I'm kind of curious how some of you will spend your New Years Eve, as I have just finished spending it with my Fiancee online. She is from the Philippines and they were lighting firecrackers and fireworks.
Back in Kentucky, I'll be playing a New Years Eve show with my band "Inside Out", and it promises to be a fun time!
So tell me, how will you spend your New years Eve?
He tends to thunder or rumble past rather than canter or trot.
But then, nothing Duke the shire horse does is subtle. He stands at just over 6ft 7in high at the withers, or shoulders - a world record - and weighs more than a ton.
Astonishingly, the five-year-old will continue to grow over the next couple of years, so he could yet put on another inch or two.
Duke - who in equestrian terms is a little over 19.3 hands - was rescued in 2006 when his former owner died suddenly.
He has since become a star attraction at The Horse Refuge in Tenterden, Kent, where his new owners have had to build a special large stable for him. He also needs custom-made rugs and collars.
Carer Sara Ross said: 'Visitors can't believe it when they see him. Some joke that he must be crossed with an elephant.
Twentieth Century Fox says "Marley & Me" has set a Christmas Day record with $14.75 million at the box office.
That breaks the previous mark of $10.2 million, set by "Ali" in 2001, according to Media By Numbers LLC.
And "Marley & Me" may not be alone: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Bedtime Stories" were also expected to move past the previous Christmas Day mark, according to some studio estimates.
Even "Valkyrie" had a strong Yuletide opening with more than $8 million, those numbers show.
I am very excited to see this film as everyone that has seen it, from critics to wrestlers themselves love it (aside from Vince Mcmahon who everyone figured would hate it)
Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.
Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday in Connecticut of colon cancer.
Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and nabbing a third nomination. She also was nominated for several Tonys and two Grammys.
Her career spanned six decades, from her start as a dancer with the famed Katherine Dunham troupe to cabarets and acting and singing on stage, in movies and on television. She persevered through an unhappy childhood as a mixed-race daughter of the South and made headlines in the 1960s for denouncing the Vietnam War during a visit to the White House.
Through the years, Kitt remained a picture of vitality and attracted fans less than half her age even as she neared 80.
When her book "Rejuvenate," a guide to staying physically fit, was published in 2001, Kitt was featured on the cover in a long, curve-hugging black dress with a figure that some 20-year-old women would envy. Kitt also wrote three autobiographies.
Once dubbed the "most exciting woman in the world" by Orson Welles, she spent much of her life single, though brief romances with the rich and famous peppered her younger years.
A smashed guitar from the late grunge rocker Kurt Cobain has been sold to an unidentified private collector for $100,000.
Helen Hall, a broker in England, says it's the second-highest known price for an item of Cobain memorabilia. The seller was punk rocker Sluggo of The Grannies and Hullabaloo.
The sale was confirmed Tuesday by Jacob McMurray, senior curator at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, where the taped-up Fender Mustang guitar in sunburst finish was displayed for a time.
"It's a really cool-looking guitar because it's smashed and held together with duct tape and Kurt Cobain wrote on it," McMurray said.
Sluggo said he traded a working guitar for the smashed one during the first U.S. tour of Cobain's band, Nirvana.
McMurray said Nirvana, living hand-to-mouth, was on a tour in New Jersey when Cobain smashed the guitar on stage and went looking for one to play at his next gig.
The swap was made while Cobain was staying at the apartment of Sluggo, who goes only by that name, and Sluggo's girlfriend, McMurray said.
He said he hoped the buyer would allow the instrument to return to Seattle for a Cobain exhibit he is preparing for 2010.
"There's not a huge amount of broken Nirvana guitars out there," McMurray said, adding that most amount to "little slivers and fragments."
A news release from Hall said the highest price paid for a piece of Cobain memorabilia was $131,000 at a 2006 auction for his Mosrite Gospel Mark IV guitar.
A former child actor killed by police after a two-hour standoff as he held his 7-year-old son hostage in a restaurant was a suspect wanted for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend, authorities said Wednesday.
The boy was wounded.
The man killed was 38-year-old Manuel Benitez, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. Police were searching for his mother, who may have been traveling with him.
Authorities had been seeking Benitez since the slaying of Stephanie Spears in Hawthorne more than four years ago. She had been beaten to death with a dumbbell.
Benitez had a son with Spears, named Benjamin, and the child had not been seen since Spears' death, according to Benitez' fugitive profile on the FBI Web site.
Benjamin suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh in Tuesday's standoff in suburban El Monte but was expected to survive, said sheriff's Lt. Liam Gallagher. He would not say who shot the boy.
Benitez was charged with murder and a California warrant was issued for his arrest in May 2005, the FBI Web site said. A federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued in March 2006. The FBI had offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
El Monte police Detective Ralph Batres said the standoff began after an officer noticed a man take a boy off the sidewalk and head to a Chinese restaurant in a strip mall. Benitez ignored the officer's orders to stop and barricaded himself inside, Batres said.
Police said Benitez, who wore a camouflage jacket and had two handguns, held the boy hostage in a back room of the restaurant.
Gallagher said Benitez told police during negotiations that he was going to shoot police and harm the child.
Police closed nearby streets and shoppers were evacuated from neighboring stores as dozens of officers and emergency crews surrounded the restaurant.
Benitez was declared dead after police threw a flash-bang grenade into the restaurant and exchanged gunfire with him, Gallagher said.
The sheriff's statement said detectives were seeking the public's help in finding his mother, Elizabeth Velasco, who authorities believed may have been traveling with Benitez.
The FBI Web site said Benitez, who was featured on "America's Most Wanted" earlier this year, had been a child actor who used the name Mark Everett, one of several Benitez aliases listed in the sheriff's department statement.
As child actor Mark Everett, Benitez had small parts in the television shows "Highway to Heaven" and "Trapper John, MD," and the movies "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" and "Stand and Deliver," according to the FBI and The Internet Movie Database Web site.
The sheriff's statement said Benitez also went by the names Mike Evers and Manuel Velasco.
I want to wish the world a Merry Christmas. I wont wish you happy holidays, or festivus, or anything other then MERRY CHRISTMAS! Charlie Daniels put it into the right words much better then i can do when he wrote:
The Grinch People Are Back Again
We are soon celebrating a holy holiday called Christmas. That's spelled C-h-r-i-s-t mas and the first six letters in the name of the holiday should tip off any person with enough gray matter to tie their shoes that the day is about somebody or something called Christ.
Just as Thanksgiving is set aside to give thanks and Labor Day is set aside to pay tribute to working people, Christmas is set aside to celebrate the birthday of Christ Jesus and why that bothers some people so much is beyond my comprehension.
