Hedy Lamarr Mother of Cellphone (what??)

“Any girl can be glamorous.
All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

— Hedy Lamarr

The woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films was born Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, and was a student of theater director Max Reinhardt in Berlin.... The studio changed her name to the more elegant "Hedy Lamarr" and put her in a series of exotic adventure epics such as Algiers (1938) and White Cargo (1942).... DeMille's spectacular Samson and Delilah (1949)
(mini bio IMDB.com)



DID YOU KNOW ???

• Her profile was the most requested in the 1940s by women to their plastic surgeons.

• Hedy drugged her maid to escape her husband and homeland.
• Was co-inventor the telecommunications method known as "frequency hopping", which used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or to jam under the name "Secret Communications System"
• Frequency hopping; created by Lamarr and George Antheil, is now widely used in cellular phones and other modern technology (read full story HERE)
  

• Arrested for shoplifting in January 1966. Found not guilty.

• Arrested for shoplifting in 1991. One year probation.
• Only one acting award she had won was "Sour Apple Award" Least Cooperative Actress. (oops)
  

Mr. DeMill I'm ready for MY close Up!

Very hot Video that people are talking about.....

Finger Clubbing

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch039/ch039b.html

Finger Clubbing

Finger clubbing is an enlargement of the tips of the fingers or toes and a loss of the angle where the nails emerge.

Finger clubbing occurs when the amount of soft tissue beneath the nailbeds increases. The reason this increase occurs is not clear, but clubbing seems to occur with some pulmonary disorders (lung cancer, lung abscess, bronchiectasis), but not with others (pneumonia, asthma, emphysema). Finger clubbing also occurs with some congenital heart diseases or, in some cases, may be inherited and not indicate any disease."

Thanks for everything Julie Newmar"

"Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing. Tell me I'm intellectual - I know it. Tell me I'm funny and it's the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me.''

Julie Newmar

Did you know??

The orignal Cat Woman Invented and marketed her own brand of pantyhose in the 1970s & 1980s that holds three U.S patents: 3,914,799 and 4,003,094 for "Pantyhose with shaping band for Cheeky derriere relief" and 3,935,865 for "Brassiere."

135 of I.Q.
Measurements: 37-23-37
Has 37" legs

For your Consideration

I was surprise her name not even mention in any award.
Not only she’s Brit had to act American but I think Thandie Newton Gave the one of the best performance in a wonderful cast of Crash

SAG. Lifetime achievement

USATODAY.com - O-Factor: "The Screen Actors Guild just announced that Jamie Lee Curtis will present the life achievement award to Shirley Temple Black at its annual awards show later this month.

SAG reps say Curtis was chosen at the request of Black, who admires Curtis' screen work and her side career as a children's book author."

Shirley Temple was certainly one of the biggest box office stars in the world (and she was only a child at the height of her fame). But that was during The Great Depression. Her last venture in entertainment was a children's story hour on television that started in the late 1950

When Black left Hollywood, she pursued a life in public service as a United Nations delegate in 1969, an ambassador to Ghana in 1974, a foreign affairs officer at the State Department in the 1980s and ambassador to the Czech and Slovak republics.

Women in Black

Black proves to be favorite colour of this year Golden Globe . Natalie and Swank are my fav.

黒は今年の金地球の好みのカラーであると証明する。Natalie 及びSwank は私のfav である。

The Wizard of Oil (aka Dubuya & Toto go iraq)

Wizard of Oil Premier


Full story can available Here

My Childhood Idol

News: "Oscar Winner Shelley Winters Dies at 85

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in ``The Diary of Anne Frank'' and ``A Patch of Blue,'' has died. She was 85. "

Change of heart.

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After listen to "Mary J. Blige "new CD "The Breakthrough " one more time . I was surprise how much I like it.

"The Breakthrough, which seems like the latest in her never-ending series of post-first-album comebacks, thankfully returns some of the drama to her music. " Entertainment Weekly"

Crash Might upset Mountain !!!

Entertainment Weekly's EW.com |: "After being largely snubbed in December's Golden Globe nominations -- a critical point in the Oscars race -- 'Crash' has bounced back in a flurry of critics awards and film industry honors since last week.

The film earned Critics Choice Awards on Monday night for its screenplay, co-written by Haggis, and for its ensemble cast. Last week, Haggis picked up a prestigious Directors Guild of America nomination for his work on the film, as well as a Writers Guild of America nomination for the screenplay.

The film also had three nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and a nod for best picture from the Producers Guild of America.

'Last week's sweep of the guild nominations by 'Crash' was absolutely the catalyst for this extensive mailing,' said Ortenberg, whose studio gained notice in 2004 with its release of Michael Moore's political documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'

The surge in recognition for 'Crash' also has led some pundits to count the film as a major rival of critical darling 'Brokeback Mountain' in the battle for a best picture Oscar.
"

Best Friend

There're story about Bette Davis and Olivia giving a press conference forHush Hush sweet Charlotte. It seems they were bickering a bit and Olivia said to Bette,"How would you like to do this with Joan Crawford?" Bette's retort,"How would you like to do this with Joan Fontaine?"

