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Actor-Filmmaker Mel Ferrer Dies at 90
Zap2It.comMel Ferrer, an actor and filmmaker who was once married to Audrey Hepburn has died. He was 90. Ferrer died Monday, June 2 at his ranch near Santa Barbara, says family spokesperson Mike Mena. During his decades in show business, Ferrer directed nine...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Movies, Music Theater, Television
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A good character actor stands and delivers truth
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNEThe greats of my generation, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, were character actors. That is, they were, by standards of a previous day, suitable to play in support of a star, but as they were ethnic, or not traditional matinee-...Tags: John Malkovich, Mercedes McCambridge, Movies, Hope Davis, Armed Forces
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The Rock Climbs 'Witch Mountain'
Zap2It.comDwayne "The Rock" Johnson is expected to star in a long-in-coming sequel to "Escape to Witch Mountain." Currently titled merely "Witch Mountain" (perhaps on the plausible assumption that nobody in the target audience will have any awareness of the...Tags: Climbing, Dwayne Johnson, Ray Milland
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Passings 2005
Special to NewsdayIn their lifetimes, many audiences loved or admired them, not only for who they were but simply for being there. They were among the most celebrated of the hundreds of prominent men and women who joined the passing parade in 2005. Once a humble Polish...Tags: Research, Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Fry, Judges, Christianity
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Easy riders
Nestle into the plush, cushioned seat. Turn the key and rev the powerful engine. Smoothly shift the automatic transmission into drive, and away you go, zipping across ... the lawn. Welcome to the exciting world of riding lawn mowers. With purring easy-...Tags: Vince Gill, Farrah Fawcett, Tammy Wynette, Championship Racing Teams, Honda
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So long, mortal coil
Don Adams, 72, actor. Adams voiced Inspector Gadget for the popular children's cartoon and played the bumbling agent Maxwell Smart in the TV series Get Smart, a character The 40-Year-Old Virgin's Steve Carell will revive in next year's big-screen remake....Tags: Garry Shandling, Movies, Minnesota, Marilyn Monroe, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Movie review: 'The Longest Yard'
Tribune staff reporter1 star (out of 4) How many things are better the second time around, really? Candy bars? Vacations? All too often, "So nice it's worth doing twice" becomes "Man, whose idea was that?" Anyone subjected to this remake of "The Longest Yard" will be asking...Tags: Peter Segal, Courteney Cox Arquette, Rob Schneider, Bentley, Movies
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'Butterflies Are Free' Star Albert Dies
Zap2It.comActor Edward Albert, star of "Butterflies Are Free" and the son of "Green Acres" star Eddie Albert, has died at the age of 55. The younger actor passed away in his Malibu home on Friday (Sept. 22) of lung cancer, report news sources. Edward Laurence...Tags: Death and Dying, Movies, California, Television, Goldie Hawn
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How the Kid Stayed in Movie Business
TIMES STAFF WRITER"The Kid Stays in the Picture," a witty, colorful and poignant account of the life and times of producer Robert Evans, takes its title from a remark made by movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck. With scant acting experience, Evans had been cast as a matador in...Tags: New York Times, Erich von Stroheim, Paramount, Movies, Tyrone Power Sr.
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Top winners from 1953
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Marlon Brando as Marc Antony in JULIUS CAESAR MGM Richard Burton as Marcellus Gallio in THE ROBE 20th Century-Fox Montgomery Clift as Robert E. Lee Prewitt in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Columbia...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, George Stevens Jr., Frank Sinatra, Paramount, Movies
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Top winners from 1972
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in THE GODFATHER Albert S. Ruddy Production; Paramount Michael Caine as Milo Tindale in SLEUTH Palomar Pictures International Production; 20th Century-Fox...Tags: James Caan, Paramount, Movies, Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli
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Country review, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw at the United Center
Special to the TribuneFaith Hill and Tim McGraw certainly recall a famous country couple, but it's not George Jones and Tammy Wynette or Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. It's Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor on "Green Acres." The parallels were obvious during the chart-topping...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Tammy Wynette, United Center, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks
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