THEATER REVIEW: RED HOT PATRIOT

Published Jan 17 2012 by JESTHER ENTERTAINMENT

Molly Ivins (Kathleen Turner) in Red Hot Patriot, The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins.Bush-hells of funBy Ed RampellKathleen Turner can’t say that, can she? Oh, but the star of 1981’s Body Heat most certainly can – at least while she’s in character as the outspoken journalist Molly Ivins...

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David Simon bemoans drastic cuts at Times-Picayune

David Simon whose HBO show "Treme" is shot in New Orleans, is venting to the media site Poynter.org about plans to cut back the city's newspaper, the Times-Picayune.News broke this week that the paper's owners plan to publish the Times-Picayune just three ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Baltimore Sun ]

Entities: David Simon, Molly Ivins, New Orleans

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 2 Documents

Movie review: Trying for 'The Perfect Family' and falling short

The drama about the imperfect union between real life and Catholicism is earnest and filled with self-doubt. Kathleen Turner is its single saving grace.0Kathleen Turner in the movie "The Perfect Family." (Variance Films, Variance Films / May 22, 2010 ... [ Published May 18 2012 by South Florida Sun-Sentinel ]

Entities: Kathleen Turner, Catholic, Gay, Hansford Rowe

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 6 Documents

Emily Deschanel

Perfectly awful

The Perfect FamilyComedy-drama. Starring Kathleen Turner and Emily Deschanel. Directed by Anne Renton. (PG-13. 84 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)"The Perfect Family" is a useless film in every possible way, but let us count the ways.At the most fundamental ... [ Published May 11 2012 by San Francisco Chronicle ]

Entities: Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Lesbian, Richard Chamberlain, Catholic

First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 5 Documents

Kathleen Turner On New Movie "The Perfect Family," Catholic Faith And Family Values

Kathleen Turner is getting rave reviews for her staring role in the new comedy "The Perfect Family." The film tells the tale of a Catholic housewife nominated for her parish's coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award, yet to clinch the prize she must ... [ Published May 04 2012 by Huffington Post ]

Entities: Catholic, Kathleen Turner, Family Values, Lesbian

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 6 Documents

Sharon Lawrence

Movie Review : Kathleen Turner in ‘The Perfect Family’

Youre living in sin, declares Eileen Cleary (Kathleen Turner), a devout Roman Catholic mother, to her lesbian daughter, Shannon (Emily Deschanel), in The Perfect Family. Kathleen Turner as matriarch in “The Perfect Family,” directed by Anne Renton. Says ... [ Published May 04 2012 by New York Times ]

Entities: Kathleen Turner, Hansford Rowe, Sharon Lawrence, Richard Chamberlain

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 3 Documents

David Esbjornson

Washington DC: Kathleen Turner to Star in Red Hot Patriot at Arena Stage

Kathleen Turner will star in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, as the kick off to the company's 2012/2013 season. David Esbjornson will direct the production, which will perform in ... [ Published May 02 2012 by TheaterMania ]

Entities: Kathleen Turner, David Esbjornson, Molly Ivins, Washington DC

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 2 Documents

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner on Playing Catholic, Fighting Sexism, and Reviving Red Hot Patriot

In her new indie drama The Perfect Family, Kathleen Turner plays a docile, frumpy Catholic housewife whose life is thrown into turmoil when her nomination for Catholic Woman of the Year (yes, it's a real thing) is threatened by her daughter's lesbian ... [ Published May 01 2012 by New York Magazine ]

Entities: Kathleen Turner, Sexism, Catholic

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