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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters.
He first drew critical praise for the play Eh?, for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough 1967 film role as Benjamin Braddock, the title character in The Graduate. Since then Hoffman's career has largely been focused on cinema, with sporadic returns to television and the stage. His most notable films include Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Hook and Wag the Dog.
Hoffman has won two Academy Awards (for his performances in Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man), five Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012.
Hoffman had his directorial debut in 2012, with Quartet.
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Den of Geek US
April 28, 2018
Jake, the second-generation actor son of Gary Busey, has been acting since childhood, first appearing in the 1978 crime drama, Straight Time, in which his father co-starred with Dustin Hoffman. After grown roles in 1990s films PCU, S.F.W., Twister, (Peter Jackson's) The Frighteners and Contact, the juniorÃâà...
Vogue.com
April 28, 2018
... engrossing and absolutely peculiar (if visually stunning) German period psychological crime thriller starring Ben Whishaw (as a genius perfumer turned serial killer obsessed with capturing the scent of young womanhood), Alan Rickman, and Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Tom Tykwer of Run Lola Run.
kdhlradio.com
April 28, 2018
You know the movies. 'Bill" which in 1981 was about a man with a developmental disability. And 'Rainman'. With Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. About an Autistic man. You may not remember that these were written by an Austin Minnesota native who graduated from St. Olaf. Barry Morrow has written as well as nowÃâà...
Bravo (blog)
April 28, 2018
The movie's opening sequence shows Dustin Hoffman's character traveling slightly dazed and dead eyed through LAX to Simon and Garfunkel's “The Sound of Silence” mixed with an automated voice instructing him to hold onto the handrail. It really captures how we all feel on our way to baggage claim.
NPR
April 26, 2018
"I'll put another $25,000, $50,000 into it but just get a better-looking guy," Levine told him. Brooks won that fight, but he lost his pick to play the Nazi-loving author of the would-be flop play: He wanted Dustin Hoffman, but Hoffman took the leading role of Benjamin in The Graduate instead and was on the roadÃâà...
Jezebel
April 16, 2018
So too has Dustin Hoffman, allegedly. In 2017, three women accused Hoffman of sexual assault—one alleged Hoffman exposed himself to her in a hotel room when she was in high school, the second says it occurred during audio recording of the film Ishtar, and a third says he assaulted her in the back of aÃâà...
The Island Now (blog)
March 26, 2018
Once, it was practically a movie star! I refer to that iconic movie, “The Graduate,” (1967) and the scene where someone takes new graduate Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) aside, to impart some advice for his future: “Ben, I just want to say one word to you: Plastics!” Of course, no self-respecting BabyÃâà...
KPAX-TV
March 26, 2018
December 2, 2012 - Is honored at the Kennedy Center Honors gala along with Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, Natalia Makarova and the musical group Led Zeppelin. October 4, 2013 - Extends his contract with CBS through 2015. April 3, 2014 - During an afternoon taping of "The Late Show," LettermanÃâà...
Hartford Courant
March 26, 2018
Photos of celebrity diners at Carbone's Hartford restaurant, including Dustin Hoffman, have been framed on the restaurant's walls. Photos of celebrity diners at Carbone's Hartford restaurant, including Dustin Hoffman, have been framed on the restaurant's walls. (Mark Mirko | Courant file photo). “It's all theÃâà...
KBZK Bozeman News
March 26, 2018
December 2, 2012 - Is honored at the Kennedy Center Honors gala along with Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, Natalia Makarova and the musical group Led Zeppelin. October 4, 2013 - Extends his contract with CBS through 2015. April 3, 2014 - During an afternoon taping of "The Late Show," LettermanÃâà...
St. Norbert Times
March 26, 2018
Dustin Hoffman was one of the next people to be accused of sexual misconduct. In an article published by the Hollywood Reporter, one of the accusers named Anna Graham Hunter said that the “Tootsie” actor sexually harassed her when she was 17 years old and working as a production assistant on theÃâà...
Collider.com
March 24, 2018
The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, and Maggie Smith. In the film, Peter Pan is an adult now, but when Captain Hook kidnaps his children, Peter must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Munich is written by TonyÃâà...
New Jersey Herald
March 23, 2018
That advice, delivered to Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1967 movie "The Graduate," enjoyed a good five-decade run. But it may be nearing the end of its shelf life. According to the Washington Post, the Ekoplaza organic supermarket chain in the Netherlands has opened a pilot store (in Amsterdam) withÃâà...
Berkeleyside
March 22, 2018
These include the Reprint Mint, which disseminated the psychedelic posters of the 1960s, and later became ground zero for the underground comic movement; the Berkeley Free Clinic, which has been offering free and universal healthcare since 1973; Caffe Med, where Dustin Hoffman sat looking out theÃâà...
The Australian
March 22, 2018
In the 1988 movie, the autistic Ray (Dustin Hoffman) refuses to get on a plane from Cincinnati to Los Angeles with brother Charlie (Tom Cruise). After rejecting American Airlines, Continental and Delta by reciting details of their most recent crashes, Charlie insists: “All airlines have crashed at one time orÃâà...
Folio Weekly
March 22, 2018
Blind Audrey Hepburn fended off bad guy Alan Arkin and pals in Wait Until Dark ('67), as Dustin Hoffman launched a similar assault in Sam Peckinpah's brilliant, excruciating Straw Dogs (1971). And the list quite literally goes on and on. It's a scary concept and an obviously marketable one, thriving outsideÃâà...
