Groovy Friday remembers GF alumnus Olivia Newton John
This is certainly one of the grooviest of "Groovy Friday" posts. God bless Livvy and her entire family. We'll miss you.
Category: Movies
The Day I Married Shirley MacLaine
It all happened 30-some-odd years ago. I was sleeping when the 7:30 call came. One of my many Hollywood connections needed a bald model. I wasn't an actor or a model, but I was bald. I still...
Tom Hanks Set to Play Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in Upcoming Film
Paramont pictures announced Monday that Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks will be portraying both Chicago Tribune and CBS Television film critic Gene Siskel as well as his long time television...
Eleven People Who Never Won An Oscar.
As the 91st Academy Awards are about to go off, it's always useful to put things in perspective and remember all the people who didn't win an Oscar. There are many. Cary Grant Greta Garbo Alfred...
Once Is Never Enough: Twenty-One (or so) Actors Who Reprised Their Oscar-Winning Roles
It’s human nature that we tend to return to the scene of our our previous successes. Why wouldn't we? In honor of awards season, here are twenty-one (or so) actors and the Oscar winning roles...
A Tale of Revenge That May Have Inspired The Statue of Liberty
Katie Cruel is an excellent short film about artist and architect Frédéric Bartholdi and an experience while traveling across America. An official selection of the 2018 Hollyshorts and Dances with...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Twelve Famous Pigs
It's Chinese New Year and this year is the year of the pig. Here are a year's worth of famous pigs for the occasion. Gong hei fat choy! 1. Babe 2. Hamm 3. The Three Little Pigs I'm counting them...
The Birth, Near-Death, Re-Birth, Subsequent Near-Death and Final Salvation of the Academy Awards
Award season is in full swing. Last week The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards. Ninety-one years is a long time, but it wasn't always...
Groovy Friday Tribute
Composer and Groovy Friday alumnus Michel Legrand, passed away last week at the age of 86. During the course of his career he received thirteen Academy Awards nominations and won three Oscars. His...
The Murder of God: Orson Welles and The Other Side of The Wind
“This is a picture about the love of death.” -Orson Welles in Spain trying to raise money for The Other Side of The Wind “This is a movie that everybody in this room, myself included, has been...