association of Theatre Owners awarded him with the Star of the Year Award in 1975, and in 1978 the Director of the Year Award and the Producer of the Year Award. He received the Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award from the National Board of Review in 1998. He received

5400-438: The bond that a group of women share in a small-town Southern community, and how they cope with the death of a loved one. The film was a box office success, earning $ 96.8 million off a budget of $ 15 million. MacLaine received a British Academy Film Award for her performance. She starred in Mike Nichols ' film Postcards from the Edge (1990), with Meryl Streep , playing a fictionalized version of Debbie Reynolds from

5500-500: The boys' roles because she was the tallest in the groups of girls. MacLaine eventually was cast in a substantial female role as the fairy godmother in Cinderella and while warming up backstage, broke her ankle. She tightened the ribbons on her toe shoes and completed the entire performance before calling for an ambulance. Ultimately MacLaine decided against making a career of professional ballet because she had grown too tall and felt unable to perfect her technique. She explained that hers

5600-475: The chorus of a production of Oklahoma! that toured the subway circuit . After graduation, she returned and made her Broadway debut dancing in the ensemble of the Broadway production of Me and Juliet (1953–1954). Afterwards she became an understudy to actress Carol Haney in The Pajama Game ; in May 1954 Haney injured her ankle during a Wednesday matinee, and MacLaine performed in her place. A few months later, with Haney still injured, Jerry Lewis saw

5700-441: The energy, a very keen intelligence, and more chutzpah than any Jew I've ever known. Even more than me. Bright as they come, intrepid, and with that thing all women secretly respect: complete confidence in his sexual powers, confidence so great that he never had to advertise himself, even by hints. Mr. Beatty's career has had all the hallmarks of the conventional Hollywood golden boy. Ingratiating good looks, disarming youthfulness,

5800-413: The excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. In 1979, she starred alongside Peter Sellers in Hal Ashby 's satirical film Being There . The film received widespread acclaim with Roger Ebert writing that he admired the film "for having the guts to take this totally weird concept and push it to its ultimate comic conclusion". MacLaine received

5900-417: The female dramatic lead in the Western Big Country, Big Man to be filmed in Australia. The case was decided in MacLaine's favor, and affirmed on appeal by the California Supreme Court in 1970. The case is discussed in many law-school textbooks as an example of employment-contract law. MacLaine was married to businessman Steve Parker from 1954 until their divorce in 1982. Their daughter, Sachi Parker ,

6000-501: The film "exhibits no sense of humor and no appreciation for the ridiculous ... the screenplay [is] often dreadful ... the only appealing performance is Miss MacLaine's, and she's too good to be true. A Change of Seasons does prove one thing, though. A farce about characters who've been freed of their conventional obligations quickly becomes aimless." In 1983, she starred in James L. Brooks 's comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983) playing Debra Winger 's mother. The film focuses on

6100-486: The film earned her a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. However, despite being highly favored to win, she lost the award to Elizabeth Taylor for BUtterfield 8 . She, however, won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress , the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . The Apartment was included by Roger Ebert in his 2001 Great Movies list. Charlize Theron , speaking at

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6200-414: The film “Noelle”. In 2022, she returned to television starring with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in the hit Hulu series Only Murders in the Building . In 2024, MacLaine's film American Dreamer opened in theaters two years after its initial premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival . In 1959, MacLaine sued Hal Wallis over a contractual dispute. The lawsuit has been credited with ending

6300-525: The final years of the Golden Age of Hollywood where she made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock 's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress . She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six-time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won

6400-461: The former winning the award, her first and only win in the category. Her performance also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama . MacLaine followed up her Oscar win with a role in Cannonball Run II (1984). After a four-year hiatus from acting, she starred in the drama Madame Sousatzka (1988), in the eponymous lead role as a Russian-American immigrant. She received positive reviews for her performance, earning her

6500-444: The latter of whom discusses the history and creation of Tracy. Tracy talks about how he admired Ralph Byrd and Morgan Conway who portrayed him in several films, but says he didn't care much for Beatty's portrayal of him or his film . The production of the special allowed Beatty to retain the rights to the character. At CinemaCon In April 2016, Beatty reiterated that he intends to make a Dick Tracy sequel. In 2023, Beatty reprised

