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Wednesday Nov 4 | LA Daily News

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony in March, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

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Related Topix: Oscars, Short, Comedy Movies, The Cooler, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Alec Baldwin, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Bob Hope, Oldies

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Daily Star

Leo has eyes on Sinatra

LUCIE Jones almost gave up singing for good two years ago - after being told she was not good enough.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Titanic, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frank Sinatra, Jazz

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Syracuse New Times

I Left My Heart

I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett. Auburn's Merry-Go-Round Playhouse winds down its lengthy summer-and-beyond season with this tuneful tribute, which gives producing director Ed Sayles a few more chances to toss poseys into the audience during his introduction.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Jazz, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, The Best, Pop/Rock

Wed Oct 14, 2009

StarTribune

Singer Al Martino, who played Johnny Fontane in 'The Godfather,' dies in Pa. home at 82

The singer who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" has died at his childhood home in suburban Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: Oldies, Al Martino, Drama Movies, Frank Sinatra, Jazz, Philadelphia, PA, Delaware County, PA, Marlon Brando, Music, Entertainment

Sat Sep 12, 2009

Times-Picayune

Ernie's navy: Actor Ernest Borgnine's first and finest role was as a Navy man

Oscar-winner and Navy man Ernest Borgnine, 92, pauses in front of an American flag at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept.

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Related Topix: From Here to Eternity, Drama Movies, War Movies, Comedy Movies, McHale's Navy, Comedy, Marty, Entertainment, Television, Ernest Borgnine, Movies

Sat Sep 05, 2009

Associated Content

Broderick Crawford: Academy Award Winner Became Baby Boom Icon in TV Series "Highway Patrol"

Actor Broderick Crawford is best remembered for two roles, his Oscar-winning turn as Willie Stark in the original All the King's Men , and as Chief Dan Matthews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol , which went on the air in 1955.

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Related Topix: Broadway, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Born Yesterday, Music!, Musical Movies, War Movies, All the King's Men, Larceny, Inc., Broderick Crawford

Wed Aug 19, 2009

Hollywood.com

Jill St John

Vibrant, personable redhead who debuted onstage at age five, followed with radio's "One Man's Family" for six years, and racked up over 1000 radio and 50 TV credits by the time she was 16.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Come Blow Your Horn, Thriller, Tony Rome, Crime Movies, Brenda Starr, Adventure, Jill St. John, Frank Sinatra, Jazz, Entertainment

Tue Aug 04, 2009

DVD Verdict

In Like Flint

Flint's back in actionin dangerin the Virgin Islandswhere the bad guysare girls! That just about says it all, doesn't it? Secret agent Derek Flint is summoned back into service by former boss Lloyd Cramden , head of the shadowy government organization Z.O.W.I.E. . Cramden's convinced that things are not quite right with President Trent after an odd ...

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Related Topix: James Coburn, The Virginian, Entertainment, Television, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan, Drama Movies

Sat Aug 01, 2009

DVD Verdict

In Like Flint

Flint's back in actionin dangerin the Virgin Islandswhere the bad guysare girls! That just about says it all, doesn't it? Secret agent Derek Flint is summoned back into service by former boss Lloyd Cramden , head of the shadowy government organization Z.O.W.I.E. . Cramden's convinced that things are not quite right with President Trent after an odd ...

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Related Topix: James Coburn, The Virginian, Entertainment, Television, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan, Drama Movies

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Desert Sun

Jack Lemmon's talent shines in new DVD collection

During his career, Jack Lemmon became one of the most beloved movie stars in Hollywood because he was the same kind of person in real life that he often played on the screen.

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Related Topix: Under the Yum Yum Tree, Comedy Movies, Phffft!, The Notorious Landlady, Good Neighbor Sam, Mystery Movies, Jack Lemmon, Drama Movies

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Linkmachinego

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

The younger men in the room, accustomed to seeing Sinatra at this club, treated him without deference, although they said nothing offensive.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Frank Sinatra, Jazz

Mon May 18, 2009

Music-News.com

Jamie Foxx to play Frank Sinatra

Jamie Foxx is set to play Frank Sinatra in a new biopic. The Oscar-winning star - who played jazz musician Ray Charles in 'Ray' - is being lined up to portray the legendary Rat Pack singer in a film by Martin Scorsese after film bosses saw similarities between the two stars' backgrounds.

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Related Topix: Ray, Short, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Frank Sinatra, Jazz, Jamie Foxx, Black Entertainment, Blues, Ray Charles

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