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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: Robert DeNiro, Paul Newman, Mickey Rourke, Tom Hanks, Marlon Brando
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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: Radio Industry, Paul Newman, The Carol Burnett Show (tv program), Hill Street Blues (tv program), Theater
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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: Corporate Crime, Finance, Embezzlement, Trials, Crimes
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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: Arts and Culture, Death, Civil Rights, Marlon Brando, Awards and Prizes
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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: G8, Hawaii, Republican National Conventions, Defense, Pakistan
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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: Death, Arts and Culture, Television, Donatella Versace, Entertainment
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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: Death, Paul Newman, George Carlin, Sydney Pollack, Cartoons
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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: Career and Workplace, HBO (tv network), Drama (genre), Comedy (genre), Robert Vaughn
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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: Minority Groups, Clint Eastwood
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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: Death, Robert DeNiro, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anna Paquin, Peter O'Toole
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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: Death, Paul Newman, Anthony Minghella, Los Angeles Times, Sydney Pollack
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Stewart succeeds as host
Zap2It.comLet's see now. What was it they were worried about? That Jon Stewart would be too esoteric? Too political? Too much the cable cult figure to make it as an Oscar host? Please. Stewart did exactly what a contemporary Academy Awards host is supposed to do....Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Chris Rock, Ceremonies
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