6600-434: The movie industry in 1954 and whom she eventually sued successfully for violating the terms of their contract. The incident with Connolly garnered a headline on the cover of the New York Post on June 11, 1963. The full story appeared on page 5 under the headline “Shirley Delivers A Punchy Line!” with a byline by Bernard Lefkowitz . MacLaine starred in the Cold War comedy John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965), with

6700-399: The need for campaign finance reform. He was one of the pallbearers chosen by McCain himself at the senator's funeral in 2018. Film Television Beatty has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from the Americans for Democratic Action , the Brennan Legacy Award from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, the Phillip Burton Public Service Award from

6800-444: The old-style studio star system of actor management. In 1966, MacLaine sued Twentieth Century-Fox for breach of contract when the studio reneged on its agreement to star MacLaine in a film version of the Broadway musical Bloomer Girl based on the life of Amelia Bloomer , a mid-nineteenth century feminist, suffragist, and abolitionist, that was to be filmed in Hollywood. Instead, Fox gave MacLaine one week to accept their offer of

6900-449: The poor box office performance of Town & Country (2001), in which Beatty starred, he did not appear in or direct another film for 15 years. In May 2005, Beatty sued Tribune Media , claiming he still maintained the rights to Dick Tracy . On March 25, 2011, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson ruled in Beatty's favor. Who else is better equipped to understand the symbiosis between show business and politics and to assert that when

7000-520: The previous year's flub. Without incident, Beatty announced The Shape of Water as the winner. Beatty has been married to actress Annette Bening since 1992. They have four children, including actress Ella Beatty . Prior to marrying Bening, Beatty was notorious for his large number of romantic relationships that received generous media coverage, having been linked to over 100 female celebrities. Cher stated that "Warren has probably been with everybody I know." Leslie Caron dated him but thought he

7100-549: The real-life gangster Bugsy Siegel in the critically acclaimed and commercially successful film Bugsy , directed by Barry Levinson , which was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor; it later won two of the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design . The film also received eight Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor, winning for Best Motion Picture. Beatty's next film, Love Affair (1994), directed by Glenn Gordon Caron , received mixed reviews and

7200-466: The recently deceased lead characters, played by Brooks and Meryl Streep , are astonished to find MacLaine introducing their past lives in the "Past Lives Pavilion"; in Postcards from the Edge (1990), MacLaine sings a version of "I'm Still Here", with lyrics customized for her by composer Stephen Sondheim (for example, one line in the lyrics was changed to "I'm feeling transcendental – am I here?"); and in

7300-542: The role of Tracy and played the character opposite himself in Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In , a follow-up to the Dick Tracy Special that also aired on TCM. The 30-minute special, which mostly consists of a Zoom interview with Ben Mankiewicz and a returning Maltin in which Tracy criticizes aspects of the 1990 film adaptation to Beatty's face and suggests that a younger actor should take over

7400-434: The role of Tracy, concludes with Beatty and Tracy meeting in person and suggesting that Dick Tracy will return in future. In the mid-1970s, Beatty signed a contract with Warner Bros. to star in, produce, write, and possibly direct a film about Howard Hughes . The project was put on hold when Beatty began Heaven Can Wait . Initially, Beatty planned to film the life story of John Reed and Hughes back-to-back, but as he

7500-573: The script and spearheaded the delivery of the film. Beatty chose Gene Hackman because he had acted with him in Lilith in 1964 and felt he was a "great" actor. Upon completion of the film, he credited Hackman with giving the "most authentic performance in the movie, so textured and so moving", recalls Dunaway. Beatty had been so impressed by Gene Wilder after seeing him in a play, that he cast him without an audition for what became Wilder's screen debut. And Beatty had already known Pollard: "Michael J. Pollard

7600-433: The script for Federico Fellini 's Nights of Cabiria which was released a decade earlier. Gwen Verdon , who originated the role onstage, had hoped to play Charity in the film version; however, MacLaine won the role because her name was better known to audiences at the time. Verdon signed on as assistant to choreographer Bob Fosse, helping teach MacLaine dance moves and some of the more intricate routines. MacLaine received

