TV Guide: Kim Basinger

Listing: 8 Mile

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Video: Alec Baldwin gets candid

MSNBC — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:35:50 -0500

Alec Baldwin rarely grants interviews, but he sat down for a hilarious and candid interview with Access' Billy Bush to discuss his messy divorce with Kim Basinger and so much more.

Video: Alec Smarts on "60 Min."

TMZ Videos — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:58:38 -0500

Alec Baldwin vented on "60 Minutes" about the voice mail message to his daughter which TMZ first published. He also trashes Kim Basinger's lawyer.

Video: Rita

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:28:50 -0500

The life and career of 1940s sex symbol Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) is affectionately but uncompromisingly recounted in this cable TV documentary, produced by Hugh Hefner and narrated by actress Kim Basinger. Born into a show business family, Rita Cansino was still a pre-teen when she attracted the attention of Hollywood with her sultry Latin looks and her remarkable dancing skills. With her first husband, the much-older Edward C. Judson, as her manager and agent, Rita managed to land a starlet contract at 20th Century Fox, then moved on to greater glory when, signed by Columbia Pictures, she was re-christened Rita Hayworth and given a more all-American image via cosmetic surgery, electrolysis, and a new crop of flaming red hair. Though her career was sometimes impeded by Columbia boss Harry Cohn, who was upset that she continued to fend off his advances, Rita ultimately achieved superstardom as the alluring star of such films as Cover Girl and Gilda. Alas, her private life was never quite as satisfying as her

Video: America Undercover: Panic

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:59 -0500

This program is part of the popular investigative series on HBO America Undercover. The subject of this episode is the increasingly common problem of those suffering from panic attacks. The program delves into the reasons behind the symptoms, which often leave the person feeling not only terrified of some unknown threat, but ashamed of feelings of incompetence and dread in a can do culture. Actress Kim Basinger and football player Earl Campbell talk about what it is like to be in the dark maelstrom of a panic attack, and how they are coping with the disorder. Psychologists discuss ways to alleviate the symptoms of panic disorder, so that the sufferer can go on with a normal life. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide.

Video: Even Money

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:46:09 -0500

Forest Whitaker, Kim Basinger, Jay Mohr, Danny DeVito, Nick Cannon, and Carla Gugino star in director Mark Rydell's ensemble addiction drama detailing the manner in which gambling and drugs affect a variety of people's lives during the weeks leading up to a championship college basketball game. Carolyn (Basinger) is a struggling novelist whose addiction to the slots drives her to deceive her husband Tom (Liotta). Though Carloyn claims to be working on her latest manuscript at a nearby coffee shop, the reality of her situation is decidedly more desperate. Meanwhile, local maintenance worker Clyde (Whitaker) stands at the sidelines of the basketball court cheering for his little brother Godfrey (Cannon) while keeping his lingering gambling debts a well-guarded secret. In another part of town, the ageing Detective Bruner (Kelsey Grammer) methodically trails malevolent bookie Victor (Tim Roth) as Victor's small-time counterpart Augie (Mohr) patiently waits for his ship to come in. As the big game draws near and c

Video: 8 Mile

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:45:03 -0500

Controversial rap star Eminem makes his acting debut in this hard-edged urban drama, inspired in part by incidents from the musician's own life. Jimmy Smith (Eminem), known to his friends as Rabbit, is a young man trying to make his way out of the burned-out shell of inner-city Detroit. Rabbit's entire life has been a hard climb, and it certainly hasn't gotten any easier lately; Rabbit has just been dumped by his girlfriend, forcing him to move back in with his emotionally unstable mother, Stephanie (Kim Basinger), and he's getting along especially poorly with Stephanie's new boyfriend. Rabbit has a factory job that's tough, demeaning, and doesn't pay especially well, and he's convinced his skills as a rapper are his only real hope at a better life. Rabbit makes music with a crew of DJ's and MC's who call themselves Three One Third, among them his close friend Future (Mekhi Phifer), but his status as a white kid making music in a predominantly African-American community and culture is extremely intimidating,

Video: 9 1/2 Weeks

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:44:47 -0500

The title refers to the duration of the relationship between self-absorbed Wall Street shark Mickey Rourke and divorced art gallery owner Kim Basinger. Kim is looking for true love, while Mickey is searching for...gosh knows what. His notions of lovemaking include blindfolds, ice cubes, chocolate syrup, and rolling around on spent peanut shells. When the alotted 9 1/2 weeks are up, Kim has finally come to realize that Rourke has been using her. We could have told her that twenty minutes into the film. One of the definitive works in the Mickey Rourke ouevre, 9 1/2 Weeks is deliciously awful, and as such will probably endure as a Camp Classic for the next hundred years. The film is available in both R-rated and unrated versions; either way, it's a hoot. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Another 9 1/2 Weeks

