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Sinatra makes impression at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
FrameworkFrank Sinatra leaves his signature in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.... -
The rumors are true: Perez Hilton really is kinder and gentler
The sleek man at the door bears no resemblance to the chubby pink-haired troublemaker whose snarky website made him as famous as the celebrities he loved to torment with nicknames like Sluttyienna (Sienna Miller), Potato Head (Rumer Willis) or Maniston...
Tags: Khloe Kardashian, Celebrities, Radio, Entertainment Events, Rosie O'Donnell
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Ernest Borgnine dies at 95; won Oscar for 'Marty,' showed comic side in sitcom
Ernest Borgnine seemed born to play the heavy when he burst onto the Hollywood scene as "Fatso" Judson, a sadistic stockade sergeant who viciously beats a private to death in the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity." But two years later came the title role...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Tony Curtis, Entertainment Events, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Academy Awards
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1952 Olympic Telethon
FrameworkThree old friends, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope at table and Dorothy Lamour at microphone, lead 14 1/2 hour Olympic Telethon that received more than $1,000,000 in pledges for the U.S. Olympic team.... -
Peter Falk dies at 83; actor found acclaim as 'Columbo'
Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect, died Thursday. He was 83.
Falk,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Career and Workplace, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Eva Le Gallienne
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Ray Aghayan dies at 83; award-winning costume designer
Ray Aghayan, an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated costume designer whose credits included more than a dozen Oscar shows and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, has died. He was 83.
Aghayan, the...Tags: Television, Barbra Streisand, Culture, Awards and Prizes, Julie Andrews
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Theater review: 'Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin' at La Jolla Playhouse
Culture MonsterCharlie Chaplin, the silent movie star who only reluctantly made the transition to talkies, probably isnât the ideal subject for a musical. Of course, anything is possible with creative inspiration, so one shouldnât rule out the prospect of the Tramp.... -
Walter Seltzer dies at 96; former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing
Walter Seltzer, a Hollywood press agent-turned-producer who started out at MGM in the 1930s and made an enduring mark on the industry in the 1980s as a tenacious fundraiser for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, has died. He was 96.
Seltzer died...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), James Cagney, Career and Workplace, Celebrities, Jean Hersholt
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Oscar's real Cinderella storyteller: David Seidler, screenwriter of 'The King's Speech'
The Big PictureIf anyone is living out a stranger-than-fiction Cinderella story this Oscar season, it's David Seidler, the colorful 73-year-old screenwriter of âThe King's Speech.â For several months, the film has been viewed as a best picture front-runner, making... -
Ronald Reagan and 'A Time for Choosing'
The Daily MirrorIn speaking at the tribute honoring the Ronald Reagan centennial on Friday night, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin invoked his now-famous speech âA Time for Choosing.â Times reporter Maeve Reston noted that Reagan gave the... -
James Bacon dies at 96; longtime syndicated Hollywood columnist
James Bacon, the longtime syndicated Hollywood columnist and reporter whose career covering the film capital began in the late 1940s with the Associated Press, has died. He was 96.
Bacon, whose long career also included small roles in movies such as...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Bars and Clubs, Spencer Tracy, Marilyn Monroe, Mass Media
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Simplistic 'Chaplin' silences the magic of the Little Tramp
At the crucial emotional juncture of "Chaplin," the new musical about the Englishman who became, for a good while, the most famous movie star in the world, the character Charlie Chaplin sings of the pain that flows from declining interest in his work....
Tags: Biography (genre), Entertainment Events, The Gold Rush (movie), Modern Times (movie), Music
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