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 ALEC BALDWIN
Two-time Emmy winner Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) is back for a second season as co-host of THE ESSENTIALS on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). In his first season, Baldwin displayed a deep knowledge of classic films. Baldwin and TCM host Robert Osborne will return in 2010 with a new slate of "must see" movies each week.
THE ESSENTIALS airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. (ET). The 10th season kicks offs in March 2010 with Elia Kazan's 1951 version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Marlon Brando and Oscar® winners Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. The season will feature four Best Picture Oscar® winners, including The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gigi (1958), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Sting (1973), as well as Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® winner Black Orpheus (1959).
For the first time, THE ESSENTIALS will include special late-night installments, with the seminal 1970s films Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Serpico (1973).
"I have enormous respect for TCM and Robert Osborne," Baldwin said. "TCM has stayed true to its mission, with a vast library of movies from many different decades. I'm proud to be able to sit down with Robert again."
"After we wrapped our first season together, I remember thinking how many more films I would like to discuss with Alec," Osborne said. "Now we have that chance." Prior to co-hosting THE ESSENTIALS, Baldwin appeared on TCM as part of the network's Guest Programmer series. In 2008, he hosted the TCM special Role Model: Gene Wilder, in which he interviewed the comic actor.
Baldwin is one of Hollywood's most charismatic and prolific actors. He currently stars with Tina Fey in the hit comedy series 30 Rock, which just earned him his second Emmy. He has also earned a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Television Critics Association Award for his performance on the show.
Baldwin's many film credits include The Departed; The Cooler; The Hunt for Red October and Glengarry Glen Ross. On stage, Baldwin won acclaim and a Tony nomination for his work opposite Jessica Lange in A Streetcar Named Desire, which also garnered him an Emmy nomination for the television adaptation. Baldwin's production company, El Dorado Pictures, co-produced TNT's Emmy-nominated miniseries Nuremberg and the feature film State and Main. He also wrote the book A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey through Fatherhood and Divorce.
TCM will mark THE ESSENTIALS' tenth year in 2010. Past hosts have included filmmakers Rob Reiner, Peter Bogdanovich and Sydney Pollack. Robert Osborne took over hosting duties in 2005, paired with film critic and author Molly Haskell. He was joined by actress and bestselling author Carrie Fisher in 2007 and actress Rose McGowan in 2008.
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ROBERT OSBORNE
As prime time host and anchor of the Turner Classic Movies cable television network, Robert Osborne brings viewers out of their living rooms and into the world of classic Hollywood, providing insider information, facts and trivia on TCM movie presentations.
Osborne is also the new co-host for TCM's on-going franchise, The Essentials, and a columnist-critic for The Hollywood Reporter, the daily show business trade paper. He is known as the official biographer of Oscar®®, thanks to a series of books he's written on the subject of Hollywood's annual Academy Awards. His latest book, the updated 80 Years Of the Oscar®, was written at the special request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has been called "the most comprehensive and definitive book ever done on the subject."
Osborne was born in Colfax, Washington (population: 2700) and graduated from the University of Washington's School of Journalism, appearing in local plays in his non-study hours. He soon went to Hollywood as an actor under contract to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. But Lucy encouraged him to pursue writing, which he considers among the best advice he's ever been given. She remained a friend and mentor to him until her death.
Osborne joined the staff of The Hollywood Reporter in 1977 and six years later began writing the paper's influential "Rambling Reporter" column, which covers all aspects of the movie and television business. He also attends the Cannes Film Festival to review films for the paper and is The Hollywood Reporter's chief Broadway critic, covering New York plays and first nights.
Osborne began as the on-air entertainment reporter for the nightly news on Los Angeles, KTTV in 1982. In 1987, he was signed by CBS to make daily appearances on the CBS Morning Program. From 1986-1993, he was also a regular host of The Movie Channel cable network.
From 1981-83, he served as president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). He is a frequent guest on Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America and other network shows; won a Golden Mike for excellence (for a TV special he wrote, produced and hosted titled Lana Turner Today); has twice been a CableAce nominee for his "Osborne Report" segments for The Movie Channel; and was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Host Moderator. Osborne is also the winner of the 1984 Press Award from the Publicists Guild of America.
In addition to his hosting duties for TCM, Osborne has also done several specials for the network, including hour-long interviews, including the last on-camera interview done by Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, June Allyson, Ann Miller, Mickey Rooney, Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.
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