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:42:32 -0500

Mickey Rourke once again climbs the slippery slope of the erotically extreme in this sequel to 1986's 9 1/2 Weeks. It's been several years since John (Mickey Rourke) parted company with Elizabeth (the character played by Kim Basinger in the original film, although she doesn't appear in this sequel), but he's still obsessed by their passionate encounters. In hopes of finding her, John flies to Paris, where he instead discovers Lea (Angie Everhart), a close friend of Elizabeth's who designs high fashion clothing, and her assistant Claire (Agathe de la Fontaine). Lea is strongly attracted to John, but John is not able to let go of his obsession with Elizabeth so easily; when Lea tells John that Elizabeth has remarried, John begins to responds to her advances and they indulge in a variety of erotic games. However, in time, John learns that Lea can't always be trusted, and he realizes that their affair is not destined to last very long. Another 9 1/2 Weeks was also screened under the title Love in Paris. ~ Mark De

Video: Fool For Love

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:24:07 -0500

Though there are several actors in Fool for Love, two share the majority of screen time: Sam Shepard as Eddie, and Kim Basinger as May. May toils away at a fleabag motel; Eddie is her former love, long absent. Unexpectedly re-entering May's life, Eddie picks up where he left off, and soon the couple is alternately bickering violently and making love with equal fervor. Peripheral characters include Harry Dean Stanton as a boozed-up bum, Martha Crawford as an aristocratic would-be murderer, and Randy Quaid as the current man in the heroine's life. This one-two punch of iconoclastic playwright Sam Shepard and unconventional director Robert Altman proved a failure at the box-office and with critics. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: No Mercy

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:03:21 -0500

High-powered gangsters move this crime drama along at a fast pace. When two cops, Eddie Jillette (Richard Gere) and Joe Collins (Gary Basaraba), hear about a contract out on local crime boss Losado (Jeroen Krabbe), they go undercover posing as hitmen, and the result is murder. Collins and the man who hired them, Paul Deveneux (Terry Kinney) are killed, and Jillette goes looking for the assassin. He ends up in New Orleans where he locates Michel Duval (Kim Basinger), the girlfriend of Deveneux now virtually held a prisoner by Losado. Jillette has his work cut out for him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide.

Video: I Dreamed Of Africa

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:16:28 -0500

Kim Basinger stars in this film based on the life and work of Kuki Gallmann. As a child, Kuki visited Africa with her family and became fascinated with the beauty of its land and wildlife. Years later, at the age of 25, Kuki returned to Africa with her husband, Paolo (Vincent Perez), and their young son, Emanuele (Liam Aiken). Kuki and Paolo built a ranch and developed a passionate interest in protecting the endangered wildlife of the region, such as elephants and rhinos. However, while Africa was a place of beauty and wonder for Kuki, it was also full of danger and tragedy, and when Paolo is unexpectedly killed, Kuki is left alone to fend for Emanuele and her unborn child in this spectacular but unforgiving landscape. I Dreamed of Africa was directed by Academy Award-winner Hugh Hudson and also features Robert Loggia and Eva Marie Saint. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Natural: Director's Cut, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:00:20 -0500

The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat Wonderboy in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be the best there is, whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old rookie on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team's star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights' manager Pop Fisher (W

Video: Natural, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:00:19 -0500

Video: First 9 1/2 Weeks, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:33:38 -0500

A low-budget prequel to the Mickey Rourke/Kim Basinger vehicle that steamed up movie screens in 1986, this erotic outing again centers on successful stock broker Matt Wade (Paul Mercurio) as he travels down to New Orleans to try to close a $500-million deal with the quirky billionaire Francois Dubois (Malcolm McDowell). During his negotiations with Dubois, Wade encounters the tycoon's seductive wife Emily (Clara Bellar) and finds himself unable to resist the temptation she offers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Final Analysis

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:33:13 -0500

In Final Analysis, Richard Gere stars as Isaac Barr, a San Francisco psychiatrist whose alluring patient Diana Baylor (Uma Thurman) is being treated for traumatic memories. In order to find out more about her trauma, Diana suggests that Isaac speak to her sister and question her about what went on between them in the past. But when Isaac sets eyes on Diana's sister Heather (Kim Basinger), they become involved in a torrid and steamy sex affair. Unfortunately, Heather is married to psychotic sadist Jimmy Evans (Eric Roberts). ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide.

