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The late, great director and choreographer Stanley Donen might not have made Oscar’s “In Memoriam” segment, but Turner Classic Movies will do its part to set things right: TCM has scheduled a five-film tribute to the iconic MGM musical genius for Monday, March 18. In addition to the film list (see it below), the…

UPDATED, 12:14 PM: Organizers of the TCM Classic Film Festival said today that Leonardo DiCaprio will present the fest’s inaugural Robert Osborne Award to his frequent director Martin Scorsese. The hardware will be bestowed on opening night, April 26, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood PREVIOUSLY, March 1: Martin…

Alec Baldwin is taking over as host of TCM’s weekly The Essentials program, showcasing "must see" classic films. Baldwin takes over hosting duties following last month’s death of TCM host Robert Osborne. David Letterman, Tina Fey and William Friedkin are among the guest co-hosts signed to join Baldwin. The new season…

In a youth obsessed industry, the Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, which runs through Sunday in Hollywood, is an oasis of cinematic treasures in the midst of a business that doesn’t always value its storied past. Once again the brain trust behind this unique orgy of movie magic from another time has…

Turner Classic Movies is paying tribute to its longtime host next weekend with a 48-hour marathon of Robert Osborne’s most memorable TCM interviews and moments. Osborne, who died Monday at 84, had been the face of the cable network since its 1994 launch. Starting at 6 AM ET on Saturday, March 18, programming will…

EXCLUSIVE: “In his own way, Robert Osborne’s contribution to the movies was as significant as Walt Disney or Spielberg or Cary Grant,” Alec Baldwin told Deadline on Monday about longtime the Turner Classic Movies host, who died today at age 84. Baldwin and Osborne co-hosted TCM’s weekly movie showcase/discussion…

This afternoon, Robert Osborne was trending worldwide as fans of Robert Osborne, as well as friends, mourn the death of the longtime host of Turner Classic Movies, who died Monday at 84 after suffering from undisclosed health problems. Osborne served as the face of TCM since its launch in 1994; the longtime industry…

Robert Osborne, the urbane longtime host of Turner Classic Movies who authored a definitive books on the history of the Oscars, has died. He was 84. He had been off the air with an undisclosed health issue for most of 2017, and TCM announced the news in a statement emailed to media outlets (see below). “Robert was…

“You need to show more re-releases. You need to show the great old movies in your theatres,”  director Christopher Nolan told exhibitors at their CinemaCon convention a couple of weeks ago, but sadly no one in that crowd applauded the sentiment. I thought of that as I attended last night’s kickoff  of  TCM’s 5th Annual…