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JAMES STEWART, marvelous heading by the way & is he your all time fav. actor by the way? If so I can send you a tonnage of fun & accurate facts on AFI's 1999 number 3 all-time actors-(poll)
Back to your topic my fav *Walt Disney-(l901-66) & by far all-time *Oscar winning champ with (26 wins)
1. "Dumbo" (song "Baby 0'mine" robbed of the song *Oscar that year!?)
2. "Fantasia"-(kinda' the "Kane" of it's genre due to it stretching all technical aspects)
3. "Pinocchio"-(must vote for this)
4. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs":
5th all-timer from *Disney & sometimes the massive Pixar (TRIVIA: '95's "Tot Story" was it's first y the way)
& "Inside/0ut" is simply incredible
Never did see Pixar;'s latest "Coco" though, among chosen few I did not go & review??? & adore "Finding, Nemo" (P.S. IT IS ASININE THAT 19o47's "Song of the South" is now banned thesedays, it's very good fun (***1/2) & James Baskett even took home a special "statuette" for his Uncle Remus
WHO AGREES?
To date & our buddy Jakeem, Topbilled or LawrenceA, would know, I guess Pixar has won about 9 Best animated feature films td?
& more fun facts: "Finding, Dory" is officially the all-time top ten highest grossing pix at over $486m.
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23 hours ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
A couple of years ago, when I first joined this forum, somebody had posted a topic asking for people to list their top ten-twenty favorite Disney movies. Somebody, I think it was TomJH, listed their favorite Disney shorts (both cartoons and live action shorts). So I decided that I would create a forum topic where I would list my favorite shorts from the Disney Company with a miniature review for each of them, and anybody else who wanted to make their own opinions heard or make their own lists could do soo too. I look forward to seeing your lists and your thoughts.
JAMES STEWART, marvelous heading by the way & is he your all time fav. actor by the way? If so I can send you a tonnage of fun & accurate facts on AFI's 1999 number 3 all-time actors-(poll)
Back to your topic my fav *Walt Disney-(l901-66) & by far all-time *Oscar winning champ with (26 wins)
1. "Dumbo" (song "Baby 0'mine" robbed of the song *Oscar that year!?)
2. "Fantasia"-(kinda' the "Kane" of it's genre due to it stretching all technical aspects)
3. "Pinocchio"-(must vote for this)
4. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs":
5th all-timer from *Disney & sometimes the massive Pixar (TRIVIA: '95's "Tot Story" was it's first y the way)
& "Inside/0ut" is simply incredible
Never did see Pixar;'s latest "Coco" though, among chosen few I did not go & review??? & adore "Finding, Nemo" (P.S. IT IS ASININE THAT 19o47's "Song of the South" is now banned thesedays, it's very good fun (***1/2) & James Baskett even took home a special "statuette" for his Uncle Remus
WHO AGREES?
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Aware I had to log my own all-timers pix on this guys' page, thread, post,etc BUT, it did not list reply TO THIS TOPIC ON HEADING THIS TIME? & your 100% correct TCM not legally-(I reckon;0 being able to broadcast Disney's glorious era i.e. "Dumbo" "Fantasia" "Pinocchio" & many other greats!
Plus & at this late date the network still cannot broadcast *"GFI" or *"GFII?"-(the fmr being my A No. 1 all-time favoritre pic.)
I must be honest 1st though & see this entire topic before also including my favs in motion picture history
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I was lucky to now become a TCM Backlot member, who else is a card-carrying member?
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On 1/19/2018 at 1:16 PM, Bethluvsfilms said:
Yes!
And the fact that Mitchum wasn't afraid to branch out and play out and out scary guys, as well as decent men and anti-heroes, with equal amount of believability, brings out the really 'cool' factor about him.
WE SPLIT HERE MY FRIEND THOUGH1 STEVE, AS I used to dub him 'KING OF movie COOL' back in the early '90's & IT JUST CAUGHT ON WITH OTHER FANS OF HIS. mitchum's was awe-bit later though/
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On 1/19/2018 at 1:34 PM, TheCid said:
In addition to the movies already mentioned other good ones are: The Big Steal (my favorite), Macao and His Kind of Woman. Big Steal co-stars were Jane Greer and William Bendix, Macao co-stars were Jane Russel and Bendix and Woman co-stars were Russel and Vincent Price. El Dorado with John Wayne is one of my wife's favorites (and mine). I think he was much better than Wayne. The Wonderful Country is another of my favorites.
