Joan Crawford

The O'Grady bunch - The Lee Randall Interview

Published Date: 08 November 2008 OH what a tease! I spent an entire Saturday night with my nose buried in At My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints, only to discover that Paul O'Grady's warm, funny memoir screeches to a halt...

Katharine Hepburn interviews poor Chrisanne on the topic "Women In the Workplace"

I am literally SHAKING with laughter watching this video. I have stayed with them as a guest, and this is actually just all in a day's work for them. I can't stop laughing. There is too much funny here to...

GRAND HOTEL – MGM’s 1932 Classic, Thursday at the Legion of Honor’s Berliner Film Fest

Starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, and Wallace Beery By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Fine Arts Critic Photo by Lynn Imanaka In celebration of the special exhibition, The State Museums of Berlin...

Studs Terkel: Broadcaster, author and oral historian who recorded blue-collar life in 20th...

Mention the name of the interviewer and broadcaster Studs Terkel, who spent most of his life in Chicago, and it invariably brings to mind an inveterate chronicler of blue-collar, hardscrabble America – such books of oral...

Arianna Huffington: The superblogger

The Times, November 01, 2008 - Ginny Dougary Born in Greece, educated at Cambridge and now the queen of Capitol Hill: Arianna Huffington’s superblog has made her one of the most influential political commentators in America...

Sex Symbols: Old Hollywood Edition

A trio of memoirs tells all about the lives of Hollywood heartthrobs. But in the early '50s, all those young Tabs, Troys and Rorys were still investments for the studios—Hollywood tadpoles who'd started at $75 a week and whose...

Classic Films For Halloween

Many great classic horror films use cinematography, music and suspense of story to scare and intrigue. “The Haunting” (1963) is based on Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel, “The Haunting of Hill House.” There are elements...

New on DVD: A 'Journey' remake and more

The Incredible Hulk 2. Iron Man Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth gets a so-so modern do-over. Included are classic staples (Ali-Frazier I and III; George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle") with lesser-known bouts...

Thirteen Magnificent Horror and Chiller Films for Halloween

Looking for ideas for Halloween weekend films? Tired of the obvious like Frankenstein, Halloween, and Carrie? You may have to dig a little deeper in the archives for some of the following titles, but they will reward you with...

Meryl Streep

Daily Variety 75th Anniversary: The Groundbreakers: Film -- As Meryl Streep approaches her 60th birthday next spring, her status as a legendary female movie star is more than secure. She doesn't have to accept unworthy...