Uggie: The Artist dog star and inveterate scene-stealer. Uggie, ‘The Artist’ scene-stealing dog star, has died The biggest non-human movie star of the 21st century, Uggie, whose scene-stealing cuteness helped…
Irene Dunne. Irene Dunne movies: Five-time Best Actress Academy Award nominee starred in now-forgotten originals of well-remembered remakes For over a decade a couple of dozen Irene Dunne movies have…
Betty Hutton. Betty Hutton: Paramount’s Troubled Blonde Bombshell Energetic, electric, exuberant, effusive, brassy, spunky, hyper, manic – these are all qualities that could (and most likely have been) used to…
Movie extra jobs & other Hollywood Unknowns. Holywood Unknowns: A history of movie extras and bit players In Hollywood Unknowns (University Press of Mississippi), film historian Anthony Slide delves into…
Patty Andrews and sisters LaVerne Andrews, Patty Andrews, and Maxene Andrews. Patty Andrews: Last Surviving member of The Andrews Sisters dead at 94 Patty Andrews, the lead vocalist and last…
Michael Winner: Death Wish director. ‘Death Wish’ director Michael Winner has died Michael Winner, best remembered for directing the Charles Bronson action hit Death Wish, died earlier today at his…
Barry Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby in Going My Way. Director Leo McCarey and screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett poured a whole bottle of syrup into their sentimental comedy-drama Going…
Cheetah facts: Lifespan of 80 years was a hoax? Cheetah is seen above with Maureen O’Sullivan (Jane) and Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan). Cheetah, Tarzan’s chimp in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)…
Hal Kanter (see photo at Bette Davis tribute), creator of the groundbreaking TV series Julia, starring Diahann Carroll (photo) as a nurse, died at age 92 on Nov. 6 in…
Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson In the last couple of days, two hand/footprint ceremonies at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre have been announced: Mickey Rourke will dirty his hands and feet…
Warren Beatty in Reds with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton. Eleven Warren Beatty movies will be shown on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, Aug. 9, as part of TCM’s “Summer Under…
Bob Hope isn’t my idea of a funny guy, but those who do enjoy his comedy style are can go on a Turner Classic Movies binge on Sunday, Aug. 8. TCM…
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Daniel Radcliffe hanging on to the title of Worldwide Box Office Leader. In 2009, the six major U.S. studios broke box office records…
Tyrone Power: Q&A with researcher Maria Ciaccia about one of the biggest film stars of the 20th century Among the romantic leading men of the studio era, Tyrone Power, 20th…
Bob Hope. Although Bob Hope was one of the most popular American (though English-born) entertainers of the 20th century, I’ve always found him hard to swallow. So, why am I…
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