Fun Fact~

"Altman has been nominated for best director five times without ever winning, a record that ties him with Martin Scorsese, King Vidor, Alfred Hitchcock and Clarence Brown. Like Altman, Hitchcock and Vidor eventually received honorary awards. "

Consolation Prizes

: Entertainment Weekly: "Oscar news: Academy sends Altman a M*A*S*H note

35 years late than never. At the Academy Awards in March, seven-time Oscar bridesmaid Robert Altman (left) will get an Honorary Oscar. I know we're not supposed to think of Honorary Oscars as consolation prizes for old-timers (Altman turns 81 next month) whom the Academy has neglected to honor before (like Sidney Lumet last year, or Peter O'Toole three years ago), but c'mon. At least Altman, unlike some past winners, still has an active and flourishing career. It'll be interesting to hear his acceptance speech, given the obvious contempt the Player director has for the Hollywood establishment.

"Wednesday that the academy may be preparing to announce a second honorary award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, naming the possible recipient as Jerry Lewis. "

feuding sisters,

Over the years, the Academy has recognized acting families, with awards bestowed upon siblings, parents and children, and even cousins.... But perhaps the most interesting, would be that duo of feuding sisters,Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine who's private infighting, became Hollywood gossip, and who would butt heads at the Oscar ceremonies on more than one occasion!

Read full story at http://www.angelfire.com/film/robbed/suspicion.htm

Whirlpool (update)

Here is update clip of a movie Whirpool.



Whirlpool (1949)
Director Otto Preminger's mix of psychological suspense and film noir atmosphere stars Gene Tierney as a compulsive kleptomaniac married to noted psychoanalyst Richard Conte. Caught stealing a brooch from a department store, Tierney is freed thanks to the efforts of hypnotist Jose Ferrer, who says he can cure her of her condition...but is actually scheming to use Tierney in a bizarre murder scheme.

"Very interesting"


"Gene Tierney's class, loveliness, radiant beauty, talent are largely enough to erase the defects of "Whirlpool". Let me recommend this nice movie."

"One of the first things that struck me about Whirlpool is how good an actress Gene Tierney actually was. She does such a terrific job of portraying both the vulnerability and desperation of her character."

How Olivia De Havilland Change the face of Hollywood System and what became "De Havilland Law"

From the 192O’s to the early 1950’s the major studios exerted extremely tight
control over the star system, each carefully grooming a stable of stars,
strategically placing them in film roles, controlling their ‘private’ lives and creating
gaze. The studio system offered stars, in the words of Bette Davis, ‘the security
of a prison because although they were extremely well paid, they were penned in
by long-term contracts. virtually owned by their studio. Suspension was one of’ the most cruel
punishments that the studio bosses meted out to their stars. who refused to play a particular role was obliged to wait, unpaid, whilst that film
was shot and then half that time again. off what was originally only a seven year contract.

Beginning of the decline of’ the power of the major Hollywood studios. This event
was the de Havilland law suit of 1945. Jack Warner had loaned Olivia de
Havilland to David Selznick for Gone With the Wind (in which she played Melanie), but after she returned to Warners, he kept offering her insignificant
roles. She turned them down, so Warner suspended her. persistent extension of her contract was unfair practice and she challenged this
in the Courts - and won. A studio contracts were limited to a maximum of seven consecutive years
regardless of any suspensions, and contracts were frequently re-negotiated on a
regular basis. case, Olivia de Havilland celebrated her return to the screen - and her new found
freedom - with an Oscar-winning performance for Paramount in 'To Each His
Own'.


As Bette Davis often said, "Every actor in the business owes a great debt of gratitude to Olivia for what she did'



Note :California Labor Code 2855, otherwise known as the "De Havilland Law". This law was passed in 1945 in response to a legal battle waged by film star Olivia de Havilland, who fought to free actors from long-term studio contracts. The statute in question retains and protects the right of an entertainer to terminate a contract with an entertainment company after seven years without suffering repercussions or prosecution for future profit losses.

Wanna come?

My friend Shawn just remind me about "Noir city film festival " at Palace of Fine arts Anyone want to come with me??

http://www.noircity.com/noircity.html

Bye Bye Powerbook

Steve Jobs keynote would be complete without his trademark “one more thing.” This year’s was a doozy: a new laptop computer called the MacBook Pro. That’s right — no more PowerBook.

The MacBook pro features an Intel Duo Core chip that runs four to five times faster than the PowerBook G4, according to jobs — he called it the fastest notebook ever. All this, in a chassis that’s actually slimmer than Apple’s 17-inch PowerBook G4 model, and weighs in at 5.6 pounds. It features a 15.4-inch LCD screen that’s as bright as Apple’s desktop Cinema Displays.

The new MacBook Pro features a built-in iSight camera, much like Apple’s iMac systems, and an integrated InfraRed (IR) sensor supports Apple’s remote control, which can operate Front Row — the software that helps turn a Mac into a media center, which Apple first introduced in a refreshed iMac model in 2005.

Apple is taking orders today, but does not expect to begin shipping the MacBook Pro until sometime in February. A 1.67GHz model will cost $1,999. A 1.83GHz model will cost $2,499.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/