Oscar Winners: Meryl Streep Breaks Two Academy Award Records, Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear and politically controversial documentary winner.
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Neil Patrick Harris: Oscar Host. Good Choice? The Tony and Emmy winner will be first openly gay (male) Academy Awards host ever.
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Joan Lorring in ‘Three Strangers’ Joan Lorring dead at 88: ‘The Corn Is Green’ performer was one of the earliest surviving Academy Award nominees in the acting categories Best Supporting…
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Jeanne Crain in The Fan with Madeleine Carroll. Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (See previous post: “Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.”) Unlike her characters…
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Eleanor Parker movies. Eleanor Parker movies on TCM Palms Springs area resident Eleanor Parker, who turns 91 next June 26, was one of the best actresses of Hollywood’s studio era.…
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Grace Kelly. Stating the obvious: most people take great pleasure in idealizing their idols – which is why idols are idols. Whether we’re talking of gods, saints, prophets, or pop…
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John Wayne movies: The John Wayne-directed The Alamo. Image: Courtesy Turner Classic Movies. It’s John Wayne day on Tuesday, Aug. 18, as Turner Classic Movies continues with its “Summer Under…
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Miracle on 34th Street 1947 with Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn. A newly restored 35mm print of Miracle on 34th Street, the whimsical 1947 classic about Santa Claus posing as…
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Film noir New York: Sweet Smell of Success with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Whenever I think of film noir, I – somewhat incongruously – immediately picture murder and mayhem…
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The Misfits photos: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller during the making of John Huston’s 1961 psychological drama. © The Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable,…
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Thelma Ritter publicity shot ca. early 1950s. Thelma Ritter: Six-time Oscar nominee would have turned 101 today Six-time Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Thelma Ritter, who was born on…
Gregory Peck. Gregory Peck movies: Memorable miscasting in David O. Selznick’s Western Gregory Peck is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” star on Aug. 15. TCM is currently showing…
If Clark Gable was the King of Hollywood, then Tyrone Power was its – more handsome, more charming, more pleasant – Crown Prince. Allan Ellenberger has reported on and posted…
Best Director Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Leonardo DiCaprio at the DGA Awards. © DGA. Well on his way to his first Academy Award, last night Martin Scorsese received the…