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Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Ferris Bueller's Day Off star Mia Sara, 57, who worked with Tom Cruise in a unicorn movie, is seen in rare snaps
Mia Sara was a huge movie star in the 1980s. The exotic-looking actress made her big-screen debut opposite Tom Cruise in the fantasy unicorn-seeking adventure Legend in 1985. Then one year later - at the age of 18 - this siren landed a major role in an iconic high school comedy, 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. The 57-year-old Hollywood stalwart has continued to work but has rarely been seen in public. But on Monday evening, the formerly dark-haired star hit her first red carpet in many years for the premiere of her new movie, based on a 2020 Stephen King novel of the same name, The Life of Chuck. She attended the premiere screening at Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles with Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill, who is also starring in the movie. Born Mia Sarapochiello in Brooklyn, New York, she was just 16 when she landed her big break as a princess to Cruise's man from the woods on Legend. The movie was anchored by Hollywood heavyweights - not just Cruise, but also superstar director Ridley Scott - yet still turned out to be a box office flop. But just one year later, Mia became a star across America when she starred as Sloane Peterson, the girlfriend of mischievous high school senior, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris gets his famous day off by pretending to be sick, and manages to get Sloane to join him by feeding the school the fake story that her grandmother has died. Upon its release, Ferris Bueller's Day Off became a thunderous box office success, earning $70 million with just a $5 million budget, and remains one of the best-loved high school comedies to ever made. Shortly after the movie came out, Mia showered praise on both Cruise and Matthew Broderick, whom she noted 'had much more experience' than she did. 'Tom was dedicated and I learned a lot of good work habits from him. And I respected Matt because I had seen him on Broadway. He was one of my favorites,' she told UPI. In the 1990s she featured in such movies as the Melanie Griffith drama A Stranger Among Us - directed by Sidney Lumet of 12 Angry Men fame - as well as the smash hit Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie Timecop. She continued acting on TV Programs like CSI: NY and movies like Dorothy & The Witches of Oz until 2013, when she took a hiatus that ultimately lasted longer than a decade. As early as 2010, she had remarked that she was 'mostly retired' as she had become a 'mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!' The New York native also noted: 'I'm a poet, so for the last couple of years that's what I've been focusing on,' in an interview with Total Film. Mia now has a daughter named Amelia, 20, by her second and current husband Brian Henson, who is the son of The Muppets creator Jim Henson. She also has a 28-year-old son called Dashiell by her first husband Jason Connery, whose father was none other than James Bond legend Sean Connery. After many years away from the movies, she is back with The Life Of Chuck. Mia features amid a star-studded cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hamill, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan and Nick Offerman. The movie earned a warm response from the critics when it premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will be out in theaters soon.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mia Sara, 57, starred with Tom Cruise then was in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, see her now in rare snaps
Mia Sara was a huge movie star in the 1980s. The exotic-looking actress made her big-screen debut opposite Tom Cruise in the fantasy unicorn-seeking adventure Legend in 1985. Then one year later - at the age of 18 - this siren landed a major role in an iconic high school comedy, 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. The 57-year-old Hollywood stalwart has continued to work but has rarely been seen. On Monday evening the formerly dark-haired star hit her first red carpet in many years for the premiere of her new movie. She was at The Life Of Chuck screening at Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles with Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill. Born Mia Sarapochiello in Brooklyn, New York, she landed her big break aged 16 with the 1985 fantasy film Legend starring her as a princess and Cruise as a man from the woods. The movie was anchored by Hollywood heavyweights - not just Tom but also director Ridley Scott - and yet turned out to be a flop at the box office. However, one year later, Mia became recognizable all over the country as Sloane Peterson, the girlfriend of mischievous high school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris gets his famous day off by pretending to be sick, and manages to get Sloane to join him by feeding the school the fake story that her grandmother has died. Upon its release, Ferris Bueller's Day Off became a thunderous box office success and remains one of the best-loved high school comedies to emerge from Hollywood. Shortly after the movie came out, Mia showered praise on both Cruise and Matthew Broderick, whom she noted 'had much more experience' than she did. 