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From song to screen: “Ode to Billy Joe” (1976)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 3, 2014
On the third of June, Billie Joe McAllister committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 hit song “Ode to Billie Joe” chronicles a family sitting around the dinner table and casually discussing the death of a local boy-not considering the feelings of the narrator read more
Musical Monday: Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 2, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Sunny Side of the Street” read more
Memorial Day Musical Monday: This is the Army (1943)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 26, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “This is the Army” –Musical read more
Actress takes break from screen for war effort
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 25, 2014
Publicity photo of Madeleine Carroll from the 1930s. She went from being one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood at $250,000 a year to working for the Red Cross at $125 a month. After starring in two Alfred Hitchcock films and the star studded “Prisoner of Zenda” (1937), English actress Made read more
Musical Monday: Everything I Have is Yours (1952)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 19, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Everything I Have is read more
In the company of greatness
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 16, 2014
A guttural chuckle between bites of popcorn came from behind our movie theater seats. Toes tapped to the film soundtrack. My friends and I giggled with schoolgirl delight and amazement. The 79 time Grammy nominated composer Quincy Jones was sitting behind us in the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles. read more
Musical Monday: “Happiness Ahead”(1934)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 12, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Happiness Ahead” –Mu read more
Just like Mom
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 11, 2014
My eyes welled with tears behind my 3D glasses.
“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard,” Dorothy Gale said at the end of “The Wizard of Oz” (1939).
I sat in the theater trying to collect myself during thi read more
Musical Monday: “Two Sisters from Boston” (1946)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 5, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Two Sisters From Boston” read more
Best in Hollywood: An interview (and meal) with James Best
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 29, 2014
James Best in The Cimarron Kid (1952). He said he always died in his movies. Known for his role as Roscoe P. Coltrane on “Dukes of Hazzard,” I interviewed actor James Best last week about his Hollywood career. Best came to Shelby, NC last week to the Don Gibson Theatre with his one man show, “ read more
Musical Monday: “Pin-Up Girl” (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 28, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Pin-Up Girl” –Musical read more
‘Try to say Robert Osborne without smiling’:Celebrating 20 years of Osborne, TCM
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 22, 2014
“I love my husband first, and then Robert Osborne second,” said Eva Marie Saint during a surprise guest appearance. Friday afternoon during the second day of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival turned into a sort of surprise party of TCM’s primetime host Robert Osborne. Osborne sat before read more
Musical Monday: “Mr. Dodd Takes the Air” (1937)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 21, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Mr. Dodd Takes the AirR read more
‘Movies are a necessity to our lives’ – TCM Film Festival round-up
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 18, 2014
“What are you most excited about,” several people asked when I arrived in Hollywood at the Turner Classic Film Festival last Wednesday. I fumbled for words like Ralphie trying to tell Santa what he wants for Christmas as I thought of the best answer. My mind turned to seeing 93-year-old read more
Musical Monday: “The Cuban Love Song” (1931)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 14, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Cuban Love Song” read more
TCM Film Festival Day 1: Press Day
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 11, 2014
Robert Osborne had no idea he would touch so many lives through movies. “People have said TCM has helped them get through divorce, unemployment or illness,” TCM’s primetime host said Friday. “I never thought I would be a nurse.” Osborne, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and TCM read more
The Comet goes to the TCM Film Festival
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 9, 2014
Today, the Comet really will be over Hollywood. Today I’m flying out from North Carolina to Los Angeles, CA for the fifth annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. After attending the festival for my first time last year, I knew I wasn’t going to miss it when it rolled around the nex read more
Classics at the Carolinas: Lunch with Mickey Rooney
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 8, 2014
Barbecue patrons still talk about the day Mickey Rooney came to town. Rooney, who passed away Sunday at age 93, visited Shelby, NC to eat at Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge in 1997. He was told it was the best barbecue in North Carolina. Read the full story I wrote for The Shelby Star here: http://www read more
Musical Monday: “Campus Rhythm (1943)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 7, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Campus Rhythm” read more
Musical Monday: “The Helen Morgan Story” (1957)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 31, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Helen Morgan Story” read more