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Stefanie Powers brings Tallulah Bankhead to life in 'Looped' at the Hippodrome
In the second and best installment of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” the follow-up to “I Love Lucy,” the guest star is Tallulah Bankhead, playing herself as a new neighbor of the Ricardos and Mertzes. During a clash of...
Tags: Tallulah Bankhead, Action (Movie Genre), Entertainment Events, Valerie Harper, Stefanie Powers
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50 years ago: Peace activist passes through Harford on way to see JFK
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, December 6, 1962: Max Daetwyler, a 76-year-old man from Switzerland, passed through Harford County on his journey from New York to Washington, D.C. Daetwyler was an advocate of scrapping all armaments...Tags: Washington, DC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fidel Castro, Havre de Grace, Colleges and Universities
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Patricia Modell, actress and philanthropist, dies at 80
Patricia Modell, a successful TV and film actress in the 1950s and '60s who became a well-known philanthropist in Baltimore with her husband, former Ravens owner Arthur Modell, died Wednesday at the age of 80.
Mrs. Modell was admitted two weeks ago to...Tags: Movies, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, New York City, Culture, Poetry
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Garbo! The unending saga of Hollywood's most mysterious, misunderstood star
Liz Smith"SHE WAS LIKE A HORSE ON THE TRACK. Nothing, and then the bell goes, and something happens," said Hollywood cinematographer James Wong Howe about Greta Garbo. If you're like me, sometimes you roam your living quarters picking up and putting down books...Tags: Rex Harrison, David O. Selznick, James Wong, Vivien Leigh, Greta Garbo
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From Laguna to Hollywood
Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power. Pre-moustache Clark Gable. A very young and dapper Ray Milland. The list of Tinseltown's glitterati continues. Movie buffs interested in striking photos of the glittering ones would...
Tags: Fine Artists, Artists, Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Norma Shearer
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Cher loves movies -- and Turner Classic Movies LOVES Cher!
Liz Smith"IT LOOKS like he must have stopped eating all those chips on his shoulder!" That's what New York writer Matthew Rettenmund remarked to me, on the drastic weight loss of pop star Boy George. Matthew did admit, "A friend said that to me." But as he didn't...Tags: James Stewart, Healthy Diet, Cher, Liz Smith, Nelson Riddle
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This weekend: ‘Downton Abbey’ finale; ‘Walking Dead’ turmoil; ‘Good Wife’ fireworks
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelOscar nominee Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained") hosts "Saturday Night Live" at 11:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC. Alabama Shakes is the musical guest. Could a good showing as host help Waltz at the Oscars? He is a competitor in the tightest category,... -
'Sweet Charity'? -- Not for Shirley MacLaine, not in her daughter's new book, 'Lucky Me'
Liz Smith"I HAD to be cool with everything." That was the eternal mindset of Sachi Parker, the only child of actress Shirley MacLaine and Shirley's distant, mysterious husband, Steve Parker. Sachi has written an extraordinarily touching and disturbing book about...Tags: Celebrities, Japan, Shirley MacLaine, Steve Parker
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Verdugo Views: City played a big part in 'Mildred Pierce'
Glendale played a starring role in the 1945 movie "Mildred Pierce," the story of a single mother who opens a restaurant right here in the heart of Glendale. The movie was based on a book by the same name written by James M. Cain in 1941. “Cain...
Tags: Architecture, Movies
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Carole Lombard, Joan Crawford as you've rarely seen them before
Everyone knows (or should) Carole Lombard in "To Be or Not to Be," but what did she do before? Similarly, what did "Mildred Pierce's" Joan Crawford do in the years after? Two new DVD sets from the TCM Vault Collection answer those questions. "Carole...
Tags: DVDs, Loretta Young, Carole Lombard
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It's Fringemas: Orlando Fringe show has holiday theme
Merry Fringemas, everyone. The Orlando Fringe Festival's December First Monday Happy Hour has a holiday theme. And who better to get you in the Christmas spirit than hosts Santa and Mrs. Claus? Well, the real North Pole couple is busy this time of year,...
Tags: Holidays, Auction Service, Entertainment Events, Theater Downtown, Fringe Festival
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Connie Wald dies at 96; Hollywood wife known for low-key parties
Connie Wald, an elegant matriarch of old Hollywood known for the low-key dinner parties she held for friends like Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, died of natural causes Nov. 10 at her Beverly Hills home. She was 96. Her...
Tags: Gore Vidal, The New York Times, Movies, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn
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