'Tom was dedicated and I learned a lot of good work habits from him. And I respected Matt because I had seen him on Broadway. He was one of my favorites,' she told UPI. In the 1990s she featured in such movies as the Melanie Griffith drama A Stranger Among Us - directed by Sidney Lumet of 12 Angry Men fame - as well as the smash hit Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie Timecop. She continued acting on TV Programs like CSI: NY and movies like Dorothy & The Witches of Oz until 2013, when she took a hiatus that ultimately lasted longer than a decade. As early as 2010, she had remarked that she was 'mostly retired' as she had become a 'mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!' The New York native also noted: 'I'm a poet, so for the last couple of years that's what I've been focusing on,' in an interview with Total Film. Mia now has a daughter named Amelia, 20, by her second and current husband Brian Henson, who is the son of The Muppets creator Jim Henson. She also has a 28-year-old son called Dashiell by her first husband Jason Connery, whose father was none other than James Bond legend Sean Connery. After many years away from the movies, she is back with The Life Of Chuck. Mia features amid a star-studded cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hamill, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan and Nick Offerman. The movie earned a warm response from the critics when it premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will be out in theaters soon.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Emmy-award winning The Simpsons composer dies aged 84 after long battle with a rare neurological illness
Legendary composer Alf Clausen best known for his 27-year stint on The Simpsons has died at the age of 84 after a long battle with a rare illness. The film composer passed away on Thursday at his Valley Village home in Los Angeles, his daughter Kaarin told The Hollywood Reporter. Clausen is survived by his wife Sally, children Kaarin, Scott and Kyle, stepchildren Josh and Emily, and 11 grandchildren. Karin revealed her father had been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) around eight years ago when he was in his mid-seventies. PSP is a rare, progressive neurological condition that affects movement, balance, vision, speech, and swallowing. There is currently no cure. Clausen, whose score credits include TV series Moonlighting and film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, scored many of The Simpsons' iconic melodies after joining the show in 1990 for its second season. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. In all, the musician garnered 23 Emmy nods for his work on The Simpsons, taking home the trophy in 1997 and 1998. Clausen took home the gong with lyricist Ken Keeler in 1997 and 1998 for the songs We Put The Spring In Springfield and You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center). He also received seven Emmy nods for his work on other projects. Variety reported that Clausen used a 35-piece orchestra each week and the costs for the original music ran into millions of dollars a year. In addition to his work on The Simpsons, the composer has also worked on such fiums and TV shows as Moonlighting, The Naked Gun and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He worked on the beloved cartoon right up until its 27th season in 2017 - when his relationship with bosses soured and he was dismissed from the role. Clausen's relationship with the show didn't remain a rosy one, as he filed a lawsuit in 2019 alleging he was fired from the series because of his age and a perceived disability. But in court documents filed by Fox and Simpsons executives, and seen by The Hollywood Reporter in 2020, producers said Clausen was let go because he was unofficially delegating his work to others, including his son. revealed that Fox's defence argued that the media company's decision is protected under its First Amendment rights. Fox was seeking to have Clausen's suit dismissed under California's SLAPP statute which permits media companies to make staffing decisions based on protected free speech. Attorneys for Fox also argued that Clausen was unlikely to prevail in his complaint because he was an independent contractor and not an employee. According to the situation came to a head in November 2016 when work had begun on an episode of the animated series titled The Great Phatsby, a hip-hop spoof of F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel The Great Gatsby. Simpsons producer James L. Brooks 'questioned whether Clausen was the right person to prepare rap music and questioned his work more generally', Simpsons producer Richard Sakei says in a statement filed with the court. Sakei went on: 'Around that time, I learned that Clausen had been delegating some of the work of composing music for The Simpsons to others, including his son Scott Clausen.' Sakei says he thought this unauthorised delegation of work by Clausen was 'unacceptable' and notified Simpsons showrunner Al Jean about it. Following a meeting between Sakei, Jean, Brooks and showrunner Mat Selman, Sakai states: 'We decided that we could improve the music on the show by replacing him.' The matter was resolved in February 2022 after Clausen reached a settlement with Fox.
