…Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Celeste Holm’s who answered the phone at Holm’s apartment on Sunday. Celeste Holm died around 3.30 a.m. at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, Amy Phillips said. “I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her,” she said. Oscar-winning actres…
A-list Oscar nominees get thousands of dollars in gifts from companies hoping to associate their products with their celebrity, while D-listers get bags of swag valued in the hundreds of dollars. “It’s something they anticipate from year to year,” said Lisa Gal of Hollywood Baskets, who puts together a high-end gift bag that goes to 30 Oscar nominees and presenters who stay at t…
ce. The role earned him the first of eight Oscar nominations, with others coming for such films as Becket, The Lion in Winter and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Peter O’Toole was given an honorary Oscar in 2003, an award he had initially refused to accept. In a letter he asked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to delay the award until he was 80, saying he was “still in the game and…
by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The 84th Academy Awards will be hosted by Billy Crystal at the Kodak theatre tonight. It is televised live across the U.S. and is watched by around 40 million Americans. …
…as pinning his hopes on for his only win of the nomination campaign. Rick Santorum won a hat-trick of contests, while Newt Gingrich took his home state of Georgia. Mitt Romney now leads the field with 415 delegates committed to backing him at the national Republican convention in August. A candidate needs 1,144 delegates to win the party’s nomination and go on to challenge Barack Obama in No…
ver seen – and a fresh insight into the woman Marilyn Monroe really was. They come from her conversations with photographer Larry Schiller between 1960 until her death in 1962 at the age of just 36. In Larry Schiller’s memoir, Marilyn And Me, he says the two met when Marilyn hatched a plan to force Hollywood giants Fox Studios to take her more seriously so they would “start paying me as much…
…uropean Film Academy The Oscar-winning actress will be a guest at the European Film Awards on 1 December in Malta. Helen Mirren, 67, won the Academy Award for best actress for her role in The Queen in 2007. She was nominated for an Oscar again in 2010 for her role as Tolstoy’s wife in The Last Station and is tipped to pick up another nomination next year for playing Alfred Hitchcock’s…
Eddie Murphy resigned from his role as host of 2012 Academy Awards yesterday as the heavyweight producer Brian Grazer has been drafted in to produce next year’s Oscars. Brian Grazer, the man behind Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind has stepped into Brett Ratner’s shoes after his resignation. The Academy Awards president Tom Sherak announced the news yesterday: “Brian Grazer is a renowned filmm…
Actor Ernest Borgnine, whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died aged 95, his spokesman Harry Flynn has said. The Oscar-winning actor died of renal failure in a Los Angeles hospital with his family by his side Harry Flynn told the Associated Press. Ernest Borgnine continued acting until recently with a role in the hospital drama ER in 2009. He won an Oscar in 1955 for his role in the film…
…torum’s children and his wife Karen stood behind him in Gettysburg as he made the announcement that he was suspending his campaign. He had taken time off the campaign trail in recent days as his 3-year-old daughter Isabella, who has a rare genetic disorder, was admitted to hospital. Republican Rick Santorum has ended his bid for the White House, leaving Mitt Romney as the presumptive nomine…
…ecrets were breached. Adultery is classified as a crime in the military. Jill Kelley has been in the news this week after it emerged that she was the target of harassing emails from Paula Broadwell, a 40-year-old mother of two from Charlotte, North Carolina who was engaged in an affair with David Petraeus. Paula Broadwell sent Jill Kelley a half dozen emails from anonymous accounts earlier this ye…
h one of her professors. Joe McGinniss’ book “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” also alleged that Sarah Palin is far from the traditional family woman she claims to be. Sarah Palin, 47, had a one-night stand with Miami Heat basketball star Glen Rice less than a year before she eloped with her husband, Joe McGinniss’ book claimed. Sarah Palin was said to have met the 6ft 8ins pla…
Oscar-winning sound editor Michael Hopkins, who worked on films including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the 2005 King Kong remake, died in a rafting accident in New Zealand. Michael Hopkins, 53, from Greytown, New Zealand, died after being thrown from his raft on Sunday, police said. He won Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2003 and King Kong in 2006. Mic…
A shrinking Matthew McConaughey reported for his first day on the New Orleans set of The Dallas Buyers Club Sunday. The normally buff 42-year-old was spotted walking by his trailer in 1986 period garb – grey T-shirt, which hung loose, blue jeans, and glasses. Sporting a Burt Reynolds moustache, Matthew McConaughey also had a visibly large lesion on his forehead, an ominous sign of the AIDS…
…g bangs,” he said, adding that they are in keeping with current fashion trends. “Designers have been showing a lot of retro Seventies looks and they are a great match.” Singer-songwriter Leah Blishi, 37, a client of Mordechai Alvow, admits she had been in two minds about going for the chop, but when Kate Middleton’s new look made the headlines, she was convinced. “I was thinking about havin…
