Spartacus Articles

Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot Tony Curtis, who died at his Las Vegas home at midnight Wednesday, Sept. 29/30, at the age of 85, was deservedly best known for his performance in Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot (right, with Jack Lemmon), in which Curtis spends much of his screen time either as a woman or as Cary [...]

Jean Simmons, the beautiful actress who was nominated for Oscars for her work in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969), died of lung cancer on Friday night (Jan. 22) at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. The London-born actress would have turned 81 on Jan. 31. Simmons' film debut took place in the 1944 British comedy Give Us the Moon, in which she played [...]

Forbidden Planet (top); Spartacus (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technology Council will showcase the art of matte painting on Monday, December 10, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. As per the Academy's press release, "Fantastic Reality: The Magic and Mystery of Movie Matte Painting," hosted by Oscar nominee and Academy Visual Effects Branch governor Craig [...]