Howard Hughes Articles

Madonna, Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy Warren Beatty used to be known as a Ladies’ Man. Before Annette Bening, there were stories about Natalie Wood, Leslie Caron, Jean Seberg, Julie Christie, Diane Keaton, Joan Collins, Carly Simon, Faye Dunaway, Madonna, etc. The same goes for Howard Hughes, whose list included Katharine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Ginger Rogers, Jean Harlow, Ava Gardner, Billie Dove, Bette Davis, Yvonne [...]

THE AVIATOR (2004) Direction: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Kelli Garner, Gwen Stefani, Ian Holm, Adam Scott, Frances Conroy, Willem Dafoe, Jacob Davich, Jude Law, John C. Reilly, Edward Herrmann, Stanley DeSantis, Danny Huston, Matt Ross Screenplay: John Logan Oscar Movies Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, The Aviator WHAT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE SPRUCE GOOSE. . . [...]

In TheWrap, writer and television producer Irma Kalish writes about Billie Dove’s last years at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, inland from Malibu. The article is a great read. Billie Dove, though not the "Queen of Silent Movies" as claimed in Kalish’s piece, was a popular star in the 1920s. Not one of her fifty or so movies [...]

Martin Scorsese’s 2004 Best Picture nominee The Aviator is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Great To Be Nominated" series. The handsome but vapid Howard Hughes biopic will be screened on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Following the screening, cast members Alec Baldwin, Jacob Davich, J.C. Mackenzie, and Amy [...]