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4 BIG STARS! ON BEING A JAMES STEWART FAN PAL!!! I got to not only see what was his fmr home-(pretty modest too for such a heavyweight) on 923 Roxbury Dr.-(once a famed tour road, now, not nearly as much? Lucy, Jack Benny, Peter Falk, Rosemary Clooney, Oscar Levant & others) But & for others bear this in mind next time you catch 1932's Oscar winner The Champ (***1/2) *Wallace Beery-(l885-l949) once own exact same house that Jimmy later lived in for yrs. & it can easily be seen in The Champ. when he takes Jackie Cooper to see his mother & Jackie's on the roof. During Hollywoods Glorious Golden age & Studio-System-(circa 1925-1960) they had the double decker tour buses & he'd be out there mowing his lawn-(Stewart that is) & would happily come over to the bus & sign fans autographs. & despite him officially being the highest decorated movie star during "The War"-(Audie Murpohy-(l924-7l) wasn't in movies yet of course) (NOTE: A fun true story on Stewart first though. at 6'3 & 1/2 & barely 139lbs he was turned down when trying to enlist at first,he had to gain at least 10lbs more) He easily could have chosen Arlington, cem but instead chose to be laid to rest w/his Hollywood contemporaries at the massive & all-up very steep roiling hills in the 318 acre Glendale-(not Hollywood Hills) "Forest Lawn, park" sadly, though only married once & happily, his wife Dolores died a couple yrs before the legendary Oscar winner in 1994. & a lot of Glendale is closed to the public, however he wanted his fans to always be able to visit him, on a small hill & with no gates in site Although it was from his area at dusk that lots of coyotes come from He & great pal of 47yrs *Henry Fonda-(l905-l9820 were 180 different politically. he was a staunch republic-(but not as much as "The Duke") & *Fonda a lifelong liberal, it never interfered with their friendship though

It is also obvious the network chose her for a couple of reasons. A younger audience hopefuls & B also trying to reach out to spanish movie fans She seems nice enough, but I wager Tiffany doesn't know any of the cinefacts & only gets it from the teleprompter I KNOW MANY DISLIKE HER, BUT AGAIN & DESPITE SHE'S ON A CURRENT & AWARD WINNING TV-SERIES WINONA-(l97l-) DID A MARVELOUS JOB, FILLING IN FOR OSBORNE ONE WEEK & WAS A GREAT "GP"-("Guest Programmer") as well I don't mean for her as the regular full-time host, just instead of Tiffany Matter of fact you can easily find several photos of her & Robert together, they got along famously-(a quote from her own 1989 "Heathers") & She's an actual bona-fide old-time moviebuff & likely doesn't need it scripted-(the info) for her, like Vasquez. Matter of fact, for yrs her Idol & favorite actress was Barbara Stanwyck-(l907-l990) She even appeared at the Academy Awards made up like Ruby Stevens. & Winona's fav. classic actors: *Laurence 0livier & *William Holden & classic actresses: Stanwyck *Bette Davis *I. Bergman Garbo *Greer Garson Maureen 0'Hara *Ginger Rogers NATALIE WOOD-(she says "I have this weird affinity for her") *Audrey Hepburn & *Jessica Tandy Stanwyck's still up there for her, but now her ultimate idol is Oscar victor Kate Winslet-(l975-) & her (4) films she chose as a TCM "GP" Ball of Fire (l94l-RKO) A Face in the Crowd (l957) The front (l976) & 12 Angry Men (l957-UA) & she also always says ten movies she would take to another planet: "A Face in the Crowd, To Kill a Mockingbird-(TRIVIA: though not in this discussion Madonna's A #1), Opening Night, The Tempest (l982), Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, Don't look Now, Walkabout, *West Side Story, & Random Harvest-(was also among Mr. 0sborne's top pix) & she's always firmly said she ranks Scorsese as the greatest filmmaker alive, especially when he helmed her, D. Day-Lewis & the luminous Pfeiffer in '93's The Age of Innocence We even share the same birthday though I've got 7yrs on her Full name: Winona (Laura) Horowitz (P.S. & who finds this also bizarre world, I used to think he was funny, but why is DENNIS MILLER on here now too???

