National Velvet News

Joe Jackson has been in the news a lot lately. Not the "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" guy.

Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. "Blithe Spirit'' is a piece of fluff built around some titanium clockwork that Nol Coward soldered together over just a few days in 1941, when he thought London needed cheering up.

"? Actors Angela Lansbury and Roger Robinson at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2009, in New York City.

Although Liz Taylor first first appeared on screen at the age of nine, she shot to superstar status at the age of 12 in 1944's National Velvet .

Martin Knelman `I never expected in my wildest dreams to get this opportunity," confides Angela Lansbury, once again the toast of Broadway at age 83, playing the entertainingly dotty medium in a revival of Noel Coward's 1941 farce Blithe Spirit .

Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been admitted to hospital in Los Angeles but only as a matter of "routine", a spokesman for the star has said.

Price order lowest to highest: Great Escape actor, Angus Lennie , 10 The Living Daylights Bond girls, Karen Seeberg and Femi Gardiner , 15 each The Stud actor, Oliver Tobias , 15 Star Wars' R2-D2 actor, Kenny Baker , 15 England 1966 World Cup hero, Geoff Hurst, 15 , 20 First Brit in space, Helen Sharman , 25 Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney and wife ...

DEAR READERS: Among the questions I am frequently asked is, "Do you ever get letters that have been made up, and can you tell when someone has indulged in 'creative writing'?" The answer is yes, and today, in honor of April Fools' Day, I'll share a few.

Elizabeth Taylor has spent her life on camera. She took her first screen test in 1939 at age seven and worked as an actress until 2003, winning two Academy Awards.

Sparsely plotted sequel to National Velvet, strung together with the most verbose narration heard outside a Jacques Cousteau underwater documentary.

Susanna Foster , the child prodigy singer who played the lead opposite Claude Rains in the 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera , has died at 84.

Radiating youth and beauty, and singing with an immaculate and fresh coloratura soprano voice in 11 Hollywood movies from 1939 to 1945, Susanna Foster, who has died aged 84, appeared to have everything.

These three posts were published here four years ago today. I re-post them because my headlines are so good.

Possibly the best horse movie since National Velvet and without question the best Mickey Rooney showcase in a long, long time, but not quite as long a time as since National Velvet .