Bob Hope News

His career as a celebrity photographer began when he was barely out of his 20s, back in the 1970s.

Made virtually synonymous with voluptuousness by Hollywood publicists and press in the 1940s and 1950s, Jane Russell's talents as a dramatic actress and musical performer were given significantly less attention than her.... Made virtually synonymous with voluptuousness by Hollywood publicists and press in the 1940s and 1950s, Jane Russell's talents ...

High morale in any war zone has always been hard to come by. Care packages from home prove to be the best spirit booster but, in their place, celebrities sometimes entertain troops overseas.

The song remains the same for Conan O'Brien. When O'Brien makes his debut as host of The Tonight Show this evening, viewers will notice he has brought along his theme music from his former show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. "I'm a believer that you don't change your theme midway through your career," O'Brien said.

Comedian Bob Hope , who entertained before millions of American servicemen and servicewomen, is being honored with a 44 cent U.S. postage stamp of his own on his birthday, Friday, May 29th.

"I thought it was going to be just another birthday," Dolores Hope mused as she attended a Hollywood gathering celebrating her 100 years.

BOB HOPE'S widow Dolores looked frail as partygoers applauded her on her 100th birthday.

Bob Hope's widow may well have been thinking "thanks for the memory's nudge" Wednesday as she celebrated her birthday with friends in Toluca Lake.

Born in 1909 as Dolores Defina but known to us as Bob Hope's widow, part-time Palm Springs resident and the powerhouse behind the development of Eisenhower Medical Center, Dolores Hope will mark her 100th birthday on Wednesday.

Bob Hope was a man of many talents: star of stage, screen, radio and TV, top banana of countless USO tours, raconteur, singer, golfer, and a mean man with a quip.

Carl Bruno discovered Dolores Hope' generosity in 2007. He was caring for the late Palm Springs film star Betty Hutton, who had once received a $15,000 check from her former co-star, Bob Hope, when she was down and out.

May 15, 2009, 6:47 p.m. Tucson Citizen calendarplus@tucsoncitizen.com Multimedia manager Daniel Buckley The song is on a collection of various artists called "Conjure" - a jazz setting of poetry by Ishmael Reed.

Our guest contributor today is Steven Scholl. Steven is a writer on religion with special focus on the Middle East.

" Easter Parade " is one of those 24-karat musical treasures. It showcased Fred Astaire and Judy Garland singing and hoofing Irving Berlin tunes in a grand entertainment that reigns as the biggest box-office hit of Astaire's impressive career.

Just in case the war had caused some to overlook the fact, Loew's theatres' ad in the Brooklyn Eagle of April 1, 1943, announced: "It's April Fools' Day! - Yeah! But we're not foolin' - these are swell shows!" Loew's Metropolitan at Fulton & Smith Streets goes further to say "Springtime Is Lovetime" and they wanted to prove it with Paulette Goddard ...

We seniors had so many comedians to entertain us, and none of the good ones used X-rated language.

Melinda Mason Thanks for the Memories: I can still hear Bob Hope crooning that tune at the end of his TV specials, changing the lyrics to fit the occasion . . . most times with humor, sometimes with melancholy.

In other words, Terry Moran and Charlie Gibson's side-by-side at the anchor desk chats where Terry played Bob Hope and rapped out a bad version of "Thanks For The Memories" got ditched.

On March 19, 1953, the Academy Awards appeared on television for the first time, and 34 million viewers tuned in.

She was one of the most celebrated sex symbols of the 1940s - and she was also a born-again Christian who hosted Bible studies in her home.