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Rose McGowan & Robert Osborne - Hosts of The Essentials 2008
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Rose McGowan, who recently wowed audiences with her performance in the movie double-feature Grindhouse, is coming to Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in March 2008 as co-host of THE ESSENTIALS, the network’s signature movie showcase. McGowan will take a chair opposite TCM host Robert Osborne, just as she did during TCM’s recent Guest Programmer month in November. Starting Saturday, March 8 at 8 p.m., Osborne and McGowan will introduce “must see” movies each week with an eye toward helping viewers better understand why these films are important and the impact they had on audiences and the culture at large.
“During our many shoots with Guest Programmers this year, we encountered a lot of celebrities who impressed us with their knowledge and love of classic film,” said Tom Brown, vice president of original programming for TCM. “But Rose really stood out, because she was so passionate and insightful. We thought it would be great for her to share her passion with the audience by co-hosting THE ESSENTIALS in 2008.”
McGowan’s first film as co-host of THE ESSENTIALS will be Billy Wilder’s serious-yet-comic classic The Apartment, which earned the Oscar® for Best Picture of 1960. McGowan notes that Wilder is “the master of humorous loneliness.” Other featured films will include Rebecca (“a great, atmospheric gothic-horror-romance,” McGowan said); Paths of Glory (“not a war film, but a horror film about a man’s ego”); Modern Times (“Chaplin is great at intertwining social commentary with physicality”); A Face in the Crowd (which stars Andy Griffith and is “a great example of why actors shouldn’t be typecast”); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (“a masculine film with great, subversive feminism”); and Woman of the Year (“proves you can be a feminist and still be a man”).
McGowan, who was born in Florence, Italy, is well-known to television audiences as Paige Matthews on the WB TV series Charmed, which original aired from 1998 to 2006. Her extensive credits include Grindhouse, a film by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez in which she did double-duty as the star of the two parts of Grindhouse, Deathproof and Planet Terror. She appeared in Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia; the television movie Elvis, in which she played Ann-Margret; Jawbreaker, which earned her an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Villain; the mega-hit movie Scream; and Greg Araki’s acclaimed film The Doom Generation, for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. McGowan’s other works include Encino Man, Phantoms and Monkeybone. She is currently in production on Stephan Elliott’s Black Oasis, the true story of actress Susan Cabot, who was murdered by her son in 1986.
McGowan became a movie fan at a young age, when she was growing up in an Italian commune. “It was a bunch of hippies and no money,” McGowan told Robert Osborne during her 2007 stint as a TCM Guest Programmer. The commune didn’t have a TV and, instead, relied on a cheap theater for entertainment. “I’m sure we went to one that would show three in a row for 25 cents, probably. They tended to be all old films.”
THE ESSENTIALS is entering its eighth year as TCM’s signature movie showcase. Past hosts have included Rob Reiner, Peter Bogdanovich and Sydney Pollack. Robert Osborne took over hosting duties in 2005, pairing with film critic and author Molly Haskell. In 2007, Carrie Fisher joined Osborne as co-host.
Robert Osborne - Co-Host for The Essentials 2008
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 75 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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