![]() 14, 2009: 15th anniversary of TCM and of R.O. May 23, 2009: Accepted award for TCM at the Seattle Film Festival, Seattle.Īpr. May 18, 2009: Accepted Peabody Award for TCM at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom, New York, presented by Brian Williams. 8-9, 2005.)Ģ007: Accepted award for TCM at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theatre, San Francisco. 3, 2006: first airing of RO co-hosting the ESSENTIALS franchise for TCM, with film critic Molly Haskell. 18, 2004: With Bill Cosby, taped first GUEST 14, 2004: 10th anniversary of TCM with 14 hours of Osborne PRIVATE SCREENINGS interviews, airing from 6 am to 8 pm, EST. 2003: First SUMMER UNDER THE STARS festival, now a yearly franchise for the channel.Īpr. On cover and subject of Osborne's inside cover article: Humphrey Bogart.Īug. SCREENINGS interview, then called REEL TO REEL. June 8, 1995: With Jane Powell taped first PRIVATE 1995: First 31 DAYS OF OSCAR festival, a yearly TCM franchise ever since. Workman short, 100 YEARS OF THE MOVIES, especially commissioned for TCM debut. The first film shown: GONE WITH THE WIND, hosted by Osborne and preceded by the premiere of Chuck Official launch of Turner Classic Movies network with Ted Turner pulling the switch at a Times Square event. In lieu of sending flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the ASPCA or The Animal Medical Center of NY (). Segments for The Movie Channel and was nominated for an Emmy® as Outstanding Host Moderator. He was a frequent guest on Good Morning America and other network shows was twice a CableACE nominee for his "Osborne Report" ![]() In 1987, he was signed by CBS to make daily appearances on the CBS Morning Program, and from 1986-1993, he was also a regular host of The Movie Channel cable network prior to joining Turnerįrom 1981-83, Osborne served as president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). In 1982, he also began as the on-air entertainment reporter for the nightly Osborne was a reporter and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter for more than 25 years, covering all aspects of the movie and television business. Lucy remained a friend and mentor to him until her death. It was Lucy who encouraged him use his journalistic skills and interest in Hollywood history to pursue writing, which he considered "the best career advice" he'd everīeen given. He eventually went to Hollywood as an actor and soon after was signed to a contractīy Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for their Desilu studios. Chastain and the Verizon Amphitheatre in Atlanta and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.īorn in Colfax, Wash., Osborne graduated from the University of Washington's School of Journalism, appearing in local plays in his non-study hours. Radio City Music Hall, Town Hall, City Center, Alice Tully Hall, the Museum of Modern Art and Jazz at Lincoln Center Los Angeles' Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn theatre Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va. He hosted events in venues including New York's Osborne's many appearances included serving as a host-moderator with the Boston Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Written at the request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was called the most comprehensive and definitive book ever done on the subject." He also penned a regularĪ Hollywood columnist and critic, Osborne was known as the official biographer of Oscar® thanks to a series of books he wrote on the subject of the film world's annual Academy Awards®. Leslie Caron, Tony Curtis, James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Patricia Neal, Robert Michum, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Anthony Quinn, Ann Miller, June Allyson and Betty Hutton.Ī true ambassador for Turner Classic Movies, Osborne made countless public appearances for the network and served as the host of the annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood and the TCM Classic Cruise. Interview series entitled, Private Screenings with marquee interviews including, Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Shirley MacLaine, Jane Fonda, Jane Powell, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, Mickey Rooney, Charlton Heston, For TCM, Osborne hosted special one-on-one In addition to his regular appearances on TCM, Osborne co-hosted TCM's The Essentials each week with such personalities as Alec Baldwin, Drew Barrymore and, most recently, Sally Field. I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like.
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