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Susan Granger is a product of Hollywood. Her natural father, S. Sylvan Simon, was a director and producer at R.K.O., M.G.M. and Columbia Pictures; her adoptive father, Armand Deutsch, produced movies at M.G.M.
As a child, Susan appeared in movies with Abbott & Costello, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Margaret O’Brien and Lassie. She attended Mills College in California, studying journalism with Pierre Salinger, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, with highest honors in journalism.
During her adult life, Susan has been on radio and television as an anchorwoman and movie/drama critic. Her newspaper reviews have been syndicated around the world, and she has appeared on American Movie Classics cable television.
In addition, her celebrity interviews and articles have been published in REDBOOK, PLAYBOY, FAMILY CIRCLE, COSMPOLITAN, WORKING WOMAN and THE NEW YORK TIMES, as well as in PARIS MATCH, ELLE, HELLO, CARIBBEAN WORLD, ISLAND LIFE, MACO DESTINATIONS, NEWS LIMITED NEWSPAPERS (Australia), UK DAILY MAIL, UK SUNDAY MIRROR, DS (France), LA REPUBBLICA (Italy), BUNTE (Germany), VIP TRAVELLER (Krisworld) and many other international publications through SSG Syndicate.
Susan also lectures on the ”Magic and Mythology of Hollywood” and ”Don’t Take It Personally: Conquering Criticism and other Survival Skills,” originally published on tape by Dove Audio.
As the story goes, when director Steven Soderbergh was watching “American Gladiators” on television one evening, during a bout of women’s mixed martial arts fighting, he was so impressed by 29 year-old, raven-haired Gina Carano that he decided to develop a grim revenge thriller with screenwriter Lem Dobbs (“The Limey), casting Carano as a globetrotting lethal operative. Read the rest of this entry »
Angelina Jolie acquits herself admirably as writer/director in this controversial, cross-cultural love story set amidst the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s: Read the rest of this entry »
Blame it on the Fox Television series “Glee”! With the resounding success of the lives-of-the-members-of-the choir theme, intercut with catchy songs, there were bound to be imitators like this. So instead of progressive, “Glee”-type social/cultural issues, there’s a small town in Georgia church choir trying to get to a national singing competition in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Lynne Ramsay’s bleak psychological thriller revolves around the relationship between a guilt-riddled mother and her troubled son. Based on Lionel Shriver’s best-selling novel of the same name, it explores nature vs. nurture with a different twist. Read the rest of this entry »
Ralph Fiennes transforms Shakespeare’s war tragedy into a violent, contemporary action-movie, filled with bloody battles and torture scenes. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re fascinated by British Royals and are already aware of how and why the Duke of Windsor abdicated as King to marry twice-divorced American socialite, Wallis Simpson, you’ll be able to follow this convoluted concept, co-written and directed by Madonna, who ineptly blends dual stories into “W.E.,” standing for Wallis and Edward. Read the rest of this entry »
With Thanksgiving vacation coming up, this fresh, funny, family-friendly, animated fantasy is something to be very thankful for! Read the rest of this entry »
“We’re trying to get the old gang back again!” croaks Kermit the Frog, setting the stage for an endearing revival of the once-lucrative but recently-neglected puppet franchise started by Jim Henson. “The Muppet Show” ran on TV for five seasons (1976-1981) and spawned several spin-offs. Read the rest of this entry »
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has devised a psychosexual thriller, a perverse, convoluted story that revolves around a celebrated plastic surgeon and his beautiful captive patient. Read the rest of this entry »
Blame the Part 1 choice on “Harry Potter.” Stephanie Meyer wrote only four books in this franchise, as opposed to J.K. Rowling’s seven. So stretching out the conclusion is understandable - in box-office terms - with Bill Condon (“Gods and Monsters,” “Kinsey,” ”Dreamgirls”) helming the final two installments. Read the rest of this entry »