For those that have no idea who the incredibally talented performer ANDY SERKIS is, it's no insult, because of his amazing work in the movies & he's hidden behind cgi,etc But, it's still a scripted performance each time he knocks one out of the ballpark Where does one start? Lord of the rings Trilogy (2001-03) as the Golum King Kong (2005 version) as Kong I get the titles confused, but the trilogy-(the 3rd is due this summer War of the Planet of the Apes) as Caesar in all 3 & other works-(to jakeem or anyone else, please fill in the blanks as to his other achievements please I know you'll have the answer) at any rate, some AMPAS attention is due, especially from the looks of this upcoming epic THANK YOU

Most have seen the now legendary & classic tv teaming of The chairman of the Board & The King of Rock N'Roll , performing together in their one & only time ever. Frank was not fond of Elvis-(maybe feeling a bit threatened, because he may garner some of his legions of followers?) Plus, he loathed Rock N'Roll BIG-TIME! He didn't despise Presley, he just had his own style & vice-versa & simply did not want to do that appearance between the 2 of them However, people around him talked him into it & it would lighten ol' Blue Eyes Up in the minds of many, to sing with the kid. So, he did it of course Just prior to Elvis going into the Army too. (l958) WHO RECALLS THIS CLIP? Where they switched songs By the way that was the one genre, medium FS bombed at, was his short lived tv show But pal Dino could do no wrong & al;l his tv jazz was a hit! He has (3) WOF-Stars, Elvis (2) & I think Bing has (3) To be fair, Frank should have (4), Dino (4) But the champ on The Walk-of-Fame-(est: 1958 & 61-) is still RIDICULOUSLY Gene Autry? Bob Hope is the runner-up with (4)

Italian or Sicilian? I kinda' grew up in a town that has in recent yrs gained some fame due to that stupid yet popular tv show Jersey Shore Seaside Heights, N.J. & the Irish settled the island/town, but in the 1970's & early '80's it was about 70% Italian

I'll never forget & it was a mistake on her behalf, she-(mom) didn't know about movies very much back then & took me to GFI, though it was a reissue around 1974 or so. & I had to use the bathroom & it was during the now legendary horse's head scene & some guy was in the bathroom puking his guts up BIG-TIME! Compared to nowadays, that was nada of course Ironically & a 180, is that she took me to my first movie as a little Irish lad & it was also a reissue Mary Poppins (l964) & then Disney's wonderful 1967 version of The Jungle Book On that note, I love that movie, but last yrs JB was even superior

To speedracer, welp, that's a new one on me! Never ever heard of anyone thinking it was boring, but to each his own right in regard to the brilliantly made 1990 GoodFellas though, I agree it's superb on every level. & I must admit GFI is more operatic, but as far as the real deal & dealings of the mafia Scorsese's film was more accurate. By the way did you folks know that Henry "The Rat" & "Blabber Mouth" Hill passed away awhile back at age 69 in 2012? (CINEFAX: The year GoodFellas was a big contender come Oscar time, though Costner's tremendous epic Western Dances with Wolves dominated sweeping (7), but every single annual pre-Oscar critics award voted for GoodFellas. Dances... also holds the distinction of being the highest $grossing$ Western in history at $184m. Runners-Up to date are True Grit (2011 version) $170m & Django Unchained $160-$165m You also truly made my head scratch including what I rate as the greatest war-picture ever made in Apocalypse Now???

Inventive Avatar of Tor Johnson-(d-1971) Did you see George "The Animal" Steele's take on him in Tim Burton's often brilliant 1994 "Ed Wood?" ($6m.) I think Steele has since went? I remember as a teenager watching him-(this was prior to what Vince McMahon-(l945-) did in the '80's, GENIUSLY changing the entire face of the WWF/WWE & others. He combined Hulk Hogan, Cyndi Lauper, MTV & made it more family friendly i.e. no blood & he used to eat the turnbuckle. I heard from many that George "The Animal" Steele was actually a college professor!

