RIP TORN POLL

On September 8, 1963, [Geraldine Page] married actor Rip Torn, who was six years her junior, in Pinal, Arizona. They had three children: a daughter, actress Angelica Page, and twin sons, Anthony "Tony" and Jonathan "Jon" Torn.

Beginning in the early 1980s, Page and Torn lived separately after he started dating actress Amy Wright; Torn had first met Wright in 1976 and began an affair shortly after. Page was aware of Torn and Wright's relationship, and appeared onstage opposite Wright in the 1977 Off-Broadway production of The Stronger, under Torn's direction. In 1983, Torn fathered a child with Wright. Upon the birth of the child, Page was questioned about her marriage by columnist Cindy Adams, to which she responded: "Of course Rip and I are still married. We've been married for years. We're staying married. What's the big fuss?" In spite of their separation, Page and Torn remained married until her death; her daughter described their relationship as still "close" up until Page died in 1987.

that's how you do it

Doesn't seem to have been posted (be forewarned about the language):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78IRyUrA2Ug

never saw the "Blind Ambition" miniseries, but imagine Rip letting loose with a non-network Nixon

I'd forgotten all about that. Not available on Amazon, but all five hours are on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M91dQVw3bLs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutsrmLb5xU

Image looks acceptable. I can move that over to the TV, so I'll definitely watch that.

The first embed doesn't work--you have to watch it on YouTube (which does work).

I think Tambor is breaking in that heckling scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF94LvnRlKA#

that lazy bastard

Never realized that Artie was never given a surname--he's just Artie or Arthur on IMDB and Wikipedia.

He played a character named Artie once before, too, in a somewhat less reputable project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zMaGnKmaRA

obit roundup

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6485-rip-torn-intense-disturbing-and-very-very-funny

You: We stan Rip Torn, the hero who hit Norman Mailer in the head with a hammer.
Me, an cinephile: I think you mean the hero who hit Justin Long with a wrench pic.twitter.com/hyNnxB3u8W

— J.D. Connor (@jdconnor) July 10, 2019

Torn’s absolute commitment to the role is not matched by Mailer’s, and the two-hander becomes a macho stand-off, ended by Torn when – to calm one of Mailer’s children who’s crying in fright – he says, “It was just a scene in your daddy’s Hollywood whorehouse movie.”

from the S+S obit.

hahahahahahaha

Watched Artie After Hours again at the weekend, and a bunch of other eps of Larry Sanders. That show was godhead.

Lol @ Hopper being sued by Torn for keeping up that stupid story.

Poll doesn't include several items. Definitely a few things to check out, not least to see how he constructed the Artie character.