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5 Classic Movies, 5 Leadership Lessons
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5/17/2013 3:00:09 PM
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Another reason to spend an evening with Humphrey Bogart or Peter O'Toole -- you just may become a better leader as a result. Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Make them believe in the win-win The film opens with T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole) in a basement drawing maps for the British Army. It’s not a glamorous position, but Lawrence manages to show his superior officers he has a keen understanding of ...
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Wrapped up in Liberace ... Angelina & Leo - heroes A look at networks and HBO ... Actors, Actors, Actors
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5/16/2013 8:33:05 AM
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'There's nothing more intriguing than a movie star wrapped like a mummy playing someone just emerging from plastic surgery. Think Humphrey Bogart in "Dark Passage," Elizabeth Taylor in "Ash Wednesday." And now, in HBO's "Behind the Candelabra," Michael Douglas playing Liberace, the swishy but closeted Las Vegas piano player. Matt Damon, bleached blond for his role, costars as Liberace's stoned ...
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Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes
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5/18/2013 3:45:13 AM
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Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist Published May 17, 2013 09:12PM MDT Fans of the film “Brave” are outraged that Disney did a sexy makeover of Merida, the Scottish princess, expert archer and horsewoman who not only saves the day but also convinces her parents that she alone will choose the man she’ll marry. Brenda Chapman, who worked ...
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Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M
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5/15/2013 9:18:33 PM
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GENEVA (AP) — A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales.
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Film Noir fest speaker Lindsay-Hogg links eras
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5/16/2013 4:23:20 PM
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Lindsay-Hogg. / Courtesy What: The Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, opening with “Three Strangers” Where: The Camelot Theatres, 2300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs When: 7:30 tonight.
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Geneva auction sells nearly $5M of actress' jewels
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5/15/2013 12:22:08 PM
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A diamond jewelry collection belonging to Italian screen actress Gina Lollobrigida fetched $4.9 million at auction, some of which she plans to donate to stem cell research, Sotheby's said Wednesday. The ...
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Casual Sex: Why It's Important After A Split
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5/16/2013 11:45:22 AM
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If you’ve been stuck in a bad marriage for a while, getting divorced is a release. Yes, it's still hard and sad and complicated, especially when there are children involved. But the truth is, once you're out of the marriage, it feels like a weight has been lifted.
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At actress's Geneva jewel auction, $3M for 1 gem
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5/14/2013 10:42:49 PM
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Sotheby's auctioned off $78 million in jewels Tuesday night, fetching just under $3 million for a fancy yellow diamond belonging to actress Gina Lollobrigida that was once owned by a shah of Persia and ...
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Assassination character
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5/15/2013 3:05:21 AM
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FILM Starting in the late 1960s, it was noted that Hollywood no longer necessarily required actors who were conventionally handsome.
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Will Barrymore prints bring fame, fortune?
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5/15/2013 6:37:32 AM
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Dear Helaine and Joe: I would appreciate your opinion on the enclosed pictures. Could they possibly be by THE Lionel Barrymore? They are brass (I guess) etchings that I purchased many years ago at a household auction. They are very attractive, but do they have any value? -- J. R., Everglades City, Fla. Dear J. R.: Right up front, we can say that these prints are kind of, sort-of by the famous ...
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People,Places and Things
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5/15/2013 8:44:59 AM
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BOSTON - Gov. Deval L. Patrick was set to jet to Dublin on Tuesday night for trade talks and will meet with Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland, whose commencement address Monday at Boston College is being boycotted by Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
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Radio noir with Philip Marlowe
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5/14/2013 8:45:05 PM
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Has there ever been a detective as cool as Philip Marlowe, the pulp fiction creation of Raymond Chandler? As quick with a wisecrack as he was with gun, Marlowe worked the lonely streets and seedy alleys of ’30 L.A. “I needed a drink,” runs one first-person riff. “I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.” Marlowe was popular in print, and in ...
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A starry support system for the Geffen Playhouse
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5/14/2013 9:53:21 PM
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Clint Eastwood stood behind the podium at Monday’s “Backstage at the Geffen,” getting ready to present an award to his longtime attorney Bruce Ramer, the founding chairman of the playhouse's board.
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Treasures: Will Barrymore prints bring fame, fortune?
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5/13/2013 11:47:03 PM
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I would appreciate your opinion on the enclosed pictures. Could they possibly be by THE Lionel Barrymore? They are brass (I guess) etchings that I purchased many years ago at a household auction. They are very attractive, but do they have any value?
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News Quiz
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5/12/2013 8:00:00 AM
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Test your local news IQ?
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