Most may know this, & he never lived it down, but when Francis Albert-(his 1st career) was known simply as "The Voice" He did a song that gained instant notoriety "Mama Will Bark" Who knows of this mess of a number. & I'm not as huge a fan from what he dubbed his first career-(l940's) Of course his 2nd career really kicked into high gear with his 1953 Oscar winning turn as Maggio in From Here to Eternity. He had all.....you know what hit the fan at the very end of the '40's, his MGM movies made $dough$ $Especially the 3 with Gene Kelly-(he liked "Take Me 0ut to the Ball Game") b4est, obviously because of his love of baseball. Matter of fact, it was nearly impossible-(due to Nancy Sinatra) to locate a Sinatra Bobblehead All the companies told me why. Then I stumbled upon some that were given to all the fans at a San Francisco Giants game-(his fav. team) & then I was lucky enough to nail one down & have it here on my desk. I just wish it had him with a microphone,etc as opposed to holding a baseball The kicker is, they virtually sell bobbleheads for anyone, from 0bama, Trump, Hillary even Sadam Hussein had one? Of course they have an array of them on ELVIS!-(got my ma' one & though FS is my 32 Idol, I also own 1 on Elvis myself) But, he was fired by L.B. Mayer because he made a little joke about a girl that The Mogul liked & as he said Mr Mayer was devoid of any sense of humor & some true little known but factual trivia on L.B. He was deeply "In Love' with Ann-Miller, she didn't feel the same way though & of all people Louis B. Mayer-(l885-l957) almost killed himself over it with sleeping pills! this was according to ann herself & others. He tried to get at her via her mother, apparently nothing worked for The Mogul of All Moguls & he was not used to getting his way. She said despite still working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he rarely spoke to her the rest of his days. THANX & keep the comments comin'

I was given "Duets" as a gift & wanted it, despite it being rather lame. a collectors item. He mostly phoned in his vocals & I believe it 3was made/produced at CHAPLIN'S old studio "Dream Factory" on La Brea. Jim Henson owned it for awhile, hence the reason Kermit the Frog is on top of it's frt gates. I do know for certain "We Are the World" was made at The Little Tramp's own studio in the '80's. It looks like it's been in a time warp-(GEE, SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T ALREADY TEAR THAT LITTLE STUDIO DOWN ALREADY TOO) & looks the same as in the early 1950's when Charlie said to literally just chuck the lot & went back to Switzerland

PERFECTLY PUT! & on youtube, there's a ton of him & Elvis too! & as I've repeatedly told fans you must check-(MANDATORY IF YOUR A BONA FIDE FAN) just punch in SINATRA, DINO, SAMMY & JOHNNY CARSON IN A RARE CONCERT FROM '65 Rare because Johnny not only was filling in for Joey Bishop & even carried a tune along with the boys' IT'S A MUST SAVE!!! SO, PLEASE LET ME & US KNOW TO ANYONE OUT THERE, THAT HAS SEEN IT YET, OR PLAN TO. (it's about 90min)

Ironically Sinatra also rated Cole among the finest. Matter of fact, he once said he wish he sounded like the singer.

