Acting Out – The Mel Gibson Story

Say or think what you will about Mel Gibson, he has achieved much as an A+ star.  He rose to the top in Hollywood because of his looks, personality, intelligence, and brilliant acting.  According to loyal friend Jody Foster who starred with him in the movie Maverick, he can be very witty and light-hearted but he also, obviously, has a dark side to him.


His fairly recent antics (if you can call domestic violence an antic) and remarks influenced by alcoholism were disappointing and even horrifying to his fans and have colored his career and image more toward an overall negative, negative to the point where he was not welcome even as a cameo in the film "The Hangover." 

Exploring the complexities of someone so successful yet disturbed as Mel Gibson seems worthy of a documentary special, and that is what will be presented by CNN this Sunday, May 22.  Brooke Anderson interviews people who know Gibson as we try to understand the man with the great talent and his dramatic fall from grace.  There is promise of "unique insights and images from Gibson's humble beginnings in New York, to his teenage years in Australia."

CNN Presents: Acting Out – The Mel Gibson Story airs on CNN on Sunday, May 22 at 8:00pm, 11:00pm, and 2:00am.  All Times Eastern.

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Film Noir: So Evil My Love starring Ray Milland and Ann Todd

So Evil My Love: Tale of deception, obsession, betrayal, and revenge

"...twisted blackmail plots, a murder committed by one person and successfully blamed on another, and love very extraordinary between Olivia and Mark.  As the two lovers plan to leave the city together, Mark Bellis becomes a horrified victim of his own con and pays a great price for his sorry past."  Read more here.




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Steven Spielberg planning a movie about the Bee Gees

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The Bee Gees are one of the top five most commercially successful of all groups to come out of the British invasion rock era of the '60's.  Unlike most of the groups of that time, the Bee Gees broke wildly ahead in the '70's and have proved to be adaptable, uniquely and supremely talented, and enduring. 


In 1997, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a citation that says, "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees."  In a word, they are "awesome."


Early Career
The group's first hit was in Australia with "Spicks and Specks," featuring the vocal talent of Barry.  Since then, most of their songs in the 1960's and a little beyond then had a soft, sad feel to them, hits like "New York Mining Disaster," "To Love Somebody," "Holiday," "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," (1971) "I Started a Joke," "I Gotta Get a Message to You," "Run to Me," (1972) and "Words."  Much of that sadness came through in Robin's clear vibrato, especially when he served as lead singer.


At first they were thought of as the poor man's Beatles; but as time has shown, the Beatles were great in sales yet their talent was not as deep and far-reaching as the Gibbs.  The Beatle songs do not often compare in tantalizing words or interesting melody complication nor could the Beatles sing with the harmony and beauty of the Bee Gees.


Disco era
In 1970, the Bee Gees had their first hit in "Lonely Days" to make it within the Top Five in the U.S., revealing later that they wrote it the same night that they wrote "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," which made it to No. 1 in the U.S.


What happened in the mid-70's was totally too remarkable.  The "tired," "in a rut" sad-songed Bee Gees suddenly zoomed with rhythmic songs that were mostly energetic and happy, songs such as "Jive Talkin," (U.S. No. 1)  along with "Nights on Broadway." (U.S. No. 7) with Barry starting his controlled falsetto pitch and even Robin was singing some passages in falsetto in "You Should Be Dancing," and the immortal "Stayin' Alive," which prolonged the disco era.


During an eight-month period beginning toward the end of 1977, the Gibbs dominated the charts with six songs that were No. 1 in the U.S. for 25 of 32 consecutive weeks—three under their own name, two for their brother Andy, and one for Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can't Have You.").  Barry also wrote "Grease" for Frankie Valli, and it went to No. 1. 


The Gibbs are the only songwriters to have four consecutive number one hits in the U.S. with "Stayin' Alive," "Love Is Thicker Than Water," "Night Fever," and "If I Can't Have You."


The 1980's brought them much success in their writing for other artists as shown with Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker,"  Rogers/Parton's "Islands in the Stream," Diana Ross's "Chain Reaction," and Streisand's "Woman in Love."  The Bee Gees themselves came out on tours in singing new songs, some of their best in "You Win Again," "One,"and "Sacred Trust."  
The 1990's saw Celine Dion singing their "Immortality," adding her to the list of at least 2,500 artists that have recorded their songs.