Mitchum was far cooler than McQueen in my opinion.
The great thing about Mitchum was that you could believe him no matter what the role. Which sort of brings up Farewell My Lovely. Some talk here in the past that he was too old or too worn out for the role, compared to Dick Powell in the earlier version. Personally I think Mitchum was great in FML. While he may have been older than the book's character, he made the role believable.
The Cid, he broke many bodies at RKO when filming the fun 1951 "His Kind of Woman" (***) See, early on he thought he could dop most of his stuitnts 7 the stuntmern just said "HEY" that's are job
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On another of his Dick Cavett greast interviews-(someone just off stage just kept feeling his glass with booze!) But Dick asked him about MM & his brother & all Robert could say was his brother once again just jumped the rails & vanished
Don't be confused with his son-(though they all looked very much alike( & he was smaller than Mitchum too. But, in '58's first drive-in movie "Thunder Road" (***) they look identical) Pretty certain this was not his forementioned brorther I did once see him though on an episode of TV's "Starsky & Hutch" (around 1977 or so)
Think it was either his older bro, or a tad younger when both appeared on TV's huge "STARSKY & HUTCH" arounded
4:45 or so THANK YOIU & I THANK YOIU A MARXG YO!
THOUGH WE HAVE A FAR REACHING SPOLIT ON MITCHUM VS. *SINATRAS, agaun, am incvredibally overwoirked in pain & tired sports fansdU
DON'T 4-GET ANOTHER THING "THE MAX CADY SLEEPER HOLD!"
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15 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Thanks for your post but the thread title refers to foreign language films from 1933.
Not only that but it's been my No. #1 overall all-time favourite foreign-language film every yet made!!!
That yr the *AMPAS shoulda-(once again) be ashamed of itself in not nomination this wondrous film among the top 5 BP contenders
THAT FINALE & AS USUAL *ENNIO'S MAGNIFICENT & MAJESTIC SCORE ALWAYS GIVES ME THE CHILLS
It did however win as Best Foreign-Film at least
(TRIVIA: You decide the BP 1989 nominees were *"Driving Miss Daisy" (swept 4), 'Born on the 4th of July" (2), "Dead Poet's Society" (won 1), "Field of Dreams" (shut out) & "My Left Foot" won 2)
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(*-as always indicatres an *Oscar win or winner) & I'm almost positive there will be a backlash on this post, but I always think of the "DWEEBS" in our era they now get to host the *Academy Awards i.e. Jimmy Kimmel again? Ellen does a fine job & everytime & they should try & get Letterman again, just an off night. Jimmy Fallon is 10 times more talented then Kimmel too.
So, & this is just my longtime AMPAS opinion, give 2 time *Oscar victor & one cool guy, plus he's basically non-=political *GEORGE CLOONEY-(l961-) a shot at it
WHAT DO YOU FANS THINK?
Too bad John Candy-(l950-l994) is not around anymore About 75% other sites ion polls easily voted Billy Crystal as A #1 & i'm certain the hilarious & now very fine actor Bill Murray-(l950-) may let his marvelous humor get in the way
HEY, what about BETTE MIDLER-(l945)?
Likely so-called *Oscar fans that 4-got Carson & most of all champ-(15 to 18 years) BOB HOPE!
So please give all & yours thought
THANX
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Don't know if another touched on this, but last year daughter *LIZA had her mother's remains from Brooklyn, NY all the way across this country to be laid to rest in "Hollywood Forever, cem."
& a kind of irony here about that "The Mick" Mickey Rooney already chose that park in 2014
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There are a myriad & too many to included here, but my all-timer is the wondrous 1989 "CINEMA, PARADISO" (Italy) It belongs too in The Library of Congress!n& they really do a marvelkous job on this t
yearMy runners-up in any year & in no special order either, except "PARIDISO">
"Das Boot" (l982-German)-(winner of 6 statuettes But tcm is cute
"La Strada"(l954-Italy)-(A weird arthouse film
Can you fellow TCM-ITES fathom,. I've yet to be able to see "Grande Illusion" though?
In no special order here
"Triumph of the Will"/ "0lympia" ('37-Germany) (l934/35) & "Cinema, Paradiso" (l989) (there just too lousy. 2003 version & it $7m.)>
"Ran" (l985-Japanese)-(close to being the magnificent Akira Kurosawa's crowing achievement & the guy was almost blind when he made the superb WW2 epic anyway)
"Das Boot" (l982-German) (snagged 6 noms but at this stage can only pay for myself right now?)
