Turner Classic Movies (TCM) reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars in Stardust: The Bette Davis Story, premiering Wednesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. ET. Narrated by Oscar®-winning actress Susan Sarandon and written and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jones
Watch Stardust Trailer HERE
“Famous people feel that they must be on the crest of the wave, not realizing that it is against all the rules of life. You can’t be on the top all the time, it isn’t natural.” - Olivia de Havilland
When The Day the Ear th Stood Stillpremiered, World War II was only six years behind us. We were still eighteen years away from landing on the moon. Even Sputnik was six years in the future. But the Atomic Age had arrived with a bang (two of them, in fact) and in a flash Everything Changed. Here's a movie that held up a mirror to some newly validated fears — such as our anxieties about weapons of mass destruction (the kind that actually existed), and about the part of ourselves that could let mob psychology and fear-based reactionism get seriously, globally out of control in ways that The Good War only hinted at.*
Today we watch The Day the Earth Stood Still and what strikes us most about it — perhaps more than the simple and polished screenplay by Edmund H. North (Patton), or Robert Wise's quietly thoughtful directing, or the splendid yet sparingly used special effects, or Bernard Herrmann's pathbreaking Theremin concerto musical score — is how little the world has fundamentally changed since 1951. All the international "petty squabbling" and "strange, unreasoning attitudes" that Klaatu found so distasteful have proved damn hard to grow out of.
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Beverly Hills, CA — Oscar-winning screen legend Olivia de Havilland will be honored with an Academy Tribute on June 15, 2006, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The two-time Academy Award winner will travel from her home in France to the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills for the event, which will feature film clips of her most-admired performances and discussion with colleagues from throughout her career.
Born on July 1, 1916, in Tokyo to English parents, de Havilland made her screen debut as Hermia in Max Reinhardt’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1935, a role that she had also played on stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Her pairing with Errol Flynn in “Captain Blood,” also in 1935, proved a great success and subsequently the two starred together in seven more films, helping to solidify her leading lady status.
De Havilland earned the first of her five Academy Award nominations for her supporting performance as Melanie Hamilton in “Gone with the Wind.” Two years later, in 1941, her lead performance as Emmy Brown in “Hold Back the Dawn” was nominated. She earned her first Oscar statuette for her portrayal of Jody Norris in “To Each His Own” (1946). “The Snake Pit” (1948), in which she played Virginia Stuart Cunningham, provided de Havilland with another nominated lead performance and in 1949 she took home her second Academy Award for her role as Catherine Sloper in “The Heiress.” Among the directors with whom she worked during this period and later in her career were Michael Curtiz, Victor Fleming, Lewis Gilbert, John Huston, Stanley Kramer, Mitchell Leisen, Anatole Litvak and William Wyler.
Tickets for An Academy Tribute to Olivia de Havilland will go on sale June 1, 2006, for $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members. They will be available for purchase at the Academy during regular business hours or by mail. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information call 310-247-3600.
DID YOU KNOW???
Most dreams last anywhere from five to 20 minutes.
People don't only dream in black and white, as was once believed.
Even though they may not remember them, everyone dreams several times a night. In fact, during a typical lifetime, we spend about six years dreaming.
People who have been blind from birth have dreams that are formed from their other senses (e.g., touch, smell, sound).
When people are snoring, they're not dreaming.
Elephants (and some other animals) sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.
"Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon... we have the stars." --as Charlotte Vale in NOW, VOYAGER (1942).
A transformed Charlotte Vale in NOW, VOYAGER (1942) also starring Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper. In addition to nominations in the acting categories for Bette and Gladys Cooper, NOW, VOYAGER's musical score by Max Steiner won an Academy Award.
Bette's Oscar nomination for NOW, VOYAGER marked the fifth consecutive year in which she was so honored, a feat equaled only by Greer Garson (1941-1945) in Academy Award history.
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"It's not just a sport it's a sport entertainment"
Nice to see you back in shape again Miss Jackson , But I 'm just can't help but Worry , Rapidly up and down weight doesn't sounds good to me... But I still love you anyway... Can't wait for your new CD.
you have to admit, it'd be kind of poetic for Ace to end his Idol run with a song called ''That's All.'' plus lastnight the Sumo wrestler ponytail he had going on. That was *incredibly* distracting, and not in a good way
Here is unofficial Vote
Taylor Hicks 30.7m
Elliott Yamin 30.2m
Katharine McPhee 27.7m
Kellie Pickler 27.1m
Chris Daughtry 25.4m
Paris Bennett 24.3m
Ace Young 20.5m
So Glad to see Chiris in Bottom 3 but Kellie is not is kinda annoying because she was the worst last night .
Elliott NO.2 surprise but happy for him .
Taylor Hicks was NO.1 last night I think he's got a lot of boots from SNL .plus last night performance was really good.
Last night watching American Idol was really joyful . All of the contestant were amazing . I like Paris performance "These foolish thing" very Dinah Washington. Kathy Mcfever effortless performance of 'Someone who watch over me " is amazing! But my favorite performance was the grey hair Taylor Hicks in a Sam Cook version of " you send me" Just Blew me away!!! Soul Patrol!!! woh
Did you know??????????
