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Kate's among the top 3 to5 finest actresses today!

After going to between (36 & 60) new releases in a theater since 1982 when I was still a young lad, I am so burnt on comics, sequels, remakes,etc The state of Hollywoods new products is pathetic, though immensely huge $$$ wise of course & why they keep doing it, over, over, over & over.

I've still not done it, but haven't really tried again, Been busy, plus don't want to get frustrated again My runner-up AVATAR would be of an image of SINATRA

Despite her more popular classic work in cinema, I've never seen her deliver a stronger performance then in 1967's "wait Until Dark"

In yet another terrific episode of TV's Senfield, George (Jason alexander) Costanza said a few times about her that she was a "Delicate Flower' How accurate

By now virtually all have seen Coppola's 1972 masterpiece The Godfather. t goes without saying that it's the stuff of legend of course All know it won the BP Oscar for 1972 & many may also be aware that AFI=-(American Film Institute) voted it the 3rd greatest American motion picture of all-time in it's 1st 1998 special survey. (NOTE: Most don't even seem to be aware of the revised 2007 AFI poll where it ranked only 2nd to Kane) & according to him, he was never interested in telling another mob story, it was the family that got his juices flowing But, who thinks it's overrated? I for one pick it as my A #1 all-time favorite movie, but most be honest & cite Citizen Kane as the finest yet. So much has been written, said-(too much) about it though, that it gets tiresome. Leonard Maltin is among the chosen few that thinks the 1974 sequel is even greater. I've spoken to so many folks that aren't even huge movie fans like us, that insist if it's on the tv, they are gravitated to it, no matter what else is going on (TRIVIA: Do most of you also know-(probably by now) that Olivier & even Edward G. Robinson was 1st thought of to portray Don Vito Corleone. Mostly Olivier though?) Ironically, TCM has never aired the film to date though. Legal rights obviously, or have they? THANK YOU

I pot these stats from a couple of sites & cross referenced it before writing it Even L. King mentioned that Frank made (2oo albums & 1,800 songs) & it's strange that his 6 decades of music output is not ranked up in the top 5 artists? even though he's among my heroes, "Duets" was a mess

(NPOTE: trust me on this & for his fans, Check out on youtube Frank, Dino, Sammy & in for Joey Bishop was JOHNNY CARSON! Who's ever seen this concert? In B & W & around 1965 WHO DO THEY HAVE AROUND IN THE INDUSTRY TO EVEN BEGIN TO MATCH THESE HEAVYWEIGHTS?

The Chairman's A #1 ideal singer early on-9l950's or so0 was Nat "King" Cole & he somewhat idolized Bing, but Tony Bennett he thought had thee finest voice When he died in May 1998, Larry King had several guests on his show & one of the guests-(may have been Eartha Kitt?) Firmly said that frank wasn't especially the greatest singer, but along w/Edith Piaf the finest song stylist

Ironica;lly Ford's magnificent 1941 Oscar sweeping "HOW Green Was My Valley" is is his favote is well **** &*G

The Stars were Larger Then Life & Writing Was Suprerior Too!

I had toad this0one op &in, & althuoght it;sboxingreally in the sport, virtually all fighters have oroclaime that ERNIE SHAVERS had the single hardest punch n history story-(they evendidca punchstateon him in the late 1970;s) Problembeing Sharvers had a glass jaw & was never chanp''Ke knocked Muhammad Ali ak over the ring & Larry Holmes too!

WOW! could we lmine leaveout 2 of the moetroverialmatchesinthe inn maybe allos sportssport The BizarroPunch Punch by Clay &Liston seemingway just laynggown-(Sonnywasknown to be nixeup with the mob sincehildhood?) Butthenin the Rutth Match-(a 2nd fight) Liston justrefused t0come out?

