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Mickey Rourke nominated for Oscar as pro wrestler
WatchdogMickey Rourke was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, to the surprise of no one. If we stretch the definition of sports to include pro wrestling, he could join a small, quirky list of actors who have won the......Tags: Film Festivals, Hilary Swank, Wallace Beery, Alabama, Mickey Rourke
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The Gold Standard
Johnny Carson hosted the Academy Awards five times starting in 1979. Here’s how he opened his first awards show: “Welcome to two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.” A lot has changed since Johnny did the Oscars. Back...Tags: Television, Film Festivals, Gold Standard Incorporated, Kim Novak, Hospitals and Clinics
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Actors, actresses and entertainers
Actors, actresses and entertainers Maila Nurmi, 85; actress created the character Vampira as hostess of late-night TV horror show (Jan. 10) Jack Eagle, 81; a comedian and actor who played Brother Dominic in a Xerox ad during the 1977 Super Bowl (Jan....Tags: Television, NBC (tv network), George Clooney, Gene Roddenberry, Hospitals and Clinics
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No contest plea in LA celeb embezzlement case
A woman accused of embezzling more than $700,000 from Charlton Heston and television writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell pleaded no contest and was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday. Sharon M. Walker, 56, pleaded no contest to two...Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Embezzlement, Prisons, Stephen J Cannell
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Remembering Heston the maverick
CAUSE CÉLÈBRECHARLTON Heston, who died Saturday, was a political individualist in a town that values conformity far more than it likes to admit. This week, Hollywood activists across the political spectrum recalled the Academy Award-winning actor as an independent...Tags: Harry Belafonte, Clint Eastwood, Washington (U.S. state), Ronald Reagan, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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How desperate is McCain?
Today's topic: What's lurking out there that could fundamentally reshape the race, or are the basic story lines all in place? What if Osama bin Laden were captured? What if more banks fail? Previously, Welch and Crayton discussed the changing demographics...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Katie Couric, G8, Zell Miller, Transportation Accidents
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Whitney Is 'America's Next Top Model's' Full-Figured Winner
Zap2It.comWell, ladies (and Gus), the time is nigh. The time when the heavens open up, choirs of angels sing, a plume of white smoke rises and the voice of God -- you thought God would sound more like Charlton Heston than Tyra Banks? silly of you -- proclaims...Tags: Photography, Television, Donatella Versace, Tyra Banks, Eyewear
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Fond farewell
This year saw showbiz lose Sydney Pollack, Paul Newman, Bettie Page, Cyd Charisse, Charlton Heston, Suzanne Pleshette, Harvey Korman, Van Johnson, Heath Ledger and the Bernies -- Brillstein and Mac -- among others. Cartoonists could be forgiven for waxing...Tags: Cyd Charisse, George Carlin, Comedy (genre), Entertainment, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmericans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...Tags: Television, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Sam Waterston, Comedy (genre)
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Oscar trivia
Economies around the globe are melting down. The U.S. is embroiled in multiple armed conflicts with no easy exits.
So who cares what five Oscar winners have played superheroes in their careers? Chances are, you do. That's why you're reading this. Test...Tags: Stevie Wonder, George Clooney, Film Festivals, Hilary Swank, Phil Collins
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Wassup Rockers
Zap2It.comC'mon, Larry. Tell us you were kidding, and your new movie, which plays like a joke, was meant as a joke. It's stereotypes on parade, starting with a South Central L.A. drive-by shooting over the opening credits, moving into a lot of scattershot talk,...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Minority Groups
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AFI program honors Newman, Heston, Ledger and more
After the deaths last year of filmmakers Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni and Edward Yang, and cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, organizers of the 2007 AFI Film Festival created a "Milestones" programming block to honor them.
"These were the people...Tags: Film Festivals, Australia (movie), Sam Peckinpah, Drama (genre), Michelangelo Antonioni
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