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When I was young, I became enthralled with the romanticism of a pig roast. This idea lived entirely in my imagination clarified by reading Edna Ferber's Pulitzer Prize winning book, "Giant" and watching the ...
Appellate Judge David Ryan asks that you please refrain from sending him any "but what about the expedition to explore the rings around Uranus" feedback.
Jaded eyes on 60s lies: Lover Come Back
AMC 's playing Lover Come Back with Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The IMDB summarizes the plot Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are both in the advertising business, but for different agencies.
It is difficult to imagine a greater contradiction between screen persona and real life than that of Doris Day, born Doris Kappelhoff in 1922 in a suburb of Cincinnati.
Middletown film series returns
Middletown's Celluloid Society returns this weekend with its second year of cult and classic films shown for free.
Palm Springs film fest to show movie at CSUSB Palm Desert
A free screening of the 1955 film, 'All That Heaven Allows,' will be hosted by the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
For Indy fan, a Day in your life means living a dream
Mary Ann Barothy of Indianapolis is proof dreams can come true, especially if kismet, a bakery and Doris Day are on your side.
Douglas Sirk was the master of suburban melodrama, and his 1955 film All That Heaven Allows remains a textbook example of the genre.
One of my clearest memories from childhood is seeing the 1978 disaster "epic" Avalanche - starring Mia Farrow and Rock Hudson! - with my family, and roaring at the ridiculous dialogue and effects .
Jonathan here again. So, they're aging Kate Winslet for The Reader , huh? Well looking back through the history of actors in age make-up one thing's clear; Kate's not going to look like this when she gets ...
In this column I often take a skeptical look at liberal scare-mongering about global warming and cancer threats from pesticides, Teflon frying pans, plastic bottles, cell phones, etc.
Hollywood and homosexuality: Keeping sexuality under wraps
HOLLYWOOD AND HOMOSEXUALITY: Who IS gay in Hollywood? Why is it covered up with such militant precision? What does it say about Hollywood's attitude to gay actors and the gay community as a whole? There have ...
Not true, says a new biography of blonde, bouncy actress Doris Day Her life on screen played like an American fairy tale.
I watched the movie "Giant" the other night. Hadn't seen it since I was a kid when I thought it was just about the greatest movie ever.
Alex Massie joins the debate over the greatest film endings of all time. For me, it has to be the chilling final moments of "Seconds" , as Rock Hudson's ill-starred character gradually realizes what is about to ...
New Doris Day biography paints less than idyllic life
David Kaufman is the author of the new biography, "Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door." Her life on screen played like an American fairy tale.
A new biography looks into the shadows and 'Untold Story' of Doris Day
HER LIFE on screen played like an American fairy tale. Blond, bouncy and beautiful, Doris Day captivated mid-20th century moviegoers in a series of rollicking romantic comedies with her favorite leading man, ...
Bette Bourne plays the Hollywood icon Rock Hudson's agent in a new...
There's a scene in City of Night, John Rechy's landmark gay novel, in which the narrator surveys the graffiti on a lavatory wall.
Theatergoers will fall in love with Off the Wall's 'Ancient History'
David Ives' two-character play "Ancient History," a romantic comedy with a big warm heart and also a small chip on its shoulder, starts telling the story of Jack and Ruth living together, in love, long after ...
Film festival honors movie queens
"Drama Queens," a series of films with melodramatics and strong women characters, is being presented by the Palm Springs International Film Society.