News about Elia Kazan

Old Hollywood star Eva Marie Saint is celebrating her 100th birthday on the Fourth Of July, surrounded by four generations of her family. Eva won an Oscar for her first movie, Elia Kazan's seminal 1954 drama On The Waterfront, which starred her alongside Marlon Brando. Her early triumph kickstarted a glittering silver screen career that saw her play opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest.

A new documentary about the legendary actress Faye Dunaway is getting strong marks from critics in early reviews of the film. The 83-year-old Oscar winner's impressive career is traced in the new film Faye, directed and produced by the French-American documentarian Laurent Bouzereau. Faye premiered this month at the Cannes Film Festival, and so far critics have praised it for tacking the eponymous actress' infamous reputation as a 'diva,' which grew over time due to behind-the-scenes feuds with some of her costars and directors, though collaborators including the acclaimed director Elia Kazan and Sidney Lumet have praised her determination and artistic passion.

Norma Barzman, a long-serving screenwriter who appeared on Hollywood's blacklist in the 1940s and 1950s, has died at the age of 103. Suzman's daughter Suzo told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that her mother died inside her Beverly Hills, California, surrounded by family and friends.

A nearly 400-item lot of James Dean-related memorabilia containing works from the late Hollywood legend, including signed photographs, letters, and a Warner Bros. contract, received a sum of more than $260,000. The few items related to Dean were obtained from Jane Deacy, the late actor's agent in New York who died in 2008, and auctioned took place on Thursday at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

On the auction block, a nearly 400-item lot of James Dean-related memorabilia is auctioning off treasures from the late Hollywood legend, including signed photographs, letters, and a Warner Bros. contract. The rare items relating to Dean are from the estate of late actor Jane Deacy, who died in 2008, and bidding is expected to begin in May 25 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

Ana de Armas' appearance in "Blonde," the latest film starring Marilyn Monroe, is more inspired by the legendary actor's life than it is a retelling of her life. However, there are parts of her biography that are very close to the truth. In an interview published on September 27th, director Andrew Dominik said that the film is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' book of the same name, and that the reason for the decision to adapt it is because there are so many factual updates to the tale, as he explains. "I've read everything there is to hear about Marilyn Monroe," he said. I've met people who knew her. I've done a lot of research. But in the end, it's about the book. The book itself is about adapting the reader's feelings. I see the film as Joyce's interpretation of Marilyn, which is also Joyce's.

Ellen Burstyn has revealed in a recent interview that she would not commit to a new Exorcist sequel series unless future generations of actors were compensated for. The 89-year-old Academy Award winner told The Hollywood Reporter recently that she rejected a "whole lot of money" at the start of negotiations to appear in an untitled Exorcist sequel. It was only after she had compelled actresses to create a scholarship fund for rising actors that she was keen to return to the legendary horror film that she argued.