Hopefully this absolutely all-time battle royal hasn't mention yet, but the 3-(especialy #1) must be 5rated amonjgthegreatest match ever-(pd-pd) Arturo Gatti vs. Mickey Ward-(not only likes old 1950's classic matches,goes even further & TRIVIA: Ward was the vocal pointof theterrific Oscar victor for 2009 "THEFIGHTER" (***1/2) $91m.) THESETWOHADWARS!!! & his older ex fighter & crack head was confusingeverying ^ chaos into trouble (Chrisian Bale-(owner).8 ":The Fighter" FINAL ANALYSIS: Gatti won 2 & Mickey won 1-(think they stunningly fought 4 times!)her so nbarely won 1 victory Mickey 1 &Gatti 2! 1 > There was also a tv hbo movie of this entire episode iefinitely worth a look''(P.S. Then the strangest thinghappened A. Gatti loved to party with hookers & druggie gals. Onne of whichcC cocked himtdeath)

Here goes, a kinda' test,etc I promidsed fellow boxing buff & challenged to all other so called TCMiTES, to only list Hollywood boxing pictures--(No * Oscars & in no speaclorder, They can dateback to the 1890's if you like order) (FILL IN THE BLANKS PLEASE ON CHAMPS I HADTO SKIP& ANALYSI) (EXAMPLE: I've watched these a couple of times Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries"-(Johnson won) Even footage available with the massive & future *Oscar winner Victor McLaglen vs, Johnson & despite Vic's size then 235lbs ^ 6-3 & 1.2 Johnson made mince-mid of him & weighed ap avg of 192 & 6'0 &before I get the the boxers, you recall s a grand guy that died much to early-(espn & other netork,author too!) Bert Suglar-(l937-2012) passed away. His signature was a fedora a cigar. His vote ever Sugar Ray Robinson & wore in 1923 but with Dempsey & Firpo Dempsey knockedhim down 11 times & Finally threw him from the canvas Othersthe huge Jess Willard at 6'6 & 260lbs upset the worlds'forst black heavyweight chamoi in JackJoihnson-(l9l5) & THE BEST OF THE REST-(check on whoever?) James J. Jeffries (l875-l953)6'2 & was over 330lbs but got down to about 202 to try & upset Johnson aka "The Great White Hope" Jack Dempsey(l895-l983)n6'1. 192lbs GeneTunney (l897-l978) 6'0&187lbs Primo Carnera (l906-67) 6'6 260lbs Max Baer-(l909-l959) 6'3 & 1/2 195lbs James J. Braddock (l906-l972) 6'2 & 199 Joe Louis (l9l4-l98l)6'2. 202lbs-(TRIVIA: Only & only heavyweight champion to hold that crown for 12yrs-(1937-49) Rocky Marciano (l923-l969) was 5'10 & 1/2 & 185lbs-(TRIVIA: "The Rocks" record still olds today, undefeated at 49 & 0)-(& was killed an an airplane crash in 1969) Floyd Patterson (l935-?) was 6'0& 190lbs Ingemar Johannson (l932-?) 6'1 & 205 Floyd Patterson Sonny Liston" (l932-71) 6'1 & over 215lbs Cassius Clay 6'3 & 1/2 & then 210lbs, later 225 (NOTE: To the government they stripped Ali's title for 4rs) Joe Frazier (l944-2011) 5'11 & approx. 215lbs Ali vs. Frazier 1 Even Sinatra needed press pass to join ringside George Foreman (l948-) & 224lbs Muhammad Ali Ali vs Frazier "The Rumble in the Jungle" in '75 & my vote as the greatest bout ever! It was the undoing of Joe, but Ali just kept going Ali fought a nobody by the name of Leon Spinks-(l956-205lbs The brotherof futurechampion MichaelSpinks only he fought a young Larry Holmes & was defeated in 1980 & more of course, fill in the blanks I do know about 37yrs of studying fighters our current heaveight champion-(TyrsonFury) is a hulking & foolish JOKE! AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LIST ANOTHER OTHERS IN HISTORY-(no matter wgt condiction) (P.S. I got a telephone book size on history of boozing by Nat Fleischer ALLFANS MUST GET IT Mine's a bit datenow

Well, Rocky is still alive & kicking at 71, but JamesJ. Braddock-(l905-72) died suddenly around 1972 But his main nemesis Max Baer-(l909-59) only hit age 50, to many ladies, booze & partying NOTE: He was in several films & tv shows thought yrs later "Abbott & Costello Show"-(l952-54) "The Harder TheyFall" (l956) "Prizefighter & the Lady" in '34 & more Jethro on B. Hillbillis is his son

(Part #1) Welp, Jakeem, I gave my word when you geta few minutes,or just savethese westernstatestfoir another townwn T kd &thoiughtthere are just farrr toommediocrew WESTERNS &nonwestern toDieit & themupk

