A Daughter, Demolition and a Battle Over the $22 Million Mansion Where Bob Hope Died
(Oct 3, 2016 | Hollywood Reporter)
Preservationists and city officials halt demolition at the estate in Toluca Lake and scramble to get the property historic designation, but the realtor for Hope's daughter says the L.A. City Council botched a preservation-minded sale: "The city didn't ask what was going on - they just acted."On Sept. 16, Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu introduced "emergency legislation" to initiate the "immediate...read more
5 Things You Didn't Know About Audrey Hepburn
(Oct 1, 2016 | Vogue)
EXPANDPhotographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 1951Audrey Hepburn once said, "I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing." The Academy-Award-winning actress will certainly be on our minds next week when her storied film,Breakfast at Tiffany's, celebrates its 55th anniversary. The legendary ode to New York helped secure Hepburn's...read more
Happy Birthday, Julie Andrews! See Her Singing at Age 12
(Sep 30, 2016 | Parade)
Happy birthday, Julie Andrews! The Oscar-winning singer and actress turns 81 on Oct. 1, 2016.Andrews won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in 1964's Mary Poppins, and she went on to win a Golden Globe for her performance in 1965's classic The Sound of Music.She has appeared in dozens of other movies and TV shows over the years, including Thoroughly...read more
Alfred Hitchcock Will Return to TV in New Series
(Sep 30, 2016 | The Inquisitir)
The spirit of master storyteller and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock will be revived once again in a new TV series under development, says Universal Cable Productions (UCP) in a new press release. UCP has created a deal with the Alfred Hitchcock Estate and Vermilion Entertainment to create Welcome to Hitchcock, an original anthology series similar in tone to the classic Alfred Hitchcock...read more
Italian jewels: Elizabeth Taylor's Bulgari jewellery goes on show at Melbourne's NGV
(Sep 29, 2016 | ABC News)
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will showcase priceless Bulgari jewellery, including emerald and diamond jewels gifted to actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra.The show, Italian Jewels: Bulgari Style, will feature more than 80 pieces of jewellery with a focus on the La Dolce Vita period of the 1950s and '60s, when Rome was a popular location for Hollywood films.Among...read more
Pacific Palisades home of 'Dick Van Dyke Show's' Ann Guilbert lists for sale
(Sep 29, 2016 | LA Times)
The longtime home of late actress Ann Morgan Guilbert, known for her role as next-door neighbor Millie Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," has come to market in Pacific Palisades for $3.89 million.Overlooking lower Temescal Canyon on a quarter-acre lot, the English country-style home is in the whimsical storybook manner popularized in the early 20th century. The fanciful two-story has steeply...read more
Marilyn Monroe's mink stole to be auctioned
(Sep 28, 2016 | daijiworld.com)
Los Angeles, Sep 28 (IANS): Late actress Marilyn Monroe's mink stole, which she wore in 1949 musical comedy film "Love Happy", is to be auctioned. The bidding starts at $20,000.The fashion accessory will be auctioned by Nate D Sanders Auctions here, reports femalefirst.co.uk....read more
Universal Cable Productions Developing Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Series
(Sep 28, 2016 | Variety)
Universal Cable Productions is developing an anthology series based on Alfred Hitchcock, Varietyhas learned.The NBCUniversal-owned production company has inked a deal with the Alfred Hitchcock Estate to re-imagine classic tales from the iconic horror filmmaker for the TV project that is titled "Welcome to Hitchcock.""Welcome to Hitchcock" will follow Hitchcock's unique brand of...read more
Rita Moreno Reveals Her Biggest Challenge (Hint: It Has Nothing to Do With Singing, Dancing or Acting)
(Sep 26, 2016 | Parade)
The word "legendary" tends to be tossed around loosely, but in the case ofRita Moreno, the description is spot-on. Moreno, 84, who has been starring on stage and screen for six decades and is one of only 12 performers to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, continues to take on new roles including her part in Norman Lear's reboot of the popular 1970s-'80s sitcom, One Day at a Time, which...read more
Two locks of Marilyn Monroe's hair auctioned for £53,000
(Sep 26, 2016 | express.com.uk)
Two locks of Marilyn Monroe's hair that she gave to her fans in the 1960s have sold for £53,000 ($70,000).The Hollywood star's famous platinum blonde locks were given by her own hairdresser to one of the so-called Monroe Six - Frieda Hull, John Reilly, James Collins, Gloria Milone, Edith Pitts, and Eileen Collins - a group of male and female fans who followed her around....read more
Brigitte Bardot's holiday home is for sale and it is fabulous
(Sep 23, 2016 | housetohome.co.uk)
Brigitte Bardot's former French holiday home is for sale and it's as fabulous as you would expect.From acres of vineyards to a 16-man Jacuzzi, it certainly has star appeal.The stone-built villa in the glamorous Mediterranean playground of the Côte d'Azur dates back to the 13th century. Situated on an estate on the edge of the hilltop village of Paymeinade, overlooking the picturesque French...read more
79-Year-Old Vanessa Redgrave Is the Face of the Coolest Fashion Brand
(Sep 20, 2016 | Yahoo News)
Gucci is turning our youth-obsessed culture on its head with its latest advertising campaign. The timeless fashion house chose esteemed, veteran British actress Vanessa Redgrave, 79, as one of the faces of its new Gucci Cruise 2017 collection, an animated line that was inspired by "the English penchant for decoration," according toWomen's Wear Daily.The campaign was shot at the Chatsworth...read more
'Sound of Music' actress Charmian Carr dies, played Liesl
(Sep 19, 2016 | USA Today)
Associated PressActress Charmian Carr, perhaps best known for her role as the eldest von trapp child in the 1965 classic The Sound of Music, has passed away from a rare form of dementia.Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, has died. She was 73.She died Saturday of complications from a...read more
With 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'High Noon' remakes, will the western ride again?
(Sep 17, 2016 | LA Times)
When Antoine Fuqua's "The Magnificent Seven" arrives in theaters Friday, it will mark another attempt to resuscitate one of Hollywood's most beloved and beleaguered genres - the western.Though westerns were once as ubiquitous in Hollywood as comic book films are now, and shaped the cinematic sensibilities of many modern directors, their popularity waned in the 1970s. Additionally, some costly...read more
Shirley MacLaine, Eric McCormack to Star in New Hallmark Channel Holiday Film
(Sep 16, 2016 | BroadwayWorld.com)
Hallmark CHANNEL proudly announces the stellar cast of the new, original HALLMARK HALL OF FAME movie CHRISTMAS ANGEL IN TRAINING, including Emmy Award nominee Kristin Davis ("Sex In The City"), Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace"), and Academy Award ("Terms of Endearment"), five-time Golden Globe Award ("Terms of Endearment"), and Emmy Award-winning actress Shirley...read more