& many more, but I must confess I'm, not a big foreign film & especially with subtitles & althoiugh I've been going to the new releases since I was an 17yr old boy, I STILL ALWAYS MUCH MORE PREFER HOLLYWOODS GLORIOUS GOLDEN AGE & STUDIO-SYSTEM-(1925-1960) BY FAR
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As I said I only just started awhile ago as one of your fellow TCM BACKLOT MEMBERS & they -(last evening) even mailed me one of those marvelous boxes, button inside & a membership card Got the t-shirt about a month ago & FREE!
I've had the chance of reading whats in the box & online about us members, but very much love all things offered
& I THANK YOU
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1 hour ago, Bogie56 said:
I can attest to that. Plummer once pushed me out of the way to get to the front of the queue at a bar.
I liked both Rockwell and Dafoe but they have given much better performances in other films. Dafoe's part was not that demanding though he is charismatic. I thought Plummer was the best out of these three but Oscar may go to one of the others.
Bogie56, please send more information about getting pushed at by Plummer. Never really liked him--(except of course he shared the screen w/NATALIE in "Daisy" 1st time I saw he was an exceptional actor was as Mike Wallace in '99's "The Insider" So please help me & send that particular shot or short(s) me (P.S. she used to leave these concerts too? When she didn't care for the music playing in the club
Due forecast him possibly winning in SAG Awards tonight--(don't think he's up for it though?)
Rockwell vs. Woody then & maybe same goes with the *Oscars?
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1 hour ago, Bogie56 said:
I can attest to that. Plummer once pushed me out of the way to get to the front of the queue at a bar.
I liked both Rockwell and Dafoe but they have given much better performances in other films. Dafoe's part was not that demanding though he is charismatic. I thought Plummer was the best out of these three but Oscar may go to one of the others.
Bogie56, 1stly did you know where exactly Bogart dd that legendary nickname by the way?
It was arguably his greatest friend *"THE GREAT: SPENCER TRACY"-(l900-l967)
Sadly *Tracy had to attend his '57 funeral & of course Gable's in 1960, he was soon to join them in "Forest Lawn" in Glendale, CALIFORNIA 7yrs later I have a superb photo of both *J. Stewart & him leaving the wee kirk church about 1/2 way up the mountainous terrain of 318acres & especially him has a look on his face to another photographer that says it all.-(YOU CAN EASILY LOCATE IT BY JUST PUNCHING IN *TRACY'S FB PICTURES OR *STEWART'S TOO. I had it lamenated & added it to my "WALLS-OF-FAME"
& on this topic of Plummerr, Shirley, Dafoe & Rockwell-(who has the momentum right now & voting stopped for the noms last week)
But we have a split on Plummer winning that 2nd s. actor gold here. He's the oldest actor to yet win for 2011's "The Beginners" He was age 82. Though *"Titanic's" 87yr old s. actress contender by far woulda' broke the mold-(instead Hollywood went w/*Basinger in "L.A. Confidentiak")
ARE WE TALKING ACADEMY AWARDS OUR SAG TONIGHT THOUGH?
OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBALLY EARLY AT THIS DATE< I GOTTA' THROW MY 36 YEAR OLD HAND IN THE RING & LOOKINH UNTIL MASRCH 4th ALREADY "THE POSSOIBLE WINNERS FOR THE 90th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS-(of course all still subject to change until seven days before official OSCARS) (again only the top 6 majors for now, as usual I'll once again to predict all 24 winners?)
BEST PICTURE?:
"THREE BILLBOARDS..."
ACTOR?:
GARY OLDMAN in "The Darkest Hour"
ACTRESS?:
FRANCES McDORMAND, "Three Billboards..."
S. ACTOR?:
(closest race this year)>WOIODY HARRELSON, "Florida Project" or SAM ROCKWELL, "Three Billboards..."
S. ACTRESS?:
LAURIE METCALF in "LadyBird"
& BEST DIRECTOR?:
GUILLERMO DEL TORO for "Shape of Water"
THANX & FEEL FREE TO SEND ANY & ALL PREDIX & COMMENTS
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Very important for me to have anybody just let me know what it is like to be a prestiguos TCM BACKLOT MEMBER?