7700-463: The script, the lighting, the wardrobe, and people used to say 'Waddya want, to produce the picture as well?' And I used to say that I supposed I did." Beatty played football at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Encouraged to act by the success of his sister, who established herself as a Hollywood star, he decided to work as a stagehand at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. during

7800-402: The sitcom Shirley's World (1971–1972) and played the eponymous fashion designer in the biopic television film Coco Chanel (2008), receiving nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and a Golden Globe Award for the latter. She also made appearances in several television series, including Downton Abbey (2012–2013), Glee (2014), and Only Murders in

7900-491: The stage to present the Best Picture Award . They had been given the wrong envelope, leading Dunaway to incorrectly announce La La Land as Best Picture, instead of the actual winner, Moonlight . This became a social media sensation, trending all over the world. In 2018, Beatty and Dunaway returned to present Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards , earning a standing ovation upon their entrance, making jokes about

8000-433: The strained relationship between mother and daughter over 30 years. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success at the box-office, grossing $ 108.4 million, emerging as the second-highest-grossing film of the year . The film received a leading 11 nominations at the 56th Academy Awards , and won five, including Best Picture . Both MacLaine and Winger earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, with

8100-621: The summer before his senior year. After graduation, he was reportedly offered ten college football scholarships, but turned them down to study liberal arts at Northwestern University (1954–55), where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. Beatty left college after his first year and moved to New York City to study acting under Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting . He often subsisted on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and worked odd jobs, including dishwasher, piano player, bricklayer's assistant, construction worker, and, relatively briefly,

8200-616: The third and fourth seasons of the British drama Downton Abbey as Martha Levinson , mother to Cora, Countess of Grantham (played by Elizabeth McGovern ), and Harold Levinson (played by Paul Giamatti ) in 2012–2013. In 2016, MacLaine starred in Wild Oats with Jessica Lange . She starred in the live-action family film The Little Mermaid , based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, in 2018. In 2019, she played Elf Polly in

8300-452: The title Rules Don't Apply , a fictionalized true-life romantic comedy set in 1958 Hollywood and Las Vegas. Beatty wrote, co-produced, directed and starred alongside Alden Ehrenreich and Lily Collins , with supporting cast including Baldwin, Annette Bening , Matthew Broderick , Candice Bergen , Ed Harris and Martin Sheen . Some have said that Beatty's film was 40 years in the making. It

8400-434: Was The Philadelphia Story (1940), which he saw when it was re-released in the 1950s. He noticed a strong resemblance between its star, Katharine Hepburn , and his mother, in both appearance and personality, saying that they symbolized "perpetual integrity". Another film that influenced him was Love Affair (1939), starring one of his favorite actors, Charles Boyer . He found it "deeply moving", and recalled that "[t]his

8500-531: Was a commercial failure. In 1998, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the political satire Bulworth , which was critically acclaimed and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . The film also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. Beatty has appeared briefly in numerous documentaries, including Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) and One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005). Following

8600-639: Was a critical and commercial success, despite being an American film about an American Communist, made and released at the height of the Cold War. It received 12 Academy Award nominations – including four for Beatty (for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay), winning three. Beatty won for Best Director, Maureen Stapleton won for Best Supporting Actress (playing anarchist Emma Goldman ), and Vittorio Storaro won for Best Cinematography. The film received seven Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Director, Actor and Screenplay. Beatty won

8700-497: Was awarded the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award . Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty ; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades , including an Academy Award , an Emmy Award , two BAFTA Awards , six Golden Globe Awards , two Volpi Cups , and two Silver Bears . She has been honored with

8800-460: Was born in 1956. In April 2011, while promoting her new book, I'm Over All That , she revealed to Oprah Winfrey that she had had an open relationship with her husband. MacLaine also told Winfrey that she often fell for the leading men she worked with, the exceptions being Jack Lemmon ( The Apartment , Irma la Douce ) and Jack Nicholson ( Terms of Endearment ). MacLaine also had long-running affairs with Lord Mountbatten , whom she met in

