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Bette Davis registers to vote
FrameworkSep. 8, 1964: Bette Davis, at work on a 20th Century Fox movie, is registered to vote by a deputy registrar, Mrs. Irma Green, who visited the Hollywood set.... -
Friday’s Highlights: 'Goat Rodeo Live' on KOCE
Show TrackerFriday’s Highlights: 'Goat Rodeo Live' on KOCE... -
LACMA film series celebrates California noir
24 FramesStarting Friday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater in conjunction will the museum’s “California Design, 1930-1965” exhibition, “California Noir” features a superb selection of 10 little-seen films... -
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Manny Farber: A film critic not in awe of Hollywood
Farber on Film
The Complete Film Writings
of Manny Farber
Edited by Robert Polito
Library of America: 824 pp., $40
At this year's Academy Awards, the most incongruous moment came during the "In Memoriam" roll call. Among the distinguished deceased...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Nick Lowe, Death, World War II (1939-1945), Susan Sontag
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Maxine Cooper Gomberg dies at 84; actress in the film noir classic 'Kiss Me Deadly'
Maxine Cooper Gomberg, an actress best known for playing the secretary in the 1955 film noir classic "Kiss Me Deadly," has died. She was 84.
Gomberg, who also was a social activist, died of natural causes April 4 at her Los Angeles home, her family said....Tags: Politics, General Electric Company, Death, Family, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Kim Novak: Top of the world in ‘Vertigo’ and in her life
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelKim Novak stars in the movie acclaimed the greatest of all time, yet she is critical of her contributions to “Vertigo.” “I don't think it's one of my best works, but to have been part of something that has been accepted makes me feel... -
Readers share ratings, quibbles
The awards season has run its course. It's always a relief to see it in the rearview mirror. Even the winners feel that way. Many of the award-winners qualifying for very goodness and even greatness fed an ongoing debate about historical fiction on...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Arts and Culture, Fiction, Literature
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Kathleen Turner: The Go-To Gal When You Need A Powerful Dame
The Hartford CourantNeed someone to play a potty-mouthed, ex-alcoholic nun? An abusive, alcoholic wife of a college professor? A washed-up, alcoholic writer? Call Kathleen Turner, an actress who has made a career of hard-edged, in-your-face, booze-soaked roles. Now add...Tags: Politics, Susannah York, Religion and Belief, Opera (genre), Christianity
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'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' a luxe example of '50s cinema
The teaming of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was a combination so potent it can only be described with an inappropriately long wolf whistle, so much so that even a fussbudget such as New York Times film critic Bosley...
Tags: Life of Brian (movie), Andy Warhol, Howard Hawks, Samuel Fuller, Marilyn Monroe
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Lakeshore boards 'Baby Jane' remake: Walter Hill to direct latest adaptation of horror pic
VarietyLakeshore Entertainment has come onboard to produce and finance a remake of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" Project was first announced in July, with Walter Hill directing from his adaptation of the novel by Henry Farrell and the Aldrich Co....Tags: Joan Crawford, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Bette Davis, Thriller (genre), Entertainment
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10 things you might not know about beards
Chicago Tribune reportersThere's been a lot of beard news to comb through this summer: Egypt elected Mohammed Morsi, its first bearded president. In Ohio, the big news is a series of beard- and hair-cutting attacks by Amish people against fellow Amish. Meanwhile, entertainment...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Religion and Belief, Hugh Jackman, William Holden, Central Intelligence Agency
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