Nigel Green in Zulu British actor Nigel Green was rightly praised, by both the public and the critics, for his superb portrayal of Colour-Sergeant Bourne in Zulu (1964), a performance for which he might always be remembered. A veteran of the Korean War (1950-3), Green suffered a serious head wound […]
MAMMA MIA! (2008) It will probably come as a shock to readers (it certainly did to me) to learn that this bloody awful musical became, in December 2008, the highest-grossing movie in UK history, surpassing Titanic (1997)! It has, however, since been passed by Avatar in 2009. […]
ANN SHERIDAN (1915-67) [Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was used as a body double (hands, legs & shoulders) by Paramount in her early days in the industry]: ‘I used to go to Grauman’s Chinese or Pantages and sit there waiting to see my faceless body on […]
OUT OF AFRICA (1985) I recently treated myself to another viewing of the wonderful Out of Africa, quite simply because I wanted to bask in Meryl Streep’s stunning performance yet again. I read that she perfected her Danish accent by listening to recordings of author Karen Blixen reading her […]
SHARON STONE: ‘Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.’ ‘I feel at great pain when the spotlight is on the […]
Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon Greer & her husband Richard Ney Teresa Wright, Ney & Garson in Mrs Miniver I just watched Mrs. Miniver (1942) on television […]
Sharon Stone ‘Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that’, proclaimed Sharon Stone after achieving worldwide fame in Basic Instinct (1992). ‘No, make that any man anywhere’, she added. One of her former boyfriends was Hart Bochner, the […]
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Maybe he has mellowed as he has aged, but I doubt it. Dustin Hoffman’s contemporaries, actors, directors and producers alike, have always found him a […]
In the last 20-30 years there has developed a philanthropic culture in Hollywood involving superstars in the movie industry. Cynics are quick to accuse these people of ‘image-making’, or of diverting media attention from potential career-damaging headlines of a personal nature. In some instances that has certainly happened, but […]
1982 Gandhi – Best Picture Ben Kingsley – Gandhi Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice Lou Gossett Jr – An Officer and a Gentleman Jessica Lange – Tootsie Kingsley as Gandhi Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice Lou Gossett Jr – An Officer […]
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