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Whose performances keep your eyes glued to the screen? Bogart in Casablanca… Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath… Streep in Sophie’s Choice… Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body. Wait – Megan Fox? Don’t worry, she’s not in here.


Betty White

Posted by on Sep 6, 2016 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Betty White

If Betty White’s life were a TV show, it would be titled “Everybody Loves Betty”. From radio, to TV sitcoms, to game...

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Christopher Walken

Posted by on Aug 21, 2016 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Christopher Walken

You either love Christopher Walken or you like him. Nobody really dislikes the man; how could you, he’s quirky and strange, and...

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Robert Downey, Jr.

Posted by on Mar 18, 2015 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Robert Downey, Jr.

There are some actors who never seem to give a bad performance. Robert Duvall, for example. Morgan Freeman. And I put Robert Downey, Jr. in...

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Billy Crystal

Posted by on Oct 13, 2014 in Actor, Featured | 1 comment

It was the Bible, not Reader’s Digest, that first told us that laughter is the best medicine. With that being understood, perhaps we...

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Judy Garland

Posted by on Apr 4, 2014 in Actor, Featured, Singer | 1 comment

Need an object lesson on what the tawdriness of Hollywood can do to a person? Read a biography of Judy Garland. Multiple affairs,...

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Jeff Bridges

Posted by on Aug 7, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges is now in the fifth decade of his acting career – the sixth, if you count a few appearances on his dad’s show Sea...

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Julia Roberts

Posted by on May 1, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts has been at the top of the A-List in Hollywood ever since Pretty Woman, and not just because she has one of the best smiles...

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Natalie Portman

Posted by on Feb 27, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Natalie Portman

It’s not often that I can remember the first time I saw an actor or actress, but I remember watching Natalie Portman in the movie...

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Warren Beatty

Posted by on Feb 26, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Warren Beatty

Oh sure, Warren Beatty has made a clunker or two. Ishtar is usually prominently featured when critics discuss the worst movies ever. But...

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Don Knotts

Posted by on Jan 15, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Don Knotts

I once worked with a great bunch of people who studied the great issues facing humanity, such as this: Who was the greatest sitcom...

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