Page Six
March 22, 2018
Nell Scovell joked on Tuesday at 92Y — the same site as Oliver and Hoffman's exchange in December — “Jews haven't been that blindsided since Kristallnacht.” Scovell, who's penned jokes for David Letterman and “The Simpsons,” added, “Do you know what Dustin Hoffman calls this place? The 92ndÃâà...
The Guardian
March 21, 2018
Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman and Justin Henry in the 1979 film adaptation of Avery Corman's novel Kramer vs Kramer. Photograph: Tom Wargacki/WireImage. Do all mothers fantasise about fleeing their families, if only for a weekend? Or do we simply crave the vicarious thrill of reading about something weÃâà...
Irish Times
March 20, 2018
In the context of the fall of Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Dustin Hoffman, to name but a few, unsurprisingly many (though not all) of the women who have spoken courageously of their experiences have been white. The exceptions mainly include female actors whose talents and success are alreadyÃâà...
Oxford Eagle
March 11, 2018
That advice, delivered to Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” enjoyed a good five-decade run. But it may be nearing the end of its shelf life. According to the Washington Post, the Ekoplaza organic supermarket chain in the Netherlands has opened a pilot store in Amsterdam withÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 11, 2018
Stanley Motss, a Hollywood producer (played by Dustin Hoffman) is employed to create the war, and the spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), attempts to pull it all off, just days before the presidential election. It was released a month before the outbreak of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 10, 2018
The following year he appeared with Dustin Hoffman in the Broadway revival of Death Of A Salesman in 1984 and won an Emmy after it was made into a TV film. He has received Oscar nominations for Places In The Heart and In The Line Of Fire, and also starred in Dangerous Liaisons and Being JohnÃâà...
MPNnow.com
March 9, 2018
Long before Dustin Hoffman became “Tootsie” or Robin Williams cavorted as “Mrs. Doubtfire,” there was “Charley's Aunt,” a British farce from the 19th century turned into the 1949 hit Broadway musical “Where's Charley?” The play is being presented this weekend and next by the Theatre Experience ofÃâà...
Ironton Tribune
March 9, 2018
That advice, delivered to Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” enjoyed a good five-decade run. But it may be nearing the end of its shelf life. According to the Washington Post, the Ekoplaza organic supermarket chain in the Netherlands has opened a pilot store (in Amsterdam) withÃâà...
Santa Monica Daily Press
March 8, 2018
Remember “The Graduate,” when Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) is told that there is just one word he needs to know: “Plastics”? I honestly believe that now, other than AI, VR or IoT, the future is “Podcasts.” I have been both immersing myself and dipping my toes into, some good, some bad and some boringÃâà...
Newsweek
March 8, 2018
More than 50 women named producer Harvey Weinstein as their abuser, while actors including Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman and others also faced accusations of sexual harassment and assault. More than 300 women working in the film, television and theater industries came together to create the Time'sÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
March 3, 2018
On the eve of the 2018 Oscars, Barrett spills about her so-called feud with Walters, the time an angry Ryan O'Neal sent her a live tarantula, and the Oscars at which Dustin Hoffman jumped in her lap. What was your first time at the Oscars like? I was living in L.A. with Michael Landon when his then-wife,Ãâà...
The Guardian
February 24, 2018
How did a foul-mouthed Brit with 'a fifth-grade understanding of American politics' become a hit US TV comedian? John Oliver talks about the secret to satire – and that clash with Dustin Hoffman. Emma Brockes. @emmabrockes. Sat 24 Feb 2018 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 24 Feb 2018 13.45 EST. Share on FacebookÃâà...
TheSpec.com
February 23, 2018
NEW YORK John Oliver recalls his moment of #MeToo internet fame from last year. Then he wonders if, deep down, there was a point to it all. "I guess I don't feel like I accomplished much," Oliver said in an interview with The Washington Post at HBO's offices on a recent weekday morning. "My goal was toÃâà...
New York Times
February 16, 2018
But during the recent news cycles when “Last Week Tonight” was in reruns, Mr. Oliver was still in the spotlight: He drew attention in December for moderating a public panel discussion where he persistently questioned Dustin Hoffman about a statement the actor released after being accused of sexualÃâà...
HuffPost
February 13, 2018
John Oliver Is Surprised Dustin Hoffman Didn't Expect Harassment Questions. The “Last Week Tonight” host talks about his heated exchange with Hoffman over sexual harassment allegations. By Bill BradleyÃâà...
New York Times
December 15, 2017
Three more women have accused the actor Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct, providing detailed allegations of encounters in a recording studio, in a station wagon and in a hotel room decades ago, according to interviews published Thursday in Variety. The article quoted a letter to Variety's ownerÃâà...
Variety
December 14, 2017
Cori Thomas was in high school when she says Dustin Hoffman exposed himself to her in a hotel room. Melissa Kester was a recent college graduate when Hoffman allegedly sexually assaulted her while recording audio for the film “Ishtar.” A third woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said thatÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Mike Nichols's “The Graduate” ends with one of cinema's most famously ambiguous final shots. After successfully stopping his ex-girlfriend Elaine (Katherine Ross) from marrying some square that met with her parents' approval, the film's hero, Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman), whisks her away from the chapelÃâà...
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