Lots of jazz, what does it all intail
Offers & special places members get offers to go places & of course $prices$ to go to each
I'M SOMEWHAT ALREADY WELL AWARE OF ABOUT HALF OF IT, BUT JUST DISMISSED BECOMING A MEMBER, MAINLY DUE TO $DOUGH$
TRULY NEED YOUR HELP FELLOW TCM-ITES OPN ALL INVOLVED & TO MY LONGTIME FRIENDS_9Jakeem, LawrenceA & TopBilled) ARE YOU ALREADY BACKLOT MEMBERS
BECAUSE & I WAS STUNNED, I NOW AM ONE-(officially too)
Tell all about this utterly marvelous & brand new event later
THANX
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*"The Chairman of the Board" Francis (Albert) Sinatra-(l9l5-l998) always said about Judy, "that when she sings she died a little bit more each time" unquote
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1 hour ago, jakeem said:The fantastic Cold War tale "The Shape of Water" won the top prize Saturday night at the annual Producers Guild of America Awards. The 2017 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Award was presented to its producers, Guillermo del Toro (pictured below) and J. Miles Dale. Del Toro also co-wrote and directed the film."The Shape of Water" has won its share of honors during the 2017-2018 awards season and is expected to be nominated for several Academy Awards on Tuesday.
The complete list of winners is as follows:FILMBest Picture“The Shape of Water”
Best Animated Feature
“Coco”Documentary Feature
“Jane”TELEVISIONBest Comedy Series
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Best Drama Series
“The Handmaid's Tale”
Best Long-Form Program"Black Mirror"Best Live Entertainment and Talk Series“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Best Competition Series
“The Voice”Best Non-Fiction Television
“Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath"Best Children’s Program
“Sesame Street”
Best Sports Program
“Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”
Best Short-Form Program“Carpool Karaoke: The Series" (James Corden)Jakeem, was that really much of a surprise here buddy? It was easily between it vs "Three Billboards..." & speaking of the latter it really needs to take home that Best Ensemble award at SAG on Sunday now to stay alive over it But some fun trivia you & others may like>The last BP *Oscar sweeper to not also take home that ensemble award was 1995's *"Braveheart?"
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On 1/19/2018 at 5:47 PM, jakeem said:
"Dunkirk" and "Lady Bird" were among the winners at the 33rd annual Artois Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America. The awards honor casting directors for film, television and stage productions in several categories.
The winners were announced Thursday in dual ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and Stage 48 in New York City.
Here is a list of the winners:
BIG BUDGET – COMEDY
The Greatest Showman
Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Rori Bergman (Additional Casting), Patrick Goodwin (Associate)
BIG BUDGET – DRAMA
Dunkirk
John Papsidera
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – COMEDY
Lady Bird
Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – DRAMA
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sarah Halley Finn, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Hannah Cooper (Associate)
LOW BUDGET – COMEDY or DRAMA
Beach Rats
Susan Shopmaker
ANIMATION
Coco
Keven Reher, Natalie Lyon, Carla Hool
Seeing both Frances vs Rockwell in that great photo, they may be the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor *Academy Award winners soon?
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On 1/15/2018 at 4:59 PM, Bogie56 said:
I just watched Ridley Scott's All That Money In the World and really enjoyed it. I was very surprised by how many scenes they reshot with Christopher Plummer and how many locations that involved. He is in the film quite a bit. And now having seen it I can't imagine it being as good with Spacey in it. Who knows. Maybe in 40 years, long after I am gone they will reissue the film with an alternate Spacey cut.
Never know *Plummer just may well take home his 2nd s. actor "statuette"-(as our ol' friend R. 0sborne loved to say)
& SAG on Sunday, however Sam Rockwell & Dafoe-(would be his 3rd shot td) may have their names called instead at "The Dolby Theatre?
Plus & I hate how the AMPAS has always done this type of nonsense, if someone won before, they snub them for an even more deserving role & *Plummer won at age 82 for 2011's "The Beginners"
*Shirley Maclaine is great friends w/him & says he just adores drinking
TO BE HONEST THOUGH, DESPITE *SPACEY'S BEHAVIOR, HE IS THE FAR SUPERIOR ACTOR, GOTTA' ADMIT IT
Keyzer Sousa
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On 1/15/2018 at 6:15 PM, spence said:
his marks my 36th year at *Academy Award oddsmaking & often like predicting the nominations vs. the actual winners
please also forecast (*-denotes frontrunner) (top 6 major categories only predicted for now) Official nominations to be announced next Tuesday
The 90th Annual Academy awards-(AMPAS)
Best Picture-(likely 8 to 10 again)?
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get 0ut
I, Tonya
LadyBird
The Post
*The Shape of Water-(likely to lead the field w/most nods)
*Three Billboards 0utside Ebbing Missouri-(my personal fav. of 2017)
& If there are ten?
