7 random things that happened on this day (Nov 14th) in showbiz history
1941 Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion premieres. It reaps three Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) winning Best Actress for Joan Fontaine.
1976 Network, one of the most electric and prescient movies of all time, premieres in both LA and NY before a nationwide bow two weeks later...
It will go on to 10 Oscar nominations and 4 wins, and is one of only 2 movies that have won 3 acting Oscars (the other being A Streetcar Named Desire). Interestingly neither of those movies won Best Picture. We wrote about Network at length here.
1988 Murphy Brown premiered on CBS. The show would run for 10 seasons and win Candice Bergen five Emmys for Best Actress in a Comedy Series which tied her with Mary Tyler Moore for most wins in this category (for the same show) of all time... that is until Julia Louis-Dreyfus beat the record winning 6 of them consecutively for Veep. Murphy Brown was revived two months ago for an 11th season. I have to admit I was never a fan of the show. Were you?
1996 The Broadway revival of Chicago opens at the Richard Rodgers Theater. The show is still running in NYC twenty-two years later. (I've been thinking maybe we should all revisit the movie version and discuss... what'cha think?)
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World opens in movie theaters. The movie will receive 10 Oscar nominations and a surprise win in Cinematography (as well as Sound Editing).
2008 Quantum of Solace arrives in movie theaters, Daniel Craig's second outing as Bond. We're still waiting on his fifth outing.
2015 Adele's "Hello" hits #1. It'll stay there for an incredible 10 weeks. Did you know that the video was directed by Xavier Dolan?
Today's Birthday Suit
Happy 68th birthday to actress Sandahl Bergman, the early 80s sex symbol from Conan the Barbarian. She was also an incredible dancer, the showcased lead of Bob Fosse's "Air Erotica" from All That Jazz (1979) which is a good number to watch every so often on the rare chance that you forget that Fosse was an absolute genius.
Today's Other Birthdays
Oscar Winners: Composer Aaron Copland (The Heiress), Editor Paul Hirsch (Star Wars), Production Designer Terence Marsh (Doctor Zhivago)
Oscar Nominees: Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (Quiz Show), Songwriter Stephen Bishop (White Nights), Director Chris Noonan (Babe), Director Zhang Yimou* (Raise the Red Lantern), Producer Kevin J Walsh (Manchester by the Sea)
Actors: Louise Brooks, Josh Duhamel, Brian Gleeson, Brian Keith, Olga Kurlyenko, Veronica Lake, Marco Leonardi, Stella Maeve, Paul McGann, David Moscow, Dick Powell, Laura San Giacomo, D.B. Sweeney, Russell Tovey, Jiang Wu
* Yes we're aware the directors of foreign film nominees aren't technically Oscar nominees but they are to us because they obviously should be. Countries don't make movies!