Well, if you want a commercial spot in the final episode of American Idol this season, you'll have to pay $1.3 million to get it.That is the figure that was announced today. This is one of the highest spots ever for a final episode. However, some are saying some advertisers have deals with Idol that will lower that cost by at least half.
Read last night recap from EW Here
Sharon Stone is raving mad because she insists Lana Turner wanted her to play Lana Turner before she died! But a new film has Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Lana Turner opposite Keanu Reeves. Sharon ain't having that shit!
The Postman Always Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life. The film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage to gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was killed in 1958 by her daughter Crane.
Stone says, "I met Lana in her final years and liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got along really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life, then I was her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the Hollywood greats. Lana really rocked."
Royals from around the globe will join together this summer to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's ascension to the Thai throne.
The 79-year-old - now the world's longest-reigning living monarch - became the ninth king of the Chakri Dynasty in June 1946.
Royals from nearly 30 countries around the world have accepted Thailand's invitation to celebrate his Diamond Jubilee on June 12-13.
They include Malaysia, Japan, Luxemburg and Sweden. Other countries, including Denmark, Spain, Morocco, Tonga, Bhutan, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and the United Kingdom have confirmed that royal spouses, crown princes or other members of the royal families will participate in the celebrations."
DID You Know????
King Bhumibol is an accomplished jazz musician and composer. He was awarded honorary membership of the Vienna Institute of Music and Arts at the age of 32. He used to play jazz music on air on the Or Sor radio station earlier in his reign. His songs can often be heard at social gatherings and are performed in concerts.
Listen and Download The Musical Compositions of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej . Here
Though familiar to Americans primarily as a laid-back beach destination, Jamaica is hardly idyllic. The country has the world's highest murder rate. And its rampant violence against gays and lesbians has prompted human-rights groups to confer another ugly distinction: the most homophobic place on earth.
Here is a picture of a real firefox!!!!
So Cute!!
As one of MGM's resident Latin Lovers during the 1950s, Lamas got all the parts for which Ricardo Montalban was unavailable. Or was it vice versa? In any event, he was already a screen star in
He 's a Father of Lorenzo Lamas and a Grandfather of A.J. Lamas.
Married Arlene Dahl (25 June 1954 - 1960) (divorced) 1 child and Esther Williams (31 December 1969 - 8 October 1982) (his death)
"I would advise any woman against having an affair with a married man believing he will ever leave his wife, no matter how often he says his wife does not understand him. Love is not as necessary to a man's happiness as it is to a woman's. If her marriage is satisfactory, a woman will seldom stray. A man can be totally contented and still be out howling at the moon."
"An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring…
I ought to know."
Suave, romantic leading man who successfully combined an easy, relaxed warmth with virile charisma and genuine acting talent. After a five-year career in Mexican movies in the early 1940s, Montalban spent the next seven at MGM in smooth Latin Lover roles or as swimming star Esther Williams co-star in musicals. Montalban did attempt a few other ambitious dramatic characterizations in which his character's Hispanic ethnicity played a part in the drama, but neither his embittered boxer in "Right Cross" (1950) nor his victimized fruit picker in "My Man and I" (1952) were enmeshed in dramas worthy of the actor's efforts. Montalban did better as a Mexican government agent Anthony Mann's potent film noir about the exploitation of illegal aliens, "Border Incident" (1949).
In 2002, he was cast as Grandpa Cortex in the family adventure feature "Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams," directed by Robert Rodriguez--a role Montalban reprised in the third sequel, "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" (2003).
Catherine Zeta-Jones is trying to convince Leonardo DiCaprio to reprise his role as Howard Hughes in her new film the upcoming Lana Turner biopic. The film, called "Stompanato," is a re-telling of the scandalous murder of thug and wannabe actor Johnny Stompanato, who was stabbed and killed by Turner's 14-year-old daughter.Crane says, "What staggers me most is how much the lovely Sienna Miller resembles my mom. Really, she is a spitting image of her - sun tan and platinum boyish hairdo. I'm amazed. Sienna is really gorgeous."
Crane,who was just 14 years old at the time of the incident, claimed she
stabbed her mother's boyfriend to protect her, and was acquitted of the
crime on the grounds of justifiable homicide.
Just feel great to see another Ms Tierney Fan...
The Dredge Report: Dead Celebrity of the Month, April 2006: Gene Tierney
Bette Davis wanted Laurence Olivier to play the role of
Warner's casting Errol Flynn. Flynn then went ahead and tried to have the title changed from the original
stage title ELIZABETH THE QUEEN to THE KNIGHT THE LADY . When
Bette Davis played the Queen secondly inTheVirgin Queen (1955), which is the story of Sir Walter Raleigh, played by Richard Rodd. A young Joan Collins stars as Raleigh's wife,
Bess Throckmorton.
Did you know?
After the Queen B. Watched a screening of The Private Lives of Elizabeth Essex once again in the seventies she had told to her friend and her co star Olivia De havilland that Errol Flynn
performance was very good :said Davis
" I think he was very good no ....he was Marvelous and I was wrong all the time"
I couldn't agree more!!!