What can anybody really add more to the legendary icon & all-time Oscar winning champion WALTER (ELIAS) DISNEY-(l90l-l966) It's simply superb that the network has finally been able to broadcast his genius I only wish they now can air the legendary likes of Dumbo (l94l-Disney/RKO Radio) Pinocchio (l940-Disney/RKO)-(most critics & historians in general vote this as his ultimate masterpiece, for me it's close between Dumbo & this one. (TRIVIA: Also Steven Spielberg's all-time fav. motion picture. Most may know this, but the closing credits to his 1977 "Close Encounters..." has it's theme playing as the mother ship flies away) Fantasia (l940-Disney/RKO)-(many don't rate this as high as I've always done & since the early 1980's too! it wasn't the $B.O.$ bonanza of his others, due to being more experimental, which to me is why I've thought it the Citizen Kane of animation. I went to Fantasia": 2000 in the theatre when released & still like the original a tiny bit more) Snow white and the 7 Dwarfs (l937/38 Disney/RKO Radio) I've written numerous posts on filmmakers own favorite works they made, but don't yet know his??? & would someone knock it off & have the guts to air the terrific 1946 Song of the South??? & who else-(I've asked this before & nobody seemed to have seen this nice pic.) Saving Mr. Banks (2013) ($85m.) (***-out of 4) Emma Thompson was perfecto as usual & though it was a stretch to buy Hanks as Walt, he still pulled it off & once again the yet to score an Oscar Thomas Newman delivered a nice score & it was it's sole nod. that year) (TRIVIA/FUN/FAX: all heard the rumor of him being chriogenically frozen, but I'm hear to see I walked by his niche in the wall-(cremated along with a couple others) on the outside front of the wall veeery top of Glendale's "Forest Lawn' Unfortunately, on both times, I missed on snapping a photo-(it's shown though all over the net) because it was then covered in a lotta' foliage & like a big dummy, I walked right by it DUH I used to know the remaining family members of THE GREAT: SPENCER TRACY & Cyndi tracy always insisted that he was interred very close to TRACY, nope, as told her a few times, both are based on opposite sides of the "Freedom Mausoleum" I hated to burst her bubble, but the closest stars to TRACY's opulent garden grave are Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino & even closer actress Lillie Palmer. A QUESTION FOR LAWRENCEA, JAKEEM, TOPBILLED & ANY OTHERS. I read conflicting stories about his cause of death at only age 65. Heart of cancer? Walt was yet another like his contemporaries who smoke a lot, possibly up to 5pks per day. As the wonderful Ken Murray-(l903-88) says on his utterly tremendous docu's "Hollywood, My Hometown" "Hollywood, without Makeup" He ends them around 1964/65 with Disney & calls him The Hans Christian Anderson of our time" unquote (P.S also, to anyone, to your knowl4edge did Murray make anymore of this home movies?) THANX

As I & a few others have written, Eddie Muller & Leonard easily deserve to be the networks main hosts

Man, man, o, man-(the immortal words of Walter Brennan in "Bad Day at Black rock" You are really on the ball pal

Although very early in general there is at least 1 or more pix that make the Oscar cut & looking ahead "Dunkirk" & "The Beguiled' may be them?

How could most 4-get Dunst in 1994's "Interview With the Vampire"

Is it another musical with Gosling, ala La La Land?

Why-(obvious reasons) the incredibally talented 3 time Oscar contender Johnny Depp keeps churning these out though? I know it's supposed to be the final in the franchise. it's just that he's done so much more & shoulda' moved on after #3 maybe? what do I know I do know one thing, he was robbed of a 4th nod for "Black Mass" ($50m.) Amazing contrasts in his roles too. "Benny & Joon" "Ed Wood" "Edward Scissorhands" "Whitey" Bulgar, "Alice in wonderland" even "Harry & Tonto" & alledgedly he had a stronger role as :Lerner in "Platoon' but Oliver stone edited some of his scenes done, so he didn't appear closer to Charlie Sheen's leading character.

Jakeem, I for one love the huge poster images & such!

(TRIVIA: Some fun fax on Sofia Coppola, obviously a superior director then actress. Her role in 1990's "Godfather, Part III" ($67m.) (***) was always slated for one of my favorite gals WINONA RYDER instead. Sofia obviously found her mark though)

Jakeem, doesn't that rate it at #7 to date now

WOW! A GOOD SCOOP,etc

Skimpole, you got me & possibly some others here I didn't even know Malick had this picture coming up already. His sole shot-(not that that always matters) at The Golden Boy so far was his massive WW2 epic from 98 "The Thin Red Line" ($36m.) which had the misfortune come Oscar time of going up against Spielberg's WW11 epic "Pvt. Ryan"

Has anyone else also heard that Elba may be the next James Bond?