Uggie: The Artist Dog Star that stole scenes from Oscar winner Jean Dujardin in Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 sleeper hit has died at age 13.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Road to Movies: Pop Culture references + music and anarchy with Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope = iconic comedies and box office bonanza.
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New York City’s Film Forum is presenting an unusual film series this spring 2007: Low(er)-budget classic musicals from the 1930s to the early 1950s. In those films you won’t find…
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Argentina Brunetti: It’s a Wonderful Life actress remembered + The Night Porter and Swimming Pool star Charlotte Rampling is Berlin Festival Jury President.
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…
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…
Peter Lorre & Greer Garson: Summer Under the Stars Wednesday-Thursday, Aug. 13–14, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Peter Lorre and Greer Garson. Greer Garson and Peter Lorre. How come no…
Marc Lawrence: Prolific film gangster and blacklisted House Un-American Activities Committee witness who kept on going all the way to the 2000s.