While they have no trouble with Santa Claus and the superficial paraphernalia surrounding the holiday, they scream, holler and almost become apoplectic when someone has the audacity to display a true symbol of Christmas in a public place.
The ACLU has expended thousands of man-hours for no other reason than to keep the symbols of this holiday out of public places, atheists have virtually bent over backwards to show their public disrespect for the day, and companies have forbidden their employees to say Merry Christmas to their customers for fear of offending the politically correct.
Now why is it that these people fight so hard against having this one season celebrated for its true meaning? What so offends them about the name of Christ?
May I state my humble opinion?
Jesus Christ, said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." Let's look at that statement.
He said "I am the way", and goes on to say that He is the only way, that there is no way for mankind to reach God except to go through Jesus.
Well in this day of multi-culturalism and political correctness, when New Age followers think themselves to be gods and goddesses and quaint eastern religions are considered to be chic and hip, if it feels good do it because all roads lead to the mountain top.
Anyway, it just doesn't sit well with these people for someone to declare the path to be so narrow that it has to come by way of the blood He shed and nothing else.
He said that He is the truth. Today truth has become subjective, graded on a curve and tailored to fit the situation at hand.
In this day of lying politicians, revisionist history and a media which slants the news in keeping with their political agenda, the truth can be hard to decipher, and for some harder to accept.
It's like Jack Nicholson said in the movie A Few Good Men, "You can't handle the truth!" and so it is with these people who are so terrified of a simple nativity scene. It represents the truth, and the truth would totally destroy the house of straw they're living in.
Jesus said, "I am the life." Jesus lived a life of service and sacrifice and in the end died the most horrible death any man has ever suffered.
His was a life of selfless love and He told us to take up our cross and follow Him. Evidently this doesn't suit the goals of the ACLU.
The Bible also says that Jesus is the light and brought light in the world but that man didn't want the light because it exposed their sin.
So why don't these people want these symbols of the birth of Christ in their sight? In my humble opinion, they don't want to be exposed to the light of truth and don't want anybody else to be exposed to it.
I suppose they think there's safety in numbers.
Actually these people are to be pitied and prayed for. They have been deceived by the father of all deceivers, and in this season of love and forgiveness it would be a righteous thing for all believers to pray that these people will be enlightened.
I write this acknowledging that I am a sinner and the only hope I have is in the one whose birth we honor during this season, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.
And my friends you will believe it too someday for every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
From all the ranch hands at Twin Pines Ranch, the office and management staff, the fan club folks, the pickers, roadies and drivers in the CDB organization I wish each and every one of you, not "Happy Holidays," not "Season's Greetings," not "Happy Kwanza" or a "Peaceful Solstice" but a very blessed and Merry Christmas, spelled C-h-r-i-s-t mas.
Ian Halperin, the author behind a new biography about Michael Jackson, is insisting that the fragile pop star is suffering from lung disease.
Halperin claims that Jackson is suffering from a condition known as Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, which is a potentially fatal genetic illness. Due to the condition, Jackson is reportedly losing vision in his left eye and has developed emphysema.
Halperin writes:
“He has had Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency for years, but it’s gotten worse. He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it. He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. He can barely speak, the vision in his left eye has 95 per cent.
“For years Michael has been working with doctors to make sure it doesn’t progress. He has been on medications that have stabilized him.” Although Fox News calls it BS and says “Everyone can relax. Michael Jackson is not suffering from any life threatening diseases.”
A court has put a higher value on being Britney Spears' father this year: about $75 an hour.
For helping his daughter through her turbulent period, Jamie Spears on Monday was awarded an additional $51,000 payout, reflecting an increase in his monthly payments since he took over his 27-year-old daughter's affairs in February.
Jamie Spears had been receiving $10,000 a month for his work, but Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz increased that amount to approximately $16,000 per month and agreed to give him backpay.
He was also granted an additional $1,200 monthly payment so he can maintain an office, which Goetz said was justified by his work getting his daughter's personal life — and music career — back on track.
"So here you have it... no she is not pregnant and yes we're still together," Jermaine Dupri wrote in all capital letters on his blog, Global14.com.
Pregnancy rumors started swirling after the 42-year-old singer canceled a string of shows and then was featured on the cover of recent issue of Life & Style magazine with a photo of her and the headline, "Yes, I'm Pregnant."
"It baffles me how yall let these blog and magazines control your lifes [sic]," the 36-year-old wrote in a Dec. 18 post. "That's why I created global14.com so when ever hear s--- about me you can come right here and get the truth."
Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton's home they say left her bedroom ransacked and about $2 million in jewelry missing.
Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn said the break-in occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at Hilton's home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Sohn says detectives report that a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves broke in through the home's front door and ransacked Hilton's bedroom.
Hilton was not at home at the time. She had been photographed the previous night at several LA nightspots.
Rains subsided and the bluster of winds which hammered the area were gone as hundreds of Augusta residents and visitors lined Main Street for the first Augusta "White Christmas" parade, Friday evening.
With little time to organize, the Augusta Rotary Club, the city of Augusta and benevolent individuals managed to bring a display of holiday spirit to the streets of this Ohio River city to rival a Hollywood production and in some cases, mimic a classic production.
To provide an accent for filming of bonus segments for the re-release of the Paramount Studio movie "White Christmas," organizers stressed an old fashioned Christmas theme and set the start time for the parade at 7 p.m. to accent the lights each float was asked to provide.
As cameras flashed and Christmas lights twinkled in the background, float after float meandered down Main Street on its way past the home of "White Christmas" movie treasures at Rosemary Clooney House Museum on Riverside Drive.
But the night was not all about a colorful parade; it was about family, fun and traditions from days gone by.
Near the firehouse there were people roasting chestnuts over an open fire, carolers from local churches sang and a firehouse teeming with the appetizing aromas of chili beckoned every passerby.
Heather Renee French Henry and Mica Darley Emerson sing "Sisters" during the "White Christmas" parade in Augusta Friday night. -- Terry Prather/Staff Throughout the evening a group of parishioners from another church greeted visitors at a living nativity scene and children and adults alike marveled at the out of the ordinary baby and miniature livestock at the petting zoo.
Children dressed and entered in an elf competition got surprised when it was announced all 12 contestants had won a new bicycle, compliments of several agencies, including the Bracken County Chamber of Commerce, officials said.
Horses, mules and the Augusta Independent School Marching Band added to the exhibition.
Floats were large, colorful and in many cases elaborate, filled with well wishers and celebrities.
