'The Kennedys' miniseries premiere: Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes toast political royalty
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.
Hollywood royalty walked the red carpet to toast American royalty at the premiere of "The Kennedys" on Monday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The eight-part miniseries stars Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy and Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy, starting with a two-hour episode April 3 on Reelz Channel.
Kinnear was joined by wife Helen Labdon, and Holmes was accompanied by husband Tom Cruise at the Beverly Hills premiere. (Click on the pics for more photos.)
The Jon Cassar-directed miniseries documents the lives of multiple generations of the political family. The project had originally been booted from the History Channel because the Kennedy family thought the interpretation was overdramatic and critical.
Barry Pepper plays Robert F. Kennedy and Charlotte Sullivan plays Marilyn Monroe in the series. Serge Houde, who portrays mobster Sam Giancana, joined Pepper and Sullivan at the Goldwyn Theater, as did Kristin Booth, the actress who appears as Ethel Kennedy in the series.
"The Middle" star Patricia Heaton and a pregnant Autumn Reeser, of "No Ordinary Family," walked the red carpet with Joan Collins and younger sister Jackie Collins.
In addition, "The Mentalist" actress Amanda Righetti, "24's" Powers Boothe and "Alias" actor Kevin Weisman were on hand for the festivities.
[For the record, 5:20 p.m. March 29: This post originally said Jackie Collins was Joan Collins' daughter. Jackie Collins is in fact Joan Collins' younger sister; the post has been revised to reflect that.]
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Top photo: "The Kennedys" stars Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes talk at the premiere of the television series "The Kennedys" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Monday. Credit: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters.
Right photo: Tom Cruise joins wife Katie Holmes at the premiere. Credit: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters.
I will not watch the Kennedys Becuase it still sickens me that we are still being lied to about this coup-de-etat by the CIA back in 1963 and the subsequent cover up. Only an innocent child can believe that Oswald acted alone, Ray acted alone and Sirhan acted alone.Hollywood, the media and ths country's education system are all in denial when they show that these 3 men acted alone.
Posted by: SocorroV | Mar 30, 2011 at 07:49 AM
There are far better movies done about the Kennedys than this conservative hack-job perception of their lives. Folks spend your time wisely and watch Britney lip-synch on stage in concert..nah! you don't wanna do that either...go see Hop instead...
Posted by: ChaChaheels | Mar 30, 2011 at 02:51 PM
You can't be serious, more commercials than all the superbowls combined.I'll wait for netflix
Posted by: boris | Apr 04, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Katie Homes made Jackie Kennedys voice sound like a 1920's stripper. Awful! Jackie's voice was like silk and full of class. Katie sounded more like a muppet. Truly not a great choice for this most important role. Come on REELZ you could have cast that role better than that
Posted by: Kennedy Fan | Apr 10, 2011 at 04:11 PM
Did I miss it or the scene when the president gets Happy Birthday sang by Marilyn Monroe was not shown?
Posted by: B E L | Apr 10, 2011 at 06:37 PM