{"id":5358,"date":"2012-09-17T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:33:26","slug":"welcome-our-new-host-stanley-tucci","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/welcome-our-new-host-stanley-tucci\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Our New Host, Stanley Tucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official! Our 11<sup>th<\/sup> season will be hosted by the acclaimed actor and filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Tucci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanley Tucci<\/a>! From <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> to <em>Independent Lens<\/em> \u2026 a logical progression, wouldn&#8217;t you say? (We can\u2019t help it, some of us around the office have started referring to him as \u201cThe Tooch.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Tucci has appeared in more than 50 films, countless television shows, and a dozen plays. He can next be seen in Bryan Singer\u2019s <em>Jack the Giant Killer<\/em>, a modern day fairy tale (March 2013), and\u00a0<em>Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians: Sea of Monsters<\/em>. Most recently, he was seen as Caesar Flickerman in the blockbuster <em>The Hunger Games<\/em>, and is set to begin filming <em>Catching Fire<\/em>, the second in <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> trilogy. Other acclaimed films include <em>The Devil Wears Prada, Captain America, Easy A, Margin Call, The Terminal<\/em>, <em>Road To Perdition<\/em>, and <em>Julie &amp; Julia<\/em>, among many others. His performance in <em>The Lovely Bones<\/em> earned an Academy Award nomination along with Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, and Broadcast Film Critics nominations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucci at his creepiest in <em>The Lovely Bones<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-APah17AQA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanley Tucci truly embodies the spirit and essence of <em>Independent Lens<\/em>,&#8221; said Lois Vossen, our senior series producer. \u201cIncapable of giving a bad performance, he owns each role, yet continues to surprise audiences with every new character. His acclaimed work as an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter demonstrates how much he understands what it means to be an independent filmmaker. We are deeply honored that he chose to support our series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tucci made his Broadway directorial debut with a revival of <em>Lend Me a Tenor<\/em> starring Tony Shalhoub, which received a Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on <em>ER<\/em>, and his appearance on <em>Monk<\/em> received an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. An accomplished writer, director, and producer, his independent films include <em>Blind Date<\/em>, <em>Joe Gould\u2019s Secret<\/em>, <em>The Imposters<\/em>, and <em>Big Night<\/em>, which earned the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival, recognition by the National Board of Review, an Independent Spirit Award, the Critics Prize at Deauville Film Festival, and honors from the New York Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucci and Tony Shaloub in <em>Big Night<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PGljBlRP1Tk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tucci won a Golden Globe Award for the television film <em>Conspiracy<\/em>, and received a Golden Globe and an Emmy for <em>Winchell<\/em>.\u00a0 On television he also starred in <em>Murder One<\/em>, for which he earned an Emmy nomination.\u00a0Tucci has appeared in more than a dozen plays on Broadway<em>, <\/em>off-Broadway, and at Yale Repertory Theater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucci in <em>Easy A<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-oTeK2lBpdg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official! 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