In a 2010 interview Robin Gibb confirmed that the story of the Bee Gees would be made into a Hollywood movie by Steven Spielberg, saying "The movie is going to be done by some very important people. It will be our life story. Barry and I will be involved in the technical side".


Robin hopes that original recordings by the Bee Gees will be used when replicating harmonies in the movie "because it’s very hard to emulate them."


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Meet Keven Keller, the first openly gay character of Archie Comics

Evidently Kevin Keller has already connected with the comic book's fans because a four-issue series will be coming out in June.

He is a friend to Archie, Veronica, and the rest of the crowd at Riverdale High.  Having a gay character helps keep good ol' Archie from being perceived as square in today's modern, hip, tolerant society.  Archie Comics simply must make its comic world match everything in the real world to keep his characters relevant.  According to Dan Parent,

“The world of Riverdale has to reflect contemporary culture and to show it is an accepting, diverse place, and that’s why Kevin is important, to show that everybody is welcome in this all-American town we’ve embraced for over 70 years.”

“We’ll see Kevin getting involved at Riverdale High, his ongoing friendship with Veronica and the rest of the gang, and more background on who Kevin is and how he came to be,” Parent told the AP.

Kevin sounds lovely but do we care to know if and all about his being gay?  Throw tolerance for deviancy out the window, give me the old time comics, and set my remote control on the 1950s-60s re-run station.

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Superman renounces his U.S. citizenship.

Elizabeth Taylor, truly a star

National Velvet and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof established her as a star.  She was something of a romantic as a young girl but then tragedy struck with the death of Michael Todd.  She changed dramatically.

She married Eddie Fisher out of loneliness and a desire to be with Todd's best friend.  They used each other to help keep the memory of him alive.  Fisher passionately adored her and would never love again because of her, and this was even though she made a fool out of him. 

Her acting in Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer was stunning but for neither of those two did she win an academy award.  She won for Butterfield 8, a movie she hated and a movie for which some say she got the sympathy vote for the award because of a tracheotomy. 

In spite of herself, she fell in love with Cleopatra co-star Richard Burton.   Read more, click here.

International news - Screen siren Jane Russell dies of respiratory-related illness at age 89

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A lovely person inside and out, Jane Russell's trademark figure, much appreciated by rich playboy Howard Hughes, is what launched her career in her first film, "The Outlaw."  The film brought her notorious publicity, and she proceeded from there in a number of movies often opposite the biggest of Hollywood stars.


She was in westerns, musical comedies, and film noir movies often playing a sultry, tough-talking woman who attracts the wrong kind of man but who finally ends up with the man of her choice.



Movies of Sizzling Jane Russell
1943 - The Outlaw Walter Huston is Doc Holiday. Russell is Rio, Billy the Kid's girlfriend.

1946 - Young Widow Jane Russell tries to cope with the loss of her husband to war.

1948 - The Paleface with Bob Hope.  Russell is Calamity Jane married to cowardly dentist Bob Hope.  Her antics make him a hero and a target. 

1951 - His Kind of Woman with Robert Mitchum. Mitchum and Russell fall for each other, but there are mishaps and misunderstandings.

Double Dynamite with Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx.  Sinatra wants to marry Russell but he's too poor to afford a wife. He's accused of a shortage at the bank.

1952 - The Las Vegas Story with Victor Mature.  Russell is married to rich, shady businessman Vincent Price but still in love with cop Victor Mature. 

Macao  with Robert Mitchum.  Mitchum and Russell fall for each other, but there are mishaps and misunderstandings.

Son of Paleface with Bob Hope. Sequel to The Paleface. Bob can't find his father's gold.

Montana Belle, Russell is Belle Star

Road to Bali  (Cameo)

1953 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe.  Classic remembered mostly for Monroe as a gold-digger and for her number, "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." 

1954 - The French Line with Gilbert Roland.  Oil heiress Russell is seeking love and takes a cruise incognito so that men won't chase her for her money.

1955 - Underwater!  with Gilbert Roland and Richard Egan.  Two SCUBA divers search for sunken treasure off the coast of Cuba.  Russell is Egan's wife.

Foxfire with Jeff Chandler

The Tall Men with Clark Gable.  Russell is rescued by Gable and Robert Ryan from Indians. 

