Israeli author Amoz Oz, one of the country’s acclaimed writers and a preeminent voice in its embattled peace movement, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 79. His daughter, Fania Oz-Salzberger, announced her father’s death on Twitter. “My beloved father, Amos Oz, a wonderful family man, an author, a man of peace and […]
Marker, Chris: Legendary French Essayist-Filmmaker Dies at 91 (on his Birthday)
December 25, 2018 by
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Vice: Interview with Christian Bale, Frontrunner for Best Actor Oscar Nod as Dick Cheney
December 25, 2018 by
He was the most consequential Vice President ever, he changed the political landscape clearly and obviously in the Middle East and we are dealing with his policies there now. He was a part of this shift within the political parties to being ultra-partisan in this real divide–Christian Bale
Francis, Anne: Quasi-Movie Star? Actress of B-Movies?
December 23, 2018 by
To play Dick Powell’s jealous fiancée in Frank Tashlin’s 1954 romantic comedy, Susan Slept Here, Anne Francis was borrowed from 20th Century Fox, just before being dropped by that studio. She thought the film “will probably do more for me than any of the others” because “I’m given the chance to act and not just […]
Movie Stars: Cooper, Gary–Politics in 1930s and 1940s
December 20, 2018 by
In 1936, Gary Cooper voted for the Democrat Presidential nominee, Franklin Roosevelt, but that was the exception; other than that, his voting pattern was straight Republican. He voted for Coolidge once and for Hoover twice.