Nick and Nina Clooney reigned as grand marshals and Nick worked the crowd as Nina greeted each parade display with a smile and wave of her hand. Nick Clooney's sister, the late Rosemary Clooney starred in the 1950s flick and once lived in the house which is now a museum in her honor.
Former Miss America and co-owner of the museum Heather French Henry and Rosemary Clooney's niece Mica Darley, wearing replica costumes from the movie, sang "Sisters" for the crowd which was followed by several traditional holiday songs performed by a quartet of Stephen Foster Singers complete in holiday attire of the 1800s.
Taylor and Harper Henry, Henry's young daughters rode with their mother and had been practicing singing for the parade the night before.
"They sang the "Sisters" song from the movie for Nick and Nina (Clooney) last night," Steve Henry said before the parade began. Another Nick, St. Nick and Mrs. St. Nick brought up the rear of the parade, riding in one of several vintage automobiles which joined the procession.
Streets remained closed until 10 p.m. so visitors could visit the many shops in Augusta, where they could shop for everything from Rosemary Clooney House key chains to White Christmas Parade sweatshirts..
December 20 John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison appear as The Quarry Men at the wedding reception of George's older brother, Harry. The event was held at the Harrison family home at 25 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool.
December 20 The US Army's 32nd Armored unit returns to base after maneuvers and Pvt. Elvis Presley is rewarded for his hard work with a three day pass, which he uses to by himself a BMW sports car.
1962
December 20 The Osmonds appeared for the first time on the Andy Williams show, where they performed "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas".
1967
December 20 Singer Jimmie Rodgers required brain surgery after he suffered a fractured skull and a broken wrist, allegedly at the hands of three San Diego police officers. Although he hadn't had a hit record in ten years, he enjoyed a string of top ten songs in the 1950's, including, "Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Oh-Oh I'm Falling in Love Again", and "Are You Really Mine". Rodgers would recover and return to performing a little over a year later.
December 20 Vocalist Ian Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick leave the John Evans Blues Band to form Jethro Tull, naming their group after the 18th century inventor of a number of farm implements. John Evan himself will later join them as Jethro Tull's keyboard player
1969
December 20 After scoring a pair of number 2 singles in 1963 with "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Blowin' in the Wind", Peter, Paul and Mary attain their first and only US number one hit with the John Denver written "Leaving On A Jet Plane".
1973
December 20 37 year old Bobby Darin died during surgery to repair a heart valve that had been implanted two years earlier. His career started in 1958 with "Splish Splash" and continued strong into the early sixties. He was pushed off the charts by 'the British Invasion', but had a comeback in 1966 with, "If I Were a Carpenter". According to his wishes, Darin's body was donated, without a funeral, to UCLA's medical school.
1975
December 20 Joe Walsh officially replaces Bernie Leadon in The Eagles, and would take the band from their Rock and Roll cowboy sound, to harder Rock. Walsh started with The James Gang before forming Barnstorm
1980
December 20 12 days after John Lennon was shot dead, "Just Like Starting Over" became his first UK solo #1.
1989
December 20 A lawsuit is filed against Chuck Berry on behalf of more than seventy women who claimed he had secretly videotaped them while they used restrooms in his home and a restaurant. Although Berry adamantly denied making the tapes or even knowing who did, the cases were settled out of court for more than one million dollars.
2001
December 20 It was a very good year for Classic Rockers. Elton John and Billy Joel toured together and grossed nearly $60 million from just 31 dates, averaging $1.9 million per show. Eric Clapton proved to be a strong draw in international arenas, earning a healthy $43.5 million from 59 shows, racking up 38 complete sell-outs, and averaging nearly $750,000 per night.
2002
December 20 Money making figures for 2002's top grossing Rock artists were as follows:
Paul McCartney - $126.1 million The Rolling Stones - $90 million Cher - $67.6 million Neil Diamond - $52.2 million Britney Spears - $43.7 million Aerosmith - $36.3 million Eagles - $34.9 million 'N Sync - $33 million The top grossing country artist was Kenny Chesney at $22.7 million.
2003
December 20 Bruce Springsteen was the top-earning concert attraction in 2003, taking in $115.9 million. That ranks second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a concert act in a year.
2005
December 20 ABC television announced that Dick Clark would return to New Year's Rockin' Eve, the annual TV special he had hosted for 32 years before a stroke caused him to miss the 2004 edition.
2007
December 20 After seven years of separation, Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli finalized an amicable divorce. Bertinelli cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce in December 2005. The couple were married in 1981.
Prosecutors say Brad Garrett was provoked into pushing a paparazzo and charges won't be pressed.
The Emmy-winning actor was shown pushing a man with a video camera and challenging him to a fight in a video posted last month on celebrity gossip site TMZ.com. The photographer claimed Garrett broke his camera, but continued to hold it up as if he was still shooting.
The confrontation occurred outside a restaurant in West Hollywood. The former "Everybody Loves Raymond" actor, who more recently starred in the Fox sitcom "'Til Death," was not arrested.
A charge evaluation report released Friday by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office says the paparazzo used "hostile and derogatory language" to try to provoke a violent outburst.
The report states that the 48-year-old Garrett pushing the photographer amounted to minimal contact and "the interests of justice" do not support pursuing a misdemeanor battery charge.
Jennifer Lopez has been famous long enough -- and married often enough -- to know that appearing at a high-profile event without her wedding ring is guaranteed to raise eyebrows.
But was her decision to hit the Los Angeles premiere of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" last week sans her 8-carat sparkler an indication that cracks are forming in her four-year marriage to Marc Anthony, who was also without his wedding band as he partied in Las Vegas a few days earlier with Eva Longoria and Russell Crowe? Or was the excessively pouty-lipped star's cleavage-heavy, rock-free outing a calculated move designed to put her back on top of the tabloids?
Whatever the motivation, it worked, with Us Weekly declaring Lopez and Anthony's union at "a breaking point."
"Marriage in crisis: The ring is off!" cries the mag's current cover. "Marc's roving eye, fights over the twins ... How his creepy control drives her to tears."
"They both didn't wear their rings on purpose," maintains a source. "Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose."
Which might be why the behemoth bauble was back on Lopez's finger Tuesday night -- just ahead of the story's release -- as she stepped out with her hollow-cheeked hubby for a suspiciously romantic and well-documented dinner at Beverly Hills eatery Luau.
The couple, who welcomed twins Max and Emme in February (and introduced them to the world in an ostentatious People spread for which they reportedly received $6 million), fed each other Kobe meatballs and shared an order of tamarind-glazed ribs in between conspicuous bouts of nuzzling, report both E! News and People.
Jennifer and Marc "looked genuinely in love," an onlooker assures the magazine, while another eyewitness helpfully relays to E!, "They snuck in smooches throughout the night."