The Florida Project-(revised)
Best Actor?:
Timothy Chalamet in "Call Me By Your Name"
James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"
Tom Hanks, "The Post"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Phantom Thread"
& *Gary 0ldman, "Darkest Hour"
Best Actress?:
Sally Hawkins in "Shape of Water"
*Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards..."
Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan, "Ladybird"
& Meryl Streep, "The Post(will mark her 21st nomination)
Supporting Actor?:
*Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"
Richard Jenkins, "Shape of Water"
Christopher Plummer, "All the Money in the World"-(revised)
*Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards..."
& Michael Stuhlbarg, "Call Me By Your Name"
Supporting Actress?:
Mary J. Blige in "Mudbound"
Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"
*Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
Leslie Manville, "Phantom Thread"
& *Laurie Metcalf, "Ladybird"
& Best Director?:
*Guillermo Del Toro for "Shape of Water"
Greta Gerwig, "Ladybird"
Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards..."
Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"
& Steven Spielberg, "The Post"
& just wanted to add this just for fun & my love of movie music I know I'm not alone in the latter department
Best 0riginal-Score?:
"Darkest Hour" (A. Martinelli)
"Dunkirk" (Hans Zimmer)
"The Phantom thread" (Johnny Greenwood)
"The Post": (NOTE: I believe it will cite his 36th nomination)
& *"Shape of Water" (Alexander Desplat)
& again just for fun & very early as yet & the above nominee forecast is now final, but only having fun what it all make look like after the presentations for the 90th Annual AMPAS awards for 2017
To be presented Sunday Masrch 4th, 2017 & again on Hollywood, Blvd at "The Dolby Theatre" just across H. Blvd from "The Pantages"which held them there from 1949 through 1959 "Pantages" was also the place where the very fist awards were presented "Live" on tv in 1953 honoring the 1952 film world. Most regular movie fans had never seen their heroes & heroines on the tv, *Bogey, Marilyn, *Coop & *"The King" until now When I vacationed there the 1st time in '99 it was still called "The Kodak Theatre" "Hollywood & Highland" & even more trivia, TV's ET when it was under contruction had it's own time capsule buried, containing memorabelias from it's 1st 18yrs on air & 3 videos "It's a Wonderful Life" "Singin' In The Rain" & "The Wizard of 0z" & it's rules said it's time capsule would & should never be unearthed for another century)
So, though extremely early before March 4th, Best Picture: "Three Billboards..." Actor: Gary 0ldman Actress : Frances McDormand S. Actor:-(closest race of all, between Dafoe & Rockwell?) S. Actress: Laurie Metcalf & BD: Del Toro
THANK YOU
(UPDATE: Just went to "The Phantom Thread" (strong ***-out of 4 stars) I was surprised because D. Day is arguably our greatest living actor, he's perfect for the role as usual & will almost positively earn his 5th shot for it, but the film as a whole was a letdown & sugglish
It will almost certainly take home Best Costume Design *Oscar though & I REVISE my s. actress nominee forecast by one only Leslie Manville in O. Spencer's slot instead
Music by Johnny Greenwood (the superb 07 "There Will Be Blood" is great again too)
Next either "The Post" or "Shape of Water"-(12 overall nods forecasted) but today that doesn't matter like the old days, nor does BP & BD matching They now have a prefferrential-(in pain & hope I spelled that ok?) ballot & only 3 of the last 7yrs have they matched up
THANX AGAIN!
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WOW, no takers on this site, huh???
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Most by now I posted my 36th year at forecasting what & who I think will make the cut for Tuesday's 90th Annual *Academy Awards & have virtually begged for a number of others to do so & maybe just bragging rights on'em on wednesday
A couple guys did already do so & again I THANK YOU FOLKS!
When I started for 1982 *Oscars my pals & I had no internet & all these far too many other awards, so all we had in the 1980, 1990's were magazines, newspapers & what we could see on tv. For the record the gone too soon GMA critic Joel Siegel was the best at this nominee game & the also gone far too son Gene Siskel always just knew the works on the winners Case in point he was on an airplane once with then nominee Oprah Winfrey up for "The Color Purple" (l985) & she asked Gene do you think I can win & he flat out said NO WAY, *Anjelica Huston also vs. her for "Prizzi's Honor" was Hollywood Royalty & she'd win in a walk Gene's advice to Oprah was have her dinner roll bronzed inside & she still has it
COME ON IF YOU ONLY WANT TO HAVE FUN & SAY WHAT YOU THINK FOR BP, ACTOR & ACTRESS?