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes with Jeanne Crain. Russell and Crain are sisters that play on Broadway as showgirls.  They're getting nowhere in New York and so seek fame in Paris. 

1956 - Hot Blood with Cornel Wilde.  Wilde is tricked by his brother into an arranged marriage with fiery Russell.

The Revolt of Mamie Stover with Richard Egan. Russell is a prostitute run out of San Francisco.

1957 - The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown.  A movie star is kidnapped as a publicity stunt...or is it a stunt? 

1964 - Fate Is the Hunter with Glenn Ford, Rod Taylor.  Drama surrounding a fatal airplane crash.

1966 - Johnny Reno with Dana Andrews. Andrews is a sheriff back in town to visit Russell.

Waco: Western cult classic with Howard Keel. Russell is married to a preacher but still attracted to Howard Keel.

1967 - The Born Losers A motorcycle gang torments the residents of a small California town.

1970 - Darker Than Amber.  Rod Taylor as a heroic beach bum and Russell as Alabama Tigress.

2007 - Hollywood on Fire (documentary)


Russell wrote in her memoir “My Path and My Detours” (1985), that she gained strength from Christianity: "A higher power was always there telling me that if I could just hold tough a little longer, I’d find myself around one more dark corner, see one more spot of light and have one more drop of pure joy in this journey called life.”


2/28/2011: International news - Voluptuous Jane Russell dies of respiratory-related illness.  She is survived by a daughter, 2 sons (all 3 adopted), 8 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

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My son said, `Mother you can`t say the word bigot because that has to do with nationalities and things.` I said, `No darling, it`s a verb. It means I can`t stand these people who are trying to take the Ten Commandments off the wall, take prayer out of school and take prayer out of football games.` It`s too ridiculous. The Lord put this country together or we wouldn`t be like we are.'"

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For Valentine's Day: Romantic songs by the world's greatest singers

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After the Lovin' - Englebert Humperdinck
Air that I Breathe - Hollies
And I Love Her - Beatles  
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin 
Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams
Can't Stop Loving You - Tom Jones 
Close to You - Carpenters
Do It - Neil Diamond
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
I Hear a Symphony - Supremes
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John 
It's Impossible - Perry Como 
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
Let It Be Me - Petula Clark
Roses are Red - Bobby Vinton
Sacred Love - Bee Gees
Something Stupid - Frank and Nancy
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Take Me Back - Little Anthony and the Imperials
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
This Boy's in Love - Herb Alpert
Welcome to my World - Dean Martin 
We've Only Just Begun - Claudine Longet
You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles


Corny love poem for Valentine's Day, click here.

This actress was once called the most beautiful woman in the world by none other than Elizabeth Taylor

Perhaps more famous for my off-screen love affairs than my film roles, can you guess who I am? 

I was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, in a rural community seven miles east of Smithfield, NC, as the youngest of seven children.  The "Great Depression” effected the livelihood of my family and we eventually moved to Newport News, Virginia, to operate a boarding house for shipyard workers.

After my father died, my mother insisted I continue my education; and after I graduated from high school, I started college at Atlantic Christian.


My older sister had moved to New York and married a professional photographer who took a few pictures of me for display in the window of his Fifth Avenue shop.  He later delivered some of those pictures to MGM’s New York office.  After appearing for a screen test, I, at age 18, signed a seven-year movie contract for fifty dollars a week.


Shortly after arriving in Hollywood, I met and married a young, persistent actor named Mickey Rooney, but the marriage only lasted one year.  My second marriage to bandleader Artie Shaw was also short-lived.  I next married a famous Italian crooner who was the love of my life, but our marriage was too tempestuous to last.  I never married again, but he later married a girl with a boyish haircut.


Career
I started out with small walk-on roles in 15 MGM movies until in 1946, MGM loaned me out to Universal to play a femme fatale in a classic film noir.  I was noticed, so much so that Louis B. Mayer quickly wanted me back for casting in a movie opposite Clark Gable.  After that, many other starring roles became mine, including one as a lady of mixed-race heritage in one of the greatest musicals of all time.

I was Oscar-nominated in 1953 for Best Actress in my role as Honey Bear Kelly in another film with Clark Gable, but I lost out to Audrey Hepburn.  Years later I would receive a Golden Globe nomination in a movie which starred Richard Burton.

In the mid-1980's I did some work in television, including one season on Knots Landing.  A screen legend, who am I?   

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