The O J Simpson fiasco -where are they now?

August 10, 2016 Alan Royle 5

  Back in June, I wrote a piece here on O J Simpson. Further research and the viewing of a brilliant 5 part TV special titled OJ: Made in America have led me to pen a few brief notes on the principals involved in his 1995 trial, what has become […]

Actors marrying other actors – PT 7.

August 8, 2016 Alan Royle 2

  BLOOM, Claire                                STEIGER, Rod                                 1959 to 1969 (div.)   Claire & Chaplin in Limelight Claire Bloom was catapulted into stardom in 1952 when Charlie Chaplin personally selected her for his leading lady in his sentimental drama Limelight. From then until 1954, however, the Shakespearian-trained actress toured with the Old […]

Clara Bow – Hollywood’s first sex symbol.

August 6, 2016 Alan Royle 6

  Clara Bow was the original ‘flapper, the ‘It Girl’, the ‘Brooklyn Bonfire’. She enjoyed her sexuality. She exhibited it, she exploited it and she lived it. Yet, for all her voracious appetite for living life in the ultra-fast lane, underneath she carried dark secrets from her childhood that prevented […]

Actors marrying other actors – PT 6.

August 4, 2016 Alan Royle 2

  BENET, Brenda                                PETERSEN, Paul                             1967 to 1970 (div.)                                                                 BIXBY, Bill             […]

Actors marrying other actors – PT 5.

August 2, 2016 Alan Royle 2

  BAXTER, Meredith                         BIRNEY, David                                 1974 to 1990 (div.)                                                                 BLODGETT, Michael                      1995 to 2000 (div.)   […]