When all is said and done on the eighth season of "American Idol," will it be a guy or a gal who takes the title?
Simon Cowell predicts that the men will be stronger this year -- at least that is how he sees it right now.
"When you do the Hollywood week, which we did about a month ago, you get to see all the contestants for a second time," he says. "My memory of that was that the guys overall -- maybe five or six -- were just stronger and they stood out more than the girls. I've said this in the past. I've been wrong. Somebody like a Kelly Clarkson can emerge in the middle stages, which you are not expecting. Anything can happen."
Thursday, December 18, 2008
On November 18th, 1954, ABC radio and TV banned “Mambo Italiano” by Rosemary Clooney for what it called “offensive lyrics.“
In 1959, “Ben Hur,“ starring Charlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York.
In 1970, Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin Myra Gale Brown were divorced in Memphis. She had described their recent years together as a nightmare.
In 1972, Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant married Judy Seymour.
In 1987, the band U2 opened for itself as a country-rock group called the Dalton Brothers during a Los Angeles concert.
In 1992, Spike Lee’s movie “Malcolm X,“ starring Denzel Washington, opened nationwide.
In 1994, the Rolling Stones broadcast a 20-minute segment of their show in Dallas, Texas, live over the Internet. They were the first major band to do that.
In 1997, police arrested singer Gary Glitter and questioned him about child pornography allegedly found on his computer. He later pleaded guilty to 54 charges of making indecent computer images of children.
In 1999, Doug Sahm of The Sir Douglas Quintet and of The Texas Tornados died of natural causes in Taos, New Mexico. He was 58.
In 2000, actor Michael Douglas married actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in New York.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actor Brad Sullivan (“Nothing Sacred”) is 77. Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 69. Actress Linda Evans is 66. Country singer Jacky Ward is 62. Actor Jameson Parker is 61. Actress-singer Andrea Marcovicci is 60. Musician Herman Rarebell is 59. Singer Graham Parker is 58. Actor Delroy Lindo is 56. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 55. Actor Oscar Nunez (“The Office”) is 50. Singer Kim Wilde is 48. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 48. Guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica is 46. Singer Tim DeLaughter of Polyphonic Spree (and Tripping Daisy) is 43. Actor Owen Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums,“ “Zoolander”) is 40. Singer Duncan Sheik is 39. Actress Peta Wilson (“La Femme Nikita”) is 38. Actress Chloe Sevigny (“Boys Don’t Cry”) is 34. Country singer Jessi Alexander is 32. Actor Steven Pasquale is 32. Rapper Fabolous is 29. Actor Nate Parker is 29. Rapper Mike Jones is 28. Actor Nathan Kress (“iCarly”) is 16.
Nashville police say country singer Mindy McCready has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt. A police report says McCready's brother discovered she had cut her wrists and taken several pills at her home Wednesday. Timothy McCready told police his sister had been "very intoxicated" after a night out.
In October, McCready was released after about 30 days in jail for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge.
She has struggled with legal and personal problems that included previous suicide attempts.
Marilyn Monroe - This glamorous film star of the 1950’s slipped into a coma caused by an overdose of sleeping pills on August 4, 1962. She never woke up and was pronounced dead the next day. Today, her ghostly spirit is known to haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. At the height of her popularity, she often stayed at the hotel where her image is seen in a full-length mirror that once hung in her poolside suite. It now hangs in the lobby where people see her image reflected in the glass. Her ghost has also been spotted hovering near her tomb at Westwood Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Lastly, she is also said to haunt the house where she took the fatal dose of sleeping pills. According to psychics, Marilyn has relayed to them that her death was not a suicide, but an accident.
Ozzie Nelson – Band leader, Ozzie married Harriet in 1935. In 1944, they started The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on radio which later switched to television in a run that would stretch to twenty-two years: eight on radio and fourteen on television. In 1941 the couple purchased a house where they lived for the next 40 years. When their popular sitcom was aired on television, beginning in 1852, the exterior of the television house was modeled on the real-life Nelson home. Subsequent owners believe that Ozzie’s ghost continues to remain in his beloved home, as unseen hands open and close doors, turn on faucets, and lights turn on and off by themselves in otherwise empty rooms. One owner even tells a story that “someone” got fresh with her during the night when her blankets were pulled back and she felt someone kissing her neck and breasts.
Elvis Presley – Just as flamboyant in death as he was in life, the legendary singer continues to haunt his beloved home in Memphis. A white-sequined Elvis has been seen by stagehands at the Las Vegas Hilton where he often performed in the early 1970s. He has also been “seen” in a rambling old building just off Nashville’s Music Row. At one time, the building housed the recording studios of RCA in the 1950’s and it was here that Elvis recorded his breakthrough 1956 hit single, Heartbreak Hotel. Though RCA is no longer there, the building continues to house a TV production studio that produces music-related programs. According to people that have worked there, every time Elvis’ names is mentioned something strange happens, such as ladders falling down, lights blowing out, and unexplained noises coming through the sound system. A white-sequined Elvis has reportedly been spotted by stagehands at this hotel where he performed in the early 1970s.
George Reeves – The star to the 1950’s television series, Superman, committed suicide in 1959 by shooting himself in the head. Though due to be married in just three days time, Reeves was despondent at his stalled career, when he had become so type-casted as Superman he couldn’t find other parts. Today, he allegedly still appears in his old bedroom, fully outfitted in his Superman costume before slowly fading away.
Betsy Ross – Credited with sewing the first American flag, Ross continues to lurk within her old home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ross, who is buried on the property, has often been seen crying, while sitting at the foot of the bed in her former home.
Bugsy Siegel – One of the most colorful of Las Vegas’ underworld figures, Bugsy is often attributed to envisioning the sparkling city that Las Vegas is today. While there were a number of small gambling spots in Las Vegas, there was nothing like the Flamingo Hilton that Siegel opened in 1946. But, the Flamingo cost the mob millions to build and took much longer than they had anticipated. Sure that Bugsy was skimming from the them, they had him killed in his girlfriend’s mansion in Beverly Hills. On June 20, 1947, he was sitting in the living room when two shots came through the front window, hitting him in the head. Today, Siegel is known to haunt the mansion. Witnesses have reported seeing the apparition of a man running and ducking across the living room of the house, only to disappear as suddenly as he came. He also lurks about the Flamingo hotel, appearing nattily dressed in a smoking jacket with a wide smile on his handsome face. Most often, he is seen in the presidential suite at the hotel which was his home for many years. He has also been spied in and around the rose garden or in the wedding chapel area.