8900-513: Was born on March 30, 1937, in Richmond, Virginia . His mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a teacher from Nova Scotia . His father, Ira Owens Beaty, studied for a PhD in educational psychology and was a teacher and school administrator, in addition to working in real estate. His grandparents were also teachers. The family was Baptist . During Warren's childhood, Ira Beaty moved his family from Richmond to Norfolk and then to Arlington and Waverly , then back to Arlington, eventually taking

9000-575: Was fired shortly thereafter. Under his second production company, Mulholland Productions, Beatty produced, directed and played the title role of comic strip -based detective Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name . The film received positive reviews and was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. It received seven Academy Award nominations, winning three for Best Art Direction , Best Makeup , and Best Original Song . It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture. In 1991, he produced and starred as

9100-677: Was getting deeper into the project, he eventually focused primarily on the Reed film Reds . In June 2011, it was reported that Beatty would produce, write, direct and star in a film about Hughes, focusing on an affair he had with a younger woman in the final years of his life. During this period, Beatty interviewed actors to star in his ensemble cast. He met with Andrew Garfield , Alec Baldwin , Owen Wilson , Justin Timberlake , Shia LaBeouf , Jack Nicholson , Evan Rachel Wood , Rooney Mara , and Felicity Jones . The film would eventually be released under

9200-412: Was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , and received the award for New Star of the Year – Actor . The film was also nominated for two Oscars, winning one. Author Peter Biskind points out that Kazan "was the first in a string of major directors Beatty sought out, mentors or father figures from whom he wanted to learn." Beatty, years later during a Kennedy Center tribute to Kazan, told

9300-410: Was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. It also won three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor. A film [ Reds ] of this scope and size demands incredible work from the director, and when you consider that Beatty also served as producer, writer and star, it's hard to believe so much work could come from one man. As

9400-666: Was nominated for ten Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Actor , and seven Golden Globe Awards , including Best Picture and Best Actor. Beatty was originally entitled to 40% of the film's profits but gave 10% to Penn and his 30% share earned him more than US$ 6 million. After Bonnie and Clyde , Beatty acted with Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town (1970), directed by George Stevens; McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), directed by Robert Altman ; and Dollars (1971), directed by Richard Brooks. In 1972, Beatty produced

9500-483: Was one of my oldest friends", Beatty said. "I'd known him forever; I met him the day I got my first television show. We did a play together on Broadway." Bonnie and Clyde became a critical and commercial success, despite the early misgivings by studio head Jack Warner , who put up the production money. Before filming began, Warner said, "What does Warren Beatty think he's doing? How did he ever get us into this thing? This gangster stuff went out with Cagney ." The film

9600-588: Was released as the live album Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace . MacLaine started a career comeback with the drama The Turning Point (1977), portraying a retired ballerina. Her performance in the film received critical acclaim, earning her a fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1978 for outstanding women who, through their endurance and

9700-412: Was released on November 23, 2016, and was Beatty's first film in 15 years. Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics" gave the film a 55% "Rotten" rating. The film was also a commercial disappointment. In 2017, Beatty reunited with his Bonnie and Clyde co-star Faye Dunaway at the 89th Academy Awards , in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary. After being introduced by Jimmy Kimmel , they walked out onto

9800-558: Was spent away from acting in 1972 that her talent agent threatened to quit; she turned down film projects and spent $ 250,000 of her own money on political activism, equivalent to $ 1,821,000 in 2023. MacLaine is godmother to journalist Jackie Kucinich , daughter of former Democratic U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich . On February 7, 2013, Penguin Group USA published Sachi Parker's autobiography Lucky Me: My Life With – and Without – My Mom, Shirley MacLaine . One of its claims

9900-475: Was too self-centered, and she refused his marriage proposals. Beatty is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party . In 1972, Beatty was part of the "inner circle" of Senator George McGovern 's presidential campaign . He traveled extensively and was instrumental in organizing fundraising. Despite differences in politics, Beatty was also a friend of Republican Senator John McCain , with whom he agreed on

10000-516: Was unlike the ideal body type, lacking the requisite "beautifully constructed feet" of high arches, high insteps and a flexible ankle. She moved on to other forms of dancing as well as acting and musical theater. MacLaine attended Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia, where she was on the cheerleading squad and acted in school theatrical productions. The summer before her senior year of high school in Arlington, Virginia, MacLaine went to New York City to try acting and had minor success in

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