5Top: Worst moments in musicals
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Clint Eastwood sings to trees, the Village People’s cowboy serenades hot chicks and Rex Harrison kisses a seal.
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Credo: Sidney van Gelder
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
We don't see as many famous faces as you'd think. In over 30 years of driving, I've seen only a few. I picked up the actor Rex Harrison once – what a bastard he was, so stuck-up and unfriendly. I picked up the Duchess of Kent a couple of times too – she was easy to talk to.
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Ownership of UGCish Creature Creations
Izzy Neis (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Talk about harshing my buzz. Electronic Arts is going to let us design creatures with its long-awaited Spore game and stand-alone Creature Creator, but in using the game and creator, we agree to hand over all rights in our creations to the megalithic publisher, including the right to “further modify” the creations. So much for [...]
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Tarzan - Tarzan Chimp Makes Hollywood Comeback
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
The chimpanzee star of movies TARZAN and BEDTIME FOR BONZO is making his return to Hollywood after a four decade-long hiatus - the ape's handlers have signed a record and DVD ...
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TARZAN CHIMP MAKES HOLLYWOOD COMEBACK
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
The chimpanzee star of movies TARZAN and BEDTIME FOR BONZO is making his return to Hollywood after a four decade-long hiatus - the ape’s handlers have signed a record and DVD deal and announced plans to publish a memoir on his behalf. The 76-year-old chimp, Cheeta, starred in his last feature film Doctor Dolittle opposite Rex [...]
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The National Recording Registry
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
The Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board chooses audio selections every year for a national registry. Part public relations stunt, part historical blueprint, the registry aims to cover a variety of genres of works that are cultu
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Squeaking and sqawking with the animals
The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Our Wednesday Night at the Movies open thread on Doctor Dolittle is now open. Come on in. Watch where you step though. Lots of animals here. They can talk, they can cook, they can help sail a ship, but they can lift a shovel or push a broom and clean up [...]
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Programming note: Chattering with chimps in chimpanzee
Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
It's Wednesday Night at the Movies again at newcritics. Our featured presentation at tonight's open thread? Doctor Dolittle! (Sound effect: Crickets chirpiing.) No, wait! Don't go away. It's not the 1998 kids flick starring Eddie Murphy! It's the 1967 musical extravaganza that starred Rex Harrison and was inexplicably nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture along with The Graduate, In The Heat...
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Who Is The Top Harrison?
Hooting Yard (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Time for another exciting Hooting Yard poll. This time we ask that burning question… Who is the top Harrison? Harrison Ford George Harrison Rex Harrison Noel “The Windmills Of Your Mind” Harrison (son of Rex) View results Free poll
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Yeats has to be the one.
The Daily Donkey (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
After traversing our way through the Royal Ascot card yesterday with the minimum of fuss, it really was disappointing to have had that hard work undone by a few rags at Ripon and in particular Rainbow Dash at Kempton. Sure it was a winning day but there was a bitter aftertaste after the champagne afternoon. It [...]
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Keira Knightley takes on Audrey Hepburn
rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
According to news reports, Keira Knightley has been roped in to play Eliza Doolittle, the role played by Audrey Hepburn while Daniel Day-Lewis has been described as a perfect candidate for Rex Harrison's role as the pig-headed professor, Henry Higgins in the 1964 remake of the musical, My Fair Lady.
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Keira Knightley in a remake of My Fair Lady?
In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Keira Knightley is in talks for the updated remake of My Fair Lady in the works at Columbia Pictures, according to Variety...
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Keira Knightley to star in My Fair Lady remake
Osoblog (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
And wouldn't that be loverly? Erm, possibly not. Still, it doesn't matter what we - or just I - think, because it's done and dusted. Yep, Keira Knightley has signed on to star in a remake of the classic musical...
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Casting Future Remakes: Who Should Play Who? [Interaction]
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
A recent article about the remake of superhit, My Fair Lady, came as a bit of a shock. We don't yet know who will play Rex Harrison playing Professor Higgins, but we do know Keira Knightley will play Audrey Hepburn playing Eliza Doolittle. This news gives rise to speculation about other ...
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Keira Knightley in talks for ”My Fair Lady”
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Columbia Pictures is in talks with Keira Knightley to star as the simple Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a lady - ”My Fair Lady” according to Variety. Duncan Kenworthy and Cameron Mackintosh will produce the film, which will retain Alan Jay Lerner’s stage lyrics and the 1912 setting. The movie will shoot at several [...]
