Going My Way News

Karl Malden, the film actor who died today at 97, is being remembered in religionland for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of a tough dockside priest, Father Pete Barry, in the 1954 film, "On the Waterfront.'' Malden's role is one of the most famous depictions of a Catholic priest on film.

When "Going My Way" premiered on May 3, 1944, it was a surprising hit. Most movie critics had pooh-poohed the casting of Bing Crosby in a lead dramatic role, butthe "King ofCroon"proved them wrong, and it became the top-grossing film ofthe year and swept the Oscars.

The Joker's wild. At tonight's Academy Awards, most prognosticators expect the trophy for best supporting actor to go to the late Heath Ledger, whose maniacal performance as the Joker helped "The Dark Knight" ...

Since 1950, the Academy has made all winners sign an agreement that they or their heirs won't sell the trophy without first offering to sell it back to the Academy for a single dollar 2Number of people who know ...

The old neighborhood is never that far away from me. The other night I went to see Gran Torino and a surly Clint Eastwood was going head-to-head with his parish priest, whom he growled was "a 27-year-old ...

Since I'm playing Scrooge with this list, I'd better begin with a declaration: I love Christmas, the idea of it, and Christmas movies too - the good ones.

This time of year, seems like every time you turn on the TV there's a Christmas movie playing somewhere.

Las Vegas the home of the church thAT Bing Crosby helped build A Nov. 26, 1976, concert by Bing Crosby helped fund the creation of Holy Family Catholic Church at Mountain Vista Street and Harmon Avenue.