My Favorite Year News

The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died.

Good morning. Today is the 364th day of the year. On this day in 1922, after the three-year Russian Civil War, Bolshevik Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R., also known as the Soviet Union, was dissolved in late 1991.

If you're expecting "My Week with Marilyn," director Simon Curtis' earnest drama, to be an eye-opening portrait of one of the 20th century's most enduring pop cultural icons, then you'll be setting up yourself for disappointment.

Peter O'Toole as the filmmaker Eli Cross in "The Stunt Man." Severin Films Mr. O'Toole with Steve Railsback in a scene from "The Stunt Man." Even if you are inclined to believe that Peter O'Toole is The Man, it is possible that you may have missed one of his most capital-M Manliest performances in Richard Rush's 1980 black comedy, "The Stunt Man." ...