Video: Cellular

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:09:54 -0500

A thin thread of electronic data may be the only thing that can save a women and her family in this thriller. Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger) is a biology teacher who is kidnapped by Ethan (Jason Statham), a vicious criminal who has threatened to murder her husband and son if he doesn't get what he wants. Ethan destroys the only working telephone in the cabin where she's held, but Jessica manages to put enough of the pieces together to send out a call that's picked up by Ryan (Chris Evans), a college student, on his cellular phone. Jessica manages to convince Ryan of the gravity of her situation, but she has no idea of where she's being held, leaving his cell phone as the only link to her whereabouts -- and his batteries are starting to wear out. Cellular was scripted by Larry Cohen, the exploitation film auteur who enjoyed a major comeback with his script for another telephone-based story, Phone Booth. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Man Who Loved Women, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:44:00 -0500

This remake of Fran ois Truffaut's 1977 comedy misses out on Truffaut's subtext that delves into the nature of love and instead simply recounts the sexual and romantic exploits of David, a sculptor who is an incurable womanizer (Burt Reynolds). In order to come to grips with his obsession for women, David goes to see a psychiatrist, Marianna (Julie Andrews), and sure enough, she later joins him on the couch. His tale is told by Marianna, as flashbacks reveal their relationship and other loves of David's life, most notably Louise (Kim Basinger), a married woman hooked on intimacy in odd, if not dangerous, places. In all these relationships, David is as much attracted to the women as they are to him. Unfortunately, with flat dialogue and uninspired comedy, David fares better than the film as a whole. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide.

Video: Door In The Floor, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:30:17 -0500

Tod Williams served as both director and screenwriter for this drama, adapted from a portion of John Irving's novel {-A Widow for One Year}. Ted and Marion Cole (Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger) are a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. After their two teenage sons died in an auto accident, Marion fell into a deep depression from which she has never fully emerged. Meanwhile, Ted has drifted into repeated infidelity, his most recent mistress being the sexually ravenous Mrs. Vaughn (Mimi Rogers), and neither Ted nor Marion are willing or able to devote their full attention to their surviving daughter, Ruth (Elle Fanning). Ted, a successful author of books for children, hires Eddie (Jon Foster), a bright 16-year-old prep-school student, to help him edit his latest manuscript. But Ted is fully aware that Eddie bears a striking resemblance to one of his late sons -- and that this would have a powerful effect on Marion. Eddie quickly develops a strong attraction to his employer's beautiful wife, and Ma

Video: Wayne's World 2

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:03:45 -0500

Everyone's favorite headbangers from Aurora, Illinois, are back in this sequel to the 1992 hit comedy Wayne's World. The success of their TV show allows Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) to finally move out of their parents' homes, but now they have to figure out what to do with their lives. Wayne's girlfriend, up-and-coming rock star Cassandra (Tia Carrere), is enjoying a career boost thanks to her new manager Bobby Cohn (Christopher Walker), but Garth thinks that Bobby is more interested in her body than her place on the charts. Meanwhile, Wayne is visited in a dream by the late Jim Morrison (Michael A. Nickles), who convinces him to promote a massive rock festival, Waynestock, featuring Aerosmith as headliners. Garth, on the other hand, is finally relieved of his pesky virginity by femme fatale Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger), though it turns out that Honey has a hidden agenda. Drew Barrymore, Harry Shearer, and Charlton Heston play cameo roles in Wayne's World 2, and Jay Leno, Rip Tayl

Video: Movie Minutes: 'The Sentinel'

NY Times — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:15:43 -0500

Stephen Holden reviews "The Sentinel," starring Michael Douglas, Kim Basinger and Kiefer Sutherland.

Photo: Finale Fever Preview: CSI: Miami, 24, Lost, House

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24 , Lost , CSI: Miami , House , Kiefer Sutherland , Alec Baldwin , Kim Basinger , Rosie O'Donnell , Barbara Walters , Grey's Anatomy , Kate walsh

Photo: Finale Fever Preview: House, CSI: Miami, 24, Lost

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House , 24 , Lost , CSI: Miami , Hugh Laurie , Alec Baldwin , Kim Basinger , Rosie O'Donnell , Barbara Walters , grey's anatomy , kate walsh

Photo: Finale Fever Preview: CSI: Miami, 24, House, Lost

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Photo: Kevin Spacey & Kim Basinger - The 3rd Annual Broadcast Film Critics Awards, January 14, 1998

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Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger

Photo: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger - The 70th Annual Academy Awards

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Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger

Photo: Stephen Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin and guest - The 71st Annual Academy Awards

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Stephen Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin

Photo: The Mermaid Chair - Kim Basinger