Warren Beatty [Actor]

[Chalet]

Was Julie Christie before or after Michelle? That pic is just, well, you know......so civilized.

[HWBL]

Originally Posted by Chalet

Was Julie Christie before or after Michelle? That pic is just, well, you know......so civilized.

Warren and Julie were together off and on from about
1966/1967 until the fall of 1974.
Shampoo was filmed from March 1974 until June 1974
on lots of "in crowd" locations and, being a member of
the in crowd, Michelle had a cameo in the after party scene.

But then, so did Howard Hesseman from WKRP Cincinnati
and Warren didn't start an affair with him, either
Anyway, right before shooting was over Warren had
bought them a home with several rooms designated
to be nurseries(.....) that really was the last straw for
Julie who was adamant about not wanting to start a
family.
She'd already gotten the jitters when he'd introduced her
to Shirley and his parents long before he'd bought the house.
She ended their relationship by phone in the fall of 1974.
Apparently, Beatty had really intended to marry and start
a family with Julie, yearning to have kids of his own.
He was so disillusioned by the break-up, even though he
was as much to blame as Julie, that he became quite
bitter about the institution of marriage when asked about
it by the media, claiming it was overrated and that one
could easily have a committed relationship without a
ceremony. Not long after the call from Julie, Michelle -
who'd broken up with Jack Nicholson that summer -
moved into the house he'd bought for Julie and him.
And you're right, little Chynna adored him, like Leslie
Caron's daughter had done many years earlier.
The weird part of the Julie/Warren relationship was that
when they first got together it was kind of an understanding
between them that they had a lot in common, including
the need for variety as far as romantic partners went.
Both had affairs during their years together, but they
always got back together. In some early publications it
was even hinted that Beatty had found his female match.
But he spoiled it, or at least disturbed the balance by all
of a sudden proposing to her and wanting to start a family,
while he'd known all along that she was not interested in
having children. He tried to change her mind and buying
the house and already starting nurseries before she'd even
seen the place was too much for her, for the relationship.
Not his smartest move.

[Chalet]

I did not know that Michelle had a cameo. Leave it to you. Thanks for explaining. That is the stuff that I NEED to know.

[TonjaLasagna]

my fave Warren Beatty film will always be 'Splendor in the Grass' with Natalie Wood......sigh......

[Chalet]

^^ and I have the handmade DVD by the WB High Priestess herself!

They were so wonderful and tender.

[HWBL]

Originally Posted by Chalet

I did not know that Michelle had a cameo. Leave it to you. Thanks for explaining. That is the stuff that I NEED to know.

Hehe

I just found another interesting coverstory on Michelle.
She really was a busy little lady herself, wasn't she?

[Chalet]

My kinda gossip.

Al Pacino, Diane Keaton in Backstage Soap Opera

How did Al Pacino and Diane Keaton even exist together for a minute backstage at the AFI Tribute to Warren Beatty in Hollywood on Thursday night? (See Friday’s column for my first report from this extraordinary event.)

The former lovers have not spoken to each other since right before they filmed the very terrible "Godfather III." Their relationship came to a crashing end when Keaton learned — a year after the fact — that Pacino had fathered a daughter in 1989 with his assistant, Jan Tarrant.

Keaton was devastated, friends told me at the time. The result was the complete chaos that resulted in "The Godfather III," Keaton’s subsequent relationship with director James Foley and her adoption of two children of her own a few years later.

Pacino, by the way, came out to introduce Beatty and give him the AFI Award. I don’t know if you’ll see this on the June 25 show, but he then stood off-camera to Beatty’s left while Warren spoke, instead of just vanishing. It was very respectful, and you could tell he was genuinely excited to hear his friend’s acceptance speech.

But emotions were running high, especially as Keaton and Pacino were preceded on the Kodak stage by Jack Nicholson. Beatty’s best friend had been absent from the AFI tribute all evening so he could watch the Lakers-Celtics game. Dustin Hoffman, in his speech for Beatty, had good fun with the missing pal, constantly reminding the honoree: "I’m here. Jack, are you here?"

When he finally arrived, Nicholson wore a long black Nehru jacket that looked like it had been designed by Yohji Yohamoto and his trademark sunglasses. The gist of his remarks, as you may see during the broadcast of this unusually star-studded and off-the-cuff night, was that he’d already given Beatty a few awards.

Nicholson looked like he hadn’t slept in a while, and his demeanor suggested that perhaps he’d drowned his sorrows over the Lakers before arrival at the Kodak. He said, "It was suggested I go somewhere and find my sense of humor," he said with a smirk.

He also commented on having to follow Bill Clinton on stage. Beatty, it should be noted, was incredibly amused by the whole thing. He especially liked Hoffman’s speech, in which we learned that the famous Hollywood lothario had worked during his early days in New York as a "sand man" helping to dig the Lincoln Tunnel. This would have been during the completion of the third tube in 1956-57.

That same year, Hoffman also revealed that Beatty tried out for but didn’t get a part on Broadway in Jerome Robbins’ "West Side Story."