Dylan Thomas – Dylan Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer, drank 18 shots of scotch in the White Horse Tavern in New York City in 1953. Afterwards, as you can imagine, he collapsed and died. Today, his spirit is said to return to the scene time after time, where he rotates his favorite corner table like he used to do when he was alive. The White Horse Tavern is located at 567 Hudson Street at West 11th Street in New York City.
Thelma Todd – A popular young star in the 1930’s, Todd was featured in a number of hit comedies with The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, and Laurel and Hardy. During the height of her stardom, she opened a restaurant called Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Café and lived in a luxurious apartment above the restaurant. In 1935 her success came to an untimely end when she was found in her car at the garage of the Sidewalk Café. Killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, her death was ruled an accidental suicide. Today, the building that once housed the café near the ocean on Roosevelt Highway is owned by Paulist Productions. Employees have reported Todd’s ghostly image descending the stairs.
Mark Twain – Popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer, Twain once lived in downtown New York at 14 West 10th Street (near Fifth Avenue) between the years of 1900 and 1901. Today, his spirit allegedly haunts the building’s stairwell.
Clifton Webb – A popular star in the 1940’s and ‘50’s, Webb is best known for his portrayal of Mr. Belvedere in a series of films. He died of heart disease at the age of 76. During his life he never married and shared his home with his mother until she died, who he said visited him nightly. He was known to tell his friends at this time, that he too would haunt the house after his death. True to his word, his ghost has been seen at parties, standing in the library uttering his favorite phrase "well, well, well..." A lifelong chain-smoker, non-smokers have awakened in the house covered with ashes. He also is said to not like women sitting in his old armchair, which begins to bounce and make noise when a female sits in it. Webb has also been spied at the Abbey of the Psalms Mausoleum in the Hollywood Forever Memorial Park, where his body is interred.
Rudolph Valentino – Rudolph Valentino was one of the greatest romantic idols of Hollywood’s silent movie era. His career, however, was cut short when he died at the age of 31 from complications of an ulcer. Immediately after his death, the “Latin Lover” began to haunt his home grounds of Hollywood and to this day, is said to be its most active ghost. Valentino has been spotted in a number of places, most often in his former mansion – the Falcon’s Lair. Here, his image has been seen in the hallways, in his old bedroom, peering from a window on the second floor, and in the stables. One stable worker, after having seen Valentino petting his favorite horse, promptly quit his job and never returned. He has also been spied at his beach house in Oxnard and the Santa Maria Inn in Santa Maria Inn where he has been known to continuously knock and the door and reclines on the bed. The Sheik’s shimmering form has also been seen floating among the costume department at Paramount Studios and roaming the catwalks above Studio Five. Lastly, he has also been sighted near his resting place in the Cathedral Mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Memorial Park.
John Wayne – The old “Duke” himself has been seen on his old yacht, the Wild Goose. When psychics investigated the ghost, they felt that Wayne isn’t “trapped” here, but rather just returns to one of his favorite places.
Orson Welles – Considered to be one of Hollywood’s greatest directors, as well as fine writer, actor, and producer, Welles died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at age 70 on October 10, 1985. A man who loved to eat, his spirit continues to be seen at Sweet Lady Jane's Restaurant, known for its great food and exquisite deserts. Both customers and staff have reported seeing Welles' caped apparition sitting at his favorite table. Additionally, the smell of his favorite brandy and cigars often accompany these sightings.
Jean Harlow – The phrase “blonde bombshell” was coined for Jean Harlow during her short career in Hollywood. In 1932, she married MGM studio executive Paul Bern who was said to have beaten her viciously. Bern killed committed suicide the same year in their upstairs bedroom. After appearing in three dozen films between 1927 and 1937, her career was cut short when she died at the age of 26 of kidney failure. Though the kidney failure is partially attributed to a childhood illness, some say it was made worse by the frequent beatings she suffered at the hands of Bern. Both Harlow and Bern have been seen numerous times in the mansion they once called home.
Harry Houdini – Though Houdini didn’t believe in spiritualism, his ghost is said to haunt a couple of locations. At Jacki Gaughan’s Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, a magic show held here is a tribute to Houdini’s talents as an escape artist and magician. Staff believes the showroom is haunted by a ghost who likes to play pranks and move items around. Many of these same people think the ghost is none other than Houdini himself, perhaps lingering to ensure they are “doing it right.” The most common place that Houdini has been sighted is the property where his mansion once stood in Laurel Canyon. Though destroyed by fire in 1959, many people have allegedly seen his apparition lurking about the old property.
Thomas Ince – considered one of the visionary pioneers of American movies, Ince was one of the most respected directors of the silent film era. He was a co-founder of Culver Studios which would later become MGM. In 1924 he died of heart failure but apparently remains at the lot that was once Culver Studios.
Andrew Jackson – Jackson was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. After his death, he was heard stomping and swearing in the Rose Room of the White house by none other than Mary Todd Lincoln.
Jesse James – Jesse James was originally buried at the family farm in Kearney, Missouri, however, his body was later moved to the Mount Olivet Cemetery in town to be buried next to his wife. Though his remains are no longer at the farm, many believe he has never left. All kinds of strange events continually occur at the farm such as doors that slam closed by themselves, lights that move both inside and outside of the property buildings, and an overwhelming sense that an unearthly presence lingers. Others report hearing the sounds of pounding hooves, muffled shots and cries that are reminiscent of the area history, dating back to events of the Civil War. More ...
Thomas Jefferson – The third President of the United States, from 1801 to 1809 was known to retire to the Oval Office on numerous occasions to relax and play the violin. Over the years, there have been numerous reports of the sounds of those ghostly strings coming from the Oval Office.
Thomas "Black Jack" Ketchum - Black Jack was the only train robber ever hanged for this crime in the State of New Mexico. Known to be a charming man, he was also a renowned road agent, making off with loot from the steam engines of the day. Today, this Old West outlaw is said to haunt one of his favorite hideout caves near Folsom, New Mexico. More ...
Robert E. Lee – Confederate General in the Civil War, Lee led a number of successful battles before his surrender at the Appomatox Court House in April of 1865. Today, his spirit has regressed back to a four year old child where he has been spied playing in the yard of his childhood home in Alexandria, Virginia. Said to be an impish spirit, he is known to play pranks like ringing the doorbell and moving objects within the house. His giggles are often heard throughout the house. Sometimes he is seen with a ghostly black dog and the spirits of two young girls, who are thought to be his sisters.
John Lennon – This former Beatle is said to haunt The Dakota building at 1 west 72nd Street in New York City, where he was shot to death.
