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Love makes the world go around; love also makes you gift the most extravagant things to the one you love, be that your partner, your friend, your child or parent. People tend to spend more when it comes to buying gifts for the ones they love. History is witness to this fact. Here’s a list [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Elizabeth Taylor passed away yesterday (March 23, 2011) and Hollywood lost one of its most influential and talented stars. “Liz” was born in London, England to American parents and she took dual-nationality from both countries: a two-time Oscar winner for Best Actress, she was also a Dame of the British Empire (DBE), though her later [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Filed under People · Tagged Botswana, British people, child actress, Cinema of the United Kingdom, Cinema of the United States, Cleopatra, Conrad Hilton, Converts to Judaism, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fischer, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment_Culture, Greater London, Human Interest, John Warner, Larry Fortensky, Liz Taylor, London, Mark Antony, Michael Todd, Michael Wilding, Oscar, paid actress, Richard Burton, United Kingdom, USD
There are two things about horror movies that hold true no matter what. The one survivor is usually a white girl, and there will be sequels. Dozens upon dozens of sequels. But can a franchise really sustain so many sequels? We’re not so sure. Here are ten horror franchises that should have quit sooner: 10. Halloween [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Bates Motel, Candyman, Candyman 2, Candyman 3: Day of the Dead, Children of the Corn, Children of the Corn II, cujo, Day of the Dead, death, film, Film genres, Final Destination, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th, Golan Globus, Gus Van Sant, halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III, horror, Horror film, horror films, Independent films, James Earl Jones, Jason Voorhees, Jason X, Jennifer Aniston, Jigsaw, John Boorman, John Carpenter, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Strode, Legion, Leprechaun, Matthew McConaughey, michael myers, Movies, Paramount films, Paul Schrader, Psycho, Renee Zellweger, Richard Burton, Robert Bloch, Saw, sequels, Slasher films, Stephen King, Taxi Driver, Teen films, The Exorcist, The Exorcist II, The Final Sacrifice, The Mangler, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Tobe Hooper, Tom Savini, Tony Todd
This list was inspired by my other list, Top 10 Women on Broadway, and I have come up with some of the biggest stars ever to grace the Broadway stage. With that in mind, it was especially difficult to rank these incredible talents, but here’s what I came up with. 10. Richard Kiley Born in [...]
Posted by Loni Perry on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed under Entertainment, People · Tagged Alfred Drake, Ben Vereen, best male actors, Broadway Theatre, comedian, Entertainment_Culture, Human Interest, Jennifer Grey, Joel Grey, John Cullum, Joseph Lane, Len Cariou, men on Broadway, Nathan Lane, Nicholas Nicely, peforming arts, Richard Burton, Richard Kiley, Robert Preston, Samuel Joe Mostel, theatre, top 10, Top 10 men on Broadway, TopTenz, Zero Mostel
When people think of the Oscars, they think of the best in the film industry. The best actors, the best movies, the best songs. It has long been the gold standard of achievement, and for 81 years, the Oscars have awarded this top prize to some of the most recognizable Hollywood icons of all time. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:55 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Academy Award, academy awards, Albert Finney, alfred hitchcock, Amadeus, Arts, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Bill Murray, Blood Diamond, cary grant, Danny Archer, Depp, East of Eden, Edward Norton, Erin Brockovich, Finding Neverland, Fred Astaire, Glenn Close, greta garbo, Hollywood, howard hughes, Jack LaMotta, Jack Sparrow, James Dean, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Daniels, Jerry Maguire, jesse james, John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, King Henry II, Last Picture Show, Leonardo Dicaprio, Lightfoot, Lilies of the Field, Marilyn Monroe, Matchstick Men, Matt Damon, Movies, Oscar, Paul Giamani, Penny Serenade, Peter O'Toole, Pirates of the Caribbean, Primal Fear, Richard Burton, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Rockwell, Sergeant York, Sir James Mathew, Steve Buschemi, The Aviator, The Dresser, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy
The dictionary defines a dystopia as a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. These scenarios have been the inspiration for countless novels and movies. They reflect our darkest fears and sometimes, actual elements in the modern world. THX 1138 George Lucas made his name [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:02 am
Filed under Literature, Movies, Television · Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Big Brother, Blade Runner, Brave New World, Clockwork Orange, Controversial, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep, dystopia, fahrenheit 451, film, films, George Orwell, Harrison Ford, metropolis, Nineteen Eighty-Four, orson welles, Richard Burton, stanley kubrick, the handmaid's tale, The Terminator, The Trial, thx 1138
10. Soon-Yi Previn The scandal that erupted when Woody Allen took nude photos of actress Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, tarnished his reputation. Although Woody Allen was not Soon-Yi’s adopted father (her father was composer/ conductor Andre Previn), many people believed his relationship with the then-teenage girl was inappropriate and morally suspect. Woody Allen [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 am
Filed under People · Tagged adopted, adopted celebrities, adoption, Apple, apple computers, Beatles, blondiesoon-yi previn, celebrities, christina crawford, debbie harry, edgar allen poe, faith hill, joan crawford, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, mia farrow, nelson mandela, People, playboy bunny, Richard Burton, steve jobs, woody allen
The diamond has been called a girl’s best friend, but in many cases these diamonds were their worst enemy. Throughout the ages diamonds have symbolized beauty and the women who wore them were some of the most beautiful and powerful women to grace this earth. Unfortunately these diamonds also carry with them death, sorrow and [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 1:15 am
Filed under Bizarre · Tagged Burton Diamond, death, Debbie Reynolds, diamond, diamonds, Elizabeth Taylor, fabulous gems, France, Henry IV, hope diamond, Hortense, Hortensia, India, infamy, jewelry, Josephine, la peregrina pearl, London, Louvre, museum in paris, Paris, Regent, Richard Burton, romance, Russia, Sancy