Released in 1980, The Idolmaker was Oscar nominee Taylor Hackford’s first film and earned Ray Sharkey a Golden Globe for Best Actor. The movie was based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob ...

A showbiz morality play (1980) with the stern, cautionary tone of the 50s gray-flannel success stories: the protagonist, a rock ‘n’ roll promoter played with jumpy, empty energy by Ray Sharkey, ...

After taking on Taylor Swift in her 2023 tour documentary Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, director Sam Wrench has set his sights on a different (albeit fictional) pop star for his next project. The ...

Indie label owner Robert P. Marcucci, who discovered teen idols Frankie Avalon and Fabian and served as the model for the title character in 1980 film “The Idolmaker,” died of natural causes on March ...

1959. Twenty-seven year old Vinnie Vacarri works as a waiter at his older brother Mario's upscale Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, but much to Mario's chagrin, Vinnie lets work at the restaurant slide ...

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has hired Sascha Penn to write the latest version of The Idolmaker, the remake that has Craig Brewer attached to direct and Justin Timberlake circling to star. Hawk Koch and Gene ...

Hollywood has seen the future and it is Ryan Gosling, having positioned its favorite, occasionally fattened young goose to at last become the mainstream swan that the acclaim for his early, quirky ...

Ryan Gosling has confirmed that he will make his directorial debut with a remake of 1980 biopic The Idolmaker. According to Deadline, the Blue Valentine actor will helm and star in an updated version ...

Peter Gallagher has had a long and steady acting career on stage and screen. You may know him as Sandy Cohen on “The O.C.,” Arthur Campbell on “Covert Affairs,” Larry Levy in “The Player,” or Buddy ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...