Liberace – Known for his incredible piano playing skills, along with his charisma and diamonds, Liberace died of AIDs in 1987. According to numerous reports, the entertainer’s spirit has taken up residence at a restaurant called Carluccio's Tivoli Gardens. Liberace once owned the restaurant located just a few block off the Las Vegas Strip. Next to the dining room, Liberace had his own private lounge where he entertained close friends. From here, he was known to sometimes slip into the main dinging room to tinkle the keys of the piano to the delight of unsuspecting diners. Today, staff and guests alike believe that the flamboyant pianist has never left, as there are numerous reports of electrical surges, bottles that tip over for no reason, and ladies' restroom stalls that lock and unlock themselves. On one occasion the electricity went off and would not come back on until someone realized it was Liberace’s birthday. After they wished him a happy one, the lights inexplicably came back on. Some report seeing his spirit outside the windows.
Abraham Lincoln – The most often spied spirit of all of our American Presidents, Lincoln was know to be a believer in the supernatural. President Lincoln is known to haunt not only the White House, but also several sites in Springfield, Illinois where his political career began. Famous occupants of the White House, including President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Grace Coolidge, reported seeing a tall, gaunt figure in several rooms of the residence. Others who have been walking by the White House have reported seeing a shadow of Lincoln's dimensions in the window of the Oval Office where the president often stood gazing at the Potomac River during the days of the Civil War. In Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln's spirit is most often linked his tomb at Oakridge Cemetery. Over the years, a number of stories have been told by tourists and staff members of experiencing uncomfortable feelings and hearing phantom footsteps, whispers, muffled voices, and weeping. Lincoln has also been reported to have been seen walking the streets surrounding Springfield's original courthouse, as well as the hallways of his former home. Others have reported seeing the ghost of Mary Lincoln at their old home located at 413 South Eighth Street.
Carole Lombard - Carole Lombard was one of Hollywood's top comedy actresses in the 1930s. She married Clark Gable in 1939 and the pair were said to have one of Hollywood's ideal marriages. However, their love was cut short when Lombard was killed in a plane crash just three years later. Her spirit has been seen near the suite she shared with Clark Gable at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Both her and beloved husband, Gable, allegedly also haunt the Oatman Hotel in Oatman, Arizona, where they spent their honeymoon.
Mendes, 33, tiptoes around a question about her reported rehab stay earlier this year in the January issue of Allure.
"Ummmmm ... I'm not confirming or denying rehab," says the shapely looker, whose rep announced in February that she'd checked into Utah's Cirque Lodge "to proactively attend to some personal issues."
But when rumors of a "coke habit" are mentioned, Eva is quick to set the record straight.
"Well, that is completely false!" she maintains to the magazine. "Completely, completely, totally, totally false! There's a couple of things that have been printed -- so terrible! And it's still new to me."
Among those things is a purported rivalry with fellow Latina star Jennifer Lopez, which was touched off in 2005 after a British tabloid quoted Mendes as saying, "She manages her career like the head of a big corporation, whereas the only thing I care about is becoming the best actress possible."
Eva's ostensible snipe got a second wind when it was recycled on several blogs in October, but she insists to Allure, "I didn't say that! That is so awful. And I am not an idiot."
Then there was a story from September about how she allegedly went on a nationwide nookie spree in her youth, but all those cold showers the anecdote likely inspired were prompted by a piece of fiction.
"I supposedly told a reporter I had taken a crazy road trip when I was younger and had sex in all 50 states," explains Mendes. "The story went on to say what my favorite states to have sex in were [note: Arizona and Colorado -- you're welcome]. I found it so upsetting. Because I have a certain image out there. And I'm responsible for that image. And I stand by it. No apologies."
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars spoke out on Monday in an attempt to encourage SAG members to vote against authorizing the Screen Actors Guild strike.
More than 130 stars including George Clooney, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Sally Field, Steve Carell, Alec Baldwin and Charlize Theron sent a letter to the Screen Actors Guild arguing that a strike at the current time would cause more economic hardship in an already difficult economy, Variety says.
The stars encouraged the guild to "take the high road," and rather than a strike unite with other Hollywood guilds after the current contracts expire in three years, the trade paper writes.
"We feel very strongly that SAG members should not vote to authorize a strike at this time," the stars say in the letter. "We don't think that an authorization can be looked at as merely a bargaining tool. It must be looked at as what it is - an agreement to strike if negotiations fail."
Variety reports that the letter in opposition to the strike was sent three days after SAG announced 31 celebrities in support of authorization including, Mel Gibson, Ed Harris, and Martin Sheen.
The strike authorization vote is scheduled to be sent out to the guild's 110,000 members January 2. In order for a strike 75% of voters would have to vote in favor of authorization but the final word is in the hands of the union's national board.
1.The Day the Earth Stood Still-$30,480,153 2.Four Christmases-$13,074,470 3.Twilight-$7,951,131 4.Bolt-$7,464,282 5.Australia-$4,169,277 6.Quantum of Solace-$3,715,522 7.Nothing Like the Holidays-$3,531,664 8.Madagascar: Escape to Africa-$3,181,231 9.Milk-$2,598,638 10.Transporter 3-$2,351,229 11.Slumdog Millionaire-$2,175,518 12.Cadillac Records-$1,585,407 13.Role Models-$1,543,625 14.Punisher: War Zone-$1,383,898 15.Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi-$911,771 16.The Boy in the Striped Pajamas-$685,465 17.Frost/Nixon-$626,377 18.Delgo-$511,920 19.Doubt-$507,226 20.Gan Torino-$271,720
These are top ten albums this week according to Billboard Magazine
1.Britney Spears - Circus 2.Taylor Swift - Fearless 3.Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce 4.Kayne West - 808s & Heartbreak 5.Nickelback - Dark Horse 6.Sountrack - Twilight 7.Akon - Freedom 8.Soundtrack - High School Musical 3: Senior Year 9.Various Artist - NOW 29 10.David Cook - David Cook
Madonna's spokeswoman says the singer has settled with ex-husband Guy Ritchie for at least 50 million pounds ($76 million).
Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press on Monday that Madonna has given Ritchie between 50 and 60 million pounds ($76 million to $92 million) as part of their divorce agreement.
She says the figure includes the value of the couple's country home Ashcombe in western England.
She adds that while the financial component of the settlement has been worked out, custodial arrangements for the couple's children have yet to be finalized.
"I'd assume it's one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement," Rosenberg said.
After having lived in the limelight with attention from the press and fans, some of our nation's famous and infamous celebrities are seemingly just not ready to move on. So, if you never had the opportunity to meet them in real life, according to these tales you might still be able to catch a glimpse of them as they continue to haunt the places of their pasts.
