Final surviving 'Oz' Munchkin celebrates 98th birthday in January
(Dec 29, 2017 | Chicago Tribune)
Columnist Phil Potempa's parents Peggy and Chester shared autograph duties with Munchkin Jerry Maren at the 2007 Wizard of Oz Festival to promote the family's "More From the Farm" cookbook which features Maren. (Michael Berkos)Philip PotempaPost-TribuneDecember 29, 2017During my two decades writing about the annual Wizard of Oz Festival in Chesterton, the highlight of every year was the arrival of...read more
Rose Marie, Wisecracking Star of 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' Dies at 94
(Dec 28, 2017 | Hollywood Reporter)
4:39 PM PST 12/28/2017 by Mike Barnes , Duane ByrgePhotofestRose MarieThe beloved actress was a co-headliner on opening night at Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel in Vegas in 1946 and later a regular on 'The Hollywood Squares.'Rose Marie, the actress who went toe-to-toe in a man's world as wisecracking comedy writer Sally Rogers on the legendary 1960s CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke...read more
Rose Marie, Star of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' Dies at 94
(Dec 28, 2017 | Variety)
Rose Marie, 'Dick Van Dyke Show' Star, Dies at 94By Carmel DaganRose Marie, best known for her role as Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," who had a nine-decade career in show business, died Thursday in Van Nuys, Calif. She was 94.Publicist Harlan Boll confirmed her death.Rose Marie was Emmy nominated three times for her work on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," in which she played part of...read more
'Sound of Music' actress Heather Menzies-Urich dies at 68
(Dec 25, 2017 | LA Times)
by The Associated PressIn this March 26, 2015 photo, Heather Menzies-Urich, left, Kym Karath and Debbie Turner of "The Sound of Music," pose together before a 50th anniversary screening at theTCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles. Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the 1965 hit film, has died. She was 68. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP File)Actress Heather...read more
Dominic Frontiere, Composer for 'The Outer Limits,' 'The Flying Nun,' Dies at 86
(Dec 23, 2017 | Variety)
Jon BurlingameDecember 23, 2017 6:16PM PSTDominic Frontiere, Emmy-winning composer of such classic TV themes as "The Outer Limits," "The Flying Nun" and "The Rat Patrol," died Thursday in Tesuque, N.M. He was 86.Frontiere was a fixture on the film- and TV-music scene throughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s, composing hundreds of hours of music, mostly for TV but also for films including "Hang 'Em High,"...read more
Classic Hollywood: Remembering Gloria Grahame before 'Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'
(Dec 23, 2017 | LA Times)
Gloria Grahame in movie, THE GLASS WALL (1953), directed by Maxwell Shane. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)by Susan KingFor film noir buffs, Gloria Grahame was a goddess of the genre, starring in such films as Nicholas Ray's 1950 "In a Lonely Place" and Fritz Lang's 1953 "The Big Heat," in which her face was on the losing end of a thrown pot of boiling water.She could make the most out of...read more
Barrymore Film Center coming to Fort Lee; will include 260-seat cinema
(Dec 15, 2017 | northjersey.com
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FORT LEE - Relics of the borough's history in film will find a new home when the Barrymore Film Center opens in 2019.The borough discussed an update on plans for the center, which is named for actor John Barrymore and will include a 260-seat cinema, at last week's Mayor and Council meeting. Mayor Mark Sokolich said the council plans to solicit bids in the spring and award a contract by the...read more
Batman '66 Gets A Museum Exhibit
(Dec 15, 2017 | Fanboy Planet)
Starting January 12, 2018, fans of Batman are going to be able to do something they've always wanted to do - visit the Batcave, or at least a convincing enough replica. That's the day that the Hollywood Museum will open the first even exhibit dedicated to Batman '66, a retrospective of props and memorabilia from a show that keeps capturing the imagination of generations of fans.To celebrate the...read more
Disney-Fox Deal Casts Future of Fox Studio Lot Into Doubt
(Dec 14, 2017 | Variety)
DECEMBER 14, 2017 By Gene MaddausThe Fox lot in Century City has been a movie studio for more than 80 years, the place where classics like "Hello Dolly!" and "How Green Was My Valley" were filmed. But with the massive Disney-Fox merger on Thursday, the future of the 53-acre lot has been thrown into doubt.The remaining Murdoch empire will hang on to the property for now, and has agreed to...read more
Historic NYC eatery Lindy's prepares to close up shop
(Dec 14, 2017 | New York Post)
By Lisa FickenscherDecember 14, 2017Another piece of the Big Apple's culinary history is biting the dust.The last Lindy's - a deli-style restaurant that was once famous for its insulting waiters and its cheesecake - is preparing to close on Feb. 7, according to a government filing.At Seventh Avenue at W. 53rd Street, the eatery is owned by The Riese Organization, which bought the now 96-year-old...read more
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Among the Titles inducted into National Film Registry for 2017
(Dec 13, 2017 | Classic Movie Hub)
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the 2017 selections to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Selected for their cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance, these 25 motion pictures range from an early film of the New York subway in 1905 and the musical biopic "La Bamba" to the holiday action thriller "Die Hard" and "The Goonies," the adventure tale of...read more
Catherine Zeta-Jones shares birthday message for father in law Kirk Douglas as he turns 101
(Dec 9, 2017 | Hello Magaznie)
The star posted a heart-warming picture on InstagramDECEMBER 09, 2017 - 16:04 CET BY SOPHIE HAMILTONCatherine Zeta-Jones has paid a loving tribute to her father in law Kirk Douglas on his 101st birthday. The actress took to her Instagram page to share a special message for the legendary actor and father of her movie star husband, Michael Douglas. Catherine posted a fun birthday...read more
South Pacific, White Christmas Among 13 Films Heading Back To The Silver Screen
(Dec 1, 2017 | Playbill)
Grease, South Pacific, White Christmas Among 13 Films Heading Back to the Silver ScreenBY ANDREW GANSDEC 01, 2017 The screenings will kick off in January 2018 through TCM Big Screen Classics with The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.A host of classic motion pictures of interest to theatre fans-including the movie musicals South Pacific, Grease,and White Christmas-are headed...read more
Jim Nabors, the Cheerful Gomer Pyle on Two TV Series, Dies at 87
(Nov 30, 2017 | 6sqft.com)
9:40 AM PST 11/30/2017 by Mike Barnes and Duane ByrgeThe Alabama native with the rich baritone voice also had his own CBS variety show and recorded several hit albums.Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and on his own sitcom before retiring the wide-eyed, countrified character at the height of his popularity, has died. He was 87. Nabors died at...read more
Anthony Harvey, Oscar-Nominated Director of 'The Lion in Winter,' Dies at 87
(Nov 29, 2017 | Hollywood Reporter)
Anthony Harvey, Oscar-Nominated Director of 'The Lion in Winter,' Dies at 8711:07 AM PST 11/29/2017 by Rhett Bartlett , Mike Barnes ...read more