Doris Duke was the only child of tobacco and electric energy tycoon James Buchannan Duke and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman. When Doris’ father died in 1925, he left roughly $100 million (about $1 billion in 2005 dollars), to…
My schedule doesn’t allow me to watch the evening news shows much anymore, but I’m old enough to remember Walter Cronkite’s last couple of years as CBS news anchor. After Cronkite left the anchor chair back in 1981, I remember…
Sophie Dahl, granddaughter of writer Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal, has her second book, Playing With the Grown-ups: A Novel debuting in the United States tomorrow. Publishers Weekly describes the novel this way: “The full-length debut by the granddaughter…
Sharks are generally thought of as very dangerous creatures. Hollywood films such as Jaws have only cemented the sharks reputation as a human killing machine. While Jaws is a classic thriller, the story has no basis in fact and serves…
Loosely based on Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil!, directed, produced and written by Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood is the story of one man’s fervent need for money and power; A need to control everyone and everything he…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members say actor Charlton Heston has died. He was 84. Article in the Los Angeles Times. Read his entry in the IMDB.
Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a 40th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Tom Hanks, whose…
A cure is in reach for the world’s most primal force of fury: THE INCREDIBLE HULK. We find scientist Bruce Banner, living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won’t…
Pauly Shore was born into a comedy family. The son of Mitzi Shore who founded the legendary Los Angeles club The Comedy Store and comedian Stan Shore, Pauly spent his formative years around a lot of different comics. After graduating…
This is the first TV Spot for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.