Lucille Ball – When Lucille Ball died during surgery on April 26, 1989, at the age of 77, she was still living in her home at 100 North Roxbury Drive. Since her death, she is said to remain in the home that experiences a number of strange happenings. New owners tell of unexplained broken windows, loud voices being heard from an empty attic, and furniture and other objects moving around inside the house.
Bonnie and Clyde – This pair of notorious outlaws of the 1930’s were finally tracked down and killed on May 23, 1934 outside of Arcadia, Louisiana. There bullet-ridden car was then towed into town with their bodies still in the vehicle. Today, a marker stands at the site where they died and is said to be haunted by the pair. Photographs taken of the marker often come out with ghostly forms.
Aaron Burr – Burr was the third Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, but he is not known so much for that as he is for duel with Alexander Hamilton. After killing Hamilton in the duel, Burr was placed on trial for treason but was acquitted. Today, Burr is said to haunt the One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant, in New York City. Located in what was once Burr’s carriage house at 17 Barrow Street. Both visitors and staff alike have observed dishes that fly of their own accord and have had chairs pulled out from under them by unseen hands. Also said to haunt the restaurant is Burr’s daughter, Theodosia Burr Alston, who vanished off the coast of North Carolina en route to visit her father in New York.
Al Capone – The notorious Chicago gangster who led the city's illegal activities during the Prohibition era has been rumored to haunt a couple of locations. Allegedly, when people are disrespectful while visiting his family plot at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, he is said to appear. Also, at Alcatraz, where Capone was one of the first inmates, spectral banjo music has often been heard coming from inside his old cell.
Lon Chaney, Sr. – Remembered primarily as the pioneer actor of horror films during the silent film era, Chaney died in 1930. Today, his spirit is said to haunt Sound Stage 28 at Universal Studios. This stage was used for the film Phantom of the Opera, and Chaney’s caped spirit has been seen running along the catwalks above the stage. Other phenomena reported to occur here include lights that turn on and off and doors that open and close by themselves.
Montgomery Clift – A popular film star of the 1950’s and 60’s, Montgomery Clift was a four-time Oscar nominated actor who is best known for his roles in A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity and Judgment at Nuremberg. His spirit has been seen at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, most often in Room 928. It was here that he spent a three months in 1953 where he was known to pace back and forth, memorizing his lines for From Here to Eternity. Today, unexplained loud noises are often heard coming from the otherwise empty suite, phone is continually found to be off the hook, and unexplainable cold spots are felt in the room. Others sense the actor’s presence and reportedly, one guest felt an invisible hand patting her shoulder.
Joan Crawford – From silent star to camp queen, Joan Crawford’s film career spanned some 45 years. Her former home, the Crawford House, is said to be haunted by her spirit as well as many others. Though the house has been exorcised many times, these ghosts refuse to leave.
James Dean – While no actual reports have been made of Dean’s spirit, an extremely interesting legend persists of a curse on his beloved Porsche Spyder. Dean, the popular fresh faced Hollywood star of the early 1950’s, was known to live in the “fast-lane.” He paid for it with his life when he was killed in a head on collision on September 30, 1955. Dean purchased the car with the intent to race it; however, he never got the chance, as just weeks after its purchase, he died in the vehicle. Afterwards, anyone who came in contact with the car or its parts began to suffer injuries and death until the vehicle finally mysteriously disappeared. James Dean and his Porsche Spyder before he was killed in the car.
Redd Foxx – The popular star of the long running “Sanford & Son” television series has been known to haunt Stage 31 at Paramount Studios where he died of a heart attack. At the studio people have heard him laughing at the jokes and claim he just kind of hangs around. More often, the comedian is known to haunt his former home in Las Vegas. After a terrible battle with the IRS, he lost the home when the IRS forced the sale. The new owner reportedly saw Foxx’s apparition walking around in a bathrobe. Other strange occurrences included lights that turned on and off by themselves and a sliding glass door constantly opening of its own accord. Today the building houses offices for Nevada Aqua Air Systems. Continuing to have trouble with the sliding door, they finally replaced it with a wooden swinging door. However, this didn’t stop the door from opening with invisible hands.
Benjamin Franklin – Instrumental in laying the government’s foundation when the United States was first established, Franklin was also known for his work as a writer, inventor, philosopher, and scientist. Today, Franklin is said to haunt the Philosophical Society’s library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some people have even reported that the Philosophical Society's statue of Franklin has been seen dancing along the streets.
Clark Gable – One of the biggest box office stars during the 1930’s and ‘40’s, both Clark Gable and his wife, Carole Lombard are said to haunt the Oatman Hotel in Oatman, Arizona. After they married, in Kingman, they spent their honeymoon at the Oatman Hotel.
Luke Skywalker's light saber has been on Star Wars fans' Christmas lists for more than 30 years.
On Thursday, one fan spent $240,000 to get the real thing: the prop that Mark Hamill used in the first two movies in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
The light saber highlighted several Hollywood memorabilia sold at an auction in Los Angeles by Profiles in History. The auction house said it sold about $3.5 million in memorabilia.
The droid helmet worn by Anthony Daniels to play C-3PO sold for $120,000, and the costume Marlon Brando wore in the "Superman" movie went for $72,000.
The first British edition of "You Only Live Twice" inscribed by Ian Fleming sold for $84,000. Roald Dahl's handwritten screenplay for the film of the same title sold for $96,000.
Which only proves to me, people will pay big money for just about anything (is the economy really as bad as they say?)
As a musician of course I have my genre favorites, but I do enjoy everything out there (aside from rap). Here are some of my favorite albums (CD's) in no particular order:
Boston - Boston Destroyer - KISS Thriller - Micheal Jackson (I like the musician not the person) The Best of Restless Heart - Restless Heart The Number 1's - Elvis Presley Photographs and Memories - Jim Croce Highway to Hell - AC/DC Back in Black - AC/DC KISS - KISS
I'm sure there are alot more, but these are the ones that jump into my mind. I highly recommend all of these albums, so give them a listen.
USA TODAY reports: Since he took over the Batman franchise in 2005, Christopher Nolan has produced two No. 1 movies, generated $1.4 billion in worldwide ticket sales and created the second-highest-grossing film of all time in The Dark Knight. So what's stopping him from making a third installment?
For starters, most third acts in Hollywood stink. Look at the disappointing threequels for The Godfather, Superman and the original Batman. The conclusions weren't much better for the more recent Shrek, Spider-Man and Pirates of the Caribbean
"I don't know why they're hard to do," Nolan says. "Maybe there's so much expectation to them. But I wouldn't want to do one if it weren't going to be as good as the first or second. That's not respectful to the fans."
