Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
So last year at this time we were enjoyed the William Castle popcorn goodness that is the original House on Haunted Hill. So I wanted to grab some more along those lines. While I couldn't find anything at first on the Castle side of things, I was able to go down another path. I [...]
Seraphic Secret (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Charlton Heston commands you to look upon J-Pix. J-Pix has been resurrected. Yup, this is photography by Jewish Bloggers from the four corners of the earth. Here's J-Pix #19, the Indivisible and Rather Zaftig Edition. We'd like to thank Me-Ander for including Seraphic Secret's My Beautiful Neighborhood, Part II in this handsome round-up.
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
It’s the birthday … of gothic author Anne Rice, 67. She is said to have sold 100 million books. … of Susan Sarandon. The five-time nominee for best actress (she won for Dead Man Walking) is 62 today. … of Alicia Silverstone, probably not as clueless at 32. Charlton Heston would have been 84 [...]
DailyStab (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
As we all already know, Robert Downey Jr., 43, is Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming version of the movie. Downey Jr. says he is not worried about following in the footsteps of stars like Charlton Heston, Edward Woodward and Rupert Everett because he intends to bring something new to the role and play it ‘better than it’s ever [...]
ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Robert Downey Jr. says he will play Sherlock Holmes "better than it's ever been done before." The 43-year-old actor - who will portray the fictional British detective in Guy Ritchie's new movie "Sherlock Holmes" - is not worried about following in the footsteps of stars including Charlton Heston, Edward Woodward and Rupert Everett because he intends to bring something new to the role.
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Been meaning to post about one of my favorite actors, Paul Leonard Newman, who passed away Saturday. Here's a Paul Newman/James Dean screen test for East of Eden: The final game in The Hustler: A key scene from the classic...
VOLuntarilyConservative (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Jackie can't wait to see Sarah Palin, and Dunlap goes off on one of the classic rants of all-time. Those making appearances in today's RSU are loudmouth Yankees, Marv Albert, Cliff Clavin, Christmas Jones, Voltron, drunk clowns, talking ponies, eye lice, Charlton Heston, Spiderman, and meth addict hookers. Whoa. Try working all of those into a single conversation. (I bet Joe Biden could, Jackie...)...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
REMEMBERING PAUL NEWMAN By Nicolaus Mills Like Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, who died last Friday at age eighty-three, was one of the...
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Ned Beauman:DC Comics' Minx imprint needed to be naughtier and more exuberant if it was to challenge the dominance of Japanese serials
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
A final tribute to a special kind of star
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Paul Newman is dead, but somehow that doesn't seem possible. There are the facts: He was 83, he was ill, and everyone knew it. And then there are feelings. Newman felt permanent in a way that his contemporaries - Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck -...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Hundred take to the streets to raise money for the endangered African species
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Paul Newman died of cancer at age 83 on Friday, September 26, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Joanne Woodward, a successful Hollywood actress and their children Nell Potts, Lissy Newman and Clea Newman. He was married to Jackie Witte from 1949 to 1958 and they had three children: Scott Newman, [...]
Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
It's become fashionable in right-wing circles to pooh-pooh the social activism of left-leaing actors. "They should just shut up," we hear. Of course when Chuck Norris claims to have done two tours in Iraq , or Charlton Heston advocates for guns, the right says nary a word. But if Brad Pitt decides to hold a contest for building green homes in New Orleans for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, his...
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Another one of the greats is gone: (CNN) — Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83. He died Friday, according to spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic. Newman [...]
