A Whiff of Smiff (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
It’s another edition of Feel Good Friday and what better way to feel good this first FGF of 2009 than with a little fiddlin’? Now, this idn’t the way they fiddle in the Great State of Kentucky, but, that’s ok. Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor had it going on. Gene Kelly rightfully gets a lotta props [...]
Flavorpill San Francisco Events (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Thursday Jan 1 (12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7 & 9pm) @ The Castro Theatre We all know Rihanna's "Umbrella," but who needs to stand under her Pro Tools-kissed parapluie when you can get wet with Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds in what is possibly the best movie musical of all time? Kelly and Stanley Donen's co-direction — not to mention Kelly's now iconic choreography — bring Arthur Freed and...
boy culture (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Carrie on.I guess it would have been inappropriate anyway had Carrie Fisher's first-ever memoir—the hilariously titled Wishful Drinking (Simon & Schuster, $21)—been addictive reading considering it's largely about her intragalactic battles with bipolar disorder, depression, alcohol and drugs. But did...
Homodox (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
In her latest book, Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher notes that her mother Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress for The Unsinkable Molly Brown, losing that year to Julie Andrews for her "multi-layered performance in Mary Poppins---Ibsen's...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
She was born in Texas, her father a railway carpenter, and raised in Los Angeles, a stone's throw from Warner Brothers, who signed her up at 16 but shortly thereafter let her go to MGM. Every studio had a roster of ingénues and girls-next-door, and she appeared in endless movies as a pert kid. Her 1955 marriage to Eddie Fisher made them the ideal couple of the Eisenhower years, though the idyll was...
cbs4denver.com: Entertainment (Free subscription) | 12/25/2008
Director Mike Nichols once said of Carrie Fisher: "She has too much personality for one person and not enough for two persons." That pretty much describes Fisher, daughter of Hollywood stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She starred in three "Star Wars" movies, has written several best-selling novels and has been in and out of hospitals for substance abuse and other problems.
Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
This is my weekly metro-section column that ran in today's LA Daily News: Mark my words: the tabloid triangle that is Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is something people will still be talking about in 2058. Hollywood...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
WISHFUL DRINKING Carrie Fisher Simon and Schuster, £12.99
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 12/20/2008
Carrie Fisher's life has gone through more turns than a revolving door at Macy's. The daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she herself became a celebrity when she was cast as Princess Leia in "Star Wars" at age 19. Read More Here ... (Second "read more" link no longer functional)
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
A Hollywood hellraiser's latest star turn.
LINKFINDERS.INFO (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
*This is a compilation of Holiday tunes by various artists dating from the 1940s to the early 2000s.* Each volume can be downloaded individually. *Disc 1:* 01. James Earl Jones - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus 02. Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark Feat. Ted Dale's Orchestra - Baby, It's Cold Outside 03. Cary Grant - Christmas Lullaby 04. Bing Crosby - The Littlest Angel 05. Claudine Longet - Snow 06....
MeetTheFamous.com (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Two legends of the golden age of television were reunited at an event in Hollywood recently. Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds reunite almost 50 years after their pairing in the film Rat Race in 1960.
Gawker (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
newVideoPlayer("/carrie_fisher_electroshock.flv", 506, 423,""); Oh Carrie Fisher! Who knew back when Star Wars came out that Leia would turn into such a terrific, ex-boozy, electroshock...
ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
(ChattahBox) — Carrie Fisher, shares some of the great stories of her colorful life as she appeared on the Today to promote her new memoir “Wishful Drinking.” The book reveals some of the demons she battled in life, including drugs and depression. Some of the highlights of the interview include how she regrets doing “Star [...]