"I’m going to ask you to come up and sing ‘Maria,'" Hoffman joked.

"It was Riff, not Tony!" Beatty shouted from the main table.

Hoffman said he got a lot of his facts from Wikipedia, and after Googling Beatty.

"I guess not everything there is right," he said, when Beatty corrected some other facts in his toast. The crowd of Hollywood types, many subjects of erroneous Internet info, roared with laughter.

Beatty and wife Annette Bening did love the evening. They not only went to the after-party upstairs, but stayed until the bitter end — at least past 1 a.m., when this jet-lagged reporter begged off to go to sleep. They shook hands and took pictures literally with every single one of the 600 guests, including dozens of total strangers.

FOXNews.com - Al Pacino, Diane Keaton in Backstage Soap Opera - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

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^It sure looked like they all had a lot of fun that night.
Can't wait to see it


^Annette and Warren posing for the press at their red carpet arrival.


^Sitting between his two best girls, wife Annette and big sis Shirley.
I love seeing how much fun they had, how - despite the very wrinkly
face - there's clearly still the little boy in his eyes, especially when
with Shirley. Also funny is that in one pic it looks like Annette has
poured a bit of her own red wine into Warren's glass for the toast:
Warren isn't much of a drinker at all, so that immediately caught my
attention. He looks like he's thinking "Not too much!"


^In this collage there are pics of the night with some of his former
co-stars/friends and some oldies from the movies they starred in
together. I was shocked to see how much Michael J. Pollard ("A Loss
of Roses" on stage, "Bonnie & Clyde"/"Dick Tracy" on screen), Beatty's
friend since 1959, has aged! We already knew both Dyan Cannon
("Heaven Can Wait") and Faye Dunaway ("Bonnie & Clyde") had
butchered themselves with too much PS. It's refreshing to see the
naturally aging Warren between their artifical faces! And wonderful
Eva Marie Saint (almost 84! co-star in "All Fall Down") has aged
very well and is still charming and sharp witted!
But I guess in the end: they're all old as the hills!!!!


^Al Pacino had the honor of presenting Warren with his award.
They differ 3 years in age and multiple inches in height, but the
intense Pacino and quiet Beatty have been friends for many years.
Al's had some PS work done, at least around the eyes, and perhaps
a mini-facelift. I also think his teeth changed a whole lot. Beatty
is natural, as you can tell by the huge turkey neck that is hanging
from his collar


^Another comparison collage of Warren and pals, now and then.
Warren is probably thinking he's had all the women in Hollywood,
let's start getting intimate with men!
First there's Pras, who worked on the "Bulworth" (1998) soundtrack,
kissing a highly amused Warren on the cheek on the night, and
posing with Warren and his posse in 1998.
Then there's David Geffen, now grey and bald, kissed by Warren
on the cheek on the night, and back in 1974 after lunch with
Warren and Michelle Philips.
And finally: Warren with Annette and sis Shirley on the night,
and Warren and Shirley back in 1966 at the Oscars!


^Last but not least: the man of the night, Warren Beatty.
He may be decrepit, losing his hair, flabby and not as tight
and athletic as he used to be, but his perfect teeth are
still his own and the way he bares them when exploding in
sincere laughter is still attractive as hell to me!

[HWBL]

Cute clips of the AFI Lifetime Award evening:

Warren Beatty Honored by AFI | Videos | iVillage

American Film Institute Honors Warren Beatty | Videos | Access Hollywood | Celeb Video Clips, TV Show and Celebrity Video Clips Available Online

Warren Beatty, Screen Legend

Lifetime Achievement Award for Warren Beatty

[bychance]

I like these two pictures.

[tragicallyflawed]

I had no idea that Shirley and Warren were siblings. So, can someone tell me if Beatty or McClaine is the family last name?

Warren is definitely the prettier of the two.

[HWBL]

Originally Posted by tragicallyflawed

I had no idea that Shirley and Warren were siblings. So, can someone tell me if Beatty or McClaine is the family last name?

Warren is definitely the prettier of the two.

Their original family name is Beaty, with one t.
Shirley opted for a variation of their mom's maiden
name, Maclean, i.e. "MacLaine" and Warren added
a t to the family name because people used to
pronounce it the wrong way: Beety instead of Batey.

[tragicallyflawed]

Thanks for the info. They don't really look like one another.

[HWBL]

The same clip from different angles of Warren Beatty leaving
Madeo Restaurant in West Hollywood on July 1st, only to
walk into a herd of autograph dealers and paparazzi.

TheNewsRoom | Warren Beatty for President!

http://images.celebrities.com/Warren...SignsH2330.wmv

YouTube Video

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Source: New Jersey.Com

Good, better, Beatty
by Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger
Monday July 07, 2008, 5:59 PM

Here is a sad little demographic fact: There is an entire generation of
moviegoers who have never seen a new Warren Beatty movie.
They don't know what they're missing.