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I kinda' figured most of these fellow TCM-0ITES would also loath her I still wish someone or more would have input on "Evita" & the rest of the stuff I wrote
Because tha '96 musical by Alan ("Midnight Edxpress") &others did garner 4 other nods besides her victorious song
For the record I like her ballads best "Live to Tell;" from 1986's very strong "At Close Range":-(ironically also her fav. song) for which she was truly snubbed of a Best 0. Song nomination for it that year?
& she & I match on her fav. onstage number "Like a Prayer"
& just for fun her all-time favourite motion pictures are>"A place in the Sun" *"E. Patients" & on top for her is the legendary "To Kill a Mockingbird"
A funny story from our local talk radio station down here circa 1990 & some phone psychic woman said she was doing an entire show on Louise being Marilyn's reincarnation, I thought it immediately asinine & couldn't wait to tell this psyscxh that MADONNA was born 4yrs before Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise in '62, so on air she said iyt was over-(her topic)
She has another film for the big screen in the work, an adaptation on Greta... something
PLEASE CONMSIDERE
I yeah, she also plays the ukelalee-(think I spelled it wrong though)
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(*-always denotes an *Academy Award winner) First I;'m well aware for lots that Madonna-(l958-) is either a laughing stock, easy target-(she always did that her way
& look what she did with her career in doing so, most have only seen her in her videos & not an entire full-fledged dynamic concert. For any naysayers, just punch in a couple, most notably 1990's "Truth or Dare"-"Blonde Ambition"-(France), 2008's "Stickly & Sweet"-(Argentina most of all)-(both well over 2hr concerts & she's like the energizer bunny, NEVER STOPS throughout!) this lady-(another thing you all will make light of) can literally play every instrument on the stage & growing too! Is thee all-time greatest on stage musical artrist & this coming from a *Francis Albert devotee BIG-TIME! Several more things (MADONNA LOUISE VERONICA CICCONE) from Detroit area & started out on the drums, then guitar, harp, more jazz & of course her dancing ever since ballet class very young-(AN ASIDE: My mother had own ballet school & prior to that circa 1962 was the then shortest NY Rockett & the girl;s got to perform with *G. Burns, Ricky Nelson, Arthur Godfrey, Carol Channing &* almost really hit the high note w/BOB HOPE! But her & her girlfriend kinda' messed it up. Though also at this time she (accidentally) was in a G. Ballanchine workout class & next to your entire 3 to 5hr workout was *Shirley MacLaine! Then started her own ballet class school in Delaware. In short, she always thought Madonna was a great dancer, but hates how she always feels to get dirty on stage. Now that I have more then a fondness for "THE QUEEN" as we devotess call her thesedays (P.S. It sounds made up but I have even personally correspond online with her over about 3 years. She's really a bookworm & reads everything. Haven't heard back from her in about 2 to 3 months, but prior to that we were pen pals 1reeason I don't be mean to her & were about same age. She's been in 27 pix td & as much as I love her, she's still a one note actress? The only thing she's a yet to accomplish in the arts WANTED EVEN HER MYRIAD OF DETRACTORS TO GIOVE VIEWS ON "EVITA" (l996) ($51m.) (***-out of 4 stars) Now she did great in the globes that year, but no actress nomination. Though the bio/musical has no dialogue & she must sing throughout. It earned 5 noms winning for a song by *Sondheim that wasn't in the play "You Must Love Me" For yrs stage actress Patti Lapune was thought yo play Evita Peron, then they wanted *Streep for yrs & then even *Faye Dunaway
FINAL NOTE" "OUR QUEEN" in 2007 had her huge/massive image put on, up almost to the top the legendary "HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL" Like a Murral. & strangely, she still doesn't want a "Walk-of-Fame' star?
THANX
OOPS, i left out *Uncle Walt's animated shorts?
in Your Favorites
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Although Bugs Bunny is my all-timer in any animated characters Even have a few collectibles on Mr Bunny!
But, by far my all-time favourite *Disney animated short has virtually all of Hollywoods Golden Age in this short!!!
"A Night in Hollywood" by far friends
*Gable, *Cagney, *Tracy, *Bogey, Edward G. Raft, Garbo, & a ton more on hand-(WHO RECALLS THIS ONE? EASY TO FIND ONLINE)
& of course my main man "BUGS" has a cameo