Renee Taylor & Ann Guilbert - The Fran Drescher Show (12/15/2010)

Ann Guilbert appeared on The Fran Drescher Show on Wednesday, December 15th, along with Renee Taylor.

Ann on the Fran Drescher show on 12/15

Ann will be appearing on the Fran Drescher show on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010.


http://www.frandrescher.com/wednesday-1215/

"You know them as Fran’s Mother and Grandmother from “The Nanny”,  and today Renee Taylor and Ann Guilbert are here to dish on their sitcom family, what they’ve been up to … and maybe a nosh!"

The show airs on FOX in the following cities:

• New York / FOX 5 - 12 noon
• Los Angeles / FOX 11- 2 PM
• Philadelphia / FOX 29-12 noon
• Minneapolis / FOX 9- 1 PM
• Phoenix / FOX 10- 1 PM
• Orlando / FOX 35- 11 AM
• Milwaukee/CBS 58 - 3 PM

Ann on Seinfeld

Ann's episode of Seinfeld ("The Pen") will air on FOX on Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at 12:30 AM EST.

Please Give wins Robert Altman Award

"Please Give" will be awarded the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on  February 26th, 2011.

The award goes to the movie's director, Nicole Holfcener, its casting director, Jeanne McCarthy, and its ensemble cast, including Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, and Sarah Steele.

Congratulations!

Entertainment Weekly calls for a nomination

Entertainment Weekly has a small feature on who should be nominated for the upcoming Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominations are announced November 30th.


http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/11/22/spirit-awards-nominate-these-long-shots/

EW's Dave Karger, along with many commenters are lauding Ann's performance in "Please Give."

Ann on I Dream of Jeannie

US viewers who get TV Land will be able to watch Ann in an episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" on
Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 9:38 AM.

In the episode, "Jeannie For The Defense," Jeannie comes to the rescue when Tony and Roger become victims of a hit-and-run scam in a small town.

USA Today on Oscar contenders

USA Today recently posted an article called "Oscar, don't overlook these worthy potential contenders" which mentioned "Please Give" as well as singling out Ann's performance as worthy of an Oscar nomination for Actress in a Supporting Role.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-11-03-oscardontforget03_CV_N.htm

On TV Now ...

Keep tabs on when Ann is on television via her IMDb "TV Schedule":

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346893/nowshowing

The Nanny is currently airing on NIK and TVLAND in the USA.

Please Give nominated for Gotham Award

"Please Give" was nominated for a 2010 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, for a cast which includes Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele and Thomas Ian Nicholas.

The awards take place November 29th in New York City. Last year's Best Feature winner at the Gotham Awards went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture (The Hurt Locker). 


Click here to see all of the nominees.

Please Give on DVD today

Just a reminder that "Please Give" was released on DVD and BluRay today.

Order from:


Amazon.com (DVD)
Amazon.com (BluRay)
Indigo.ca (DVD, Canada)
Indigo.ca (BluRay, Canada)

Customers in the UK have to wait until January 31, 2011 for the DVD, but you can pre-order at Amazon.co.uk.

Submit Photos

If you have any photos to you'd like to share on the Ann Guilbert Fan Site, please email them to info@annguilbert.com with some information about the photo (when and where it was taken, who is in the photo in addition to Ann, your name if you'd like photo credit, etc).

Please Give on DVD October 19th

Nicole Holofcener's film "Please Give" is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on October 19th. Ann stars as ailing next-door-neighbor Andra.

You can pre-order the DVD or pre-order the Blu-Ray disc at Amazon.com.

You can also visit this site's AnnGuilbert.com store to order merchandise.

Curtain Up review of "Play Yourself"

A 2002 Curtain Up review by Les Gutman of the play "Play Yourself" at the New York Theatre Workshop. Ann played the role of Selma.


But the biggest surprise in the cast is Ann Guilbert. Comically brilliant and dramatically perfect, she is equal parts small-town senior citizen, lost soul and menace to society. Having fallen off my radar screen after portraying Millie Helpern, the next-door neighbor on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ms. Guilbert's return is a near-cosmic event. 

Click here to read the whole review.

Ann featured in Stanford Magazine

Ann was featured in the May/June 2010 issue of Stanford Magazine. She is a graduate of Stanford University's Department of Speech and Drama.

Click here to view the article.

PLEASE GIVE official trailer

From Sony Pictures Classics:

NPR's review of "Please Give"

"Please Give" was reviewed by NPR on April 30, 2010.

The bluntest, meanest character, Rebecca and Mary's grandmother, is too vivid to dislike. Ann Guilbert played Millie on the old Dick Van Dyke Show and she still has great, brash timing. She also gives you glimpses of the huge spirit trapped in that small, failing body, and frightened of death.

Click here to read the full review.

Los Angeles Times reviews "Please Give"

Ann's movie 'Please Give' was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times on April, 20, 2010. 

Andra, the ancient in question, turns out to be a merciless crone with a bad word for everyone. Beautifully played by Ann Guilbert, Andra is the type who says "you gained weight" instead of "hello" and "what am I going to do with this?" instead of "thank you."

Click here to read the full review.

Time Magazine's review of "Please Give"

Time Magazine reviewed "Please Give" on April 28, 2010.

They also own the apartment next door, which they bought from its current occupant, crotchety 90-year-old Andra (the very funny Ann Morgan Guilbert). Kate and Alex are, as politely as possible, waiting for Andra to die so they can knock down the walls and have their dream apartment.

Click here to read the full review.

USA Today reviews "Please Give"

USA Today reviewed "Please Give" on May 2, 2010.

Rebecca is a mammography technician who is devoted to her crotchety grandmother (Ann Guilbert). Guilbert (who was Millie on The Dick Van Dyke Show) plays 91-year-old Grandma Andra with pitch-perfect comic timing.


Click here to read the full review.