Ava Gardner: The Barefoot Contessa, Mogambo, and Earthquake actress. In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s (partly) Rita Hayworth-inspired The Barefoot Contessa, Ava Gardner discovers that the life of a noblewoman is not what it’s cracked up to be. Julie Christie, who apparently didn’t watch the 1954 release,…
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The Aviator movie with Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes: Bizarre billionaire bloated biopic. ‘The Aviator’ movie review: Leonardo DiCaprio is excellent – but not as Howard Hughes Imagine Citizen Kane directed by the Steven Spielberg of The Color Purple, Schindler’s List, Amistad, and Saving Private…
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William Cameron Menzies. William Cameron Menzies movies on TCM: Murderous Joan Fontaine, deadly Nazi Communists Best known as an art director/production designer, William Cameron Menzies was a jack-of-all-trades. It seems like the only things Menzies didn’t do was act and tap dance in front of…
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Howard Hughes movies: The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio. Howard Hughes movies Turner Classic Movies will be showing the Howard Hughes-produced, John Farrow-directed, Baja California-set gangster drama His Kind of Woman, starring Robert Mitchum, Hughes discovery Jane Russell, and Vincent Price, at 3 a.m. PT /…
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‘What Is the Tea Party?’Morgan Freeman accuses far-right Republican group of racism: ‘Dolphin Tale’ Box Office Affected? Morgan Freeman, Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner for Million Dollar Baby, accused the Tea Party of being racist while interviewed on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight this past…
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Howard Hughes: Billionaire spent a number of years in Hollywood. If all goes as planned, Warren Beatty will be the next big-screen Howard Hughes, following The Aviator‘s Leonardo DiCaprio. In Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated drama, DiCaprio was a boyish Hughes; in fact, Cate Blanchett’s Katharine Hepburn…
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Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy with Madonna. June 22 update: 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.…
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George Eastman House movie ‘The Reckless Moment’: Crime drama with James Mason and Joan Bennett. George Eastman House movies: Max Ophüls dramas ‘The Reckless Moment’ and ‘Caught’ Located in Rochester, New York, the George Eastman House has been preserving movies for decades. In addition to…
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Eugène Lourié homage: Adrienne Corri (Mrs. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange) in Jean Renoir’s 1951 drama The River. The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and the American Cinematheque (AC) will honor Production Designer Eugène Lourié with a double feature: Andrew Marton’s Crack in the…
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Master and Commander movie: Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Peter Weir’s 2003 Best Picture nominee Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is the next entry in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To…