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Hollywood Forever will honor David Lynch with a Blue Velvet screening |
| April 27th, 2025 under Old Hollywood. [ Comments: none ]
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On January 16th, we lost director David Lynch, and he was laid to rest shortly after that at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
You cannot have a cemetery in the heart of Hollywood by Paramount and Raleigh Studios, and not have events there, including movie screenings.
So, on May 31st, they will be showing his movie Blue Velvet there, not that far from where he is buried.
And there is no way in hell you could get me to go because you know his ghost will be there watching the movie with his fans.
I know they used to do this all the time on Rudolph Valentino’s birthday, but he passed on a long time ago. Lynch is still newly deceased.
I am not opposed to going to a screening of someone who is buried there, like watching Kolchak with Darren McGavin or Rock’n’Roll High School with Johnny Ramone. But I draw the line with Lynch!
If you are not afraid of him haunting you at the screening, you can get tickets for $29.99.
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Depeche Mode, Prince and Robert Englund to get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| June 24th, 2024 under Old Hollywood. [ Comments: none ]
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We are halfway through with 2024, but we don’t have to wait any longer to find out who will be getting stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.
Niecy Nash, Joe Mantegna, and Jimmy Jam announced next year’s recipients today.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2025 are:
In the category of MOTION PICTURES: John Carpenter, Jessica Chastain, Bill Duke, Robert Englund, Emilio Estevez, Colin Farrell, Jane Fonda, Nia Long, Lisa Lu, Glynn Turman and Toni Vaz
In the category of TELEVISION: Fran Drescher, Lauren Graham, Bill Nye, Molly Shannon, Sherri Shepherd, Courtney B. Vance, Chris Wallace, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (double ceremony)
In the category of RECORDING: Fantasia, Depeche Mode, Los Bukis, The B-52s, Green Day, The Isley Brothers, Busta Rhymes, George Strait, Keith Urban, WAR and Prince (Posthumous)
In the category of LIVE THEATRE/LIVE PERFORMANCE: Misty Copeland and Alan Cumming
In the category of RADIO: Adam Carolla
In the category of Sports Entertainment: David Beckham and Orel Hershiser
Dates for their star ceremonies will be revealed at a later date. However, they cannot wait too long because they only have two years to accept the honor. If they don’t set a date by then, they will lose their star.
BTW am I the only one who thinks Prince would not have wanted this honor? It just doesn’t seem like something he would want.
UPDATE: John Carpenter had the best reaction, “Star on The Hollywood walk of fame?? There must be some mistake.”
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Want to own Jackie Gleason’s Mothership? |
| July 5th, 2018 under For sale, MeTV, Old Hollywood. [ Comments: none ]
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Jackie Gleason was such huge success, thanks to The Honeymooners, that he was able to make whatever type of house he wanted. That is exactly what he did in Westchester, NY when he asked an architect to build him a house in the shape of a UFO back in 1959. Since rich people like to name their houses, he called his The Mothership.
The Mothership is up for sale according to MeTV and you can own the roundhouse for $12,000,000. Zillow says the 8-acre property has 3 buildings, 5 bedrooms, 4 full and 2 half bathrooms, 2 bars, 2 pools and a cardroom. How sweet it is!
I just wish I had the money to buy it because it seems like a dream house in a dream locale.
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Ed Asner shows us people do asks celebrities for Selfies in the bathroom! |
| March 8th, 2018 under Old Hollywood. [ Comments: none ]
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On Sunday night, Ed Asner was watching the Oscars with a lot of other celebrities at The Hollywood Museum. When he went to the bathroom, Jack Maxwell, another actor, remembered working Lou Grant while they were using the loo, and took a photo with his old costar right then and there. I guess, he could not wait a few more seconds until they were outside, but then again the lighting is really good in there and it is the legendary Ed Asner. So you can’t blame him. Although, the guy in the background is all of us when we saw this picture. He just saw it lot closer then we did.
So when you hear all of these celebrities say that fans ask them for photos in the bathroom, now you know what it looks like. Poor celebs!
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Robert Wagner is reportedly a person of interest in Natalie Wood’s death |
| February 1st, 2018 under Old Hollywood. [ Comments: none ]
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5VX-xfO-mA
On November 28, 1981, Natalie Wood went on a boat trip with her husband, Robert Wagner and friend and actor Christopher Walken. The next day her body was found floating in the Pacific Ocean off of Catalina Island. Since then people have wondered if the actress, who was terrified of water after a childhood incident while filming, was murdered by her husband, who it has been said that she got in a fight with before she went missing and was found dead. Back then her death was considered an accident with it being claimed that she accidentally fell off of the boat because she was drunk.
Six years ago, there was some new evidence discovered and LAPD reopened the case. This Saturday at 10p on CBS’s 48 Hours, an investigator gives and update and says that Wagner is now considered a person of interest. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant John Corina tells the show, “I mean, we know now that he was the last person to be with Natalie before she disappeared.” He has yet to grant them an interview since the case was reopened.
The news magazine will speak to a few detectives and her sister Lana Wood. They will also use archival interviews with Wagner and Captain Dennis Davern. Neither Walken nor Wagner have given 48 Hours a comment even though they reached out to them about the episode.
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