The 10 Most Notorius Sex Scandals in Hollywood History
Alternet (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
We can learn a lot about shifting mores by charting the careers of those caught in the spotlight with their zippers down.
Marion Davies
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The search for heavenly bodies
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Whether you're looking for Orion's Belt or celebrity cool, you can reach these 5 star-filled destinations without lifting off.
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Hollywood Teeth: The Early Days
2 Blowhards (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- One of the things I notice when looking at pre-1930 or thereabouts photos of movie actresses, chorus girls and others in the show biz beauty trade is that their teeth are normal. Not perfect, in other words. Here are some pictures I tracked down on the Web. They aren't the best examples, but will have to do for now. Gallery Marion Davies Nowadays best known...
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5 Places: Reaching for the stars
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Your search for heavenly bodies may lead you to a pitch-black desert mesa illuminated only by the Milky Way or into a movie-star playground on sparkling sand. Whether you're looking for Orion's Belt or celebrity cool, you can reach these stellar destinations...
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3D Weekend Five: Alternate Oscars, Pt. III — Actresses
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
h/t Danny Peary. This would be for either category, nominee or no — who should have won? Second-guess to your heart’s content. 5. Meryl Streep (1985, Out of Africa): I’ve been watching this a lot lately on my free cable. I think it may be her best, and her Danish accent doesn’t seem an affectation. It’s [...]
Explore : Greta Garbo
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Cranky Large Medium reading, 22 September
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Go away. Why haven't you gone? Why won't you leave? Did you not understand my PLAIN ENGLISH request? I'll try it in Latin: I! Go on, now, leave. And yet you stay. Why is that? Oh, but of course, you want something from me. And, knowing I am but a poor medium, you must know there is little here to take from me. Ah, yes, you want a reading. If I give this to you, you will turn tail and exit? Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh....
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Scandal: William Randolph Hearst & Marion Davies
Unusual Historicals (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
By Lorelie Brown A lot of things have been said about William Randolph Hearst. He was the inspiration for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane , so that ought to tell you something. He was maniacal, driven, ruthless, and quite a bit shady--and by all appearances, he was also in love with one woman for a huge portion of his life. William Randolph Hearst Only problem? That woman was not his wife, Millicent, whom...
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News Release: The 4th Annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Benefit Extravaganza a Monumental Success
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM NEWS RELEASE - 09/07/09 For Immediate Release CONTACT: Kendra Klink, Operations Director September - 2009 260-925-1444 / kendrak@automobilemuseum.org The 4th Annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Benefit Extravaganza a Monumental Success Model J Duesenberg Sold for $2.9 Million! AUBURN - The 4th Annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile...
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Mae West: Neighbors in Lovenests
Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Marion Davies’s neighbors included MAE WEST, Louis B. Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn, Cary Grant, and J. Paul Getty — — some of whom would walk over for dinner or an afternoon swim to her splashy seaside hideaway. A well-paid Paramount Pictures star, Mae had purchased a 22-room beach house, though she would walk along the shore thoroughly shielded from the sun. • • Actress Marion...
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7 Movie Stars Who Really Were Heroes
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
7 Movie Stars Who Really Were Heroes Most famous actors have been normal people like everyone else. But just so you don’t lose your faith in movie stars, here are some who actually were heroic.
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Giveaway — TCM Summer Under The Stars
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
SUMMER UNDER THE STARS GIVEAWAY! Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) ultimate movie star showcase: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS. Returns for its seventh year, the festival dedicates each of its 31 days to one of Hollywood’s most enduring personalities. This is an opportunity for you to enjoy a varied selection from each star’s body of work, and at best [...]
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Ten Books From a Cinephile's Past: The Final Chapter
Self-Styled Siren (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
And here, the final three of the Siren's Books from a Cinephile's Past. The Siren has written before of her stint babysitting a toddler by the name of P.D. His parents were movie buffs and in addition to Mary Astor's novel A Place Called Saturday , on their shelves was a treasure trove called The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years , by English critic David Shipman. In later years the Siren came to...
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Summer Under the Stars Starts Today
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
The annual Summer Under the Stars festival starts today on Turner Classic Movies. TCM has added even more visually stunning new film posters to the set first described here a couple weeks ago. Click the title of this post to visit TCM's Summer Under the Stars page and take a look. I particularly adore the poster of Ida Lupino sprawled in front of a truck for THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT and the spin on SLEEPLESS...
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TCM's SUMMER UNDER THE STARS SCHEDULE (8-1 to 8-9)
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Turner Classic Movies is starting up their SUMMER UNDER THE STARS month. Each day will be devoted to a different star. Here is the schedule for week one: HENRY FONDA – Saturday, Aug. 1 Born: May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Neb. Early Jobs: In his father’s printing company and for the phone company. Acting Debut: At the Omaha Community Playhouse in a juvenile part in the play You and I. Getting...
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Old Hollywood meets the beach
L.A. Story (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
On Monday, CC and I got to swim in the same pool as silent film star Marion Davies and presumably her companion, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst . Yep, it's the one you see there, surrounded by gorgeously smooth black and white marble tiles. And for $1 each at that. The Annenberg Community Beach House , aka the Santa Monica Beach House , sits right on the beach between the sand and the Pacific...