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Marje Everett dies at 90; legendary figure in horse racing
Marje Everett, a legendary and controversial figure in the sport of horse racing for more than four decades and the chief executive of the Hollywood Park racetrack for six years, has died. She was 90.
Everett's longtime associate, Dorothy Carter, said...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Ronald Reagan, Angie Dickinson, Charles Boyer, Sports
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Oscars history: Gorilla suit, a streaker, tardy hosts and more
24 FramesOscars 2012: On the eve of the 84th Academy Awards, The Times looks back at eight decades of Oscars history.... -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 18, 1941
The Daily MirrorFeb. 18, 1941: Tom Treanor posts some diary entries from a friend who was in France when it fell to the Nazis, and it contains some vivid accounts. ONE MAN'S OPINION: That Don Ameche, who had words with Paramount over...... -
Singer, actor Tony Martin dies at 98
VarietyTony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, died of natural causes Friday evening at his West Los...Tags: Christmas, Tony Martin, Alice Faye, Harold Arlen, Lana Turner
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City Lights: The Oscar pool is on
Everyone has at least one skill that doesn't have a practical use. Mine is the ability to name every movie ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. I absorbed that knowledge from years of reading critical studies of the Oscars, to the point...Tags: Brad Pitt, Saving Private Ryan (movie), Movies, Octavia Spencer, Meryl Streep
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Top 5 Christmas Comedies
Fox 5 San Diego StaffWhen producers asked me to compile a list of the best holiday films, I didn’t think that would be very fun. Everybody has seen Miracle on 34th Street and It’s a Wonderful Life a million times. I remember when I worked morning radio, we did a...Tags: Christmas, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Television, Mel Gibson
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A man and his dog create enduring legend
Tribune NewspapersBorn on a battlefield in France during World War I and rescued by a U.S. soldier named Lee Duncan, a terrified German shepherd puppy would become the most famous dog in the world. Named Rin Tin Tin, after a popular French doll of the time, the dog...Tags: Television, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (tv program), Unrest, Conflicts and War, ABC (tv network), Human Interest
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Howl-o-ween: Costumes For Your Pets
PIX11.comHalloween is going to the dogs! Here with kooky costumes for your furry friend is the executive director of the Humane Society of New York Sandra de Feo. We had: - Tommy (1-year-old Manchester Terrier) and Beccas as "Top Gun" - Don Ameche (10-year-old...Tags: Halloween
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Witherspoon Close to 'Midnight'
Zap2It.comUniversal Pictures is looking to remake the 1939 comedy "Midnight" as a starring and production vehicle for Reese Witherspoon. "Little Miss Sunshine" Oscar winner Michael Arndt will write the adaptation for producers Stuber/Parent and for Witherspoon's...Tags: Mary Astor, Reese Witherspoon, Claudette Colbert, Movies, Film Festivals
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Stupefying `Musketeer' much too cartoonish
Tribune movie critic1-1/2 stars (out of 4) How bad can a movie swashbuckler get? "The Musketeer" is the latest film version of Alexandre Dumas' 19th Century adventure classic "The Three Musketeers" -- and also one of the least of them. Even worse than the last filmed "3M"...Tags: France, 3M Co., Chris O'Donnell, Movies, Entertainment
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5 films that were successful followups
1. "His Girl Friday" (Howard Hawks; 1940) 4 stars Ex-Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "The Front Page" may be the greatest of all newspaper plays, but none of the other movie versions matches this snazzy remake. In a pip of a sex...Tags: Robert Mitchum, Gary Oldman, Nick Nolte, Chicago Tribune, Gregory Peck
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Top winners from 1985
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Harrison Ford as John Book in WITNESS An Edward S. Feldman Production; Paramount James Garner as Murphy Jones in MURPHY'S ROMANCE Fogwood Films Production; Columbia William Hurt as Luis Molina in...Tags: Anne Bancroft, Television, Anjelica Huston, Jack Nicholson, Movies
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