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No. 75: Shirley Temple 1928- The daughter of a bank clerk, she was born in Santa Monica, a bus ride from Hollywood, and thrust into the movies at the age of three by a fanatically ambitious mother. In her sixth year, she went...
Veteran character actor James Best played good and bad guys in 83 movies and 600 television shows. His resume is sprinkled with notable titles such as "The Caine Mutiny" with Humphrey Bogart, "Shenandoah" with Jimmy Stewart,...
Highly Recommended THE MOVIES: Ask the average moviegoer with at least a passing knowledge of film history to name some Hitchcock films, and they're more than likely to call up something from his late Universal period: Rear...
It's garbage. Perhaps he'd imbue actual danger into the puppy-love attraction between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, and at least entertain the possibility that these two might give in to their trouser-chafing desires. Anything...
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) began as a short story called “The Greatest Gift”. Writer Philip Van Doren Stern was unable to sell it to a publisher, so he sent the tale out as a long Christmas card to friends. His agent...
Video has surfaced on YouTube of Stefani Germanotta – now known as Lady Gaga - performing a cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘D’yer Maker’ in New York City in January 2006. And she looks like a normal person! Nothing like the paper doll...
She is famed for her outrageous costumes, bright blonde hair and kooky performances. But four years ago Lady GaGa looked rather ordinary. A recently discovered video shows the star, real name Stefani Germanotta, performing Led...
Daisy Kenyon is a delirious melodrama, tipping toward noir. Joan Crawford—with Mildred Pierce just behind her—takes on determined Daisy, a successful illustrator living solo in New York who has grown weary of her affair with...
PICK OF THE WEEK Julian Plenti (Paul Banks of Interpol) w/ I’m In You Thursday, November 19 El Rey Theater Info THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Sign up for our weekly mailing & get the jump on ticket giveaways before they go...
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Thankfully, Battle of the Blades...
