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Bingfan posted this delightful clip with Robert Osborne in the Hot Topic thread, and I'm just including it here for an update: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/453621/Robert-Osborne-Returns-Promo-.html He does look happy and well-rested!

Donald Bogle was excellent, I must say. I also enjoyed his visuals and how he interspersed his chat with his AV, and that he did mention Theresa Harris. (Chico in *Baby Face--* you are always right, Lynn!) I also enjoyed the Voice Doubles. I would love to listen to Joan Collins dish about *The Opposite Sex*, the clothes from the film, and the experiences Collins had while working on that film. I also think it would be a fun panel to arrange several fashionistas for chats about film fashions. So glad 2012 is all about STYLE...

That's a great tip, Kyle! $114!

Glad to see you are posting once again all the way from Scotland! I will check out your link, Jon!

I think it might be one of these: http://www.elaineshollywoodbedandbreakfast.com/ http://hollywoodbandb.com/

Just a short note to let you all know that I am enjoying hearing from everybody who is planning on a return trip to LA in 2012!

Great, Kyle. Hope you are doing well!

That is wonderful to know. Such timely responses from TCM FESTIVAL personnel on such an important matter, RGlenn, is comforting. Kyle, I had also received positive feedback from others that the Renaissance provided an enjoyable experience, and that there was a Bed and Breakfast in the area that one TCM passholder claimed was comfortable and accessible, but I don't recall the name. Maybe someone will chime in with the info.

The Turner Classic Film Festival 2012 has just been announced for April 12-15, 2012! http://www.tcm.com/festival/

All I can say is ouch! A sharpened tootsie roll ... Mave and Jackie, this thread is such a great read! "Shadow" is one of my absolute faves, movieman. Has anyone here ever had a homemade maple cake? Patricia Collinge is an absolute delight!

I can't believe it, but they have already made an official website announcement about the TCM Festival for 2012! http://www.tcm.com/festival/

I haven't received an official email yet, but I can't wait until 2012. And if it is all about style, I eagerly anticipate the parade of films and list of celebrities attending. It's sure to be even more exciting than last year!

Thanks for the kudos, Kiddos... Someone needed to pass Debs a Snicker's bar...

Thoroughly enjoy visiting the "Hitch"-ing post here. Love the insights, you all!

I am loving all the September birthday kids. Especially on 9-18, for some reason a special day for me! And the Duke's question, Football, anyone? It was very cute, Mongo!

Too funny, Bronxie!!!! I'm giggling at the desktop, too, Miss G! ..TYPE A OVERBITE...

The excerpt in the schedule for Sunday's panel included the following information about the panelists: 2:30pm - 3:30pm DANCING IN THE MOVIES--Dancing has kept film audiences spellbound for decades. This esteemed panel of dance greats will review the history of dance in film and its impact on moviemaking and audiences, as well as what its like to choreograph for - and dance in - the movies. Moderator: Larry Billman, dancer, author, historian and co-founder of The Academy of Dance on Film, is the author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors. Published in 1997, the book was the first encyclopedia on the subject. Here's a link to an article about Larry Billman: http://www.mouseclubhouse.com/Interview ... inment.htm|http://www.mouseclubhouse.com/Interviews/larry-billman/larry-billman-early-years&live-entertainment.htm Panelists: Debbie Allen is an Emmy-winning choreographer, actress, stage and screen director and producer. She has choreographed for artists such as Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey. She was also responsible for choreographing the Academy Awards 10 times. Marge Champion is a dancer and choreographer who began her career as a live-action model for Snow White (1938), the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio (1940) and the hippopotamus ballerina in FANTASIA (1940). She and her husband, Gower Champion, were legendary for their appearances in many musicals produced in the 1950s at MGM. She last appeared on Broadway in the 2001 revival of Follies. Vincent Paterson is a director, choreographer and dancer whose wide ranging career includes theater, concert tours, opera, music videos, Broadway and films, including Evita (1996) and Dancer in the Dark (2000); he also wrote, directed and co-choreographed the Cirque du Soleil show VIVA ELVIS!. Here's a link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665535/ Club TCM was packed, all center seats were filled, and I was sitting alternately on the floor and on top of one of the squishy chairs as passholders jostled around for comfortable perches. I also met a passholder who claimed he was from Houston, but he really couldn’t explain to me where in Houston he lived. When Larry Billman revealed that the panel would answer questions from the audience, this same passholder stood up to speak to Debbie Allen. He commented that he had enjoyed the television program “A Different World” and then Ms. Allen began to respond even though the passholder in question had not completed his query. She didn't discuss "A Different World" and she didn't discuss her experiences on "Fame." For the next 12-14 minutes, Ms. Allen bulldozed the panel topics and spent her time in the spotlight discussing how AIDS had devastated her dance companies, and then spent about 5-7 minutes complaining that there is no dancer’s union, and that dancers should be able to have a union like actors, and one passholder in the audience commented that he was just waiting for her to hold up her “Norma Rae” sign. Here's a link in case you are ready to join her team: http://www.debbieallendanceacademy.com/ As an audience member, I noticed perplexed looks on the faces of many passholders, and some began to ponder what the diatribe was all about. I could also see that Vincent Paterson, who was seated next to Ms. Allen, was leaning as far away from Ms. Allen as was humanly possible without scooting his chair off the stage. The hidden diva had been unveiled. And I agreed with some of the union statements and sympathies she expressed, but wrong time, wrong place, Debs. Some audience reactions included horror, confusion, and regret. Some folks pulled out their schedules and read about the panel again. “I could’ve gone to see a “A Place in the Sun” or a “Tribute to the Nicholas Brothers,” commented one female passholder. I just wish Ms. Allen had spent time time actually discussing the panel topic, dancing in the movies. But I stood up, stated my first name, and that I was also from Houston. Ms. Allen was then poised to continue with her litany of personal causes, but I had explained that I really wanted to ask Marge Champion a question about her experiences on *Showboat*. And I finally found out one of Ms. Champion's favorite stories about dancing in that landmark film. She described the grueling hours spent practicing and performing a number with her former husband and choreographer, Gower Champion, and after the last, grueling take, discovered the ribbon on her head had completely turned around and probably damaged the take. But she convinced everyone that it would never be noticed on the film. I really can't see it when I watch *Showboat*. Maybe if I stop almost every frame. But I couldn't tell. It was wonderful to hear her tell that story because she spoke with such an engaging attitude about her experiences, and she has such a sweet voice. She was also very accommodating to passholders she encountered during the course of the festival, and signed autographs and posed for photos. And I certainly didn't do justice to Ms. Champion's version of her experiences. Here's a link to her "That's Entertainment" intro with Leonard Maltin: http://www.tcm.com/festival2011/#/events/videoI|http://www.tcm.com/festival2011/#/events/video I am still pondering that Marge Champion made a guest appearance on an episode of Fame as a character named Ann Carlton in 1982. But that point was never discussed in the panel introductions or responses. It seemed odd that no comment from the accomplished Allen made any recognition of the fact that the two actresses and dancers had ever crossed paths...

