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Elijah Wood, now in his 40s, has been acting since he was just seven years old, famously going from precocious kid in “Kindergarten Cop” to the beloved Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film franchise. While he’s been acting consistently for more than three decades, Wood has also...
our little cocker spaniel was talking in his sleep. Leaf made the same sounds as when he and Linda are talking about his day or something that might be bothering him. There was a mix of “ra ra” and grumbles coming from the back of his throat; short moans and then an “arf,” as...
Patton in the 1970 film Patton that catapulted him to stardom. Despite receiving an Academy Award for Best Actor for this role, Scott refused the honor, stating his belief that every dramatic performance was unique and could not be compared. This act of defiance made him the first actor to...
It was the slap that got everyone's attention during Sunday night's Academy Awards but what are the legal implications of the incident? I'm pretty sure the 2022 Oscars will go down in history. Years from now, the moment Will Smith got up and slapped Chris Rock across the face will be...
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— but he was killed off at the end of season one. He couldn’t stay away from the stage for long, though, and will return in April in “Violet.” Thanks to his pop-tastic performance in last summer’s musicalized “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” a crossover is not out of the questi...
Chicago, Peter Allen, and Bette Midler. He was also counsel to several theatrical projects including “House of Blue Leaves,”“Lorelei,”“Dirtiest Show In Town,”“Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and “Women Behind Bars," and consigliere to Ellen Stewart of the Cafe La Ma ...
There’s a cologne called Phantom made in Paris. And when Allen-Bradley, a Rockwell International subsidiary that designs automation for the show, was hiring a while ago, its advertisements urged prospective employees to “join the company that made the Phantom fly.” ...
Beyond her acting career, Taylor was a vocal and dedicated philanthropist. After her close friend Rock Hudson died of AIDS in the mid-1980s, she became deeply involved in raising awareness about the disease. She co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and established the ...