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Rest In Peace, Sydney Pollack

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:30:46 -0700

Sad news to report today: Director and actor Sydney Pollack died on Sunday at the age of 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer nine months ago.

The hard-working actor and highly respected director is known for a variety of accomplishments. Older generations might recognize him as the Oscar-nominated director of Tootsie and the Oscar-winning director of Out of Africa. He also directed The Way We Were, The Firm and The Interpreter, among other titles.

In more recent years, he took on more acting roles, from Will's dad in Will & Grace to the boss at Michael Clayton's law firm in Michael Clayton to Patrick Dempsey's wedding-happy father in Made of Honor, along with many others.

Clayton costar George Clooney issued a statement about Pollack's death, writing, "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. A tip of the hat to a class act. He'll be missed terribly."

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Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:30:00 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In the 1982 movie Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey who dresses as a woman to get an acting role. What is the woman's name he goes by when he is pretending to be female?
Include both the character's first and last name!

Ryan Reynolds to Dress in Drag?!

BuzzSugar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:30:18 -0700

Dude looks like a lady! Ryan Reynolds is one of Hollywood's hottest men, but for his next film he's going to be working those good genes as . . . a woman? The star just got cast in a new rom-com where he'll play a guy who cross-dresses in order to befriend his ex and win her back.

The man-in-lipstick thing has been way overdone, so the thought of yet another film kind of makes my eyes roll. On the other hand, comedy is Reynolds's bread and butter, so I'm hoping that this one is more Tootsie, less Sorority Boys.

You've said that you prefer Reynolds in big-studio movies as opposed to indies, (and I'd personally like to see him take on Jack Ryan), but what do you think of this new project? It's probably not Oscar bait, but sounds like it could be worth a few laughs.