But if they turn on Lifetime on Tuesday at 9 pm, for the broadcast of
an American Film Institute tribute, they might just get an idea.

Beatty, 71. has been known for many things, not a few of them insulting.

When he started out in Hollywood, on the cusp of the `60s, he was
"Shirley MacLaine's kid brother." Then he was the town's biggest
baby-faced playboy, his pick-up line of choice - "What's new, pussycat?" -
so infamous it even became the title of a sex farce.

What people never realized was that underneath it all - the almost girlish
features, the come-and-get-me seductiveness - was a very hard-minded
and serious person.

And an artist.

It has been seven years since Beatty appeared in a movie (the long-
delayed and instantly forgettable "Town & Country"). It has been a
decade since he directed one (the challenging and underestimated
"Bulworth"). I understand if the typical 14-year-old moviegoer has no
idea who he is.

And I pity her.

Beatty started like lots of other fresh-faced actors in the `50s - his first
notable part was a supporting role as the spoiled rich boy on TV's "The
Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" - but unlike the Tabs and Troys and RJs he
studied with acting guru Stella Adler, got serious parts early on and
pushed to work for demanding directors.

His first movie was "Splendor in the Grass," Elia Kazan's still-startling look
at repressed sexuality and teen rebellion. His second was co-starring
opposite Vivien Leigh in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" as a calculating
gigolo.

Beatty's boy toy was about as authentically Italian as canned ravioli and
Tennessee Williams' script was relentlessly dark. But that movie was an
announcement: Here was an actor who wasn't afraid to play unsympathetic
parts, who realized that sex could be as much of a weapon for men as it was
for women.

His next few films - "All Fall Down," "Lilith," "Mickey One" - were often more
ambitious than successful, but Beatty used all of his considerable charm and
persuasiveness to win mogul Jack Warner's support for a new kind of
gangster movie. Beatty called it "Bonnie and Clyde," and it changed things
immediately.

Not all of it was for the best. Arthur Penn's 1967 film saw Bonnie and Clyde
not so much as criminals as rebels; in drawing an implicit link between `30s
outlaws and `60s radicals, it gave these Depression-era murderers a cause
(and a glamour) that they never really had.

Yet it also linked violence and art in a way that movies rarely had before
(and still do, to this day). And it established, in those waning days of the
studio system, a new kind of mogul: The movie star.

To his credit, Beatty used his power wisely, supporting great screenwriters
like Robert Towne, smart directors like Hal Ashby. A list of the least-
compromised movies of the `70s - "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "The Parallax
View," the drop-dead gorgeously perfect "Shampoo" - is a list of movies
Beatty not only starred in but nurtured, protected and shepherded to the
screen.

It was inevitable that a talent like that would want to direct; what was
hardly predictable was that, after the fluffy debut of "Heaven Can Wait,"
Beatty would then put all of his influence and credibility behind a David Lean-
ish epic like "Reds," his mammoth story of American communism and Soviet
ruthlessness.

It was amazing on several levels - a corporately financed tribute to anti-
capital radicals, a dense and talky drama that was a hit with both audiences
and the Oscars. But it was fully emblematic of how seriously the dashing
playboy took his work.

Yet there had always been a character flaw buried in Beatty's flirtatiousness,
an indecisiveness to his passive-aggressive come-ons. Countless stories were
developed, considered, then put aside for years - only to be picked up again,
re-considered, and then returned to limbo.

Often intriguing projects - Beatty reportedly remains fascinated by Howard
Hughes - were fast-tracked, then forgotten. Sometimes hugely problematic
ones - and there are dusty bars in Hollywood where "Ishtar" is still a
punchline - were produced at great expense, and great loss.

After the back-to-back calamities of "Ishtar" and "Dick Tracy," Beatty was
thrown off his cocky stride; self-doubt had never been part of his emotional
arsenal and it perplexed him. And for a famously self-regarding matinee idol -
one of the many rumored inspirations for Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" -
aging was a newly unwelcome event as well.

Although there was much to like in his next several movies -- particularly the
supporting performances in "Bugsy" (starring his wife-to-be, Annette Bening)
and the risky, rap-infused script of "Bulworth" (which dug deeply into the
intersection of politics and celebrity) audiences didn't seem to respond.

Perhaps it was the years (buddy Jack Nicholson's rebel act was ageless, but
sixtyish Lotharios just seem a little sad). Perhaps it was the projects - a little
too slowly paced, a little too dark. But Beatty was definitely, suddenly, out
of fashion.

His last movie - which was delayed for several years - was in 2001. He was
offered the part of the ex-President in "Frost/Nixon" but turned it down. He
has no new announced projects, and seems content to watch his wife's
career continue, and their four children grow up.

But several generations of movie fans have already grown up on his films.
And any generation that doesn't know them is the poorer for it.

Beatty as "Tracy": Great threads, bad flick.


"Bonnie and Clyde": Beatty's gang flees.


Love in vain: Beatty at his swinging peak.


With Lee Grant in "Shampoo": Lovable and hateful