(See previous post: Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year.) On the evening of the Fourth of July, besides fireworks, fire hazards, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, if you’re …
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More ‘Gay Hollywood’ movies: Montgomery Clift & Anthony Perkins On the day a U.S. appeals court lifted an injunction that blocked a Mississippi “religious freedom” law – i.e., giving Christian …
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Blake Edwards Movies: The Pink Panther Director Best Handling Polished Comedies + Heavy Dramas
14 minutes readBlake Edwards Movies: The Pink Panther filmmaker at his best directing not slapstick but more refined comedies and surprisingly effective serious dramas.
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Dickie Moore: Our Gang Member + Shirley Temple First Kisser
10 minutes readChild Actor Dickie Moore: 1 of last surviving Our Gang members, Jane Powell Husband has died. Gave Shirley Temple her 1st screen kiss.
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Debbie Reynolds Movies: The Singing Nun Offers Sunny Contrast to Tragic Life of Sister Jeanne Deckers whose song Dominique became global hit.
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Ron Moody: Oliver Twist + Walt Disney But No Harry Potter
19 minutes readRon Moody: Fagin in Oliver! Went From Charles Dickens to Walt Disney (and Mel Brooks) – But Strangely no star cameo in Harry Potter movies.
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Young Robert Redford: Bad Politics + Good Movies
8 minutes readYoung Robert Redford goes from political candidate and youthful journalist fighting corruption to CIA agent fearing for his life and ambitious skiier.
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Lauren Bacall: Hollywood + Broadway Star
3 minutes readLauren Bacall Lauren Bacall Dead: 89-year-old Oscar nominee who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in ‘To Have and Have Not’ and ‘The Big Sleep’ Lauren Bacall has died following a massive …
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Juanita Moore: ‘Imitation of Life’ Oscar-Nominated Actress
4 minutes readJuanita Moore: Imitation of Life 1959 Oscar-nominated actress. Oscar-nominated ‘Imitation of Life’ actress Juanita Moore has died Juanita Moore, Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for the 1959 blockbuster Imitation …
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Hal Needham: Stuntman & Burt Reynolds director was last year’s Honorary Oscar recipient Veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator Hal Needham, whose stunt-work movie credits ranged from John Ford Westerns to …
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Natalie Wood Movies: Gypsy + Splendor in the Grass
7 minutes readNatalie Wood movies: Actress was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1960s. Natalie Wood movies: From going crazy over Warren Beatty to stripping like Gypsy Rose Lee Three-time …
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Natalie Wood death update: From “accidental drowning” to “drowning and other undetermined factors” Natalie Wood died on Nov. 29, 1981. Her body was found floating approximately one mile off Catalina …
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Nicole Kidman Grace Kelly Look: Convincing?
3 minutes readNicole Kidman Grace Kelly look. Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly? Hey, if Michelle Williams can play Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson can play Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel can play Vera Miles, …
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Avatar 2 News + Barbra Streisand Director Comeback?
9 minutes readAvatar 2 news: Sequels to be filmed concurrently says Sigourney Weaver Avatar 2, 3, 4 to be filmed concurrently. [Photo: Sigourney Weaver in Avatar.] Audiences are clamoring for original fare, …
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Pickford-Fairbanks Studios’ Mary Pickford Building Destroyed
6 minutes readMary Pickford Building: The Lot a.k.a. Pickford-Fairbanks Studios Los Angeles just got uglier. Despite protests, the Mary Pickford Building on West Hollywood’s The Lot has been destroyed by its current …
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Hollywood Divas in Brazil: Carnival Madness & Personal Spats
8 minutes readInternational cinema and Hollywood Divas in Brazil. In As Divas no Brasil / Divas in Brazil, Brazilian author Evânio Alves narrates numerous little-known stories – some tragic, some humorous, some …
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Three decades after Natalie Wood’s death in late November 1981 – ruled an accidental drowning – new stories have been coming out regarding What Actually Happened. Now, The Huffington Post …
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Gilbert Cates, best known as the man behind a record 14 Academy Awards ceremonies, died at age 77 on Sept. 31 in the Los Angeles of Westwood. Cates reportedly had …
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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 …
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Peter Falk: Columbo Actor + Two-Time Oscar Nominee
2 minutes readPeter Falk: Two-time Oscar nominee. Peter Falk, the two-time Oscar nominee best known for playing television police detective Columbo, died Thursday, June 23, at his Beverly Hills home. Falk, who …
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Playwright-screenwriter Arthur Laurents died in his sleep on May 5 in New York City. He was 93. Best known for writing the book for the Broadway smashes West Side Story …
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Barbra Streisand Gypsy Fail: Arthur Laurents Says ‘No’
6 minutes readGypsy 1962 with Rosalind Russell. Barbra Streisand won’t be playing Mama Rose in a film version of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents Broadway hit Gypsy, Laurents himself told The Hartford …
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Dorothy Provine: The Great Race Show-Stopper
1 minutes readDorothy Provine, best known for her appearance in Stanley Kramer’s 1963 all-star comedy blockbuster It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and for the TV series The Roaring ’20s, died …
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June Havoc: Gypsy Rose Lee Sister + Baby Jane Similarities
4 minutes readJune Havoc, best known as the younger sister of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Stamford, Conn. She was believed to be 97. …
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Robert Culp, best remembered for the 1960s television series I Spy and for the 1969 spouse-swapping comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, died Wednesday morning after a fall …
Robert Pattinson E.T. Astronaut
Robert Pattinson Cast as E.T. Astronaut in Mystery Sci-Fier. Former Twilight star to be directed by veteran filmmaker Claire Denis.
Neil Patrick Harris Oscar Host
Neil Patrick Harris: Oscar Host. Good Choice? The Tony and Emmy winner will be first openly gay (male) Academy Awards host ever.
Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva & Robert Clatworthy: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
Production designer J. Michael Riva. Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and …
George Stevens Jr, Stunt Man Hal Needham: Honorary Oscar
Honorary Oscar: George Stevens Jr. George Stevens Jr. is the founding director of the American Film Institute. During his tenure, the AFI established the Center for Advanced Film Studies and …
Historic Warner Hollywood Studios to Be Torn Down
Historic Warner Hollywood Studios to Be Torn Down. Marilyn Monroe, Mary Pickford and Sandra Bullock among those who worked there.
John Hubley Academy Tribute + ‘West Side Story’ & Giorgio Moroder’s Revamped ‘Metropolis’ Return
Carl Reiner, John Hubley, Hope Lange, Oscar 1959 John Hubley, considered one of animation’s most innovative and influential designer-directors, will have his life and art celebrated by the Academy of …
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. Bogart and Claude Rains were nominated for their performances in the Michael Curtiz-directed Best Picture Oscar winner. Bergman was nominated for Sam Wood’s …