I have to vote Marge Champion the Official Energizer Bunny of the 2011 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. She was everywhere. I first noticed her in the elevator, and she was so adorable! She had on her slacks and her little running shoes, and her posture was simply regal. At 91, and I know it is impolite to mention a ladies' age, but she should be properly proud, as her energy level astonished me. Ms. Champion was here, there, and everywhere, and attended several screenings of other activities and film venues where she was not slated to appear. And her fans are grateful. And she is adorable! After we shared the elevator, she also hopped on over to the Robert Osborne interview with the legendary Peter O'Toole at the Music Box Theater where I thought I heard Ms. Champion say that she had been in a movie with him. Maybe it was *The Party*? May be that she said she just wanted to be in a movie with him. Who wouldn't? I am not sure. But she sat in the audience with the rest of us just like regular passholders, and everyone enjoyed that interview because it was the legendary Peter O'Toole. I was seated in the last chair on the right hand side of the photo, before the second tier. Ms. Champion was, I believe in the second row, near the front of the stage in the center. Of course, everyone who knew who she was perked up immediately. She introduced *That's Entertainment* on Sunday morning: According to the blurb on the schedule, the Sunday afternoon TCM Panel entitled "Dancing in the Movies" would involve special guests who would discuss : "Movie dance performances" that " have spellbound audiences for decades; join our esteemed panel as they review the history of dancing in film, its impact on moviemaking and audiences, and what its like to choreograph for—and dance in—the movies." So more on that next time!

Oh, that's the Doug Sirk one with Dottie and Don. I haven't ever seen it. And Janis Carter, didn't she move back to New York? Well, I certainly enjoyed meeting you! What fun in the LA sun we had. I was remembering that great screening of *Spartacus* with Kirk Douglas just this a.m. (big Jean Simmons fan here) and our lovely lunch al fresco...ah....those fab TCM FILM FEST memories! Making that TCM Fan Perspective was such fun! I know those fellows had their hands full with me on the set...the biggest canned ham they probably ever filmed on the HRH rooftop set! Yours was also one of my faves. I loved how they edited you around scenes from *Out of the Past,* another one of my guilty pleasures.

Thanks, Lynn, for the on-the-spot coverage! I guess we all are protective of Grauman's and its environs because we all had so much fun there! I have been well, Yance! I've been traveling around Texas. Don't be such a stranger 'round these parts... King, it's only nine months away? ...I hope I can make it!

I just wonder if this "Rave" preview is the kind of event the new management of Grauman's is planning to promote in the future. Yikes. Great to see you posting, yancey. Hope you are well. Try to stay out of the Danger Zone, though!

This thread is so much fun, it should be required reading... it's RUDYMENTARY!!!!

David, by the time I finally arrived at the gift shop, they didn't have any more scarves. I hope these inquiries revive interest! And how kind of you to help out someone in need. Just like you and your generous nature!

Look for more "reports" in the coming weeks. My summer "hiatus" schedule is in high gear just now. All my best wishes to Mr. Osborne for his continued good health and success...

You ran an exciting Challenge Thread, Kingrat! Many congratulations to Lonesome Polecat! You are next in charge, Lonesome, and the "King" of the next "Programming Lollapalooza!"