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Jane Taber Fly the flag, escort the torch Canadian fighter jets protect the Olympic flame, a Liberal staffer's fixed-date election wedding, plus who's hot and who's not Jane Taber Published on Friday, Oct.

THOMASTON : The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a series of films in Room 208 of the Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The Friday night movies for October have the theme of Thrills and Chills.

After being in show business for over 55 years, Lauren Bacall will be presented with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Honorary Award on November 14 WINSOME Lauren Bacall On November 14, 2009 when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its Honorary Academy Award to 85-year-old Lauren Bacall, we can expect what her ...

Bacall started modeling in 1941 and supplemented her income with jobs as a theatre usher and as a hostess at the Stage Door Canteen, which kept her next to the Broadway theatre scene that she loved.

Lauren Bacall got her start at age 19 as a sultry screen siren alongside future husband Humphrey Bogart, 25 years her senior.

Lauren Bacall made one of the greatest debuts in film history. In 1944's " To Have and Have Not, " she told Humphrey Bogart's character, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and ... blow." Wow.

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag ... Q: With ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' coming back in spring 2010, I was wondering if the original version of ''The Apprentice'' will ever return to NBC in the future.

Like many classic film gems, at the time of the film's release, it was not a critical nor a box office success.

Sort of two films in one, with neither being particularly interesting, the 1966 playing card caper Kaleidoscope carries the burden of reminding us that Warren Beatty, the persona, the movie star, the actor, was woefully indebted to the material he was trying to perform.