This Week In Mal's World

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent tells us why he selected “Tammy and the Bachelor” as the film to pay tribute to the late actress, Debbie Reynolds, at his summer film festival this year. Why not choose “Singin’ in the Rain” or “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”? Mal shares his thoughts about Reynolds as week two of the festival kicks off at the NARO Expanded Cinema in Norfolk. The festival continues with this feature on Monday, July 17th at 7:15pm. For more information visit: http://www.narocinema.com/mals-movies.php.

This Week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent previews the first film of his Summer Film Fest at the NARO Expanded Cinema in Norfolk. The critically-acclaimed film, “Written on the Wind,” stars Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone and is based on a true story. Mal shares this Hollywood connection to a famous scandal in North Carolina. Catch the film festival all this month, through the end of August, hosted by Mal with a commentary after the film. The festival begins with this feature on Monday, July 10th at 7:15pm. For more information visit: http://www.narocinema.com/mals-movies.php.

This Week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls the time he was introduced to the legendary music artist, Lionel Richie. Wait until you hear who made it happen! Lionel Richie will be performing at the Portsmouth Pavilion, Thursday, June 29, 2017.

This Week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent remembers two local men who made major impacts on Hampton Roads arts community. Andy Roberts, former local weather man and national entertainer, and Bob Brown, founding President of Norfolk’s Virginia Stage Company, both passed away recently.

This week in Mal’s World, as Bette Midler is up for a Tony Award this weekend for her starring role in “Hello, Dolly!” on Broadway, Mal Vincent recalls the time The Rose came to Hampton Roads to perform before she became a star. He’ll share what legendary singer said about Norfolk at that time and why she could thank the city if she wins!

This week in Mal's World, Mal Vincent takes us to the theater for a world premiere. "Jazz" opened in Baltimore last week and is based on the novel by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Toni Morrison. The play explores a complicated love story set during 1920's Harlem. Mal shares his thoughts about the play and if he thinks it has what it takes to be a hit on the national stage.

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent remembers Sir Roger Moore, the actor best known on screen as British secret agent, James Bond, in seven of the series’ films. Moore died last week at age 89. Mal recalls the times he met the star and he shares with us how Moore’s wit was as sharp in person as it was in his portrayal of 007.

This Week in Mal’s World, the Film Society of Lincoln Center recently honored actor Robert De Niro, who has portrayed some of the most memorable characters in film history. In front of his fellow stars, De Niro accepted the Chaplin award for his enduring commitment to cinema. Video cameras weren't allowed inside the New York City event, but Mal Vincent was and he'll give us the scoop on what the stars had to say about the 73-year old screen legend. Can YOU name all the films from the De Niro quotes heard throughout the podcast this week? Here’s a link to the event: https://www.filmlinc.org/about-us/chaplin-award-gala/robert-de-niro/

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls the time he met the late, great boxing champ, Muhammad Ali, outside the ring. Ali was part of an entourage that once came to Virginia Beach – including Sheikh Mohammed al-Fassi and then Mayor Meyera Oberndorf. He’ll share the story of the rather unusual meeting, plus we’ll find out how Mal got “The Greatest” to crack a smile.

This week in Mal’s World, now that viewers all over the world can see what the Antiques Roadshow’s stop in Virginia Beach acquired last summer, Mal Vincent revisits his Roadshow trip to share if his heirlooms held any surprises. He’ll tell you what appraisers revealed to him, plus he shares what he thinks of the three programs produced that we’re now watching on TV. For more on Antiques Roadshow in Virginia Beach visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/watch/episode/2113-virginia-beach-hour-1/

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent takes us out to the theater for the Virginia Stage Company’s latest, “The Wiz,” at the Wells Theatre in Norfolk. What did Mal think of this production of the Tony Award-winning musical, which not only features actors from New York, but also students from Norfolk State University? Mal also explains how both professional actors and students are able to share the stage when it comes to Actors' Equity. For more on “The Wiz” wrapping up at the Wells Theatre, visit www.vastage.org.

“Feud: Bette and Joan” finishes its 8-week run on the FX Network with its finale this week. This docudrama chronicles the details of the legendary rivalry between Oscar-winning actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. In this episode of Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls when he attended Crawford’s memorial and was apparently mistook for someone very close to the family, Crawford’s son!

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls the time he, as a novice music critic, was confronted with reviewing a performance by violinist virtuoso Itzhak Perlman in which one the soloist’s strings broke while he was playing! What was Mal to do? We’ll hear the story and we’ll also find out if Mal considers himself a “reviewer” or “critic.” Perlman is part of the Virginia Arts Festival’s Spring lineup and performs at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach, Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7:30pm. For more information about tickets for Itzhak Perlman’s performance, visit: www.sandlercenter.org/sandler-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/04/13/473878/-/vaf-itzhak-perlman. For more information on Riverdance (also mentioned in this week’s episode) at the Sandler Center, visit: www.sandlercenter.org/sandler-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/04/26/473887/-/riverdance-the-20th-anniversary-world-tour-part-of-the-great-performance-series. For more on the entire Virginia Arts Festival’s Spring lineup, visit: www.vafest.org.

This week, Mal Vincent recalls the time he donned grease paint, clown shoes, and a rubber nose to play a professional clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. As the famous circus ends its 146-year run and its visits to Hampton Roads, Mal shares a special story of how he once became a part of it. He was soon to find out that making people laugh wasn't as simple as dressing up or cramming into a clown car!

This week in Mal's World, Mal Vincent previews the final film of his 3-part festival at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. "The Seven Year Itch" stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. From the film's famous subway-street scene to Marilyn's saucy review of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, Mal shares what makes this classic so charming with Hollywood's legendary "blonde bombshell." For more on the MOCA festival, visit http://www.virginiamoca.org/mal-vincent-presents.

This week, Mal Vincent previews the local showing of the Oscar-winning 1952 film "The Bad and the Beautiful" starring Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas. This film is about the movie-making industry of the time that looked to a Virginia writer for inspiration for a film because, historically, "Virginia was peppered with sex." Watch "The Bad and the Beautiful" for the first time on the big screen, locally, in more than 60 years, on Monday, March 27, 2017 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach. For more information on the festival visit http://www.virginiamoca.org/mal-vincent-presents.

This week, Mal Vincent shares his insights on the 1953 movie, Mogambo and its leading stars. The film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly is the first of three films in Vincent’s “Glamour Girls of the Silverscreen” film festival at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach.

This week in Mal's World, Mal Vincent recalls the times he met former Miss America, actress and singer, Vanessa Williams and actor, humorist Hal Holbrook. We'll hear about William's Oscar performance you didn't see and why Hal Holbrook will also have a piece of his heart in Hampton Roads. Hal Holbrook appears at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Mark Twain Tonight on Thursday, March 16th. Vanessa Williams' concert is Saturday, March 11th, also at the Ferguson in Newport News.

It was the movie mix-up seen and heard ‘round-the-world at this year’s Academy Awards when a duplicate envelope made its way in Warren Beatty’s hands by mistake. But, did you know that “Oscar oops” like this have happened on-stage, live, before? This week, Mal Vincent recalls a few of the Academy blunders you might not have known about.

This week, we enjoy a special extended conversation between Mal Vincent and HearSay host, Cathy Lewis, about Mal’s predictions for this year’s Academy Awards and what Mal thinks makes the Oscars so different today than yesteryear.