Hedy Lamarr: Invention and inventor was a 6-time-married Hollywood star honored for co-developing wifi / frequency-hopping concept.
Hedy Lamarr
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Norma Bengell and John Herbert in As Cariocas. Norma Bengell: Iconic (and controversial) Brazilian film, stage & TV star made history as first actress seen naked (full frontal) in a…
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Tony Martin movies Actor-singer Tony Martin, once married to 20th Century Fox singing star Alice Faye and the widower of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dancer-actress Cyd Charisse, died of “natural causes” at his…
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Act Like a Woman Think Like a Man: Michael Ealy and Taraji P. Henson, Think Like a Man Think Like a Man box office: Sleeper hit April 23 update: Think…
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Hedy Lamarr in the scandalous Ecstasy It’s Hedy Lamarr evening on Turner Classic Movies tonight, beginning at 5 p.m. PT. TCM will be showing five Lamarr vehicles, including the scandalous…
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Zsa Zsa Gabor. Actress-celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93, has asked for a priest to read her the last rites according to various reports. Gabor remains in critical condition at Los…
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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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Hedy Lamarr biography: Discussing Charles Boyer’s romantic interest in in Algiers. See previous post: Hedy Lamarr: Q&A with Author Patrick Agan: Part II Is it true that Hedy Lamarr refused…
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Hedy Lamarr. Author Patrick Agan, among whose books are Clint Eastwood: The Man Behind the Myth and The Decline and Fall of the Love Goddesses, has been working on a…
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Ruth Hussey. Ruth Hussey: 1940s MGM actress remembered Ruth Hussey, a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story, died at age 93 on April 19…
Joan Bennett movies: Scarlet Street Joan Bennett is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Evening this Wednesday, May 11. TCM has already shown Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street (1945), in which…
Picture Mommy Dead (movie 1966) review: Featuring Don Ameche, Zsa Zsa Gabor and other notables, Bert I Gordon’s psychobabbling thriller was made with schlocker fanatics in mind.
Calling Hedy Lamarr (movie 2004) review: Georg Misch’s low-key documentary offers a glimpse into the chatty phone habits of one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars.