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Originally published at tansyrr.com . You can comment here or there . It was far too hot to contemplate dragging the baby out to a NaNoWriMo write-in (sorry, guys, I couldn’t condemn her to two hours in a pouch), so instead I stayed in and we spent Sunday afternoon introducing Raeli to Singin’ In The Rain. The trouble with Singin’ In The Rain is that it’s such a popular film...
The Celebrity Blog , Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity... (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
What? Did Tina Fey turn them down? Tuesday's announcement that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the 82nd Academy Awards telecast brought joy to the hearts of those of us who still long for the days of Billy Crystal or Johnny Carson. I recently mentioned Baldwin as someone the academy ...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Halfway through the day we freeze a movie halfway through . What do we see? Doris Mann: Have you known Suzanne long? Jack Faulkner: Ah, lets see. we've known each other about a month. It seems like longer, though. Doris: Oh, I know what you mean. I'm her mother and it seems like longer. Fifty minutes into Postcards From the Edge (1990), Jack ( Dennis Quaid ) has dropped by to pick up Suzanne Vale (...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Ask those who knew Johnny Mercer and the artists who continue to cherish his songs how best to describe his work, and two words ...
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
SPECIALIST WHO’S THE DADDY (or Mummy) In this round you will be given the name of a (hopefully) prominent female person and asked who their daddy (or mummy) was. 1) Who is the father of the TV presenter, journalist and politician Baroness Jay? JAMES CALLAGHAN 2) Who was the mother of the actress Mia Farrow? MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN 3) Who was the father of the biographer and fiction writer Lady...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
According to an article published today by the Arizona Daily Star, jazz pianist and former St. Louisan Lloyd Bartlett (pictured) has died of natural causes at age 85.Bartlett moved from St. Louis to Tuscon, Arizona "about a dozen years ago," the article said, and had continued to perform solo and wi...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
With an acclaimed Broadway show and a wit that won't stop, the geek-fantasy girl tells Kevin Sessums about her warped Hollywood upbringing, drug-fueled nights, and life in recovery. Carrie Fisher is currently starring on Broadway in her one-woman...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Carrie Fisher has been called a lot of things in her life: an actress; an author; a wife (twice); an alcoholic; bipolar; the Princess of Alderaan; and a product of Hollywood inbreeding.
Polly Vous Francais? (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
" In a parka do bun do, in a parka do bun doooo...." Well, at least that's how I first understood the lyrics to "Dominique," the wildly popular song in the early 1960s. You remember, Dominique-nique-nique? Sung by the Singing Nun , aka Soeur Sourire, it was already a hit when she made her debut on the Ed Sullivan show. My family owned the LP back in those school-girl days before...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 54th Annual Thalians Ball honors film, stage, and TV star Mickey Rooney and the USO Shows supporting America's Armed Forces around the world. Debbie Reynolds and Ruta Lee will host. Rooney r...
Travel (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
By Nona Robertson Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. Here are some ways to find movie download sites. There are a lot of different phrases you can use, try "Download Full Length Movie", "Online Video Rentals", or "Music Services". The Bullfighters: This is one of the better Laurel and Hardy later works, engaging false identity as Stan is a lookalike...
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TV.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
American-born, but Australian-adopted television host Don Lane has died, aged 75. Known affectionately as the "Lanky Yank" the star lost a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, first diagnosed in 2005. Don Lane remains one of the pre-eminent "Tonight" show hosts in Australian television history. His long run on the Nine Network from 1975-1983 was a national favourite, and ruled...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
What could bring Debbie Reynolds, Sean Astin, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Berman, and a long, disparate list of other stars together under the same roof? None other than the autograph and collectibles convention known as the Hollywood Show.
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here. I love Carrie Fisher , and I wish I could swoop into New York to catch her one-woman show Wishful Drinking . One of her bits involves her drawing a comparison between Eddie Fisher leaving her mom, Debbie Reynolds, for Elizabeth Taylor and the whole Brad Pitt - Angelina Jolie - Jennifer Aniston saga. All it took was a glance at this old Screenplay magazine of mine to...
Fightin' Mad Mary and Q! (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I recently had the chance to meet Debbie Reynolds. No one can rock a lady suit like she can.
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