The Heart is a Metronome: A Father and Son’s Love Despite Themselves Le Coeur est un Métronome (The Heart is a Metronome) is a wonderfully moving four-minute animated short film by the young French filmmaker Jean-Charles Mbotti-Malolo. What happens when children really grow up and become young men, when they no longer necessarily accept admonishment from [...]
anna was born i l.a. and began her career at age four. between the years of 1919-1961 she made a total of 55 movies. though popular and extremely special, she never was given a starring role. even worse, her characters always perished. she stated that her tombstone ought to read: 'she died a thousand times.' much had changed in hollywood since her hey day which was at a time when california law forbid...
The Rat Pack was a supergroup of actors and jazz musicians originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later variation of the group, after Bogart's death, that called itself "the summit" or "the clan," featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, who appeared...
By Jeff Gates* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus, a 3-1/2 hour epic film featuring handsome freedom fighters and a riveting romance amidst the heroic triumph of Jewish Destiny over Arab Evil Doers. Set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy, moviegoers marveled as [...] Time for an American Intifada? is a post...
Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs : Rich Aurilia not ready to retire, hopes for a final season with Mets or Yankees — For at least a year, and probably two, it's been tacked on the bulletin board in the Giants clubhouse: A doctored-up, photocopied picture of the “Rat Pack,” with new identities for Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
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Rent It THE MOVIE: Lionsgate has a new line of DVDs called the "Music Makers" series, featuring films that showcase famous performers in either fictional vehicles, biopics, or documentaries. In amongst their first wave is A Man Called Adam , a 1966 jazz vehicle for Sammy Davis Jr. In it, Davis Jr. plays a horn blower by the name of Adam Johnson, an amalgamation of various jazz-age tragedies....
maybe jackie gleason was not one of the rat pack but legend has it that it was jackie who turned frank on to jack daniels. oh demon alcohol. photo: dean martin, sammy davis jr., and sinatra.
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Let me tell you what my home is right now- first, the light. The light is blue, grey, dove, but clear, clean, not muddled. The light is still. It does not move over the objects but has penetrated them, so that every blade of grass carries exactly the same illumination as Hagrid, our large striped grey cat, moving over those grass blades toward Bellatrix, our minxy grey cat. Then, without warning, the...
Not so much a palate cleanser we suppose, but here's a protest song from 1964 by the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone. The song was written in response to the murder of Medgar Evers, and the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in which four schoolchildren were killed. She performed the song live at the end of one of the Selma to Montgomery marches in which she and several famous black activists...
Did you know that Jamie Foxx holds the record for most Golden Globe nominations in one year? "Extra" has compiled a list of fun facts about the awards ceremony before the 2010 Golden Globes air Sunday, January 17 on NBC! Fun Facts About the Golden Globes L.A. Love The first telecasts of the Globes were from 1958-1963 — but were only aired locally in Los Angeles. Going National The first...
In 1967, Nancy Sinatra had her own one hour television spectacular unlike any of the other variety shows of the time. It was basically a series of music videos where she lip-synced along to her hits, wearing mod outfits and...
(Bart Starr lines up from center. Photo courtesy of Sports Illustrated) 1/14/1954 - Joe and Marilyn tie the knot One of the most famed celebrity marriages of all time occurs as Joe DiMaggio, the former outfielder for the New York Yankees, and famed actress Marilyn Monroe elope. The honeymoon did not last long, literally. After just 274 days, Monroe filed for divorce. Their marriage would later be described...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Grammy Awards and TV producer Pierre Cossette, who was known as the "father of the Grammy Awards," died on Friday in Canada at the age of 85, his spokesman said. Canadian-born Cossette, who was the man responsible for bringing the Grammy Awards to national television in 1971, died of congestive heart failure, spokesman Richard Hoffman said. Cossette was also instrumental in establishing...
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The pop star Michael Jackson finally will be buried near Los Angeles on Thursday evening, after 70 days after his death, and authorities are going to great lengths to ensure the total securtiy as if there would be rest in peace. The historic cemetery at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the city of Glendale, where the pop star will be laid to rest, has been closed to all but members of the Jackson family
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