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Trio to Remake 1950s B-Movies From AIP Library
ReutersMay 06 (TheWrap.com) - A trio of Hollywood veterans are teaming up to reinvent 1950s B-movies from the American International Pictures library. Producer Lou Arkoff, writer-producer Jeff Katz and ICM alum Hal Sadoff have joined forces on the venture,...Tags: MGM Inc., Petroleum Industry, Annette Funicello, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Annette Funicello Movies At Suffield Library
The Hartford CourantThe Kent Memorial Library, 50 N. Main St. in Suffield, often runs series of free movies to honor recently deceased stars, and this month, the honoree is the beach-movie cutie Annette Funicello. Here's the lineup. All screenings are at 2 p.m. and...Tags: Annette Funicello, Suffield, Entertainment
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For the record
Annette Funicello obituary: A caption in the April 9 Section A that accompanied the obituary of Annette Funicello identified the subjects in a beach-scene photograph as Funicello and Frankie Avalon, who starred together in a number of 1960s beach movies....Tags: Annette Funicello, Politics, Obituaries
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Remembering Annette Funicello
I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person. Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Morey Amsterdam and Jody McCrea were promoting American International Pictures’ sun-and-surf musical comedy “Muscle Beach Party” and...
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An appreciation: Annette Funicello, comfortable being herself
Los Angeles Times Television CriticAs a merry Mouseketeer and then as a big-screen beach bunny, Annette Funicello, who died Monday at age 70, was the first love for a couple of generations of young Americans. (Perhaps not exclusively male Americans, but people were more tight-lipped...Tags: Christina Aguilera, Annette Funicello, Television, Entertainment, Britney Spears
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Annette Funicello dies at 70; Mouseketeer and 'beach' movie star
If you were a girl in the 1950s, Annette Funicello was the ideal of feminine goodness, your fantasy best friend forever. If you were a boy, she was your dream date, demure, doe-eyed and just different enough to set hearts pounding. The most adored of...Tags: ABC (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine, Multiple Sclerosis, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine
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THIS TV remembers Annette Funicello with movie marathon
Channel Guide MagazineActress Annette Funicello passed away this week at the age of 70. As a child, she was one of the most famous Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club, but as a film actress, she really made her memorable contributions to pop culture by acting in... -
'Mickey Mouse Club' star Annette Funicello dies at 70
Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV's “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the '60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died...
Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Annette Funicello, The Walt Disney Co.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen puts his home in Brentwood up for sale
The Brentwood home of Esa-Pekka Salonen, former music director of the L.A. Philharmonic, has come on the market at $4.1 million.
Designed by architect Ted Tanaka, the six-bedroom, 5 1/2 -bathroom house has 4,695 square feet of living space. Tanaka's...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Music Theater, Family, Annette Funicello, Personal Service
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Big Daddy on Kickstarter for retro Broadway-Hollywood comeback
One of the great left-field surprises of the 1980s pop music scene came with the arrival of Big Daddy, a whimsical band that reimagined hits of the day as they might have sounded had they been recorded in the 1950s. The conceit was that the group’s...
Tags: Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, Apple iTunes, Charity, Rock and Roll (genre)
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William Asher dies at 90; 'I Love Lucy,' 'Bewitched' director
As the director of more than 100 episodes of the enduringly classic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy," William Asher considered the first episode he directed to be one of his most memorable: Lucy and Ethel working in a chocolate factory. But for Asher, who died...Tags: Comedy (genre), Lucille Ball, Annette Funicello, Eve Arden, Patty Duke
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The Doc will be in
BROOKINGS - For more than a quarter of a century, Doc Severinsen was likely the highest-profile trumpet player and bandleader on the planet. The ever-vibrant trumpeter and former “Tonight Show” band leader Doc Severinsen is back on tour - bringing His...Tags: Big Band (genre), Aaron Neville, Arts and Culture, Concerts, Music Industry
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