Jajkemk, told you back back onthis one-(NOTE: MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH DID YOUGT SOME OF MY SECRETS ON MADONNA> Darn computer was acting wacky Tonn't your fondly The Holltwood Roosevelt Hotel-(l926--) where & thiswas astunner, no make-up or anything I LOVE HER ANYWAY She had entire half of the massive bldg. blocked ioff with her face on it! It was in 2007! Have several shots of it, uinluding her sec on Walls-of-Fame Other areas are NATALIEWOOD, TRQACY, SINATRA, mAPS & SOUVENIUS I GOT EHREN ON THERE THOSE 3 TRUPS TONY OF OVER 150 MOVIE BOOKS, TCM JAZZ,etc Just thought you'd like to know & again write (jeffshannon 59 @gmailm) St. Pete" (l985) &Tampa FL. Can you believe she's only been down here in this godforsaken place (1985) & man, man, o, man wanted to go see her in Tampa(RH tour) too much money though JAKEEM, know what a friend gave me once for Christmas the entire-(2 end Big DVD uings) from 1969, Marciano died only hrs later. Even he still living bro said he had all-this money in the bank, but would bumrides, planes,etc He wouldn't even carry loose change in his pocket But, the 2 pt dvd is neat, thought Rocky is wearing a toupee Ali& him got along famously, debit: the sound smacking & ringside was smaller YOU'D STILL LIKE IT TRUSE ME ACURIO & now online & a lot cheaper CALLED "SUPERFIGHT" TALE OF THE TAPE VS COMPUTER MATCH: 5'101/2 Avg weight then: 200bs up from185 Nationality: Italian Brockton, Mass Record 49 & 0 Avg weigh then: 210lbs at beast Nationality: Black Louville, Kentufky 1/2 Record: then he hadn't lost yey, Ithinkl Has posters,the works

1 thing is a absolute, Roger never ever taken on the heavyweight & powerful roles in1965's "The Hill" (***1/2) "Robijn & the 7Marian" (***) (John Barry's music was breathtaking again!) &especially Sean's utterly tremendous 1987's"The Untouchables"-(won s. actor & his sole nomination) Though Jimmy Mallone was a fictional character, he more then made up for it!!! & again, but this time the recelt break the record 88yr old Ennio Morricone's score is amont the best ever!!!

GOOD SHOT! & I know Connery by nowhas a WOF-Star, but does Moore?(UPDATE: Studuios are strongly thinking of back actor IDRIS ELBA as the next 007

Jakeem, looking ahead-(though premature) of possible 2007 Oscar biggies, may well be Oscar winner Sofia Coppola's "The Beguiled" & again starring Nicole!) & of course "Dunkirk?" director Christopher Nolan-("DK" films) hasn't even scored a BD nod as yet Have you seen trailer, it bleeds Oscar bait, sole debit no big stars Modern day crowds probably exactly to see McConaughey, Clooney or Tom Cruise though & you know about Sofia Coppola's absolutely perfecto & laid back-(especially by Bill Murray)-(his very 1st shot) already won a screenplay statuette for 2003's "Lost in Translation" ($45,>) (****-starts) Jakeem, have you seen thuis one yet? I mean "Lost..." I reckon both Jack Nicholson-(l937-) & Connery-(l930-) meant it when they were quiting? Barely see McMurphy thesedays, but Sean Connery looks happier & healthier in his life! Nicholson's last-(?) is 2011's "How Do You Know"-small role) & Sean's was 2003's epic mess "League of the ExrtraordinaryGentleman" ($67,m) (*1/2) Always found it strange, when stars retire before their times & yet there is the multitude of older stars i.e. Jerryl Lewis, 91/ Tony Bennett, 91 Mel Brooks also 91, going on 60 William Shatner now 86 & many more? MichaelCaine, 84 & Robert Duvall now age 81 & Hackman looks well at 87 & the legendary & all-time Academy award mc Bob Hope-(as was George Burns) booked up until, the age 100? Thought it' unlikely that both Olivia de Havilland-(along 102 now!), that scum/rapist Kirk Douglas will return THANK GOD OR SOME KARMA) THANKYOU

ToJakeem WHTHAPPENEDPAL? We were both in a conversationand MADONNA LOUISE VEROINCE CICCONE & just the endit cut off?