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FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Changeling and their own rabid desire for precious Jolie quotes. The fact that the gal with the Ava Gardner good looks is also pregnant has only added to the fever pitch of the press gallery.To wit, the very first question at Kung Fu press conference was all about Jolie’s baby bump. “You want to take that one Jack,” she joked, referencing a TV interview goof Black had made a few days earlier...
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Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... that got away. The torch that burned bright and then died. It happened to Frank too, her name was Ava Gardner, and this album, along with “Only The Lonely” is what he did about it. In my opinion, the mark of a great singer, is their ability to reach within themselves and bring out something that touches your soul. By the time you finish listening to this CD, you'll think that someone has...
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Nothingandall (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... four times. Some of the 20th century beauties were married or in some way involved with him: Ava Gardner, Lauren Bacall, Mia Farrow ... See (almost) everything about Frank Sinatra here Let's listen here one of my favourite songs
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Webomatica (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... She says “Golly!” in an airplane and we feel the head rush. The Bad Kate Beckinsale seems off as Ava Gardner, who was more of a magnetic, classic beauty. DiCaprio does a really good job but seems a little uncomfortable as Hughes in his later years. The dense, linear plot doesn't leave much space to explore Hughes’ character motivations. The few moments where he’s alone (usually in a bathroom)...
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... although her suspicions should have been aroused by the fact that the estate agent, as played by Ava Gardner, appears to have severe difficulty moving her face; demonic influences perhaps, or just so many facelifts that she can't see anything which isn't directly in front of her. So far, so familiar, but Winner throws into the mix Alison's past of mental instability which was brought on...
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Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
In just her second year, Helene Ponot is becoming a brand to watch in France. She makes the “Made in France” the central themes of her collection with ostrich feather and fur embellishments that would only make sense on French lingerie . The collection takes inspiration from Ava Gardner, Gena Rowland, Lauren Baccal, and Anouck Aime. Helene also offers a bespoke service, but I would guess as...
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Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
For those of you in driving distance of Los Angeles, UCLA is showing some relatively obscure titles in May. One of their most interesting double bills is ONE TOUCH OF VENUS , with Ava Gardner and Robert Walker, and HIGH, WIDE, AND HANDSOME with Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott. I saw HIGH, WIDE, AND HANDSOME in a revival theater when I was in my teens, and it made quite an impression on me. Jerome...
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LIBERTAS (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
... there, I picture Cohn and director Fred Zinneman walking along, heads close, complaining about Ava Gardner breaking their balls to cast has-been Sinatra as Maggio in From Here To Eternity. Each studio enjoyed a kind of signature. Warner Brothers, the gritty gangster film; Fox had Zanuck’s annual prestige picture; Columbia had Capra, and later Rita Hayworth; Paramount had Bob and Bing. But...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
'I first met Sinatra on the set of Lady in Cement: every morning I used to watch him walking to work along the boardwalk.The greatest stage performer: Frank SinatraIt was 1968, Miami Beach. My friend Ava Gardner knew I admired him and offered to write a letter of introduction. They'd been divorced 10 years, but I walked up to him and handed him the letter. I've no idea what it said, but it opened...
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Rifftides (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... And Characters , who include the unlikely--George Maharis, Scatman Crouthers, Malcolm X, Ava Gardner--and the likely, Carmen McRae, Benny Goodman, Kenny Davern, Ben Webster. Ben was very emotional and his feelings were close to the surface. I knew that Ben was famous for unpredictable outbursts of anger and violence, but I never saw him pull any of those stunts, perhaps because he was trying...
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Girish (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
... Pandora and the Flying Dutchman while French-dubbed voices boom from the screen, substituting for Ava Gardner and James Mason); and texture (the endlessly arresting faces and bodies of a parade of nonprofessional players in schools, bars, boulevards, markets). There is a poignant and ironic contrast at work here: on the one hand, the surfeit of sensations that the artwork gives generously...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
HUMPHREY Bogart is on fine form as a jaded movie director who discovers a fiery flamenco dancer played by Ava Gardner (pictured) and transforms her into a shimmering star of the silver screen.
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Popcorn and Sticky Floors (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
... non-Patroni disaster role. His scene in the police station is triumphant. Richard Roundtree! Ava Gardner! A double-whammy of Canuckish star-shimmer in Geneviève Bujold AND Lorne Greene. A cameo by Walter Matthau and, good lord, Marjoe Gortner is sublime! I won't even begin an attempt at doing the special effects justice. I must get a copy of this on DVD! I had kinda nearly began to forget...
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moviehound | 01/07/2008
One of the movies I'm looking forward to this year is "Manolete," if it's EVER released. It stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody as Manuel Rodriguez, the sad-eyed matador who was a national hero in Spain. Why Brody, a native New Yorker? See for yourself...