Nolan says he is jotting notes and doing some rough outlines for a third story, but he hasn't yet found anything he's willing to commit to film, despite Warner Bros.' eagerness to get a new film underway.
"It was obvious when the box office was so big ($530 million domestically) that we had underestimated how ready fans were to reboot the franchise," he says. "The worst thing you could do now that you've gotten the plane back in the air is mess up the landing."
In the harsh light of the morning after his sentencing, O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert with his door to freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors.
"This is not a frivolous appeal," Yale Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, said. "There were some grave errors made by Judge (Jackie) Glass, and we think they are strong enough to overturn the conviction. We also think we have a shot at bail."
Galanter has cited six initial issues for appeal. The most significant concern could be the exclusion of blacks from the jury selection. The defense also will protest the judge allowing comments about Simpson's 1994 Los Angeles murder case in which he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
Beverly Garland, the B-movie actress who starred in 1950s' cult hits like "Swamp Women" and "Not of This Earth" and who went on to play Fred MacMurray's TV wife on "My Three Sons," has died. She was 82.
Garland died Friday at her Hollywood Hills home after a lengthy illness, her son-in-law Packy Smith told the Los Angeles Times.
Garland made her film debut in the 1950 noir classic "D.O.A.," launching a 50-year career that included 40 movies and dozens of television shows.
She gained cult status for playing gutsy women in low-budget exploitation films such as "The Alligator People" and a number of Roger Corman movies including "Gunslinger," "It Conquered the World" and "Naked Paradise."
"I never considered myself very much of a passive kind of actress," she said in a 1985 interview with Fangoria magazine. "I was never very comfortable in love scenes, never comfortable playing a sweet, lovable lady."
Garland showed her comedic chops as Bing Crosby's wife in the short-lived sitcom "The Bing Crosby Show" in the mid-'60s.
She went on to be cast in "My Three Sons" as the second wife of MacMurray's widower Steve Douglas during the last three seasons of the popular series that aired from 1960 to 1972.
Her television credits also include "Remington Steele," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "7th Heaven."
Garland was born Beverly Fessenden in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 1926, and grew up in Glendale. She became Beverly Garland when she married actor Richard Garland. They were divorced in 1953 after less than four years of marriage.
In 1960, she married real estate developer Fillmore Crank, and the couple built a mission-style hotel in North Hollywood, now called Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn. Garland, whose husband died in 1999, remained involved in running the North Hollywood hotel.
She was the honorary mayor of North Hollywood and served on the boards of the California Tourism Corp. and the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Marcia Clark, the face of the prosecution in O.J. Simpson's mid-'90s murder trial, spoke to ET about in the Las Vegas armed robbery case.
"Simpson got the sentence that anyone else would have received for this crime. Nothing more, nothing less. And that is justice. At last," Marcia told ET.
The former football star was sentenced to up to 33 years in jail Friday. With parole factored in, he could be incarcerated for at least nine years.
When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call.
So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank.
"I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me," Ros-Lehtinen told the newspaper. "They got Fidel Castro to go along. They've gotten Hugo Chavez and others to fall for their tricks. I said, 'Oh, no, I won't be punked.'"
The call came about 1 p.m. Obama congratulated her on her re-election, saying he was looking forward to working with her as the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, Ros-Lehtinen told the newspaper.
The conversation lasted about a minute when she cut Obama off, telling him she wasn't falling for the hoax and that he was a better impersonator than the guy on Saturday Night Live, she said.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Former football star O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to prison for a botched attempt to recover sports mementos and personal items from two collectibles peddlers.
He will be eligibile for parole in six years.
"You can't take back your own property by force," said Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass. "This is not behavior we can say this is OK, don't worry."
"You went to the room, you took guns, you used force, you took property, whether it was yours or someone else's, and in this state that amounts to armed robbery," Glass said.
Minutes before his sentence, Simpson apologized to the judge and said he didn’t mean to steal from anybody when he tried to retrieve memorabilia.
Simpson made his statement in a soft voice that was somewhat hoarse.
He appeared ready to break down in tears as he told Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass that he was “sorry and confused” before going into a rambling, 5-minute declaration.
"I didn’t want to steal anything from anyone ... I’m sorry, sorry," he said.
Glass also ruled before sentencing that Simpson cannot be freed on bail pending possible appeal.
In earlier proceedings, neither Simpson, who was acquitted of the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles, nor his co-defendant and former golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J. Stewart, testified at trial. They were convicted Oct. 3 of 12 criminal charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery, and face mandatory prison time — a minimum of six years and up to life
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U.S. researchers say they have discovered what appears to be the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect, made while the dragonfly-like creature was still alive.
The imprint found at a rocky outcrop near a large shopping center in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, is believed to have been made by an insect about three inches long as it stood on mud some 312 million years ago.
The imprint of the insect shows the thorax and abdomen, along with six legs, two of which may have moved slightly to create drag marks that hardened into burgundy-colored stone.
Washington state's Gov. Gregoire Allowed a sign to be displayed next to a Nativity Scene at the courthouse there.
"At this season of THE WINTER SOLSTICE may reason prevail There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world Religion is but a myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds"
Place by the Freedom From Religion Foundation on behalf of its State Members.
What do you guys think? Freedom of Speech or no?
Here is her number if it bothers you. (306) 902-4111
I'll be calling her, as I hope you will too. This NATIONAL Holiday is to honor the birth of JESUS CHRIST. If the athiests dont like it, then they shouldn't celebrate it and work that day as they normally would. (and we all know that's not going to happen)
Well, this one is where i will be venting, and since no one likes to stand by and listen to me vent then i will just put it to written word.
Let's talk about the "The Rock N Roll" Hall of Fame and lets take it point by point.
First, what is the definition of Rock N Roll?
Rock and roll (also known as rock ’n’ roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, with roots mainly in blues, country, rhythm and blues, folk and gospel music, and quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Ok, now in that definition do you see the words "Rap" or "Pop"? I don't! So then would someone explain to me why Micheal Jackson and a slew of Rap "artists" are in the R-n-R Hall of Fame, and yet a true pioneering band ,KISS, has been overlooked year after year after year.
Ok, so KISS isn't the finest group of musicians or even the best of people, but they have influenced millions of up and coming musicians. Just ask a rock guitarist his influences and i bet 7 out of the ten you ask will mention Ace Frehley! Ask a real rock fan the best concert they ever saw and i guarantee you will hear the name KISS!
So in my mind, that museum that stands in Cleveland Ohio calling itself the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is just that, nothing more then a museum.
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