Sommaire pour July 30, 2023 de Parade

Here’s what’s on our radar this week. Go to Parade.com/entertainment for more. → Travolta is the youngest of six children—three boys and three girls—and was nicknamed “Bone” when he was young because he was so long and lean. → Travolta loves flying so much that in 1997 he wrote a children’s book, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, which began with his childhood trip from Newark, New Jersey, to Philadelphia when he was eight. → His role as head “sweat-hog” Vinnie Barbarino in Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979), turned Travolta into a teen idol. → Travolta turned down the leads for Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman and Chicago, all of which went to Richard Gere. → Thanks to his dance moves from Saturday Night Fever, Travolta had…

Ron Howard didn’t have high hopes for what would become the most formative—and transformative—moviemaking experience of his young life. “I think we felt like it was a good, low-budget, kind-of-indie job,” says the acclaimed actor-turned-director, speaking with Parade* about making American Graffiti, which will mark its 50th anniversary this summer. (you can watch it on Netlflix and other streaming services). “I don’t think any of us thought it was destined to be a hit. I thought it would probably play drive-ins on the summer circuit, like any other teen movie.” Of course, American Graffiti became much more than “any other” teen movie. Debuting in a single theater in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 1973, it quickly mushroomed into a massive, crowd-pleasing pop-culture phenomenon. A hit in theaters everywhere, it was…

Find solutions to Marilyn’s puzzles and this week’s Numbrix on the next page! Send questions to marilyn@parade.com Numbrix ® Complete 1 to 81 so the numbers follow a horizontal or vertical path—no diagonals. For more Numbrix puzzles, go to Parade.com/numbrix. Dear Marilyn, What is the average loss per person, per year, at the casinos? Does such a number even exist? Surely the casinos wouldn’t want people to know! —Matthew Boyle, Salt Lake City, Utah According to the American Gaming Association (AGA), casinos generated about $52.5 billion in gross revenue last year. (Yes, you read that right: billion, not million.) So, with 84 million visitors, the average loss could be considered a figure approaching $625 per person. Casinos do have revenue from shows and food, etc., but gambling dwarfs them. The…

Were you familiar with the book The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart prior to getting the script? I wasn’t. I read the first three episodes, and then I got my hands on the book, which is incredible. Holly’s an incredible writer and an incredible woman, and the book just jumps off the page. [She creates] these characters, these situations that are at once painful but also just remarkable. The resurrection of these women, all the different characters, through the whole story is very hopeful and exciting. But my character died on page 100 [in the book], so I was a little surprised that I kept going through episode seven. I think [show-runner] Sarah [Lambert] did a great job of putting that together with [director] Glendyn [Ivin]. We mapped it out…

“I just turned 50,” says Turner Classic Movies host Dave Karger, “and American Graffiti turns 50 this year. So, I feel a little bit of kinship with this movie.” Karger, who introduced a special anniversary screening of Graffiti earlier this year at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, talked with Parade about the film and its long-lasting legacy. SIMPLY POWERFUL. I just was blown away by the simplicity of it, and I continue to be blown away. It’s not a movie that has a ton going on as far as plot twists and turns, but it’s such a beautiful character study and nostalgic piece. A FIRST FOR FORD. Harrison Ford says that this was the first time he was ever in a movie where he felt like his character…

DARK WINDS (JULY 30 ON AMC) The Longmire and Fargo star, Zahn McClarnon, reprises his role as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn when Dark Winds (July 30 on AMC) premieres its second season. Once again, Leaphorn partners with Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), his former deputy turned private eye, on a case that takes them to the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer. The story, derived from the series of Tony Hillerman novels, will challenge Leaphorn’s moral and professional code as he works to find the killer and restore balance to the reservation and his life. McClarnon told Parade about the second season.* On Joe Leaphorn’s latest journey Joe finds some evidence about what really possibly happened to his son from season 1. There are a lot of struggles for him…