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Considering the scandal, tragedy, and failure that typically plague child stars after their careers end, you’d think any parent would keep their child as far away from a Hollywood studio as humanly possible. Yet, despite the numbers of child actors who end up as drug addicts, alcoholics, criminals, or worst of all- reality show participants, [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
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From high-speed crashes to explosions and heart-stopping plunges over the edge, ‘death by car’ has often proved one of the most popular vehicles for film makers when it comes to delivering high-impact drama in death scenes. Of all the meet-your-maker-in-a-motor scenes to ever be captured on celluloid, here is a list of the very best. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Every decade Hollywood produces a new crop of child actors. Some are remembered; most are forgotten. We know the Shirley Temples, the Tatum O’Neals, the Corey Feldmans, the Dakota Fannings and the Abigail Breslins. We remember Linda Blair’s inspired (or possessed) performance in The Exorcist. Other child stars shone just as bright… just not as [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 12:01 am
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If ever there was an ill-fated three hour tour, it would be that of the S.S. Minnow. The pleasure cruise set out from Hawaii with an eclectic group of passengers including a multi-millionaire and his wife, a Hollywood starlet, a professor and a farm girl. Why these people ended up on the same boat was [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 12:01 am
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