Judy Garland's Shocking Revelation About Marilyn Monroe: 'She Asked Me for Help'
(Jan 26, 2017 | People.com)
Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe, two of the biggest superstars of their day, were friends and confidantes who shared a haunting bond, according to a new book by Garland's third husband, Sid Luft.Judy and I - the memoir Luft left unfinished before his death in 2005, and excerpted in this week's PEOPLE - reveals new details about their poignant friendship, and the shocking revelation...read more
Investor buys Charlie Chaplin's bungalow court, plans full restoration
(Jan 26, 2017 | Curbed LA)
Early Hollywood filmmaker Charlie Chaplin built the Chaplin Court bungalows in 1923 on North Formosa Avenue to provide living quarters for cast and crew working at his studio a couple of blocks away on La Brea Avenue.Over the years, stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, and Judy Garland spent time in the tiny bungalows (560 to 700 square feet), which were designed in the then-popular "storybook"...read more
Mary Tyler Moore, who revolutionized TV in her classic sitcom role as a single working woman, dies at 80
(Jan 25, 2017 | USA Today)
She turned the world on with her smile.With a carefree toss of a black beret - into the downtown Minneapolis winter wind - Mary Tyler Moore captured the hearts of millions of TV viewers.That opening scene from her hit 1970s sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, cemented an image in our minds that would never fade away. Moore was the girl next door, the colleague at the next desk, the neighbor in...read more
Mary Tyler Moore Dead at 80
(Jan 25, 2017 | Rolling Stone)
By Elias Leight1 hour agoMary Tyler Moore, the Emmy-winning sitcom star and Oscar-nominated actress best known for her role in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the 1980 movie Ordinary People, died on Wednesday in Connecticut. Moore's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, confirmed the star's death to the Associated Press. "Today, beloved icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80...read more
Mary Tyler Moore, TV Icon, Dies at 80
(Jan 25, 2017 | Variety)
Television great Mary Tyler Moore, the beloved star of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died Wednesday in Connecticut, her publicist confirmed. She was 80."Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine," read the statement from Mara Buxbaum,...read more
Shirley MacLaine Signs With CAA
(Jan 25, 2017 | deadline.com)
Shirley MacLaine, who had been with ICM Partners for more than a decade, has left the agency to sign with CAA. The actress-author, one of the longest working actors in Hollywood, just had her latest movie premiere at the Sundance Film Festival: The Last Word, a comedy that also stars Amanda Seyfried and was directed by Arlington Road helmer Mark Pellington. That one opens...read more
EXCLUSIVE: Carl Reiner Reveals His Last Words to Mary Tyler Moore, Says Her Final Days Were in Hospice Care
(Jan 25, 2017 | Entertainment Tonight)
ET caught up with Carl Reiner on Wednesday, as The Dick Van Dyke Show creator was still coming to terms with the loss of his friend and former colleague, Mary Tyler Moore."I spoke to her husband the day or so before she passed away," Reiner tells ET. "I remember telling him, 'She may not hear you, but whisper in her ear that it's OK to go. You can go.'"WATCH: Mary Tyler Moore Dies...read more
Sundance Film Review: 'The Last Word'
(Jan 24, 2017 | Variety)
Shirley MacLaine plays another lovable tart-tongued scold in the sort of prefab crowd-pleaser that's lucky to have her.Here's a new movie rule: If you're going to sit through a Sundance "crowd-pleaser," complete with cardboard situations and cheeseball snark and life lessons, it's always better if that movie stars Shirley MacLaine. In "The Last Word," she plays - what else? - a cutely difficult...read more
Midwest Traveler: Exploring the birthplace of John Wayne in Winterset, Iowa
(Jan 20, 2017 | Star Tribune
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When far-flung family and friends make the effort to visit my adopted home state of Iowa, Madison County is where I take them for a taste of small-town rural Iowa at its bucolic best. But during many trips to the Madison County seat of Winterset, I haven't dwelled on the town's claim to fame as the birthplace of John Wayne, the Hollywood actor famous for portraying rugged cowboys and brave soldiers.Instead...read more
Debbie Reynolds Remembers MGM, Which Gave Her Stardom and Her First Kiss
(Jan 20, 2017 | Vanity Fair)
When she died in December at the age of 84, Debbie Reynolds was remembered as one of the last great stars of Hollywood's studio era, when singing-and-dancing talents were plucked out of obscurity as teenagers, signed under contract to the studio, and turned into stars by a mighty studio machine. But Reynolds, in fact, joined the system at the very end and was one of the last stars created by MGM before...read more
Harry Belafonte plans racial harmony album
(Jan 19, 2017 | Detroit Free Press)
Harry Belafonte is turning 90 in a few weeks, and he's planning to use the milestone to release an album that will underscore part of his life's work - fostering racial harmony.A multi-ethnic children's choir will perform a new version of his classic "Island in the Sun" for a new anthology of his music, "When Colors Come Together: The Legacy of Harry Belafonte." He cowrote the song for the 1957...read more
Vanessa Redgrave to Get Lifetime Achievement Award at Dublin Film Festival
(Jan 19, 2017 | Hollywood Reporter)
Ben Wheatley, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Anna Friel and Aiden Gillen will also appear at the February event.Stage and screen icon Vanessa Redgrave is to receive the Volta Award for lifetime achievement at this year's Dubai International Film Festival in honor of her contribution to film.The actress will be among a number of names attending the festival, which runs Feb. 16-26, with the likes of Cillian...read more
Carol Burnett, Judge Judy and More Gather to Honor Late Brady Bunch Actress Florence Henderson
(Jan 18, 2017 | People.com)
Florence Henderson's friends and costars are remembering the legendary actress.Stars such as Judge Judy Sheindlin, Carol Burnett and Katie Couric gathered for a memorial service at the Television Academy in North Hollywood on Sunday, giving speeches to honor the Brady Bunch matriarch."Florence was a girl for all seasons," Sheindlin said at the ceremony. "Her...read more
Dick Gautier, best known as 'Get Smart's' Hymie the robot, dies at 85
(Jan 14, 2017 | LA Times)
To some, he was the voice of Rodimus Prime on the mid-1980s animated TV show "The Transformers," or Serpentor on the animated "G.I. Joe." But for baby boomers, Dick Gautier was best known for his deadpan performance as Hymie the robot in the '60s spy spoof "Get Smart." The actor died Friday, according to a Facebook post by Tess Hightower, his third wife. Gautier's daughter Denise told...read more
New Book Details Elizabeth Taylor's Jealousy Over Rumors of Richard Burton's Romance with Sophia Loren
(Jan 14, 2017 | People.com)
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most beautiful actresses to ever grace the silver screen. But while her looks may have been unparalleled, there was one woman she worried might lead her love Richard Burton astray - Sophia Loren.In his new memoir, My Life in Focus: A Photographer's Journey with Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood Jet Set, Italian photographer Gianni...read more