President Barack Obama is to nominate John Kerry to be his next secretary of state, US media report. John Kerry would replace Hillary Clinton at the head of the state department, the media quoted senior administration officials as saying. John Kerry ran as Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His nomination comes after the US ambassa…
…s and the start of a new and better chapter that we will write together.” Mitt Romney accused the president of failing to deliver on his promises of “hope and change” made during his 2008 election campaign. The average American is still feeling the pain of the economic collapse, Mitt Romney said. “It’s still about the economy… and we’re not stupid.” Shortl…
President Barack Obama has announced he will nominate US Air Force General Philip Breedlove as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Gen. Philip Breedlove, whose nomination was endorsed by ambassadors from the 28 NATO allies, is expected to succeed Admiral James Stavridis. He is currently the commander of US Air Force units in Europe and Africa. President Barack Obama has announced he wi…
…appoint Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as prime minister designate,” President Traian Basescu said in a statement. The nomination now requires approval by Romania’s parliament. Former PM Emil Boc, 45, said he was stepping down to “defuse political and social tension” in the face of three weeks of protests. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Emil Boc said he had given up the governme…
;. Charles Durning, who starred in the 1980s film Tootsie, has died at the age of 89 “I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director,” Charles Durning said in 2008. Charles Durning’s roles ranged from playing the would-be suitor of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie to Chief Brandon in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy and Santa Claus in four different movies. Durin…
…burn which was so close to her life that Carl Bernstein threatened to sue. It was later adapted for screen and starred Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep teamed up with Nora Ephron again in 2009 to star in Julia & Julia. Nora Ephron’s talent for bringing to life flawed but deeply likeable and funny women made her beloved by movie audiences – and industry gold. One of her…
The 18th edition of SAG Awards was held at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on Sunday evening, January 29. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Actor statuette honored the prime-time television performances and the exceptional motion pictures of 2011. The SAG Awards was transmitted live on TBS and TNT. Berenice Bejo, Brad Pitt, Bryan Cranston, Don Cheadle, George Clooney and Viola Davis were among the p…
…#8217;ll make mine.” Mark Coulier and American J Roy Helland are both up for an Oscar for their work on the film. J Roy Helland has been doing Meryl Streep’s hair and make-up for more than 35 years. During the course of The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep’s Thatcher is seen both in her political prime and as a woman in her mid 80’s, struggling with dementia. For the younger version, Mark…
Mexico has beaten Brazil with 2-1 at Wembley and has won the men’s Olympic football gold medal for the first time. Oribe Peralta struck from the 18-yard box after 32 seconds following some poor Brazilian defending. Fabian Marco hit the Brazil crossbar before a completely unmarked Oribe Peralta headed his team’s second goal. Brazil, also hoping to win gold for the first time, pulled a…
…Shot while sitting in a parked car outside a bar Tuesday with a friend in the city of Bayamon, Hector Camacho was declared dead at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The friend, 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, died at the scene of the shooting. Police said Adrian Mojica Moreno had nine small bags of cocaine in his pocket and a 10th bag was found open in the car. Originally…
Ibragim Todashev implicates himself and Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Brendan Mess and other two murder caseIbragim Todashev, friend of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, implicated himself and Tamerlan in a 2011 triple slaying just before he was killed by an FBI agent early…
Jodi Arias gives another interview from jailhouse speaking about Travis Alexander murder trialJodi Arias gave a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, speaking out about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team…
Ibragim Todashev shot dead by FBI agent in Orlando while questioning over links to Tamerlan TsarnaevChechen Ibragim Todashev has been shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida, early Wednesday during questioning related to the Boston Marathon bombings. The shooting…
Why We Need Comprehensive Immigration Reform and What Are The AlternativesOpportunities Await The American Dream still fascinates people all over the world and contributes to the appeal of the United States of America as a country of…
US immigration bill passes Senate panel with 13-5The immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Congress. A Senate panel voted 13-5 to…
Did Amanda Berry's 911 dispatcher curse at her?The 911 dispatcher, who spoke to Amanda Berry after she escaped from the Cleveland house of horrors, is being investigated over claims he swore at the end of her emergency…
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