Soon, you’ll be able to stay on Marlon Brando’s private island. A new insanely luxurious resort, aptly-named The Brando, will open in July on the atoll of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia. Tetiaroa is made up of 12 smaller islands (called motus), with the resort located on Onetahi, the island historically known as a retreat for […]
by Jonathan Kiefer Dead for 10 years now, Marlon Brando only just scratched the surface of the 21st century. It’s all right; in the 20th he dug so deep. He’d have turned 90 earlier this month (April 3), so the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, in conjunction with the Marlon Brando Estate, carved out a couple […]
Marlon Brando was 47 years old when “The Godfather” was released in March of 1972, so how was he able to turn into such a believable senior citizen to play Vito Corleone? With the help of makeup artist Dick Smith, who transformed Brando from his youthful self to the old-time gangster. To honor Brando’s birthday […]
By Chuck Ross – April 7th, 2014 Marlon Brando, who knew something about acting, wrote in his 1994 autobiography, “Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me”: “As I’ve observed before, acting talent alone doesn’t make an actor a star. It takes a combination of qualities: looks, personality, presence, ability. Like Tallulah Bankhead, Greta Garbo wasn’t much […]
By JOHN LELAND The thing about “cool” is that it shows itself equally in moments of distress or pleasure, driving people indifferently to greatness or stupidity. It comes from gritty streets and prices out the people who live there; it pulls couples together or cleaves them apart. And even as its meaning dissipates from overuse, […]
By Nick Carvell 05 March 14 We first clocked Matchless’ upcoming tribute to Marlon Brando at Jacket Required back in February – an impressive achievement considering the vastly expanded scale of the menswear fair this year. Now we’re bringing you a first look at all the pieces in the collection, each inspired by the actor’s […]
Melia Robinson Mar 2 2014, 3:00 PM 407 The man who made offers others couldn’t refuse once refused the movie industry’s heftiest honour. On March 5, 1973, Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor for his gut-wrenching performance as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” — for a very unexpected reason. Here’s how it […]
By Richard Horgan on April 2, 2014 7:00 PM Tomorrow would have been Marlon Brando‘s 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, Time has raided the Life magazine vaults to showcase 15 bonus photos of the actor. The photos are from a 1949 Life shoot done in Los Angeles by Ed Clark, during the making of The […]
By Frank Pallotta Posted Apr. 1, 2014 @ 9:00 amThe sudden deaths of Paul Walker and Philip Seymour Hoffman took place while both were in the middle of filming upcoming projects.As a result, upcoming films “Fast & Furious 7” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” will use special effects to replace and recreate the […]
